Chapter 277 Confiscation of Crime Tools
After hearing Alistair say that the Sarleon Kingdom might no longer be the Sarleon Kingdom, Leon suddenly understood.
"So, this matter is related to the Barclay Empire? As far as I know, only Barclay will grant the right of first night to the lords who are willing to transfer to the cross-sea enclave..."
Leon's eyes were no longer looking around. He saw a faint shadow in a room behind Alistair.
It was a shabby house with no windows and very poor light from inside the door. The figure was hidden quite deep inside the door, but one could vaguely see what gestures he was making.
And that figure seemed familiar.
The lord did not keep staring at the house. He turned his head to look at the other Dusk Knights - fortunately, they were all wearing full-face devil horn helmets, which only left a slit for the eyes facing forward - the vision must be poor, and no one should have noticed there.
"Count Leon, you will know the specific reason when you return to Sarleon with me... In fact, we really don't want to hurt you. To be more precise, we hope you can join the organization - we are even willing to let you become the Knight Commander of the Dusk Knights!"
Alistair seemed unwilling to say anything more, but pointed at the sword in Leon's hand, signaling Leon to put it down.
Leon nodded: "If that's the case, then you should at least tell me who is the Grand Master of the Twilight Knights? Who will be my immediate superior in the future?"
"You actually know him... but for his safety, I can't tell you now. Earl Leon, we won't mistreat you. We've even prepared treatment for you that matches your status."
Seeing that Leon didn't seem to be planning to resist, Alistair smiled and waved his hand: "Of course, this is just to prevent you from hurting us, or yourself - we all know your strong fighting ability."
As Alistair waved his hand, another Dusk Knight came forward with a pair of shackles and raised them to Leon.
The shackles were made very delicately, with leather on the inner layer. It seemed that this was indeed the most humane treatment for prisoners - at least they took into consideration that they would not hurt Le Ang's wrists.
So Li Ang sighed and nodded : "Okay, I can go with you... But where are you going to take me now? This city is full of my troops..."
The lord even bent down and put his sword on the ground, turned his back to Alistair, put his hands behind his back, and looked like he was ready to be tied up.
Wendy and Jocelyn did not expect Leon to make such a surrender-like gesture. They turned around and looked at Leon in horror.
But they saw a look in Li Ang's eyes.
The lord glanced at the windowless house.
The house was located just behind Alistair.
Just as the Dusk Knight stepped forward and was about to put the handcuffs on Leon's wrists, Wendy suddenly put one hand on Leon's shoulder, and used her hands and feet to gain leverage and flew up!
Leon also stood up suddenly, put his hands under Wendy's feet, and threw Wendy over his head to where Alistair was!
“Ahhhh!”
At the same time, Jocelyn suddenly roared and charged like a mad bull, rushing straight towards Alistair, and even completely ignoring the two Dusk Knights who were about to raise their swords to intercept him.
The Dusk Knight behind Leon still had shackles in his hands. Seeing that the situation was not right, he was about to draw his sword, but Leon kicked him to the ground with one kick, then rolled sideways and grabbed his sword from the ground.
Then, without stopping, he pounced with his sword and slashed towards Alistair's position.
This was when Leon had already "surrendered", and when Alistair and the Dusk Knights had just relaxed.
The other Dusk Knights around were just on guard against Leon's sudden escape - but Leon had his back to Alistair, who would have thought that his target was still Alistair?
So, Wendy in the sky, Leon on the ground, and Jocelyn flying in the middle - Alistair faced a combined attack from three people, and at a time when he was completely unexpected.
This is a high-level treatment, and it’s for a man whose arm was shot…
Alistair reacted quickly. He was stunned for only half a second, and then immediately began to retreat in a panic - his arm was injured, so he definitely couldn't fight, and he couldn't beat any of these three people now.
But it was too late...
The other Dusk Knights reacted a little slower by a second, and by the time they came to their senses, Wendy had already "flown" above Alistair's head.
Before she landed, she still did a straight front somersault, and when she was upside down in the air, she once again slashed out a stunning sword in the air, aiming at Alistair's neck - just like she did when she killed Castro.
However, this sword failed to kill Alistair.
In fact, Alistair did not block Wendy's sword, but the Dusk Knight was extremely lucky - he tripped while retreating in a hurry, and luckily avoided Wendy's special move.
As Alistair fell on his back, he watched Wendy fly over his head, and Wendy's sword almost brushed past his nose.
This obviously scared him a lot, so he subconsciously twisted his waist to avoid the attack as he fell - in fact, it was only then that he realized that he had to dodge the sword...
Sometimes not being killed by a sword may not necessarily be considered lucky...
Because Li Ang, who was rushing towards him close to the ground, also swung his sword at this time - the lord couldn't stop himself.
Originally, the lord's sword was intended to chop the legs, after all, it was a ground-level sword.
But Alistair was in the process of falling to the ground, and he twisted his body halfway, so the sword hit Alistair's crotch firmly...
“Ah!”
"Bang..."
Alistair's sharp scream and the dull sound of his landing were heard one after another.
Then, a large amount of blood spurted out between his legs...
The Dusk Knight Armor has been transformed into open-crotch pants, which looks very neat, and the opening is indeed in the middle, which is quite symmetrical.
Jocelyn had already rushed over at this time. Seeing this, he braked suddenly and took a breath of cold air with a hiss - this scene was too tragic. Alistair was obviously not going to die, but he would definitely not be able to enjoy the right of virginity in the future, and he would not be able to touch the fat girl either...
The Lord's sword probably cut his weapon in two...
In fact, all the other Dusk Knights were also stunned, and some of them even looked at a certain part of their body in unison.
The scene was quiet for a moment.
But the battle did not end there, as the other Dusk Knights finally reacted and began to chase.
It's just that they all seem to have covered their lower bodies with their shields...
It seems that even though Alistair is the leader of these Twilight Knights, the other Twilight Knights will not stop because of him.
It seems that the Dusk Knights' mission this time is much more important than the leader's life.
The crisis facing Li Ang has not been resolved.
Fortunately , the lord was not just trying to capture Alistair.
After all, it was too amazing that three people acted together in the sky and on the ground. The dark shadow in the house behind Alistair must have noticed the actions of Leon and others.
He did start to cooperate.
In the house, a Singal figure appeared and began to draw his bow and shoot arrows.
That's Ediz.
In the two or three seconds from the time Wendy took off to the time Alistair fell, Ediz had already shot at least five feather arrows in succession, each of which accurately forced back a Dusk Knight who was chasing Leon and others.
Although the Dusk Knights' armor was quite thick and being shot at would probably not cause much damage, all of Edizi's arrows were shot at their faces - the Dusk Knights held their shields relatively low, with their heads completely exposed...
This ultra-fast shooting has little force and cannot actually cause effective damage, but the oncoming arrows will always make people subconsciously dodge, and Edizi has bought more time for the lord.
Maybe this time is only two seconds, but it is enough for the agile Wendy.
As soon as she landed on the ground, she pounced as nimbly as a civet cat, directly into the dim house, and began to shoot arrows out.
The arrows of the Noldor are not just a tickle, they can be fatal.
Edith's rapid fire and Wendy's point-killing gave Leon more time and space. The lord rolled into the house from the ground and even had time to drag in Alistair, who was lying on the ground.
After Jocelyn rushed over, he used himself as a shield to block several Dusk Knights who were chasing him.
The two layers of heavy armor on his body finally played a positive role at this time, but Jocelyn still suffered a sword wound... on the buttocks.
At this time, Ediz once again showed extremely quick reaction. He did not fire rapidly again, but flew out of the angle and shot down the last Dusk Knight who was chasing Jocelyn with an arrow from the side.
Ediz's archery skills were definitely not as good as Wendy's, but this arrow came at the right time, because the Dusk Knight he shot down was the one who stabbed Jocelyn in the butt.
If Edith hadn't acted in time, Jocelyn would have been hit by another heavy sword - the Dusk Knight had already raised his sword to Jocelyn's back.
Afterwards, Leon dragged Jocelyn into the house, and Edith pushed down a lot of debris to temporarily seal the door. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.
The house was quite dark, very different from ordinary houses, and filled with a foul smell.
Because there are two large manure pits inside - these are the warehouses for storing feces in the city, usually called "vaults"...
Yes, no doubt about it, that is the name.
The place where dinars and gold are stored is generally called a "silver vault"; and the place where shit is stored is called a "gold vault"...
All big cities in this era had such cesspool warehouses. On the one hand, this was because the sewer systems in most cities at that time were not perfect, and all kinds of feces produced in the city would generally be collected in such warehouses first, and then loaded onto trucks and transported out of the city.
On the other hand, feces is a useful weapon for defending a city, and some would be stored in the city for military supplies.
"Lord Leon..."
Edizi greeted the lord, but was stopped by Leon before he could say anything.
"Ediz, if you have anything to say, let's leave here first. The debris at the door can only hold them back for a minute or two at most..."
The lord would not waste time on small talk at this moment. He had previously spoken to Alistair in order to buy time and opportunity, and now, he could not waste the chance to escape.
Villains die because they talk too much, and decent people die because they are nagging. Le Ang doesn't know whether he is a decent person or a villain, but he doesn't want to die anyway.
"From here you can directly access the secret door in the west of the city. I originally wanted to escape from here. This is the passage used to transport excrement out of the city."
Ediz didn't waste any time and pointed to a dark alley inside the house.
This was probably a road specially built for manure carts. It should have been connected and supplemented by the original outer walls between the houses, and a one-way street was specially separated. It seemed that it would lead to the outside of the city along a part of the city wall.
Manure is usually not transported out of the city through the main streets, as this would stink up the streets, making the dignitaries unhappy, and would also cause a large number of flies and maggots to appear.
There were a lot of maggots in that dark alley, and there was a lot of feces scattered inside. In addition, there was no side road leading in, so naturally no one would stay in such an environment.
Moreover, Edizi also put a dung cart in the "vault" - if Bridge had not been guarding near the secret door all night, Edizi would have escaped from Toba City using the dung cart after completing the jailbreak in the early morning.
"It seems that my three thousand dinars were well spent..."
Leon patted Ediz on the shoulder, stepped directly into the alley with a not-so-good smell, got on the dung cart, and loaded Alistair, who was still groaning in pain, onto the dung cart.
As long as we can get away, there should be no enemies outside the secret door, at most three or five guarding the gate.
Leon's troops in the city actually had the upper hand. Bridge and the Knights of Dusk could only defend this street for a while.
Moreover, the city gate was also under the control of Li Ang's troops. As long as they could leave this street, it would not take too much time even if they went back from outside the city. So Li Ang signaled everyone to get on the carriage without hesitation, and the carriage began to gallop along the manure cart passage.
There was indeed a secret door at the end of the alley, and there were indeed a few Dusk slaves guarding the door.
If it was just Edizi, it would be difficult for him to get out. But now Leon and Wendy were here, and those Twilight Slaves basically could not pose any obstacle.
At this time, the Dusk Knights had already broken through the door of the 'vault'. They also discovered the manure cart passage, but they were all on foot, so they would definitely not be able to catch up.
However, they started running in the passage without hesitation - they were no longer trying to chase Li Ang, they also had to save their own lives!
Leon's army was all in the city, and Bridge was resisting on the streets, but he certainly couldn't hold out for long.
Perhaps, the Knights of Dusk already knew that there was this passage. After all, they would act here and if they wanted to capture Leon alive, they naturally had to consider a way to escape.
And before, Bridge tried to lure Leon into the city through the secret door, obviously because of this mission of the Knights of Dusk.
But when the Knights of Dusk fled through the passage, they didn't even say hello to Bridget. Bridget was still leading the Omen Seekers to resist Leon's army in the streets.
Of course, this is also because Bridge's troops are all drug addicts. They have stopped taking drugs for several days and have not rested since last night. They no longer have much tactical execution ability. They probably don’t even know what retreat is and they only know how to fight madly.
Half an hour later.
When Leon drove the carriage back into Toba City, the battle in the city had ended - Bridge's troops were overwhelmed by the army, and Klose took control of the situation in the city with the Silver Hand.
But Bridget disappeared, and Klose failed to find him - he probably escaped through the secret door.
So Leon's first order after returning to the city was to send troops to search outside the city and pursue Bridget and the Knights of Dusk.
However, this kind of search is not likely to yield results, after all, we don't know the direction in which they fled.
But it doesn't matter, Leon has Alistair in his hands, this guy must know a lot of information...
