The female stalker with long dark gray hair did not deliberately hide her appearance. She had a slightly gloomy face of a young girl. She was not very old. The leather armor covering her upper body was covered with light powder, making her look a little embarrassed. She looked... It seemed that she was surprised because her perfect stealth was discovered, and she was a little distracted. So when faced with Joshua's inquiry, she just subconsciously said nervously: "Why do I smell so bad?!"
"… answer my question!"
"Ah!" After realizing what she had said, the female stalker immediately understood the current situation after being embarrassed. She looked at the cold-faced warrior in front of her and exuded a frightening aura, and immediately slapped her He was excited and said quickly: "Well, I just want to come over and see if you are the Joshua from the Radcliffe family..."
As she spoke, facing Joshua who was pressing closer and closer, she looked around in panic. However, there was no condition for her to escape in the narrow alley, and unlike the Silent One, she was too far away from Joshua. He was close, and his body was covered with alchemical dust, so he couldn't forcefully sneak away, so he immediately gave up the idea of escape with a frustrated look on his face.
"Yes, I am." Putting a hand on the female stalker's shoulder, Joshua thought for a while and decided not to strangle her neck: "Now tell me your name and origin, don't lie, by the way , your scabbard should be a new one, the smell of leather is too strong."
"It turns out something is wrong here..." She muttered and felt the power contained in the hand on her shoulder. After weighing it, the gray-haired woman simply decided to give up hiding it. She said cheerfully: "My name is Nolan Wilson. , come here..."
"Wilson!"
Hearing the name, Chris standing aside pushed up his glasses, gasped and interrupted: "Are you from the Wilson family? Yes, I should have guessed it by looking at the hair color! Gray hair and purple hair Hitomi, and this lifeless expression!"
"Wilson family?" After hearing what Chris said, Joshua's expression remained unchanged and he didn't seem surprised - just now he had met the son of his enemy, and now it would be no big deal to meet another enemy family member. Strange.
He looked at Nolan, gradually tightened his palms, and said in a deep voice, "As an enemy, you dare to appear in front of me like this. I admire your courage - I guess you should have made corresponding preparations, right?"
"Wait! Don't kill someone if you disagree! Although I am from the Wilson family, I am not the same group as those people!" She felt the force gradually increasing on her shoulders, as if it was going to crush her shoulder blades. , the girl named Nolan finally regained the calmness and reflexes that a stalker should have at this moment. Under the threat of life, she spoke concisely and forcefully, and pronounced clearly: "Like that alchemist, I am not here. It’s to seize your family’s property. On the contrary, I’m here to look for opportunities to sabotage this plan!”
"Ha, that's funny. At least half an hour today was wasted listening to you and Chris say, 'I'm not the same guy as them.' This stupid thing."
Although he said this, Joshua no longer tightened his palms. He could see that the woman in front of him did not need to lie, so he raised his chin slightly and asked directly: "Chris doesn't want to be a noble in the North." , being a puppet for others, as a vested interest, why do you oppose your family’s actions?”
"Profits." Nolan felt slightly relieved when she felt that Joshua was not going to kill her directly. However, she still did not dare to slow down her explanation: "This action is the result of my eldest brother's arbitrary actions. The top management of the family currently maintains I have a wait-and-see neutral attitude. If it continues to succeed, I don't care, but there are too many variables now. Continuing the action will only damage my interests, so I must look for opportunities to sabotage it."
"What benefit?"
"Half of the industry in my branch is in Moldavia. The chaos here will have a great impact on my future plans."
"The goal is?"
The two of them asked and answered each other, and the whole process didn't even take two minutes. Watching the extremely fast-paced interrogation in front of him, Chris vaguely felt that the girl in front of him seemed to be experiencing something similar to his own - it seemed that under the absolute threat of violence, people Your words will become concise and powerful.
Nolan was still answering, "Kill my big brother - so I am definitely on your side. Please let go now, my shoulder is about to be broken..."
"...I don't know why I don't feel anything about this kind of news anymore. You continue."
There was another family dispute. His brows were furrowed. Joshua seemed to have a stomach ache. The intrigues between the nobles really upset him. Couldn't he simply just pick up a knife and do it? The soldier sighed, and at Nolan's soft call, he let go of his hand, and then said: "Obviously, it is more beneficial to support a Earl of Winter who is close to the Wilson family to take office. Why are the senior leaders of your family still waiting and watching?"
"People have their own demands. It is impossible for a family to have unified thoughts, let alone a big family." The gray-haired stalker twisted her shoulders and felt a burning pain in her shoulders. She did not dare to ignore Joshua's question: " What's more, people like Danria may not be close to the Wilson family after they take power. In fact, the most they can do this time is to take advantage of the civil strife in the Radcliffe family to seize the market. It is impossible to annex or control it. An earl The leader’s power is not so easy to leverage.”
"Even if the lord is a fool, the knights below are not vegetarians." Nolan said with a serious face: "Moreover, if we initiate a noble war, then the noble court will have an excuse to intervene - violating the law and order is to fight against the empire , against the emperor, it is because my eldest brother is desperately trying to accumulate reputation for the position of family heir that he ignores this and does this kind of sidestep behavior. "
"I see." Joshua thought for a while and said, "Why do you want to kill your brother... Forget it, it must be something like inheritance rights anyway, so don't talk about it."
Shaking his head, he decisively interrupted the topic: "In that case, without further ado, I am going to kill that uncle and destroy the Wilson family's plan. If you are willing to follow, just come over."
"Wait a minute, are you planning to go directly to the Lord's Mansion?"
Seeing that Joshua seemed to be preparing to walk towards the Lord's Mansion without saying a word, Nolan and Chris were immediately startled. They all advised together: "Can you make a little plan?"
"I don't have time. This time I entered the city openly and forcefully, preparing for a surprise beheading. I originally had plenty of time, but I wasted a lot of it because of you and the Silent Ones." Without stopping, Joshua had already arrived. At the end of the alley, he turned back and said: "The Silent One must have gone to inform other soldiers and knights. Now is the time to seize the time. Otherwise, the longer the time goes by and the tighter the defense, the harder it will be to achieve my goal, and it will be even more difficult." No need to talk about you."
"Joshua, I know you are very strong and you are a warrior who has killed a hundred people on the orc battlefield, but you also need at least one weapon, right?!"
Nolan continued to try to dissuade her, with a sincere expression: "There are more than ten silver guards in the Lord's Mansion. Other silver knights will arrive within five minutes of being attacked. It is impossible to successfully attack without a weapon. What's more, What's more, there is definite news that my eldest brother will arrive in Moldavia today. He is a gold-level strongman. No matter how strong you are, you can't defeat him!"
"Gold level?"
Hearing this word, Joshua couldn't help but stop and turned to look at Nolan. The gray-haired girl's expression didn't seem to be fake. He couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "It's a bit tricky. Are you sure it's today?"
After all, Joshua was a legendary warrior and knew very well the difference between gold and silver.
Let's put it this way, if he is given full armor and weapons, Joshua thinks he can walk back and forth under the attack of dozens of silvers. If he can't, he can run away. But if there is a gold on the opposite side, it is basically equivalent to wings. It was impossible to escape, even with Joshua's strength.
This is the continent of Mycroft, a different world full of strife and war. Adult men have the rank of black iron, are stronger than ordinary cattle, and have physiques comparable to knights in the real earth, and silver knights can basically be equivalent to The humanoid self-propelled artillery looks like a human tank when put on armor, and the destructive power of a gold-level powerhouse that can fly freely is at least equal to that of a sonic bomber that can drop unlimited heavy bombs.
"Yes, gold level. I don't know the specific time, but it will definitely arrive today."
After Nolan finished speaking with great certainty, Chris who was standing next to him couldn't help but interjected: "Anyway, cousin, I think you should go to the Black Forest Fortress to gather your own family knights and lead a large team. The men and horses crushed them head-on, and even the strong gold men did not dare to face the charge of hundreds of silver knights."
"..." Joshua's brows stood up, his eyes very intimidating.
Chris was right. According to common sense, he really shouldn't be so impulsive. He forced himself into the city to carry out the beheading plan. Although killing the cheap uncle would automatically make him the sole successor of Moldavia, this land. The lord, old steward Fan will tell him the truth - but, his current strength is only at the Silver level, and the risk of doing so is too great.
But Joshua is not an ordinary person, and the warrior master does not need to follow common sense.
Calling out the attribute board, Joshua looked at his level.
[LV28·Silver (Challenge Level LV29·Silver)]
[4730/5400]
"Not even close."
Whispering to himself, Joshua began to calculate quickly in his mind. He still had a little experience to advance from level 28 to level 29, which was not far from the gold level.
If he can knock down all the hostile targets in this city, the experience gained will definitely allow him to move up a level or two and enter the golden realm. At that time, Joshua, who can use all kinds of powerful skills in his mind, let alone a golden Well, even if four or five of them came at the same time, to him it was just delivering food.
"You don't need to say more, I have... what?!"
Just when Joshua made up his mind and was about to move towards the Lord's Mansion, he suddenly felt a burning pain in his right wrist.
It was like a branding iron, a direct contact with molten iron, a bone-burning heat. Under this sudden attack, even Joshua couldn't bear it. He clenched his right wrist with his left hand, cold sweat left his forehead, and he groaned. After making a sound, Joshua looked slightly shocked and said: "What is going on?!"
"call-"
Like wind or light, a strange, ethereal sound echoed in my ears. The magic in the atmosphere condensed and turned into a translucent silver light that could be seen. It rolled up and then merged into the sea like a river. All poured into Joshua's right wrist.
Under his surprised gaze, a hint of coolness suddenly surged into his originally scorching wrist. As the coolness expanded, strange runes like tattoos suddenly appeared out of thin air on his wrists and the back of his hands. Incomparably complex, each flash has a completely different form. As the last trace of burning and cool feeling disappears, these runes are finally fixed into the image of a two-handed giant sword entwined with a long black snake.
"What-what is going on?!"