"Yura," Eco suddenly said: "You will take our daughter and leave first. I must stay. I am the master of this place, and I must be responsible for the guests at the banquet. Besides, if I leave, Bernie will
Chel is in complete chaos. His Highness the Prince is still here at this moment. His arrival is a sign of Her Highness the Princess’s trust in us. I must ensure their safety.”
Yura nodded silently.
"You must be careful."
"I understand," a gentle smile appeared on Eco's face: "Even if it is for our daughter, I will not easily joke with my own life. If things cannot be done, I will catch up with you."
Yura felt relieved at this moment. Although her face was calm as usual, she held her husband's white hand tightly, which showed her true feelings in her heart.
A few people soon came to a secret room directly below the Earl's Mansion. At this moment, a middle-aged knight had been waiting here. Apparently he entered the place through the secret passage connecting the outside of the Earl's Mansion. When Eco saw that
When he saw someone, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise: "Mr. Kosica, is Uncle Macaro here?"
"Mr. Eco, you are finally here. The attack outside was a bit unexpected. Mr. Macaro originally wanted to come in person, but we dissuaded him. Now he has gone to the direction of the city hall. He asked
I have brought you some words, but this is not the time to talk about them now. We have guarded the entrance and exit of the secret passage. Sir, please move to a safer place first and then discuss the next issue."
The middle-aged knight replied with a straight face.
Eco held his wife's hand, and the two faced off silently for a moment before he let go again, then took his daughter from the wet nurse's hand, and solemnly handed over the most precious treasure in the world to her.
Yura's hand.
"Yura, go ahead, it will be fine."
"Um."
"Master Eco, you?"
"I want to stay, Mr. Kosica. His Highness Haruze is still outside. Regardless of whether the knights have controlled the situation or not, I have to go and take a look."
The middle-aged knight gave him a complicated look.
"Okay, I'll go with you, Lord Eco." He turned around and said to the knight beside him: "Escort the lady and young lady from here and protect them."
"I understand, sir." The two knights nodded immediately.
With that said, the knights opened the secret passage. Let Yula hold Elara and enter first, followed by the wet nurse and the two attendants. Finally, they followed in and closed the door of the secret passage from the inside.
"Mr. Kosica, thank you." Eco said with a sense of loss when he saw his wife disappearing behind the secret door.
"You're welcome, Lord Eco, let's go, I'll take you on the last journey." The middle-aged knight replied calmly.
Eco was stunned for a moment. He was about to turn around when he suddenly felt a sting in his vest. The young Duke of Lantonilan opened his eyes wide in shock and looked at the bloody knife stabbing out of his chest in disbelief.
's sharp blade.
In just a moment, he felt all the strength in his body leaving him. He opened his mouth with difficulty and immediately spit out a mouthful of blood foam mixed with internal organs fragments.
"Why……"
"Master Macaro asked me to bring you a message, Master Eco. He said that he regretted and was very painful. He regretted that he should not have taught you so much about the spirit of chivalry... Your justice and kindness made him feel gratified, but
.Eruin cannot be saved by relying on innocence and justice."
The middle-aged knight replied calmly.
"you……"
"Eruin is not the Eruin of the Corcova royal family. Lord Eco, do you want to see the Ophelia family wiped out in your hands? So I'm sorry. Sometimes, only bloodshed can save everything...
…”
"Uncle Macaro..., Li Woods...teacher..." Bloody tears welled up in Eco's eyes. He opened his mouth wide and breathed hard, as if he wanted to catch something. He slowly stretched out his hand forward.
.Seemingly in the endless darkness, he saw the face of his wife and his daughter: "Yura..."
The candle went out.
The darkness became silent.
The middle-aged knight sighed slightly. He very gently pulled out the dagger from the young man's cold body, then held him up with both hands and carefully laid him flat on the ground.
He drew a golden flame symbol on his chest and forehead with his hands, recited something in a low voice, and finally took off his coat and covered it with the young duke who was sleeping forever.
"Eruin's future," he said softly, "may go another way, where there is only correctness and no justice."
In the darkness, the secret door opened again.
He stepped in, took one last look at the room, and then closed the secret door. At this moment, everything in the basement returned to eternal silence.
Behind the secret door, the middle-aged knight walked silently in a long corridor. He took off his bloody gloves and threw them away. Light soon appeared in front, where his knights were waiting for him.
However, the knight was obviously panicked, and his face was even a little pale. When he saw this, his expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked around. There were four corpses lying on the ground - two attendants had their throats cut, and the wet nurse was hit by a sword in the back and fell to the ground.
In a pool of blood, the remaining body was not the duchess, but one of his knights.
"What's going on?" The middle-aged knight was furious, "Where is Miss Yura?"
"I don't know," the knight replied nervously: "Halfway through our walk, the Duchess suddenly started sobbing softly. We were afraid that things would change, so we had to take action in advance. But we didn't expect that after killing those servants,
Rowan suddenly screamed, and when I lit the torch, he became like this..."
"Trash!" The middle-aged knight turned over the body of his knight and found a sharp dagger stuck in his waist. The dagger actually penetrated from between the thick chain armor, killing him with one clean blow. He had a long
He took a long breath, then stood up: "What are you still waiting for, you idiot, hurry up and notify the wizards!"
"Yes, sir, I'll go right away." After hearing this, the knight immediately turned around and ran out as if he had been granted amnesty.
…
In the darkness, sewage flowed across the river. The drainage system under Benicheel had actually been in disrepair and stopped functioning half a century ago. Debris and rubbish had piled up inside. Water was constantly seeping out from the top of the waterway, dripping and dripping wet.
The dark ground exuded an almost nauseating stench.
Caglis held a luminous moonstone in his hand, and the cold light swept through the dark corridor. From time to time, he saw a large group of rats running through it in groups, which made people shudder.
He frowned. This sewer was built almost a hundred or two hundred years ago. Since Viero was incorporated into Eruin, it has been forgotten along with the abandonment of the fortress. The drainage system that has lost repairs has collapsed everywhere.
It is full of dangers in itself. Moreover, there are some unknown monsters hidden in the darkness. The purple liquid stained on his sword is actually the blood of a ghoul.
That thing is really too dangerous, and as long as there are a few more, he may not be able to bear it. Of course, he is fine, but the key is to take care of two children, which really makes him busy.
"I wish I had let His Highness Haruze pick up a sword. Why am I trying so blindly? His swordsmanship was taught by the Earl himself. How could it be any worse?" Caglis felt that he
It was really bad luck that I started to lose my mind.
Fortunately, the little girl who led them was very reliable, and they did not enter any dead ends along the way. However, Caglis had already realized that this little girl named Mikaya was cleaner and cleaner than ordinary civilians.
My daughter is so tidy, how could she live in such a dirty place?
He vaguely felt that he had been deceived, but for a moment he couldn't tell why.
The group of people walked in the sewer for almost half an hour, and it was at this time that Mikaya suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" Caglis asked.
"There is someone in front of me." the little girl replied calmly.
"who?"
"Those people I met at the banquet earlier."
"How do you know?" Caglis asked in surprise. The little girl had already determined the identity of the other party before he even noticed the direction of the other party. How is this possible?
Unless this little girl's real strength is actually higher than him.
"Because my magic power is exhausted," Mikaya replied: "I have been using dark magic power to avoid these people, but now I can't. I can only feel that they are approaching us."
"What?" Caglis felt that he must have heard something wrong, or that he had not woken up from a dream.
"Actually, Mikaya is a witch," Haruze could only reply with a wry smile: "Mr. Caglis."
"What?" Caglis finally knew what was wrong. He felt that he was simply a fool who was being played: "You mean, you are actually a subordinate of the lord?"
The little girl tilted her head and stuck out her tongue at him sheepishly.
This originally cute gesture looked like a little devil to Caglis.
"Damn -" Caglis suddenly stopped talking. He showed a vigilant look, raised a finger and made a silencing gesture to Haruze who was about to speak: "There are footsteps."
He raised his head from the way he came, then carefully protected Haruze and Mikaya behind him, turned back and asked in a low voice: "Are you really sure they are those people?"
Mikaya nodded.
"Is there any way to avoid it?"
The little girl thought for a moment: "I lost my magic power. If we continue to move forward now, it will arouse their vigilance."
"Then we are hiding in this place, can they notice?"
"Maybe not if they don't pay attention," Mikaya replied: "The wizards' perception ability is not much better than that of ordinary people, and the same is true for the Silver People, but if they use magic to detect it, we will not be able to detect it.
Escaped."
…(To be continued.)
ps: ps: I might have something to do today, so I’ll post it early. Let’s post two chapters at a time in the middle of the month~
