As he completed the sentence, everyone else exclaimed in surprise.
"My lord, do you know who did it?" A man on the left spoke up with an equally hoarse voice.
"It's not clear who exactly did it yet, but we can confirm that it was someone from Glavale!" The leader responded. "In addition, they also killed one of our envoys!"
"What!?" The crowd exclaimed once again.
"I don't care if Blood Hall is overthrown!" The leader spoke again after a brief pause. "But he dared to kill someone from my holy temple. This is challenging our prestige and he must die!"
"Kill!" Everyone responded in unison with a deep voice.
"Shadow Assassin, this matter is your responsibility!" The leader scanned the few people before continuing.
"You don't have to do it yourself. Just go find Ebon Gate's people. Don't they want to fight for two more seats in the sanctum? Tell them to bring back their heads as exchange for those seats!"
"Yes, my lord!" Shadow Assassin replied in a deep voice.
"And, how's that going, the map?" The leader continued speaking.
"My lord, there are no results yet." A woman's voice rang out.
"I heard that Devil of Blood from Blood Hall might have some information but now he's dead..."
"Useless!" The leader's voice sank. "You have one more month. If there are no results, you'll be in trouble!"
"Yes, my lord!" The woman trembled all over her body.
Three days later, Billy and his four companions returned to Ozin.
"Daddy!" As soon as Billy entered the house, Tasha ran over. "Daddy, why did you come back so late? I missed you."
"I missed you too!" Billy bent down to pick up Tasha and said with a smile, "Did you listen to your mom while I was away?"
"Of course, Tasha is a good girl!" Tasha nodded vigorously.
"That's good." Billy smiled again and greeted Fletcher Knight and his wife as they came out of the kitchen.
"Billy, you're back!" Sharon responded with a smile. "That's perfect because I'm making some chicken soup tonight. Let Casey come over for dinner."
"Thank you mom!" Billy replied with a smile.
"Tasha, come down quickly. You dad just got back and he's tired. Let him rest for a bit." Harleen said as she walked out of her room after finishing a phone call. She then looked at Billy affectionately and said, "Welcome home! You must be tired."
After responding with a smile, Billy asked, "Where is Felicia? Did she go out?"
She went to Enssea since school is starting soon, she went ahead first to prepare herself but might still come back in two days." Harleen responded.
"It's almost time for school to start?" It suddenly occurred to Billy who then patted Tasha on her little head and asked, "Does that mean that Tasha will also go to school?"
"I was just about to tell you about it." Harleen replied.
"Tasha used to attend kindergarten in Cloud City, and the schools here in Ozin haven't been confirmed yet. When do you have time? Let's go check out a few nearby kindergartens together."
"Sure!" Billy responded with a smile. "I'll call my friend tomorrow and ask about the conditions of the kindergartens around Ozin, then we can go see them."
"Hmm." Harleen nodded in response.
At ten o'clock that night, both Harleen and Billy washed up before going to bed.
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