Six royal guards dressed in griffon armor escorted the Legacy Code to its place, where the King of Lothar discussed affairs with the noble factions and even the representatives of the commoners, and the Legacy Code was usually placed here as a reminder of the majesty of the Law. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Good work," said the dignified-looking General Hunter to the six guards, "you go to the square to maintain order, report to Captain Wesley, and he will assign you specific tasks." The celebration in the square should have begun, and the people were mixed, paying attention to the safety of His Majesty Elsier and His Highness Strayer. ”

"Go ahead. Hunter nodded to the guards.

The soldiers of the Guards saluted General Hunt and left in column.

In the empty council chamber, Hunter was left alone.

The serene statues of the ancestors were lined up all around, and the high white stone vaults, the rays of sunlight shining through the rose windows, pulled out the warm yellow lines in the empty and towering hall, and one of them fell right on the codex monument, the black surface of which shimmered with a crystalline luster.

Hunter stood in front of the monument, his brows furrowed, not knowing what he was thinking.

The base of the monument is carried by four griffin sculptures, which is not very tall, and the top of the monument has just reached the chest of the old man, but it is extremely thick when placed in the council hall, as if it is integrated with the whole hall, and it is completely indistinguishable.

General Hunter pondered for a long time, shook his head and walked towards the gate as if to leave, but stopped and returned. He sighed heavily, and finally took out a crystal alchemy vial from his bosom. The crystal vial was the size of a finger, and it contained a drop of crimson blood.

It was given to him by his Wesley, and the blood of Morin collected at Saurorummi.

"No matter what Wayne says, it doesn't hurt to be cautious......" Hunter whispered.

He waved his hand to close the door to the chamber.

There was no one around, only some tiny dust fluttering lightly, Hunter opened the cap of the alchemy bottle with his magic power, and after a slight pour, the blood beads fell on the surface of the Codex Obelisk, obliquely staining a small piece of crimson, which quickly seeped into the obelisk, leaving no trace.

After a while, if the Pike kid didn't have royal blood, then the Inheritance Code wouldn't react, otherwise it would glow with a golden red light just like in the ceremony.

Hunter waited with a calm breath, only his clenched right hand trembled slightly, echoing his uncalm heart.

But before the Codex could react, a strong wave of magic suddenly came from the direction of the square.

Even after passing through the walls and magical barriers, it still caused a strong magical shock in the council chamber. This is at least the magic shock caused by the magic of the four rings, and it must be an attack type of magic, so that it can overflow so much magic in a short period of time, and it will never be a juggling trick at an ordinary celebration.

Something happened in the square!

Hunter's face changed greatly, and he didn't care about anything else, the armor lit up with dark green light, and the whole person turned into a streamer and crashed open the door and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

The chaotic footsteps faded away.

In the empty council chamber, the Codex monument flickered.

The style inscribed on the surface flows again and shines.

It seemed like a blinding golden-red glow could erupt at any moment.

……

A line of flaming words suddenly appeared in the sky, and a bright light was connected to the end of the text, illuminating the murderer who had just "assassinated" the Count, the blonde young man in a gray cloak, like a meteor.

Everyone's eyes were drawn to the flames in the sky and converged on the blonde mage.

"That's him!" exclaimed Morin, recognising the man's figure, and it seemed that the blond young man had not expected to suddenly become the focus of attention, and was momentarily stunned.

Immediately, a faint shadow crossed the young man's vision.

The shadow seemed to fly from the distant buildings, flickering in the field of vision and then disappearing without a trace.

Before Morin could react, Papa Pike's voice was already ringing in his ears:

"Stay here!"

"Stay with Esir!!"

The baron's voice was extremely serious, and the boy had never heard him speak like this.

"What's going on?!" he exclaimed, wondering why Daddy Pike was suddenly so serious, didn't he already know that the assassination was planned by Count Grey Mountain, why was Daddy so nervous?

But the baron did not answer the boy, he had already rushed out.

"Daddy?!"

The assassin mage in the distance was exposed to the light, and Merlin saw several groups of guards rushing towards the blonde mage just now, and one of the mages under the command of the regent Esier also began to unleash the spell of imprisonment, no matter who summoned the fire word in the sky, the blonde man in the gray cloak looked suspicious in itself.

Everyone wanted to catch him first.

But the baron flew out in the opposite direction, and Merlin was puzzled, he felt that his father was flying in the direction of the shadow that had just crossed his vision.

Could it be that there was something wrong with that shadow just now?

The boy still looked at the blonde mage, and found that the stunned blonde mage had not tried to escape under the heavy surrounding, and for some reason there was a sudden look of extreme fear and shock on his face, his mouth was wide open, his face was pale, and his eyes were staring at the other place in horror like dead fish.

It was as if he didn't care about the soldiers who surrounded him and the imprisoned magic.

Merlin followed his gaze and froze.

Gradually, the chaotic cries in my ears grew louder and louder, with a few cries of disbelief - the Earl of Grey Mountain is dead!

The Earl of Grey Mountain was indeed dead—Maureen saw him like a scarecrow pinned to his right eye by a crystal arrow through his right eye, and the light platform beneath him, his frozen eyes full of disbelief and amazement, and his mouth hung motionless, lifeless. Even the smug smile that the old man had hidden under the corners of his mouth before was still frozen on his face at this time, looking so weird and ironic.

In an instant, Count Grey Mountain's skin was completely shattered, and anyone could see that he had lost his life, and even the High Priest of the Temple of Life had no chance of recovering it.

Although the crystal arrow didn't bring out much blood, the magic runes engraved on the arrow must have wiped out all the vitality of the old man, after all, he was not a professional, just an ordinary old man.

The light platform, which had been used to carry the Count back to the mansion, seemed to be his altar. The maintainer of the magic, the magician with the Gray Mountain crest on his robe, finally realized what had happened, and in terror he could no longer maintain the spell model, and the light platform disappeared.

The corpse of the Earl of Grey Mountain fell to the ground and flipped weakly, still wearing a black feather crystal arrow on his head, which looked slightly ridiculous.

And Morin finally reacted.

The word of fire in the sky was meant to attract attention, and the crystal arrow was the shadow that had just crossed the field of vision, it was shot from the building on the other side of the square, and Daddy Pike was chasing the real Assassin! His heart swerved, and he panicked at the thought that Daddy had gone after the Assassin!

What should I do? That secret archer is so powerful, wouldn't it be dangerous for Daddy to chase him?!

Unable to care about anything else, the boy turned and ran wildly, chasing in the direction the baron had departed. In addition to the arrow, the baron also left a lot of magic fluctuations when he flew out, and the boy could still faintly detect his traces.

As Baron Pike and Morin rushed away one after another, another dark green light rushed out of the palace, stepping on the dark green dazzling barrier and chasing into the distance, it was the figure of General Hunt. The trail left by the crystal arrow in the air only then rippled, and a piercing scream resounded throughout the square.

Finally, soldiers reacted one after another, chasing the figure of General Hunt and rushing to the buildings in the distance.

The rest of the guards stood by His Majesty Esir and the various nobles, fearing that another Assassin might appear.

The blonde mage illuminated by the light looked at the count's lifeless corpse with a shocked expression, obviously not expecting that a planned "assassination", an "assassination" arranged by the earl himself, would actually evolve into such a appearance. 、

The Count really died, and he became a real accomplice.

Fortunately, the corpse of the Count who fell to the ground attracted a lot of attention at this time, and the blonde mage no longer hesitated, nor did he care about what identity he was pretending to be. He summoned a dark yellow magic card in his hand, which was activated instantly, and his figure disappeared among the countless black crows.

The crows easily broke free of their imprisoned magic and flew into the sky, hurtling away.

The mage under Esir's command noticed that he had broken free from his imprisoned magic in the form of a group of crows, and was about to get up and fly into the air to chase him, but was stopped by the Lord Regent.

"Leave this man alone, you go to the aid of General Hunter. Essir said in a deep voice.

The mage obeyed and flew in the direction Hunter had left, but hesitated.

"I'm okay here, you just have to help General Hunter. Esir said again, and the mage nodded and finally left.

Esir held the black iron scepter, staring at the flock of crows that were rapidly moving away in the sky, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, it was the magic of the four rings, and the crows were summoned. From the third order upwards, magic cards are already relatively rare, and magic cards with specific magic are not readily available, and in Lothar, Essir only knows that one person has this kind of magic card, and that is the chief mage of the Count of Grey Mountain who sits down and is called the Raven of Calamity.

Wearing a metal bird-mask all year round, no one has ever seen his true appearance, and he is the Earl of Grey Mountain's most confidant magician. He was the one who had intercepted the airship to deliver the letter to Strayer.

Essir had already wondered why the electric assassination magic had hit the Count and why it hadn't been fatally wounded "just right". In connection with the performance of the "Calamity Crow" just now, it is almost certain that the initial assassination was just a "show" arranged by the Earl of Grey Mountain himself.

This arrangement is also in line with the old fox's usual style.

As the regent of Lothar, he doesn't care who the murderer is, the degenerate professional can report to the temple's law enforcement team to investigate, he cares about the force represented by the murderer, who will benefit from shooting the Earl of Gray Mountain at this time......

Essir frowned as he looked at the buildings in the distance.

……

Maureen lost track of Baron Pike.

He chased the faint fluctuations of magic all the way to this cross fountain intersection, and he could no longer feel the residual magic.

"Which direction did Daddy run into......" the boy looked around anxiously.

At this time, on a summer afternoon, there were no people on the street, coupled with the inheritance of the code ceremony, the idle residents of the royal capital gathered in the square to celebrate, and there was not even a single figure at this fountain intersection.

Daddy, although you usually call yourself a high-level warrior, I've never seen you practice seriously...... Besides, you're wearing that pompous celebration armor, even if you're really a high-level warrior, you can't show some strength, what kind of hero is it to chase that assassin alone.

Maureen couldn't help but complain, anxious for fear that the baron would be in danger and would not be able to find any trace of him.

A moment later General Hunt also came after him, and seemed to have lost track of the Baron as well, and he looked at Maureen and asked, "Where did he go to Pike?"

The young man shook his head, seeing that Hunter was actually chasing after him, he couldn't help but be even more anxious: "Hurry up and gather people to search, my father may encounter danger when he chases the enemy alone!"

Hunter frowned and said, "What can you do when you chase after you!, hurry back to the Griffon's Inn, there are guards there, and I'll take care of it." ”

As he spoke, he jumped into the air and looked around for a moment, hesitated, and picked a direction to chase.

"Eh, wait!" Morin looked at the distant figure of Hunter in the air, and sat helplessly on the edge of the fountain, this General Hunt seemed to be familiar with himself and his father between his words, but the boy had never heard his father mention him.

After a while, the boy jumped up again, and couldn't stop fanning the wind on his buttocks: "Oops, it's so hot!"

He glanced up at the scorching sun, which was unobstructed by magical clouds, and the sun was almost baking the stones.

"Huh?" he was stunned for a moment.

He noticed that several red tiles had been trampled on the eaves beside the street, and the boy suddenly remembered that the baron had walked through the roof the house the other day when he had taken him around the royal capital, and that it was one of the "paths" that the baron was familiar with. And he remembered that they were both very careful not to break the bricks at that time, could it be that Daddy chased the assassin along the path of the eaves arcade?

Merlin stepped on two gray striped barriers and jumped onto the roof.

Sure enough, there are some new traces left here, which should be left by the baron just now, and the father must not care about leaving his feet in a hurry.

Without hesitation, the boy took a step forward and chased along the "path".