177. Xia Zuo's appearance
The fog was rising, and the son of the political officer Qiu Yi, Eddie Knight, with him as the commander, and the old white-haired knight Kelsen as the deputy commander, led the 10,000 troops of the Andu Kingdom in Zebel City, and had arrived in the southwestern suburbs far from the city for a long time.
In the vast expanse of white, the visibility is about seventy or eighty paces. This undoubtedly added considerable resistance to the task of marching in search of the subhuman rebels.
"Military Mage!" The white-haired knight Kelsen shouted in a hoarse tone.
The black-robed young mage stepped forward, raised the long wooden staff with the magic crystal embedded in the top, and after reciting a spell of "breaking", the crystal part released a burst of light, and the fog immediately dissipated, and the environment was clear—but it was only within a hundred steps, and the rest of the place was still shrouded in white mist.
"Hell, when is this going to be found!? Can you hear the sounds of sub-people in action? Add asked angrily as the soldier beside him. More than half of the army of 10,000 people had already entered the fog.
"There are too many of us, and the sub-people are shrewd, and they must have been hiding when they heard the news of our large army." Kelsen, who is also riding a horse, said in parallel with Eddie.
"Despicable subhumans, a bunch of cowards! Are you scared when you see my army!? Come out for me! Before Eddie could finish Kelsen's words, he shouted.
Kelsen covered his face with a sigh, helpless at Eddie's behavior.
"If only my slave were here, the smell of the iron chop is good, and I should be able to smell the sub-people," Eddie said regretfully, "It's a pity that the gladiatorial arena is in chaos, and the colossatorial arena personnel and today's contestants are currently under centralized control, waiting for investigation... Otherwise, I can give an order to let the chopper come to my side immediately, no matter how bad it is, Maggie is a cat, it is better than a soldier with weak eyesight! ”
"The sub-people have been on guard and must have eliminated their breath," Kelsen said solemnly, interrupting Eddie's complaining speech, "The surrounding fog can be eliminated by the magic that dispels illusions, which means that this is not natural fog, but illusion magic, which is what they did." ”
"No way," Eddie said through gritted teeth, then waved his hand to order the army, "Keep going, and vow to win this battle!" ”
Outside the city wall of Zeberdon, a white shadow flashed continuously from the rocky field, each flickering forward a hundred paces, from far to near to the city wall.
It was a sign that Rodney was moving quickly by opening the portal continuously, and at the moment he arrived at the corner of the city wall, the magic circle of the next gate opened above the city wall, and it was very quick for him to enter the city, without having to pass through the city gate like an ordinary person, and the defensive wall was useless.
The sentries above the city walls sat down on the ground in fright by the afterimage of the passing by, and their weapons fell sideways.
"Knight Rodney, you're back." The veterans on the other side saw him returning, thinking that the turmoil in the stronghold in the city would be stopped more quickly, and they couldn't help but be relieved, and laughed at the new recruits' fuss.
But Rodney didn't respond, only flashed in front of the two.
Jumping down from the east wall and dropping 45° between a pair of circles, as if skimming in the air, it took a few seconds to reach the castle - open an upward circle at the top of the throne room, Rodney shuttled vertically from the bottom to the top, gravity buffered the speed of his progress, and finally landed safely at the top of the throne room, standing in balance.
Looking around, the castle is still in a few ruined ruins. The White Tower of the Ministry of Magic collapsed in half, but fortunately it was in the middle of the place, and it could not be seen from outside the castle walls, let alone be noticed.
"Lord Rodney!"
At this time, a soldier hurried to the throne hall and shouted.
Rodney turned his head, and it was clear that the soldier had followed him after he found out he had returned.
"Oh no! We've found Xia Zuo! He then said.
Hearing this, Rodney immediately teleported to him, "Isn't this good news, where are the others?" ”
sighed in his heart, the matter of ordering the search for Xia Zuo's clues had progressed so quickly.
"But he killed many of us, and appeared at the main gate of the castle in a grand manner." The soldier palpitated.
Rodney couldn't help but be stunned... I don't understand Xia Zuo's intentions.
The main entrance of the castle, the main road, and the throne room and the Ministry of Magic inside, are all guarded by disguised Standdy Kingdom troops.
Now that the whole castle is unhindered, it is easy for Rodney to achieve all this with a self-made "King's Order".
At this moment, the main entrance has long been opened.
There was only one guard left at the scene, and the rest of the dozen or so people were all corpses.
Facing Xia Zuo, he trembled and put down the halberd - the door was also pushed open by him.
Xia Zuo nodded at him, since he didn't resist, then leave him alone, his trip was in Rodney.
The crow flew over the sky, observing Xia Zuo's movements.
"Beware! Xia Zuo! Watch out! The crow made a screeching sound. Xia Zuo has always known about its existence, but rarely paid attention to it, including this time.
"Ah——!h The guards changed their minds and sprinted with halberds, attacking the back of Natsu Zuo, who had entered the door. The crow screamed.
Although the surrender acquiesced to Xia Zuo's incursion. But Xia Zuo showed his back when he entered, which was a golden opportunity for soldiers seeking to save their lives.
After all, letting Xia Zuo go in is equivalent to disobeying military orders, and it is also a felony.
Xia Zuo didn't even look back, but his pace slowed down slightly, and then the sword shadow flashed, and suddenly broke the guard's halberd handle, and the spearhead fell to the ground.
The guard stopped and slowly buried his head, realizing that his chest had been stabbed, and the blood was hesitantly soaked open.
Xia Zuo, who had never looked back, heard the sound of the soldier's armor hitting the ground.
It was also a fatal wound, and if the enemy was aiming at a lethal area, the counterattack would be a-for-tat (as was the case with a dozen or so dead).
Inside the gate is a long paved courtyard surrounded by beautifully manicured greenery. Xia Zuo hadn't advanced a few steps before he heard the bumps of Qi Brush's armor, iron boots stepped on the grass and the stone slabs of the paving road, and more than two dozen people quickly surrounded Xia Zuo.
Among them, there are also many original soldiers of the king's castle, who act together with the disguised soldiers, and they don't know what happened inside the castle, and they only think that Xia Zuo is an intruder.
"Don't go any further! Break into the castle and you have committed a capital crime! ”
"He killed the guards!" A soldier trembled and pointed to the gate, which was littered with corpses.
"Sanctions on the spot!" Someone yelled.
The soldiers in the rear did not know who they were panicking to give way to.
"Knights of Rodney—" they saluted.
The troops made a gap for him, and the breeze blew through his long white hair, in Xia Zuo's impression, this kind of wind would also lift the opponent's cloak, but it didn't—his cloak was gone, and it was only a moment apart. Rodney had given Xia Zuo the impression that the cloak would never leave his body, and he was curious about where it went.
"You won't be Xia Zuo's opponents, all step down." Rodney coldly ordered the crowd, "Then scout the neighborhood and make sure there are no civilian witnesses." ”
The soldiers retreated some distance in order, making way for Rodney and Xia Zuo.
Half stayed behind to wait for the dispatch, while the other half walked out of the castle gates, cleaning up the corpses and making sure that the citizens or other unrelated persons were not nearby, as Rodney had instructed.
Because of the content of Rodney's conversation with Xia Zuo, it may reveal the tragedy that happened in the castle.
Alienated from pedestrians, but not animals, the crow landed on the tallest tree against the wall and watched what happened.
Combined with Xia Zuo's previous performance, Raven Palmer is more and more looking forward to the result.
"You're back here, so you've failed? That earth-shattering blow didn't open the vault for you. Rodney spread his hands out, looking happy or proud.
"Earth-shattering? It's over... I thought about it, if I could destroy the blow of the vault, I am afraid that the magic books and scrolls inside would not be spared, and they would turn into slag. Xia Zuo smiled indifferently, "So I still choose the safest way." ”
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