It gets dark very early today. At this moment, a bright moon hangs in the sky, and the soft and delicate moonlight is scattered evenly on this land. Under the shining of the pure white moonlight, it casts a bright and clean light on the earth.
On the road leading to the imperial capital, Du Wei and his carriage were driving slowly.
During this trip back to the Imperial Capital, Duwei specifically told him not to rush, but to move forward leisurely every day. He just needed to seize the day and arrive at the Imperial Capital.
So the whole trip was a leisurely and leisurely one. Du Wei was particularly affectionate towards Master Clark. The two rode horses together, always talking to each other. When he got tired, Du Wei invited Master Clark to ride in his carriage.
The Luo Lin family's carriage is naturally expensive and top-notch, with fine wood, fine horses, and Du Wei has made a series of modifications to it. The thick velvet blanket laid underneath makes the carriage even more attractive when driving.
, and you don’t feel the pain of bumps at all.
The carriage was even prepared with fine wine and food, allowing Clark to enjoy a lot along the way.
Clark also went on the road and reciprocated the favor. He spent a lot of effort on the road and got a few small wind-based magic circles on the chassis of Du Wei's carriage. Anyway, several carriages in Du Wei's fleet had them.
Many of the gifts given by the Magic Guild were full of magic materials, such as crystal gems and the like.
The magic circle on the chassis of the carriage consumed several high-quality magic crystals. But with this wind magic, the carriage can automatically be assisted by the wind when it gallops, making it faster and more stable. It can even be supported by the wind.
The weight is much lighter and it feels extra stable.
Du Wei saw this and thought secretly in his mind, and couldn't help but ask: "Since such a magic array can reduce the weight of the carriage, is there an advanced wind-absorbing magic array that can completely make this carriage fly?"
After listening to this, Clark pondered for a moment and replied: "Theoretically, it is possible. But wind magic generally relies on the power of the wind. The magic circle below automatically gathers wind power, but it must completely give up the weight of the carriage.
The wind power is used to make it fly, which consumes a lot of magic power. It costs a lot of magic crystals and some magic gems. The cost is too expensive, and the level of the magic circle is also higher. It costs so much.
and strength. But it’s only a flying carriage, and it’s of little use. It’s such a waste.”
Du Wei nodded and said nothing, but secretly thought in his heart: It would be best if the carriage could fly simply by relying on the magic circle. Unfortunately, Clark said that it would be necessary to simply make the carriage fly.
The cost is almost astronomical. It cannot be popularized. If it can be popularized, then even if you can't build an airplane yourself, you can still create an "air force" in this way.
Of course, from a practical point of view, this can only be a fantasy.
Clark also had a smile on his face, but he thought to himself: The child is a child after all, and he is so whimsical. How much magic materials would be consumed to make the carriage fly? In other words, this child comes from a wealthy family, and recently received a large number of gifts from the Magic Guild.
There are so many magic crystals to play such a boring game. How can ordinary people have such financial resources? The magic crystals consumed by the magic circle to make the carriage lighter, if based on the market price, have already cost nearly
Ten thousand gold coins. If you really want to make it fly, I'm afraid it can't be done without 100,000 gold coins. You also need a master with profound magic to set up the magic circle, and you have to inject magic power all the time to supplement the consumption. It really costs so much
If you use your strength to create a carriage that can fly around, that would be called flashy.
During the chat, Du Wei's most important focus was on how to win over Clark. After all, the Magic Guild spent so much money to win over him. They must have their intentions. Du Wei is about to enter the imperial capital. He must first
Ask carefully.
Apart from anything else, the more Du Wei thought about the title of "Bachelor of Magic," the more extraordinary he felt. The more benefits he got, the more people would ask for his help in the future, and he would not be able to shirk it.
But after all, Clark had been in the imperial capital for many years, and he was also very cunning. Although he was chatting and laughing, he didn't show any hint of his words. Du Wei spent a lot of thought, but couldn't come up with anything.
That night, under the moonlight, the motorcade was driving slowly, and Du Wei and Clark were asking for some knowledge about magic. However, Madd ran over on horseback, gently knocked on the window, and whispered: "Master, we are just ahead.
The giant tree is here."
Du Wei's heart moved.
Giant Wood Town? This is a very memorable place for me.
When I was kicked out of the Imperial Capital and sent to Luolin Plains, I met Ruolin, Solskjaer and others in the town when passing by Giant Tree Town, and then used force to recover these guys. Now I return to the Imperial Capital,
Visited the old place again.
Du Wei looked at the sky and said with a smile, "Okay, let's stay in Jumu Town tonight."
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After the convoy entered Giant Wood Town, Mader certainly remembered this place and led the convoy directly to the Giant Wood Hotel where his group had stayed.
Just when I walked in front of it, I found that the original giant wooden hotel had changed its appearance. The original rotten sign that was almost rusty had been completely renewed. The blue stone walls were also painted with white lime. The sign was in the night wind.
It swayed slightly, and the words written on it were no longer the Giant Wood Hotel. Instead, they became "Adventurer's Home".
Mad looked strange and thought how long it had just been. Why did this hotel change its owner?
The door was opened long ago, and a short and fat guy inside, who was probably the boss here, ran out quickly. Seeing the big deal, he nodded and bowed, and sent a few people from the hotel to run out to help pull the horse.
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Duwei and Clark walked into the hotel and saw that the place was much cleaner than the last time they came. However, it seemed that business was not very good and there were not many people. There were no people in the spacious lobby.
The tables, chairs, and counters were all new, and it looked like some of the paint hadn't even dried yet. It seemed like no one used them.
The short and fat boss had already come over. His clothes were very clean, and his big eyes were full of shrewdness. Mad asked him to send someone to feed the horses, and then he cleaned out a few clean rooms.
Du Wei looked at the several grooms and waiters coming and going in this hotel, all of them were strong. He couldn't help but feel something in his heart. He frowned slightly. He glanced at Mad and asked him to call the pudgy boss over.
"I remember this place was originally called the Giant Wood Hotel. I stayed here once last time. Why has the owner changed now?"
The pudgy boss nodded repeatedly and explained: "Sir, the original boss disliked the bad business here, so he simply sold the hotel."
Du Wei glanced at him: "Your accent doesn't sound like a local?"
The pudgy boss smiled: "Sir, I am also from Jumu Town, but I went to the north to do business. I only came back a few months ago."
Du Wei nodded, just looked at the appearance of the waiters, frowned and said: "This small hotel of yours actually has so many subordinates. All of these people are strong. They all seem to have been soldiers, right?"
The boss nodded, with a hint of helplessness on his face: "I used to stay in the local garrison when I was in the north. It was just because I was injured a few days ago when I rounded up some mercenary groups that were smuggling Warcraft. I couldn't.
I continued to serve in the army, and then received my retirement settlement allowance and returned to my hometown. These subordinates of mine were all friends from the army. They all suffered the same fate as me. They were injured, disabled, and were cleared.
After retiring from the army, the resettlement fee is quite high. But there will always be a day when I finish my meal, so I started a business and recruited so many retired veterans to come back, so that everyone can have something to eat."
Du Wei laughed and nodded. When he saw the boss walking, he was indeed slightly lame, as if he had lost mobility in his legs and feet.
Although those waiters are all strong and powerful, if you look carefully, you can see that some of them have lost their thumb and index finger on their right hand and can no longer hold the sword. Some even have one hand broken at the wrist.
Some of them had very long arms. It seems that they were originally archers, but they lost an eye. They had no arms, but they had poor eyesight, so they were kicked out by the army.
Duwei sighed and asked Mader to hurt a few more gold coins before going into the room to rest.
In the middle of the night, Du Wei was lying on the bed, but he didn't know what was going on. He felt a little restless tonight, but he couldn't fall asleep. He thought about it for a long time, but didn't know why, so he just lay on the bed with his eyes wide open.
, looking at the ceiling, thinking about his own things.
There was silence all around, and in the dark room, I could only hear my own heartbeat and breathing.
With his eyes open like this until late at night, Du Wei gradually felt a touch of tiredness, turned over, and was about to fall asleep, when suddenly...
He is a magician, and he is extremely talented. His hearing and perception are ten times better than ordinary people. Suddenly, he heard a strange voice coming from faintly:
Split!
It sounded like the slight cracking of old, decayed wood.
Du Wei was startled by the voice, and suddenly felt a sense of uneasiness and alertness in his heart. However, this thought flashed through his mind, and he couldn't catch it for a while.
Du Wei pricked his ears and listened for a while, but there was no sound anymore. He just thought it was something like a mouse. But just as he relaxed, something suddenly changed!
Above the ceiling beam above the head, there was a sudden bang, and the entire beam broke. In an instant, a sharp sword energy broke through the layers of broken wood, soared into the sky, and struck hard at Du Wei who was lying on the bed.
Pricked down!
This sword was fast and fierce. It was obviously someone with strong martial arts skills who was preparing to strike! Du Wei yelled. Fortunately, although he was born with a weak constitution, after traveling in the frozen forest, he practiced star battle qi every day.
With that set of basic movements, the body has become much stronger. In the middle of a busy schedule, he suddenly turned over and turned sideways to avoid it.
It's just that the opponent's sword has been prepared for a long time, and it was struck by a master. How could Du Wei dodge? As soon as he turned over, he felt severe pain in his back, and a cold sword edge had cut through the clothes and skin on his back.
, blood suddenly flowed out.
Du Wei suddenly broke out in cold sweat and flipped onto the floor under the bed with a somersault. He heard a bang behind him and the bed board was torn apart by the sword!
A black shadow had jumped down from above his head. The shadow was completely black, with only a long and thin sword in his hand flashing with cold light. Du Wei was lying on the ground with severe pain in his back, which almost made him faint.
It was over, but when his life was at stake, Du Wei was aroused by the severe pain. Instead, his potential was stimulated. He lay on the ground without looking back, and shot a firelight from his hand towards the person standing on the ruins of the bed board.
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This fire magic rushed over, and the person on the bed did not dare to bear it. He somersaulted out on the spot, and with a bang, the fire shot out. It illuminated the dark room, and Du Wei could see clearly.
The person who came was dressed in black, with his face covered, but his eyes were flashing with murderous intent. The long sword in his hand was pointed at him, and he silently rushed towards him again!
Du Wei lay on the ground and threw himself next to the wardrobe in the room in fear. But the opponent's sword was already in front of him. Du Wei fumbled around with his hands, but he touched a couch that was originally placed next to the bed. Originally, yesterday
The coat he took off before going to bed at night was placed next to the sofa. Du Wei was in a hurry and didn't care so much. He only touched a corner of his clothes and threw it out.
It happened that the last time the Liszt family gave a gift, Du Wei had always carried a top-quality dagger with him. He usually wore the mage robe given by the Magic Guild. There was a belt underneath, and the dagger was always inserted in the belt.
Then he threw it out with all his strength, and heard a slight sound of metal cracking.
Then the black-clothed killer snorted and threw himself down towards Du Wei, landing on Du Wei's body.
At this moment, Du Wei almost broke out in cold sweat. The opponent's body pressed heavily on his, as if a cold sword edge was stabbing him.
When a person is in this situation, his soul suddenly goes out of his mind. Countless thoughts suddenly flood into Du Wei's mind:
Am I going to die today?!
Just like that, I was stunned for a moment, but found that the person on my body was motionless. Instead, a hot and wet stuff flowed to my neck, along the collar of my clothes, and poured on my body and nose.
I smelled a pungent smell of blood.
Du Wei was aroused by the smell of blood, and then he came to his senses. He pushed the person on him hard, only to find that the other person was already dead. There was a short sword stuck in his chest, which he had just thrown out in a hurry.
.The dagger pierced right into the opponent’s heart!
At this time, there were noisy sounds outside, but the sounds of ping-ping-pong-pong fighting were heard, and people screamed and groaned. In the dark night, not knowing what was going on outside, Du Wei gritted his teeth and pushed away the dead body on his body.
, he pulled out his dagger from the man's corpse with his backhand, only to see a trace of magical light flashing on the dagger.
At this time, the door to the room was banged open, and then Clark was seen rushing in from the outside. Clark was also disheveled, with disheveled hair. When he came in, he saw that Du Wei was covered in blood. He couldn't help but be shocked. Fortunately, he saw that Du Wei was holding
Standing with his dagger in hand, he felt relieved and hurriedly shouted: "There is a killer, I will protect you and leave!"
After saying that, he grabbed Du Wei and started to walk out. Du Wei had calmed down at this moment, but he threw Clark away and whispered: "You can't go out! The other party must be prepared!"
Just as he was talking, he heard the screams of the Luo Lin family's cavalry escort coming from outside, and someone was dying and yelled: "Get back! They have crossbows!"
Then I heard the sound of whizzing through the air, and I don't know how many killers fired crossbows in the darkness. I heard dense snatching sounds coming from the walls and wooden boards outside.
Clark had an evil look on his face, the muscles on his face were pulsing, and he chanted a spell quickly. Then he opened his arms, and a magic oscillation came from him. Then Clark raised his finger and made a swipe in the air. The air seemed to be filled with space.
He opened a hole, and then a cloud of black air floated out from the crack, which quickly condensed into a human shape.
But he is a undead warrior whose whole body is pitch black and shrouded in black energy!
Du Wei's heart skipped a beat. It turned out that Clark was practicing dark magic! This intermediate dark summoning technique summoned an undead warrior.
Clark snorted and waved his hand, and the undead warrior rushed out of the door.
In the corridor, seven or eight killers had gathered around in the darkness. Most of the Luo Lin family's cavalry lived downstairs. Although there were two cavalrymen who were keeping vigil in the corridor upstairs, they had already been killed by the killers. At this moment
The killers guarded the stairs, but rushed towards Du Wei's room. They had crossbows in their hands, which are even more powerful weapons for killing people at night. They guarded the stairs, and the rest of them had already rushed to Du Wei's room.
At the door, he suddenly saw a black shadow rushing out from inside.
These killers have also been strictly trained. Although they were shocked, they did not stop their hands. With a swipe and a few sounds of breaking through the air, someone had already launched a crossbow and shot towards the undead warrior. It was just the body of the undead warrior.
It was not an entity. The crossbow arrow shot at his body, but passed through him without causing any harm to him. In just a moment, the undead warrior had already raised a dark sword and rushed into the group of killers.
.A sword stabbed a killer in the body. The killer immediately screamed, and a ball of black gas came out from the place where he was stabbed. This ball of black gas quickly spread to the whole body, like a ball of black flame. A person
It was burned clean in a matter of seconds, with not even a trace left.
The other killers all recognized it and shouted: "This is an undead creature, use fighting spirit!"
After saying that, in the darkness, the weapons in the hands of several killers burst out with strong or weak fighting spirit light at the same time! Those who can display fighting spirit must be at least a third-level warrior or above!
The undead warrior was unconscious and relied on the remaining fighting instincts of his life. He was not afraid of the fighting spirit and rushed forward. The long sword with black magic flame in his hand quickly injured two more killers. The killers'
The long sword stabbed his body with a fighting spirit, and the undead warrior let out a roar, and the black flames on his body suddenly dimmed a bit.
A scream came, and another killer was killed, but the undead warrior was pierced several times by the killers' fighting spirit. Finally, his body shook, and the black flames dissipated from his body, and then disappeared immediately.
Just this time, almost half of the killers in the corridor were killed or injured. They could no longer stop the Luo Lin family's cavalry guards who rushed up the stairs below. Seeing that things were not going well, the leading killer shouted: "Back off!"
Everyone immediately retreated towards the end of the corridor, where there was a window. They raised their hands and punched the window, then jumped down.
Clark had already rushed out from behind and said with a ferocious smile: "Can you run away?"
Before he finished speaking, he pointed his finger, and a crack appeared in the air again. This time, two undead warriors flashed out of the crack, raised their long swords burning with black flames of death, and rushed towards the fleeing killers.
passed.
The last two killers had no time to run, and they fell into the middle, their bodies burned up in the black flames.
But the leader jumped out of the window.
Although Clark's magic was weird, he summoned three undead warriors in one breath. His magic power was almost exhausted. He swayed and quickly backed away. He was a magician. After his magic power was exhausted, he had almost no ability to protect himself.
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Several Luo Lin family's cavalry guards had already rushed up, and immediately some people rushed toward the window at the end of the corridor. But as soon as they reached the door, they heard a scream, and a cavalryman who rushed to the window fell on his back.
A crossbow arrow was stuck in the face. Apparently the other party had someone outside to help him.
The remaining cavalry did not dare to pursue anymore, but rushed into Du Wei's room and firmly protected Du Wei.
Du Wei was seriously injured. Although the sword hit behind him did not directly hit his vital point, the opponent's fighting spirit was not weak. The fighting spirit damaged the surrounding body and half of his body was almost unable to move.
His men quickly found some medicine and applied it to Du Wei. Clark braced himself and cast another healing spell. Watching Du Wei's injuries slowly heal under the magic light, Clark turned pale and sat down.
He fell to the ground, gasping for air.
The cavalry carefully searched the entire hotel. Where were the figures of the pudgy boss and his waiters?
Du Wei sat on the chair, his face pale. Thinking back to the scene just now, life and death were really just a hair's breadth away, and he couldn't help but feel secretly frightened.
Huh! What a ruthless method!
The pudgy boss and the waiters were indeed the killers in disguise! In order not to make themselves suspicious, these people were willing to mutilate themselves, cut off their hands or fingers, and pretend to be disabled veterans to deceive themselves! Such cruel intentions,
He Juoran's methods also make people change their temper!!
Already in shock, the Luo Lin family's cavalry guards searched the entire hotel, only to find several corpses in a cellar, which were the original owners and waiters of the hotel.
Du Wei sighed, his face gloomy.
It seems that the other party has already figured it out. He passed by here, deliberately set up this ambush, killed the original people in the hotel, pretended to be the boss and waiter, and then set up this trap to assassinate him!! Even those with extraordinary skills
The killers are all willing to mutilate their bodies to disguise their identities for this task...
Who is he?
He is just a young nobleman. Even if he now has an additional disciple of Gandolf and is attracted by the Magic Guild, someone will not come to assassinate him before he reaches the imperial capital?
Temple?
Probably not. Although he made a deal with the devil and took in Hussein, the most wanted criminal in the mainland, these things have not been exposed. The temple should not target him. Moreover, if the temple wants to deal with him, it will not
I won't use this kind of assassination method. As long as my secret is revealed, I can be hunted down and killed openly.
So, who did you offend?
At this time, his cavalrymen carried the body of the killer who died in Du Wei's room. After careful inspection, they found that it was a hotel waiter who had lost one of his hands. He took off his clothes and there were no clues about him.
thing.
However, an experienced member of the Luo Lin family raised some doubts:
The opponent used a crossbow. This kind of hand-held crossbow is easy to carry and has great lethality. However, the cost of the equipment is very high. Even in the big mercenary groups, it is difficult to get a few of them, and they often only have the status of leader.
Only a few people can carry a handful of weapons for self-defense. And even the private armies of wealthy nobles rarely have equipment.
"Only..." When the experienced cavalry said this, he hesitated and seemed a little afraid to say it.
Du Wei snorted: "Only what? You tell me!"
The cavalryman then gathered up his courage and gritted his teeth and said: "On the continent of Roland, only the main army in the regular army has unified weapons like this."
After a pause, the cavalryman looked ugly and said in a low voice: "Young Master, there were several killers we killed just now. I have checked the crossbows left behind. There are steel seals on them. They are from ordnance."
Sign! Regardless of where these killers come from, there is no doubt that these crossbows are weapons passed down from the army!"
Du Wei's face was expressionless: "Are those steel seals fake? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
The cavalryman nodded: "No! I used to serve in the army with the Earl, and then returned to Luolin Plains, and then transferred to the family's private army. I have seen those crossbows, and I can never mistake them.
of."
This experienced cavalryman's words made Du Wei fall into deep thought...