Heart of the Castle

Chapter 817 Bloody Aura in the Night

It wasn't until the castle-like building that served as a temporary post for envoys from various countries appeared in the night ahead, that the regent of the Kingdom of Deldes, Grand Duke Zandora Baron, finally breathed a sigh of relief, slowed down his steps, and felt tense. The string of the string is also slightly relaxed.

The real situation of Grand Duke Zandora was even worse than what he had declared to Li Weiston, and Cardinal St. Bogdan did not reprimand him harshly before he went to the Kingdom of Arthur.In fact, Grand Duke Zandora has not been able to meet the real ruler of the Kingdom of Deldes for two months, and since then, except for some trivial daily affairs, the Lord Regent has hardly been able to Get in touch with any kingdom event now.

Even the private armed force he tried to win over was not safe. It was difficult to make a final conclusion in advance about the extent of loyalty exchanged for money. Come on, it's hard to say whether a third of the people can stay and resist.

"Fortunately, the young regent didn't flatly reject my request, although he didn't show much interest." Feeling that he had returned to a safe place, Grand Duke Zandora simply stopped in his tracks and leaned his body against the street. side rough stone wall.The cool night breeze helped him think about the current predicament, while the temporary post house full of eyes, ears and eyes would only make him feel upset and restless.

"It seems that I have to hurry up and persuade the young regent to send troops to the Kingdom of Deldes before the celebration, and it's better to be faster." Grand Duke Zandora subconsciously brought his right thumb to his mouth as he thought. side, biting his nails with his teeth.

Ever since he saw the body of his elder brother, Candome I, King of Deldes lying on the throne, his distorted blue-gray face looking at him horribly, he has had such a neurotic Actions.The tingling on the fingers helped relieve the uneasiness in his heart. Sometimes, Grand Duke Zandorah even bit his own thumb until it was bloody.

As Grand Duke Zandora himself said, he doesn't love his brother, and even cursed in private more than once, hoping that his brother will enter the eternal night kingdom of the sleeper Ku Ximo as soon as possible.However, after the Radiant Temple fulfilled his wish with astonishingly fast and shockingly high efficiency, Grand Duke Zandora didn't feel any joy that his wish had been fulfilled, and all he felt was the fear and coldness engraved into the marrow of his bones.

Candom I was not an incompetent person. He who could stand out in the fierce competition for the throne would certainly not lack a ruthless and ambitious side. At the same time, he was also a very capable commander. Many excellent and well-known knights.Losing to such an elder brother, Grand Duke Zandora actually didn't have much resentment or unwillingness, and the practice of taking refuge in the Temple of Radiance was just to save his own life without any worries.

However, the Guangyao Temple gave him far more than what he needed.

The ambitious Kandom I wanted to get rid of the control of the Glorious Temple. For a king, it is not surprising to have such an idea. None of them succeeded in suppressing them with powerful force.Usually this kind of resistance would not bring too many killings, but Kandom I was so good that some high-level officials of the Shining Temple felt a little uneasy and decided to change to a more obedient puppet.

The king brother Zandora Baron who appeared at the right time became their favorite candidate.

Regardless of whether he is willing to bear the notoriety of regicide and brother killing, Grand Duke Zandora knows that he has no choice. Money has gathered a small but quite elite private equity arm.

The strength of this troop is quite good, enough to compete with one of the four major knight orders in the Kingdom of Arthur. However, Grand Duke Zandora did not feel any sense of security because of it.The methods he could think of, of course, Kandom I could think of even more. In order to fight against the Shining Temple, the king did not hesitate to lower his figure, humbly pay a lot of money, and hired a powerful sky knight from the distant ancient Yahan country to serve as the king. The leader of his own guard.

Grand Duke Zandora still remembers the appearance of that Yahan man—tall, haggard, with disheveled hair and beard, and he doesn't like wearing metal armor. He looks more like a beggar than a knight.However, his strength is undoubtedly strong. On the night that Candom I died, flames blazed and smoke rose into the sky. The Yahan held a long sword to block the palace gate, and sent more than a dozen apostolic knights from the Shining Temple to the palace. Beside the golden sun they believed in.

If Ingram, the head of the Knights of the Sword of Condemnation, hadn't personally acted, perhaps this Yahan could win Kandom I a chance to escape from the palace, but everything is just a hypothesis. With a sword strike, accompanied by a flash of strong light like the noon sun, the Yahan fell to the sky without saying a word, and the long sword in his hand was split open along with his chest.

What was split by that sword at the same time was Grand Duke Zandora's courage to resist. If it hadn't been for Cardinal St. Bogdan who thought he had been in power for too long and wanted to remove him from the position of regent and replace him with a If it was a puppet that was easier to manipulate, Grand Duke Zandora didn't think he would have the guts to try to resist the rule of the Radiant Temple.

Of course, this is also due to the astonishing performance of the Griffin Knights in the battle to restore the capital of Fermeyer. Three legendary powerhouses emerged from nowhere and firmly suppressed the two vicious demon lords until the battle came to an end. victory.Before that, at the military meeting held secretly by the Glory Alliance, Head Ingram once admitted that he was sure to deal with the charming lord, Ms. Cang Ye, but it was hard to say that he would win against the terrifying lord Charlemagne.

Obviously, as long as His Majesty Pope Nicholas, who has never left the holy mountain easily, does not directly intervene in the battle, the head of Ingram alone cannot fight against the Griffin Knights, even with the other three apostles Neither does the Knights.The gap between legendary powerhouses cannot be made up by simply relying on the number of people.

"You must get the help of Li Weiston, you must..." Grand Duke Zandora repeated his goal again, and then there were low and powerful footsteps next to his ears, and he couldn't help turning his head subconsciously, while holding his waist. It is more decorative than a practical saber hilt.

"Who's there?" He asked cautiously, "Show your identity, or I'll call the guards."

The other party's answer was quicker and more familiar than Grand Duke Zandora imagined, "It's me, His Excellency." The man said as he walked out of the shadows on the street, "You are finally back, I found that you are not here so late In my own room, I even started to worry about your safety."

"Sir Anowei, thank you for your hard work..." Grand Duke Zandora said casually, just released his finger from the hilt, but then held it back at a faster speed, "...No, no, I have already Have you ordered the servants to block any visitors, saying that I have rested early... Lord of Radiance, are you spying on me?"

The man called Sir Anover was tall and tall, with broad shoulders and long arms, and a mustache with a strong mercenary style, and his temperament was also inclined to the taste that was polished from the flames of war.Grand Duke Zandora's questioning wiped away the respect hanging from the corner of his mouth, and replaced it with a cold and merciless smile, "Your Excellency, it would be nice if your observation skills were not so keen?" He said softly, " That way I can continue to play the game with you until your inevitable tragic end."

Grand Duke Zandora took a step back, using almost all of his willpower to barely maintain his calm demeanor, "I know that the Temple of Radiance must have placed eyeliners by my side, but...it's you? Anuo Sir Wei, how did I never know that a hedge knight from the free city of Tatarchuk, who is full of praises for the God of War Balud, is actually a devout follower of the Lord of Radiance?"

"Words of reverence will not add a little glory to my Lord Flandara, but faith deeply rooted in the heart is enough." After taking off the disguise of vulgar hedge knight, Sir Anover's speech and demeanor suddenly became more refined , the slowly approaching footsteps also became silent, "You have been very disturbed during this period of time, I think it should be the actions of Cardinal St. It will take a year and a half to take action against you."

"Really? I don't think there is any pity." Grand Duke Zandora stepped back again, carefully maintaining the distance between the two, and at the same time kept talking, hoping to use this in exchange for time . "Being pulled down from the throne of the regent by the guardian knights of the Temple of Radiance, and then publicly executed for the crime of killing the king and brother? This ending is more miserable than dying in a foreign country."

"But the merciful Cardinal will allow your wife and children to survive, and perhaps at some point, when the little guy sitting on the king's throne shows signs of rebellion, he will be able to let your son regain power. It's the peak." Sir Anover's voice was soft, but the meaning in his words was very heavy, and even made Grand Duke Zandora show a painful expression that was almost suffocated.

"Flandala, Flandala!" He shouted the divine name of the Lord of Radiance half indignantly and half cursingly, "Open your eyes and see, this is what your pious disciples do! You want to kill your father with a cruel sword, and at the same time push the innocent child to a dead end!"

Nothing can stimulate the nerves of fanatics more than uttering the name of a god in a contemptuous and cursing tone. The cold expression on Sir Anover's face disappeared in an instant, and turned into a rage that burned like a fire. "You will regret saying this, Zandora Balaon!" He managed to limit his voice below the volume of his roar, "In order to play for you, I will reward you with a A painless death, now I have changed my mind, that is too kind, I want you to taste what it means to be unable to die!"

"Then what are you going to do?" A very menacing voice sounded, if not every word could be understood, one would think it was the hissing sound of a poisonous snake. "What creative methods will the devout believers of the Lord of Radiance play to make people want to die?"

The pupils of Sir Annov's eyes suddenly contracted. He is not an ordinary guardian knight, but a shining assassin who was carefully selected from among the young believers and specially trained. He specializes in secret tasks such as surveillance, assassination, and intelligence collection. He is no stranger to tricks such as stealth magic or stealth, and his senses of sight, hearing, and smell are even more sensitive. Even in a cave where he can't see his fingers, he can hear all the wind and grass within 20 meters of him. master.

However, now that there was an unfamiliar voice speaking, Sir Anover found no sign of any outsiders. Except for Grand Duke Zandorah, who looked equally disturbed in front of him, the whole street was empty, except for the silver moonlight shining on the white On the slate, at first glance, the streets and alleys of Firmeyer are covered like snow.

"What are you looking for?" The voice sounded again, and Sir Anowei heard it clearly this time, but looking along the source of the voice, he could only see Grand Duke Zandorah with a bewildered face, " You haven't satisfied my curiosity yet, tell me, how do you plan to concoct His Excellency Zandora?"

Sir Anover took two steps back cautiously, leaning his back against the hard rough stone wall, looking left and right, and at the same time lightly rubbing a ring on his left hand, a faint golden light flashed across the dozens of people in front of him. Meters of space, but nothing unusual happened.

"True vision is invalid... It's not invisibility magic, nor is it transparent or hiding in the shadow power." Sir Anuo Wei's eyes flashed a trace of deep fear, true vision is a magic spell up to the fifth level, Although the action time is very short, the effect is far stronger than dispelling magic and detecting invisibility. Even the advanced invisibility or invisibility ball cast by the great magister will be fully revealed under the real vision.

However, excluding invisibility magic or abilities, could it be that the other party relied entirely on stealth skills to make his own keen perception undetectable?

Sir Anover took a silent breath. He had to admit that he might have encountered a rather terrifying opponent, but he still had the confidence to complete his task. After all, his goal was not the invisible opponent, but ...

"I will not answer questions from people who dare not show their faces, you..." Sir Anowei raised his right hand suddenly when he was halfway through his words, followed by a click that was so light that it would almost be ignored, and three black lines A thin line of lightning flew out from the wrist of his right hand with such a dazzling speed that the movement of raising his hand almost came into view, and the other end of the black line was about to touch Grand Duke Zandora's anxious eyes. .

The speed at which the dark green dagger was swung was also so fast that it could not be seen clearly. The three black lines were accurately cut off, and there were several pleasant jingling sounds when they hit the ground.Grand Duke Zandora didn't realize it until the voice came into his ears, his body tilted instinctively, and he rolled to the ground.

This action can undoubtedly reduce the possibility of being fatally injured, but without the two dark green daggers that suddenly appeared and then disappeared, Grand Duke Zandora would have been pierced through the skull by the black poisoned crossbow bolt.Thinking that he was so close to Death's gracious invitation just now, Grand Duke Zandora broke out in a cold sweat.

Sir Anover was no less surprised than Grand Duke Zandora. What he just used was a special alchemy hand crossbow made by the Temple of Radiance. Apart from a slightly shorter range, it is far superior to similar products made by dark elves in terms of accuracy and speed. Weapons, and can also shoot three arrows at once.Grand Duke Zandorah was less than ten meters away from Sir Anover, and the flying time of the crossbow bolts was less than one-tenth of a heartbeat. However, in this short period of time, all three crossbow bolts were covered in dark green. The dagger cut it off!

This is simply a miracle, at least Sir Anover thinks it is impossible for him to do it.

"It's not a good habit to brag about things you can't do." The voice sounded again, "Didn't you just say that you want to make His Excellency Zandora feel the pain of not being able to die? The poisonous poison quenched on those crossbow bolts I am afraid that he will not even feel the fear of death, so he will step into the eternal night kingdom of the sleeping guide."

Sir Anover's breathing stopped suddenly, and his heart skipped two beats. He was horrified to find that this time the voice actually came from behind him!

But... there is clearly a solid wall behind him!
Sir Anovi bumped his elbows back without thinking—of course, he hit the solid wall, causing severe pain—he didn’t show any painful expression, let alone the slightest hesitation, he jumped forward with the help of recoil, and then exhausted himself He ran with all his strength.

This is another option for escaping from a brilliant assassin, no one can run at full speed while maintaining stealth.And if the opponent gave up the advantage of stealth to catch up, Sir Anuowei was sure that his long sword could kill any opponent with a dagger or short sword.Assassins' frontal combat capabilities were inherently weak, and brilliant assassins who were able to successfully assassinate the Grand Duke with a sword would often die under the siege of a few great knights or even ordinary knights once they were found.

The voice did not follow, it just threw something over and hit Sir Annov on the back of the neck. "A stone? Or something else?" Sir Anowei thought suspiciously, "It shouldn't be serious, the place where it was hit doesn't even hurt..."

His field of vision suddenly became chaotic. The alley in front of him seemed to be twisting and wriggling, as was the ground. "Damn it, was it an earthquake?" Sir Anover slowed down in confusion, then his legs softened and he knelt on the ground. He fell to the ground, "Oh... no..." He felt a sudden addition in his throat, and his tongue licked back, touching a sharp thing, and it was so sharp that it was unimaginable... The tip of his tongue was easily cut open into two halves.

Sir Anover stretched his hand to the back of his neck, and felt a hard handle, and a large piece of viscous warm liquid, "...it's a dagger," a terrible thought crossed his mind, and Sir Anover coughed out With a mouthful of blood clots, the ability to think is rapidly leaving his mind, "... an assassin who cannot be found with real vision... I must..."

The last thought shattered, and Sir Anowei's fingers rested inside the end of a slender metal tube at his waist. With just a slight hook, he could transmit everything he encountered to the Glory Temple, However, before he was able to make this action, his consciousness sank into a deep and boundless sea of ​​darkness.

(End of this chapter)