The night is getting deeper and the snow is falling heavily.
Xu Shuo drew a magic circle on the ice field outside Silver City.
It's just an ordinary warning trap magic circle. If there are still monsters that break out of the Far North Mountains and enter the mainland through the Northland, he will be able to learn about the situation and delay it.
After drawing the magic circle, Xu Shuo went to the Silver Church again, still as a bishop.
Xu Shuo didn't make any unnecessary pretense.
There are very few bishops who have seen his appearance in Guangming City, and the priests have never seen him in this remote place of Silver City.
The priest of the church was a little frightened at this moment: "The bishop in white did show the sun crown mark. He lived here for six days. He prayed at the altar during the day and rarely went out."
Xu Shuo was thoughtful and stayed there for six days, which happened to be the time when the ice and snow elf came out of the Far North Mountains.
That's why the other party was able to sneak into the Silver Castle to investigate the situation at that time when the Duke of Silver announced that he was seriously injured, because the other party was already in the city.
This timing is a bit too coincidental.
Staying in the church for six days does not necessarily mean that you only stayed in the Northland for six days.
Perhaps, the Holy See undercover agent had a deal with the ice and snow elves, so he came to the North just to deal with that elf.
But the shell may be occupied by players.
The player does not know the purpose of his trip...
So after the ice elf escaped from the Far North Mountains, it still stayed in the Silver City-State. It wasn't until this morning that it noticed the problem and left quickly.
Sounds a little silly?
Xu Shuo was a little speechless as he thought about this.
He then looked at the priest and said, "As long as you don't know about it, forget about it. Next time if someone of unknown origin claims to be a bishop of the Holy See, remember to take him to the temple to face the judgment of the sun."
The priest tremblingly agreed.
After the young man turned around and left, the priest wiped away a cold sweat - he never thought that the bishop in white was actually an apostate from the Holy See and had fled to the North.
However, you already have the mark of the Sun Crown and yet you still engage in apostasy?
Why bother?
Wouldn’t it be nice to be promoted to the position of resident bishop?
The priest couldn't figure this out. He shook his head, looked at the heavy snow falling outside, and closed the thick church door.
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Early next morning.
It was rare that there was no snow this morning, so Xu Shuo first sent Catalina to the Eiger in the Far North Mountains.
The ice and snow elf looked at him calmly: "Leave me here alone, aren't you afraid that I will take advantage of this moment to escape?"
Xu Shuo glanced at her: "Then you run."
Catalina: "..."
The ice elf didn't speak anymore. She stood on the snow-capped mountain peaks and stared at the young man's leaving figure with an expressionless face. She didn't know what she was thinking.
…
Xu Shuo returned to Silver Castle.
The ice elf was temporarily placed in the Far North Mountains to prevent the other party's presence from making the messenger aware of any problems.
But now, he had put on the costume of the Silver Knight and was guarding the bedroom of the Silver Duke who was dying of illness with a serious look on his face.
"Have you sent someone to see the messenger?"
Xu Shuo asked without squinting.
The Silver Duke lay quietly on the bed, staring at the ceiling with his eyes open.
At this moment, Hearing the words, he slowly said: "There was a huge scene when entering the city, and there was a knights escorting them. That knights were under the command of a count from the North."
From this, the only Earl of Northland has been confirmed to be from the royal capital.
The trace of the courier was probably covered up by the other party.
The count ate the food from the North, used the food from the North, and let the North raise him, but in the end he still worked for the royal family of the empire who ate people without spitting out their bones.
Although.
There is nothing wrong with loyal ministers working for the empire.
Silver Duke Youyou said: "I sent someone to attack him in the morning, but I heard he seemed to be an ordinary person. I don't know if he was disguised."
Xu Shuo smiled when he heard this and said, "Isn't it your silver shield gangster again?"
The Silver Duke flatly rejected it: "No, this time I went to find the real Northland bandits and tricked them into thinking they were a group of merchants. There were only a few Silver Knights mixed in."
When I attacked Xu Shuo in the coniferous forest before.
It was just for the convenience of capturing people. I never thought about actually fighting, so I sent the Silver Shield Army.
However, the targets of this test are likely to be players from the enemy camp. It would be a bit perfunctory to send regular troops there who can't portray much of a gangster aura.
So the Silver Duke also took it a little more seriously.
He sent someone overnight to instigate a group of gangsters and asked them to serve as the vanguard for the regular army.
In fact, the Silver City State has always been aware of the distribution of bandits in the North and how many villages there are. However, sometimes it is not necessary to completely clear out these chaotic forces.
After all, grass bandits were once citizens.
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Lie down until the sun reaches three o'clock in the sky.
News finally came from outside. The messenger who had already entered the city was preparing to come to the Silver Castle to visit the Silver Duke, who was so seriously injured that he was still unable to walk.
To create a really weak look.
The Silver Duke was also cruel, not only causing real injuries on the outside, but also suppressing his mental strength to a low point.
At this time, there was some noise outside the door.
Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly, but he did not release his mental power to investigate.
Instead, he and several other silver knights were waiting very strictly in the corners of the bedroom, like a pillar with no sense of existence.
The next moment, the door opened.
"Sir, our Duke has been lying in bed for several days. I am afraid that he really does not have the ability to lead the army again."
The distressed voice of the castle steward came in.
Xu Shuo's position on guard is very clever.
It is located near the window and is also tilted towards the door, where you can clearly observe the overall situation of the bedroom.
At the door at this moment, stood a man wearing aristocratic clothing. Although the clothes were covered with armor, he was still full of nobility and looked completely different from an ordinary messenger.
The man looked impatient, and after scanning the bedroom, he placed his eyes on the bed with a half-open curtain.
"The Duke of Silver is so majestic. I don't even go down to see him when he comes. How can I just lie here in my spare time?"
The man's tone was sarcastic.
Duke Silver was lying on the bed. When he heard this, his eyes turned sideways speechlessly.
But fortunately, the man can't be seen now, otherwise he would definitely become furious with the temper he just showed.
"Ahem..."
Duke Silver coughed weakly, looked up at the person standing at the door with difficulty, and said softly: "Forgive me, I was injured by the ice and snow elf a few days ago, and I am unable to welcome the messenger."
The man sneered: "Weak-minded? But I heard that you were still training in the martial arts field last night."
After the words fell, Xu Shuo's eyes moved.
Silver Duke's complexion also changed slightly.
But he said calmly: "The one who was in the martial arts field last night was my chief knight, ahem... The Silver Shield Army suffered heavy losses in this battle. I'm worried that no one can stop the monsters lurking in the mountains.
Ahem, let the knights draw away three thousand troops and go to the mountains to guard it. Ahem...where did the messenger hear that it was me? I can't even lift my arms now."
The Silver Duke coughed every time he spoke, looking out of breath.
But he still insisted and finished.
The sharp eyes like an eagle fell sideways on the messenger, waiting for the other party's subsequent reaction.
After all, what the other party just said revealed a specious message.
——Is there a traitor in the Silver Castle?
If this is the case, then their movements these days may have been detected.