"All right, that title sounds good! Let's call them the 'Faceless Duo' then! I just don't know what exactly the Faceless Duo did to the Blood Garment Tower to make them put up such a huge bounty on them.
No wonder I felt like something was off when I woke up this morning. The streets seemed strange, and I kept seeing members of the Blood Garment Tower everywhere. Even the number of Royal City patrol soldiers has at least doubled!
Ha! So their base must've been attacked!"
Maybe it was because the "Faceless Duo" appeared for the first time, unlike the Thousand Faces Sect, which already had a bad reputation on the continent. And since the bounty was issued by the Blood Garment Tower, a killer group leaning toward the dark side of the continent, people's discussions about the Faceless Duo, who had a bounty even higher than the remnants of the Thousand Faces Sect, tended to be more positive.
"It must have been something those two did last night! But did anyone hear anything unusual last night? Especially about the Blood Garment Tower. The Faceless Duo definitely pulled off something big last night, which is why the Blood Garment Tower rushed to post those two blurry and ridiculous wanted posters so early this morning!"
"The Faceless Duo is seriously amazing. Right now, the royal city of the Geranium Kingdom is hosting the Hundred Nations Banquet. So many continental forces are gathered here.
Even the Blood Garment Tower sent some of their top-ranked killers. I even heard that some of the top ten ranked killers are here too! And yet those two managed to cause the Blood Garment Tower such a huge loss right under their noses!
Haha! Too bad they probably won't show themselves anytime soon, or I'd definitely try to get to know them!"
"This year's Hundred Nations Banquet hasn't even started its duels yet, and these two already stirred up such a storm in the royal city of the Geranium Kingdom. With so many powerful continental forces witnessing the high bounty posters, they've already become famous!
Now even most second-tier and some top-tier powers know their names!"
"This is what you call sudden fame after lying low!"
The representatives from the various nations began discussing all sorts of wild theories.
Elara listened as the spectators from different countries gave her and Uno their new nickname. She heard how the discussions and guesses gradually focused on the background and identity of the "Faceless Duo."
She stood at the back of the crowd with Prince Yu, Gareth, and Prince Leland, watching all the made-up and extreme accusations listed under the blurry portraits on the bulletin board.
Even though the loss of that secret list would obviously cause a big reaction from the Blood Garment Tower, Elara still didn't expect that by the very next day, they would respond with something almost childish.
The Blood Garment Tower posted those wanted posters as if to shove their "retaliation" in her face. Instead of just venting their anger or sending threats, this action seemed more like an angry probe.
After all, the Blood Garment Tower became a second-tier power on this continent for a reason. Knowing that such a major piece of leverage had fallen into her hands, they wouldn't be foolish enough to just act on emotion.
Especially since they still didn't know what Elara and Uno really looked like, or anything about their background. So those vague wanted posters felt more like a test of their attitude, identity, and strength.
If she and Uno were framed with so many severe crimes but didn't react at all, the Blood Garment Tower would probably think that even if they had some backing, it wasn't strong enough.
At the very least, it wouldn't dare to confront the Blood Garment Tower directly. After that, the Tower's pursuit of them would only become more reckless and aggressive.
If Elara dared to retaliate against the Blood-clothed Tower's wanted notice, and the retaliation was strong, then the Blood-clothed Tower would definitely become more wary of her unknown identity, unsure if there was a more powerful force supporting her from behind.
In that case, even if the Blood-clothed Tower wouldn't let her and Uno go because of that top-secret list, they would at least restrain themselves.
They might even hesitate and no longer boldly slap on so many ridiculous and groundless heinous crimes like they did on these two very arrogant and high-profile wanted posters.
They might instead directly withdraw those two bounty notices and only dare to investigate quietly from the shadows.
After fully understanding the purpose of these two lists, Elara had clearly decided to strike back.
Although she had previously chosen not to use that stack of lists until she had established herself in Plumera, it didn't mean she couldn't use them.
If there could be a good outcome, then she would use them when needed.
Besides, she was deeply annoyed by having a bunch of absurd and false crimes forced onto her head for no reason.
The Blood-clothed Tower had labeled her and Uno with so many inexplicable and extremely evil charges, even stirring up forces from all over the continent to hunt them.
Of course, she had to show some equal "sincerity" in return.
With that thought, after shopping with Prince Yu and the other three, Elara returned and immediately selected three pieces of "top-secret information" from the classified list, each concerning second-tier forces equal in power to the Blood-clothed Tower.
Once she confirmed that these three second-tier forces could definitely bring serious trouble to the Blood-clothed Tower, she copied every word of the records onto multiple pieces of parchment.
So the very next morning, right as the sun was rising over the horizon.
In every crowded street of Geranium Kingdom's royal capital, all early risers and visiting guests from various countries suddenly found three newly posted notices.
The three notices were neatly formatted, with detailed, strict, complete, and true content.
They even included the full sequence of events, locations, and the exact time and method of death of the individuals involved.
At the end of the notice, there was not only the Blood-clothed Tower's exclusive stamped seal, but also a very real and verifiable list of "related personnel" from the Tower who signed off after the tasks were completed.
Even if these weren't the actual victims, any ordinary bystander with a bit of sense could tell, after reading all the detailed and verifiable information and seeing the Blood-clothed Tower's special seal and authentic signatures, that these events were absolutely true.
"What the heck? Oh my goodness! What is this?"
"Whoa! An earth-shattering secret has finally come to light!"
So every passerby who saw the three notices widened their eyes in shock and amazement, stunned by these explosive revelations that appeared overnight on the streets.
The already lively streets throughout Geranium Kingdom became even more heated.
"Heavens! Oh my dear father! So it was actually the Blood-clothed Tower that caused the death of the only beloved son of the National Defense General in Xu Xiao of the central continent's second-tier nations!"