Chapter 405 Wedding Banquet (5)

Chapter 405 Wedding Banquet (5)

A few minutes later.

There was nothing special in this room for storing building materials, so after leaving here, Han Zu and Xin quickly arrived at another warehouse through the open and interconnected roads inside the castle. Most of the people working here were maids and butlers, and the things stored in this warehouse should be gifts that had just been delivered.

"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, Your Excellency the Grand Mage."

The two's identities were very useful here, so they did not encounter any obstacles and began to check the gifts. The gifts were varied and varied, but they had one thing in common, that is, they were all very valuable. Either the owner of the castle trusted his servants very much, or he did not care about these valuable gifts at all, so he let the butlers and maids be responsible for the collection of gifts. There was no guard here, so there was no fear of anyone's dirty hands.

"It's okay, you guys continue working."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Grand Master."

But again, there was nothing useful in these gifts. Although they were valuable, there was nothing that could be used to make signal devices. Although there were some precious metals that carried magic, after being polished and carved by hand, the energy contained in them was not even enough to make a fireball. So after more than ten minutes of "inspection", the two people left here and returned to the street outside because they did not find any useful objects.

"This direction seems to be the location of the castle gate you mentioned before. Are you planning to meet the owner of the castle?"

"No, the reception for the guests has ended. There is no one there except some guards."

"Then what are you doing?"

"I was just following the path. Did you find anything?"

"No, I don't have your perception ability. If I want to find something, I can only use my eyes, but I haven't found anything yet.. There seems to be another unloading location ahead, let's go over and take a look."

After arriving at the unloading location, the situation here was a little different from before. The carriages seemed to be not parked properly, and the animals pulling the carriages were still tied to the carriages. Perhaps due to hunger or thirst, the animals pulling the carriages seemed a little restless. On the opposite side of the road, some maids were transporting some cloths such as bed sheets that needed to be changed. They were completely unaware of the restless animals, or perhaps they had seen it too many times and were not surprised.

"Strange, the cargo on the carriage is still there, nothing has been unloaded, but why is there no worker around? I think something is wrong."

"I seem to sense some unstable and restless energy. Xin, let the people around us disperse immediately."

"Hey! You guys! Get back inside the building!"

"What? What's wrong, sir?"

"Get inside the building! Hurry up and don't waste time!"

Seeing Han Zu frowning and staring at the carriages, Xin had a bad feeling and immediately began to disperse the crowd around her. However, there were quite a few people around and they all held a lot of things in their hands, either goods, food boxes, or some clothes for changing. In addition, they had an instinctive fear of people of noble status and the chaos of the situation. Therefore, although Xin attracted the attention of the people around her, they did not actually move immediately as she ordered and just stood there.

At this moment, the animals in front of the carriages suddenly went crazy and started rushing towards the crowd. The carriages and cargo boxes they were pulling began to glow, and several violent energy fluctuations began to appear. Although ordinary people around did not notice this level of energy fluctuations, in Xin's opinion, this fluctuation was already dangerous. She immediately rushed into the crowd and began to drive them towards the entrance of a nearby building. However, there were too many people around, and although they finally started to move, their speed was still too slow.

The energy fluctuations were getting bigger and bigger, even some ordinary people began to feel it. Even some confused guys still couldn't feel it, but when they saw the carriage rushing towards them and the cargo boxes behind the carriage that were getting brighter and brighter, they could roughly know what was going on. For a moment, fear took over their reason, and the crowded streets began to become chaotic. People near the entrances of the buildings rushed to escape, blocking several entrances for a while, leaving the crowd stuck on one side of the street, unable to move. The carriage behind them was getting closer and closer, and would soon crash into the crowd.

"call!"

After Han Zu simply calculated his movement route, he rushed forward, grabbed the bottom of the galloping carriage with one hand, and threw the carriage closest to the crowd directly into the sky. Then, he repeated this action over and over again, throwing all the carriages into the sky.

"Boom boom boom!!!!!!"

Just when the last carriage had not yet flown out of the height of the building, all the carriages suddenly exploded. Huge fireballs soon appeared in the air, and the deafening noise caused severe tinnitus to occur in all the ordinary people present. Their heads were also confused by the impact of the explosion, and large numbers of people collapsed on the streets, unable to move.

Because the last carriage had not completely flown out of the range of the building, an explosion occurred between one of the towers and the wall of the opposite building. The huge destructive force instantly blew away a large amount of building debris, and many people inside the building were injured. For a while, wailing was heard everywhere, mixed with the sound of the explosion that had not yet dissipated, and with the billowing black smoke, it looked like a scene from hell.

The damage caused by the explosion had not yet completely ended. The flying building debris lost its upward thrust and began to fall downwards. The building debris pushed high into the sky by the explosion began to fall towards the crowd at a rapid speed. Han Zu tried his best to smash the building debris, but now his ability was limited. He could not use large-scale energy attacks and could only use his fists, but his speed was not fast. Seeing that some large pieces of building debris were about to hit the crowd, Han Zu immediately rushed towards the crowd, but his speed was not fast, and it seemed that he could not catch up.

“Buzz~~~~~~!!”

"boom!!!"

At this moment, a huge energy shield suddenly enveloped the crowd who were unable to move. It arrived just before the building debris hit the crowd. The building debris that had not had time to break hit the energy shield hard, making some harsh sounds of heavy objects falling and friction with energy. However, the crowd around was protected by the energy shield, and no one was injured except for some unlucky people who sprained their ankles.

"Bang bang bang!"

As the last few pieces of building debris were bounced away by the energy shield, the crisis here was completely resolved, and the people around came back to their senses, trembling as they breathed in deep breaths, feeling grateful for having survived the disaster. If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the energy shield, even if the Inquisitor had prevented the explosion from happening among the crowd in time, the wreckage of the buildings would have taken the lives of most people.

"Thank you, Master! You saved our lives!"

Xin was also frightened, panting fiercely. The situation just now was too urgent. Without armor and weapons, she thought she might die here. After all, the huge fireball in the sky was no joke. But she was unscathed, except for her messy hair, wrinkled robes, and a lot of sweat. Just when she was still in fear and didn't dare to look back, a voice in her arms brought her back to her senses from the shock.

In her arms was a young maid, who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. When she was driving the crowd away just now, the child was closest to her. After realizing that she could not stop the falling building debris, Xin instinctively held the child in her arms and protected her with her body. It was also at this time that she felt a lot of energy suddenly consumed in her body. Until now, when Xin came to her senses, she discovered that an energy shield was protecting the people around her, and the source of this shield was actually herself.

"How are you, kid? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine, Your Excellency the Archmage!"

"Go help others."

"it is good!"

The tension of surviving a disaster disappeared at this moment, and the energy shield that she didn't know how to activate also disappeared. Xin subconsciously hugged the child in front of her again, kissed her on the forehead, and then let her go. Although Xin had been trained and had many experiences in brutal battles, the possible situations still made her legs a little weak. She was not afraid of dying here, but she was afraid that these ordinary people around her would die inexplicably in this accident. Fortunately, the most serious injuries of the people around her were just sprains.

"Is it okay?"

"Okay, what happened? Did someone do this on purpose?"

Han Zu came to Xin's side, stretched out a hand to Xin who was kneeling on the ground, and grabbed Han Zu's arm. Xin stood up from the ground, stretched his legs, calmed down, and began to study what happened to the accident just now.

"Maybe it has something to do with that sneaky guy I saw earlier, but I don't sense a similar energy."

"The animals' agitation might have been man-made. Someone probably fed them something and sent the loader workers away, intending to make the carriages explode in the crowd. There weren't any high-ranking people in the crowd, so they must have wanted to use this plan to cause large-scale casualties in order to cover up their true purpose."

"The owner of the castle is going to hold an important banquet, and the guests coming are either rich or noble. There must be some important figures in this country. The person who caused the explosion probably wanted to do something to those people. Although I didn't have time to investigate the goods behind the carriages carefully, I sensed something I had never seen before."

"The color of the fireball is green, and it can cause considerable damage to the surrounding building materials that can absorb energy. Whoever caused the explosion must have a detailed plan. Whether it is getting these things into the castle or transferring all the workers who were originally responsible for loading and unloading, it will take time."

"Sounds like you're interested in the people who created the explosion? I thought our first goal was to find items that could build the equipment we need."

"The explosions just now had a lot of energy. If we can find those things and stabilize the process of their energy release, we can use them as energy sources for signal transmitters."

"So are we going to start looking for someone now?"

"Yes. This may be faster than our aimless search. Other teams are also searching. Maybe they have already found the right materials. The only problem left is the energy source."

"It's not impossible."

Just as the two of them stood aside and whispered to each other, the sound of horse hooves came from the road in the distance. It sounded like a cavalry squad, probably the guards responsible for patrolling the castle. Not long after looking in the direction where the sound came from, sure enough, a cavalry squad of five people quickly arrived at the current location.

"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, Your Excellency the Archmage. What happened here? We heard a huge explosion and saw a fireball in the sky."

"Just now..."

You Xin came forward and explained the situation to the cavalry captain. After learning about the previous situation, the cavalry captain immediately sent a cavalryman to deliver the message. Not long after, the messenger returned here, bringing a large number of doctors and healers, and began to treat the injured and the people in the surrounding buildings who were affected by the explosion.

"The news has been passed to the Lord Steward, and the City Lord has also received the news. The Lord City Lord asked us to obey the orders of the Lord Inquisitor. What do you want, Lord?"

"Treat the wounded, seal off the scene, ask people to check the surrounding buildings to confirm whether there are other safety hazards, ask a few knowledgeable people to study what caused the explosion, and investigate the workers who were supposed to be here. Notify other patrol teams in the castle and ask them to stay alert. This kind of explosion may happen a second time. Where is the messenger just now?"