Chapter 33: The Land of Solitaire

The two rode slowly to the castle of the Solitaire Kingdom, and the guards in the city stopped them: "Stop, where are you?"

Although they recognized the knight under the castle as the Knight of Hearts, the guards were a little puzzled that he was still holding a human.

A voice similar to that of a guard shouted, "The Knight of Spades, while on patrol, captured a captive, and he told me to take him to the city prison and lock him up." ”

The two people under the city are Naxi and Lidona, who is dressed as the Knight of Hearts. Because Lidonna hacked the Knight of Spades to death, they had to use this camouflage to infiltrate the city.

Naxi, who was being held by a rope, was expressionless but nervous, and he didn't know if these damn card puppets would accept his arrest.

The damn guide elf had disappeared without a trace in three minutes, and before leaving, Nubis told them that if he found the exit to the labyrinth, he would appear.

This behavior of throwing away his companion and running away first made Naxi feel that it was the right choice to pack him up in a dimensional mesh bag before.

In order to avoid accidents, Naxi's right hand rested under the apprentice's robe, silently preparing for the jumping technique. If the card soldiers don't open the door, he and Lidona will take the castle strongly.

At this moment, Lidona's whole person is trapped in the shell of the Knight of Hearts, and in order to achieve the effect of being fake, he has spent a lot of effort to disguise himself as a card knight. From the fact that the soldiers defending the city were not suspicious, it can be seen that Lidona has successfully passed the first difficulty.

It has to be said that this is very dangerous, if it is discovered by the defenders on the city wall, they will have to force their way in. Naxi couldn't guarantee that he would be able to avoid the arrows that were fired from above, so it would be best if he could trick the defenders into opening the gates.

The card soldier guarding the city hesitated for a moment, and he shouted to the castle: "Please wait a moment, I will report this matter to the commander on duty." Talking a leading card soldier disappeared above the city walls.

Sure enough, the tall iron gate slowly opened, and two halberd soldiers walked out side by side, and then stood on either side of the gate.

Lidona, disguised as the Knight of Hearts, was stunned for a moment, then urged the puppet horse under her crotch and led Naxi, who was disguised as a captive, to walk in.

The castles of Solitaire Kingdom were much smaller than those Lidona had ever seen, but she hadn't encountered many castles with a strange layout like the one in front of her. But after Lidona walked for a while, she suddenly realized that the strange architectural style reminded her of certain childhood memories, and the further she went, the more familiar it became.

The tip of her sword felt that this place, apart from the eerie card kingdom decorations, was a miniature version of the Acropolis of Ysu. With each step, this familiarity grows stronger. If it weren't for the unique architectural decorations and the card people that filled the streets, she would feel like she was back in the Acropolis of Ys when she was a child.

Watching Lidona drag herself all the way forward, Nashi realizes that this is not going according to the original script. He was a little puzzled, "Miss Lidona, don't we know where to go first to find a map of the castle, why do you keep going this way?"

Lidona's tone was hesitant, "We don't have to look for a map, I might know where the palace is." ”

"What? Do you know where the palace is? Aren't you here for the first time?" Naxi was shocked.

"Let's go two more intersections and turn left and you'll see the palace. Lidona said slowly, with some uncertainty in her tone.

"Really?" Naxi was skeptical, but as they crossed two intersections and turned left, they saw the majestic figure of the palace.

At this moment, Naxi was already impressed by Lidona: "This is amazing, isn't it!Miss Lidona, how did you do it?"

Lidona hesitated for a moment and said, "This place is similar to one of my hometowns?"

One of the hometowns?

Although Naxi was curious about how many hometowns Lidona had, he didn't dare to ask any more at this moment. First, he was afraid that too many words would arouse the suspicion of the natives of the Card Kingdom, and second, he was also worried that such a question would bore Lidona.

Maintaining good relationships with your companions is the foundation of a team's success, and Naxi agrees.

There were more and more card guards around him, and Naxi and them were intercepted and interrogated several times, but they were all mixed up without danger.

Anticipating that the closer she got to the palace, the more inspections she would encounter, Naxi couldn't help but be a little worried. Although they succeeded in annihilating a legion of cards outside the city, who knows if there is a stronger presence in the city.

Anyway, it was agreed outside the city, and if you can fight less, you should try to fight as little as possible, and the main thing is to preserve your strength. This is something that Nashi has repeatedly emphasized during his consultations with Lidona, after all, he is a junior magician and cannot stand any toss.

After a few more walks, Lidona and Naxi were already in front of the palace, where they were stopped by the guards guarding the palace.

"No one can enter without the king's orders!" the guards with halberds stopped them.

"I am offering to His Majesty the King the humans caught outside the city on the orders of the Knight of Spades, please do not interfere with our official business!" Ridona explained.

This time, they couldn't fool the loyal card guards.

The leader of the team reminded the person in front of him again: "I'm sorry, no one can enter without the king's order!"

Seeing the stubborn halberd hand, Naxi couldn't help but hold his forehead and thought, "These damn puppets, don't you understand that if you don't die, you won't die?"

Having spent some time with Lidona, Nashi knew Lidona's last name, and if something annoyed her, the mighty dragonborn warrior would not hesitate to draw her sword and destroy it.

The empty answer of the guard guarding the palace gate made the ice beauty feel a little impatient, and she already hated the heavy puppet shell on her body.

Breaking free of her shell, drawing her sword, and slashing, Lidona, who was already in a state of explosion, completed this set of actions almost in the blink of an eye, and the whirlwind slash slashed the guards who were standing at the front at once. Seeing that something was wrong, the card guards in the back half ran back to close the palace door, while the other rushed directly to Lidona and Lidona to buy time for their companions.

However, Lidona's movements were even faster, and she rushed to the side of the palace gate with an arrow and slashed the unlucky ones who wanted to close the door. The guards who originally wanted to rush to Naxi immediately turned around when they saw this situation and besieged Lidona who was blocking the palace gate.

Naxi suddenly felt a lot more relaxed when he saw that the guards who were about to rush at him had run away. Feeling out of pressure, he picked up the oak wand hidden in his apprentice's robes and played a fireball spell at the perfect targets.

With the cooperation of the two, the guards of this squad were all released by Lidona and Naxi in a few strokes.

Although they made contact with the threat in front of them, the fight clearly alarmed the other guards.

The noise was getting closer, and it was obvious that the surrounding palace guards were coming from this side. Lidona saw that the momentum was not right, and pulled Naxi over with one hand.

"Hurry up, I should know where the king is?"

"Do you know where? Do you know or don't know?" Nacy was skeptical of Lidona's words, but before he could react, he was already being dragged like a kite and running wildly.

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