The last two of the group who were secretly discussing walked into a warehouse at the lower part of the city wall. The warehouse seemed empty, but when the two walked halfway into the room, something in the air shook, and then their bodies began to become transparent from front to back, as if they had entered another world, and disappeared in the room.
This is a kind of illusion barrier in the room. Behind the barrier, there are already more than a dozen people waiting here. They are dressed in various styles and look very messy. These people are familiar faces to many people in Heimuguan. Among them are laborers, waiters, hunters, blacksmiths, but the majority are newly recruited soldiers.
But in fact, they were all black guards and spies who had hidden their abilities and had been lurking for a long time. The shortest of them had been lurking for a few months, and the longest had been lurking for several years. However, a few days ago, because of a special mission, all of them were awakened. The two people who came in were Baron Donia, who was in charge of logistics under Count Orgas, and Falco, a master of fighting spirit, who had crossed mountains and ridges and sneaked into the Black Wood Pass from the cliff on one side of the pass a few days ago.
The mountains on both sides of Blackwood Pass were extremely steep, and there were special soldiers guarding them. People with weaker strength had no means to get down from the mountain. Generally speaking, master-level warriors and mages would not perform such tasks. If Falco himself had not had another mission, he would not have appeared here.
Baron Donia was the one who encouraged everyone in the room before. He was the spy who had been lurking in Blackwood Pass for the longest time. He came to the kingdom even before the establishment of the Black Guard. However, since the establishment of the Black Guard, His Majesty the Emperor gave him the command of the surrounding Black Guards. Everyone thought he was a low-level warrior with little ability, but few people knew that he was a high-level mage with hidden strength.
Falco was a master sent by the emperor to carry out the sabotage mission. Their original plan was to assassinate Orgas or secretly open the door from the inside when the Empire attacked Black Wood Pass, but now, the appearance of the Chinese and Chinese cannons forced them to change their plans. Both Baron Donia and Master Falco felt that this magic weapon was more valuable than Orgas's head, so they made up their minds to take action.
Baron Donia took out a bunch of equipment from his storage ring, and everyone in the room changed their clothes and weapons according to their needs. When they were ready, four mages and twelve warriors appeared in the room.
Baron Donia said: "I have already investigated Orgas's arrangements. There is a dark elf and a high-ranking human warrior in charge of guarding the Chinese cannon. Orgas secretly arranged four teams of people in a nearby room to capture us, the imperial 'spies'."
"The enemy is four times as many as us?" asked a wizard.
Baron Donia said: "No, we have two warriors who have infiltrated their team. If everything goes well for them, only half of the team will be left. The goal of you warriors is to hold these people back."
Seeing the soldiers' faces change slightly, he consoled them, "As long as our operation goes smoothly, you just need to hold them back for a dozen minutes."
He took out four cubes with magic runes on them. These cubes looked rough and powerful, which was inconsistent with the style of the Empire Kingdom. He handed them to the four mages and said, "The mages' task is to maintain a barrier to separate the room with the cannon from the outside. Master Falco and I will be responsible for dealing with the Chinese guards inside and setting up the teleportation array. After we teleport the cannon away, I will let you release the barrier and lead the rest of the people to evacuate."
At this time, a soldier who was keeping watch at the door ran over and reported in a low voice: "There's a fire in the town!"
Baron Donia announced: "Action."
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The alchemical potion poured out by Banos was colorless and odorless, and did not attract the attention of others at all. Moreover, this liquid was highly volatile and soon diffused in the air and was inhaled by others.
Their captain had already seen the fire in the town below. He said disdainfully, "The incompetent Imperials can only play these tricks to attract attention. It's useless no matter how hard they struggle down there. We will just stay here."
"Captain, it seems someone is coming up." said a soldier.
"Imperials! Get ready to teach them a lesson." The captain waved his hand and everyone prepared to rush out.
At this time, Banos smashed another crystal bottle to the ground, and the potion inside splashed out and turned into gas at a very fast speed. This gas had a pungent smell, which was completely different from the previous potion. Both the captain and the other team members looked back in surprise at the place where the bottle was broken.
"What's going on..." The captain got stuck in the middle of his sentence, his body became very stiff, and the movements of the others also stopped. They stood still one by one, and then maintained their original postures, like statues. If there was light in the room at this time, you could see that their bodies had turned into gray stones, completely lifeless.
Baños used an extremely brutal alchemical potion, petrifying water. It was very expensive and required the combination of two different potions to be effective, but once it was effective, it was difficult to resist.
Banos hurried out of the room. Although Baron Donia told him that he could avoid being petrified by covering his mouth and nose, he was still afraid. When he ran to the door, he suddenly found that his movements were becoming more and more difficult. He used his fighting spirit, hoping to add some strength, but found that the fighting spirit seemed to be blocked in his body and difficult to circulate. Then he found that he had stopped, and his body was fixed in a running posture. However, in this posture, he could not control his balance at all. Finally, he fell to the ground and knew nothing.
At this time, the same thing happened in another room. Another Imperial Black Guard also sacrificed his life without knowing it, and died together with a team of Count Orgas' elite soldiers.
Baron Donia and his men ran through the room and saw Banos lying at the door. He said, "Our companions have destroyed ten times the enemy by sacrificing themselves. Now it is our turn."
The people behind him were silent, holding their weapons and following Baron Donia, rushing towards the room where the pneumatic cannon was. At this time, the Kingdom soldiers who were ambushing in the other two rooms had already run out. They hadn't figured out why there were so few people in the ambush, but the aggressive Imperials didn't give them time to think, so they rushed forward.
The forces of both sides collided violently on the steps of the wall.