Chapter 278: Wildfire and Outlaw Beggars
Joffrey's personal guard, newly promoted to the Kingsguard, the hound, who temporarily took the position of captain, drew his long sword at his waist and stood in front of the Queen Mother and the King along with the other guards, and countless golden robes and elite knights of the Lannister family also quickly swarmed to the front of the high platform.
Taking advantage of the current chaos, Li Nan pulled out a snatched Valyrian steel sword and slashed hard at Duke Eddard's shackles.
After the blade touched the iron chain, there was a sound of metal clashing, and Li Nan was surprised to find that the invincible Valyrian sword could not cut the shackles.
"Don't bother, the shackles that lock Ed in are also made of Valyrian steel, and you keep chopping. I really didn't expect you to be so stupid as to dare to show up here knowing it was a trap. ”
The person who spoke was none other than Xerxes, the captain of the King of Kings' warband, and beside him were the Spartan king Leonidas and the glamorous Persian naval commander Artemisia, and behind Li Nan appeared Lancelot, who was loyal to Littlefinger, and others.
Looking at Li Nan, who came here desperately to save himself, Duke Ed's heart was full of mixed feelings.
At this moment, Duke Eddard, who had fallen into such a miserable situation, remembered Li Nan's several loyal words to him, and he regretted that he had not listened to those words, and now it seemed that his icewolf, who came from the bitter cold land of the north, was indeed not suitable to survive in this warm and smelly King's Landing.
Duke Ed coughed twice, then shook Li Nan's hand and said gratefully: "Leo, you've done enough, let's leave while you can still go." ”
Li Nan noticed that on the team points leaderboard, the points of his own dreadnought team had increased by five thousand points, and he had regained the second place, and it seemed that he had guessed correctly, this risky operation was recognized and thanked by the patriarch of the Stark family, and the benefits obtained were comparable to killing the captain of a team.
In fact, Li Nan himself knew that he couldn't take Ed away, and his own manpower was a drop in the bucket in the face of thousands of enemy soldiers, and it was time to leave.
"Let's go? Don't think about leaving today, I'm going to avenge Percival! Seeing Li Nan looking around, Lancelot, who was gathered behind him, said in a resentful tone.
A bald man beside Lancelot stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, looked at Li Nan and asked, "Master, can I eat him?" ”
"Yes, as long as you take him, you can eat as much as you want."
Seeing the increasing number of enemies around him, Li Nan said apologetically to Duke Eddard, "My lord, I'm sorry, I still need to escort Arya back to Winterfell, so ......"
Duke Ed took the life-killing sword from Li Nan's hand and said understandingly: "Needless to say, escape quickly and take care of Arya for me." ”
Li Nan glanced at the countless enemies surrounding him, took out a black cylindrical object in his arms, and threw it into the sky.
For fear that there was something strange about this thing, the Spartan king Leonidas, and the black-haired beauty standing beside Lancelot fired a crossbow with both hands, and threw spears and crossbow arrows at that thing accurately.
"Bang!"
Before the spear and crossbow bolt could touch the cylinder, it exploded on its own, and there was nothing special about it except for a loud noise and a puff of black smoke.
The cylinder thrown by Li Nan was not a weapon, it was just a handmade firecracker, and its purpose was not to hurt people, but to signal other people.
In the crowded crowd under the high platform, more than two hundred ragged beggars suddenly appeared, and they frantically rushed to the defense line formed by golden robes.
The Golden Robe was not a good man, and when they saw these stinky beggars rushing over from King's Landing, they smirked and stabbed out their spears viciously.
Several violent explosions rang out, and the beggars who rushed to the front resolutely detonated the jars hidden on their bodies.
These beggars turned into several clouds of turquoise flames, and all the golden robes that were touched by this green flame quickly ignited the same flames, and they dropped their weapons and wailed in pain, and some of them fell to the ground and rolled around, hoping to extinguish the green flames on their bodies, but in vain.
After this strange green flame appeared, the national teacher of Paiselle, who was hiding behind Cersei and Joffrey, exclaimed, "Wildfire! ”
In fact, not only did Paciel recognize it, but all the courtiers and nobles who had experienced the Mad King period of the previous dynasty had also seen the power of wildfire.
This wildfire, developed by the Alchemists' Guild, is a flammable liquid that can burn for a long time. Once a wildfire is lit, it is bound to burn the object to the ground. It can seep into clothing, wood, leather, and even steel, setting them on fire. Even wildfires floating on water can burn.
If something as terrifying as wildfire appears, then no one is safe, because no matter how many soldiers are here, as long as they are burned by wildfires, it is a dead end.
The Hound led all the Kingsguard and elite soldiers to protect Cersei and Joffrey from the square, and the other nobles and dignitaries fled in panic.
Seeing the golden robes that were burned beyond recognition by the green flames, and the kings and nobles who fled in a hurry, the tens of thousands of people who were still watching the excitement just now also fled in terror, causing a chaos that no one could stop.
In a short period of time, I don't know how many golden robes that maintained order were trampled to death, and in the face of these terrifying crowds, no one dared to stand in front of them.
The beggars with the wildfire jars all knew their employer, Li Nan, so they rushed through the defense line established by the golden robes and pounced on the two teams of Lancelot and Xerxes who were blocking Li Nan's way.
Seeing the terrifying wildfires, no one dared to let these crazy beggars get close, Leonida quickly threw the five throwing spears he was carrying behind his back, and then snatched the spears from the hands of the golden robe and the other soldiers, and the black-haired woman quickly shot at them with two crossbows.
Leonida and the black-haired woman are fast enough, but there are more beggars, and the first to be unlucky is the bald man who wants to eat Li Nan.
When the bald man punched the beggar who was approaching him, the wildfire jar exploded, splashing green liquid on his right arm, but this guy was absolutely ruthless, and pulled out the dagger with his left hand, directly shaving off the piece of skin that had been stained with the wildfire.
Taking advantage of this rare chaos, Li Nan did not hesitate to abandon Duke Ed, who could not escape, and quickly rushed into the crowd after jumping off the high platform, as long as he could escape into the fleeing crowd, it would be safe.
"Don't you want to run away today!" Lancelot swung his sword to block Li Nan's way.
Li Nan wanted to escape from here as soon as possible, but Lancelot, who hated him deeply, desperately blocked him, and the two fought fiercely together.
Lancelot knew that he was no match for Li Nan, and that his two followers were also entangled with the wildfire beggars, but he estimated that as long as he could stop Li Nan for a moment, then Xerxes and Artemisia, who were not far away, would come to his aid.
The hardest thing in the world to guess is the human heart, and just as Lancelot was expecting help from his allies, Xerxes and Artemisia rushed to Duke Eddard, who was handcuffed and shackled.
"Xerxes, you damn bastard!" Seeing this, Lancelot cursed angrily.
Xerxes and Artemisia teamed up to attack Duke Eddard, laughing and saying, "Hahaha, I gave you the five thousand points, and Ed is mine." ”
Killing Li Nan will get 5,000 points, and killing the patriarch of the Stark family, Duke Eddard, it is estimated that the points will only be much more.
Li Nan is now unharmed, his combat power is amazing, Duke Ed has been locked in the black prison for many days without eating or drinking, and he is still handcuffed and talking, so Xerxes naturally chose a less difficult and more rewarding scoring method.