16. Assassins who appear out of nowhere
Blood oozed from the golden chain mail, and from the shattered clasp, Baldwin IV was struck in the chest by a sharp sword. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This is what Li Kuan and Godfather Tom Riddle saw when they arrived at the scene.
Godfather Tom Riddle crouched down and unbuttoned Baldwin IV's shirt, revealing a bloody blur of skin.
"It's not a duel." Godfather Tom Riddle took a jug of wine from his sleeve and poured it into the wound, and after observing it for a while, he said, "This guy who attacked Baldwin IV was an assassin, and he first hit Baldwin IV in the lower ribs with his fist. ”
As the blood washed away, a dark purple fist mark appeared under Baldwin IV's ribs.
Professor Quirrell took advantage of the time when Godfather Tom Riddle and Li Kuan were talking, manipulated his palm and touched the fist print, and then said, "The force is so great that it broke Baldwin IV's ribs with one punch, and I suspect that it may be inserted into the internal organs." ”
"So the superficial wound is just to disguise the injury?" Li Kuan touched his chin, then shook his head and said, "Baldwin IV is more like shock caused by excessive blood loss. ”
"That's right." With two fingers, Godfather Tom Riddle took out a small piece of the tip of the sword from under the fist print.
The clanging sound of debris falling to the ground attracted the old bishop who was alone on the city walls and cursing.
He turned around and took the scepter, quickly moved to Li Kuan and Tom Riddle's godfather, and said, "You haven't healed Your Majesty yet?" ”
Godfather Tom Riddle turned his head with a stinky face and scolded, "It's just saving people, not child's play, you think it's just a lump of mud to stick on the wound, or you can use the holy water in your church to heal it?" ”
Tom Riddle's words made the old man shut his mouth, and the Church of the Holy Light has proved its authority in healing and saving people with solid strength in recent times.
And the knowledge of the principal of the Church of the Holy Light to cure the sick and save people? The old archbishop felt that he was not mad yet.
They scolded hotly, but Li Kuan ignored it. He picked up the tip of the sword that had fallen to the ground and looked at it carefully.
It's not so much the tip of a sword as the tip of a short knife.
The slightly curved tip of the knife has a blood groove, and the reverse side of the tip is sharpened to facilitate cutting back and forth. Judging by medieval technology, this is definitely a sharp weapon.
In other words, the guy who injured Baldwin IV was a man who was either rich or noble.
"Height between 180 - 185." Li Kuan muttered to himself.
"What?" Godfather Tom Riddle came back to his senses and asked Li Kuan, "What are you talking about?" ”
"I'm talking about the height of the attacker!" Li Kuan said as he touched Baldwin IV's broken ribs. His action made Baldwin IV, who had long been in a coma, snort in pain.
"To hit Baldwin IV's ribs, and the phalanges were marked downward, indicating that it was not convenient for this person to hit Baldwin IV's ribs, so the bottom-up blow was chosen.
This removes the possibility of a person of short stature harming him. ”
"That's a good clue, what else?" Professor Quirrell nodded and continued to look at Li Kuan and asked.
"The purpose is clear, this extremely calm assassin. When you sneak attack the commander of an army and the king of a country on the battlefield, there is no other emotion at all.
But the strength was not enough, otherwise it would not have been discovered by Baldwin IV, and it was shattered with the great sword in his hand...... This knife, leaving the tip of the knife in Baldwin IV's body. ”
"Can that be treated? Now is the time for the discouragement of the army, and without Baldwin IV present, we simply cannot hold down the defeated soldiers. The archbishop said worriedly.
Judging from his appearance, he was indeed sincerely worried about Baldwin IV.
"Excessive blood loss is not a big deal. The main thing is the guy who attacked Baldwin IV, if he keeps assassinating the top brass in Jerusalem, without infighting, we ourselves will collapse first. Li Kuan said soberly.
As soon as he said the word infighting, the old guy immediately blushed for a while. He had always been embarrassed by the Church of the Light, fearing that the Church of the Light would take away the honor that belonged to the Catholic Church.
Perhaps this is the real reason for the Assassins' chances? The old Catholic man was not only skeptical.
After briefly treating Baldwin IV's wounds, Li Kuan said to the old man, "Let's deal with Baldwin IV's wounds first, and then we will leave the matter of stabilizing the city's defenses to Catholicism." ”
The old man, who was still immersed in thought, waved his hand lightly, and let Li Kuan and Tom Riddle leave on their own, as if he was instructing his subordinates.
Tom Riddle smiled dumbly, and Li Kuan picked up Baldwin IV and turned away.
Descending the city wall, the three of them, escorted by a group of elves, quickly moved in the direction of the Church of the Holy Light, until they reached the common room, where Li Kuancai and Tom Riddle put down Baldwin IV.
"You feel it too, right? On the city walls, the assassins hidden among the crusaders. Li Kuan said after putting Baldwin IV down.
"Hidden? Kuan, you're underestimating those assassins. Originally, I thought it was a defense organized by the old man, but it turned out to be all assassin disguise. Godfather Tom Riddle frowned and said, "Remember the tip of the knife I threw on the ground?" ”
"This is it." Li Kuan took the tip of the knife out of his pocket.
"That's right, I threw the tip of my knife on the ground at that time, and all the soldiers guarding around me looked at me indifferently, especially the guards guarding Baldwin IV, who were about to draw their knives, so close that we didn't have time to chant the incantation." Tom Riddle gritted his teeth and said, when did the Dark Lord run away like a lost dog, if it weren't for the fact that after the black magic was purified, he was not adapted to the power of the Holy Light, and he would have killed all sides on the city wall.
"It's just a pity for the old Catholic man." Li Kuan shook his head and said, "He's really worried about Baldwin's body. ”
"He may not have known that the walls were full of Assassins." Professor Quirrell replied suddenly, "Don't you think it's strange that he finally asked us to carry Baldwin IV back?" Looks like it's covering for us. ”
"Treat Baldwin IV first, it's not good for us if he's dead." Li Kuan interrupted the conversation of several people, and several healing shots hit Baldwin IV.
The wound healed slowly under the influence of the Light: the blood no longer flowed, and the flesh between the wounds intertwined, forming new skin.
It's just that Baldwin IV has not yet woken up from his coma, and his face is still pale and weak.
"It needs to be recuperated for a few days, and when the depleted blood is regenerated through the body, it will wake up." Li Kuan said after checking it a few times.
"Holy Light can't regenerate blood?"
"I'm not good enough, I only have one healing skill."
“……”
Sure enough, it was the next day. The seriously injured old Catholic man was sent to the Church of the Holy Light, with more than a dozen injuries all over his body, two or three of which were fatal.
"It's the same thing about the Assassins on the walls." Godfather Tom Riddle pulled out a few broken sword tips from the wound and said, "And these sword tips are not as natural as those in Baldwin IV's body, these are forced into the old man's body." ”
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ps: I fell asleep after typing the manuscript yesterday, so this chapter was sent out this morning. Forgive me.