On the Seven Towers

"Huh? I seem to feel some energy fluctuations down there?" Mao Kai, who was now high on the cliff, suddenly said.

Luo Ling next to him said: "I feel it too. It's not obvious, but there are a lot of them. These people seem to be very good at hiding. If it weren't for our mental power and the forensic traps that were arranged, we might have discovered it." Can’t reach them.”

Mao Kai waved his hand and hid the auras of the dozen or so mages. "There seem to be forty or fifty of them. The actions of these people are very interesting. They are actually similar to what we do. Several of them have hidden spots. The areas around the magic circle we have set up are the most suitable places to attack those passing by on the road below. Are these people also here to ambush the Imperial people?"

"I don't think so. The arrangements of these people are very concentrated. It seems that they do not intend to cause a big blow to the enemy's army. They seem to want to ambush someone at a certain point." Luo Ling said.

"Assassination?" Mao Kai asked, "Is it an assassination of the emperor?"

"We'll know soon." Luo Ling pointed in one direction and saw two people who looked like mages flying towards this direction. It seemed that they also took a fancy to this hilltop and wanted to use it as a location for an ambush.

These two mages seemed to be of average strength, at most mid-level. But even if these two people occupy this commanding heights, they will definitely cause great chaos below.

"Leave it to me." Mao Kai said. When the two men flew to a place twenty or thirty meters away from him, Mao Kai pressed his hands forward, and two black shadows flew out from his hands, like two pieces. The huge black cloth wrapped the two of them soundlessly like mummies. With a pull of his hands, the two of them were dragged to his feet.

The black magic dissipated, revealing two unconscious people. In order not to attract other people's attention, these two people did not use any protective magic in the dark, and were knocked down by Mao Kai with one blow.

Mao Kai looked at the two people's attire and felt something was not right. At this time, one of his spiritual attendants from the Kingdom Magic Association said: "This man looks like a mercenary mage. Mages are very rare among mercenaries. Someone like him should be He is a master among mercenaries."

"They are actually mercenaries?" Mao Kai released a barrier and said, "You guys stare down and let me interrogate these two guys."

Luo Ling watched as these people arranged ambush positions quite efficiently. It took about ten minutes to arrange their respective positions and hide again.

"Looking at them like this reminds me of a famous mercenary group in the empire called the Shadow Wolves." The Spirit Attendant Mage just said.

"How dare the mercenary group come to ambush the imperial army?" Another spiritual attendant mage asked in surprise.

"No, it's not an ambush of the Empire's army, but an assassination of one of the Empire's defeated soldiers. This is completely different. This mercenary group called Shadow Wolf is not stupid," Luo Ling said.

"You're right, they are really the Shadow Wolf mercenary group, and the one who hired them was Chinese, and the assassination target was Count Duan!"

"What?" Luo Ling was shocked when she heard this, "Did we hire him?"

"That's right. They came to Heimuguan to look for work during the war. This is a very common thing for mercenaries, but most of the jobs they received were transportation and defense assistance, Alfred The emperor didn't like or trust mercenaries, so he never gave them any real good work. Although Shadow Wolf was good at sneaking assassinations, he never found a chance to use it.

But today, they were originally responsible for delivering supplies to the stronghold behind Heimuguan, but they received a mysterious big business. The visitors claimed to be Chinese, and the task given to them was that if the imperial army retreated, they would try to assassinate Count Duan in the retreating imperial army.

The leaders of the Shadow Wolves are two high-level assassins. Although it is difficult to assassinate a bloodline master, it is not completely impossible.

Moreover, the conditions given by these Chinese were very generous. Not only did they give them a large amount of money and supplies from the beginning, they also provided them with many magic props to use in the attack. In the end, they also promised to recruit them as long as the assassination was successful. Go into the Chinese army.

Count Duane's own strength is considered the weakest among the bloodline masters in the empire, and the Royal Griffin bloodline is not very good at defense. So after some calculation, their two leaders were tempted. "

"It seems that things have become complicated." Luo Ling said, "What do you think we should do?"

Mao Kai touched his head and said, "Why don't you add some firewood to them?"

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Emperor Alfred was riding a horse. There were two more blood scabs on his left and right cheeks than in the afternoon. This was a punishment for disrespecting the saints.

When Saint Morales came to the palace to ask him to arrange a retreat, he couldn't help but accuse Morales of having a ridiculous fight with the Tower of China. He also insisted that the fight was impossible. It represents the strength of the saint, but it cannot represent the empire, and it is even less willing to withdraw its troops for this reason.

Morales just glared at him, and he felt two unknown forces in the air slash across his cheeks, leaving two bloody wounds on his face. What's even more strange is that according to the powerful self-healing ability of the emerald dragon's bloodline, these two blood openings have never been able to close. He later understood that this was the power of the law of space, which was why it was so difficult for him to resist.

Morales's last words still echoed in his ears until now: "Emperor, no one can waste and trample on my credibility. At that moment, the Empire said what I said. Maybe you don't realize that I have given you the most important thing, a chance for your army to evacuate safely. What if you win the duel? The Chinese retreated today and will come again tomorrow. For a weak brigade, being able to return safely is the greatest mercy it can get."

"Weak brigade! Weak brigade!" Alfred muttered in his mouth, feeling a sense of resentment filling his chest. If his army could have fought the enemy, after witnessing the defeat of his own saint, his army really couldn't compete with the Chinese. Now he was leading only some poor guys who were running for their lives.

"Your Majesty, the black guards who acted as scouts in front have reported and contacted a checkpoint ahead. No enemy traces were found on the road. We should be able to pass through here at night, rush to Holy Sword City, and then use the teleportation array there to return to the imperial capital." Master Edel said.

At this time, almost all the masters gathered around Emperor Alfred. Except for Edel, Gandas, Franco, Gram and Duan were all around him.