Chapter 68: The Hand Behind the Scenes
When there was a sound of footsteps in the quiet dungeon corridor, the two-star magician Lebich stood up from the straw floor and stared at the locked iron door.
Although he tried his best to keep his expression calm, several quick deep breaths and the sound of the collision of the forbidden demon chain still revealed his uneasiness.
Soon, there was the sound of a key at the door, and the closed cell door was opened by a jailer with a full face.
"Stand back, prisoner!"
As soon as he entered, the jailer ignored the fact that he was in front of a noble magician, and his black-haired hand violently retreated Leibic into the corner.
This one tore the demeanor that Lebic was trying to maintain to shreds.
The weak magician wolf retreated to the corner of the wall, and slammed his back against the hard and rough wall tiles, and he couldn't help but grin in pain.
At the same time, several Lulian nobles had already been put into their cells.
There were men and women, all of them richly dressed, and both their expressions and mannerisms had the temperament of a superior who was familiar to Leibitsch.
After entering the door, everyone did not say a word, but looked at Leibic with an indifferent look.
"Alright, you can go out. When Fano walked into the cell, he waved his hand slightly.
It wasn't until several of the guards and jailers had saluted and exited the cell that he turned back to face LebiΔ.
It only took a few seconds for Leibic to recognize the commander of the Mooney City Guard, and at the same time, from the nine Lulian nobles, several of the big men he had heard of as soon as he arrived in Lulian. And this qiΔ made his heart sink to the bottom of the cold valley in an instant.
"Magician," Fano walked up to Lebic and raised his chin slightly, "tell me your name." β
"Dragon Moon Two-Star Magician. Master of Fire, Leibich!" Leibic rubbed his sore spot and struggled to stand up straight, his voice low and his eyes flickering.
"You are in the city of Muni, openly attacking a convoy carrying grain. And in the process, a Lulian civilian died," Fano said, "do you have any objection to that?"
Leibic was silent.
"If you don't speak, it's your acquiescence," Fano continued, without giving Lebic much time to think, "sue me." Who made you do this. In addition, you need to tell me the identity and name of your accomplices. β
"Are you going to judge me?" said Leibic, his gaze wandering from Fano to the nobles before withdrawing. In the depths of his pupils, there was already an unnatural trace of fear.
Since being caught, Leibic has imagined many possibilities and has been brought to trial. It's the worst of all.
In this hierarchical world, a dragon moon magician. is already a person with status and fame. Moreover, Leibic himself has the title of baron, which is inherited by the family. Not to mention the death of a civilian, even if ten or twenty people die, it is just a loss of money.
No one would offend a magician because of a peddler, and no noble lord would because of such a trivial matter. Send the rare and precious mages to the gallows.
Coupled with the fact that Leibic was self-possessed and tough in the background, the most likely outcome of this incident in his mind was for the Lulian to let himself out silently, as if it had never happened. Even if it's for the sake of face. needs an explanation, it's just a loss of money from the owner, an apology, and a couple of words.
But what Leibic didn't expect was that this time, Lulian would come to so many top nobles.
Marquis of Engels, Marquis of Joyce... Moreover, the person who personally inquired about him turned out to be Fano, the commander of the Muni City Guard.
These people are clearly not here to do the work of jailers or sergeants. There is only one possibility for their appearance, and that is to form a noble court!
And once the court of nobility was formed, it meant that the Lurians were ready to go about business.
Openly unleashing seventh-level magic in the city, attacking convoys, killing civilians, even nobles, the minimum punishment is ten years of hard labor, severe, and may even be sentenced to hanging.
For a mage with a weak constitution, this almost meant certain death. Not to mention ten years of hard labor, even if it is half a year, or even three months, Leibic may not be able to survive.
"What do you say?" said Fano, sneering, "since you dare to openly kill and set fire to the city of Muni, then you should think of the day you will be sent to the gallows. β
"You can't do this to me!" Leibic said, staring at Fano and gritting his teeth.
"Oh?" said Fano, laughing, "why? because you are a noble magician, so you think you can provoke us and humiliate us, because you are more noble than we are?
Leibic's face turned pale.
A Dragon Moon Wizard may be unattainable in front of ordinary people. Even in front of some gentlemen and low-ranking nobles, it can be called noble. But at this moment, what kind of people are standing in front of them?
These are the top nobles who stand at the top of the aristocratic pyramid of the Duchy of Lulian. Even if it is placed in the Solan Empire, it can be ranked. Regardless of identity, his status is countless times higher than that of a small Dragon Moon Magician. Anyone who wants to kill him is like crushing an ant.
In Fano's words, the word noble was bitten very hard by him. Landing on Lebic's ear was like a slap in the face, making him look like a gold star.
"I'm just a small man," Leibic lowered his stance, "Your Excellency must know that I'm just doing what I'm told." β
"Then tell us who your master is. Fano said lightly.
Leibic shook and looked around. Try to find a little difference in the eyes of others. With his knowledge of these high-ranking nobles, he didn't think that everyone wanted to know the truth.
But what greeted him was a pair of calm and indifferent eyes.
It seems that no matter who the name comes out of his mouth, these noble lords of Lulian are ready for war.
"Why," asked Fano, "do you need me to call someone to help you?"
Leibitch's face was like ashes. After a long time, he nodded and said, "Okay!"
LeibiΔ's words. To Fano's surprise, he looked at Leibic carefully, nodded, and called two jailers in.
Seeing Leibic being escorted out of the prison door, the lords looked at each other, and Mrs. Joyce sneered, "This Leibic is a smart man. β
"yes. If he vomits out everything without being tortured, and his master knows about it, even if he can leave alive, I am afraid that the future life will not be easy. A lord said.
Mrs. Joyce looked at Fano curiously: "By the way, Your Excellency, I heard that this magician was captured by a mercenary?
Fano said, "A mercenary named Leo. Dou Qi is only a third-order fair level, but his skills are very powerful. Avery probably must be the son of some big family who came out to train. β
With that, Fano gave Todd a word about what he had reported. "It is really unbelievable that this young man can inflict heavy damage on three glorious knights and force away those disguised bandits with just a bow and arrows. I thought about it for a long time, but I can't remember any family whose fighting skills are famous for their bows and arrows. β
Engels frowned and said: "There are a few families in the imperial capital who are good at bows and arrows, and I know a lot of marksmen, but I heard what you just described." This young man's archery skills are more like elven archery. β
"Oh?" the nobles were amazed.
To know. The young mercenary, Leo, repelled four Knights of Glory with his bow and arrows, and severely wounded three of them. And judging from the level of his fair knight's fighting spirit, to achieve this, his archery skills must be some kind of high-level archery or even secret level archery.
But archery is the same secret as footwork for elves. With their pride and stubbornness. How could it be possible to violate the traditions and rules of the elven race and teach such archery skills to a human?
Although everyone also knows that in the human world, there are many families who have become friends with elves because of history, and this friendship has been passed down to the present. But even so. They had never heard of a child of a family who had learned the secret skills of the elves.
It was as ridiculous as the emperors of the three empires passing the throne to someone outside the family.
For a while, several people shook their heads in disbelief. Mrs. Joyce laughed, "So I am more curious about this young man." β
She turned her head to look at Engels and said, "Perhaps, we can try to recruit him." β
Mrs. Joyce's words intrigued the nobles.
The current Lulian is in need of talents, whether it is these lords or the Grand Duke of Adolf, they have been spreading heroes and recruiting many strong people in recent times.
After all, in this troubled world, compared to living an unfettered and free life, these powerhouses now need resources and trustworthy companions to quickly improve their strength.
And those big nobles and chaebol forces are like wolves in the Ice and Snow Wasteland, only by joining in and uniting and working together can they get what they want.
Especially now that food is scarce, being able to get even a job as an ordinary guard means that the family does not have to go hungry. As a result, there are many mercenaries of good strength who have now given up their previous careers and lives and joined the noble lords.
Just two weeks ago, there was also a newly promoted Dharma God who became a loyal allegiance to the Grand Duke of Adolf. This is also the first Dharma God of the Duchy of Lulian.
And although this mercenary was only a fair knight, his archery skills in repelling four Glory Knights were enough to make any lord present pay him far more than recruiting a Glory Knight. What's more, if his archery skills really come from the elves, it means that there is some unusual relationship between him and the elves.
This is very important for the current lords. Of course, the premise of all this is that this Mr. Leo is not the son of a large family that has traveled.
As everyone was talking, the screams of Nalebic could be heard from the cell next door.
Soon, everyone got the record that Leibic had confessed. And as soon as they saw the names on it, including Fano and Engels, everyone's face changed.
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