Chapter 776 - The Bird Watches As The Mantis Stalks The Cicada (2/2)
“We need to search for transport as soon as we reach the town ahead Rosa, you’re in charge of it,” instructed Arthur
“Leave that to lance at the Peace Mansion She seeainst it The fate of the Grey sisters was unied to find out that they had stolen the metal away from him She and Rosa were safe but at the expense of Giovanna and Stella’s safety Was this really God’s plan?
Arthur slid his phone out to ot it The sacred relic is now in e transport back for us We need to leave China via a special channel”
“What? How did you h the phone, his voice was gruff and stern
“It’s all thanks to the Requiem candles and women We lost the Grey sisters but they had sacrificed themselves for the sake of our plans,” explained Arthur
“Very well, I’ll have someone over for you three as soon as possible We’ll keep in touch” He ended the call
At this moment, in one of the rooms in the Peace Mansion, Xia Lei was on a phone call while flipping through Arthur’s luggage “Did youout, “Yeah, I got it Angelo is at Malta island”
Xia Lei exhaled in relief “Well done, noe leave the rest to E’er Demutu”
The Malta Palace located in Roht Hospitaller’s operations There was no way their headquarters would be located there Pinpointing where their headquarters as key to solving the mysteries behind the silverability would’ve allowed theelo’s location with Arthur’s first call Despite using the same equipment, Yelena was evidently less efficient
Arthur’s goal was to get the sacred relic with the least aoal was to locate the Knight Hospitaller’s real headquarters This would naturally coanisation, which hy he was here searching through Arthur’s luggage
Arthur’s belongings were all laid out on the bed
He had brought a bible, a silver cross, a change of clothes, a card to a randoht olden card that bore the words ‘Tuitio fidei et obsequiuly, Xia Lei turned the card around to find an e as an SD card
Xia Lei’s heart thumped “Could this be the access card to their headquarters?”
Though uncertain, itthat, he ca for hi else worth noting aside froe of clothes, underwear, cosmetics and some feminine products
He stowed their ite the room
At the entrance to Bailu Town, the three of them had arrived to find transport out of there
Aht of a van that was parked on the roadside A Chinese h his phone
“hello!” Rosa quickly approached hilish?”
“Yeah,” the man answered with a sht!” exclaimed Rosa She continued, “Please take us away from here”
Theresa interrupted her “We’ll pay you double your usual rate”
“Alright, hop on,” The man stoay his phone and hopped into the driver’s seat
“Nailed it” Rosa and Theresa smirked
But Arthur couldn’t help but find it suspicious Why was there a van here at the dead of night? Their escape was going a little too sed the man
Rosa and Theresa turned around to look at Arthur
Arthur whispered in Italian “Be careful Kill hi funny!”
The Russo sisters nodded in unison
The three Knight Hospitaller ine and started their journey Oddly, the van was headed towards the Thunder Horse Military Factory instead of away from it
“Who exactly are you?” Arthur finally noticed sorasp the man’s neck
The man turned around suddenly, opened his mouth and out came a needle It was tiny, but there was still a metal tube there nonetheless!
With the limited space in the van and an unexpected turn of events, Rosa couldn’t react fast enough to avoid the flying needle that stabbed her neck
Poof! Poof!
Another two needles were sent flying froht’s speed One of it stabbed Theresa’s neck while the other on Arthur’s forehead
“You… Xia…” Before he could even utter a full sentence, Arthur was gone, slu unconscious before him
The van cae door ide open and Xia Lei was standing there sly
The bird watched as the mantis stalks the cicada He was the master of said bird