Because of the obstruction of the barrier of grass and trees, the black smoke on the fire field did not disperse until the barrier was broken, and in addition to Master Alberta, who was in charge of monitoring the hunting ground, many people nearby also saw it.

With Lin An's guidance, Lanster quickly gathered with the separated guards, and the guards who were worried about their lives and the lives of the lord found that it was not the ** division but Lanster who had caught up, and they all showed happy looks.

Randster was relieved to see that the guards who had been loyal to the Lord were not harmed.

The two sides had just met, and before they could say a word, there was a sound of horses' hooves with branches and leaves breaking, and Douglas's hunting party appeared.

With him was the hunting team of another family, probably because the two sides saw the black smoke and gathered here to check the situation, and they happened to meet together.

"Grand Duke Lanster, what a coincidence, you are also here, there seems to be a fire over there, did you come from that side? Any idea what's going on? How could it suddenly catch fire? ”

As soon as Douglas saw Lenster, he asked.

They came across the location of the Lance hunting party, not far from the woodland that appeared to be on fire.

Lancet's eyes flashed, and he nodded slightly to the nobleman next to Douglas, and then replied unhurriedly: "We are also going to see the situation, we just met you and Viscount Kobo when we arrived here, and I don't know the situation over there now." ”

The guards around Lanster were a little surprised, but they didn't say anything to expose Lanster's words, but subconsciously surrounded Lanster in the middle, intentionally or unintentionally forming a vigilant protective formation.

Douglas surveyed Lancet and his guards.

Their horses were standing in the direction they were not going in the direction of the fire, and there was a strange and defensive air in which everyone, including Lenster, was in a strange and defensive mood, but Douglas could not find any definite flaws in their injuries. Pi smiled and hid the suspicion in his heart and invited Ranster to go with him.

"It's fine."

Randster agreed.

He knew in his heart that after Master Alberta had been alarmed, no matter what the intentions of the ** master had for him in the beginning, he should not dare to take it lightly now, not to mention that with Douglas by his side. Even if the other party goes and returns, he does not dare to act rashly.

"Strange, look at the ashes that remain on the ground. Fires should be very large, and this kind of winter forest fire is often the most difficult to extinguish......"

After arriving at the woodland where the fire started, Lancet and the others encountered another hunting party.

"Probably the ** division extinguished the fire, I seem to have seen someone flying in the sky just now." The later nobleman said.

The mountains and forests of the motive are relatively dry and tend to catch fire, and the remaining cast fluctuations on the site were eliminated by Master George before leaving. The crowd did not suspect that the fire was man-made.

Everyone gathered at the fire site. It's just that I'm worried about the spread of forest fires. Unexpectedly, there was only a piece of scorched earth covered with thick ashes in front of him, and the forest fire had long been extinguished.

"Since it's okay, let's disperse, let's continue the hunt."

"Now I'm not sure if the master has come, no one has reported it, maybe it will make His Majesty worry, I'd better go back in person! His Highness Douglas. Do you want to go back together? Lenster asked Glass with a smile.

Ranster said so, and was questioned by name, and Douglas had to reluctantly say, "Okay, I'll go back with you too." ”

Beyond the forest.

In the field, two knights on horseback, one in black armor and one in white armor, the armor was printed with aromatic grass pattern emblem and flamingo emblem respectively, and the spear and two-handed sword surging with fighting spirit continued to intersect, and the sparks and fighting spirit burst out at the place of weapon exchange!

The battle was stalemate, and the nobles watching on both sides also climbed on the guardrail excitedly, constantly chanting to cheer for the knights they supported.

The battle was in full swing, and the emperor sitting on the throne in the middle was also pouring his heart into it, leaning forward slightly, looking at the field with blazing eyes, and the Count Jefa standing on the side was also nervously clenching his fists, seemingly concentrating on the afterglow of his eyes, but from time to time he looked to a corner on the side.

A white-robed female mage with a delicate face appeared there at some point, and Count Jefa recognized her at a glance as a disciple of Master Alberta.

His eyes lit up, and he took advantage of another ** battle below, and walked away unobtrusively.

Coming to the corner where no one was around, Count Jefa said a few words to the white-robed female mage, nodded occasionally, and when he returned, he took the snack that a maid was about to present, and returned to the emperor with a silver platter.

"Your Majesty, the master said, there may be ......"

While replacing the refreshments that had been placed on the side of the seat, Count Jefa quickly relayed the words of Master Alberta, and the Emperor was still looking down, if it weren't for Count Jefa's understanding of the Emperor's habits, he would almost have thought that he was not listening to himself.

The battle below was decided at this time, and the black-armored knight with a spear stabbed the white-armored knight off his horse with a single shot, and the emperor stood up and applauded in the roar of the audience, and happily walked to the stage to reward the victorious black-armored knight.

The black-armored knight walked around the field majestically despite his injuries, and the emperor slowly applauded with satisfaction for a while, sat back on the throne, and then nodded invisibly, his faint voice revealing dissatisfaction:

"Maybe? I don't want to be able - search the whole hunting ground and find the people! ”

Count Jefa was not surprised, since Master Alberta suspected that there might be a strong man infiltrating the hunting grounds, according to His Majesty's habit, he would never allow this loophole to lurk, and watched the threat day and night.

"Yes."

Count Jefa answered, and unhurriedly set up the newly replaced refreshments, and put the refreshments, which had been placed in less than a magic time, into a silver platter, and handed them to another courtier waiting aside:

"As always, give these refreshments to the ministers and their families, as well as those that have not been presented, don't waste them."

The courtier was not surprised, and nodded his head as usual, and did not even need to open the lid of the plate to see if the refreshments were in good condition, and whether he needed to rearrange them—he knew that these refreshments must have been left untouched, and that almost all the pastries that had been specially presented to His Majesty by the kitchen in the past few days had been given to the minister.

And only Count Jefa, who was barely far from the Emperor's side, knew:

Not only these pastries, since entering the palace, His Majesty has never imported foreign food at all, and the people below occasionally see the emperor holding a cup and drinking. In fact, Count Jerfa knew that the wine had not touched his lips at all.

Phew!

In the thick fog, a long sword pierced through his chest!

The young Meryl nobleman looked down at the blade of the sword that had sunk into his chest, his knees weakened, and he fell down. From beginning to end, he didn't see a figure with a sword behind him.

Blood flowed from the wound that pierced the heart, slowly seeping into the ground beneath him. The soil covered with thick humus is like a sponge, sucking the blood in an instant.

The lives in the dense fog disappeared one after another, and the screams seemed to be far and near.

Princess Joanna stumbled, stumbling alone like a blind fly, for after being caught in this fog, the horses suddenly galloped wildly, and the guards and companions around her had been lost in a panic. From time to time, she heard a scream. Running around in a panic.

His hunting suit was stained with grass sap. The wounded left ankle throbbed and ached, but Joanna could never find the gap, and the constant cry of dying was like the footsteps of death gradually approaching.

A man's arm suddenly stretched out behind his back, covering Joanna's mouth and nose coldly, and Joanna was dragged into the fog without making a sound.

"Huh. How there is smoke! ”

In the forest not far from Joanna and the others, Charles grabbed his horse and looked through the forest at the eastern sky, the clear blue sky was stained with a faint gray black, and the forest wind brought the smell of charcoal fire.

Just less than a mile away, like heaven and hell, the forest where Charles and the others were located was quiet and peaceful, and the dense fog not far from them seemed to be another world, isolating the sounds and breaths of dying in the thick fog.

"Your Highness, it seems to be a forest fire, are we going to go over?" One of the guards asked.

"No, it's too far away, and when we pass, the fire is already burning, and it's useless to go." Charles said.

In the sky above Charles and the others, Master Ulysses was hidden in the air, and discovered the location of the fire earlier than Charles and the others.

Casting the spell casually, the probing spell swept within five miles of the vicinity, and when it swept through the forest shrouded in dense fog, the spell had no abnormal feedback, and there was no dense fog at all within the one-mile field of vision as far as the naked eye could see.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual nearby, Master Ulysses glanced at Charles and the others below, and then flew in the direction of the rising smoke, and below him, Charles and the others didn't know that there was always a strong man above.

Not long after Master Ulysses left, a sharp female voice sounded, and the poignant horror in the voice made the listener subconsciously tremble!

"Female voice...... It's Princess Joanna! ”

Charles was startled, and without his signal, the two guards had already grabbed the horse's belly and ran in the direction of the scream, and the remaining guards surrounded Charles and waited cautiously.

Soon after, two whistling sounds, short and sharp, came from the direction where the two guards left, according to the agreed code, which meant to call the others to hurry over.

Charles was already unsettled, and when he heard the whistling sound, he knew that there was no danger, and immediately led the way, and as the distance got closer, the hound began to bark violently, and his hair exploded, and he was very uneasy.

When Charles and the guards arrived at the scene, they were stunned by what they saw:

In the clearing of the dense forest, there were many corpses lying on the ground, human corpses and horse corpses were scattered in a messy manner, and the death was different.

The only thing in common is that the corpses are all crowded in the open space less than five zhang square, both human corpses and horse corpses have just stiffened, as if they have just died, and the strong smell of blood permeates the entire clearing.

The only living person at the scene was Princess Joanna, who was already delirious, and her curled up body had been covered by the guards with a cloak, but it was not difficult to see from her bare feet that there was nothing under the cloak!

(To be continued)

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Sorry for being late today...... Caven! Good card, super card!

After an hour in front of the computer, my mind went blank......~