Chapter Seventy-Two: Hundred Winds
The Assassin is a class that only exists in times of war. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Those who joined the Assassin Guild all abandoned their names and were willing to give up everything they had to become shadows. Unlike the glorious knights, triumphant returns were never the belonging of the Assassins, and when the war was over and peace came, they disappeared into history until the next war.
For both Herutia and the people of the Byronic Empire, Hundred Wind is a legendary name. Since no one had ever seen the face under the mask, and no one knew her real name, she had to be named after her exquisite sword skills.
Baifeng, the originator of the speed sword technique, is also the founder of the Assassin Guild.
The wind passes without a trace, killing people invisibly, which is also the origin of the name of the sword technique.
Only a few people know that the speed sword, which now occupies half of the sword skill category, was originally just a pure assassination technique, and after several generations of knights improved and inherited, it became what it is today. The current speed sword has eliminated all the violentness in the sword technique, and only some superficial postures have been inherited.
After the end of the Hundred Years' War, it was believed that Hyaff and her Assassin Guild had retired as successfully as before, and no one could have imagined that the Assassin who had terrified the Byron Empire would die in a small border town. Her last target was to assassinate a Knight of the Round Table, Glahide.
A few days later, Church agents found the bodies of Grahide and what appeared to be Hundred Winds by the mountains of a border town.
The Church kept the matter a secret, and announced that the Knight of the Round Table, Grahide, had died in the course of completing his centennial mission, and that the seat of the Knight of the Round Table had become vacant.
Alyssa knew this because the "dead" Baifeng was the teacher who taught her swordsmanship, and since then, she has been regarded by the church as the only successor of Baifeng.
- The Assassins' Guild came out of the nest, but ended up with Graheid.
"Why did the Church send her to assassinate Graheid?"
Lin Qiu really couldn't understand the church's unbelievable decision. Even the death of an ordinary Templar like Gotak could cause a national shock, and the man who could become a Knight of the Round Table was undoubtedly one of the eight most outstanding Templars, and assassinating him was tantamount to cutting off his siblings.
"The reason given by the church is that Graheid wants to encroach on the monster's power. ”
Alyssa stopped suddenly, and the outline of the church loomed into the darkness of the night. Naturally, this argument was unlikely to convince the Templars who knew who Grahide was a human being, but in the face of the Templars' joint questioning, the Bishop took a firm stance and asked the Council of the Knights of the Round Table to draw up a ban.
- The Templars of Holutia were not allowed to pursue the matter, and if discovered, they were to be brought back to the Church for trial.
"So I want you to understand that it is definitely not a good sign that the teacher chose to appear in the imperial capital at this moment. ”
Hundred Winds, the old man who was once willing to abandon her name for the sake of Herutia, now pointed the sword in her hand at this kingdom. Although he didn't know why, he joined forces with the remnants of that clan, united with spades, and tried to seal Helo - all of which revealed a message:
The first assassin of the kingdom returned with the intention of subverting the country.
And what the Church is really afraid of is neither the Academy Center nor Spades, but Baifeng and her Assassin Guild. They knew the Assassins' code of conduct better than anyone else, and because of this, they were more aware of the trickiness of things.
Assassins never obeyed chivalry, plunging their swords into their targets' hearts at the right time.
Lin Qiu's brain couldn't process such complex information for a while, and he stared at Alyssa's eyes in a daze.
So, the old woman who was knocked out by him at the end turned out to be the former number one assassin of the kingdom?In other words, he was now targeted by such a dangerous person?
Who am I and how am I here?
Alyssa stared at Lin Qiu with a funny head full of question marks, she didn't know if this guy was lucky or what, since the beginning of the centennial mission, he has escaped death countless times from enemies who are countless times stronger than him.
"You don't think Ramov came to you to scare you...... Although I didn't hear what the bishop said to him directly, I guess he was ordered to protect the prince and princess from returning to the palace safely. ”
Until it is determined who the Hundred Winds are targeting, the Church can only send the Knights of the Round Table to protect the members of the royal family with the strictest protection.
"After learning the news of Baifeng's return to the imperial capital, the church and the royal family are already on full alert. ”
Under a series of shocks, Lin Qiu finally came to a conclusion.
- If it weren't for the fact that the old woman's cane fell off the chain at a critical moment, he and Richard would have given the curry at that time.
-- We're just going to see the unicorns and provoke whom!
On the other side, Sophia, leading the unicorn, walked into the royal city, and several rows of knights in royal armor were stationed in front of the palace. These people are all elite knights selected by the royal family, and although everyone knows that these people alone are not enough to stop the hundred winds, everyone spares no effort to do their job.
"What's going on?"
Sophia was very puzzled, these people were dispatched, which meant that the palace was on full alert, even in times of war, such a scene was rarely seen. After all, the iron cavalry of the Byron Empire has never stepped into the imperial capital for half a step.
The old butler trembled and ran up the stairs to her.
However, before he could get closer, one of the knights suddenly stared at him, and his killing intent suddenly rose. Before the knight next to him could react, he drew his sword and stabbed it at Sophia, the speed sword, and he was confident that he would plunge the sword into Princess Sophia's throat before everyone could react.
The knight beside him, even if he reacted, could not catch up with him, and could only stare at him and rush towards Princess Sophia.
Princess Sophia is on their assassination list.
A gleam of joy crossed the Assassin's face - kill one first!
His smile didn't last long, and a middle-aged man with a goatee appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye, and the short sword in his hand stabbed the other man in the chest.
However, no matter how hard he tried, the dagger could not penetrate a single point.
Goatee looked at the assassin condescendingly: "I think there are a few rats mixed in with the Royal Knights." ”
The Assassin subconsciously tried to distance himself from the other party, but his iron pincer-like hand was one step ahead of him, and he grabbed his arm.
"When did the Assassins' Guild's recruitment standards become so low? Ever since Princess Sophia came in, your eyes have never left her, and the murderous aura on her body can be felt from afar. Since I know you're not going to say anything, I'm going to skip the tongue-wasting interrogation process. ”
As the words fell, his right arm slammed into the Assassin's face, his right fist, bathed in the white firelight. (To be continued.) )