129 Infiltrating (2/2)

Startled, Mark took a careful look and it really seemed to be the case.

”This... I am ashamed of my poor judgement, your highness.” Mark wore an awkward look. This was why Kasif had yet to hand over his position to Mark and retire, despite his old age. There was no capable leader.

Little did Kasif knew, it was entirely the Old man's fault. His grip on the shadow guards was so strong, they only knew how to follow his orders and not develop their own thinking. Their judgements were simple and lacked many considerations.

At this time, Kasif was unaware of what was transpiring on the surface and just continue exploring the first floor, in search of the entrance to the second floor with the elite group of shadow guards. They were tasked to find and seal the entrance swiftly.

The creatures on the second floor of the underground world was much stronger. It would not be good if they discover the absence of the first-floor dwellers and decide to move up the floor.

...

”We will sneak in, the old-fashion way.” Leon said.

What was the old-fashion way? It was to enter silently without being seen. Naturally, they would not use the front gates that was guarded by the gatekeepers. Just hop over the wall instead.

They waited for all the guests to enter the building before making their move. As shadow guards, they were trained to be quick and subtle in their movements.

They easily slipped past the patrolling servants without be discovered and enter the Solaris family's home through the windows. Those that managed to fuck up and get discovered, quickly suppressed the patrolling servants before they could utter a single sound. Their bodies were hid in well-concealed bushes.

The process was never perfectly smooth like one would hope. Sean Solaris had been asleep all day, while his body was naturally recovering from his injuries. When he finally woke up, Leon's ghostly figure suddenly appeared in his room.

He widened his eyes in shock when he saw who it was. Before he could shout, Leon was already one step quicker and sealed both his voice and movements by shooting needles into his acupoints.

He wanted to shout, 'what do you want!?' but he couldn't. Sean was horrified by the inability to speak and move. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do anything. He was as helpless as a fish on the chopping board.

Leon was surprised to run into this enemy of his, but he soon recovered his expression. Before the Solaris family is finished, he will kill this person first. This person was the cause of their feud. The person shouldn't have tried to touch his girl.

”The father is dead, but the son is still alive. Why don't you go and join him now?” Leon whispered.

'Nooooo! I don't want to die!'

Sean wanted to scream out loud. Since the person dared to break into his home, the person would naturally dare to kill him! He did not doubt Leon's intention in the slightest. His whisper was like the devil asking for his soul! Cold and merciless!

CRACK

His neck was snapped and ended his life just like that. Leon positioned the body properly on the bed and draped the blanket over and left after retrieving his needles.

From the onlooker's perspective, it would look like Sean Solaris was still sleeping quietly in bedroom.

Leon joined up with the rest of the shadow guards whom already found the entrance to the underground auction. They entered after removing the servants guarding the entrance.

The underground auction was unexpectedly spacious and well decorated. It didn't look much different to public auction held on the surface. There were seats filled all the way to the front where the stage was. Furthermore, there were private booths reserved for special guests.

It had the capacity to hold at least 200 people, but there were only 40-odd people present. The auction had already commenced as the person hosting the secret auction on the stage was the Old marquis of the Solaris family, Frederick Solar, Marquis Wyatt's father and Sean's grandfather.

”Ladies and gentlemen, next item on the list, we have a bottle of the Water of Absolute Nothingness. Where it came from, I shall not say. We all know what the Water of Absolute Nothingness can do so I won't elaborate on that. The starting pricing is 1,000,000 Craws. Each bid must be an increment of 100,000 Craws.” Frederick Solaris said loud and clearly, as his voice reverberated from the stage.

When Leon heard this, he was startled.