Volume 2 The Golden Covenant and the Shennuo Dispute Chapter 13 The Chess Pieces (2)
April 4th.
The lord's hall of Redreeve City, which exudes mystery in the moonlight.
Dolores was by the window of the main hall, watching the raindrops flying outside. A drop of rain flew into his face, and he held out his index finger to intercept it. He felt like something was going to happen. "Mary's injuries haven't healed yet?" he asked the maid behind her.
"My lord, Ms. Campbell is being treated at Night Parade Church. She hasn't woken up yet. The maid poured a glass of wine. She handed the wine to Dolores and stood aside.
Dolores drank it in one gulp, then placed the cup on the tray in front of the maid. He stepped out of the side door of the main hall, and then said to the shorter guard against him, "You're drinking? Now, I'll punish you to deliver an order. Tell the warden to increase the number of guards for the prince. Then he turned into the revolving steel passage that led to the study.
After a while, the sentry rotated, and still no guard noticed the two men on the roof of the house. They are light on their feet and cautious in their words.
"Hey, look where the leader goes. Maybe there's some treasure there. Dylan said. He already saw in his mind that he was sitting on money and eating a big meal.
"We slowly sneaked out of the storage room and waited for our chance. Glori said. He lowered his posture and jumped from the ridge to the arched window of the minaret, and from the edge of the arch window to the ridge diagonally opposite. Dylan followed.
"Smack", the sound of glass breaking can be heard in the room at Glorry's left feet.
"Wait, Dylan, it's not the time yet. Glori grabbed Dylan, who was about to roll down.
"Damn!" Dolores slammed his fist into the wine-spilled desk.
"Sir!" a guard hurriedly pushed in through the door, and was about to go up to help the maid clean up her desk.
"It's not your job. You go and send this secret to the ancient dungeon. Dolores turned and handed the letter to the guard. Then he picked up another letter that had been splattered with wine, wiped it with a rag, and finally handed it to the maid beside him. This letter was sent to the Night Tour Church. He admonished.
"Night Tour, Baron Victor Thomas?" the maid confirmed. She saw Dolores wave to the door, so she had to retract the question and turn away. Isn't this letter for the baron?, she thought about it, and quickly stopped thinking about it.
Dolores picked up the sword on the rack. The sword is engraved with the words "Guardian of the Light: King Goodian Wright Grace", and the ring-shaped gauntlet connecting the sword to the grip is inlaid with seven star-shaped gems.
When Dolores brought the sword close to the spike-shaped orb in his hand, the gem on the sword glowed with a golden-green glow. In the blink of an eye, the light faded, the gem became dim again, like a normal stone, and the magic orb in his hand collapsed and scattered.
Glori and Dylan immediately lay on the eaves and remained motionless the moment the magical light burst through the window. At the same time, Glori discovers that none of the items in the room have fallen or emitted resistance due to the impact of the magic. Is this a magic barrier? This is the storeroom?, Glori guessed.
"My lord, the Baron has arrived. A maid hurried into the book room, looking nervous.
"How many times have I said that no one is allowed to occupy my time in the study. Especially when I'm studying this sword, I don't allow it to be disturbed!I'll go over right away!You go out first!" Dolores slowly lowered the bayonet sword in his hand, and suddenly shouted angrily. He closed his eyes and sat down on the wooden chair sharply, gasping for breath.
"My lord, I didn't know you were working on that sword. I'm sorry. The maid was frightened and immediately closed the door and left.
"There are maids who are still not satisfied, he is a guy who doesn't know how to enjoy. If it were me, I wouldn't be so angry," Dylan quipped as he looked at the cautious Glori, "but it's really time for this maid of Shenno to come inβthe head of this hall is going to do something." β
"When the lord is gone, we will go down. This room is supposed to be the storage room. Glori looked around and noticed that there were more guards in the courtyard.
"But the map is marked with a study," said Dylan, "and I know that those bastards are not selling good goods, and they are all lies." Come on, who's going to say to the people outside that this is the place to put the treasure?"
At this point, Dolores put on a green silk cloak and revolving the brass feather trap on the side of the doorframe, and all the wax lights in the house were extinguished, and the door was locked.
"Alright, let's go down. Glori reached down and lifted a small bottle of white powder against the window. Then, the glass on the window ripples and slowly spreads out to form an entrance.
"It's ...... When did you buy it......" Dylan was surprised by the expensive potion and felt that Glori had become thoughtful, "This is a very expensive potion, and it can only be bought by underground traders. Did you buy it when I went to trade maps?"
"Yes, but no one will believe it. Graving onto the eaves, Glori rolled over the roof and swung through the corrugated entrance into the house. He hadn't partnered with anyone in a long time. At this time, he was in a good mood and his skills became sharp.
"Who...... The ...... who sent it," Dylan followed, "I'll just say how can you poor devil have so much money, this thing is worth thirty silver coins." But who will give you this ......"
"That's not why we're here," Glori looked at the room, "The Word on the right shelf is supposed to be Irris's, and the flaming gloves on the cabinet seem to be Zoe's." He pulled out a package and carefully put away Elris's spellbook and Zoe's magic gloves.
"Alright, let's go. Glori was about to jump out of the window when he realized that Dylan had bagged everything he could in the room.
"Wait, brother, I'm not done yet. Anyway, there are so many similar items that you can't tell the difference, so I'm going to take everything I can with me. Dylan said anxiously. When he saw that Glori was already at the edge of the window, he reluctantly made a loop with twine, and then pulled it again, and sealed the pocket.
"Smack", Dylan grabbed the bag violently, and the glass on the table fell to the ground.
"Who?" a guard ran towards the house, "there's an intruder!" he heard the voices inside the house.
Dylan dragged the package out and muttered, "You have to hold the package, this lord is not a good thing." By doing so, we are accumulating merit for him. β
Later, Dylan and Glori were chased down from the window by the archers. When the two of them landed, the courtyard was brightly lit. A team of mechanical guards is chasing them.
"Catch them!" exclaimed one of the struck maids. Dylan didn't forget to go back and tease, blowing the silk skirt of the maid with a hot wind of flames.
"Oh, brother. Look, that's a beauty. Dylan said.
Glori turned and pushed down a copper vase as tall as himself, which was just right to overwhelm one of the guards. "Dylan, you bring things back, I'll hold them back for a while. He said. He then threw the package in his left hand at Dylan and drew his sword.
Dylan ducked the slash, then flipped over the mechanical guard's shoulders and jumped onto the ridge of the roof on the windowsill. "See you later, then," said Dylan, who was galloping, looking back at the courtyard, "and goodbye, beauties." β
The maid in her skirt cried out, "They desecrate the majesty of the lord!
"Dragon's Tooth Storm!" Glori spun and leaped, climbing over the garden fence. The guards didn't see him draw his sword, but the seer saw the blue storm roll up.
Suddenly, Baron Victor Thomas lifted his cloak of the moon mark and leaped over the steel passage of the minaret. "Shatterer!" he tore through the storm with the sword in his hand, landed on the ground, leaped forward, and stabbed Glori's heart. Glori, unarmoured, stepped back, turned sideways, and slashed his sword into the air, avoiding the blow in front of him.
Victor stepped forward, caught up with Glori's pace, stabbed again, but still missed. "A human, you're so capable that you can make me lose face in front of my lord!" he said angrily.
Victor attacks Glori ferociously, but he still can't find a flaw. The mechanical guards who had not received the order were simply surrounded and moved along.
"Look, the human. His swordsmanship is much better than that of my men," Lord Dolores watched from the window, "why don't I have such a command?" he knew it was Mary who was outside the door, and that was what he said to her.
Mary Campbell walked into the hall escorted by a maid. The wind outside the window lifted the veil over her face, revealing the burning scar that ran from the left corner of her mouth to her dimple. "My lord, the baron is very skillful, can't he beat him?" she said.
"When did you wake up?" Dolores said, staring at the fighting figure in the courtyard.
"My lord, I have already woken up, but the message from your maid is not accurate," Mary sneered, "you must punish her, or you will do such a perfunctory thing." β
"That's the maid who has been serving me, it's just a little fault, and I can forgive her. But what's going on over there in Fengyan City?" said Dolores.
"The lords over there in Fengyan City are not very easy to handle. You forget, it's the royal family of the ancient gods. And they are a people who have broken their oaths. Mary gradually became silent.
"Oh, so what...... There's nothing that can't be solved by force, as long as you have control of the Underground Mechanical City, anything can be done. But what bothers me is that only royal blood can use the King's Heart Pendant," Dolores turned, "Guard, gun!" His eyes glowed green and he gestured to the weapon rack.
In the blink of an eye, the silver spear engraved with the word "thousand" and shining with light was thrown into the courtyard through the minaret window. At the same time, the baron's battle with Glori ended.
Mary had an idea and understood what the lord meant. She complimented the lord and said, "Your Excellency has thought so well that you expected them to come." Then use them as pawns on the road of the adult king!"
Taking advantage of the brief gap, Glori climbed onto the roof. The lord at the top moved his lower cervical spine and said with a smile: "The news sent by those shadows is correct. β