4 Chapter 4: First Kill!
A mass of black fog emerged from the shadow, and it slowly solidified into a black figure.
A man covered in black clothes from head to toe kneeled devoutly to An Yue and Ling Yuyan.
Ling Yuyan secretly checked the shadow guard's stats in her system.
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[1st Tier Shadow Guard]
[Martial Realm: Top Peak-Rank Martial Apprentice]
Martial Arts: Traceless Assassination Blade Techniques (Entry), Silent Wave Steps (Entry)]
[Spells: Perfect Stealth]
[Equipment: (Shadow Guard's uniform), (Assassination Blades) x2]
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Ling Yuyan smiled and nodded in satisfaction when she saw the Shadow Guard's overall stats.
The martial realm of the guards in the Wang Family's mansion was only around Entry-Rank to Mid-Rank Martial Apprentice.
Only the martial realm of the guard head or captain had reached High-Rank to Top Peak-Rank Martial Apprentice.
So, the strength of this [1st Tier Shadow Guard]'s strength was actually already quite powerful.
But it was not over yet...
An Yue summoned another [1st Tier Shadow Guard] again and again until it reached five [1st Tier Shadow Guards].
Under An Yue's instruction, five [1st Tier Shadow Guards] began to blend into one.
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[2nd Tier Shadow Guard]
[Martial Realm: Low-Rank Martial Warrior]
Martial Arts: Traceless Assassination Blade Techniques (Entering the Room), Silent Wave Steps (Entering the Room), Secret Weapon Throwing (Entry)]
[Spells: Perfect Stealth, Shadow Bind, Lethal Poison Enhancement]
[Equipment: (Shadow Guard's uniform), (Assassination Blades) x2, (Flying Knives) x12, (Hidden Needles) x30]
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"Good guy~! His martial realm instantly jumped from Top Peak-Rank Martial Apprentice to Low-Rank Martial Warrior. It actually skipped the Entry-Level Martial Warrior." Ling Yuyan exclaimed in surprise.
"An Yue, how many Shadow Guards you can summon at once?" Ling Yuyan asked curiously.
"I can summon seven [1st Tier Shadow Guard] at once, but I will be completely exhausted and lose my combat effectiveness. I think the best option is to only summon five [1st Tier Shadow Guard] at once like now and leave at least 30% of my internal force, so I can still protect you if something dangerous suddenly happens." An Yue explained while giving her suggestion.
Ling Yuyan immediately agreed with An Yue's suggestion.
After all, she was too weak right now, so she really needed An Yue's protection.
Just when Ling Yuyan wanted to check her last lottery prize, An Yue quickly reminded: "Three people are heading into this room. Sister Yuyan, I and my shadow guard will hide ourselves first."
An Yue and the shadow guard instantly vanished from Ling Yuyan's vision before she could even react or say anything.
BAAAAANG~!
Ling Yuyan already locked the door of the maid's bedroom from the inside, but it was actually forcefully kicked open by someone from outside!
Three patrolling guards in bronze armor arrogantly entered the maid's bedroom and looked around carefully as if they were searching for something.
When they saw Ling Yuyan who was currently resting on her bed, they immediately approached her to interrogate her: "Hey, you~! Have you seen something shining over here just now?"
'Oh, crap~!' Ling Yuyan thought in a panic since she instantly realized that these patrolling guards came here to check because they accidentally saw the dazzling light emitted when she used the [Diamond-Grade Hero Summoning Order] to summon An Yue before.
Ling Yuyan was very sure that these patrolling guards thought some treasure had appeared here just now and greedily looking for it.
Ling Yuyan hastily shook her head to deny it and answered timidly: "I... I have not seen anything here. I accidentally fell into the cold pond before, and I felt ill, so I went back to change my soaked clothes and take some rest."
One of the patrolling guards stared lewdly at Ling Yuyan while licking his lips.
Even though Ling Yuyan's looks were not as good as the villain, Wang Qingling, and, the heroine, Wang Meng Yuan, but she was actually quite beautiful compared to the other maids.
Ling Yuyan's eyes turned cold when she noticed the lewd patrolling guard staring obscenely at her.
"You are lying~! We clearly saw a dazzling light coming from this room just now!" The other patrolling guards shouted harshly to Ling Yuyan to intimidate her.
"Brother, since this little maid is not honest. Why don't we just search and interrogate her slowly? Hehehehe..." The lewd patrolling guard suggested with a vulgar smile on his face.
Moreover, there was only Ling Yuyan alone in this maid's bedroom right now, so there would be no other witnesses other than them, even if they did something obscene to Ling Yuyan.
The three patrolling guards glanced at each other and sneered at Ling Yuyan while one of them was saying: "We suspect you stole something precious and hid it in your clothes, so we must do a full inspection on you!"
Well, they were not actually wrong... Ling Yuyan had stolen Spatial Stone from the heroine, Wang Meng Yuan, before and hid it in her clothes.
However, these three patrolling guards clearly planned to do something else to Ling Yuyan other than just a normal inspection...
'Sister Yuyan, should I...' An Yue's cold voice echoed in Ling Yuyan's mind as if she used some kind of telepathy technique to communicate with Ling Yuyan.
'Kill them all~!' Ling Yuyan decisively ordered with a cold and indifferent expression.
Ling Yuyan might be a coward and timid girl, but because of that she was most worried about her safety and would not hesitate to eliminate anyone who endangered or threatened her life.
Just when those three patrolling guards approached Ling Yuyan with obscene expressions...
PUUUFFF~!
The three patrolling guards were instantly beheaded in one clean slash.
Ling Yuyan's face turned pale, and she almost threw up when she saw the cruel scene in front of her eyes.
But Ling Yuyan could not throw up since she had not eaten anything since morning, and her stomach was empty.
Even though those patrolling guards died because of her order, but Ling Yuyan did not feel any regret about it at all. It was just that she still felt very unreal as if she was still in a dream.
Yesterday, she was only an ordinary high-school girl, but now, she suddenly became a killer maid.
Meanwhile, An Yue hastily made a move to clean up the mess.
Before those guards' corpses and heads fell onto the ground and their blood dirtied the ground, An Yue swiftly waved her hand and stored all of them in her [Shadow Empress Ring]'s space, so there would be no trace left in this maid's bedroom.
The shadow guard appeared again from behind.
Yes, there was no need for An Yue to personally take action to kill those three patrolling guards at the Low-rank Martial Apprentice Realm.
It was the [2nd Tier Shadow Guard] at the Low-Rank Martial Warrior who beheaded those three patrolling guards in one clean move from behind before.
"An Yue, try to check if there are still other people who have accidentally seen the previous summoning light like them. If you find anyone who has seen it, finish all of them without anyone noticing it." Ling Yuyan instructed An Yue.
"Understood, Sister Yuyan!" An Yue nodded at Ling Yuyan as her slender graceful figure faded away once again,
While An Yue went out of the maid's bedroom to carry out the task given by Ling Yuyan, she deliberately left behind the [2nd Tier Shadow Guard] who had also turned invisible right now to guard Ling Yuyan.
Ling Yuyan felt quite uncomfortable since she saw such a gore scene after she just recovered from her previous illness.
Ling Yuyan decided to forget the other things for now and sleep until the next morning.
On that day, several guards and servants suddenly went missing without any trace.
It had caused panic among the guards and servants that night, but the Wang Patriarch quickly made a move to calm down the situation and carry out the investigation.
Unfortunately, no matter how they investigated it, they still failed to find any trace of those disappearing several guards and servants.
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The next morning, Ling Yuyan woke up very early.
Unlike yesterday, she felt healthy, energetic, and refreshed today.
Of course, she also felt very hungry and thirsty right now.
The other maids who slept in the same room as her also began to wake up one by one.
After they put on their maid outfit, they headed to the canteen to eat their breakfast.
"Let's go quickly, Xiao Ling~! If not, our food will be gone!" One of the maids urged Ling Yuyan.
Ling Yuyan recalled in her previous memories that this maid was quite close to this body before the current Ling Yuyan transmigrated and took over this body yesterday.
They usually called each other, Xiao Ling and Xiao Lu.
Of course, no matter how good their relationship was, Xiao Lu still would not dare to help Ling Yuyan yesterday under the eyes of Wang Qingling.
"Okay, let's go, Xiao Lu~!" Ling Yuyan quickly followed the other maids.
Their breakfast was only bland porridge, but they should be grateful since the servants or maids who came late did not get to eat anything at all.
Ling Yuyan was also like them yesterday and did not get to eat anything.
But Ling Yuyan was very surprised that An Yue actually secretly brought some meat buns to her.
When Ling Yuyan asked where she get it from, An Yue told her that she stole it from the kitchen when they made it for the Wang Family to eat.
Ling Yuyan lamented the Wang Family's unfairness, while secretly eating the delicious and juicy meat buns relishedly.
The maids and servants could only eat bland porridge or some wild vegetables if they were lucky, while Wang Family members could eat many delicious foods such as meat buns, meat-stuffed dumplings, roasted duck, Dongpo pork, and so on to their heart content.
By the way, An Yue's troops had grown to three [2nd Tier Shadow Guards] right now.
It seemed An Yue could summon five [1st Tier Shadow Guards] in the morning and five [1st Tier Shadow Guards] in the evening, then she could merge them to get two [2nd Tier Shadow Guards] in one day.
Ling Yuyan nodded while smiling brightly in satisfaction since she felt even safer right now compared to her helpless self yesterday.
Unfortunately, Ling Yuyan's happiness did not last long since she suddenly remembered the most iconic event that would happen today.
The Crown Prince would come here at noon to break off the engagement with the heroine, Wang Meng Yuan!
