Adventurer's inn, or tavern.
This is where Leon once met Sarah.
When Li Ang came to the hotel again, it was already evening.
After reaching an agreement with the king at noon, he has been in the House of Lords signing various documents and confirming the changes in the coat of arms.
Although it was just a simple change of color, Igor's subordinates were not skilled in the job, or the atmosphere of the House of Nobles was just so slow, but it delayed him for half a day.
It was not until nightfall that the House of Nobles finished all its affairs and sent two servants to escort him to the inn.
Of course, the servants sent Li Ang to the door of the hotel and left. These servants were not there to protect him. They probably just wanted to keep an eye on Li Ang's whereabouts.
Leon kept looking up at the roofs all the way until he saw Risadilan's figure flash by on a big tree in the city, and then he felt relieved.
There weren't many people in the hotel, so Eric booked the hotel, including the guest rooms and the tavern.
Eric was naturally waiting for the lord.
"My Lord, I'm glad you're safe. I thought this would be difficult... In fact, I'm ready to break out of the prison. Miss Amy asked me to bring Alice here as well. Do we need to leave here immediately?"
When Eric saw Leon enter the hotel, he immediately came forward and asked directly for the next instructions without saying too much nonsense.
He really seemed to be prepared for everything. There was a reason why Li Ang always looked at Gousheng differently.
"I asked you to come here because I thought we would run into more trouble this time. I didn't expect to get away so easily. How many people did you bring to Sarleon City?"
Before leaving Bailubao, Li Ang actually carried a lot of things for escape with him, but none of them are useful at the moment - which is of course a good thing.
Now that everything is safe and sound and there is a large army to support him, the lord feels quite relaxed.
"More than 400 people, all trained and skilled fighters."
What Eric brought with him were all the fighting forces in Changhe Town at that time. Now these people are scattered in hotels all over the city.
There were only about a hundred people staying in this adventurer's inn, and there were dozens of carriages parked there - but it had already filled up the largest inn in Sarleon City.
"There are no outsiders here, right?"
The lord looked around cautiously. There were dozens of soldiers sitting in the hall, all of them were fully armed, but their equipment was different.
"Don't worry, sir, everyone in the hall is our friend..."
Eric is indeed very reliable in his work.
The people in the hall were all armed escorts from Changhe Express, now called bodyguards by Li Ang.
Eric had been careful not to have them wear neat heraldic robes, lest they should be questioned, so they looked like a motley crew.
"Very good. Leave some brothers in this tavern to take over the business and arrange for the brothers to keep an eye on one person... I am worried that similar things will happen again in the future."
Since there were no outsiders, the lord began to arrange work on the spot.
"Sir, the basement of this tavern is a casino under the name of the Maixiang Group. The tavern owner is now our agent... This Adventurer's Inn has long been our business partner. In fact, most of the inns named "Adventurer's" in Sarleon have already cooperated with us. This was specially arranged by Miss Leslie. Who does your lord want the brothers to keep an eye on?"
Eric pointed .
Li Ang looked over and saw a griffin mark on the wall of the bar, which indicated that this was a cooperative unit of Maixiang Group.
The Lord had not interfered too much with Leslie's operation of Changhe Express before, but just asked Leslie to expand the business as much as possible.
It seems that in the past few months, Leslie has quietly developed a lot of partners and is truly a qualified general manager.
"Keep a close eye on Grand Secretary Igor. I need to know who he will meet privately in the future and what he will do."
Li Ang felt that there was something wrong with Igor from the very beginning.
It was impossible to have his men keep an eye on the king, as they couldn't enter the palace.
But it is feasible to keep an eye on Igor, as this court scholar does not actually work in the palace most of the time, but in the House of Lords.
"Igor, Grand Maester... Good sir, I promise to find out which noble lady he had an affair with. Shall we leave here now, sir?"
Eric nodded, seeming confident about the task.
Ever since he was transferred to Changhe Express and was able to command hundreds of people, this Goudan seemed to have confidence in everything. His mentality was very similar to that of the Lord...
"You arrange things and then come back to Changhe Town with me. I have just obtained tax exemption in the king's territory, but I need to pay the king a large sum of money. Arrange things first, and then go back to White Hart Castle."
Leon nodded and left the tavern hall, waiting for Eric to arrange his affairs.
As for matters like arranging specific tasks for his brothers, since Eric had made the arrangements, Leon generally would not intervene personally.
This is the principle of being a big boss. On the one hand, you must trust your subordinates, and on the other hand, you must try to avoid giving orders beyond your level so as not to cause trouble to grassroots employees.
He went straight to the stables and found Alice.
The stable is behind the inn. It is entered from a dark alley on the side of the inn. Behind it is an open area where horses and vehicles are parked.
But just as he approached Alice, the mare suddenly shook her head and nudged him a few times, pacing with her feet and pulling the reins, indicating that he should untie her immediately.
Li Ang thought Alice missed him because she hadn't seen him for a few days, so he went forward to comfort her, stroked her neck, and untied the reins.
But Alice did not calm down, instead she used her head to push his body towards the saddle.
It seemed to be signaling Li Ang to get on the horse quickly.
Leon immediately became nervous. This was animal instinct. Alice felt the danger!
The last time Alice had such a nervous reaction was when Lisa Dilan took out the Snake Heart Stone.
No matter what was about to happen, the lord decided to trust Alice's instinctive judgment.
He immediately jumped on his horse.
Alice didn't even wait for his command. She left the stable as fast as she could, ran out of the dark alley, and came to King's Avenue, which was the main entrance to the tavern lobby on the first floor of the inn.
Alice had no intention of stopping, but Leon had no weapon at the moment and felt unsafe...
And he had to greet his men, so he stopped his horse at the door of the tavern and called out, "Eric!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before Eric had time to come out, a large group of people rushed out from all directions and surrounded the Adventurer's Inn.
Li Ang frowned and looked around. There were dozens of people in front and behind, blocking the road at both ends.
Twenty or thirty people also came out of the dark alley next to the hotel leading to the stables.
There are about a hundred people from all directions in total.
These people included both men and women, and they all seemed to be well-equipped. They were definitely not members of the Red Brotherhood.
None of them had their faces covered, but almost everyone wore a full-face helmet or visor, some of which didn't even match the armor they were wearing...
This group of people obviously have bad intentions.
The lord's seat is right in front of the main entrance, and he can see into the tavern hall through the half-body door.
The knight's men were blocking Leon at both ends, dozens of meters in front and behind. From their perspective, they definitely couldn't see inside the tavern.
Inside the tavern, Eric was behind a half-closed door with a group of his men, preparing to come out.
Leon glanced at Eric and winked at him.
Eric just heard the noise and saw what was happening outside.
After seeing the lord's eyes, he wisely stepped back, stopped the men behind him, whispered a few words to them, and then pushed the door open and ran out alone.
"What's going on, my lord? Who are you? What are you going to do?!"
Eric looked like a follower who had just discovered that his lord was surrounded. He shouted and handed a sword to Leon.
My Lord came to Sarleon without his sword, and now he has no weapons at all.
Eric was a careful subordinate who knew his boss's habits. What he handed over was actually a silver-plated knight's sword - which was basically the same as Leon's sword before the silver plating was worn off.
"Mr. Leon, right? I didn't expect you to be so alert. You ran away before I could even react..."
A knight-like guy wearing heavy blue armor came out of the alley from the stable and separated the masked men who were blocking the intersection.
This guy looked quite burly, and every step he took made a clanging sound.
Those were plate boots, and he was wearing a full set of heavy plate chain mail, and a full-visor helmet that only left a slit for his eyes.
Wearing this attire, you're going to commit an assassination in Sarleon?
This is the capital city. Except for the members of the Lion Knights, ordinary people would not appear on the streets at night wearing heavy armor and carrying a large number of people. Not only would they be easily discovered, but they might also be considered as treason.
It looked like a premeditated attack, but this guy was definitely not a professional killer, and this assassination method seemed quite amateurish.
Even a professional killer wouldn't bring so many people to cause trouble. One hidden arrow is more effective than a hundred people.
"Who are you, sir? Who sent you?"
The lord's hand reached for the hilt of the sword.
The knight in blue armor opposite raised his hand, and dozens of crossbows in front and behind him were raised together and aimed at Leon.
"I wanted to confirm whether I had killed the wrong person... It seems that I was right..."
“Snap!”
Just as he said half of this, a long arrow was nailed under the knight's body, and the tail of the arrow was still vibrating.
The arrow lodged itself between the knight's legs, and was inserted diagonally into the stone slab on the ground a foot and a half deep. This penetrating power was obviously enough to penetrate the heavy armor on his body.
This was naturally shot by Risadilan to warn the enemies holding crossbows.
"Want to kill me? It's hard to say who will kill whom... Who sent you?"
Leon stared into the knight's eyes.
But the guy seemed very courageous. He did not answer the question. Instead, he looked at the arrow under his feet and stretched out his foot to kick the arrow shaft off.
But his kick didn't work, and he almost tripped...
But the large paving stone cracked into two pieces.
It was a Noldor arrow. Both the arrow body and the shaft were made of Noldor's enchanted metal, hard and extremely tough.
"...Noldo!"
The knight was obviously knowledgeable. He looked up and around a few times, but he did not seem afraid.
When they heard him mention Noldor, several people came from both sides and stood in front of the knight.
They were several fully armed women.
But the knight stretched out his hands to separate the women and stood in front.
"Don't be like this, ladies. You can't stop the arrows of the Noldor in this environment... I don't want you to get into trouble..."
Looks quite gentlemanly.
The gentleman began to look behind Leon and to the left and right.
But it was night, and Risadilan would be hard to spot even during the day, let alone in the dark. The knight certainly couldn't see him.
But the arrow that sank deep into the stone was very convincing, and only the Noldor could shoot such a terrible arrow.
The accuracy of shooting between the legs without hurting anyone was enough to prove that the Noldor archer hiding in the darkness had the ability to kill him with one arrow.
The knight didn't seem to intend to die together. Not noticing Risadilan, he stretched out his hand to signal everyone to put down their crossbows.
"Baron Leon, there are actually Noldor elves helping you? This is really an unexpected surprise..."
The knight shook his head, as if sighing, but his eyes were always scanning behind Leon.
But Leon didn't intend to respond to him, because Leon probably already knew who this guy was.
Ulric's purpose of making money is to hire an adventure group to fight against the Noldor...
This knight seemed to understand the archery of the Noldor elves, but he was not afraid of the Noldor. It was obvious that he was a mercenary group hired by the king to capture the noble girls of the Noldor.
But why would they kill themselves?
The king had just signed an agreement with me, but I hadn’t received the money yet!
This assassination was definitely not carried out by Ulrich...
So, who could it be?
The Lord felt puzzled - no one in Sarleon City had any grudge against him!
"Sir, how about we both take a step back and talk outside the city? If this continues, the patrol of the Lion Knights will probably arrive soon... What is your name, Sir?"
Li Ang was ready to ask some questions.
But the knight ignored him and kept looking behind Leon.
It seems that I can only fight...
Li Ang glanced at the tavern again and found that there were fewer people inside the tavern.
Eric fully understood the meaning of the lord's eyes, and he had already made some arrangements for his brothers before he came out.
Leon and Eric were waiting for the brothers to be fully in place.
However, at this time, the knight had already stretched out his hand and pointed to a roof behind Leon.
"There! Shoot him!"
He seemed to have discovered the location of Risadiran.
"Brothers! Kill him!"
That was indeed the position of Risadilan. This knight had good eyesight, so at the same time, Leon also issued an order.
A volley of crossbow arrows shot towards the roof behind Leon, but it probably had no effect, because Risadilan didn't say a word.
Nearly a hundred fully armed warriors also rushed out from the taverns, alleys and behind the hotels - this was a counter-attack!
The knight was obviously quite surprised. He never expected that Leon had so many subordinates in the Fierce Lion City!
The people on both sides immediately engaged in a melee.
The brothers who came out from the direction of the stable were the first to achieve results. The twenty or so men had their backs to the dark alley and had no idea that they would be attacked from behind. Half of them fell down almost instantly.
However, since the brothers were not given enough time to prepare, the other two directions did not have this effect.
Eric led the bodyguards who rushed out from the half-body door of the tavern and blocked dozens of enemies on the road behind Leon.
Another group of bodyguards came out from behind the inn and blocked the people in front of Li Ang.
The escorts came out quickly, so the enemies had to drop their crossbows and start fighting in hand-to-hand combat.
The two sides have a similar number of people, and their overall combat effectiveness is probably about the same, so for the time being they are evenly matched.
Leon himself rode his horse and rushed towards the leading knight.
To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. This is an ancient saying.
The knight was in the alley in the direction of the stable. He had just been attacked from behind and seemed to be in a panic.
The knight now has the fewest people around him. Leon's bodyguards launched a sneak attack in the alley and have formed a local numerical advantage.
The current situation is thirty against ten, with Risadilan secretly shooting arrows.
But the knight and the female warriors around him still kept their footing. They dropped their crossbows and drew their swords to fight back.
They were all black swords and seemed very sharp.
Leon rode his horse very fast and reached the side of the knight in almost the blink of an eye.
The knight turned around, looked at Leon who was getting closer and closer, took off his shield, and even rushed forward a few steps.
This was obviously a guy with extraordinary skills. The few steps he took forward just happened to be stuck in front of Alice's side, in the direction of the lord's left hand where he didn't hold the sword.
This is how Leon dealt with the Doombringer before ...
But Leon didn't take a shield. He just put the sword in his left hand and rushed past the knight.
The sword in his left hand took advantage of the horse's speed and swung lightly towards the opponent's neck.
The knight was riding forward with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, obviously prepared to meet Leon's backhand sword attack.
But Leon changed to swinging the sword with his left hand, which prevented the knight from counterattacking. Instead, he took another step back and raised the sword in his hand to block the attack.
The two swords collided, creating huge sparks in the dark night.
When fighting on horseback, even a light sword strike can have great power due to the speed of the horse. The knight was blocked by this blow and the sword in his hand flew out of his hand.
However, Leon suffered even greater losses - the lord did not expect that with just one strike of the sword, the silver-plated sword in his hand would break!
In the knight's hand was a sword that could cut through iron like mud!
But there was no time to think about it, Alice had already crashed into the back of those female warriors.
Alice, weighing more than a thousand pounds, knocked two female warriors flying, then ran straight into the alley, even knocking down one of her own.
He was a warrior holding a spear. He saw that Li Ang's sword was broken, so he tried to pass his spear to his boss, but was hit by a horse.
Leon got the spear and turned his horse around, but Alice turned around again and rushed back violently.
This time, the knight couldn't stop him...
In other words, they didn't dare to stand in front of him - when fighting on horseback, the deterrent effect of holding short weapons and holding long pole weapons is completely different.
"retreat!"
The knight shouted, raised his shield and rolled over to avoid the spear that Leon was thrusting at him, then threw the shield at Leon and started running quickly towards a crowded place.
That guy was wearing heavy armor but he ran very fast, and he didn't care about the female warrior behind him at all...
It seems that this gentleman would abandon his woman and run away when things really got serious...
But the women around him seemed willing to protect him with their lives, and several female warriors desperately blocked Li Ang.
By the time the lord and his men killed those women, the knight was already on the other side of the King's Road, and began to retreat with his men.