Chapter 26: Assassins not Thieves
Very few people would think about using it in this manner. As Adrian was praising himself for his ingenuity, he was prepared to make his getaway. After all, he had gotten what he came here for.
He didn't bother checking the storage ring.
Every storage ring is branded with the owner's spiritual mark and had to be removed before others could check the contents of the ring. The only way to do this was to either kill the owner or to forcefully erase the spiritual mark. However, forcefully erasing the spiritual mark would alert the owner.
This was why he didn't do so right away. The erasure could cause Melvin to wake up, and right now, that was the last thing he wanted to happen. As he was making his way out of the room, he heard a commotion outside in the courtyard. It sounded like the guards were rushing somewhere.
His heart sank as he thought he had been caught.
However, he soon heard the commotion of fighting in the courtyard, which perplexed him even more. When he came outside, he found the guards fighting with a group of black-robed individuals who were wearing masks.
There were at least four individuals who were besieging the group of guards. They struck fast and hard, leaving the guards wary of fighting them.
It was a break in went wrong. This group of black robed individuals had tried to break into Alchemist Melvin's courtyard. However, a simple mistake from one of them led to them being discovered by the guards.
Apparently, Adrian wasn't the only one who was thinking about robbing alchemist Melvin. It seems someone was determined to obtain the silvereye grass by any means necessary, even sending assassins to deal with alchemist Melvin.