Chapter VIII: Emergency Rescue
"Elber is dead?How is this possible!Even if BilBom is also an archmage, Elber can't even have a chance to escape!Could it be that there are still some masters hidden in the team protecting Edlaide?" Hearing the news of Elber's death, the Nine Prince looked at Belinda in surprise and asked.
"I've been told that Elber died at the hands of the Illuminati Sect Archmage Kaye!" Belinda said with a solemn expression.
"Kaye, when did he leave the capital, and how did he end up in that little place in Yir?" Hearing Kaye's name, the Nine Princes became nervous.
"According to Kaye himself, he was invited to Iltown to preach, and it was a pure coincidence that Elber attacked Edlaide! But this matter is by no means as simple as he said! Kaye is an iconic figure of the Illuminati Sect in the Dongyu Empire, how could a big man like him casually accept the invitation of Ilzhen! I suspect that Kaye went out of Beijing this time specifically to deal with Elber, if this is really the case, then the news of Elber's departure from the capital should have been leaked out in advance, otherwise Kaye would never have arrived in such a timely manner!" Belinda turned to look at the Nine Princes.
"Do you suspect that someone has leaked a secret? Isn't it, apart from you, me, and Elber himself, I only mentioned this matter to Abraham, so he won't betray me at this time, right?" said the Ninth Prince, who had already approved Belinda's speculation.
"Weishenme won't, pushing you out at this time, you can not only pick yourself up, but also be able to get in touch with the Light God Sect, why not the sixth prince!"
"Besides, with the sixth prince's understanding of the people around you, he should have discovered my existence a long time ago. The sixth prince should also know my identity, and it is impossible for him not to guess what you want to do! Since he knows that you want to part ways with him, why should he keep it a secret for you? At this time, the sixth prince has just happened to deal with you, with his shrewdness, how can he easily give up such an opportunity!"
"It's so easy to say, aren't you worried that he will guess your identity and betray you to the Cult of Light?" The Nine Princes understood the meaning of Belinda's words, things had developed to this point, and he had been firmly tied to the big ship of the Dark Moon God Cult by Belinda. Although he knew his current state, he couldn't help but sneer.
"Don't say that the sixth prince can't come up with any strong evidence now, even if he had, he wouldn't betray me! Although we broke up with the sixth prince, we are far from breaking up. I guess that the sixth prince just betrayed Elber, and didn't tell us about our relationship with Elber, his purpose is to weaken the liliang in our hands, otherwise Kaye wouldn't be the only one waiting there! The sixth prince's biggest enemy at the moment is the eldest prince, and now he doesn't need to rush to set up the enemy of the Dark Moon God Cult for himself. ”
"And do you think the Cult of the Light really doesn't know who I am? they're just pretending not to find out, and we need this delicate balance. The sixth prince also knows this, he will never do such a thing that harms himself and others!"
"What should we do now? Are you going to let me see Edlaide just go back to the Seine?"
"You don't know, do you? Kaye gave Elber's Orb to Edlaide!" Belinda said with a smile.
"What? What does this Kaye have to do with Edlaide, and how could he give such a precious treasure to Edlaide?"
Kaye said that he had some friendship with Earl Acheson, but this reason was not convincing either. As for what Kaye's purpose is, I don't have a clue yet. But I know that the treasure of the Soul Orb can easily attract the covetousness of others, especially outside the fortress where banditry is prevalent!" Belinda lazily stroked the hair of her sideburns.
When the ninth prince saw Belinda's action, he couldn't help but be in a trance, and he hurriedly projected his gaze in other directions. He knew very well that although the stunning beauty in front of him was always teasing himself, this woman was by no means something he could easily touch!
"What kind of robber would have such courage to snatch something from the hands of the royal guards?"
Seeing the cowardly performance of the Nine Princes, Belinda chuckled in her heart.
"I have some friendship with Eric, the leader of the Wolf Bandits, and I know that he is in dire need of a legal identity that will help him sell his goods. Belinda paused at this point and looked at the Nine Princes meaningfully.
Hearing this, the Nine Princes fully understood Belinda's intentions, the Wolf Bandit Group was one of the two major bandit groups between the Dongyu Empire and the Turk-Hungarian Empire, and it was impossible for a team like theirs to lack channels for selling stolen goods. Belinda said this just to completely pull herself into the water, once he got in touch with Eric, the Nine Princes had no chance of turning back, and could only follow the path Belinda pointed out to him. For a moment, the Nine Princes were a little hesitant.
"With Eric's help, we can open trade routes to the Turk-Hungarian Empire, and we are both profitable, do you say?" Belinda said with a pun.
When the ninth prince heard Belinda's words, he immediately came to his senses. If he lost the help of the Dark Moon God Sect now, it would be impossible for him to even go back to the past, and his path to the Supreme of the Dongyu Empire would be completely closed!
"Okay, I'll promise you terms!"
Belinda smiled at the Ninth Prince's answer, as if she hadn't heard him change 'Eric' to 'you', and looked out the window with her eyes slightly open.
An emerald green bird flew up from the Nine Kings Mansion, hovering over the Nine Kings Mansion for a week, and flew in the direction of the outside of the fortress.
While the Nine Princes and Belinda were discussing the conditions, the eldest prince and the fifth prince were also in the study discussing Edlaide's second assassination.
"Big brother, Lao Jiu is having fun this time! Xingshi sent a necromancer, not only did not hurt a single hair of Ed, but also gave him a precious 'soul bead'! This is not counting, he still has to worry about the pursuit of his father and the Cult of Light!" As soon as Dennis got the exact news of Ed's assassination, he rushed to the eldest prince's mansion, and was sitting opposite the eldest prince gloating.
"Neither the Bright God Sect nor the Father Emperor will find any clues, and Lao Jiu will not leave such a big handle behind! It's just that the liliang that Lao Jiu worked so hard to build up will be exhausted overnight! What a good means!" the eldest prince said with a sigh.
"Big brother, you mean the woman named 'Belinda'?!"
Not only did she use the assassination of Ed to consume the liliang in Lao Jiu's hands, but she also successfully broke up the alliance between Lao Liu and Lao Jiu, and at the same time, she also provoked the Sect of Light to be suspicious of Lao Jiu. In this way, Lao Jiu, who has lost a lot of strength and is isolated, will be even more inseparable from her!" the eldest prince nodded to the fifth prince.
"It's just that with such an act, her identity has become clear, and she can't hide behind Lao Jiu all the time!"
"Big brother, do you think she belongs to that liliang?"
"Old Five, what do you think?" the eldest prince did not answer, and looked at the fifth prince with a somewhat strange smile.
Seeing the expression of his eldest brother and knowing that he could no longer play stupid, Dennis touched his nose and smiled awkwardly.
"This woman is so meticulous in her mind, and she has calculated several liliang in one fell swoop, she must not be a reckless person. And since she dares to isolate Lao Jiu at this time, it proves that the backers behind her will definitely not be worse than these shili!"
"In the Youlan Continent, only other empires and the Dark Moon God Sect have such strength. Although Lao Jiu is a bastard, he is not going to betray the interests of the Dongyu Empire, and it is unlikely that he will cooperate with other empires! Therefore, I judge that Belinda is from the Dark Moon God Cult. Dennis watched as the Grand Prince made his own judgment.
"It's the same as I thought! It's just that I despised the woman a little, and I didn't have any preparation beforehand, and I'm afraid we're going to be involved this time. ”
"We've been watching this from the beginning to the end, so how can we be implicated?" Dennis asked, puzzled.
"Before, my father allowed me to fight with the sixth child within a certain range, and shared a part of the power in our hands. So many things have happened one after another this time, and my father is afraid that he will take power. Most of our liliang comes from the military, and the threat to our father's rights is also greater, so my losses are probably even greater than those of the sixth child!" said the eldest prince helplessly.
"So what should we do now?" asked Dennis, a little anxious.
"We chose to wait and see what happened when it first happened, and now we can't do anything. I instruct our people not to make any abnormal moves, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion from our father!"
"I didn't expect to be busy, only Ed got a soul bead, and he became the only beneficiary!" Dennis said with a wry smile.
"The only beneficiary? I'm afraid it may not be! Although I can't guess that Kaye Weishenme is going to give the soul bead to Ed, but with my understanding of the Cult of Light, they will never do anything meaningless! Kaye's move is a great benefit to Ed, but Ed's reward in the future will not be too small!"
"Didn't Kaye pass by by accident, how could there be any other jihua?" said Dennis with a slight surprise when he heard the eldest prince's analysis.
"Passing by accidentally? It's hard for Kaye, the archmage, to come up with such an excuse! With a big figure like him in the Cult of the Illuminati, do you think it's possible for him to accept the invitation of Iltown to preach there? Obviously, Kaye arrived there to protect Charity. He must have gotten the news that the necromancer was going to appear in advance, so he appeared in that place in time!!, otherwise, how could you and I not get any news from a person like him when he left the capital?" said the eldest prince with a sneer.
"We don't know about the necromancer, where did he get the news?"
"If I guessed correctly, this matter should be inseparable from the sixth child!"
"How is this possible! A few days ago, we speculated that the sixth child was involved in the first assassination of Amity, how could he have betrayed the ninth child in this matter?"
"It's not betraying Lao Jiu, it's betraying that necromancer! Lao Liu should have discovered Belinda's Jihua first, and he took this opportunity to get closer to the Cult of Light, and at the same time, it was equivalent to helping Belinda by pushing the boat down the river. Belinda actually doesn't care too much about Ed's life or death, she just hopes to use this to consume Lao Jiu's Liliang as much as possible, the necromancer died in action, for Belinda is the most Haode result, she will receive the favor of Lao Liu. In this battle, the sixth brother defeated us by half a chip!" The eldest prince looked at the Six Princes Mansion from afar and sighed.
In the side hall of the Dongyu Empire, the Emperor is listening to Belloc's report on Edlaide's second assassination. Since the last time Berlock was kicked out of the side hall by the emperor, he usually only slept two or three hours a day, but to this day, he has not been able to find out who is trying to assassinate the emperor. Therefore, every time he faced Emperor Bixia, he felt a chill on his scalp. But at this time, the Marquis of Edlaide was assassinated again, and when he stood in front of the emperor, his legs trembled a little. He peeked at the emperor, and the emperor's face sank like water, and his mood became more and more worried.
"Higgins's loss this time is great, isn't it?" the Emperor asked in a calm tone, looking at Belloc
"Nearly two hundred men were incapacitated, and two of Ouchi's guards were killed in battle! Belloc did not know the Emperor's purpose for asking, and replied cautiously.
"In the face of hundreds of zombies and necromancers, he can still command Ruoding, this person you recommend is good!" the Emperor gave Belloc an approving look.
"Xie Bixia!" During this time, it was the first time that Beloc was praised by the emperor, and he was so excited that he almost shed tears.
"Although Bilbom rushed over, it now looks like Liliang on Higgins' side is still a little weaker. Immediately send three hundred cavalry of the Royal Guard to support Higgins, and make sure that the Marquis of Edlaide returns safely to the Seine Peninsula!"
"Yes!" Belloc turned to leave.
"Wait a minute!" the Emperor called Belloc back, who turned around and waited for the Emperor's order.
"Judging from the matter of the Marquis of Edlaide, it is indeed inappropriate to use the Royal Guard to deal with those assassins! In this way, from today onwards, you will transfer the clues in your hand to Camp, and he will be responsible for tracking down the assassins!"
"Yes!" Belloc was pleasantly surprised to finally be able to throw the hot potato out, but then he was a little disappointed, after all, he had not been able to give a perfect answer to the matter. Belloc waited for a while, and when he saw that the emperor had no more orders, he turned and left.
"You still can't watch someone else kill your son!" the emperor saw Belloc walk out of the side hall, looked out the window and suddenly said something that had no beginning or end, and then got up and walked to the back of the hall.
Not long after, a very ordinary-looking carriage quietly left the palace under the protection of a group of cavalry and headed for the Cult of Light.
Coming to the Cult of Light, the leader of the cavalry showed a token to the receptionist, and soon the carriage entered the Cult of Light through a special passage and stopped outside a room where a high-ranking cleric prayed.
A middle-aged man in civilian clothes stepped out of the carriage, and the majesty of his long-standing position approached him, making people dare not look at him directly. Ignoring the gazes of the people around him, he pushed open the door and walked in, and then he closed the door.
There was only one young woman in her twenties in the room, who was praying with her back to the door. She didn't seem to hear the door open and close, and still stood there praying with her eyes closed.
"I'm here to tell you that Ed has been assassinated again! But he's alive and well, and he hasn't hurt a single hair!" said the middle-aged man, standing behind the young woman, who paused slightly, but quickly returned to her original state.
"Thanks to Archmage Kaye passing through there, otherwise he would have been in danger!" the middle-aged man continued.
"Thank you, gods!" said the young woman, who suddenly fell to her knees in front of the idol.
"I think the person Ed should be most grateful to you for! If it weren't for you, how could Kaye have 'coincidentally' passed by there!" The middle-aged man's tone was full of mockery, but the young woman didn't say a word.
"I thought you had forgotten everything, but now it looks like you've just erased me from my memory!" said the middle-aged man with a wry smile.
When the young woman heard this, she turned her head and glared at the middle-aged man fiercely, and then turned her head back without making any movement.
"How many times have I told you, I didn't kill him! I was assassinated, he rushed up to save me, he just died, what can I do?" the middle-aged man spread his hands and tried to control the anger in his heart.
But the young woman didn't change anything, she just knelt there and didn't say a word!
The middle-aged man hesitated behind the woman's back for a while, wanting to say something, but Zuihou swallowed back the words from his mouth, turned around and walked out the door. The moment he pushed the door open, the middle-aged man stopped.
"Don't worry, no one can hurt Ed! No one can!" the middle-aged man walked out of the room without looking back.
Two lines of tears flowed down the young woman in the room, and soon the mage robe on her chest was wet with tears!
After receiving the news of Ed's assassination, the one who behaved most calmly was the sixth prince Abraham. He only said "Got it!" to Hearst, who had come to report the news, and continued to tending to the flowers and plants in his garden.
But after Hearst left the garden, Abraham suddenly began to talk to himself about a plant.
"You can break my heart, but I can't see you frowning slightly! Don't worry, I'll do my best!" said the sixth prince with an extremely happy smile. At this time, if a woman sees him, she will definitely be melted by his sunny smile!
An emerald green object streaked across the savannah sky, and before it could be seen, it had burrowed into a tribe's tent.
There was only one very ordinary-looking herdsman in the big tent, and the touch of emerald green fell directly into his hand, which turned out to be a beautiful bird.
The herdsman found a small tube on the bird's leg, and when he took it off, he threw the bird into the sky, and the bird flew away. The herdsman took out a note in the small tube, and there were only two words on it: Action! The herdsman read the note, did not dare to delay, walked out of the tent, jumped on a war horse, and galloped wildly into the distance.
The herdsman quickly found a temporary location for the Wolf Bandits, and the sentry, who was familiar with him, immediately put him into the camp. He didn't stop for a minute and rushed straight into Eric's tent.
"Bray, what's the matter?" Eric knew that the herdsmen would never come here easily, and immediately sent everyone else in the battalion commander out, looked at the herdsmen and asked.
Bray didn't say much, and handed the note directly to Eric. Eric only glanced at the note, immediately called a meeting of the leaders of the bandit group at all levels, and immediately announced that they would set out and set off.
Just as the wolf bandit group was about to set off, a figure secretly led a war horse out of the camp, avoided the sight of the others, and ran towards the desert.
Although the man's identity was not high, his departure was quickly discovered and reported to Eric. Originally, Eric was a little worried that this person would send a message to Higgins, but then he found out that this person had fled in the direction of the desert, and he was relieved. However, he sent a small team of soldiers to continue to track down the man's whereabouts. After arranging everything, Eric set off with the wolf bandits in the direction of the Meron Mountains.
Sherrill is a groom under Eric's minor boss in the Wolf Bandits, but he is actually the deputy head of the Tiger Bandits. The Tiger Bandits, together with the Wolf Bandits and the Fire Bandits, are known as the three bandit groups outside the Saiwai, and their three bandit groups control the trade routes leading to the Saiwai Bandits, each with their own Shili range, and they have always tried to maintain this relative balance.
But in fact, the Tiger Bandit Regiment is a liliang hidden in the shadows of the Li family, and all the high-ranking generals of the Tiger Bandit Regiment are from Sarat City. Sherrill and Colorado, the other deputy head of the regiment, were adopted by Acheson, and the head of the regiment, Wells, was the younger brother of Count Acheson.
This time, Sheryl broke into the Wolf Bandit Bandits, originally wanting to take the opportunity to recruit or completely eliminate this team, so as to expand the Shili range of the Tiger Bandits! But he didn't expect that he had not been here for a few days before he overheard the news that the Wolf Bandits were about to rush to the Meron Mountains.
As the adopted son of Count Acheson, he has always been concerned about Edlaide's itinerary. At this time, the Evil Wolf Bandit Group is going to appear on the path of Ed, and it definitely has an ulterior purpose! After getting this news, Sherrill couldn't care about anything anymore, and he immediately secretly left the Evil Wolf Bandit Group. Sherrill feared that if he rushed directly to Ed, he would probably be overtaken by the cavalry of the Wolf Bandits. And even if he could get there one step earlier, it wouldn't necessarily help Higgins. In the end, he decided to rush back to the Tiger Bandit Regiment and mobilize Liliang of the Bandit Regiment to protect Ed, so he rushed directly into the desert.
After shaking off the pursuers behind him, Sherrill galloped wildly for another day and night, and when he arrived at the camp of the Tiger Bandits, his horse fell directly to the ground, and he could not get up again. Fortunately, Sheryl's riding skills were very skilled, and he was not crushed under the horse, but he also couldn't get up from the ground on his liliang.
"Quick, I want to see Commander Wells!" said Sheryl hoarsely as he looked at the soldiers who ran over to support him. Sherrill kept hurrying, he hadn't drunk much water that day and night, and his throat had all been broken.
When the soldiers saw Sheryl like this, they also guessed that something big was happening, and hurriedly carried him to the council chamber of the Tiger Bandits.
"Sheryl, what's wrong with you, what's going on?" Seeing Sheryl's embarrassed appearance, Wells was also startled, and walked up to ask with concern.
"Captain, the Wolf Bandits may be attacking Jenny and Ed, please send troops to rescue him!" Sheryl said anxiously, pulling Wells.
"What, Eric is going to attack Ed? What the hell is going on?" Wells was taken aback when he heard the news.
"When I was in the Wolf Bandits, I overheard them preparing to rush to the Meron Mountains. According to the time calculation, Ed and they should have passed through there, and their purpose is likely to be Ed! Commander, hurry up and send troops, or it will be too late!"
"Sheryl, are you really sure they're for Charity?" Wells' brain spun at high speed.
Wells was the product of Ed's grandfather after a drunken experience, and because his mother was a dusty woman with too low status, he was never able to enter the Li family tree. The old earl also had a dispensable attitude towards this son, except for regularly sending people to give their mother and son some gold coins, before the old earl passed away, he never let their mother and son enter the earl's palace.
After Acheson inherited the title, he took his younger brother into the earl's court, let him receive the education of the nobility, and later handed over the family's hidden liliang in the grassland.
Wells does have some ability, and in less than ten years, the Tiger bandit group in his hand has become one of the three major bandit groups outside the Cypriot Islands. As his strength grew, Wells's ambitions swelled, and he began to disobey Count Acheson's orders. It's just that the upper echelons of the bandit group are still completely controlled by Count Acheson, so Wells doesn't dare to expose his ambitions too much!
This time, when he heard the news that the wolf bandits might attack Ed, Wells's heart moved. If Ed is killed at this time, as the only male member of the Li family, he will definitely be able to enter the family tree smoothly, and may even inherit the title of marquis. For a moment, Wells was a little confused!
"Sheryl, can you calculate the approximate time when they will arrive in the Meron Mountains?" Colorado's anxious voice finally made Wells wake up, even if he really had the heart to die and not save him, Sheryl and Colorado would not agree! Acheson sent them here to achieve the purpose of decentralization, Sherrill and Colorado each have weaker strength than Wells, but once they unite, it is not something that Wells can compete with!
If Wells dared to give the order to abandon the rescue at this time, the two men would immediately deprive him of the right to be the head of the bandit group. Although Caroline, the head of the Li family, is a woman, she is not much better than any man when it comes to being ruthless! If she knew what she had done, she would definitely not hesitate to skin him alive! Thinking of this, Wells sighed secretly and gave up his extremely seductive idea!
"They are all out this time, and I think it will take at least three days for them to reach the Meron Mountains! Based on my observation of Eric's combat habits during this time, it is unlikely that he will enter the Meron Mountains to attack Higgins' troops head-on, so it will be too easy for Higgins to retreat directly, and I think he will choose to attack after Higgins leads his team out of the Meron Mountains. We'd better inform them of this and get them out of the Meron Mountains later!" Cheryl said, holding back the pain in his throat. But what he didn't expect was that as soon as his words came out, both Wells and Colorado showed frightened expressions.
"What the hell is going on?" asked Sheryl, struggling to sit up and looking at the two of them.
After Ed's second assassination, Higgins stayed for only one day before setting off again. While reporting the matter to the imperial court, he also sent a distress signal to Caroline. Higgins fears that he will encounter any more danger halfway through, and he hopes that Caroline will lead the troops to meet them. But not knowing Weishenme during this time, the nobles of the Seine Peninsula suddenly gathered tens of thousands of guards and rushed to the city of Zarat. Caroline, who was already about to leave, couldn't move! Caroline had no choice but to ask us for help, but news from her came too late! Before you returned, we had just sent off the messenger, and it said that Higgins would be out of the Meron Mountains in two days!" Colorado said heavily.
"Alright, let's stop talking about that. Colorado, you set out now with two thousand soldiers, bring three days' worth of dry food, and be sure to reach the Meron Mountains as quickly as possible! I will bring people to support you, hurry up!" Wells knew that he had to make a gesture at this time, and immediately gave the order.
"Yes!" Colorado didn't say much, glanced at Sheryl and turned to leave.
"Sheryl, you take the people left behind to take care of the security of the camp! this is an order!" Wells saw what Sherrill was about to say, waved his hand to stop him, and ordered the people to prepare everything for departure at once.