Chapter 148: Ambush
As the sailboat docked, more than thirty horsemen rushed down from the pedals of the sailboat, led by Lilina, who was followed by the guards of the Kingdom of Eritwin escorting her.
These are the elite guards hand-picked by the temporary commander of the fleet to protect Lilina from visiting the ruins of the "Bluestone Castle".
They rode all black horses, carried flintlock rifles on their backs, fixed pistol belts on their left waists, a double-barreled squirting pistol stuffed inside, and sabres hung on their right waists.
At the front of the line, Lilina Thorn Allison wore a white velvet cloak that contrasted with the black uniforms and black horses of the guards.
Lilina whipped her horse's rump with a small leather whip, and her snow-white cloak wrinkled in the biting northland wind.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, please don't ride so fast at night." The temporary fleet commander was advised in the back.
Lilina didn't respond, but the horse slowed down.
The large group of guards who followed behind rode up, surrounded Lilina's horses, and continued on their way.
"It's Princess Ben who is so emotional that it worries you."
"Your Highness, don't care, it's just that riding so fast when your vision is not clear is easy to have an accident."
"Hmm. Now that the moon is out, the target can be seen. Lilina nodded slightly.
At this time, the castles in the distance cast huge silhouettes in the cold moonlight, and the walls of the castles were badly weathered and their pitted walls were exposed in the dim moonlight.
"The ruins of the castle on higher ground in the center of the ruins are the seaside castle where my ancestor, the young knight Eisenord, lived. He is also the founder of your homeland now. Lilina pointed to the castle with her left hand. Soldiers of the Kingdom of Eritvin, do you remember what this building looks like? ”
"Remembered." There were only a few responses around.
Lilina was not annoyed, she continued to shout, "Do you remember? ”
The shout was incomparably confident and full of energy.
"Remember!" This time, there was finally a neat response from the surroundings.
"Good." Lilina takes off the hood of her cloak, revealing beautiful blonde hair.
A group of people rode horses, through the gap between the castles, and the ride lasted for more than a minute, and the group of more than 30 people rode to the center of the castle group.
Lilina dismounted, and she walked towards the castle, followed by ten guards, including the temporary commander of the fleet, into the castle, while the others stood outside and watched the horses.
Lilina walked briskly on the snow with her little boots on, as if a fire was burning inside her.
Walking to the huge ruined castle, Lilina gently reached out and pushed open the mottled wooden door, and the girl didn't care if the dust that had accumulated on the doorframe for an unknown number of years fell on her blonde hair.
As everyone entered the castle, the leader Lilina chanted a spell, and a few seconds later, she released a floating ball of magic light in front of her.
The blue light of the magic light ball immediately aroused a group of dense bats inside the castle to fly out from the depths of the castle, and the guards either drove it away directly with their hands or directly drew their knives, while Lilina, who was walking in front, put a "thunder light barrier", and the sparks of thunder and lightning directly stunned the bats that rushed over.
Lilina took a few quick steps towards the altar in the center of the castle. Ninety-four Good Book Network
Lilina asked, "Do any of you have shark blood and cuttlefish juice?" ”
"The minister didn't prepare in advance, Her Royal Highness the princess is going to use it to hold a sacrificial ceremony?"
"Suddenly, on a whim, I wanted to use ritual methods to remember the deceased ancestors. Since there isn't, forget it. Lilina was slightly disappointed.
However, the loss did not last long, and Lilina made her way to the altar in the center of the castle.
The altar in the center of the castle hall is facing the high skylight at the top of the castle, the skylight is far from the ground, but the special structure of the skylight has not failed, and the silver-white moonlight forms a pillar of light through the skylight, which directly hits the altar on the ground of the castle.
Lilina stepped up the steps, bathed in the silver moonlight, and she looked up and glanced at the top of the castle.
Then Lilina clasped her hands and placed them on her chest, her head slightly raised, facing the moonlight from the top of the castle.
At this moment, Lilina's expression was demure, her figure was graceful, and her whole person seemed to merge with the cold moonlight.
The guards behind him held their breath and watched the maiden prayer on the altar.
The girl's cherry lips opened slightly: "O gods, and my noble ancestors, I pray to you tonight. ”
Lilina's eyelids twitched slightly, and she continued, "Pray for the innocent souls of the dead tonight and beyond, and may the Great Being have mercy on these innocent souls and spare them from punishment for their crimes." ”
Hearing Lilina's prayer, someone behind her couldn't help but ask, "Huh? ”
At this moment, one crossbow arrow, two crossbow arrows, and countless crossbow arrows shot out from the dark wall, and the target was the group of people standing behind Lilina.
There was a sound of a rope coming from the dark and gloomy walls, and it was clear that someone had already been lying in ambush on the wall of the castle, using ropes to fix his body, and now he was shooting crossbow arrows, and the recoil made the human body rattle slightly.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, there is an ambush, danger!" The Provisional Commander shouted hoarsely.
With an arrow in his leg, he drew his saber, but he could already feel a slight paralysis in his body, and the crossbow arrows from the wall were clearly poisonous.
Lilina didn't hear it, she still stood motionless on the altar.
The temporary commander of the fleet was stunned for a moment, and the thoughts in his mind raced, and he immediately reacted to what was going on, but it was impossible to make any further moves.
A crossbow arrow pierced his neck, and blood splattered and foamed onto Lilina's boots.
After the first round of crossbow shots, the guards of the Kingdom of Eritvin, who had not been seriously injured in the first round of shooting, raised their rifles and were about to return fire, but they were knocked down by countless metal crossbows weighing five kilograms like bricks thrown from the wall, and a metal crossbow smashed into the back of his skull, killing him directly.
The team outside the castle heard the noise inside the castle, and they wanted to rush in to rescue their companions in the castle and Her Royal Highness the little princess of the kingdom.
However, Philip Dark, who had already been ambushed on the top of the castle, personally cast earth magic, and a thick layer of rock walls enveloped the castle, and the guards outside the castle could not rush in at all.
"They are not a simple group of thieves, they are premeditated to ambush here, and their target is Her Royal Highness the Princess."
However, isn't it the strong request of Her Royal Highness to come here to visit?
The guards were aware of this terrible truth, but it was too late.