The assassination in the jungle mountain village came suddenly, and ended even more suddenly.

The knights had a deeper understanding of the phrase 'the power of the Holy Power is omnipotent', especially the knights who had been studying the Holy Power in the first place.

The light rain was still falling, and the cold air surrounding the village was slowly dissipating, and the knights began to treat the robes who had been injured in the attack, and their eyes couldn't help but look at Pedi's location.

Just now, that shocking power, that irresistible power, made everyone's hearts palpitate and yearn at the same time.

They fear such power, but they yearn for it.

It was also the first time that Pei Di had driven the Holy Force with all his might, and he was more surprised than the others that the 'Judgment' he had launched with all his might could have such a powerful power.

What made him strange was that after such a powerful force was activated, his body did not feel any discomfort, but instead swept away the fatigue caused by the battle just now.

He stretched out his hand, and a faint power gathered in the palm of his hand...

Sure enough, the holy power in the surrounding area was almost drained. He whispered as he slung the hammer over his shoulder, and looked at the house where he had been, now in ruins. After seeing him, he walked over directly, and the knights around him subconsciously kept up with him, but unconsciously distanced themselves from him.

Banger-Pombo was directing the magicians to investigate the scene, and the nearby knights were picking up the bodies of their sacrificial companions. When he saw Pedi, he said a few words to the left and right, and then strode towards Pedi, and when he got closer, he followed Pedi's gaze... Over there, more than a dozen corpses lay quietly on the wet hay.

"Thirteen knights have died in battle!" said Banger softly, "the goddesses will protect their souls, for they are true warriors." As he spoke, his eyes were attracted by the war hammer on Pedy's shoulder, and he unconsciously felt a palpitation in his heart, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "That blow just now was very impressive... My lord. ”

"'Judgment' is coming," Pedi put the hammer on the ground and wiped the rain from his face with his hands, "My mentor once said. He stared at the captain of his guard and said in a warning tone, "When you understand this, you will be like me." ”

Banger-Pombo was stunned, and his mind couldn't help but recall the way the Paladin Mentor had taught him, and there was indeed such a sentence among the Mentor's many proverbs, but he didn't think deeply about the meaning of this sentence at the time. When he subconsciously wanted to explore the question, Pedi ignored him.

"My lord—" Danmen-Green limped over, the bruise on the left side of his face that made his whole face swollen like a pig's head, and his eyes were surprisingly bright when they were red and swollen, "Oh, the knights are all admiring the way you looked. ”

He spread his arms and made a very exaggerated motion, "They say you can be comparable to the gods. ”

"You're blaspheming. Pei Di raised his hand as he looked at Danmen Green's appearance, and the golden holy power began to surround Danmen Green's body, and the redness and swelling on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye...

"Praise be to the gods, and even more to you, my lord. Danmen-Grimm was so comfortable that he wanted to scream, and when the holy power dissipated, he whispered, "The gods look down on the earth, and they don't care about me, a small mortal. ”

Pei Di directly counted Danmen Green, he glanced at the adjutant who came over, and his gaze fell on Bang Pombo again, "What did the magicians find?"

"Someone has set up a circle under the floor of the room in advance!" Banger Pombo said with a serious face.

Pedi nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "When did we decide to set up camp here?"

"Yesterday afternoon," Danmen-Green whispered, "most of the knights were told to camp here only after they arrived in the village... I'm willing to bet that every nearby village where garrisons can be garrisoned has been tampered with, and that's not something that ordinary Assassins can do!"

Banger-Pombo immediately said coldly: "With such a big move, hasn't the MI received a little news?" his face became unkind, "The assassin is the one who sets a trap with your eyelids down... You're derelict in your duties!"

"I'm not going to shirk the responsibility that MIA should bear, but..."

"Ask the villagers what's going on. Pedi changed the subject, and although he was not satisfied with the slackness of the MIA, he did not intend to deal with the issue here.

"Yes, sir. Banger-Pombo scrambled to answer.

Danmen Green glanced at Banger Pombo and said, "My lord, this matter could be serious... The summoning magic just now is very complicated, and as far as I know, there are very few people who have mastered this kind of magic, even the members of the Mage Tower Council. He looked at the messy scene and said quieter and quieter, "The price to pay for such a magic... Well, or the spellcasting materials required must be very special, if my deduction is correct, the Assassins will need to pay at least ten sets of these materials to ambush us, which is not something that ordinary organizations can afford. ”

Pedi and Banger Pombo both got lost in thought along with Danmen Green's words...

"What's even more unbelievable is that the assassination plan they hatched is so huge..."Danmen-Green stared at the corpses of the three demon archers who had been brought back, "The huge plan seems to be overly hasty, but even so, the MIA or the police department didn't even receive any news in advance... If something like this does happen, I don't even think it's true. ”

"I'm not excusing MI. Danmen-Green's voice was a little low, "But this time our opponent is strange, so strange that it seems that it doesn't exist, and there is only one possibility for this situation... Someone is helping them cover their tracks!"

"Who do you think will help them?" asked Pedy.

Danmen-Green and Pedy looked at each other, "There are very few people who have this kind of energy in Crewe... I don't think the MIA and the police department have not been able to get information about these people!" His voice became a little cold, "Someone suppressed the news!"

"Who has the ability?" said Banger-Pombo's face changed.

"I'll give you three days!" Pedi stared at Danmen Green, "I need to know the truth about this matter in three days, and I need to see Baron Hanina immediately." ”

...

On the Victory Square outside the gate of the Lion Castle, the original green flower clusters that originally surrounded the square gradually withered in the autumn wind, and the street floor was full of yellow leaves of the purple shirts on the roadside, so that the entire Victory Square was wrapped in a layer of autumn unique golden color.

In this yellowish and corrupt environment, Nick Reagan stood outside the gate of Lion Castle with a serious face, and his eyes were full of loneliness. When the autumn wind blows, the silver filaments floating above his head show that he has entered old age.

Early this morning, he was summoned by Emperor Sinda to enter the Lion Castle, but the result was not surprisingly unhappy.

In the last seven days, the emperor summoned him twelve times in a row, and each time he broke up unhappily.

They discussed a lot of topics, from the civil war in the Kru Territory, to the war situation in the Eloke Territory, as well as troop building, business and taxation, etc., among these many topics, the two of them actually did not have the same idea.

"It seems that the imperial capital is no longer suitable for me. Nick Reagan thought to himself.

A quaint carriage slowly approached the gate of Lion Castle, and Nick Reagan glanced at the carriage and looked back at Lion Castle, sighed secretly and walked towards the carriage.

Kerman, who was next to the carriage, stepped forward after Nick Reagan approached, and whispered with a solemn expression: "Duke, I just got the news that someone is planning to assassinate you and Baron Pedy!"

This news made the already upset Nick Reagan even more irritated, and he said in a particularly thick voice: "Recently, I have been receiving such news every day, but this is the first time I have heard it from your mouth. ”

"The intelligence was confirmed. Kerman said seriously, "You have to pay attention to this information, it is reported that someone has carried out the assassination of Baron Pedi in Crewe... Before I came here, I had sent the information to Crewe. ”

Nick Reagan's expression immediately became serious, and at the same time, a killing intent that rarely appeared in his eyes appeared, "Anyone can have an accident, but Pedi can't be fine, do you understand?"

"I know!" Kerman replied in a low voice.

Nick Reagan nodded and looked at the Lion Castle again, the castle was still as majestic as ever, but now he didn't have any nostalgia. When Kerman opened the carriage door, he whispered softly, "Maybe it's time to go back to Crewe." With that, he turned and got into the carriage.

The coachman skillfully waved his whip lightly, and under the protection of the two knights, the carriage drove slowly towards Patved Street.

Soon, the carriage drove into the intersection of Central Street,

"Pop" A sound similar to the breaking of the ground sounded at the entrance of the street, and the gray dust seemed to appear out of thin air, immediately covering the entire intersection.

The "creak" sounded like a wooden chair when it was about to fall apart, and the carriage in which Nick Reagan was riding shattered in the blink of an eye, and a huge thorn rose like a geline fountain between the sawdust flies.

The moment the carriage shattered, Nick Reagan, under the protection of the Holy Force, retreated to the corner near Patved Street...

"Protect the Duke!" Kerman and the two knights drew their short swords and stepped forward at breakneck speed, guarding Nick Reagan's left and right.

The guards patrolling the street immediately blew the magic whistle and rushed over as fast as they could.

The pedestrians on the road immediately scattered, desperately trying to escape from the intersection, "Get out of the way!" When someone tried to get closer, Kerman killed him without asking why, and in just a dozen seconds, more than a dozen people fell under the swords of him and the two knights.

Soon, the nearest guard arrived,

When the guards found out that it was the former Prime Minister of the Empire, Duke Nick Reagan, who had been attacked, they immediately called all the guards in the vicinity with a code.

However, there was no sign of the assassin until the smoke cleared, and similar attacks did not occur again!

A bizarre assassination!, all the officers thought to themselves.

Half an hour later, Nick Reagan, escorted by a squadron of guards, returned to his villa in the Panio neighborhood. Subsequently, the chief of the security service, Malek, personally brought a preliminary report of the attack, but he did not see Nick Rigan himself, who was received by Kerman in the lobby of the villa.

Malek directly told Kerman, "Someone has set up a circle in advance at the intersection of Central Avenue. After he took over the authority of the chief of security, he changed his previous style of doing things from the left and right, and became decisive and crisp.

"Sir, that's the corner of Central Boulevard. Kerman was not satisfied with this answer, "There are people coming and going there twenty-four hours a day, who do you think has the power to draw a magic circle there in advance without any of us knowing?"

"Two days ago, two magicians had an argument at the intersection of the street and got into a fight, and the street and all the ground near the intersection were almost turned over because of the argument between the two. ”

"What about the two magicians?"

"We arrested them in accordance with the law on the same day, but half an hour ago, the two of them committed suicide by burning their magic in the dungeon of the guard office!" "Malek's face was serious, "The guard department has set up a special task force to supervise this case, and His Majesty the Emperor has personally intervened, and we will give the duke a decent explanation as soon as possible." ”

"Duke Nick won't see anyone for the next two days. Kerman said coldly: "Even if His Majesty the Emperor summons us, we will not pay attention to it. ”

Malek deliberately furrowed his eyebrows, "The guard department will do its best to supervise... I'll be back in three days. With that, he turned and walked towards the door.

Kerman did not hold back, and motioned for the knightly guards at the door to accompany the guests away, and he turned and walked up to the second floor of the villa.

In the brightly lit corridor, the violent coughing sound was very abrupt, and Kerman's steps instinctively quickened a lot after hearing this sound.

"Squeak" is located in the innermost part of the corridor, a red lacquered wooden door was opened by Kerman, in the shaking firelight, an old man bent down and sat on the edge of the bed, coughing violently, a few drops of crimson blood on the nearby bottom plate made Kerman's face change drastically.

"Your Excellency, you..."

"It's just a recurrence of old injuries. Nick Reagan struggled to speak, "Ahem, the person who attacked me knows me well, and he knows that I can't use the Holy Power during this time...", he coughed several times in a row and then said to himself: "Thirteen years ago, during the final battle of the Kumar Fortress Attack and Defense War, a mage cursed me before he died, and a dark elemental power invaded my body... In the past thirteen years, I have needed to use the Holy Power to balance the chaotic dark elemental power in my body every once in a while, and I must not use even a trace of Holy Power at other times. ”

"That..."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine for the time being. Duke Nick's pale face flashed with determination, "I can't die at such a time!" he stared at Kerman, "I need to go back to Crewe, now!"

"But now to get back to Crewe, you'll have to use long-distance magical teleportation!" Kerman looked at Duke Nick, "You'll need to travel through the spatial rift for at least three hours to get from here to Crewe." ”

"Go get ready!"

Kerman frowned at his master's resolute expression and swallowed the words of persuasion back into his stomach, and he asked, "Do you need to inform His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Penny?"

"Penny—" Nick Reagan whispered unconsciously, a little reluctance in his eyes, but then he shook his head and looked resolute, "No!"

...

In the unnamed village of Harrence Heights, at the crossroads of the woods of the Ucallo Mountains, the garrison did not retreat because of a sudden attack, but postponed the planned departure for the morning by a day.

In order to prevent a similar attack, the two thousand knights turned the village over and over from beginning to end, but did not find anything that should not be in the small village.

Ten hours after the attack,

Around five o'clock in the afternoon,

Danmen-Green, who had been ordered to investigate the attack, rushed back to the village.

On the ruins of Pedi's original room, now in a cowhide tent, Danmen Green meets Pedi eating jerky.

"Looks like you've found something?" said Peedy, gesturing to a small stool next to the campfire for him to sit down.

Danmen-Green was not polite, and leaned down to the fire to dispel the chill of the rain, and said, "Two hours after we were attacked, I received information that someone was planning to assassinate you, and half an hour later, Don Wright sent me the same warning!" he exhaled a cold breath, "though I don't want to admit it... But my initial suspicion was undoubtedly correct, and someone suppressed this information. ”

Pedi threw the jerky in his hand into the bowl, took the wine sac from the wooden shelf, poured it twice, and then said in a thick nasal voice, "Go on!"

"Similar magical traps have been found in all the villages within thirty miles of each other. Danmen-Green called the circle 'trap', "But, the villagers of these villages are dead!"

Pedi's face sank, and Danmen-Green continued: "Most of them died from poison, and a very small number were stabbed to death by short swords, and the time of death should have been around twelve o'clock last night. ”

"Don't tell me, there's no clue then!" Pedy's cold, emotionless voice rang out.

"Someone who can have this energy in Crewe and want to assassinate you... There's only one person!" Danmen Green said in a tone of utmost affirmation, "Darek Danny who you kicked out of Crewe!"

"Is that him?" asked Pedi, stunned, staring at the flickering flames in the campfire, "Is it really him?"

"According to what I've got, when Darik Danny arrived in Elok City, he immediately became a high-ranking rebel army, and he can even attend their meetings at the highest level!" Danmen Green nodded emphatically, "It must be him, although I don't have direct evidence right now, but I'm sure it must be him... The other day, I reported to you that the rebels were working on a plan against Crewe, and I think today's attack should be their plan. ”

"I bet you'll never find proof that he's the mastermind of this incident. The killing intent on Pei Di's face suddenly disappeared for some reason, and he was replaced with a strange smile, "It seems that the rebels can't help but make a move!"

"It should be—" Danmen-Green looked at the smile on his master's face at this moment, and a chill appeared on his back.

"You..."

"My lord!" the voice of the adjutant outside the tent interrupted Pedy's words.

"What's the matter?"

"News from Fort Caval. Otwood lifted the tent and half-got into the tent and reported, "Duke Nick is back at the castle..."

"Bang Bang" Pei Di suddenly stood up from his seat, "Is the news accurate?"

"It's news from the Knight Guard, and a personal letter from you. The knight held a letter sealed with iron bark in his hand," a letter that had just been delivered from Fort Kaval. ”

Pedi stepped forward to take the letter, and he waved at the two of them as he opened it.

The moment the "rustle" letter was opened, Pedy was convinced that it was written by his father, using the Reagan family code... His father asked him to ignore this morning's attack, to deal with the war against Fort Helion, and to try to end it by the middle of next month. ()

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