Chapter 362 No King
The wind caused by the violent tearing of the space whipped up sand and dust and struck the faces and eyes of the Hell Knights, but it didn't prevent them from raising their magic spears and aiming at the source of mana fluctuations.
"Eat grapes without spitting out grape skins, phew!" Fei Qi took a mouthful of sand, planted himself from the spatial passage, and fell straight to the ground, only to stop at a position of half a meter. He reversed, returned to his head-up position, and shouted, "Andrew, I'm coming!"
"It's the Headmaster/Leader!" the Hell Knights erupted in a burst of shouts, but the discipline immediately subsided. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is gone, and we have sent an urgent signal. ”
"I see the signal, if you can ask the magic school for help, it means that it must be a big deal!" Fei Qi looked left and right and asked, "Let the current highest-ranking officials come over, let the people who understand the situation come over." ”
Seeing Tron again, I didn't expect it to be in such a situation. While most of the Icewind Fortress monster hunters work as instructors at magic schools, Tron chose to join the Knights of Hell and become one of the first commanders here, and has persevered ever since.
"I guess I'm going to lose the title of Hell Knight again this time. Tron sighed to himself when he saw Feige, but then he reported as a professional knight. "Exactly, we don't know how. We were on our way to Castle Wellen as planned when we were attacked by a pack of wild dogs on the way. By the time we quickly dealt with the wild dogs, we found that His Majesty was gone, along with the four Knights of the Guards and the six Knights of Hell. Carter, come over and tell me about the situation. ”
Feige had met the soldier named Carter, and he had done well in the trials of hell, especially with a few small tricks to speed up his aim and shoot, which made a good impression on him. He was promoted to Feige's side to describe what had happened.
"I was about five meters away from His Majesty, and everyone was judging how effective the scouts were at driving away the wild dogs. At this time, I heard a strange sound, similar to 'coo-goo-goo', and thought about it for two parts. Then the smell of fresh grass wafted in, accompanied by a wave of mana fluctuations in the sensation of electricity. When I looked again, His Majesty and the guards were gone. ”
"Take me to the place where the incident happened. Feige ordered: "Expand the formation, start the search, if this is an ambush, there will definitely be clues left." Can't let go of any anomalies, including those wild dogs!"
"Yes!"
The king's sudden disappearance is not a trivial matter, the Hell Knights have surrounded the scene to protect the traces of spell fluctuations here, and no one is allowed to enter, even the mana fireworks for emergency contact are cast in the distance. But even so, by the time Feige arrived at the scene, there were no clues to be found. The mana fluctuations of the past, like a faint smell left behind, disappeared with the wind.
Fei Qi tried many methods, and he even set up a temporary magic circle around the scene, magnifying the mana fluctuations in this place by a hundred times, and he could only confirm that teleportation had occurred here, and nothing else could be found. Whoever did this, he must have been a clever space mage, or some kind of creature with powerful spatial abilities. "Click-goo-goo" doesn't make Feige draw any useful conclusions, and there are no creatures represented by this sound in his knowledge.
The Hellknights patrolling the area have returned, and they have found nothing either. Although he said that he would conduct a second and third round of searches, when a depressed expression appeared on Feige's face, the heart of the Knights of Hell sank to the bottom. Some of the knights had already taken off their helmets and slapped themselves hard, because in the education of the Knights of Hell, protecting the king and dying for the king's will was their highest goal. But now, the Knights of Hell are still there, and the king is gone.
"What are we going to do without the king?" asked one of the knights to Feige.
"Just because Andrew is missing doesn't mean he's dead. Fei Qiqiang said in high spirits: "Moreover, the king's order is still there, the king's will is still there! The development of agriculture so that everyone can eat enough, the construction of roads to promote commerce to make everyone rich, and the destruction of monsters to resist the bloody meteor so that everyone can feel safe, these things have not been done! We still have a lot of things to do, do we have to coax?"
"No ......"
The Hell Knights answered, but the voice of the answer was weak, and Feige shook his head, he had to start thinking about the worst-case scenario, and in that case, the Hell Knights had to remain loyal and had to do something.
"It's your responsibility not to be optimistic about His Majesty, you can't wash it off, but the shame caused by this dereliction of duty still has a chance to get rid of it, and it's my responsibility to not find His Majesty, as a magic advisor, as Andrew's younger brother, and as the strongest magician in the United Kingdom of Hoya, I can't wash it off either. And, as the supreme commander of the Hell Knights, I can't be by my side when the king orders the expedition and can't stop this from happening, I ......" Feige raised his hand and slapped himself.
A crisp slap was heard, and the knights looked up at him. Fei Qi said: "Dereliction of duty and failure, since it is a fact, then you must admit it, but it does not mean that this life is like this." I ordered, a detachment of the Knights of Hell to stay, hand over to the magic school, and cordon off and protect the scene. The other knights immediately returned to Port Tower to protect the queen and the crown prince. We still have the king. Tron, lead them well, keep them fighting, there are many things to come! Give me a horse, and I will go back with you. Also, send a clever messenger to the queen. ”
Someone brought Feige a horse, with blood on the saddle and mane, and when asked, it became clear that its original owner had died in a battle with the monster. Feige took care of the remains of the martyrs and took care of the aftermath before patting the horse's head lightly and following the Knights' team on their way back.
Along the way, they met many messengers from Queen Bo, all of whom had come to inquire about the kingdom, and Feige ordered them all to be left behind, and none of them were to be put back in advance. The United Kingdom of Hoya Nobles was already inadvertently stable, and Andrew's process of gathering people's hearts and developing production had just begun, and a bloody meteor took him away again. Feige couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe that Andrew was killed, and he would find a way to continue searching, but he would also have to start facing the situation without Andrew.
Feige thought a lot, and sat on horseback, his expression unpredictable, obviously preoccupied. However, after entering Tawu Port City, this hesitation and painful expression was no longer visible, and was replaced by perseverance. He ordered all the members of the Hell Order to dismount in front of the palace, apologize to the queen, and then go alone to report the bad news.
"The king vanished, amidst the layers of protection of the Knights of Hell, and suddenly vanished. Along with the King's Guard and the six Knights of Hell. I used everything I knew, and I didn't know what it was all about. Feige looked at Carol Tieqing and her grief-stricken expression, and could only bite the bullet and say, "The best guess now is that this is a hijacking, and His Majesty the King still has a chance to come back." The worst guess is that Andrew has been killed. Your Majesty, you must make all plans now. ”
"What do you suggest?" Carroll's voice choked, six words staccato in turn.
"First of all, protect Diamond and prepare for his succession. Secondly, strengthen the port city of Tawu and deal with disaster relief matters. ”
"Just do as you say, I'm going to take care of Dalemond, he doesn't know this terrible news yet, someone has to tell him. Carol waved his hand: "Let the people of the Hell Knights stop standing outside, it is inevitable that something will happen on the battlefield, every knight's wife and the king's wife has this kind of preparation." Feige, Xani is awake, you go see her. ”
Feige nodded and stood up from the queen's face. Andrew's news will definitely spread, and if that happens, it's better to get the right news out of the kingdom first, so that there is less chance of something going wrong. Feige also hopes that Andrew has just been kidnapped, and then the person who came to ask for it suddenly appears in front of him, but the probability of this is too low. According to the tracking mechanism of the Iron Golem of the Shield Guardian, Andrew is definitely not in the Yongli Continent, who else can have the will and ability to do this?
He followed the maid's guidance to the room where Xia Ni was resting, and was immediately hugged by Xia Ni. However, Feige didn't have time to warm up at this time, but reached out to Black Bun and asked Oriana over.
The white ball of meat was placed on the table by Feiqi, with the Pit Sword on her left and the cat teasing stick on her right, facing Feiqi, and behind her was the black bun that was eyeing her. Oriana let out a long sigh: "Feiqi, you ask, I know everything." ”
Xia Ni covered her mouth, and she realized that the "toy" in Hei Bao's mouth could still speak. Based on the emotions coming from the snake hair, Xia Ni knew that this ball of meat was an "enemy", so she carefully hid behind Feiqi, on guard and listened.
"Of all the guys you know, who has the best spatial ability to teleport people away silently?"
"You?" Orianna shrunk back, and then said, "Aside from you, the spatial ability of the mutant is the best, and the teleportation array of the blood-colored meteor is designed by her. However, she is very timid, and it is unlikely that she will come to the Yongli Continent, let alone face to face with you. ”
"What are the characteristics of her when she activates her abilities?"
Ouriana thought for a moment, and then said: "There are no characteristics, just like ordinary spatial teleportation, disappear and appear at once." She's not as strong as you, especially with a lot of phantoms that can teleport, she can't do it. She spends most of her time collecting species and then using her abilities to mutate and raise stronger monsters. ”
Seeing Feiqi frowning, Orianna hurriedly said: "The Creator has four most important subordinates, and they are also the four most resolute in carrying out orders, and the four knights who are the most active in destroying the Yongli Continent: War, Mutation, Greed, and Balance. War is the concrete executor, the mutation provides logistics, troops, and space knowledge, greed is responsible for liaison and evaluation of the results of the war, and the balance is mysterious, and it is said that it is preparing for the destruction of the new world. Originally, I was going to be the fifth, but I preferred to have a small world under my control, so I was still a little resistant to them. And the mutation doesn't have a good relationship with me, my immortality is actually a kind of 'immutability', which is in conflict with her. ”
"You use soul spells to influence the court, who gave you this plan, and is there a follow-up?
"It was the war that made me do this, with the goal of weakening the guards of the royal palace, and then trying to turn you into a wreck without a sense of crisis and no sense of action. If you can decide to leave the Yongli Continent and never interfere in this matter again, that is the best outcome. Orianna said, "Andrew's departure from the palace has nothing to do with me. In fact, the original plan was to directly destroy the city of Tawu Harbor, so that the United Kingdom of Hoya nobles would become a mess. I didn't expect you to survive the attack of the Terrasquet Behemoth, and the damage was very small......"
"With the idea of the second world, if you want to hijack Andrew, what will it be for?"
"Huh?" Orianna was completely surprised: "I'm not good at thinking about this kind of thing, when I encounter a problem, I always rely on immortality to directly scold the past, and if I can't do it, I just run away, when did I use my brain? I can't think of it, Andrew is useless to the second world, even if he wants to threaten you, this has already sent me - it's just a failure." And it's not better to catch Shanny than anything else, can Andrew use it to blackmail you?"
"Maybe. Feige said.
"I don't think so. Oriana said, "When the War Knight gave me a mission, he warned me in the name of the Creator that you should not kill the people around you, and that it was better not to do harm. They think that if they provoke you, it will be a real troublesome thing that will never die. They don't admit that they will fail, but they do admit that they don't like the complications. So just let me slowly persuade you to leave. That's why I was asked to plan in the way of soul influence, which is the most subtle. ”
"It's just that they didn't expect me to resist. ”
"They didn't expect anyone to resist so resolutely. Orianna said, "Actually, think about it, you ......"
"Don't waste your tongue, every nonsense you say is a solid step towards the dog's belly. As soon as Feige squinted, Oriana trembled like a trembling jelly. "If you succeed, how can you inform the War Knight of this?"
"He sent people to me, and I never took the initiative to find them. I didn't lie to you...... The Creator has locked me in the Yongli Continent a long time ago, and I have always been worried that the Goddess of Truth and Thunder will find out and come to me for trouble. So I'm all very low-key, quietly being a little nobleman. I spent more than anything else disguising my age and appearance. Moreover, the War Knight's men were all stoned to death by you with fireballs. ”
"As soon as you say that, I remember. The person who raises your horse and does the laundry is a creature that has a very different skeletal structure from a human. ”
"Mutant test specimens. She was mentally abnormal, made a lot of weird-looking things, and then handed them over to the war to use, in the name of waste. "I didn't ask them what it was, I didn't care. ”
"You'd better be concerned, because it's a matter of life and death for you. So if you think of anything, feel free to come to me. Feige picked up the meat ball and stuffed it into the black bun's mouth. Orianna's information still didn't help much.