In the early morning, on the deserted street, Thales panted heavily and walked through an alley and came to a larger driveway.
Ada…
Ada... she should be fine. Even though she looks unreliable, didn't she capture an extreme vampire all by herself in the birch forest?
I can't be distracted. It's useless to think too much, and it won't help. Thales tried his best to shake off the worries in his heart.
He suddenly felt a little thirsty.
Thales grabbed a handful of snow, rubbed it, and stuffed it into his mouth according to the old habit of beggars spending the winter on the streets.
The prince, grinning from the cold, shook his chin in pain, raised his head and asked the little slipper: "Is this... is it Xichi Avenue?"
However, the latter just lowered his head and said nothing.
It was with great difficulty that Thales turned the mouthful of snow into water and swallowed it.
He looked at the dull little Huitou and felt extremely worried.
From the tragedy in the palace to the catastrophes of the disasters, to the assassination of the king and the blood so close at hand, this terrible night had frightened the poor child.
For her, this is too...
Not to mention a little naughty guy - even I am on the verge of collapse.
All this, how did this all start?
Lumba, has he planned everything since he sent troops to escort him north to Longxiao City, with the purpose of assassinating the king and launching a coup?
How did he do it?
If the two thousand troops set out in the name of escorting him and were not noticed...then when he led the army into the city, would the vassals, nobles, common people, soldiers and bureaucrats outside the city,
Are you all unaware?
King Nun seems to be a very shrewd king, and the disturbing old woman Kashan seems to be no simple character. How could they allow their king to have such a fatal security flaw.
unless……
Thales thought of that terrible answer.
No way.
He swallowed slowly, pulled the little slider and continued walking, and at the same time decided to think from a different angle.
I attracted the magician, didn't I?
The accident caused by Giza and Aixida directly ruined the entire shield area and involved most of Longxiao City's energy.
Yes, that's why King Nunn left the Palace of Heroes and came to the Shield Zone - therefore, if the king is assassinated, am I the one who will take the blame?
Thales was startled by his own thoughts.
If it's really because of me and Giza and the others - then Lumba must be very lucky!
The second prince looked at himself running for his life in embarrassment, and sighed: This is what the legend says: You will not survive if you do something wrong?
Thales rubbed his forehead fiercely. Even his "super-powerful" brain, which was usually pretty easy to use, felt a little uncomfortable at the moment.
He sighed and had no choice but to put these things aside for the time being, steeling himself amidst extreme fatigue and distress, and groping for a way forward.
This should be Xichi Avenue - if I remember correctly, this neat and deserted street is Kai District.
Ada said that as long as you pass through it, you will reach the blockade set up for disaster, and you should be able to meet people from the royal capital there.
Thales hesitated when he thought about this.
But she also said that those patrols, or the guys wearing patrol uniforms, were very suspicious, and she didn't know how many of them were loyal to Lumba.
It's better not to believe it.
Even people who are loyal to Walton can easily expose their information to Lombard.
And the once majestic King Nun could no longer protect them.
well.
It's really ironic that he took King Exeter's granddaughter with him, but he had a hard time escaping in the capital of the North, and couldn't even find anyone he could trust.
The top priority is to find a trustworthy person, seek help, return to the Palace of Heroes, return to Putilai, and inform the people in Longxiao City who are still loyal to Walton.
Thales paused.
He looked at a sign on the street corner not far ahead, his face changed, and he remembered something.
Being King of Nun can no longer protect us...
I saw a black short-handled dagger painted on the signboard in front of me. Under the signboard was a huge wooden window that was tightly closed, with an extremely narrow door on one side.
Thales narrowed his eyes, and a conversation from the past floated through his mind.
[If you encounter any irreversible crisis in Exeter...even King Nun can't save you...]
Thales's eyes lit up.
It's here.
The next moment, he pulled his little slippery head towards the signboard.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Thales knocked hard on the large wooden window under the Dagger sign.
Although the residents were evacuated under martial law, if the owner of this place is really like what he heard, he "often does things that violate the law"...
no respond.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Thales knocked three more times.
Still no one responded.
The prince frowned and stretched out his hand again.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Amidst the increasingly loud knocking on the window, Little Huitou seemed to come back to her senses, and she asked in confusion: "Ah... where are we?"
"A butcher's shop on Xichi Avenue," Thales said briefly, "Is there anyone there? We need help!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
He knocked on the window several more times.
But still no response.
Thales' original expectations slowly dropped.
well.
He looked at the sign and sighed.
They were probably evacuated as well.
Under the strange look in Little Slippery's eyes, Thales pulled her up in disappointment and turned around to leave the butcher shop.
But as soon as he took a step, he was slightly startled and stopped.
"What's wrong?" Little Hua Tou asked numbly.
Thales turned around suddenly and shouted at the sign with a dagger on it:
"Six and a half!"
no respond.
Thales gritted his teeth and shouted again:
"Six and a half yuan! Hey! Six and a half yuan!"
Probably because he shouted a little too loudly, Thales gasped and patted his chest.
But still no response.
There were only two of them on the empty street.
Thales lowered his head in disappointment.
never mind.
Probably he...
At this moment.
There was a sound of scraping wooden boards, and then the sound of the door bolt opening.
"Crack."
Little Slipper subconsciously hid behind him, while Thales raised his head in surprise.
The wooden window is open.
have……
someone here?
In the window, a man with black hair, black eyes, and a flat face stared at them with an unfriendly expression.
It made Thales feel frightened.
etc.
This is an……
Far Easterners?
"Who are you?"
"How do you know this?"
The man from the Far East spoke with an obvious Northland accent, and his tone was a little impatient, as if he was facing a big trouble: "Six and a half yuan?"
Thales was slightly startled.
Someone...
Someone!
He stared blankly at the Far Eastern man. It was only when the man was about to close the window that Thales reacted and said excitedly: "Wait...that...we are, we are friends of Kaslan!"
"This word was told to us by Kaslan! He said that when we need help, we should come here and say this code..."
The Far Eastern man narrowed his small eyes, as if to look at them carefully.
"Are you, the one..." Thales scratched his head and tried to recall the encounter in the Hero Tavern. After a few seconds, he finally dug out those few words from his mind: "It's Mr. Gu, right!"
"We need help!"
The Far Eastern man——Gu said nothing, still staying in the shadow behind the window, watching them quietly.
"Please!" Thales was a little anxious.
After a moment, Gu grinned.
"Kaslan's friend, right?" The man from the Far East snorted and said slowly:
"come in."
————
At the junction of the armor area and the shield area, a thrilling battle between extreme realms has begun.
"call--"
The sword wind is fierce.
Ada jumped up in the air and rushed towards Kaslan.
Her scimitar drew an arc and passed over the tip of the latter's nose.
The former commander of the White Blade Guards calmly leaned back, and the expressionless Kaslan calmly dodged the knife that slashed his head.
Even though the blade was only an inch away from his nose.
"Leaping up in battle is suicide."
Kaslan said calmly, he instantly danced the two-meter soul-killing gun, but it didn't feel cumbersome or laggy at all.
The spear even bent when he swung it!
The wind howled.
The tip of the spear was thrown sideways towards the elf as if it were alive.
Just like many extreme masters dueling, within a few seconds, the offense and defense were instantly switched.
"That's for humans." Ada said disdainfully in the air.
The next second, with incredible flexibility, she climbed onto the front of the soul-killing gun with one hand, exerting slight force on her hand.
The black tip of the soul-killing gun passed by her ear dangerously.
Ada hung her whole body on the spear, like a piece of floating clothing, rising in the wind as Kaslan danced.
Kaslan's arms surged with incredible strength, and his spear swung!
Ada seemed to have received a severe blow and was knocked away from the spear.
Kaslan's spear didn't pause at all, like a poisonous snake attacking again, piercing the air and attacking Ada's waist in the air!
But Ada once again showed her bat-like dexterity. She leaned back in the air and pulled her legs back, bending them into a "C" shape.
"Peng!"
The gun tip broke through the air and made an explosive sound.
However, Kaslan's fatal spear hit the hollow area of Ada's "C" posture and passed over her back.
Stab the air cleverly and skillfully.
Kaslan frowned and fired his spear again!
Ada stretched her left hand back again, put it on the handle of the soul-killing gun, followed the direction of Kaslan's vibrating gun, and swung her supple body like a slingshot!
With her left hand as the center of the circle, she seemed to be on a swing, swinging around the soul-killing gun before flying backwards by the inertia of centrifugal force.
If Thales were here, he would probably yell in shock: "You can play on the horizontal bar!"
The elf did a somersault in the air and landed firmly on the ground.
"boom!"
Only then did Kaslan's spear head fall to the ground and pierce into the stone bricks.
This thrilling round ends here.
Ada stood up holding her scimitar, and her cloak had fallen down to the back of her neck in the violent movement just now, revealing her smooth bright white hair tied into braids.
Kaslan turned his spear, his expression unchanged, and he was calm.
"I have fought against the enemies of Baishan, and I have also seen the envoys from the Deep Twilight Kingdom," the old man in the tavern said slowly, "but your skin color... is neither a white elf nor a nightmare elf."
Ada raised her head, revealing her delicate girlish face and a pair of gracefully curved pointed ears.
"You are a holy elf, right?" Kaslan breathed out softly and adjusted his gun-holding posture: "Of course, I have never seen the high elves and gray elves in the Eastern Continent, but I think you can only be
A prince who comes from the Holy Tree Kingdom and will always protect the stars."
"That's a good guess," Ada sneered, her eyes looking at the soul-killing gun full of fear, "You little brat from the North."
Kaslan nodded and smiled.
"The Holy Tree Kingdom is worthy of being the Star Kingdom's ally and royal in-law for generations," the old man sighed: "And it actually provides them with extreme protection?"
Ada's expression changed.
"Bah, bah, bah," the elf shook his scimitar with a look of displeasure: "What kind of guard! I am them - those brats who begged their grandpa, grandma, father, and mother to hire them with huge sums of money.
Extreme master!"
Kaslan frowned.
"Lifelong Honorary Instructor of the Star Royal Guards!" The elf pointed the scimitar at himself and loudly said arrogantly: "Ada Lorakat Gisei Doulidos..."
But Ada's words seemed to be stuck, stopping in mid-sentence.
Her silver eyes turned around, and finally threw them to the ground in frustration.
"Oh, I can't remember the name...just call me whatever you want."
But Kaslan's expression became serious.
"I see, he is the instructor of the Royal Guards." The old man pulled up the gun tip and looked at Ada with a different look: "Our White Blade Guards used to say that, except for the Glacier Watch, if there is any troop in the world that can
Face to face with the elite White Blade Guards and the 'Dragon Guards'..."
Kaslan sighed, his eyes filled with nostalgia:
"Then there are only you, commonly known as the 'Emperor's Guards' - the Star Royal Guards."
"Ah," Ada waved her hand, seeming to be a little disdainful: "So you still remember that you are a member of the White Blade Guards... did you see it when your men fell one by one just now?"
Kaslan looked pained when he heard this and frowned.
"They are all competent warriors and good boys," the old man said sadly, "They just encountered the worst times and the worst fate."
Ada snorted coldly: "You really dare to say that - the famous 'Shake the Earth' seems to be just a traitor."
Kaslan closed his eyes tightly.
"Let us finish this battle... If we delay it too long, our people will arrive, and then there will be no chance for a fair fight." His voice was extremely tired.
Ada remained silent and just looked at him coldly.
"The 'Dragon Guard' and the 'Emperor Guard' have not met many times in history - I fought against your Sak'el once when I was young, so I am very honored," Kaslan opened his eyes and said seriously
Authentic, the white hair on his head shimmered in the dim light of dawn: "Instructor Ada."
"Sak'el?" Ada's face changed, as if he was recalling: "Is he a runny-nosed, donkey-faced kid who is lazy on the training ground every day... By the way, I used to punish him corporally..."
"He is the famous 'Punishment Knight' in the stars," Kaslan said with a nostalgic smile: "I haven't heard from him since twelve years ago."
Ada's face darkened.
"That guy is in the Prison of Bones in the Western Wilderness," the elf sighed: "I guess he won't be able to get out in this life... That stupid kid..."
Kaslan was slightly startled.
"Really..." the old man murmured.
"What a pity." Kaslan closed his eyes with regret: "He is such a good opponent."
The next moment, the battle starts again.
Kaslan's spear launched without warning, and shot out three times in an instant!
They all aimed at Ada's legs.
"Peng! Peng! Peng!"
The tip of the spear hit the ground three times, stirring up countless rubble.
But Ada was like dancing a strange and elegant dance, taking six steps in a row, and each step was just right to avoid the soul-killing spear's stab.
Amidst the splashing of gravel, Ada did not retreat. Instead, she took dodge steps and approached Kaslan!
Change offense and defense again.
"Whoa!"
Before the spear could be recovered in time, Ada slashed Kaslan's head with a wild sword.
The legendary commander of the Blade Guards calmly turned to dodge.
His experienced eyes never left Ada's shoulders.
Sure enough, following Ada's movements, the light of the sword broke three times in the air!
Each time, he turned in the direction Kaslan was preparing to dodge.
But Kaslan still relied on his superb eyesight and intuition to avoid the dangerous sword flashes of these three turns.
The wind of the knife passed over the old man's face.
took away a bunch of his white hair.
Kaslan finally recovered his spear. The old man raised his arms and the spear opened a big circle around him!
"Tear!" The sound of the gun tip dragging against the ground came out harshly.
But Ada had already done two backflips and jumped out of the attack range of the soul-killing gun.
The intense exchange of offense and defense ended, and the two extreme realms paused again.
"Good flexibility and agility," Kaslan sighed: "Good fighting awareness, swinging the sword very steadily, and landing very lightly."
"It really brings out the dual advantages of elves and women to the fullest."
Ada chuckled and carefully observed the other person's face.
"If you underestimate a woman, you will suffer a loss."
The two stood on both sides of the street, looking at each other quietly, with the fear in their hearts raised to the highest level, and both mentally calculating the next battle.
"How dare you," Kaslan said respectfully: "After all, I am also a person who lived in the same era as 'Heart in the Rain'."
"But these are the qualities that elves should have, so it's not surprising." The old man said lightly.
Ada's pupils shrank slightly.
"What surprised me the most," Kaslan observed the ground, focusing on the three holes that had just been dug: "is that you actually responded to every attack and defense of mine just right, without any delay, almost
Perfect."
"Ah," Ada shrugged, her pointed ears wagging slightly: "I'm very powerful."
"Haha, really." Kaslan's expression changed and he showed a hearty smile.
"The purpose of attacking your legs is to suppress your agility."
"The gravel is stirred up to hinder your dexterity."
"The final spear sweep is intended to seize the opportunity of your approach and start killing."
The old man nodded in approval: "But you cleverly avoided the stabbing attack on the leg, and you also rushed over, cleverly dodged the gravel behind, launched a counterattack, and even dodged the final ring sweep just right.
"
Kaslan raised his head and looked directly at Ada.
"My three goals are all intertwined, but none of them have been achieved."
"This can no longer be explained by reaction or experience," he shook his head slowly: "Even Shao and 'Heart in the Rain' cannot be so relaxed in the face of my attack."
"That leaves only one answer."
Ada's expression remained unchanged, but she slowly tightened her grip on the scimitar in her hand.
The three sets of combos just now are indeed extremely sophisticated.
but……
I heard Kaslan sigh with emotion, with a sigh-like ups and downs in his voice: "You knew my next move and plan in advance, and you took advantage of the situation and made a perfect response, right?"
Ada's expression changed.
No way.
This old man...
How long have we been fighting each other?
Kaslan chuckled.
At this second, it was as if the legendary ‘Shaker of the Earth’ had returned to the battlefield of his youth.
"I heard that the probability of supernatural powers appearing in elves is much higher than that in humans - it's really an interesting phenomenon, isn't it?" The old man swung the soul-killing gun again, his eyes burning with a fighting spirit that he had not seen in many years.
"There are also many types of them, with all kinds of unique abilities."
Ada's face completely darkened.
Previously, the focus was only on the notorious soul-killing gun.
But now it seems that compared with killing souls...
She underestimated this "earth shaking".
In the past, I had only heard of his legendary reputation of leading the White Blade Guards without a single defeat on the battlefield after leaving the Tower of Ending.
But……
Kaslan's eyes flashed, but his tone was calm:
"But I really didn't expect that there would be such a magical power."
Ada sighed.
"Instructor Edda, you are a superpower - no, you are in the extreme realm, so we must call you a superpower warrior," Kaslan looked at Edda's silver eyes and said firmly in an unquestionable tone: