The gates of Babus City are wide open, and nobles from all over the country have come to the capital of the Kingdom of Mara one after another to participate in the coronation ceremony of the new king of the Monar family, and at the same time swear allegiance to the new king. This is The contract between the Monar family and the major feudal nobles of the Kingdom of Mara was made hundreds of years ago.
The city was decorated with lights and colorful, and the defense was tight. Because it was an important moment for the succession of the king, the city guards were deployed throughout the city. Although there were many people of all kinds pouring into the city, under the inspections of the city defense troops that could be seen everywhere, the security was better than usual. Be more stable.
However, recently the city defense army seems to have had a lot of conflicts with the King's Guards regarding the defense of the royal city. Prince Adnos Mornar, who has not yet succeeded to the throne of the king, is said to be extremely hostile to Hans, the commander of the city defense army. He was dissatisfied, but because he had not yet been crowned, he could not exercise the rights of the king and dismissed Hans as the city defense officer.
Cardinal Peter of the Diocese of the Kingdom of Mara had already led a whole team of bright knights and several priests to Babus City last night. Knights led by lords from various places gathered in Babus City. In various castles, you can see the neighing of war horses, and a knight wearing a long sword shuttles inside.
Inside the city defense hall, it was already past midnight and the sky was about to turn white, but an emergency meeting was still being held. The participants included not only internal personnel of the city defense army, but also some nobles from the Kingdom of Mara, as well as a man in a white robe. A middle-aged pastor of the Church of Light.
"The opponent has a total of one thousand high-level ghoul legions, as well as an unknown number of ordinary ghouls, at least not less than two thousand. I have calculated the number of missing people in the city and outside the city during this period, and it is approximately this number. , so many people could disappear so quietly, we didn’t even notice.”
"The other party is very careful, and most of the targets they target are people that not many people pay attention to, and we didn't expect that they would specifically target outsiders."
"Are our people already in place?"
"It has been arranged in various predetermined locations. I can guarantee that none of the ghouls they have in the underground waterway will be able to climb out."
"The King's Guard... Well, what should we do with those high-level ghouls?"
At the conference table, everyone continued to speak and discuss, and when they talked about the issue of the King's Guards, the pastor of the Church of Light on the side immediately spoke, represented by Cardinal Peter.
"The three thousand cavalry of the Third Church Legion have already set off and have arrived in the forest not far from here. The thirty members of the Chaplain Corps have all entered Babus City one after another and are ready to coordinate your actions at any time. , but Bishop Peter asked me to tell you that no matter what, the casualties in the city must be reduced to a minimum." The middle-aged pastor's speech was like the final word, making everyone calm down.
City Defense Officer Hans touched his big head like a lightbulb, and his face showed joy: "In this case, we are already in an invincible position. What we have to do now is how to reduce the casualties of this operation." Lower it down, and we have to consider the civilians who live in Babs. A slight mistake may affect thousands of ordinary people. I don’t want to see a devastated Babs after this operation is over. Booth City.”
The sky is getting whiter and whiter. After so long without rest, everyone is a little tired, but they dare not slack off at all. Watching the overall layout and plan being perfected little by little, taking into account all aspects and safety issues, they are waiting for the coronation ceremony. above, giving Adnos a fatal blow.
As the consultant hired by Hans, Edward suddenly spoke: "The plan is perfect, but there is a problem."
Edward looked extremely tired at this moment. He hadn't slept for a long time. Maybe he couldn't sleep since Hathaway died. He wanted to find Adnos and ask him face to face why he did all this. , at the same time, he also knows that when it comes to witchcraft and power, he cannot be the opponent of Adnos. Adnos is a second-level wizard, and he is currently only a first-level wizard, and there is still some distance from the second level. .
Although the gap between the mental power scales is not large, one of the thresholds, combat power, opens a gap, and Adnos is a type that specializes in lethality and witchcraft. He has now expanded his own path and mastered Without the extraordinary bloodline of the ghoul and the powerful power of the ghoul, it was impossible for Edward to defeat Adnos, but the dream witchcraft notes left to him by Lu Zhiyu gave him this possibility.
Edward has been reading and analyzing Lu Zhiyu's witchcraft notes day and night over the past few days. The small notebook contains densely packed records of various complex witchcraft principles and formulas, as well as details and taboos on the use of dream witchcraft. Various combinations of dream witchcraft and curse witchcraft practice methods. It is through this practice that Edward wants to gain the ability to confront Adnos head-on.
Moreover, he actually developed a trump card of his own based on Lu Zhiyu's dream witchcraft. Although it was very rough and imperfect, Edward didn't know the effect of using it and the backlash, but he knew that the power must be huge. This was the trump card Edward wanted to use at a critical moment, and he didn't expect it to be used in the end.
Edward's sudden interruption drew everyone's attention to him. The large amount of intelligence and information about the ghouls he had previously provided gave them an advantage, and it was the detoxifying potion provided by Edward that cured all the ghouls in the city. A small number of ordinary people who have been infected with the ghoul corpse poison have contained this existence that is more terrifying than the plague, and people have begun to pay attention to his opinions, especially when Edward reveals that he is a legendary medical doctor When he was the disciple of the founder Polklemo, everyone gained a little more trust in him.
Hans asked: "Is there anything missing?"
Edward immediately said: "Although the other party does not know our overall plan at the moment, he must have known our purpose of discovering his arrival. Under such circumstances, how could the other party just sit back and wait for death and let us calmly plan our plans these days? This is very unfair. It’s reasonable. I’m worried that the other party may have secret plans or methods against us that we don’t know about.”
Everyone was talking about it, and finally Hans said: "We haven't found any actions of the other party yet. Our people are also monitoring every move of the other party day and night, as well as all the changes in the city. It is difficult for the other party to pay such high attention. We will not make any plans without attracting our attention, so it is safest to implement them according to the current plan."
After the meeting, the sky lit up a little bit, and everyone left the meeting. A large number of people in Babus City were immediately secretly mobilized. Ordinary people in Babus City still got up early to welcome the new day, and While cheering the coronation of the new king, no one noticed what was happening in the darkness.
In a forest dozens of miles away from the city, in a hidden valley, a temporary military camp appeared, with a large number of knights wearing armor and sun-patterned cloaks.
Here the camp was set up and the horses drank by the stream.
Several knights took off their helmets and were carrying buckets to prepare water for cooking. The creek was close to the pool. They were stationed here because of the convenience of getting water. Thousands of troops were eating horses and chewing, and there was not enough. Water won't do.
"Yeah~ Yeah~"
A strange and vicissitudes of sound came from the stone next to the water pool. The water-retrieval soldiers immediately looked over and found that it was a strange crow with blood-red eyes. The crow is known as the bird of death, which made them feel Very taboo.
"Get out of here, don't stay here."
In a hurry to get water back, these soldiers did not notice that there was a faint trace of blood red in the pool of water that they dug out, which gradually dispersed and disappeared into it.