Heart of the Castle

Chapter 506 Transformed into an elbow and armpit, blood staining the royal city
With two "clicks", King Arthur XII threw the two badges in front of him off the bed, and a furious expression appeared on his face, "Leviston, your stupidity has made your loyalty less important! I don't want to see you again, get out..."

The next sound turned into a slight hiss. Li Wei originally thought that His Majesty the King was too angry to continue, but his body suddenly trembled, and an ominous premonition came to his mind. "Your Majesty? What's the matter with you?" He subconsciously put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and then turned around.Arthur XII was sitting on the bed leaning on the cushions. The firelight from the fireplace cast his shadow on the wall, and everything looked normal.However, the sense of fear in Li Wei's heart continued unabated.

His Majesty's appearance was not right at all, his face was turning from anger to bewilderment, and the red tide of anger faded away, replaced by a lifeless paleness.The shadow in the corner seems to be wriggling, twisting and changing, and there seems to be many things hidden in it.Li Wei saw a green light appear in the king's throat, and then the green light disappeared without a trace. A few seconds later, a terrible wound suddenly opened on the throat of His Majesty Arthur XII, shocking deep Red blood gushed out of it like a waterfall!

"No! Your Majesty!" The Griffin Lord yelled, and rushed to hug Arthur XII's body, letting the blood flowing from his neck stain all his clothes red.The confusion on the Dragon King's old face was gradually turning into fear, "It hurts...I..." His panting was thin and rough, and the blood blocked his throat, and even these voices could not be uttered.

The back window of the bedroom should have been tightly closed just now, but now it was knocked on without a sound, and the thick curtains were fluttering endlessly in the cold wind.The shadow seemed to be squirming in the corner of his eyes, Li Wei almost immediately opened the vision of the exploration technique, and suddenly saw several purple light clusters representing dangerous enemies appearing close at hand!
"Shadow Assassin..." Li Wei cursed desperately, the silver alloy knight sword slipped out of its sheath, and instinctively blocked it in front of him.An invisible sharp weapon was just blocked by the blade and made a clang.Almost at the same time, the shadows in the entire room squirmed, and the transparent blade, which was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, approached the Griffon Lord from several directions, immediately putting Li Wei in a great crisis.

"The mission is successful, don't add more details!" A voice that sounded somewhat familiar to Li Wei said, and then the sense of danger quickly disappeared, and the curtains suddenly fluttered as if disturbed by something. The sword slashed wildly in the air, but he couldn't cut anything. He could only watch those lavender light spots representing the shadow assassin retreat from his face, and then quickly disappeared out of the window.

Seeing that there was no way to catch up with those shadow assassins, Li Wei hurried back to the bed and summoned a ball of white light that healed. However, when the ball of white light fell, it easily penetrated the thin body of King Arthur XII. Then it fell to the middle of the floor and disappeared.The failure of the healing technique fully illustrates one point - the Kingdom of Arthur has lost its No.12 king. Although the hands and feet of the old man lying on the bed are still convulsing, it is just the unconscious movement of the deceased before his death. Shadow Like a sudden gust of wind, the assassin's poisoned dagger robbed him of the flame of life.

After three or five heartbeats at most, the sandalwood door was slammed open, and the dreadfort lord Marquis Edwin Reeves, haggard and sharp as an old bone, broke in.Marquis Osiris, the green lion, and Sir Rodriguez, who realized that something was wrong, followed closely behind.Seeing Li Wei holding the knight's sword in one hand and His Majesty the king whose throat was completely cut open in the other, and half of his body covered in blood, Lord Skinning immediately let out a hoarse and horrified cry.

"By gods, Levi Ston, how dare you kill the king?"

"No, no...it's me!" Li Wei replied in a fragmented voice, because he was completely stunned by the scene of turning into an elbow. "It was the Shadow Assassins... Yes, several Shadow Assassins did it. After they killed His Majesty the King, they ran away from the window!"

"Sophistry! What a shadow assassin, I only saw you standing by the bed alone, holding the bloody weapon tightly." Marquis Reeves roared and pulled out his sword, his expression even in anger When he was still wearing a mask, the firelight from the fireplace added a layer of cruel blood to his face. "Pay your life for His Majesty, Levi Ston, this is the price you should pay for your treason!"

The skinning Lord's threat could not be carried out immediately, because in the next moment, he had to turn around and parry the heavy blow from behind.The long sword and the giant iron star sword collided violently together, making a deafening sound like a sledgehammer hitting an anvil, and the dark and pale dou qi rays collided violently, showering light and rain.The confrontation of grudges was evenly divided, but there was a big gap in strength. Marquis Reeves' entire body was shaken backwards, and his eyes showed disbelief.

The handsome face unique to elves has been burned red with anger, and the wrath of nature slipped out of the scabbard without a sound, and the razor-sharp blade pointed straight at Li Wei's throat. The iron giant sword of the stars roared towards it, blocking the sky knight as well.

"Don't do it, listen to my explanation, I'm innocent..." Levi's voice was drowned out by a burst of loud metal clashes, and then Sir Rodriguez's hasty warning sounded. "Master Li Wei, it's useless to explain to them, run away! Before the people outside notice what's wrong!"

When Sir Rodriguez was distracted from speaking, there was a gap in his movements. The Wrath of Nature immediately took advantage of the gap, and a string of bluish-white sparks grazed the top of his breastplate.The star iron giant sword then swung a fierce counterattack, the green lion horizontal sword blocked it vigorously, but Sir Rodriguez suddenly switched to holding the sword with one hand, and the other hand with the spiked iron gauntlet viciously moved towards the sword. The face of the elf hit the past!
This trick is simple, practical, and fierce to the extreme.Marquis Osiris could only dodge to the side, moving slowly, two of the iron spikes brushed against the green lion's white skin, the sound of the vindictive defense being torn apart was like a blade scratching glass, instantly causing two bruises on his face. A bloodstain as thin as a hair.

Marquis Reeves immediately joined the battle group. Although Marquis Osiris had not fully recovered from his injuries, his strength was no less than that of the Earl with a Sword. Against the second enemy, Sir Rodriguez immediately fell into a disadvantage.The emerald green sword light of Marquis Osiris is like dense rain, almost everywhere, tightly entwining the dark sword light of the star iron giant sword; the pale sword light of Marquis Reeves is like a The cunning poisonous snake spat deadly snake letters towards Sir Rodriguez from left to right.

However, he didn't retreat an inch, and the star iron giant sword rolled up a storm-like howl to counterattack.The wrath of nature and the giant iron sword of the stars clashed in a series, and sparks burst into light and rain. Marquis Osiris was shaken by a series of onslaughts, and he took two steps back, with a trace of red dripping from the corner of his mouth.

Marquis Reeves seized the opportunity to sneak up on Sir Rodriguez's ribs. The sword light cut through the dark vindictive light like milk glass, and blood spattered.But before he could continue to expand his results, Sir Rodriguez slashed down on the head with both hands of the star iron giant sword. The movement was so fast that if it weren't for the blood dripping down, it would have been as if the wound on his ribs didn't exist.Marquis Reeves didn't want to fight head-on with the star iron giant sword, and the sword light fell again, forcing him to withdraw his sword and retreat.

"Master Levi, let's go! Come on!" Sir Rodriguez used his body to block the door after forcing the two powerful enemies back. Go back.

"I can't go!" Li Wei replied loudly, "His Majesty the King died at the hands of the sharpest dagger in the hands of the demon lord - the Shadow Assassin. If I escape now, wouldn't it be more true for the crime of regicide?"

"Then why don't you let your subordinate put away his weapon? Lord Griffon, if you think you are innocent, are you afraid to explain it to the queen regent and the important ministers of the kingdom at the court meeting?" Edwin Reeves The Marquis' voice sounded from outside the door.

"Although we don't know if it's a coincidence or a conspiracy trap set up by someone, we can't explain it anymore, Master Li Wei, because we can't produce any evidence, and they may not be willing to give you this chance, at least the Skinning Lord in front of you Sir Rodriguez snorted, and said contemptuously: "Now that the king is dead, no matter who is in the throne, he must be eager to find the murderer. It would be great if he was a scapegoat." .”

"Leave first, and then look for evidence!" Li Wei hesitated for less than two breaths before fully understanding Sir Rodriguez's meaning, "I see, Sir Rodriguez, then let's go together."

"These two adults don't seem to be very willing, and the swordsmanship instructor of the Ston family has never been interested in running away." Sir Rodriguez said loudly, "The dead will not die, but will be revived, Master Levi, leave this to me. You go, hurry up!"

The clashing clang of sword blades reappeared, this time more urgently and fiercely. The lord of Dreadfort and the green lion attacked side by side, pale and emerald green sword lights filled the field of vision.Their offensive was fierce, but as long as they backed away from the door and circled around, Sir Rodriguez would still be at a disadvantage, but he could obviously last longer.However, he chose to guard the door. The gloomy sword light of the star iron sword completely ignored the threat of the wrath of nature, but fiercely slashed at Marquis Edwin Reeves, forcing the skinned Marquis to Pull back.

The Wrath of Nature drove straight in, stabbing Sir Rodriguez's shoulder, but at the moment of the stabbing, Marquis Osiris did not erupt his fighting spirit to expand his injuries, but subconsciously paused.Because in the long life of Sky Knight, he has not experienced bullying others. Although he wanted to catch the important suspects of treason and regicide, this kind of unfair battle still made him feel very uncomfortable.Sir Rodriguez seized this opportunity, and swept back his sword, forcing Marquis Osiris back.

This is why Sir Rodriguez chose to attack the less powerful Marquis Edwin Reeves. The Green Lion is an upright knight who does not want to take advantage of others; while the Lord of Dreadfort is just the opposite. Law enforcer and executioner, he has always been known for his cruelty and ruthlessness. If Sir Rodriguez chooses to resist the attack of Marquis Osiris, he will definitely not miss this golden opportunity.

Li Wei gritted his teeth, turned and rushed to the open window, and jumped down.This place is only seven or eight meters high from the ground. This height is difficult for a knight with fighting spirit, let alone a griffin lord who has already lost his fighting spirit.

Seeing Li Wei's figure disappearing out of the window, a trace of anxiety flashed in the eyes of the skinned Marquis, "Gods be damned, this guy is simply crazy, not to mention one enemy, two, and even exchange injuries for us to retreat...Ouxi Marquis Rees, we must stop Li Weiston, if we let him escape back to the north, then things will be much more troublesome."

"Thank you for your well-known reminder, Marquis Reeves." The elf replied in a cold voice, "Then it's up to you to entangle the swordsmanship teacher of the Ston family, and I will go to the main gate of the palace to intercept the Griffin Lord."

As soon as the voice fell, the elf withdrew from the battle group and retreated, leaving Marquis Reeves alone to face the star iron giant sword.He had already turned around and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, the lord of the Dreadfort also retreated, and the giant iron star sword roared to attack, making the green lion seem a little bit frantic to parry, and was drawn into the battle group again.

The Green Lion crossed his swords in front of him, parrying a slash from the iron giant sword of the stars, and then used the momentum to counterattack. The epee in the left hand scattered blood beads on the side of Sir Rodriguez's leg, and the epee in the right hand Swing away another slash of the star iron giant sword.Due to the dispersion of power, Marquis Osiris did not take advantage of it this time. The wrath of nature did not completely parry the star iron giant sword. It was split in half, and at the same time, the corner of his mouth was bleeding again.

The two sides resumed their confrontation again. Marquis Osiris wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth, "Marquis Reeves, why did you back off just now?" He questioned his emaciated companion angrily.

"Marquis Osiris, why didn't you pester him, and I rushed to the main gate of the palace to intercept Leviston?" The voice of the lord of the Dreadfort was rigid, but even the elves could understand the meaning of dissatisfaction in it. "Although I don't have the strength of a sky knight, I can still deal with a young boy happily."

It is inevitable that the Marquis of Reeves will be dissatisfied. Among the choices between capturing the regicide murderer and leaving behind an opponent of comparable strength, the former is obviously much easier and has more impressive achievements.However, the lord of the Dreadfort only considered the gap in their achievements, but completely forgot the biggest difference between him and the Marquis of Osiris.

"Marquis Reeves, you can't catch up with him at all...Goddess of Spring, it's already too late." Marquis Osiris shook his head and said, the elf's unique keen hearing had already allowed him to hear the noise coming from the direction of the palace square People screamed and neighed, as if there were thousands of horses fighting, and then a particularly loud and long neighing cloud emptied into the air, suppressing the neighing of all the horses.

"What's that sound?" Marquis Reeves couldn't help blurting out in surprise, "It's a horse neighing? But why is it so loud?"

"It's the Dark Nightmare of the North. Levi Ston has already ridden the Dark Nightmare of the North." The elf let out a long breath, his expression could not be said to be regretful or sad, "No one can stop him from leaving the capital now. Just now Only I can use my fighting spirit to fly in a short period of time, and intercept Liveston before he reaches the stable, the chance is fleeting, and now it is too late."

"He left alone, so what?" Marquis Reeves pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled. This expression was made on his face that was almost as thin as a skeleton, and it looked extremely ferocious. "Can we let this person escape? None of his subordinates can escape, we are already ready in the square!"

"Get ready? Prepare for what?" Marquis Osiris turned around strangely, staring at Marquis Reeves with piercing eyes. "Marquis Edwin Reeves, answer me, did you know that Li Weiston would assassinate His Majesty Arthur XII while he was in the audience?"

"Of course I don't know! If I knew, how could I hide this matter?" Marquis Reeves hurriedly defended himself. Although there was no panic expression on that haggard face, his forehead was covered with light gray Sweat beads, "We are just following the orders of His Majesty Queen Regent, Lilaya, to arrange manpower in the palace square and prepare for it. After all, His Majesty the King decided to dispose of a group of nobles in the kingdom and deprive them of their titles and fiefs. Someone is taking a risk."

"Is this the most you have spoken in more than ten years? Marquis Edwin Reeves, I hope every word you say is true." The suspicion did not dissipate from the eyes of the elf, but deeply hidden. "If I find out that you played a role that should not have appeared in the death of His Majesty the King, then you will know how terrifying the power of the wrath of nature is."

"Of course, of course." The lord of the Dreadfort forced himself to be calm, and turned the topic to the opponent standing in front of them, "Sir Rodriguez, who was killed by the lord of the griffon, what should we do with him?"

"Sir Rodriguez, your strength is good, but there is absolutely no way you can fight two against one." Marquis Osiris said calmly, "Surrender, I can guarantee you a fair trial."

"That's right, Sir Rodriguez, you are the companion and subordinate of the regicide murderer Levi Stone. For the sake of your knowledge, put down your sword and we will give you a chance to defend yourself." Marquis Reeves said.

"I don't believe a word of your words, Edwin Reeves." Sir Rodriguez showed a fierce smile, blood was like countless bright red snakes, and was being scratched by the wrath of nature. Climbing down meanderingly, one of them even crawled into his eyes, making his expression even more terrifying. "As for you, Osiris, the green lion, your promise is stronger than that guy who likes to skin people alive, but what is a fair trial? Is it the torture procedure that puts people on a legal charge?"

"What's the point of you continuing to hold here now?" Marquis Reeves said with a sneer, "Li Weiston has already left. Put down your arms and surrender. This is the only choice you can make." He sank deeply A cruel and cruel light shot out of his eyes, and the long sword pointed obliquely at Sir Rodriguez's chest. "If you don't surrender, you will die!"

"No, I have a better choice." Sir Rodriguez suddenly showed a strange smile, then raised the star iron giant sword, and rushed towards Marquis Reeves.

This was the first time Sir Rodriguez took the initiative to attack today. The sound of the wind breaking from the star iron giant sword was extremely violent, almost like a series of explosions in the air.The expression of Marquis Reeves changed slightly, and he raised his sword with both hands to parry.His overall strength was not inferior to that of Sir Rodriguez, but because he hadn't prepared in advance, the two swords intersected, and the one who suffered was undoubtedly the Skinning Lord.

The clanging sound continued continuously, and the vindictive light scattered like a burning star rain. Marquis Reeves snorted, and felt the hilt of the sword in his hand twist violently like a scorching poisonous snake, and almost flew out of his hand.He had already tried his best to hold the weapon, but the long sword was still gradually lifted up by the shock, revealing a deadly gap.

"Marquis Osiris, help me!" He hissed and staggered back at the same time.Marquis Osiris showed a hint of reluctance on his face, but he didn't have a good choice. He had to help Marquis Reeves. The next moment, two emerald green lights flashed in the wrath of nature, like a pair of huge scissors Also crossed and slashed towards Sir Rodriguez's neck, trying to use this method to relieve Marquis Reeves.

Sir Rodriguez didn't seem to see the epee slashing at his neck at all. There was a slight smile on his blood-stained face. The star iron giant sword continued to move forward along the gap, and stabbed the skinned Hou fiercely. Grandpa's right shoulder, and then picked up hard.

There was a piercing howl, as if dozens of hyenas had been cut open at the same time, Marquis Reeves staggered back, and blood was splashed like a torrential rain.His entire right arm was broken at the shoulder, and it fell to the ground together with the saber in his hand. "Damn it, it hurts! Damn it, damn it!" He cursed, the muscles on his face convulsed continuously. If those who doubted that Master Skinning had turned into an undead creature saw this scene, they would no longer have such doubts .

The Marquis of Osiris let out a sigh, and the wrath of nature retracted the scabbard silently. Opposite the green lion, Sir Rodriguez stood quietly with both hands leaning on the giant iron star sword. For a moment, he looked as if There was no injury, but afterward, blood beads emerged, bright and vivid, like a necklace of fine rubies around his neck, and then the necklace turned into a waterfall, and blood gushed like a fountain.

"A good sword..." Sir Rodriguez murmured two words, then tilted his head, and rolled down from his shoulders along with the spilled blood.

(End of this chapter)