Heart of the Castle

Chapter 512 Negotiations Break Down, Wrath of the Griffin
"The conditions seem to be very generous?" Li Wei asked back with a tone full of contempt, which made the smile of Bamilian Yang a little stiff, "The guardian of the northern border, the important minister of the kingdom, and the head of the Griffin Knights. They are all rewards from His Majesty the Dragon King to reward me for my achievements. Lord Bamili Yang, that letter was read through you." Seeing the obese chief eunuch wiping his sweat with a handkerchief while nodding, Li Wei's face was full of tears. The look of contempt became more apparent. "Are you using something that originally belonged to me as a negotiation condition? Lord Bamilian, is there a problem with your envoy's description, or is the condition proposed by Raul Adams inherently ridiculous?"

"Arrogance! Leviston, I've had enough of your arrogance!" Lord Kissinger suddenly growled, with his right hand resting on the hilt of his sword at his waist, "Your Highness the Regent's name is so honorable, and you can do it like this!" Directly?"

"Oh, Lord Kissinger, didn't we agree before we came out that I would take care of everything?" Bamilian rubbed his hands, looked at his deputy envoy in pain, and then turned to the Griffin Lord . "Master Li Wei, please calm down, I think Master Kissinger is just a little impatient..."

"It's really hard for you to have an impatient person as your deputy, sir." Mr. Dish said with a smile on the side

"Lord Li Wei, if it is normal, you can fight against the regent, whether it is a dispute of words or force, there is no problem." Director Bamili Yang said frankly, "But not now, the kingdom is now facing a crisis. There are many disasters, peace is very much needed, and the situation in the capital has finally calmed down, can you bear to use your long sword to stir up the bloody storm again?"

Li Wei was silent for a moment, his eyes reflected the raging flames in the fire pond, shining like smoldering flint.Baron Hughes moved his footsteps, and was about to step forward to intervene, but Mr. Dish firmly grabbed his shoulder. The old magician's skinny arm was so powerful that it made Baron Hughes, who had the strength of a great knight, move for a while. no.

"Don't disturb Master Levi's thinking, he decides his path." Mr. Dish said in a voice as thin as a gnat.

The silence didn't last long. Just as Lord Kissinger snorted impatiently and was about to speak, Levi suddenly raised his head. "Peace does not mean ignoring justice and being compromised, and peace does not mean kneeling down to evil. Unfortunately, I cannot accept these conditions, Lord Bamilian." Levi said every word with a loud voice, "If Raul Adams really wants to If there is peace, then should he listen to my terms?"

"You have no room to bargain with His Royal Highness the Prince Regent!" Lord Kissinger snapped.

"No, Lord Kissinger." The attitude of Chief Bamilian was different, "Since Mr. Li Wei put forward the conditions, it means that the negotiations can continue. As for whether to accept these conditions, it is up to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent." Only then can we decide. We are the envoys of the kingdom, not His Royal Highness the Regent himself, I am curious to hear what you say, Lord Kissinger, do you think of yourself as His Royal Highness the Regent?"

Although the tone of the court chief was soft, the meaning in the words made Lord Kissinger's face turn pale immediately, "I absolutely did not mean that, Lord Bamilian, please forgive me."

"It seems that I misunderstood what you meant, Lord Kissinger, this is not good, please pay more attention next time." Manager Bamilian said in a warning tone, and then he turned his eyes to Levi, " Sir Griffon Lord, please tell me, what are the conditions for you to agree to peace?"

Li Wei watched them perform coldly, and his voice was equally cold, like the biting cold wind blowing from the extreme northern wilderness, "My conditions are very simple. First, Raul Adams must announce that his brother——Arthur XII The truth about being assassinated..."

"The truth is you—Griffin Lord Liviston assassinated His Majesty the late King." Lord Kissinger said in a strong tone, ignoring the court chief's winks.

Li Wei didn't even look at him, and continued in a stern tone, "Second, hand over the list of all the nobles who participated in the rebellion; third, hand over the power to the kingdom's important ministers to co-regent, Raul Adams himself handed over all power , without the unanimous consent of the important ministers of the kingdom, you are not allowed to leave your Grand Duke's residence in Fermeyer."

"This seems to be a condition that only the winner can propose?" Director Bamilian's face was clouded when he heard it, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were wrinkled together, as if he could squeeze tears out of bitterness, but he did not give up his last effort , "Then the only way is to go to war? Lord Li Wei, you have to think carefully. The continuous flames of war are bound to seriously weaken the kingdom's ability to fight against evil disasters. Once the demon army takes the opportunity to invade, then no matter who wins, whoever loses will be defeated." Is there any difference?"

"You have been using war and the interests of the kingdom as bargaining chips to threaten me," Li Wei said firmly, "Master Bamilian, who are you working for?"

"I can swear on my lost lifeblood, of course I am serving His Majesty the King." Director Bamili Yang smiled slightly, "Lord Li Wei, have you forgotten? I am now in the Kingdom of Eternal Night, and now my duty is to serve the young new king, His Majesty Ken Adams."

"It should be said that he worked for the traitors of that kingdom!" Li Wei's voice was like Shen Lei's tongue, "For that, he played tricks and tricks, which caused the Zhonglu King's army to suffer a disastrous defeat in the four southern counties, and even colluded with the devil to kill the Dragon King His Majesty's Raul Adams, right?"

"Presumptuous!" Lord Kissinger's long sword came out of its sheath with a clang, and there was a bluish-white vindictive light on the blade. Baron Hughes hurriedly drew his sword and stepped forward to confront him, but he and the full set of knights who were only wearing noble casual clothes Compared with Lord Kissinger in armor, it is almost the same as wearing no clothes.

"Leviston, for the benefit of the Kingdom, His Royal Highness the Regent does not wish to have bloody conflicts with you and your subordinates, but your attitude leaves me with no choice." A cold and cruel smile climbed onto Lord Kissinger's face. The corner of his mouth, and then he put on his helmet, "The Royal Guards! Do it!"

What answered him was a sudden noise from outside the tent, violent metal collisions, muffled sounds of sword blades cutting into the body, intertwined with occasional shrill screams to form a terrifying melody of death.The smile on Lord Kissinger's face quickly widened, but soon froze, because he could hear the continuous screams, which could not be uttered by one person.

"Damn the gods, what happened outside?" He cursed, holding his long sword across his chest, and was on guard against the people in the tent attacking him; while retreating to the tent door, he was about to lift the curtain and look out .

His luck was really bad. The door curtain had just been opened halfway, and a figure was thrown in with such force that Lord Kissinger jumped back while cursing, narrowly avoiding the impact.That person then flew over half of the tent and fell into the firepit. The red-hot charcoal immediately splashed like sparks, and Levi, Mr. Disch, Baron Hughes and Chief Bamilian all avoided, only the one who was thrown The person who came in remained motionless, and the blood dripping from his body then extinguished a large area of ​​flames.

It was a guard knight who came with the kingdom envoy, but he was already dead and could not die again. The fierce blow cut him down from the top of his head to his chest. The helmet made of fine steel did not play any defensive role, like a ceramic bowl The same was split in half.

Lord Kissinger then backed away from the tent door in surprise, and the blood-stained Dragunson strode in with a surprisingly large epee in his hand. "Lord Li Wei," he slammed the breastplate hard with his fist, making a muffled clang, "There were twelve guarding knights in total, we slaughtered eight of them, and the other four put down their weapons and surrendered."

"Leviston, do you dare to attack the guards of the Kingdom Envoy?" Lord Kissinger roared.

"If I remember correctly, you just gave the order to do it, and I didn't say a word." Li Wei's answer choked Lord Kissinger's roar, and his face became very ugly.

"Oh, Lord Li Wei, please calm down, please calm down." Director Bamilian hurriedly bowed and said, "Lord Kissinger's actions are indeed inappropriate, but he is one of the emissaries of the kingdom, please ..."

Li Wei waved his hand at him, interrupting his next words. "My lord Bamilian, if you don't want your clothes to be stained with blood, please stand a little farther away, and we'll have a good talk about that deadly trap after we've got rid of this guy named messenger who is actually an assassin .”

"What assassin? What trap?" Director Bamilian asked back with a pale face, while stepping back a few steps.

"About the trap that Raul Adams was going to use to lure me into the capital." Li Wei replied, and then his eyes became indifferent, "Knight Dragonson, Baron Hughes, the minions of the traitors of the kingdom are unforgivable, you should do it together Bar."

Lord Kissinger, the deputy commander of the King's Guard Army, is a well-known sword-bearing nobleman in Fermeyer, but his reputation mainly comes from the Hull family behind him, rather than his outstanding personal strength.Since the stellar mentor Satzi Enhell never married and left no illegitimate children, Kissinger, who is closest to him by blood, became the first heir in line.Lord Kissinger is well aware of his important position as the heir of one of the nine-pillar families, and has always shown his strength and fearlessness on all occasions as much as possible.

However, the bloodline of the Hull family who is good at flattery also gave him the same ability. When Grand Duke Raul seized power in a high-profile manner, Lord Kissinger was the first to stand up and respond, so he was appointed by Grand Duke Raul to command the guard of the royal capital. The important task of the army.Immediately afterwards, he became an envoy representing His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to negotiate with the Kingslayer...at least he thought so, but this time, he realized that he seemed to have done something wrong.

Seeing the tall and burly Dragoonsun approaching him like an iron tower, Lord Kissinger gasped heavily, and the dim dark green fighting spirit lit up on his long sword, "Leviston, let you Put away your weapons, otherwise I will let you taste the power of the heir of the Hull family!"

"Heir of the Hull family?" Dragunson tilted his head to the side, then raised the big and ugly epee, "What does this mean?"

"It means that what we are facing is a shameless minion who is good at flattering horses." Baron Hughes said sarcastically, the rapier moved slightly in his hand, as if calculating the time and direction of the shot.

"So that's how it is!" Draconson showed a disappointing expression on his bearded face, "I'm good at flattering horses, which means that my hand skills are much worse? Hehe, after being promoted to Dou Qi Tianhua, I still have There is no real opponent of similar level to fight against, Wilps is too old-fashioned, and Lord Cedric is too old and cunning, I wonder if this opponent can make me enjoy myself?"

Lord Kissinger wanted to say something more, but Dragonson was already a little impatient. He casually gave a sword salute to the other party, and then took a big step forward. An iron-blue arc was drawn down, and the shrill wind sounded immediately.

The deputy commander of the King's Guard Army blocked the blow with both hands holding the sword grid, but he was shaken so that his steps were unstable, and he was at a disadvantage in terms of fighting spirit and strength.Dragunson kept slashing at the opponent's head and shoulders with his sword, and the sound of fierce clashes filled the tent, but it didn't last long.

Before Baron Hughes could join in, the battle was over.There was a wound a few centimeters long on Dragunson's left shoulder, but it was just a scratch, and the blood slowly oozed out, and then gathered into a red line flowing down the cracked chain mail.His epee was deeply buried in Lord Kissinger's chest. The alloy blade made by the heart of the castle was so sharp that it pierced Lord Kissinger's armor like cutting parchment. Half of the cloak protruded from his back, and blood was sliding down from it.

This result is not surprising. The Royal Guards have been targeting thieves and hooligans in the Royal Capital for decades.As the deputy commander of the King's Capital Guard, Lord Kissinger's actual combat experience was obtained from the arena of martial arts, so that he had the strength of fighting spirit and heavenly level, but his overall strength was pitifully low, even inferior to The last big knight who had experienced many battles was tough.

Seeing Lord Kissinger's body fell heavily on the ground, the anger in Li Wei's eyes was slightly extinguished, and then he turned his head to look at another envoy of the kingdom. The sharp gaze that he couldn't tell whether it was disgust or approval made Ba Manager Mi Liyang's face turned pale.

The griffin lord's scrutiny lasted for a full minute, and then he slowly said: "The Sleepless Eye closed his eyes again, and Eternal Concern once again missed the danger around His Majesty, Chief Bamilian, you Let me down as an ally."

"I am very sorry for the death of His Majesty the King and Sir Rodriguez." Steward Bamilian muttered.

"This regret is irreparable, but it could have been completely avoided." Li Wei frowned and said, "Boss Bamilian, you already knew in advance what would happen in the king's palace that day, so you made a fool of me." Such a wink, is there such a thing?"

Fine beads of sweat condensed from the smooth forehead of Manager Bamilian, "I just doubt it, but there is no evidence, and I didn't expect them to dare to collude with the devil..."

"So you just stood by from the beginning to the end, watched the Dragon King being assassinated, and watched me being framed by the real murderer and traitor, and did nothing except for an inexplicable wink?" Li Wei's voice raised, and his expression became stern. .

"If time could be turned back, I'm afraid I would still make the same choice." Director Bamili Yang sighed and said: "Although the shadow assassins have the ability to jump from the shadows, they can escape the most vigilant eyes, but they have not passed The ability of the large magic barriers arranged around the palace, otherwise no one in this world would have been able to escape from their daggers. If it was just that Grand Duke Raul colluded with the devil, how did the magic barriers protecting the palace be opened? Woolen cloth?"

"Do you mean to say that the accomplices of Grand Duke Raul are still hidden in the palace?" Baron Hughes interjected.

"Accomplice? No, no, no, I think it's more appropriate to call her an ally of Grand Duke Raul." Director Bamilian shook his head and said, "After His Majesty the Dragon King led the iron guard knights to set off, all the security of the palace will be handed over to With Her Majesty the Queen Regent under the command and deployment, it is hard for me to imagine that apart from Her Majesty Queen Lilaya herself, anyone else can close the magic barrier protecting the palace for a period of time without alarming anyone."

"The queen participated in the plan to murder the Dragon King? This conclusion is too ridiculous. What reason does she have to do this?" Li Wei was shocked, and retorted fiercely, "She is the Queen Regent. She originally holds military and political power. The Dragon King What good does Beng do to her?"

"Our Majesty the Dragon King is famous for his love of martial arts competitions, his fondness for fine wine and famous horses, and his private visits in disguise from time to time. He is a chivalrous man." Director Bamili Yang twitched his mouth sarcastically: "But Mr. Li Wei, do you know that, Would he rather be in bed rescuing wretched women, or rolling straw mats with a youthful peasant girl in some barn?"

Li Wei felt nauseated, "Is this the reason for Her Majesty the Queen to betray the Dragon King? I don't think the motive is sufficient."

"Of course I can't say that the motivation is sufficient, otherwise I wouldn't use speculation to describe it, but it did happen." Director Bamili Yang spread his hands limply and said, "Her Majesty is very suspicious, no one is bigger than her. "

"You could have given me a clearer warning at the time. If you had been vigilant, with me, Sir Rodriguez, and Marquis Osiris around, His Majesty the Dragon King may not have suffered misfortune." Li Wei pointed out coldly.

"When the court meeting was held, the palace square was full of nobles and their guard knights who were in cahoots with Grand Duke Raul. They were ready to fight, and those nobles who did not join forces knew nothing about it." Director Bamilian Continued, then shrugged his shoulders to conclude, "No matter what I did at that time, there was no way to save His Majesty the Dragon King who was doomed to die. I even guessed that the shadow assassin had already ambushed under his bed. What's more, if I was right If you elaborate on these conjectures, will you give up the opportunity to verify the authenticity and leave the palace with me?"

(End of this chapter)