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However, when Roland finds Prince Wicks in a room on the second floor.

At the same time, in the fourth floor above him, the entire corridor fell into a dead silence, like a scene from a haunted mansion.

Faintly, two men in black armor were walking in the hallway, their eyes constantly scanning around, as if looking for something.

"Lord Esmond...... Is that really okay? We are killing His Royal Highness the Great Prince......"

Suddenly, one of the men looked at the bald man beside him with a worried face on his face, and asked in a low voice.

"Hmph, Hans, our mission is just to pass by, and then save the missing Prince of Wicks, but you must know that by the time we arrived at this noble manor, Wicks had already been attacked and killed by the rebels, and what we need to do now is ...... Find his body. ”

The bald man with scars on his face smiled eerily, showed a maniacal smile, and whispered.

If Roland saw this scar-faced man at this moment, he would immediately recognize that this guy was the general of the Black Iron Shield Legion, the hardest shield Esmond.

This guy named Esmond once accomplished a feat that shocked the entire Aenoble continent, leading the Black Iron Shield to block the invasion of the orc army, buying the Bruman Imperial Army and other allied forces a crucial time.

It was in this way that the mad orcs would be defeated in the battle in which the three major nations were involved, and the Black Iron Shield led by Esmond was almost the turning point of that battle.

And his title is "the hardest shield". It was also obtained at that time.

"By the way, the nobles of this manor are the murderers of Prince Wicks, and you will send someone to arrest him...... Kill! ”

"Yes, Lord Esmond."

Hans nodded hurriedly, wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead, and responded.

Although he has been following this Lord Esmond for more than ten years. But when standing beside him, Hans always felt as if he were standing with a monstrous beast, and it was a terrible feeling.

"Hmph, I feel his breath...... It turned out to be hiding in a room on the top floor. ”

Esmond snorted coldly, walked briskly to the last room in the hallway, and with a bang, kicked the door open roughly, staring playfully into the darkness of the room.

The Prince of Wicks he was looking for should be in it. There can be no mistake, because in the process of searching layer by layer, only the breath of life here is as obvious as the light of fire in the night.

Suddenly, with a snort, the cold light flashed in the air, and in the dim room, two figures wearing royal guard uniforms suddenly flashed. They all wielded a blade that shone with cold light, and slashed quickly at Esmond's neck.

"It's not His Highness Wicks. Stupid fellow, you think you can kill me with such a blade? Joke ......"

But in the face of the attack of two sharp blades, Esmond did not dodge, and directly stretched out two thick palms and grabbed at the heads of the two royal guards.

There was a thud as two sharp blades slashed at Esmond's neck. And there was no scene of blood flying, but a sound like steel colliding, and dazzling sparks burst out with the sliding of the blades.

“………………”

In an instant, the two royal guards were also stunned, and the huge anti-shock force came from their hands. Almost made their blades fall to the ground.

Damn, what kind of monster this guy is.

"Die, you bastards."

But Esmond didn't give them time to think, and with a muffled bang, his powerful palm grabbed the heads of the two royal guards directly, and slowly lifted them up like debris.

"No...... No...... No, ah! ”

A flash of fear immediately flashed in the eyes of the two royal guards, who felt death coming, and their bodies struggled to break free from Esmond's iron lock-like palms.

But this qiē was in vain, and when Esmond had a strange smile on his face and a muffled pop, the heads of the two royal guards exploded like watermelons, and the blood mixed with the brains inside continued to splatter in all directions.

"Prince Wicks isn't here, it looks like we missed him......"

Esmond frowned as he looked at the terrifying scene in front of him with a flat expression, then glanced at the interior of the dimly lit room and said.

Although there was no light source in the room, it could be clearly felt that there was no trace of life breath inside, and the previous life breath was probably emanating from the last two royal guards.

But...... Where has his target, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wicks, gone?

"Yes...... Yes, Lord Esmond, I'm going to find out where Prince Wicks is, and I'll find him even if I flip this building. ”

Hans looked at Esmond, who was covered in blood and looked like a demon from hell, and his face turned pale, as if he were afraid that he would be the next to die.

"No, by this time, he's out of here...... And there are other people who are helping him. ”

Suddenly, Esmond's face moved, as if he had heard something, and he hurriedly walked to the window at the end of the corridor, looked at the town under the moonlight, and said in a deep voice.

Who exactly? Who exactly saved Wicks......

You must know that in order to keep it secret, he only brought dozens of soldiers and adjutants with him in this operation to search for the "corpse" of Prince Wicks, so that most of the soldiers did not enter this noble manor.

And even when he used his hand on the royal guards, Esmond used secret arts, summoning demonic beasts to attack, and neither himself nor the Black Iron Shield attacked.

So... No matter what the outside world thinks, he is just here to save Prince Weeks.

But if Wicks returns to the imperial capital alive, I'm afraid he will be in great trouble, and ...... At the same time, he will lose the trust of the adult.

"Hans, have all the soldiers cordon off the whole town. Don't let anyone leave without my orders...... And also...... You gather a team of trustworthy elite cavalry, and we're going to save ...... Save...... Prince Wicks! ”

Esmond groaned for a moment, then turned to Hans, the lieutenant beside him, and he accentuated the word salvation so that even a fool could hear it.

"Understood. Lord Esmond! ”

The adjutant Hans answered, put one hand on his chest, gave a military salute, and immediately ran in the direction of the stairs.

"Hmph, whoever it is, Weeks must die, no one has ever survived at my Esmond's hands...... Hey, there's a living person down there...... It turned out to be hidden on the second floor. ”

When his lieutenant Hans left, Esmond's ears seemed to hear something. Hurriedly turned his gaze to the long, narrow and dim staircase, and muttered in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, the general of the Black Iron Shield came to the edge of the stairs, glanced down, and then leaped forward, and with a snort, like a huge cannonball, it fell towards Xiangxiang.

There was a loud bang. Esmond landed firmly on the second floor of the European-style building, except for stepping into a deep pit in the ground. There is no damage to the body.

He followed the sound he sensed and walked slowly forward, and in a few moments he saw an acquaintance outside an open door.

"So you're not dead in the midst of that beast tide just now, my old friend: Arro."

A hint of banter crossed Esmond's face. As if mocking, he looked at the figure half-lying on the ground.

"Ahem, I knew it was you, Esmond, and I didn't expect it to be you when I saw my friend before I died. But...... I would like to remind you of your decision to betray Prince Wicks...... It would be an irreparable mistake that you will regret. ”

But...... At this time, the situation of the royal guards in command of Arro did not look good.

His body has been completely bloodied, and he has become weak even when he speaks, and I am afraid he will not be able to survive for long.

"Hmph, Arro, my decision will never be wrong, but you, it was your decision that made you throw yourself into the arms of death......"

Esmond said jokingly, but before he could say a few words, his voice stopped, because Arro's eyes had darkened as he lay on the ground, and the breath of life on his body had vanished, turning into a cold corpse.

"I didn't think you would step into the arms of death first...... Arro. ”

In an instant, Esmond was the only one left in the entire aisle, falling into a deathly silence, which looked particularly eerie.

……………………………………

At the same time, Roland had already followed the secret passage of the small town of Pierdel in his memory, leaving the town and entering the nearby mountains.

Although the Black Iron Shield has tightly surrounded the entire town of Peddle, for Roland, who has teleportation skills, he only needs to seize the opportunity and escape from this encirclement with several skills in a row.

As for Sass the Thief and Prince Wicks, they were both thrown into the Ouroboros Ring by Roland on the grounds that they were in the way.

But...... Now in such a big escape, it will indeed be much more convenient for Roland to be alone, and it will not be so easy to expose his whereabouts.

"It's so bad, I can't imagine that I just got the pure black church, and there is another black iron shield...... But I'm a little curious about who the Black Iron Shield is for. ”

Roland stared back at the small town of Peddle, which shone with the light of countless torches, and fell into deep thought.

In the previous game, the Black Iron Shield Legion has always been a neutral force in the Brumman Empire, and will not intervene in the struggle of the royal family.

But for this attack, Roland is sure that the Black Iron Shield is already working for a member of the royal family, with the aim of eliminating the most likely heir to the throne, the Grand Prince of Wicks.

Who was the mastermind of this attack?

Could it be the second princess Ainara, or the puppet third prince Genie?

No............ And one more, Duke Donald, the younger brother of the current king! (To be continued......) R1292