To be reasonable, Nangong Rong didn't believe that the people of the alliance would really appear, because as long as they disguised themselves as caravans and entered this town, even if they were not recognized, it would be absolutely impossible for them to get out alive after attacking Duke Toronso. In other words, it was a mortal mission, even if the members of the Alliance's special forces had shown the courage to sacrifice in the previous battle by the river, it was only one person after all, and now this mission required many people to sacrifice their lives, did the other party really dare to do so?

Moreover, the alliance still has an advantage on the battlefield, and it is not looking at the side that is about to lose the war, so it is clear that as long as the speed of this reinforcement is delayed, there is no need to pay for his own life to defeat the other side. Besides, the alliance troops that went deep into the hinterland of the empire were not elite soldiers randomly selected from the army, but controllers that were cultivated with great difficulty, and the price of cabbage was not at all the same.

However, the boy still miscalculated in the end. Just as he and Old Man Toronso had finished enjoying a simple breakfast that had already been prepared by the cooks and served only by Octavier, the rumored caravan arrived in the town, and was watched by a group of soldiers on the road near the Duke's house, and the head of the caravan was carried by two soldiers who followed the old Duke's lieutenant into the living room of the house.

Not to mention that there are more than a dozen people, and the alliance is really willing to spend money. After all, there is no way that the organizations that are doing bandit work under the banner of opposing the empire will take the initiative to participate in this operation, so it is certain that all the people who came are from the alliance, and that is the number of controllers of a Warcraft squadron.

In order to disguise themselves more like caravans, they got a few civilian trucks from local opponents of the empire, and at first glance they looked like they were ready to buy a large amount of grain and transport it away. Of course, the vehicles were carefully searched before entering the town, and they did not carry any weapons or explosives, so they did not pose any threat.

As for the so-called caravan members, they are the targets of strict interrogation, to be honest, Nangong Rong really wanted to find grenades, pistols, explosive packs and other things from these guys during the body search, and then shoot them all in the melee, but that kind of thing obviously did not happen, and the caravan leader finally came to the young man very smoothly.

Seriously unexpectedly, this was an old man who looked about the same age as Toronso, and although he was as energetic as the old man, his skin had begun to wrinkle, so he looked older. This made Nangong Rong feel inexplicable, because the special forces of the alliance are undoubtedly all composed of demonic beast controllers, and it is difficult for older people to become controllers due to the decline of all aspects of their physical functions, and even if they have relevant talents, they will be forced to quit after not being able to do it for long, so the controllers are basically young people.

For example, Matthias was directly selected from teenage boys and girls, although the alliance did not do so, but the selection target was also its own army, how could there be such an old manipulator?

Before the old man entered the house, Nangong Rong had suspected that this was a disguise, but as the soldier in charge of the inspection unceremoniously and even rudely pulled a silver-white hair from the other party's head, the young man's suspicion suddenly disappeared.

It's not a wig, it's a real old man.

Could it be that we all miscalculated, the other party is really just an ordinary caravan? Nangong Rong silently decided to stand by the side and watch without speaking, and leave the difficult things to the professionals to do.

Anyway, the young man is playing the role of an old duke's orderly here, and he doesn't have that weight if he wants to speak.

Duke Toronso sat down at the old table in the center of the living room that had been used for an unknown number of years, stretched out his hand and gestured to the old man opposite, and after the other party sat down across the table, he said unhurriedly: "I heard that you have something to do with me, and it is about buying grain?"

"Yes, my lord, although I know that this is a bit inappropriate, but after all, we have paid a deposit to the townspeople, so we ......" The other party behaved like a small merchant who had actually seen the big man, and replied with his head bowed in his chair, "We can understand and are willing to assist the army's expropriation of grain during the war, but we are a small caravan after all, and we can't afford to suffer much loss." ”

"There's no problem with that, I'll send someone to deal with the deal between you and the townsfolk and get them to return the deposit to their rightful owner. The old man continued to play with his opponent calmly, and his expression was not contrived at all, so that Nangong Rong couldn't help but wonder if he had accidentally gone to the wrong set, "I'm sorry for letting you run away in vain today, but you can wait until the autumn harvest to do business, and there should be no one to grab business at that time." ”

The old man hurriedly stood up and nodded repeatedly: "Thank you so much." It's enough to get the deposit back, and it doesn't matter what you run for nothing. Then again, if I need to, I can ask the convoy to help you deliver supplies or soldiers, and earn some gas money along the way. ”

"There's no need for that, there's a small Allied force nearby that is harassing us, and if you go with us, you're in danger. The Duke waved his hand very casually, and at the same time turned to look at Nangong Rong, who had been a passerby for a long time, "If you have nothing else, please go back, I still have work to do." ”

Nangong Rong picked up the prepared materials and walked up quickly, as if he was a standard orderly who had handled the documents and miscellaneous items for the commander and could read them at any time. This is an action agreed upon by everyone in advance, Toronso took the initiative to end the conversation and then put on the appearance of planning to work, Nangong Rong immediately followed and sent the so-called information to the old man, in fact, it was to give the young man a chance to get close to Toronso and use his body to block the latter's sight between the Duke and the guests.

No matter what means the other party intends to use to assassinate, there will always be a certain impact after the sight is blocked, and during the time when she unconsciously adjusts before she moves, the eldest princess, who is trying to reduce her sense of presence in a dark corner, has done a lot of things.

Of course, in this process, Nangong Rong will always be in an extremely dangerous situation, if the other party really wants to assassinate, he will definitely not bypass the young man, and it is the best choice to kill him and the old duke directly. In other words, the boy needs to act as Toronso's meat shield, or the kind that can burp at any time.

Although Octavier specially prepared a defensive magic array for them in order to avoid the two of them from being killed, and it was estimated that the pistol shots at close range could be blocked after strengthening the shield inspired by the magic array with Nangong Rong's ability, but to be honest, Nangong Rong didn't intend to appreciate this at all - after all, the boy didn't have a hobby of blocking guns for others.

However, the imaginary shooting did not come, the old man who entered the house first had already been carefully checked several times by the soldiers outside, not to mention that the pistol did not even have a blade on his body, how could he attack? This is also one of the reasons why Nangong Rong has never believed that the people of the alliance would really swagger into the town disguised as a caravan, because they would definitely be thoroughly inspected before they met Duke Toronso, and it was impossible to carry any weapons at all.

How can you stab and bite people with your teeth without weapons?

As it turned out, the teenager was still too superficial.

When Toronso gave the order to evict the guests, and Nangong Rong walked in front of the old duke to block the view of the guests, the old man who nodded and looked respectful followed up and spoke: "Please wait a minute, my lord, I have another thing I want to get rid of you." ”

Octavir didn't move, because the old man didn't make any strange moves, not even trying to get close to Toronso, just looking down at the ground. If you don't use your eyes to determine the status and location of the target, it doesn't look like you're ready to attack, does it?

Of course, it is not excluded that some guys who are proficient in this way are good at hiding or disguising their gaze, but that kind of existence will definitely not appear in front of the old man Toronso in this form at this moment, and the alliance side does not know that this reinforcement to Ridana is led by Lord Duke himself, how can he send assassins specifically?

However, Duke Toronso did not rush Nangong Rong to the side because he wanted to talk to the guest, and then looked at him face to face, he took the information handed by the young man and pretended to flip through it while asking without raising his head: "Oh, what is it, let's hear it." ”

The eldest princess couldn't help but tense the nerves in her whole body at this moment, Nangong Rong was also ready to roll to the ground with the old man in her arms to avoid the attack at all times, if the other party really planned to attack, it should be now.

"See the greatest power in the world!"

Instead of suddenly conjuring up any guns out of thin air to shoot wildly, or frantically rushing to kill them with bombs that might have been hidden in his body, the humility on the old man's face suddenly changed to a terrible fanatical expression, and after shouting these words, he gritted his teeth fiercely.

Was it a bomb hidden inside the dentures? Octavil was taken aback at first, but quickly put the heart back in her throat and eyes, because only a bomb the size of a tooth could be powerful, probably enough to kill the opponent himself. And in general, it's more appropriate to put poison in that thing, huh?

Nangong Rong didn't think about it as much as Octavier, he immediately rolled to the ground with the old man after realizing that something was wrong, no matter what the other party planned to do, it was right to ensure his own safety first. But after the guy gritted his teeth hard, nothing happened, and everything seemed very calm and nonsensical.

This guy is the one who accidentally walked on the wrong set, right? When Nangong Rong was embarrassed and thought like this, the old man opposite suddenly transformed—of course, it wasn't the kind of transformation that turned around three times on the spot and danced to sell cuteness accompanied by gorgeous light and shadow effects. To be precise, he must have mutated, just like the unlucky guy who was injected with the virus in Resident Evil changed from human to non-human.

yes, I really went to the wrong set.

Well, the boy knew that now was not the time to joke, the skin on the surface of the other party's body had turned into something like an insect carapace, and his body had become large and deformed, the barbs sticking out of his back shone with a terrible metallic luster, and his eyes had become pale golden compound eyes like insects, and his whole body was dyed with a goddamn lilac.

What the other party is hiding in the dentures is not a bomb or poison, but an abyssal energy!

Why did this happen? Nangong Rong's mind was filled with 10,000 question marks at the moment, because this was not at all like what a special force would do if he went deep behind enemy lines, but more like a method used by terrorists who like to wreak havoc everywhere. After all, it was obvious that the other party had taken the initiative to do so knowing the effect of the abyssal energy, in other words, he had chosen death himself.

The abyss is indeed terrifying, but the abyss creatures that have just completed the transformation and do not have a lot of energy in their bodies are not necessarily terrifying, especially when there is a humanoid Gundam in the room that can single brush ordinary demonic beasts, so Nangong Rong is not very worried about his own safety.

Octavir would definitely be able to knock the other man down before he could do anything.

However, the young man still underestimated the enemy, they sent so many people into the town not just to pretend to be a caravan, when the old man's mutated monster let out a sharp roar from his mouth, the [caravan members] waiting outside also bit through the contents hidden in their mouths, and at the same time shouted a word that made everyone baffled.

"For Mistress Stephanie!"

It was supposed to be a girl's name, but the goddess that everyone believed in in the Razfield plane was not, and the League had never heard of such a person, so who were they loyal to?

There was no time for Nangong Rong to think about it carefully, and there were fierce gunshots and the screams of the soldiers outside the room, and even the sound of metal being torn apart and cars being overturned, and the young man couldn't imagine what was happening outside the house.

Fortunately, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess was in the living room, and she sacrificed the Illusion Phoenix Song to drag out the afterimage in the air to block the monster, forcing the other party to stop, thus saving the lives of the young man and the old man. Otherwise, relying solely on the simple magic array drawn by the girl on the paper, even if there is a systematic skill enhancement, it is estimated that it will not be able to block the attack of the monster.

"Nangong Rong, you take Duke Toronso to the inner room to take refuge, this place is handed over to me!" Octavier said loudly without looking back, his eyes fixed on the strange existence that looked like insects more than people not far away, "Old man, don't say anything, go and command the troops to prepare for the battle, the enemy's large army will definitely attack soon!"