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Chapter 1457 - Chapter 1457 Chapter 447 Emperors Relics Curse God Card·Black

Chapter 1457: Chapter 447 Emperor’s Relics [Curse God Card*Black Spade 4]_2 Chapter 1457: Chapter 447 Emperor’s Relics [Curse God Card*Black Spade 4]_2 Leonard Churchill’s pupils shrank suddenly when he saw this, a bad premonition creeping into his heart.

Even from a distance, he sensed the whiff of conspiracy.

After a careful inspection of the surroundings revealed no traps, the group approached.

Gale walked over to the bodies and turned their faces up, saying gravely, “It’s Benson and Bach, both guards close to Young Master Sack.”

Leonard had already noticed.

He had recognized who the two were by their outfits.

This Benson and Bach were different from the other externally recruited prospective knights like them; their fathers and even grandfathers were knights in Duke Landon’s House.

Thus, they were directly made guards for Young Master Sack.

Similarly, these loyal guards, cultivated from a young age with substantial resources, had equipment and combat power far surpassing those of the same tier.

But now, the two of them were dead.

Their deaths were very strange.

At the sight of the two bodies, everyone in the team felt a chill.

At this moment, whoever could kill these two elites could also kill them.

Being an assassin herself, Gale examined the wounds and immediately said, “The wounds are all on the neck, these are ‘Throat Wipe’ techniques from Assassin-series Card Masters…”

David also examined the bodies and solemnly analyzed, “The blade is poisoned, a fatal strike. The opponent is very strong… and they must have used a sound barrier, which is why we didn’t notice before.”

Here, he hesitated for a moment, as if doubting his own analysis.

“…”

Leonard knew what he was puzzled about.

Because judging from the wounds, the assassin’s skills were far beyond what an apprentice could accurately assess.

Leonard’s clone was an apprentice.

But his vision was not.

The instant he saw the wounds, his mind processed more clues than others could see: “The wounds go from bottom to top. The assailant must be concealed in the tree trunks, striking suddenly, about 1.7 meters tall, left-handed. The wounds are dark red with a corrosive smell, 90% chance it’s ‘Violet Paralyzing Toxin’. The refining technique is not very sophisticated, seems like commoner goods circulating in the Black Market… Could it be bandits?”

A single clue was not enough to conclude anything.

But with multiple clues gathered together, Leonard’s mind could completely reconstruct the assailant’s appearance, skills, techniques, and even origins.

But what puzzled him was this point.

However he looked at it, the one who acted was a rogue assassin.

And while the martial skills for murder weren’t very sophisticated, the actions were extremely shrewd and decisive, evidently a habitual killer.

So Leonard was certain that the perpetrator must be desperate criminals like “True Bandits.”

Why would such a person participate in the Academy’s trial?

And a bigger point of suspicion was:

One thing was certain, the assassin was definitely not a First Order Assassin!

…

Second Order Assassin?

Leonard immediately realized that something terrible was amiss.

If it was the Academy’s trial, why would a Second Order Assassin appear?

Normally, a First Order would already keep this group of prospective knights busy.

Even if Young Master Sack had the combat power of a First Tier Card Master, facing a Second Order would almost certainly be a death sentence.

But in reality, the “mysterious person” in the forest had indeed killed two of Sack’s close guards.

This implied that the assassin was not arranged by the academy.

“Wrong! Someone is using the Academy’s entrance trial to assassinate Sack…”

Leonard’s thoughts spun quickly, and he instantaneously deduced the most logical explanation.

“No wonder… Young Master Sack always has High-Order Card Masters as guards; only during the trials, when those guards are drawn away, would there be an opportunity to strike.”

“It’s likely a case of hiring murderers… These assassins are also cannon fodder, probably professional killers or bandits from the Black Market…”

“To have such clear information about the new students’ trial plans, the news must have leaked from inside the Royal Academy. Moreover, there must be insiders cooperating. This means that among the instructors overseeing this trial, there’s an 80% chance there are ‘insiders’…”

“…”

This was a meticulously connected plan, difficult to discern the truth before exposure.

But Leonard’s current “I am the world” realm was already very high; just by seeing the bodies, his mind had already deduced much of this incident’s ins and outs.

However, this kind of assassination plan was nothing unexpected to him.

The plan wasn’t so ingenious as to warrant further scrutiny.

As it wasn’t targeting him, Leonard originally didn’t need to worry.

However, the problem was that Young Master Sack was key to his enrollment into the Royal Academy this time.

If this guy were assassinated during the trial, their group of prospective knights would likely be implicated.

Not to mention the high likelihood of being buried with him or demoted to slaves.

As for attending the Academy, that was completely out of the question.

…

“Oh dear, this is troublesome…”

Thinking this, Leonard furrowed his brows.

If it was a Second Tier, his clone’s current strength would find it difficult to help solve the problem.

But he couldn’t just let Sack die.

Otherwise, to create a new identity for enrollment, there wouldn’t be enough time.

Thinking this, Leonard then thought, “But, speaking of which, why would someone hire an assassin to kill Sack?”

In the lord-centralized system of the Southern Continent, assassinating high-ranking nobility would result in the extermination of their entire family.

Even Duke Landon’s political enemies would definitely not stoop to such despicable acts as attacking family descendants.

Personal vendetta?

To dare to act within the Royal Academy and have such capability, this wasn’t as simple as a personal vendetta.

Realizing this, Leonard finally felt a flicker of interest.

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