The king pulled out the tail of his axe, and the corpse of the Iron-Faced Overseer lost its support and fell limply to the ground.

Corvo's side has already finished the matter, looking at Lao Wang's fighting skills, the former protector has a complicated expression, frowned and said: "Mark, without further ado, let's hurry up and keep up with the advance left by Franz, once the whale oil privateer moves, the time when the alarm will sound will not be delayed for long, Gambol will get a warning at any time, time is running out." ”

Lao Wang nodded, pinned the long axe to his waist and said, "I listen to the captain." ”

Corvo's expression softened a little, and he said no more, and jumped onto the roadside building with the old king.

The two of them trotted along the eaves, and now that the disguise had been revealed, from now on, it was up to Corvo to sneak his way and sneak into Gambor's mansion.

Corvo put on his skull mask again, Lao Wang had guessed whether the lens at the eye position of this mask had a special detection function, and this idea was confirmed, don't look at the two of them so high, but seven or eight meters away, none of the marks left on the ground in the bamboo Corvo have fallen.

The work of the Whale Oil Privateers seemed to be being carried out very well, and Corvo and the King were constantly staggering along the road with the hurried Decent Overseers, ignoring the alarms and only the fire and smoke, and the Iron Mask Overseers did not know what to do, and the best way was to go to the scene to check it out, and in this way their attention was well distracted.

By the time the third explosion sounded, Wang and Corvo had already seen the outline of Gambor's grand mansion, and now the target house was only about less than 200 meters away from the eaves where they were now living, and the last mark in the bamboo had disappeared here.

Corvo nodded to the king, who understood, and shrunk into the dark corner of the eaves, pursing his lips and cooing, as if there really was a night owl parked here.

This scavenging bird, like the crow, is increasing in the plague-ravaging empire, and its chirping goes unnoticed.

The short and thin figure of the bamboo squatted in the shadow of a building, holding his breath and sitting with his eyes closed, suddenly, his ears twitched a few times, and a few screams of the night owl came, he listened carefully for a while, nodded slightly, the voice came a little later than he expected, it seems that the uncle and Corvo have encountered some small trouble on the road, but it should be dangerous.

The little guy opened his eyes, and did not move his position to go out to meet Lao Wang, which was also an appointment they made, and they did not have to show up recklessly after hearing the code, but only used their voice to transmit the message, and waited until they could be sure that it was safe.

Wang Mancang pricked up his ears under the eaves, and after a while, he heard a crow chirping in the distance, the sound was first two long and one short, and then followed by a short sound of three consecutive sounds, according to the previously planned code pattern, which means that Takenaka has been mixed near Gambol's official land, the view is good, no one has been discovered, and it is safe for the time being.

Corvo also understood this code, and after a moment's thought, he said to the old king in a barely audible voice: "Mark, tell Franz that we will go and join him." ”

Lao Wang cooed a few more times, and after receiving a firm and rapid chirp as an affirmative reply, he immediately looked up and looked carefully.

A crow flew up in the night sky not far from them, and it seemed to outsiders that it was the one who had just chirped and was now changing places.

Using the chirping as a code, and then releasing the birds that match the call as a road signpost, can not only show the direction clearly, but also better cover up the source of the birdsong, so as not to appear abrupt.

"Mark, has Francis always done in this way?" Corvo was also the first time to see this kind of way of dealing with codes, and in his heart he couldn't help but look up to Takenaka a little more, this is a 12-year-old child, he has considered things more carefully than most royal advisers.

Lao Wang smiled and didn't answer Corvo's question, and said in his heart that there are so many perverts you haven't seen, and Takenaka often does more detailed work than this.

He changed the topic and said, "Captain, you know the location now, but you can't be discovered in the past, and you have to decide the route." ”

Corvo nodded, his left hand raised, I don't know when there was a delicate small hand crossbow on it, the crossbow string was tied to a three-edged crossbow arrow, and the end of the arrow led to a black rope, the last time in the Void Realm, the old king's climbing rope gave him inspiration, and when he went back, he asked Isaac to make this climbing arrow for him, and the two of them carefully climbed with the help of this prop, and after a while, they successfully converged with Takenaka.

Takenaka's hideout is a tall building adjacent to the Gambol Mansion, and by looking at the appearance, it is clear that this should also be the residence of a high-ranking nobleman in the empire.

The three of them squatted in a circle, and Takenaka spoke first: "Your Excellency Corvo, we are now only 50 meters away from Gambor's official residence, from here, every time we get closer, there will be at least three pairs of eyes to find us, I have seen just now, there are at least 60 or so iron-faced overseers outside the mansion, and some of them have been sent away one after another, and there are still more than 40 people left, which is a little more than our estimate, if we are surrounded by them, I believe the result is very clear to you." ”

"Monsieur Francis, it's too late to retreat, after all, there's no need for you to accompany me to my death. Corvo said lightly, the skull's face was cold, and he couldn't see his joy or anger.

"I don't mean to back down, but as a participant in the assassination, can you let us know some details of your assassination plan now?" Takenaka was scolded by Corvo without being salty, but there was still no anger on his face, and he asked happily.

Corvo has never fully trusted Lao Wang and Takenaka, and as for the specific method of assassinating Gambor, he has never announced it under the pretext of preventing the plan from leaking, and now it has reached a critical juncture, and it is normal for Takenaka to ask Corvo to make it public.

Corvo took a deep breath and made up his mind: "I have obtained the blueprint of this mansion through the royalists, and after Mr. Isaac's analysis, there is a practical way to approach Gambor, if we can enter the backyard, we can find the escape passage reserved for this mansion when it was first built under the fountain, and with that passage, we can successfully avoid a lot of finishing touches and enter the inner mansion, so that we can save a lot of time, and we can also avoid grabbing some unnecessary entanglements." ”

"If that's the case, without further ado, we..." Lao Wang heard this, and said, before he could finish speaking, the terrible alarm suddenly exploded, and the three of them were startled, although they had been prepared for a long time, but they still screamed in their hearts that it was not good, the whale oil privateer had already suffered casualties, because the alarm had been touched, at most 2 minutes, Gambol would take action against this alarm.

In good conscience, it would not be easy for the whale oil privateers to delay until now, but the alarm sounded, and this was not a good time for the trio who were about to carry out their plan.

The three of them nodded to each other in acknowledgment, and immediately stood up and walked to the back of the alley, whatever Corvo's next plan was, it was time to do it right now.

Takenaka said as he walked: "Don't be too anxious, everyone should not be too anxious, I thought about it, now the alarm is not necessarily a bad thing, Lord Corvo, let me ask first, in the Imperial army, can the alarm convey a specific message, just like the code of me and Mark just did." ”

Corvo didn't know why he asked, but as he walked, he replied, "As far as I know, no." ”

"Then it's simple, then, there are always standard rules for responding to alarms. Takenaka continued to ask.

Corvo seemed to understand what Takenaka meant, his steps involuntarily slowed down, and said thoughtfully: "The kind of enemy attack alarm just now, the normal response should be to close the doors and windows, prohibit going out, and protect the key personnel to evacuate first, you mean!"

"Indeed, when I heard you say that you wanted to sneak in through the secret passage, I didn't think it was very desirable, because although this is a secret passage, after all, it has been so long, and Gambol has discovered that it is very likely to exist, and it is possible to continue to use it as his own escape channel, in this case, it is impossible not to send someone to watch the secret passage, maybe we sneak in with our front feet, and the back feet will be directly discovered by the caretaker of the inner house. Takenaka said quickly, and now the time is pressing, and the little guy is not willing to delay the time when he explains.

"Is there an opportunity now?" asked Lao Wang interjected.

"Yes, I think Monsieur Franz meant to use the escape route to ambush Gambor. Corvo replied.

"Your Excellency is right, the characteristics of the escape route are destined to be relatively narrow, and Gambol can't take many people with him when he runs, and our numerical disadvantage is not obvious, so it is more convenient to start. Takenaka nodded, affirming Corvo's statement.

"Don't go!" Lao Wang snorted, stopped the two people who were talking as they walked, and said, "I don't know anything else, but do you want to take a look at the situation outside." ”

The three of them probed, the backyard of Gambor's mansion was now under martial law, and the high-powered searchlights set up on the wall illuminated the courtyard as if it were daylight, and at least 20 Iron Mask Overseers lined up in the courtyard, their iron masks were gilded, and their figures looked like knives and axes, which should be the elite of the Iron Mask Overseers.

Through the iron bars, it can be seen that around a fountain pool, there are especially many Iron Overseers standing on guard, making up half of the total.

Although this proves from the side that there is indeed a secret passage here, the difficulty of silently sneaking in has also increased greatly, and it is okay to say what the consequences will be after being discovered.

Takenaka frowned, and Corvo was also still, needless to say, both of them were worried about the situation in the yard.

The three of them were still worried about the situation in front of them, but the street filled with shrill sirens shook slightly, mixed with the sound of clattering machinery, as if some heavy machinery was approaching.

Corvo was shocked when he heard this, and this time he hurriedly grabbed Lao Wang and Takenaka, and quickly retreated, until they were completely dragged into the alley and stretched out, and only stopped when they were completely covered by shadows.

The former protector made a silent gesture to the two of them, and then raised his hand to point to the crack in the alley that revealed the darkness of the night.

Lao Wang and Takenaka were dumbfounded, only to see that two long mechanical legs as thick as a lamppost trampled heavily on the street, and along the long legs of the machine, you could see a man covered by an arc-shaped shield on all sides.

He was wearing a mechanical suit, stepping on these two lamppost-like mechanical legs, holding a rod in his hand and knowing that the caliber was not small at a glance, in addition, there were four Gatlings that were fixed on the arc-shaped shield, as a mecha, this long-legged mecha had a strange structure, but the bright armament was placed there, and anyone who saw it knew that this thing was not easy to mess with.

"Tallguard, why is it here?" exclaimed Takenaka in a low voice.

"I'm also puzzled, this is the ultimate armed force of the Empire, there are only a few of them on each front, how can it be transferred to become the dog of Gambor's house!" Corvo replied, glancing up that the tall-legged guards had rumbled past without noticing them.

The three of them also underestimated the degree of Gambor's cowardice, since the news of Corvo's escape from Coldridge Mountain Prison came, Gambol knew that he couldn't escape, and every day he was like a great enemy, not only increased the number of guards, but also transferred back a tall guard from the Imperial Expeditionary Force to defend his official residence, and now this mecha appeared here, and the assassination of Gambol was even more difficult to climb.

"God won't let Emily come back to me?" Corvo muttered a little discouraged, as if shocked by the hostility in front of him, and for a moment he even told the secret deep feelings between himself and the princess.

"Holy Boy, Captain, I don't think you need to be too pessimistic. Lao Wang said to Zhuzhong's head, it's good that he is still in front of Corvo, and he can't directly call the little guy Bamboo.

The two of them looked at Lao Wang at the same time, not knowing what idea he suddenly thought of to defeat the enemy.

Lao Wang was a little hairy by the two of them, touched his nose and said: "I think so, everything can't escape a certain reason, such a high armor must require a lot of energy to drive, our empire doesn't use whale oil as the best fuel, so the tall guards must need to carry whale oil canisters to fight, right?"

When Wang Mancang said this, the thief smiled awkwardly, and the victim who had been burned by whale oil said in his heart that the rough and purified whale oil has such a large urine nature, so this kind of whale oil as fuel must be purified, if there is a spark seed in it, isn't it lively?

Corvo's voice sounded a little helpless: "Mark, as the best weapon of the Empire, how can the Tall Guard not guard against such an obvious weakness, it does have three powered whale oil canisters, but those fuel canisters all have a special layer of water inclusion, and it is too difficult to ignite the fire with conventional methods." ”

"It's not easy to do, and we can't leave it alone, if only we could just kill the driver, and looking at this posture, Gambol may come out of the backyard at any time, and when the time comes, we really don't have a chance to escape by this cargo." Lao Wang's plan was denied, and thinking about his task C, he was also a little anxious.

"Mark, what did you say?" Corvo said, turning his head to the old king with a skeletal face.

"I said Gambol would come out of the backyard at any time and be escorted by this cargo to escape. Wang repeated.

"No, the previous one. Corvo sounded a little anxious.

"I said it would be nice if I could just kill the driver. Wang looked at Corvo, and saw that he was breathing rapidly, as if his skeletal face was a little excited.

"I can!"