Jiang Jie frowned slightly as he watched Lilian leave.
He turned his head, looked at the Ravenholdt sentry two meters away, and shook his head slightly.
The members of the Assassins' League are not only highly skilled, but also equipped with luxurious gear.
These should only be the lowest-ranking members, yet they were equipped with excellent gear; the twin swords on their backs gleamed with magical light, and each of their gauntlets was inlaid with a shadow gem worth a hundred gold.
The other sentry was the same.
All the sentries along the way were the same.
Not far away stood a female assassin, with a fine-quality one-handed sword at her waist and a powerful crossbow engraved with the High Elf symbol on her back. Her arm guards and leg guards were each inlaid with a shadow gem. The total value of her equipment was probably close to a thousand gold pieces.
Let alone ordinary people, even a small merchant in Lordaeron probably only has a few hundred gold in his entire fortune. Yet, a random assassin here has more luxurious equipment than an elven ranger in Quel'Thalas or Kirin Tor Guardians in Dalaran.
As expected of the oldest and most powerful assassin organization!
During their time in Karazhan, the game pod absorbed a significant amount of dissipated energy, including evil magical energy. Now, its energy reserves are roughly half of what they were before. Jiang Jie decided to unleash its full power, enveloping the entire Ravenholdt Manor.
The entire manor has a small population, probably less than five hundred people, far fewer than the Syndicate. However, Ravenholdt Manor has always held the advantage in its confrontations with the Syndicate because the Assassins' League adheres to the principle of elites, and every single person sent out is an elite among elites.
"Humans, High Elf, Gnomes, Dwarves, and Orcs, Troll, Tauren, and Night Elf! The Assassins' League is truly all-encompassing, accepting all sorts of people, and they're not afraid of offending the Alliance and the Horde... Hmm, found them!"
The reason Jiang Jie entered Ravenholdt Manor so quietly, and even had Lilian distract others, was to find someone.
To be precise, we need to find a dragon, a black dragon.
And now, he has found it.
Farad, one of the most hidden black dragons in Azeroth, is now a Grandmaster -level rogue in the Assassins' League, second only to Duke Jorach. He appears as a red-haired, red-bearded, somewhat serious middle-aged man in his forties, shrewd and powerful.
He was the mentor of all assassins in the entire Assassins' League, and one of the few Legendary rogues in Azeroth. Even without considering his hidden black dragon identity, he was a figure whose every move would shake the entire Hillsbrad Foothills.
In ancient times, there were strategists on Earth. Their anger could make the feudal lords tremble, and their peace could bring tranquility to the world.
The Assassins' League is neither entirely good nor evil, always neutral, and works solely for money, yet it also possesses the ability to stir up trouble and Distract the world. Duke Jorach is like the legendary Guiguzi, Farad is definitely comparable to Zhang Yi and Su Qin, though his strength lies not in his words, but in his daggers.
There are probably very few leaders in this world capable of escaping assassination attempts by Legendary assassins.
In other words, in a sense, every Legendary assassin is a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of all faction leaders, capable of taking away their power, status, life, and everything else at any time.
Garona is a sword, Assassins' League has two of them. This is the fundamental reason why the Assassins' League can always maintain neutrality in a chaotic world where various forces are vying for power.
However, the moment Jiang Jie saw Farad, he didn't think of any black dragon or Legendary assassin, but rather of those heavy junk bins from years ago.
Ravenholdt Manor's reputation is notoriously difficult to climb.
At first, you can kill Syndicate members to boost reputation. You need to kill two or three thousand Syndicate members to reach Revered reputation, which in reality is almost equivalent to killing a quarter of the Syndicate members!
After reaching Revered reputation, you can only exchange for it using heavy junk bins, and you'll need one or two thousand heavy junk bins to push your reputation to Exalted.
What does that mean?
Just to get this reputation, I didn't eat, drink, or sleep.
It will take several days! The problem is, even if you reach the Admiral level, it's still useless. You can't buy anything good, and they'll still treat you coldly. That's how heartless and ruthless the Assassins' League is.
Yes, the one who started all of this is Farad.
Suddenly, Jiang Jie was startled and quickly hid behind a tree.
Meanwhile, Farad, standing on the terrace, glanced at Jiang Jie, frowned, and looked away after about a minute.
"What terrifying mental perception! No wonder he's Legendary thief/ Legendary dragon, a double Legendary indeed! Interesting!"
Jiang Jie felt a spiritual force sweep over him, something he had never felt before. Even Garona couldn't have sensed his spying from nearly 500 meters away, especially while he was in Stealth mode.
Only Farad, a combination of Legendary rogue and Legendary dragon, possesses this ability.
Jiang Jie suspected that Farad's strength was probably not much weaker than that of the Black Dragon Princess and Krasus, a solid High-tier Legendary level, even stronger Garona, and no weaker Maiev Shadowsong.
"This guy is even stronger than I imagined..." Jiang Jie abandoned his plan to kill him outright, because Anveena wasn't there.
Anveena has caught Aegwynn's eye.
In her own words, she has never taught a student in her life. Now that she is getting old, she wants to contribute to the cause of human education by training a barely passable, not-so-bad, mage to protect the fragile human world in her place.
Med'an is good, but teaching one is one thing, teaching two is another, so let's just teach Anveena too!
An avatar of the Sunwell, an avatar of the Blood of Azeroth, Lesser Titan Keepers with such a status and such talent is qualified to receive her teachings.
As for those idiots and fools in Dalaran?
Teaching them is a complete waste of time!
Simply put, only those with the brains of Antonidas, Jaina, or Khadgar, who could easily attain the title of Archmage, would barely qualify to become her student. Her students must become Legendary; otherwise, what would become of the strongest Keeper's reputation?
So, even though Anveena was a hundred times unwilling, she was forced to stay under Aegwynn's coercion and enticement while holding " Aluneth ".
Jiang Jie was actually somewhat reluctant to comply.
With the strongest Keeper guiding her, Anveena's future is sure to be bright. How could he possibly refuse?
So Anveena was taken away to the Hall of the Keeper.
To encourage Anveena to focus on her studies and avoid overthinking, Aegwynn activated the Hall of the Keeper's defense system, severing the connection between Jiang Jie and Anveena!
The connection between Jiang Jie and Anveena was established during the battle at Mount Hyjal, and it seems to be related to the Moon Goddess, though Jiang Jie is unclear about the specifics.
Only someone like Aegwynn has the ability to sever this connection.
As a result, Jiang Jie has no way to contact Anveena now. With his current strength, going to the Tomb of Sargeras to find the Temple of the Keeper would be tantamount to suicide.
Who could have imagined this would happen?
Who would have thought that Farad was even stronger than imagined? Even with Jiang Jie's current strength, without Anveena's combined power, he had absolutely no chance of winning?
"I have to try before I'm satisfied... Even if I can't kill him, forcing him to reveal his true form will be enough!"