Chapter 10 Assassination
The royal city of Woat is located in the south-central part of Briland. A tributary of the Dagger River passes through the north shore of the city. The southern outskirts of the city are vast forests of kings. This huge city was built more than a century ago and belonged to the territory of Queen Narn, one of the five descendants of the Galifar Empire.
Voat is located on the plains, with rich production of the Dagger River tributaries and Kings Forest, making the entire city full of vitality. Breland has the best alchemists and magical technology in the Covare continent, and is the industrial center of the entire continent.
In the middle of the final war, they even built a huge flying fortress floating in the air - Argens City. In the Leaning Tower Battle, because the Leaning Tower Fortress was occupied by Serene, Braland once faced the danger of destroying the country. It was Argens City that replaced the Leaning Tower Fortress and became the last line of defense against Serene.
The developed magic technology has made the streets and alleys of Woat full of alchemy supplies stores. Feisheer Street is such a commercial street specializing in magic supplies. However, unlike other commercial streets, the shops on Feisheer Street are basically opened by some big families in the royal city.
In some boutique shops here, you can even see high-end components with simple consciousness. Of course, this kind of steel guard is also quite expensive, and almost only some large families have the financial resources to purchase.
As a new aristocrat of animal husbandry, the Cross family also has a boutique protective gear store on Fischer Street. At this time, the contemporary parent of the Cross family, the half-elf Phil, was holding the leopard-print chinchilla named Aval and staying in his shop.
In fact, Phil did not come here to take care of the business of the Cross family. At such a critical moment, the half-elves had no intention of doing business. He came here because a batch of magical instruments secretly acquired by the Cross family arrived. These magical instruments will be used in the Dragon Crystal Mineral Plan, and there is no need to be lost.
"Speed up the loading speed, all goods must be delivered to the suburban manor before sunset!" Phil's face was serious and gave orders to the servants of the shop.
Looking up at the sun that was beginning toward the west outside the window, the half-elf's face was full of sorrow. Yesterday he received a very unfavorable news, and the secret spies from the Cross family entered the Red Rose Organization and reported the news. The guard chief of the eldest prince Felix, Leo Foster, secretly met with Serpis yesterday afternoon.
After this meeting, Red Rose summoned more than 20 high-level powerful men. According to the spy, almost all of these powerful men were of the level of a warrior in the earth, and some of them were even close to that of the Sky Knight, Serpis.
Such powerful force is comparable to the elite team of the Twelve Dragon Pattern Family. This news shocked Phil and couldn't sleep at night.
If Serpis really performs an assassination mission, in the city of Woat, no single force or family can match it except the regular army. If the target of the assassination is the third prince, they can completely break through the suburban manor of the Cross family and forcibly kill Brian.
The only thing that made Phil feel lucky was that Shepis just summoned people and did not take any action. He himself stayed in the underground darkroom of the tavern and did not go out for a second.
Thinking of this, the half-elves tribe leader was scared, but fortunately he entrusted a task to Serpis one step ahead of time. With the rumored credibility of Red Rose, the third prince Brian should still be safe before it was officially rejected.
Phil has decided that once Red Rose changes something or formally refuses their commission, the Close family can only send the third prince Brian out of the royal city of Waulet immediately. Once the eldest prince Felix has the help of Red Rose, there will be no safety in the royal city for the third prince Brian.
After a night of intense consultation last night, Brian and Phil finally reached a consensus. That is, the eldest prince Felix should have also learned about the Dragon Crystal Mineral Vein, otherwise they would not have followed them to find the Red Rose Organization.
This perception made the two of them feel frustrated. Judging from time, the news would not be leaked by Red Rose. Then there is only one source of the leak - the Northern Army.
As a whole, they nominally supported the third prince Brian. However, this support was not allegiance. The only person they were loyal to was the real King Brian. Since they could not fully control the Northern Army, there would inevitably be a few speculators in the army who would press the bargaining chips on the eldest prince Felix.
The third prince Brian was decisive by nature. After receiving the news, he immediately decided to increase his bargaining chips and win over the Red Rose Organization, which was still hesitating. If it weren't for this batch of important goods today, I believe the half-elves should have been on their way to the tavern contact office now.
"Captain, all the goods have been packed and you can go!" Joey walked to Phil and said softly.
"Well, Joey, you lead the guards to send the convoy to the manor!" Phil looked at the sky and hesitated for a moment, "I'm going to another place."
"Class leader, it's too dangerous. Once we separate, there will be no few guards left by your side." Joey was shocked and immediately objected, "You are the thorn in the eyes of His Highness the Great Prince..."
"They won't stare at me all the time! Red Rose hasn't settled down, I'm really worried!" The half-elf waved her hand worriedly, "That's the decision. You take the convoy back to the manor, and I'll go to the Red Rose's tavern. As long as they take up the task, I will ask them to send someone to escort me back!"
"Please be careful!" Joey sighed and walked out with a large number of guards.
Looking at the convoy away, Phil pondered for a moment and waved to a shop servant beside him, "Come here and take off your clothes!"
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"Master Leo, the convoy of the Cross family has come out!" An assassin dressed as a coachman walked casually to a small vendor on the side of the road, squatted down and picked on the stall.
"Have you seen their half-elves?" the vendor wearing a tattered felt hat raised his head and said in a deep voice. The scars on his slightly blue face turned slightly red. It was Leo Foster, the guard chief of the eldest prince Felix.
"I have seen it with detection magic, only the old housekeeper Joey, and no half-elf Phil!" said the coachman softly.
As the two were talking, a bright magic crystal lamp suddenly lit up at the shop window at the intersection of the street.
"Hey, wait, the target has appeared, there are only five or six guards around..."
"See, act!" Leo Horan stood up, took out an evil ghost mask from his arms and put it on his face, and his huge body rushed forward quickly.
"Protect the clan leader and retreat into the store!"
Seeing countless men in black holding sharp blades appearing in every corner of Fischer Street, the face of the Cross family's guards changed drastically. They stopped Phil behind them and quickly retreated into the family's magic protective equipment store.
The servants in the shop rushed out of the shop, scattered and fled to the street...
"Roar in!" Leo's face appeared fiercely, and with a wave of his hand, his deceased soldier immediately rushed into the protective equipment store of the Cross family through the doors and windows, and fought with the guards in the store.
Leo, who was following behind, walked quickly to the front door of the store. He was about to enter, but his face changed, stopped and suddenly turned his head.
"Bang!" A strong wind swept through Leo's ears, and a terrible explosion sound was made on the lintel beside him. The broken wood chips wiped several blood marks on the face of the retired leader of the Royal Knights.
Leo's sharp eyes flashed and instantly condensed. He saw a small pebble deeply embedded in the lintel that exploded with a big hole.
"Stone?" A trace of doubt flashed in Leo's eyes, and he couldn't help but turn his head and look in the direction where the stone flew over.
I saw passers-by running around in panic in the direction of the street where the stones flew over. However, among the crowds of people, a middle-aged servant dressed as a clerk attracted Leo's attention.
Behind the middle-aged servant, following a cute golden civet cat, Leo's whole body was shocked and he roared and rushed away.
"Leopard print chinchilla?! He is Phil!"
Chapter completed!