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As the center of power of the entire Spany Empire and the residence of His Majesty the Emperor and his family, the entire Red Keep palace complex is actually divided into three areas: the outer city, the inner city and the palace city by three palace walls.

The "West Gate" referred to by the Marquis of Habs and Leo refers to the outermost level of the West Gate of the Imperial Palace.

The night at Simon was not peaceful.

When Leo and his party galloped to the west gate, it was already a ping-pong game.

Although the distance was not long, for Leo, who was recovering from a serious injury, the wild bumps on the horseback still made him feel unbearable, and he almost fell off the horse several times, and even after stopping, he had to take a few big breaths before he had time to look at the current situation.

Hundreds of Praetorian Guards divided into two different teams fought fiercely under the palace walls, although the number of participants in the battle was small, but the fight was extremely fierce, every moment there were screams accompanied by flying stumps and broken arms echoing in the air, the city gates, aisles, and stairs were full of weapons waving figures, and everywhere was flowing blood.

If it weren't for the fact that he had seen the Praetorian Guards all wearing the same armor and holding the same weapons in their hands, so he could have concluded that they were definitely the same thing, Leo would have even thought that the two forces had some kind of blood feud, otherwise it would have been impossible to fight so fiercely and forget to die.

Leo couldn't help but complain: "Hell, before the incident, I was still a sibling, but after the incident, I became an enemy who killed my father?" Marquis, which side are we going to help? ”

The Marquis of Habs snorted coldly: "How do I know? But we can give them a try. After saying that, he rode forward and shouted: "Friends loyal to the Great Prince, raise your hands!" ”

The voice of the Marquis of Habs was full of anger, and it instantly spread throughout the entire West Gate.

A loud shout and scolding came out from the battle array: "Raise your mother's head, Lao Tzu's head will fall to the ground after lifting it!" Cooperate with us to take down the palace gate and open the door to greet His Highness and the Duke! ”

The Marquis of Habs laughed and raised the long sword in his hand: "Everyone listen to my order, kill all the guys who attack the city gate, and leave no one behind!" By the way, the guy who shouted just now should not touch him, and the Marquis Ben will personally cut off his head! ”

Under the order of the Marquis, the guards who followed him and the guards of the eldest princess immediately rushed forward, only the masters of the Holy See were still in place, waiting for Leo's order.

Leo shrugged his shoulders: "If you are still stunned, give it to me!" ”

Whoosh, dozens of figures shining with white fighting spirit immediately shot out and joined the battle group.

The addition of Leo's side immediately changed the tide of the battle.

Although these Praetorian Guards in front of them are all the elite of the soldiers, no matter how elite the soldiers are, they are still just ordinary people, if they meet head-on on the battlefield, they can also rely on their well-trained formations to fight against the cultivators, but in this chaotic situation now, the soldiers have almost no power to resist in front of the cultivators with fighting spirit.

Immediately, the situation turned into a one-sided massacre.

With the fall of the Praetorian Guard on the side of the last Grand Prince, the battle finally came to an end.

A bloodied and resolute young Praetorian Guard officer came to the Marquis of Habs and Leo, bowed upright, and said loudly: "Captain of the Praetorian Guard, Vogt, thank you Lord Habs for leading the army to relieve us and others. ”

"Huh?" The Marquis of Habs, who had just risen from the ground, was stunned when he heard this: "Do you recognize me?" ”

Vog nodded: "The Marquis of Habs is an important minister of the country, and he often goes in and out of the palace gate on weekdays, how can his subordinates not recognize the adult?" ”

The Marquis of Habs sighed, and shook the dead head in his hand in front of Vogt: "What's going on?" ”

Of course, this freshly baked head belonged to the one who had just spoken out and scolded the Marquis Habs, and the Marquis Habs did not break his promise, and finally cut off the head of this loud voice with his own hands.

Vogt glanced at the head in front of him, and there was a look of resentment in his eyes: "This guy is a colleague of mine and a Praetorian Guard squad leader. Tonight, my team was on duty at the West Gate, but I didn't expect him to take his team to attack us and others under the pretext of shifting, if it weren't for the adults to come to the aid in time, I'm afraid that my brothers and I would have been wiped out here. ”

Vogt had many of his brothers die in the battle, so it's no wonder he has such an expression.

"I see." The Marquis of Habs nodded, and suddenly looked at the Janissary Captain in front of him with a serious face: "Tell me Vogt, are you still loyal to the Empire, loyal to His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

Vogt subconsciously straightened up and said loudly: "Of course! ”

"Good." The Marquis of Habs said with a solemn face: "Now that the Scarlet Knights and the Silver Wing Knights have been instigated by the Grand Prince Julian and the Second Prince Emmanuel respectively, and the two cavalry regiments have now led their troops into the city, a tragic civil war is imminent!" ”

"What?" Vogt was shocked when he heard this, this officer was only one of the dozens of squad leaders of the three thousand Praetorian Guards, of course, it was impossible for Leo and the Marquis of Habs to learn this kind of news so quickly, and he couldn't help but panic a little when he heard this: "Then what should I do now, my lord?" ”

"Now?" The Marquis of Habs patted Vogt on the shoulder: "Her Royal Highness the Empress has entrusted me with the command of the three thousand Praetorian Guards in the palace. I ask you to stay here with your team and not let anyone, especially the people of the eldest prince and the second prince, enter the palace city for a single step! ”

"Yes, sir!" Vogt said yes loudly, but immediately showed a hesitant look on his face: "Lord Habs, I wonder if you have a token in your hand as proof?" ”

You must know that the Praetorian Guard is the elite guarding the Imperial City, and without His Majesty the Emperor's token, no one can command a single soldier of the Praetorian Guard.

Although the battle that had just happened had made Vogt believe ninety percent of the words of the Marquis of Habs, if there was no token, the so-called command of the forbidden army in the mouth of the Marquis would obviously lack enough convincing.

The Marquis of Habs seemed to have expected Vogt's question, and immediately took out an object from his bosom and threw it into Vogt's hand: "See for yourself, this thing I got from Her Majesty the Queen, and there is no falsehood." ”

Vogt looked at it and found that this token was indeed a commonly used troop transfer token, and he had no doubt at the moment, and said loudly: "Vogt obeys the orders of the lord!" ”

Just as Vogt was about to return the token to the Marquis of Habs, the young officer suddenly sighed and stopped handing over the token: "My lord, why is there blood on this token?" ”

Leo on the side was shocked and set his eyes on the token in Vogt's hand.

Although the night was dark at the moment, with the help of the torches above and below the city walls, Leo could still clearly see that there were indeed a few dried blood stains on the token.

The Marquis of Habs sighed and took the token casually: "Maybe it was spilled during the battle just now." Okay Vogt, immediately cheer up your people and be vigilant, you must know that the lives of Her Majesty the Queen and the princes and princesses in the palace are all on your own! ”

"Yes!" Knowing that the situation was urgent, Vogt didn't ask any more questions, and hurriedly turned around to organize the team.

Unlike the upright-minded Vogt, Leo on the side had another opinion in his heart: "A token hidden in the heart shield can be stained with blood without the heart shield being broken?" Whoever believes is a fool! It seems that the Marquis of Habs and the eldest princess have just gone to 'persuade' Her Royal Highness the Empress to hand over the military power, and it seems that it has not gone so well. ”

At this moment, an alarm suddenly sounded on the palace wall: "There are cavalry approaching, there are cavalry approaching!" ”

Both Leo and Habs were shocked, and they walked quickly up the stairs to the palace wall, looking towards the road in front of the palace gate.

A dense sound of horses' hooves sounded in the darkness, and it was heard by the two of them with great clarity.