612 Sacrifice Part 1 (1/2)

Four-thousand men and horses continued on their journey. There was a special presence in the company, a grade-6 mage, who was under constant protection by two black metal grand swordmasters. This mage wore a magic robe with three rows of symbols and a clan badge. This was a mage from a noble family and he carried himself with composure and arrogance.

Aside from the two black metal grand swordmasters, there was also a large group of soldiers within the regiment designated to protect this mage. It was clear that this mage was of a very high status as he was being protected in the same way as a sorcerer.

Bringing up the rear were many auxiliary soldiers who were in charge of looking after the large-scale and moderate-scale equipment that the army had brought along. These soldiers possessed decent fighting abilities and were much stronger than most mercenaries. Other than the noises made by the rumbling of the wheels, the entire army was silent throughout their journey. This was a very powerful army.

If one could recognize the clan badge on the mage's chest, one would realize that one of the six biggest Dukes of Holy Rock City's House of Commons belonged to this clan.

There were a total of twelve Dukes in Holy Rock City's House of Lords and House of Commons who governed the city's military and financial affairs. Every Duke's clan had a very rich heritage. This grade-6 mage was young and was not even forty years old. It was clear that he was groomed by his clan to become a mage. His clan badge was the symbol of a white rose.

The white rose clan had a longer history than even the Qin Empire and had held a very important position in Holy Rock City since the country was built. Even if he was not a mage, the regiment leader would not dare to order him around. It was the mage's idea to travel with the army.

It was a good thing that although Qin mages could be overbearing, they would not cause any delay to military matters. This mage from the white rose clan would never try to influence the regiment leader's orders or try to take action on his own. If the regiment leader needed him to take any action, it could be discussed. If the mage felt confident with what the regiment leader was requesting, he would do his best.

Arrogance was part of his nature, but that did not mean that he did not care about relations. He decided to serve the army mainly to bring honor to his clan.

In the city patrol headquarters of Holy Rock City was a room with faint light that had been sealed up. A young man had been locked up inside this room. He was extremely anxious. ”It has already been a day, why is there no reply?” After escaping from Green Dragon Stone and personally delivering the news to Holy Rock City, he expected to be hosted at the military hall under the House of Commons minimally and not locked up in the city patrol headquarters.

These were two different offices that governed very different things. This young man was a professional assassin. He had chanced upon the massacre that the Holy See was carrying out at Green Dragon Stone. He eventually managed to escape to bring this piece of news to Holy Rock City. He had thought that he would be rewarded handsomely, possibly even being given the title of a Baron.

The moment he entered the city, he was captured by the patrolling soldiers. He did not even have the chance to meet anyone from the royal swordsmen camp.

The door suddenly opened and light shone through. The young assassin tensed. A middle-aged man with a tall and strong build entered. This person grew a short moustache and seemed to be a person of power.

For some reason unknown to the young assassin, he felt extremely fearful of this man that had just entered. He stood up and almost instinctively struck the man.

”Don't be nervous. I heard that you bring a very important piece of news and I am here to personally assess it.”

”You are?”

”I am from the Prince's mansion.”

”Your Majesty, the news is very important, but I'm afraid that it is too late. Green Dragon Stone was attacked by many men of the Holy See and it should be a bloody mess by now. All the inhabitants and some merchants that were unfortunate to be passing by were all killed.”

”How did you escape?”

”I am an assassin and I was outside of Green Dragon Stone.”

”Do you have any companions?”

”No, I am not affiliated to any clans,” the young assassin answered honestly. He thought he was about to be recruited by this middle-aged man. Noble families often took in some assassins to help them settle matters that required underhanded methods.

”That's good,” the middle-aged man laughed. He flicked his finger lightly and a beam of golden sword aura pierced through the young assassin's head.

The young assassin's corpse slowly crumbled to the floor. The middle-aged man left the room and said to the person in charge of city patrol who was waiting outside, ”Those that have seen this young man, secretly transfer them to the House of Commons' military intelligence department. I don't want to have to kill you so please forget whatever happened here.”