114: The sneak attack was successful

"Awoooo~"

"Oh, you've already found them. Not bad, I'll record a merit for you this time."

Hearing Bai Ze's milky-voiced explanation, Lister praised with a light laugh.

Hearing this, while Bai Ze was happy, it also put on a smug look.

Dewey and the other knights waiting nearby couldn't help but smile knowingly at the sight.

As a high-bloodline magic beast, Bai Ze's sensing ability was naturally very powerful.

Coupled with its current small size and strength equivalent to a Bronze Tier 4 knight, it was very suitable for reconnaissance missions.

Therefore, before late night arrived, Lister had sent it to secretly scout around Ironthorn Town for the infiltration of suspicious people.

He just didn't expect that Bai Ze would have already discovered the three black-robed men's movements just as they had entered Ironthorn Town.

It had to be said that the sensing power of a high-bloodline magic beast was indeed terrifying, making him feel a surge of envy.

After instructing Bai Ze to continue monitoring every move of the three black-robed men, Lister told the accompanying Knight Squad to prepare for battle and then waited quietly in the room... Meanwhile, on the other side, Bentham's trio, who had sneaked into Ironthorn Town, looked increasingly surprised.

Looking at the clean and tidy streets, while Vicky felt comfortable, she couldn't help but wonder if she was hallucinating.

Since when could a town be so clean? It was completely out of place with the unique style of the Pedan Kingdom.

Before Vicky could speak, Yalman marveled, "Tsk tsk, the lord of this territory is really interesting. To be able to govern a town so cleanly, he must be the only one in the kingdom."

"Vicky, now your bad habit should be considered cured here, right?"

Being teased by Yalman again, Vicky gave a displeased "tch," but did not refute.

It was indeed as Yalman said. Although Ironthorn Town was much smaller than those big cities, there were no excrements that were habitually seen everywhere on the streets.

The unpleasant smell in the air didn't exist at all, making her, a person with a slight obsession with cleanliness, truly like this place.

At this time, although Bentham was also amazed in his heart, he still gave orders to spoil the mood: "Don't say more. Quickly spread out and search according to the induction compasses given to you. There are many patrolling Soldiers inside the town, so be careful."

"Understood." Yalman and Vicky replied in low voices and then hurried off in different directions of Ironthorn Town.

While they were searching with all their might, Lister, Red, and the others were also waiting patiently.

Time soon reached the latter half of the night. Alaster, who had been staring blankly on the bed, had already fallen into a deep sleep because he couldn't withstand the drowsiness in his brain.

Red, who was resting with his eyes closed in the dark night, suddenly opened his eyes, looked sharply into the darkness not far away, and whispered a reminder: "Someone is coming!"

Hearing this, Spartacus and Seguin immediately entered a combat state, while lowering their breathing frequency and sound.

For a moment, the presence of the three was reduced to the minimum, as if they had merged with the surrounding dark environment.

After a few breaths, a faint sound came from the darkness not far away.

"Deacon Bentham, the compass's sensing position is in this area."

Hearing Vicky's respectful words, Bentham showed eager excitement: "Quick, immediately check all the surrounding houses. Since the compass has a reaction, it can't be wrong. That boy must be nearby."

As his voice fell, the three people dispersed and quickly began searching the adjacent houses.

Coming to the door of each house, a faint blue light just flashed in their hands, and the door opened gently.

Sneaking into the room as light as a cat, they walked towards the bedroom.

Although it was dark, they could clearly see every piece of furniture in the house, as well as the face of the person sleeping on the bedroom bed.

After looking carefully and finding that it was not the person they were looking for, they would quickly withdraw from the room, and the door would be closed again in the eerie faint light.

Red and the others in the dark environment not far away watched their movements like this.

Compared to the limited knowledge of Spartacus and Seguin, the experienced Red had already concluded that the special energy they released was Mana.

And under his Silver Knight's Spiritual Power perception, the essence strength of the three people's Mana was not particularly high.

Except for the leader who could rival the Battle Qi energy of a Silver Rank Beginner Knight, the other two only had the level of Bronze Rank Intermediate Battle Qi energy.

Although the power of Mana released would be strong, as long as their Mana release could be restricted, they would be very easy to deal with.

Moreover, the three of them, Red and the others, were now in the dark. They could launch a sneak attack first later. With his strength, he could definitely seriously injure or even kill one of them before the battle fully broke out.

After a while, Bentham searched Alaster's residence. Looking at the boy who had been sought for a long time and was sleeping soundly in the dark, he almost cried.

The next moment, with a flash of faint blue light, the bedroom was completely illuminated.

Yalman and Vicky, who were searching at other locations outside the house, seemed to have sensed something and quickly rushed to Bentham's position.

After the two appeared beside Bentham, the soundly sleeping Alaster sensed something and suddenly opened his eyes.

Looking at the three people of Bentham shrouded in black robes in front of him, as well as the slightly eerie faint blue light at night, a chill rushed from his tailbone to the top of his head instantly.

"Hehe, it seems you still remember us." Bentham gave a sinister smile and then said fiercely: "I didn't expect you, kid, to be quite good at running, actually escaping from Suostai City to here... Where is that scroll? Hand it over quickly."

"If you can't hand it over, you should know the consequences."

Even though it was winter, Alaster's clothes were already completely soaked with cold sweat.

For the three people who could follow so far and find him, while he felt afraid, he couldn't help but admire their ability.

It's just that the scroll had already been given to Lister. Where would he have the scroll now? As for letting him betray Lister, he absolutely couldn't do it.

Seeing that he remained silent and didn't speak, Bentham's tone became even more fierce: "Very well, it seems you are unwilling to hand over the scroll. Then you must not beg for mercy because of the pain later."

Saying that, he raised his right hand and began to chant an eerie incantation. Then a dark blue light emerged, like a small worm wriggling.

Just as it was about to pounce on Alaster, a strong sense of crisis came from behind Bentham. He instinctively twisted his body to dodge.

But unfortunately, his speed was still a bit slow. The solid, fiery Red energy slash still hit his back.

A painful wail instantly echoed throughout the room.

The sudden unexpected situation made Yalman and Vicky's faces change greatly.

"Not good, we've been ambushed!"