Riding and Slashing

Chapter 209 Heresy and Twilight

"Master Li Ang, I swear...that is really Igor himself..."

Fawcett and Grandlon looked at each other, their voices visibly trembling.

"I can also swear that I really killed him..."

Li Ang frowned and thought for a while, then turned to Grand Long and asked, "You just said...he went to prepare the contract? When will he come to Changhe Town again?"

"If there are no accidents, he will come in two or three days... After all, we would not dare to attack the king without seeing the deed of immunity first..."

Grandlon answered quickly. He also saw Li Ang's face and realized that Igor should really be dead. Under such an incomprehensible situation, he seemed quite cooperative.

"Well, regardless of whether that Igor is dead or alive, he must be caught anyway..."

Li Ang thought for a while, looked back at the fragments of fishing nets all over the ground behind him, and asked, "Grand Long, where is the king's seal?"

"Your Excellency Li Ang... If I hand over the king's seal, I'm afraid I will die, right?"

When asked about this, Ge Langlong was not so cooperative, he looked at Li Ang and shook his head: "I want to live..."

"Hey... Hand over the golden seal, and I promise you will find a way to survive."

Li Ang sighed, he really didn't want to kill Ge Langlong - he had no hatred or grievance, and Ge Langlong himself had never done anything harmful to the world or Li Ang, so there was no need to kill him.

"Master Li Ang, I know what my crime is, and it is because I know that I have not admitted it all the time, and I will try my best to make up for it... It's not that I don't believe you, I just don't believe that I can do anything else. way of life..."

Grandlong smiled bitterly, still shaking his head.

"Since you know the crime, you still dare to use the king's authority?"

Li Ang replied angrily.

"Before, Fawcett planned to eliminate all the hidden dangers in Lion Lake City. In order to save my life, I had no choice but to leave Lion Lake City. It was out of helplessness that I tricked Changhe Town from Lord Godric—after all, the Lion Lake City Banner Guards Impossible to follow a wanderer, and if I lose this army, I will definitely die... So I must find a base. Controlling the king's demesne with the king's seal was the only option I had at the time, and could There is a chance to return to Lion Lake City... Fawcett would have been willing to exchange territory with me..."

Grandlon didn't seem to regret his decision at the time, and just looked at Fawcett in the middle of speaking.

Fawcett also sighed beside him: "He didn't lie. Of course I would be happy to exchange Lion Lake City for Changhe Town. After all, I have been an administrator here for so long...and I had to rely on Ursula at that time, I understand This is likely to lead to the attack of the Ravencrow Kingdom, and it is safer in Longhe Town. I just didn't expect the Ravencrow army to come too fast, and I didn't expect that bastard Kedron to let us go to Eagle Claw Fort to negotiate just to deceive us. Stop the enemy! Thanks to me, I called him uncle for 20 years!"

Fawcett was indeed caught by Grandlon after Alma's funeral in Long River.

The two reached a consensus in Changhe Town and negotiated a deal. Fawcett exchanged Lion Lake City for Changhe Town in Grand Long's hands.

For Grandlon, this can solve the problem of him using the king's seal to defraud the city-Grandlon will give the golden seal to Fawcett, and Fawcett will bear the crime, anyway, Fawcett has murdered relatives He was accused of crimes and took refuge in Ursula. He was already treasonous, but with the king's seal in his hand, he could still negotiate terms.

For Fawcett, he killed too many brothers and sisters in Lion Lake City. It is inevitable that people from the family will seek revenge on him. It is better to bring his trusted family and the army to Changhe Town. He has been acting as an agent in Changhe Town for a period of time. , is no stranger here.

It's a way that works for both of you.

But the problem is that the two of them don't trust each other very much-in fact, the grievances between the two of them originally stemmed from their mutual distrust...

Therefore, they decided to let Kedron be the middleman——Kedron had a good relationship with both of them, and with such a middleman, the two of them would feel at ease about the transaction.

But Kedron said that the Ravencrow Kingdom's army might come soon, and he couldn't get away from Eagle Claw Castle. He hoped that the two of them would lead the army to Eagle Claw Castle to fight against the enemy with him, and by the way, complete the deal.

On the one hand, guarding Fort Eagle Claw is equivalent to protecting Lion Lake City-this is the hometown of the two, and they are indeed willing to protect it. Besides, the heavy cavalry of the Lion Lake City Banner Guard will definitely go to defend their hometown.

Grandlon couldn't afford to lose this force, so he had to go.

On the other hand, Ursula also expressed the hope that Fawcett would fight against the army of Ravens, and Ursula was indeed at Eagle Claw Castle at the time.

Because they want to fight against the Ravencrow army together, so that Ursula's rebel army can form an alliance with the Sarleon Kingdom, then Fawcett, who has taken refuge in Ursula, will no longer be chased and suppressed by the Sarleon Kingdom.

That was what Fawcett had come to Ursula for, and so he had to go too.

So the two took the troops to Fort Eagle Claw, and while they were fighting with the troops of the Ravencrow Kingdom, Kedron slipped away to Lion Lake City...

They did all make the most reasonable judgments under the circumstances, and no one was stupid.

And now, they are still awake - although the golden seal is Grand Long's disaster, it is also his amulet, and he is of course unwilling to hand it over.

"Granlong, actually, to me, if you don't hand over the golden seal, I can kill you... It doesn't matter to me whether the king has a seal or not..."

Li Ang started to bluff.

"If you capture Changhe Town but say you haven't found the seal, then everyone will suspect that you've hidden the gold seal for evil... Lord Li Ang, don't fool me, I know that as long as I don't hand over the seal, I won't die..."

Li Ang's bluff failed at the beginning, and Grand Long was sober enough to not be fooled at all.

"Fawcett, you cooperate with him... You should know where that thing is, right? If he keeps it from you, how will your cooperation be maintained..."

Seeing that Ge Langlong was difficult to deal with, Li Ang changed his target, and this time he used provocation.

"Master Li Ang, I don't need to know about this at all, and I didn't ask. I can only cooperate with him now... However, although I can't wait to kill Ursula immediately, I am still her vassal anyway. She is an ally of the Sarleon Kingdom, so I will definitely not die if I fall into the hands of the lord of the Sarleon Kingdom...so don't scare me."

Fawcett also saw it very clearly, so he was the first to express his surrender...

Indeed, Ursula is now an ally of the Sarleon Kingdom. Even if Fawcett is a traitor to the Sarleon Kingdom, no one will kill him during the alliance.

After all, Lion Lake City has returned to the Sarleon Kingdom, and there is no need for the Sarleon Kingdom to force Ursula, an ally, into an enemy.

At most, they will be locked up first and wait for the settlement after the autumn, or they may be released after the autumn.

——If Ursula became the queen of King Ulrik, then Fawcett would most likely be pardoned.

"You really don't know? Then why do you take this risk with him? Your life is not in danger now..."

These two guys are not easy to deal with, and Li Ang is a bit troublesome. Sure enough, every nobleman is a genius, and no one is more stupid than the other.

"I want to return to the Sarleon Kingdom... Ursula, that insidious woman, can fool me once and twice, and I declare my allegiance to her is just a stopgap measure... Lord Leon, don't ask me, I really don't know. I understand now that sometimes you can live longer by knowing less..."

Fawcett shook his head and smiled bitterly, appearing sincere.

It seems that these days, this rich young master is indeed growing rapidly. Not only has he become ruthless, but he has also learned a lot of truths.

"How about this, I will give you a way to completely cleanse your sins, and guarantee that you can still be nobles of the Sarleon Kingdom, but you must cooperate with me, and the gold seal must be handed over to me intact..."

Both of them were difficult to deal with, so Li Ang had no choice but to give them a way out sincerely.

"In what way?"

Both of them were interested, and that was what they were pursuing. It would be better if they didn't have to kidnap the king.

"I probably know how that Igor died and came back to life..."

Li Ang could indeed guess what was going on with Igor's resurrection from the dead, after all, he had seen the three prophets use the body of the person who was lured by bad luck to come back to life.

This is probably with the help of the dark goddess Ereda's power...

According to what Sarah knew back then, probably only those who wholeheartedly believed in Ereda, the goddess of darkness, could 'resurrect from the dead' in this way without losing their sanity.

It is estimated that Igor is also a senior member of the heretical sect called the Dark Goddess...

Recalling Igor's appearance—thin figure and haggard face, it seems that a gust of wind can blow him down, his whole body is weak, and even his hair is withered.

Igor is only in his 40s, but he looks like he is in his 70s.

When he first saw him in the Throne Hall, Li Ang felt something was wrong.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid he dedicated all his blood to the Goddess of Darkness, right?
After entering Changhe Town, Li Ang did not fly his own flag in Changhe Town, and basically did not show up.

He was just constantly assigning missions to the bodyguards of the Changhe Express, and the convoys headed west in all directions.

Godric once again checked into the office of the Chief of Military Affairs for the East and did not show up.

However, Grandlon and Fawcett have been maintaining law and order in the city. After hearing Li Ang's plan, they cooperated very well.

Li Ang told them the abilities of the three prophets, and of course the two would cooperate.

After all, they really don't want to have anything to do with heretics...

three days later.

Li Ang hid in the corner of the city wall and saw Igor's arrival with his own eyes.

This is indeed Igor from before. He still has a noble collar tightly around his neck—it is the beginning of September, and the weather is very hot, but this guy has wrapped his collar like winter. This must be to cover his neck Arrow wounds.

Today's Igor is very low-key, with only five or six entourages, but those entourages look very mysterious.

Those followers are all knights wearing black hoods, basically every knight is wearing a black burqa, which looks a bit like the D'Shar's style, but these people are definitely not D'Shar.

And these knights were all on one horse and two horses—the other pack horse was supposed to carry their armor.

Of course they wouldn't wear armor when they were on their way, but Li Ang could tell from the expressions and movements of these people that they should all have extraordinary skills.

Grand Long stepped forward to welcome Igor into the city, and then the city gate fell.

A large net also fell at the same time.

Igor saw the net - he subconsciously glanced at the top of his head, because he was the one who came up with the idea.

"Grand Long! Don't you want to live?!"

Igor danced and shouted, but he obviously didn't have the ability to avoid the range covered by the fishing net.

Grandlon watched the fishing net fall down and encircle Igor blankly.

He enjoyed his own ideas, and Igor was caught by the net smoothly.

Igor's entourage was also cut off by the city gate, and two of the last ones failed to enter the city.

This was not intended to be truncated, after all, Igor only had a few people.

The city gate was closed just in case, no one was sure if it was possible for the guy who had been resurrected from the dead to escape from the fishing net, and his escape route had to be cut off.

Then, a group of soldiers emerged from all corners and began to collect the net.

The purpose of arresting Igor with a net was, of course, to prevent him from causing any trouble. After all, Li Ang wasn't sure what other strange abilities these heretics would possess.

However, Igor doesn't seem to have any special abilities...

On the contrary, the knights he brought showed extremely strong fighting power.

There were four knights who followed Igor into the city, a few meters away from Igor, not within the range of the fishing net.

And these people are indeed extraordinary in skill, they immediately reacted to the unexpected accident, and all drew their swords and rushed towards Igor!
It looks like you want to save someone?
The soldiers under Fawcett were responsible for collecting the nets. Seeing this situation, they immediately dragged the nets and started to run back, lest the nets be cut through and Igor would be released.

But no one expected that the entourage brought by Igor didn't seem to intend to cut through the net - the knight running in the front threw the sword in his hand directly!

Throw it at Igor!

What the hell, this is to silence...

This cannibalism caught Li Ang, Ge Langlong and others a little unprepared...

They didn't intend to kill these people originally, they really didn't expect Igor's guards to react like this!
Seeing that Igor was captured by the net, he planned to kill Igor?

That certainly won't make them do what they want!

Fortunately, the sword that was thrown out was bounced by the resilient fishing net rope, which only caused a cut to Igor, which should not be fatal, but Igor seemed to have no reaction at once, and did not struggle up.

Igor didn't faint, and his eyes were still open, but he didn't cry out for pain at all, and he didn't even have an instinctive contraction reaction—it looked like he didn't feel any pain now.

It's just that the eyes still retain the look of horror, it seems that he himself didn't expect those knights to kill him.

The encircling soldiers had already surrounded him, but the black knights were still chasing Igor. It seemed that they would rather die than kill Igor first.

Li Ang originally planned to watch a show on the city wall, so he had to run down quickly when he encountered this situation, but it felt like it might be too late...

The soldiers in charge of collecting the net pulled the net rope, several meters away from Igor in the net, and it was too late to stop the black knights.

But they were all elite veterans under Fawcett, and they dragged the net and ran back quite fast, which prevented Igor from being hacked to death on the spot.

Everyone knows that the person who is going to be captured alive with a net must be for questioning, so of course he cannot be allowed to die.

Although Igor was dragged for more than ten meters on the uneven road paved with stone slabs, he must have been rubbed badly, but he managed to save his life, and those knights in black were now blocked.

However, unexpectedly, it was not any fighters in Changhe Town who blocked the other black knights, but one of those few black knights...

It was a middle-aged knight with a beard on his face. He seemed to be quite skilled, and he blocked the other three knights by himself.

"Jocelyn! What are you going to do!"

The other knights brought by Igor didn't seem to expect that the bearded man would stop them at this juncture, and they all looked shocked and angry.

"What are you doing? Doing these shady things every day! And dying for such shady things! How can I get along with you again?!"

The bearded man named Jocelyn roared loudly, swept the broadsword in his hand, and forced the three black knights back.

Jocelyn was already in front of Igor.

"Traitor! You will regret it!"

The three black knights attacked Jocelyn together, but there was obviously a big gap between them and Jocelyn in martial arts, and three-on-one still couldn't break through Jocelyn's obstacles.

At this time, Fawcett's other men finally surrounded them.

Li Ang had also run down the stairs inside the city wall at this time, sword in hand.

"Drop your weapons! I won't kill you!"

Li Ang yelled at those knights.

He felt that this matter might just become more complicated, and wanted to make a few more jobs.

"I surrender... I am not with them!"

Jocelyn threw down his sword and raised his hand readily. He didn't intend to resist at all, and stepped back a few steps to make it easier for the soldiers to surround the other three knights.

Outside the city gate, the other two black knights who had been left alone had already started to run away.

It will be difficult to chase after closing the city gate for a while, and the archers on the city tower are shooting arrows at them.

However, since it is inconvenient for the rangers of the Noldor to appear here, the archers on the city wall are all Fawcett's people-if Li Ang's men appear near the city gate, then Igor will definitely not enter the city, saying Maybe if you see it from a distance, you will turn your head and run away...

Therefore, there were only a few fierce lion archers on the tower, and their skills were relatively rough. Although they shot and wounded two black knights, they still ran away.

After all, they ride horses and run quite fast, and bows and arrows are not the traditional advantage of the Sarleon Kingdom. The level of these Sarleon archers under Fawcett is really hard to describe...

"Jocelyn! The traitor didn't end well!"

The three knights in black seemed to be very determined. They ignored Li Ang, but resolutely rushed towards Jocelyn—it was impossible to kill Igor, and they wanted to kill Jocelyn who dropped his sword .

But such a move was tantamount to suicide. The soldiers stabbed their spears in disorder, and the three black knights fell down.

There is no way, they are completely fighting to the death, and the soldiers dare not stop.

"Those are the Dusk Knights, right?"

Li Ang glanced at Jocelyn who spread his hands and acted honestly, and walked to Igor with a frown, and poked Igor with his toe: "What is your identity? Igor? Why did the Dusk Knight Kill you to silence me?"

(End of this chapter)