"What time is it now?" In the army commander's office, Jacques Huppert used the best fish oil to protect the cross sword in his hand, and asked his adjutant without raising his head.

"Nine forty-three." The adjutant looked at his watch for the fourth time and answered accurately.

Although it was just a matter of time, Jacques Huppert had asked this question four times since dark. The adjutant who had followed Jacques Huppert for almost ten years knew very well that such a situation had never happened before.

, and the fact that this situation occurs now only shows that the recognized first swordsman in Velen Continent in front of him is not absolutely sure of defeating the challenger.

However, as a smart lieutenant, even if he sees this, he can't say it out loud. Even when he makes a bet, he has to force his superior to win.

Perhaps to confirm the adjutant's guess, Jacques Huppert suddenly ordered: "Go and get the copper box I put in the drawer."

The adjutant was stunned for a moment, then walked to the desk calmly, took out a palm-sized copper box from the drawer, and gave it to Jacques Huppert.

Jacques Huppert opened the box and took out a purple metal ring with a cracked surface. After a little hesitation, he put the ring on his hand.

Seeing Jacques Huppert put the ring on, the adjutant showed a little surprise on his face. In the past ten years, he had only seen Jacques Huppert put on this ring three times. As far as he knew, this was

The ring has a magical power that can protect the wearer, so the three times he wore the ring were when Jacques Huppert was not sure of defeating the challenger.

This is indeed the case. Although Jacques Huppert became the winner in the end, he won by a narrow margin every time. Every time he fought, there would be fatal dangers, and the three challengers were not like the other challengers.

He saved his life, but because Jacques Huppert could not hold back, he was killed on the spot.

"Have you done everything I asked you to do this afternoon?" Jacques Huppert suddenly asked again.

"It has been done. The black market people we are looking for are all good slave catchers who have worked in the Moissan continent." The adjutant responded quickly: "They have already been ambushed in the forest around the military camp. As long as anyone enters, they will definitely be caught.

They catch."

"Well!" Jacques Huppert nodded, then inserted the long sword in his hand into the scabbard at his waist, turned around and patted the adjutant on the shoulder, saying: "I don't want other people to know about this, and I don't want to replace it.

A familiar adjutant, so you'd better keep your mouth shut about this matter. If I hear anything related to this outside, you should know what the consequences will be."

The look on the adjutant's face immediately became tense and serious. He lowered his head and said, "Please don't worry, I will definitely not reveal a word to the outside world."

Jacques Huppert did not make his adjutant swear an oath because he never believed in swearing. He believed that as long as his strength and power were strong enough, the adjutant would not do anything against him. If his strength and power were weak, the adjutant would not do anything against him.

, no matter how harsh the oath you make, there is always the possibility of breaking it.

After packing up his scattered belongings to get himself in the best condition, Jacques Huppert walked out of the office and walked towards the main entrance of the military camp, and the adjutant quickly followed him.

The two people soon arrived at the lawn outside the military camp that had been laid. At this time, the officers staying at the entrance of the military camp saluted Jacques Huppert one after another. Although their sense of Jacques Huppert was very average, they

They still did not lack the due etiquette and always treated Jacques Huppert as a true legionnaire.

In normal times, Jacques Huppert might still be fighting with these hypocritical guys, but now his mind is all on the challenger who issued the invitation, so he doesn't pay attention to the salutes of the surrounding officers and directly

He walked to the lawn surrounded by torches and looked anxiously at the only road leading to Miria City.

Time passed little by little, and it was almost ten o'clock when a vague figure appeared in the distance of the road. The figure walked very fast. In a moment, under the protection of the trees on both sides of the road, he came to the

Torch on the lawn.

At this time, everyone could clearly see the appearance of the person who came. They saw that the person was wearing a long-obsolete half-body armor of a French knight, a metal mask used for attending banquets on his face, and two very-looking weapons on his waist.

An ordinary knight's cross sword looks a bit weird.

"Are you a descendant of the Perini family?" When the visitor walked onto the lawn surrounded by torches, Jacques Huppert questioned in a voice that only the two people on the lawn could hear: "According to

As far as I know, the Perini family has been cut off long ago and there are no descendants at all. You..."

Before Jacques Huppert could finish speaking, a slightly hoarse voice interrupted him and said in Old French: "You defeated me, let me tell you where the two cross swords are? As for

Does it matter whether I am a descendant of the Perini family?”

After hearing this, all the doubts in Jacques Huppert's heart disappeared. Regardless of whether he was a member of the Perini family or not, at least the other party knew the whereabouts of the two artifacts. This was what he wanted to know most.

So, without any nonsense, he directly pulled out the two long cross swords from his waist, made a knight's hand salute to the challenger, and then used the horns, which he was most proficient in and the most offensive in the dual-wielding cross sword swordsmanship.

The situation is aimed at the challenger.

The challenger also drew out the cross sword from his waist, and instead used the cross sword gesture that Jacques Huppert was most looking forward to.

The two of them did not attack randomly like those ordinary swordsmen, but faced each other carefully, looking for flaws in the opponent's sword power.

Although the two sides had not yet taken action, the officers at the gate of the camp could feel the tense atmosphere. None of them spoke and quietly watched the duel on the lawn.

Just as the two faced off for a while, when Jacques Huppert's body began to turn his back to the entrance of the legion camp, the mysterious challenger suddenly took action, raised the long sword in his left hand, and rushed towards the opponent's throat.

The long sword in the right hand is held directly horizontally, showing a defensive posture.

Jacques Huppert was naturally very happy to see the challenger using the most reliable offensive and defensive postures. This was also the cross sword technique that he most wanted to face, and he also knew the best way to crack it.

I saw Jacques Huppert pressing down the long sword with both hands according to the method he knew, and the sword blade passed between the opponent's two long swords. Then the left and right swords crossed and twisted, and a resistance came from the sword body.

There was a sound, and with a slight movement, the opponent's long sword was twisted up by him and thrown into the air.

Jacques Huppert, who was sure that he had won, was not happy, but rather confused because he found that he had won too easily.

Just when he felt something was wrong, he was about to put away his sword and be on guard. The challenger, who was supposed to have no weapons in his hands, unexpectedly had a pair of extremely gorgeous-looking cross swords coming from there. Before he could react, they slashed at him from left to right.

, the speed was at least ten times faster than before, and he could only see two blurry sword lights clearly.

The two long swords struck Jacques Huppert's chest and waist respectively without any hindrance. The moment the long swords touched the opponent's body, the opponent's body suddenly emitted a faint light, forming a protective shield.

Protect him.

Seeing that his last resort was working, Jacques Huppert was slightly relieved, but before he could rejoice that the means he used to kill those powerful opponents were still effective, the light that protected him instantly dissipated and was blocked just now.

The two swords slashed across his body.

The movements of both sides were so fast that all attacks and defenses were completed almost in the blink of an eye. In addition, it was night and the shaking of the fire caused some visual obstacles. The officers at the gate of the camp did not see the entire process of the two sides clearly.

Seeing the challenger's swords being thrown away by Jacques Huppert, I subconsciously thought that Jacques Huppert had won.

Then, in their opinion, the challenger seemed to have known that he had failed. He took a few steps back, put some distance between himself and Jacques Huppert, and then turned around and left without looking back.

I didn't even pick up the two cross swords.

At this time, the officers at the gate of the military camp were busy distributing money in the gambling game, and did not notice anything unusual at all. Only three of them noticed that Jacques Huppert's raised hands did not fall down from just now, and his body did not move at all.

Among the three people, Jacques Huppert's adjutant was naturally a little worried and hurried forward to check. The other two, Major General Wood and Major General Roger, looked at each other, seeming to be able to understand the meaning in each other's eyes, and the corners of their mouths were inevitably confused.

Showed a little smile.

"Ah! The legion commander has been assassinated!" At this moment, a loud shout broke the silence of the night, and everyone looked towards the place where the shout came. The adjutant standing next to Jacques Huppert was seen looking at him in horror.

Jacques Huppert stood motionless on the spot. Before he could explain the situation, he saw the commander of the First Army falling backwards, and his body split into three sections as he fell.

At this moment, all the officers realized what was going on. Their immediate boss was assassinated in front of them, and the killer left in front of them very calmly. No one would believe this if he told it.

"Immediately seal off the scene, organize manpower, enter the forest to arrest the murderer, and send people to immediately set up blockades on the road ahead to intercept..." After the death of Jacques Huppert, Major General Roger, as the commander of the ambush army, naturally became the leader of the army.

, he immediately ordered the somewhat confused officers and quickly stabilized the situation.

At the same time, as the assassin, Leo did not take off the somewhat bulky knight armor after entering the forest, but wore the knight armor. His whole body passed through the branches and leaves of the shrubs like a cheetah, rushing forward quickly.

OK.

At the same time, his mental net also opened to check the surrounding situation. Soon several figures lurking in the trees appeared in his mental net. It was obvious that these figures were holding mechanical crossbows and were fully armed.

The person should be the back-up man arranged by Jacques Huppert.

Without this knight's armor, Leo might have sneaked in secretly and killed these people silently, but now the noise made by his knight's armor was so loud that he couldn't hide himself.

shape, so he simply pushed towards those people like a tank.

Although Leo's unabashed running style produced a lot of noise, his speed was enough to make up for the shortcomings caused by the sound.

The few people lurking just heard the sound and knew that their target was coming, but before they could confirm the target's location in the dark forest, a black shadow passed through them.

At the same time, a fist as hard as an iron hammer hit their heads with huge force. Before they realized what happened, the entire head was completely shattered like a bursting berry.

As we drove closer, headless corpses fell limply to the ground, adding a bit of compost to the forest.

After getting rid of a few ants blocking the road, Leo encountered no obstacles in his subsequent journey. It took him less than five minutes to walk through the forest and arrived on the road outside the forest.

After identifying the direction, he rushed towards the carriage Sylvia had prepared for him.

The assassination of the commander of the First Legion in Miria City is definitely not a small matter. Without the permission of the Miria City Administrative Council, the troops of the First Legion forcibly entered the interior of Miria City to search for the murderer. This move of the army

This move also made the internal situation in Milia City, which was in turmoil after the assassination of a member of the Continental Congress, even more tense.

Some shrewd residents of Miria have sensed that the situation is beginning to become a bit chaotic. They have chosen to leave Miria City temporarily and live in surrounding cities and counties for a period of time, and then return to the city after the situation stabilizes.

But except for those who have the conditions to leave, most of the others can only stay in Miria City and live in fear, fearing that one day their door will be broken open by a group of soldiers.

Due to the chaotic situation, embassies from various countries began to consider whether they should temporarily leave Milia City, and the paralyzed Continental Congress also convened an emergency session at the suggestion of some members to discuss the current whereabouts of the Continental Congress. Among them, the most mentioned

That is to temporarily leave the city of Miria and go to the north of the seven Hannossa League to temporarily set up a temporary parliament. After the situation in the French Empire stabilizes, they will decide whether to return to the city of Miria.

Although the members of the Continental Congress did not know who assassinated the dead colleagues, one thing they were sure of was that the deaths of these colleagues must be related to the current situation in the French Empire.

In their opinion, the French Empire must have gone crazy this time. Not only did they use the banned imine gas, but they also assassinated members of the Continental Congress due to the domestic situation, causing the Continental Congress to shut down.

It’s just that even though they knew that these were done by the French Empire or Duke Dewen, they had no way to do anything about Duke Dewen and the French Empire. This undoubtedly gave the Continental Congress, which once thought it could control the political situation of all countries in the world of Velen,

The MPs were dealt a heavy blow.
Chapter completed!