Just after Han Shuo and Phoebe left, Glover burst into the room with a group of guards from the Buster Trading Company.
"Who did this? Who did this? I spent so much gold on you lot for nothing! Not one of you noticed an assassin coming. If the assassin had been after me, those two wouldn't have been the ones lying on the floor!" The moment Glover entered and saw the scene, he flew into a rage, roaring at the men who had followed him.
"Mr. Glover, this assassin was extremely skilled. He evaded my Wind Barrier and assassinated both Darnell and Yuna in such a short time. That proves his strength was far beyond what we imagined," a long-haired man with a somewhat ashen face told Glover after examining the scene.
Letting out a soft breath, Glover glanced at the long-haired man and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Ellis. I lost my composure."
Ellis, the wind mage, remained expressionless. He looked at the dead Darnell's left hand in surprise and gave a quiet murmur. Walking over to the corpse, he examined the left hand with its missing finger and said in puzzlement, "The middle finger on Darnell's left hand, where he wore his Spatial Ring, was actually cut off. What happened here?"
"Not just Darnell. The same thing happened to Yuna. Could this assassin have killed them for their money?" Glover asked, puzzled by Ellis's observation.
"Impossible!" Ellis rejected the idea outright. He surveyed the surroundings before explaining, "If the assassin had been killing for money, he would never have targeted these two. Their combined strength made them the hardest to deal with. Besides, there are plenty of valuables in the trading company. If money was all he wanted, there was no need to attack them. With the skill the