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After resting in the town for one night, the next morning, the group resumed their journey, but when they left, they did not notice that a crack had been pushed open in the window of an attic, and a pair of eyes were staring at them without blinking. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Dio and the others had all left the town, the windows were closed, and a moment later, from the other side of the attic, a small black bird flew out, flapping its wings and flying straight south.

After a few more days, Dio and his party had completely walked out of the northern mountains and entered the area of the province of Grinus, and crossed the province of Grinus to be able to approach the hinterland of the Lionheart Empire, so Dio and the others still had a long way to go.

Along the way, Andrea explained the battle situation in detail to Dio and others, and the war broke out very suddenly, and the cause was just a trivial matter. The Duchy of Dorgi, which borders the Lionheart Empire to the south, sent a mission to visit the Lionheart Empire, but when it first entered the territory of the Lionheart Empire, it was suddenly plundered by bandits, and the entire mission was wiped out, and no one survived.

Unfortunately, there was a person in the mission who was said to be a distant relative of a marquis of the Moon Shadow Empire, so under the banner of revenge, this marquis led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses all the way through several principalities, and the border of the Lionheart Empire.

Of course, Hoffman, the Lionheart, could not tolerate such a blatant provocation, and did not hesitate to send troops to fight back, and so, the war began.

God knows how a marquis could have such a large number of samurai under his command, but the truth of the matter is no longer verified, and people are only concerned about one thing, that is, how this war will end, and as for the cause, it will not be long before it fades into people's memory.

When Andrea left Yanjing, the flames of war had already burned into the territory of the Lionheart Empire, and after such a long time, I am afraid that the scale of the war will only be even larger now. Taking Raymond back, it is not that he needs Raymond to do something on the battlefield, but that he is worried that someone will be unfavorable to Raymond, and Raymond just needs to stay in Yanjing with peace of mind.

So far, neither side has dispatched a saint-level powerhouse, but it is conceivable that once a saint-level powerhouse is put into the battlefield, the scope of the war will expand rapidly, and this will undoubtedly be a disaster for the Lionheart Empire.

From Andrea's words, Dio learned that for this war, King Hoffman's attitude is quite tough, and there is a momentum to carry the war to the end, from the bottom of his heart, Dio is very willing to see this happen, because no matter what the result is, the Moon Shadow Empire will be greatly damaged, of course, if Sky City can decisively join the battle and join forces with the Lionheart Empire to defeat the Moon Shadow Empire, it will be more in line with Dio's heart.

So Dio can't wait to find someone to ask about the situation of Sky City, but unfortunately the knights around him have protected them quite tightly, and Dio has no chance to do anything at all.

As a princess of the Lionheart Empire with real power, Andrea's connections are naturally not far behind, since the group entered the province of Grinos, there have been people waiting on the road to invite Andrea to her castle as a guest, but basically Andrea was rejected one by one, and she did not say something to Raymond and others, since the outbreak of the war, there have been several assassinations against the top of the Lionheart Empire, which is an inevitable thing to happen in the war. But there are some people who must not have any accidents, such as Raymond, which is why Andrea's trip to the Death Song Academy was born.

Andrea has to do to rush back to Yanjing as quickly as possible, no matter how strong the infiltration ability of Jun Tuming's subordinates is, it is difficult to do anything in Yanjing of the Lionheart Empire, except for when she happens to stop near an acquaintance's castle to rest, she will go to be a guest and disturb, Andrea has never accepted other people's invitations.

Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, Andrea and his party rushed to the bank of the Heishui River, walked along the river, and then crossed a rope bridge, they walked out of the province of Grinos, and they were one step closer to Yanjing.

There were no accidents along the way, and Dio's heart was slightly relaxed, after all, Raymond's cultivation at the Song of Death Academy was an extremely secret thing, and only a few people knew that maybe this was the reason why his group was able to arrive here safely, no matter how strong the personal strength of this world was, it couldn't change the fact that the means of communication were extremely rudimentary, and after a few days of walking, even if someone discovered Raymond's whereabouts, it would probably be useless to make a deployment for the surname, because by that time, his group should have already stepped into Yanjing。

Due to Andrea's frequent refusal, the surrounding nobles already knew that Andrea must have something important to do, so they didn't bother too much, and it was the most correct thing to do in moderation, it was enough to express their friendliness appropriately, and too much would cause Andrea's disgust, so no one came to see Andrea off.

It was getting late, Andrea decided to rest by the river for the night, and then cross the rope bridge early tomorrow morning, after all, the bridge deck formed by the iron cables is not as good as the land, although basically no one in the team will be stupid enough to fall into the river, but the war horse is not easy to say.

In a short time, dozens of fires were lit on the banks of the Heishui River, and everyone sat around the fire, chatting quietly and roasting food.

Dio and the others mostly talked about some things in the Death Song Academy, Andrea listened to it with relish on the side, when she heard that Raymond smashed the door of Dean Statham's house twice in a row, Andrea laughed so much that she squirted out with a mouthful of water, she couldn't know what her brother's surname was, and it was absolutely impossible for Raymond to do it on purpose. Imagine that Raymond didn't even dare to talk loudly to Statham, how could he do such an idiotic thing?

Although it is unclear why Dean Statham 'framed' Raymond in this way, Andrea believes that Statham must have a special intention in it. Looking at Raymond's helpless expression, Andrea was about to open her mouth to comfort Raymond, when her expression suddenly changed suddenly, and she turned her head to look into the night.

At the same time, Dio also noticed something strange, although he did not see or hear anything, but he was aware of an extremely dangerous feeling, as if under the dark sky, a fierce beast was hidden, staring at his people.

Andrea jumped up and shouted, "Everyone get ready for battle!"

The knights seemed to have long been accustomed to this situation, whether they were resting on the ground or chewing food, they all bounced up at the moment Andrea shouted, and quickly formed a formation, surrounding Andrea and the others in the middle.

Compared to these well-trained knights, Dio and the others are a little slower, this is not a matter of reaction speed, but they have not found out where the enemy is at all now, and the knights are forbidden, even if there is no enemy around, as long as Andrea gives an order, they will not hesitate to react.

It's finally here...... Dio sighed in his heart, and whispered to Raymond and the others: "Be careful, the other party's target should be Raymond, pay attention to protect him." ”

"What are you kidding?" Raymond was upset, "I should be protecting you, right?"

According to common sense, of course, Raymond, a local warrior, should stand in front of the others, but the current situation is a little different, it is impossible for the Moon Shadow Empire to use manpower and material resources to assassinate a few insignificant young people, of course, if the identity of Dio is known, maybe Dio will also be included in the assassination ranks, but Gordon and Sophia will definitely not be targeted.

Since it is an assassination, it must be calculated very accurately in time, unless the opponent is sure that the whole team of knights will be annihilated. Dio's idea is very simple, as long as he can delay the opponent's offensive rhythm, his side may not have no turnaround.

"Gordon, watch this guy and let him stay in the back honestly. ”

Gordon nodded: "Don't worry, with me, he won't be able to go anywhere." ”

"Why......" Raymond still wanted to resist, but was firmly held by Gordon, and it was impossible for him to turn his face with Gordon at this time, so he could only reluctantly accept Dio's arrangement.

Andrea's face did not have any panic, just looked ahead quietly, Dio couldn't help but secretly admire in his eyes, the person sent to assassinate Raymond could not be a weak person, and Andrea's subordinates did not even have a strong man at the level of Martial Honor, and he could still remain calm in the face of this situation, which is not something that anyone can do.

A moment later, three men in black cloaks walked out of the darkness, and from a distance, they seemed to merge into the dark night, and they couldn't be distinguished without looking closely.

"You are so bold. Andrea sneered and said, "Do you think that on the territory of the Lionheart Empire, no one can deal with you?"

"We should admire your courage. A hoarse voice rang out: "Do you want to block us with these little characters who can't get on the stage?" I'm curious, are you really going to do this?"

"I repeat, this is the territory of the Lionheart Empire, and you only have two paths to choose from. Andrea's voice was particularly crisp in the silent night sky: "Get out or die!"

"Haha......" Another man in a cloak laughed, "It seems that I am old and have a problem with my ears, I must have heard it wrong?"

"There's no need to talk nonsense with her!" The hoarse voice sounded again: "Kill!"

(To be continued)