Chapter 140: The Decisive Challenge
At the same time that the life of the old man who had abandoned his name was coming to an end, the Charlotte Five were walking along King's Road towards the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
According to the original plan, they would spend the night in the property run by an aristocratic alliance on the high street, and escort Elbert to the manor in the town outside the city early tomorrow morning. Until the day of the ceremony, Elbert was returned to the Royal Palace.
There is a three-step guard and a five-step sentry on the King's Road, but fortunately, Charlotte and Vivien Leigh are noble, and the patrolling guards only make a routine inspection and let a few people pass the post.
It wasn't until just about to leave the King's Road that things finally changed.
The group had just left the last round of sentry posts when they heard the sound of horses' hooves galloping behind them. Charlotte subconsciously looked back, only to see a knight turn over and dismount, whispering to the captain of the sentry post, and then the captain stretched out his finger to Charlotte and his party covertly.
The knight only nodded, and he rolled over his horse and galloped out over Charlotte and the others. Everything seemed normal, but Charlotte, who found it strange, still remembered this scene in her heart.
It wasn't until a moment later that Charlotte discovered that the street that could have been directly connected to the shopping street was under martial law by the guards. The official version is that there was an armed assault of a terrible nature on that street, and that the guards were ordered to strictly control access to that street.
This also meant that if you wanted to get to the high street, you would have to cross a sparsely populated waterway or wait for martial law to be lifted.
Their reasoning was sound, but combined with the knight's performance at the beginning made Charlotte uneasy.
The troops blocking the road in front of them selflessly refused the request of the nobles in fancy clothes, and I don't know if it was an illusion, Charlotte always felt that the officers who were shaking their heads at the nobles were looking at her group intentionally or unintentionally.
"I always felt that something was wrong. Charlotte said to her companions, "Don't you think it all happened too coincidentally?"
"There shouldn't be any problem, right?" Fei Wenli didn't realize the urgency of the situation, she tilted her head suspiciously and replied, "If they already suspect us, then they can come up and interrogate us directly!
Charlotte was right, something was wrong. Elbert, dressed in a maid's suit, bowed his head and whispered, "But Vivien Leigh has a point, and it's strange that Mesfield had learned so quickly, and what was he doing with him?"
"It's easy!" Cynthia's eyes flashed with an intellectual light, "because there is no point in stopping us, as long as we come forward to testify, as Charlotte and the others, Maysfield has nothing to do with them." What he wants is ......"
"Our lives. Claire pointed to the uninhabited waterway path, "All he wants is for us to walk through that way so we can get rid of our group without making a fuss." ”
Several people thought about it carefully, and they all thought that Cynthia and Claire's reasoning was correct.
Finally Elbert asked, "So what do we do next? If we confess our identities to the guards, we can solve the Mesfield plot......
"I don't think so!" said Charlotte, "it is true that Mesfield wants to take our lives in the middle of nowhere, but in the same way, why don't we want to get rid of Masefield's eyes in a no-man's corner?
"In other words, is this what the wizard's chess game means?" Claire pondered with her chin propped up, "as long as you kill those pursuers, Mesfield will lose the opportunity to continue threatening the crown prince." In the same way, as long as it can solve us, it will be a good thing for Masfield once and for all. ”
"It seems that he is very confident in the strength in his hands!" Fei Wenli grasped the hilt of the holy sword, "Is it all in one battle? It just so happens that I am tired of this kind of game that requires constant guessing of the other party's intentions!"
Charlotte, who originally put forward this opinion, hesitated after hearing Vivien Leigh's words!
It is true that Charlotte is not afraid of the so-called imperial regent, but he is worried about the safety of Vivien Leigh.
On the other hand, if this was another premeditated murder of Vivien Leigh, then ......
Thinking of this, although he felt sorry for Cynthia and Elbert, he still preferred that everything tonight would be in vain.
"There's one more thing we forgot to consider, though. He held his chin in a pretended groan, "There's no way Maesfield doesn't know our strength, but if he does, it proves that he must have the confidence to solve us." Maybe...... Should we think of something else?"
"Charlotte......" Vivien Leigh drooped her eyelids and cast a look of disdain at the rebellious Charlotte, "When did you become this kind of wall grass on both sides!"
"Even I know that the initiative is completely in the hands of Mesfield, and he may want to do his job, but if he chooses to interrogate our identities, he will not lose anything!"
Fei Wenli said seriously, "It's us who are being driven to a dead end now! You're right, it's true that Maysfield must have his own hole cards to make such a choice, but he definitely didn't think about it at all! We are not some greenhouse flowers with no strength and no experience, we are really warriors who have experienced the test of blood and fire!"
She held her head high, and her heroic face was full of confidence, "Like every great adventure we've had before, this level of adventure is not a problem for us, is it?
Exactly!
Maysfield, who was pampered in the imperial capital, would never know what these seemingly well-to-do nobles had experienced.
They have fought butchers in the small town of Santos, fought in the Endless Corridor of Time and Space, and faced the worst demon lord in the world in the Lucerne Undergrounds.
It's a great adventure that many top legends don't necessarily have to experience in their lifetime!
Their experience could be a wonderful story in the saga of the world of Steeu, and in terms of combat experience, they are no longer fledgling fledglings, but true warriors baptized by blood and fire!
Charlotte, who was affected by Vivien Leigh's passionate speech, realized that she had fallen into a misunderstanding!
If the Roots' murder of Fei Wenli will come sooner or later, it is definitely not something he can escape!
Now, Mesfield, who is pampered in the imperial capital, actually wants to challenge the fledgling team?
Well, let's show Mesfield who is stronger and who is weak!
The group had made up their minds and were determined to march towards the battlefield chosen by Maysfield.