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Chapter 683: 681 Rescue_1
Chapter 683: 681 Rescue_1
“Let me out… let me… out …”
From the side hall of Phoenix Palace, a raspy and weak voice kept echoing.
Yet the guards outside the hall chose to disregard it.
The enormous cold, dark iron gate was tightly shut, occasionally resounding with feeble knocks.
“Let me out… let me… out …”
The voice inside continued, plaintive and ceaseless.
Eventually a guard, unable to bear it any longer, tried to offer comfort:
“Princess Judy, you should rest, we dare not let you out… ”
Before he could finish his words, he saw a fierce stare shot his way. To his surprise, Ralf, the captain of the Phoenix Palace guards, was present.
“Captain, I…”
“Shut your mouth!” Ralf snapped, his expression severe, “Speak one more word, and don’t blame me for being rude!”
The guard quickly lowered his head, not daring to speak again.
Ralf stayed outside the hall for a moment, listening to the sounds from inside. He asked impassively:
“Has it been like this the whole time? Non-stop?”
The guard nodded, replying, “Exactly, the princess hasn’t had any rest for three days and nights. I worry that if this goes on… there might be a serious problem… ”
Another guard added urgently:
“Yes, sir. The princess refuses to eat, we fear… we fear it could cost her life…”
“Refusing to eat?” Ralf walked towards a window of the hall, peering inside, indeed, the food sent in hadn’t been touched.
Yet that frail figure stubbornly crouched near the door, mechanically knocking against it, emitting an almost unconscious cry.
A flicker of pity passed through Ralf’s eyes, but it was quickly replaced with determination and indifference.
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Listening to Ralf’s words, the guards couldn’t help but lift their heads in shock. They only saw the cold gaze of the captain of the Phoenix Palace guards.
At this moment, they recalled that Ralf’s wife was once Emperor Reinhardt’s lover and had borne him an illegitimate son…
Thinking about some recent rumors circling Dragon City, they realized that a grand conspiracy against the legitimate line of the Lorenzo family had taken form.
The guards immediately fell silent, fearful of being caught up in this political storm.
Ralf’s gaze scanned over the guards, noticing none dared to meet his eyes, he then nodded satisfactorily.
However, just when he was planning to leave, he suddenly felt a slight trembling of the earth beneath him.
Ralf quickly turned around, noticing the dust clouds and noise coming from the entrance of the palace. A cavalry squad was galloping towards them.
“Sound the alarm! Get ready!”
Fwoo——
Accompanied by the low sound of horns, a deathly silence fell over Phoenix Palace.
Troops quickly assembled, heading towards the direction of the horns.
Ralf’s face grew grim as he watched the approaching cavalry squad, eventually distinguishing their armor and flag.
“The Blood Knight Army?” Ralf felt a flicker of confusion, as according to the reports he had heard, the Blood Knight Army should not have appeared in Dragon City, let alone dare to gallop into Phoenix Palace.
“No one is allowed to gallop within Phoenix Palace!” Ralf shouted.
Meanwhile, the guards behind him had raised their wall of shields, the bowmen behind the wall had already nocked their arrows, waiting for Ralf’s order to attack.
Ralf slowly unsheathed his sword, raising it high above his head. He was just about to issue the command to attack when he noticed that the cavalry squad started to slow down.
He hesitated, not giving the order to attack.
Since they had managed to get here, it meant the Imperial Guard of Dragon City hadn’t tried to stop them or, perhaps —
The Imperial Guard didn’t dare to stop them…
Sir Ralf’s heart sank, deciding to observe first.
The cavalry squad stopped about two hundred meters away from the Phoenix Palace Guard’s position, and then a knight stepped ahead of the rest.
“Count Angler?” Sir Ralf said in surprise, observing the newcomer.
“You’re Ralf?” Colin looked down at Sir Ralf dismissively and asked coldly.
“Yes, I am the Captain of the Phoenix Palace Guard, Ralf St. Lorenzo.” Ralf had a bad presentiment but still replied courageously:
“Count Angler, how could you lead the Blood Knight Army into the Phoenix Palace? This is blasphemy to the royal authority! Please withdraw immediately…”
“Where are Prince Harrison and Princess Judy?” Colin interrupted impatiently.
Seeing that the other party was completely ignoring his warnings, just as Sir Ralf was about to scold again, he suddenly felt a strong aura descend instantly.
In a daze, Colin before his eyes appeared to have transformed into a terrifying behemoth, making it impossible to muster any courage to confront him.
Ralf was shocked, and the hands holding his sword began to tremble uncontrollably.
Colin nudged his horse and came to Sir Ralf’s side, reaching out and grasping the raised tip of his sword—
Crack!
The finely forged knight’s sword shattered into countless pieces like glass.
The whole process took place while Sir Ralf could only watch helplessly.
Simultaneously, he was finally convinced without any doubt. The young Northern Earl before him was indeed— a Holy Knight!
Only a Holy Knight could overpower him, a fifth-tier knight, rendering him completely defenseless.
“Prince Harrison has been taken to the summit of the Holy Mountain by the Church… Princess Judy is in the hall behind me…”
After receiving his answer, Colin nodded in satisfaction.
He dismounted and leisurely walked towards the side hall.
The palace guards gathered in front of the hall parted like a tide, making way for Colin.
Just as Yun Chujiu was deep in thought, Mao Suiqiu’s weak voice sounded:
“Master, the Great Void Mirror said that because you haven’t drunk blood recently and you’ve used it too many times, it wanted me to remind you to take it easy. Don’t use up all the remaining times.”
Hei Xinjiu couldn’t be bothered to say anything now. Anyway… it would be useless even if she said it.
She was not afraid of settling scores. The more this broken mirror was showing off, the more miserable it would be in the future.
Although the number of times was limited, if these bone-devouring shells were too terrifying, she could only enter the Great Void Mystic Realm.
At this moment, a bowl-sized bone-devouring shell rushed towards Yun Chujiu and spat out a black liquid towards Yun chujiu.
Yun chujiu subconsciously avoided it. Then, she saw the black liquid spread into the seawater, dyeing a part of the area black and causing bubbles that looked like boiling water to rise.
Yun chujiu was shocked. What was going on?
Could it be that the black liquid from the bone-eating shellfish had a strong corrosive effect?
This guy was shocked, but he soon realized that he was not afraid of Gouwei Bacao since he had it.
She tried to touch the bubbling sea water, but there was nothing unusual.
At this time, the Gouwei Bacao in Yun Chujiu’s Dantian waved its leaves desperately, looking impatient.
Hei Xinjiu curled her lips and handed over the control of her body to the Gouwei Bacao.
The gouwei Bacao said excitedly, “Finally, I can have a full meal! I didn’t expect that there would be such a good thing here. I really don’t need to be busy with the good fortune Bacao. It really makes me sick.”
While the Gouwei Bacao was talking, several streams of black liquid shot toward it.
Gouwei Bacao immediately swallowed all the black liquid into its mouth. Of course, it inevitably drank a lot of seawater.
This fellow couldn’t care less about this now. It wished it could swallow all the venom of the bone-eating shellfish into its stomach.
These bone-eating shellfish didn’t seem to have any other abilities other than spitting venom. Therefore, Gouwei Bacao directly rushed into the group of bone-eating shellfish and drank the venom happily.
Those bone-eating shellfish did not have high intelligence. They only knew how to spit venom desperately until all the venom was spat out.
As there were too many bone-eating shellfish, Gouwei Bacao drank until he burped:
“Burp, burp, I’m stuffed to death! But even if I’m stuffed to death, I can’t let go of such a good opportunity. Maybe after absorbing the poison, I’ll…”
Gouwei Bacao stopped abruptly at this point, blinking its eyes and changing the topic:
“Ahem, well, grandmother, these bone-eating shellfish don’t have any venom anymore and have no offensive ability at all. Do you want to try their meat? It might taste good.”
Yun chujiu knew that Gouwei Bacao was changing the topic, but she did not ask further. She let it dig out the flesh of the bone-eating shellfish while it absorbed the poison.
Gouwei Bacao, who was forced to work as a laborer, wished that it could slap itself twice!
Although the bone-eating shellfish were not very intelligent, they still had a basic sense of danger. When they saw their companions dying one after another, they turned around and ran in the direction they came from.
Gouwei Bacao looked at the direction where the bone-eating shellfish had left and felt a little complicated. She did not know whether she should regret that the food had run away, or she should rejoice that she finally did not have to work as a laborer anymore.
After Yun Chujiu regained control of her body, she immediately ran away, afraid that something else would happen.
In an instant, it seemed as though the air around him had solidified. He felt like he was a bug trapped in amber, unable to do anything but watch as the inescapable death loomed over him.
Swish!
A flash of red light.
Colin had severed Sir Ralf’s head.
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