Early in the morning, the sun has not yet risen. A gray fog covered the fortress of Solai.

This is the time when the human body is most tired, and it is also the moment when the enemy is most likely to sneak attack. The more tired you are, the more you can't let your guard down, otherwise you may not see the sun that is about to rise.

On the watchtower at the gate of the fortress, the nervous sentry saw that in the mist, there seemed to be a slender figure moving along the narrow cliff path towards the fortress.

The sentry thought he was dazzled at first, but he wiped his eyes and looked at them to confirm that it was definitely not a hallucination, but a real person. This man was very strange, he was wearing a wide cloak, and he should have been a tall man from the point of view, and he walked unabashedly and openly, his steps were balanced and not hurried, and he did not look like an enemy who had come to sneak attack, but at this point in time, the sudden appearance of the city would definitely make people suspicious, if it was a reconnaissance team that went out last night, it would definitely send some kind of signal when it came back, but it was obvious that the person below did not, so this person was definitely an enemy - at least not his own comrades.

"Whoosh" - After waiting for the man to come within range of the bow, Sentinel Howe did not hesitate to shoot a sharp arrow.

The arrows swooped down on the invading enemy. But the mysterious man below did not panic at all, and at the moment when the sharp arrow screamed, he immediately stopped, and at the same time the side of the cloak was raised.

What happened next was like magic. The sentry was surprised to find that the arrow he had shot was easily caught in the man's hand.

"Hell!" the sentry cursed, and quickly took out the second arrow, and drew the string with his bow.

But he didn't have a second chance to shoot arrows. Because the mysterious man below suddenly showed a longbow hidden under the cloak, and completed the whole series of actions of pulling the string, aiming, and shooting at a very fast speed, and shot the arrow.

The sentry was shot through the wrist by his own arrow, and the bow in his hand fell from the watchtower along with the arrow. He never expected that the other party would have such superb bow skills. Just as the sentry was frightened, the mysterious man below suddenly shouted in a straight Sealand accent:

"Let me in, I'm Prince Harun. ”

Isn't Prince Harlan with General Finger! The sentry sounded the alarm without hesitation.

In the face of the rapid sirens and the impending rain of arrows, the mysterious man did not flinch at all, and he unhurriedly pulled down the hood from his cloak.

"Don't waste time, I'm going to see General Finger right away!" the mysterious man ordered again.

At this time, the sentry was surprised to find that the face of the mysterious man looked exactly the same as the Prince Harlan he saw every day in the fortress, the only difference was that compared with the "prince" in the morning and evening photos, the mysterious man in front of him who claimed to be the prince looked more vicissitudes, more murderous, and more majestic.

The night before, Owen had said to Sophia, "When you introduce me to your soldiers during the day, you should not say that I am your bodyguard, but that I am your advisor, and that it would be better." ”

"Why? Is there anything wrong with that?" Sophia didn't understand, it was just a name, why Owen, who usually didn't care about these false names, cared so much now.

"I'm afraid it will cause some unnecessary trouble. Owen replied.

Today, Owen's fears have become a reality.

Waiting left and right could not wait for Joyka's arrival, and Sophia did not want to delay the progress of the meeting, so she ordered the meeting.

There were people absent from the table, but there was also a new face that caught everyone's eye.

Looking at the young, handsome, but melancholy face, and the long silver-white hair like snow, many people were discussing in private, speculating about the relationship between him and Sophia.

Of course, Sophia won't let this nonsensical speculation continue. One of the processes of the conference was to introduce Owen to all the Restorationist cadres and nobles present – but this was also the time when it was going on.

"Her Royal Highness's personal escort?" "The young officer Bahru stood up and circled around Owen twice, his eyes full of contempt, "I don't see it well." ”

Not long ago, Bahru and his men easily captured and lynched Owen, who was like a lamb to the slaughter at Bahru's mercy, but now Owen has become Sophia's personal bodyguard, a change of role that Bahru is completely unacceptable.

Owen didn't speak, he nodded slightly, acquiescing to this.

But Owen's conciliatory attitude angered Bahru, not only Bahru, but most of the officers who participated in the meeting felt very angry, like the younger generation of young Zhuang. Owen felt a vicious gaze prick his back like a prick.

"Since you are the princess's personal guard, you must have some skills. But we haven't seen it yet," Bahru sneered.

"What do you want?" asked Ou Wenming.

"It's very simple, let's have a contest. Let everyone see your true strength" Bahru took off his gloves and threw them in Owen's face, openly asking Owen for a duel.

But Owen did not agree, he took the gloves and returned them to Bahru, saying: "I will not fight you, there is no point in such a duel." ”

"Smack" -- Bahru slapped the glove handed over by Owen to the ground with one hand, and looked at Owen with a lofty eye: "Hmph! I don't even dare to fight, I am really a coward and a bad seed." Your Royal Highness, don't be fooled by this liar!"

"Bahru, you are too unscrupulous. Also do not look at the occasion and propose a duel in a daily meeting, you reach the Zun disrespectful to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Alice, his immediate superior, was disgusted by this and rebuked.

"Your Excellency, you know, we respect you and have reverence for Her Royal Highness the Princess. But I'm not convinced!" Bahru said his doubts loudly, "For the great strength of the princess, everyone who has experienced the assembly of 10,000 people is completely impressed, even Her Excellency Alice has not been able to become the princess's bodyguard, but the person in charge of the personal safety of the princess is actually a waste, how can I be convinced?

"Yes, we are not convinced!"

Most of the young Zhuang officers stood up together and coaxed.

Alice was fully aware of Owen's true strength, and she was almost mad at this group of brainless men: "Shut up! Do you want to mutiny? You ......"

"Forget it, Alice. Although we should be united and understand each other, we must not allow this mistrust to persist once it has arisen. This duel, I gave permission. Sophia, who had been silent, finally spoke.

Bahrul's face was delighted, and he was afraid that Sophia would not agree.

"But......" Sophia said in a tone, "victory and defeat come second, and the duel must be on point, never too heavy." ”

"Don't worry, Your Highness Princess, I promise you with my life that I will never kill him!" replied Bahrul with a laugh.

The surrounding officers of the Young Zhuang faction also burst into laughter.

However, these officers and Bahru did not know that Sophia's last words were actually said to Owen.