Riding and Slashing

Chapter 380 No choice

Shieldwind Fortress.

Both Justus and Titus were of course taken away by Rimusk.

In fact, Limusk originally didn't intend to control Titus, but he knew that if he planned to draw a line with Kairos and his son and become a "loyal minister" to Emperor Marius and Justus, he would need a witness.

Therefore, he ordered Titus to be rescued as well.

"...My family is in the hands of Miss Alina, and I have to exchange you for my family. Lord Justus, the whole thing is like this. I don't intend to hide the fact that I have deceived you, but you I also know that it’s just that we have different positions. But now, Kailos and Antonius and his son have gone crazy, they just want to make the empire oppose the entire continent..."

Rimusk drove away all the guards, and explained to Justus what he thought was on the top floor of the inner castle.

"...Limusk, you still think that Kairos and his son are for the Shadow Legion's status? No!"

Titus next to him interrupted angrily: "They are for the Noldor! Antonyus lives on blood-sucking now! It takes a lot of blood from the Noldor to keep him alive! They are for the Noldor to surrender to the empire. All-out war..."

Rimuske was stunned: "How do you know?"

"Antonius tortured me all night, and he said it himself... And you know, he is no longer human, he is now a complete monster!"

Pointing to the bloody wounds on his body, Titus gritted his teeth and said.

"That's true..." Justus sighed, "In the final analysis, it's still the Snake Cult's fault..."

"Sigh... No matter what they are for, I don't want to participate in it anymore anyway. Lord Justus, Miss Alina will pick you up soon. I swear that I will take my family to Siyuan City to report to Mario Your Majesty surrendered himself. But I hope you can testify for me that I really have nothing to do with the Snake Cult... Titus can also prove that we were all coerced by Antonyus."

Rimusk really wanted to get out of this vortex.

Just as we were speaking, a guard came to report: "Master Limusk, there are a few knights outside who claim to be from the 'Empire Intelligence Office' requesting to enter Shieldwind Fortress."

"It looks like Miss Alina is here..."

Rimusk followed the guards downstairs to greet him at the city gate.

Only Justus and Titus were left in the top room.

Titus looked at Justus, then at Limusic's back, and suddenly asked: "Master Justus, if... I want to marry Miss Alina, will you agree? "

Justus froze.

Then, he shook his head with a wry smile, and sighed: "Titus, don't do anything stupid... You can try to marry another noble lady, and I can help you intercede..."

Titus also smiled wryly, and sighed: "Lord Justus, I don't want to do this either, but I have no other way out... No one will treat me as their own..."

He took out a small knife from his waist.

……

Of course, it was Li Ang, Alina and others who entered Shieldwind Fortress as the 'Imperial Intelligence Service'.

They came to exchange hostages.

But after entering the room on the top floor of the inner fortress of the Shield Wind Fortress, Limuske was dumbfounded...

"What about people? Are you kidding us?"

Looking at the empty hall, Li Ang drew his sword and swiped at Limusk's neck.

"No... you were here just now, just a few minutes ago... Titus! Titus, you bastard!"

Rimusk glanced left and right, then rushed to the window and yelled loudly.

The view from the top floor of the castle is very good. From the window, you can just see the back of Titus driving away in a truck, and Justus is also in the cargo box.

This guy ran through the back door of Shieldwind Fortress!
"Come on! Go and chase that bastard Titus back! Live or die!"

Rimusk jumped to his feet and roared.

"Can you catch up? He has run so far, and he is still holding hostages... Limuske, since you have made a mistake here, then this transaction is not counted..."

Li Ang and Alina also saw Titus who was driving outside, but they were not in a hurry, but pushed towards Limusk together.

"Miss Alina, I swear I'm not playing tricks, it's really... oh!"

Rimusk sat down on the ground against the wall, holding his head in annoyance.

"Get up... how many troops have you brought back?"

Li Ang stepped forward and kicked Rimusk.

"Close to 1000 people... Except for the shadow infantry under Levius, the others are all recruits..."

Rimuske stood up with his head shrunk. He thought Li Ang was going to beat him up, so he answered neatly.

It appears that those Shadow Footmen were redeemed by their respective families and returned to Rimusk.

"Let your troops control the Shieldwind Fortress. Since you failed to protect Lord Justus, then you should protect the Shieldwind Fortress... to stop all the Bacchus troops retreating here from White Hart Castle! Otherwise, you will never see your family again... Alina, let's go!"

Li Ang stared into Limusk's eyes and said his request, then looked out the window, and led Alina downstairs.

Titus was no longer visible outside the window.

Titus ran very fast, looking at the direction, he should be running west.

But Li Ang and Alina were really not in a hurry.

Because many Scorpio Assassins were watching from the back door - a knight ran away from the back door of Fort Wolvern a few days ago, and the Scorpio Assassins failed to catch up. Although there was no need to chase at that time, Ramon felt that this kind of thing should not happen again up.

So this time, Ramon himself was watching from the back door, and Wendy was there too.

As soon as Titus drove the carriage to the west for a few miles, he was surrounded by people led by Ramon.

Taking hostages is difficult for ordinary people, but for Ramon, an unprofessional kidnapper like Titus is really easy to deal with.

The Scorpio Throwing Knife is not just for killing people. Ramon showed how to deal with kidnappers who took hostages at the auction...

When Li Ang rushed to Ramon's side, Titus was already under control—he was also shot in one eye by Ramon with a throwing knife just like Ikram back then, and he also nailed a Zhinuo with his right hand. With many arrows, the palm of his hand was nailed to the carriage.

"Master Justus, you have been kidnapped too many times..."

Li Ang looked at Justus who was safe and sound, and was completely relieved.

"It seems that I should find some masters to protect me...but I can't command the Noldor like you..."

Justus shook his head mockingly.

"Father... what is going on with all this? Is Kairos the mastermind? Why did he start the war? Is it just to stop the reform and let the Shadow Legion regain power?"

Alina helped Justus and asked about the cause and effect.

"This matter... Oh, Leon, and that Noldor girl, you have to be mentally prepared... What Kairos is going to trigger is not a war between White Hart Castle and the Empire, but a war between the Noldor elves and humans... . . . and as for blocking reform, that's just incidental."

Justus talked about the cause and effect to Leon and Wendy.

A few years ago, when immunity from the Red Death was first discovered, Anson had to return to Karenbucks to preside over the popularization of horsepox.

At that time, Antonius had recovered his vital signs, but he had been in a coma and basically belonged to a vegetative state. Anson could not take Antonius away-he couldn't bear to toss at that time, and the bumpy road would kill him.

The poison in him was too complicated, and he was extremely weak, requiring long-term recuperation, so Anson asked the Glorious Cross Knights of Boshi City to take over this special patient.

Later, when Anson served as the consul of Karen Deer Castle, he often corresponded with the Knights of the Glorious Cross and tried to treat Antonius. He had already found a way, and Antonius also showed signs of recovery.

But unexpectedly, Li Ang was struck by lightning and disappeared. The Bacchus Empire quickly took back Karen Lulu Castle, and Anson had to take the leaders back to Changhe Town.

Since then, Sarleon has been at war for a long time, and Antonyus' healing has been delayed again.

Kairos also disappeared for a long time after chasing Aziz Dahaka to D'Shar.

Until half a year ago, Kailos returned to Siyuan City - he came back by boat.

Not long after Kairos returned to Siyuan City, Justus received the news that Emperor Marius was seriously ill.

So Justus was about to go back to Siyuan City to visit His Majesty the Emperor, but he was kidnapped by Antonius as soon as he left Boshi City.

Antonius coerced Justus into replacing most of the rank-and-file commanders of the Imperial First Legion with his men - but the new replacements were not a mess, most of them were qualified Imperial soldiers or had been Centurion of the Shadow Legion.

These people lost power and were transferred two years ago, and now it looks like they have been transferred back to the First Army of the Empire, so they are not eye-catching at all.

Afterwards, Kailos summoned the Shadow Legion in Emperor Lingang, led the army all the way north as the Marshal of the Empire, and took all the lords who once belonged to the Shadow Legion under his banner.

When he arrived in Boshi City, Kairos also met Justus.

At that time, Justus knew that the current Kailos was different from before...

"Both Kailos and his son Antonius were cursed... or poisoned by some kind of poison. They all look like snakes now. Especially Antonius, he looks completely inhuman. ..."

Justus gestured at the position of his eyes: "When Kailos disappeared, he went to the continent of Amara. He found a prescription from the temple of the Snake Cult, and then formulated a potion in Siyuan City. That medicine did revive his son, but it also turned Antonius into a snake-like monster... And, since Antonius was awakened, he began to drink blood for a living-Kelos said that only The elf's blood will keep his son alive!"

"What kind of medicine is so terrible? Can it turn people into vampires?"

Li Ang frowned, he vaguely felt that this might be the sequelae of those Aziz Dahaka created by Kavala.

"I don't know...Let's call it 'Siyuan City Potion' for now. His Majesty Mario's illness also got worse because of that potion. Kairos said that he took a little emperor's blood to make the medicine..."

Justus replied.

"Emperor's blood? Just based on this naming method, it can be imagined that this must be a deliberate conspiracy by the Snake Cult to kill Bacchus or the emperor of the Ashborn... How could Kairos be fooled like this? "

Li Ang sighed: "There should be elf blood in the prescription, right? So he wants to kidnap the entire empire to fight me, and force the Noldor elves to fight humans..."

"That's right...he said that the composition of the prescription is all blood and tears. The blood of the emperor, the blood of the elves, the blood of the brave, the blood of the wise, and the tears of the dragon..."

Justus counted with his fingers.

"Hey, this is the trick of the cult. In the name of the curse, the victim is asked to kill those who will pose a threat to the cult in order to lift the curse... Whose blood did he use for the blood of the brave and the blood of the wise?"

Li Ang shook his head and asked.

"He took a bowl of blood from me before. He also said that Agathon's blood is the blood of a brave man..."

Justus looked at Li Ang: "But I think he must have made a mistake... Agathon is indeed a brave man, but I'm probably not a wise man."

"You are known as a think tank. It is okay to say that you are a wise man... But Kailos is an idiot! I have to kill him. His whole family is an idiot. This idiot should not live in this world!"

Li Ang sighed with depression: "Fortunately, you didn't have any accidents. If you were killed by them in White Hart Castle... then the Bacchus Empire would really have to fight the Noldor elves to the death..."

"Oops... Li Ang... Look, look at the sky!"

Wendy suddenly exclaimed: "That... what?!"

The sky in the northeast direction darkened, and the billowing smoke and dust reflected the flickering red light, covering the entire sky...

That is fire.

It was an unprecedented fire...

"They set fire to the Noldor Forest? Bastards..."

Li Ang's eyes widened, and he murmured, "I have no choice now...I must destroy the Bacchus Empire with the Noldor...My lord governor, you can't go back home...I'm sorry."

……

At the beginning of June 358 of the Pandeli calendar.

In early summer, the sky is dry and things are dry.

The fire in the Noldo forest has spread for dozens of miles. In this age without excavators and fast felling equipment, manpower cannot stop this kind of forest fire.

Vendatil did not pursue the retreating Bacchus. She was busy fighting the fire and organizing the people to move to White Hart Castle.

If they stayed in the forest, they would have to be smoked to death instead of being burned to death. A large number of Noldor elves were forced to migrate to White Hart Castle—perhaps, the only good news is that there were no accidents during the migration.

And Li Ang was in the Shieldwind Fortress, trying to use the enemy's troops to stop the enemy - the Bacchus army that retreated from White Hart Castle returned to the Shieldwind Fortress.

What happens in this world is always like this, and people cannot make their own choices.

Kairos and his sons started the war, the ultimate goal was to conquer and raise some Noldor elves like livestock. They needed Noldor's blood to survive. In their view, they had no choice.

Titus had tried to kidnap Justus before, also to keep himself alive.He has offended both Mario and Antonius, and no one will help him as an outsider. He wants to kidnap Justus and go to Filtzway or Desia, otherwise the only thing waiting for him is to go to prison Or enter the arena, he felt he had no choice.

The habitat of the Noldor elves ignited a forest fire that could not be extinguished. The elves who lost their homes must take revenge, and they had to fight for a habitat in the human world, and they had no choice.

Li Ang is an ally of the Noldo, and the Noldo elves have been helping Li Ang. Without the Noldo elves, Li Ang will lose the greatest capital. He must stand with the Noldo.Moreover, Kailos and his son plan to ask for his blood...

Although both Leon and Justus knew that it was caused by Kairos and his son, for more people, it was a war between countries and clans. When this kind of war happened, no one would care about the It's that one or two people's names.

Li Ang could only declare war on Bacchus, and he had no choice.

(End of this chapter)