quicksilver blood

Chapter 369 Regular Army

The pupils in Edward's eyes completely disappeared, and a very bright starry sky-like light shone in his eyes.A dim spot of light quietly floated behind Roland, completely blocked by the morning sun.

This is the eye of the sky, the most common sorcery used by astrological wizards for surveillance and eavesdropping.As an adult Kabbalah enemy, after he occupied Thanas' body, all of Thanas' abilities were naturally mastered by him.

Although the Astral Eye has poor mobility and has to maintain its spellcasting, it is not very useful, but its advantage is that it is concealed enough, as long as there is a little natural light, it can hide its tracks.

If the caster reaches the Silver rank or higher, the Astral Eye's brightness level drops to shimmer.This means that all races without low-light vision cannot see it with the naked eye in the presence of light. Only by turning off all the light sources in the room can they see the faint light spot.

And this light spot can inherit all of Edward's perception attributes, and can perceive objects and sounds within a certain distance around it, and transmit all of them back to the caster. The only disadvantage is that it cannot see the color.

In Edward's ear, Roland's deliberately lowered voice sounded very clearly: "The Marquis of Saya hopes that I can come here to find someone who can manage the matter to explain the situation to him, and then cooperate with the Druids to arrest him."

"...Even the Druids are dispatched?"

"You'd better go out with me first, and stay away from here. I'm worried that this place may be cursed by cultists, and some magical spells of eavesdropping or surveillance will be cast."

"Whatever, you decide. I'm at will . . . but I think that if there was anyone, he should have left the moment he heard what you said."

"Probably. But that's good, at least it can save some people from dying, isn't it?"

Roland's clear voice sounded in Edward's ear: "In any case, the people of Richero are innocent. If the cultists are really scared away because of my words, at least the civilians in this city will not be accidentally killed because of the fighting." die."

Edward naturally didn't believe what he said.

In his opinion, the reason why Roland wanted Arzu to leave was because of what he said to Roland before.

But for some reason, when Edward heard this sentence, he suddenly remembered what Roland said before he was executed, and he couldn't help but respect Roland.

Although Roland is ruthless and merciless to his subordinates, in Edward's view, he is a true saint—even though he is still a little naive, at least he is more similar to those who are only gods. But the canonized priest is much nobler.

At least he knows what he has to do, what he can sacrifice, and what he needs to destroy.Although there is still room for some things, in Edward's view, it's just because Roland is too young to think things through.But that was why Edward wanted to destroy him.

But... the Marquis of Saya?
Edward frowned slightly when he heard the unexpected name.

This was a man Edward didn't want to touch if he could.

Not only because he is a member of the Sword Guard family, but also his identity is quite mysterious. According to Edward's investigation, he seems to have some relationship with the military of Caral. There is really nowhere to go.

As the only country that does not allow priests to enter, Karal is the most suitable place for the Twilight Familiars to preach.Edward did not wish to alert Caral to the Duskmen, or his brethren would be distressed.

Adding Arzu, who is a demon hunter, and Roland, the pastor who is the mentor of the eternal sleep...

... No, I have to go.

Edward quickly made up his mind.

Although he did need some money and caused some trouble for Roland, the priority of these two things was not more important than protecting his own life.

It's better to wait until Roland leaves and come back to find a way to take some of the money away.

Anyway, with so many gold and silver coins, it would be difficult to transport them elsewhere without a convoy.And taking a step back, even if Roland is sure that the secrets will not be leaked during the transportation, there is no better place to bury the treasure than Karal.

After all, this world has the two magic arts of detecting metal and finding wealth.Nowhere is safe except in Karal, where priests are forbidden.

Sensing Arzu's preparation for Roland's departure, Edward's eyes shone with an inexplicable light, and he withdrew silently from the maintenance state of the Astral Eye.

Without the slightest pause, Edward immediately used his previous arrangements.After confirming that someone outside had received his message, he immediately destroyed the rune stone used for practice, and immediately started preparing for the next witchcraft after activating the effect of a certain accessory on his body.

Of course, it's definitely not the starry sky gate he and Roland mentioned before. If Edward wants to run away, he doesn't need such low-end and unstable things at all.Moreover, Arzu's interference with witchcraft is not as serious as Edward said to Roland.One of the two is on the third floor and the other is in the basement. In such a large house, the distance between them is actually not small, and Roland may not be able to increase the distance by taking him out.

In fact, what Edward wanted to use was a large-scale illusion, and the enchantment covered the entire Earl's Mansion.When he finished performing the spell, Roland and Arzu had just walked to the door of the Earl's Mansion.

Suddenly a sudden change occurred——

Because the Earl's Mansion opened the door suddenly, passers-by subconsciously cast their gazes over. After realizing that they were two strangers—and one of them was wearing a hood, they glanced slightly concerned and then looked away.

What guests the Earl has has nothing to do with them.

"Help, help! Help! Help!"

But before the existence of these two people completely dissipated in his mind, a shrill cry of extreme fear suddenly came from the earl's mansion that opened the door, and then stopped abruptly.

For a moment, everyone subconsciously cast their gazes over, the original movements stopped, and time seemed to stand still for a moment.

Roland and Arzu were stunned for a moment, and it was too late when they realized what happened——

The next moment, the crackling sound of bones breaking and the crackling sound of internal organs being chewed by something came very clearly from the opened door.The expressions of passers-by around changed immediately.Shrieking and crying, they ran away from the Count.

"Something went wrong! Let's go!"

Roland slammed the door shut without hesitation, took Arzu's hand and was about to run out.

But within a few steps, they were stopped by layers of armed guards outside.

"What's going on? Who are you?"

They shouted loudly, showing the Zhanjian at their waists with vigilance.

They wore hard leather armor with armor plates and tan leather gloves.This is very typical of the equipment of Karal's ordinary combat troops, but all the badges that can indicate the number on their bodies have been taken off.

Roland keenly discovered that their movements were exactly the starting point of Karal's military swordsmanship.

……regular army?How are they here?

Isn't Caral's regular army not allowed to enter the city during non-wartime?What is that fellow Marnos doing?
Roland's face suddenly became very ugly.

Undoubtedly, only General Marnos, the Marquis of Saya, has the authority to bring the regular army into the city.

However, seeing this menacing appearance, it was difficult for Roland to associate them with the reinforcements.

Who is behind the scenes?
Is it the Marquis of Saya, or Edward?
　Plot branch:
　　A: Let's trust the Marquis of Saya...flee to the Marquis's Mansion

　　B: There must be something wrong with that Marnos guy...fleeing outside the city
　　
　
(End of this chapter)