Chapter 885 Assassination

After a whole morning, the market after noon finally became a little quiet.

Of course, this kind of quiet means that compared with the morning and noon, the market is actually still full of people.

Those merchants who entered the city that day and couldn't catch up with the best sales time of the day, appeared in the market at this time, inquiring about the market and looking for a suitable place to set up their stalls.

Qin Ran and Mimosa, who had changed into different attires, mingled among these people.

With a smile on his face, Qin Ran stopped to ask a question or two in front of a certain booth from time to time, while Mimosa followed behind Qin Ran without missing a step, as if he was a qualified little follower.

The two stopped and walked, and after more than half an hour, they came to a booth selling jewelry.

A few pieces of rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces were scattered on a piece of off-white 1-meter-square cloth, most of which were made of copper and iron.

You don't expect to see gold and silver jewelry at a stall like this.

To find these, you need to go inside the store, not the roadside stand.

Of course, Kieran's main purpose is not these.

It's the hotel behind the stall.

On the corner window on the second floor of the hotel, a strip of red cloth was fluttering in the wind, which was very conspicuous.

After taking a glance at the red cloth strip, Qin Ran picked up a ring.

"how much is this?"

Qin Ran asked.

"Eight copper coins."

The stall owner glanced at it and gave a price.

Not expensive, but not cheap either.

Just walking around in the market, although most of it was just for show, it was enough for Kieran to understand how priceless it was.

In other similar stalls, a copper ring like the one in his hand costs at most six or seven copper coins.

"too expensive!"

"Five coppers!"

"impossible!"

"At least nine copper coins!"

"I can buy two such copper rings for nine coppers!"

Qin Ran shook his head and started to bargain with the stall owner like a true businessman.

Mimosa stood behind, looking at Kieran like this with a look of disbelief in her eyes.

The scene before her eyes was completely beyond Mimosa's imagination.

As Kieran's team member, Mimosa naturally knew why they were here.

In fact, after signing a contract to keep it secret, Mimosa already roughly knew Kieran's guess.

Mimosa did not refute this speculation.

Because, he could also see that Melzer and Pierke were the two "smoke bombs" of the two people who actually stole the "Holy Grail of Thorns".

When failure occurs, the four of them are the best candidates to break off the attack.

When successful, the four people will have reasonable evidence to clear their suspicions.

According to his guess, the two people who actually stole the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' would definitely put the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' in the marked hotel, and then notify the city guards and Temple of Thorns to complete the expected framing.

Naturally, Kieran would never give up on the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' that could complete the 'baptism', and would definitely take action.

In this way, the battle with the city guards and the Thorn Temple is inevitable.

Therefore, Mimosa was quite nervous when she came to the market.

However, seeing Qin Ran's appearance of haggling with an ordinary stall owner, Mimosa couldn't help but wonder if her guess was correct, or did she have an auditory hallucination during the previous conversation with Qin Ran?

However, soon, a black shadow attracted the eyes of Mimosa.

The black figure loomed in the shadows, approaching the hotel with red cloth strips at an extremely fast speed.

Subconsciously, Mimosa wanted to remind Kieran.

But before Mimosa could speak, Kieran threw another ten coppers to the stall owner, and stood up holding two copper rings.

"Let's see that one!"

Kieran said and walked to another stall.

Mimosa wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to say it. She could only weakly follow Qin Ran to a fur stall.

This is a stall set up by hunters near Navia City.

It is covered with tanned and sun-dried rabbit skins, most of which are bright gray and white.

"A piece of leather costs ten coppers, no price set!"

The hunter obviously noticed Qin Ran before, and spoke before Qin Ran opened his mouth.

Qin Ran touched the tip of his nose resentfully, and walked directly to the next house, Mimosa quickly followed.

However, Mimosa couldn't help but turned her head and glanced in the direction of the hotel.

When she saw the situation in the hidden alley, Mimosa was stunned.

Because, the black shadow he saw before was blocked in the alley in front of the hotel by three people who appeared at some unknown time.

Due to the angle, Mimosa did not see the appearance of the three people, but he could clearly see that the three were holding weapons.

Moreover, the black shadow that appeared first has been injured!

"Is there anyone else?!"

Something unexpected happened, which made Mimosa stop, but the strength from the arm made Mimosa continue to move forward.

"Don't look back, follow me."

The voice that belonged to Qin Ran came from his ear, and Mimosa immediately responded.

And just after the two of them left about a hundred meters away——

boom!

There was a huge explosion.

The flames shot up into the sky.

Within a radius of seven to eight meters, it was razed to the ground.

Even the hotel was half collapsed.

The market, which was noisy one moment, became crying for parents and mothers the next.

The chaotic crowd ran left and right.

Even if the city guards who had received the news rushed over quickly, it was of no use.

The numbers are too different.

There are thousands of people in the entire market, but the two teams of city guards only have about fifty people. Even if you include the city guards stationed in the market, there are only a hundred people.

Facing the impact of ten times more people, the queue of city guards was instantly dispersed.

"Gather! Gather!"

The captain of the city guard shouted loudly.

But such voices were immediately drowned out by the chaotic crowd.

Then, the embittered captain drew out the long sword at his waist and began to intimidate the panicked crowd, but instead of doing anything, it made the crowd even more chaotic.

Qin Ran couldn't help but shook his head as he pulled a mimosa and stood in a corner to avoid the chaotic crowd.

If you do this from the beginning, you can still rely on the sharpness of the sword to intimidate the crowd, but now?

It’s just adding to the chaos!

The chaos continued for a few more minutes, and then a middle-aged man wearing a long robe with thorns embroidered on his sleeves appeared singing hymns loudly.

"The road full of thorns is your test."

"The painful body brings a noble soul."

"When you show up, everything..."

The chant seemed to have the power to calm people's hearts, and the chaotic crowd quickly quieted down. If it continued, the chaos would definitely subside quickly.

But……

Whoosh!

A crossbow arrow suddenly shot out from the crowd and engulfed the chest of the cleric who was singing a hymn.

Immediately, the crowd that had just calmed down became panicked again.

People are more frightened and overwhelmed than before.

Also at a loss were the mimosas.

"W-what exactly happened?"

Mimosa looked at the priest lying in a pool of blood, and she was stunned.

And when he came back to his senses, he realized that Qin Ran beside him had disappeared.

PS first update~