Chapter 52: The Road 3
Unlike the panic of the nobles in the hall, Prince Philip and Viscount Avis on the rostrum were calm and did not look worried at all. It didn't take long for the reason for their composure to be unraveled—two stone doors suddenly rose up on the stone wall behind the rostrum, revealing the passage inside.
With the continuous sound of the impact of armor leaves, one by one the warriors in heavy armor appeared in the hall.
It's a trap!
When dozens of armor soldiers poured out of the secret door behind the Gelxi platform, it was already confirmed.
The outcome of the battle was doomed from the beginning, on one side it could only carry light and short weapons, and the armor stomach was impossible to talk about, while on the other side it was armed to the teeth, and in the case that there was no decisive gap in a series of factors such as numbers and training levels, there was no suspense about the outcome at all.
However, there are not only these two parties in the hall, there is also another party, that is, the nobles in the middle of the hall who are unarmed, do not have personal combat strength, and the strength of the guards is not around, and their position is exactly in the middle of the warring parties.
The assassins continued to slash and kill the nobles, creating chaos and driving them towards the rostrum, and the armor soldiers who appeared on the rostrum were also unambiguous, shouting not to storm the rostrum, while slashing and slashing the crowd that still wanted to rush up, under the attack of these two parties, the nobles in the hall suffered heavy casualties, only the nobles who were closer to the rostrum were lucky, and could be transferred to both sides of the rostrum in time to obtain a certain amount of protection and avoid the sharp edge of the assassins.
The protagonist of this scene is not Gehr, he just needs to be a cold sidestander.
Judging from the chaotic performance of Prince Philip and Viscount Elvis, not only did they know about this good show in advance, but it is likely that they directed it.
This is confirmed by Valarian's performance. Standing on the podium, Gehr could clearly see that he was the first to provoke the Assassins to attack, and he was pretending to be dead and falling to the ground at this time, and from time to time he successfully sneaked up on one or two unsuspecting Assassins, obviously his previous attack on Prince Philip was just for show, the purpose was to force the Assassins to start attacking in this sudden situation, disrupting their original assassination rhythm, and completely following the script on the Prince's side.
The remnants of the Garro family assassinated the prince, but were heroically repelled by the guards, during which the innocent nobles who participated in the dinner were implicated and suffered heavy casualties, but fortunately, His Royal Highness survived, and the remnants of the Garro family were completely exterminated, and the result was good, expressing deep condolences for the innocent dead and wounded, and severely condemning the small group of elements who tried to disrupt the domestic order with terrorist acts......
Gehr had already sketched out in his mind the official explanation of the incident that would be given afterwards.
Shifting his gaze from the prince to Viscount Elvis, it can be said that these nobles who died in the hall were actually sold by him, so what kind of role is he in this script? Or what does he want to get?
Then he looked at the nobles who were being protected by the rostrum, then looked at the nobles who were slashed by the assassins like pigs and sheep, and then thought about his previous position, Geer suddenly felt that his previous understanding of nobles was not deep enough, and this time it really taught him another lesson, a very crucial lesson.
At this time, Gehr couldn't help but feel a little grateful to Evelyn, who was still holding his wrist and trembling, if it weren't for the appearance of this silly girl out of thin air, it is estimated that his current situation would be a little troublesome.
As for those assassins, it didn't take any thought to know that they must be members of the Order, and if the Garro family had the ability to organize such an operation again, it would not be that the entire family business would have been divided by the nobles of Mora City now, and with the intervention of the Brotherhood of Steel, it would be unknown who the opponent was.
However, Gehr is a little puzzled, he has not been in contact with the hermit many times, from Blide to his uncle and aunt, and finally plus the dead Earl Carter, who can no longer die, there is a shadow of the hermit behind their actions, but the actions of the hermit have always been planned and then moved, never in a hurry, and this time the killing of Count Carter led to a change in the situation in Joberna County, although the hermit should have reacted, but it was too hasty to choose such a violent action to assassinate the prince as revenge? Not to mention that this assassination was instead used by the Brotherhood of Steel, and instead dealt a heavy blow to the Hermitage.
Just as Gehr was thinking, he suddenly saw an Assassin rush out, breaking away from the ranks of the other Assassins, holding a crossbow machine aimed at the rostrum.
The target is not the prince, not the viscount, but him!
Gerton felt a tingling sensation in his scalp, and a sense of extreme danger welled up in his heart.
Without hesitation, he shook off Evelyn's hands that grabbed his wrists, hesitated for a moment in dodging and parrying, and finally chose to grab the armor next to him and pull him in front of him.
The armor didn't expect Gehr's move, but the strict training still made him subconsciously raise the shield in his hand and block the general direction pointed by the crossbow machine.
Sou!
The black streamer broke through the barrier of space, leaving only a black afterimage in people's retina.
Poof!
Evelyn had been clutching Gehr's wrist and hiding behind Gehr with Sophia, watching in horror what was happening in the hall. When Gehr suddenly shook off her hand, she was suddenly taken to the ground by a powerful force and fell to the floor beside Gehr. Just as she was about to get up and complain, a huge black shadow hung over her, and in her astonishment, she heard a different voice, familiar, like when she saw a hare shot through in front of her as a child.
When she looked up, an arrow suddenly appeared not far above her head, and the rest of the arrow was still in the body of the black shadow that covered her vision, and then she saw clearly that this black shadow was a soldier, and the blood flowed down the arrow, dripping right on her head, and she suddenly sat down on the ground.
Gell looked at the arrow that protruded the corpse of the armorer, his pupils constricting slightly. Turning over the armor soldier who was already only left with a convulsive reaction, Geer clearly saw that there was a hole in the metal shield held by the armor, obviously this arrow not only shot through the armor with heavy armor, but also penetrated the shield together, and only lost its strength and stuck in the armor's body at the end. The lethality of the ballista attached to the arrow mainly comes from the flight speed it provides to the arrow, according to this penetrating effect, it is at least several times faster than the general ballista, and the arrow is not simple, several times the force will inevitably be imposed on the arrow itself, obviously the arrow should also be special.
Pushing away the armorer's body, and pulling out the armor's sword, Gehr quickly jumped off the rostrum, heading straight for the crossbow-wielding assassin.
This assassin was just a girl who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, but now Qingxiu's face was full of panic, obviously she didn't expect that this attack would not cause harm to this enemy, and now she was nervous, and she didn't know what to do next.
Gel didn't give her time to react, and walked up to her in a few steps and swung his sword.
"Don't kill her, she's ......"
Evelyn's shouts behind her didn't slow Gell down, and with a bang, the female assassin's head flew off her body. Without pause, Gehr picked up the crossbow and arrows from the corpse, and retreated to the rostrum before the Assassins rushed up from behind.
“...... She...... She was...... Easy...... Fenna ...... "Evelyn murmured the rest of the words after Gehr returned to the podium.
"Now she's the enemy. ”
Gell looked at Evelyn, who was a little stupid, grabbed her hand, greeted Sophia again, and dragged Evelyn to the back of the podium, he didn't want to repeat the scene just now.
The situation in front has nothing to do with Gehr, and with a lot of armor soldiers surrounding the front, Gehr can safely check the loot he has just won.
After careful inspection for a while, Gehr found that the crossbow structure was no different from ordinary crossbows, but all the pieces were made of a metal that did not know the way, but it was unexpectedly light, and the toughness was also very strong.
After looking at it for a while, Gehr carefully put away the crossbow machine so that he could study it slowly later.
......
The show that took place in the banquet hall finally came to an end, and the soldiers outside finally arrived to help, slamming the door blocked by the Assassins and slamming it into a position where it could no longer be supported.
And the assassins were even more crazy in such a desperate situation, constantly attacking the defensive circle of the armor with their flesh and blood, and at the same time slashing and slashing the nearby nobles more ferociously, and the tragedy was even more severe.
But this is the most crazy thing to do. The door of the hall finally could not stop the ravages of the big men outside, and it fell inward with a thud, and the heavily armed soldiers rushed into the hall and began to strangle the villains who dared to assassinate the prince.
However, after a few minutes, the Assassins finally fell.