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At night, in the city of Kells, in a secluded park.

Prince Hoss, dressed in armor, led a group of guards and soldiers to stand there silently, frowning tightly and thinking about something.

After a while, from the entrance of the side of the park, another group of ordinary guards walked in, led by a tall and terrifying man with a double-edged axe on his back.

"Your Royal Highness, I'm sorry for being late. ”

The big man said apologetically.

Hoss came back from his contemplation, and when he saw the great axe, he showed a friendly and slightly respectful expression.

"Good night, Lord Axe of the God of War, I am very sorry that you will go out in person in the middle of the night. ”

The axe of the god of war, one of the four heroes of the Prude Empire, is not known to many people as the original name of this burly man who is good at wielding the giant axe, and more often, people call him the title "Axe of the God of War" given to him by the previous emperor.

There are a total of four heroic fighters in the Prud Empire, one is a seclusion in the west, one is the commander of the Southern Wind and Sand Legion, and the other two are royal warriors known as the "Axe of the God of War" and the "Sword of Honor".

The Axe of the God of War and the Sword of Honor were originally two top masters in the same mercenary group, but in an experience of being plotted by a hostile mercenary group, the entire mercenary group was almost completely wiped out, leaving only these two people to be besieged by nearly a hundred elite-level and master-level masters of the other party, and the two who were lucky and powerful in such a desperate situation actually broke through from the master-level fighting spirit at that time to the hero level, killed each other and became famous in a battle. Later, the two people who no longer belonged to the mercenary group were also tired of the uncertain life of duckweed, and accepted the employment of the Prude Empire to become the royal family to worship the warriors.

Because they are mercenaries, the axe of the god of war and the sword of honor are not as strong as the commander of the wind and sand legion, not only have strong strength, but also have the genius of commanding the army.

"Where, His Royal Highness doesn't need to apologize. ”

The Axe of War smiled heartily, and raised his hand to touch the back of his head to show some embarrassment.

"His Majesty the Emperor was assassinated during the day, and it can be regarded as me and my eldest brother not fulfilling their responsibility to protect, and now assisting His Royal Highness the Prince to track down the criminals is also what we should do. ”

Hoss smiled and shook his head.

"You don't have to blame yourself, it's the Assassins who are at fault. ”

Because Peter III was often assassinated, whenever Peter III was about to leave the palace, there would always be a person on the side of the Axe of War and the Sword of Honor to protect him, and today during the day, it happened that two people had itchy hands outside the city - it is difficult to have a place in the city that could allow heroic fighters to do their best - when they went to fight, Peter III was assassinated, so the straightforward Axe of War also felt a little ashamed of this, after all, he did not fulfill his duty to protect this matter.

Prince Hoth is very aware of the uprightness of the God of War Axe, compared to the Sword of Honor, which sounds more stable and gloomy than the Sword of Honor, Hoss prefers to get along with this burly man, and in fact, the God of War Axe does have a good personal relationship with Hoss.

"Your Royal Highness, do you know who the assassin is?"

The Axe of War asked directly, if the other party was just an ordinary assassin, Hoth obviously didn't need to call himself out in the middle of the night.

"According to the confessions of the guards present at the time, the first orc assassin should have been an orc girl with a contract monster wolf, and what I learned from the intelligence department was that there was only one object in the whole city that matched the characteristic description...... After all, the features are a little too unique. ”

As Hoss said this, his expression showed a slight doubt.

"The other party just followed the caravan of the Seagull Chamber of Commerce into the city a few days ago, and after entering the city, he lived in the distribution of the Seagull Chamber of Commerce, and it seems that he is a guest of the Seagull Chamber of Commerce...... The key point is that if the intelligence department is not mistaken, this little orc girl should be with her sister, a female wolf orc named Helo. ”

"Well, Your Royal Highness, you mean this is called He...... What's wrong with Helo's werewolf?"

The Axe of War asked, and Hoth nodded.

"Well, this Miss Helo, according to our information, it is very likely that it is the 'Northland Virtuous Wolf', which has been very famous in the Northland in the past few decades, but the problem is that whether it is the Purud Empire or my royal brother, not to mention a dispute with this virtuous wolf sacrifice, there is not even a little bit of connection, the other party has no reason to assassinate my royal brother, and judging from the expressions of the guards, I don't think that the orc girl is an assassin, it is obvious that the other party let the contract demon beast wolf make a move to attack the royal brother in order to escape. ”

"Well, then why are we arresting them?"

The Axe of War asked, and Hoth frowned.

"This is also what I am confused about, I have obtained the information from the Imperial Intelligence Department, so it is impossible for Prime Minister Butler not to know this information, and after knowing these things, the Prime Minister still insists that Brother Wang arrest the Harrow sisters...... This is not like the usual style of the Prime Minister. ”

In fact, Hoss was puzzled by much more than that, in today's court meeting, in addition to unreasonably supporting Peter III's capture of the obviously innocent orc sisters, Prime Minister Butler even proposed to use the inexplicable challenge of King Kong, who came out of nowhere, to let Peter III and the nobles of the kingdom personally witness the bravery of Hank, the captain of the guard, in the arena and use this as an opportunity to complete the reward for Hank...... It's like helping Brother Wang mess around.

What is Prime Minister Butler going to do? Today's behavior is completely different from that of the virtuous minister who has always been stern in his rebuke to Brother Wang's absurd behavior.

“...... In short, although there are many suspicions, but after all, it is the order of Brother Wang himself, let's still act as ordered, if they are really innocent, it will be good for me to come forward as a guarantee at that time," Huo Si put down all kinds of doubts in his heart and made a decision, "After all, even if it is forced, it is also true that the little girl's demonic beast attacked Brother Wang, at least that demonic beast must be executed, and the dignity of the emperor of the Prude Empire must be maintained, and if the other party wants to resist arrest, it will trouble you to take action, after all, it has been famous in the Northland for decades." 'Virtuous Wolf' won't be an easy character. ”

The Axe of War grinned wide.

"Don't worry, Prince, wrap it up on me. ”

Hoss smiled and nodded at the God of War Axe, raised his hand and beckoned the team to go to the Seagull Chamber of Commerce to get people, although according to the current situation of martial law in the whole city, it is obviously impossible for the other party to sneak out of the city gate and stay in the Chamber of Commerce to sit and wait, but as a matter of routine, it is better to go to the related person to ask about it.

Just as they were about to set off, a dark shadow suddenly flashed through the entrance of the park, and in the blink of an eye, they were in front of Hoss.

"Prince Hoth, the scout in charge of monitoring the Seagull Chamber of Commerce has discovered a new situation!"

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At the same moment, on the street leading to the city gate in the inner city, the flatbed carriage of Cheruth and his party drove in the direction of the city gate.

"Nanoha, you're sure we're going to get out of town tonight...... Just let us swagger out through the city gates?"

In the back seat of the carriage, Cheruth looked at Zero with some surprise, and Zero bit her lip in some embarrassment and nodded.

"Hmm...... Because the gate guards have our internal response, if we let go of one or two people, we can still do it. ”

Cheruth looked at Zero with deep meaning, at a time when the emperor had just been assassinated during the day and was under full martial law, this group of assassins had the ability to let them go through the main gate of the city...... It seems that the background of this group of assassins is probably not simple.

Helo, who was sitting in the front seat, obviously had the same idea as Cheruth, the virtuous wolf girl frowned slightly, she suddenly felt that it was a bit hasty that she and Xiaobai agreed to follow Zero out like this, not to mention the official strength of the Prude Empire who ordered their arrest, now it seems that these assassins also have a deep background, and it is really possible to be miserably calculated this time.

However, they really have no better way, if it is only them or the Seagull Chamber of Commerce, it is impossible to get out of the city in this situation, the only way is to find a hidden place in the city to hide...... This is obviously not a long-term solution, after all, their orc identities and the presence of Gray Wind are too conspicuous to be conducive to hiding at all.

One can only hope now that the Assassins really have no ill will towards them, or that Zero's actions are really just out of the little girl's own good intentions and not being used by anyone.

Soon, the carriage came to a street not far from the city gate, where a barricade was set up at the intersection because of the city's martial law, and a small group of soldiers guarded it.

There are a few more such street crossings, but Zero specifically tells Herro to come here, and it seems that the team here seems to be the "inner response" that Zero calls it.

"Stop! What are you doing!"

The squad at the corner of the street spotted the carriage, and the soldiers clenched their spears in their hands and looked on guard, and the captain of the squad stood up and said to them sharply.

"Please put your hoods on, and Grey Wind please hide in the back seat and cover the canvas, don't worry. ”

Zero said to Cheruth and Harrow, jumping out of the carriage and walking in the direction of the captain.

Cheruth gave an apologetic look at Grey Wind, who was already lying in the back seat when she came out, covered with canvas and only showing her head, and then covered Grey Wind's head with a canvas, and then tied it with ropes on both sides to disguise it as a cargo, while Harrow pressed the hood on her head to hide her ears, and her tail was curled up behind her cloak, and her red eyes were staring at Zero, who was negotiating something with the captain of the soldiers.

I don't know why, tonight's virtuous wolf girl always has an ominous premonition.