On the Seven Towers

Alonso's house is located in the suburbs of the capital, about seven or eight kilometers away from the city gate.

Although the dinner was held temporarily, it was still impeccable by local standards. In an elegant banquet hall decorated with oil paintings, vases and fabrics, everyone dined around a long table.

The banquet was not large, with only a dozen people. Those invited included Feng Qi and others from the reading club, as well as some mages and nobles who had a good relationship with the Alonso family.

Tashia actually took out an original little magic. It was called: Tashia's Vortex Wind. This magic can make a small object rotate continuously at a constant speed. She hasn't figured out how to use this magic. But Xiao Chen saw at a glance that it could play a role similar to a centrifuge in the laboratory.

Although it was a small magic, it was very difficult for mages to create any magic. They did not have an effective methodology for developing magic, and their understanding of magic runes was also limited. They basically relied on exploration, luck and experience. Therefore, it was admirable and enviable that Tashia, who was still a mid-level magician, could invent a new magic, and it was reasonable to hold a banquet to celebrate.

After the dinner, Xiao Chen finally left Tashia's house. At this time, there were two more women in cloaks around him. One of them was naturally Tashia, and the other was her guard, the female knight Belia.

"You really don't have to stay with me." Xiao Chen said.

"Don't say these meaningless words. Today I will help you create a reasonable excuse so that you can lure out the enemy. Naturally, I will also try my best to ensure your safety.

You and Roger are too weak, but with Belia and I, there are four of us, basically we can go anywhere. What's more, you swore to me that there would be no problem with the support and everything was under control. Then just treat me as accompanying you to gain experience."

"However, we may encounter attacks against us today, and we may even need to escape." Xiao Chen opened the collar of his coat, revealing the enchanted soft armor. "I have made all the preparations I can, but I still feel uneasy. I am even more nervous when I take you with me. If something unexpected happens to you, how can I be worthy of you?"

"I don't need you to worry." Tashia touched her bracelet, and a light shield suddenly rose around her body. She gave Belia a look, and the latter gathered his fighting spirit and punched the light shield. With a bang, the light shield did not move at all. Tashia smiled and said, "I have several automatically triggered defensive items bound to me. Who do you think is more dangerous and who needs more protection?"

At this time, it began to rain. Xiao Chen looked up at the sky. If the rain got heavier, there would be more uncertainties. It was time to set off. He sighed. The more he interacted with the girl in front of him, the more he couldn't figure out her mind.

"Do you need me to sign a document to prove that I am voluntary?" Tashia teased.

Xiao Chen knew that he couldn't change her mind, so he said, "Then don't be stubborn no matter what. I will try my best to protect you."

"Waiting for your protection is better than relying on my Belia." Tashia said, and got on the carriage first.

After seeing Xiao Chen, the female knight Belia didn't say a word. She just nodded to Xiao Chen and got on the carriage.

Roger on the driver's seat wore a wide cloak that covered the light armor underneath. When Xiao Chen got on the carriage and closed the door, he whipped the whip and the carriage drove into the night.

The horse's hooves hit the muddy road with water, making sometimes crisp and sometimes dull kicking sounds.

Xiao Chen looked out from the curtains and saw that the road in the forest was pitch black, and there was not much starlight. Only at the front of the car, the light from the crystal illuminated a small section of the road ahead, allowing Roger to tell the direction. The carriage was like a small boat in the dark ocean, moving forward alone.

It was a good day for sneak attacks and assassinations.

Sitting opposite him, Tashia's little face was excited. She didn't sit upright like usual, but looked out along the gap in the curtains. Her gray eyes turned around, as if she was eager for an assassin to jump out now.

"Don't get too close to the window. It would be dangerous if someone shot an arrow."

"My left earring is constantly enchanted with the magic of deflecting arrows, and my right earring is constantly enchanted with the magic of reflecting energy." Tashia deliberately shook her head, and the two green pendants swayed with her ears.

Xiao Chen: ...

After a while, Tasia said, "You haven't told me what the whole plan is."

"It takes about an hour to get to the city gate from here. Our ambushers are on standby in a forest one kilometer away from the city gate.

If we are attacked, we will run away desperately and lead them to the ambush circle, and then someone will naturally deal with the assassin."

"Who is the one who did it?"

Xiao Chen pondered in silence.

"Don't trust me?"

"No, I think you shouldn't be involved."

"When you opened the "Magic Source", we were already sitting in a carriage." Tasia patted the cushion with her hand, "In fact, I know even if you don't say it, it must be Roland's people."

"Well, it is indeed his people, to be precise, the Knights of the Wind."

"Roland is so bold that he actually used the Temple Knights to deal with the Temple Shadow Group."

"Not surprising, many times the internal enemies are far more dangerous than the external enemies... and more vicious."

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About three kilometers away from Xiao Chen's carriage, there was a gentle slope. More than a dozen riders were waiting quietly in the rain with their horses. These people in the shadows were all wearing leather cloaks and carrying crossbows. Except for the occasional sound of horses snorting, the whole team was silent.

There was the sound of horse hooves in the distance. After a while, two knights dressed in the same way came in the rain, rushed up the gentle slope and came to the leader.

"Sir Sancho, they are coming. It is expected to be here in twenty minutes." One of them reported.

"From the outside, there is only one driver in the carriage. But we don't know how many people are in the car. They got on the car at the Alonso family's manor." Another person said.

"However, judging from the depth of the ruts, there should be more than one person." The first person added.

"Well, no matter how many people are in the car, they can't be the opponent of our team. We will act according to the plan later. If we can catch them alive, we will catch them alive. If we can't catch them, we will kill them." Sancho said.

After he learned that Xiao Chen was going to the banquet, he immediately reorganized the team, sent people to follow him, and went back to the headquarters to equip horses and bows and arrows, and made an ambush plan.

He looked up at the sky covered with dark clouds, and said to his left and right: "Let's get started. I'll watch you from behind."

Everyone jumped on their horses and rushed down the valley in two groups.