Masked knight swordsman tower

On the head of the tall Sword Forging City, a broken fire stick is particularly abrupt. There is no one called the Grand Master here, and there is no one who shelters Sword Forging City.

I looked at the fire stick with mixed emotions. Although I don't know why it was left there, I still pray that the people living here are safe.

"Blood sacrifice is a way to offer the essence of life to the one in the sky. There are four recorded blood sacrifices. Although the imperial city did not announce it to the world this time, I also got the news from the rich merchants in the sword casting city."

"This is the last blood sacrifice. Except for the people in the Imperial City and Sword Forging City, everyone will die." Xie Nandian's tone was flat, but what he said was a terrible truth.

"Every time the blood sacrifice starts from the imperial city, the forbidden army of the imperial city leads the army across the city of Jianjian, and then chooses a certain route to slaughter. The imperial city will start to send troops in about three days, and it takes about four days for us to reach the imperial city. It's about a day's journey."

"Is there no means of transportation in this country?" Rhine complained.

"This is for the blood sacrifice to be carried out faster. Only the imperial city is allowed to have transportation. If there are other places, they will be beheaded." Xie Nandian spread his hands to express his helplessness.

"It's somewhat similar to the ancient Xuan Kingdom's system, which is the traditional feudal autocracy, with progressively diminishing rights, plus some secret organizations to coordinate and correct mistakes." As we walked and looked at the wasteland along the way, we knew that there would be no Some people survive, and even wild animals are extremely rare.

"Do you think there will be a large monster here, just like that hand." Li Moran's mood has improved a lot, she seems to be a person who forgets afterward, and it seems that she no longer feels pain.

Of course we won't stir up her memories, but if we don't know what to say it's better not to say it.

The dry food was consumed very quickly along the way. We did not use the expedition supplies, but some dry food stored by Xie Nandian. Weird wild vegetables live in the noodles. Although the steamed noodles have a bit of astringent taste, they are not difficult to swallow.

We didn't have a lot of luggage, and we walked very briskly, and we arrived outside the gate of the imperial city two nights later.

"It feels very different." It doesn't have the heavy sense of history of Jiancheng City, but it is more serious and grand.

The door was closed tightly. Although the whole city was brightly lit, there wasn't much smoke.

Like a dead city.

There are no soldiers on duty on the gate tower.

"Turn it up and take a look?" I made a feasible suggestion, but Xie Nandian shook his head, "If I guess correctly, the city gate will be opened at midnight tonight, and the blood sacrifice will officially begin."

I took a bite of the cake and threw the luggage aside. Since this is the only place the imperial city must pass when leaving the city, we should just stay here quietly.

"What can we do, kill all the officers and soldiers who performed the blood sacrifice?" Although this suggestion sounds inhumane, it is the most straightforward approach.

Without a "knife", naturally no one will be killed.

But if we directly stop the blood sacrifice, will the guy in the sky intervene directly, and will we undertake two-front combat.

"Blood sacrifice is something without any consequences." Xie Nandian said in a deep voice.

"No one knows what will happen if the blood sacrifice fails, because the blood sacrifice has never failed." A sentence like a tongue twister came out of Xie Nandian's mouth, but the result was silence.

"No one knows the fate of a successful blood sacrifice. All the people in the city are working hard to become residents of the Imperial City and Sword Forging City."

"So they just worked hard for something that didn't have any results." I suddenly felt that this was a spiral with no results.

The emperor that everyone called never showed his face, only one national teacher usually appeared in everyone's sight, and the order of the blood sacrifice was usually issued by this person.

"Then it seems that the culprit should be that national teacher." Another possibility came to mind immediately.

"It can't be that guy Miyamoto Hosei." The corner of my mouth twitched, but my clock rang at this moment, and at the same time, a gap was silently opened in the gate of the imperial city.

I leaned against the stone wall on the side of the road, and Xie Nandian came forward to stop the army of the Imperial City. It would be best if I could stop these guys.

But if we can't reach an agreement, we can only let Lao Xie, Rhine and Li Moran fight the enemy together, and I will be in their rear to prevent the existence from the sky from descending. Of course, this is the worst case.

And what I communicated with Li Moran was: I am not good at fighting and killing. If possible, I don't want to expose too much strength in front of this person, although her experience and everything show that she is a beast. Harmful little junior sister.

The people behind the door had already opened the door, and the bell on the tower rang 24 times, which was deafening.

After the bell rang, the moonlight shone in the opening of the city gate. It was a dazzling army. Except for the golden clothes, their weapons were unexpectedly huge, as if they were for easier slaughter.

After the bell of the city tower rang, an old man with a sense of immortality came out of the city gate tower, his Taoist robe was dusted, and he was born from the dust.

"Palm? Headmaster... Master?" Li Moran said the word in a daze, then hugged his head and wailed as if trying to remember something.

"My head! It hurts!" Of course, this voice attracted the attention of the powerful army. On the contrary, the old man on the city gate was just looking in the distance and didn't know where to go. He didn't pay attention to us. several.

"Who is making noise on the Blood Sacrifice Road!" The leader of the golden army was a burly general riding an ox. The ox struggled to carry the golden armor, and was already panting from exhaustion after just one step out of the city.

He held a huge golden ax in his hand, and his whole body was wrapped in gold, with no trace of skin visible.

Xie Nandian was not in a hurry to speak, he walked to the middle of the road, without spending too much time, a tree branch he found somewhere slowly and firmly drew a horizontal line on the ground.

"Blood sacrifice! It's time to stop, whoever crosses this line! Die!" Xie Nandian's tone was flat, but he had already made a decision.

The identity card swiped at the waist, and after a burst of icy blue snowflakes flew by, a thug in a gentleman's suit stood gracefully sideways behind the horizontal line.

The golden army's quiet needle drop can be heard, but there is no movement.

"The situation is not right." I gritted my teeth. Now is not the time to do anything. Rhine has already gone to alleviate Li Moran's situation. With the drone-assisted treatment, even the pain in the memory will be affected.

Li Moran is much more sober now, but her face of disastrous defeat proves that she is not well.

"Guilt! Punish!" General Jin jumped up from the bull with all his strength, and rushed towards Xie Nandian who was with the line as quickly as he ignored gravity.

Xie Nandian still had his eyes closed, and performed Pretend Thirteen to the extreme.

No one saw whether Xie Nandian drew his sword or not, everything was over.