Lord Chronicle

Chapter 58

A few days later, Verona, who returned to the tribe, beheaded the envoy sent by Gula with his own hands, united with the lion tribe, and some other small tribes to launch a rebellion.Gula had no choice but to unite with the tauren and other small clans to formally challenge.

Since then, the Orc Empire has been caught in the flames of civil strife, and there is no time to care about it for a while.But also because of this war, Gula was able to continue to sit on the throne of the orc king.

At the same time, in order to reduce the threat on the border, Gula summoned Saul and his party to sign a peace agreement between the two countries unconditionally.This is also the first formal peace treaty signed between the orc empire and humans for hundreds of years.

It's a pity that no one would have thought that the promoter of all this is the innocent and lovely Princess Beamon in everyone's eyes.

That is, on the afternoon of the day when the Dinar Mission and the Beast King signed the peace treaty, three uninvited guests came to the west street where the human merchants of Fang City gathered.

"Chip, are you safe?" Walking in the front, a mysterious human wrapped in a cloak asked.Hearing his voice, it was Sol, Chip and Kress were following beside him.

"No problem, we have already thrown off the following orc." Chip nodded affirmatively.

At this time, the three of them were standing in front of a grocery store called "Golden Acorn" on the side of the street.This grocery store is the same as all the shops opened by humans in Fang City. It is messy, dirty, and filled with all kinds of daily necessities necessary for orcs.

"Stay here, Kress, let's go in." Sol ordered, turned and walked in.

The huge stone house was poorly lit, so the inside of the grocery store was very dark.Two men were busy sorting a pile of boxes, when one of them turned around when he heard the door open.

"My guest, what do you need?" He obviously didn't expect someone to come in, so he froze for a while.

"I'm looking for your boss." Sol took off his hood and said straight to the point.

"But our boss is very busy, can you..." the man said in a difficult way.

Saul interrupted him: "You just say, I am a Lovell from Dinar."

Before the clerk could speak, an old man who had been dozing off at the counter raised his head: "Is it His Excellency Earl Sol? Please follow me, we have already received a letter from the headquarters."

Sol nodded, followed the old man through a small door behind the grocery store, and came to a spacious room.The interior of the room is luxuriously furnished, the floor is covered with precious monster furs, and a tapestry covers the other half of the room, making it impossible to see the situation behind.A man with the appearance of a businessman was lying on the table, concentrating on settling accounts.

"Shop Manager, His Excellency Earl Sol is here." The old man said respectfully, then bowed and retreated.

After closing the ledger, the man stood up: "Your Excellency Earl Sol, I am Kai Luo, the person in charge of the Jetanbad Chamber of Commerce in the Orc Empire, and I welcome you."

Kai Luo invited Sol to take a seat, poured him a glass of wine and said, "First of all, congratulations to Your Excellency Earl for signing the peace agreement. For us merchants, there is nothing better than a safe trade route."

"Where, this is my duty." Sol smiled modestly.

"Then, let me get straight to the point, have you found out who killed Mr. Morant?" Kai Luo stared at him with twinkling eyes.

Sol shook his head without hesitation: "No."

"Then why did you come this time?" Kai Luo's face darkened.

"Let me tell you the truth, I am in danger now and I have to leave the city immediately, so I need your help." Sol said directly.

"Help, what can we help you with?" Kai Luo was stunned for a moment.

"Send our mission out of the city secretly tonight."

That's why Saul is here.After discussing with Jessica, they agreed that Amada would not let them leave alive. Anyway, the peace agreement has been reached, so when will they not run now?

So Sol thought of the agents of the four major chambers of commerce in Fang City, and now he can only rely on these guys.

Kai Luo shook his head without thinking, "I'm sorry, we don't have the ability to do it, it's impossible."

"Really?" Sol chuckled and leaned closer: "Don't pretend to be stupid, if you say that your Chamber of Commerce has no secret way out of the city, ghosts won't believe it?"

Kai Luo's face changed drastically, and he stood up suddenly: "I'm sorry, I don't know what you are talking about. Besides, you have not fulfilled the entrustment of the chamber of commerce, so I have no obligation to help you. I still have things to do, please go back."

"Don't worry." Sol took a sip of wine slowly: "Good wine, the four major chambers of commerce are indeed rich. Although I haven't found out who killed Morant, I still have a piece of information."

"What is it?" After staring at him for a while, Kai Luo finally sat down.

"You guessed wrong at the beginning. The people who killed Morant and Carrig were not the same group of people." Sol shook his head and said.

Kai Luo couldn't help frowning: "So what?"

Sol came to his ear mysteriously: "I want to tell you a big secret. Guess who killed Caliger? Hehe, it was Princess Amada of Beamon."

"What!?" Kai Luo exclaimed in disbelief, the same as Saul and others' reaction when they first learned about it.

But then he was puzzled again: "What's the use of telling me this? What we need to know is who killed Mr. Morant."

"Don't worry." Sol said calmly: "Listen to me slowly. It is because we know this secret that our lives are in danger. Now I will tell you this secret again. Say, what if Ah When Mada was killing me, I accidentally revealed that someone else knew, what would be the consequences?"

"You... you are blackmailing!" Kai Luo was so angry that his face turned blue.

Sol waved his hand: "Don't be angry, in fact, all you need to do is to send us out of the city. This is also for your own safety. You are a businessman, and you don't need to decide how to do things like this that are beneficial to everyone. Did I teach you?"

Kailo pointed at Saul with trembling fingers, speechless with anger, and the latter just sipped the wine in the glass slowly, looking completely rascal.

In the end, he finally compromised: "I, I understand. I will arrange it tonight."

Hearing what he said, Sol also heaved a sigh of relief.To be honest, asking these merchants for help was his last resort, if not, he would really have to be trapped to death in Fang City.

"Then I'll see you tonight." Saul nodded, got up and walked towards the door.

"Wait!" Suddenly, a voice came from behind the tapestry.

Hearing this voice, Saul stopped walking.At the same time, Kress drew his sword vigilantly and turned around, staring at the back of the tapestry.

"Oops, I guessed that that guy is from the chamber of commerce, why did I forget about it today." Sol couldn't help crying in his heart.

Seeing the tapestry lifted, Igrid came out from behind.

"Mr. Igrid, they..." Seeing him, Kai Luo immediately became extremely respectful.

Without even looking at him, Igrid just stared at Sol: "Since you know who killed Carrig, tell me, who killed my brother and Mr. Morant?"

"Uh...I've already said, I don't know, I need to check..." Sol's forehead immediately broke out in cold sweat.

"Who is it? Tell me!" Yigrid took a step forward as if he didn't hear his words, and said relentlessly.

Sol knew that there was no reason to talk to this guy. If he was driven crazy, he might have to confess his life here.

In desperation, he didn't care so much: "Mr. Yi Gelie is really smart. In fact, I just lied. I, I do know who the murderer is."

"That's right, for someone as smart as me, how could you have fooled me?" Igrid smiled triumphantly.

The smile stopped abruptly, and his expression turned cold in an instant: "Then tell me, who is it?"

Saul licked his dry lips: "This is... Cliff."

"What!?" Kylo exclaimed.

Yigrid frowned: "It's him?"

I thought to myself, Mr. Cliff, I’m sorry, and Saul started talking nonsense: “Yes, it’s him. You must ask, why did Cliff kill Morant? Uh, that’s a good question, that’s Because, because... that's right!"

Saul slapped his hands: "Cliff really wanted to get the jewels at the auction, but he couldn't compete with Morant, so he shot out in a fit of anger, murdered and robbed. It's really shameless and despicable."

Seeing him framing the majestic Bahrain lord so unscrupulously, Kai Luo's eyes widened in shock.Sol didn't care so much, anyway, Cliff had framed him many times. At this time, in order to save his life, he also reciprocated, pouring dirty water on him one by one.

It's just that no one thought that Sol's nonsense would hit the truth by accident...

To be honest, this kind of obvious framing can't fool any human being with normal IQ, but it's a pity that the target is Yigrid.He snorted and sneered: "Is it Cliff? I see."

"Uh, you don't really believe it, do you? Mr. Egrid, he's obviously talking nonsense." Kai Luo was stunned.

Yigrid ignored his words directly: "Make arrangements for me immediately, I will go out of the city and return to Dinar tonight. Just wait, brother, brother will avenge you soon." He screamed excitedly, leave alone.

Looking at Igrile's back, Kai Luo was tongue-tied, but he didn't dare to say anything.Finally, he looked at Sol bitterly: "Look at what you have done?"

Sol shrugged: "I'm not talking nonsense, it was Cliff who did it. By the way, remember to send us out of town tonight, hahaha..."

After saying that, he ignored Kai Luo, who was ashen-faced, and fled with Kress.

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"Escape? Why did we escape?" That night, in the hotel where the envoy lived, Giles and Rondo were very surprised to see Sol and his party packing their bags.

"I got the news that there are orcs who want to kill us, so we must leave the city immediately." Unable to tell them clearly, Sol had to be vague.

Jayers was obviously dissatisfied with this explanation: "Who? Why? If it's true, why don't we ask the Beast King for help? He just signed a peace agreement with us and will definitely protect us."

"Uh, I can't explain this clearly at the moment. I'll explain it to you after I leave the city." Sol said helplessly.

Rondo sneered: "Do you know how hard it took us to get this peace agreement, and even sneaked out in the middle of the night, is this still like a mission? What if the orc king blamed it and tore up the agreement?"

Giles also said: "As a nobleman, I would never do such a cowardly act."

Saul and Jessica glanced at each other, and the latter came over: "Mr. Deputy Envoys, please believe me, we are absolutely not alarmist. If we don't leave tonight, everyone will be in danger. Don't worry about the peace agreement, now the orcs The empire is in turmoil, and the Beast King needs this agreement more than we do."

"It's up to you, why should we believe it?" Jayers looked at her contemptuously.

"You..." Jessica was furious, but due to the identities of both parties, she couldn't attack.

At this time Nick also came over: "Your Excellency, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry."

Saul said seriously: "Forgive me, I can't explain it to you now. Nick, do you believe me?"

After hesitating for a moment, Nick nodded with determination: "Yes, I believe in you."

"That's good." Sol patted him on the shoulder: "Immediately tell your soldiers to pack up and prepare to go. As for Jayers and Lord Rondo, I have to take them away by force."

Giles and Rondo's expressions changed drastically: "You, what do you want to do?"

"Come here, take Jayers and Lord Rondo, and send them away." Nick ordered with a sullen face.

Four strong soldiers came over immediately, each holding the arms of Giles and Rondo.The two deputy envoys were shocked and kept shouting: "Bold, do you know who I am? Let us go!"

Secretly thinking that these two guys are really stubborn, Sol glanced at Nick and pointed to his mouth.Nick understood, he didn't do anything, he didn't stop, he gritted his teeth, and winked at the soldiers.

The two soldiers immediately took out a dirty handkerchief from their pockets and stuffed it into the mouths of the two nobles.Giles and Rondo's eyes widened in horror, and they couldn't believe that they would be treated like this anyway.

Seeing that they finally calmed down, Saul was also relieved.At this time, the soldiers had quickly packed their luggage and discarded the axle weights under Nick's order, and the group left the hotel lightly.

When they came outside the door, Sol and Chip exchanged glances, and the latter jumped over the adjacent wall with a light leap, and quickly disappeared behind many houses.

"Where is Chip going?" Jessica asked strangely.

Sol chuckled, leaned close to her ear and said something with a laugh.Jessica was shocked: "What, you really plan to let Chip steal..."

"Shh, keep your voice down." Thor quickly covered her mouth: "I'm also doing it for Lovell, otherwise how can I deal with that female dragon when I go back? Besides, these orcs want to drive us to extinction, stealing something will be considered as compensation. "

There was no answer to his fallacious reasoning, Jessica glared at her: "Okay, no matter what you say, you are right, then let's go quickly."

Due to the martial law at night, there was not a single orc in the street outside, and it was very quiet. The soldiers' orderly footsteps echoed in the empty street, and they quickly ran to the place agreed with the chamber of commerce.

However, no one saw that on the nearby roof, two pairs of eyes were watching their every move.

After everyone ran away, the watcher appeared, and it was two cat people.They exchanged a few words in orc language in a low voice, one cat man nimbly jumped several times, and ran in the opposite direction, while the other silently followed behind the team.

Half an hour later, outside an ordinary stone house in the west of Fang City.

"Why are you here now? The secret passage is inside, hurry up!" The people sent by the Chamber of Commerce hurriedly circled around the door, seeing that everyone finally arrived, they hurriedly urged.

"I... my god, faster? Can you take a break." Thor panted heavily.

The soldiers had been trained for a long time, and there was no sign of fatigue after a long run. However, Giles and Rondo, who were being dragged, were out of breath and almost rolled their eyes.

"What are you waiting for? If the orcs find out, it will be over. After sending you out, we will also abandon this secret passage." The man waved his hand anxiously to signal them to go in quickly.

"No, we still have to wait for someone." Thor shook his head.

"Who else are you waiting for?" The man was about to jump up, and he seemed more nervous than Sol and the others.

Sol ignored him, no matter how the man urged him, he sat on the ground with a dead face anyway and couldn't get up.More than 10 minutes later, a lightly figure jumped down from the roof across the street. It was Chip.

Saul hurried up to greet him: "How is it?"

Chip took out something from his arms and handed it to him: "I got it."

As expected, Kip was reliable in the secret channel, and Saul was overjoyed to take it, which was the Bimon magic core enshrined in the Temple of Ferris.

He and Chip came back, and at the man's begging, a group of people finally entered the house.

"It's here. You can go out of the city by walking along the passage. We will pick you up here, be careful." The man opened the entrance to the secret passage in the house and gave Sol a map.

Everyone filed in, and when everyone went in, the last man looked around cautiously, then closed the wooden boards and left the room.

Unexpectedly, he had just walked to the street when two furry claws suddenly protruded from the shadow of the corner of the wall, one hand covered his mouth, and the other hand wiped his throat with a dagger.

"Heck..." The man groaned twice, blood gushed out like a fountain, and he had already collapsed.

Leaving his body aside, the assailant appeared, it was the cat man who was following the crowd.It's a pity that Chip didn't accompany him when he went to steal the magic core, so he followed him all the way here.

Looking around vigilantly, the cat man dragged the man's body into the corner, opened the door and stepped in.

Not long after, Amada received news that the envoy had run away.

"Where did they go?" She was very surprised.

"According to the news, they seem to have escaped into a secret passage." Amada's confidant Man Er said.

"Secret way?" Amada was a little surprised: "There is someone in Fang City to meet them."

Maner nodded and said: "We can't confirm who it is yet, but we didn't discover the existence of this secret passage until now. The other party must have deep-rooted forces in Fang City. In addition, according to your instructions, after we find their traces, our People have already chased them."

Amada thought for a while, and said to him: "You immediately find a way to disclose this news to my brother."

"Your Highness Uroel? Is this necessary?" Manr hesitated.

Amada nodded: "The situation is urgent, so I can't take care of it anymore. I can mobilize very few people, and they probably won't be able to stop Sol, so I have to ask my brother to do it."

"Yes, this subordinate understands." Maner bowed and retreated.

"What an elusive guy..." Amada was a little dazed.She had expected that Sol would run, but she didn't expect him to move so fast.

Just signed the peace agreement this morning, everyone thought that the envoys would stay for a few more days, but they didn't expect them to sneak away that night. Sol's decisiveness caught Amada by surprise.

"Sol, I won't let you go back to Dinar alive..." Amada said to herself.Suddenly, as if thinking of something, she got up and hurried out.

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At this time, in the secret passage in the city, Sol and the others were running fast, and the torches in their hands made their shadows sway.The passage is very narrow, but fortunately, it is high enough for a person to stand up straight without affecting the speed.The accompanying soldiers are well-trained and orderly in such an environment.

Suddenly, Chip, who was running ahead, stopped.Under the chain reaction, everyone stopped involuntarily.

"What's wrong?" Saul asked out of breath.

"There are footsteps, someone is following us." Chip said calmly.

Everyone listened, but could hear nothing but each other's breathing.But no one doubted Chip's words. During the mission, everyone had experienced his outstanding ability.

"Who is it?" Nick asked nervously.

"It's not sure yet." Chip shook his head: "But if someone finds us out of the city, we will be caught up by orcs sooner or later. We must solve this trouble."

"I'll stay." Kress said immediately.

"It's very narrow here, and we don't need too many people." Sol thought for a while, "Nick, you send three knights, plus Chip and Kress, stay here to deal with the pursuers, and the others move on."

Nick nodded, and immediately ordered the three elite knights to stay behind, while the rest continued to move forward.

Chip and the other five nervously waited for the pursuers to show up. Soon they could hear footsteps and they were getting closer.After a while, the visitors appeared, two catmen and three Beamon warriors.

"It's Beamon!?" A knight said nervously.

"Don't worry, it's very narrow here, they can't transform." Chip looked very calm.

The two sides stared at each other silently for a moment, then unanimously drew their weapons and rushed towards each other.

"Meow!" With a loud cry, the two catmen nimbly climbed up the wall of the cave, and rushed towards Kress and the others as quickly as a gecko.

When they climbed to the top of several people, the two catmen shrugged and jumped down in the air.The two knights who were the first to bear the brunt drew their swords quickly, but the wide knight epee was not suitable for actual combat in such a terrain. As soon as a knight drew his sword, the tip of the sword hit the cave wall, which made his movements pause.

Seeing the opportunity, a cat-man pounced on him, and pierced his throat with the dagger in his hand like a poisonous snake through the gap in the neck guard of the knight's armor.

Seeing the death of his companion, the other knight was startled and angry, and swung his sword vigorously to slash at the cat man.However, the raised heavy sword hung on the top of the cave, sparking a series of sparks. The cat man took the opportunity to crash into his arms, and the dagger pierced the knight's unprotected face.

The knight paused in shock, and was about to be hit by the knife. Suddenly Chip rushed up from the side like lightning, and swung the dagger in his hand.The catman let out a cry and quickly backed away, his right paw had been cut off.

"It's very narrow here, don't use a sword, try to use a short weapon." Chip shouted in a low voice.

The two knights quickly put their swords back into their sheaths and drew out their daggers. At the same time, Kress also took the dagger from Chip's backhand, and the two sides faced each other again.

At this time, a Beamon moved up, holding a hatchet in his hand, and slashed at Kress in front of him with a wave.With only a dagger in his hand and no shield, Kress couldn't parry, so he had to take a step back.

Several people were crowded together, and as soon as he retreated, the others had no choice but to retreat, and the Behemoth took the opportunity to press forward, hacking the cave wall with ax after ax until sparks scattered.

"Wow!" Kress yelled again and again, extremely depressed. He had all his strength and sword skills, but because of the environment and weapons, he couldn't use them at all.But it taught him an important lesson, that is, the important role that terrain plays in combat.

"Let me do it!" Seeing that everyone was in a hurry, Chip shouted and rushed up.

Passing by Kress, he nimbly passed through the shadow of the Beamon's ax and stabbed straight.Unexpectedly, the Behemoth didn't intend to dodge, but raised his hand and clamped his dagger with his muscles.

"Oops!" Chip groaned.Sure enough, at the same time Chip's movements were restrained, a cat-man jumped over his head, climbed a few times along the cave wall, and threw himself out.

And his target was the knight standing at the end holding the torch.

"Watch out for the torches!" Chip yelled hastily.

However, it was already too late. With the momentum of a pounce, the cat man and the knight collided into a ball, the torch fell to the ground, and the flame was soaked by the moisture on the ground, and quickly extinguished.

The cave was pitch black immediately, Kress and the two knights were a little panicked, but Kip was the calmest, and said in a low voice, "Everyone stand back to back, don't let the orcs take advantage of it."

Before the words fell, a scream was heard, but the knight who was knocked to the ground was killed by the cat man taking advantage of the chaos.The tactics of these orcs were really clever. Without the light source, Kip and the others became blind, but it didn't have much effect on the orcs who were born with excellent night vision.

At this time, the cave became strangely quiet, except for the nervous breathing of Kress and the knight, there was no sound at all.Those orcs seemed to have disappeared into the darkness, and there was no trace of them.

Kress leaned against the last knight and opened his eyes in vain, but there was nothing in his field of vision except darkness.Suddenly, there was a faint sound of wind in his ears.

Almost instinctively, Kress lowered his head sharply, and at the same time, an ax slashed past his head, slashing on the wall of the cave with a bang, splashing a flash of sparks.

In this moment of light, a Beamon looked at Kress who lowered his head in astonishment, obviously very surprised that he could avoid the axe.

"Drink!" Kress was furious, roaring and stabbing with a dagger.

However, just a moment of light could not capture the opponent, and before Kress attacked, the Beamon warrior had retreated flexibly.But the praying mantis was catching the cicada, the oriole was behind, and the moment the Beamon retreated, Kip appeared from behind him without a sound, strangled his neck and scratched his throat.

Blood spattered on the Behemoth's neck, and he couldn't figure out how the other party caught him until he died.

Compared with a pure fighter like Kress, the influence of darkness on Chip is obviously much smaller.Although it was not as good as the orc's night vision ability, the spark just now was enough for him to attack.

From the Beamon warrior's attack, the sparks splashing out, to the time he was killed by Kip, the whole process only took a few seconds.When his body fell to the ground, suffocating darkness had returned to the cave.

It's a pity that it wasn't just Kip who took the opportunity to act. After a moment of silence, there was a series of physical crashing sounds in the cave, and at the same time, there was a low growl of the orc, which was extremely ear-piercing in the invisible cave.

The sound suddenly disappeared, so abrupt that people were surprised. When the cave became quiet again, only a low gasp remained.

After a while, Kress' voice came: "Chip, are you alright?"

"Hoohoo, I killed one of those two cat people. I'm fine, with a slight injury." Chip replied.

With all the advantages, the orcs still lost two companions, and they didn't dare to attack again for a while, and the two sides were in a confrontation again.However, as time passed, Chip became more and more anxious.

It would be very unfavorable for them to go on like this. If the orc reinforcements arrived, everything would be over.However, if you can't turn around and run like this, you are undoubtedly seeking your own death.

At this moment, a ray of jumping fire suddenly came from the side where the people came from. As the light moved closer, the passage gradually returned to light.Although they didn't know who it was, Chip and the others were obviously relieved.

The orcs looked at each other, obviously they didn't expect anyone to come over at this time.

Soon, a long figure dragged over, and the visitor appeared.He looked at the opposing sides in surprise: "Hey, what are you doing?"

Seeing him, both Chip and Kress cried out inwardly: Why is it Igrid again?
Yige Lie also went out of the city tonight, but he didn't expect to bump into them.Although he showed great power that day, not many orcs had seen him.At this moment, those Behemoth warriors exchanged glances with the cat man, and suddenly turned around and rushed towards him.

Since you can't tell whether it's an enemy or a friend, let's deal with him first!Their idea is very simple.

Seeing these orcs killing him without saying a word, Yigrid was surprised at first, and then became excited.

"Aha!" He shouted excitedly, taking the initiative to take a step forward.

Everything happened in an instant. The moment the two sides came into contact, the two Behemoths and a catman instantly turned into dozens of corpses, with blood splashing all over the cave wall.

The Beamon who can't use the beast spirit to return, their combat power is not much stronger than ordinary orcs, and these two Beamon fighters are dead for no reason.

After killing the three orcs, Yigrid, stimulated by the blood, swung his sword like crazy and rushed towards Kress and the others: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't stop me!"

"Get out of the way!" Chip saw the fastest opportunity, and quickly moved aside.

Kress froze for a moment, then shrank back to the wall, only the knight hesitated obviously.And this short hesitation is the difference between life and death.

Without even looking at Chip and Kress, Igrid rushed past them.At this time, the knight was still standing in the middle of the passage stupidly, and when he came back to his senses, his field of vision was already covered in bloody red.

Going straight through the middle of the split knight, Igrid laughed wildly and disappeared to the other end of the passage with blood on the ground, and it was dark again.

"What's the matter with this guy?" After a long while, Kress asked with lingering fear.

"Thanks to him, otherwise I don't know how long the delay will be. The lord must have been waiting for a long time, let's go too." Chip's voice that seemed to be always calm came from the darkness.

Relying on memory, the two groped for the passage and left quickly.

(End of this chapter)