The knights kept the two Assassins under control. Miraculously, neither of them died, and it is estimated that even the one with the severed arm would still be alive - as long as the priest of the Grand Duke could give timely treatment.

"It's a great shame!" the Grand Duke's angry roar echoed through the hall, his glass fell to the floor, and his chair was chopped to pieces. "What's the matter with that nobleman? Who checked their coat of arms and their pedigree certificates, and couldn't even tell the truth from the fake? Put them in jail, find out what else was wrong, and behead them!"

This kind of mistake also needs to be checked for other mistakes before cutting off the head? This is clearly a perfunctory statement. Feige could hear it, Earl Hall could hear it, and many people could hear it, but everyone was playing dumb. The Count returned the sword to its sheath and motioned for Feige to put away his weapon. He said to the Grand Duke: "Victory is at hand, and it is understandable that some people are relaxed, as long as they strictly investigate and put an end to this kind of thing." ”

"That's right. Count Hall, do you want to interrogate these two assassins?" the Grand Duke asked, raising an eyebrow.

Normally, this kind of thing should be avoided as far away as possible, let the Grand Duke interrogate himself and act by himself. However, this time Earl Hall was unusual, and said categorically: "I was serving the Grand Duke!"

After a full three seconds of silence, Grand Duke Aria III let out a vigorous "um" and waved his hand. He was obviously not in the mood to continue eating and drinking, and turned around and left with his squire knight. "This ruined castle...... Back to the barracks!"

The Count winked in the direction the Grand Duke and the knights had left, and then said to Feige and Shanny, "Keep up." ”

The Grand Duke's close courtiers were not fools, and they respectfully moved out of the way, and then avoided making eye contact with Earl Hall, lest he think he had ulterior motives, or even be mistaken for involvement in the assassination and thus invite revenge. They were amazed that the relationship between the Grand Duke and the Earl was so bad, and even more surprised that the Grand Duke would use such a straightforward, undisguised, and even wrong way to uncover the relationship. Obviously, the Count will fight back, but from where and by what means? The courtiers could not think of it, but they would certainly have to choose the right side in this battle.

Walking out of the main hall of the castle, the Count ran into the white-armored knight who had been in charge of cleaning the battlefield in the courtyard before. "Take the two Assassins out of the city. You know what my flag looks like, the Grand Duke has given me the interrogation, and you'd better bring me an assassin alive and able to speak. I know exactly what they were hurt. Don't stare, I know you're a knight and have a chivalrous spirit, but don't let the jailers corrupt your chivalry. ”

With that, the Count hurried out of the castle with Feige and Shanny. "It's finally out," the Count smiled slightly, "Feiqi, you now understand why I'm taking this hot potato, right?"

"It's a good reason to walk away from the Grand Duke and go back to his own people. As long as the two Assassins did not die, interrogating them was the first priority. "Fei Qi has already seen that it is too dangerous to stay with the Grand Duke, after all, it is easy to dodge open guns and difficult to defend against dark arrows. This time it's an assassination, but what about the next time? You can't go without eating, drinking, or sleeping all the time, right?

"It's not just about coming out of danger, there's a better reason. Now it's up to me who is in the same party and who is suspected, which is equivalent to giving a pass to freedom of movement. The Count said, "Feige, remember this mistake of Aria III and learn from it." After the assassination was stopped, his emotions apparently fluctuated so violently that he relaxed and asked me without thinking if I wanted to interrogate the prisoner. You can't make that mistake. The more emotional you are, the more you have to shut up. It is necessary to observe, gauge the situation, look for weaknesses, and regain the initiative. ”

"Yes, I remember. Fitch glanced behind him, the castle by the river gradually turning into a small shadow, and the campfire in the barracks not far in front of him was getting brighter and brighter. "After this defeat, I don't know what kind of means the Grand Duke will use next time, it is best to strengthen the defense. I'm not good at counter-assassination, you need to increase the number of guards around you. ”

"I think you're pretty good!" the Count was a little surprised by Feige's modesty, "I didn't react when the assassin pulled out his dagger, I didn't expect your sword to be swung out." I've never seen a guard so fast. ”

"That's because I've seen the female assassin before. Fei Qi thought about it, anyway, it might be exposed from the interrogation, so it was better to reveal it directly. "On the way to the Ice Peak Fortress, she approached me disguised as a prostitute. I found out something was wrong, so I used psychedelic potions to make her think she had succeeded, so I could get out. ”

"Why didn't you write to me at the time?" said the Earl, and then shook his head: "It's nothing, and it's understandable that you didn't write to me." However, you now understand that what happens to you is not just about you in many cases, right? There are a lot of people staring at you, staring at the Hall family. Surrounded by enemies, it is not easy to stand tall. ”

"I remembered. Feige nodded vigorously.

Encountering this elf female assassin again was a bit unexpected by Feiqi, he had always thought that the assassination might be related to the fork in the road, after all, he had traveled to this body during that assassination, and it was not strange to connect the two things, and he never thought that it was just a revenge from the Grand Duke.

However, it is not possible to completely isolate the Assassin from the Traveler, after all, Feige has not yet found any clues to summon himself into this world. Why is it him? Feige never forgot the question. Among the thousands of people, why is it him? Is it just a coincidence, or is there an inevitability in it, or is this summoning "needed" by someone, that is, there is some necessity? It is likely to be a fork in the road, but it cannot be ruled out that it is Young Master Hall. So, the question is why and how.

"Don't take off your disguise when you enter the barracks, you can't be careless now. Before riding into the camp, Earl Hall instructed, "It's not that I don't believe these knights, but the Grand Duke's assassins can't be only one or two. ”

"I understand. Feige nodded, "However, you seem to mean that you don't need me to be with you, and I'm not the best guard?"

"Yes, but you're not the kind of guard you can use to defend against swords and arrows, you're Fitch Hall, my son, and that sets you apart. The Count said, "I will read the letter for a while, and hear the situation at the front, so you can rest for a while." Your tent is right next to mine and it's easy to find. I'll call you if there's something. ”

"Okay. Feige nodded.

"Also, after the two Assassins are sent over, are you going to interrogate them?, ah, I'm not as dizzy as Saloyan, but I just want to remind you: at least one of them must be kept alive so that they can be interrogated all the time. ”

"I'll go. Feige nodded, he had some questions for the assassin.

Due to Count Hall's special instructions to ensure the survival of the Assassins, they were indeed alive when they were brought in. Six warriors held them in two iron cages, steel hoops locked onto their necks, ensuring that they could not move. The captain of the escort squad bowed deeply to the Earl, and then said through the Earl's guard: "These two are elves, and they have coerced a small local nobleman to deceive the Archduke. However, the nobleman was dead, with a cut throat and a knife in his chest, which we found in the grass behind the castle. ”

This shows that the Grand Duke is too lax in calling the guards. ”

"Yes, Lord Count. His Excellency the Grand Duke has already reprimanded many people, and the current guard must have been strengthened, and it will definitely be carefully defended day and night. ”

"I was relieved to hear the news. The Count said, "It is indeed hard work for you to make such a trip so late. Go, give them that little errands, and something to eat and drink on the way back. ”

"Thank you, Lord Earl. The six fighters rubbed their hands together and looked excited.

There are many tents in the camp, and clearing an empty one is very simple. The Count asked Feige to "interrogate" first, but he actually asked Feige to "take revenge". To this end, he placed outside the tent where the Assassins were being held with henchmen, the kind of people who could control their eyes, ears, and mouth, and especially their hearts.

"Do you want me to come with you?" asked Shanny. "Feige, I think you're restless right now. ”

"It's a little bit. You know, I didn't have magic at that time, and my body was very weak, and I was almost killed by her. Feiqi was silent for a while: "I thought about it, it would indeed be better for you to come with me." ”

Bennie had a problem with how the two men were always sticky together, but she would only mumble a few words about boredom, annoyance, etc., and then go outside the camp to find the unlucky guy. In the barracks, there is always no shortage of the kind of guy who thinks she is a prostitute who follows the army, and then she is hairy. An argument coupled with a brawl that can be stopped in moderation always makes her feel normal.

In another empty tent, two iron cages were left alone, and two female elves were locked inside, their heads stuck outside the cages. This torturous cage is specially designed to allow people to stand, squat, or kneel, in short, in a very uncomfortable position. As Feige entered the tent, the two men were staring wide-eyed, their necks were tense, and their skin was reddened. When Feige came in, he didn't say a word, just stood in the doorway, quietly watching them through the mask, and kept looking at them.

Soldiers on night duty outside patrolled with torches, and the footsteps were near, and the footsteps were far away. The camp fell silent at night, and the sound of snoring could be heard in the distance, as well as the occasional snoring of the horses. The autumn wind blew and crept in through the cracks in the tent, but it couldn't blow the corners of Feige's clothes. His eyes shimmered with an eerie red glow, which was creepy.

"You're doing a great job. "The news of an Elven Assassin's attempt to assassinate the Templar Kanter Hale, Royal Count of the Human Kingdom, will soon spread," Feige said in Elven language. Subsequently, the results of the interrogation of the Assassins will gradually be revealed: the main cause of the assassination is the Lighthouse Realm, and the assassination is a warning to Earl Hall's son Andrew who has an opinion about the large number of elves entering the Model Realm. Thank you for what you do, and don't think about any elves stepping on the shore again. ”

The two assassins didn't say a word, just looked at Feige with contempt. However, Feige didn't pay attention to their gaze, but focused on the souls of the two people. Souls don't lie, souls always react, and the best masters of deception can control their expressions, voices, movements, and even their heartbeat and body temperature, but it's almost impossible to manipulate souls. By observing the souls, Feige was able to know their true reactions to their words, and was able to deduce a lot of information.

"Don't you care? No, I don't think you're worried at all, you don't think the elves will be locked up on the island. But why do you have such thoughts? Is it because Sarloyan promised you?" Feige watched the change in his soul, revising his guess little by little, and he was able to get closer to the truth. "You serve him, and this is the price you have to pay, so it is nothing to sacrifice. Hmph, it seems that I guessed right, you are full of self-sacrifice and the idea of perfecting your people. Tell me when you ......"

"Don't think, don't think, he can read minds!" The elf with his arms intact suddenly shouted, "Remember the training, what to do in the face of a mind reader!"

The two elves immediately looked away, their attention wandering around the room, such as looking at the dust on the ground and counting the patches on the tent, but not at Feige. Feige approached her, covering her entire face with her own figure, but she could still turn a blind eye and hear.

"That's a good way to deal with it, since you chose to ignore me, then ......" Feige turned around and asked Shani to find a thick sack of black bean fodder and put it on the head of the limbed elf, then picked up the cat teaser and cast a magic spell, creating a terrible noise in the sack that was constantly ringing and disturbing her hearing. He then lifted his mask, revealing his face, and asked the elf with the severed arm, "Tell me, when you ride on me and shout 'Feige Hall, you piece of shit, die.'" At that time, did you really think I was a piece of shit, or were you looking for a reason for your assassination?"

The elf's eyes widened, her surprise was not because Feige wasn't dead—she had known that for a long time, but she didn't understand why—but because she hadn't expected Feige to appear in the form of Count Hall and appear in front of Grand Duke Saloyan. Surprise begets speculation, speculation stimulates association, and association is always based on facts, so it can be expressed through emotional and soul fluctuations. "I wasn't killed by you, what explanation have you used to deceive yourself, and what explanation have you used to deceive Saloyan?"

The two questions about deception are almost identical, except that the object of deception is different. Feige asked this not to know the answer to the question "how to deceive", but to determine whether Sarloyan had something to do with the assassination by comparing the state of the elf's soul when he heard the two questions. If both are the same, then she deceived herself and Grand Duke Saroyan at the same time. Since it was "needed" to deceive Grand Duke Saloyan, Saloyan was the mastermind.

It didn't take a word for Feige to get the answer: it was Sarloyan who made her do it. "I can understand that you look down on me, and in the state I was in at the time, I also looked down on myself. But kill me? As for that? I remember you swinging your dagger, I remember your expression. You've never looked in the mirror when you're killing, have you, I don't think you know, your expression was so content, so happy. ”

Finally, the elves are attracted to Feige's attention. She can kill for the sake of her mission, but she can't accept that she likes to kill. Feige lay on his stomach on the iron cage, staring at the elf, and the evil flames of hell burned through the devil's eyes, allowing her to see clearly.

"It's okay, I don't hate you, after all, there is no hate without love. I just wanted you to know a simple fact: I've never forgotten the look on your face at that time. Feige smiled sadly, fear was the devil's most powerful weapon, second only to violence and killing. "Since that day, I've had a dream. When the elves are destroyed by the prophesied calamity, I will enjoy the scene with the same expression. Rest assured, the elves will not have a foothold in Aria, nor will they have a foothold in Minas Ihir, and I will make sure of that, and the Hall family will make sure of that. Thank you for giving me the motivation and purpose to work hard. ”

"I don't believe it, you're lying to me! You are the priest of the Goddess of Truth and Thunder, you won't do such an evil thing! No, it has nothing to do with whether I believe it or not, the Goddess will stop you! The heavens will send down the thunder of justice and burn you to the ground!"

"I think you must have heard things like I was summoned to the realm of the Goddess, and I was favored by the Goddess, so you think that I have become better, at least a good person under the supervision and management of the Goddess. But, who has ever seen me with a goddess?" Feige snorted, "It's funny how ignorant you look, I often see this expression on Didlet's face. Do you know the devil's curse, do you know what will happen to the elves because of you?"

Feige infernal healing the elves and making her fully feel the evil aura of hell. She struggled to resist the treatment, and it didn't matter, Feige just made her believe in her intimidation.

"I'm already here, you punish me! I'm going to kill you, you bastard, come on, come at me!"

"I've defeated you, I've cut off your arm, you're of no value to me. And why should I continue to waste the pleasure of revenge on you?"

"Then you can continue to live miserably with your hatred and lies! I curse you to hell! You will go to hell, your brother and your father will go to hell! Your whole family will go to hell!"

Andrew? She mentioned Andrew Feige and was alarmed, and the unexpected news was too important. Just now, the soul of the elven assassin was completely dominated by fear, and she was telling the truth, she was really threatening.

The fact that it was Saloyan who ordered the assassination and that Andrew may have been among their targets was enough to suffice. Feige was not a sadist, he rubbed his face, stood up, looked condescendingly at the elven assassin, and then took out the emblem of the goddess of truth and thunder, the one on the Pit Sword.

"I forgive you for the assassination of Feitch Hall. He said, "But I can't forgive you for stabbing Count Hall with your dagger." I will put you to death and see it as your last mercy. ”

"Benevolence, you are indeed the one who swaggered with the Holy Emblem, you really haven't changed, you are still that bastard!"

"It's pitiful that the elves' eyes can't see change. "Unless you are waiting for someone to come and save you," said Feige, "I will give you mercy: no more pain, no more trial." ”

"You're just ......"

Feige stabbed the Pit Excalibur into it, and she was instantly dead.

"Come with me to the Earl, there may be danger on Andrew's side. Feige said to Shani.