The mountain road ahead passed through a small open area between two passes, with cliffs and rocks on both sides, and thirty people were ambushed in the dense forest!
There were twenty-four people holding crossbows in their hands. The strings had not been drawn but the arrows had already been set. The black arrow shafts and tail feathers were inconspicuous in the shadow of the trees, and there was a faint blue luster on the arrow clusters, as if It was fed with giant poison. This is a strong crossbow that is forbidden to be owned by the people. The sound of the bowstring is very small, and the size of the crossbow is not big, but it can shoot very far and very accurately!
The black crossbow was engraved with the pattern of the magic array, and the strong crossbow string required a warrior with strong blood to pull it apart. Twenty-four crossbowmen were lying in ambush on both sides of the mountain path, with twelve people on each side. Looking from the dense forest on the side where Mei Danzuo and Amon are, there is a person ambushing on the high place on the opposite side of the road, holding a staff to overview the whole situation, and the faint breath is actually a great magician!
Among the crossbowmen, there is also a warrior with a sword silently lurking there, and the invisible sense of power turned out to be a great warrior. There are also three priests among the assassins, two on this side of the road and one on the opposite side.
Mei Danzuo took a breath and said: "All divine magic crossbows ambushed two complete teams, commanded by a great magician, and accompanied by two great warriors! What kind of battle is this? Even if it is I found them, and it is impossible to subdue all these assassins quietly."
Amon nodded: "Their ambush position is very good. They can monitor each other's situation on both sides of the road. There is a great magician in the middle to guard, two big warriors to protect and support, and three priests to detect. Even if it is me It is impossible to solve all of them at once without making a sound, and someone must be able to detect the movement and sound the alarm."
Mei Danzuo frowned and said, "These people are here to assassinate Aristotle? Isn't that a bit too exaggerated?"
Amon also frowned and said: "It doesn't take such a big battle to assassinate a person. You can get away with one hit and take advantage of the chaos. The more assassins, the better. Look at this posture, what are they trying to do?"
Mei Danzuo whispered: "Killing people to kill people must be for the purpose of killing people! They not only want to kill Mr. Aristotle, but they will not even leave a single person alive in the entire convoy, so that this mission will disappear completely from the world. "
Amon nodded and said: "I heard that the guard led by Mr. Aristotle is also two teams with a total of 24 knights. The captain of the guard should be a great warrior. If the assassin's purpose is not only to To assassinate a special envoy, but to make this mission disappear and never return to the Kingdom of Macedonia, then this lineup is understandable."
Mei Danzuo asked again: "At least the power of a state can send out such an assassination team, who would it be?"
Amon reminded: "Look at the outfits of those warriors."
Mei Danzuo was slightly taken aback: "It's the costume of the Kibata people! But I don't think these people are like Kibata warriors. The skin on the face of a real Kibata warrior can't be so thin, and it's impossible for the fingers to be so thin." There are traces of wearing several rings, clearly pretending to be a Kibata on purpose."
Amon: "Well, your eyesight is not bad. Then who do you think they would be, Bozi people?"
Mei Danzuo was puzzled: "They look like they are going to kill people and silence them. At the same time, they are also prepared for the eventuality. If anyone in the mission can escape and run back to report the news, then they will blame the Kibata people. But There is no need for the Botts to do this, it is meaningless to kill a mission, if the city-state of Yalun is sincerely allied with Macedonia, the death of the mission will only arouse their hatred towards the Botts.”
Amon asked meaningfully: "Then who do you think is most likely to do this? The information is so accurate, and the ambush is so coincidental? Think to the most unlikely place!"
Mei Danzuo gasped again: "Could it be from Yalun?"
Amon sighed regretfully: "After signing the covenant, I regretted it when I turned around, but it is not good to openly tear up the covenant and suffer Macedonia's revenge. What should I do? It seems that the only feasible way is to make this covenant Never send to Macedonia, let the mission disappear from this world, but can't let people know who did it."
Medanzuo: "The people of Yalun are so insidious?"
Amon: "Is that so? Everything will become clear when these assassins are interrogated."
Mei Danzuo quietly pulled out the key of fate: "Do you want to do it now?"
Amon shook his head and said: "Don't worry, you are also a general on the battlefield. Let me ask you, under what circumstances can we subdue them all silently? The current formation of mutual vigilance is not easy to start with." .Although they cannot be our opponents, if the timing is not right, they will make a mess of this place. They haven't assassinated yet, and doing it now is tantamount to our sneak attack."
Mei Danzuo thought for a while and said, "No matter what the situation is, you should choose the best time for yourself. Then the best time is when Aristotle's convoy enters the ambush circle and they happen to attack. We shot at the same time."
Amon nodded and said: "That's it. I'm in charge of the fifteen people over there, including the great magician. The fifteen people here will be handed over to you. Once you make a move, don't let them have a chance to fight back, otherwise those The crossbow bolts in the hands of warriors are very troublesome, and random shooting may cause accidental injury. As for the safety of Mr. Aristotle, I am responsible for it.”
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Aristotle's convoy entered the mountain. There were three carriages in total. The important supplies carried by the mission were placed on the carriages, along with the servants of the special envoy. There were two teams of twenty-four knights escorting them. The captain of the guard, Eisen, was a great warrior. He was supposed to be sitting in the first car, but after entering the mountain, he followed the second car on horseback. In the middle is Aristotle.
Passing through a pass, there are two towering mountains ahead and another pass. Here is a small open area with deep mountains and lush forests on both sides. Eisen suddenly heard Aristotle's voice: "The terrain here is dangerous, and it is a good place to ambush. Cavalry can't see the situation in the dense forest, and they can't charge in on horseback. Assassins are in ambush in the forest, but they can shoot cold arrows." Tell everyone to be alert and take up your shields."
Eisen gave an order, and the accompanying knights put on their helmets and picked up their shields. The cavalry are equipped with shields to block the arrows and protect the vital points when charging, but they do not hold the heavy shields in their hands when marching, but hang them on the hips of the horses before taking them off when fighting. The same goes for the heavy helmet, which is always uncomfortable to wear, and it is usually hung on the horse's shoulder when marching.
The guards were on alert, and Eisen asked a little puzzled: "My lord, do you think someone will dare to assassinate? We have already concluded an alliance with the Yalun people, so it doesn't make much sense to make trouble now, right?"
Aristotle replied unhurriedly: "There is nothing wrong with being cautious. Although I called the Jalen Citizens Assembly to pass the alliance resolution, it was because many people could not answer in public when I accused them of colluding with the Bozi people." I have to make such a decision. But I can see that those who are really in power in the Yalun city-state are not willing to surrender to Macedonia. Once I leave, some people will go back on their word. And I have also heard that Bo The envoys of the Zi people arrived in Yalun after I left, which may put new pressure on the Yalun people and make them change their minds."
Eisen was taken aback and said, "Could it be that Yalun wants to tear up the covenant? This is too fast!"
Aristotle sighed: "They don't need to tear up the covenant, they just need to pretend that the covenant has never been signed, and let our mission go missing... This is just the worst speculation, and the possibility of it happening is very small , but we cannot take it lightly.”
Before the words were finished, a bird in the woods on the left was startled, suddenly filled with killing intent, twelve black crossbow arrows shot out with a sharp wind sound whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Fortunately, the knights were on guard with their shields in hand. The crossbow arrows were so powerful that they even cracked the shields, and some knights fell off their horses. There were also knights who dodged with their horses, but the horses were shot down by arrows when they dodged, and the guard team instantly became a mess.
The attack did not only happen on the left side of the team, the chaos was just a cover-up, twelve feathered arrows were also shot out from the forest on the right side at the same time, soundlessly as if wrapped in translucent light and shadow, they arrived in the blink of an eye, clearly there was a great magician Spell coordination. These twelve arrows all shot at the carriage in the middle of the team. Eisen next to the carriage and Aristotle in the carriage were both targets.
The great samurai Eisen was also a little caught off guard. With a loud shout, he drew his sword belt and swung it out. He could only block the four feathered arrows that were aimed at him, one arrow was shot at his horse, and the other seven arrows were shot at the chariot. The arrow was too late to stop. At this moment, a light buzzing sound was suddenly heard, and a light blue shield appeared out of thin air, protecting the carriage and Eisen outside the carriage.
The crossbow arrow shot into the blue light, making a crackling sound like breaking ice, and the magic shield shattered, but the arrow's momentum has slowed down. Eisen's long sword blazed with light and swept through with a gust of wind, shooting down all twelve feathered arrows.
He was already covered in cold sweat, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, my lord, for your rescue. May your magic skills be so brilliant!" It's urgent, my lord!"
In this kind of dense mountain forest, riding a horse has no advantage. The guards got off their horses and raised their shields and surrounded Aristotle's carriage one after another, holding weapons as if facing an enemy. Judging from the round of crossbow arrows just now, the assassin he met was by no means ordinary, and the next one would definitely be an overwhelming thunderbolt. No one knew how many enemies were lurking around.
However, a strange thing happened again. The assassins only fired the first round of crossbow arrows, and then they fell silent, missing the best opportunity to attack, waiting for Aristotle's guards to dismount and arrange their defensive formation. They didn't make any more moves.
Like that kind of crossbow arrows, they can be fired in rapid succession. When those knights are in a chaotic formation, the cold arrows fired in succession are more threatening and can definitely cause a lot of casualties. What's more, there is a great magician covering and cooperating. What if there is no movement
Holding the long sword in his hand, Eisen said nervously to himself, "What's going on?"
A person flew out from a distance in the dense forest. The guards were about to launch a counterattack, but they saw this person fall to the ground with his teeth and claws open, and then remained motionless. It seemed that he was knocked unconscious and thrown out. Immediately afterwards, someone in the dense forest on the other side was also thrown out, and one after another was thrown neatly on the road. When the last man was thrown out, he was still holding the staff in his hand.
Eisen cried out: "That's Yalun's high priest Merlin Aristotle, you guessed it right. Sure enough, the Yalun people want to assassinate us! ... Who? Which expert helped?"
Aristotle had already stepped out of the carriage through the curtain, bowed to the front and said, "I don't know which god blessed me, this unfortunate world?"
At this time, one person laughed and said, "Two old friends passed by and happened to see an assassin lurking by the side of the road, and helped you take it down. You didn't lose anyone, it's a blessing in misfortune."
Following the words, Amon came out from the dense forest on the right, and Medan Zuo also came out from the left to follow behind him. Eisen was stunned, he didn't know these two people. Aristotle also looked surprised, but he was stunned and then returned to nature. He separated from the guards and walked forward to salute, "So it's you!"
When Amon was only fourteen years old, Aristotle met him in the town of Duke. Later, Amon became the general of Amon to guard the Red Point defense line, and Aristotle was also in the army. Now the sage has two silver hairs on his temples, and Amon is still in his early twenties, and the appearance of Medanzuo beside him has not changed from before, and Aristotle can recognize him at a glance.
Aristotle knew very well that standing in front of him was a god, and it was the main god believed by the Eju people today, but he didn't know what to call him right now.
Amon stepped forward to hold Aristotle's arm and said, "Sir, you don't have to salute me. It has always been my wish to have the opportunity to repay you. You are also one of the most respected elders in my life." !" At the same time, he said in his soul: "You don't have to think of me as a god, I am the resigned General Ecu, a child who grew up in Duke Town, and my name is Amon."
Without Amondo reminding him, Aristotle already understood what he meant. At this time Eisen came over and asked, "Lord Aristotle, do you know these two heroes?"
Aristotle turned around and explained: "His name is Amon. He is a friend I made during my travels in the Tianshu Continent. I also watched him grow up... As for this hero, he is called Mei Danzuo. A general who is good at fighting. They came to visit the Yalun Peninsula, and they wanted to visit me, but they happened to meet this incident."
Amon? This young man seemed to have the same name as the god of the crown! As for the name of Medanzuo, the Macedonian great warrior Eisen had never heard of it.
Eisen also stepped forward to salute and thank him, and at the same time he was shocked. Every great achiever in the world is proud, because they have unimaginable magic, but in front of Amon and Medanzo, Eisen can't be proud. The two of them managed to deal with so many powerful assassins without a sound, the means are too amazing!
Before Amon and Aristotle gave orders, Eisen stood aside obediently, and the other guards naturally did not dare to speak indiscriminately.
But Amon asked Aristotle in a sincere tone: "We have known each other for a long time. You saved me when I was fourteen years old. At that time, I was still a child who knew nothing. , I have seen you after I have achieved great success. But until you cast the magic spell, I never knew that your magic spell is so good. You didn’t even hold the staff just now. How did you do it? where?"
Aristotle stretched out a hand, spread his fingers, and there was a dark blue water heart in his palm. He smiled slightly at Amon and said, "Although I didn't hold the magic staff, I held this sacred stone in my hand, and used it as an intermediary to cast the magic spell of water element... Do you remember? He was the one you sent me in the cape city-state. one's gift."
Before those assassins made their move just now, Amon did not make a move to disturb them. After the crossbow arrows were shot, Amon cast a very clever air element disturbance technique, which slowed down the speed and power of the crossbow arrows flying in the air, otherwise those magic arrows would not There will be no casualties.
When Aristotle's carriage was under heavy attack, Amon was also ready to stop the arrows, but Aristotle, who was sitting in the carriage, had already sacrificed the blue magic shield to help the great warrior Eisen blocked the arrows. This was beyond Amon's expectation. He didn't realize it until this moment—it turned out that Aristotle was also a brilliant master of divine arts. Judging by the means of instant magic with the divine stone in his hand, he also had at least an eighth-level achievement.
Amon looked at the blue water heart and said: "If someone tells me that you are also a great magician, and I don't know you before, I won't be surprised at all. But we have known you for many years, I have never noticed that you know magic arts. Your achievements can even escape my eyes. This is a situation I have never encountered before, and I want to ask the mystery of it."
As the Lord of Heaven and one of the most accomplished gods on this continent, Amon actually wants to ask a mortal for advice. It wasn't humility, it was genuine asking for advice, and he had encountered a situation he had never seen before. No great magician in the world can escape the eyes of Amon's gods. Even if he can't judge how powerful his power is and how clever his methods are, he can at least find traces from his breath.
But he never noticed that Aristotle knew magic, let alone that he was such a great magician. The assassin in front of him has become a trivial matter. Amon must understand this unexpected discovery.
Aristotle frowned slightly, but still smiled and replied: "You have never noticed that I am a great achiever. There may be two reasons. One is that you respect me, and you will not use detection presumptuously. Magic to spy on me; and another reason, maybe because I have forgotten."
Medan Zuo interjected curiously: "What, you forgot? What does this mean?"
Aristotle explained: "Although I have the magical power, it is not what I seek. I only regard myself as a person who spreads thinking, and I never use magic to prove anything. I don't have to use it." I don't use it when it's time, and I don't think of myself as a magician at all. It's true forgetting, not even thinking about it."