David returned to Achilles and asked him, "Another Templar has contact with John Dawson. In his dying words, Mister Dawson told me it was a man called Earnest. Do you know anything about this Earnest?"

Achilles shook his head. "You should ask Victor. Victor is more capable of finding out about people." Thus, David went to seek out Victor.

"This Earnest, a Templar. I will find out more about him. Check back in a week or so, I should have found out more about this lad by then."

One week later, David went to Victor. Victor had found out more about Earnest. "Earnest Johnson, he is a hunter. Lives in a shack in the countryside, not far from the city."

David searched for three days before finding Earnest's shack. David snuck around the shack and found Earnest sitting inside, with a rifle close to him. David moved over to the front entrance and pulled out his sword before kicking the door open. Before Earnest could react, David rushed to the rifle beside Earnest and took it.

Aiming the rifle at Earnest, David told him, "I advise you to put your hands up in the air, Earnest. I could kill you in a second if I wanted to." Earnest sneered and said, "But you won't, because I have information you want."

David nodded. "But I can kill you if you are not willing to cooperate. Who else is involved in your mission?"

"Master Hopaase, of course, do you know who he is?" "Yes, I do know who is John Hopaase," replied David. Earnest was surprised at this. "Perhaps the Assassins know more than we think. What else do you want to know?"

"Who else is involved in the operation?" David whacked Earnest in the head with the rifle. Earnest wiped the blood from his head. "You need to have some manners, dog."

David kicked Earnest hard in the chest, making his chair topple over. "Enough manners, Mister Johnson? Start giving me some names."

"There is a person who helps to fund our operations, not a lot, just a hundred pounds a month or so. A Chinese female named Bai Lantian. But I have taken an oath not to say her personal details."

Whacking Earnest once more in the head, David ordered him, "Write it down, then." Earnest nodded and wrote down the address and a rather well drawing of her. David then fired a shot into Earnest's head. "Thank you," David said as he dropped the rifle and exited the shack.

David went to Lantian's residence the next day. A servant answered the door and David pointed his Queen Anne pistol at him. "I won't hurt you, just get out of here." The servant understood and fled.

Entering the house, David made his way to Lantian's quarters. The servants all ignored David, which was good for him. Knocking on the door, Lantian answered in Chinese, "What is it?"

Regardless, David opened the door and shot Lantian in the stomach. "If you survive, do not help fund the operation anymore, or I'll return." David turned around and left.

"Victor, it is done. Earnest Johnson is dead and I have sent a warning to a woman who helps to fund the operation. I shot her in the gut." Victor was satisfied. "You should report it to Achilles too."

David went to report the news to Achilles. "The Colonial Templars should not be too much of a pain for the next few years. But we must be vigilant, for they might rise anytime."