The heaving chest of the female mage exposed her inner panic. The magic wand that had been extended halfway remained motionless in front of her body. The target she had originally aimed at was now having a dagger placed on her neck. The female mage didn't even dare to speak. The baptism of war had made everyone understand such a truth: when you just become a captive, don't make any resistance movements as much as possible, otherwise your enemy will kill you immediately.

  Abu threatened the life of the female mage with a dagger. With his other hand, he gently took the female mage's magic wand. The slight magic fluctuation still existing on the magic wand could no longer cause any harm to Abu. After close contact, Abu found that this was a seemingly very beautiful female mage. Only because of excessive fright, her face was pale and without any color.

  After Abu took the magic wand, he put away the dagger and then moved behind the female mage: "You know where I'm taking you. Don't turn back, otherwise I can't guarantee your life safety."

  When the dagger was removed, the female mage took a deep breath. But she understood what the masked person meant. If she made any slight movement, that dagger would immediately make her life leave her body. The female mage could only slowly walk towards the cave. She couldn't believe her failure. At the same time, she had a new understanding of Marquis Sallans' means.

  She didn't expect that Marquis Sallans, who seemed unable to fight back, actually lured her and her companions here and ambushed such a powerful backup in the oasis on the edge of the desert. In this way, for a long time, she and her superiors had underestimated Marquis Sallans' strength. If she could still go back alive, this was a problem that she and her superiors had to deal with correctly.

  The oasis was originally not large. In less than ten minutes, the female mage had come to the front of the cave and saw Marquis Sallans with a surprised face and Gu Yang who was overjoyed. But what made the female mage feel more and more terrifying was that along the way, she couldn't detect the footsteps of the masked person behind her at all. If the masked person didn't come out from behind her and come in front of the marquis, she would have thought that the masked person had disappeared.

  As soon as the masked person just walked out, Gu Yang's sword was already on the female mage's neck. For a terrifying upper-level mage, Gu Yang didn't dare to be careless at all.

  Abu stopped at a position seven steps in front of Marquis Sallans and didn't speak. Of course, the marquis understood what this assassin meant. At the same time, he had to admire this assassin's caution and prudence. The position of seven steps was just safe. If the marquis wanted to do something unfavorable to this assassin, the assassin had plenty of time to retreat or counterattack.

  But at this time, Marquis Sallans didn't want to anger this assassin because of any of his actions. Although he was a little reluctant, the marquis still carefully placed the shadow crystal on the ground and then took several steps back slowly. When the shadow crystal appeared, the female mage widened her eyes and shouted: "No, that belongs to us!"

  The assassin didn't change because of the female mage's shout. Just as the marquis's vision blurred, the crystal on the ground had disappeared. He didn't even see what body movement the assassin used to take away the crystal. Abu placed the female mage's magic wand on the ground. This thing was of no use to him: "I will ride away on a horse." After saying that, Abu slowly backed away. Now the fire in the forest was getting bigger and bigger. The cave was not very safe anymore.

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  "Please wait a moment, respected Mr. Assassin!" The marquis called Abu. "I think we will still have a chance to meet, right? I mean, if you agree, can you work for me? I am a marquis of the Star King Empire. I think I will pay a price that satisfies you."

  When the marquis saw that the assassin didn't leave or speak, he continued: "Moreover, if you agree, I am willing to buy back that shadow crystal with one hundred thousand gold coins. Of course, first I have to return to the capital. You see, this is a completely reasonable price!"

  What made the marquis a little distressed was that he couldn't see the expression behind that mask. So he didn't dare to determine if his words had really moved this assassin. But because of the fire, it was already a little hot here. The marquis knew that he had to express his meaning quickly. So the marquis continued: "As you said, you work for money. And I happen to be a person who can afford the price."

  The silent assassin made the marquis more and more depressed. So the marquis took off a metal bracelet from his wrist and threw it to the assassin: "Well, since you are not sure whether to work for me, I can give you sufficient time to consider. This is a calling bracelet given to me by a mage friend of mine. If the distance between us does not exceed one hundred kilometers, I can contact you through this thing. Then you can give me an answer again. It seems that this is really not a place to talk." A gust of thick smoke blew past, and the assassin and the bracelet disappeared at the same time.

  The marquis didn't have time to worry about the assassin's problem now. He shouted loudly to Gu Yang: "Okay, now we can only wrong the beautiful upper-level mage first. Gu Yang, we have to leave." Then the marquis smiled triumphantly at the female mage: "Do you know? Beautiful Mage Shali, I specifically told that assassin not to kill you. Speaking of which, you should thank me."

  The female mage Shali exclaimed: "Impossible. There can't be assassins in this world."

  The marquis seemed even more proud: "Regrettably, I originally thought the same as you. But now it seems that we are all wrong. Just like the mistake made by your master Okya, I, Marquis Sallans, won't die so easily. Since you can ask elves to help, then why can't I find a legendary assassin?" If it weren't for the fact that the fire had already reached here, then one could imagine that the marquis must have something else to say. But now he could only quickly escape from here.

  After finally reaching the edge of the forest, the female mage Shali stomped her feet: "That hateful assassin rode away on my white horse!" All the other horses were left here. Only that beautiful white horse was gone.

  "Well, there's nothing to complain about!" The marquis was obviously in a very good mood now. "If it were me, I would also fancy your white horse. We are already very lucky to be able to leave here alive! And the assassin didn't kill you. Don't you should pay him a little reward?"

  The female mage Shali was tied to a horse by Gu Yang and looked at Marquis Sallans with eyes full of anger: "You devil!"

  But the marquis shook his head: "No, my angel. You shouldn't look at me like this. If you agree to work for me, I promise you that I will definitely redeem the shadow crystal and give it to you. How about it?" Compared with an upper-level magician, Marquis Sallans hoped to get the latter more. In the poor Star King Empire, there were almost no mages to be seen. In wealthy countries, upper-level magicians were no less important than ordinary nobles. Marquis Sallans had always wondered how his enemy Okya found an upper-level mage as a helper. Otherwise, with the strength in his own hands, he couldn't have been forced to this point today.

  However, the female mage just looked at the marquis coldly: "You're dreaming!"

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