Chapter 306: Bring the guards into the city!
The reason why Li Ang returned to Sarleon City was because he encountered an accident.
Starting from Sarleon to Treachervus to deliver the message to Godric, it basically goes all the way north. The entire route is plain, so it shouldn't take much time.
This is also the importance of the three-way intersection in Guihu Town - after passing Guihu Town, the road to Lieshi City is relatively flat and safe.
A few days ago, Leon waited for the Royal Guard to leave before leaving Sarleon City, because his guards were all Noldor elves, and it was best not to walk with the Royal Guard to avoid unnecessary friction.
The Royal City Guard was ordered to supervise Godric and Amy. The two commanders were also deputy messengers. The commander of the guard, Baron Gayden, led the troops in the front, while the deputy commanders Inna and Leon walked together.
But when they had gone a little more than halfway, they encountered an accident.
Near Haringosburg, north of Sarleon, they encountered stonemasons and quarrymen being hunted by a large group of Fallen, including Sigismund...
After Sigismund led the scouts to lead away the Fallen, he found that he could not get rid of them, so he immediately ordered his troops to evacuate in the direction of Tarboa.
Since Talboa had almost no inhabitants, most of the people here were quarry workers - most of them were able-bodied men, and most of them were criminals who had been exiled here.
This is indeed the most suitable evacuation location. It will not cause casualties among innocent residents, and it will allow these young and strong quarry workers to help block the enemy and send news back to other places.
Sigismund did not disperse the scouts again. He felt that it would be much better to gather the Fallen in a remote place rather than let them scatter to various places and commit massacres. This former civilian knight still maintained a simple kindness.
But after experiencing the storms and waves, Sigismund made a conscious mistake - he ignored the courage of ordinary people at that time.
He and his men had burned down the temples of Deshar, fought large-scale wars, and witnessed the even more terrifying Legion of Terror, so they had no fear of the Fallen and did not think about it in a hurry - those quarry workers were not as worldly-wise as they were.
Most of the quarry workers were indeed criminals, but they were not warriors and had little knowledge. Without any psychological preparation, they would naturally feel fear when they saw the skinless monsters like the Fallen.
Therefore, when Sigismund led the Fallen to the quarry, he immediately caused a huge panic - this is the most normal reaction of ordinary people after seeing a skinless monster...
Seeing the panic of the quarrymen, Sigismund immediately realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly took the scouts to help the quarrymen remove the shackles and other restraints, and then took them away quickly.
Perhaps what made them slightly better than ordinary villagers was that the quarry workers and stonemasons were actually able to run. After all, most of them were young and strong men. They could even run faster than Sigismund's team of exhausted scouts.
There were only a small number of stonemasons or their families who were old and weak, but Tarboa had a lot of vehicles to transport stone. The Fallen were not fast, and most of them could indeed escape.
As a result, originally Sigismund was leading less than a hundred people to attract the firepower of the Fallen, but now more than a thousand people were hunted down by the group of Fallen - this attracted the Fallen even more thoroughly.
Of course, those panicked quarry workers would not listen to anyone's orders. They would just swarm towards the nearest castle, hoping to be protected by the city walls...
The nearest castle to Talboa is Haringosburg in the north of Sarleon.
So, Baron Gaiden, who was walking in the front with the Royal City Guard, fought a battle with the Fallen without any preparation.
Baron Gayden is a young lord promoted by Ulrich. He was previously a member of the Order of the Lion, and his nature is quite similar to that of Rayman - in short, he is both a close confidant of the king and a representative of the nobility.
After Ulrik removed Andrew from his position as commander, Gayden was transferred to be the commander of the Royal City Guard, and he was the heir to Haringosburg.
Lord Haringosburg is Gayden's father. He is now old and paralyzed in bed, unable to take charge of the affairs of the family. Therefore, Gayden, as the eldest son in the family, has officially inherited the title of baron.
When his father dies, Gayden will resign from the Royal City Guard and become the master of Haringosburg.
A large number of Fallen were hunting down civilians in the heart of the Sarleon Kingdom, and they were so close to his own castle. For Gayden, they must be eliminated.
So the quarrymen and stonemasons were saved, and Sigismund was saved too, but Baron Gayden died tragically at the hands of the Fallen - in order to protect his hometown, he bravely rushed to the front.
Perhaps Gaiden really didn't expect that those fallen ones' seemingly light swords could not only cut through his plate chain composite armor, but also cut him in two...
More than a dozen of the Royal City Guards were killed or injured in the first encounter, then they realized something was wrong and immediately began to retreat.
Fortunately, Leon's Noldor Guard was not far behind, and they came to support immediately after discovering the battle.
The Noldor elves are indeed the natural nemesis of the Fallen. It takes little effort for these sharpshooters to kill the Fallen in such a plain area - the Noldor like to aim at the enemy's heads.
All the fallen were cleared out after an hour, but this little accident made Leon very embarrassed.
In fact, not many people died in this fierce battle. The royal guards were all cavalry, and they only lost a dozen people in total - the first group of people who followed Gaiden to launch the charge.
But the problem is that Commander Gaiden died in battle, and died at the hands of the heretic and corrupted...
Gaiden was the deputy messenger and the person sent to supervise the army. He was originally responsible for supervising Godric.
This led the Royal City Guards to believe that these corrupted people might have been done by Godric and Amy, because Amy was now accused of being a 'heretic leader'...
The Royal City Guards did not suspect Leon, after all, it was Leon's troops who killed the Fallen.
But they insisted that Leon return to Sarleon City to explain the situation to Ulric, and ask the king to order the original plan to be maintained and to send other deputy military supervisors, otherwise they would not obey anyone's orders.
It is normal for them to have such concerns. Death on the way just after accepting the mission can easily be regarded as a conspiracy. If something really goes wrong, the Royal City Guard will bear the responsibility.
So Leon had to go back with Inna, ready to explain the whole story, and also bring a few stonemasons to testify to prove that Gaiden died in the battle to save his hometown.
Fortunately, Inna is a sensible person - he was assigned by Anna to assist Leon, and of course he would not go against Leon.
Therefore, Leon and Inna turned around and returned to Sarshie City. Since they were accompanied by stonemasons, their speed was naturally not fast, at least twice as slow as when they came here.
On their way back to Sarleon, Leon heard the unique communication sound of the Owl Knights, which was the cry of the night owl - 'hoohohooooo'.
That was Ors, who brought back news about Guihu Town for Leon.
These days, Ors has been gathering intelligence about Guihu Town and the surrounding areas for Leon.
Before leaving Changhe Town, Leon asked Wendy to tell the garrisons in various places to prepare for war. The Owl Knights of Ors had been stationed in Trubrun, so the order would naturally be passed on them.
Troublen is the base lent by Leon to the night owls. They eat the food provided by Leon and live on the land provided by Leon. So Ors will naturally respond to Leon's war mobilization.
So after receiving the order, the Owl Knights set off, arriving only one day later than Klose .
This time, the news brought back by Ors himself was information that Leon had never known before - the Yazhu Village was massacred, and no one was left!
At the same time, many small villages around Guihu Town were also massacred.
"Lord Leon, the situation is getting very troublesome now... Raven Village is Godric's hometown and Lady Firina's fiefdom. The ones who massacred Raven Village were not heretics but members of the Lion Knights! They must be trying to force Lord Godric to rebel!"
Ors was very nervous. "We have confirmed with Klose that Klose rescued several villagers who had been abused. This was done by the adventure group led by that scumbag Oswood, and they did it under the instruction of the Lion Knights. Oswood's adventure group is a group of thugs who specialize in doing dirty work for the Lion Knights!"
"The Ravenstalkers were massacred... where are Lady Felina and Lord Andrew? Also... do Godric and Amy know about this?"
Leon also realized the trouble of this situation - if something happened to Philina and Andrew, Godric would definitely rebel!
Leon knew that Godric was already extremely dissatisfied with the current Order of the Lion Knights, and Amy, the Princess Knight, would not be afraid of rebellion or anything like that!
If it weren't for Madam Firina and Andrew, Godric would probably have joined the rebels with his old friends when he was young!
"Andrew is missing... You should know what this kind of disappearance probably means. Madam Philina should be in Sarleon City. We found her followers, and they said that she went to find the king alone..."
Ors quickly explained the situation: "As for Miss Amy... My Lord, it was Klose who first discovered this, and he had already met Miss Amy with your Silver Hand before I arrived - that's why I rushed back to tell you..."
"After learning that Crow Village was massacred, Lord Godric and Miss Amy believed that the king did it on purpose, so they had no choice. When I left Weird Fox Town, they had already made up their minds to fight to the death with the Lion Knights!"
Li Ang sighed heavily...
This means that if he had not encountered those fallen ones and if Baron Gayden had not died, Leon would have been able to reach Weird Fox Town before Godric and Amy made such a decision.
After conveying the king's new order, Godric and Amy would certainly not act impulsively, and everything could still be salvaged.
But now... Guihu Town is already a river of blood, right?
This is not a question of whether Godric and Amy can win or not. With Cloze and the Silver Hand helping them, this father and daughter duo will at least not lose.
But, the nature of this is different!
Li Ang accepted the reality very quickly. Since the situation had escalated, he could only return to Sarlion City and find a way to solve this completely different problem.
For example, bringing Lady Felina to Godric.
Leon actually didn't expect that Philina would be in Sarleon City. After asking Inna, he found out that Philina was imprisoned in the Nobles' Court.
It was also at this time that Inna met his biological father.
In fact, the communication with Inna has always been very smooth . Inna is just simply obsessed with Anna, and there are no problems in other aspects.
The three prophets had never done anything bad in Sarleon City except to confuse the king, nor had they used any strange witchcraft - which was really useless around the Forbidden Magic Tower.
So in Inna's eyes, Anna might indeed be a heretic witch, but not an evil monster.
He had no ill will towards the three prophets, and he himself had not done anything bad.
Princess Anna asked Inna to cooperate with Leon, so he honestly told Leon that Philina was in the tower of the Nobles' House, and cooperated with Leon to enter the Nobles' House.
But no one expected that what they saw in the House of Nobles would be such a scene...
Lady Felina's broken body lay among the flowers;
King Ulric knelt before Felina's body and wept silently;
On the top floor of the tower, Anna was still standing at the window, still holding a piece of cloth in her hand - she was also a little at a loss, and didn't know what to do for a moment.
But this scene looks very obvious, and basically everyone would think that Philina was pushed down by Princess Anna...
This is murder!
Ulrich probably thought so too - so he kept trembling, silent, and hesitant, but did not give any orders.
And Leon's heart sank.
Felina is dead! The last person who could solve the problem is dead!
And… this is indeed forcing the Godric family to rebel!
Oh, there is nothing we can do about it...
Amy was his 'apprentice', and they were inseparable...family.
Godric was an elder who had always been sincerely helping him.
Mrs. Philina is Helen's best friend and the aunt who always protects her.
Fuck the prophet, fuck the king!
Now, all the conspiracies, tricks, power struggles, interests, civil war or not... none of them matter.
They are destined to be enemies!
So, what we need to do now is no longer to solve the problem...
But the one who solves the manufacturing problems!
——No matter who they are, no matter whether they are human or not!
"His Majesty……"
Finally, a guard couldn't help but break the uncomfortable silence.
"Get out...all of you get out!"
Ulrich suddenly drew his sword and roared in rage, just like when he had hacked the two maids to death, and began to rage completely out of control.
The guards had all witnessed the miserable plight of the two maids, and no one wanted to follow in their footsteps, so they all moved away.
But this time, Ulrich did not randomly hack people, but rushed into the tower of the Noble Court with a grim face and a sword in hand.
The tears in his eyes slid down his slightly swollen face.
Inna was panicked and followed in quickly.
Leon also rushed forward with Inna, but he did not enter the tower of the House of Nobles.
He rushed directly to the body of Lady Philina.
While the king had just dispersed the guards, Li Ang quickly left the place with the corpse in his arms, without even looking back.
The guards did not stop him. In fact, they were totally at a loss...
They didn't receive any effective orders and no one knew what the situation was.
In this situation, as a guard, it is best to do nothing and stick to your duty - just guard the tower where the king is and prevent anyone from entering or leaving, and pretend not to see anything else.
Those who could serve as guards in the House of Nobles were not fools. They really thought they were blind. Anyway, they all turned their faces away and let Leon take the body away.
As soon as he left the gate of the House of Nobles, Leon shouted loudly at the city gate: "Lisadilan! Open the city gate! Bring the guards into the city!"
