The mountain road ahead passed through a small open area between the two passes, and there were cliffs and rocks on both sides, and there were indeed thirty people in ambush in the dense forest!

There were twenty-four men with crossbows in their hands, the strings had not yet been pulled but the arrows had been mounted, the black shafts and tail feathers were nothing but inconspicuous in the shadows of the trees, and the arrows had a faint blue-blue sheen on the clusters, as if they had been fed with great poison. This is a strong crossbow that is forbidden to be possessed by the people, the sound of the bowstring is very small, and the size of the crossbow arrow is not large, but it can shoot far and accurately!

The black crossbow is engraved with the pattern of the magic array, and the powerful crossbow string needs a samurai with strong blood to pull it apart. Twenty-four crossbowmen lay in ambush on either side of the mountain path, twelve on each side. Looking through the dense forest on the side of Medanzo and Amon, there was a person in ambush on the other side of the road, holding a staff in charge of the overall situation, and the aura that vaguely emanated was actually a great magician!

Among the crossbowmen, there was also a samurai with a sword lurking silently, and the kind of power that he had invisibly was actually a great samurai. There were also three priests among the Assassins, two on one side of the road and one on the other side.

Medanzo gasped and said, "All the magic crossbows, ambushing two complete squads, with a great magician under the command, and two great warriors in addition to the order! What kind of battle is this? Even if I find them, it is impossible to quietly subdue all these assassins." ”

Amon nodded: "The position of their ambush is very good, on both sides of the road you can monitor each other's situation, there is a great magician in the center to guard, two great warriors to protect and respond, and three priests to set up a formation to detect." Even if I make a move, it will not be possible to solve it all at once without a word, and someone will definitely be able to detect the movement and raise the alarm. ”

Medanzo frowned, "Are these people here to assassinate Aristotle?"

Amon also frowned and said: "It doesn't take such a big battle to assassinate a person, you can get out of the chaos with one blow, the more assassins the better." Look at this frame, what are they trying to do?"

Medanzo whispered: "Kill people and kill people, they must kill people and kill people! Not only do they want to kill Mr. Aristotle, but they will not even leave a single living convoy of people, so that this mission will completely disappear from the world." ”

Amon nodded and said, "I heard that the guards led by Mr. Aristotle are also two squads with a total of twenty-four knights, and the captain of the guard should be a great warrior." This lineup is understandable if the purpose of the Assassins was not just to assassinate an envoy, but to make the mission disappear and never return to the Macedonian kingdom. ”

Medanzo asked again: "At least the strength of a state can send such an assassination team, who will it be?"

Amon reminded, "Look at the dress of those warriors. ”

Medanzo was slightly stunned: "It's the costume of the Kibadans!" But I don't think these people are Kibadan warriors, the skin on the faces of real Kibadan warriors can't be so fine, and there can't be traces of wearing several rings on their fingers, obviously deliberately dressed as Kibadans. ”

Amon: "Well, your eyesight is pretty good. And who do you think they will be, Potts?"

Medanzo was puzzled: "They clearly want to kill people, but at the same time, they are prepared for the case that if anyone in the mission can escape and run back to report the news, then the Kibadans will be blamed." But there was no need for the Pozzians to do this, there was no point in killing a mission, and if the city-state of Aaron was truly allied with Macedonia, the death of the mission would only provoke them to become even more hostile to the Pozes. ”

Amon asked meaningfully, "Then who do you say is most likely to do this? The information is so accurate, and the ambush is so skillful? Think in the most unlikely place!"

Medanzo gasped again: "Could it be the Aaron?"

Amon sighed regretfully: "I signed the covenant, and when I turned around, I regretted it, but it is not good to openly tear up the covenant and suffer retaliation from Macedonia? ”

Medanzo: "Can the Arons be so insidious?"

Amon: "Is that so, when we take down these Assassins for interrogation, everything will be clear." ”

Medanzo quietly pulled out the key of fate: "Do it now?"

Amon shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you are also a general on the battlefield, let me ask you, under what circumstances can we subdue them all silently? They can't be our opponents, but if they are not right, they will make a mess of this place. They haven't assassinated yet, and now doing so would be tantamount to a sneak attack. ”

Medanzo thought for a moment and said, "No matter what the situation is, you should choose the most favorable time for yourself. Then the best chance is when Aristotle's convoy goes into an ambush and they happen to make a move, and we shoot at the same time. ”

Amon nodded and said, "That's it, I'll be in charge of fifteen people over there, including that great magician, and I'll hand over the fifteen here." Don't let them have a chance to fight back once they make a move, otherwise the crossbow arrows in the hands of those samurai will be very troublesome, and they may be accidentally injured if they shoot indiscriminately. As for Mr. Aristotle's safety, I am responsible. ”

...... Aristotle's convoy entered the mountains, consisting of three wagons, on which the important supplies carried by the mission were placed, accompanied by the servants of the envoy. There were two squads of twenty-four knights escorting, and the captain of the guard, Eisen, was a great warrior who was supposed to sit in the first car, but when he entered the mountain, he rode next to the second car, and in this car was Aristotle.

After passing through a pass, the two mountains in front of it are towering and a pass, which is a small open area with deep forests on both sides. Eisen suddenly heard Aristotle's voice: "This is a treacherous place, and it is a good place for ambushes. The cavalry could not see the situation in the dense forest, nor could they charge into it on horseback, but the Assassins could shoot cold arrows in ambush in the forest. Tell everyone to be on guard and take up their shields. ”

Eisen gave the order, and the knight who accompanied him put on his helmet and picked up his shield. The cavalry was equipped with shields to keep out the arrows and to protect vital points when charging, but did not carry heavy shields in their hands when marching, but only took them off when they hung on the horse's hips to fight. The same goes for heavy helmets, which are always uncomfortable to wear, and usually hang on the shoulders of horses on the march.

The guards were on guard, and Eisen asked with some confusion, "My lord, do you think that someone will have the courage to assassinate? We have already made an alliance with the Aarons, and now it is not meaningful to make trouble again, right?"

Aristotle replied unhurriedly: "It is always wrong to be cautious, and although I called on the Citizens of Aaron to pass a resolution to form an alliance, it was also because many people were unable to answer in public that I had accused them of colluding with the Bozzians, and had to make such a decision." I can see that those who are really in power in the city-state of Jaron are unwilling to submit to Macedonia, and as soon as I leave, some will repent. And I have also heard that the messengers of the Potts arrived in Aaron after I had gone, and that they might put new pressure on the Aarons to change their minds. ”

Eisen was taken aback and said, "Could it be that Aaron wants to tear up the covenant?

Aristotle sighed: "They don't need to tear up the covenant, they just need to pretend that this covenant has never been signed, so that the whereabouts of our mission are unknown." ...... This is only speculation at worst, and the possibility of what happened is very small, but we can't take it lightly. ”

Before the words fell, I saw that there were birds in the woods on the left side of the woods, and suddenly the killing intent was pervasive, and twelve black crossbow arrows shot out with a fierce wind sound. Fortunately, the knights were on guard with shields in their hands, and the crossbow arrows came with such force that they even knocked their shields out of the cracks, and some of the knights fell off their horses. There were also knights who dodged on their horses, but the horses were hit by arrows and fell down, and the escort team was instantly chaotic.

The attack did not only take place on the left side of the team, the chaos was just a cover-up, and twelve feathered arrows were also shot out of the mountain forest on the right side at the same time, silently as if wrapped in translucent light and shadow, and in the blink of an eye, it was clear that there was a great magician casting a spell to cooperate. The twelve arrows were fired at the carriage in the center of the procession, and Eisen and Aristotle in the carriage were both targeted.

The great warrior Aisen was also a little caught off guard, and with a shout he drew his sword and swung it out, and he could only shoot four feathered arrows at him, one arrow at his horse, and the other seven arrows at the cart were too late to stop. At this moment, a soft buzzing sound was suddenly heard, and a light blue protective shield appeared out of thin air, protecting the carriage and Eisen outside the carriage.

The bolt shot into the blue light, making a crackling sound like shattering ice, and the magic shield shattered, but the arrow was slow. Eisen's sword emitted a flash of light and swept through the wind, knocking down all twelve feathered arrows.

He was already in a cold sweat, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for your rescue, it turns out that your magic skills are so clever!" and then shouted at the guards: "Dismount and form a formation, raise your shield to shrink the formation, and protect your lordship!"

In this dense mountain forest, there was no advantage in horseback, and the guards dismounted one after another, raising their shields and surrounding Aristotle's carriage, armed with weapons as if facing a great enemy. Judging from the round of crossbow arrows just now, the assassins encountered were by no means ordinary, and the next step must be a mountain of thunderous means, and no one knows how many enemies lurked around.

However, strange things happened again, the Assassins only fired the first round of crossbow arrows, and then fell silent, missing the best opportunity to attack, as if waiting for Aristotle's guards to dismount and set up their defensive formations, and never fired again.

Like that kind of crossbow arrow, it can be fired quickly and continuously, when those knights are in chaos, the cold arrows fired continuously are more threatening, and they can definitely cause a lot of casualties, not to mention that there is a great magician to cover and cooperate, why is there no movement?

Eisen held the long sword in his hand and nervously said to himself, "What's going on?"

There was a man in the dense forest who flew out far away, and the guards were about to launch a counterattack, but they saw this man fall to the ground with his teeth and claws, and then he was motionless, seeing that he was knocked unconscious and thrown out. Immediately afterwards, people were also thrown out of the dense forest on the other side, and one by one they were thrown onto the road and placed neatly. When the last man was thrown, he still had a staff in his hand.

Eisen cried out, "That's Merlin, the high priest of Aaron, Lord Aristotle, you guessed it right, the Arronians really want to assassinate us...... Who? Who is the master who is helping out?"

Aristotle had already lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage, bowed to the front, and said, "I wonder which god blessed this unfortunate man of the world?"

At this time, one of them smiled and said, "Two old friends passed by, and they happened to see an assassin lurking on the side of the road, and they will help you take it easily." You have not lost anyone, but it is a blessing in misfortune. ”

As he spoke, Amon stepped out of the jungle on his right, and Medanzo came out from his left to follow him. Eisen was stunned, he didn't know these two. Aristotle's expression was also surprised, but he was stunned and then returned to his senses, and the separate guards stepped forward and saluted: "It was you!"

When Amon was only fourteen years old, Aristotle met him in the town of Duke, and later Amon became the general of Eju, guarding the Red Headland, and Aristotle was also in the army. Now the sage has two sideburns, and Amon is still in his early twenties, and the appearance of Medanzo next to him has not changed much from back then, and Aristotle can recognize it at a glance.

Aristotle knew very well that there was a god standing before him, and that he was the presiding god of the people of Eju, and that he did not know what to call him in the here and now.

Amon stepped forward and grabbed Aristotle's arm and said, "Sir, you don't have to salute me, it has always been my wish to have the opportunity to repay you, and you are also one of the most respected elders in my life!" At the same time, he said in his soul: "You don't have to be a god, I am the outgoing general Eju, a child who grew up in the town of Duke, and my name is Amon." ”

Without Amundo's reminder, Aristotle already understood what he meant. Then Eisen came over and asked, "Lord Aristotle, do you know these two heroes?"

Aristotle turned around and explained, "His name is Amon, and he is a friend I made during my travels in the Tianshu Continent, and I grew up watching him. ...... As for this hero, his name is Medanzo, who was once a general who could fight well. They had come to visit me on a trip to the Heaton Peninsula, but they happened to encounter it. ”

The young man seems to have the same name as the god of Eju! And the name of Medanzo was not heard of by the great warrior of Macedonia.

Eisen also stepped forward to salute and thank him, and at the same time felt a shock in his heart. Every great achiever in the world is arrogant, because they have a miracle that ordinary people can hardly imagine, but in front of Amon and Medanzo, Eisen can't be proud. The fact that these two people were able to deal with so many powerful assassins in a silent manner was amazing!

Before Amon and Aristotle gave orders, Eisen stood aside honestly, and the other guards naturally did not dare to speak in a disorderly manner.

Amun asked Aristotle in a sincere tone, "We have known each other for a long time, and you saved me when I was fourteen years old, when I was a child who did not understand anything, and I saw you after I achieved great things. But until you cast your magic spell, I never knew that your magic was so good, you didn't even have a magic staff just now, how did you do it?"

Aristotle stretched out a hand and spread his fingers, revealing a dark blue heart in his palm. He smiled at Amon and said, "Although I didn't hold a magic staff, I held this divine stone in my hand, and I used it as an intermediary to perform the water elemental magic technique. ...... Remember? It was a gift you gave me in the city-state of the headland. ”

Before the assassins did it just now, Amon didn't make a move to alarm them, and when the crossbow arrows were fired, Amon used a very ingenious qi elemental disturbance technique to slow down the speed and power of the crossbow arrows flying in the air, otherwise those magic arrows would not have been without casualties.

When Aristotle's carriage was under attack, Amon was ready to stop the arrows, but Aristotle, who was sitting in the carriage, had already sacrificed a blue magic shield to help the great warrior Eisen block the arrows. This was beyond Amon's expectations, and he didn't know until this moment - it turned out that Aristotle was also a brilliant master of divine arts, and seeing that he held the means of instantaneous magic in his hands, he also had at least an eighth-level achievement.

Amon looked at the blue water heart and said, "If someone tells me that you are also a great magician, and I don't know you, I won't be surprised at all. But we've known you for years, and we've never been aware of you. Your accomplishments have even escaped my eyes, which I have never encountered before, and I would like to ask you about the mysteries. ”

As the Lord of Heaven and one of the most accomplished gods on the continent, Amun went so far as to ask a mortal for advice. It was not modesty, but a real quest for advice, and he encountered situations that he had never seen before. No great sorcerer in the world can escape the eyes of Amun's gods, even if he can't judge how powerful his power is and how clever his means are, at least he can find traces in his breath.

But he had never noticed that Aristotle knew magic, let alone that he was such a brilliant magician. The assassin in front of him has become a trivial matter, and this unexpected discovery is something Amon must understand.

Aristotle frowned slightly, but still smiled and replied, "You never realized that I was a great achiever, and there may be two reasons. One is that you respect me and won't use the detection magic to spy on me, and the other reason may be because I forgot about it. ”

Medanzo interjected curiously, "What, you forgot yourself? What does this mean?"

Aristotle explained: "I have that magical power, but it is not what I seek, I only think of myself as a person who transmits thoughts, and I never use magic to prove anything, I do not use it when I don't have to, and I don't think of myself as a magician at all." It's a real forgetting, and you don't even think about it. ”

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(To be continued)