When night fell, the air could still feel the wordless slaughter, and there were no pedestrians on the street, only the cold moonlight still spread like clear water on this ancient and majestic Hantu City.

The town was already dark at night, and no family would waste candles and lamp oil at night, except for the fires on the palaces and a few towers, especially on days of martial law, and even the wealthy would not deliberately trouble themselves.

Just down the street from the palace of Hangtu City is a rather inconspicuous house - according to Marco Tasker's arrangement, the Brotherhood of Blood Banners lurking in Hangtu City has made this a stronghold. Edward and Greene Turney sat on the eaves and looked at the towering wall in the distance.

And downstairs, dozens of royal knights and assassins of the Blood Banner Brotherhood were already ready, looking at the knights who were still sharpening their swords, Ludwig on the side also couldn't help but press the hidden blade on his left arm, and the hand crossbow hanging behind his waist was also already on the bowstring, ready to go.

"You shouldn't have come. After a brief silence, looking at Edward, who was also thinking beside him, Green Turnn couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"If I don't come, our cautious Lord Greene Turn, we'll miss the best chance to get His Highness Anson out. Edward smiled lightly and patted Grimm on the shoulder, "If I hadn't come in person, would you have believed it?"

For this plan, Edward specially mobilized half of the entire legion - the Knights of the Sacred Tree, the Lund Guard, and the light cavalry of the Black Hawk Clan. There were also three heavy infantry regiments, nearly 4,000 men. Create momentum for this "peace talks". It is also to convince the other party of their sincerity.

And they were fooled - judging from the information obtained by Marco Tasker, the number of troops mobilized in the entire Hantu City is probably close to 10,000, which is almost the vast majority of the troops in the entire Hantu City!

It is true that after that fiasco, Hantu City still had a fairly large army, but not all of them were located in the town, but were distributed among several surrounding military camps, and it was impossible for the town to accommodate so many soldiers at the same time. As a result, the forces in the town were depleted, almost only once. The little prince must be rescued before the other party realizes that something is wrong.

But Greene Turney is still a little worried: "What if they find out that it's not you when it's time to negotiate?"

'I'll let them hold it off for as long as we can, but the most important thing is that we have to hurry. Edward smiled, with a bit of determination in his eyes: "So tonight is our only chance, we must not fail!"

"God bless Turin!" Greene Turnch nodded heavily, looking at Edward's eyes with a strange look: "But...... I still have some questions. ”

"What?"

"Didn't you think about playing for that Lord Berrion all along?" Greene Turn's voice was so low that only two people could hear it, and his expression was a little ugly: "Not even once?"

Edward looked at Green in some surprise. Suddenly, the corners of his mouth lifted, and he knew what this guy was thinking. chuckling and sighing, "If you're talking about His Highness Anson, I have indeed wondered if this Highness is really worthy of my allegiance, but Berion...... I'll never be his dog!"

"It's not because he's not generous enough, it's not because he's really incapable – he's very good and capable. Edward paused: "But the kind of man he won't be the object of my allegiance, that's all." ”

Greene Turn, who finally breathed a long sigh of relief, chuckled and nodded.

Under the cover of the dark moonlight, the group hurried through the deserted streets - the streets of Hantu City were not complicated, and Edward had obtained a map of the town from the "sissy" silver-haired wizard, so it was not very difficult to avoid the few patrols without a word.

It would have been difficult to have been under martial law before, but now the army of Hantu City has almost been exhausted, and there are not many patrols that will come out to patrol the night when no one is around.

Just as they were about to reach the city gates, the whole team suddenly split into two groups - only six royal knights followed Edward and Green Turn, and galloped in the direction of the palace, and the rest of the people remained where they were, surrounding Ludwig, clutching the hilt of their swords tightly.

"You know what our mission is, right?" Ludwig turned his head behind him with a slight smile, and replied with a pair of resolute eyes and a nervous face that was about to bite his lip.

The Brotherhood Assassin turned his head back in satisfaction, and looked at the patrol that was passing through the middle of the street under the eaves—six infantrymen, four crossbowmen, each with torches in their hands. I have to say that the legions of Hantu City are quite elite, even in the safe towns in the rear, they have never relaxed their vigilance.

It's a pity, such an elite soldier would have been useful if he hadn't mutinied...... Although Ludwig was a little emotional, it didn't mean that he would be soft-hearted, his wrist was slightly raised, two sharp blades suddenly popped out of the armguard, and the pitch-black figure leaped from the eaves!

The sharp Hidden Blade stabbed directly into the throat of one of the crossbowmen at the end of the line, and before the guy behind him could shout, a bloody arrow had already gushed out of his neck, and the corpse fell limply to the ground, dead no longer dead.

Only then did the patrol soldiers who reacted suddenly turn around and raised the torches in their hands, only to see a smile on the corner of Ludwig's mouth on his blood-stained face, and two corpses lying on the ground, their eyes wide open, and their faces were full of consternation, which was creepy.

"Kill him, kill him!" the soldiers, who had finally recovered from their shock, immediately pounced on Ludwig, but before they could raise their arrows, there was a rapid whistling sound in their ears - black arrows with screams, harvesting the lives of the soldiers one by one.

The bloodied centurion fell to his knees and blew the whistle with the last of his strength before swallowing his breath and collapsing in a pool of blood.

The shrill whistle echoed through the empty streets, but Ludwig's face showed only a slight sneer, and there was a bit of smugness in his eyes as he looked at the fire that was moving rapidly in the distance.

"Damn, what's going on?!" a group of soldiers with torches rushed from both ends of the street, only to see only the corpses on the ground, and the centurion lying in the blood.

"An assassin has infiltrated Hantu City, hurry up and ring the alarm!" The officer who led the team turned a little pale, and shouted at the soldiers behind him with a little panic: "Block all the streets near the palace, inform all the soldiers on patrol to be vigilant, and never let anyone out!"

"Yes!" the herald nodded abruptly, and immediately turned to leave, and before he could run out of the street, he suddenly stopped, and his expression turned back a little strangely: "My lord, there is something here." ”

"What's the matter?" the officer's voice was a little anxious and impatient, and after seeing the soldiers around him, he asked angrily, "What are you looking at?"

Pushing away the crowd, following the direction pointed by the herald, the officer noticed that the dead soldier on the ground still had a box on his chest, and carefully opened the box, but what was placed in it was not a gold or silver coin, but an ordinary clay pot.

The soldiers who saw this scene couldn't help but show disappointed expressions on their faces, they had thought that they would make a windfall tonight. The officer was stunned for a moment, then suddenly dodged behind him in shock: "Run, this is a canister for ignition charge!"

But it's too late...... Before the frightened soldiers could disperse, a rocket had already leapt down from the eaves, and in the midst of everyone's horrified gaze, it fell on the jar like a meteor falling from the sky.

"Boom-!!!" (To be continued.) )