Chapter 408: A Hundred Thousand Urgent Situations
"Who the hell are you!? What are you going to do?"
The two women, who were startled by the sudden change, were forced to retreat by Al's momentum and physique, and the two probably never dreamed that what they had just said would be overheard.
"Hurry up and tell me where you hid Tia!!" Alphonse raised his voice again, and then Edward pinched his nose and carefully stepped into the sewage-ridden workshop.
"I don't know what you're talking about┉┉"
The two women tried to pretend not to know, but Alphonse suddenly punched the wall, and the huge force caused a huge crack in the wall, and you can imagine what a terrible sight it would be if this punch hit the flesh and blood. Normally, Alphonse was a kind child in the eyes of Miria and Destier who was a little introverted, but had a gentle personality and did not like to use violence. It's just that compared to Arlin, who has read the original book by Miria and Destier, he knows that the usually pure and kind Alphonse is very terrible when he is angry, and if there are people and things worthy of his protection and sacrifice, the gentle Alphonse Elric will also turn into an angry lion.
"I already heard just now, you kidnapped Tia and wanted to sacrifice her to someone, tell me where you took Tia!"
"No! We really don't know what you're talking about. ”
"Don't try to quibble!" Alphonse's gaze fell on the woman's arm, "You are carrying Tia's bracelet, a relic left to her by her mother, which she would never leave behind!"
The female clerk just now panicked, and the other woman glared at her viciously, actually revealing her identity in order to covet a worthless bracelet, this stupid person really deserves death!
Seeing that the matter had been lost, the female clerk hurriedly took off the bracelet and handed it to Al tremblingly, saying: "Please┉┉Please don't hurt us┉┉We are just doing what we are told┉┉"
"Sue me where you took Tia, as long as Tia is not hurt, you will be fine. ”
"Okay┉┉I know where the temple maid is. I can take you. ”
I don't know if it was Alphonse's punch just now that it was powerful, it seemed that the two women were really scared. Of course, it would be nice for Alphonse to make sure that Tia was safe, and Edward wanted to solve the problem in the most peaceful way possible, and as for the rest of the kidnappings of these people, it should be the job of the city sheriff.
When the woman was willing to take the initiative to take Alphonse to find Tia, the moment she passed by Alphonse, a slender dagger suddenly appeared in the woman's hand, revealing a hideous color, and skillfully aimed the dagger at the gap in the armor on Alphonse's body and stabbed it with all her might.
"Watch out for Al!" shouted Edward, who was in front of him. However, Alphonse was stabbed as if he had no time to react.
"Die!"
The woman yelled with a mad smirk, but soon an intriguing and subtle look began to appear on the woman's face, and the blade had been completely submerged after the dagger had pierced into the armored man's body, but even at this point, the woman still did not have the unique feeling of piercing into the flesh. Could it be that the wearer of this huge armor was a person as thin as a bamboo pole? It's just that she guessed wrongly that Alphonse in this armor was not thin, but that there was no one in the armor at all!
was stabbed from the back by someone insidiously, and it was the hand of the mentality that he was absolutely going to kill himself, and Alphons, who was usually gentle, was also instantly angry, and with a wave of his left hand, he knocked the woman out with a huge force, and after rolling several times on the ground covered with animal blood, the woman finally stopped. At this time, another woman shouted!
"Help, there's a robber!"
The two brothers who were suddenly hit by the kidnapper were stunned. At this time, the woman who was knocked away hurriedly stood up and also made a cry for help, as if she wanted to call the gatekeeper outside.
Syllable!
Crisp applause suddenly rang out, blue light rushed from the woman's feet like a life, and when the woman was about to escape from the door, a stone wall rose from the ground to the roof like a miracle, and the entire workshop was instantly split in two by the stone wall, and at this time, the gatekeeper outside the door also heard the shout and walked in, but the sight in front of him made the gatekeeper surprised and overwhelmed.
Denied a way to escape, the woman turned her head to look at Edward with a frightened face. And the other woman also stared at Xiaodouzi as if she had seen a monster. The kid in front of him, who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, was actually a high-level magician? Just now, he cast an earth-based spell without chanting a spell, and in an instant, he created this stone wall. And this qiē was not over, the blue light shone again, and the stone slabs on the ground rose like clay with the bodies of the two women. In the screams of the two of them, each other's bodies were wrapped in stones, only their heads were exposed, and the two of them could no longer move at the moment.
"Alright!" Edward then touched his mechanical arm and forged a sharp blade and grinned, "Two eldest sisters, if you don't want to suffer hardship, you'd better get me the truth right away! ”
"That's right, or I'm going to be rude. Alphonse also helped on the side.
The woman who was fixed in the stone wall actually clenched her teeth at this time, and was reluctant to say half a word, which made Alphonse, who was worried about Tia's comfort, so anxious that she couldn't care that the other party was a woman, and she was ready to use her fist to make them speak.
Edward grabbed Alphonse's arm and dissuaded, "Forget Al, they won't say it." ”
"That's right, little ghost~ we obey the will of our master. Our loyalty will be sublimated by us!"
Edward, who had dissuaded Alphons, was not interested in arguing with the two women who seemed to be fanatics, and as soon as he put his hands together, Xiaodouzi used alchemy to refine the words 'I am a kidnapper' in front of the two women, and ran away before the gatekeeper came in through the window, Alphonse kept nagging and worried about Tia on the way, while Edward quickly thought about it.
The word carriage had appeared during the eavesdropping, combined with the fact that a carriage had driven out shortly after Tia had entered the store. Nine times out of ten, these men loaded Tia in a wagon and prepared to transport it to the place of sacrifice. Thinking of this, Edward couldn't help but complain, the carriage passed in front of his and Al's eyes just now, and he didn't even notice it.
Under the reminder of Edward Xiaodouzi, the two brothers immediately remembered the direction in which the carriage had left just now and chased after him. It's been four hours now, and I don't know if I'll be able to find the wagon. Edward and Al ran while desperately recalling any clues about the carriage, the coachman who pulled the carriage was also a woman who looked in her thirties, the horses in the carriage were very ordinary, the horses were not valuable, and the carriage was covered with a tarpaulin, and it could be seen from the gaps in the tarpaulin that it was full of boxes
The carriage is full of boxes!
In an instant, Edward clapped his hands: "By the way, they must be going out of the city, let's go to the city gate to have a look!"
"Brother~ Are you sure?"
Edward pulled Al up and said affirmatively, "Tia must have been put in a box after being knocked unconscious." If the wagons were to leave the city, they would definitely be under scrutiny, and naturally they would have to load a lot of goods to deal with it. On the other hand, if those people were going to perform sacrifices in a secret place in the city, then there would be no need to go through so many boxes to pack them, after all, no one would run to check the carriage in the city. ”
"Makes sense!" Al said, scratching his head.
This is also Edward's preliminary reasoning, the king of Saxony only has two main city gates, according to the direction in which the carriage left before, ran to the city gate, watching people coming and going in and out of the city gate, Edward and Al looked around and found that there was no carriage in the convoy that was ready to clear the customs and leave, obviously the other party had already left the city gate in more than four hours.
Running to the guards who were on duty on the side, Edward hurriedly asked, "May I ask if there was a carriage full of boxes and horses pulled by miscellaneous hairs from here just now?" ”
"Hey~ I don't know how many carriages with boxes left today. How do I know, okay! Go play, don't disturb our work. The guard on duty waved his hand when he saw Edward, who was still a child, and said.
"The driver of that carriage is also a woman, please help us check, this is very important!"
Under the entanglement of Edward and Al, one of the captains of the garrison, who heard the voice, came over and asked what had happened, and when he said that the carriage was drawn by a woman, the captain of the garrison suddenly remembered that there was indeed a woman pulling a carriage out of the city at noon with some fruit wine. Originally, alcohol is a fragile substance, and if you are not careful, you will have an accident. Considering that the coachman had paid enough taxes and was a beautiful woman with still charm, the guard in charge of the inspection symbolically opened a box and counted the quantities. After confirming that it was correct, there was no embarrassment in letting it go.
When the captain of the garrison said that he still looked very appreciative of a beautiful mature woman here, the two audience members in front of him had already disappeared, and the figures began to rush out, but the two brothers were stopped at the first moment. After all, this is the city gate checkpoint, and anyone entering or leaving without a relevant document needs to be checked.
Edward was not afraid to check, but Al, who was dressed in armor, was afraid, although there was a projection spell to maintain it, even if the helmet was removed, the guards would definitely check Alphonse's armor from time to time to carry contraband. After all, it's too easy to hide things in such a big piece of armor. Although it is impossible for Al to bring any contraband, giving the guards such a check is tantamount to revealing Al's identity.
Hit haha, Xiaodouzi quickly perfunctory the guards a few words and pulled Alphonse to run, before arousing the guards' suspicions, the two quietly ran to a blind corner under the city wall, with the launch of Edward's refining array, a tunnel was refined under the tall city wall. The two of them hunched up and crawled for a long time before leaving the city.
Considering that there was only one main road outside the city, the two quickly chased along the road. When the little bean was out of strength, Alphonse put his brother on his shoulder and ran quickly, anyway, his armor body would not feel tired, at this time Alphonse had some gratitude for his current physical condition.
Along the way, the two brothers asked if they had received some useful information that the carriage that was supposed to carry Tia was indeed still in front of them.
And halfway through the run, Alphonse exclaimed, and under Edward's questioning, Alphonse scratched his head in distress and said, "Brother~ Should we go and inform the guards first." ”
"This is indeed ┉┉Forget it, it's too late to go back now~!
Edward, who was sitting on Alphonse's shoulder, pointed ahead like an observer and shouted, and Alphonse's speed doubled in an instant after hearing Tia's name. Passing one carriage after another, Alphonse's conspicuous shape attracted many people to look sideways at this strange sight! (To be continued......