Chapter 6 Sunset Invasion (7)
From the place where slaves are imprisoned to the place where warriors are imprisoned, it does not mean that treatment is upgraded. On the contrary, Ella is taken to a death row that is darker than the prison. It is set deep underground, and the intersection is closely guarded. From the intersection, it is necessary to pass three thick iron gates to the cell. There are no lights along the way, so it can only be illuminated by torches. As the last iron gate opens, the darkness is like a beast with a bloody mouth, swallowing the entire space in one bite. The Aztlan soldiers pushed Ella in without saying a word, and then closed the iron gate with a "boom".
No light was left. When Ella lowered her head, she couldn't even see her toes.
"Is anyone?" she shouted to the dark place.
A familiar voice sounded in the depths of the darkness: "King of Sweden, you are finally here."
"Alfred? You know I'll be brought here?"
Ella turned her head in the direction where the sound came, and it was also pitch black and there was nothing to see.
"Of course." Alfred's voice came again, "The Knights who win in the duel are brought here. Those who can win in that situation are a threat to them."
"Don't you think I'll die in the duel field?"
"No. If you die like that, you will not be the one I know, Ella Cornelius Scipio."
"Why are you the same as my pirates?" Ella sighed, "I don't know I am that powerful."
"You can find a place to sit down first." Alfred said, "The ground is uneven, and you will fall when you walk around."
The surroundings were already pitch black. When Alfred said this, Ella suddenly felt a sense of fear of falling. She squatted down and groped on the ground for a while, and confirmed that there was a solid ground around her, and then sat down with peace of mind.
As soon as he sat down, Alfred's voice came from the opposite side again: "King of Sweden, where is your army?"
"I had already walked out of the forest of Southampton before I was captured. But if there were three elves on the opposite side, I would have a little insufficient force - Alfred, where is your army?"
"As you can see, I can't call the army now."
"Then are you waiting here?" Ella frowned slightly, "The bodies in and outside the city have piled up like mountains. Moreover, the Black Death has also emerged in England."
While speaking, the door of the cell was opened again. Under the light of the torch, Ella saw a blue-faced knight pushed in, and the door of the cell was closed again. As soon as the soldier of Aztlan left, the knight who was pushed in whispered: "King King! Get the stuff!"
"Good, Gareth!" said Alfred, "Light up the candle and discuss the next move!"
"Wait a minute! So you have candles?"
As the candle was lit, Ella saw that there were nine people around Alfred, all of which looked like a knight, plus the one who had just entered the door, a total of eleven people. The knight who lit the candle smiled at Ella with apologies and said, "This is something we secretly hid, only a short section, and it was gone after using it, so you can't just click it at the critical moment. Sorry."
But the knight named Gareth ran over with his stomach and carefully shook a small pile of powder from the folds on the inside of the clothes on a piece of rag on the ground.
"Is this?" Ella asked.
"Incense," said Alfred, "is the one the Aztlands ordered at the ceremony."
Ella was shocked. According to the group of Aztlans, this incense could make them lose their magic. In this situation, the value of this little powder could not be exchanged for no amount of gold. She couldn't help but ask, "How did you get this thing?"
"In the duel arena, I deliberately rushed to the altar, grabbed the incense stove and smashed the opponent with a weapon, and then stole a hand from the ground while I was in the chaos."
Gareth said it was easy, but judging from the bruises on his face, he was obviously beaten because of this. It was hard for him to protect this incense during the beating and not be discovered by the Aztlans.
"In this way, everything will be ready."
Alfred took the candle and shone it on the ground. So Ella saw a thin layer of soil on the ground in front of him, with a simple map drawn on it. No wonder Alfred told her not to walk around at will, otherwise she might have destroyed the map.
"This is our current location, a secret security. These small circles are the garrison forces of the enemy that we have found out in the past few days." Alfred pointed to the map and explained to Ella, "Here, here, and here are three places where the Aztlans detained prisoners. And here, as long as we can save three prisoners and equip them with weapons, our actions will be half successful. As for those elf-levels, it depends on the effect of this incense."
Ella's vision was correct. When she saw Alfred in the duel, Ella knew that he had a plan to get out of trouble. However, after she looked carefully on the map for a while, she found a problem: "Although there is no special garrison force, isn't the Aztlan camp right next to the arsenal? And there are many guards outside these cells... It's hard to succeed, right?"
"That's why I asked where your army was," said Alfred. "The Aztlanders were short of manpower after all. As long as your army attacked Winchester, the troops they could use would be short of force and everything would be fine."
"So that's it, that is, it's just a combination of inside and outside!" Ella suddenly realized.
It was also a coincidence that a shout suddenly sounded above the dungeon: "The enemy troops appeared outside the city! There are more than 3,000 people! The power of the garrison is not enough, so you can go there quickly!"
As the sound was heard, a panicked footsteps, and soon after, the footsteps calmed down. The Aztlan soldiers above seemed to have left.
"So quickly?" Alfred was shocked. The time was a little bad. Originally, he planned to get the incense first, and then find an opportunity to pass on the specific plan of escape to his subordinates who were not arrested in the city. Now the group of Aztland soldiers have left, but without the cooperation of their subordinates, how could he get out of this cell?
A footstep sounded above, heading towards the gate of the secret. Alfred made a quick decision and tiptoed to the iron gate with several knights. The remaining knights also blew out the candles and held their breath.
The footsteps came to the iron gate, but the iron gate had not opened for a long time. Alfred put his ear on the iron gate and tried to find out the other party's movements. Unexpectedly, the owner of the footsteps suddenly shouted in front of the door: "I said, someone else ambush me behind the door! I finally sent the Aztlans away. If I just pushed the door in and stab each one, I wouldn't stand it!"
Chapter completed!