982 Internal and external turmoil, the theory of the cage
"Do you really want to let those two men go, Your Excellency?"
Purple smoke continued to fill the air above the alley, and finally turned into whip-shaped dragons, which quickly stretched along the intricate ancient alleys in all directions, and instantly swept everything in those alleys and the surrounding crowd. Slowly retracting her hands, Violet, whose lilac curls fluttered in the wind, then also retracted the serious gaze she had been showing, she looked at the scene of the purple energy she had swung out and kept ravaging the area around the street, and only after a while turned to respond to the question from Sherman, who had just risen, "Awake?" β
"It's a mistake." Understanding the meaning of the other party's words, the middle-aged magician, who didn't have time to straighten out his robes and hair, lowered his head deeply: "Please forgive your sins...... No, please punish me. β
"It's okay, I expected such a result anyway."
Fingers kept rotating around her cheeks, and Violet, who was still floating in the air, replied lightly: "Ever since I saw the potion that guy concocted, I knew that he was not an opponent to deal with casually, and if you didn't give his all to fight him at the beginning, the result of defeat was inevitable in the end." β
"After all, the other party is dealing with us with a sense of death." Her long eyelashes flickered back and forth twice, and her voice became much lower: "And you can see our intentions so quickly......
"I ...... I didn't expect that alchemist to be able to refine pure elements. Looking at the last direction in which the two adventurers had fled, Sherman's wheezing voice also became low: "At that moment just now, I even thought I had reached the northern land of flames......
"As you might have guessed, he can't really bring these flame elements under his control." Violet chuckled and shook her head, "However, as long as you can summon the flame elemental in itself, it is enough for most people to have a headache. β
"After all, this is not an elemental body left in our world, but the real fire element itself."
His eyes gradually became serious, and Sherman, who stood up with his shoulders on his shoulders, gritted his teeth: "We must catch him." β
"I can't leave this place right now."
Pointing behind him from afar, the Violet Lord's body lit up with his own purple light again, and the circular magic array wrapped with magic runes then began to slowly compress the space along the space he was wrapping into: "I don't want the place where I live to become a sea of fire, this space must be repaired, although I don't mind making up for the trouble that the little guy caused, but the matter about that woman ......"
"We also have our own agreements." Her voice paused, then looked at the back of the middle-aged magician who was about to leave: "You should understand, Your Excellency Sherman Magician?" β
"I understand." The middle-aged magician replied without looking back, and then quickly disappeared into the distance with the sound of the wind breaking through the air: "This time ......"
"I won't be careless anymore."
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"Go on the offensive! Don't be careless! There are also enemies lurking nearby, find them all for me! β
Near the gate in the northeast of Tanzanian City, between the shadows left by the countless figures intertwined, the shouts belonging to Gomez were also raised in the sky above the chaotic battlefield with one of his sword slashes at this time, accompanied by his gaze looking at the fiery red sky in the city again: "Damn, but at this time......
"Captain, do we want to-"
"No, His Royal Highness is here."
His eyes lingered for a moment on the makeshift platform not far from him, and the captain of the royal guard named Gomez gave his order with a solemn face: "Keep guarding!" It is strictly forbidden for any suspicious person to pass! Raman, how is His Royal Highness's injury? β
"I'm fine."
A muffled response with a wheezing voice then sounded behind him, accompanied by the figure of His Royal Highness Prince Chris, who was supported by another person who looked like the captain of the Royal Guard: "You guys...... Just keep your fight going. β
"His Royal Highness."
With a quick move and a few more orders, Gomez then retreated to the rear of the battle line at the gates: "Your subordinates have been negligent and have injured you. β
"It doesn't matter, it's expected."
Reaching out and pushing away the hand of the captain of the royal guard who was supporting him, His Royal Highness Prince Chris, who gritted his teeth and stood up, revealed an arrow still stuck in his arm: "I just didn't expect that those lowly adventurers would really dare to do something to me......"
"They shouldn't be that strong."
Reaching out and taking out two bottles of magical healing potions from his waist, the tall and burly Gomez gradually approached the side of His Royal Highness the Prince, and there was not the slightest ripple in his voice: "There must be other problems here, or other evil forces are mixed in." β
"You mean to say...... Restorationists have infiltrated me? β
Looking up at the high platform where he was still standing just now, His Royal Highness the Prince's eyes burst into flame-like light: "That archer ......"
"I remember his name was Crotch Lifter, right?"
Quietly looking at Gomez, who was treating the wounds of His Royal Highness, another Imperial Guard captain named Rahman pronounced the name in a deep voice: "If our intelligence statistics are correct, that guy should belong to an adventure group called the Beast and Bird Alliance......"
"It should be the same as the two guys who were caught at the top of the city wall before." Turning his hand and pulling out a piece of military bandages, Gomez began to help bandage the prince's arm: "I heard that the two people who were captured are still the leaders of the adventure group. β
"I know those two people."
I don't know if it was because he was enduring the pain in his body or because he was enduring the anger in his heart, His Royal Highness the Prince's limbs were trembling incessantly: "Their names have appeared on my desk before, and that person even promised me!" Butβ"
"The number of enemies seems to be endlessβand that's beyond acting."
Quietly looking at His Royal Highness the Prince's abruptly stopped words, Rahman turned to look around at the Imperial soldiers who still showed no signs of stopping: "What about the captain? β
"Someone has been sent to send the news out, and there will be a response soon."
"What about the brothers sent to the banks of the Gemenan?"
"I don't know, unless there is an accident, I should be able to come back soon."
"I hope there won't be any other problems over there."
Stretching out his hand, he slashed out a golden brilliant sword light, and the captain of the Imperial Royal Guard, who had been facing away from the battle line, finally turned around with a cold face: "Otherwise, I may need to vent more anger." β
"You'd better restrain your emotions, the city guards haven't shown up yet." He also raised his long sword, but Gomez on the side shook his head slightly: "Most of the nobles of Santerus are here with us now, if there is really any accident......
"All the nobles of Santelius are not as important as the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince." Raman raised his sword again in a cold voice: "If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Prince's own arrangement of this performance, I would have slaughtered this group of wine bags and rice bags!" β
"Just to get to the point where we are now, the final result can only be to provoke the anger of the empire." Gomez's voice became a little calmer: "I'm afraid they have other tricks...... You see. β
"The riots in the city seem to have gotten worse."
He glanced to the west where the battle formation was located, and his gaze also passed the battlefield of the city mixed with the figures of players and NPCs and fell into the sky above Tanzanian City, and the raging flames that surrounded the air were now accompanied by more and more purple smoke, turning the clear sky that should have belonged to the city into a gloomy darkness. Also staring at this dim source, Duan Qing silently put down his hands that were holding Maggie hard, and his body, which seemed to have exhausted his strength, then stopped in the shadows of countless houses along the corner of the last alley: "It seems that the Violet Lord plans to repair the wounds of this city first." β
"We should have time to take a break."
He placed Maggie's body aside, and then let out another heavy gasp, and a bottle of potion with a yellow glow followed the trajectory of his trembling hands, and instantly poured down his throat: "Are you right, Daoyou? β
"How do I know?"
Holding his sleeves angrily, the figure belonging to the old road of Hongshan slowly appeared behind the alley that Duan Qing had just walked through: "Old Dao, I have completely fallen into your pit now, and I haven't found a place to reason." β
"What, you're not satisfied?"
Wiping the corners of his mouth, Duan Qing smiled and turned his head to look in the direction where the old Dao was: "This is a rare opportunity that can't be touched by a thousand years of cultivation, can you just let it go?" β
"I know it's a once-in-a-lifetime hidden mission, but I'm ...... myself now"
Shaking his arm, Hong Shan's old Dao's emotions then lowered with his abruptly stopped voice: "Forget it, who let Lao Dao already take a fancy to you in the tavern, since we have come to this point, then we will go all the way to the black ...... Not. β
"Anyway...... Do you know the identity of this woman? He pointed to the face of the woman lying on the ground, and the face that he forcibly suppressed was also a little tentative: "She really ...... Is it that important? β
"It's just a temptation, but you've probably heard it all."
Looking up at the fiery clouds entwined with purple smoke, Duan Qing lowered his brows: "I can't explain the specific situation, but this woman's identity should be very special, I don't know why she is here now, but since they have such a strong reaction to my act of wanting to take me out of the city......"
"What the Violet Tower is doing, it's about to come out." A grim smile appeared on his face, as if something had been dug out of an ancient memory: "They're not this one taking care of Maggie, it's her caretaker." β
"And the whole city of Tanzania is actually her prison."
He let out a long sigh as he shoved a bottle of healing potion into the bewildered woman's hand, "Who do you think she would be if she could use a magical mechanism of the level of the Violet Tower and an entire city as a prison cell?" β
"Uh...... Aha. β
A trace of cold sweat gradually oozed from his face, and Hong Shan's expression began to become cloudy: "No, that's right, now that I think about it, the situation you said is indeed very likely to be the truth......
"The only thing that doesn't know right now is what exactly they're trying to do with her."
As if he hadn't noticed the expression of the old man behind him, Duan Qing, who was still looking at Maggie, said in a heavy voice: "Judging from her reaction just now, this prisoner is probably having a bad time here......
"They're going to do something to her?"
Recalling what the two of them said when they first met Maggie, Hong Shan's brows furrowed slightly: "Strange ......"
"What's wrong?"
"Oh no, nothing."
Hurriedly waving his hands, the veteran player cleared his throat vigorously: "I mean, are we really going to rob the prison?" β
"The difficulty of the hidden mission is always very high." Duan Qing raised his head with a smile: "And I don't trust that Violet Lord. β
"Oh? Why? β
"Coupled with what you just told me today, we have a lot of clues on hand."
Helping Maggie beside her to stand up again, Duan Qing's voice then echoed in a low voice around this alley: "For example, when the outpost of Crook was attacked, there were people from the adventure group at the scene, and their method of attacking that outpost was to poison the wine, and they mixed the long-popular cocktail as a means of catalysis......"
"The identity of the adventurer who attacked the outpost, we already have a general direction." Speaking of this, he turned his head and glanced at Hong Shan's old face: "Most of them are the people you mentioned before." β
"The people I mentioned?" Hong Shan's old Dao's face obviously became more weird: "Old Dao, when did I mention it-"
"Their goal is the same, that is, they want to attack His Royal Highness."
Interrupting the other party's words, Duan Qing once again picked up Maggie's body: "But...... What if the incident itself was mixed with other factors, and then it became a fake show? β
He took two breaths hard, and then started a new round of running again, and the voice belonging to the old road of Hongshan then sounded behind him, accompanied by the sound of him holding the Taoist robe and the questioning voice in his ears: "You, you actually knew it a long time ago?" How are youβ"
Cha.
The sound of the sword blade penetrating the body then sounded in Duan Qing's ears, interrupting what Hong Shan Lao Dao wanted to continue saying just now, and he still didn't stop, and then turned his head and threw the figure of the Taoist priest who waved the sleeves of his robe and slowly fell down because of the piercing of his body into the distance of vision.