Chapter 51 Chapter Fifty
across the playing field.The river that has also become the second assessment site is a canal that was manually excavated by the Huaster Empire Engineering Department for a year, mainly to meet the irrigation needs of the 3 million acres of fertile land around Huaster City.The river water is introduced from the Balian River, the largest river in the human world, which flows through the northwest of Huaster City. After going around the city for a week, it goes straight to the wedding venue in the south of the city and runs through the track. Then it winds north and joins the Balian River downstream. .Because it brought abundant irrigation water to farmers around Worst City, it was affectionately called "Relm River" (Note).
At this moment, in the upper reaches of the Relm River, near the branch of the Balian River, about 800 Worster Guards cavalry are galloping on the breakwater on one side of the river, while forty vehicles are tightly covered by black tarpaulins. The solid cargo carriages were sandwiched in the middle of the cavalry, and each cart was pulled by four royal horses, which could barely keep up with the high-speed sprint of the Guards cavalry.
Judging from the nearly exhausted running situation, this task is obviously urgent. Both humans and animals are sweating profusely and panting heavily, especially the one hundred and sixty royal horses pulling the cart.Of course, the heavy load of the carriage is one aspect. The reason why they feel extremely tired is that they have never been given the task of pulling the cart and are pampered all day long.Originally, these steeds were only looking for a strong appearance, and they were used as a prestige during important ceremonies, and generally they would not fall to the point where they had to do heavy work like mules. Everything has changed.
ten minutes ago.
The four fingers were clustered together, the index finger was stretched out, and the right hand that made such a gesture gently slid on the right cheek, and King Warster's thoughtful expression was maintained for ten seconds.Then his eyes lit up: "Sangli. It seems that the small country in the west of Mirla sent some special tributes two days ago. Where are they stored now?"
"Mirla?" Sanli's eyes changed after thinking for a moment, "Your Majesty is saying that the forty carts..."
Erudak snapped his fingers: "That's right, have you dealt with it according to the instructions?"
Sang Li shook his head: "Not yet, I have been busy with the conference these two days, so I left it intact in the Etiquette Department, and a special person took care of it. The tribute envoy sent by Mirra also said it. Let it stay for a few more days It doesn't matter."
The corner of Erudac's lips curled into a secret smile: "That's good, and it will save you a lot of time to prepare. You immediately organize a group of guard cavalry and take them from the etiquette department to the upper reaches of the Relm River. let go."
Sanli's complexion turned blue in an instant.The tone of remonstrance is very explicit in the tone: "Your Majesty, please think twice! Do you really want to do this?"
Erudak sneered: "Do you want me to repeat it a second time?"
Sangli raised his head, just in time to meet Erudak's cold gaze, the poor prime minister was sweating profusely, and retreated obediently.Two minutes later, 800 of the 3,000 Guards cavalry guarding outside the arena were picked out and galloped to the Etiquette Department. And took it away, and took on this long-lost errand.
"stop!"
With a shout, a horseman at the leading position of the cavalry stood up, and the knight riding on it got off his horse, and the seven hundred and ninety-nine knights who followed immediately stopped, and the carriage full of goods also stopped. It started to slow down, and stopped slowly after passing the cavalry for a certain distance.
After examining the river bank with critical eyes for a while, the leading knight waved at the team: "This is it, everyone, come down and work!"
"Is it all poured in? Really, fake?" The guards who jumped off their horses and flocked to the river bank shouted: "Captain, isn't this killing people?"
"Your Majesty's order, what can I do?" The knight known as the "captain" was also very helpless, "We can't do anything except wish the good luck to those who are calculated, who called us public servants? Don't talk nonsense, just get things done and go back!"
Everyone responded reluctantly, and then the carriages were pulled to the embankment one by one, and the black tarpaulin was removed, revealing long and thick wooden cages.Since the cage itself was so tightly battened, apart from the Guards soldiers surrounding it, the most they could see were parts of the contents, which looked like some kind of large The tails or limbs of animals are not only covered with armor like dragon scales, but also have sharp claws.
But this kind of animal is not a dragon. Even a newly born young dragon is much larger than a cage. What's more, a dragon is a proud and violent creature. It is impossible to surround it with a wooden cage. Possibly, and the further actions of everyone confirmed this.
A group of twenty people carefully moved the cage to the river, with the open end half submerged in the river, then three or four jumped on top of the cage and hooked the lock with a long fork, while the rest As if facing an enemy, they raised spears to surround both sides, as if they wanted to prevent the animals in the cage from crawling to the shore.Fortunately, things did not turn out to be the bad result that everyone expected. As soon as the locks of all the cages were opened, the animals in the cages rushed into the water obediently, and more than forty scaled tails just passed by under the eyelids and disappeared. , circles of ripples spread out on the river, drifting downstream along the trend of the river.
"Heh..." Eight hundred people let out a sigh of relief in unison, and the hearts in their throats were also relieved. They had seen the horror of those creatures in the cage, because they had seen them with their own eyes when they paid tribute to these things two days ago. Also present.
Now I can only pray for those contestants, and hope that they can escape His Majesty's extreme measures this time.
"It smells so good...can I really not eat it?" Ya Ruo originally thought that Mibert was joking, but when the two black cylinders were poured by the river water and turned into a pile of sticky gelatinous substances, a feeling of helplessness The aroma described in words began to permeate the air, and even the few important officials of Huaster who had eaten the imperial banquet had to admit that this aroma alone made them feel their index fingers twitching. I can't eat it. I believe it will be the best choice for many people in private.
Mibert took out a pair of cotton gloves from his arms and put them on, picked out a small ball from the gelatinous substance and rubbed it, and after a while a black ball with a radius of about two centimeters appeared in his palm: "Absolutely not!" .Unless you want to be gutted to death.Otherwise wait until after the game..Everyone do as I do.If you don't have gloves,use a handkerchief or something instead.Don't get it directly on it,and don't make it too big, A size like this will do.”
Bei Luo's face turned green all of a sudden, and he became extra cautious when picking up the jelly: "Is it so scary?"
Thinking of Xiu Yi's cautious expression when deploying it, Mibert sneered: "Do you want to try?"
"Don't!" Bei Luo looked as if he had seen a ghost, although he didn't know how terrifying the maker of this thing was.But see this jet black viscose substance.Coupled with Mibert's rigorous attitude, he also felt an indescribable fear: "I'm not a white mouse in the laboratory!"
Mibert laughed dumbly: "Then don't ask too much, the white mouse will come soon, just wait and watch."
Outside the venue.
"It's already been let go... that's good." He glanced at the sweaty knight captain.Sang Li said lightly: "You can go to rest." The knight captain saluted, stepped back and walked towards the men and horses who were lying on the ground.An employee of the Prime Minister's Mansion who hurried back from the audience happened to pass by him and reported to Sangli: "Your Excellency, the administrator of the downstream river is ready to cut the narrow filter gate into the waterway at any time. .”
Sangli nodded slightly: "That's good. Those things are very dangerous. Not even one can be put into the Balian River. It is the limit to allow existence in the Relm River. Interests cannot be at the cost of threatening the people, and neither is Your Majesty." so instructed."
"But what about the contestants?"
Sangli spread his hands helplessly: "Then there's no other way, didn't I tell you earlier? If you want to marry Her Royal Highness Phyllis, you have to take some risks!"
The race track of the marriage recruitment conference, a certain location in the third pass.
Different from the first two levels, the third level is mainly dominated by mountainous terrain, with extremely obvious height differences. There are countless jagged and protruding rocks and trees among the high mountains, but there is only one road as the main track, and it also starts from one Passing through the narrow canyon, not to mention the steep terrain, the most important thing is that there are many obstacles, and seventeen or eight big men can be hidden anywhere, which is perfect as an ambush location.
That's why Cruz and his daughter chose this place as the starting point. At least Leishania came in without being noticed, and brought more than 400 confidantes.
"Report, the location of the trap has been confirmed. As the information shows, it is mainly tampered with on the roller of the sling." The vanguard scout in black said respectfully, "There is no exception for the six slings. If there are more than five people on board, the roller will break within three seconds, and the person who falls will not be in danger of life, except for a large amount of adhesive on the hanging net that can be used for rescue, once it is stuck, it is impossible to escape.”
Rethania slowly put on the black hood, her beautiful face was only left with a pair of eyes exposed, coupled with a black suit and black trousers, she looked like a standard assassin at this moment : "Where are the guards?"
The scout replied: "There are fifteen people on each end of the sling, and fifty people on each side of the hanging net. In addition, there are ten game observers on a high platform. In addition, there are thirty people guarding the entrance and exit of the canyon Six guards, all in general combat equipment."
Reshashiya asked, "Are you sure?"
The scout shook his head and said, "No, because the locations of the observers and guards are very tricky. On the premise of not being discovered as much as possible, our entire scouting team can only get this information."
Lei Shania sighed softly: "That's right, it's not worth being discovered... Can you tell who the other party belongs to?"
"The epaulets and clothing should belong to the Second Guards, and I don't know much about the others. It is impossible for us to know everyone from the Guards." The scout answered after thinking for a while, "But from the time of the activity Judging by his skill, it should be an ordinary soldier, and his alertness is not very high. We tried it by throwing small stones, and the opponent did not respond until within 50 meters."
Reshania smiled slightly: "I understand, you go back and continue to investigate, and notify me as soon as you have any news."
"Second Guards? This is a bit different from the source of the news!" Vincent, who is a confidant of Lesania and the deputy head of the Dark Cloud Knights, frowned, "The first guards under the direct control of Killit Where did the army go?"
Rethania also showed a little worried look: "I'm thinking about this too, what do you think?"
Vincent said: "I'm not sure either... The First Guards is the only garrison directly under His Majesty's trust. The venue guards, guard of honor and the main staff of this conference all come from there. A member of the Second Guards, right?"
Rethania asked: "There are our eyeliners in the Second Guards. Do they have a report about His Majesty's deployment of the troops?"
Vincent sighed in distress: "Our people can't break into the top of the Second Guards. If it is a high-secret order directly issued by His Majesty, it is not surprising that they don't know, and three or four hundred people are mobilized every day in the army. It’s very common in daily affairs, so we can’t report every time.”
"It's indeed an unexpected variable, what a headache." Leshania thought for a while before saying: "But since we're here, we can't leave empty-handed...everything goes according to the original plan, let's go!"
About a kilometer away on the top of a mountain.The members of "Flame Dimension" except Mibert fell down in a bush.They all wore a khaki camouflage suit that was very similar to the color of the rock, and held binoculars that they picked up from the venue in their hands. The seven pairs of lenses were aimed at Leshania who was issuing orders.
"The first group is responsible for the exit, and the second group is responsible for the entrance. The third group is divided into two teams. The people at both ends of the sling must be killed with one blow, and neither can let him escape. The fourth and fifth groups are led by me. Clear out the guards near the hanging net, and hand over the people on the top of the mountain to the crossbow team. After training for so long, if you still make mistakes, please come and see me!" Leng Lingfeng, who was in charge of reading lips, said to Lei Shania The words were repeated, and even the tone was learned vividly. If they hadn't heard it with their own ears, everyone would hardly believe that Leng Lingfeng, who usually has a dull and flat voice, has such a talent for changing languages.
"Hey, what a fierce woman, if you make a mistake, come to see her. Is it necessary to be so serious?" Ni Jian stuck out his tongue, "If Ma Lijia used this grammar to speak for the first time, I must run faster than a horse! "
Marika gave him a blank look, and immediately retorted: "I understand, I will seek Miss Leishania's apprenticeship as soon as the meeting is over, just wait and see!"
Ni Jian's face turned indigo: "Marika, I'm joking, don't take it seriously!"
"It's late, you can only pray that she is not good at learning!" The old drunk saw that Marika was mostly angry, so he simply added fuel to the fire: "Don't underestimate the determination of girls!"
"Xiu Yi, if I strangled the old drunkard to death, you wouldn't blame me, would you?" At the critical moment of persuading the priestess, Ni Jian was so angry that he was hit by someone, but there was nothing he could do. He said that he would definitely do the opposite, and the only one who was unlucky was himself.
Xiu Yi lowered her head and flipped through it in her arms, then threw an antique old book to Ni Jian: "Yes, remember to follow the instructions in the book, clean up neatly after killing someone, otherwise it will be an insult to this book The author." Xiaoqi turned his head and almost fainted when he saw the title of the book: ""Learning Criminals"?"
Hearing Xiao Qi's question, Xiu Yi immediately became angry: "Please, you have to stop when you are ignorant. It's too ridiculous to read the title wrong, right? Don't you know? Ancient books are written from right to left, It's Criminology!"
The old drunkard immediately turned cold: "Boy Xiuyi, at least I still have a relationship with you as a mentor, shouldn't I be so unfeeling?"
"I don't respect the old, and there is no one to teach. The sooner this kind of master please go out, the better." Xiu Yi put down the binoculars, stood up casually and patted the dust: "But I don't think it's necessary for Ni Jian to kill you to vent his anger, because Lei Whether Shania is dead or alive today is unknown, and I am considering whether it is necessary to kill her."
It may be because Xiu Yi seldom talked about murder, so when he said it in a flat tone at this moment, the shock to everyone was particularly strong, and there was a sense of firmness in Xiu Yi's tone.
It also allowed everyone except the old drunkard and Void to see another face of him for the first time.
With an expression as cold as ice and snow, pupils that exude cold and indifferent eyes, as if mocking all things in the world, standing in front of the members of the "Fire Space" is no longer the usual cynical demon, but the The "balancer" who uses tedious calculations to reduce death and mediates the war of the Three Realms in the most plain but cruel way, at this moment, Huey Worster embodies this point exceptionally purely.
Kong Kong swallowed his saliva: "Your Highness, are you joking? Are you really going to kill her?"
Xiu Yi asked indifferently: "Do I seem to be joking?"
"No..." Everyone who had never seen Xiu Yi with such an expression shuddered, and the inexplicable fear crawled down the spine to the back of the head. Everyone felt a little damp in their palms and dry in their mouths.
Looking at Huey who has such a diverse face.Everyone has doubts about their own way of seeing things.
This person in front of me.Are you still alone?Or, is he really the same kind that a person can recognize?
I have known him for so long, but now I only feel that he is distant and strange, like an ethereal ghost. This man changes his characteristics every moment, but he never gives people a relatively fixed impression. .
The same idea popped up in everyone's minds instantly, but they hadn't had time to digest where this weird and absurd view came from.Everyone's thoughts were attracted by Xiu Yi's words: "Do you want to know? The reason why I killed Leshania?"
Everyone nodded together.Then Xiu Yi replied: "Because her plan may cause the Three Realms to fall into war again."
Leng Lingfeng asked, "Is it so serious?"
Xiu Yi squinted at the void: "Void, I discussed this issue with you, convey it for me."
Seeing Xiu Yi throwing the hot potato to himself, Kong Kong couldn't help laughing wryly: "Your Highness, you don't seem to like talking too much recently... Is there any reason?"
Xiu Yi's expression suddenly became a little sad: "Anyway, if you talk a lot, you may not be recognized. I'd better save some effort."
Everyone showed puzzled expressions, obviously baffled by Xiu Yiyun's words, but Void still followed Xiu Yi's words and began to explain: "Well, everyone just listen to me... the day before departure from Dilo, Your Highness I have received insider information about this meeting, and the most important one is that the Cruz father and daughter will be involved. As you know before, their plan is to unite with other human nations to form a huge human that can compete with the heavens and the demons. World Alliance, but His Highness didn't finish everything at that time."
Hearing this, the old drunk suddenly looked horrified, because he, like Void, was an important member who understood Xiu Yi's "Balance Plan": "You mean?"
Xiu Yi nodded, and said the worst result in one sentence, "For the emergence of such an alliance, what kind of reaction will the heaven and demon worlds have?"
Everyone's complexion changed drastically. It was not difficult to fully understand Xiu Yi's words, but the result was so bad that everyone expected it.
The Celestial and Demon Realms will certainly try to suspend this alliance, with no alternative but war.
"The intelligence personnel of the Heaven Realm and the Demon Realm are not idiots. If the alliance between Huaster and Farima succeeds, this incident will be reported to the top decision-makers of the two realms as a danger signal, and then if Gariston Kingdom also gets involved , before the Human World Alliance is formally formed, the vigilant two worlds will inevitably send troops to invade in order to completely stop this plan, that is how His Highness judges." Coolness, although in terms of "flame space", the war storm sweeping the three worlds may have nothing to do with the present, but the sense of crisis in it makes people feel weak.
Perhaps because of Xiu Yi's calm attitude, Leng Lingfeng didn't seem to care much about it, and he was the one who recovered from the surprise the fastest: "So, it is imperative to kill this person named Lei Shania gone?"
Xiu Yi nodded and then shook her head: "That's roughly the case, but it depends on the situation. If you don't kill her, you can destroy the plan. It doesn't matter if she lives."
Reinas finally recovered from the shock, she faintly felt that Xiu Yi only spoke in half, at least he didn't mention the reason for not killing Lei Shania, but she also probably guessed Xiu Yi's thoughts.
Reshania Cruz, after all, is one of the "Five Blades of Worster" that constitutes Worster's main military force. If she is killed, the world will be in chaos. One less trouble counts for someone who avoids unrest.
Reinas suddenly found that she began to understand Xiu Yi a little bit. Under what circumstances, what would be the corresponding change, and her thoughts and attitudes would also change according to the situation. The cruel face is the true portrayal of this way of life.
"Time is running out, they are starting to act." Xiu Yi raised the binoculars again, with a hint of chill in his calm voice: "You all know the location of the attack, and the specific instructions will change according to the situation, so that's it."
Everyone got up one after another, but before they dispersed, Ni Jian still asked the last sentence: "Xiu Yi, our actions in this meeting are really only for the two reasons you mentioned - to help Mibert get married and to stop Cruz's father Is it a girl's plan?"
Xiu Yi looked back and smiled.Every smile that permeated his face was full of mockery.Naturally, the answer made people can't help but groan: "Of course it's more than that. Haven't you heard a sentence? Life lies in movement!"
By the Relm River.
Presumably due to Mibert's previous stellar performance.The remaining eighty-seven people obeyed his new instructions obediently, and together they made the small black balls. No one had any interest in the underwater equipment provided by the conference. Compared with Mibert, who has the same standpoint as himself, he is more trustworthy, let alone God knows if there is any mischievous element in those equipment.
But others have doubts about the current action.Lille is one: "I think we are wasting time. Isn't it over in one breath? Even if a person is as good as he is, what can he do to a river? Have you overestimated your majesty's ability?"
While observing the subtle changes of every water pattern on the river surface, Mibert replied unhurriedly: "Then you might as well jump down and try!"
Arthur asked suspiciously; "Is it so serious? I think Lear's words make some sense. It is very difficult for the Relms as flowing water bodies to make traps. Apart from installing mines or poisoning the water, other methods are available. There are some difficulties in implementing it.”
"Forget it, what Mibert said makes sense, Lille, please be more patient." Bello came out to smooth things over, "But I think it's best to hurry up, although there is no stipulated time for the completion of the game, it is always good to end it early .”
Mibert smiled noncommittally, and still stared at the river without blinking, as if waiting for something: "I also want to end early, but will King Walter let us pass easily?"
Lear, Arthur, Forsyth, and Bello shook their heads together.Seeing their extremely consistent nodding movements, Mibert couldn't help recalling the scene where his companions in the "flame space" made the same movements, and then recalling the intimidator who often caused this phenomenon, he couldn't help but smile knowingly: "You guys It’s good to understand, to make everyone impetuous because of the difficulty of the game, and to lose their composure in order to end early, this is also a way to eliminate players, since no one wants to quit so quickly, doing the opposite is the only way.”
"So what do we do?" Fossy asked.
Mibert replied softly: "Of course I wait until a certain time comes."
Bello then asked, "How do you know the time will come?"
Mibert smiled and said, "Because someone assured me, and what he said never counts."
Twenty minutes later.
"It's done, how should we continue?" Looking at the pile of black balls in front of him, Bei Luo threw down the handkerchief that had completely turned black: "You said that we didn't eat it."
Mibert was still quietly observing the sparkling river, and didn't answer Bei Luo immediately. Suddenly, his eyebrows moved slightly: "Okay, here we come!"
A big question mark rose in everyone's hearts at the same time, and then they also noticed some abnormal situations.
The previously wavy water surface became calm, and the rough torrent suddenly became stable and strange, full of a sense of unknown mystery, and what made everyone feel cold for no reason was the sudden appearance of a few rivers near the center of the river. ripple.
Generally, the water ripples on the river surface are in the same direction as the water flow, but these ripples are completely opposite to the direction of the water flow, as if there is something under those ripples.
"Uh... who can tell me what's under those ripples?" Bello coughed dryly.
No one answered him, but Mibert quietly picked up a black ball from the ground, and suddenly threw it into He's heart. With a "plop", the black ball quickly sank to the water surface, bringing out ominous black mist where it passed, and the river surface near the landing point was quickly dyed a color like coke.
"...You will be fined!" Regarding Mibert's behavior, everyone came to this conclusion with one voice.
According to Worster's law, throwing rubbish in the river will be punished with a heavy fine of five silver coins each time, regardless of whether the black ball is rubbish, Mibert is considered a violation of the law.
Mibert smiled casually: "If you can buy a life with five silver coins, I think anyone is willing to pay the price."
"What's the meaning?"
Before everyone had time to chew on Mibert's words, a sudden change occurred in the river.
There was a sound of "crash", and the calm river suddenly splashed in all directions. A huge long mouth full of sharp teeth rushed out of the flying spray with the black ball in its mouth.The dark green scales all over the body reflected a faint reflection against the sunlight.Although there is only such a short moment from getting out of the water to entering the water.But the nearly four-meter-long huge body has changed the expressions of all the viewers.
Even if they didn't know what this animal that suddenly appeared from the river was, everyone subconsciously realized that it was not easy to mess with, and those who knew its identity almost fainted.
"...Is it the tribute offered by the envoy of Mirla a few days ago?" Lear tried his best to trace his memory, "It seems to be called a crocodile..."
"Crocodile?" Bello's face turned pale all of a sudden, "Is that a ferocious amphibian that can bite a canoe?"
Arthur smiled wryly and nodded: "That's right, we wouldn't have enough for it to eat. Unexpectedly, His Majesty put them in the Relm River. We need to swim there... This is too much!"
"Not too much. Because he didn't limit the way to get there, did he?" Mibert squinted at the river, and suddenly laughed, and then what he expected happened.
The river suddenly began to stir violently.It was as if something was struggling under the water, and then the crocodile that swallowed the black ball jumped out of the water again, but this time it seemed to be in great pain, not only were its limbs convulsed, but there seemed to be purple spots in its eyes and nose. Black gore gushed out, and after falling into the water again, flakes of blood floated up.
About two minutes later, the struggle stopped completely, and the crocodile's huge body like a dead wood slowly floated up from the water, its belly turned upside down on the water, and its wide-open eyes could never be closed again.
"Specially made poison for dealing with crocodiles. Guaranteed to throw one to catch one, and to eat one to kill one." Mibert laughed and said, "Everyone, are you interested in trying it yourself?"
Lei Shania commanded the troops and was quietly approaching the playing field guarded by the Second Guards. The black clothes were really conspicuous in broad daylight, but it was precisely because of the conspicuousness that people would not notice other features, thus revealing her true identity. identity.It took them half an hour to reach the distance of less than 500 meters because of the need to cover their travels.
Compared with them, Xiu Yi, who had planned from the beginning, was much faster.
"Void, you and the old drunkard go ahead, and are responsible for eradicating all the thorns and bushes that hinder the road, while the others are responsible for observing the movement on both sides."
"What about you, Your Highness?"
"I'm in charge of protecting the rear, so be grateful."
"There are no enemies behind, so if you want to be lazy, just say so!"
"As an elegant conductor, it is my responsibility to have an overview of the overall situation. I can better control the situation in the safe rear. Do you have any opinions on this?" The overwhelmed Ni Jian asked: "Is this how you usually divide labor?"
Xiu Yi took it for granted: "Yes, I will be in charge of brainstorming, and let the runners do the actual execution."
Void is nothing, the old drunkard yelled again: "Stinky boy, give me some color and you can treat yourself as rhubarb, who is running errands?"
"Shh... do you want to quarrel all of Lyshania's troops to our side?" Xiuyi seemed not to want to waste words with him, and pointed at the opponent who was within 100 meters, "Look at them clearly The things on your body are a full set of murder outfits!"
Everyone's eyes immediately fell on the opponent's equipment. After seeing it clearly, they immediately took a breath of air, and the old drunkard immediately shut up.
It is a miniature powerful crossbow used for long-distance assassination. The black arrowhead is highly poisonous at a glance. The assassination sword has a curved bloody residue on the edge. At the moment of assassination, the victim's mouth and throat are clasped, so that the other party can die without making a sound.In addition, there are slings with sharp serrations and special hoods that can decapitate the target in an instant.Those who don't know are okay, the old drunkard and Void stayed in Xiuyi and read the detailed report of these murder weapons, so they knew very well that if they really alarmed the other party, no matter how many lives they had, they would not be enough to die.
"What should we do now?" A voice as thin as a mosquito's voice came from the side, seeing the complexion changes of Kong Kong and the old drunkard, Ni Jian's astonishment immediately turned into absolute obedience to Xiu Yi.
"Wait patiently." Xiu Yi quietly climbed up to a tall grass, and then made a winking grimace at everyone: "Look! Aren't there many colleagues who like to do latent sports?"
Everyone looked at each other inexplicably, and then followed Xiu Yi to climb behind him. After looking down, all the members of the "flame space" were stunned.
Because it was less than one kilometer west of Leishania and the others.Right under their noses.There were about 2,000 men all dressed in black and fully armed.It is also acting surreptitiously on the rugged mountain road.
With a "crash", another crocodile turned its belly upside down and lay its corpse on the river. The sharp-eyed Mibert immediately turned around and asked, "Belo, how many dead crocodiles did you see just now?"
Looking down at the word "正" painted on the ground, which is used to calculate numbers, Bei Luo counted and then replied: "Thirty-nine."
"Okay. Then the one I saw just now is the fortieth one." Mibert smiled: "Mirla only paid forty crocodiles in total. Is that right?"
"...You even know this?" Arthur glanced at him in amazement: "The tribute only happened two days ago. Has the content and quantity of the tribute been leaked so soon?"
Mibert snorted coldly: "Then it's your fault that the democratic system is implemented too thoroughly. Isn't it written on the bulletin board of the Etiquette Department?"
"Since they're all dead, shouldn't there be any problems with the schedule at this stage?" Bello wasn't interested in their conversation at all.He asked directly, "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?"
Mibert spread his hands together: "No, let's start competing in swimming skills."
"These are also from Leshania?" After seeing two groups of men in black in a row, Reinas naturally thought of them together.
"No, you can tell by looking at the equipment." Xiu Yi raised the binoculars: "Compared with the group of people in Leshania, the combat principles of these uninvited guests are much more elegant."
"...It's elegant enough." Picking up the binoculars and putting them down again, everyone agreed with Xiu Yi.
The battle appearance covered with sponge head, the flat-headed spear without a front, and a super-long metal rod inlaid with strange-shaped blue crystals, no matter how you look at it, it is gentler than Leishania's hands, at least there is no bloody meaning.
But Kong Kong's face turned serious instead: "Your Highness, could that metal rod be..."
Xiu Yi smiled and nodded, "You guessed it."
The old drunk almost yelled: "So, what happened here has been known for a long time?"
"Nonsense, do you think that old fox King Wurster is for nothing?"
"What are you talking about? Why can't I understand?" Marika was confused.
"This is really troublesome to say... Let's put it simply." Void thought for a while before explaining, "The metal rod with a special shape is a very high-grade military product of the Worst Empire, and the blue crystal at the tip has been pre-painted. Thunder-type paralyzing impact magic can cause a deep coma as long as it hits a person, which means that these non-lethal weapons are mainly used to capture opponents, so this kind of weapon is extremely precious and rare."
"Precious and rare... so what?" Xiao Qi still couldn't figure out why.
"Stupid, that also tells you that there are very few people who are qualified to equip this kind of weapon!" Xiu Yi hit Xiaoqi's snake head hard: "There are only about 100,000 such weapons in the entire empire, and most of them are It is in the hands of King Huaster's personal guard, that is, the Central Guard Corps under the command of Gillet Ans, does that make it clear?"
Xiao Qi finally realized: "So, this group of people below are members of the Central Guard Corps?"
Xiu Yi squinted at it, as if she was very dissatisfied with its sluggish reaction: "Not only are they members of the Central Guards, but they may also belong to the most elite First Guards. You can tell by their skills. Reza Nia's people are all selected, but this kind of mountain road is often bumpy, and the two thousand people are not only agile and dexterous, but also maintain a relatively uniform movement and pace, obviously better than Leisha in ability Nia's people are brilliant, how many such elite troops are there in the human world?"
"But what does this have to do with King Waster, whom you call the old fox?" Xiao Qi's next question made everyone almost faint, and Xiu Yi, who was most disgusted by fools, was so angry that he couldn't even speak.
“这个……我想一般的人都能联想到吧。”玛丽嘉抑制住想痛骂一条蠢蛇的冲动，轻轻地说道：“既然是华斯特王直属的第一近卫军，要如此行动自然也要得到皇帝的许可，现在这个情况只能说明，华斯特王对整个局面早已了如指掌，大概就是这样。”
“原来如此。”小七微微点头，对人类联想力的丰富似乎相当佩服：“人类真是不得了的生物啊，连这么复杂的事都能想到。”
修伊太阳穴上的青筋明显的跳动起来，每一个从牙缝间挤出来的字眼都代表了他最大的克制能力：“你就没想过。难道不是因为暗黑龙的大脑过于简单吗？”
“你也知道的。我们龙族的大脑只占身体总重量的千分之三。”小七的答案是事实。
“就算只有千分之三。也比人类的脑部重量高上五倍。”修伊恶狠狠地哼了一声：“难道占据最高比例的东西就是智商的主导吗？”
“这些以后再说好吗？”蕾娜斯皱眉道，“我们已知道了现在的大致情况，再往下该怎么做？还是按原计划偷袭雷莎妮亚的部队吗？”
老酒鬼连忙开口，借着附和蕾娜斯提议的机会否决了修伊的想法：“就是就是，以目前的状况看来，按原定计划是行不通的。以我们六人一蛇的力量对付五百人本来就很荒谬。再加上两千精锐的第一近卫军部队。这简直是疯子的行为。”
修伊竖起两根指头，轻轻地在众人面前摇动，胸有成竹的口气里充满了对老酒鬼建议的不屑：“我什么时候说过要蛮干了？听好，在我的原定计划里。对付雷莎妮亚的前期工作本来就由这些第一近卫军的人负责，我们只负责后期的收尾，明白吗？”
众人立时吃惊得说不出话来，因为这句话等于告诉大家，连第一近卫军部队的出现都在修伊的事先计划中，再深一点来说，连在背后掌握局面的华斯特王都只是被修伊利用的棋子，真正掌管着整个棋局的人，仍然还是他们眼前的修伊·华斯特吗。
修伊淡漠的眼神静静投向下方的两群黑衣人，冷冷地说了一句：“我觉得，真正有趣的事情也该开始了吧。”
大概是由于事前的准备极其充分，对情报的掌握也非常准确，雷莎妮亚和四百多名心腹手下把注意力全部集中到了把守赛场的卫兵身上，除了小心不被目标发现之外，根本没有想到在这区域还有别的人存在，更想不到对方会是来暗算自己的。
因此，当一声怪里怪气的呼哨响起后，她突然发现了一个可怕的事实。
被算计了。
当无数同样装束的黑衣人从草丛间，或从石缝里无孔不入地钻出来时，雷莎妮亚的第一感觉就是这个。而看到对手的统一装备，特别是那种被称为“戒律之棒”的特殊兵器后，她已明白到事情的严重性。
虽说这并非自己和父亲商量的唯一解决途径，但在这个区域内做手脚是最省事最简单的，经过精心策划，整个大会的内部警备安排在之前的情报中早已被彻底研究，但察觉到被伏击的瞬间，雷莎妮亚立刻意识到了己方犯了致命的错误。
他们太相信自己的情报来源，更过于相信自己的判断，而且他们忘记了很重要的一件事：这个国家的王者是依路达克·华斯特，他在这国家内拥有极其庞大的力量，要制造出一两个虚假的表象实在是轻而易举。
所以到现在为止，一切计划都因为自己的被伏击而陷入了极其危险的境地。
从刚才起一直疑惑的事得到了答案，第一近卫军的人果然还是负责会场警备的主力，不过这里的陷阱是精心设计好的，第二近卫军的出现只是一个诱饵，这些敌人的真正用意反而是她和来袭击的所有人。
“哇呀！”“呜喔！”
电流通过人体的可怕声音与几名部下的连环惨叫混合了在一起，只被对方手持的“戒律之律”触碰到一下，雷莎妮亚的部下就有十来个人倒在了地上，虽然人已失去了知觉，可被雷属性的麻痹魔法击中的四肢依然在不由自主地抽搐着。
中央近卫军团的第一近卫军本来就是极其精锐的部队，再配上这种长度惊人的麻痹魔法棒更是如虎添翼，在近接战中肯定占据优势。而雷莎妮亚的人虽然也很厉害，可是所携带的武器都属于暗杀型，和正面交战的状况多少不太适应，做主力的弩箭更因为距离过近而无法发挥威力，所以，不过眨眼之间，雷莎妮亚部下的凄惨呼叫便响彻了整个战场。
“见鬼！竟然会碰到这种事情……本来是我们偷袭才对啊！”望着一批批部下如秋风扫落叶般地被对方击倒，黑布面罩下的雷莎妮亚几乎把樱唇咬出了血，可她已没有时间顾及这些了。
已被击倒的人一时半刻是爬不起来的，对方的目的显然也只是生擒活捉，抛弃部下也不会给他们带来性命之虞，所以现在最重要的事就是自己的逃脱。
除了自己外，任何人被捉住并识破身份都没问题，最多只是“私自携带武器”加上“非法闯入”的罪名，判个四五年监禁后，不管是脱罪还是减刑都没问题，至少不会威胁到己方主和派的势力，可若身为西方军团军团长的自己被拿到，一切就大不相同了。
皇帝陛下不会轻易放过，主战派也会借此兴风作浪，万一再牵扯出“慈悲女神之泪”，甚至是拖累到其他国家的大使级外交人员（如蒂尔罗格），事情可就真的麻烦了，毕竟政治这种东西实在太可怕。
权衡利弊之后，雷莎妮亚只能做出一个选择，而且在必要时，即使牺牲所有部下也得让自己逃脱。
“……跟我来，我们冲出去！”一边在心里对这些心腹手下说着抱歉，雷莎妮亚一边大声地召唤着众人，朝着敌人所布下的密集阵形冲去。
Notes: 华斯特大多数居民信奉的宗教是“光之使团”，虽在它的宗教地位不被回里斯教国所承认，但严格说来，它和加里斯听尊崇的正统教派“光辉礼赞”还是有很多相似的地方，众多相同的神灵存在就是一个例子，而主宰丰收与农业的神明这两个宗教都有相同的命名，那就是雷尔姆。
Notes: 华斯特大多数居民信奉的宗教是“光之使团”，虽在它的宗教地位不被回里斯教国所承认，但严格说来，它和加里斯听尊崇的正统教派“光辉礼赞”还是有很多相似的地方，众多相同的神灵存在就是一个例子，而主宰丰收与农业的神明这两个宗教都有相同的命名，那就是雷尔姆。