The exclusive hunting ground of the royal family is an area that no one is allowed to enter in any country. Of course, it is impossible to build a wall around such a large hunting ground to isolate it from the outside world. In normal times, people may sneak into the hunting ground to poach. However, Once caught doing this kind of behavior, there is a high probability that they will be charged with assassination and treason and sentenced to death. For this reason, the residents of the royal capital and nearby areas know that the designated hunting grounds are forbidden areas and dare not enter them. .
Whenever the royal family holds various activities in the hunting ground, the Royal Guards usually conduct searches. After confirming that the hunting ground is safe, they will guard the perimeter to prevent irrelevant people from entering the hunting ground, thus avoiding threats to the royal family members and guests. safety.
This process will be done no matter which country it is, not to mention that this time the Karut Kingdom also specially cleaned up a hunting ground to ensure the safety of hunting in front of Princess Celine, let alone people, even slightly more ferocious animals It was wiped clean, even if there were leaks, it would not leak too much.
It would be fine if there was one or a few people hiding in the hunting ground, but when Leonas discovered that there were hundreds of people on the other side, and the number was still increasing, the mage even doubted whether there was an insider within the Karut Kingdom. Otherwise, how incompetent the Imperial Guards who searched the forest farm would have to be to let hundreds of attackers lurk in the hunting ground.
"Hundreds of attackers, this is not a funny joke, Your Excellency Leonas!" Prince Andris also shrugged with an impossible look when he heard Leonas's whispered report.
Obviously, His Royal Highness the Prince of the Karut Kingdom does not think that the Royal Guards would be so incompetent. Even though the economy of the Karut Kingdom has become more prosperous over the years, the quality of the army has declined slightly, but they are responsible for guarding the palace and the The royal guards still maintain high standards of training. After all, the royal nobles are not stupid and will not let the defense line responsible for their own lives be corrupted to the point of being riddled with holes.
At the same time, Princess Celine also stared at Leonas with doubt. It was not that Celine couldn't trust her brother's confidant mage, but Celine also felt that the kingdom of Kalut could not have fallen so big no matter how it fell. .
"I'm not joking at all, Your Highness, just ask the mages accompanying you to come and detect it and you will know."
Seeing Leonas' anxious expression, the smile on Andris's face gradually became serious and then he ordered the attendant: "Ask Your Excellency Vossman to come to me."
Soon an earth mage in his forties who seemed to have a relatively calm personality came to Andres. After receiving Andres's signal, Wasman immediately began to cast detection spells, but unlike the magic level reached Level 17 Leonas who is good at wind element, this mage with only 14 magic level spent some time. When the information was fed back, the middle-aged mage was stunned in surprise, and when he learned that what Leonas said was true, An Prince Theres was also extremely shocked.
"How could this happen? What are the Guards doing?!" Andris was a little angry: "We must leave immediately. Get everyone ready to leave quickly."
"Damn it┉┉Wait a minute, Your Highness, don't attract the other party's attention yet."
Just when Prince Andres wanted to notify everyone to evacuate, Leonas stopped him because while he was using the old mage to detect before, Leonas conducted another detailed detection, and this time It was discovered that the opponent actually had extra horses. You must know that there were many nobles participating in this hunting meeting. Some even brought their families with them in a carriage. It would be just a dream for a carriage with several people to outperform a single rider. , and the opponent has hidden whistles in all directions. Once the team makes any abnormal movements, it may alert the opponent and cause the opponent to launch an attack immediately.
Andres couldn't help but froze after learning about this situation: "There are horses too!? This┉┉This is impossible, how is this possible! Could it be that the Guards were bribed, or is it..."
The first thing that His Royal Highness thought of was that someone had bribed the Guards, and the biggest culprit was probably the Senate, which had been in a stalemate with the royal family. Although Princess Celine was only temporarily passing through the Kingdom of Kalut this time and was not officially visiting. Princess Celine's direct interview with the royal family instead of the Senate also shows that the Kalsemmen Empire is siding with the royal family in the internal power struggle in the Kalut Kingdom. Could it be that the Senate is resentful or wants to destroy it? The royal family planned this attack in collaboration with the Kalsemmen Empire, and planned to kill both the Crown Prince and Princess Celine!
But┉┉But this is too obviously reckless!
If he and Princess Celine really died here, then the first and biggest suspect would be the Senate. At that time, in addition to the royal family who would fight against the senators, it is estimated that the Kalsemmen Empire would also attack the Senate and even the entire The Kingdom of Kalut retaliated wildly, and the Senate simply lost more than it gained.
Besides, although the Senate now has a grudge against the royal family, the two sides are not completely incompatible with each other. The act of arranging so many people to assassinate people like today should have failed and finally had to show their cards. However, the royal family has recently The Senate and the Senate have not reached the point where they can show off their cards to each other. Even if Princess Celine comes to visit, it is impossible to arouse the murderous intent of the Senate. The Senate also knows very well that an institution like its own has a negative impact on every secular kingdom. The king is deeply disgusted. Unless it is to suppress the Karut Kingdom, almost no royal family in the secular kingdom will support the Senate, and it is reasonable for the Kalsemmen Empire to support the royal family. Princess Celine's visit was just to express the attitude of the Kalsemmen Empire, and there was no substantive move that harmed the interests of the Senate.
"It's a teleportation circle. The other party used the teleportation circle to teleport people and horses!" Finally, Leonas gave an answer.
There were mages among the attackers. They should have had several mages hide in the hunting grounds in advance to avoid being searched, and then secretly sent a large number of people over one by one through teleportation during the hunting. Based on the magic power of one mage, Even if you major in space magic, you can only teleport about twenty people at most. But this time the opponent teleported hundreds of people and horses in one breath. This means that the number of mages in the opponent's camp alone is in double digits, and they can master it. The magic level of the mage who uses teleportation magic must be above ten!
Which force has such exaggerated abilities
Not to mention hundreds of attackers, deploying so many high-level mages in one breath is not something that an ordinary killer organization or noble family can put together. According to this lineup, the opponent is already qualified to be promoted to the national level.
"What should we do now? Leonas!" Celine was inevitably a little panicked. In this way, her side was completely at a disadvantage.
"They are still setting up, and they probably plan to catch us all! If we choose to break out, I and the two knight captains will do their best to protect the safety of Your Highness, Princess, but others may not care about it." Leonas glanced at those who were still there Drinking and having fun on the grass. A noble who doesn't know that a disaster is coming.
If he wanted to break out, he would have his own magic and the cover of the two accompanying knight captains from the Kalsemmen Empire. Leonas would be confident in protecting Celine and breaking out.
Prince Andres was also confused. Just as Leonas said, he would break out immediately. Under the desperate cover of the Royal Knights, he still had a chance to escape, but other nobles would probably suffer heavy casualties. The status of these nobles is not trivial. The death or injury of any one will seriously weaken the reputation of the royal family. If they are left to escape alone, their position as crown prince will have to be replaced.
But I have to escape! The opponent's encirclement network has not yet been completely formed. Once it is formed, no one will be able to escape!
Leonas has used magic to quietly hint to the two accompanying knight captains. Considering that this hunt will be guarded by the royal knights and guards of the Karut Kingdom, it should be safe, so they set off together from the Kalsemmen Empire. There were only two of the escort knights accompanying him. If he had known that this damn situation would happen, Leonas would have taken them all with him.
Obviously Leonas did not want to let himself and Princess Celine be buried with the Kalut royal family and nobles. He asked Andres not to alert the snake first just to delay time, and to escape before the attacker made a move, otherwise When the other party takes action, no one can escape.
There is a mage on the other side. Since he can teleport spells, he will naturally block teleportation spells. Leonas is confident that he and Celine, together with the two knights, can teleport to the rear with a long breath. If he is lucky, he can still have a chance to escape as long as he speeds up. They went out to join the guards outside the hunting ground. As for what happens to the Karut royal family, Leonas can't control so much. To apply the mage's current mood, I'm asking you to die to delay it for a while!
Celine hinted to Leonas not to take action and then said to Prince Andris: "Your Highness, how long will it take for the outer guards to get to us?"
"About an hour." A somewhat panicked Andres said after thinking for a while.
Because the number of prey in the hunting ground has decreased for some unknown reason, this time the team went too deep into the hunting ground. Otherwise, if they were hunting in the outer areas in the past, the guards could arrive in twenty minutes after being notified. Three thousand guards were added to the hunting ground. It would be extremely easy for the accompanying mage to crush these attackers.
"If we run away now, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties. We will stand still and quietly prepare for defense. Your Highness, please ask someone to notify the Imperial Guard immediately to tell them the situation and let them rescue us." Celine said quietly.
At this point, Andres can only do what he did. Leonas frowned slightly but did not object, unless Andres could also make up his mind to abandon those nobles and choose to break out alone, mixing with the Royal Knights. If they break out together, the possibility will be higher. Otherwise, even if they have been teleported to the rear, the possibility of the two knight commanders and themselves breaking out of the attack team of hundreds of people is really very low, and Maybe if I break out alone in advance, the other party will mistakenly think that I am an important person and intensify the pursuit. In addition, I am not very familiar with the geographical environment of this hunting ground. If I get lost, my group will really be dead.
If you want to escape, you have to wait until the battle starts and you are in chaos. It is not bad to escape. At that time, you who can use teleportation will have an advantage.
After Andris notified the Guards with the communication magic device, the only thing that the prince himself, Celine and Leonas can hope for now is that the other party can spend more time to repair the siege network more tightly. Well, as long as the opponent takes action later, the Imperial Guards will have more time to come over. (~^~)