On the Seven Towers

"You mean, you used my cannon as bait?" Xiao Chen's tone became stern.

"Yes, but I believe it is worth it. You don't want those black guards to appear again after you take the pass, right? I don't want to hand over my house to the next owner without cleaning it. Cockroaches and bedbugs,” said Count Olgas with a smile.

"But this will put the people I left behind in danger!" Xiao Chen said with a hint of anger.

The earl said: "Have you noticed that there are fewer guests? I have already made arrangements there, and after the dinner started, more cronies and guards rushed over. Your people just need to wait with peace of mind."

"The way you acted on your own without notifying us made me very passive," Xiao Chen said.

"But you don't look very anxious."

"Worrying can't solve the problem." Xiao Chen slowly stood up. But he saw the count reaching out to summon a waiter who had been waiting for a long time.

"I'm treating you as bait, but why am I not the bait?" After the earl said this, he picked up a glass of wine brought by the waiter and poured it directly on his face. There was a trace of fighting spirit mixed in the wine, which engulfed him. The wine got into the waiter's nose and mouth. The waiter retreated in panic, but after five or six steps, he fell to the ground and began to snore.

"What a waste of a glass of good wine." The Earl stood up, took off his cloak, and threw it on the chair. He stared at a knight not far away with a look of astonishment on his face, and extended his palm to him. The silver-white fighting spirit turned into silk threads and wrapped around his limbs, tightly binding the knight who originally wanted to turn around and escape. Then, a ball of fighting spirit in the middle turned into the shape of a magic circle and was imprinted on the knight's back, binding him All the strength in his body was sealed. This hand of fighting spirit has solidified his master's realm. In this realm, Dou Qi can be condensed into a form like substance, and with the help of its magical essence, magic-like effects can be obtained.

Several of the count's personal guards rushed over and held the knight firmly.

The earl stretched out his other hand and pointed at the other knight who was slowly retreating. A very thin and sharp vindictive thread directly pierced the knight's body and opened a small hole in his heart. The knight staggered a few steps and then fell to the ground. He twitched a few times and was silent again.

Count Orgas said: "Since the people here are moving, it should be about the same over there. Your Excellency Xiao Chen, would you like to come with me to have a look?"

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In one of the many rooms on the city wall, there was an empty room that was completely dark, with only a small piece of lighting crystal emitting a little light, illuminating a few faces that could not be seen clearly. These people gathered together and blocked most of the light emitted by the crystal with their bodies.

"Have you all seen the tragedy in the outpost camp? The Chinese weapons are too terrifying. We must get it at all costs. So when we take action later, we must all dedicate ourselves to the empire and His Majesty the Emperor. Awakening." A deep voice said.

After hearing the words of devotion, the breathing of several people in the room became heavier. The room maintained this tense and silent atmosphere for a long time before another person spoke: "We have this kind of awareness when we come here, but I hope His Majesty the Emperor will not forget his own promise."

"Don't let me hear any more questions about His Majesty the Emperor. He has never let us down." said the previous voice.

"Orgas actually knows about our existence. What happened today is obviously a trap." said a third voice.

"It doesn't matter whether it's a trap or not. Traps can catch wild boars but not earth dragons. Even if Orgas had guessed, he would never have imagined the extent of our infiltration. He didn't even think that the few of you he believed in had already defected to the empire." The first voice said, "The old king must have never imagined that his idiot daughter could make things so bad."

There were several sighs in the darkness.

The man continued: "Those at the banquet can only delay the time. The key action still depends on us. Don't forget how generous the emperor is. As long as we can successfully get these two cannons back to the empire, , His Majesty will definitely give us and our families unimaginable rewards.”

"Okay, no more talking, let's get ready to take action."

"Naturally," the man said.

"Nature is above." A group of people whispered.

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Several black figures came out of the doorway and walked away in different directions.

One of them came to the warehouse where their pneumatic cannon was placed and walked into a doorway next door. There were more than a dozen soldiers waiting there quietly in the darkness. Seeing this person arriving, the leader of the team whispered: "Baños, what's wrong with you? Why are you so late? We are the Earl's most trusted bodyguards. This kind of critical How could anything go wrong?"

"Captain, it's not my fault. Butler Bender just stopped me and asked me something."

"Butler Bender?"

"Yes, I can tell you what he said."

"Shut up, I don't have time to talk about this now, stay in the team, the spies are about to appear, get them all ready!"

"Yes." Banios stood silently at the end of the team. He saw that everyone else was staring at the door and no one noticed his movements, so he secretly reached into his arms and touched a bottle of potion. He quietly opened the bottle cap, poured the liquid inside onto the ground, then took out a wet cloth from his arms and covered his nose.

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The other two shadows ran down the rarely visited stairs at the edge of the city wall. When they were almost at the bottom, they met a patrol team of five people.

The captain of the other side was stunned when he saw them and said, "Sir Arseno, is there something urgent?"

The knight called Arseno smiled and said, "We have some urgent matters to do for the Earl. Please make way."

The patrol captain said, "The task we received is to block all the intersections on the wall today."

"We have the special permission of the Earl. I have the Earl's written order here, which is for the patrol team. Do you want to see it?" Arseno asked.

"Ah, OK." Seeing the other party put his hand into his arms, the patrol captain reached out to take it, but what greeted him was a flying knife with fighting spirit. Three flying knives slightly larger than fingers directly sank into the faces of the three people in front. The two people behind wanted to shout, but found that they could not make a sound. When they touched their throats, they found that blood was pouring out of their necks. The man behind Aseno also threw two flying knives and stabbed them in the neck.

Aseno and the other man pushed several patrol members aside and continued to run down without even looking at them. The two reached the bottom of the checkpoint, killed a checkpoint in the same way, and then sneaked into the town separately.

Not long after, fires broke out at both ends of the town.