Magic Underachiever

For Charles, as long as Duncan is not looking for him for the betrayal, everything else can be turned around. Besides, Gazing into the Abyss is a religious organization, and taking the risk of killing a businessman is itself very suspicious.

In Charles' view, the Gazing into the Abyss Church has no reason to assassinate Young Master Liang, so they are instructed to complete this task. Then... it is not difficult to guess who this person is.

Young Master Liang acquired the Pier Magic Academy and formed the "College Alliance". He launched the fourth-generation magic potential activation potion and the "Return to Magic" beverage. He directly encroached on the interests of the Marcellus Council and the Scarab Company. The mastermind of this assassination must be one of them.

As long as Gazing into the Abyss does not want to kill Young Master Liang, everything can be discussed.

Charles is very grateful to Young Master Liang for saving him from the siege of the Brotherhood last time. This time, Gazing into the Abyss wants to assassinate him, and of course he will try to stop it. This is also in Charles's interest, and he can find the secret of Jessica's ancestors through the Gazing into the Abyss Church.

In this negotiation, Charles began to fight back.

Duncan's face turned very bad. He looked around... and found no trace of the gunman.

"Do you think this lie that can be easily exposed can scare me?" Duncan, who did not find anything unusual, said to Charles seriously: "Half of my people are in this cafe, and there are also my people outside... If you brought people here, you would have been discovered long ago."

Charles laughed: "You have been away from the Order Continent for too long, and you don't know how high the current level of technology and magic has reached. My people don't need to be in this cafe at all. A bullet fired by a special sniper rifle can still blow up your head after penetrating the wall.

Magic can locate you and monitor the energy changes around you.

If you don't believe it, you can try to use offensive magic or magic to see if there are any bullets shot in."

The smile on Charles' face made Duncan unsure whether there was really someone who could snipe accurately through the wall. After all, Charles is a world-renowned inventor, and no one knows what unimaginable weapons he can make.

A commissioned assassination mission is not worth Duncan's life.

Duncan said: "Charles, threatening me will not bring you any benefits. If I die, you will definitely die... If I survive, you will also die.

So don't negotiate with me, you must complete this task."

Charles picked up his hat and stood up impatiently. He said to Duncan: "Do you think you can threaten me to do things because you have something on me? But I want to tell you... that's nothing.

This world is not just the Order Continent. Overseas, the influence of the Supreme Church is not that high. And I will be welcomed wherever I go. As long as I leave the Order Continent, the Supreme Church will have no way to deal with me.

My assets will be damaged, but it will only be a partial loss.

Mr. Duncan, as a former believer of Ergus, I want to remind you! Never provoke Master Liang... He is not someone you can afford to provoke. The people behind you obviously want you to be cannon fodder.

My donation commitment to Staring into the Abyss is still valid. If you want money, I will give it to you... Don't bother me again."

After speaking, Charles put on his hat and was about to walk out. Duncan said quickly: "Sir Charles, I think we can talk about this matter again. Please sit down, I promise that it will be a pleasant conversation next."

At this point, Duncan's strategy against Charles has completely failed. If Charles is determined not to accept the task of assassinating Master Liang even if he leaves the Order Continent, then there is no need for Gazing into the Abyss to fight Charles.

You can find someone else to assassinate Master Liang, but Charles's donation must be obtained.

As Charles despised, the funds for Gazing into the Abyss at this time are really tight. On the continent where the Supreme Church implements religious monopoly, Gazing into the Abyss has always been cautious and never easily obtains by violence. The Saroyan branch led by Duncan is in its early stages of construction and needs money everywhere... Although Speaker Peters gave a sum of money, it is only enough for the daily expenses of the branch.

Just like this time when meeting Charles, Duncan and his subordinates did not order any other food here except for a cheap cup of coffee.

The Saroyan branch is really short of money.

After Sir Charles sat down again, Duncan asked, "How much money are you going to donate to us?"

Duncan's rapid change made Charles more certain that someone else wanted to kill Young Master Liang, so he asked, "Who hired you to assassinate Young Master Liang?"

Duncan replied, "This is not your business. If you don't want to take this task, we will find someone else. You are not going to tell anyone about this, this is our bottom line."

Charles knew that Duncan would not tell him such confidential things, so he did not continue to ask. However, he still tried his best to stop Staring into the Abyss from assassinating Young Master Liang, and when he was about to continue persuading, there was a clanging sound of metal friction outside the door, and a woman pushed open the door and walked in.

The woman's face was a little pale, and her red lips were as bright as blood. She was wearing a wizard robe with a slightly retro style, giving people a noble and cold feeling.

Next to the woman followed a calf-sized mechanical puppet dog, which was covered with a layer of iron armor all over its body. Every step it took, metal hit metal, which was very visually and auditorily impactful.

After the woman and the mechanical puppet dog came in, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the coffee shop. Everyone was guessing the identity of the woman in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel afraid of the mechanical puppet dog. However, the woman ignored the strange gazes. She just glanced around the coffee shop and walked straight to Charles.

The mechanical puppet dog followed the woman with its tail swaying.

"Charles, my name is Minia." The one who came in was Minia, the vampire alchemist sent by Daliang. Then she pointed at the mechanical puppet dog and introduced: "This is Hurricane, you have met. We are here to assist your research under the order of the master... but the master also put forward his conditions.

Now, you can let this bishop friend who stares into the abyss go. Then we will talk about the adaptive computer."

Duncan was extremely shocked by the revelation of his identity. He didn't know who this woman was, nor did he know how she knew his identity. Obviously, he had carefully concealed himself, and didn't even tell Charles that he was the bishop of the Saroyan branch of Staring into the Abyss... How could he be exposed?

Charles was even more shocked. He didn't know who Minia was, but he knew what Hurricane was.

This puppet dog that looked like an alchemical machine was actually a giant dragon in armor. He...he...he could even wag his tail.