Suddenly, the wall started shifting and a humanshaped opening appeared. With a leap, Carson jumped out of the opening.
When the young man noticed that something was amiss, the wall had sealed up. Thousand Pounder started raining down on him from above. Then, at the speed of light, the young man bolted for the window.
However, he was too far away from the window, hence it was almost impossible to escape from this distance. At the very last moment when the young man's leg was out the window, his other leg was slashed by the sharp Thousand Pounder blades that rained down on him.
He struggled to pull his leg out, and the injury on his leg made it difficult for him to move.
At this moment, Carson switched on the lights in the villa.
He was confident in thinking that the assassin had died from the raining blades.
When he saw the empty bedroom, however, Carson panicked and punched the alarm system immediately.
48 Stronghold's Corvettes rushed out at once.
When the young man heard the commotion, he gritted
his teeth and ran in the other direction in an attempt t o escape.
"There's an assassin. Search the place," Carson said, looking at the blood trail on the window.
A servant reminded Carson. "I heard that several distinguished guests have arrived at our stronghold today and now there's an assassin in our stronghold. Don't you think this coincidence is uncanny?"
Carson looked in the direction where Refreshing Breeze Courtyard was situated and said, "Come with m e."
Refreshing Breeze Courtyard.
When the Corvettes rushed over, Cole jumped down from the tree.
"What happened?"
Carson moved his mouth closer to Cole's ear and whispered, "An assassin sneaked into your room and survived the Thousand Rounder with injuries. I'm sure he won't go far."
Cole looked surprised. There were so many rooms in the Yorks’ stronghold, yet the assassin came straight for his room. He was most probably there to hurt him.
Also, if the assassin could survive the Thousand Rounder, then he was definitely no ordinary man. Cole's mesmerizing face turned solemn as he said," Come with me."
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