Chapter 181 Pursuit
Even after dark, the streets of Niceburg are still very lively. As a commercial city, it has a relatively colorful nightlife in this era.
It was not until after 9 o'clock in the evening that the pedestrians on the street gradually dispersed and went home to rest.
A team opened from the back door of the church and headed straight from the street to the north door.
This team includes a carriage pulled by two horses and 30 knights, 10 of whom are fully armed and wearing heavy armor, and the other 20, although wearing ordinary clothes, are also armed with swords and other weapons .
The team soon reached the north gate and was stopped by the guards guarding the city gate.
The leading knight became nervous. Could it be that the news was leaked?
He remained calm on the surface, "What's the matter? I remember that the North City Gate can still be entered and exited at night, right?"
"Lord Paladin."
The guard recognized After finding out that the other party was from the church, his attitude became extremely respectful.
"A noble from the Principality of Eton was kidnapped in the city. We were ordered to check the vehicles and boxes of passing pedestrians."
An angry expression appeared on the knight's face:
"Nonsense, are you? Do you think our holy servants would do that?”
“No, no, no! Of course I don’t dare, but it’s an order from above, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”
The knight puffed his beard and stared. , "You..."
"What happened?"
A sleepy-eyed man also dressed as a guard came over.
"Captain, the people from the church won't let us check!"
As soon as he heard the word "church", the captain shuddered and his head suddenly woke up.
The knight looked at the captain with a scornful look.
"The special envoy from the Holy Capital is sitting in the car. He has urgent business to go to a church outside the city tonight. The special envoy has been too tired during the day and is taking a nap in the car. If I want to disturb this gentleman, hum!"
This sentence was full of threats. After hearing this, the squad leader immediately slapped the guard in the face.
"You are blind! You can also check the convoy of the Paladin Master!"
A trace of reluctance flashed on the guard's face, but he still apologized quickly.
The squad leader said to the knight with a flattering look on his face: "Hey, adults, please don't take it to heart. This brother of mine is new here and is not sensible yet."
Then he shouted to his subordinates: "Let it go! Let it go!"
The knight gave him a look that said, "I guess you know the truth." He didn't bother to say another word. He clamped the horse's belly and continued to move forward, with the convoy behind him. He also moved with him.
The squad leader grabbed the guard and took him to a corner to scold him.
"Are you crazy! Dare you check the church's car? If they label you as a 'supposed witchcraft', we might even be in trouble with you."
< br>The guard looked aggrieved: "Captain, are we going to let them be so arrogant?"
"Hmph, don't worry, I heard some rumors. It is said that the Council..."
The squad leader and the guard whispered quietly.
......
The church's team quickly moved away from the city of Niceburg. Gradually, there were no lights on both sides of the road, and there were more trees.
“Captain, is it really right for us to do this? Does it go against the holy teachings of the Lord of Light?”
Seeing that there was no one around, a young church knight couldn't help but express his doubts.
Secretly imprisoning a noble girl is not the right thing to do no matter how you think about it.
The man called the captain, the leading knight, sighed.
“I don’t know if this is the right thing to do. But I was raised by the church. If the church hadn’t taken me in, I might have starved to death on the streets when I was 10 years old.”
"So, as long as it is an order from the church, I will execute it without hesitation."
The knight who asked the question fell silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
The team continued to move forward into a dense forest, and everyone lit torches for lighting.
Except for the sound of horse hooves and bumpy carriages along the way, the whole night was quiet.
Suddenly, a sound broke through the air, and something seemed to be shooting towards them in the dark night.
A knight in heavy armor felt a strong force hit his body and was almost pushed off his horse.
He instantly understood in his mind that the team was under attack.
But the first wave of attacks was not directed at the people, but at the horses dismounted by the knights.
The sound of arrows and crossbows piercing flesh was heard repeatedly. Many war horses were hit one after another, and then went crazy, carrying the knights on their backs and running blindly in the dark night!
The knights immediately rolled over and fell to the ground, returning to the carriage.
The captain shouted: "Enemy attack! Move closer to the carriage!"
"Who dares to attack the church's team?"
The response came from the dark night: "If you want to pass this way, keep your money!"
The captain secretly hated: "The city Those losers from the Guards can encounter bandits on the road so close to the city!"
A second wave of crossbow arrows came, and this time the targets were people. Five people from the church were hit by arrows and fell. On the ground.
Several knights threw the torches in their hands to the surroundings. Under the light of the fire, they saw the figures in the surrounding woods.
"There are people in the west! There are people in the east too! Hughes, lead your people to the west. Haun and your people stay to watch the carriage! Others follow me!"
The captain quickly gave the order , the knights quickly divided into three groups.
These church knights have been trained in martial arts since childhood, but have not received systematic military education. They just rely on the fanaticism in their hearts and believe that they are invincible under the blessing of the Lord of Light.
Ambushing on the roadside were the Eton guards summoned by the Grand Duchess. They all dressed in black and carried powerful bows and crossbows.
However, due to the darkness, the hit rate of the crossbow was greatly reduced, and the effect was not as good as expected.
Seeing the church knights rushing toward them, the guards drew their weapons and started close combat with them.
They couldn't show too much interest in that carriage, otherwise the other party would probably take Her Royal Highness Fanny as a hostage, so they pretended to be bandits who were robbing them on the road.
There were 35 Eton guards who came to set up an ambush. Being able to serve as the guards of the Grand Duke and his wife, their skills were certainly no problem, and with their numerical advantage, they gradually gained the upper hand.
After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, less than half of the church knights who rushed out had been injured or killed. The knight captain shouted: "Haun, we are entangled with the enemy, you run!"
The knights and the grooms who stayed in the car whipped their riding whips hard and galloped north. At this time, they no longer cared about whether there were any ambushes on the road ahead.
Just when they secretly prayed that there would be no second wave of ambush ahead, they encountered the cruel reality.
Another team of about 10 people intercepted them. Their number was so small, including a total of 6 people including the driver, that the other party no longer bothered to use sneak attacks.
"The lackeys of the church!"
The leader on the opposite side scolded them angrily. He put his hands together, and a white light suddenly shone between his two palms and made a crackling sound, as if there was something. Lightning brews in it.
"Wizard!"
The church knight named Haun shouted in shock, and the four men under him were also panicked. They unexpectedly encountered the wizard in the wild without any preparation. "Don't panic!" Hao En shouted: "Kill the bastard who is doing it first!"
He rushed over first.
"Almighty Lord! Bless us to defeat evil!"
The other four knights also followed Haun and charged.
After the knights had reached a certain impact speed, another man in the roadblock stretched his hands forward and muttered: "Wall Shield Technique."
In an instant, the five knights on the opposite side seemed to have collided with each other. On top of the stone wall, their horses were hit and their heads were bloody, and the knights were also thrown off their horses by the huge recoil force, and the two of them fell into unconsciousness.
"Hmph! A bunch of idiots who bite at the sight of a hook! Kill them."
The light in the hand of the man who did it before disappeared and he spat at the fallen knight.
The people around him immediately rushed to the knight who was knocked unconscious and killed them one by one.
The two spellcasters just discussed in a low voice:
"I didn't expect that the Principality of Eton also found out the news. These losers in the church can't even keep it secret. What should I do? Should I hand the person over to them directly? . ”
“No, let’s stick to the original plan, hehe, we have prepared a few episodes!”
“Okay, just do as you say.”< br>
The crowd then walked towards the carriage. At this time, there was no one in the driving seat in front. The coachman had already taken advantage of the chaos and fled. He was probably hiding and shivering in a nearby bush.
But they are not interested in the coachman, they are interested in the people in the carriage.
But something happened that surprised them.
The two horses pulling the cart turned around and ran in the direction of Nisburg.
“What’s going on?”
“Chase!”
A group of people ran back and untied their horses from the nearby tree, mounted their horses and chased the carriage, but at this time the carriage was already far away from them.
At this time, a blue light suddenly flashed on the driver's seat of the carriage, and the figures of two women flashed out.
“How long can the effect of Light Feather Technique last?”
“It can last for half an hour!”
Hearing La Di’s answer, Helen felt a little worried. Uneasy: Half an hour is too short.
Why is there a second wave of people on the road? And the target of the other party is obviously his sister. At least two of their team are wizards. Could they be the group of people who kidnapped her before?
In front of the carriage, they met the former Eton guards. There were only 10 of them left, and they were flying along this road. It seemed that they had ended their battle with the church knights.
Seeing the carriage rushing over from the opposite side of them, the guards couldn't help but be confused.
I only heard a female voice shouting: "There are people chasing us from behind, stop them!"
It was the voice of the Grand Princess! Although the two women in the seats had their faces covered, they could not mistake the voice.
There was no time to ask why the Grand Duchess appeared here. The 10 guards let go of the carriage and guarded the road in a tight formation, waiting for the so-called pursuers in Helen's mouth.
After continuing to run for half an hour, the effect of the Light Feather Technique disappeared, and the speed of the carriage suddenly dropped a lot.
What made them feel even heavier was the sound of horse hooves from behind again.
Especially Helen, most of the guards she summoned were in bad shape, and huge guilt lingered in her heart.
“Just run a little further and you’ll reach the city gate!”
The two women were overjoyed and rushed into the city to pursue the soldiers, so they could do nothing to them.
Unexpectedly, the horse pulling the carriage suddenly stumbled and almost fell, and the carriage suddenly lost speed.
The land below is undergoing amazing changes, and the originally hard road has turned into a large quagmire.
"Swamp Technique! Damn it!"
"Senior, we can only fight them face to face!"
Ladi and Helen quickly got out of the carriage, holding back their nausea and walking through the mire. Fortunately, the mire was not deep, otherwise they would have been stuck in it and unable to walk.
The pursuers soon came up.
"Haha! I didn't expect that the quagmire technique, which was supposed to be a try, actually hit the target. Today must be my lucky day."
The leader of the pursuers haha laughing out loud.
“Two beautiful ladies, seeing that the carriage ran so fast just now, it must have used some unknown method, right?”
"Let me guess, light feather technique? Or acceleration technique? Oh, no, acceleration technique can only be applied to the human body, so it must be light feather technique!"
La Di asked aloud: " Who are you? What is the purpose of what you did tonight? "
"Then I want to ask you? Who are you? What is the purpose of robbing this carriage?" br>
“We are friends of this child, of course we want to rescue her.”
The pursuers laughed again: “We are also here to rescue her!”
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Helen shouted angrily: "Nonsense! Tell me, were you the ones who kidnapped Fanny? Fallen wizards!"
"Fallen wizards? Then who are you? Are you not the same kind as us?"
“Who is the same kind as you!”
The leader of the pursuers shook his head: “I don’t want to be your enemy! Wizards should unite to fight against the oppression of the church! So I advise you, Leave this little girl to me, and I will ensure her safety. Oh, by the way, do you want to join us and join the wizard family?"
Helen was about to speak, but was stopped by La Di. She asked: "A family of wizards? Are you some secret society?"
"Secret society? Sort of, but it won't be considered a secret soon."
"What's the name of your organization?"
The leader of the pursuers seemed to hesitate for a while, and finally said : "The Secret Law Society! Have you heard of it?"
"The Secret Law Society?" La Di was shocked, it was this organization again.
"You said let us hand over Fanny. What do you need her for? Do you want her to become a wizard?"
The pursuer leader shook his head: "To tell you the truth, it was us who kidnapped the Baroness, and we did not kidnap her to make her a member of the organization. She is too young now."
< br>"However, if you want to know, you must submit to us. We have an open door to all wizards of our kind."
He took out two scrolls from his arms.
"Let's sign an agreement, an agreement bound by magic. If you join us, we promise not to do anything to the little girl."
La Di and Helen looked at each other, the two scrolls It's definitely not ordinary.
"What if we refuse?"
The leader of the pursuers answered them coldly: "Then you will die!"
(End of this chapter)