The trial of the Dragon Cult spies was held in the central square of Gray Owl Town.
Thin snowflakes were floating in the overcast sky.
In the center of the cobbled square, there is an ancient fountain, the water of which has long since dried up. Standing in the fountain is a stone statue, which is looking at the sky with an indifferent expression.
The knights built a wooden platform on the side of the fountain, facing the dark crowd below.
The trial was held on a wooden platform. The knights escorted the rumored Dragon Cult spies to the platform one by one, read out their evil deeds, and then pronounced the sentences one by one.
Fang Piao at least noticed that there were two types of knights in different clothes. The knights they had seen first were responsible for reading, while another type of knights with long black feathers on their helmets, holding big swords in their hands, were responsible for executions.
Both knights wear similar crow's head helmets, the only differences are in the outer robes and head feathers.
The latter type of knights are placing prisoners on the guillotine, announcing the crimes they have committed, betraying the teachings of the Orin gods, or joining the forces of darkness.
Fang Yu was originally a little interested in the spies of the Dragon Worship Cult, but when he saw those people, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.
In his opinion, the people standing on the stage were all in ragged clothes and barefoot. They were all old, weak, sick, and disabled, shivering in the cold wind. They did not look like the dark believers he had seen.
It's more like a group of hungry people fleeing.
They struggled on the guillotine to beg for mercy, or cried bitterly, but some also cursed.
The knight was indifferent and just raised the sword in his hand. The cold light lingered on the blade and he slashed down.
The scarlet blood arrow fell into the snow, and it was extremely eye-catching.
Alyssa covered Jita's eyes, while Sylvide stood in front of Ai Xiaoxiao.
There was silence in the square.
The headless corpse slid feebly to one side, and the sprayed blood quickly turned into dots of white light. Physical death is not the end here. Generally speaking, executions are held many times, making it more like a solemn ceremony.
ceremony.
Fang Yu frowned slightly, how could the dark believer flash white light when he was resurrected? This was somewhat inconsistent with his knowledge.
He looked around and saw that there were both indigenous people and elected people in the square, but no one raised any objection to this.
"Are those people spies of the Dragon Worship Cult?"
The innkeeper who brought them here nodded, "The people from the Crow's Claw Temple can't go wrong."
"How did they catch these people?"
"During the battle three days ago, these people were the ones who opened the door and let the dragon beast in."
"Dragon beast attacked here three days ago?"
The hotel owner nodded slightly: "If it weren't for the Holy Guards, the Gray Owl Town you see right now would be in ruins."
Fang Yu raised his head again, thinking that the so-called holy guards were those mysterious knights?
And he still hasn't figured out the origin of this Crow's Claw Temple.
At this time, the knights escorted a little girl up. The little girl's hands were covered with heavy shackles, and the chains were clanking. She was only wearing shabby clothes, with her head lowered, wringing her hands, in the wind and snow.
Shivering from the cold.
The knight pushed the little girl and asked her to kneel down on the guillotine. Then he took out the document from his arms and read it out loudly.
Fang Yu looked at the little girl whose hands and feet were red from the cold, a little in disbelief: "Is this also a Dragon Worshiper?"
The innkeeper looked somewhere, shook his head, and replied firmly: "The people from the Crow Claw Temple are not wrong. She may be a relative of some people here."
"Are relatives also guilty?"
The hotel owner turned back to look at him, with an incredible light in his eyes: "You don't know?"
"what do you know?"
But at this time, the knight had finished reading, and the knight wearing black feathers came forward with a sword in hand. He pressed the little girl's head with his hand and adjusted her to an angle.
The little girl seemed to have lost the strength to resist a long time ago, her eyes were a little hollow, and she was at the mercy of others like a rag doll.
The knight with black feathers then straightened up, took a step back, raised his sword high above his head, and then slashed it down.
Tian Lan couldn't help shouting.
Fang Yu also narrowed his eyes slightly, and several ladies from the Seven Seas Brigade turned their heads to recognize him.
At this time, a strange low whistle suddenly came from the northwest corner of the square.
Fang Yu subconsciously looked in that direction, and the whistling sound came in an instant. He saw the head of the knight holding the giant sword high on the wooden platform suddenly tilted, and the next moment there was a dangling arrow on his neck.
The giant sword in the opponent's hand immediately dropped and made a loud noise.
He grabbed the air in vain, staggered forward two steps as if he was drunk, and finally fell down from the stands with a crash.
There was an uproar in the square immediately.
"They have accomplices!"
Upon seeing this, the remaining knights shouted low and drew their swords one after another. They reacted quickly. Their first reaction was to turn to the prisoners around them with their swords, intending to send them back to the temple first.
The knight in charge of announcing the announcement shot at the little girl with an arrow, preparing to hit the target.
All this happened so suddenly that even Fang Plover didn't react.
He only saw that at that moment, several white lights suddenly flashed in the stands, and a group of black-clad and masked attackers emerged from them. As soon as they appeared, they each attacked the nearest knight.
The knight who rushed towards the little girl had just walked halfway when he saw a woman with burning hair walking out of the light door in front, holding a long sword and slashing at him.
He had no choice but to retreat, but the opponent's attack was so fierce that he only had the strength to parry for a while.
Only then did Fang Plover finally see the situation clearly.
Although the attackers who suddenly appeared were unknown, they were obviously more powerful than the knights. The so-called Crow Claw Knights were only level 17 or 18 at most, while their opponents were at least level 20 or above.
With almost just a face-to-face meeting, the knights in the stands were swept off the stage, either dead or injured. The knight who was responsible for the announcement was stabbed through the heart by the red-haired female swordsman. From behind the stands,
He fell upside down.
Gurgling blood flowed out from under the silver armor, looking shocking in the snow.
The female swordsman then turned around, cut off the chains on the little girl's hands and feet with one sword, and helped the girl up from the guillotine.
She said something to the little girl, but because the distance was too far, Fang Plover couldn't even see the other person's mouth shape clearly. He could only take out the recording crystal to take a picture of the scene, and then saw that the little girl shook slightly after that.
head.
The red-haired swordswoman picked up the little girl and looked back at the stands. Her companions had almost cleared away the knights on the stands and saved most of them.
Although some people were injured during the process, overall it went smoothly. She shouted something, then turned around and jumped down from the stands.
At this time, the square was in chaos, and almost everyone was running away, fearing that they would be involved in the battle. As soon as the red-haired swordswoman jumped down, the crowd below did not dare to stop them, so they all moved out of the way to form a line.
Way to go.
There are still some electors in the square at this moment, but most of them have an attitude that it has nothing to do with them and just watch from the sidelines to prevent themselves from getting involved in trouble.
Since the Crow Claw Knight was unable to stop the attackers and the Chosen One did not take action, the square became even more chaotic.
The owner of the hotel was kind-hearted. Before escaping, he shouted to them: "They are the Dragon Witch's men. They are all cold-blooded and ruthless killers. Run away!"
However, Fang Yu looked at those people and they didn’t look like Dragon Worshipers.
He and Sylvester only glanced at each other. Although he was not sure that the sudden attacker was Nicol Bolas's men, it was not the right time to get involved inexplicably.
Tianlan seemed a little hesitant, she obviously wanted to help those people: "Brother Ed?"
But Fang Yu shook his head. He actually believed that those people were innocent, but the situation was still unclear and he was not sure that his judgment was correct.
"Let's see first and then talk." He only replied.
And while speaking, he winked at the crowd and led them to retreat slightly to a corner of the square.
But what left Fang Yu speechless was that he didn't know if he really had a trouble-making physique. After the red-haired female swordsman and the little girl fought in the crowd for a while, they finally turned impartially in their direction.
It hit him head on.
However, when he took a closer look, he discovered that the attackers' retreat route was planned. They were scattered in almost every direction of the square. Therefore, no matter which direction the Seven Seas Brigade went in, they would inevitably run into each other.
Fang Yu felt relieved. It seemed that it was not because he was particularly unlucky.
And at this moment, the red-haired swordswoman had already rushed out of the crowd with the little girl and came to them.
But when the other party raised his head and saw them, a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.
And Fang Plover was a little strange here, always feeling that the other person looked familiar.
He was about to speak, but the female swordsman's face turned cold, she raised her sword and pointed at them: "Get out of the way."
Fang Yu looked at the opponent's shining sword tip and was not worried. The strength shown by the opponent was the level of an ordinary selector at level 20. At this level, he could hit ten of them at full power.
At this time, there was some commotion in a corner of the square. Fang Plover turned his gaze in that direction, and a silver clockwork fairy flew over quietly. In just a moment, he saw what was happening over there.
A selector came over, and it was an old acquaintance. The other party's silver shirt seemed to him to be more familiar with the Silver Forest Spear.
But what surprised him was that the people from the Silver Forest Spear seemed to be on the same side as the knights from the Crow's Claw Temple. They surrounded several attackers there and divided their forces to rush over.
Fang Yu then pulled up his goggles, withdrew his gaze, looked at the female swordsman in front of him, and said truthfully:
"You are no match for us."
The female swordsman only held the long sword tightly and said nothing. In fact, when Fang Plover pulled down the goggles, her heart suddenly tightened. A battle craftsman. Any selector in Aitaria understands the battle craftsman.
What does it mean.
That means that under the dragon knight, the combat power exceeds that of ordinary people.
She loosened the sword she was holding, then tightened it. She hesitated several times, but in the end she didn't dare to make a move. It would have been fine if Fang Plover was alone, but the other party was obviously more than one person.
At this time, Fang Yu moved his gaze to the side and looked at the little girl hiding behind the female swordsman. She lowered her head and did not look at him, her eyes were a little scattered.
He sighed and took a step aside to make way.
"Let's go."
"But if you are really Dragon Worshipers, I can let you leave and I can naturally capture you."
The female swordsman was stunned for a moment, looked back, gritted her teeth, and rushed between them while protecting the little girl.
But after walking a few steps, she realized that Fang Yu and others really didn't stop her. She turned around and gave them a surprised look.
"Don't worry, we are not the redeemed."
The female swordsman hesitated for a moment, dropped these words, and then quickly disappeared from that direction into the alley.
The redeemed?
Fang Yu stood there and looked in that direction for a long time before he heard a soft voice from the side: "Mr. Ed, I think you did the right thing.
He turned around and saw that the person speaking was Miss May, who was also on this trip with them.
However, what surprised Fang Yu was that as a knight of Ori, he originally thought that the knight lady should express her attitude earlier.
But from the beginning of the trial until now, Miss Knight only held her own sword and kept her composure from beginning to end.
"Miss May, what do you think of those people?"
"I'm not sure if they are dark believers. I won't act rashly without evidence."
Fang Yu nodded, this was exactly what he thought.
The people from the Silver Forest Spear came over quickly because someone saw them letting the female swordsman go.
The person who came to ask them was a young man. When the other party saw him, he couldn't help but be startled: "Have we met somewhere?"
Fang Yu was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that he was so famous in the Silver Forest Spear. However, he did have a lot of interactions with the Silver Forest Spear, at the Elf Ruins, at Traveler's Rest, and later with Wu Di and Liu Liyue.
Formed a team.
In Dolifen, he had contact with the people from the Silver Forest Spear, and even recruited Liu Liyue into his team. He killed everyone in the craftsman competition and won the first place.
In a sense, he has some connections with the Silver Forest Spear.
But of course he is not showing his true colors now. After all, the Seven Seas Brigade is still on the wanted list of Corin-Ithurian, and all of them have gone through certain disguises when they go out.
Fang Yu was not surprised at all by the other party's question. He just replied matter-of-factly: "There are quite a few people who know me."
This contrary strategy made the young man slightly startled. He did not think about the person on the wanted list at all, but thought that the other person might be a relatively famous selector of this generation.
He was stunned for a moment and then quickly replied: "Everyone, have you seen the direction in which those dark believers fled?"
Although Fang Yu had let the female swordsman escape before, he didn't hide it now and just pointed in the direction the other party left.
After such a long time, the alleys were complicated, and even if he released the clockwork goblin, he might not be able to find the other party's whereabouts, let alone these people. Therefore, he was not worried that the other party could really find the female swordsman and the little girl.
come out.
"Sorry to trouble you all."
The young man didn't embarrass them, he just said thank you and led the people in pursuit in that direction.
They did not stop the female swordsman, but this was a reasonable thing. For the Chosen One, why would they do something that was not beneficial?
…
"Can you tell us specifically about the spies of the Dragon Worship Cult?"
Returning to the hotel, Fang Pliance asked straight to the point.
After hearing this question, the owner of the hotel put down the cup in his hand and raised his head to look at them.
The lobby of the hotel not far away was already much busier than before.
People sat around the table in twos and threes, still discussing the riot not long ago in low voices. The dark red fire reflected the outline of everyone's obscure faces.
"What's the most expensive wine here?"
"Gledo, sir."
"Then give me a drink."
Fang Plover placed a gold coin with an anchor engraved on both sides on the counter.
The innkeeper hesitated for a moment before collecting the money, then walked to the back and pulled out a bottle of Elf Gin from the wine rack.
He walked back with the bottle in hand, was silent for a moment, and then said, "I'm not sure if you know about this. It was those people who attracted the Shadow Man."
"Shadow Man?"
Fang Yu saw an indescribable expression briefly showing on the face of the hotel owner. The other person's face became extremely pale, and there was a layer of shadow under the dark curly hair, and the eyes hidden underneath were shining with fear:
"Almost no one has seen them. Some people describe them as floating lights and shadows that swallow people and turn them into their own form."
"No one knows when they appeared. Since the fall of Charter City, these things have appeared everywhere. They can sneak into our world quietly and wait for opportunities."
"In fact, before the Crow Claw Temple found a way to identify them, these monsters almost put Gula Port into an extremely passive situation."
The light blue wine was poured into the glass, sparkling with a blur of light.
The innkeeper put up the bottle and continued to answer:
"Just a few days ago, the shadow man infiltrated into the town guards, killed the gatekeeper in his sleep, and lured the dragon beast over. If the holy guards hadn't discovered it in time, all you can do here now is
I saw a ruin."
Fang Piao has never heard of such a thing, a monster that sounds highly intelligent and can transform into a human being?
Is there such a creature in Etalia, or is it another kind of minion of Nicol Bolas, a twisted thing derived from the will of darkness?
"That little girl?"
"Shadows tend to give priority to assimilating relatives of those being assimilated."
Only then did Fang Plover understand.
But he couldn't help but fell into silence. Was that innocent-looking little girl really devoured by a monster and turned into a minion of Nicol Bolas?
"I have lived in Gula for several years, but I have never heard of anything like that." The ship officer at the side suddenly said.
The owner of the hotel shook his head: "I have never heard of these monsters before. They seem to appear suddenly."
"In the past few months, several villages have been attacked from the inside for this reason. You can ask the refugees and they will give you almost the same answer."
"How did those knights determine this?"
"They have their own methods, but this time I heard that someone witnessed it with their own eyes. Those people had contact with the woman not long ago."
"woman?"
"The Dragon Witch, wherever she is, there will be those monsters."
Fang Plover was slightly startled.
Sure enough, Shadow Man is also a follower of Nicol Bolas? But isn’t the Dragon Witch Ms. Misu now?