Chapter 614 (1/2)
In the middle of the night, Loren and the grey pupil boy, who were half squatting on the eaves, looked up and saw a very shabby noble house. In addition to the faint fire, they were no different from the abandoned houses in the lower urban area.
Dirty walls, rotten gates, dilapidated eaves, crumbling beams, and even the ”creak” of the house can be heard when the cold wind blows - I'm afraid even beggars sleeping in the street are safer than people living in this ”residence”.
The nobles who lost their fiefdoms and industries for various reasons, so that their families declined and their houses could not be maintained... This is not uncommon in Bain. Many nobles would rather let the houses be dilapidated bit by bit and maintain their final ”face” with permeable walls and rotten gates.
They hope that one day there will be an outstanding successor in the family and revive their glory with merit and reputation... Unfortunately, the end is that future generations are often overwhelmed by the heavy maintenance costs of the residence, and finally have to sell their real estate and foundation at a low price and embark on the road of wandering Knights.
This mansion looks no different from those, of course... It just ”looks” like that.
Behind the dirty looking wall, it is reinforced with green bricks, and the top of the wall is even covered with wooden nails; Behind the rotten gate was a carriage, behind which a stone wall could be seen faintly; The dilapidated eaves are heavily guarded, and sentries are ambushed in all the potholes
At first glance, there is no special dilapidated house, but it is actually a very perfect small fortress in disguise; In the faint light of the fire, the black haired wizard could even see the guards on three floors outside the house. The degree of security was no less strict than that of governor Byrne's house!
”Is this... The headquarters of the blood order?”
Lucian frowned, as if looking at the heavily guarded guards in the distance, and his right hand instinctively pressed the hilt of the sword around his waist.
”Probably.” Lauren chuckled and shrugged indifferently; At least the scene is enough to prove that Roger Yoder didn't lie to himself, but if he did
There is no need to do it yourself. Little Joad will be eager to kill him, leaving Joad's chamber of Commerce headless, or seizing power to inherit the chamber of Commerce.
As for this unfamiliar ”dog”... That's the problem in the future. At present, he doesn't have the courage to rebel.
”Let's discuss the next plan first... Although Roger Yoder is unlikely to lie, we still have to guard against it; I'll try to sneak in first, Lucian. You're ready to meet outside; if you notice anything, return immediately and let Charles send someone to surround them.”
”Nevertheless, though it should be said, it should not be so smooth. The key is still on the side of Byrne's governor's house. Even if the army in the city can guard against the suspicious characters coming and going, but it can't resist Gaspar's eyeliner, then you may have to...”
The words stopped at his mouth, and Lauren glanced at the gray pupil boy who tightly closed the corner of his mouth.
”Lucian, are you... Nervous?”
”Hmm? No!” the whole body was shocked, and a pair of silver gray pupils under the boy's dark blue hair suddenly widened: ”I just...”
”Scared?”
”No, absolutely not!” Lucian retorted, but his eyes subconsciously avoided the sight of the black haired Wizard: ”I'm not nervous, I just... Just...”
The grey pupil boy no longer opened his mouth and turned his head awkwardly to bite his lower lip.
Loren patted him on the shoulder, and the boy's tight body trembled slightly all the time.
In other words, only by tightening his body in this way could he not even lose his sword.
He was not afraid... He could become the youngest flag leader of the Empire. Lucian, who returned from the Dragon King City, would no longer hold his sword because of fear... He ran wildly in the vast snow mountains and fought with the legendary dragon hunter. He didn't flinch even once.
But this time it's different.
Although Loren never told him, Lucian could still detect the tension hidden under the eyes of the black haired wizard... The vigilance revealed from the first encounter with the blood cult, or even earlier, as if he had been on guard against a more terrible existence.
He is not an ordinary wandering knight, a devout believer of the Holy Cross... He is the illegitimate son of the former Archduke of ellemans and now the brother of the Duke of veltz. He knows a lot of things that fools don't know, and has personally seen those unimaginable horrors in the glacier wasteland and the Dragon King city.
Lucian is not afraid of death, but if what happened in duanjieshan fortress made him lose all his brothers and be stigmatized as a deserter again... He would rather have been hanged on the execution platform by connord.