Chapter 51 Two Hundred Years, Set Up a Bureau
More than seventy horsemen walked slowly through the streets of Leibles, with solemn expressions and orderly, undeterred by the crowd of people staring at them, as if in their eyes, the person next to them did not exist. There was silence all around, the noisy sound just now disappeared, and many people hid in the buildings on both sides of the street, their swords unsheathed, their fighting spirits running, their magic surging and their arrows ready to fly, just waiting for the moment of chaos below.
The crowd moved forward with the cavalry, and at the same time tentatively approached, as if they were about to move, and the air seemed to become viscous. Slowly approaching, his eyes became fierce, and a thief had approached less than half a meter from the group, and continued to approach, the dagger in his hand flashing with a cold light. However, the knight only glanced at him faintly, and continued to control the horse and follow the group, seemingly not taking these things to heart, although he was already a knight close to the back row.
The team had walked most of the distance in such a solemn atmosphere, and Breno and Delin had already arrived at the city gate, Delin glanced at the city wall lightly, and he could feel that there were many people in ambush on it, just like those small shops and buildings before.
One stood in the middle of their path, looking at them, his hands crossed in front of his chest, his face gloomy. Delin and Brenaud didn't stop, but kept going.
......The sound of horses' hooves was clearly audible, closer, closer! Everyone was ready for the last moment, the fighting spirit and magic began to run wildly, and the thieves also entered a stealth state, and at the back of the line, a thief had already raised a dagger, and was about to stab! The next moment, it might be stained with blood, and the battle broke out in an instant!
The horse continued to move on, and Delin and Breno looked at him as if he didn't exist at all, and the horse's hooves were raised, and the next step was to step on him. Maybe this hoof won't have much power, but it will definitely detonate a battle! It's like a balance of balance, and this is the last gram weight!
The horses' hooves fell, trampled on solid ground, and the usual voices announced the final result, and the battle was over after 10 minutes of gestation.
Delin and Breno looked at each other with a faint smile.
Kate felt that someone was following her, but the situation decided that she could not turn his head and not detonate the whole game because of his mistakes. The gates are right in front of you!
"With... Take me away! I... I know... Secret...", a faint voice sounded behind him.
Kate wasn't interested in everything he said, but he had to make a statement!
"It's disgusting!Grab him!Throw him outside to feed the wolves!," Kate roared in exasperation, giving orders to the knight beside her. The knight next to him paused, grabbed it, and put the beggar on his horse, and the beggar shook his hands and feet, to no avail.
Everyone in the castle knew about this crazy beggar, but there was not a single child in him, so no one had the desire to attack him. They watched in silence as the last knight disappeared into the city gates.
"Damn! These boys are so arrogant! Next time we see them, I'll chop them up!" a meaty-faced warrior spat to the side and said fiercely. The people next to him glanced at him, but no one paid attention to him and dispersed.
The team walked hundreds of meters, and Brenaud gave the order to move forward at full speed, and all the horses began to gallop under the control of the knight. Moving forward rapidly, the cold wind poured into the armor, and many people found that their backs were cold and covered with cold sweat.
"Look, doesn't this castle look like a giant man-eating beast?" said half an hour later, standing on the top of a hill, Delin pointed down to the crowd.
"It's still a cage! There's bait in it to lure people in, and then pay with their blood for that crazy ambition!" a voice came from behind. Delin and the others looked back and saw that it was a beggar dressed in tatters.
"How did you know about Leiblus's secret?" the beggar looked at Delin, stunned.
"Young Master, this man just followed us, and I couldn't help it, so I brought him out......" Kate said reproachfully.
Breno was obviously also interested, and just asked, but saw Delin's face change drastically.
"Go, now, now!" Delin said to Breno with a serious face.
"Get ready to charge!" Breno had a lot of questions in his mind, but he chose to keep them to his heart. The knights, who had just rested for less than 5 minutes, heard this order and immediately began to carry it out, they did not need to think and complain, they only needed to carry it out.
Delin pointed in a direction, and the crowd began to run wildly. The horses that had just rested were forcibly motivated, and now was not the time to cherish the horsepower. In order to speed up, Delin even poked the war horse's ass with a knife, and the war horse was in pain and galloped violently. Brenaud also gave the order to charge to the death, and there was a slight confusion in the team, but the speed of the horses was raised to the highest.
An hour later, as they sat down on top of the mountainside, looking at the encirclement that was shrinking inwards in front of them, they felt that Delin had foreseen correctly. The horses had lost their strength half an hour earlier, were ordered to be killed, buried in a hidden place, and then they began to run wild for their lives. Seeing the numerous cavalry on the opposite side, they all felt very happy, if it was a little later, if they hesitated a little longer, they would be trapped in the center of the encirclement.
"Deringo, are these on their way to raid the castle?" said Galen's voice, drawing everyone's attention in the silent ranks.
"No, you've also heard that the number of people who go to rob is generally not more than a thousand, and the team just now, the number of people may be tens of thousands, it should be that the team that has robbed many times in recent years has been gathered together, and the target is not the castle, but us!" Delin's voice was not small, and it spread throughout the scope of the entire team. "Because we were so rich, the owner of the castle was also very interested in us. Think about it, who can spend millions of gold in the castle like we do, but luckily we escaped, let them eat!"
"Haha......" came the sound of the soldiers laughing in the ranks.
"Take a break and we're going to keep on our way, lest they notice the trail we left behind and continue to chase after us. Breno interrupted the conversation at the right time.
In the evening, on a wide meadow outside the camp, Brenaud and more than a dozen other people sat together, including the beggar. But now he had changed into new clothes, freshened up, and looked without any mental problems other than being pale and thin.
"I'll start with the problem I've found, and of course, I'll ask him more. Delin pointed to the "beggar" standing aside, "I saw the legendary Blood Knights when I was buying, but I always thought they were weird, so I used my spiritual power to infiltrate and check, and found that they were not humans, but like a puppet. It's full of blood, and there's a kind of magic circle, which I've seen before, and the person who portrays it is a necromancer. This is a formation that devours essence and blood. Delin told what he had discovered, but imposed that formation on Lertai. "Then I thought, why is there still people coming to the castle of Leibres in such a mess? There are people dying every day, and that's not all. This fortified castle can be breached by a thousand robbers at will! And this ridiculous thing happens periodically! We clashed as soon as we entered here yesterday, and I think every bigger team clashes here, right?" Delin asked the beggar.
"I didn't expect you to know so much. He stood up and stretched out his arm, "You know what? Many people want to be the owner of a gold shop, and many people fight for it, but it's a cage! Do you know what a blessing it is to be able to run outside?!" After saying that, he sat down on the ground, "My ancestors would never have thought that a place they had paid for would trap his descendants in it, and then think of a slave working for that devil." Do you know what we're going to do? is to kill a sufficient number of people and send the bodies and blood to a fixed location. If anyone doesn't do a good job, he will be replaced, and his family members will be refilled. If you fail twice, you will be eliminated, and now, 20 families have been secretly replaced. This devil used the golden avenue as bait, constantly taking advantage of people's greed to get people's lives, but fortunately, he also got retribution, and his offspring became worse and worse, which gave me the opportunity to pretend to be crazy and stupid to escape. After saying that, he fell into a long silence.
"I have to say that you are really lucky, everyone who did this before was killed, and now, his descendants are so bad that they are about to lose control of the situation. He said to Delin.
This truth is inconceivable to everyone! What a crazy and frenzied plan it is! Build a city, put a bait, and then enslave a group of people to serve themselves, and in order to ensure efficiency and deterrence, kill chickens and monkeys...... How many lives would it take to fill his great ambition?, but what was the purpose of the devil he called the first Count of Lybrus?
"And what is his purpose in doing this?" asked Milanger. This is the answer that everyone wants to know.
"I'm sorry, I don't know. Over the years, there have been many people who have wanted to find out the secret, and they have all died, and the Blood Knight is very powerful. Although they are not saint ranks, they are far more powerful than ordinary sky knights, and they are more fearless of death, and they can recover quickly after being injured, as long as they have enough essence blood. Each time, the bodies of the dead were secretly transported to a fixed location, and there should be many such locations in the castle, and my family alone was responsible for three places. He stood up again, "My name is Seth, can I do it with you?" I am a stranger to the outside world, and I know some secrets about the castle of Leibres, but I want to exchange it for my freedom. ”
"Mr. Seth, you can leave now. We weren't interested in that castle. Delin said calmly.
"Why, if you don't have access to that earth-shattering secret, you can get a lot of riches!" Seth was surprised by Delin's answer.
"Because we don't have a shortage of money, we want to make money, and we're not going to be a fraction slower than there. Moreover, behind the secret comes trouble and danger, and the bigger the secret, the greater the danger. Delin said indifferently.
"Can you tell me this secret alone? He's not interested, I'm interested. Milanger glanced at Delin and said.
"Yes, but you must make sure that I leave safely. Seth looked at Breno.
"Okay, but if you dare to lie to us, I will make you regret it, please believe that I have the strength. Brenor stared at Seth, which put a lot of pressure on the latter, "Maybe you haven't been out of the castle, but you must have heard of the Redden family on the west side of the Mangula Mountains, and I am the future master of the family. ”
"I've heard of it...... I've heard of it. Lord Breno, but you may have to act sooner, because I don't know that my family is in contact with people from the outside world, and other families are also acting, and the days of being treated as slaves are always not so pleasant!"
As the sun sets, Seth's figure fades away and finally disappears.
Brenaud tossed Seth's map into the campfire, which burned to ashes in an instant. Then watching everyone look at each other and smile, Brenaud sat on the ground casually, not at all looking like a noble child.
"The young Count of Leiblus seemed to have very little to do with people. Miragel was the first to say, "When His Highness mentions that he has great power, he can't bear it, and he can't wait for us to die sooner." One thing I don't understand, why did he choose to leave?"
"It's very simple, the castle is a cage for the merchants, why not for him?" explained Breno, "and I reckon that their plan has been carried out to the point where it does not need to be manipulated or has failed, of course, the latter is very unlikely. Tell me, Delin, what exactly are their plans?"
"I don't know, I don't know much about that formation, I only know that it can suck the essence and blood of people or animals. Delin pondered, and finally said his guess, "It is very likely that the first Count of Leiblus wanted to advance himself to the legend. The purpose of devouring essence blood is nothing more than to create a powerful body, and if his own soul is strong enough to separate from the body, then he can enter a new body again, allowing himself to gain nearly infinite time, or directly advance to the legendary. ”
"No way. Brenaud denied Delin's conjecture, "Legends are not something that can be advanced by other abnormal means, only those who know the laws can be promoted." The Count of Leiblus may still be alive, and even his descendants have concealed the past, and may be in the castle. There is also a possibility that one of the Blood Knights is his parasitic body. In this way, their plan can be said to be some way from success. We can take our time later. ”
"Do you really want to get the castle's secrets?" asked Delin.
"Yes, but what I fancy is how he cultivates blood knights, you think about it, if the existence that can be comparable to the combat power of the Holy Rank can be mass-produced, then there will be no more power that can stop us. As for the essence blood, in addition to the human being that can provide, you said that the essence blood of animals is also possible. Besides, what war is not bloodshed?" Brenaud looked up at the sky.
yes, why not? Delin was also struck by Breno's idea.