865 A Lesson (2/2)
Sharp had voluntarily revealed the matter and kept it a secret from the Church. Was he planning to cooperate with the Union? Had his operation been approved by the Sword of Truth who was far away in Aalto?
”Remember to pay for the liquor and the house damages.” Old Green fell down, resuming the previous stun and depression.
Fernando stepped into the hall and said to Sharp, who was drinking with his eyes closed, ”What would you like to talk about?”
Sharp chuckled. ”I want to kill someone, but it's inconvenient for me to do it in person. I'm told that sorcerers accept such contracts.”
”Who is it?” Douglas pressed his hands, hinting Fernando not to be rash.
His calmness and easiness made Fernando swallow his mockery about Sharp's cowardice and listen to his reply.
Sharp had another mouthful of his drink and smiled again. ”Alfonsol. The person I want dead is Alfonsol.”
Alfonsol?
There were plenty of people with such a name, but most of them lived in the countries near the Holy City. In Rentato, few people carried such a name, and only one of them was a nuisance for Sharp to attack!
”Alfonsol, the red robe?” Old Green's frozen eyes emitted deep and dark brilliance.
Fernando was also quite surprised. The deputy captain of the Sword of Truth's Knights, as well as the gold knight, was asking the ”evil” sorcerers to assassinate a level-nine red robe? That was too weird!
”Yes. He is an extreme worshipper of the Lord. He believes that all the powers go to the Lord, and that nobles are also lambs. So, we haven't gotten along very well.” Sharp looked at the three of them with a vague smile.
”Alfonsol is a level-nine cleric, the main assistant to 'Graceful Angel' Francois, and a real giant of the Inquisition of the Holm parish…” Douglas had collected enough intelligence about Rentato recently. ”Graceful Angel” Francois was one of the two saint cardinals who was left by the Saint Truth to defend the territory on this side of the Storm Strait. He was an expert whose name could be prefixed with ”Saint”!
Old Green lowered his eyes. ”Alfonsol barely leaves Rentato. Who can assassinate him under Francois' protection? Unless they do not want to survive…”
The previous attack on the Inquisition had raised too much turmoil. Kritonia had taken over the investigation in person. If they allured Alfonsol to leave Rentato by exposing their tracks, ”Heart of Time” would possibly come! He wasn't any easier to deal with than ”Graceful Angel” was. Kritonia was known as the legendary knight who was closest to level three!
Even a man as proud and impatient as Fernando dared not accept the contract outrightly. The mission might not be accomplishable even if the whole Union was devoted to it.
”Haha.” Sharp raised his head and laughed aloud, as if he were very delighted. Then, he lowered his head and looked at Douglas and Fernando without the slightest smile in his eyes. ”Why? Are you scared?”
He rose and looked down at them. ”Your strategy is not bad to attract the nobles to resist the Church. However, you've forgotten one thing. This is a game that only experts can play!
”If you cannot kill a level-nine red robe, are you even qualified to play the game of balance? How many legendary sorcerers do you have? How capable are you to resist the Church?
”If you do not have the capabilities, however many things you do, as long as the legendary sorcerers of Aalto are defeated and the Church is spared, your doom will still be inevitable. No nobles will dare to work with you at all.”
He sniffed. ”Keep away from Hathaway. If Green weren't hanging around with you, I would have…”
Pausing for a moment, he walked to the door with his hands behind his back. ”Don't meddle in the battle of giants if you are just a group of rats!”
Fernando blushed. A terrible storm seemed to be rising in his eyes. If Douglas hadn't been suppressing him in secret, he would've burst out long ago.