Tom stared at the retreating figures of the black-armored cavalry for a moment, then his face changed slightly, and he quickly opened the door of the carriage and saw the motionless little maid with her eyes closed in the back seat.
The captain of the Black Dog Guard put a finger under the little maid's nose. It was not until he felt the latter's steady breathing that his heart relaxed.
Then a feeling of exhaustion hit him, and Tom sat down on the ground, breathing heavily.
When the smoke further dissipated, other people gathered around, and Tom saw Jin Tong and the other Black Dog Guard soldier he left behind at the other end of the street.
Both of them were safe and sound. There were a lot of blood stains on Jin Tong's body, but it seemed that they were all left by the other side.
To be honest, the battle over there ended much faster than Tom expected.
At first, Tom thought it was the harassment from the people who stayed behind that had an effect, but when he asked, he found out that the lizard warrior didn't have time to take action at all.
In terms of despicableness, Golden Eyes was even worse than Tom. He was shouting about a one-on-one fair fight, but ended up throwing a handful of lime on him first.
That is to say, Li Yu is not here, otherwise he would have to ask to see if Jin Tong studied under a certain Duke named Wei.
The poor butcher wanted to compete with Jin Tong after his martial arts improved, but he was blinded by the opponent's attack before the fight even started.
When masters compete, the outcome is decided by a hair's breadth, let alone with such a huge debuff, and Jin Tong didn't feel guilty at all after he tricked the butcher.
While the opponent was still roaring angrily and waving the weapon in his hand, he quietly left his previous position, walked around to the butcher's side, gently raised the sword forward, and stabbed the opponent's throat accurately.
The whole battle ended very quickly. In just three or two breaths, Jin Tong had already eliminated the most threatening person on the opposite side.
The fight between dragons and tigers that everyone expected did not happen at all.
After hearing this, Tom also secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he relied on a sneak attack to capture the golden pupil. Otherwise, if a battle really broke out, he didn't know how many people on his side would have been tricked by this guy.
Although Clara was found, the group of Shuangxiujiao did not celebrate in a big way.
Their situation at this time was still not safe, and they had to leave the Scaled City before dawn.
The traffic order must have no effect at this time. In addition, the group of black-armored cavalry just ran towards the city gate and may have informed the defenders at the gate of their whereabouts.
Therefore, after only taking a short rest, Tom organized his men and prepared to break out of the encirclement, hoping to rush out of the city before the other side could react.
Everyone was ready for another battle. Tom still had four smoke bombs left on his body, and there were also three-eyed birds that could distract the defenders when necessary.
But when they arrived at the city gate, the scene in front of them confused everyone again.
Because there was already a fight here, one side was composed of linen men from the new army, and the other group, although smaller in number, had obviously better equipment and better training.
Now they have the upper hand and have been suppressing the linen men.
At first, Tom thought it was Martina's advance army that had entered the city in advance and was seizing the city gate, but later Jin Tong recognized the identity of the group.
"They are the guards of the Raimondi family. It seems that the city lord is not as weak and incompetent as the outside world says."
Tom's thoughts changed sharply when he heard this, and at this moment, two waves of people fighting not far away also discovered them.
The atmosphere became a little weird for a moment.
Obviously those two waves of people couldn't figure out where they were coming from, but compared to the new army that was about to collapse, the guards of the Raimondi family clearly seemed to be able to handle them with ease.
A team of people was also divided to guard against the Shuangxiu disciples.
Jin Tong lowered his voice and reminded, "Whether you are preparing to fight or flee, you'd better make a decision early, otherwise it will be our turn after those people have dealt with the scum of the New Army."
Tom took a deep breath after hearing this, then took the initiative to put away his sword, took two steps forward, and said, "We are mercenaries from the Cyclops Tavern, and were arrested in the city on the commission of Constantino, the son of the Sheriff.
Rogue gangsters."
A middle-aged man dressed as a knight also walked out of the crowd. Hearing this, his expression softened slightly and he looked Tom up and down, "Are you from Ashuraf?"
"To be precise, we only accepted the commission from his son." Jin Tong helped.
"What about that girl? What's going on? Is she also a mercenary?"
The knight pointed to Clara on the back of a lizard warrior.
"No, she is just an innocent citizen we rescued from a group of villains on the way."
"I didn't know that profit-seeking mercenaries like you also have the spirit of hoeing the strong and supporting the weak." The knight snorted, "In that case, then help us kill all these false believers who were bewitched by Herodotus.
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"I refuse," said Tom.
Upon hearing this, the knight's face suddenly darkened, "It seems like you are on the same side as you guys by making excuses like this?"
"You misunderstood us. It's not that we don't want to work for you, it's just that we have already accepted Mr. Constantino's money."
Tom looked normal, "According to Mr. Constantino's investigation during this time, the riot in the city tonight was secretly instigated by a group of thugs in black armor. We were chasing them before, and we can only catch them."
, we can get the remaining half of the bounty."
Since the Raimondi family chose to send troops at this time to seize the city gate, it was obvious that they had made up their mind to betray Herodotus and defect to Martina.
In this way, as long as those black-armored cavalry are not stupid, it is impossible to reveal their identities. The corpses under the city gate are the best evidence.
Tom had already seen the corpses of several Raimondi family guards, as well as the corpses of two black-armored cavalry.
If nothing else, the two sides had just fought.
This is why Tom dared to make up such lies.
Sure enough, the knight pondered for a moment after hearing Tom's words, and actually did not force them to attack the remaining new army together, but waved his hand.
"The guys you are chasing have gone outside the city. If you want to catch them, go and chase them yourself. If you can catch them, I can give you another reward."
"Thank you, sir."
Before Tom could be happy, he heard the knight pointing his riding crop at Clara again and saying, "Keep that girl."
Seeing that the people in Shuangxiu Cult were motionless, he said impatiently, "Why, you still want to take her to chase people, but let her go to me first. After I deal with those false believers, I will naturally send someone to send her away."
Go home and give it to her parents."
Tom and Jin Tong looked at each other, sighed and said, "Then I can only feel sorry for you."
This chapter has been completed!