19. The duke's hole cards and the duke's chess game

"Ping Pong !!!!"

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"Well, my hand slipped. ”

The sound was not loud, but it was like thunder, tearing through the dark clouds that had enveloped the hearts of the Armaks.

Those who had fallen silent out of fear and humiliation were awakened by the sound and looked at the initiator.

Fan shook his hand, looked around, looked at the nobles who had fallen into silence collectively, and said dissatisfiedly:

"Am I mistaken? I've always thought I'm the greatest man in this country, why haven't I been there since then?

"Lord Duke......" Although he didn't know what Fan wanted to say, the knight's heart was a little apprehensive, because until just now, he had usurped his identity and stole the limelight from Fan.

The conversation that was supposed to belong to two dukes of equal status became an unequal conversation between the duke and a knight because of him, and the little duke of his own family was completely forgotten.

Danfan didn't care about this, and he continued: "If I'm not mistaken, we now seem to be surrounded by an army that has come out of nowhere?"

"You're not mistaken, Duke Almac. The other duke said with an indifferent smile.

"Besides, if I'm not mistaken, you're their boss, right?"

"Boss? Hehe, that's true. ”

Not only the knights, but all the nobles in the entire hall were attracted by the conversation between the two dukes.

Receiving Eddard's answer, Van immediately pointed his finger at the other party and put a smug smile on his face.

"Ed Gilheim, I'm going to say, you're a big idiot!!"

"That's interesting, what makes you think so?" said Ed Gilheim, who felt that he had won the battle, not angry, but took a moment to go.

"Sure enough, it's a stupid person, don't you even understand this?" Fan shrugged helplessly: "Look, you ......" He pointed to Ed: "Here, and your army ......" He pointed out the window again: "Outside." ”

"There's no way your army can come to protect you right away, there are only 4 stupid big guys by your side, my Leon can deal with them with one hand, and then as long as you are killed here, everything will be fine. Fan said with a relaxed face: "If you kill the leader, the small soldiers will naturally disperse, and it was the same when I went to crusade against the bandits last time, it is obviously such a simple truth, why no one found out? The nobles of the entire principality are such stupid people, it really makes this Duke embarrassed!"

Well, the crowd laughed, and then everyone was embarrassed.

"......" Ed shook his head helplessly: "It's really my mistake to expect you to make a blockbuster statement, do you really understand the current situation, Duke Almac, regardless of the strength or weakness of the four battle-hardened knights around me and your knights, as long as I make a slight mistake, the army outside will immediately open fire, and at that time, all the people here will be buried for me, and even the city will be dragged into the war and destroyed, so I am already invincible!"

"My Leon is the strongest!!" Fan said proudly: "It is impossible for a big killing ring to happen! Leon told me that he will protect me, so I believe that he and his Knights of the Guards will be able to defend this place, as for you saying that you will drag the whole city into the flames of war, so what, you can burn it if you want to, anyway, the people who died are people from outside, and I don't know them, what does it matter to me whether I die or not?"

Even if it's blind trust, there's a limit, Lord Duke!!Don't completely ignore the objective conditions!That young man Leon is just comforting you!!

The nobles present felt that they had been cheated by his father, how did the old duke give birth to such a wonderful son?

"Gong ...... Lord Duke!" The upright and loyal knight was a little touched by the trust, but more often than noted.

As knights, as nobles, protecting their territory is the truth they have been instilled since childhood, no nobleman can let his territory be destroyed by foreign enemies, this is the stubborn nature flowing in the blood of nobles, like Fan, who ignores his own territory and people, and even says that he will burn with you, is simply a strange flower on the continent, and it is a freak that is rarer than a heretic with two heads.

"All in all, as long as you are killed, the army that has lost its leader will naturally retreat, and that is only a matter of time. So you're really stupid, why would you be separated from your own army? If it were me, I would definitely hide in the center of the army and not come out. ”

Van ended his speech.

He waved his hand forward.

"Leon, kill those four eyesores. ”

"Yes. ”

It was impossible to judge the consequences of this, but the loyal knight still carried out the mortal orders with meticulous care.

The four knights guarding Ed looked very calm, their muscles tensed, and they did not hesitate to touch the weapons at their waists.

However, the opponent appeared to be faster than them.

Before he could reach the weapon, Leon's figure descended, knocking one of them into the air first.

The remaining three knights were able to draw their weapons.

What they saw in their eyes was the remnant of the sword left on the retina.

The second knight relied on his knee-jerk reaction to barely block, and the weapon in his hand was almost knocked out, and there was a sharp pain in the tiger's mouth, which had already cracked.

Even though he barely grasped the weapon in his hand, his asana had completely collapsed.

And then he flew away too.

"I will never let you hurt the Duke!!"

The remaining two looked at each other and decided to join forces to attack.

The two joined forces, wielding their swords in an airtight manner, but it also seemed that Leon was on par, and the weapons of the three collided with each other and became entangled.

At this moment, the most fatal blow, and at the same time the deepest trump card that Ed Gilheim had hidden, was finally launched.

It is with this trump card that he will appear here in a grand manner.

It was a faint halo as cold as the shadow of the moon.

The ultimate target of the dreamlike moonlight is Duke Almark, who has lost the protection of the knight and has no power to protect himself.

However, the moment the moon shadow descended, it was stopped.

While!!!

Loud metal crashing.

Moon Shadow's true face is revealed, a short dagger that glows with a ghostly light.

In the way of the dagger was another dull dagger, made of unknown materials.

The two weapons confronted each other, and although both sides were exerting force, the daggers did not shake at all, but seemed to stick together, and fell into a strange state of stillness in the air, both of them stagnating on the near side of Fan.

"Is that you?" said the attacker in a hoarse voice, as if he hadn't drunk water in days and nights.

"You did. The voice that seemed to have been heard somewhere replied, and it was clear that he knew the attacker.

"......" missed, thousands of miles away, the former immediately gave up the target, the whole person seemed to melt into the water, the figure gradually became blurred, it was a kind of step that would give people an illusion, his figure twisted and squeezed into the crowd, and the next moment disappeared.

Until he left, only a handful of people in the hall were able to draw a concrete image of the Assassin in their minds.

For others, it seems that they only see a moving black shadow.

"There are assassins!!"

"Protect the Duke!"

It wasn't until this moment that people raced to react.

On the stage, Leon had already packed up the remaining two knights and hurried back to Fan's side.

It was a grave dereliction of duty, and the loyal and strong knight had never been aware of the existence of such a powerful assassin at hand.

"Lord Duke, aren't you hurt?" Looking at Fan, who seemed unharmed, Leon was afraid for a while.

"......" Fan turned his head stiffly and looked at him.

Then, fall limply to the ground.

"Lord Duke!!" The knight was shocked.

"Legs, legs are weak......," said Fan Youqi, who was half a beat slower.

With the knight's scrambling support, Fan finally stood up.

"Who are you?" he asked the men who had protected themselves from the Assassins' attacks.

The man had a top-notch face, and he always felt as if he had seen him somewhere and as if he had never seen him, as if he could no longer recognize him from the crowd as soon as he turned his head.

It's literally evolved into a racial talent.

But if it weren't for the existence of this man with a public face, then even if he didn't die, he would be held hostage by the other party.

In that case, it will really be powerless.

"The villain is a subordinate of Miss Serra, and has been ordered to come to protect your safety. The other party said in a familiar voice, not only the public face, but even the voice is ordinary and makes people's ears hurt.

"O people of Serra. "Because this is the main text, I still know the subordinate who has been on a business trip for a long time and hasn't shown up.

"What's your name?"

"Shadwa ......"

"Shadwa, you look really strong, do you want to come to me as a knight?" Van immediately began to dig into the corners of his subordinates.

"The villain is not born to be on the stage, please forgive me. ”

"Tsk, it's a good guy for Serra, it's very well defended, no matter what, you saved my life, I'm grateful to you. ”

Fan dug into his pocket, then pulled out a candy.

"For you!"

Shadwa took the candy with a smile, and for the first time he showed an expression other than calm.

Then, Fan happily said to Leon, "Alright, now go and clean up the guy who dared to rob me of Ellie." ”

Ed Gilheim's face was silent, but his heart was secretly bitter.

The reason why Ed has the confidence to come to Almak to participate in the engagement ceremony (NTR) is precisely because of his association with Count Thomas, who himself uses as a bait to attract everyone's attention on the front, so that he disguises himself as a merchant, a civilian, a mercenary, The circus army is sneaking into the city one after another, and at some point suddenly erupting, in order to coerce the Almaks, according to this plan, he will be engaged to the descendants of the Pol family in full view, even the biggest obstacle Almak can only watch everything happen under the coercion of the army, the descendants of Gilheim and Pol will rightfully claim the title of Duke of Pol, and he will completely get rid of his uncle's shadow and usurped identity, for Ed, who has never found the missing mother and son, this is the most important thing at the moment, for this, he drained almost all the power in the country that was in his hands.

At the same time, by doing so, it will humiliate this weak neighbor and further consolidate its prestige at home and in the South as a whole.

But at this moment, because of Fan's nonsense and disregard for the overall situation, everything has lost its meaning.

Of course, he could order the army to attack this place, and then use this as a bargaining chip, in turn, to ensure his own safety.

No one would be so mad as to trade the life of a nationwide nobleman for the life of a man, and even if a fool like Almak would do such a thing, those nobles who were implicated would certainly actively oppose him.

But he could not do this, and leading an army to snatch a bride and bloodbathing a castle were two completely different things, the former was a favorite topic of conversation among the nobles, and the latter was a good opportunity for His Majesty the King, who would happily give an order to the nobles of the whole country to attack the undeclared ones, and take advantage of this moment to annex all of Boer in one fell swoop.

This is an outcome that Ed can't accept in any way, and he discovers that the real thrower has become himself, who still has a good hand but is completely useless.

Of course, the Almacians understand this, but understanding is one thing, reality is another. It's like a group of bandits breaking into your home and forcing you to hand over all your possessions with knives, even if you know that if the bandits use a knife on you, they will definitely be sentenced to death, but how many people dare to fight the bandits with their necks?

Except for the dignified Sword Saint, probably only such a fool would fight to the end desperately.

Ed felt like he had run into a fool who couldn't understand the situation, and that fool's reckless straight punch happened to ruin his plans.

His heart sank into the abyss.

The last trump card is invalid.

Of course, he understands the danger of entering the enemy camp alone, and understands that his existence will become the biggest weakness of the whole plan, therefore, he has made a lot of preparations in advance, and the 4 knights he brought are among the best even under him, and the cautious Duke did not put all the hole cards on them, the fire made Boer very angry, and the elites around the old duke were almost wiped out, and the talents he cultivated were not enough to compete with other countries, so he made further preparations.

He used various means and spent a huge amount of money to obtain the assistance of the king of assassins as the final trump card hidden in his hand, but he didn't expect that the guy who was said to be the strongest was actually beaten away like this.

A young knight who had just taken over the Knights of the Guards was unexpectedly strong, and the other party also hid a master no less than the King of Assassins.

So the plan collapsed.

Now the only thing he can rely on is the army outside, of course, the overall advantage is still in his hands, but Almac, who can't see the situation clearly, doesn't eat him at all, do you want him to explain the current situation to the stupid guy opposite?

I always feel that if I do such a thing, I will really lose.

Fan gave the order with teeth and claws: "Leon, go up, cut off his arm, and drag him to the army outside to force them to retreat, but don't slap him in the face, let his subordinates recognize him." ”

"Van der Almac...... Ed Gilheim, who had been victorious until now, was gloomy at the moment, and as a background, the men he brought, the four knights lay helplessly on the ground, and still could not get up: "Do you think this will bring me to my knees?

"Help me, help_me or something?" said Fan with a smile.

"How about an order to kill everything that can be seen, let the fire of the red lotus engulf the city, and let as many people as possible bury me. ”

"I don't believe you'll be able to issue such an order then. If it's me...... Belch...... Secret!!"

"It is necessary to obtain the blood of Pol, and if I lose my rights, I will be denied everything I have done, I ...... There is no way back!, so I will do anything!!" Gilheim said categorically, and in his rage, he blurted out what should have been kept secret. Of course, for those who don't know the inside story, even if they hear what he says, they can't understand the meaning.

"What kind of orders you want to give is your business, but whether your orders will be obeyed is another matter, which one is more important in the eyes ......of your subordinates, your orders or your life?

Fan thought about it in distress, and then his eyes lit up, and he said triumphantly: "Sure enough, it's better to pretend not to see you!!"

"Hmph, let's get started. Bet on you, on me, on everyone present, and on the fate of the city......"

Gilheim obviously made a good hand, but Almak on the opposite side was playing backgammon with him with his own rules, and in the face of a situation out of control, Ed Gilheim chose to be tough to the end...... Although that tough face looks incomparably sad at this moment.