On the Seven Towers

"What did you see? Let me take a look!" Ji Yijun squeezed Huang Zheng away and leaned towards the hole next to the wall panel to look out.

This is the attic of a businessman in the town. Enrique once had an idea for the owner of the house. When he was following the location, he discovered that there was a hidden secret room on the roof of his house. So, when the horse thieves entered the town, he took Ji Yijun and his entourage to hide here. However, there are no windows in the secret room. There are only a few observation holes dug by the owner in advance to observe the situation in the town from several directions.

Several people had been waiting for the horse thieves who entered the town to settle down, but a huge explosion just came from the school, attracting everyone's attention.

"It seems like there's something going on over there at the school. What do you think is exploding? We don't have such weapons." Ji Yijun couldn't see Huang Zheng's face in the darkness, but he could hear some anxiety in his tone.

"How do I know?" Ji Yijun said angrily, finding that the sky over there was red. In his memory, there was only one fire in a building in his hometown that could turn such a large area of ​​the sky red.

"Someone must have used magic." Garcia's voice was trembling. After all, his father, Ciro, was knowledgeable, and Garcia knew something about magic. "There is nothing else in this world that can do this."

"There are so many things you haven't seen before, including airplanes and cannons, which ones are much stronger than this." Ji Yijun replied angrily.

"What are aircraft cannons?" Garcia asked confused.

"It's just..., it's just..." Ji Yijun muttered for a while and didn't know where to start. "You don't understand even after I told you. Don't bring it up again. I'll get angry with anyone who mentions it! Annoying, this damn place is broken. !”

"There is no tank, even if there is a cannon. I didn't expect that there are magicians among these horse thieves." Huang Zheng sighed.

"Don't worry. With my dad and the others here, they will be able to withstand it. He has been on the battlefield, and he is not someone who dies easily." Ji Yijun looked at it for a while, until he saw the red light slowly dissipating and the sound of gunshots. After the sound continued, he retreated from the cave entrance and said: "There were a lot of gunshots, so the damage should not be big. We have to take action. Get ready to go downstairs and see if the person I want to find is here."

The house Ji Yijun was hiding in was somewhat remote, so after a brief search by the horse thieves who entered the town, no one was left in the house. Several people carefully came down from the attic and found that there were very few horse thieves patrolling outside.

"We should go around the back of Mary's yard and avoid those patrols." Garcia leaned against a corner and whispered.

"Just kill these two patrols while there is no one around. I can break their necks in one breath." Enrique said eagerly.

"Pig brain! Shut up." Ji Yijun scolded, "How do you know there is no secret whistle watching them? We are here to find out the situation, not to die. Anyone who wants to act blindly should go back to the attic."

He waved his hand, and several people took advantage of the patrolman's back to climb into Mary's yard.

They climbed over several yards and passed through a bush before arriving at the house of another wealthy businessman in the town. This house had the brightest fire in the town, and it was obviously where the leader of the horse thieves was stationed. However, what surprised Ji Yijun was that he met few horse thieves along the way, and there were obviously more sentries around the house. He crouched in the bushes and asked strangely: "Why are there so many people?" ?”

"The large group of people should go to attack the school. The people here should be left to guard the town." Huang Zheng analyzed, "But this group of horse thieves is very weird."

"How do you say that?" Ji Yijun said.

Huang Zheng glanced at Garcia and asked, "Garcia, tell me, what kind of horse thieves do you know?"

Garcia rubbed his head and said: "Most of them are bastards who kill people and set fires everywhere. They not only kill other people, but also often fight among themselves."

Huang Zheng nodded, pointed at a standing sentry and said: "That's it. Horse thieves are just a bunch of scum. But look at these patrolling sentries, how can they look like thieves? Although they are dressed in different clothes and have different weapons, they all have different spirits. The gods are pretty good, not like horse thieves, but more like..."

"Soldiers? Like!" Ji Yijun said. He did feel a similar temperament to his father from these people.

"Well, these people are really no worse than the soldiers the count used to suppress our tax resistance that day." Garcia agreed.

Huang Zheng and Ji Yijun looked at each other and said, "In that case, your guess is indeed possible. This group of people may have some ulterior motives for mixing with horse thieves. However, their leader is obviously in the house, and the guard here is too tight. , how can we see if they are the ones you are looking for? "

"If it doesn't work, we can only find a way to create some noise in other places to lure these guards away." Ji Yijun said.

Huang Zheng rolled his eyes and said: "I remember you said that there is a house left by a magician here, right? There seems to be a barrier inside to prevent outsiders from entering?"

"That's right. That's where Xiao Chen and the others came from."

"Then leave it to me. I'll go over there and make some noise. These horse thieves will definitely be attracted to the inaccessible house and see if I can hook their leader out. Then, you act according to the situation!"

Huang Zheng took Enrique away, while Ji Yijun and Garcia continued to ambush at the side of the house. Not long after, torches lit up in the direction of the magician's house, and a patrol sentry came to report in a hurry. Soon, two young people, a man and a woman, came out of the house. Both of them were wearing exquisite armor, holding swords, and dressed in military uniforms. Ji Yijun immediately recognized them. They were the brother and sister who injured him and gave him a letter. The full blond hair and green eyes made a deep impression on him.

Ji Yijun vaguely heard the sentry's report: "... found... a strange house,... can't get in... people will be ejected..."

The young man asked a few questions in a low voice, then gathered most of the people around the house, and followed the sentry with the girl to the house. The guards around the house suddenly weakened.

"Squad leader. Is that the person you are looking for?" Garcia asked.

"That's right! I'm going to sneak into the house and wait for them to come back."

"It's too dangerous."

"Don't jump into the tiger's den... Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you. Anyway, stay here and don't move. If a fight breaks out inside, you and Huang Zheng and the others retreat together, and don't bother me." After Ji Yijun warned Garcia, he dodged and jumped out of the bushes. He used the shadows to sneak forward, easily avoiding the remaining guards, and entered the house through a back door used by servants.

After Ji Yijun entered the house, he secretly used his fighting spirit to prepare for the fight. But he soon discovered that there were only a few people left in the house.

The house was very dark, and only some key places were lit with oil lamps. This brought great convenience to Ji Yijun. He was skilled in martial arts and had light hands and feet. He easily used the darkness to bypass the two soldiers passing by in the corridor.

Garcia said that according to the style of building houses in the Floro area, the owner would generally stay in the living room, study or bedroom on the second floor. He walked carefully through the kitchen, avoided the guarded hallway, and went up to the second floor from the stairs at the back of the house. He walked through a somewhat dim corridor and entered the unguarded living room.

There were several large chairs and coffee tables in the living room, a fire was burning in the fireplace, and some unsatisfactory paintings were hung on the wall. Ji Yijun walked slowly to the middle of the room and found some nut snacks that girls loved to eat on the coffee table, and an open book on a chair. Ji Yijun took two nuts and stuffed them into his mouth, picked up the book and flipped through it a few times, but found that he could not recognize a few words. He only knew that this was probably someone's war record.

However, he had an idea in his mind. This was an era with a very low literacy rate. Ordinary warriors would not read books at all. This room was probably where the two young men stayed before going out. In this case, he immediately made a decision and found a dimly lit corner and hid behind a curtain.

Let's see what they are doing first, and then... maybe I can teach them a little lesson.

Ji Yijun has never been a patient person, but quietly hiding in the heart of the enemy gave him a sense of excitement from the heart. He imagined the possible scenes of the other party coming back, from breaking out of the siege to conquering the enemy chieftain. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. These fantasies filled his mind, so that he didn't even have the idea of ​​fear in his heart.

Time passed so quickly, and finally, footsteps sounded outside the door. Ji Yijun immediately concentrated and held his breath, listening carefully.

"Brother, the power of magic is really strong. The two of us tried hard, but we couldn't even step into that room." The voice was a girl's voice, and there was some frustration in her words.

"If we call back the uncles who participated in the siege, and add the fighting spirit between the two of us, we may be able to forcibly break the barrier. But this is too disrespectful to the magician who left the barrier, and there is no need to do such a thing to forcibly make enemies. This is the power of magic, so we must find a reliable magician. Without the help of the magician, we can't do that." Another young man's voice sounded, and his voice was very steady, with the momentum of being the master.

"Do you think the magicians in the castle will really contact us?"

"If they are not too stupid, they should contact us. I have already released my sincerity. Next, it depends on the performance of these magicians."

"If they don't come, what if Kadis forces our people to attack the city?"

"Kadis dare not. We are not those little thieves. His own people don't go up, so how can it be our turn? You see, the first ones to die are always cannon fodders dazzled by money, no matter when. As long as a few uncles are present, he dare not be presumptuous. Humph, it's just blood fighting, a weird thing that is not on the stage. Although he will never guess our true strength, he will never conflict with us easily." The young man said confidently.

"I hope everything goes well." The girl sighed faintly.

"Yes. If I'm not mistaken..., the magician has sent someone to contact us. The boy behind the curtain, don't you think so?"