The inner courtyard of Chrysti Castle is surrounded by an almost integrated cloister of round arched stone columns, and the bluestone polished floor is covered with a woollen carpet, which can accommodate hundreds of people dancing at the same time, and many nobles gather here, and the attendants carry all kinds of fine food and wine through the field, and the fragrant barbecue is placed on the barbecue grill at the edge of the square.

A group of ladies stood beside the dance floor, and from time to time a gentle man would come up and invite them to dance together, and the long skirts on the dance floor were like lilies in full bloom.

"Bird, what are you looking at?"

The friend stood beside the Bird tax collector with a wine glass and asked him curiously.

"No, it'......s nothing," said the Bird tax officer, who withdrew his gaze with some disappointment, raised his glass and said to his friend.

He was actually waiting for Miss Hoyle, but after coming to Christie's Castle for so long, Miss Hoyle never came out of the castle, but Miss Darcy and Mariana. Christie was chatting on the second-floor terrace, which disappointed him a little, and he shouldn't have thought of anything wrong, but since the last time he had seen Miss Hoyle in leather on the autumn hunting grounds, Bird seemed to feel like he had a second spring.

It didn't take long for Bernard. The Marquis Christie and his two ladies also appeared in front of the terrace on the second floor to toast the nobles downstairs.

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The second floor of the castle, Darcy. Christie stood behind the stone pillar, her left hand supporting her right arm and elbow, squinting her eyes and staring coldly at Margaret. Mrs. Christy.

The housekeeper and the two maids stood beside Mrs. Christy, and the-for-tat confrontation almost froze the atmosphere here, making the surrounding maids feel like they were about to suffocate, and the hustle and bustle of the dance floor downstairs did not seem to be the same world as here.

Bernard. Marquis Christie touched his forehead in some pain, and the two women in front of him, he and his wife didn't know who to persuade first.

One was his precious daughter, the other was his sister, and neither woman would back down. Soothing music came from downstairs, and Bernard wanted to go downstairs to greet the guests who had come to the ball, but the scene in front of him gave him some headaches.

"He has a family." Margaret. Mrs. Christy said as she stared at her niece with a serious expression.

Darcy was extremely angry in her heart, what kind of friends to make was her freedom, but now even this freedom was about to be deprived, so she could only raise her head and look at the dome and roll her eyes speechlessly.

"Whose wife is his?" Marquis Bernard asked, he rarely cares about this kind of thing, but now it seems? If you don't meddle again? The two women in front of them might really fight.

"I heard it's a civilian?" Mrs. Christy asked.

Darcy. Christie said, "So what does it matter? Don't you think his character and talent are very good? ”

"Darcy, you should listen to your aunt." Marquis Bernard frowned and reminded his daughter? He turned to Darcy again and said, "But? I'm more concerned about ...... What do you think, Darcy? ”

Darcy. What can Christie think? Her initial idea was simple, she just wanted to find a random male partner to cope with this ball? Shut up the panicked ladies who have been idle all day.

But now Surdak is noticed by Bernard? Darcy was a little worried about how this would end in the future, and she thought that she should reveal some information to Bernard, so she said, "I don't know, he doesn't seem to have any thoughts about me?" He had also rejected Hathaway before. ”

Darcy decided to put the problem on Surdak.

"Hathaway? Friends you met in the province of Bena? Marquis Bernard asked.

"Hmm!" Darcy. "Actually, Hathaway knew him a little bit better," Christie said. ”

"Can you tell me about his origins? Don't tell me you don't know much about him! Marquis Bernard asked, staring at his woman.

Darcy. Christie shrugged her shoulders and said she really didn't know much.

The Marquis Bernard took two deep breaths, suppressed the anger in his heart, turned to his sister Madame Christie, and asked, "Margaret?" You and the ...... Are the Surdak knights familiar? ”

Mrs. Christy could see that Bernard was holding back her anger, and she was very dignified to this brother, who had been very dignified since childhood? Still in awe, she pursed her lips and whispered, "He's Carl's friend?" Karl knew him a little better. ”

"Go get Carl. Casement, please. Marquis Bernard instructed the butler beside him.

Before the housekeeper could go downstairs, she heard a commotion outside the castle? The guards around rushed out of the hall.

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Surdak felt that he should not have promised Darcy in the first place. Christie's request.

Running out of the academy for this prom? Was it a bad decision? From the moment I walked into this castle, I was in all kinds of troubles.

Surdak wanted to say something dirty and vent his frustration.

Ivan. Baruka yelled angrily at Surdak, which really startled Miss Hoyle.

She looked at the young and humble knight with a look of surprise, at this moment, his eyes revealed greed and evil, Miss Hoyle wanted to call out to the guards in the castle, but found that her body seemed to be frozen, and she was actually restrained in place by a shadow, she looked at Ivan with a look of horror. Baruca.

Ivan. Baruch smiled at her, but his eyes were fixed on Surdak, and he drew his sword at his waist and walked over, not worrying about being seen by those around him.

Miss Hoyle found that she couldn't even cry for help, and her heart fell to the bottom in an instant, which made her suddenly recall the robbery at Hoyle Manor.

Ivan at this time. Baruch had another idea.

What made him extremely angry was that Surdak didn't know what to say to Hoyle, and before this conspiracy was revealed, Miss Hoyle's attitude towards him had changed extremely coldly, and if he hadn't kept a hand, the person who was now standing in the castle hiding his face and weeping would probably have been him.

Ivan. Baruch looked at Surdak coldly, the spantuous sword in his hand pointed at his chest.

The other day Ivan. Baruch tested Surdak in the sword hall of the Knight Academy, and Surdak said that he was only a beginner in swordsmanship. Baruch was skeptical, but later Ivan. Baruch again addressed Darcy. Christie confirmed that Darcy. Christie was an upright girl, and despite her poor temper and patience, she never lied, so Ivan thought Surdak should be a beginner in swordsmanship.

Just yesterday, Ivan. When Baruch mentions this to Samea, Sameya even thinks he's lying.

Because this guy named Surdak not only escaped from the assassins, but was even involved in the death of a dark mage, she didn't think Darcy . Christie has the ability to kill the Dark Mage Cyrus. Hickok, and apparently that the assassin managed to infiltrate the hotel that night, but failed to kill Surdak, Sameya guessed that Surdak must have some ability.

Of course, Samia didn't know the details of the night of the assassination, and she guessed that Karl might have spotted some clues and set a trap at the hotel, waiting for the assassin to fall into the trap, so that the assassin would die at the hands of the guards battalion of knights.

As for the battle at Grenfell Manor, she was still hiding in the city of Highlandsa at the time, and she didn't know anything about it.

Even if she knew the slightest bit about Surdak, she would not act so hastily, these two assassins were the last bit of power of the Dark Arts Retreat lurking in the city of Highlandza, the two assassins showed themselves from the shadows, and they used the 'shadow bondage' to bind Miss Hoyle and Surdak, Ivan. Without any hesitation, Baruch walked up to Surdak and stabbed Surdak in the heart with a sword.

At the moment when the thin sword in Ivan's hand was about to stab Surdak, Surdak's body suddenly emitted a pale golden light, and the shadow bands wrapped around his body dissipated one after another, Surdak dodged to avoid Ivan's killing sword, buckled Ivan's wrist, and slashed at Ivan's elbow with a palm knife, only to see Ivan's arm bent in reverse, and Ivan snorted in severe pain, worried about attracting the guards in the castle, he actually held the screams in his throat.

Sameya stared at Surdak with a pair of clear big eyes, and stabbed out with short daggers in both hands at the same time, but Surdak had already taken out a dwarf chain shield at this time, blocking her body tightly, and the scene she was most worried about really happened, Surdak was really not as simple as expected.

"Stop standing there, get rid of him quickly!" Sameya commanded the two assassins in the shadows.

"Samiya, this is the second time you've made a mistake in your information!" The dark shadow in the shadows said in a hoarse voice, and at the same time, his shadow actually appeared behind Surdak out of thin air, and before Surdak could react, a dull dagger pierced Surdak's heart.

That sense of crisis hit his heart, like a cold sea tide surging into his whole body, Surdak couldn't dodge this knife in his heart, so he could only forcibly take half a step to the right side, move half of his body, and let the killing knife stab into his arm, Surdak did not hesitate to swing the craftsman's sword in his hand backwards, but the black shadow was as flexible as a piece of paper, and his body was instantly folded in half, dodging Surdak's sword, followed by another stab in Surdak's leg.

The brand-new salamander leather armor was pierced through two blood holes in an instant, and Surdak had nothing to keep, a two-faced and four-armed statue of gods and demons appeared behind him, Surdak didn't care about being pierced with blood holes in his legs, and his knees faced the assassin, strong enough to hit his collarbone, only to hear a 'click' crisp sound, and the assassin's collarbone was broken by Surdak's 'knee hit'.

Before he could retreat, Surdak swung his shield and smashed it on the assassin's head, as if the person who had just stabbed him in the arm and calf was not him at all, his movements were not out of shape in the slightest, and he didn't care about the attack of Samia next to him, with his brand-new salamander leather armor, Samia's double dagger only cut two wounds in Surdak's back, and the assassin who took the lead was already lying on the ground and fainting.

Ivan. Baruka dragged a broken arm, staring at Surdak with a pale face, he didn't think that Surdak was completely injured for injuries, and he didn't dodge those attacks at all, the black four-edged iron rod-like craftsman's sword in his hand slashed at Samia, Sameya didn't have time to dodge, he could only hold up the double dagger and wanted to hold the craftsman's sword in Surdak's hand, and the broad-bladed daggers that overlapped together were smashed by the heavy craftsman's sword and shattered instantly.

Surdak lifted up and kicked Samerya in the soft lower abdomen, kicking her out of the way, slamming into the castle's stone wall with a thud.

"He's at least a mid-turn shield warrior, Samea, you stupid fellow." The assassin who controlled Miss Hoyle yelled angrily at Samea, and after saying that, he flashed out of the shadows, did not approach Surdak at all, but directly picked up his companion and hid in the shadows by the castle wall again.

Sameya struggled to get up from the side of the wall, and when she saw Surdak rushing up, she instantly unfolded a magic scroll, and a fireball shot out of the scroll, Surdak raised her shield to block, and the fireball exploded on Surdak's shield.

"Don't leave quickly, it's too late!" Only the blurring voice of the assassin behind him remained.

Sameya also snorted coldly, and her body melted into the darkness little by little like ink, and when Surdak chased him to the wall, only half of the torn magic scroll was left on the ground, and there were blood stains left after the fight on the ground, even Sameya disappeared.

Ivan. In the confusion, Baruch dragged his broken arm around Miss Hoyle's back, strangled Hoyle's neck with a strong arm, and in his panic, he actually tried to drag Miss Hoyle to run outside the castle, but the sound of the fight had attracted the guards in the castle, and these castle guards blew the warning whistle as soon as they saw Miss Hoyle being kidnapped.

In an instant, the castle was boiling, and from the tower even flew out two magicians riding magic handles.

A 'shimmer illumination' from Ivan. Baruch's head lit up and illuminated the area, and at least twenty castle guards were the commander of Ivan Brown. Baruch was surrounded only because Miss Hoyle was surrounded by Ivan. Baruch held it in his arms, and the castle guards did not dare to act rashly.

Behind the battlements above the castle, a group of archers were pulling their bowstrings. Baruch looked at the castle guards around him with a look of despair in his eyes.

Surdak ignored the desperate Ivan. Baruch, whose saber had long since fallen to the ground, and only one hand left to move, posed no threat to Miss Hoyle.

Miss Hoyle also seemed to have calmed down at this time, she did not make any struggling moves, she was attacked by Ivan. Barucle was a little breathless, and looked up at Ivan. Baruch actually opened his mouth and asked, "Ivan, have you ever loved me?" ”

"Love you, no, no...... How could I love you! "Ivan. Baruch was speechless in his panic, and he begged the castle guards with a sad face: "Let me go, they forced me, it's all their fault, they want me to get close to you, to find out a secret from you, but you never tell me about the past, I can't ask anything, they want to sneak in and take you away while the ball is held...... It's not my will, I'm forced...... Leave me alone! ”

The last spark of hope that burned in Miss Hoyle's eyes was shattered.

I saw her holding Ivan with both hands. Baruch's arm, bent down suddenly, and gave Ivan an an over-the-shoulder throw, so that Ivan lay on his back with a broken arm, and the castle guards around him hurriedly rushed out and used the spear in his hand to kill Ivan. Baruch crossed on the ground.