Chapter 25, Step 2
It's been raining for two days and two nights, and it's still not stopped.
No matter how bad the weather is, people's lives go on, even if they can't go out to work, the rain and fog in Craig Town are still busy because of the approaching winter.
The carriage slowed through the rain-soaked and muddy streets, and it didn't take long to reach the small castle of the Craig family.
The Craig family was originally just a family of knights.
Relying on the founding merits, this inconspicuous small castle in front of him has been operated and developed for hundreds of years to have today's barony and a first-line town in the Northland.
"It's coming. β
The carriage entered the castle grounds and saw Tywin, as well as the Cranston family's armor and weapons, and Herbert smiled with satisfaction.
"Bring people in!"
After glancing at the soldier's release, Tywin asked the Cranston servant to confirm his identity, took the hostage, and handed over the kidnapped Lanton.
"That's right, he's the infatuated Gabriel, Gabriel Langton. β
Rune Marcer, who was standing beside Herbert, said.
"Let's go back first. β
Ignoring the dejected Lanton, Tywin led the people away, and Herbert hurriedly asked the soldiers to politely send them out of the castle.
"Put him in a dungeon. β
After glancing at a young man in the Northland, Herbert said coldly, "Pry open his mouth for me and ask him how he came back alive." β
"Also, Duchess Theron said that she must know about the disappearance of those corpses on the battlefield!"
As the general who took charge of the army and suppressed Craig Town spoke, Lune Mather immediately commanded his soldiers to take Langton to the castle's dungeon, ready to torture him!
"Rune Mather. β
"Why did you betray Craig?"
"Isn't Lord Edric treating you badly?"
In the dark, narrow aisle, looking at the escort soldiers around him, as well as the brother-in-law in front, Langton asked in a deep voice.
"Gabry, you are really too naΓ―ve and stupid, since you survived the battlefield, why do you want to come back to die?" Hearing this, Lune Marser sneered, "As for Lord Edric being good to me?"
"Only a fool like you would think he was a good man, and you think your father Lance Langton really died in an accident?"
"I'll tell you the truth, your father was killed by Edric!"
"Let me do it!"
"The reason why he is willing to marry his daughter to me is also to steal the secret method of our Marser family, so that his precious son can become a mage. β
Hearing Luan Marser's words, the young soldier escorting Lanton said, "Uncle, why be angry with such a fool. β
"He is willing to take all the inheritance into the Craig family, and he will definitely not see the hatefulness of that family. β
"He called you uncle?"
In Lanton's memory, it seemed that Lune was the only one left in the Mather family.
"That's right, Tariq is my eldest brother's son, and if I hadn't taken him with me, I'm afraid he would have been assassinated by Edric like my family," Luan said. β
"How's my brother Chris?" asked Ranton quickly.
"Aren't you the infatuated Gabry?" Luan stopped when he heard this, looked back at him in surprise, and asked, "Why didn't you ask Hannah about it first?"
Langton didn't answer.
"Don't dare to ask?"
"I'll tell you the truth. Seeing this, Lune shook his head and said, "Hannah married General Herbert of his own free will, in order to protect Arryn's life!"
"You've been taking care of her for ten years, and you haven't really touched her, so it must be uncomfortable to hear the news, right?"
"What about Arryn?" Affected by the memory of the original body, Langton's heart was a little confused, but his reason was still there, and he forcibly calmed down and asked, "You sent it to Port Stuart?"
Lu put away the banter, turned around and continued to the dungeon, and said as he walked: "This is not something you should care about, hurry up and explain how you came back alive from the battlefield, as well as the disappearance of the corpse, you can suffer less." β
"Let's go!"
Rune's nephew, Tariq, immediately pushed Ranton towards the dungeon.
"Gabry!"
In the dark, cold, and damp dungeon, the people who were locked up saw the traitor Rune Marser coming, cast hateful glances, and immediately found an acquaintance behind him.
"Gabby, are you still alive?"
"Infatuated Gabriel, tell me, are they not dead with Archduke Stuart and Baron Craig?"
"Chris, wake up, your brother is still alive!"
Someone hurriedly woke up the sleeping Gabrie's eldest brother, Christian Langton.
Seeing the excited people in the prison, and Chris, whose face was haggard but nothing serious, the corners of Langton's mouth were slightly hooked.
Inside a gloomy dungeon.
In addition to Rune Mather and the two soldiers who escorted him, there were two jailers who had prepared the torture equipment.
It's time for the second step of the plan.
- Help!
The five-flower tie on Langton's body was a fake tie, and he could untie the rope with a flick of his wrist, and suddenly slammed into Tariq beside him, and then grabbed his sword like lightning and slashed at the escort soldier on the other side.
The soldier didn't react, and was instantly struck by the blade and fell to the ground.
Lune Marser in front of him hurriedly turned his head, and then drew his sword with a surprised face: "How dare you!"
As we all know, Langton is a useless waste except for infatuation, and Lune Mar has known him for ten years, and never thought that he would have the ability to knock his nephew down and draw his sword to kill people in an instant!
I have roughly read books such as "Basic Exercise Method" and "Cold Wind Swordsmanship".
After no formal practice, Langton's body was replaced with the blood of Leviathan, and he possessed superhuman strength.
He doesn't know much swordsmanship and lacks combat experience, but he can use his strengths!
It's to hit with brute force!
"Give me back!"
Lune's hasty attack couldn't hurt Lanton, and he stumbled backwards because of the impact, his face filled with disbelief: "How can you have such strength?"
With a successful blow, knowing the strength of the brother-in-law in front of him, Langton was not the slightest proud.
In a castle full of enemies, he knew very well that none of the enemies here could be released, otherwise they would be blocked in the dungeon by the soldiers!
So the blade of the sword turned, and immediately stabbed at Tariq, who was embarrassed to get up from the ground!
"No!"
When his only nephew was killed by Lanton, the terrified Rune was furious and began to attack with his sword in desperation.
"Damn Gabry, I want your life!"
In the prison, the captured nobles and merchants did not react to this sudden change, knowing that the jailer drew his sword and rushed towards Langton, someone stretched out his hand and pulled a jailer's shirt, and then everyone rushed up and moved against the jailer through the iron bar.
"Gabry, kill Rune!"
"Watch out for another jailer!"
"Grab his sword!" "Get the key first!"
In a fit of rage, Lune unleashed a frantic slash, but his swordsmanship was superb, and his silver light was like a phantom but his offensive was not chaotic, and the fight made Ranton very embarrassed.
There is no benefit in dragging it out like this.
Seeing that he couldn't solve Lune, the jailer who helped rushed over, and Langton hurriedly used his sword to use brute force to charge!
Knowing that Lanton's strength was great, and Luen, who was experienced in combat, was ready to deal with it, but he didn't expect that his strength was even more terrifying than he imagined, and he took a few steps back with his long sword parry.
However.
Langton's goal is to kill the jailer first!
Rolling on the spot, the long sword was suddenly sent into the abdomen of the rushing jailer.
"Good!"
The nobles in the prison cheered.
Lun had calmed down a little and began to think about how to deal with Langton's brute force, and with a flash of his sword, he began to attack again.
The man who killed the jailer had already opened the door with the key and came out.
"Rune Marcer!"
For the traitor, the captured people hated it very much, and the old nobleman who had snatched the jailer's weapon roared angrily and wrapped around Rune, and a dazzling sword light suddenly appeared around the two.
"Keep up the fast man!"
Seeing that the old nobles were on par with Rune Mather, and that some of them picked up the swords of the dead jailers and soldiers to join the battle, Langton hurriedly released the people who were still in prison.
"Gabry. β
Seeing his brother safe and sound, and came to the dungeon to save people, Chris was extremely excited.
Langton: "I'll talk about something when I get out." β
"I know there is a secret passage in the castle, quickly deal with Rune, and escape from the secret passage immediately before the enemy reacts!"
Even if they escaped from their cage and were in a castle occupied by the enemy, everyone knew that they were not safe.
The old nobles and others attacked Lune Marser even more fiercely.
I was forced to hurry.
Rune Mather decisively used his ability to press the bottom of the box.
More than 100 years ago, the Mather family was famous in the Northland for training mages, and each generation produced a mage.
But there are too few people who can become mages, and cultivating mages consumes too many resources, and as the era of spellcasters passes, glory becomes a thing of the past.
Even after the end of the Mather family, they still have an extraordinary heritage.
Urging the secret method, immediately condensed the violent cyclone into a shield, and a charge shattered the long sword in the old nobleman's hand, if it weren't for the quick reaction of the people around him and the timely pull of the old nobleman, the other person would also be rescued immediately, he was already in a different place!
"What kind of spell is this?"
Seeing this, Langton was full of curiosity, he had been in this world for so long, and finally saw the spells of the natives.
"It's not a spell. The old nobleman who had a sword on his chest that was slashed by Rune Marcer said, "This is the secret method of their Marser family's air shield. β
"Don't attack his air shield, it's all from the side!"
"Gabry, give me your sword, and lead the people out of the dungeon to the secret passage!"
Hearing this, Lune Mather hurriedly controlled the cyclone to expand to both sides, and then broke through the encirclement with an unstoppable force, trying to rush out of the dungeon and call for soldiers to come for support.
"Want to go?"
Most of them didn't have weapons, and they couldn't help the air shield to protect Rune Marser in front of them and on the left and right, and when they got the long sword provided by Lanton, the old nobleman sneered, and invisible ripples immediately appeared on the blade!
"Break it for me!"
The secret method is not only possessed by the Marser family.
The Augustian Empire has been established for hundreds of years, and there are never fewer families with hundreds of years of inheritance!
"Buzz~"
The long sword wrapped in invisible ripples stabbed into the cyclone, and as the two energies collided, a piercing sound immediately sounded in the prison.
"Die!"
Rune Marser relied on the air shield to protect the front and left and right sides, the long sword in his hand condensed into ice, and when he waved, the rainbow flew like a blue dragon, trying to quickly deal with the old nobleman whose long sword was entangled in the cyclone.
However.
He ignored the back!
Another nobleman who had obtained the long sword of the dead soldier, his body was like a phantom, and instantly circled behind Rune, and a sword pierced through the back of his heart!
The cyclone formed a shield and suddenly dispersed!
The old nobleman snorted coldly, and the long sword wrapped in invisible ripples swung fiercely, instantly cutting off Lune's head.
"Phew!"
A mouthful of thick phlegm spat out to the head that fell to the ground, and then he cursed: "Traitor!"
Seeing this, none of the nobles and merchants present showed any mercy for the slain Rune, and even spat on his corpse!
The fight in the dungeon had alarmed the soldiers.
"Let's go!"
With Lanton, who was familiar with the castle, leading the way, everyone quickly arrived at the castle secret passage not far from the dungeon, which was also located underground.
Nobles and merchants who were found locked up in the dungeon had escaped.
The castle was alarmed, and the soldiers rushed to the dungeon, but Ranton closed the entrance to the castle's secret passage, and they were helpless.
"Get out and search for me!"
Upon learning that Rune Mather had been killed, the nobles in the dungeon fled right under their noses, and Herbert, intending to use the hostages to seize the armor and weapons, was furious.
"Scrape the ground and catch people back!"
They had anticipated Herbert's outrage, and knew that he would definitely send troops to conduct a large-scale search in the town.
But.
The Craig family's small castle was not built in the center of Craig's town, but on a small hillside in the southeast area of the town, with the sea at its back, and a high wall to the south.
The sky was still pouring rain, jumping out of Craig Town through the secret passage, everyone was like mud monkeys, but the pursuers would come at any time, and for the sake of their lives, no one cared about these little things.
He went out of the secret passage, but he did not see horses in the woods.
The old nobleman frowned suddenly: "Gabbri, haven't you prepared a follow-up plan?"
"Yes, Herbert has two thousand men, and we won't be safe from Craig. The nobleman who stabbed Lu in the back also said.
Langton: "Don't worry, the person who will pick us up will be here soon. β
The old nobleman asked, "People from the Cranston family?"
"Sort of. Langton said as he led the group south in the rain.
"Pedal Pedal ~"
The woods to the south of Craig Town were not very large, and there was a road south, and out of the bushes that hid the secret passage, the sound of horses' hooves was heard.
"Someone's coming?"
I don't know if it was friend or foe, and the old nobleman and others suddenly became nervous.
"Don't be so nervous, it's the person who picked us up. β
In the pouring rain, Tywin Lannister, who had come with all the horses of the Cranston family, appeared in front of everyone: "Sorry, I took a detour to avoid Herbert's eyes. β
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a distant relative of the Cranston family, Lord Tywin Lannister. β
Langton hurriedly introduced the old nobleman and others.
"Lannister?"
The old nobles and others who heard the words glanced at each other, and they who had never heard of this family were full of doubts.
Tywin shook his head, "This is not the place to talk, let's get out of here first." β
Seeing the battle of the transcendentals, Langton was a little afraid that something unexpected would happen, so he rode up to the old lion and asked, "Is the third step going to be done as soon as possible?"
"I've asked Thomas Locke to set it up. β
...... To be continued......