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The huge raindrops hit the helmet and breastplate with a clearly audible sound. In less than five minutes, there was rainwater on the ground that could not reach the level of the feet.
It rained heavily, making the world blurry.
Thick dark clouds and dense raindrops made everyone's vision extremely poor, but there was no obstacle to the road ahead. The team that had grown to more than 600 people only needed to move towards the Duke's Palace step by step.
Visibility dropped to less than ten meters.
The reorganized team was headed by Medello and his elite soldiers. There was a certain distance between them and the main formation led by Vega. It was obvious that both sides did not completely trust each other, but had only temporarily reached an agreement of interests.
Rainy days are extremely annoying for any country and any military type.
The pattering rain made the grips of weapons and shields slippery and difficult to use. The close-fitting cotton armor absorbed it and became heavier. Coupled with the wet feeling on the feet, many of the lower-level soldiers in Xilin led by Wei Jia People immediately began to complain.
"Boom -" A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the outline of the Duke's Palace in the distance, making it look more and more like the legendary vampire's mansion.
"..." Many people swallowed their saliva. The rainwater flowed down the cloak to the horse's belly and then joined the water on the ground. Henry thought silently. Medello and the more than 100 elite soldiers he led chose to give them a lot of important information after choosing a temporary truce, one of which was the remaining strength of the Duke's Palace.
On this point, he and Vega's previous judgments were not wrong. Originally, Duke Monroe had less than a thousand elite soldiers. Although the mansion was large, there were only more than 300 people stationed in it. The rest were all arranged at the door. Routine maintenance and vigilance operations are carried out everywhere in Luocheng.
All these scattered elite soldiers were taken down by Herman in advance. In addition to the part that was previously sent to carry out suicide attacks, the remaining ones were only the more than a hundred people led by Medello.
And their choice to temporarily suspend the truce led to the fact that there was no longer any combat power in the Duke's Palace. The Duke of Monroe and his family who were still staying there could only sit and wait for death. Although the surrounding blockade had been lifted as the army led by Herman left, this time alone was obviously not enough for them to escape Monroe.
——This puzzled Henry.
The plan of the Duke of Monroe's family can be described as sophisticated and meticulous. The first was the "Magician Murder Incident" that served as the trigger. This whole incident and a series of subsequent actions were obviously designed to divert attention and mobilize Xilin's main force here. deception. Although like we mentioned before. The Crant royal family wouldn't be too concerned about just the murder, but if it involves the great nobility second only to the royal family in the country, that's another matter.
Judging from the timeline, after the magician started killing people a year ago, the Monroe family should have revealed some clues to accurately attract the attention of the Clant royal family - based on the common methods of nobles, most of them were in At the same time, he began to reduce his contacts with the royal family.
If a noble of this level launched an investigation against him, he would definitely know it in advance. The information Herman and the others thought they had discovered would lead them step by step closer to Monroe. In the end, he completely fell into the opponent's rhythm.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is well thought out and well planned. But it is precisely because of this that the Duke of Monroe's family is still hiding at home in such an unfavorable situation. They have no intention of escaping or moving in to rescue the soldiers. They even know that their soldiers have doubts in their hearts. Under the circumstances, all of them were sent out...
If the long preparation and step-by-step guidance can be compared to a calm and composed chess player, the opponent's various performances during this period can't help but make people suspect that he is sleepwalking.
——There is something strange, Henry thought. To be able to make the previous plan that requires patience and calmness, the other party cannot give up just like that. If this is the premise, then they probably have some backup plans.
Just getting rid of the Clant family does not mean that Duke Monroe can directly become the king. Facing other dissatisfied families, the Monroe family is already in trouble. In a situation where it is difficult to protect oneself.
What are they planning? Henry is not the only one who has doubts about this matter. The reason why Herman left five hundred soldiers is not just to prevent the culprit from running away. The Duke of Monroe's family must have some hidden cards, and the last thing he wants is for the opponent's card to be exposed and everything to turn upside down.
The heavy rain was still falling, and there was lightning and thunder in the sky. The team arrived at the door of Duke Monroe's Mansion. The time for the answer to be revealed was almost here.
The pattering rain splashed and formed a mist, and the door of the Duke's Palace opened alone. The intermediate mage Leatherman, who was behind Henry's left, seemed to sense something and frowned, but the sage was faster than him. Those eyes that see through everything.
"Let's go!" "Stop!" The inferior quality of the lower-level soldiers was revealed again at this time. Henry shouted stop loudly, but there was already a soldier in the messy front row holding a spear and wanted to walk in directly.
"Crack-whoop-" The tip of the spear that was stretched out casually was broken off along with half of the wooden pole and then flew out in a spin.
"Boom -" The soldiers in the rear array raised their shields in a panic. Fortunately, the spearheads without any impact just fell down. No real damage was done.
"...It's a repelling spell. It will reflect everything it touches back with the same force and speed." Reeseman, who finally reacted, glanced at the sage, and everyone who took a closer look realized that the Duke was The raindrops falling in the air in the entire area around the gate of the mansion and the surrounding wall were inexplicably splashed into tiny water splashes.
The splashes were hidden in the rain and were extremely difficult to distinguish, if the soldier just rushed in instead of just walking in with his spear - or even worse. If they mobilized siege weapons to attack the Duke's Palace... Many people couldn't help but shudder after just imagining it.
"It should be painted on the wall...it can't be etching. This will take effect directly." Leatherman muttered to himself and drove his horse forward. Vega next to him shouted: "Get everyone apart." ! Everyone, step back, step back!”
He gave the order, and the soldiers all distanced themselves from behind. Henry and the others drove their horses forward to follow Reeseman. On the other side, Medello and several knights wearing plate armor also came to join them.
"That's right, it's a repelling magic circle. It's a special interference spell that can only exist in the form of a magic circle. I remember the Lamanites called it 'enchantment'. Explain it in a way that you can understand. If so, this thing will make it impossible for people inside to get out and people outside unable to get in."
"Its flaw is that it consumes a lot of energy. And because it is too large, it cannot be moved easily. And most importantly, if the people inside do not have sufficient supplies, they will not be able to come out before the energy of the magic circle is exhausted. Instead, they will be protected by this They were trapped by their magic circle and tragically died of thirst and starvation. In the final analysis, this magic circle was not used because of various defects in the first place. Now it is being used at this juncture plus the number of people in the Duke's Palace. The large inventory of food and drinking water is obviously also-" "Sir Leatherman!" Vega interrupted the other party with a loud voice: "Is there any way to break this."
The people behind him, including Medlow and his elite soldiers, took a few steps back and watched the scene where all the rainwater in the gray-blue mid-air was bounced away. The expressions of the Knight Master and others were a bit complicated. If Vega's words before had only made their hearts waver, at this moment these people really wanted to swing their swords at their lord. .
This so-called exclusion circle does not distinguish between friend and foe, which means that in addition to the servants and the Duke's family inside, their subordinates who are sent to intercept will also be blocked from the outside - based on the information revealed by Vega and others along the way. The truth about the Black Circle, it was obvious that Archduke Monroe did not intend to let his soldiers come back alive from the beginning.
"Do you want to die for such a master?" Vega's words dozens of minutes ago echoed deeply in their hearts, and all the knights clenched their hands.
"There are only two ways to destroy the magic circle. One is to exert a huge impact beyond the endurance range to cause it to collapse; the other is to wait for its own energy supply to be exhausted." Reeseman glanced left and right, then sighed. : "Based on the area of the Duke's Palace, the range of the magic circle requires at least the joint attacks of multiple siege equipment levels to break it. And if we wait for it to be consumed... considering that the Duke of Monroe's family has begun The fact that hoarding lapis lazuli may have occurred long before we knew it is clearly not advisable."
"But there is actually another way to deal with the repelling array. Because of the supply of magic power, the 'wall' responsible for repelling everything may vary from one or two meters to more than ten meters high, but no matter what, they It's just an erected 'wall'. In other words, if we can fly, we can directly jump over it and fall from the sky." The mid-level mage with deep nasolabial wrinkles on his face continued: "After all, the rejection method is The formation is originally designed to isolate everything through a tight magic structure. If it can really be surrounded in all directions, those who can't even get in the air will directly suffocate to death."
He said this. Mira on the other side suddenly noticed Henry turned around and dismounted. Reeseman sighed to Vega: "We don't have much to do right now, so we can only passively wait around the castle. Count Hermann wins on the other side—"
Before the mid-level mage finished speaking, the people in front of him all turned their heads to one side.
The downpour was pouring down his cloak. The dismounted sage reached out to grab the lead shield that had been squeezed into the hands of several frontline soldiers due to the confusion of the formation, and then threw it directly on the ground at the gate of Duke Monroe's Mansion.
"Pa! Zhiwuwu." A sound like an electric current sounded, and the rain in the air splashed out first, and then fell on this area without any hindrance.
"Uh... ah... um... this, this, this does work." The simple and crude solution turned Leatherman into a stammer in an instant, and everyone who instantly understood the sage's intention also spoke one after another. The lead shield was stacked on the ground, and this magical metal with anti-magic properties completely disabled the section of the magic circle where the gate was located. A group of people poured in, the first of them being the leaders, and then the elite soldiers from the Monroe Mansion rushed over from both sides, and immediately formed a shield wall, leveled their spears, and started to guard.
"...What does this smell like?"
Even when it rains heavily, there is still something lingering in the air.
Mira sniffed the tip of her small nose. The strange smell like rotten eggs made her feel a little uncomfortable.
"Huh...so that's it?" Reeseman frowned again, while Henry let out a sigh of relief.
"Teacher?" He looked like he knew what it was. So Mira asked, and the people next to her also turned to look at the sage. "There's movement!" the elite soldier on guard on the right shouted, and everyone immediately became nervous. Heavy rain fell and enveloped them. And Henry spoke softly and read a passage that sounded quite primitive in terms of both wording and narrative method.
"Born from chaos, feeds on fear. Always accompanied by conspiracy and death, leaving only burnt and rotten stench wherever it goes..."
"Backhand, trump card. Self-righteous, stupid humans once again touched something they shouldn't have touched."
"Really... When will you young people understand that you shouldn't touch things that others say not to touch! Qiang--" Henry pulled out his big sword and rushed forward one step at a time.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."
"Devil!" The eyes of almost everyone, including Medello, changed. It was a naked hound about two meters long, with eyes emitting a red light that could be seen even through the blurry rain curtain.
"Whissing--" The hound grew its mouth and began to growl. The cloak swung. Henry took hold of Claymore with one hand and ran towards it. Being so provoked, the hound directly ignored the nervous elite soldiers in front of him. He dug his claws heavily into the ground and rushed towards the sage.
"Destroy the magic circle and let the archers outside go to the wall to support!" At this point, Medello naturally no longer hesitated. The few elite soldiers standing beside him quickly turned around and ran towards the lapis lazuli stone placed on the ground. They already knew from hearing and seeing along the way that this thing was a key device for storing magic power.
"Dong dong dong -" "Here comes another one!" The hound that first appeared was led to the side by Henry, but then another identical one rushed out from the corner. "Don't panic! Raise the shield wall." The captain of Monroe's elite soldiers shouted loudly. The demon dog's claws that rushed towards them dug deeply into the ground, raising a large piece of soil and then jumped up.
"Lift your shield! Squat down!" He commanded loudly, and the elite soldiers in the front row squatted down decisively. Then the leader shouted again: "Thrust!"
"Peng Qiang! Oh!" At this moment, the elite soldiers smashed the lapis lazuli stone to pieces with shields or weighted balls. The magic power of the repelling array that failed instantly caused all the rain in the air to explode. Come, and in the midst of such a beautiful scenery, a dozen shining spears stabbed out in unison.
"Boom - boom!" The tough skin of the demon dog with shiny black fur slid open several spears. Only two of the direct thrusts successfully penetrated it. There was a dull sound and the smell of sulfurous blood spattered everywhere: "Hiss!" The lower-level demon with red eyes roared and then used force again. The spear shaft was almost thrown out of his hand by the huge force. The elite soldiers gritted their teeth and tightened their grip. The squad leader shouted again: "Second row, step up!" Another dozen or so spears rushed out from the squatting companions. Pierced from the top of the head.
"Boom!" The spears in the hands of the soldiers standing in a cone hit it accurately. The hound was successfully pushed back to the ground, and the team leader seized the opportunity to quickly issue instructions.
"Semi-circular formation!" The soldier who successfully stabbed the hound tried hard to pin it to the ground, while the others quickly untied the originally straight-shaped shield wall to form a counter-encirclement formation.
"Hissing——!" The demon hound, which roared more like a venomous snake than a dog in the world, was surrounded, and a dozen spears pierced its tough flesh from all angles. The skin was on the surface, but the hard muscles under the skin blocked the tip of the spear, preventing it from advancing any further.
"Damn it! This thing has too much vitality!" Twenty elite soldiers still couldn't solve it. Medello, who was behind him, noticed this and assigned a team of elite soldiers to rush forward. This time, the elite soldiers from the third team who arrived did not directly go up to stab them, but instead held their hands on the spears of their comrades to assist them.
"Stab!" "Die!" "Hiss!"
"Pfft——!" The spear that was shaking and finally penetrated the muscle was successfully inserted. The blood smelling of sulfur began to gush out, and then bursts of white smoke came out when it came into contact with the rain. The demon dog with a dozen spears seemed to be dying soon, but just when the more than thirty elite soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, it roared and raised its head again when it felt its strength weaken.
"Hiss—" "Crack!"
Several spears held by the two men just came out of their hands. The sharp claws of the demon hound that jumped up directly penetrated the shield of an elite soldier and plunged deeply into his left hand holding the shield.
"Ugh!" The man screamed in pain and gritted his teeth, while the demon dog with numerous wounds on his body kicked the surface of the shield hard and used it as a platform to take off again -
The huge impact caused the elite soldier to lose his balance and sit down in the muddy water. In mid-air, the scarred but still ferocious demon hound opened its bloody mouth and pounced towards an elite soldier below, but there was something Something - faster than that.
"Don't get up-"
A calm and steady male voice. Accompanied by a sharp whistling sound.
"咻——Ka——Pengchi!——"
A sideways flick. It slashed through the open mouth, severed the tendons, severed the mandible, and finally severed the cervical vertebrae in two.
"Plop!" The demon hound, which was left with only a jaw full of twisted fangs, fell hard into the dirt. The sulfur-smelling blood was mixed with the rain and splashed all over the sky. Henry shook off the blood on the sword again, but It was at this time.
"Ah ah ah -" "Swoo!" An archer who had just climbed up the wall of the courtyard where the repulsion circle was released heard the screams behind him and turned his head, and then was dragged down by something unexpectedly. Go down.
"There's one over there too!" Vega's eyes widened. The shocked soldiers all felt their scalps numb.
"Ahhhhh!" The screams outside the courtyard wall were like a cauldron exploding. How could the lower-level soldiers outside be able to deal with such a powerful monster that more than thirty elite soldiers could only manage to deal with.
"Why so many!" Medlow roared loudly, while Reeseman, who had only reacted because everything happened too fast, finally gave his professional opinion as if he had woken up: "Door! There must be a magic circle that acts as a door to summon these things, we must destroy it!" He shouted loudly, and the surrounding area was in chaos. People are needed everywhere.
"Let's take command!" A knight under Medello and Franco turned back to look at the group. The Sheriff and the Knight Master looked at each other and nodded, followed by Henry and Mira. He rushed into the mansion with more than 20 elite soldiers and three magicians including apprentices.
"Brace yourselves and be on alert!" The chaotic sounds and rain were replaced by neat and orderly footsteps the moment they entered the door. Even though it had only been a few hours since I left the mansion, I felt like I was here when I returned to Medello. It was completely different from the inside of the Duke's Palace that I was familiar with.
The walls and walkways were covered in bloodstains, and there were scratches in many places that were obviously left by demonic dogs. It was thought that the servants and maids left in the mansion might have become prey for these hungry lower-level demons.
"Follow the blood trail and search for survivors!" After entering from the main entrance, everyone skipped the main hall and ran directly to the corridor on the left where servants and elite soldiers lived. Scratches and blood filled every place intermittently, many of them The doors to the room were violently broken down. The messy furniture inside was also full of traces of blood.
"Dong dong dong dong dong -" "Stop!" Medello suddenly shouted loudly after walking a certain distance. The nervous elite soldiers put away their formation because of the words of the knight chief, and they naturally raised their heads. When lifting the shield, lower the center of gravity while holding the spear levelly.
There were no oil lamps or candles lit inside the Duke's Palace. There was only a little light due to the heavy rain. The walkway in front looked extremely dark.
"Qiang——" Mira slowly drew out a half-sword, and everyone tightened the weapons in their hands.
"Dong...dong..."
The sound of not heavy footsteps sounded one after another, and the elite soldiers in the front row swallowed subconsciously. Vega carefully waved his hand to the elite soldiers in the rear to keep some distance, so as not to be unable to escape because the formation was too close.
"Ahh..."
The young man sighed loudly, and he took a few steps forward, finally exposing his fair face to the gray-blue light.
"Little Oscar...Your Excellency." Although he was filled with anger. But when they saw their master Medello, they couldn't help but hesitate, and so did several other elite soldiers, but they immediately noticed the blood on the other's drooping hands and cuffs, and that pair. His eyes turned completely red.
"Demonization..." Mira heard Henry whispering next to her. The sage's voice was immediately covered up by Medello's loud question: "Did you do all this! Where is the Duke? Where is the Madam? , please come out and give me an answer!”
The Knight Master shouted. "Danger!" Then a ball of flame was shot out in the dark corridor.
"Pengpa!" The fireball shot straight towards little Oscar Munro exploded and ignited the wooden lampstands everywhere. Medlow turned his head with shock and anger on his face and looked at the mid-level mage Laizer who caused all this. Man, but saw the other person taking a deep breath with cold sweat on his face.
"..." The firelight swayed, adding a lot of visibility in the passage. Medlow followed the eyes of the people next to him and successfully saw the unharmed little Oscar, as well as a dozen dead bodies piled behind him.
The corpse itself cannot bring much impact to these battle-hardened soldiers, but no matter which corpse it is, it seems that the liquid in the body has been drained and turned into a dead corpse. Even to them It is also a sensational thing.
"You... no, who are you!" Medello pulled out the long sword from his waist, and the elite soldiers around him further tightened their weapons.
"..." The bright metal weapon was pointed like this, but there was no movement on little Oscar Munro's face.
"Ignorant and boring."
"Stupid humans."
"Damn it, everyone move away!" Leatherman shouted loudly, and in the next moment - wood, steel, bones, blood, skin, hair, and even the marble under his feet -
Everything exploded in an instant, the flames were extinguished by the strong airflow, and the few Monroe elite soldiers at the front simply died.
"run!"
Hysterical shouting sounded like this. Mira, who was stunned on the spot, was directly picked up by Henry, and then they all ran towards the main hall behind them.
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ps: r: After many revisions, I was finally satisfied, and it turned out to be a super long chapter orz. Fortunately, the tension of the plot was not lost because of this. Bliss - how strange! I wrote two chapters. This one can be salvaged, so it’s fine. After the 5k revision of the other chapter, I deleted the entire chapter, because it followed the development before the revision, and the narrative became completely unattractive. I’m at the level of a primary school student and can only pile up moves. Why can’t I control my hands? (Crying
