After creating a commotion in the middle of the night, Ren Xiaosu slept all the way until the afternoon.
Having not fought any high-intensity battles in a long time, he felt a great sense of satisfaction after this warm-up. As such, he slept even more soundly.
As for whether the Winston family’s people could fall asleep, that was not his concern.
But when Ren Xiaosu went out to the lower level of the relay station, he realized it was full of people.
As the person in charge of the trade caravan, Qian Weining stood in the middle while other people surrounded him noisily and shouted, “Vice President Qian, why are we suddenly not allowed to leave the city? What should we do with all the goods we brought?”
Someone else next to Melgor said, “Lord Melgor, why don’t you try discussing with the Winston family as a fellow sorcerer and see if they might let us leave? If we get delayed for a day, it’s an additional day of costs we have to bear. Feeding the horses and cattle requires money.”
Ren Xiaosu looked around and saw a few hundred of Qian Weining’s subordinates standing guard around the relay station. The relay station had been fully booked by the trade caravan led by Qian Weining and was no longer receiving other guests.
Meanwhile, those crowding around Qian Weining and Melgor were the actual merchants in the caravan.
No one knew what had happened in the city. Throughout the entire night, they only heard the chaotic sounds of structures collapsing and the galloping of the Knights of the Hymn’s horses in the streets. The entire caravan was now in a state of panic, and no one dared to hang around here any longer.
Qian Weining tried to appease everyone by saying, “I’ve already sent someone to check out the situation. Winston City’s gates have been shut since yesterday, so we can’t leave now even if we wanted to. Everyone, please calm down. We’ll discuss what to do after my people have investigated the situation.”
Nearby, Melgor said, “Mhm, we’ll listen to Vice President Qian’s arrangements for now.”
When Chen Cheng and An’an saw that Ren Xiaosu had woken up, they went up to him and asked in a whisper, “Did you come back to the relay station directly after the banquet last night?”
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile, “Yeah, Lord Melgor and I came back immediately. We didn’t dare get involved either when we heard the chaos outside and went straight to sleep after we got back.”
Chen Cheng and An’an looked at Ren Xiaosu suspiciously. Since last night, they had been discussing only one topic: Was Ren Xiaosu responsible for all that chaos?
Chen Jingshu said it might not be him, but Chen Cheng and An’an still felt that even if Ren Xiaosu was not responsible, it definitely had something to do with him.
Ren Xiaosu looked at the two of them and asked curiously, “So what happened?”
Chen Cheng and An’an remained silent for a moment before saying, “We don’t know the exact details yet. We only know someone attacked the House of Winston. As for the rest, we’ll have to wait for Qian Weining to find out.”
“Alright then.” Ren Xiaosu walked up to Melgor and asked in a low voice, “What’s for lunch?”
Melgor was clearly taken aback. “What’s for lunch?”
“Yeah,” Ren Xiaosu answered matter-of-factly.
Melgor pulled Ren Xiaosu aside unhappily and said in a suppressed voice, “You’re still in the mood to ask what’s for lunch? Don’t you know you’ve turned the whole world upside down?”
“Don’t worry, it’s not that serious.” Ren Xiaosu assured him, “Although it was a rather big racket, it’s not as terrible as you might think.”
Melgor said skeptically, “Really?”
“Yeah!” Ren Xiaosu chuckled.
At this moment, the guard sent out by Qian Weining trotted back to the relay station. He stood in front of everyone and panted out, “I’ve roughly found out what happened and why the city gates are closed.”
“Hurry up and tell us,” Qian Weining urged.
The guard hurriedly said, “62 sorcerers of the House of Winston died last night, including Archmage Devonshire and Archmage Abel. Not only did the murderers kill them, but they also stole 61 Eyes of True Sight, including a red one!”
Melgor burped.
When Melgor heard Ren Xiaosu’s assurance just now, he really thought the matter was not too serious. But when he heard the truth, he was so shocked he belched!
How’s that fucking not serious? You call a heinous crime in which 62 sorcerers were killed not serious?!
If it weren’t for the fear of giving themselves away, Melgor would have questioned Ren Xiaosu angrily on the spot.
Fortunately, he managed to keep his cool and stopped himself from acting impulsively.
Everyone looked over at Melgor when they heard the belch. “Lord Melgor, what’s the matter?”
“Nothing.” Melgor said, “When I heard that so many of my fellow sorcerers had died so tragically, I couldn’t help feeling a little sad!”
Eager to know the truth, Qian Weining only glanced at Melgor for a moment before turning back to the guard and urging, “What else happened?”
“The Knights of the Hymn isn’t too affected. The perpetrators were here for the sorcerers, so they didn’t engage the knights much,” the guard said.
“Have they caught the perpetrators yet? Who is it?” Qian Weining asked.
“There were three perpetrators, but they didn’t manage to catch them. One of the identified was Wang Congyang, who recently showed up at the black market, while the other two remain unknown.” The guard said, “Oh, right, the perpetrators used some kind of steel monster to break through the city walls and escaped last night.”
The guard continued, “But I heard Wang Congyang was likely just an accomplice. Although he was the one who broke through the city walls, the sorcerers were all killed by the other two. Wang Congyang’s role in the incident was just steering the steel monster, and his main attack method was spitting. He isn’t strong at all. So the truly strong ones were the other two. By the way, I also brought back a wanted portrait of Wang Congyang.”
After that, the guard took out a wanted portrait of Wang Congyang that looked like it had just been torn off a wall.
Everyone stepped closer to have a look. In the portrait, Wang Congyang’s facial features were proper. He had a high nose bridge, bushy eyebrows, and big eyes. If they had not heard about this man’s story, no one would have thought the man could be such a vicious person.
Ren Xiaosu also went over to have a look. After he did, he immediately thought the artist was really good at capturing Wang Congyang’s likeness and characteristics accurately.
It was indeed Wang Congyang.
But since the guard said there were three perpetrators, it seemed like the House of Winston had included Old Xu as well.
Last night was an encounter battle between Wang Congyang and Ren Xiaosu.
In his panic, Wang Congyang did not have anything to cover his face with. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu was wearing a black cloak throughout the battle, so no one could clearly see how he looked.
In the end, Wang Congyang got a wanted poster drawn up while Ren Xiaosu got away scot-free.
The trade caravan was in an uproar.
The deaths of 62 sorcerers overnight was a major incident that shocked everyone in the entirety of the Kingdom of Sorcerers. Moreover, according to the guard, there were only three perpetrators.
The trio had massacred over 60 sorcerers even as they fended off the Knights of the Hymn? In the end, not only did the three of them escape totally unscathed, but they even crashed through the city walls and fled?!
What the fuck?! Were they gods who descended from Heaven or what?
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