Rise of the Lycans

Chapter 2 Lure Someone into a Trap

At night, Eagle Castle.

When the bright moonlight shone into the entire castle, everyone had fallen asleep. Only the patrolling soldiers were holding oil lamps and patrolling around.

At this moment, a black shadow took advantage of the gap in the soldiers' patrol and quickly slipped into the castle. He looked up at Cain's bedroom and raised his hand to climb up.

In the bedroom, Cain seemed to be asleep, and slight breathing sounds came from his mouth.

Suddenly, there was a slight noise coming from the window.

"Creak."

Followed by a slight sound of landing.

"Thud..."

A black shadow quietly walked to Cain's bedside.

Looking at Cain who was in a deep sleep, the black shadow felt very puzzled.

He clearly shot the crossbow arrow into the other person's heart last night and even watched the other person die with his own eyes.

Why was he training by the castle as if nothing had happened just one day later? If he hadn't been cautious, he wouldn't have known how to explain it to that master.

But fortunately, the other party seemed to have no intention of spreading the matter, which also gave the black shadow another chance to assassinate.

This time, the black shadow promised to make the target die completely.

Thinking of this, the black shadow pulled out the long knife from his back.

He didn't believe that even if he chopped off the target's head, the other person could still be alive and kicking.

Immediately, the long knife slashed towards Cain at high speed. However, he, who should have been asleep, opened his eyes at this moment and rolled aside with all his strength. As a result, the long knife finally struck the pillow behind him.

"Pu..."

"How could this be..." the shadow murmured in disbelief.

"You're wondering how I'm awake, right?" Cain, who had rolled off the bed, stood up with a long sword in his hand.

Realizing that something was amiss, the shadow stopped talking and instead twirled the knife and slashed at Cain again.

"Take action." Cain shouted towards the surroundings.

Then he raised his long sword and clashed it with the opponent's long knife.

"Clang."

Unable to match the opponent's strength, Cain was quickly suppressed by the opponent's offensive.

More and more knife marks appeared on his body.

But this didn't make Cain feel afraid at all. Instead, it ignited the beastly nature hidden in his blood.

He let out an excited roar.

And gradually, he was on par with the opponent in terms of strength.

Just then, the bedroom door was smashed open.

Two men and women wearing leather armor rushed in quickly and promptly cooperated with Cain to subdue the shadow.

In less than half a minute, the situation was completely reversed. Up until this moment, the shadow, who had still been harboring the fantasy of escaping, gave up hope.

Knocking the opponent's long knife away, Cain immediately ordered the other two people to pin the opponent down.

After taking out a thick and tough rope from the room, with the cooperation of the two people, Cain bound the black shadow severely.

Only at this moment did Cain notice that something was wrong with his body. He walked to the window and observed his body by the moonlight.

He didn't know when many white hairs had grown on his arms, and his nails were even more slender than before. Also, two of his canine teeth were sharply exposed.

Just as Cain was surprised by this phenomenon, all the changes that had occurred earlier quickly subsided and his body returned to its original state, along with the knife marks on his body.

"Speak! Who sent you? You dare to assassinate Lord Cain."

While Cain was examining his body, the woman in leather armor beside him had already started the interrogation.

The woman's name was Catherine Chuth. She was born in McColl Village, which was under the jurisdiction of the barony where Cain was.

She had shown extremely outstanding swordsmanship talent since her childhood, so she was valued by the former Baron, Rachel Gerard, and was cultivated.

Catherine herself didn't let the baron down. When she was 16 years old, she broke through to the novice swordsman level and reached the initial stage of the first rank. Two years later, she broke through to the middle stage of the first rank. It can be predicted that in the next few years, she would surely break through to the first rank, and maybe even the second rank.

Unlike Catherine, who started the interrogation impatiently, the man in leather armor beside her, after binding the black shadow, came to Cain's side and had witnessed the whole process of Cain's change.

But he didn't say a word and just stood aside silently. Only after Cain had returned to normal did he open his mouth and say,

"Lord Cain, are you all right?"

Cain, who came back to his senses, took a deep look at the man and said, "Marcus, I'm fine. You and Catherine take the assassin away."

"Yes, my lord."

Looking at the departing figure, memories of Marcus emerged in Cain's mind.

Marcus Aimeur is the third son of Baron Opid Aimeur. As the third son of the baronial family, he doesn't have the right of inheritance. In the future, he will either get a civilian position within the family or leave the family and become a wandering knight.

Coincidentally, Baron Opid is a friend of his father, Rachel Gerard. So, he entrusted his son to the other party, hoping that his son could obtain a knighthood.

Marcus himself is very competitive. With the help of his liege, Rachel Gerard, he quickly obtained a knighthood. Moreover, he has made many achievements, turning his lifelong knighthood into an inheritable one.

Suppressing the doubts about his body in his heart, Cain knows that this is not a good time to investigate.

He walked out of the room and, together with Marcus and Catherine, escorted the black shadow to the basement of the castle.

Outside the bedroom, the noise that had been made earlier had gathered the servants and guards in the castle outside the door. Butler Jess was trying his best to soothe them.

As one of the few people who knew Cain's plan, Jess's duty was to explain the course of events to everyone and calm their emotions.

The three people who were escorting the black shadow ignored the gazes of others and walked straight through the crowd to the basement of the castle.

Marcus lit the torch on the wall, and a glimmer of light finally appeared in the dim basement. The few of them locked the black shadow in a cell and tied his hands behind the chair.

After making sure that the black shadow couldn't break free, Catherine ripped off the black shadow's face mask.

The face of a young Othosian appeared in front of the three of them. He has green-blue eyes and short yellow hair.

Looking at the other party's face, Cain said in confusion, "A strange face... I don't know you."

In response, the black shadow didn't answer and just stared at the three of them.

Seeing the black shadow's uncooperative attitude, Catherine punched him in the stomach, making the other party tremble with pain, but the black shadow still remained silent.

"Boy, you're not going to talk, huh? I have plenty of ways to make you talk."

Turning around, Catherine went to get the torture tools.

At this moment, the steady Marcus spoke up, "As far as I know, the people of Othos generally live in the northwest region of the kingdom. It's neither too far nor too close to our place.

"And the people of Othos who possess extraordinary knightly abilities are usually nobles. But generally, noble offspring wouldn't stoop to being assassins. So, this person is either a wandering knight or a down-and-out noble."

A trace of change finally appeared in the black shadow's emotionless eyes, which proved that Marcus's words were correct.