"You mean, you used my cannon as bait?" Xiao Chen's tone became stern.
"Yes, but I believe it's worth it. You don't want those black guards to show up again after you take over the pass, right? I don't want to hand over my house to the next owner without cleaning out the cockroaches and bedbugs in it." Count Orgas said with a smile.
"But this will put the people I leave behind in danger!" Xiao Chen's words were filled with a hint of anger.
The Earl said, "Have you noticed that the number of guests has decreased? I have already made arrangements there, and more confidants and guards have rushed over after the dinner started. All you need to do is wait patiently."
"Your behavior of acting on your own without informing us puts me in a passive position," Xiao Chen said.
"But you don't seem to be in a hurry."
"Waiting won't solve the problem." Xiao Chen stood up slowly. But the Earl stretched out his hand to call for a waiter who had been waiting on the side.
"I used you as bait, but am I not also a bait?" The count said, and then he took a glass of wine brought by the waiter and poured it directly on his face. The wine was mixed with a trace of fighting spirit, and it went into the waiter's nose and mouth. The waiter retreated in panic, but after five or six steps, he fell to the ground and began to snore.
"What a waste of a glass of good wine." The Earl stood up, took off his cloak, threw it on the chair, stared at a knight not far away who was looking stunned, and stretched out his palm to him. The silvery white Dou Qi turned into silk threads and entangled his limbs, tightly tying up the knight who wanted to turn around and escape. Then the Dou Qi in the middle turned into a magic circle and imprinted on the knight's back, sealing all his strength. This Dou Qi condensation has confirmed his master's realm. In this realm, Dou Qi can condense into a form like substance, and with the help of its magic essence, it can obtain magic-like effects.
Several of the Earl's personal guards rushed over and pinned the knight down.
The Earl stretched out his other hand and pointed at another knight who was slowly retreating. A very thin and sharp thread of fighting spirit pierced through the knight's body and opened a small hole in his heart. The knight staggered a few steps and fell to the ground, twitching a few times, and then there was no sound.
Count Orgas said, "Since the people here have started to move, the other side should be almost ready. Sir Xiao Chen, come with me to take a look?"
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In one of the many rooms on the city wall, there was an empty room that was completely dark, with only a small piece of lighting crystal emitting a little light, illuminating a few unclear faces. These people gathered together and used their bodies to block most of the light emitted by the crystal.
"Every one of you has seen the miserable state of the outpost camp, right? The Chinese weapons are so horrible that we must get them at all costs. So when we take action later, we must all be prepared to sacrifice ourselves for the empire and for His Majesty the Emperor." A deep voice spoke.
Hearing the words of dedication, the breathing of several people in the room became heavy. The room maintained this tense and silent atmosphere for a long time before another person spoke up: "We have this awareness since we came here. We just hope that His Majesty the Emperor will not forget his own promise."
"Don't let me hear any more words questioning His Majesty the Emperor. He has never let us down." said the previous voice.
"Orgas actually already knows of our existence. What happened today was obviously a trap." said the third voice.
"It doesn't matter whether it's a trap or not. Traps can catch wild boars but not earth dragons. Even if Orgas had guessed, he would never have thought of the extent of our infiltration. He would never have thought that the few of you he trusted would actually defect to the Empire." The first voice said, "The old king would never have thought that his stupid daughter could make things so bad."
Several sighs were heard in the darkness.
The man continued, "Those people at the banquet can only delay time. The key action still depends on us. Don't forget how generous His Majesty the Emperor is. As long as we can successfully bring these two cannons back to the empire, His Majesty will definitely give us and our families unimaginable rewards."
"Okay, stop talking, let's get ready for action."
"Nature comes first." said the man.
"Nature is above all." A group of people whispered.
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Several dark shadows came out of the doorway and went in different directions.
One of them came to the warehouse where the pneumatic cannon was placed, and walked into a doorway next door. In the dim light, more than a dozen soldiers were quietly waiting there. Seeing this man coming, the leader of this team whispered and blamed him: "Baños, what's wrong with you? Why are you so late? We are the most trusted guards of the Earl. How could something go wrong at such a critical moment?"
"Captain, it's not my fault. Butler Band just stopped me and asked me something."
"Butler Bender?"
"Yes, I can tell you what he said."
"Shut up, there's no time to talk about this now. Stay in the team, the spies are about to show up, get ready!"
"Yes." Banos stood silently at the end of the line. Seeing that everyone else was staring at the door and no one was paying attention to his movements, he secretly reached into his arms and touched a bottle of medicine. He quietly opened the bottle cap, poured the liquid on the ground, and then took out a wet cloth from his arms and covered his nose.
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The other two shadows ran down a rarely-traveled staircase at the edge of the city wall. When they were almost at the bottom, they met a patrol team of five people.
The other team's captain was stunned when he saw them and asked, "Sir Arseno, is there something urgent?"
The knight called Arseno smiled and said, "We have some urgent business to attend to for the count. Please make way for us."
The patrol leader said: "We have been tasked with blocking all the intersections on the wall today."
"We have obtained special permission from the Count. I have a written order from the Count here, which is for the patrol team. Do you want to see it?" asked Arseno.
"Ah, okay." Seeing the other party put his hand into his arms, the patrol captain reached out to take it, but what greeted him was a flying knife with fighting spirit. Three flying knives slightly larger than fingers directly sank into the faces of the three people in front. The two people behind wanted to shout, but found that they could not make a sound. When they touched their throats, they found that blood was pouring out of their necks. The man behind Arseno also threw two flying knives, piercing their necks.
Arseno and his partner pushed several patrol members aside and continued running down without even looking at them. When they reached the bottom of the level, they killed a checkpoint in the same way and then sneaked into the town separately.
Before long, fires broke out at both ends of the town.