The inner courtyard of Christie Castle is surrounded by an almost continuous arched stone column corridor. The bluestone polished floor is covered with a layer of wool carpet. It can accommodate hundreds of people dancing at the same time. Many nobles gather here, and the attendants serve
A variety of exquisite food and fine wines are shuttled through the venue, and the fragrant barbecue is placed on the barbecue grill at the edge of the square.
A group of noble ladies stood next to the dance floor, and from time to time a gentle man would come over and invite them to dance together. The long skirts that kept spinning on the dance floor were like blooming lilies.
“Bird, what are you looking at?”
The friend stood beside Tax Collector Bird with a glass of wine in his hand and asked him curiously.
"No, it's nothing..." Tax Officer Bird looked back with some disappointment, raised his glass and said to his friend.
He was actually waiting for Miss Hoyle, but after coming to Christie Castle for so long, Miss Hoyle never came out of the castle. Instead, Miss Darcy and Marianne Christie were chatting on the second floor terrace, which made him
He was somewhat disappointed. Normally he shouldn't have such unreasonable thoughts, but since he last saw Miss Hoyle in a leather outfit on the autumn hunting ground, Bird seemed to have ushered in a second spring.
Not long after, Marquis Bernard Christie and his two ladies also appeared in front of the terrace on the second floor, toasting to the nobles downstairs.
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On the second floor of the castle, Darcy Christie stood behind the stone pillar, holding the elbow of her right arm with her left hand, squinting her eyes and staring coldly at Mrs. Margaret Christie.
The housekeeper and the two maids stood beside Mrs. Christie. The tit-for-tat confrontation between the two people almost made the atmosphere here freeze to a freezing point, making the surrounding maids feel suffocated. The noise of the dance floor downstairs seemed to be a different world from this place.
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Marquis Bernard Christie touched his forehead in pain. With the two women facing each other in front of him, he and his wife didn't know who to persuade first.
One is his baby daughter, the other is his sister. Neither woman is willing to give in. Soothing music comes from downstairs, and Bernard wants to go downstairs to greet the guests who come to the ball.
, but the scene before him gave him a headache.
“He has a family.” Mrs. Margaret Christie stared at her niece and said seriously.
Darcy was extremely angry in her heart. It was her freedom to make any kind of friends, but now even this freedom was about to be taken away. She could only raise her head and look at the dome and roll her eyes speechlessly.
“Which family is his wife a young lady from?” Marquis Bernard asked. He usually rarely cares about such matters, but now it seems that if he doesn’t intervene, the two women in front of him might really start fighting.
“I heard he was a commoner?” Mrs. Christie asked.
Darcy Christie said: "What does that matter? Don't you also think his character and talents are very good?"
"Darcy, you should listen to your aunt's opinion." Marquis Bernard frowned and reminded his daughter. He turned to Darcy and said: "But? What I am more concerned about is... what do you think?
Yes, Darcy?"
What could Darcy Christie have in mind? Her initial idea was very simple, she just wanted to find a random male companion to handle the ball and shut up those ladies who were busy and panicking all day long.
But now that Surdak has been noticed by Bernard? Darcy was a little worried about how this matter would end in the future. She thought she should reveal some information to Bernard, so she said: "I don't know, he seems to me."
No idea? He had rejected Hathaway before."
Darcy decided to put the problem on Surdak.
“Hathaway? A friend you met in the province of Bena?” asked the Marquis Bernard.
“Hmm!” Darcy Christie said: “Actually, Hathaway knows him better.”
“Can you tell me about his origin? Don’t tell me you don’t know much about him!” Marquis Bernard asked, staring at his woman.
Darcy Christie shrugged her shoulders, expressing that she really didn’t understand much.
Marquis Bernard took two deep breaths to suppress the anger in his heart. He turned to his sister, Mrs. Christie, and asked: "Margaret? Are you familiar with that...Knight Suldak?"
Mrs. Christie could see that Bernard was holding back his anger. She was still in awe of this brother who had been very dignified since he was a child. She pursed her lips and replied in a low voice: "He is Karl's."
Friend? Carl knows him better."
“Go and fetch Carl Casement.” Marquis Bernard ordered the butler beside him.
Before the housekeeper could walk downstairs, she heard noises coming from outside the castle. Guards all around rushed out of the hall.
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Suldak felt that he should not have agreed to Darcy Christie's request in the first place.
Running out of the academy to attend this dance? It was an extremely wrong decision. Ever since I walked into this castle, I have been in all sorts of troubles.
Suldak really wanted to say something dirty and vent his frustration.
Ivan Baruka yelled angrily at Suldak, which really shocked Miss Hoyle.
She looked at the young and humble knight with surprise. At this moment, his eyes revealed greed and evil. Miss Hoyle wanted to call the guards in the castle, but found that her body seemed to be frozen.
Suddenly, she was restrained in place by a shadow. She looked at Ivan Baruka with a look of horror.
Ivan Baruch gave her a sinister smile, but his eyes were fixed on Suldak. He drew out the sword from his waist and walked over without worrying about being seen by the people around him.
Miss Hoyle found that she could not even call for help, and her heart suddenly fell to the bottom, which suddenly reminded her of the robbery at Hoyle Manor.
At this time, Ivan Baruch had another idea.
What made him extremely angry was that Suldak didn't know what he said to Hoyle. Before the conspiracy was exposed, it actually made Miss Hoyle's attitude towards him change to become extremely cold. If he hadn't saved a hand,
I'm afraid he should be the one standing in the castle now covering his face and crying.
Ivan Baruch looked at Suldak coldly, pointing the Western thin sword in his hand at his chest.
A few days ago, Ivan Baruch tested Surdak in the sword hall of the Knight Academy. Surdak said that he was just a beginner in swordsmanship. Ivan Baruch was skeptical about this.
But later Ivan Baruch confirmed to Darcy Christie that Darcy Christie was an upright girl. Although she had a bad temper and patience, she would never lie. Therefore, Ivan thought that Su
Erdak should be a beginner in swordsmanship.
Just yesterday, when Ivan Baruch mentioned this matter to Samoa, Samoa even felt that he was lying.
Because this guy named Suldak not only escaped from the assassin, he was even related to the death of a black magician. She didn't think Darcy Christie had the ability to kill the black magician Cyrus Hickok.
And obviously that night, the assassin successfully sneaked into the hotel, but failed to kill Surdak. Samoa guessed that Surdak must have some skills.
Of course, Samoa didn't know the details of the night of the assassination. She guessed that Karl might have discovered some clues and laid a trap in the hotel, waiting for the assassin to fall into the trap, so the assassin died.
Construct the Knight's Hand at the Guard Camp.
As for the battle that took place at Grenfell Manor, she was still hiding in the city of Helensa at the time, and she didn’t know the specific situation at all.
Even if she knew a little bit of information about Surdak, she would not act hastily like this. These two assassins are the last remaining strength of the Black Magic Monastery lurking in the city of Helensa. The two assassins
Figures emerged from the shadows little by little, and they tied up Miss Hoyle and Suldak with 'Shadow Binding'. Ivan Baruch walked up to Suldak without any hesitation and stabbed Surdak with a sword.
Duck's heart.
At the moment when Ivan was about to stab Surdak with the rapier in his hand, Surdak's body suddenly emitted a pale golden light, and the shadow belts wrapped around his body dissipated, and Surdak dodged to avoid it.
Ivan made a killing blow with his sword. He grabbed Ivan's wrist and swung his sword to strike Ivan's elbow. Ivan's arm was bent backwards. Under the severe pain, Ivan groaned, worried that it would attract him.
The guard in the castle, he actually suppressed his screams in his throat.
Samoa stared at Surdak with a pair of clear big eyes, and stabbed out the daggers with both hands at the same time, but Surdak had already taken out a dwarf chain shield and blocked his body tightly, which worried her the most.
The scene actually happened. Surdak was not as simple as expected.
“Stop standing there and get rid of him quickly!” Samoa ordered the two assassins in the shadows.
"Samoa, this is the second time your intelligence is wrong!" The black figure in the shadow said in a hoarse voice. At the same time as he spoke, his shadow actually appeared behind Surdak out of thin air, without waiting for Surdak to react.
Coming over, a dull dagger pierced the back of Surdak's heart.
That sense of crisis hit his heart, like an icy ocean wave rushing into his body. Suldak couldn't avoid the knife in his heart, so he could only forcefully take half a step to the right, move half of his body, and let go.
The fatal knife pierced his arm, and Surdak swung the craftsman's sword back without hesitation. However, the black shadow was as flexible as a piece of paper, and his body instantly folded in half to avoid it.
He stabbed Surdak with a sword, and then stabbed Surdak in the leg.
The brand new salamander leather armor was instantly pierced with two bloody holes. Surdak had nothing to hold back. A two-sided, four-armed statue of gods and demons appeared behind him. Surdak didn't care at all.
There was a bloody hole in his leg, and his knee was facing the assassin, pressing firmly against his collarbone. There was only a crisp sound of 'click', and the assassin's collarbone was 'knee-hit' by Surdak.
Break.
Before he could step back, Suldak swung his shield and hit the assassin on the head. It was as if the person who had just stabbed his arm and calf with swords was not him at all. His movements were not out of shape at all, and he was not at all out of shape.
Ignoring Samoa's attack next to him, and relying on his brand new salamander leather armor, Samoa's double daggers only cut two wounds on Surdak's back. The assassin who took the lead was already lying on the ground and fainted.
past.
Ivan Baruka dragged a broken arm and stared at Suldak with a pale face. He never thought that Suldak actually traded injuries for injuries and did not dodge those attacks at all.
The black square-edged iron rod-like Craftsman's Sword in his hand struck at Samoa. Samoa had no time to dodge, so he could only hold up his two daggers to catch the Craftsman's Sword in Surdak's hand, and overlapped them.
The broad-edged dagger was shattered instantly by the heavy craftsman's sword.
Suldak raised his foot and kicked Samoa's soft belly, then kicked her out and hit the stone wall of the castle, making a "bang" sound.
"He is at least a mid-turn shield warrior, Samoa, you stupid guy." The assassin who controlled Miss Hoyle angrily growled at Samoa. After saying this, he flashed out of the shadows,
He didn't get close to Surdak at all, but directly picked up his companion and hid in the shadows beside the castle wall again.
Samoa struggled to get up from the wall, and saw Surdak rushing up. He instantly unfolded a magic scroll, and a fireball shot out from the scroll. Surdak raised his shield to block, and the fireball hit Surdac.
Dark's shield exploded.
“Leave quickly, or it will be too late!” Only the disembodied voice of the assassin behind him was left in the shadow.
Samoa also snorted coldly, and her body melted into the darkness little by little like ink and disappeared. When Surdak chased him to the wall, only half of the torn magic scroll was left on the ground, as well as what was left after the fight on the ground.
The bloodstains even disappeared from Samoa.
Ivan Baruch dragged his severed arm behind Miss Hoyle in the chaos, strangled her neck with a strong arm, and even tried to drag Miss Hoyle in the panic.
They ran outside the castle, but the sound of fighting had already attracted the guards in the castle. When these castle guards saw Miss Hoyle being kidnapped, they blew the warning whistle as soon as possible.
In an instant, the castle began to boil, and two magicians riding magic harpoons flew out from the tower.
A 'Glimmer Illumination Technique' lit up from above Ivan Baruch's head, illuminating the entire area. At least twenty castle guards surrounded Ivan Baruch, just because of Hoyle.
The young lady was held in the arms of Ivan Baruch. These castle guards were intimidated and did not dare to act rashly. The fastest update on the computer::/
Behind the wall stacks above the castle, a group of archers drew their bowstrings one after another. Ivan Baruch looked at the surrounding castle guards with a look of sorrow and indignation, with a look of despair in his eyes.
Suldak ignored Ivan Baruch who was in a desperate situation. His sword had long fallen to the ground and he only had one hand left to move. He posed no threat to Miss Hoyle.
Miss Hoyle seemed to have calmed down at this time. She did not make any move to struggle. She was choked by Ivan Baruch and was a little breathless. She raised her head and looked at Ivan Baruch. At this time
He actually asked: "Ivan, have you ever loved me?"
"I love you, no no...how could I love you!" Ivan Baruch couldn't stop talking in a panic. He begged the castle guards with a sad face: "Let me go. They forced me.
It's their fault. They wanted me to get close to you and find out a secret from you. But you never wanted to tell me about your past. I couldn't ask you anything. They wanted to sneak in while the party was being held and bring you to the party.
You kidnapped me...this was not my wish, I was forced...let me go!"
The last spark of hope that had been burning in Miss Hoyle's eyes was gone.
She grabbed Ivan Baruch's arm with both hands, bent down suddenly, and threw Ivan over the shoulder, causing Ivan to lie on his back with a broken arm. The castle guards around him hurriedly
He jumped out and stabbed Ivan Baruch to the ground with the spear in his hand.