Chapter 43: The Riot
"Thomas!" Nova exclaimed in exclamation, lunging at the shattered floor-to-ceiling window.
The exorcists took a few steps to the window, only to see that Baron Albert had fallen extremely fast, and had already fallen to the middle of the main castle in just a few seconds. At this moment, a pure black chain shot out of the baron's sleeve, and it almost hooked the window of one of the rooms in the main castle.
The baron echoed in the air, and the crisp sound of glass cracking came from below, and the figure quickly disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"Why do you want to escape, father, don't you know that you can't tell you anymore?" Bony muttered to himself in some despair.
"Well, let's go down too!" Maier glanced at Bony with a complicated expression.
With Bony in his presence, the Albert family still has a chance to revive, but their reputation will still be greatly affected, at least they will no longer be able to become the leader of the Odia exorcists.
The exorcists looked at each other with embarrassed expressions, so many of them didn't leave Thomas Albert in the Judgment Hall. Now Thomas had fled to the lower levels, and with his knowledge of the castle, he feared that it would not take him a few minutes to leave the castle and escape into the woods on the hillside opposite the castle.
It was already dark, and most of the exorcists were wounded, and they could no longer carry out a large-scale search. By dawn, Baron Albert would have disappeared long ago.
"Your Excellency the Baron will not succeed!" Qin Lun stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looked into the distance, and said lightly, "Look at the mountain road opposite the castle!" β
Albert Castle is located on a cliff face, and the slope of the opposite hill is much gentler, and there is a winding dirt road between the two cliffs, which is connected only by the Albert Castle stone bridge.
At this time, a fire dragon was coming up the mountain on the mountain road that connected to the stone bridge. This fire dragon is so striking that if it weren't for the exorcists' attention on Baron Albert, they would have noticed it a long time ago. Now that he was reminded by Qin Lun, he immediately discovered this abnormal situation.
"Where did this team come from, it looks like there are hundreds of people!" Mel's eyes widened in surprise.
Although the cliff where the castle is located is one or two hundred meters high, in fact, it can only be regarded as a hillside except for the relatively steep terrain. The fire dragon that surrounds the mountain road below spreads almost from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and it looks like it is all over the mountain, and I am afraid that there are more than a few hundred people.
More than 300 years ago, the first Baron Albert took a fancy to the easy and difficult terrain to defend here, so he built Albert Castle here. Albert Castle was built as a military fortress against the Mayan witches.
If the Maian Witch were to invade the human settlements of Odia, there was no way to bypass Albert Castle. If you want to attack the castle, you can only use the GuΓ² mountain road and the stone bridge, and if you don't attack the castle, you may be cut off from the back road, which can be described as a dilemma.
It's just that over time, Maia Witch loses the ability to attack humans on a large scale. Albert Castle was transformed from a military fortress in the Odia region into a private castle of the Albert family.
"The Duchy's troops shouldn't have come here, and they haven't been so fast, I'm afraid they're all townspeople from a few nearby towns!" Nova looked solemn, frowned slightly, and turned her head to look at Qin Lun suspiciously, "Doctor Stan, did you make any arrangements?" β
Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and Ms. Nova's keen intuition surprised him a little, but he didn't plan to hide these exorcists, anyway, they would soon find out the inside story.
"Yes, when Holy Healer Totti returned to town, I gave him a build to spread the word that Albert Castle might be the source of the epidemic!" Qin Lun nodded slowly, and readily admitted, "However, the Holy Healer of Toti rejected this Jian YΓ¬ at that time. Now it seems that it should have been the unexpected situation in Hansen Town that made him change his mind! β
"How can you do this, don't you know that the situation in the Odia region is already like a powder keg? These townsfolk will reduce Albert Castle to ashes! Ms. Nova opened her eyes angrily and roared at Qin Lun.
"If it weren't for my TiyΓ¬, I'm afraid Thomas Albert would have fled into the woods by now!" Qin Lun grimaced and said coldly, "If you weren't lucky and unwilling to turn your face with Baron Albert, how could the entire nine exorcists let him escape from under his nose?" β
"You're quibbling, we were only suspicious of Thomas, and there was no conclusive evidence that he had anything to do with the disease!" Lady Nova finally lost her cool and exclaimed angrily, "And you made this irreparable arrangement from the beginning, what if you were wrong? β
The expression on Qin Lun's face suddenly became weird, the tone in his mouth became calmer and calmer, and he turned his back and said lightly: "If I am wrong, I will lose at most one Wellington Stein, even if I add one Albert family, it will only be a dozen lives." If you're wrong, Ms. Nova, do you know how many lives have to be lost in the Odia region? β
"I'm ......" Nova froze in place, her face instantly losing all blood.
"Lady Nova, did you become an exorcist to protect the Albert family, or did you want to protect the tens of thousands of civilians in the Odia region? If you can't even tell the difference, what else is an exorcist? β
Qin Lun's cold words were as plain as ever, but Nova was like being hit hard, and an unbearable cramping pain came from her heart, like a stone statue standing in place.
"Let's go, let's go find Baron Albert!" After Qin Lun finished speaking, he turned around and walked through the crowd and walked towards the lower level of the main castle.
Behind him, three younger exorcists immediately followed, and two older exorcists looked at Nova and left with a sigh. Only Nova, Mair and Bony remained.
"Nova, that boy from Wellington is going too far, you ...... Don't take it personally! Maier asked with concern, frowning.
"Poof!" Nova, who stood still, opened her mouth and spewed out a bloody arrow, and her burly body slumped down at a speed visible to the naked eye. Originally, his face was full of flesh, but his youthful face seemed to have suddenly aged, and he just shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"In this matter, he was right, my feelings for Thomas did affect my sanity." Ms. Nova closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "But...... Don't you think Dr. Stan is too ruthless, Mel? β
"Well, I feel it. Although this kid has great righteousness, he may not be selfless, and he should have his own purpose. After this incident, the exorcists of the Odia region will probably reshuffle the cards, and in any case, he cannot be made the leader of the region. "Bony, you've been with him the longest, what do you think?" β
"I don't want to say anything until the suspicion of the Albert family is cleared!" Bony said expressionlessly, but a hint of confusion flashed in the depths of his eyes.
The blonde young man is not a stupid person, in the witch war, in fact, he also has doubts about Qin Lun. Although he didn't get to see the final outcome of the witch's battle, the doctor had already had a good reputation for fighting the two evil creatures before this.
Since Qin Lun has the ability to fight against evil creatures and witches, it is not so reasonable to hide and watch Odo die in battle before this. Of course, Bony can't blame Qin Lun for this, after all, his profession is a doctor, not a combatant.
"Let's go down and meet Thomas. I have a feeling that there will be a lot of 'surprises' tonight. Maier said with a wry smile.
Qin Lun walked quickly into the corridors of the castle, followed by three exorcists, and two exorcists kept a certain distance, following behind unhurriedly. The doctor didn't know about his previous appearance, which caused the jealousy of Nova and the other three senior exorcists.
However, even if he knew, Qin Lun didn't care, he didn't really want to seize the leadership position of the Odia Exorcist.
Qin Lun could have been perfunctory when Nova questioned him, and he would not lose his hair if he apologized to an exorcist senior, and he could continue to hide behind Nova and Maier and others, without having to come out himself. At this critical juncture, he suddenly showed a strong side, and he had a certain intention to go toe-for-tat with Nova.
The arrival of more than a thousand townspeople has sealed Baron Albert's escape. Unless he can fly, and he has to fly into the Maiya Forest, there is no way out. All the secrets of the Albert family are estimated to be revealed tonight, and Qin Lun's mission will also usher in the final settlement.
However, the more he got to the end, the more careful Qin Lun became. These more than 1,000 townspeople are supposed to be organized, and there may be many characters like Totti's holy healer, the mayor of the town, the sheriff, and so on. If the nine exorcists, led by Nova and Maier, unite and exert their influence on these organizers, there is still a certain chance that the unrest will be quelled.
If Albert Castle had not been purged, and Baron Albert had not spoken, the secrets of the Albert family would not have been exposed. If Nova and Maier and the others had taken care of their friendship and waited for the instructions of the exorcist headquarters under the pretext of waiting for the instructions of the exorcist headquarters, Qin Lun would not have been able to make the daylily cold and not complete the task.
Therefore, Qin Lun decided to split the nine exorcists and prevent them from continuing to unite together.
His appearance so far has been very good, from the purpose of the reconnaissance mission to discover the evil creatures, to point out to everyone that the witch's hut is close at hand. Heal all the exorcists and kill the witches with your own hands. Until now, Baron Albert's suspicion was confirmed, and arrangements were made in advance to block the baron's escape path.
While this ruthlessness made Nova and Maier suspicious, it inevitably left the impression that the other exorcists were decisive and resourceful. Some people don't like it, but there are also people who praise it.
When he strikes and belittles a veteran exorcist like Ms. Nova again, he will naturally increase his prestige and win over a few exorcists who appreciate him. The three young exorcists who were now following him were the result of his strong expression just now. Unlike Nova and Mayer, the three exorcists were young and did not have such a deep sense of comradeship towards Baron Albert.
With the help of these three exorcists, plus two other neutral exorcists, the nine exorcists finally split completely, and there was no longer the power to stop the townsfolk revolt that followed.