My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 60: Dorne City

Southwest of Dorne City.

Inside a three-story mansion with extensive front and back courtyards.

On the second-floor study, a woman dressed in a dark red magic robe was standing by the window, back facing the room. Her fair and slender right hand gently swirled the red liquid in a transparent goblet.

"Lady Lilith, Lord Aiel has sent a message, hoping we can send someone to assassinate these two individuals." A man in leather armor with a hood slightly bowed and handed over two sheets of thin parchment.

"White Porcelain-level Adventurers?"

Lilith turned around, revealing a stunningly beautiful face, with long lashes and fiery red lips that exuded extraordinary charm. She glanced and scoffed slightly.

"Aiel seems to be getting more regressive with age; are these insignificant people even worth sending out the assassination group?"

"Zoel, reject it~"

As the head of the assassination group in Dorne City for the Talin Association, Lilith held a status comparable to Aiel, naturally not needing to cater excessively to others.

"Well... Lord Aiel mentioned that this matter involves cooperation with the Dark Furnace Clan, so..." said Zoel, the man, looking troubled.

"Dark Furnace Clan? I see..."

"Do we have any available personnel on our side?" Lilith, aware of the importance of the Dark Furnace Clan, thought for a moment and then shifted her tone.

"We do, but they’re all non-core members."

The organization has a major operation in Dorne City recently, so the competent personnel have been dispatched; otherwise, Zoel could handle this himself.

"Then let it be Laisa." Lilith took a sip of red wine and named the candidate.

"Laisa? The descendant of the Sand People, Lady Lilith, I’ve heard... she seems to have thoughts of leaving the organization recently." Zoel hesitated and spoke.

"Heh, naive. With the mark, she wants to leave? Just let her go!" Lilith chuckled lightly and said.

"Yes, Lady Lilith." Zoel, the hooded man, gave a slight bow and quickly left the room.

Minutes later.

On the bustling Venezia Avenue in Dorne City, a hooded armored woman was walking briskly.

Suddenly, she seemed to sense something and turned into a nearly deserted alleyway ahead.

She slightly lifted her hood, revealing a rounded nose tip, a strand of brown hair, and honey-colored skin, entirely different from the residents around Dorne City.

Laisa raised her forearm, unfastened her arm armor, and a black snake mark emitted a faint black glow.

"Is there a mission?" Laisa frowned slightly, seemingly weighing something.

Then, she quickly put on the arm armor again and walked out of the alley.

.....

The next morning.

Mill Town, outside the Adventurer’s Association, the rendezvous point for Raine and Reya.

"Raine!"

As Raine was just about to board the large carriage to head to Dorne City with Reya, someone suddenly called out to him.

Liya, with a golden ponytail, quickly walked out from the association’s gate and waved to him.

"Liya?"

Raine looked up, and it was Liya, Master Humbert’s assistant.

"Raine, Tutor Humbert returned to the Iron Hills yesterday. This is a letter he asked me to give to you."

"Hmm?" Raine opened his eyes slightly in surprise, looking at the golden-haired ponytail girl before him.

"Master Humbert went back home? Wasn’t he investigating the mine with Lord Ramsey?"

"Both lords returned yesterday. The passage beneath the abandoned mine has completely collapsed. If further investigation is needed, we must wait for a specialized investigation team from Dorne City."

"However, according to both lords, the evidence already indicates the undeniable appearance of the Gray Dwarves," said Reya, who was already on the large carriage.

"Half a day for a round trip?"

"Tutor Humbert has a Tabu Sheep mount, which is at least twice as fast as an ordinary war horse."

So that’s why.

Raine nodded.

"By the way, Raine, are you going on a mission?" Liya looked at the large carriage behind Raine after handing him the letter and asked.

"I’m going to Dorne City and will be back in a few days."

"Alright, safe travels!"

"Thank you."

....

The carriage gradually moved away.

"Was that Master Humbert’s assistant just now?" Reya glanced through the gap in the carriage cover, seeing the distant figure of the golden-haired girl, turned to Raine, and asked.

"Yes." Raine, not noticing Reya’s gaze, nodded and quickly opened Humbert’s letter.

The content of the letter was brief:

"Raine: The appearance of the Gray Dwarves is definitely not good news, regardless of how they arrived here. In the coming days, Dorne City, and possibly the entire northern region of the Soladin Kingdom, might not be so peaceful."

"Improve yourself well! If you encounter difficulties, you can come to the Iron Hills to find me."

"By the way, that Cold Steel Warhammer... if you have time to go to Bornberry, you can find an old friend of mine there... to help you reforge it... The earthworm’s forging skills are really poor, but cold steel is indeed a good material."

At first, Raine frowned slightly while reading, but he couldn’t help but smile at the last sentence.

It seems Humbert is still quite concerned about him using a Gray Dwarf weapon.

Bornberry, huh?

It’s a pity I’ve already decided to head to Dorne City first.

The Cold Steel Warhammer is quite handy for now, so I’ll wait for another opportunity.

"Raine, what did Lord Humbert say?" Reya couldn’t help but ask curiously, seeing Raine frown and then smile.

Since there was no sensitive information in the letter, Raine directly handed the letter to Reya.

The same sequence of expressions appeared on Reya’s pretty face.

"Lord Humbert is still... quite amusing." Reya chuckled, covering her mouth.

However, beyond the laughter, Humbert’s warning in the letter did weigh heavily on Reya’s mind.

This further solidified a certain idea she had in her mind.

....

Time flew by, and two days passed.

As Raine in the carriage slowly awoke under the morning light, Reya smiled, put down the longbow she was polishing, lifted a corner of the carriage cover, and pointed into the distance.

Following Reya’s fair finger, Raine looked over.

The autumn morning light turned the fields on both sides of the road to honey color, grain stalks heavy and bent under their weight, looking like plump golden beans under the autumn sun.

From time to time, Raine could see figures of farmers in the fields, sometimes rising, sometimes bending as they harvest. Likewise, under the sun, their sweat-covered backs shimmered with a faint golden glow.

Laborious, yet exuding a warmth of harvest.

However, that wasn’t the highlight Reya intended for Raine.

Further ahead, a magnificent cityscape came into Raine’s view.

Gray-white hard stones constructed the city’s towering walls and towers. Flags fluttered on the walls, vaguely hinting at the unique emblem representing the Soladin Kingdom—’Griffin-patterned Kite Shield, along with Two Crossed Long Swords.’

Through the crenellations, figures of guards in chain armor with long spears flickered one by one.

People converged at the city gates like a river flowing into the sea; the noise Raine had heard just now was the result of increasing crowds.

Then, Reya suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Raine, let me take you to meet a friend first."