Dongcheng District was only a northeastern suburb of Eternal Star City a long time ago, even before Prince Tormund led the remnants of the Final Empire and pointed to the stars above his head and swore an oath to establish the Kingdom of Stars here.
As the Star Kingdom's national power increased and its territory expanded, the upper-level power structure of the kingdom began to expand. There were more and more lords, nobles, and officials. The important people in the royal capital were unwilling to interact with tacky businessmen, ordinary citizens, and even those dirty people.
Prostitutes, thieves, and thugs lived in the same area, so they built their homes in the northeastern suburbs.
Gradually, this area became a gathering area for nobles to establish royal capital manors. It was soon brought under the jurisdiction of Yongxing City by the city hall and became the most important city after the Central District and Morning Star District. The lords who guarded the four directions,
Notable figures in the royal court, and even foreign dignitaries in exile, all like to build their own villas and manors here.
This area is filled with the properties of nobles and officials of all sizes. There are almost no residences or markets for civilians. Even the people who come and go are mostly servants and subordinates of various families and forces. In addition to the ridiculously high land prices, Dongcheng District also has
There is an unwritten rule: for those who purchase land, the selected lot must match the corresponding status and qualifications (you probably don’t want to know what will happen to those who violate this rule now), the six wealthy families and the thirteen noble families
Even though families of the same rank each have their own manors in the suburbs of the royal capital, they have also built their own properties in Dongcheng District. Naturally, they are all located in the best locations - regardless of whether the nobles of these families come here often.
It is precisely because of this that in the already huge Dongcheng District, different manor villas are far apart. However, the grass and trees between the manors are maintained by the city hall to be lush and strong, and the main roads are also built to be wide, smooth and stable.
Twenty meters apart, there is a large permanent lamp provided by the city hall.
The security officers and city defense teams patrolling this avenue must be cautious on the one hand, as even their superiors cannot bear the consequences of offending these big shots, and on the other hand, they must be relaxed and relaxed. Under normal circumstances, when encountering the need for the security department and
When the city defense team intervenes, the nobles often have their own methods to deal with it without taking any trouble.
As the city defense captain who patrols the main roads in Dongcheng District all year round, the sword and crossbow on Jennard's body have been almost unused in the past ten years, but his helmet and armor are as bright as new - he is used to encountering carriages of great nobles on the road.
He adjusted his armor, then stepped aside and took off his helmet to salute (according to the director of the Dongcheng Security Department, they should have replaced their heavy helmets with hats long ago. Taking off their helmets to salute is really funny).
Gennard cherishes his job very much. He knows how much effort his comrades-in-arms put in to transfer him to the Royal Capital City Defense Team, who should have been disbanded with the army and make a living on his own.
Dongcheng District is a peaceful place where you can get tips from time to time.
As a farmer from the countryside of Daulun County in the south, Jennard's colorful experiences are definitely worthy of being sung by the minstrels.
More than ten years ago, when he was almost nineteen years old (Jenard no longer remembers his birthday after his father died), the whole village suffered a natural disaster, and then was attacked and plundered by bandits who gathered together. Jernard, who could not survive, signed up.
In response to the Star Legion recruited by Duke John who went south.
He was brave in combat and had a bright mind. He experienced the dangerous battle to defend the Emerald City and luckily survived;
He once took the risk of holding two bags of flour and actually followed the large retreating troops in the Walla Corridor. He heroically broke through the Tusk encirclement with the Duke's troops ("Before joining other troops, we all owe you two
sacks of flour.”—John Duke);
Under orders from above, he also followed the troops and rushed into the welcome banquet at Earl Dale's house, watching how the Duke, who was a guest, gathered their private soldiers without changing his expression;
He even overcame the bombardment of magic energy guns in the decisive Battle of Firewalking Plains and chopped down a battle ax alive;
He also once led a small team under the Duke's nine-pointed star to withstand the rebels' final desperate counterattack at the gap between the swords.
Until the final siege of Sodara - Gennard sighed deeply, cursing the day of victory and sorrow, and then waved to the team members, to the knight holding the fleur-de-lis flag on the opposite side.
They give way.
There are thirty-four knights of the Kevin Deere family. They are not accompanied by a carriage. They are probably subordinates working for the master's family.
The two leading ones seemed to have super-level strength. As for the others, judging from their movements on the horses and the positions of their weapons, they were all just showy. Gennard curled his lips unknownly and stepped aside.
In just over a year, he was promoted from an ordinary baggage soldier to a combat levy, then to an axeman, an infantry combat captain, and to the most glorious Duke's personal guard. Gennard went from not even knowing how to hold a sword.
The peasant turned into an outstanding officer who had experienced hundreds of battles. The rare battlefield experience made him become a rare expert among ordinary people. As long as there are three or five companions in the formation, he will not be afraid at all when encountering super warriors.
Even in the days after the Star Legion was disbanded, Gennard still remembered the guidance of the respected Duke's personal guard commander in the Star Legion and never failed to train.
He had seen countless knights in the most dangerous days. These warriors on horseback, who were famous for their impact, were both heroic and noble warriors with extraordinary skills, as well as cowardly dandy scum who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Of course, in Duke John's case,
Under my hands, the former far outnumber the latter.
So Jennard could tell at a glance that the two leading knights had calm expressions and smooth movements. Their slightly crouched postures could exert force on their horses at any time. There were swords on their waists and saddles, very close to their dominant hands.
Obviously they are masters who have experienced the battlefield to some extent. These masters above the super level are definitely officers of a combat squadron on the battlefield, whether it is charging, raiding, defending, reserve, or even the commander's personal guard, these
People are the indispensable backbone or even the core, such as the famous Baron Alka Mu in the kingdom.
Now, the two knights with more than twenty people were supposed to pass them, but one of them stopped his horse and rode towards Gennard.
"City Defense Team!" This is a knight with sparse hair, more than thirty years old, and the light green patterned plate armor looks like a hand-crafted noble heirloom. He is sullen and condescendingly asking the leader Gennard:
"We saw the horse hoof prints of the brigade on the road. There shouldn't be so many cavalry in Dongcheng District at this time - have you met them?"
Is it time for you to show up? Gennard looked at this noble knight under the flag of tricolor iris and said with contempt in his heart.
But after ten years of working in the city defense team, he had already been blunted by reality. He saw the former duke's bodyguard lowering his head humbly and submissively, and replied: "Dear Sir, Dongcheng District can mobilize a large number of private soldiers.
It's the lords. We don't dare to interfere with their affairs."
Seychelles, the confidant knight of Duke Jenn frowned: "Have you met these cavalry? Which family do they belong to? What flag are they flying?"
Jennard was silent for a moment.
Ten minutes ago, the thirty-two riders who passed by ranged from ordinary to super-level. The leading noble was very skilled, but he was obviously not a soldier. There was even a woman behind him, but Jenard did not see them.
Raise the flag.
However, how could he, who had served under Duke John for many years, not recognize the movements, equipment, and shield styles of those soldiers? Many of the Duke's personal guards at that time were private soldiers brought by the Duke from their families.
, as the Duke went south, he became his bodyguard.
Some of those people had saved his life, and he had saved their lives, and almost all of them were good men who could be trusted with their backs (don’t think wrongly, and don’t be dirty. by Wu Jian, who looked serious)
——Oh, there is also a good woman - she is worthy of being a warrior under the Nine-Pointed Star.
Yes, Gennard told himself again: those thirty-odd cavalrymen are members of the Canxing family, private soldiers of the royal family.
The most important thing was the member of Duke John's family whom he had sworn to die for.
"Yes, my lord," Gennard replied decisively: "We met them just now."
"They didn't show any flags and I don't know where they are going."
The former bodyguard of Duke John saluted - how ironic that no one taught him how to salute the nobles under Duke John, who was the younger brother of the king. But on the second day after arriving in the royal capital, a low-level official from the city hall
The official angrily asked him to learn the standard salute posture ("They are nobles, you know?" - Genard's former boss of the city defense team).
But this ordinary city defense captain probably wouldn't know how much impact the information he concealed would have on himself and the future of the entire star.
Seychelles frowned, reached into his money bag and grabbed a handful, threw the two silver coins and gold coins he accidentally grabbed back into the bag, and then scattered the remaining copper coins to the soldiers of the city defense team.
"Your tip," he said, then turned his horse's head and caught up with his companions.
"Don't think too much, and don't worry about other families' affairs. Just do what the Duke ordered. With both of us here, as long as we don't break into the Fuxing Palace, there will be nothing that can't be solved in the capital. If those vampires
If you don't cooperate, there is only a dead end." Seychelles returned to the front of the cavalry and listened to another noble knight beside him, Cassian with a calm expression, saying softly.
"If it was another family, why didn't the flag show up? An unidentified cavalry team of thirty or forty people rode into Dongcheng District at night - how long has it been since this happened?" Seychelles still said cautiously, in the early nights of the Eastern Continent.
Having traveled through wars, he learned prudence and refinement from the people of the sages in the East.
"Your Majesty's forty-eighth birthday is coming soon. This birthday is so critical. Noble messengers from all over the world, special envoys from lords, envoys from various countries and even spies, the Tower of the End, representatives of the churches of the gods, and secretly large and small forces
, it can be said that the eyes of the whole world will be focused on the Royal Capital."
"The major families in the country are also taking various actions, overtly or covertly. It's normal. We are the same, and we are working hard for it." Cassian turned his head and said lightly: "If you really
Worry, after finishing the matter, just go back and report - this has nothing to do with our mission."
"I hope..." Seychelles touched the sword at his waist, thinking about the sharp-eyed city defense captain just now, and said in a daze:
"I hope it's not the actions of other families."
"Don't worry, Lord Seychelles." Cassian said leisurely: "At this moment, except for wrestling with the royal family, all actions towards the nineteen noble families will be regarded as betrayal."
"How can a noble traitor succeed in 'electing a king'?"
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With a flash of light in Jinni's eyes, she avoided the two blood slaves who were rushing towards her crazily. She tied them up with a flick of the silver chain sword in her hand. The other two terminator swordsmen from the Canxing family stepped forward in cooperation and tied them up.
The silver sword in his hand pierced their hearts.
But the palace lady instantly felt something. She knelt down and rolled to avoid the sudden flash of a sharp claw.
The female vampire Laurana missed a single blow and turned around to parry the two silver swords. Then she screamed and retreated quickly with her figure flashing amidst the sound of "hiss".
The right arm that has just grown out is still very raw, limiting my strength - Laurana thought bitterly - that damn half-disabled superpower.
"You blood-sucking bitch, look for it more accurately next time! I've seen a lot of vampire crimes in the city, and I even caught a blood count of the Olas family with my own hands!" Jinni sat up fiercely,
The slender arms shook, and the chain sword instantly locked Laurana's left leg.
She rolled the chain sword up her right arm, and an inexplicable force surged out, and she pulled hard!
Laurana staggered as she dodged a sword light and was pulled down to the ground! She was dragged along amidst screams.
The strength of this short-lived female—is she a monster?
Laurana roared and clutched the ground, resisting Jinni's strange strength, but before she could steady herself, another silver sword stabbed her.
This damn sword formation! Laurana cursed in her heart. Facing such an enemy, her extraordinary speed and special abilities could not be used at all.
The Starburst Formation is a circular defensive formation. The main body of the formation has several slightly smaller squads protruding from each outer edge, serving as tentacles and testers for the entire formation. In melee, they can flexibly advance and retreat.
As for the blood slave - Laurana carefully avoided the silver sword, while resisting Ji Ni's huge strength, she kicked away the swordsman who attacked her - the blood slave was being encircled and suppressed by the sword formation, and there were fewer and fewer of them.
, after all, how can an irrational monster defeat a swordsman who has experienced many battles?
"Gilbert!" Jinnie roared angrily, tightening the chain sword in her hand: "Where is the child? We have been delayed for so long by these two guys and a bunch of lunatics, you'd better have a reasonable plan!
"
The other side of the formation was at the door of the big house, where Gilbert held a sword in one hand and a staff in the other, working in tacit cooperation with several finisher swordsmen, besieging the blond Eastlen.
"Yordel is entangled by the other party, and that guy is also in the extreme state!" Gilbert frowned and said: "But since we are dragged here, we can only believe him!"
"You - you are such useless men!"
Gilbert ignored Jinni's scolding. He turned his attention back to Eastlon in front of him. It was this vampire with extraordinary speed who snatched Thales away under the eyes of eight guards and took them away with him.
's life.
Eastlen's special talent is that he is far faster than ordinary vampires. He is still at the super level, and his speed is enough to surpass most of his peers. But tonight alone, he encountered two short-lived species.
An opponent who is also at the super level, but is completely unafraid of his extraordinary speed.
One was Nekra from the Blood Bottle Gang. Isterlund could clearly see the first few moves of that guy. Nekra couldn't compete with Iström in terms of speed. But for some reason, after a few moves, Nekra's speed was as fast as that of Iström.
His reflexes were getting faster and faster. At the most critical moment, Nekra's punch speed and body reaction were on par with those of the vampires. If it weren't for Chris' sudden intervention, Eastlen even felt that the opponent's speed would eventually be exceeded.
More than yourself!
The second one, Eastlen's scalp tightened, it was the middle-aged nobleman in front of him who looked elegant and noble, but made him fearful! Like Necra, Gilbert couldn't keep up with his speed, but this
The nobles used their own methods to control the high speed that Eastrun was proud of.
The silver sword in Gilbert's right hand is very stable, and his steps are full of the elegance of a noble duel. But what Eastlund is worried about is not his sword. The blond vampire can easily cope with such sword speed, and can also overturn two
Swordsman.
What he was worried about was the stick in Gilbert's left hand!
Compared with the mediocre swordsmanship, that stick is used by another person! Every time Eastlen dodges or deflects the silver sword, and is about to counterattack, the weird stick will hit him in the air, impartially.
, it happened to be the direction in which he was ready to counterattack, or it was the key node to exert his force, which pushed Eastlen back in frustration, and then fell into the siege of other swordsmen.
Just because of that weird cane, Eastlund even felt that it was not him who was restraining Gilbert, but Gilbert who was restraining himself!
But Eastlund didn't know that he had fallen into Gilbert's trap from the beginning - the key to Gilbert's family martial arts was not the cane, but the regular and seemingly ordinary one in his right hand.
sword!
"Lord Chris!" The blond nobleman's ears twitched and he heard his cousin Laurana's whispers in the melee.
"It's hard for us to hold on any longer - Your Highness hasn't woken up yet. If it doesn't work, just retreat with the ancestral coffin!"
They didn't know that at this moment, Chris, who was holding on to the Yodel dagger, had a face full of surprise and disbelief.
This emotion even infected the opponent in front of him, Yodel behind the mask.
Chris whispered something that only Yoder opposite and the vampires with extraordinary hearing could hear.
The two extreme masters stopped fighting, let go of each other, and retreated.
Laurana and Eastlund heard Chris's murmur, and opened their mouths at the same time, but then quickly retreated, only dodging and not fighting back.
Soon, the people fighting in the open space were surprised to find that the blood slaves were also roaring and retreating to the side, not even caring about their heads being beheaded by the swordsmen around them.
Jinni in the sword formation looked at Gilbert in surprise, but the latter was still frowning, thinking about the situation in front of him.
They didn't wonder for long.
"Dang! Kick! Kick!"
Only a few children's steps were heard, hurriedly coming from the house.
Following the footsteps, there was also a childish boy's voice.
"Everyone!"
Just like this, everyone in the open space saw the shirtless Thales, panting and dragging behind him a little silver-haired girl wearing his shirt, running out of the door on the first floor and coming to the manor.
On open space.
Before he could clearly see the situation in front of him, Thales used all the strength of a seven-year-old boy, with a confused mind, and used all the expressions he knew to yell at the sky:
"Stop it all!"
"We are friendly forces!"
"friendly_fire!"
"knock_it_off!"
As soon as he finished speaking, behind Thales, the little silver-haired girl, who was walking in a hurry and couldn't stop the car, bumped into the traveler's back and fell to the ground with him.