The capital is rife with undercurrents, and the merciless Clown is about to appear, isn't he?
Sino said, looking at Shadow.
Shadow didn't speak for a long time.
His brain cells were a bit overwhelmed; he couldn't come up with a cool line.
"Your thoughts are the same as mine!"
Shadow learned about the dark forces secretly operating in the capital from Christina.
He just didn't know the specific situation of the other party and wanted to ask Sino if he knew.
"Regarding the incident of students being forced to transfer magic in the academy, even though there was complete evidence and witnesses, Elisa was still acquitted. Does Alpha know anything?"
Sino handed the conversation over to Alpha.
"The Midgar Kingdom is severely rotten behind the scenes, with the Thirteen Night Swords controlling the kingdom's vital power, and Elisa's father is one of the Thirteen Night Swords!"
"They call themselves the Eminence in Shadow of the Midgar Kingdom, and they rule with an iron fist in the dark! Many of the kingdom's powers are firmly held in their hands."
"Eminence in Shadow?" Shadow murmured to himself.
It was clear that this name already made Shadow a bit displeased.
He is the Eminence in Shadow, and they call themselves the Eminence in Shadow.
Doesn't that mean they're riding on his head?
"Do we need to take action and deal with them?" Alpha asked.
"No need, someone will handle them!" Sino's gaze turned to Shadow.
"Your Vodka Martini!"
Shadow took the glass and drank it in one gulp.
After magic enveloped his body, he vanished from the spot.
In the sky outside.
Shadow felt dizzy from the wind.
"The after-effect is strong; I should have known not to have vodka. It turns out I'm still not suited for drinking."
Sid had already learned what he wanted to know from this trip.
He wanted to eliminate the Thirteen Night Swords.
And a character he had conceived long ago appeared in his mind.
Jack the Ripper.
A merciless killer in a clown costume... At night, Count Goethe looked out the window.
He always felt like someone was outside the window.
"It must be my imagination! The guards here are tight; how could anyone get in!"
Count Goethe lowered his head and continued to look at the matters he needed to handle.
It was about Elisa.
Goethe was the last of the Thirteen Night Swords.
He inherited his father's position, and as a young man, he needed to show enough value so as not to be abandoned by the Thirteen Night Swords.
"Now the key to the problem is the Duke's daughter, Christina, and Princess Alexia! They are both eyewitnesses.
Their fathers are the King and a Duke, respectively, so intimidation and bribery won't make them change their statements!"
"Christina is still collecting information unfavorable to Elisa! How can this be handled perfectly?"
"Can we only choose to use force to intimidate them?"
"It will cost a lot of money to distort the truth this time!"
Count Goethe organized the expenses and the plan for handling this matter into an envelope.
He intended to give this to Elisa's father.
He picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.
"As expected of high-quality coffee beans made by Mitsugoshi Company, the taste is excellent!"
At this moment, Count Goethe felt as if there was something in the room.
He looked up and saw a blood-stained Clown sitting on the sofa.
The Clown's appearance startled him, and he spilled coffee directly onto the envelope.
The feeling that someone was there earlier was not his imagination;
There really was someone outside the window, and it was this Clown.
"Who are you! Guards! Guards, come quickly! Someone, quick!"
Count Goethe immediately moved away from the Clown and shouted loudly.
But no matter how much he shouted, no one broke in.
The Clown stood up.
He held a miniature Clown in his hand.
He slowly approached Count Goethe, step by step.
"Who are you, and what do you want to do!"
The Clown remained silent, only slowly approaching Count Goethe.
"Someone, quickly, someone!"
The Clown stood still, just staring intently at Count Goethe.
He seemed to be waiting for him to call for people.
Count Goethe shouted for a long time, but no one appeared.
At this point, the Clown seemed to have run out of patience.
He started to move again.
Count Goethe knew he couldn't stand there anymore; he had to do something.
Count Goethe picked up his Magic Sword, which was in the corner of the room.
He infused all his magic into the Magic Sword.
He swung the sword.
The Clown made no move.
The sword struck the Clown's shoulder, but nothing happened.
The Clown's clothes weren't even cut.
The Clown in the Clown's hand suddenly opened its gaping maw. Its sharp teeth bit fiercely into Goethe's sword.
"Crack!"
Goethe's sword was directly bitten off.
The thing in the Clown's hand was merely a doll made of slime magic.
All the doll's actions were controlled by the Clown himself.
"How can this be! I was also an excellent student at the Magic Swordsman Academy; how could my full-power strike leave you unharmed!"
The Clown said nothing, slowly curving his lips into a sinister smile.
At this moment, the Clown turned his head to look at the window.
A figure climbed in through the window.
It was Princess Alexia.
Count Goethe also followed the Clown's gaze to Alexia.
"Princess Alexia, save me! This person wants to kill me!"
"That's quite a coincidence! I'm here to kill you too!"
Alexia said with a smile.
After she spoke, she vanished from the spot.
The next second, she lunged at Count Goethe.
At this moment, an ordinary playing card blocked Alexia's attack.
The one who struck was the Clown.
The Clown had his own plan, and he didn't want anyone to appear and disrupt it.
Alexia steadied herself and looked at the Clown.
"What do you mean? We're both here to kill him, so it's the same whoever does it, right!"
Alexia said, looking at the Clown.
The Clown said nothing, only quietly looking at Alexia.
At this moment, Count Goethe found an opportunity and rushed out the door.
Alexia observed carefully; she couldn't see through the Clown.
She wasn't confident she could defeat the Clown right now, so she could only choose to concede.
"Alright, I'll leave this person to you!"
Alexia said and then climbed out the window and left.
Christina was now Alexia's subordinate, regarding what Christina had experienced.
Christina had discussed it with her.
After Alexia learned of it, she decided to take matters into her own hands.
If power couldn't allow her to judge evil, then she would use strength to judge evil.
Thus, Alexia encountered the Clown.
Count Goethe was fleeing in a panic when he suddenly tripped over something unknown.
At this moment, his hands were covered in blood,
And the ground was also covered in blood.
He turned his head and saw a corpse lying on the ground.
It was one of his guards.
He looked around, and there were guard corpses everywhere.
Not a single guard was alive.
The guards he hired were all Magic Swordsmen of questionable character but strong in power.
All these people had been silently killed.
At this moment, very loud footsteps sounded.
The Clown slowly and leisurely walked towards Count Goethe, step by step.
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