Draped in a cloak styled after the god Medjed, Nitocris activated "Medjed's Invisibility."
Very quickly, her figure became faint, then vanished before Alaric and Medjed.
As if the person who had just stood there had been nothing more than a ghost.
This eerie scene unfolded in the royal garden of the palace, yet none of the palace maids saw any of it.
The reason was simple.
Long before Nitocris set out, Alaric had already covered the entire palace with magic.
On this night, whether maids or guards, not a single person within the palace would remember anything that happened here.
Under the influence of Alaric's wide-area suggestion spell, the consciousness of these mortals had become completely hazy.
Though they could still act on instinct as usual, those who worked continued working, those who patrolled continued patrolling.
In reality, however, not a single one of them possessed clear awareness. Whatever happened in the palace tonight, none of them would know.
And when this night passed, if outsiders asked about the palace's condition, their only answer would be that everything had been normal.
This was precisely Alaric's method to allow Nitocris to clear herself of surface suspicion after her revenge.
As for the real suspicion, that could never be erased.
In political schemes, there was a simple and crude way to judge the mastermind behind any conspiracy.
That was to determine who benefited the most, this person was most likely the culprit behind the scenes.
Undoubtedly, after Nitocris carried out her revenge, even without evidence pointing to her, most suspicion would still fall upon the Pharaoh.
But even so, it was enough for both Alaric and Nitocris.
Clearing surface suspicion was mainly meant to conceal the truth from the ignorant masses.
As for those involved in the game, the deaths of the rebels would instead serve as a warning.
It was a message that their Pharaoh, though a woman, possessed a ruthless and merciless heart. It warned them that the dignity of the Pharaoh must not be violated.
As Nitocris concealed her form and left the palace to begin her journey of revenge, Alaric and Medjed also began to act.
What they needed to do was simple, to follow behind her and prevent this inexperienced young Pharaoh from meeting disaster and suffering an accident.
Such things were not impossible.
After all, Nitocris had never killed anyone before, nor had she ever carried out a stealth mission.
For such a novice, even with "Medjed's Invisibility," and even with the "Cloak of Medjed's Concealment" jointly enchanted by Alaric and Medjed to help hide her form, accidents were still possible.
To prevent this, Alaric naturally understood that as the experienced "pro" guiding a beginner through a mission, he had to stay behind the scenes and handle any unexpected situations.
As for how Alaric tracked the invisible Nitocris, the reason was simple, it was precisely because of the "Cloak of Medjed's Concealment."
In fact, to Alaric, the Cloak of Medjed's Concealment was one of the rare masterpieces among the magical items he had created. It could even rival certain divine artifacts, such as "Hades' Helm of Invisibility."
Similar to "Hades' Helm of Invisibility," the Cloak of Medjed's Concealment was enchanted with multiple spells that reduced presence and concealed the wearer.
But compared to the Helm of Hades, the Cloak of Medjed's Concealment had an especially powerful function. If the wearer also cast "Medjed's Invisibility," then the concealment effect would organically stack with the cloak's enchantments. The final effect could rival the concealment ability of the god Medjed himself.
This alone elevated the cloak to the level of a divine artifact. Even Alaric himself could not perceive Nitocris after she turned invisible with it.
However, to prevent the cloak from falling into the hands of his enemies or being used to do something he could not accept, Alaric had naturally left a hidden safeguard during its creation.
During the enchanting process, he had subtly embedded his own magical mark. As a result, no matter where the cloak was, Alaric could sense its location. Furthermore, he could even go a step further and make the person inside the cloak appear to him, though only to him alone.
At present, Alaric was using precisely this function, secretly following behind Nitocris together with Medjed.
In Alaric's view, the most likely accident would be that after infiltrating a target's home and killing them, the death would be discovered by others, causing panic and alerting the entire city.
Once the enemy was alerted, subsequent assassinations would become difficult…
However, after following Nitocris to the home of her first target, Alaric immediately realized that the accident he had imagined was unlikely to occur.
He still remembered that a few days before departure, Nitocris had asked him how an assassin could successfully infiltrate an enemy's home, kill the target, and avoid drawing the attention of others, especially the target's family and servants.
At the time, Alaric had jokingly told her that as long as she killed everyone who witnessed the murder, it would count as a successful infiltration.
He remembered Nitocris's awkward expression back then. She clearly hadn't liked his joke.
After all, it had just been a meme from his previous life, mocking players in stealth assassination games who insisted on killing every NPC.
But now, to Alaric's surprise, Nitocris seemed to have taken that joke seriously.
He clearly saw that after finding an opening and entering the Finance Minister's residence, Nitocris stood there hesitating for quite some time.
This was a common reaction for someone who had never killed before.
But in the end, she hardened her resolve and raised her dagger toward… the guard at the entrance of the minister's house.
Of course, she used only the handle.
Perhaps because she had no experience knocking someone unconscious, Nitocris swung the dagger's handle with considerable force.
With a single blow, she struck the unprepared guard on the back of the neck.
The guard instantly lost all mobility and collapsed into shock.
Given Nitocris's strength, Alaric believed that even if the guard woke up, he would be left with quite a few aftereffects.
Next, before Alaric could even react, the young Pharaoh repeated the process, knocking out another guard, then a passing servant…
In the end, just as Alaric had said, she knocked out every living and mobile creature in the Finance Minister's residence without exception.
Even a litter of dogs, a pair of parrots, a cat, and even the sheep in the kitchen were all rendered unconscious.
Alaric believed that these unlucky souls would not be waking up before morning.
Although Nitocris had not killed a single person besides the Finance Minister, Alaric felt that this was probably what one would call a "peerless assassin."