dognovel Chapter 207 Misunderstanding
Chapter 207 Misunderstanding
Upon hearing the word "assassin", John immediately stood up and drew his sword and musket. When he lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, he saw this scene:
His carriage was surrounded by the White Wolf Knights. Through the gaps, John saw an assassin in a black robe being cut in half and lying in a pool of blood, with his lower body with his intestines exposed lying a few meters away.
Outside the White Wolf Knight's defense circle, several suspected accomplices of the assassin were fighting with someone, but their target was not John, but two girls of the same age as John in the distance.
One of them was a silver-haired girl wearing armor and holding a half-handed sword, fighting the assassins in close combat.
Although Nord is known as the capital of the Grand Duchy of Grant, its internal infrastructure has not improved much over the past few hundred years, resulting in even the main road leading to the palace being narrower than that of Windham, and can only accommodate two carriages running side by side.
Although the assassins holding daggers may have an advantage in the narrow space, the girl, relying on her agile posture and swordsmanship, wandered under the siege of the assassins, finding flaws from time to time and rushing in front of the assassins at a very fast speed to stab their fatal parts. Every attack must be accompanied by blood splattering and an assassin falling in the blood river.
Behind her, a black-haired girl was loudly reminding the silver-haired girl of the assassins' movements. With the cooperation of the two, the assassins, despite their large numbers, were gradually at a disadvantage.
"Is this the pagan that Haakon mentioned?" John was observing the battle in front of him. Although these assassins were dressed exactly like the previous Bakiraka assassins, their assassination skills and strength were far inferior to those of the assassins who had assassinated John before. They couldn't even deal with a skinny little girl.
"Send a team to kill all those men in black robes." John ordered the White Wolf Knights next to him. Since the pagans were right in front of him, he should kill them as soon as possible and go home as there were still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with in the territory.
Upon receiving the order, the White Wolf Knights attacked decisively, picking up swords, axes and hammers to chop at the assassins who were fighting with the girl.
"Pfft!"
As an assassin's head was chopped off by the White Wolf Knight's sword, the assassins who were concentrating on fighting the girl realized that they were surrounded by a group of tin cans from behind. Although these assassins fought hard, the daggers in their hands could not pose any threat to the White Wolf Knight's heavy full body armor. After a few minutes, the remaining assassins were wiped out with the cooperation of the girl and the knights.
After ensuring that there were no threats ahead, the knights returned to the team and continued to protect John's carriage as it moved toward the designated location. When the carriage passed the two girls next to it, John ordered the White Wolf Knight in front to stop.
It's not that John is sympathetic to women, but the style of armor worn by one of the girls is similar to those of Grant's soldiers. John wants to ask her about the pagans on the island. Compared to Haakon who enjoys himself in the palace all day, these grassroots officers and soldiers may know more about the pagans.
"I am Johann Hohenzollern, the Marshal of the French Royal Expeditionary Force, who was invited by Archduke Haakon to wipe out the pagans. I have some questions about the pagans that I would like to ask you."
Facing John's request, the silver-haired girl didn't know what the purpose of this young man who looked like her was, but after hearing "French King's Hall", Sigel's expression became serious, panting and said to John respectfully:
"I am the Fire Dragon Knight Captain Sigur."
After saying this, Sigel introduced the black-haired girl next to him to John:
"This is the witch of the Grand Duchy of Grant, Lady Benetic."
"Miko?"
Hearing this, John asked in surprise:
"Isn't your faith the God of Light?"
This sentence made Higer's nerves, which had just relaxed from the bloody battle, tense again. After a long battle, she unconsciously revealed Benetic's identity when she was tired. Although she didn't know what the purpose of this man who claimed to be the Marshal of the King's Hall was in Grant, she knew that anyone from the King's Hall hated pagans extremely.
Thinking of this, she protected Benetic behind her, and then raised her sword slightly to prevent the opponent from attacking at any time, and tried her best to delay more time for Benetic.
These little actions certainly could not be hidden from the eyes of John and the White Wolf Knights, so that the White Wolf Knights surrounded John in three layers inside and outside. Without John's orders and Siegel's next move, the two sides were deadlocked in this silence.
"This is not right." John fell into deep thought in the carriage.
"Haakon asked me to fight the pagans, but my own son, a senior officer of the Knights Templar, is a pagan and walks down the street in broad daylight with a witch. Doesn't that mean this place is full of pagans?"
But John thought about it again and felt that something was wrong. If they were pagans, then what were those assassins? If they were Haakon's men, then did they need to use sneak attacks to kill a pagan in Nord?
Thinking of this, John felt more and more that he had fallen into some kind of conspiracy. Then a cold sweat broke out on John's head. This feeling drove John to leave this city that seemed to swallow him up at any time.
"Order the knights to draw their weapons, remain on alert, and head to the camp outside the city immediately."
The White Wolf Knights who received the order did not dare to hesitate. They immediately changed direction and escorted John's carriage out of the city, leaving behind only smoke and dust and two girls coughing in place.
"Shiger! Bernie!"
At this moment, Grunberdo, wearing armor and holding a war hammer and a huge shield, arrived late and saw the bodies of assassins all over the ground and the blood-stained Sigur.
"Doctor, come quickly, there are wounded people here!" Seeing this situation, Gulenberudo thought that all the blood was Shiger's, and hurriedly shouted to the doctor behind him.
"That's not the case. These assassins look scary, but they are just ordinary soldiers. I can't beat them at all." Sigel explained quickly, and then she said to Gurenberudo anxiously:
"Just now, Benetic and I encountered a group of soldiers who claimed to be from the French King's Office. The leader was a man named John Hohenzollern. It seemed that the purpose of his trip was to eliminate believers who did not believe in the God of Light."
Grunberudo was stunned by the shocking thing that Higer said. As for the Hall of the King of Law, he only knew that this country was the boss of all the countries that believed in the God of Light on the continent, and he knew nothing else. However, based on this alone, he also knew that such a country was not something that Grant, a small island country, could fight against.
"Wait a minute?" At this moment, Grunberudo suddenly remembered something, and then he asked Sigel:
"Who do you think is the leader?"
"John Hohenzollern, that's what he said." Siegel said truthfully. When she thought about the name carefully, she suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but she didn't know where this feeling came from.
"Isn't this Count John who led the Midland army to capture Chusta a few years ago!" Grunberudo slapped his forehead, and then the vague memories in his mind slowly emerged. He still remembered that John led the soldiers to attack the concentration camp where he had been imprisoned for many years when he was in crisis. Although the two had no intersection afterwards, Count John had also caused heated discussions among the nobles in Nord.
"So, this person is still a good person?" Sigel asked in disbelief. Although she was grateful to John for saving her and the other Grant children, it was obvious that John did not come to reminisce with them today.
"In short, while the other party has not made the next move, we should quickly go find General Kiersten, and then meet the Grand Duke together. Maybe things can turn around."
In a room in the Nord Palace, Grand Duke Haakon held a gold-rimmed wine glass in one hand and embraced a beautiful and fair woman with the other.
Just as the two were enjoying each other's affection, a man in black broke into the room at an inopportune time. Grand Duke Haakon showed a hint of dissatisfaction on his face, but then he hid his dissatisfaction and asked calmly:
"Mateusz, what's got you in such a hurry?"
The man in black named Mateusz rubbed his hands like a fly and said:
"Sir, when the Shadow Hands were assassinating the pagans in the Fire Dragon Knights, something unexpected happened, causing the assassination mission to fail."
"Humph."
Grand Duke Haakon did not take the situation seriously. In his opinion, although the Shadow Hand Gang helped him deal with a lot of shady things, they were still far from being able to assassinate members of the Fire Dragon Knights. Not to mention the failure of the mission, he would not be surprised even if the Shadow Hand Gang was completely wiped out. However, Grand Duke Haakon is now full of confidence. With the external aid of the French King's Office and his own army, Grand Duke Haakon is confident that he can cleanse all the nobles on the island who do not obey his orders.
"Is it necessary for you to come to me for such a matter? You can just follow the old way and say that he was Yoda's assassin." Archduke Haakon said impatiently, and turned around to indulge in the pleasure of wine and beauties again.
"Of course not, sir... The assassins seemed to have accidentally injured Marshal John during the assassination."
"what!"
Hearing this, Archduke Haakon was struck by a bolt from the blue. He dropped the wine glass in his hand and asked Mateusz in disbelief:
"What did you say?"
"Well, when assassinating Sigel, the assassins seemed to have accidentally injured Marshal John, causing Marshal John to lead his troops out of the city to the camp outside the city. Look at this..."
Looking at Grand Duke Haakon who suddenly became furious, Mateusz couldn't help but feel a little scared. As far as he could remember, he had never seen the Grand Duke so angry.
"What are you still standing there for? Chase them!" Archduke Haakon immediately ordered his men to help him get dressed, and in his heart he kept praying:
"Please don't let anything happen to you."