At this moment, there was everyone else who saw this scene except Malpei...... The sudden attack took everyone by surprise, but after seeing the attacker clearly, everyone was shocked, and they didn't expect that the person who attacked Merlin was actually the most respected mage Arnold in Mingsha City.

Laugh at......

The Wind Blade enveloped Merlin's figure in an instant, and Arnold's face showed affection...... But in the next moment, his face changed suddenly, and before he could make a move, a chain of thunder and lightning instantly wrapped him from shoulder to toe.

"Ah......h

Lightning flashed across Arnold's body, and the old mage trembled all over, letting out a scream that was louder than the other...... It was unimaginable that such a thin and old body could make such a loud call, and it was endless, and the mages and knights of the Sand Vulture Clan, who were on the run, stopped in shock and looked back here frequently.

"Uncle Arnold, uh......"

Malpei was shocked again, he subconsciously stepped forward, as soon as he spoke, his neck suddenly cooled, a snow-bright dagger pressed against his neck, and a familiar voice sounded in his ears: "Don't move, or I'll cut your neck!"

"Anti, what do you mean?!" Malpey's eyes widened.

Even if he didn't see the other party's face and sniff the other person's breath, Malpei knew who it was, but ...... He couldn't believe that Anti, who had grown up with him, had kidnapped him with a dagger.

"Let Your Excellency Merlin release my grandfather!!"

With a slight retraction of the dagger in Anti's hand, the blade sank into the flesh, "I'll cut your neck, and we'll die together!"

"Yes, there's something to say!"

Malpei spoke cautiously...... At this time, he was still a little confused, and he didn't know why things suddenly turned out like this.

At this time, when they found that there was something wrong with their own house, all the people belonging to Mingsha City stopped the pursuit and gathered around them, and most of them ...... No, in fact, everyone is inexplicable and doesn't know which drama is being staged in front of them.

Merlin had already dispersed Mage Arnold's Thor's chains when Anti kidnapped him, so that the old mage would not be electrocuted. However, she didn't put herself in danger, and casually banned Arnold's spell casting ability, so she looked at the grandparents and grandchildren in front of her.

"Anti ......"

Arnold's current embarrassment was comparable to that of Merlin when she first came out of the mushroom cloud, and he looked at his granddaughter and Malpei with a complicated expression, not knowing what to say for a moment. In his plan, the assassination of Merlin is the focus, as long as the assassination of Merlin, with Malpey's trust in him, it is not difficult to find an explanation, but the abduction of Anti is not easy to explain.

"Lord Arnold, should you give me an explanation?"

Merlin's voice sounded in his ears, Arnold subconsciously trembled, as if thunder and lightning had come up again, and he subconsciously glanced at the place where Merlin had appeared before...... There was still sand that had been plowed by the Wind Blade, but there was not a trace of blood on it, and he turned to look at Merlin, who was neatly dressed and haired, and there was the slightest hint of embarrassment.

"You just used illusion?" Arnold asked, with some hindsight.

"You should be answering my question,"

Mei Lin's face was indifferent, but there was a dangerous light in her eyes: "You'd better give me a satisfactory answer, otherwise I don't mind killing you!"

"You dare!"

Anti was a little overwhelmed: "Your Excellency Merlin, let my grandfather go, otherwise I will kill him!"

A smile appeared on Merlin's face, "Mage Anti. Guess what, is it my own life or the life of Lord Malpei?"

"You ......" Anti was stunned, this question is really not easy to answer.

"Uncle Arnold, you...... Why?"

The look on Malpei's face had turned into a pained one, "If you want Mingsha City, to put it bluntly, why do you want to do it? And that beast tide, did you also attract it?"

"Yes. ”

Arnold glanced at Malpei with a complicated gaze: "Originally, I wanted to use the beast tide to kill the strength of Mingsha City, and then finally find someone to lure away the beast tide, but I didn't expect His Excellency Mei Lin to take the initiative to invite Ying, and lead the beast tide away unscathed...... My original plan was to use Lord Merlin to deal with Eric Sand Vulture, and it would be ideal to lose both, and then wipe them out, which would solve both the threat of the Sand Vulture family and the variable of Lord Merlin, and Malpey ...... I'm not going to kill you, I'm just here for Mingsha City. ”

"Uncle Arnold, you want Mingsha City...... I wouldn't have given you even a hint at it, so why ...... it this way," Malpee muttered to himself, visibly struck.

"City Lord, these people are loyal to you, right?" Merlin reminded.

"Yes...... You ......"

Malpei responded, and immediately reacted, looking at Arnold with a surprised expression: "You summoned the beast tide, in essence, to kill them......"

“……”

Arnold stopped squeaking...... The personnel involved in the hunt this time were absolutely loyal to Malpei, and there was indeed no intention of eliminating Malpei in his plan...... At least not yet, not entirely because of his relationship with old Villefort, but at the request of his granddaughter Anti. But now, all plans are in the past.

"Malpe,"

Anti said in a choked voice: "It's me and grandpa who are sorry for you, let's go, you continue to be your city lord, and grandpa and I swear never to return to Mingsha City!"

"City Lord, you can not agree. Merlin said lightly.

Although she didn't say much, the meaning was clear—Anti's abduction seemed to her like a joke. But how to solve it depends on what Malpey means. Anti was young after all, and she didn't hear it at all...... It may also be that she was too nervous, but Arnold heard it, but he didn't dare to talk much now, Arnold believed that if he really dared to remind Antên, Merlin would definitely take action immediately, and then their grandparents would really be in danger, so his eyes were firmly fixed on Malpei, and whether the two of them died or lived depended on Malpei's decision.

"Uncle Arnold,"

Malpei was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "No matter what your intentions are, after all, you helped me in my most difficult time, and Anti grew up with me...... I swore that you ...... Just leave!"

After speaking, he looked at Mei Lin: "Your Excellency Mei Lin, please ......"

"You are the lord of the city, you have the final say. Merlin shrugged, she didn't have much of an opinion.

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