Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 198 Escape Route
"Father, the matter at Valyria Palace has failed." In the underground secret room of the Vahanit Chamber of Commerce, Aylan, who had just returned from the First Two-Finger Church, said with a heavy expression.

"Fulsanks has not shown up these days and is secretly hiding in the quiet room where Christopher is resting. Our people were controlled by him as soon as he took action. If No. 26 and No. 27 had not immediately committed suicide by taking poison, the consequences would have been unimaginable. "

Kailonisa picked up the steaming tea cup and took a sip. His old and majestic face was still as smooth as before, but the veined back of his hand that clenched the tea cup still revealed his far from calm state of mind.

"Is there any explanation from Beta?" He breathed slowly, trying to control his emotions and asked, "If the second priest hadn't been stupid enough to be captured alive by Lucia, why would we be so passive?"

"This." Ailan carefully glanced at his father's expression, and there was some hesitation in his words.

"Look at what I'm doing, tell the truth!"

"Yes." Ailan lowered his head deeply and said truthfully, "Beta was extremely angry when he heard about this incident. He insulted us on the spot. He said that the priests and knights under his command would never betray, no matter what Lucia did. It's impossible to get information out of them by any means, it's because we were fooled by him from the beginning."

"Oh?" Kailonisa raised her eyelids slightly, "What did he scold us for?"

"He said that we are indeed an ancient dragon with a body of stone. Even our brains are filled with stones. He also called us shameless fools. We do nothing but cause trouble for Him - "

"All right!"

Kailonisa's palm holding the tea cup suddenly exerted force, and the tea cup exploded together with the entire table below, and large cracks appeared on the floor made of marble tiles.

The ancient dragon elder who has been in charge of the sky city for nearly a thousand years is panting quickly, his eyes are burning with anger that seems to destroy everything, and there is a fierceness that is deeply buried in it.

In fact, this level of insult alone was not enough to shake Caeronissa's state of mind. Beta's insult was just the final trigger. What really made him angry was the events that began when he came to the royal capital. All developments are beyond one's control.

The unexpected conflict in front of the Dark Moon Palace, the tracking and fierce battle outside the Two-Finger Church, and even the interrogation and poorly prepared assassination that seemed to be a trap in hindsight. The Elder Gu Long has always prided himself on being far-sighted and calm, but this time he always fell behind. The young prince took half a step forward, so that in the end he looked like a fool who could be manipulated by others!

There is no fallacy in Lucia's intuition. Under Kailonisa's cautious and cautious behavior, his almost paranoid pride is his true background. It is precisely because of this that his opponents caught and exploited him, and he was forced to this point. Dilemma.

After a few breaths, Kaironisa finally forcibly restrained himself to calm down. He looked at Alan with his bloodshot eyes, and said hoarsely: "Is the route out of the Asian altar arranged? No matter what the result of the Holy Judgment is, we will Can’t stay here any longer.”

"It's been arranged," Alan replied quickly. "Although the regular routes out of the city have been blocked by Lucia recently, Priest Lannis has prepared temporary access rights to three portals for us. At nine o'clock in the morning, we will first go through the Duran family The small portal goes to the south of Yatan, then rides on horseback and travels [-] kilometers southwest to reach the Rodel portal."

"Beta has already greeted the local garrison in advance. They will set up the transmission parameters for us to go to the southern border in advance. If there is no accident, we will be able to reach Ningmgfu before night."

"Sixteen kilometers." Kailonisa frowned and muttered, "The Duran family is just a family of counts. Why does it have a small portal so close to Rodel's portal?" As far as he knows, the entire Golden Dynasty only has There are four large space portals, namely the Atan portal in the south of the Vania Valley adjacent to Kallia, the Thor portal in the north, the Nimgofu portal in the south, and the Rodel portal in the mainland of the Atan Plateau. , other small portals do not have cross-domain level long-distance transmission capabilities.

Different from the first three, the Rodel portal is closest to the royal capital and has the most critical geographical location. Therefore, both in terms of the large number of garrison troops and the strictness of the review mechanism, it ranks first among the border areas, even [-] kilometers away from the portal. No other small portals are allowed inside.

After all, once this place is lost, the opponent can continuously deliver troops to Rodel's door through this large portal. In a strategic sense, it is no less than piercing a sharp knife straight into the chest of the Golden Dynasty.

In this case, not to mention a mere earl of the Duran family, even the six dukes of the current dynasty are not necessarily qualified to build the portal here, right?

"I already understand this, father," Alan explained, "You should also remember that the Duran family is a branch of the Duolis family. When Duke Duolis was still in charge of guarding the northern territory, he often needed The bulk of goods transported from the north are transferred, and the Duke's youngest brother, Baron Hector, who died in Nangmir three years ago, sometimes has many freight teams passing through the Rodel portal. Send it to the royal capital."

"At that time, His Majesty Radagan relied heavily on Duke Duolis. In order to support his actions in the north, he opened the door to the activities of the Duolis family in the dynasty. Therefore, the Duke used his nephew Count Duran In the name of the emperor, a Duran portal was built near the Rodel portal that leads directly to the royal capital."

"Later, the Duoris family was exiled to the border. Perhaps His Majesty still has nostalgia for the past, so in recent years, he has been quite tolerant of the Duran family, and the portal and related trade networks have been maintained in this way."

"That's right." Kailonisa paced in the hall. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly asked: "How far is the Duran portal to Decodas?"

"Nearly two hundred kilometers," Alan frowned and thought for a moment, then quickly replied, "Father, why are you asking this?"

Kailonisa turned around and said decisively: "We will not go through the Rodel portal - after coming out of the Duran portal, let the caravan as a cover continue to go to the south as normal, and the two of us will take the guards with us. Drive all the luggage directly to Didas, stay there for a day and then return to Nimgofu by other means.”

"But father, if it's only a quarter of an hour away from Rodel's portal, wouldn't it be safer to get out early? Why do we want to go far away?"

"No, Aylan," Kailonisa sighed softly and said with a gloomy expression, "If I had made the decision yesterday, I believe I would have made the same choice as you, but today is different."

"Lucia Sanks is far more terrifying than I imagined. Tomorrow's Holy Inquisition, I have no confidence in Beta, just in case something goes wrong on his side. Sixteen kilometers is short, but I'm afraid we will never reach it. .”

"As for Decodas, although it is more than ten times farther away, it is only half a day's journey by car. The most important thing is that even if he gets the news that we will escape through the Duran portal, it is impossible. You guessed that we would go to Decodas rather than the distance."

In the dark night, Kailonisa's eyes reflected the dim candlelight. He sneered: "The big elevator is the most important military location of the New Party that no one else can touch. Once there, no matter how the Eternal Queen supports the road, West Asia will never allow him to continue to do whatever he wants."

(End of this chapter)