Heart of the Castle

Chapter 478 Dance of the Day, Song of the Night
The morning light dyed the city walls of the king's capital Fermeyer a layer of gorgeous gold, and the noise began to spread in the ancient streets. The city and its residents ended a peaceful night's sleep and became active and restless. settle down.Wagons filled with barrels of wine, sacks of flour and other miscellaneous goods passed between the alleys, and the wheels made a series of rattles on the bluestone road; They huddled together, longing for their first job of the day; blue smoke began to rise from the bakery's chimney, sending out the aroma of fine flour, nuts, and butter in all directions.

Li Wei stood silently in front of the window of the Mermaid Hotel room, looking fixedly at the sky outside the window, where it was gradually changing from dark blue to light blue, and then dawn completely occupied the sky.A golden sun jumped into the sky.The sunrise scenery is undoubtedly magnificent, but Li Wei didn't pay much attention to it, but looked far into the distance, and his eyes went straight into the depths of the sky.

Dozens of black dots are circling in the sight of the Griffin Lord. Those are vultures, goshawks or other unusual birds of prey. Now Li Wei knows that these ferocious birds are not a special product of Firmeyer. It was a blockade measure taken by an unknown force in order to prevent the big crow from peeping.

For ordinary forces, a group of well-trained birds of prey can indeed seal off the sky above the city. Whether it is a carrier pigeon or a larger crow, it is impossible to escape from the claws of these winged nemesis.But for Li Weiston, who is known as the Lord of Griffins, this is just a small trouble that can be solved at any time.

The loyal and proud Griffin Troop will easily solve this problem, but before that, what Li Wei wants to know is what is the relationship between the disappearance of Lilizui and the powerful Grand Duke. In other words, it is King Arthur What role is the only younger brother of His Majesty the Twelfth, Grand Duke Raul playing now?
For the Grand Duke who changed his wife like taking off his clothes, Li Wei's impression is not bad, but it is conceivable that it is not very good.However, from the mouth of Earl Ansair, the sheriff of the Northern County, he learned that there seems to be a very close relationship between the two, and that when Miss Fleischer occasionally mentioned the prince's brother, she always fell into a trap. In a strange silence.Li Wei saw a very complicated look on the face of the female knight, which could not be explained clearly even by probing techniques.

"Master Hughes, continue talking, is there any news?" Levi looked away from the sky outside the window, and then said.

"Three days later, His Majesty Lilaya, the queen regent, is going to hold a court meeting to discuss the matter of continuing to send reinforcements to the south. This is the third time this month. The previous two discussions ended without a problem due to the disagreement of the important ministers of the kingdom." Baron Hughes, whose blond hair was pulled back into a ponytail, replied.He was sitting on a high-backed chair not far behind Li Wei, with a stack of various information spread out in front of him, ranging from high-quality parchment to interlining that was torn off temporarily.

"And this, it should be the last piece of valuable information. According to the news dictated by a sister Youying in Xicheng District, it seems that many middle and low-level officers of the Royal Guard Army have recently become richer and patronize Xicheng taverns The number of times has greatly increased.”

"I don't see the importance of this information. It's nothing more than those guys' neglect of duty. It's not a day or two." Marquis Osiris' voice sounded. After resting peacefully all night, the elf seemed to be It seemed that his complexion had improved a little, and his handsome face was covered with a layer of delicate light like enamel. "Filmeyer's defense is not as important as the Royal Guards. Don't look at them who swore to defend the city and the king. In fact, most of them are just to make a living. Both training and fighting spirit are pitifully weak. Choose any squadron in the Order of Embers, and you can beat these people to pieces."

"It's not that simple, Your Excellency the Marquis of Osiris." Li Wei frowned and said, "Your vision is too high, I'm afraid you can't look down on any army under the four major knight orders of the kingdom? In my opinion, the King's Guard Army The training and equipment are not bad, at least much stronger than the armies under many local lords."

"Master Li Wei is right." Baron Hughes nodded in agreement and said, "Although many officers in the Royal Guard Army are the children of nobles, they smell like embroidered pillows, but even if they are embroidered pillows, knights are knights after all. The strength is still stronger than ordinary cavalry."

"Even if what you say makes sense, what does it have to do with the fact that they go to dirty hotels and sleep with prostitutes more often?" Marquis Osiris asked impatiently.

"That's not normal. There are several types of nobles in the capital. Among them, only the children of the poorest little nobles will join the guard army of the capital as junior officers. Those people have always been tight on money, and credit is very difficult for them. It’s just commonplace.” Baron Hughes carefully analyzed it to Marquis Osiris, “So their sudden affluence is not normal, it’s not just one or two people, but dozens or hundreds of junior officers have all become affluent. That Sister Liuying told me that she and her friends were so busy during this time that they didn’t even have a chance to close their legs at night.”

Marquis Osiris spat to the side, with a shameful and angry expression on his face, I don't know if it was because of Baron Hughes' reticence, or because of his hatred for the Royal Guards, "Then those scumbags accepted bribes? Why would anyone do this, and is there anything they can bribe for?"

"Filmeyer's high walls will add a lot of courage to the royal guards and make them a difficult opponent." Baron Hughes said, "Besides, the Glory City is very empty now, and the Firmeyer Guard Knights should It has already been destroyed with the defeat of the royal army in the middle, and the remaining manpower of the Knights of Ashes is not enough to even guard the palace and Fortress of Ashes, so..."

"So the Royal Guard Army has become an important force." Li Wei concluded in a cold tone, "At the same time, it has become a trump card in someone's hand."

"Then I'm afraid it's no longer safe here." Baron Hughes said with a wry smile, "There are a total of 5000 Royal Guards, otherwise they wouldn't be able to maintain law and order in such a big city. If you step down at the gate of the city, It is a password-killing order, so maybe the whereabouts of His Majesty the King have not been revealed yet, but if it is just a password-silencing command, I am afraid there is no way to prevent someone from sending out the news."

"We encountered several patrols of the Royal Guards along the way. Although they didn't know who was carrying the stretcher at the time, if it was confirmed by what happened at the gate of the city, it is not difficult to analyze that an important person has died. Back to Firmeyer, and you are personally accompanied by His Excellency Marquis Osiris." Li Wei said with a sigh.

"Baron Hughes, other than here, is there any place that is safer to avoid the attention of those eyeliners?" Marquis Osiris turned his head and asked Baron Hughes for his opinion.

"The Mermaid Hotel is already the safest place I can think of." Baron Hughes replied with a wry smile, "Those eyeliners are everywhere, no matter which hotel or hotel Firmeyer is, they can't escape their attention. If you want, I can find a way to hide you in the boudoir of a certain lady, so that no one will find out, but His Majesty the King looks like this..." Baron Hughes shook his head helplessly, his blond hair gleaming in the sunlight Glow, "I can't think of a good place unless..."

"Unless what?" Marquis Osiris asked.

"Unless I don't consider matters of reputation, then I can find a safer place." Baron Hughes spread his hands and said.

"Master Hughes, what place are you talking about?" Levi interjected curiously.

"Master Li Wei, you may have heard that I have a group of very good friends in Xicheng District. They are all kind and good girls, but life has made them fall into prostitution..." Baron Hughes muttered, as if the next The words were not easy to utter. It was not until the Marquis of Osiris urged him again and again that he summoned up the courage to say, "I mean, I can guarantee absolute safety by hiding His Majesty the King in the place where those poor girls betray their lust."

"Poor girl... betraying her lust? Damn it! What are you kidding?" Marquis Osiris jumped up angrily, and the Fury of Nature slid out of the scabbard without a sound, and a green sword light pointed at the pale face. Baron Hughes, "Let His Majesty the King hide in a brothel, you can't think of such an idea!"

"Wait a minute, Your Excellency the Marquis of Osiris, Baron Hughes is also kind." Li Wei hurriedly blocked his body in front of Baron Hughes who was froze from the murderous aura of the sky knight, and raised his hands in front of his chest, begging Stop gesture, "Think about it carefully, since even you are unwilling to believe that His Majesty the King can hide in that kind of place, how can others guess?"

At first, he just wanted to ease the cheeks of Baron Hughes, but the more he talked, the more he felt that this was indeed a good way. "What do we need now? His Majesty's safety, this is obviously the first thing to consider. If the brothel is safe enough, then why can't His Majesty be hidden somewhere? With all due respect... His Majesty is visiting privately in incognito , when you act chivalrously and righteously, don't you just have to play tricks on the spot?"

The Marquis of Osiris showed an embarrassed expression on his face, "It's too many to count. In fact, His Majesty is much more playful than chivalrous." The elf muttered in a low voice, and then sheathed the wrath of nature, "I'm sorry, Baron Hughes , I misunderstood your kindness."

"It's nothing. Your consideration is also correct. The brothel is indeed not the best hiding place for His Majesty the King, but there is no better way now." Baron Hughes shook his head, then asked curiously. "Then shall we inform Lord Bamilian?"

"Of course not, even if there is no such matter, I would still consider transferring it." Marquis Osiris replied without hesitation, "Putting His Majesty's safety on the loyalty of the chief eunuch really makes people feel a bit heartbroken." No bottom."

Li Wei thought about it, nodded and shook his head and said, "I have a different opinion. Baron Hughes, you accompany His Majesty the Sky Knight to escort His Majesty to leave. The Griffin Knight can only leave two people, but the royal servants can If you want to stay all of them, I will stay too." He slowly expressed his thoughts, "We are here to make the illusion that His Majesty the King has not left. Come here."

"Your idea is very good, Lord Griffin." Marquis Osiris thought for a while, and quickly replied, "Then now there is only one question left, how should we avoid those eyeliners that are everywhere in the entire king?"

"Of course it creates something that those eyeliners have to pay attention to." Li Wei shrugged relaxedly and said, then he turned his eyes to the black spots that were hovering in the sky outside the window, "such as these annoying big bird……"

A spy dressed like a coolie climbed up to the roof opposite the Mermaid Hotel, carefully looked at the tightly closed windows, and then straightened up.When he was about to move closer, a sneer suddenly reached his ears.

The spy immediately stiffened all over. He slowly raised his head and looked in the direction where the laughter came from.Many of the decorations of the Mermaid Hotel present the light blue of the seabed, and the carvings are extremely exquisite. There is a small balcony outside the window, and the elegant railings form a semicircle.Li Weiston, the griffin lord in light armor and with a knight sword on his waist, appeared on the small balcony, staring coldly at the spy on the opposite roof with sharp eyes.

"Sorry, my lord, I..." The spy's lips twitched twice, as if he wanted to explain his behavior, but he quickly read Sen Leng's killing intent in Li Wei's eyes, so he didn't say anything He jumped off the roof of the house five or six meters high, and the suppressed screams sounded from the other side of the alley.

"Idiot." The magician who was observing the Mermaid Hotel through the crystal ball suddenly shouted angrily, and then put down the crystal ball that had turned black. "That guy was so frightened that he jumped off the roof, broke his leg, and broke the Eye of True Sight!"

"You are wrong, this is a smart man." Another magician seemed much calmer, "Although he broke his leg, at least he kept his head. Don't forget, the Griffin Lord is not an ordinary knight, otherwise the deputy Why do you pay so much attention to him, President?"

"You mean, the explosive fireball in the rumor?" The first magician shook his head impatiently and said, "That's just a rumor, I haven't heard of it, which knight can cast the magician's spell , or which magician can comprehend the fighting spirit of a knight... Do you believe that a young man can do it?"

"I never believe rumors easily, but neither do I easily deny them." The second magician stroked his beard. It was a beautiful beard that was as white as snow and stood up like thick thorns. "Maybe that little lord can do something even more surprising to us."

"Then I have to take a good look, he can do it..." The first magician said in a sarcastic tone, but before he finished speaking, there was a sharp scream, like a sharp knife piercing the frozen ice. Grease ripped apart the silence of the Great Mage Tower like grease, and choked back his words back into his throat.

"What happened?"

"It seems to be the voice of the great magister Arryn Sinbad!"

Just as the two magicians looked at each other, the voice sounded again, this time it was more sharp and ugly, "My eyes, my eyes can't see! My familiar, my familiar was killed by something !” A stumbling figure ran down the spiral staircase in panic, screaming fiercely while running, “My eyes can’t see…” The sudden blindness caused the great magister’s heart to sink. Intertwined with fear and remorse, when running down the stairs, I completely forgot one thing, that is, the tower of the great mage is not prepared for the blind. There is no staircase on the bottom floor, but a gap with a drop of more than 20 meters.

"Dangerous, Your Excellency Ayrin!" The two mages couldn't help shouting together, but unfortunately, the terrified Magister Ayrin didn't hear it at all, and still ran down, and then stepped on the ground, accompanied by a long scream Fall down.

Magicians are rarely killed by falling from a height, because among the many magical spells they master, there are countless magic spells to solve this kind of dilemma.Even an apprentice who has only mastered the most basic magic can cast a magic like Feather Fall, allowing them to fall from a height of [-] meters without any injuries.Grand Magister Ayrin certainly mastered many similar spells, such as the high-level magic soaring into the sky that is many times better than the Feather Fall spell, or the short-distance teleportation spell that is another way, but he didn't have time to cast any of them for himself.

The distance of 20 meters was reached in an instant, and with a thud, blood and brains bloomed like flowers, and the great magister Alin Sinbad, who ranked third in the King's Capital Fermeyer Mage Guild, died.The faces of the two magicians who witnessed all this were pale, their eyes fixed on the twisted and convulsed body of the great magister, their throats seemed to be pinched by pliers and they could not make a sound.

"What happened just now?" The stern questioning voice suddenly appeared accompanied by the scorching breath. The two magicians hurriedly turned their heads, and saw that not far behind them, there was a raging flame burning on the ground with no combustibles at all. An Optimus Fire Pillar tens of meters high.A figure then stepped out of the pillar of fire, red, orange, and yellow flames forming a robe around him, and thick cyan smoke swirled endlessly like his cloak.

"Your Excellency, Vice President!" "Your Excellency Jono Ann Merister!" The two magicians blurted out, and then bowed to salute.

"Answer my question, what happened just now? How did Ayrin die?" The fire magician waved his hand impatiently and said, with crackling sounds like burning flames in his voice.

The older magician hastily explained, "Your Excellency the Great Magister Ayrin Sinbad rushed out just now, saying that his magic pet was killed and his eyes were also blind, and then..."

"Stupid, I told him a long time ago that manipulating those raptors is very dangerous, and he shouldn't continue to use it at all! Although it allows him to have a vision overlooking the earth, it also makes his eyes become one with those raptors." Fire Demon The guide sighed deeply, and then looked at Ayrin's horrible corpse with eyes like lava balls. Under his gaze, the corpse suddenly burst into flames, as if the bones had turned into wax and the skin was full of oil.

When the fire magician looked away, the last trace of the great magister Arin Sinbad in the world had disappeared without a trace along with the curling green smoke. There was a scorching mark in the shape of a silhouette.

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