Although he was furious, Vlad III still retained some rationality.
Instead of launching a direct attack on Chiron's rafters, a cone-shaped cage was formed around him, trapping Chiron inside.
The attack on Astolfo was not so gentle. Just like the last time, he was targeted in the vital parts and killed.
Chiron's face changed when he was blocked. He wanted to rescue but was blocked by the rafter cage. When he broke the cage with his fist, Astolfo had disappeared from his sight.
Disappeared
Yes, it just disappeared.
Chiron was too late to rescue him, but someone else did. He also knew how to "release magic power". Before Astolfo was stabbed, he pushed out with one palm, and the whistling magic power sent him flying to the other side of the King's Chamber.
He is of course the last person who let the Sieg trio escape - Black Assassin Matou Shinji. His reaction is exactly the same as Chiron's. After saving people, he also stepped out of the crowd and bowed.
"Grand Duke, please calm down."
"Archer! Assassin! Do you want to stop me? Do you also want to disobey me?"
Vlad III's angry voice echoed in the king's room, and black air gradually filled his blood-red eyes.
"capital punishment-"
"Not good!" Danic tensed up and was about to say something when the Romanian tyrant took action first.
"-king!"
This time the number of rafters was greater and denser, and the target changed from two people to three people. Moreover, there was no mercy, and all the rafters were aimed at the vital points of the three people.
This action clearly shows the will of the "Skewer Lord" - the rebels must die. If anyone wants to protect the rebels, they will be guilty!
However, this time the three of them were already prepared.
Chiron displayed a gait that was unique to the Centaurs, passing easily through the gaps between the rafters. He even had time to materialize a bow and arrow and shot a smooth arrow at Astolfo.
Shinji was not as cool as Chiron, but he seemed to be more calm in his response. He took a step back, his whole body enveloped by golden light, and held the first rafter with his left hand, not minding the sharp spikes on the top of the rafter.
Surprisingly, the terrifying rafter stake that was powerful enough to pierce a person through was actually blocked by Shinji's palm. Without being able to pierce, the rafter stake was no different from an ordinary pillar, directly lifting Shinji into the air.
At the same time, a gold and royal blue cane appeared in Shinji's right hand. He waved the cane, and the T-shaped cane head shot a milky white halo at Astolfo.
Astolfo was the most embarrassed one. He had thought he was going to die, so he closed his eyes and waited for death. Now that he knew someone was going to save him, how could he die willingly? He rolled on the ground while struggling to break free from the restraints on his body.
With his hands and feet tied, Astolfo's movements were naturally impossible to be faster than the rafters. Fortunately, Chiron's arrow arrived first and pierced Astolfo's side, instantly setting off a small explosion, cracking the floor tiles and blowing Astolfo away. This was an advanced application of "magic release". The magic power was not released when the bow was drawn, but was hidden in the arrow and not fired until it hit the target. This was a magical skill that only archers like Chiron, who had sublimated their archery skills to the realm of gods, could achieve.
Before Astolfo landed after being blown away, a milky white halo broke through the air and formed a protective shield shaped like an eggshell. It not only saved Astolfo from the pain of falling to the ground, but also provided a layer of protection against the pursuit that Vlad III might launch at any time.
At this time, Astolfo also broke free from the restraints on his hands and feet and climbed up from the ground. A green wind swirled around him, as if he wanted to call for a treasure, but gave up in disappointment because of Chiron's eye signal.
"Grand Duke—" Danic finally seized the opportunity and stood in front of Vlad III.
"Are you going to stop me too? Danic." Vlad III glanced at his master coldly. At this moment, his blood-red eyes had been half infected by the black air.
"I dare not." Danic bowed his head deeply, "I just want to ask the Grand Duke to give Archer and Assassin a chance to speak up. They are not riders and will not do such a thing without reason."
Vlad III stared at his Master with a gloomy expression. Danic still lowered his head, with no change on his face, but the veins on his wrists covered by his sleeves were trembling, and even the Command Seals on them were shaking.
Silence. No one spoke, and no one even made the slightest movement. The entire palace seemed to be in stillness—until the lord sitting on the throne exhaled a breath of black mist and slowly lowered his raised right hand. Only then did the air in the palace resume its flow.
"Well, for your sake, for Archer and Assassin's past achievements, and for the fact that you have dodged three 'stabs', I will give you a chance to explain."
"Thank you, Grand Duke." Danik bowed and stepped aside.
"Thank you for your generosity, my Lord." Chiron bowed a second time.
Shinji turned over and jumped down from the rafters, also bowing.
Only Astolfo held his head, looking around. Shinji couldn't bear to watch, so he stepped sideways, hit him on the head with the goddess's scepter, and cursed: "You also bow to me!"
"Oh~oh~" Astolfo touched his head and lowered it reluctantly.
You idiot, if you keep on wasting time, you might really die here. This is not the same Gun Duke as before.
Shinji sighed helplessly, and the power of the scepter from the Egyptian goddess switched from protection to healing, spreading along his body from his right hand to his left hand.
Everyone thought he had blocked Vlad III's thorns, but he knew that he had not completely blocked them. Although it was only a little bit, the tip of the rafter did pierce Shinji's palm, bringing out a drop of blood dyed golden by the Buddha's light. One rafter was like this, what about ten or a hundred? You have to know that the total number of the Grand Duke's rafters is 20,000! After all, he is not a Buddha who has achieved the body of diamond, but only a left arm that was achieved by external objects.
Even more troublesome is Vlad III's job. In the original worldline, Vlad III was a lancer, and his heroic side was brought to the extreme with the bonus of his native land, making him even more wise and powerful than when he was alive. Even though Astolfo let Sieg go, causing Siegfried, one of the biggest trump cards of the camp, to retire, a crime that was even greater than this time, he only ordered Astolfo to be imprisoned, and then immediately entered the spirit body to suppress his anger.
But now, he is no longer a wise and brave lancer, but a madman with the berserker skill. Although berserker EX has the effect of turning things into the opposite extreme, it allows him to look at things calmly. But a calm madman is still a madman. Now he is closer to the tyrant in his life. Maybe Astolfo's crime is not punishable by death, but will the tyrant care so much? Especially in wartime.
Not to mention, this tyrant is in his strongest state ever. If he fails, the entire city of Mirenia will be affected.
PS: Erye: Although it is dangerous, if it is Lancer again, he would never do it even if he is beaten to death. How can a mere danger compare to a Lancer who understands people's hearts
PS2: King of Capital Punishment (Kazikli Bey)
Grade: B
Type: Anti-military weapon
Distance: 1~99
Maximum capture: 666 people
A large number of stakes appear from space and pierce the enemy. The attack range is a radius of one kilometer, and the maximum number of stakes is 20,000. In addition, every time the gun in the hand hits the enemy, it will produce the concept of "already pierced", and then the stakes will appear outward with the heart as the center. In addition, the countless stakes will also give the person who sees it a sense of mental oppression.
When combined with the skill of "Defender of the Nation", up to 20,000 stakes can be deployed in the expanded territory, which can be used for attack, defense, and movement control. Due to the local conditions and customs of Romania, the territory obtained by "Defender of the Nation" is the largest in the Holy Grail War. The damage of the stakes is not only cumulative, but the overwhelming number of 20,000 stakes that come one after another makes Vlad III's nickname "The Impaler" more vivid.
Although the power of a single stake is low, once it is hit, it will temporarily add continuous damage caused by "penetration". In addition, once the spear head pierces the enemy once, a stake will even be generated from the enemy's body to penetrate it. Once it becomes like this, there is no way to save the opponent, and he can only struggle in pain until he dies.