Chapter 422 Wedding Banquet (22)

Chapter 422 Wedding Banquet (22)

A few hours later, at 7 p.m.

The preparations for the wedding banquet are almost complete. The Tige team is guarding the entrances and exits in the corridor outside the wedding banquet hall. They blend into the crowd and chat with people around them. They don't need to stare at the target, so they won't be exposed. They just need to wait for the wedding to officially begin and prevent the target from escaping.

The core five members of the team were scattered in three locations. One was the preparation area outside the main entrance of the banquet hall. The bride and groom would enter the banquet hall from this location. Most of the people here were maids. On both sides of the corridor outside the main entrance, there were knights responsible for security. The armor on Hai and Wu was very suitable to blend in with these people.

The second location is a side door of the banquet hall. There is a balcony here, and below the balcony is a narrow alley. Because of the obstruction, it is difficult for normal people to see the situation in the narrow alley below from here. Even if there is no obstruction from these buildings, it is already night. Unless you can see at night, it is difficult to find abnormalities outside. So naturally, Gloria, who Han Zu trusts the most, hides in the shadow of the balcony. Naturally, Gloria is also the only person in the whole team, except Han Zu, who knows that the woman did not leave the castle.

The third location is naturally inside the banquet hall, but it is divided into two parts. Xin, whose disguise as the great wizard is still effective, is sitting in the middle of the banquet hall. From here she can observe the overall situation better. Her heroic appearance and identity as a great wizard allow her to quickly integrate into the guests. Her ability to respond on the spot, which she has developed from being on the front line for a long time, soon allowed Xin to become friends with some wealthy kids or children of politicians nearby.

Han Zu was in the corner of the banquet hall near Gloria's guarding position. Although the main entrance was blocked from view, it was no problem for his perspective ability. There were no guests at this location, only some maids and servants who were ready to work at any time. From their performance, it could be seen that they were different from ordinary maids and servants. Even when a judge appeared next to them, they did not lose their composure.

From Han Zu's current position, when the wedding ceremony begins, the bride and groom, and the high priest of the church will be in the area right in front of him. The bride's father, the Duke that Han Zu is looking for, will also be sitting nearby. As long as the timing is right and people officially start celebrating, Han Zu will find an opportunity to quietly kidnap the Duke and then slip out through the side door guarded by Gloria.

I learned from the maid next to me that the wedding ceremony will officially be held at 7:30. There is still half an hour left, but the Duke has already arrived at the banquet and is now greeting those important guests. The timing is not right. It will be too conspicuous to take action now. We need to wait a little longer, at least until the ceremony is over.

The main target was right in front of him, and there was nothing else to do. Han Zu reached for the tobacco pouch at his waist and rolled a cigarette. However, there was no open flame near him, and he could not use the power of fire. Just as he was about to take the cigarette out of his mouth, a lit match was handed to him. It was a butler next to him, who was very perceptive.

"Thank you."

"You are welcome, sir."

As the first cigarette gradually burned out, the wedding ceremony was about to begin. Through his ability of perspective, Han Zu had already seen the groom outside the main door. He was already ready and was adjusting his ceremonial sword and his collar, which looked ill-fitting due to nervousness. He was waiting at the door, waiting for the ceremony to begin. The bride also arrived at the side door of the banquet hall and was adjusting the hem of her dress with the help of several maids.

"Ding ding ding! Everyone!"

Soon, a middle-aged man next to the Duke stood up and tapped the luxurious wine glass in his hand with a table knife, attracting the attention of the guests. Judging from his clothes and appearance, this man is probably the Duke's son and the bride's brother. He and the bride look very similar in many ways and should be siblings from the same father and mother. Now he is the master of ceremonies and is guiding the wedding ceremony.

Han Zu was not very interested in ceremonies like weddings. Although he observed the progress of the wedding ceremony, his attention was always focused on the Duke. As time passed, the wedding ceremony had come to an end. After the bride and groom began to kiss, the ceremony was completed, the crowd in the banquet hall cheered, and the banquet officially began.

Amid the bustle of the crowd, the Duke continued to exchange pleasantries with other distinguished guests. Han Zu chose a good position. Unless you were very close, it would be difficult to find him standing in the corner. Halfway through the greetings, Han Zu saw a guy quickly walk up to the Duke and whispered a few words to him. The Duke's expression suddenly changed for a moment, but he immediately returned to smiling.

After saying a few words to the other guests, probably finding an excuse to leave, the Duke immediately followed the guy and quickly left the banquet hall through the side door. Han Zu waited for a few seconds, then immediately followed him out. When passing by the balcony, he snapped his fingers, and Gloria also appeared from the darkness and followed him.

Xin, who was in the banquet hall, also noticed that the Duke was in an abnormal state. He stood up and moved closer. He saw the Duke leaving, as well as Han Zu who followed him. He greeted Wu and Hai who entered the banquet hall later, and followed them along the route they left. After leaving the banquet hall from the side door, he saw Gloria's back as she was about to disappear around the corner. Xin immediately quickened his pace and caught up with her.

Ten minutes later.

After leaving the banquet hall, the Duke walked out of the current tower and reached the second tower at the back through the sky corridor. Han Zu, who was following at a safe distance behind, soon discovered something unusual. There were many of the Duke's private soldiers hiding in the dark here, and it seemed that he was going to make some big move.

Although the location of the private soldiers' ambush was difficult to find, for Han Zu's perception ability, which was no longer hindered by the castle material, it was basically no different from standing naked on the street. So with Gloria's cooperation, the two continued to follow the Duke and cleared all the private soldiers who were ambushing on the road. When they followed the Duke to a staircase entrance leading to the underground, there was no living person on the road except the Duke.

"Still following?"

"It's a narrow space inside. It's unrealistic for us to remain stealthy and continue to follow. Let's go this way. There's another route."

In fact, the space inside the staircase cannot be said to be narrow, but because there are private soldiers guarding almost every five meters, it is obviously not safe to continue following the Duke. Using his perception ability, Han Zu found a secret passage in the surrounding rooms that collapsed and was blocked due to age. This location is just above the room at the bottom of the stairs, so the two entered the room, opened the secret passage, and used Han Zu's strange energy similar to the Force to quietly open the blocked position again and arrived at the bottom of the secret passage, which is in front of the secret door leading to the room below. Here, using perspective and perception abilities, continue to observe the Duke's movements.

Continuing to observe, they found that the Duke had entered a secret room in the downstairs room. The chair that the Duke had sat on before he disappeared appeared here. Through careful observation, it can be confirmed that this chair is the same one as before. After the Duke entered the secret room, he sealed the entrance from the inside and sat on it again. Just when Han Zu was about to use his power to remotely destroy the chair, he found that this time the Duke did not knock on the armrest of the chair, but pressed the candlestick on the wall. It seemed to be a secret mechanism. The whole wall began to move. As the wall opened, a long and deep tunnel was revealed behind it. At the entrance of the tunnel, another group of private soldiers were guarding. Their leader had a serious expression and pointed to the ground next to him. There were several bodies that were moved here. It seemed that someone had attacked and killed them. The Duke looked very angry and immediately followed the group of private soldiers into the tunnel.

"How about it?"

"I think we have found it. Let's go and move around."

"boom!"

With a punch that shattered the ground, Han Zu and Gloria fell into the room below. Before the private soldiers guarding inside could react, they were suddenly controlled by a strange and powerful force and could not move. Then, they saw the cold sword and dagger in Gloria's hands, and then their own torsos with heads separated.

With Han Zu's control, these private soldiers were nothing but rotten fish and shrimp to the two men. It didn't take long before all the private soldiers in the room were completely eliminated by the two men, while the people outside the room didn't hear any sound at all and had no idea what was happening inside.

"Kara!"

"boom!"

“Crash…crash…”

Inside the tunnel entrance, two private soldiers who were talking to each other were suddenly crushed by a strange force and exploded into a ball of blood mist. Although they noticed the situation, they had no time to take action. The other people around them were directly hit by the wall that served as the tunnel entrance and were squeezed together with the opposite wall. Although it was unclear what their fate would be, but from the large amount of scarlet droplets left through the gap between the two walls, Gloria knew very well that these private soldiers would not be a trouble anymore.

"Which way do we go? This tunnel looks like it has a lot of forks."

"These tunnels are quite long, exceeding the maximum range of my perception. However, according to common sense, such important things are usually placed underground, so we should be able to find the fork in the road that leads downwards."

Although it took some time to enter the tunnel and deal with the guys at the door, causing the Duke to walk out of Han Zu's perception range, but at this point, Han Zu thought that the Duke was no longer important. He had a strong premonition that the obelisk must be nearby.

There are many private soldiers throughout the tunnel. If they were placed inside the kingdom of this world, each of them would be extraordinary. Unfortunately, their opponents are two visitors from another world. In the eyes of Han Zu and Gloria, these guys are basically at the same level as the simplest slime and pose no threat at all.

So basically, as soon as they met Han Zu and Gloria's private soldiers, they would be ruthlessly killed without even being able to make a sound. I don't know if it was to match the current atmosphere, but neither of them spoke. They were like two silent and ruthless death gods, reaping all the lives in the tunnel without mercy. Soon, they caught up with the Duke's team. They were gathering in a location that looked like a vertical ladder leading downwards, and the height was not low.

"The body was found nearby. Although we haven't gone down yet, I think the guards down there are in grave danger."

"Can the identity of the person who invaded this location be confirmed?"

"One is Miss Patina. The others don't have obvious features. They are wearing hoods, so it's hard to see their faces. But they are all very skilled. They are probably from the king's faction, or at least related to them."

"Did you catch those people?"

"No, Your Excellency, they disappeared suddenly. They might have used some special means..."

"A bunch of trash!"

The Duke was extremely angry about the current situation, but he still restrained himself at this moment.

"Patina, you damn bitch! If the news about the obelisk gets out, then the old king will soon rush here with his army. We can't do that now. My plan hasn't succeeded yet. Everyone follow me! We must move the obelisk immediately!"

"Yes! Your Excellency the Duke!"

The Duke looked fat, but he was very flexible. He was the first to climb down the ladder. The other private soldiers followed him immediately. However, unlike the Duke, they did not need to climb the ladder. They used their magic power to fly down directly. A few people were left to guard the ladder.

Of course, after the others went down, these guys were immediately killed by Han Zu and Gloria who followed behind them, who cut their necks and crushed their heads.

"Why does that fat guy walk like he has limb dysfunction? How weird."

"I guess there are a lot of mechanisms down there."

"We don't need to observe it anymore, right? I see that thing below, which is similar to the wellhead, should be where the obelisk is."

"You make sense, let's go."

"Boom!"

The Duke and his companions, who were on the mine ramp, carefully avoiding triggering traps, heard a loud noise of a heavy object falling to the ground from the vertical ladder. Then, the figures of the inquisitor and his maid appeared at the top of the mine ramp.

"Damn it! It's the Inquisitor!"

"I have to tell you the truth. I am not a shitty inquisitor at all."

"Clap."

The Duke's pupils contracted as he saw the man who claimed he was not an inquisitor throw a large stone onto the ramp. The stone was quite heavy and triggered several mechanisms at once.

The private soldiers' escape for their lives not only failed to satisfy their wishes, but also triggered more traps. They were quickly harvested like ripe wheat. However, the Duke was fine. After all, he was very familiar with the traps and avoided almost all of them.

“Boom~~~!!”

Now there was only one mechanism left, a stone ball weighing several tons, which would roll all the way down the ramp to the bottom and completely block the well below. The stone ball rolled very fast, and the Duke immediately made a decision and jumped out from the side of the ramp. The Duke, who was in the middle of the ramp, would definitely fall and get hurt, but at least he would not be turned into a two-dimensional piece of paper by the stone ball. The Duke, who was secretly delighted by the flying action in mid-air, suddenly felt that some force caught him in mid-air and pulled him back again.

Although the Duke was shocked to return to the ramp, the stone ball had already rolled down and other mechanisms were triggered by it. He was safe for the time being. However, he then saw a desperate scene.

The stone ball weighing several tons, which was about to roll to the bottom of the ramp, suddenly flew up and returned to the starting position of the ramp on his level.

“Boom~~~!!!”

“Ah ...

"Pfft."

“Tick-tock…tick-tock…”

The Duke's fate, as you can imagine, was that he became part of the ramp. At least what was left of him.

"boom!"

The stone ball continued to roll towards the bottom of the ramp, but was thrown violently and embedded into the nearby wall. Han Zu and Gloria also arrived at the wellhead.

"It's different down here than I thought. It's not dark at all."

"Go down and have a look."