Chapter 75 (1/2)
Chapter 75
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As soon as he escaped from Alphonse’s blade, Cadriol ran madly to the ground floor.
“How many are left?”
“It’s three!”
Three elite members died in the hand of Alphonse.
Thinking about the crew who died to bring in the smoke bomb, he lost four in an instant.
In winter, Evron is sloppy.
Their power is concentrated in the direction of the Karam. They rarely even considered being attacked by the same human beings. This is because the frozen sea and cold weather were more powerful defenses than anything else.
In addition, for the hunting events, all the main figures in military relations, including knights, would be away.
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He thought that if only the escape route could be secured, it would be easy for him to kidnap a weak woman.
But it wasn’t something to look down on.
The moment they realized that the enemy had entered, the stronghold itself shifted.
A door made of steel descended on Cadriol’s front and back. Originally, it was intended to bind the feet of enemies invading from outside.
Nevertheless, as they fell simultaneously, it was easy to get trapped in the hallway.
The target position was close, but Cadriol had to go round and round. Jump into another room, open another door, and run into a new hallway.
If he had not been familiar with the structure of the stronghold in advance from Aubrey, even if his men were the best warriors of the South Sea, they would have been trapped and killed.
“Damn it!”
Arrows flew from behind.
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Guards blocked the hallway. All entrances to this castle would have been blocked by soldiers.
“Go!”
A member of the elite team stayed behind. Cadriol shout out, “I will definitely pay you back!”.
And finally, he arrived at the end of the corridor on the first floor.
[Turn the left and right wrist of the statue carved on the wall at the same time. It is a secret passage that was created to supply water.]
As Aubrey told him, this secret passage opens from the inside, and only extends to the river.
But for Cadriol, that was enough.
Eimmel is a maritime kingdom, a kingdom of water.
For the people of Eimmel, handling the boat was like handling their own hands and feet. Manipulating sails and flying in the wind is something even a 10-year-old can do.
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Even if it is a frozen river, a river is a river. Once he got on the boat, he won’t lose to anyone.
With a rumbling noise, the wall with the statue of the saint opened.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Short arrows were stuck in the statue of the saint one after another.
Cadriol exploded the last smoke bomb left. And he jumped into the secret passage.
***
Lysia lowered the crossbow.
There was no guarantee that Artizea would not be hit by shooting an arrow into that cloud of smoke.
A group of soldiers rumbled into the secret passage.
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Lysia said.
“Send people outside the secret passage. We have to go through it.”
“What’s going on here?”
“Send a messenger to the Grand Duke right now. And secure Aubrey Jordyn.”
Lysia ordered one after another. Margaret’s face turned pale.
Lysia grabbed her hand.
“We have to know who leaked the secret passage.”
There were three secret passages of the stronghold.
The most insignificant among them was the passage of the statue.
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Rather than a secret passage, it was an emergency water supply route, so the length was short, and it was unreasonable to use it as an escape route.
However, that is based on the Evron or Krates mainland people.
At the end, there is a river. And the opponent is a South Sea person.
“Oh, Aubrey, how could you…”
“Think calmly. Aubrey is the most likely suspect, Aunt. Aubrey is at the temple, and they were staying at the temple too. Didn’t she hate the Grand Duchess a bit?”
Lysia said coldly.
In addition, Cedric said that everyone knows of the passage, but in reality, it was hard to know how to open the secret passage.
He only informed it to his trusted vassals in case the stronghold was breached and the command was destroyed.
Among them were the caretakers of the stronghold, the Count Jordyns, who were the agents of the master, and their children who were expected to inherit the duty in the future.
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Blood drained from Margaret’s face.
“We need to find out information about them, even a little. Aunt Margaret! If something goes wrong with the Grand Duchess like this, how are you going to see the Grand Duke’s face?”
Margaret was startled and lifted her head. Then she nodded and ran out.
***
Artizea’s mind came after Cadriol got out of the stronghold and boarded a boat.
Artizea opened her hazy eyes and raised her head. She was lying on the floor of a small cabin like a coffin.
Over her body was a coat of thick fur-skinned leather. There was also a fur coat on the floor.
“Ah….”
Her whole body hurt, as if being beaten. She sat up.
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Unable to cope with the cold and frozen body, she pulled up the overcoat and put it on her. It was the length that reached her ankle.
Her last memory was that she was pulled by the back of neck while being carried by Cadriol.
She stood up carefully. The feet in her indoor silk shoes were cold as if her toes were falling apart.
Oversized fur shoes were laid. Artizea wore it and stumbled and stepped out of the cabin.