The sudden attack was not over yet. The moment Miku's scream sounded, a short figure ejected from the carriage and rushed forward with the shining blade in his hand.
Shocked to realize that there was someone else in the carriage, Leonhardt turned the dagger in his hand and threw it at the attacker. He himself did not stand still and wait, but quickly ran to the carriage.
The short assassin ignored the speeding dagger and Leonhardt, and stabbed An's back of the neck with the sharp blade, hoping to inflict a fatal blow!
Miku finally noticed the attacker, and before she had time to think about it, she hugged An's waist and turned around to help him block the knife.
However, Miku tried his best in desperation, but failed to twist An's body.
When the assassin was about to succeed, An suddenly raised his head, hugged Miku's waist and took a step forward. He turned around to avoid the blade, then used his free hand to hold Shirley who was running over, and quickly distanced himself from the assassin.
There was a cone-shaped iron tool inserted into his left shoulder. Because he had used force to pull Shirley's arm back just now, blood spurted out from the wound again.
The assassin was still chasing, but Leonhardt had already arrived and started fighting with him.
With the title of "Imperial Sword" and the captain of the imperial guard, Leonhart's skills are naturally not bad. He is also a very outstanding player within the elite guard team.
However, the assassin's short body gave him a natural advantage. With his flexible and strange movements, he was inseparable from Leonhardt in a short period of time.
Fortunately, Leonhardt had the advantage. He was angry and showed no mercy. The pressure on the assassin was increasing, and there was no way to escape.
"Come here!" Liliana was protected by Xiao Yue behind her. After getting over the initial fright, she regained her senses and shouted loudly to the escort team.
When the surrounding guards heard the movement, they quickly rushed towards the place where the carriage was parked. They were divided into three waves, protecting Liliana, Xiaoyue, Heto, and the three people on An's side, and sent out signals at the same time. , to remind companions who are far away.
"Protect His Highness and the others first, and then support me after the others arrive!" Even if he had the upper hand, Leonhardt had no reason to fight alone. The order he gave to the escort was to prevent the assassin from having companions, and then he Focus on suppressing the enemy in front of you.
The assassin's movements were very flexible and his moves were very strange. They were very different from the fighting skills he knew, and it was difficult to subdue him in a short time.
But it’s only a matter of time!
Everything happened too fast, and it wasn't until this moment that Mei Ke and his group realized what was going on. They looked at An worriedly.
Hutto frowned, and after comforting his wife and daughter, he wanted to cross the guard circle to check An's wounds. An stopped him in his tracks and shook his head to indicate that he was fine.
"Don't get close, it's dangerous over there." An warned Shirley beside him. He lowered his head slightly, looked at the frightened Miku and comforted him, "It's just that my shoulder was a little injured. My reaction was a little slow."
He glanced at the sharp weapon on his shoulder and his eyes darkened.
When the thing was about to stab him, An actually noticed it, but by then he had no time to pull Miku to dodge it. If he hides, the sharp weapon will hit Miku!
We must not let this thing hurt her!
Seeing the blood on Miku's face and remembering his last slow movement, An's face became more and more gloomy.
Miku subconsciously wanted to pull out the sharp weapon on An's shoulder, but then remembered that it would only make the wound worse, so he stopped raising his hand.
An took her hand and pressed it down slowly, then took the sharp weapon and pulled it out.
"An?!" Miku's eyes widened.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt much."
Ann didn't explain and threw the unplugged thing aside. Just as he said, his expression did not change at all during the process of pulling out the sharp weapon.
An took out the handkerchief on her dress and went to wipe the blood on Miku's face: "Don't move."
"You! Idiot!" Miku cursed angrily and took the handkerchief to bandage An.
Ann held her hand again, took the handkerchief back from her hand, wiped her face, and said softly: "Listen to me."
Miku's eyes welled up with tears when he saw An trying to wipe his face regardless of his wounds, and then thinking of the danger he had just encountered. She didn't insist on her idea anymore and just kept looking into An's eyes.
Miku could feel that An was angry. She also understood why An was angry, but precisely because she understood, there were more tears in her eyes.
An's movements paused imperceptibly, and after wiping the blood from Miku's face, he looked at the place where Leonhardt and the assassin were fighting.
Miku grabbed An's right wrist and spoke in a crying voice: "Don't go!"
An's eyes widened a bit, then turned gentle, and looked at Miku: "Don't think blindly."
The members of the escort guarding them said in time: "Don't worry, Lord Leonhardt will definitely be able to subdue the thief!"
Ann looked at him.
This escort member is about thirty years old, and his clothes are slightly different from the others. He examined the surroundings with his eyes slightly, and the hand holding the sword was tightly clenched.
They failed to notice that an enemy had entered their security circle, causing An to be injured. As the squad leader, he felt great remorse and anger. If it weren't for Leonhardt's order, he would have wanted to order a swarm of attackers to be chopped into pieces!
"It's not your fault." An said loudly, "The assassin should have received special training and specialized in following weird and strange routes."
The assassin's moves, movements, and even body shape are all full of weirdness.
Judging from the size of this assassin, he is similar to an eight or nine-year-old child, but the strength and speed of the opponent's attacks are not what a child should have. Even a genius like Leonhardt has the biggest limitation of physical function. It takes more than 20 years for the human body to mature!
Also, many of the assassin's movements violate the normal human range of motion, and are obviously the result of special training. In addition, the opponent can skillfully use factors such as blind spots, shadow corners, etc., and I am afraid that they are specially trained for assassination.
At a glance, it is clear that the opponent's abilities are far above those of ordinary assassins!
It is not incomprehensible for the escort team to be taken advantage of by assassins of this level in such a safe environment in the royal capital. They have already blocked many informants sent by businessmen and those sent by nobles who have not received invitations. There are secret troubles such as spies, unscrupulous people who heard the news and wanted to join in the fun.
"Since an assassin appears in our security zone, it is our fault." The squad leader of the escort team did not make any excuses for himself, "We will give you a satisfactory explanation!"
Hearing his words, An didn't realize that the corners of her mouth were slightly rising.
Seeing that the escort team was so dedicated to their duties, An did not give any more comfort, but analyzed: "The attacker's skills are so superb. If Captain Leonhardt wasn't here, it would be difficult to contain the opponent. I'm afraid the instigator behind the scenes would hold him back. You have a lot of confidence. Moreover, it is too expensive to train a second assassin of this level. The possibility of having accomplices is not high. You should divide a few people to assist Captain Leonhardt to avoid more troubles over time. .”
When An said these words, his speaking speed was slowly increasing for some reason. However, his analysis was reasonable and accidents were indeed prone to occur over time.
An's words had an unexpectedly large effect. With the addition of several factors, the members of the escort were persuaded and he hesitated.
But before he made a decision, the situation on Leonhardt's side had already become clear.
Leonhardt stabbed the attacker's blade into the opponent's shoulder. Taking advantage of the momentary pause in the opponent's movements, he hit the weak points of the human body one after another. While the attacker's body was stiff, he cut off the opponent's hands and feet. All the joints were removed cleanly. In the end, he was worried that the other party would commit suicide, so he pressed his head and knocked him unconscious.
The captain of the escort team breathed a sigh of relief, but his muscles did not relax and he was still vigilant about his surroundings.
His tone became more relaxed: "As expected of Lord Leonhardt!"
An's face also relaxed.
After subduing the assassin, Leonhardt did not stand up quickly. He was slightly out of breath and took advantage of the squatting action to recover.
This attacker with unknown origins is indeed troublesome. He has never encountered such an enemy before. Even if it were his martial arts instructor in the escort, it would probably take a certain amount of effort to subdue this assassin.
A few seconds later, Leonhardt stood up again and called on the escort members to tie up the assassin.
There had been no other movement for so long, so the attacker probably had no companions.
Looking around, Leonhart made this judgment.
Suddenly, a scream made him look sideways.
An, who was being protected by the escort members, suddenly fell to the ground for some unknown reason.
Leonhardt quickly ran over to check and found that An had fallen into a coma, with sweat on his forehead and a very fast heartbeat.
Leonhardt fell into a state of confusion for a short time, but Hutto came over and noticed that the sharp weapon Ann had thrown on the ground had a strange glimmer in the moonlight.
Hutto's expression turned ugly: "It's coated with poison!"
"What?!"
Everyone's expressions changed, and Liliana rushed over closely behind Meiko.
The moment Hutto reminded An of the poisoning, Miku quickly took off An's coat, tied the handkerchief tightly above An's wound, and pressed tightly around the wound with both hands.
She bit her lip without realizing it, and tried hard not to let tears blur her vision.
Leonhardt forced himself to calm down and shouted: "Call the doctor!"
Xiaoyue quickly approached and raised her hand to hold Miku's shoulder...
