Chapter Forty-Seven: Each Has His Own Calculations, Many Sides Fight in the Dark (Part II)
The Iron Master's apartment is located on the top floor of the Apothecary's Guild Tower, which is a semi-independent tower connected to the main body of the tower by a narrow iron ladder more than ten meters long. The tower was located opposite the residences of President Herderland and Grandmaster Deben Basten, and was almost the same in height, with a faint hint of equal status.
Of course, that's a thing of the past.
When Uniken Skylark arrived, although he was already a little prepared, his face still showed a look of horror. The Iron Master's room was gone, a statement that was a little difficult for him to understand, but when he saw that the iron staircase leading to the semi-detached tower was only half cut by a blade, and the entire tower was gone, he finally understood why the Assassin who had come to report the news looked panicked.
All this was completely beyond his comprehension.
It was not difficult to destroy a tower, and even if the tower was protected by many alchemical methods, Uniken Skylark could think of at least five or six ways to destroy it instantly. Although in the archives of the Coventry Adventurers' Guild, the vice-captain of the Night Falcon team, Uniken Lark, is only a high-level molten gold warrior, in fact, he arrived at the door of the Grandmaster Hall thirty years ago, but he has never had the opportunity to step in.
In other words, the number one powerhouse in the city-state of Coventry is not Baron Edelman Brippes, and certainly not the Uniken Skylark who is close enough to match him, and in the Night Falcon squad, Uniken can only barely rank in the top five.
The top five, Uniken Skylark, walked to the edge of the tower and leaned down to look. Due to a short but fierce battle, there were several striking signs of destruction in the garden carefully conceived by the Apothecary Guild, and the gate and a section of the fence next to the gate were completely destroyed by the explosion, leaving only many fragments and a shocking crater.
However, there was no sign of the tower falling, bricks, rubble, fragments of furnishings and furniture, nothing. The Iron Master's living room seemed to have been erased from this space by an invisible palm, leaving no trace. An entire group of Assassins who entered the tower vanished without a trace.
These Assassins were unusual in skill and very determined. The same group of Assassins, at the cost of half of their men, cleared the last resistance of the Apothecary Guild and killed a Grandmaster Apothecary. Uniken Skylark knew very well that even if he were to change his place, he would be embarrassed against a team of Assassins, and maybe lose his life.
In other words, the Iron Master's abode caused them more damage than the entire Apothecary's Guild resisted.
There was another rush of footsteps, and a warrior in light armor of iron blue came running briskly, a full-face helmet replacing the Assassin's masked cloth scarf, and a wolf's tooth mark on his shoulder to indicate that he belonged to the guard team guarding outside the tower.
"Lord Lark, there's news from the Man of a Thousand Faces. ”
The warrior said as he handed a thin metal tube to Uniken, then took two steps back and stood with his hands down.
Euniken frowned, twisted the tube with a special technique, and unfolded it into a sheet of metal with handwriting, and after just one glance, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "Damn the gods...... The Battle of Honor was lost, and the desert barbarians suddenly withdrew!"
It was sudden, bad news, worse than the worst that Uniken had envisioned. The raid on the Apothecary's Guild was an important step in the overall plan, and it was also the initial stage of the curtain, with a large investment of four elite squads to ensure a smooth start.
The predetermined objective is now only halfway through the accomplishment at most, and it also exposes important information about the hostile forces hidden in the city-state. Frustrated, Uniken Skylark wanted to stay a little longer to at least get rid of President Heldland, but after a little thought, he gave the order to all retreat.
Alchemy Flame is not something that is very easy to deal with, and without the help of a pharmacist, a group of molten gold warriors alone will not be able to quickly suppress the Alchemy Flame, let alone deal with President Herderland.
Uniken's order was given in a timely manner, but when it came time to organize the evacuation, there was still a slight flaw. Since the Night Falcon team was nominally part of a group of mercenaries registered with the Adventurers' Guild, Uniken Skylark was not the direct supervisor of the Assassins, but was given temporary command authority before the operation.
Of course, there is no problem when everything is going well, but when something happens, the temporary command authority is very reluctant. After the whistle blew, Uniken waited a full five minutes to see a dozen black-clad masked men withdraw from the tower, not enough to count the two squads.
"What's going on, where are the rest of the people?" Euniken gave up the cumbersome sign language and greeted him and asked sharply, "You are all from the first squad, why haven't the second squads shown up yet?"
A black-clad masked man was about to explain when he suddenly heard a particularly shrill whistle. "Someone approaches, the vigilance team can't stop it!" "In the most urgent situation, it is useless to say anything. Eunikon gritted his teeth and gave the order to the group to evacuate, then glanced meaningfully towards the Apothecary's tower.
"An elite assassin who doesn't even obey orders...... It seems that the road to recapture Coventry will be very tortuous. ”
As Uniken judged, the time left for the attackers to evacuate was very short. With a whole team of sheriffs as temporary subordinates, Victor's leader exerted his amazing command ability, and with the advantage of numbers and long-range firepower, he quickly broke through the resistance of the vigilant team and reached the tower of the Apothecary's Guild.
"It's a bad situation...... "Leader Victor slowed down, swept his eyes around, and immediately made a pessimistic judgment, "This place has been occupied for at least half an hour, and if those attackers are fighting for the lives of the pharmacists, I'm afraid there are no survivors now." ”
Merlin Avery wore a sheriff's uniform and a pneumatic rifle in his hand, and was inconspicuous in the crowd. Hearing Victor's judgment, he thought about it for a moment and replied softly, "It's better to go up and take a look, Victor, the apothecary is not as fragile as you think, especially the grandmaster...... Everyone basically has one or two means of saving their lives. ”
The leader of Victor nodded, and then commanded the sheriffs to guard the important passages, activated the repulsive shield himself, and was the first to enter the tower of the Apothecary's Guild. Avery followed closely behind, flanked by more than a dozen sheriffs who had formed a defensive formation.
The first floor of the tower was both a trading place for alchemical potions and a dormitory for apprentices, and there wasn't much to fight on, but that didn't seem to be the case at all. The entire trading floor seemed to be swept by a tornado, rows of shelves toppled to the ground, workbenches and alchemy utensils were all destroyed beyond the purchase, and the alchemy potions were either taken or shattered, and not a single bottle was left intact.
"The purpose of those people...... Is it to make all the molten warriors of the Coventry defenders incapacitated?" Avery's eyes lit up with obvious anger, "Do they know what this means?