Chapitre 167: Ferocious Beast

Upon hearing Daly's words, Crestet Cesimir immediately stood up. He pulled up the strap of the chest made of silver metal beside him and carried it on his back.

"We'll talk about it later…" he said briefly to Ebner before striding out of the restaurant.

Daly also stood up and followed closely behind the Sword of the Goddess. She only had time to nod at Ebner.

As for Ebner, he wanted to follow and have a look, but the waiter stopped him.

"Sir, please settle the bill," the waiter standing at the door of the private room said as he looked at Ebner warily.

Eh… His Excellency Cesimir didn't pay the bill? Ebner looked out of the private room and realized that Cesimir and Daly were nowhere to be seen. Instead, a few burly men who looked like bodyguards approached them under the waiter's hint.

If I were to run away now, would tomorrow's headlines become "Is it the sorrow of humanity or the loss of morality… The Hero Detective is actually eating a free meal!"?

After cursing in his heart, Ebner took a deep breath and asked the waiter who was staring at him intently, "How much?"

The waiter heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that he wasn't really thinking of escaping the bill. After making some calculations in his heart, he quickly reported the price. "Including the bottle of Sonia blood wine, it's a total of 53 pounds 4 soli."

Sonia Blood Wine was brewed from sweet wood juice, a specialty of the area around the Golden Spring. The Golden Spring of Sonia Island was also known as the Elven Spring, and its spring water was even a supplementary ingredient for Sequence 6 potions.

"…" Ebner was speechless for a moment. It was best for him to squeeze out a polite smile. "Can I develop a ticket?" He had to ask the Church of Evernight for reimbursement!

"A ticket?" The waiter was a little confused at first, but he quickly recovered and smiled. "You want the page of the bill, right? No problem."

Ebner nodded and looked back at the Feysac delicacies that he had only taken a few mouthfuls of. He asked again, "Do you provide packing services here?"

…

West Borough, Williams Street.

Xio was currently running quickly along with the shadows on both sides of the road, and not far behind her was a ferocious beast the size of a lion.

Suddenly, the ferocious beast let out a low growl from its throat, and its speed increased by 20% as it pounced towards Xio.

The image of a ferocious beast's claws piercing through her heart immediately appeared in Xio's mind, so she suddenly rolled to the left. Almost at the same time, a claw glowing with green light brushed past her.

This was the Beyonder power of a Clown provided by the Ring of Prejudice.

However, this wasn't the end of it. The ferocious beast missed its attack and nimbly turned around, flying towards Xio again.

However, at this moment, a figure flashed out from the shadows of the street. While the beast was still in the air, it used all its strength to slam into its body, knocking it five to six meters away.

When Xio saw this, her prepared actions faltered as she took out a few brass charms from her pocket. Then, as she activated the charms, she dragged the figure straight through the locked door.

By the time the beast arrived again, Xio had already passed through four or five houses. Seeing this, she let out a low growl, but didn't continue chasing. Instead, she returned to a house deep in the street.

On Xio's side, although she hadn't run too far, she was able to make use of the complicated terrain to escape the ferocious beasts' pursuit and catch her breath.

After secretly entering an empty room in a nearby house, Xio looked back at the person she was pulling. When she realized that he had reached a safe place, she relaxed and fainted.

Xio frowned. After a quick examination, she found that this person's arm had been scratched by the beast, and the wound was glowing with green light. It was obvious that he had been poisoned, and the poison was extremely strong.

If he hadn't appeared to help me knock into that lion-like beast, I would have been the one poisoned… Therefore, I should think of a way to save him.

With this in mind, Xio looked at the assassin she didn't recognize at all and silently muttered to herself, "I can only help you treat your wounds briefly. As for whether you can survive, it depends on whether I can find Ebner in time…"

With that said, she quietly left the house and headed for Isengard's Detective Agency in Hillston Borough.

…

At ten o'clock that night, Ebner had just returned to the teacher's house with his lunchbox and wine bottle. Before he had time for supper, he heard the footman come to report that Miss Xio had arrived.

Ebner was somewhat surprised and immediately went downstairs to the living room. He then realized that Xio's messy blonde hair was stained with blood.

"What happened?" As he spoke, Ebner habitually extracted Xio's aura and quickly saw a lion-sized Beyonder beast in the background.

"Werewolf? No… It should be an animal that ate the characteristics of a werewolf!" Ebner, who had carefully observed and analyzed Maric's abilities, quickly guessed the details of the beast from the aura it left behind.

"So it's a werewolf…" Xio was enlightened before quickly saying, "There's a person who needs your help. He was poisoned by the werewolf's claws."

"What's going on?" As Ebner asked, he tidied up his equipment and left with Xio.

"87 Williams Street." After Xio gave the address, she stood beside Ebner and waited for him to move.

Ebner nodded and wrapped one arm around Xio's waist before activating the White Eye. At the same time, he simulated the Wind-blessed's "flying" and the Witch's "invisibility" abilities.

With a strong gust of wind rising from beneath their feet, Ebner quickly took to the air with Xio and flew towards West Borough.

In midair, Xio recounted what had happened to Ebner in detail.

It turned out that after Xio accepted the golden-masked man's mission, she had accidentally discovered an unripe Assassin.

Due to the Consciousness Council, Xio didn't have a good impression of Assassin. She thought that he was going to do something bad, so she secretly followed him.

In the end, she discovered that this Assassin was actually a good person. He was trying to rescue a girl who had been forcefully abducted to a villa on Williams Street.

Unfortunately, his stealth skills as an assassin weren't very good. He was easily discovered by the ferocious beasts in the villa. If Xio hadn't helped him in time, he wouldn't have been able to enter the shadows again.

The rest was simple. The beast thought that Xio was an accomplice, so it chased after her without letting her go. The assassin actually circled back after escaping, which resulted in the previous scene.

"Is it someone from the Rose School of Thought's indulgence faction that you previously mentioned?" Xio asked with a frown after recounting her encounter.

"It can't be someone from the Rose School of Thought. Otherwise, neither you nor that assassin can escape!"