Chapter 44: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada (Thanks to Book Friend Sheng Huang for the Reward)
After Owen's death, the mercenaries outside the Doberman family were only stunned for a moment, and then they roared and broke open the door of the Doberman family, and swarmed in. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The mercenaries who entered the Doberman family first did not waste any more time, but quickly ran in the direction of the Doberman family hall, without any hesitation or search process. Obviously, they are very familiar with the terrain of the Doberman family, and therefore, their identity is also revealed. These were the first mercenaries to leave the Dobermans, and now they fought back, being the first to storm the house of their former employer.
However, their minds were clearly in vain. Upon entering the hall, they were greeted not by the expected well-guarded mercenary escorts, nor by the direct members of the Doberman family, nor even by the servants and maids running around.
In front of them were corpses lined up on the ground, richly dressed, with gold threads embroidered on their clothes and expensive ornaments on their bodies showing their status during their lifetimes. Now, however, these clothes do not make them look more graceful, or more luxurious.
The frightened expressions on their faces, the unwilling eyes, and these luxurious clothes, under the bright light of countless magic lamps, dressed the hall like a ghost in the world.
The blood on the ground ripped a line of blood from their respective owners, and then merged with the nearby blood lines, forming dark red puddles of blood. Some of the puddles of blood were slowly growing, and it was clear that the people had not been dead for too long, or, just a moment before they came to this hall, the beings had left their shells.
The sight before them brought the mercenaries who were ready to go on a killing spree to a standstill, and they had imagined many situations on the way here, all kinds of desperate resistance, or bitter begging. But they didn't expect that these people could no longer make any noise, and they could not make any resistance.
"This is the patriarch of the Doberman family, Whippet Doberman!" In the crowd, a warrior in his forties with a bearded face recognized his former employer.
"This is Whipbit's eldest son, and his younger brother, who is also here. The other mercenary apparently recognized the other members of the Doberman family as well.
The voices of the two men fell, and a chill rose from the backs of everyone on the scene.
"All the people in the Doberman family are dead, no, it's a trap!" is still the same beard, no matter what the cause of death of the Doberman family is, but what is certain is that this is a trap against the Doberman family, and they have unknowingly let this trap be trapped.
"Run. I don't know who shouted, and the people present rushed to the outside of the hall.
However, by this time, it was already too late.
By the time they were the first to run down the hall, sharp-eyed men had already run after them, but they were delayed for a moment due to their unfamiliarity with the terrain. However, the Doberman family's mansion was designed for habitation after all, and it was not a building like a maze array. So, on the premise that the general direction is right, the second group of people has also arrived at this place.
Before the first batch of mercenaries ran out, the latecomers had already seen the corpses lined up in the hall, and then they felt that they already knew something when they saw these mercenaries running outside.
"The Doberman family has been killed, and the treasure is in their hands. As a shout rang out, everyone raised their guards. Before the first group could explain, the mercenaries outside the door who were afraid that they would escape had already wielded their weapons.
Next, there was no time for anyone to explain anymore, and this group of mercenaries who had temporarily gathered together for the sake of interests no longer had any allies.
The first group of mercenaries wanted to get out, while the second group wanted to leave them behind. Then, when the mercenaries who had run to the rest of the Doberman family heard the sound of battle and gathered here, the scene turned into complete chaos.
"People from the Howling Tiger Mercenary Regiment, come here. In the scuffle, one of the mercenaries tried to gather his teammates, but in the next second, he was greeted by an attack from everyone around him. With a single shout, he vanished into the midst of the numerous attacks.
An Assassin was about to use his movement speed to run out of the crowd, however, he also disappeared into the numerous attacks.
One archer, with his light form, jumped onto the shoulders of the others and ran out of the battlefield, unfortunately, he couldn't even run a distance of five meters.
Like a group of crabs caught in a bamboo basket, everyone wants to survive while intentionally or unintentionally blocking the escape of others.
No one knows whose body the treasure is, and no one knows if there will be countless weapons waving at him in the next moment. Whether you want treasures, you want to protect yourself, you want to live. Well, now you have only one way to go, kill everyone, and as long as you are the last one to stay, then you have succeeded.
Eventually, all the mercenaries who entered the Doberman family were led into the melee, with cries of near-death despair, and cries of pain after being hit. Tonight is the Dobermans, already doomed to be razed to the ground.
The battle lasted all night.
When the eastern sky broke and a bright red morning glow appeared in the east with the gradually brightening skylight, the shouts of the Doberman family gradually subsided.
With the beeping sound of the wood about to go out, the occasional sound of the columns and houses collapsing. A group of knights in full armor rode horses that were also covered in armor. With the sound of horses' hooves, it appeared outside the Doberman family.
At the same time, there was already a team of soldiers in the same costume in front of the gate of the Doberman family, seeing the appearance of this group of knights, they did not have any language communication, the soldiers waiting outside the door opened the door of the Doberman family, and the knights who were also silent quickly entered the Doberman family.
Over the next hour, the Doberman family grew quieter, and the occasional moaning and muffled grunt faded away. Until the knights reappeared outside the door of the Doberman family. Their armor is still bright, and their ranks are still neat. It's just that on the skirt armor of the war horses, and on their armor, there are a little red stars.
With the crunch of a whip, the knights disappeared into the streets of York City in the early morning with the sound of their hooves, which slowly decreased.
The soldiers guarding outside, after closing the door of the Doberman family, also left in a neat line, and there was not a word of conversation in the whole process. With silence, white smoke began to fill the sky above the Doberman family again.
The smoke slowly drifted upwards and finally dissolved into the early morning haze.