Volume 14 War of Kings! Chapter 12: Assassination

"My lord, in any case, the dignity of the Holy See and of you is not to be profaned. Boris grabbed the sword and said, "My lord, please give the order, and I will immediately lead the team to charge away from these cavalry." ”

Whether it is in terms of armor, horses, or the elite level of the squad, the strength of the Templars is steadily higher than that of those ordinary cavalry, only those knight captains may have cultivated some fighting spirit, and this vanguard is only about a hundred people, in front of the elite Holy See guards, they do not have the advantage of letting go.

Luo Lan said, "No, let's just wait." ”

"Oh?" Boris was puzzled.

At this moment, a templar came and said, "My lord, the Count of Alberta has clashed with a group of men and cavalry. ”

Luo Lan smiled playfully and said, "Look. ”

Boris nodded suddenly, sure enough, as long as Count Alberta, a woman who refuses to suffer anywhere and acts unscrupulously, exists, even if Luo Lan does not give the order, she will definitely not be able to help but take action.

"The Earl of Alberta's guard is also very elite, and she herself is not in any danger because she is wearing that thing, so she will ...... next" Luo Lan pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Brother Angus Gale, if Landuvelle is going back to fight for the throne, she will definitely restrain her subordinates, and will not be easily impulsive with us, and she will definitely send an official envoy to negotiate with us again in this matter, maybe she herself may come, you go over to see her on my behalf, it doesn't matter what you say, just hold them back." You don't want to argue with them, if you insist on not letting us go first, then you say that this is in the territory of the Mage Society, and you can ask someone from the Mage Society to do fair arbitration, in short, delay it for as long as you can. ”

Angus Gale didn't ask Luo Lan much about the specific reason for this, but he also asked, "Lord Bishop, what if they agree to let us go first?"

"They won't. After a pause, Luo Lan said in an accentuated tone: "If she wants to inherit the throne, she won't."

Luo Lan waved his hand, and immediately more than a dozen servants set up his camping tent, and then beckoned, "Xiao Gu, you come in with me." ”

Xiao Gu, who followed him as a subordinate mage, never had a chance to make a move in the Battle of the Temple, and the moment the "Elemental Boundary" shrouded him, he seemed to realize something again, and from time to time he fell into a state of contemplation.

After letting the people around them move away from each other and entering the tent, Luo Lan said: "You immediately go to the parish's liaison officer in the Doomsday Guild, Mehamus, he will arrange for you to return to Bethlehem from the underground rift, and then you inform the diocesan lady Belinda of the news that Odinella I is seriously ill, and tell her to make good arrangements for Janice, and she will understand what to do next." ”

After going through so many things, Xiao Gu is no longer the original blank slate, he understands that the adult can directly hand over this matter to Mehams, but sending himself to show that he attaches great importance to this matter.

Luo Lan threw him a ring and said, "This was captured from that Death Knight, and now it's yours." ”

Xiao Gu moved the ring curiously, and in an instant, a light flashed, and a huge dark blue war horse appeared in the field.

"High-level Bone Warhorse?" Xiao Gu opened his mouth wide.

This magical creature made of various magical beast bones was wrapped in hard and sharp bone armor, and the place under its feet naturally turned into a piece of frost and frozen earth, and the two originally empty eyes were flashing with a dark blue glow.

No wonder the Death Knight had no fear, and it is conceivable that if he had forced his way through the ranks of the Templar swordsmen on his skeleton horse, the path of flesh and blood would have been crushed in the place it passed.

However, he was careless in the end, and was killed by the Templar swordsmen before he could summon his horse.

Xiao Gu suddenly understood a truth, the hole card is not hidden as deep as possible, as long as it is a card it always has to be used, otherwise it will also rot in the hand.

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"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, there is the Mona Bridge in front of you, after crossing this stone bridge, in two days, you will be able to enter the territory of our Easton Empire. An older military councillor pointed ahead with a horsewhip, at the end of the horizon, which was the largest plain in the north, Panthers, "If we speed up, we can get back to the imperial capital within a week." ”

This time, they were pressed for time, and they had to take a shortcut through the territory of the Mage Society to return home, and although it may cause some dissatisfaction among the Mage Society, the long time spent on the journey was also shortened by nearly a third.

"Brother Huang should have gotten the news now, right?"

Landovia's whip was gently flapped in the palm of her hand, and although she was a woman, she was tall, with a hard face, a straight nose, a resolute lip, two dark blue eyes, waist-length blond hair, and a very powerful ice horse.

"His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor is probably already on his way back to the imperial capital at this time. The military councillor said cautiously: "He got the news later than we did, but it wasn't much worse, and if we were delayed on the road, they would probably arrive early." ”

Landaway stared into the distance, but there was a doubt in her eyes at this time: "Is there really no problem for us to go back this time?"

If the illness of her father, Odinira I, was not as serious as she had imagined, the consequences would be terrible.

Her father, even if he is ruthless to his relatives, has beheaded three royal children in a row since he ascended the throne, and all of them are accused of violating military orders.

"This time it should be the exact news, His Majesty the Emperor can't last a few days, he may close his eyes at any time" The military council officer showed an urgent look on the side, and almost roared: "Your Royal Highness Princess, please don't hesitate this time His Royal Highness is much stronger than you, the sergeant major of the Guards is still the one who supports him, if you don't seize this excellent opportunity to rush to inherit the throne and seize the command of the Royal Griffin Cavalry Regiment, we will not be able to fight against him no matter what, do you think His Royal Highness the Prince will let you go once he takes power?" Think of the brothers of His Majesty the Emperor."

Lan Du Wei'er felt a pang in her heart, she knew very well what happened to her uncles, even if the emperor's uncle, Prince Xiumi, was lucky enough to live for more than ten years, and even did not hesitate to escape, but in the end, he was evaporated from the world because of the problem of the dragon sword.

She nodded solemnly and said, "You are right, I really have no turning back at this time." "She is not just herself, behind her, there is a large number of officers who follow her and support her, and if she retreats and falls, then the fate of these people can be imagined.

A herald rode over and said loudly, "Report, we have encountered a group of men and horses blocking the way near the stone bridge ahead. ”

"What's the matter? Didn't you let the Forward Horse Team control the stone bridge?" asked the military councillor with a gloomy face.

"My lord, we have sent people to negotiate, but they seem to be the guards of a papal bishop. ”

"How did the Holy See guard get here?"

"I heard that it was the guard of Bishop Landiston, who came to the Kingdom of Noah Bora some time ago to support the Mage Society. ”

The military councilant's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Is it him?"

"Bishop Lantiston, which diocese is this bishop?" Landovelle has always been in charge of the western front of the empire, and there are almost no churches in the Easton Empire, even if the knights' alliance and them are just collaborators, the monks have little influence here, so she doesn't know Luo Lan's identity very well.

The military councillor took a breath, his expression was a little solemn, and said, "He is the bishop of the diocese of Bethlehem on the Eastern Continent, and he is also the chief monk of the Monks' Society. ”

"Bethlehem?" Landovelle frowned and said, "How many of them are there?"

"About 300 people. ”

"Are there only three hundred?" Landovelle sneered, "Listen to my orders......" She waved her whip and was about to give the order.

"Please wait a minute," the military councillor suddenly grabbed her hand.

Landovier was stunned, and then she said angrily, "Uncle Ruhl, what do you want to do?"

The military councillor's expression was very solemn, he shook his head, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, we can't clash with them, our cavalry regiment can't win against them. ”

"What, but you brought three thousand cavalry, a full three thousand elite cavalry who have fought with the black dwarves, and you actually think that we are no match for three hundred people?"

The military councillor sighed and said, "There are three thousand people in the Third Cavalry Regiment, counting the three military mages and fifteen knights of the Knight Alliance, this force is indeed not to be underestimated, but ......" He smiled bitterly and said, "They may not be able to defeat the more than three hundred priests on the other side. ”

"What?" Landovelle was a little surprised, she said quite suspiciously: "The empire is only twenty-five standing cavalry regiments, as far as I know, there are dozens of dioceses in the Holy See, if all of them are so powerful, with the attitude of the empire towards the Holy See, I'm afraid the empire will not exist for a long time, right?"

"This is true, but the dioceses of the Holy See may not all obey the orders of the Holy See center, and most importantly, in addition to the standing cavalry regiment, the empire also has a unique griffin cavalry regiment on the mainland, without them, the empire would have been infiltrated by the Monks, and even so, they have always coveted the northern lands, although the empire has never feared them. The military councillor said in a heavy tone: "But after all, the Holy See is the number one force on the mainland, and the main person you should deal with now is your brother Monphais, and we really don't need to offend the Holy See." ”

After thinking about it, Landovie seemed to be a little unwilling to ask, "Then let them go first?"

"That's not okay," the military councillor flatly denied, "If it is under normal circumstances, it is nothing for you to give way, but at this very delicate moment, your behavior is likely to be interpreted by someone with a heart as a signal to fight for the throne and move closer to the Holy See, which is likely to be used by your brother and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."

"Then what do you say?" This is not good, that is not good, Landovelle is a little impatient, she thinks that leading troops to fight is not so complicated.

"If you can talk about it, it's better to talk about it, try to convince them, even if it costs a little. The military councillor said very cautiously.

"Come, send an emissary to Bishop Rantiston, and say I want to meet him......"

"No, Her Royal Highness needs to go in person to show our sincerity. ”

Although she was very reluctant, Landu Vier still followed her uncle's advice, but she was already extremely dissatisfied in her heart: "It's really troublesome, I must give them a good look when I become emperor."

On a tall slope in the distance, several knightly men looked down, while the leader was covered in an airtight burqa, and on his chest was a thorny ice-prim insignia, the elite insignia of the Northern Bitter Thieves.

"When are you going to do it, how long are you going to wait?" a knight-like man yawned boredly.

"Don't worry, that's the flag of the Holy See. It seems that they have a conflict with the Holy See. The leader looked into the distance, with a calm look.

"Why is this happening to affect our plans?" the knight frowned.

The leader smiled wryly, and said, "Wouldn't that be better? ”

The knight was a little worried, and said, "But after all, it is the ...... of the Holy See."

"Do we need to mind the Holy See in the Deep, the vast north, there is not even a single church"

"She's out," someone whispered.

The leader's spirits perked up, and his eyes lit up and said, "What a good opportunity to come to Morgaon, it's your turn to make a move, don't disappoint us"

A man who was dressed up did not speak, but unhurriedly took off the bow from his back, and then calmly bent his bow and arrows.

"Is there really no problem at such a distance?" the leader looked, and in his line of sight, Landovie could barely make out a figure.

"Don't worry, I'm the best magic archer in the north. The archer drew the bowstring, squinted at the tiny figure in front of him, and said confidently, "I have never missed at this distance." ”

"Hoo ......"

It seemed that the slightest sound of wind was blowing in his ears, and before these people could react, the figure on the opposite side had already turned over and fallen off his horse.

There was no sound, no sound, as if nothing had happened, and by the time the leader looked back, he had slowly put his bow back behind him.

The sudden arrow landed right in Landawaye's back, piercing her so deep into her body that she was shot off her horse before she could react.

"Demon Breaker Arrow?" exclaimed the military councillor.

Landovelle wears a set of expensive enchanted armor, which is useless to her by ordinary magic, and only demon-breaking arrows made of special materials can penetrate the armor.

The Cavalry Guards were suddenly confused, and some even thought that the people of the Holy See on the opposite side were moving their hands, and they were whistled and prepared to start the charge.

"Don't do it, it's not the people of the Holy See who can do it" The military council officer hurriedly restrained the cavalry under his command, he knew that he couldn't mess up at this time, and it was impossible for the people of the Holy See to be stupid enough to make a move in front of him, if there was really a conflict between the two sides, then I was afraid that it would be in the hands of the sneak attackers.

Letting the minions carry the badly wounded Landuvie down first, the military councillor struggled to suppress the angry sergeant major, and then hurried into the tent, where several of Landuvelle's cronies, servants, including her adjutant and three sergeant majors, and a blue-robed mage were treating Landovie with water magic.

As soon as the military councillor came in, he couldn't wait to ask the mage, "How's the situation?"

"It's not good. The mage shook his head and said, "If it was just an ordinary wound, I might still be able to try to treat it, but this arrow has penetrated deep into the body, and it may have complex barbs attached to it, no one dares to pull it out, and there is also a material on the arrow to isolate the elements...... I can't help it. ”

The military councilant's body shook, but he quickly calmed down and said, "How long can it last?"

"One hourglass, or two hourglasses, maybe a day...... At most, it's only been this long, and this is when Her Royal Highness the Princess's body is much better than that of ordinary knights. ”

The military councillor's eyes were gloomy, and he said, "Is there really no way?"

The mage glanced at him, hesitated, and said softly, "Maybe there's a way......"

The military councillor grabbed the mage's chest and almost roared, "What else can I do, say it quickly, say it quickly"

The mage looked at him, coughed, and said, "You guys, you can go and ask the people from the Holy See on the other side." ”

"Holy See?"

"That's right. The adjutant jumped up and said excitedly, "We can go and ask the Bishop of Lantiston to help."

The adjutant is well aware of the ability of a papal bishop, as long as they are not beheaded on the spot, they will always have a way to prolong the life of the seriously injured, the kind of injury of Her Royal Highness the princess, which makes ordinary medical officers and water mages helpless, but it may not be nothing to a papal bishop.

"But will he agree?" a sergeant major sighed, "and even if he agrees, what price will it cost?"

"No matter what the cost, as long as you can save the life of Her Royal Highness the Princess, it will be worth it. The military councillor immediately made up his mind and said, "If you can't even save your life, then there is really nothing, and there is no point in us people continuing to exist." ”

The faces of the people in the tent changed in unison, and they obviously thought of the consequences.

"The princess woke up. A maid made a surprised sound.

Everyone was overjoyed, and they all gathered around.

Landovie looked very weak, but her blue eyes were still bright, she opened her mouth, and said with difficulty: "I heard it, don't hesitate, go and please, go and ask Bishop Lantiston, as for the conditions...... I said that as long as I can do it, I can say yes. ”

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