Chapter 9: Interception

The morning after the rain was wonderful. Last night, I thought that the sunny sky was far away, but the residents of Apocalypse City found that the sun seemed to rise earlier than before, and the sun at eight or nine o'clock seemed to be a little vicious, adding a heat to the late autumn.

The gate of the palace opened, and a convoy drove out quickly, two hundred horsemen dressed in black light armor, blood-red cloaks embroidered with muskets and swords in gold wire, black dust masks covering their faces, riding spears hanging from the saddle, and a short axe and a long sword at their waists.

In the center of the cavalry was a simple carriage, three northern horses pulled the cart and drove quickly, and the carriage was blessed with alchemy inscriptions, and the speed was faintly faster than the surrounding cavalry. In order not to be overtaken, the cavalry in front of them urged the good horses under them with leather whips from time to time.

There were also three wagons at the back of the convoy, covered with coarse cloth and covered tightly, and it was not known what was inside.

The team was dusty all the way, and the sunlight reflected on the team, casting black shadows on the buildings next to them. The shadows flashed quickly, as if some invisible ghost was chasing, trying to escape the royal city as quickly as possible.

"Phew—stop!" The man at the front was dressed like the cavalry, but he also carried a huge rectangular box on his back, and he didn't know what it contained. Just a block away from the city gate, the man shouted and raised his right hand into a fist. When the convoy behind saw this signal, they immediately passed on the word "stop" order.

"Sir, what's wrong?" a cavalryman from the central carriage rode forward.

"Something is wrong. According to Lord Xile's arrangement, we could only be blocked at the city gates, but ......"

The cavalryman next to him muttered for a while, and said, "This road is a little too quiet, and we didn't even encounter the patrol of the city defense regiment. I've always been a little worried about what I'd do if I ran into a patrol. ”

"Not only the city defense camp, but also the residents. Lord Hill will not risk leaking the news in advance, so let's clear the scene here. ”

The cavalry guards who followed immediately after heard the words of the leading sir, frowned, raised their left hand above their heads, and made a few gestures, and the guards behind immediately changed their formation, the outermost cavalry put on an arrow-shaped charge formation, and thirty heavily armored iron horsemen held huge shields to guard the manned carriages, and the rest were scattered in the rear and flanks, ready to respond at any time.

"There is still a block from the East Gate, pass quickly, turn the corner in front of you is a straight line to the East Gate, and run over me directly if you encounter any obstacles!"

Jazz is different from ordinary escort cavalry, he is an ability with three third-order abilities, and the danger perception that the spiritual system has been strengthened to the third order makes the anxiety in his heart more and more obvious. The scorching sunlight that was originally sprinkled on the street seemed to have a large shadow surging in his eyes, and a faint roar could be heard from the surrounding houses, as if it was not in the deep imperial capital, but in the jungle surrounded by wild beasts.

Drawing his cavalry spear, Sir took a deep breath, a resolute expression replacing the hesitation on his face.

Everyone looked at Sir and felt the solemnity of the leader's back, but they were all silent, pulling out their shotguns in their left hands and holding cavalry spears in their right hands, and slowly bowed down.

"Will, fuck it. Jazz said to himself inwardly, and his face, hidden under the dust mask, grew hideous.

Will shook the reins of his horse violently, and the surging source power instantly covered the two hundred cavalry behind him.

Combat is a third-order ability, and group defense is strengthened.

"Rush!"

With a roar from Sir Will, the whole convoy moved together like an arrow across the long street, and the sound of horses' hooves finally broke the suffocating silence, and the scattered leaves of the street rose into the sky with the flying dust—

And then the leaves shattered! Along with them were the motorized rangers scattered around!

In an instant, there seemed to be countless invisible blades in the air, cutting the bodies of more than a dozen cavalrymen in an instant, and the thick armor could not stop it at all.

Will reacted as soon as the team was attacked, and the perception of danger spread like an invisible wave, and found that it seemed that a hunting net was closing towards the team, and the source of the danger-

"Found it, get out!"

With a loud shout, the heavy spear in Will's book flew out of his hand like a light spear, and slammed into a stone tower in the right rear.

The stone tower was originally connected to a steam pipe, and at a fixed time at night, a large amount of steam would stimulate the simple alchemy matrix inside, emitting bright light, making the entire upper city a city that never sleeps.

This is probably the luxury of the royal capital, using the precious alchemy matrix in this kind of place.

And at this moment, with a loud bang, the stone tower exploded, a large amount of steam gushed out, and then the air flow rolled, and it seemed that a transparent figure rushed out of it.

Will's face was heavy, he pulled out his shotgun in his left hand and fired a shot in front of him by feeling, the fire mixed with iron and sand formed a barrage that shredded everything, and brought a blood flower in the air.

"Boom-boom-"

Immediately another shot was fired, the shotgun was extremely powerful but could only be loaded with two rounds, Will didn't care about reloading, pulled out the long sword hanging on his side, and the source power that was instantly stimulated soaked through the long sword, and a bright yellow light blade swept forward with layers of qi under the horizontal slash.

"Fighting Crescent Moon Slash! This bastard has broken through to the fourth order!"

There was a frightened scream in the air, and a charming woman in a white dress suddenly appeared from the air, dozens of looming air currents between the ten fingers collided with the light blades like sharp blades.

However, how can the gap between the attack ranks be bridged by numbers?

The air flow that could easily cut the cavalry wrapped in heavy armor into pieces could not stop the crescent moon from slashing a bit, and the light blade slammed into the abdomen of the woman in the white dress, and suddenly a wound more than two centimeters long burst out of blood, and the yellow light was still tearing the wound, and the source power of the woman herself rushed to the wound fiercely, and there was a faint explosion sound, and the intestines that were constantly wriggling inside could be seen through the wound.

The woman took a blow, and her originally somewhat amorous face became extremely hideous, she glared at Will fiercely, raised her hand and roared out a few wind blades, regardless of whether this second-order elemental ability hit the enemy or not, she immediately turned around and fled, not glancing at the wound torn in her abdomen from beginning to end.

Will did not pursue, waved his hand, rushed out first, and the team immediately accelerated - their task was to escort the princess out of the defense area, this attack was just a test, but it also exposed the strength that Sir Will had been hiding from the outside world, what needs to be done now is to get out of this royal city as soon as possible, once out of the city, whether it is the royal private armed forces raised in the wilderness or the personnel from the northern barbarians, they can ensure that the princess reaches the north safely.

In the blink of an eye, the team rushed around the corner, the magnificent gate of Apocalypse City had appeared in everyone's field of vision, and the manpower arranged by Lord Hill had cleared the road, as long as they rushed forward, kept moving forward, no matter what they encountered, the crushing was the wind brought by the —— speed that stimulated everyone's heartbeat and suppressed everyone's breathing!

"Will, do you think you can get out of here with a fourth-order ability?

With a wild laugh, three purple balls of light flew out of a house like meteors, and the entire wall exploded violently under the shock, and the tail flame left by the ball of light actually made the scattered rubble stick to a thin layer of flames.

Immediately afterwards, the ground where the whole team was advancing quickly changed, and the smooth bluestone road suddenly became bumpy, and the speeding team became slightly confused because of this change - the Mance horses of the royal guards could be called "all-terrain war horses", but the sudden change in the road surface inevitably made a few galloping horses step on the air and fall to the ground.

At the same time, the road in front of Sir Will quickly bulged, and nearly a hundred people wearing black iron masks broke through the ground and fanned towards the convoy, and a burly figure at the front, carrying a giant axe with an axe face of half a person, slammed into Will.

The purple ball of light that flew out was like a signal, marking the full start of an interception against Princess Heqin, and also marking the official start of the incident known as "Bloody October" by later generations.