Chapter 112: Who Robbed Me of My First Kill
Hearing the screams, Rog led everyone to the door of the confinement room, and saw the director of the magic school, Kevin, standing in the corridor, Kevin looked at Rogge coldly, and turned his face to the confinement room.
Rogge walked to the door nonchalantly and gestured to the others, and Murphy, Catherine, and Tully all stopped and peered into the room from his side, only to see Douglas standing in the doorway with his back to the door, staring at Antonio standing in front of William.
"Is there anything else you have to say?" Antonio looked down at the prisoner with gloomy eyes, and said coldly, "I hope you haven't forgotten anything important." ”
His prisoner had lost his composure at this time, his whole body trembled and he bowed his head tremblingly, he did not dare to look at the face of the knight commander, his cloak was torn off and thrown to the ground, and the collar of his coat and shirt looked extremely messy.
"My lord, I really said everything, I said everything I knew!" the prisoner's voice trembled strongly, as if what came out of his mouth was not the words of men, but the trills of the soul.
Antonio didn't say anything more, just looked at him silently, turned and walked past him, and walked out of the confinement room with Douglas, he and Rogge exchanged glances, Rogge nodded in agreement, and the two walked side by side towards the hall.
"Is there anything I didn't say right?" Rogge asked casually halfway through.
"No, he is an actor at the Royal Opera House in the imperial capital, he is a little famous, and I have seen his performance, but I didn't recognize it at all after removing my makeup. Antonio's mood was a little low, and the excitement that he thought he had had generated from catching Willian was gone.
"I guess William must have captured his family and forced him to pretend to be himself as a decoy to lure us into an ambush. Rogge smiled and said: "The actors of the Royal Song and Dance Theater have great acting skills, and William is still very good at choosing people." ”
"That's right, his wife and children are under William's control, and it's on this island that he wants us to help him save his family. Antonio looked back at Rogge with an inquiring gaze, as if he had no idea what to do.
"As a knight, it is your duty to protect the people, and you must bear this responsibility!" Rogge stopped at the gate of the academy hall and turned back to Antonio.
"But William's eyes and ears must be scattered all over the island, and if we go to the rescue, he will probably get rid of the hostages early and then escape. Antonio and Rogge stood facing each other, and a ray of moonlight shone down from the sky outside the door, shining at their feet, stretching their solemn figures into the hall.
"You're right, right around the magic academy where we are, there must be a large number of spies lurking at this moment, as long as your knights fly together, William will know immediately. Rogge said as he looked back at the pitch-black grass outside the gate and the shadowy forest in the distance.
"Do you have any good suggestions?" asked Antonio, staring at Rogge's thoughtful face.
Rogge didn't answer, turned and walked outside the gate to look up at the night sky, a crescent moon hung quietly on the blue velvet curtain under the embellishment of the stars, the night breeze gently blew in his ears, and a strange sound was sent into Rogge's ears.
"I heard something. Rogge turned back to Antonio and whispered.
The Knight Master immediately became vigilant, glanced out of the door and the shadowy grass and asked, "What sound?"
Rogge looked at his nervous expression, and couldn't help but smile mischievously and said, "The little bad bird's stomach is hungry, I hear her stomach growling!"
"I didn't coo, the stupid pigeon cooed!" the little owl jumped up from top of Rogge's head and stared down at him menacingly, but he heard his little belly gurgling, and the little one blinked and silently retracted.
"Now is not the time to joke!" Antonio said with a serious expression as he stepped forward and grabbed Rogge's arm.
"But you don't need me to command," Rogge retracted the smile on his face and said solemnly, "We have only one way to go, divide the men into two teams, one to attract William's attention, and the other to sneak in to save people, which one do you choose?"
"Infiltration is not the Order's forte. Antonio glanced at Murphy and the others who walked into the hall and said, "I believe the Ranger is better at this than the Knight." ”
"Eyes are like torches," Rogge said with an appreciative smile and nodded, "but you have undoubtedly chosen a dangerous path, you must go to the Singing Waterfall and jump into the fire pit knowing that it is a trap and ask for more blessings, if we rescue the hostages, we will rush to help you, I hope you can hold out until we arrive." ”
"Are you sure you can bring the hostages back alive without alarming William?" asked Antonio, not so reassuringly.
"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, this is the way to unify the army, and the commander of the regiment should know better than me!" Rogge glanced at Antonio meaningfully, turned to Kevin and said: "Lord Dean, we set off at midnight, I hope you can provide us with military rations before then, and we can't let the soldiers go to the battlefield hungry!"
"The Mage Tower will not lack the hospitality it deserves, Mr. Witcher!" Kevin glanced at Rogge coldly, stepped forward and said to Antonio, "Please come to the dining room for dinner with the Knights, everything is ready." ”
"Mr. Abbot seems to be even more hostile to you than the High Priest. Catherine looked at the backs of Antonio and Kevin, walked over to Rogge and whispered.
"I said I was a bad person, and the righteous men and gentlemen all looked at me unpleasantly, so don't get too close to me, kind young lady. Rogge looked back at her with a smile, Catherine and his eyes met each other, and they couldn't help but blush and hurriedly took a step back, but Rogge had already smiled and left.
After the group finished dinner in the cafeteria of the Academy of Magic, and then sat around a round table under the chandelier to reorganize the rescue plan, Kevin volunteered to follow Antonio to help, and the Knight Commander agreed to accompany him.
The Knights then set off, flying in the direction of the Singing Falls on the griffins of the Order, and Rog, who remained at the Academy of Magic, led the group to the confinement chamber, placed a map of the Isle of Aland in front of the prisoner, and asked him to mark the location of the hostages.
The prisoner told Rog that his wife and children were not far from the Singing Falls, which was full of towering trees with layers of treehouses, and that the black-robed people had imprisoned his wife and children in the treehouses.
"They also keep a lot of ferocious beasts, you must be careful!" the prisoner told Rog in a frightened tone.
"Beast?" Rogge smiled slightly when he heard this, waved his claw blade in front of him, and said with a smile: "When I see them, they will know what a beast is!"
He led the people back to the hall of the academy and asked Tali to summon the god of lights, pointing out the approximate coordinates on the map to the god of lights, and asking the god of lights to help build a dimensional passage between the two places, to which the god readily agreed.
It danced in the hall with its head shaken, its massive body twisting its slender waist, and from time to time chanting a spell in a bass-like voice, strange magical characters constantly appearing on the ground around it, and when they joined into a circle, a blue portal flashed in front of everyone.
"It's done, our friends, go where you want, whatever you need, call me at any time!" the lamp god bowed respectfully, turning into a puff of blue gas back into the oil lamp around Tali's waist.
"I haven't made a wish yet, my delicious ......," said Rogge, looking at the golden oil lamp with eagle eyes on the little owl above his head.
"When I'm done, I'll roast a griffin for you to eat, and you greedy bird, I'll eat Antonio's!" Rog straightened his black wide-brimmed hat and strode into the dimensional gate.
At the other end of the dimensional gate, in a dense forest of shadows shrouded in night, a guy in a black robe was holding a sword that flashed electric light, vigilantly observing the blue dimensional gate, his eyes showing surprise and curiosity.
Caught off guard, a figure appeared in front of him, the black-robed man was taken aback, swung his sword and was about to attack, but his body was already stiff and unable to move, Rogge stared at him and slanted his eyebrows, and heard the little owl above his head say triumphantly: "The first kill is mine, give me the first credit!"
"First kill?" Rogge shrugged and smiled, slashed the throat of the black-robed man with a wave of his claws and said, "This is called the first kill, at most you have taken the first assist!"
He grabbed the little owl from his head and threw it into the air and said, "Go find out how many spies there are around, help us avoid their surveillance!" The little one seemed to be discouraged, reluctantly glanced at Rogge, turned around and flapped his wings and flew away.
Rogge beckoned Murphy, Catherine, and Tali to go on the road together, and the four of them took advantage of the shadows of the trees in the night to walk towards the place marked on the map, and it was midnight, and the whole jungle was silent, and the moonlight spilled through the gaps in the leaves, forming thin beams of light in the forest.
"See?" Rogge waved his hand to stop everyone, pointed to a moonlit head between the two trees in front of him, turned back to Catherine and smiled, "It's time to shoot!"
Catherine put the silver gun on silent mode, raised her gun and pulled the trigger, a silver marble flew towards the head with lightning speed, the bullet did not hit the target, Catherine pulled the trigger again, and the second silver bullet flew to the same target again.
The first silver bullet flew through the skull, and the man fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, but the second silver bullet continued to fly forward, only to see a man suddenly rush to the deceased's position from the side, and before he could lean down to check the body, the second silver bullet shattered his head with a single shot.
"Shall I praise you for being a god forejudge?" said Rogge, looking back at Catherine in surprise and approval.
The girl smiled shyly, glanced down at the silver gun under the appreciative gaze of the three, and recalled that she had just pulled the trigger because of her lack of self-confidence, but unexpectedly made an accident, and couldn't help but laugh secretly.
The four of them came to the bodies of the two black-robed men who had been killed, Rog looked down at the corpses, and was about to move on, when he suddenly heard a low beast roar from the grass in front of him, and he looked up to see three giant bears with red eyes jumping out of the grass at the same time, waving their huge claws and pounced on the four of them.