Act 294 The Storm is coming
The 294th scene is about to come
A group of red-robed guards hurried through the city, the metal trim of their cloaks clanging against their cuirasses like a whirlwind blowing on the ground. Head. Faantitina's gaze followed them across the market, the temple guards disappearing on the other side, and the sound of Qi Brushing Footsteps faded away. She looked back and felt that Ampesel's tension was even greater than it had been two days before.
"I didn't expect the Lionheart Sacred Sword to be in the hands of Her Royal Highness the Princess, but the nobles in the north may not be willing to give in?" There were only two people in the carriage, and the slight bump in the carriage - the space covered by the curtains filled the space with the smell of Brando's perfume, which made the staff a little uneasy, and she asked in a whisper.
"So they postponed the next meeting by two days." Brando replied with his eyes slightly closed. A subtle change in the Council of the Nobles caused him to abandon his original plan, and Duke Anlek seems to have abandoned his alliance with the royal party due to pressure from the Cruz people in favor of neutrality. Then some of the original arrangements would not have been spent—at least until the true intentions of the temple were clarified.
The intervention of the temple was unexpected, but expected. The Templars certainly didn't want Eruin to be divided or descended into civil strife, but what if civil war was inevitable? Just as it has happened in history - the point is that there are still a few months before the Toquining Lion people prepare enough food and grass, and it is not impossible to make a time difference to change the situation between the north and the south - as long as Her Royal Highness the princess shows enough strength, it is not impossible for the Temple of Fire to turn to the south.
But Brando's guess is what prompted the Templars to be so eager to meddle in Eruin's affairs, and it's not just a coincidence that Merros arrived nearly a month earlier than in history. History is secretly changing in unknown places, and he feels that everything is not as he expected, and some things may not be as simple as he thinks.
Ampesel's atmosphere was a little delicate now, and Brando had to press his will to make a move, and prepare to observe first; Anyway, he has other things to do today.
"In two days, they will be able to find evidence that the holy sword in the princess's hand is not the Lionheart?"
"I'm afraid it's not so easy to prove that it's not the Lionheart Sword, although that sword is indeed a little different from the Lionheart Sword of the past, but after all, the Knight of the Sword Keeper Lake is genuine, and the Earl of Yanbao can also prove it." Brando breathed a sigh of relief and decided that he wouldn't want to think about it if he couldn't figure it out. Anyway, there was Priest Wood on the other side of the temple, and the people he was going to see today, and he would always figure out what had happened to make the temple so impatient.
"Yanbao?" Antitina looked at her lord with some curiosity.
"Hehe, I didn't expect you to have something you didn't know. The first ancestor of the Swallow Castle family was Ek's attendant, and before his death, the first king Ek made a will to protect the holy sword for generations, so that Swallow Castle could have such a transcendent position in Eruin. And the lionheart's sword protector must be the knight beside Ek—" Brando replied.
"How is that possible!" Antitina's eyes widened: "Isn't he hundreds of years old?" ”
"The Knight of the Lake is not a human being, but a living spirit contracted to the sword, and he dedicates his life to that sword, which is more akin to the undead in terms of the state of the storage zài." Brando picked out the more reliable rumors from his memory to answer, but he wasn't completely sure, after all, the information came from a mixed forum of dragons and snakes.
"Then isn't it very powerful, and Her Royal Highness the princess has another strong boost." Miss Staff's thinking immediately returned to politics, which made Brando couldn't help but be a little amused, "It's not as terrible as you imagined, the Knight of the Lake has the strength of the element of civilization, but because he doesn't have a body, it's slightly worse than Veronica of the Cruz Empire." "His subtext is that the Knight of the Lake is level fifty-seven, and Veronica's level fifty-nine is the late stage of the civilization element.
The Gray Sword Saint Mephistopheles must have the strength of the peak of the sixty-level civilization element, and above that is the extreme realm of controlling the element, the dragon clan was born with such power-but Eruin does not have such a existence at the moment. It takes a long time for human beings to manifest the elements after the peak of gold, then break through the wall of the elements to civilize the power, and finally go through a long period of cultivation to the extreme realm of completely controlling the elements, but for the bloodline of gold and silver, it is as simple as eating and dressing.
This made Brando have to sigh.
"I understand that the nobles of the north intend to stall for time and find a justifiable excuse for going to war." Antitina reacted.
Brando nodded, pleased with the reaction of his staff. In fact, the north and the south had no intention of peace talks at all, and both sides came for the attitude of Ampessel and the temple, and now the attitude of the temple has become clear, and the only thing left for the two sides is a war. It's just that I didn't expect such an accident to occur at the meeting, and the princess actually took out the lionheart sword, presumably Grand Duke Sifah is even worried about how many hairs have fallen out at the moment.
Princess Griffiin was as clever and shrewd as the rumors, and she took out the Lionheart not to bring the nobles to their hearts, but to declare the legitimacy of the royal party's inheritance on this occasion that was widely seen; There was no doubt that she had succeeded, and the prestige of the Lionheart Sword among the people of Eruin was conceivable, and it was indeed unexpected that Her Royal Highness could calmly fight back under the oppression of the Temple.
However, as Antitina said, the northern nobles will not rest on their laurels, and the purpose of Brando's trip is to find out the news. And, of course, there is a passing purpose.
"Her Royal Highness is really smart." Antitina couldn't help but praise it.
At this time, the carriage stopped. The carriage paused slightly, and Brando lifted the curtain to see his carriage docked side by side with another carriage. He took a closer look at the carriage, then knocked on the window twice, and the door of the carriage opened, and a man stepped out of it, who was immediately in Brando's carriage.
"Mr. Brando, I—" Magdal said as she jumped into the carriage with her skirt in her hand, and looked at Brando; The nun princess was wearing a light white dress today, looking gentle and quiet, but she looked a little nervous, and her chest rose and fell slightly. After getting into the car, she looked nervously outside before closing the door.
But Brando interrupted her, shook her head, and made a gesture of silence.
Magdal looked at the two in bewilderment.
"When does the auction start?" Brando asked.
"Auction...... We're pretty much right now; Mr. Brando, my friend is a very reliable man, so don't worry, he will arrange your lot. Unfortunately, Ampercel has been in a state of panic lately, and many people have been selling their art and collections, and the manager had intended to use Mr. Brando's lot as the finale. Magdal understood Antitina's gesture - Brando told her not to mention 'those things' for a while, and to be careful that the wall had ears - the nun princess was also a smart and human being, and reacted immediately.
"It's okay." Brando replied. In fact, this is better, after all, the painting of Princess Dark Yao in his hand is stolen, and it is not good to be too conspicuous.
Magdal took a breath, suddenly raised his head, and gestured to Brando with some anxiety. It was mute, Brando was slightly stunned, thinking that this was not good, and he did not know dumb language - but this princess was really versatile, and history says that she was a linguistic genius, and she had been on many missions to other countries as a diplomatic envoy of the Temple before she got married, but she didn't expect to understand even mute.
He was slightly stunned, but he felt Antitina grasp his hand. Brando turned around and saw that his staff lady had pulled his hand away and gestured a finger over his palm, and he paused for a moment before he realized that Antitina was translating for himself:
"Priest Wood is under house arrest—"
Brando raised his head and stared at the nun princess of the Sanctuary of Fire in surprise, only to see the latter nod earnestly. The news quickly made Brando frown, to say that Wood and Murros were colleagues under the same institution, and there was no personal vendetta between the two, at most there was some disagreement. He could believe that Wood had reached a compromise with Murros under pressure from the Temple, but Murros had him placed the former under house arrest.
It's tantamount to turning the other cheek.
Is this necessary? Or is the temple so urgent? He thought for a moment what was it that made the temple so anxious, and suddenly he turned his hand and grasped Antitina's soft hand—Miss Staff had never dreamed of this, and her face turned red, but she was still calm and only trembled slightly—Brando was unaware of this, and wrote in her hand:
"Is there any news about the temple?" Antitina bit her lower lip and gestured.
Brando knew that Her Royal Highness was a true close friend of Princess Griffiin, and he could believe it. Magdal had heard of Brando's deeds, and had no suspicion of her friend's knight - in fact, she was now under surveillance, and could not see Griffien at all. But the outside world doesn't know Brando's identity yet, which is why she is so anxious to find this mysterious young man from Tonigel.
In fact, she was still quietly looking at Brando, a rumored unruly young man who didn't look as savage as rumored, some said he was the head of the thieves, but Magdal made a good impression of him when he first met Brando, and even said that he was a model of gentleness and nobility - and not as hypocritical as Marquis Yuxi.
Magdal nodded, she was about to gesticulate, but Brando had already raised her hand to stop her.
"If you have anything to say, you can talk about it when you get to the place, and you can't say it clearly here." Brando said.
So there was silence in the carriage.
The carriage soon passed the middle line of Ampesel's city, and in fact Brando had been to the auction house in Magdal's mouth in his previous life, and he had asked it only to avoid attracting attention. It was a magical world, and although there were no bugs, there were spells that were able to collect sounds in the wind, and he had to be careful. The carriage passed by Place San Binot in Ampesel, a short distance from the auction house.
Brando even had time to raise the curtains to take a look at the scenery outside, but just as he was at that moment, the screams of the coachman and the neighing of the horses were heard in front of him, and then the carriage suddenly stopped from the rapid advance, and the carriage was sideways, almost flying off the road. The sudden change of events prevented the two ladies in the carriage from reacting, and they almost immediately rolled out of their seats screaming, and if Brando hadn't reacted quickly and hugged them one by one, the two noble ladies would have had a close contact with the floor of the carriage.
The carriage shook violently, and Brando held the two ladies against the side of the carriage wall, barely balancing. However, for a while, the posture of the three of them was inevitably a little indecent, Brando hugged Antitina with one hand, supported the wall of the car with his elbow, and the slender body of Miss Staff seemed to be strangled into this strong and powerful body, and even the small breasts that were not too well developed were tightly attached to his chest.
Antitina's usual calmness made her not stunned by the sudden change, but she was clearly aware of her situation, and her face was dripping blood.
But Princess Magdal was blank, completely stunned, so much so that she didn't realize that she was stopped by Brando. The nun princess had no ability to protect herself at all, and her body was as soft as bones and fluttering, so that Brando suspected that she was holding a ball of cotton, and couldn't help but look back. saw that her face was pale, her eyes were closed, and she looked pitiful, which made his heart beat faster.
After a few moments, the carriage came down steadily, and it fell to the ground with a thud.
"Ahh Magdal screamed in discomfort, and it turned out that Brando was pressed against her. Now the nun finally realized her situation, and couldn't help but struggle slightly, trying to get Brando to let go of her. But Brando couldn't do that much now, and although he didn't know what was going on outside, it was clear that the horses were frightened, and if they were to be allowed to go crazy and drag the carriage on the ground, he would be fine, but Antitina and the nun princess would inevitably be injured.
Brando reacted quickly, and immediately drew the Earth Sword from the dimensional cave and swung it upward, cutting a large hole in the wall of the carriage on the side of the carriage with a loud bang, and then he grabbed Antitina and Magdal and jumped out of the carriage. Brando is already close to the pinnacle of gold, and although it is only a few moments, this series of actions is not difficult for him. The passers-by on the street saw the carriage fall, and suddenly there was a loud bang, and before they could see what was going on, a young man landed firmly on the street holding two beautiful women on the left and right.
'Wow, this guy is so good! ’
That's what most people's first thoughts at the moment are.
But Brando felt only full of anger, and the princess Antitina and Magdal were still in shock, and when he looked up, he saw that the two horses he had drawn had fallen in a pool of blood, and the coachman was also bleeding from the side of the carriage, and was groaning beside the carriage. Obviously, the two feathered arrows on the horse's forehead that went straight into the handle were the culprits of this qiē, Brando couldn't help but raise his head with a sinking face, stared at a group of black-clothed and black-armored men and horses not far away, and asked in a cold voice:
"What did you do?"
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