Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 224 Russian Rescue
In many cases, only unexpected events that catch people off guard can truly test people's usual accumulation.

It's not that there are no territorial guards in Earl Hallardine's Basil Manor, and there are even a few standing straight at the gate where everyone feasts;

But in the face of the sudden attack of the men in black, none of the frightened guards responded, and the men in black who invaded the hall directly wiped their necks with green blades;
As for the local gentry and ladies here... Basically, they are in an absolute static state just like the dishes on the table.

Compared with these wealthy tycoons in Taiping with broken patterns, the scum of Shuangfengling, who had experienced many battles, immediately showed extremely fast response speed.

Alice Comstock was almost the first to rush forward. No one even saw how the female swordsman drew the long sword from her waist. has already begun to stimulate;

And after Cousins ​​took him behind him, the old master Laurie chanted the Aeolian mantra of "Ice Archery", and the cold ice crystals began to condense rapidly in his palm.

Faced with this sudden counterattack, the people in black who had already bowed their bows and set up arrows, and were about to shoot and kill everyone present one by one, couldn't help being startled:
According to the previous reconnaissance, isn't the old man Earl Hallardine living alone in "Basil Manor"?
Why is the manor hall suddenly overcrowded today, as if some kind of banquet is being held? !

And who is that beautiful blond girl with a long sword in her hand and rushing over the table?

Who is it? !
The people in black didn't have time to think about this question at all, and the brilliance of the "light of the sky" had already bloomed.

At the same time, Master Laurie's Frost Archery also shot out suddenly, piercing the warm air of the banquet hall with a crackling ice cone, piercing the chest of a man in black like a depleted uranium bomb, and blasting out a big ball Big blobs of bright red frozen blood.

However, just when Alice was going to follow the old habit of raising her sword to kill the enemies who were blinded by the flash technique and had no resistance one by one, she was forced to one side by a poisonous arrow that came first. Hastily stopped.

Then, she realized that the enemy this time seemed different——

After being blinded by the flash technique, the people in black who invaded the hall did not become weak lambs waiting to be killed like the bandits in the wasteland—on the contrary, they immediately pulled the bowstring after a brief absence, and shot a round of sharp and difficult The Poisoned Feather Arrow responded:

Alice, with quick eyes and quick hands, not only dodged the feather arrows that hit her, but even spared no effort to knock down a sharp arrow that was aimed at the lord's side with her sword, but the others in the hall were not so lucky. up;
The few local gentry sitting closest to the door didn't even utter a scream, but the poisoned arrowheads shot into their chests and fell limply on the walnut dining chair.

Is the blinding effect of "Flash" invalid? —that was Alice Comstock's first thought.

But then she denied this conclusion: because when the people in black fumbled for an arrow from the quiver behind their backs, their movements still had the clumsiness characteristic of temporarily blind people:
They have indeed been blinded by the "flare technique"!

It's just that this group of men in black are the top archers. Before they were blinded, they had memorized the positions of all the targets in the hall. It's just a blind shot in a blind state, and then it's accurate!
——Elite archers of a similar level, Alice even saw such a rare two or three in the martial arts tournament in the west of the empire!
Before she had time to think about it, the female swordsman of Eagle's Rest suddenly started again, circling around from the left and approaching the archers at the door;

Behind her heroic figure, the vase shattered, the hanging picture burst, and one after another the trembling arrow shafts were inserted into the carefully decorated baroque pattern wall of the earl's house!
The arrows of the black-clothed archer are fast, but the figure of the female swordsman is even faster——

The black-clothed archers were looking for the enemy's position listening to the sound, but they only vaguely caught the afterimage of the wind behind Alice Comstock——

And any archer has a total of only two chances to shoot two arrows.

The masked man in black standing on the far left side of the door, just as the second arrow left the bowstring, the magic sword "Light of the Sky" reflecting the bright candle flames had already sliced ​​his round head into a three-pointed ball that was thrown high. Divide the ball;
Immediately afterwards, the female swordsman swung her sword along the horizontal line of archers at the door as if she was not hindered by anything, and a series of stumps and broken arms bounced up at the door of the banquet hall of Basil Manor;

The lucky guy standing at the far right end of the team got three more seconds of survival time because of his position, but this was only enough for him to take out the poisoned arrows from his quiver in a panic, and then hit the man With a bow and arrow, cut in two by a blood-soaked magic blade.

At the same time as the female swordsman started killing, a scream that pierced through the sky also sounded in the middle of the hall.

Master Laurie's second Frostbolt was dodged sideways by the leader of the man in black at the critical moment. It narrowly brushed his cheek and smashed a gorgeous tile in the hall, leaving ice shards all over the floor. crumbs;

And Master Laurie's careless miss almost immediately led to a heavy price.

The leader of the man in black took two steps forward, beheaded George, the chief mage of Halledine, and kicked away the old butler of the manor who was crying and protecting his master, and then he was like catching a chicken Lifted the trembling old earl.

Master Laurie's third Frostbolt has been condensed and formed in the palm of his hand, and Knight Commander Cousins ​​has also drawn out his saber;

But whether it is Frostbolt or Saber, they are all stagnant in time, no matter how difficult it is to shoot.

Because the leader of the man in black had already attached the sharp arrowhead soaked in the venom of the sword fir to Earl Halladine's fleshy neck.

"If you dare to get closer, I'll kill him." The leader of the man in black held Hallardine hostage, hissed like a cobra, with a weird accent.

Master Laurie and Cousins ​​stared at the leader of the man in black who was holding hostages.

Alice Comstock, also stood in the sea of ​​blood at the door and looked at this side. The blood was slowly falling from the tip of the sword of "Light of the Sky".

In an instant, the entire hall could hear a needle drop.

Only the remaining five or six men in black threw away their bows and arrows, raised their daggers, and carefully retreated to the leader to protect him.

Then, the footsteps of the only person came from the hall.

"I said it!" The leader of the man in black roared hoarsely, "Don't move! Otherwise, I will kill this old bastard!"

Xia Houyan pushed aside Master Laurie and Cousins, took two steps forward, and sneered again and again:
"I am your father!"

Looking at this strange young man, the pupils of the leader of the man in black shrank.

The old butler was crying on the floor: "Master Igor, that's the Earl—you can't let him kill—"

"Shut your fucking mouth!" Xia Houyan turned his head and roared, scaring the old housekeeper into a fright, and he didn't dare to speak again.

Then, he stared at the head of the man in black, and the head of the man in black stared at him, and no one said a word.

In the end, the leader of the man in black broke the silence:
"Let me and my brothers go, I won't kill this old fat pig!"

Xia Houyan glanced at Earl Halladayne, who was caught in front of his chest by the leader of the man in black, crying and in a panic.

"I don't negotiate with terrorists." Lord Shuangfengling said indifferently.

The faces of the old butler and Earl Hallardine turned pale.

"Terrorist? You—" the man in black looked at the embroidered robe on Xia Houyan's body, and changed his words, "—do you think so? We tend to think of ourselves as...revolutionaries. The forest god will forgive Our sins..."

"It's the forest god's business to forgive you." Xia Houyan sneered and took a step forward, "My mission is to send you to the forest god."

"I told you not to move!" The leader of the man in black roared angrily, "If you dare to take a step closer, I will kill the old man!"

"Try it." Xia Houyan took another step.

The old butler covered his eyes in despair.

Even though the leader of the man in black is wearing a mask, both Master Laurie and Captain Cousins ​​can guess that this guy must be clenching his teeth and extremely annoyed:
How come even an earl hostage is useless these days?
As Xia Houyan approached step by step, the leader of the black-clothed man holding Earl Hallardine, surrounded by his accomplices, also retreated step by step to the outside of the hall door and the courtyard of the manor.

The two sides are still in a tense confrontation.

When the gang of men in black passed by the door of the hall, Alice Comstock's sword hand trembled, but she didn't move:

The poisoned arrowhead of the leader of the man in black was only a hair away from Earl Hallardine's carotid artery, and he was surrounded by a circle of accomplices of the man in black as a cover——

——Even the female swordsman of Eagle's Rest with superb swordsmanship is not sure that she can accurately assassinate the leader of the man in black without hurting the old earl's life: as long as the opposite finger shakes, Earl Hallardine will die up.

"My lord..." Master Laurie called weakly.

Xia Houyan gave a soft "hmm".

But he still stared at the eyes of the leader of the man in black, and then approached step by step without stopping and rhythmically.

The lord of Frost Maple Ridge is approaching, and the gang of men in black is retreating.

Everyone in the hall was so nervous that they even forgot to swallow.

Xia Houyan knew what Master Laurie meant, and now his brain was spinning rapidly:
And one of the strongest thoughts in his mind is——if only he were in the Land of Splitting Souls now!

If it was changed to the land of cracking souls, then the lord would not have to worry about the safety of the earl at all, and he would directly kill the fat landlord and the man in black who was holding him hostage. The count is brought back to life, and nothing is lost;

However, it may be possible to act so hastily in the southern wilderness where the cultural atmosphere is weak, but it is doomed to fail in the central plains of the empire:
Here, necromancy is the biggest taboo, and once it is cast openly, it will become the target of public criticism.

It might be okay if Xia Houyan was a free mage like Simon Adrian, but as an imperial nobleman and the owner of the territory, he had to consider the burning eyes of the people in the Central Plains for the sake of the development of the territory:
Now there are [-] or [-] local people watching. Once Xiahou officials use the resurrection technique, they will be burned to death within a few days, just as Master Laurie predicted in Adrian's laboratory. On the square of flowers in the imperial capital.

He can't kill all the innocent audience present, can he?
So Xia Houyan really hoped that the leader of the man in black wiped Earl Halledine's neck in a hurry;
In this way, the group of men in black who lost their hostages will end up being massacred by Alice, Cousins ​​and Master Laurie.

As for Uncle Halla Dean... You should consider it a sacrifice for the peace cause of the empire.

But what made Xia Houyan depressed was that no matter how close he was, the leader of the man in black would retreat step by step, but would not hit Hallardine's plump neck with an arrow.

If the man in black didn't make a move, Xia Houyan really had nothing to do: he couldn't charge up with a crowbar and be charged with killing the earl, right?
Therefore, all he can do is approach and irritate the man in black with words, hoping to make him unable to restrain himself and tear up his hostages.

Once again, Xia Houyan regretted not bringing Bob Brook here.

Master Laurie and Knight Commander Cousins, after being surprised for a while, quickly understood the Lord Lord's intentions.

They left the old steward Hallardine who was about to faint, stood behind the lord, and together with the lord approached the man in black who was holding hostages.

Facing the menacing Iron Triangle of Shuangfengling, the leader of the man in black shook his Adam's apple even more violently.

Finally, with one advance and one retreat, the two sides who were tensely confronting each other had come to the courtyard of Basil Manor.

At this time, it was getting late, the sun was sinking to the west, and the setting sun was like blood.

The setting sun shone on the clothes of the man in black, as if covering his dark cloth with gold powder.

"Stop!" The leader of the man in black shouted hoarsely.

Xia Houyan sneered mockingly, and continued to approach with Master Laurie and Captain Cousins.

At this moment, it seems that these three people are more like evil terrorists.

The man in black clasped Earl Hallardine between his arms, looked up at the sky suddenly, and said with a sad smile:
"This... strange imperial nobleman. Do you know that we have lived in the forest since we were young, and for us, vegetation and plants are like our closest partners."

"I can help turn you into a vegetable." Xia Houyan turned the crowbar.

The leader of the man in black shook his head and said:
"Different plants have different personalities and characteristics, and they will help friends in different ways... For example, the gem plantain planted here, you imperial nobles regard it as a pet to play with, but we know that its juice is A pretty good paint and dye—"

Before Xia Houyan had time to say anything, the man in black flicked his sleeves without warning, and slammed a glass vial at the gemstone plantains planted in the courtyard, blasting out a piece of pungent potion.

The thick green mist, enough to block the sight, suddenly rose from the leaves of the gemstone plantain, covering the sky and the sun!
Almost at the same time, Master Laurie's Frostbolt shot quickly, but only hit a victim of the man in black who suddenly rushed to block the gun, and even the ice crystals that exploded were hidden in the ever-spreading green smoke.

"Mother Xipi!" Xia Houyan yelled, "Why are you still wearing Fengyan!"

Master Laurie hastily released a wind spell, trying to quickly blow away the steaming green mist.

But when the wind magic spell really came into effect, the tree was blown on the Longshang, and the green eyes were scattered, the courtyard was already empty—the leader of the man in black and Earl Hallardine, who was held hostage by him, disappeared completely, leaving only The three Shuangfengling silly hats were messed up in the wind.

Xia Houyan and the two boys looked at each other in blank dismay.

(End of this chapter)