Why Do You Still Think Yourselves Innocent?

He looked at Leo in terror, clutching a bottle of low-quality potion in his hand.

He shouted, "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer! If you take another step, I'll drink this bottle of Holy Water. I know what happens after drinking Holy Water—I'll become a powerful being capable of hunting Wizards like you."

"If you don't want me to drink the Holy Water, then leave!"

The lord tried to force Leo to leave by threatening him this way.

Leo remained perfectly composed and said, "Where did you hear that drinking such a low-quality potion could threaten us Wizards?"

Just as the lord was about to speak, a sharp sound of something slicing through the air suddenly came from behind him.

The potion in the lord's hand was shattered by an iron sword.

The potion splashed all over the ground.

The lord turned around in shock and fury, only to see a Flesh Puppet that looked exactly like Leo.

Leo said, "But it doesn't matter. Once I kill you, I'll find out who did this."

The next moment, Leo's Flesh Puppet flashed its sword, and the lord's head immediately fell to the ground.

A number began floating before Leo.

That number represented Leo's successful killing of one of the nobles on his Death List.

Leo turned his gaze toward the surviving knights.

The knights trembled from head to toe.

Leo said, "Your lord is dead. Aren't you going to avenge him?"

"Lord Wizard, please allow us to offer our apologies."

When facing Leo, these knights showed no hostility whatsoever. Instead, they appeared deeply terrified of him.

They bent at the waist and respectfully saluted Leo. "We gathered here because the count hired us to kill a powerful enemy."

"But the count never told us that our enemy was a