Chapter 276 For the Right of First Night
Along with the arrow, the lord also fell from the sky.
Leon came from the roof.
The roofs of the D'Shar people are different from those in Sarleon. The roofs of the houses here are all flattened.
The rainfall in this area is small, so there is no need for inclined tiles. The roof is generally used for drying things and has a relatively strong load-bearing capacity.
A few Desha Windriders were now shooting arrows from the rooftops, while Leon's men were also constantly attacking them.
As street fighting was still going on at the time, the streets were not clear, so Wendy went up to the roof first - the straight line between two points is the shortest and fastest.
Then Leon also started to walk in a straight line on the roof, and discovered something he had not noticed before - his reaction ability seemed to have greatly improved.
The houses in Toba City were densely packed together, and Leon and Wendy dashed through them like two parkour partners, occasionally jumping from one rooftop to another.
If it were in the past, Li Ang probably wouldn't dare to jump like this - he had never learned parkour. Although he was quite agile, the most important thing to master this skill was not physical skills, but overcoming psychological barriers.
Everyone has a sense of fear, fear of heights, fear of not being able to pass, fear of pain, fear of injury - because they are afraid that they can't do it, their movements become distorted, and they really can't do it.
Moreover, most people do not know themselves well, do not know how far they can jump, do not know how long it will take them to make the correct reaction and movements, and do not have the various movements formed instinctively. Therefore, they will constantly consider and hesitate repeatedly, and they will not be able to make the movements coherent .
Those parkour masters have actually overcome their inner fear and have a very good understanding of their own bodies. Coupled with long-term training, they are able to make almost instinctive reactions during fast movements.
But now, Li Ang found that he seemed to have no psychological barriers and had that kind of instinctive reaction.
He was even able to follow Wendy as she ran at full speed on the rooftop, as if he and Wendy had the same reaction speed.
Perhaps this is the unexpected gain that Wendy's blood and dragon tears brought to him?
Has your agility improved?
Li Ang guessed.
However, Wendy's movements were as light as a cat, while when Leon jumped from the roof to Alistair, he fell to the ground like a wild boar - even the ground shook twice, raising a large cloud of dust.
It seems that his reaction and agility have indeed improved, but his skills are still far from perfect...
But this clumsy landing method had a very good combat effect - several Dusk Knights took a step back, and no one wanted the strong man who jumped from the roof to fall on their head.
"The Knights of Dusk... how courageous! They dared to come and cause trouble when the army was attacking the city!"
Leon stood in front of Jocelyn, pointing the sword in his hand in a circle, and finally pointed at Alistair.
In fact, he didn’t see so many people when he jumped from the rooftop—only after he jumped down did he realize that there were several Dusk Knights leaning against the wall, and he couldn’t see them from the rooftop…
However, of course he cannot show weakness at this time, nor does he need to show weakness, after all, the rest of Li Ang's team will be here soon.
After shooting an arrow to save Jocelyn, Wendy blew the assembly call on the roof and shot an arrow into the air - she wanted to summon Leon's main force here.
The assembly call sounded and flares appeared in the air, which meant that there was nothing wrong with the commander-in-chief, but he encountered the enemy at the location where the flares were fired. Therefore, Leon's other troops would definitely gather here.
"It seems that you are Earl Leon... The Earl is indeed very courageous... Go!"
Alistair covered his injured arm and gave orders, and a dozen Dusk Knights finally rushed forward.
But it was not directed at Jocelyn who was raising the flag again, but at Li Ang!
"You guys came here specifically to deal with me?!"
Leon understood what Alistair meant.
They attacked Jocelyn on the battlefield not to hunt down the traitors of the Knights of Dusk, but to bring down their own flag and lure themselves over!
In order to get here quickly, Leon was alone with Wendy - he only needed to determine what kind of enemy Jocelyn encountered, after all, his troops were everywhere in the city.
If you can handle it, blow the assembly call and shoot arrows to call the troops over;
If you can't deal with it, let Wendy blow the horn for the whole army to retreat, and then run away...
There is really no need to bring anyone along, as too many people would just be a hindrance.
And Leon jumped onto the street, which meant that Leon thought he could deal with it. After all, he only saw a few Dusk Knights.
"Count Leon, you have become an obstacle to the goddess. We are here at the goddess's command..."
Alistair spoke with a righteous tone, and he raised the sword in his hand again.
But just as he raised the sword, he put it down in pain - the wound on his arm where the arrow pierced was still bleeding.
So Alistair stepped back a few steps and did not join the battle again.
"Goddess? You mean Erida? Ha..."
Leon swung his sword to repel the joint attack of the two Dusk Knights, and stood back to back with Jocelyn.
Surrounding them were a dozen or so Dusk Knights.
But these dozen masters were unable to do anything to Leon for a while - Leon's sword was extremely sharp, and each strike was so powerful that it could even cut off the Dusk Knight's sword directly.
In fact, as soon as the fight started, Li Ang's heart was already half at ease.
Because he was sure that the Dusk Knights did not dare to kill him - none of the attacks launched by the Dusk Knights were aimed at his vital points.
In fact, if you think about it a little, you can understand that if I die, Alistair and these Twilight Knights will definitely not be able to leave Toba City alive.
They can only capture themselves alive!
So Li Ang appeared to be very active. Even though he was fighting alone against more than a dozen people, he still fought vigorously.
Coupled with Wendy who was jumping around on the roof and shooting arrows, and Jocelyn who had recovered, the dozen or so people of the Dusk Knights were gradually losing the upper hand.
After Leon had several swords cut off in succession, the Dusk Knights began to hesitate.
"Bridge! How long do you want to wait?!"
At this moment, Alistair once again uttered that cry that carried a mysterious power.
As soon as the voice fell, the Dusk Knights who were intercepting the non-commissioned officers in the back all retreated, and a large group of people completely trapped Leon.
Behind the Dusk Knights, Bridget emerged from several houses with a team of omen seekers, blocking Leon's troops on the other side of the street.
At the same time, a group of black-clad troops rushed over from behind Alistair. They were the vassal troops of the Dusk Knights, the Dusk Slaves.
These dusk slaves only came out at this time. Obviously, Alistair had done this to avoid Leon not showing up due to too many people here - this was obviously premeditated.
In this street that was only a few meters wide, the Dusk Knights blocked both ends, and Leon and Jocelyn were surrounded in the middle. Some Omen Seekers also appeared on the roof, forcing Wendy to fall to the street.
The enemy created a local numerical advantage, and this advantage seemed quite large, with almost four to five hundred people besieging three people - Leon, Jocelyn, and Wendy.
This situation is really troublesome. One person against a dozen is still manageable, but one person against hundreds is really impossible...
Although Leon's army must have begun to gather here, no matter how many troops there are, they will be useless in this situation, just like when Leon himself kidnapped Justus and Levius.
"I am Alistair... Count Leon, how about putting down your sword and following me? You are already trapped here by us. Even if all your troops gather here, it will only cause more damage to your reputation..."
Seeing that his men had surrounded Leon, Alistair smiled and took two steps back again.
This guy was very cautious. Even when the situation was so good, he actually moved further away from the lord.
"Oh? It seems that I really have nowhere to escape... In that case, why don't you let me die knowingly?"
Leon looked at Alistair and dropped the sword in his hand. The current situation was indeed not good. He tried to delay time to allow his troops to break through the blockade of those omen seekers and get some useful information.
"You have become a threat to the goddess...Okay , let me be more direct..."
Alistair probably felt that the situation was settled, and a smug look appeared on his face: "Count Leon, your strength is growing too fast, and many people want to kill you... Most importantly, you have always been an enemy of the goddess' servants..."
"Servants of the Goddess...you mean the Three Prophets?"
Leon has not forgotten the fake Igor who changed his face when he first met the Twilight Knight Jocelyn - that was obviously done by the Three Prophets.
And Jocelyn's mission at that time was just to protect the fake Igor.
In this case, the Three Prophets obviously have some conspiracy or cooperation with the Knights of Dusk.
It’s just that Jocelyn didn’t know the specific situation, so he didn’t understand it at the time.
Leon did have a grudge against the three prophets. He had defeated the three prophets at the beginning in Changhe Town. If Leiman had not come to intercept them under the order of King Ulrik, the three prophets would probably have died at the hands of Leon.
After taking Changhe Town, Leon also asked Fother and Granlong to find the lair of the three prophets - although this was just to put the blame for stealing the king's seal on the three prophets, it definitely caused a lot of trouble for the three prophets.
To be honest, the Three Prophets did not take the initiative to provoke Li Ang. It was Li Ang who took the initiative to become an enemy of the Three Prophets.
Now that Alistair mentioned the servants of the goddess Erida, Leon naturally thought of the three prophets.
"Ha... maybe it's the king? Earl Leon, your territory is no less than that of the king..."
Alistair did not answer directly, but took a step closer with a smile: "Count Leon, put down your sword and follow me. I don't want to kill you, which will lead to me being hunted down by your men... But I think you don't want your troops to be counterattacked by Bridge, right?"
As he spoke, he pointed to the other end of the street where the omen seekers were being intercepted.
That's right. Leon is trapped here, and the main force certainly doesn't dare to attack the Knights of Dusk, but Bridge's team can counterattack without any scruples. At this time, the main army has become a constraint on Leon.
"King? Coming out to disrupt things when I'm about to capture Toba City? Ha... If you're talking about the prince or princess, then I can understand."
Leon did not put down the sword in his hand, he kept looking into Alistair's eyes.
When he mentioned 'Princess', he noticed a slight change in Alistair's eyes.
The change was small, but Leon still noticed it.
There was a look in Alistair's eyes, something like surprise, that flashed by for a moment.
Is it the princess?
Li Ang figured out everything at once...
The queen of the Sarleon Kingdom passed away a few years ago, and Ulrik took in a new princess a few days ago. She is said to be young, beautiful, smart and virtuous.
But the king did not hold any grand banquet to celebrate his marriage this time. Even powerful lords like Leon and Godric did not receive an invitation.
Now it seems that this "young and beautiful" princess probably has a deep relationship with the three prophets, and may even be one of the three prophets!
It seems that their skills are getting more and more advanced, and they can even fool Ulrich...
In this case, we must fight to the death.
If he fell into the hands of the Three Prophets, he might as well die early - Le Ang could even imagine what the Three Prophets would do to him. His skin would probably appear on another person?
"Alistair, have you ever thought about...what would happen to the Knights of Dusk if I escaped?"
Leon glanced around and began to think about how to escape: "I'm curious, why would you go after a marshal of a kingdom... You should be able to imagine the risk. Why do I feel like your Twilight Knights are being used as a knife?"
"If I can get Changhe Town as my territory, do you think it's worth it for me to take such a risk?"
Alistair smiled and looked at Jocelyn: "Jocelyn, do you know what you gave up by defecting from the Knights? Ha... You could have enjoyed wealth and honor in Changhe Town, and even had the right to the first night..."
"I have no interest in your customs and hobbies in Barkley, Alistair, you are a scumbag..."
Jocelyn was unmoved.
"Then you will become a prisoner for me to whip for fun at the banquet... Jocelyn, I thought you would come back. I actually care a lot about our comradeship back then."
After being called a scum by Jocelyn, the smile on Alistair's face disappeared and his tone became threatening.
"Then you have to catch me alive first..."
Jocelyn turned his head away and ignored Alistair.
"Alistair, you just said... the right of virginity? Why don't I remember the Lord of Sarleon having this privilege?"
Leon was still looking around, talking and thinking about how to get away, but Alistair was now several meters away from him.
Wendy behind him snorted, obviously quite unhappy about the "right of virginity".
As the name suggests, this is a privilege enjoyed by noble lords in certain places, which is to enjoy the bride's first night when someone in the territory gets married.
Generally, this was granted by a great power like Barclay to some newly conquered territories far across the sea in order to attract nobles to lead their troops there to serve as lords and maintain their rule.
But there is no such saying in several countries of the continent of Pendor - as early as the time of the former king Kavala, this privilege that could easily inspire civil rebellion was completely abolished.
"Serleon didn't have it before... But what if Serleon is no longer Serleon? Ha... How many plump young girls are there in your Changhe Town, Count Leon? I mean the kind with flesh, not the kind of bastard behind you..."
There was some longing in Alistair's eyes, and he seemed to be longing for the virginity and the fat girl that he was about to get.
Wendy glanced at Alistair with a sidelong glance and tightened the sword in her hand. It was obvious that she was quite dissatisfied with the word "firewood girl".
