Chapter 3: Desperate Situation
Slowly raising his head and looking at Trier's smug smile, Duran rubbed his eyebrows and asked with some confusion: "The two viscounts of the Niclair family died one after another, and you are so confident that you will not attract the wrath of the Grand Duke?" Especially after the demise of the Niclair family, the fief will also be nationalized, and what will Sanders get? ”
This question has been bothering Duran since he found himself hunted down, and even if he died, what qualifications did Sanders have to benefit from it as a first-class knight?
"Heh... There are still a lot of problems. With a mocking smile, Trill glanced at the dead war horse and smiled: "Anyway, you are almost a dead man, so it doesn't matter if you tell you." ”
Smiling playfully, Trill took out a leather bag engraved with mysterious runes from his arms, untied the knot on the bag and shook it gently, and a five-foot-long cheetah-like corpse fell heavily to the ground.
Duran's pupils shrank slightly, and the corpse... That's it, the third-order demonic beast Gale Leopard, whose strength is equivalent to that of a human being's high-ranking swordsman, but his speed is faster, his attack is stronger, and he is very good at sneak attacks.
The carcass of a Gale Leopard with its core fur intact could easily fetch thousands of gold coins at auction house, but compared to the small leather bag in Triel's hand, this valuable corpse was nothing more than garbage.
Presided over by a grandmaster-level alchemist, the storage treasure space bag made of a large number of precious space-based alchemy materials is used, the larger the space inside, the more terrible its price is, but even if it is a space bag with an internal space only the size of a suitcase, its value is enough to be passed down from generation to generation as an heirloom of a small nobleman, and seeing this thing Duran is already sure that there must be a big man behind Sanders, otherwise he will not be able to afford such treasures in another ten years just by relying on the taxes of the embezzling family, Presumably, it was also the big man who promised him that he would inherit the Viscount of Niclell in the future.
"Well, the honorable lord Duran Niclair was seriously injured by a lurking gale leopard when he was hunting with several noble knights, and at this time, the brave scout Trill led the family's loyal private army to arrive in time and desperately killed the gale leopard who was defeated by the knights, but the lord and the knights were too seriously injured and died before they could return to the family, lord, what do you think of this script?" Trill looked at Duran in a serious manner, and then several crossbow-wielding knights on the same side looked at each other and laughed maniacally.
Colin shuddered with rage and whispered, "You shameless traitors, may God curse your sinful souls." ”
Trill didn't bother to pay attention to Colin at all, wiped the tears that flowed from his wild laughter and said, "Okay, after answering your question, I can be regarded as worthy of you, so let's go on the road with peace of mind." With a slight wave of his hand, several people picked up the light crossbow in their hands at the same time.
The Knight of Colin, who was guarding Duran with a sword, was full of anger under the pressure of his sword, and slowly exhaled a long breath. He had already seen the power of the poisoned arrow, and his comrades-in-arms, who were also mid-ranking swordsmen, were powerless to resist the domineering toxin after being hit by the arrow, and they were crushed by the horses that caught up after falling miserably.
Duran was standing behind him at this time, and Colin was not confident that he would be able to run away with him, but he was confident that he would not let Duran hurt a hair before he was killed in battle.
The crosshairs of the six light crossbows were already pointed at Colin's vital point, and just as they were about to pull the trigger, Duran's voice slowly sounded: "Please wait a minute, I think we can make a deal." ”
"Deal? If you're willing to kneel down and beg me, it's not impossible to think about it. Trill raised his eyebrows in some consternation, and then smiled playfully, Sanders had already given a death order to kill Duran, of course he couldn't let Duran go, but it was also a rare pastime to have the opportunity to tease this noble nobleman, and several killers on the side glanced at each other, and also showed a mocking smile.
Ignoring the teasing gazes of several people, Duran looked at Trill and said slowly: "I know that Sanders can't let me go, and I'm not ready to leave alive, the object of this transaction is the inconsequential knight Colin, let him go, and in return, I will hand over Niclair's treasure to you, well, you." ”
Trill's heart beat rapidly, but he still said with some suspicion in his mouth: "The treasure of the Niclair family? Does this thing really exist, why hasn't even Lord Sanders heard of it, and are you really willing to exchange your family's treasure for the life of this guy Colin? ”
With a disdainful smile, Duran said coldly: "Why am I reluctant? You can't let me go, after my death, the Niclair family will be wiped out, and the family's treasure will be left to someone different, it is better to change a loyal knight to leave alive, as for Sanders, he is just a dog of my Niclair family, how can he know where the family's treasure is? ”
The black-armored warriors with crossbows glanced at each other, and couldn't help but feel a little moved, although Duran's words were a little ugly, it didn't seem to be unreasonable.
"Bring out some evidence first, or I won't be able to let that Colin guy go." Triel's eyes flickered slightly, he didn't think that Duran would lie at such a time, after all, the demise of the Niclair family was a foregone conclusion, their inheritance was cheaper, and if it could be exchanged for the life of a family knight, why not, after all, although Colin was a little stupid, his loyalty was still impeccable.
At this time, Colin, who was preparing to fight to the death, finally reacted, and exclaimed: "What nonsense are you talking about, how can the treasure of the Niclair family be handed over to such a traitor, and if I want Colin to leave you and escape, I will never be able to do this kind of thing, Lord Duran, please allow me to fight for you to the end!" ”
Sighing softly, Duran exclaimed in a low voice, "This is my order, Your Excellency Knight. ”
The back of Colin's sword-wielding hand was bruised, but he stubbornly didn't say a word.
Rubbing his eyebrows slightly, Duran said with emotion: "Your ancestor, His Excellency Knight Corten, swore allegiance to the Niclair family at the age of sixteen, he was loyal and brave all his life, and later died heroically in the battle to defend Baishan Town, and after his death, he was buried with the current Viscount of the family, His Excellency Sauron Niclair, after that, every one of your direct ancestors has conscientiously guarded the Niclair family, and my father and I and every Viscount Niclair consider you to be a model for the knights of the entire continent." Looking at Colin's lowered eyes, Duran's voice gradually turned cold: "But now you are going to betray Niclaire's will like a rebel like Sanders?" ”
Colin's majestic body shuddered violently, and he whispered hoarsely, "For the sake of Niclaire's will, I am willing to shed the last drop of blood!" ”
"Very well, then carry out the order, Your Excellency."
As if he had lost his soul in an instant, Colin's eyes were covered with small scars, his trembling hand gently took off a medal engraved with a shining cavalry spear on his chest, and after a nostalgic look, he crumpled it to pieces, at this moment, he gave up his knighthood as his life, and from now on he would live as an adventurer by any means, and one day he would return to the land again, and then these betrayers would have to pay.
Bowing to Duran, Colin jerked around and ran wildly into the depths of the forest.
As soon as Trill and the others wanted to stop it, Duran suddenly stepped forward and snorted coldly, and Trill said in a low voice: "I hope you don't lie to me, otherwise you should know that there are many ways to die." ”
Ignoring Trier's threat, Duran raised his left hand slightly, and above that index finger, a ring made of black dragons coiled from head to tail was releasing a trace of mystical fluctuations: "The space ring, compared to the advanced item of your space bag, the space wrist wheel, is a level higher than the space system treasure, and the entire Duchy of Watson will probably not be able to find a third one except for the one of the Grand Duke Watson and the one in front of me." ”
"Since you dare to make a move on the Niclair family, you should have also investigated, Niclaire's ancestor is a powerful black magician who is proficient in curse arts, this ring has been passed down from generation to generation as a patriarch token, and the only way to open it is the secret spell of the Niclair family, if you forcibly break it, you will only be cursed and turned into a carrion corpse, this ring stores the real secret treasure accumulated by the family from generation to generation, compared to it, the gold coins and red wine stored in the family treasury are just rubbish."
Trill and the rest of the black-armored warriors were breathing fire in their eyes, although they had never seen such a treasure, but the fluctuations emitted by the ring were exactly the same as the space bag in their hands, and this small space bag was borrowed by Sanders from a big man behind him, when he handed it to Trill, Sanders had repeatedly warned him that if this space bag made any mistakes, he would be killed mercilessly, and its value was terrible, However, the space finger in front of him is a treasure that is two levels higher than the space bag, not to mention the secret treasure in it, it is only the body of this ring, as long as he sells it, the wealth obtained is enough for him to spend his life in great luxury.
"If you let Colin go, then the secret treasure of the Niclair family can be handed over to you, well, you guys."
Duran's words kept echoing in Triel's mind before, why do you want to do this, I am the leader of this team, and this treasure should naturally belong to me. But there are so many people here, I'm afraid that the news will leak, and when the time comes, not only will this treasure be taken away, but even his own life will be threatened, anyway, now Duran is already a turtle in the urn, and Colin is purely a fool, it doesn't matter if he escapes, it's better to kill all the people present, isn't this precious space ring and the secret treasure inside all his?
Once the demonic thoughts are raised, it will be difficult to suppress, and when Trill raised his head again, he looked at the rest of the people with a murderous aura that was difficult to hide, and the rest of the people looked at each other silently, and each of them also saw a trace of strangeness in the eyes of the other, Duran's guard knights were quite strong, even if they lost a few people in the process of carrying out the mission, they should ...... It's normal, right?
When Duran took out the ring, the atmosphere between several people suddenly became extremely strange, several black-armored warriors slowly retreated, stood with their backs against the big tree, and then slowly raised their light crossbows and pointed at Duran's heart, but looking at their twinkling eyes, I am afraid that the slightest wind and grass will blow, and the quenched crossbow arrows will penetrate anyone they want to kill.
Duran also leaned against a big tree with his back and looked at the people with strange faces with a light smile.
And at this moment, a tall figure slowly walked from the depths of the dense forest, and several black-armored warriors were startled, and the light crossbow in their hands had already pointed at the figure that suddenly appeared.
Du Lan's eyebrows were raised, and he hurriedly looked carefully, the person looked hideous and ugly, at least two heads taller than ordinary people, and the ****'s upper body was covered with iron ingot-like muscle blocks, and after finding that the black-armored warriors were pointing crossbow arrows at him, the ugly face couldn't help but show a strange smile.
Cui Er on the side also turned his head to look, his heart was suddenly shocked, and his greed turned into cold sweat and was instantly discharged from his body, and he hurriedly shouted angrily at the black-armored warrior on the side: "Are you looking for death, dare to point a crossbow arrow at Billy's group leader, don't you put it down for me quickly!" ”
Several people trembled, hurriedly put down the light crossbow in their hands, and bowed down to apologize to the muscular monster-like Billy Regiment Leader.
Ignoring those people, Billy smiled strangely, and casually threw the things he was carrying at Duran's feet, Duran looked over with some doubts, only to feel his heart shrink suddenly, although it was stained with blood, he could clearly distinguish that the dirty orb at his feet was the head of the knight Colin who had just escaped.
Duran closed his eyes in agony, and it was all over.