Chapter 66: Impact
I don't know how long he walked, but Bell didn't see anything along the way except for solid stones and oil lamps. Afraid that the soldiers at the outpost would catch up at any time, the three of them didn't dare to rest more, just to take care of Bell's physical condition, they stopped and rested for a while after walking about two thousand steps.
In this way, Bell and the others had been walking in the secret passage for a whole day. And after the chaos of the day, the Vizko outpost finally ushered in a peaceful night. Mortally wounded, the man in the plate armor was put into a carriage and set off from the outpost towards the border fortress, where Commander Shumilott leaned on his hospital bed and quietly stared out the window at the starry sky.
He didn't give any effective treatment to the man in the plate armor, and he specifically ordered the driver to take a detour, and Shumillot couldn't kill him in public, only hoping that the bastard lackey would be seriously injured and die on the way back.
Tonight, the gates of the outpost were left open, the soldiers outside were canceled from the ambush, and even the team sent to encircle and suppress Korning was called back.
The funeral of the dead soldiers took place in an open space next to the outpost, with several torches planted on the ground and small mounds rising on the ground. Some of the deceased's former friends silently looked at their friend's burial place, and sorrow and helplessness became the melody of this time. The people who let Bell and Anesa kill can barely be counted as dead in the line of duty, but those who were killed by the men in plate armor and obstruction of military affairs have become eternal titles.
Whether it was a death in the line of duty or obstruction of military affairs, none of the two murderers who wanted to take revenge could be found, and the man in plate armor who could be found was still a senior officer...... If you want to say that the man in plate armor injured the murderer, he can't be grateful, after all, that guy has killed more people than the murderer.
A group of people were silent at the grave. Dox Kibrand left the Vizko outpost overnight with his caravan, and he didn't believe much about the attack on Commander Shumilott by Bell and Anneza. After all, the main conflict came from their own plate armor warriors, and it was they who coveted An'esha's beauty and forced others to do it.
Thinking that he owed a little to Bell and Ellesha, he sent someone to investigate, and learned that the plate warrior was seriously injured and near death by a super long-range flying knife. I sighed helplessly that I was wrong, knowing that two people were good, but I didn't expect that the strength of just two people could do this.
It wasn't the escape from the outpost that surprised me, but the throwing knife. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, how could he be described as rare to be able to seriously injure a plate armor samurai with a single blow?
Besides, the fact that people can seriously injure the plate armor samurai, but they don't go on a killing spree, is already telling. only used a throwing knife to penetrate the leg of Shumilott's goods, and it is estimated that his subordinates were merciful. "Hey, if I ever get a chance to see them both in the future......
Sitting in the caravan, he looked back at the Vizko outpost, and his eyes reflected the lights on the watchtower, under which the bandaged squad leader stared at the movement in the outpost with a dejected expression. Several search teams weaved through the alleys, the entrance to the Central Hotel was blocked by two teams of soldiers, and at the entrance to the cellar a pair of soldiers were quietly waiting for the Master Chief to come out after finishing his errands.
"I said, it's been almost a whole day, and even the cow should be turned into beef jerky. ”
"Why don't we go and see? ”
"If you want to go, I won't go, you go and see, call us if you have something!"
"Aren't you worried? I'm ......."
"What are you worried about? Can those few pieces of material be the opponent of our master sergeant? Maybe I'm tired and sleeping, let's wait, anyway, there is nothing to be pursued from above. ”
"That's it, when I went to report during the day, didn't the commander say it himself, let us guard the entrance to the cellar? Our duty is to stay here, and don't do anything for yourself. ”
The soldiers, who had been told by a few people, shut their mouths and stayed like this for a while, and when the month was halfway over, some began to doze off. Finally, more people felt that something was wrong, the outpost was so big, and from the morning to the middle of the night, almost every corner was searched.
The report continued to reach Commander Schumilott's bedside, and he had little time to seek revenge on Bell and Anneza. Is it difficult to kill yourself if you want to kill the target of the flying knife? Maybe there is something hidden, I am already unable to protect myself now, the empire will soon send troops to encircle and suppress here, I have to find a way to leave as soon as possible.
Shumilott pondered for a long time, and the non-commissioned officers kneeling on one knee beside the bed had already formed a platoon, knowing that An Elsa must have escaped from the secret passage, but he said that the suspect might have escaped from the outpost. "Pack up and go early tomorrow morning, I will personally lead the team to search for the whereabouts of the suspect! They are from the Lancer Empire, this time the target is the border of the Lancer Empire, you will choose the best soldiers tomorrow." Two brigades, disguised as caravans, will follow me into the borders of the Lancer Empire. ”
The non-commissioned officers glanced at each other and couldn't figure out what the commander was thinking, so they just let go of the search of the secret passage? Anyway, didn't a non-commissioned officer lead the team to search, and why didn't he come back until now? Why didn't the commander turn a blind eye?
A dozen non-commissioned officers had just exited from the commander's lounge, when suddenly a soldier ran downstairs, and when he saw the non-commissioned officer, he hurriedly shouted, "Sir, our non-commissioned officer is chief, he! he has been killed! The suspect has escaped through the secret passage under the hotel!
Shu Milot, who was already sitting on the bed and couldn't sleep, heard the soldiers shouting outside, his head buzzed loudly, and Lao Tzu thought of a plan to get out, you are going to kill me!
Sure enough, the non-commissioned officers who had just withdrawn came back to report the news to him, and Shumilott gritted his teeth and glanced at the soldier who reported the news, "Send two more squadrons to encircle and suppress, this may be a trap of the suspect, and deliberately lead the troops to search." Tomorrow's mission remains the same!I suspect they've fled here and headed for the Lancer Empire!"
Seeing that the commander's face was not good-looking, the people present retreated as soon as possible, and quickly arranged for people to go to the entrance of the secret passage of the hotel to check the situation. The two squadrons that were sent again quickly arrived at the entrance of the secret passage, looked at the corpses fished out of the barrels, and inquired about the situation.
It turned out that the soldiers guarding the gate were thirsty and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to steal some wine from the inn. At the entrance to the cellar, I met the team of guards over there, some of them were already asleep, and when they heard that they were going to secretly drink some free wine, they all came to their senses.
Anyway, the master chief is scourging that little girl inside, what is it for our buddies to get some drinks to drink?
With this mentality, he went into the cellar, but he was surprised to find that the cellar was unusually quiet, and walked deeper with curiosity, but he didn't even see a single figure. After shouting a few times, no one answered, and then went to see that the door of the secret passage was locked, and searched on the spot, and found the body of the master chief in the barrel.
The two additional squadron leaders rolled their eyes, and they knew that this non-commissioned officer was not very good on weekdays, and the team was brought like this, and you were really unjustly dead!
In addition to the body of the Master Chief, the innkeeper and the body of a big man were found, and it was already confirmed that the suspect had escaped from here, and they also had accomplices, most likely the maid and several other big men.
Someone was sent to inform the other master chiefs first, and the soldiers here immediately began to break down the secret passage gate.
The secret passage is busy dismantling the door, and Bell and the others are taking a nap in the secret passage, although they don't know if it's day or late at night outside, people will always be sleepy. The three of them, who didn't have enough time, couldn't sleep in shifts, so Bell used two throwing knives and three strips of cloth to make simple threads on the ground, and extinguished a few oil lamps behind him, and then leaned against Anesa to sleep.