On the second floor of the small building, in the bright corridor, a black guard stood guard in front of one of the wooden doors, staring motionlessly ahead. Perhaps because of overwork, or perhaps because of extreme boredom, the guard, who had been staring at the wall in front of him, did not notice the movement of the wooden door behind him at all.
The door was first pushed open a crack, and then suddenly opened. Before the guard could react, two big hands strangled his neck, covered his mouth, and then dragged him into the room behind the door. past. Slight sounds of falling to the ground and dragging were heard one after another. A moment later, a figure belonging to Duan Qing appeared in that place. He once again confirmed the situation in the corridor and made sure that no one noticed it before ducking out from inside. He walked out and quietly closed the door.
After turning a corner and quietly observing the patrol of the guard in front, Duan Qing glanced at the two half-open doors opposite and counted silently in his heart.
"Three, two, one... let's go!"
Leaning forward and exerting force on his feet, he pounced forward, then rolled onto the ground and slipped in between the two half-open doors. The silent movement and precise angle selection made the patrolling guard not far away unaware, because when Duan Qing chose to roll, he just turned around and walked to the other side.
But this is no reason for Duan Qing to relax.
The large room he just sneaked into seemed to be a living room for reception. Various gold and silver utensils that still showed the noble status of the owner were placed in an orderly manner around the living room. The gold-painted walls were also hung with Full of various types of paintings and sculptures. On the huge and long and narrow dining table, exquisite tableware is neatly arranged on it, but judging from the use of some of the tableware and some food residues left inside, it seems that some people have been entertained here before.
"Tsk, not having a map means trouble." Duan Qing said to himself, then quickly stood up and moved to the side of the dining table: "If they just finished eating..."
Click——
Things developed as Duan Qing expected. The door on the other side of the living room was pushed open, and a guy dressed as a servant walked in pushing a cart. The sound of clanging came to Duan Qing's ears, and it seemed that the servant was cleaning up the place.
"If it's not a guard, then we won't do anything..."
Muttering casually in his mouth, Duan Qing slowly moved around the long table following the sound of the dining cart and cleaning. At some point, he raised his hand and touched something from the dining table.
Duan Qing slipped out from another door and walked forward while paying attention to the surrounding situation. Finally, when passing the third small door, neat footsteps came from the front.
"Um?"
When the guard who came over looked here doubtfully, the situation in front of him seemed to be no different from the scene in his memory, except for a glimmer of light leaking out of the crack in the door that was about to be closed - the person hiding in it. Duan Qing listened carefully for a while, and after making sure that no one was following, he began to carefully check the small room.
This seems to be a storage room, but even if it is a storage room, the items stored in it are extremely luxurious and well-organized. However, the discarded gold and silver jewelry and weapons that seemed to be still usable did not attract Duan Qing's attention. After searching this place for a while, he found what he wanted to find - that was A pile of discarded books.
"Okay, let me take a look..." Checking the contents of the books, Duan Qing read in a low voice: "Anjie's Fairy Tales...something for children. Cabinburg Shopping Guide? Connelly, you are really good... ...Loris's Kiss, my God...I actually have a receipt from Jira Club, what is that place for, is it a red light district?"
After rummaging through the random books for a while, he found nothing useful. Duan Qing sighed helplessly, and then got up from the ground. But just when he was about to grab two usable things before leaving, the sound of Ruowuowuowuuowuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
"Um?"
Duan Qing, who hadn't noticed before, quickly held his breath and leaned against the wall.
"How...how was it before?"
"He still refuses...Should we..."
"Impossible, we have already reached this point... You go and tell him that this is the last..."
"This, isn't this not too..."
"It's all about... and for that, the necessary sacrifices are..."
The intermittent content had already made Duan Qing frown slightly, but just when he was looking for a better position to find out the information about the conversation between the two people in the next room, a piercing alarm suddenly appeared. In the air inside and outside the small building, the originally quiet atmosphere was completely broken.
"Could it be...!"
A bad premonition flashed through his heart, Duan Qing looked around the storage room, and then hurriedly rushed to the door. The next moment, the voice he wanted to hear came from the door.
"What happened?"
"Someone has invaded your mansion, Lord Tusker. Lord Korn has..."
"Then why are you still standing there? Go catch the intruders! Don't let them run away!"
"yes!"
The sound of messy footsteps passed in front of him. When the sound of closing the door was heard again, Duan Qing put away the dagger in his hand and opened the door in front of him. He figured out the direction and then ran towards the side of the corridor.
Emergency stops, rolls, collisions - barely avoiding the sight of the guards who were running frequently, Duan Qing found the direction he came from before, randomly selected a room, and broke in. Fortunately, no one was present in this room, which clearly belonged to a woman.
He rushed to the window in two or two steps, opened the purple curtains covering the window, and then squinted his eyes and looked out - a black and red figure ran across the green lawn at an extremely fast speed. , but the guards in black clothes pulling behind them can almost be described as trains.
"Damn it, do you need to pull off such a big battle?"
Complaining these words, Duan Qing still pulled down part of the curtain, then wrapped it casually, covering his face.
"Today is a waste...it's better to leave first."
The sound of breaking through the air came from the air - a man wearing a purple mask just walked out of the broken window on the second floor, then jumped down, and ran in the same direction with the sound of wind amid the exclamations of the guards around him. stand up.
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"Huh...huh...ouch!"
Staggering under his feet, Mengzhu did not fall to the ground like the previous similar scene. Instead, he rolled skillfully on the spot, then put one hand on the ground and continued running with his body low. The same shouts as those of the guards chasing her came from behind, but the shouts were much more frightening, and they were not directed in this direction.
She looked back and unexpectedly saw the masked figure of Duan Qing.
"Split up and run!"
A low growl sounded from beneath the purple veil. The masked man jumped up, jumped directly over the fence, and then ran in the opposite direction to the main entrance. As if it was a subconscious reaction, she climbed over the fence on her hands and knees, and then ran south - the direction they came from before.
"hateful……"
The rushing guards only hesitated for a moment before decisively splitting into two groups. Most of them chased the man in the alley where he was running, while only a small group rushed toward her. After a quick glance at the gathering place they had agreed upon before, she turned back and ran towards the corner where they had observed the situation before, but now that place was empty, and there were only a few passers-by who didn't know the truth. And the disheveled bard who stood there, still arguing with the guards.
Hot breath suddenly appeared behind her - a huge fireball fell towards the front where she was running at extremely fast speed. There was a burning smell in the air, and the black smoke brought out by the fireball dragged a long tail behind its flight trajectory.
The next moment, Mengzhu, who couldn't dodge, pounced forward, then got up and hugged his head——
Boom!
The imaginary explosion and fiery breath did not come to her as she imagined - a barrier suddenly appeared around her, blocking the fireball.
The thoughts in her mind paused for a moment. She let go of her arms and looked up at the top of her head. She found that the barrier in front of her was not a powerful magic wall or shield. It's not a thing, but a real figure.
"Why did you push me!"
"Who are you……"
The person who raised the question was not the girl lying on the ground behind, but a figure that gradually appeared among the guards - a player named Chenyu Canfeng waved his arms and slowly walked in front of the stopped pursuers: "You are ...Which one?”
"Why did you push me!"
The bard with a tattered cloak and disheveled hair ignored his question and continued to shout in the direction where he was before: "Are you going to be unreasonable?"
In that direction, the guard who had been fighting with him before looked at everyone here with a confused expression, as if the series of things that happened in the previous moment did not appear in his proper logic.
"You, you!" The bard pulled the hair that covered his face, pointed at everyone in front of him and shouted loudly: "You actually dare to bully the minority! Be careful...be careful that I will retaliate against you!"
Several guards looked at each other hesitantly. Chenyu Canyue, who also looked helpless, cleared his throat, then stretched out his hand and explained: "We are chasing an escaped intruder, and we don't mean to offend you, so... …”
"What are you chasing? Who ran away? Who is going to run away?"
"Huh? It's not you, but the one behind you..."
Following Chenyu Canyue's finger, everyone turned their attention to the place behind the crazy-looking man - there was no one there anymore.
"...Girl...wtf?"
Chenyu Canyue shouted: "Where is she? Where did she go?"
The commotion slowly rose from among the guards. Chenyu Canyue looked at the empty front and the back alley where there was no one, and an unbelievable light rose in her eyes: "Just disappeared like this? Could she still be there in an instant?" Can’t move?”
"you……"
As if confirming something happened, the bard took a deep breath, and then shouted: "Are you kidding me?"
"Huh? No, it's not..."
"Stop talking nonsense! If I don't settle this account with you today, I won't be finished with you!"
He rolled up the tattered cuffs on both hands, and then rushed towards Chenyu Canyue's face with his teeth and claws bared. And looking at the crazy appearance of the minstrel, Chenyu Cangyue, who had always been casual and indifferent, covered his head in panic and shouted: "Brother Banli——"
The Brother Banli he was talking about had no time to care about the situation here, because he had already followed the pace of most of the guards and chased them to the other direction of the road. But in that direction, he encountered different problems - a moment ago, the pursuers passed by a house under construction, and then at the next corner, Banli, who was running at the front, encountered a sudden Attack by flying bricks.
"Hey, this is the only way..."
He tilted his head and simply let go of the black shadow the size of a brick, but the scream that followed shocked his heart - a guard running behind him couldn't dodge and was turned by the block. The head was hit directly in the face.
No way, it must be a coincidence... Banli thought in his heart.
The sound of wind came from in front of him again. After returning to his senses, Banli subconsciously flashed, and then looked behind him - as expected, a guard who was following him was hit in the forehead by the brick, and he encountered the same thing as before. The same fate for the guard.
"What?"
Looking at the guards who were hesitating, Banli shouted loudly: "That little thief's luck can't be so good. There are so many of us..."
The harsh sound of breaking through the air came from in front of him again. Rich combat experience reminded Banli's heart immediately: this attack seemed different from the previous one. He turned his head hurriedly, twisted his waist and turned sideways at the moment when the golden light was about to hit him. At the same time, he pushed the stone wall beside him with both hands, and managed to avoid it with the help of his strength.
"ah--!"
Screams rang out from behind Banli. Banli, who had fallen to the ground, looked back and saw that the golden light shot straight past him unabated, and then inserted itself into the thigh of a guard. Blood spurted out from that place, and the farthest blood stain even splashed onto the wall on the other side of the alleyway, making every witness feel extremely miserable in their hearts.
It was only then that everyone, including Banli, saw clearly that the thing stuck in the unfortunate guard's thigh seemed to be a small dining knife.
"It's a bit prickly..."
After murmuring a few words, Banli looked up at the figure who disappeared at the corner of the alley, and shouted loudly: "Don't run!"
"Everyone, hurry up and chase!"
No one responded.
"whispering sound……"
Secretly spitting, Banli gritted his teeth, then rushed forward, chasing the figure in the direction in which he had fled.
