Once you've decided that you're going to assassinate the sub-minister, all that's left is to make a plan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The original plan was to crumple up and throw it in the trash, and Aluka didn't want to be wanted to the ends of the earth. If you pretend to be a herald to meet Count Brandon, you will have to show your face, and the clerks and knight commanders around Count Brandon will see him, and even if you are lucky enough to escape the encirclement, his portrait will be plastered all over the South.

Therefore, Aluka had to find another way to approach Brandon, who was protected by 30,000 soldiers, without revealing his identity......

Lucas couldn't help Arouca much. Originally, there was a herald with a black cauldron, and he could send a dead man to assassinate Brandon. Now that Aluka is reluctant to meet Brandon, Lucas can't go to meet with Brandon himself and let the attendants around him kill people, so this matter will be a big problem...... As for getting his dead soldiers to cooperate with Aluca, that would be pure chaos. If ordinary people could secretly assassinate Count Brandon, the White Sect would have done it a long time ago.

"If you need anything, just say it to me. Lucas was a fairly realistic person, and when he heard that Aluca was willing to solve his troubles, his attitude immediately changed. It's just that the smile on his face always makes people feel like they were carved out of ice with a carving knife.

Aluca already had some ideas, and he didn't need Lucas to help, so he said casually: "How about giving me dozens of Kinsennar to make things easier?"

"My friend...... Lucas said apologetically, "I never have gold coins in my pocket, and no one will take money from me." ”

"Who is your friend...... Since you're the Supreme Commander, it's no problem to put a soldier in, and I'll be able to find a way to get close to Brandon when I enter the barracks......."

“...... The relationship between you and me will be investigated by the Knights of the Burning Sun afterwards. ”

"Then what the hell can you do!" Aruka couldn't help but spoil.

Lucas bowed with a smile on his face and said, "I can use my capacity as the hereditary Grand Duke of the Guy family, on behalf of all the soldiers and civilians of the Principality of Guy, to express my sincere gratitude to you. When the war is over, I will have a poem written for you to be sung in the Duchy of Gay for thousands of years...... Presumably, this honor excites you more than any material reward. ”

"Nope. Aruka glared at the dead fish and replied, "This honor is not as good as a grilled chicken leg for me." ”

"Anyway...... Lucas continued, smiling, "I admire your choice, if the roles are reversed, I'm afraid I won't be as decisive as you...... Kindness...... Is this the merit of lowly commoners, I seem to understand a little......"

"Hey, I hear you!"

"I'm sorry for the slip of the tongue...... Civilians of inferior blood. ”

"It's not going to be any better!"

"By the way, I forgot to tell you something, it's urgent. Lucas suddenly put on a serious face.

Xinong, who had been silent for a long time due to disagreement with others, saw Lucas's serious expression and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

"I have come to see you today in the name of interrogating the White Sect's spies, and I have ordered the other guards not to come near to avoid revealing secrets. This is to test you without being disturbed...... Considering the next move, I can't go back on my word and let you out, or I'll be exposed. You have to imagine yourself as a white traitor, leaving the prison in a reasonable way, pretending to be a lucky escape after fighting me. ”

"We can break the North Wall......" Arouca raised his hand is a fireball technique.

"No, I can't. In the next second, the fireball was frozen into an ice ball by Lucas, "You can't break through the north wall, you will only weaken the defense of the north wall and add trouble to the defenders." ”

Xinong looked up and measured the height of the inner wall on the north side, and said, "About ten meters...... Aluca and I were able to climb up with our bare hands. ”

"No, no one will believe that you can escape by climbing the wall in front of me. As he spoke, Lucas raised his hands, "Actually, I have an idea......

Seeing this, Aluka nervously asked, "What are you going to do?" I warn you, we are now friendly ......."

Lucas shook his head and said, "Don't blame me, just like the previous test, this is a necessary sacrifice for the sake of great ideals...... Blood Chant Ice Lotus Break. ”

A swirling flower of ice crystals condensed between Lucas's hands, and the cold air turned into a white mist like a dragon and a snake escaping downward. In the heart of the ice flower, there is a spark full of vitality, constantly trying to rush left and right, trying to get out of the ice that envelops him.

This is the cold that will freeze people's eyes, and this is the fire that can ignite people's hearts and minds......

"Bastard...... You're trying to kill someone......" Aluca's voice came out of his throat, "I've never seen a nobleman like you...... And every time you do it, you have to pronounce out the name of the move, are you an older middle school disease......

"Actually, you haven't seen a few nobles...... "Xinon reminded him.

Lucas, as always, ignored Aluca's complaints, and directly threw the ice flower in his hand: "Goodbye, my friend...... May the sun shine on your path. ”

The ice flickered to the ground, freezing the entire alley in an instant, freezing the feet of Aluka and Sinon at the same time. This is the power that Lucas deliberately controlled, and the original version would freeze them all in ice.

Less than a second after the freezing effect appeared, the spark wrapped in the heart of the flower exploded, and its strength was much higher than that of Aluca's fireball technique. But Lucas's control of energy is meticulous, pouring most of it into the impact, and the temperature of the flame is not high.

Amid the blinding light of the fire and the smoke mixed with ice chips, Aluka and Sinoon were blown away more than twenty meters, over the north inner wall, and into the moat.

In this case, Aluca, who was about to fall apart all over his body, did not forget to exert his bad taste, and shouted in mid-air with a long voice: "I~still~will~back~come~~!"

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Out of Lucas's sight, it would be a breeze for Aluca and Sinon to get rid of the defenders of El City. They climbed ashore from the moat, hijacked several guards and rushed all the way up the outer wall. Aruka then flashed straight to the ground, and Sinong jumped from the twenty-meter-high wall with terrifying recovery.

They did not encounter any threatening resistance in their escape, after all, unless the difference in numbers was in the thousands, it was almost impossible for ordinary people to defeat someone with extraordinary strength. Aluka was close at Sinon's side, and the only lethal arrow was ineffective.

And they were lucky, the army that had retreated to El was stationed at the south gate, and if they ran into the regular army, they would have to deal with the pursuit of the cavalry, but at the moment only scattered crossbowmen and foot knights chased them out.

Due to martial law during the war, the city gates were originally closed. Some time was wasted by opening the city gates, and there was a gap in speed between the two sides, and in less than an hour, the pursuers could not see the figures of Aluca and Sinon.

After running a few kilometers, the two left the avenue and circled to the east side of the city. In fact, the so-called avenue is just a dirt road cleared of weeds, with a few street signs, which cannot be compared with the Jinjun Avenue outside the Rhine King City.

Finally they stopped at a crossroads, to the south was the Hermit Forest, to the west was El City, to the east was the Eastern Mountains, and to the north...... Now it is an enemy-occupied area. Aruka was unfamiliar with the Duchy of Gay and did not know what cities were to the north.

"I'm going back. Before Aluka could start his habitual nonsense, Sinoon got straight to the point and said, "I'm sorry, little wolf cub...... I can't help you this time. ”

Aluka replied with a nonchalant face: "Actually, I don't care, I said before, I prefer to act alone...... I just want to know, is the reason you don't want to assassinate the sub-minister just because you don't want to go against the teachings?"

"He who lives in the sun deserves to die in the sun, not in the dark of night by a dagger stabbed in the back...... I can't go against my will and swing my sword at Earl Brandon, even if I go with you, it's only a burden. Sinon's expression was calm, and he could see that he was not accusing Aluca, "I don't think your decision was wrong. Over the years of being a mercenary, I have learned a truth...... There is no right or wrong in the world, only different positions. Many of the robbers who died at my hands were originally ordinary peasants, but they were forced to survive by high taxes and strict laws, so they fled to the forest and robbed passers-by to make a living.

Some lords collected such high taxes that many peasants could not afford to eat white bread after a year's hard work. There are even laws that keep the ** of the nobility, requiring men in the prime of life to work for the nobles' mines without compensation, and the nobles will not be punished for doing anything...... The smaller and more remote the city, the more common this phenomenon becomes, and the lords of the big cities will be much more restrained by the supervision of the Red Sect.

These are poor people who have no choice but to rebel in their own way. But to the sheriff and the garrison, these people are criminals, and they will not be excused for robbery and theft because they are pitiful.

In the same way, Count Brandon has his own position, he is a glorious warrior, it is a warrior's long-cherished wish to die in battle, and I would not surrender if I were him. But the other 30,000 soldiers may not all be willing to die with him, and these people have no means to express their wishes......"

Sinong patted Aluca's shoulder and said, "Their wishes are conveyed by the knife in your hand." You're right, while we don't have the power to decide who should live and who should die, we do have the power to decide. Then it's up to us to make this decision, for the sake of those who don't have the ability to make it happen. It doesn't matter who is right, what matters is who can get things done, no matter how right a thing is, it is meaningless to die halfway. ”

"Now that you've seen it...... Why aren't you willing to help me?" said Aluca, puzzled.

"I can understand you, but I have my own rules for doing things. I knew what I was supposed to do, and I even wanted to force myself to do it...... But I just can't. I'm not a good person, but I can't allow myself to assassinate a glorious warrior, that's my bottom line. Xinong's eyes were complicated, like a weathered eldest brother looking at his ignorant younger brother, "Aluca, you are different from me, different from many people. You are like a dandelion in the wind, only fluttering with the wind. You go wherever the wind blows, and you never decide your destination. We've known each other for so long, I don't even know where your bottom line and principles are...... Do you see what I mean?"

Aluka shook his head, and Sinon sounded like he was scolding him, but his tone and expression were not.

"Norms and bottom lines allow people to stay who they are, to know who they are, to practice their own path, but at the same time they are a constraint...... But you don't have this kind of restraint on your body, so you can do many things that ordinary people can't imagine. ”

"No one likes to wander the streets and alleys lonely on a dark rainy night in a heavy coat and with a doused torch, looking for a thief who may not have existed...... But it is precisely because of the presence of the night watchman that everyone can sleep well at night. Not everyone can carry the darkness, little wolf cub...... It requires a spirit of sacrifice, fearless courage, tenacity, and, above all, the undying faith that you will not lose yourself in the darkness. ”

"I'll never be able to do that, and neither can you now. Sinong put his hand on Aluca's head, rubbed his hair, and smiled, "But I think one day in the future, you will transform...... You will find what you believe in and what you are willing to give your life for. ”

With that, Xinon turned around and walked in the direction of the Hermit Forest.

Aluka suddenly felt a little tired, and Sinong was right, he was like a dandelion blown by the wind, unable to find where he wanted to go, and would only dance with the wind.

In fact, he didn't care if the Rhine Kingdom would be defeated, he didn't care if the 30,000 soldiers outside the city of El would be wiped out, and whether it was immoral to assassinate Count Brandon...... He didn't care. It's just that this thing that can be done or not happened to be encountered by him, and he has nothing else to do, so he just takes advantage of the situation.

I thought I would find what I liked to do after going to the royal city, but I only found an irritating crazy woman, a dilapidated manor, and was sent out on a mission before the ass was hot......

"Do people have to have a purpose in life...... can't they just be at peace with what happens?" Aruka looked up at the sky blankly, the white clouds in the sky, carefree and directionless, "Where will I drift to......"