Chapter 418 Wedding Banquet (18)

Chapter 418 Wedding Banquet (18)

On top of the city wall.

"boom!"

The first soldier who flew onto the city wall and saw the Inquisitor's face felt a strong wind blowing on the right side of his face. He didn't see clearly what it was, but only saw the Inquisitor's waving arms. He suddenly felt something hit his face, then he lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

The second woman who flew up saw the whole picture. From the actions of the Inquisitor, it seemed that he used his strength to pull herself and the soldier up. After she reached the top of the city wall, she also saw the Inquisitor's fist, but because the Inquisitor temporarily stopped using that strange power, this gave her an opportunity. The woman immediately put her hands in front of her head and began to chant a spell quickly. She was going to use the flash spell to quickly move away.

"puff."

At the moment when the Inquisitor's fist touched her hands, the spell was cast successfully, and the woman disappeared from the spot and moved to a nearby stable, falling into a pile of hay. She didn't have much time, and the Flash spell couldn't send her too far. This place was only 20 meters away from her position on the city wall just now. She had to leave immediately. The Inquisitor's behavior clearly violated the principles of the Inquisition. It seemed that the previous speculation of the Knight Commander and others was not unreasonable. This guy might be a fake.

"Hiss~~!"

The woman wanted to use both hands to push away the hay in front of her, but just by moving her arms, she felt a severe pain. She looked down and found that the arm part of her leather armor had been completely destroyed, and even the protective enchantment on it had been directly shattered.

"What a monster, he can do it with brute force alone... Is that guy coming here to kill me?!"

But there is no time to complain now, they must leave immediately. Not to mention the extremely strange and almost impossible to counteract force, just based on the brute force that can blast away the protective enchantment runes, the woman knows clearly that the gap between the two sides is not a little bit. However, from some information obtained before, this guy seems to have no advantage in speed. Coincidentally, her advantage, apart from some special spells, is speed. Shaking her sore arms, the woman rolled and crawled away from the haystack, ran out of the stable, and ran into the darkness along an alley.

"Boom."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but when the woman was running away and hiding, she could always hear the sound of heavy objects falling on the nearby buildings, but she couldn't find the source. Out of nervousness, she could only continue to run. Not long after, she felt tired. In fact, this feeling of tiredness was not normal. She had only run a few towers, and it was normal to feel tired. But like now, it was like a feeling of exhaustion, which was completely wrong.

"Hahaha.."

After prying open a door, the woman immediately walked in and looked around. There was no one inside. This should be the forge in the castle. The room was very large, with a huge furnace in the center. The molten iron inside the furnace emitted an orange-red light due to the heat, and there was still a lot of residual heat in the air. The furnace would not go out, but after finishing work every day, the craftsmen or forgers would slightly lower the temperature of the furnace to reduce the consumption of the furnace.

There are quite a few coal blocks under the furnace. There is a simple alchemical device. When the temperature of the furnace is too low, the alchemical device will add coal blocks to the bottom of the furnace. When the temperature is too high, the metal tongs of the alchemical device will take out some coal blocks to balance the temperature. This invention can reduce the working time of the craftsmen and is also extremely reliable. Therefore, almost all the craftsmen like this alchemical device very much and naturally take good care of it. After all, the existence of this thing means that they no longer need to send people to work the night shift.

So of course, there was no one in the forging room, and the woman breathed a sigh of relief. She began to check her body. This feeling of extreme fatigue must be wrong. Something must be wrong.

It didn't take long for her to discover a horrifying thing. It looked like some thin but rough black blood vessels wrapped around her calves. These horrifying and strange things were still wriggling, and the tips had pierced through her boots and directly into her legs. She could feel that this thing was constantly and greedily absorbing her magic power, and it seemed that this thing could also secrete a unique mucus, which made her feel no pain at all where her calves were pierced.

"Dry!"

The woman, who was already nervous, felt a little more terrified about this strange and unknown thing. The two combined quickly turned into anger. She immediately drew the dagger from her waist and wanted to cut the thing off. But the scary thing was that this thing was extremely strong. She even saw sparks produced by the friction between the dagger and it, but there was not even a scratch left on the thing.

The woman bit the handle of the dagger into her mouth and used the remaining magic power in her body to pull one of the tentacles of the thing and began to pull it out of her leg. She was able to do it, but as soon as she moved the tentacle, it stopped secreting mucus, and the piercing pain immediately hit the woman's brain. If she had not bitten the dagger before, she would probably have screamed uncontrollably at this moment.

The woman's willpower was strong. She endured the pain and successfully pulled out all the tentacles of the thing before she fainted. The woman immediately wrapped it with magic power and threw it into the furnace. The wound was bleeding profusely. The woman quickly released two healing spells to heal her injuries. Although it didn't look very serious, the strange thing had consumed one-third of her magic power.

Although the wound healed, the pain had not disappeared. The leather belt wrapped around the handle of the dagger was probably the most serious thing on the hand. A part of it was bitten off. Taking a few deep breaths, the woman dispelled the pain in her leg, put the dagger away, leaned against the window, and observed the street outside. It was empty and it seemed that no one was chasing after them. The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground that appeared from time to time had not appeared for some time.

"Om~~"

There was some buzzing in the small bag on the woman's waist. It was the communication stone that the Knight Commander had given her not long ago.

"How are you? Have you left the castle?"

"No, the Inquisitor intercepted our carriage and captured the soldier who followed me. I was almost caught by him and I am now hiding in a forging room. How are you guys doing?"

"No, this exit is heavily guarded, and there is a large alchemical chariot with magic detection capabilities guarding the door. Although we can force our way out, we will never be able to successfully leave the Duke's territory."

"Where's Lemon? Did you find him?"

"He's dead, but the cause of death is unknown. There are traces of being pierced by a sword on his chest. The sword is stuck in his chest. Although I don't want to believe it, it doesn't seem to be done by the Inquisitor. After all, he didn't carry any weapons. Even if he did, they wouldn't be cheap ones like this. Do you have any other evacuation routes? It seems that the Inquisitor is searching for us."

"Yes, but regarding the Inquisitor, I think your previous guess is probably correct. That guy might be an imposter."

"Then we need to leave as soon as possible. Where are we going to meet up?"

"Can you see the wizard tower in the south of the castle? One tower away to its right, there is a large kitchen that specializes in making baked goods. At the end of the underground storage room of that large kitchen, there is a secret door blocked by shelves. Let's meet in front of the secret door!"

"Well, hurry up and don't get caught by that Inquisitor."

After the communication ended, the soldiers under the Knight Commander raised some objections.

"Boss, can that woman be trusted?"

"Could she be leading us into a trap?"

"Of course I can't completely trust that guy, but the situation is urgent, so we can only take it one step at a time. You two, go find other exits from here. You two, go to the underground sewer and take a look. Maybe you can find a way to leave."

"What about you? Do you really want to go there?"

"We have to go. The location that woman mentioned is in the middle of the castle. If we can leave that location, it is probably a secret teleportation array or something like that. I must confirm it. If that woman is not playing tricks on us, then we can go directly back to the vicinity of the capital from that teleportation array. This can also reduce the possibility of us being ambushed on the way. Besides, even if it is a trap, I can find a way to get out by myself."

"What about the guy who was caught?"

"This is too big a matter. We don't have time to go back and save him. And judging from Lemon's death, it seems that there are other people here looking for us. Let's act, and be safe!"

"You too, boss!"

The Knight Commander immediately moved towards the agreed position, and the other soldiers also dispersed, each looking for a possible escape route.

Half an hour later, in the middle of the castle.

Although it was late at night, the center of the castle was bustling with activity. After several incidents, the banquet was finally held normally. The guests sang and danced, ate delicious food, drank fine wine, and enjoyed the luxurious banquet with great enthusiasm. The first banquet was equivalent to a welcoming party for the guests. The two protagonists of the wedding had already rested and did not attend. The real wedding was in the afternoon of the next day.

The woman appeared in the banquet area, but she did not participate in the banquet. Instead, she avoided the crowded areas and arrived at the baking kitchen. People here basically recognized her face, so before coming, she changed into suitable clothes to avoid attracting attention.

The woman did not attract anyone's attention by tasting the baked cakes. After all, as the heir of the castle owner, it was normal for her to go directly to the kitchen to eat. After all, a banquet was being held, so it made sense that the maids under her were not available. When she found an opportunity, the woman immediately slipped into the underground storage room, locked the door, and came to the end of the storage room.

"What took so long?"

"I need to shake off the followers. Besides, this is the middle of the castle and there are many servants who recognize my face. I must change into appropriate clothes so as not to attract other people's attention."

The Knight Commander has been waiting here for some time. The fact that the woman came here means that she was not lying and there is indeed a way to leave the castle.

"Please help me and push this shelf away."

Pushing open a shelf at the end of the storage room, the woman knocked on several places on the wall. With a slight friction sound, a secret door slowly opened, revealing a secret room. The secret room was not large, about ten square meters, and it was very empty inside. There was no decoration except for a magic circle on the ground and some magic stones inlaid on the walls around the magic circle.

"This teleportation array is the last resort. Due to limited materials, it cannot send you directly back to the capital, but it is sufficient to leave the Duke's territory. You should have noticed that this is a fixed-point teleportation array. The only location it can reach is the entrance to the swamp on the west side of the Duke's territory."

"You won't come with me?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I have to leave. Why should I stay here? Inform your subordinates that this teleportation array can only be used twice. If you use it more times, the residual magic energy generated by the teleportation will definitely be discovered by the mages in the castle. Although you are not listed on the Mage Council, you should be considered a great mage based on the fact that you can cast spells without chanting. You should be able to tell."

"Indeed, and the energy of these magic stones is indeed only enough for two transmissions."

"Hurry up, I'll only wait ten minutes. If no one comes within ten minutes, I'll leave first."

After confirming that the woman was not lying, the Knight Commander immediately used the communication stone to inform the other soldiers that they had not found a usable evacuation site and were already rushing back, so it took them less than ten minutes to reach the rendezvous point. The woman opened the door for them, and the remaining four people finally reunited with the Knight Commander and the woman.

"The teleportation array consumes a lot of energy, so it can't send all six of us out at once. So we need to leave at least one person behind and then use the second teleport to leave. I've said in advance that I must be the first to leave. This incident has the greatest impact on me, not to mention that the guy pretending to be an Inquisitor is still tracking down my whereabouts. So I must buy all the time I can."

The Knight Commander and the others nodded. What the woman said was indeed correct.

"Boss, you two go ahead, we two will stay here."

"This won't work, you..."

"Don't fight about it, you know this is the best option."

"Click."

"But what if someone finds this place before you teleport away? If I stay here, I can still fight, and at the very least I can run away."

"Boss, you know without us telling you that only you can meet the king directly without your message being intercepted."

While everyone was arguing, no one noticed that the door of the storage room was opened, but no one came in. However, the door was closed again, as if the actual situation was not the case.

"It's time. I won't wait for you any longer. Make a decision quickly. I'm leaving."

The woman seemed to be getting a little anxious from waiting, and turned to walk towards the secret room. However, just as she turned back, she saw the guy pretending to be the Inquisitor standing on the teleportation array.

"Don't leave so quickly, I still have a question to ask."

"what?!"

"How did he show up?!!"

Although it seemed that the other party had no intention of attacking them, the atmosphere between the two sides was indeed tense.