Lord Chronicle

Chapter 90 Atria's Prophecy
The next night.

"Amazing, I got it so quickly." Sol looked at the things in his hand in admiration.

After only 2 days, Garrett stole the item he was looking for. The efficiency of the top assassin was really extraordinary.Fortunately, because Cliff didn't know the value of this thing, it was only mixed with other things, so it was so easy to get it.

Hearing Sol's words, Garrett looked proud: "Of course, the purpose of our Thieves Guild is..."

Seeing that he was going to talk nonsense again, Sol quickly stopped: "Stop. By the way, have you heard what I want you to pay attention to?"

Garrett nodded: "They may set off in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, with about 20 people escorting them, and their identity to the outside world is a small caravan traveling between Dinard and the border of Lulin."

Although always hostile, the two countries do not prohibit commercial exchanges, which is indeed the best disguise.

There are only 20 people in Sol's secret channel, and it seems that the other party doesn't want to make a big fuss.As long as they can successfully contain Gru and Felino, they have a great chance of success with their own strength.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help being very excited: "Great. I have another thing to ask for your help. Try to find the route they left and follow them."

Garrett nodded simply: "No problem, just wait for my good news."

Not long after Garrett left, Jessica, who had quietly gone to see Atria, also came back, bringing good news as well.Atria agreed to cover them out of the city, and escorted Reed back to Lovell along the way.

"Is it the day after tomorrow? There should be enough time..." After hearing Garrett's information, Chip and Kress looked at each other and confirmed their preparations.

Lesta yelled excitedly: "Finally I can go back to my old job, just look at me!"

Sol was a little bit dumbfounded by his extremely high emotions, Sol said helplessly: "Brother Lesta, don't forget... Oh, forget it, what we have to do now is to deal with Ferino, Jessica?"

Seeing the eyes of everyone looking over, Jessica blushed: "I, I know."

the next day. .
"Ah, Master Safi..." Holding the "love letter" concocted by Sol and entrusted in the name of Jessica, Melis burst into tears.

After reading the affectionate words in the letter over and over again, our coquettish baroness stuck the letter paper to her chest like a young girl in love: "I thought you had abandoned me, so the feelings you hide in your heart It's so hot, ah, my Lord Safi..."

Thinking of this, she hurriedly took the pen and paper, and wrote back an equally enthusiastic reply letter, expressing how excited she was after receiving the love letter, and she would definitely have a private meeting with him tonight.

After checking the letter for the last time, Mei Lisi made a deep lip print on the signature, and then carefully folded it and handed it to her personal maid: "Give this to the messenger."

"Yes." With a promise, the maid hurried downstairs.

after an hour.

"Pfft ha ha ha ha... Jessica, Melis really misses you. Well, let me see what I wrote." Holding Melis' reply, Sol couldn't wait to unfold it.

"'...I miss you all the time these days, and what happened that night is even more vivid in my mind, I really want to reach a happy paradise in your hands again'...Wait a minute, what happened between you..." As soon as he read the first paragraph, Saul couldn't help feeling a chill.

"It's you who wrote those strange things in the letter, return it to me!" Unexpectedly, Melis would write so blatantly, Jessica blushed so much that she almost burned, and reached out to grab it.

Sol raised the letter in his hand, avoiding Jessica's snatch.I was still very awkward while jumping up and down, while reading the contents of the letter: "Ahaha, and here, 'I look forward to your rough treatment, just thinking about it, I can't help shaking my whole body'..."

Then the next moment, Jessica got her wish and snatched the letter paper from the swollen-nosed Sol.

After tearing it into pieces, she snorted, "I've already asked someone out, what do you want to do?"

Sol touched his chin confidently: "Don't worry, Chip will take care of the rest."

On the second night, the well-dressed Melis, accompanied by her personal maid, came to the place where she had a date with Jessica.This is a grove by a quiet pond on the south side of Ferry City. The scenery is beautiful. At this moment, there is no one in the middle of the night. The pond reflects the bright moon in the sky, and it is very quiet.

The reason why Sol and the others chose this place is naturally because it is convenient to do it.From Mei Lisi's point of view, this place is secluded and secluded, with a romantic atmosphere, so she can't help but admire Master Safi's taste even more.

"Lord Safi, I'm here, are you there?" Melis called when she came to the pond.

"Stop screaming, I'm here." A voice came from behind.

Melis turned around, only to see Mrs. Safi, whom she had been thinking about day and night, leaning against a tree trunk by the pond with a stern expression.The shadow of the tree and the moonlight in the sky perfectly divided his handsome face into two parts, light and dark. Coupled with his unique cold temperament, it is really charming.

"Lord Safi..." Melis's voice was so tired that it almost leaked honey.

"You come here, does anyone else know?" Jessica asked coldly.It's not that she likes to pretend to be deep, but at this time, she really can't bring up other emotions.

Melis nodded again and again: "Don't worry, I understand that you don't want others to know about our relationship, so no one told. Wendy is my personal maid, she will not reveal the secret."

At this moment, the maid named Wendy was also staring at Jessica with an idiot look on her face. If there is a master, there must be a servant, but this only makes Jessica more depressed.

Hearing what Mei Lisi said, she nodded humbly: "Then I'm relieved, let's do it."

"Huh?" Before Mei Lisi could react, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck, and then passed out.

Chip handed the unconscious Melis and Wendy to the guards hiding aside. They put the two women into the cloth bags prepared in advance, carried them on their shoulders, and quickly disappeared into the woods.

"Really, it's unexpectedly simple." In the basement of the house where everyone was temporarily staying, Kress looked at Melis' master and servant who were tied to a chair.

"Of course, it's not because of Jessica's great charm...Ahaha, I mean, it's because of the careful planning." Glancing at Jessica's uneasy expression, Sol quickly changed his words.

"Okay, wake her up, she's going to write a blackmail letter." He gestured to Chip.

Chip went up and patted Melis on the cheek, but he didn't see any movement. The unconscious Melis groaned and gradually woke up.

She raised her head in a daze, and when she saw the situation she was in and the unfamiliar environment clearly, no matter how stupid she was, she should understand that something was wrong.

"Lord Safi, what's going on? Where am I?" She looked at Jessica in confusion.

"Hey, I'm sorry, Miss Melis, you were kidnapped." Saul walked up with a smile.

"It's you? Brom, what are you doing? Have you forgotten who my uncle is?" She was even more surprised when she saw that even Sol was here.

Sol snorted: "If I was afraid, would I still do this? If you want to blame, you can blame your uncle. He is so greedy that I have nowhere to go, so I have to take the risk of being his mother's vote."

"You, you can't escape..." Unexpectedly, this cowardly and incompetent little businessman is also a part-time kidnapper, Mei Lisi forced to calm down.

"You don't need to worry about that." Saul smiled and patted Melis on the face: "Beauty, hurry up and write a letter and ask your uncle to redeem you with 1000 million gold coins, otherwise I will tear up the ticket." .”

"1000 million? It's impossible." Mei Lisi exclaimed.

"Little girl, don't test my patience, or my brother won't agree." Lesta took out the guy who had eaten before, and dangled the bright battle ax in front of Melis's eyes.

The appearance of Leesta before the disguise was quite terrifying, and the word "bandit" was written almost nakedly. After the disguise, it was even more vicious. Coupled with the deterrent power of the giant axe, Melis finally succumbed.

"No, don't... I'll just write it." She shrank back in fear.

Lesta glanced at Saul proudly, and the latter gave him a thumbs up secretly.

"Master Safi, is this also your idea?" Melis asked Jessica in a trembling voice.

Jessica avoided her gaze: "So what?"

Mei Lisi smiled self-consciously: "Really, I finally understand."

"What do you understand?" Jessica asked strangely.

"My feelings for you are still not as good as the forbidden love between your uncles and nephews. But I won't blame you, because... this is so exciting." Melis's eyes sparkled with countless little stars.

Plop!A large piece fell in the cellar immediately.

"You... things are not what you think at all..." Jessica was furious.

"It doesn't matter, no matter how you treat me, I won't mind, because I treat you..." Mei Lisi was completely immersed in her own emotions, and her eyes were full of awareness that she was ready to sacrifice for love at any time.

Several people looked at Melis, who was immersed in her own world with a happy face, and Jessica, who was ashen-faced, and they all lamented in their hearts, God, what kind of messy relationship is this...

The next day, the blackmail letter written by Melis was delivered to Cliff.

"Who sent this?" Cliff read the letter quickly, and Cliff was so angry that his hands were shaking.

The guard who delivered the letter lowered his head: "I don't know, this letter was wrapped in a stone and thrown in. When we went out to look for it, there was no one in sight."

"What's the matter, my lord?" Seeing Cliff's strange expression, Felino couldn't help asking.

"Go down." Cliff waved at the guard, and after he left, he handed the letter to Ferino: "Meris has been kidnapped."

"What?" Felino was taken aback, and immediately took the letter and read it.

After a while, he breathed out softly: "This is indeed Miss Melis's handwriting."

Cliff nodded: "No wonder she didn't come back last night..." At this point, he slapped the table hard: "Someone dared to kidnap my niece!"

It's not unreasonable for Cliff to be so angry. Ferry City is his territory, and someone dared to kidnap his niece here and extort a huge sum of 1000 million gold coins. How could he not be angry?
"Does anyone know where the lady went last night?" Ferino asked calmly after all.

Cliff shook his head: "I don't know, you send someone down to investigate immediately. This girl has been acting weird these days, and I don't know what happened."

"Yes." Felino bowed slightly and was about to leave.

"No, wait." Cliff thought for a while, and then called him back: "You'd better go and do it yourself, and you must rescue Melis as soon as possible."

Felino was taken aback: "But I should go out of town with that batch of things in the afternoon."

Cliff waved his hand: "It's okay, Desa has 10 Yeying members escorting it. Even if it encounters the army, it will be fine. Besides, I will send someone to accompany me for protection. I originally asked you to go, but it was just for insurance. But Now that something worse has happened, you don't have to go with it."

Felino hesitated to speak: "But Gru wants to stay and protect you, if I don't follow..."

Cliff raised his head and glanced at him coldly: "I told you to do it, and you do it. It is an unforgivable shame that someone kidnapped Melis under my nose. If I find out who did it Yes, I will definitely make those daring fellows regret living in this world!"

Knowing that Cliff had been thoroughly irritated, Felino could only nod: "I understand."

After a pause, he said again: "Two hours later, the elf singer will leave the city. Are you going to see her off as planned?"

Cliff nodded slowly: "Of course, I will go."

In a secluded alley across the street, a man who was ordered to monitor Saul and the others yawned boredly.He really didn't understand why this small caravan needed surveillance. Thinking that he, as the ten-man captain of the Feili city defense team, came to do such a boring job, the man couldn't help feeling depressed.

In the past few days, the small businessman named Brome has been honest and rarely even leaves the door. The people above are too worried.Thinking of this, the man couldn't help but make up his mind. Tomorrow, no matter what, he would request to be transferred back to the city defense team. If he is here in the sun and rain every day, should he still be alive?
However, he probably will never know that the little businessman is not honest at all, and he has done countless daring things under his watch these days.Even their lord's niece is being imprisoned in the cellar of the opposite house at the moment.

Depression is depression, the order still has to be executed, the man can only continue to look at the opposite room.Just at this moment, an imperceptible shadow suddenly flashed from behind him, before the man could be alarmed, someone covered his mouth with one hand, and cut his throat with a dagger with the other.

The man's eyes widened suddenly, and the blood spurting from his throat quickly took away his vitality. After a few weak struggles, he closed his eyes completely.

After killing the watcher neatly, Chip quickly dragged the man's body to a secluded place and hid it.Immediately, it silently sank into the shadow of the ground and walked towards the next monitor.

"It's all been resolved. They won't find out until tomorrow that all the surveillance people have been killed." After 10 minutes, Chip said lightly to Sol.

In Cliff's eyes, Saul is just an incompetent little businessman, so the people sent to watch him are just some temporary rookies, and Chip dismisses them completely in only 10 minutes.

Saul turned around: "Are you all ready?"

"It's all packed and ready to go." Jessica nodded to him.

"Those two girls were tied up and thrown in the cellar, unable to escape," Lesta said.

Kress said: "The Yeying team members ambushing outside Cliff's house said that just now Felino led a group of people to leave in a hurry, and it seems that they are looking for the whereabouts of Melis."

It seems that everything is developing on the predetermined track, and Sol can't help feeling proud: "You guys obey the order, prepare your bows and horses, and go make a fortune with the king."

Listening to the bandit jargon that I hadn't heard for a long time, Lesta screamed excitedly, and was the first to rush out.Jessica and Kress looked at each other, and could only shake their heads helplessly at the behavior of their lord.

A group of people took their packed luggage and quietly left through the back door, where the carriage arranged by Atria early in the morning was waiting for them.

More than an hour later, at the gate of Ferry City, Cliff personally came to see Atria off.

Due to the assassination that night, the guards at the city gate were extremely tight, with hundreds of heavily armed soldiers blocking the surrounding area, and Gru and Buffett stayed close to Cliff.

In front of the carriage that was about to leave, Cliff was saying goodbye to Atria.

"I wish you a good journey." Cliff said sincerely, and he couldn't see that two hours ago, he was still furious because of Melis's kidnapping.

"Thank you for your blessing." Atria returned a salute: "After I return to the clan, the agreed things will be delivered as soon as possible."

Cliff nodded: "I will wait for your good news."

"Then, let's say goodbye." Atria turned and boarded the carriage.

After watching the elf team go away, Cliff returned to the city under the escort of everyone.However, if Felino was here, he would have noticed that there was an unusually large carriage in the elf's convoy at some point, and the cart was not pulled by the unicorns that elves were used to, but two ordinary naive horses.Obviously, this carriage was temporarily added to the team by Atria.

It's a pity that Felino was struggling to find the trace of Melis in the city at this time, and he had no chance to remind his lord again.

A few hours later, outside a forest far away from the city of Ferry, Sol and his party got out of the carriage.

"Master Atria, thank you for your help." Saul said gratefully.

Atria smiled slightly: "You are too polite, it's just a matter of raising your hand."

"Then let's break up here, and Reed will trouble you to escort him for a while." Sol said.

Atria nodded to express her understanding: "Don't worry, I will take care of your subordinates."

"Let's go, we are running out of time!" Sol turned his head and greeted, and ran into the woods with the defenders.They must meet up with Garrett as soon as possible to intercept the treasure that is leaving the city in the afternoon.

"Master." Jessica ran two steps, then turned her head again.

"Go, take good care of your lord." Atria smiled at her.

"En!" Nodding seriously, Jessica tightened the rapier on her belt, turned and followed.

"Saul, I hope you haven't forgotten what I said that night, Jessica's life is in your hands..." Atriya murmured as she watched the group of people walking away.

After an afternoon of forced marching, everyone finally joined Garrett in the evening and determined the route for the caravan transporting the treasure.

"It's here. The other party sent someone to step on it yesterday, so it shouldn't be wrong." Pointing to a simple map, Garrett said to Sol.

At this time, they lay in ambush in a wood away from the main road, doing simple repairs and having dinner by the way.While nibbling dry food, Sol asked, "Where is the best place to start?"

Garrett pointed to a certain place on the map and said: "This is a small hillside. They will pass down the hillside. If they attack from a high place, they will be able to catch the opponent by surprise. The important thing is that there is a small river behind the slope. Follow the river Going down ten kilometers just happens to connect to another road, so it is very convenient to escape."

Secret Road is worthy of being a professional, and he is really thoughtful.Saul made a decision: "This is it. After dinner, rest for a while, and then rush to the hillside to wait for the prey to come."

Kress responded, and then went down to give orders.Sol turned to Chip again: "The other side's night shadow troops, can you handle it?"

Chip thought about it, and said slowly: "If it's the ones I saw that night, it should be fine."

There are 3 Yeying members who came with Chip this time, plus more than a dozen defenders. If they are caught off guard, they should have a great chance of winning.Hearing what he said, Sol felt relieved.

"Jessica, you can stay by my side when we fight later." Sol turned his head to Jessica again.

Hearing his words, Jessica raised her eyebrows: "Do you think I'm not capable of fighting?"

Secretly thinking how dare I, Sol quickly explained: "No, it's just that I need your protection. Xiaomei is a high-level monster, I think it's better to go into battle."

"Really?" Jessica's eyes flashed with joy.

Sol slapped his chest loudly: "Of course it's true. I can't trust your sword skills any more."

Although Atria's prophecy was not very detailed, Sol still had an attitude that he would rather believe it. After all, he didn't want to make fun of Jessica's life.According to Jessica's personality, it was impossible to persuade her to give up participating in the operation, so let her stay with him in a safe place as much as possible.

These words really made Jessica feel elated, but she wanted to pretend to be indifferent: "Since you are so afraid of death, then I will stay and protect you." Everyone shook their heads secretly, even the blind man could I see your insincerity.

Seeing that she was finally dealt with, Sol was also secretly relieved. "I've already arranged everything, and let fate decide what to do next." Unusually, he felt sour for a while.

"Here they are." Chip shouted on the hillside.

Everyone quietly peeked out from their hiding places, and by the bright moonlight in the sky, they saw a small team slowly coming from the side of the road.

The number of people on the other side was a little more than expected, about 30 people. It seems that Cliff also sent some people to escort him.There were four carriages in the whole procession, and from the slight creaking sound of the wheels, it could be known that each carriage was full of heavy objects.

Everyone quietly held their weapons tightly, waiting for the other party to enter the ambush circle to launch a surprise attack.As the convoy got closer and closer, everyone's heart gradually hung up.

Suddenly, the two men walking in front of the team suddenly raised their heads without warning, and looked towards the hiding place of the crowd.At the same time, Chip's expression changed, and he said in a low voice, "Something's wrong, go back quickly."

They didn't understand what happened, but Chip's solemn expression was definitely not a joke, and everyone quickly retreated to the back of the hillside.At this time, someone in the team below asked something, the two men shook their heads, and the convoy continued on.

"Chip, what's the matter?" Sol asked in surprise from behind the hillside.

After exchanging glances with the three subordinates, Chip said solemnly: "Something is wrong, there are more Yeying members in the opponent's team than I thought, at least about 10 people."

"What!? Yeying, you said those guys are Lulin's Yeying troops?" Garrett couldn't help but exclaimed, knowing the identity of the opponent for the first time.

Kress was also quite surprised: "10? Are you sure?"

Chip nodded: "That's right, and there are at least two captain-level people inside."

Sol was completely stunned, 10, isn't it too much?What's more, there are 2 captains, that is to say, there are two guys with the same strength as Chip.Coupled with another guard, it was beyond what they could handle.

Now he suddenly wanted to know the true identity of that mysterious Lu Lin character. The fact that the level of guard reached this level was not just because of these treasures.

"What should we do? Should we proceed as planned?" Jessica asked.

After hesitating for a while, Sol gritted his teeth: "No, give up!"

"Why?" Jessica was surprised.

Sol firmly said: "The odds are too low, I can't risk everyone's life. If you lose the treasure, you can get it back, but if you lose your life, you can't resurrect it. What I want is everyone who comes out this time. Go back alive!"

There was silence on the field, and everyone looked at their lord with different expressions.Even Garrett couldn't help touching his nose: "Rare animals..."

In fact, there is another reason why Thor didn't say it out loud, that is, the prophecy that has always haunted him.If he did it, he didn't know what kind of danger would happen, and he was even more unwilling to gamble with Jessica's life.

Looking at Sol steadily, Jessica's eyes flashed a complex expression of surprise and emotion.She wiped the corners of her eyes in embarrassment: "You...you are a good lord, really..."

"Oh, really, but anyway, I have completed the commission." Garrett yawned lazily: "Since this is the case, let's leave as soon as possible. It will be troublesome if the patrol finds out."

"Patrol?" Sol was stunned: "Is there a patrol nearby?"

Garrett looked at him like a fool: "Of course, this is the border. The quality of my service is obvious to all. In order to prevent any unexpected situations, I have already figured out the nearby patrol routes. If I remember correctly If so, in more than 10 minutes, a patrol team belonging to the border army will pass the small road to the west, although it will not come here, but we must be careful."

"Patrol..." Jessica murmured twice, and suddenly pulled Sol: "Call Simba."

"Why?" Saul was stunned: "Don't you want to run away now?"

Jessica was anxious and angry: "Who wants to run away? Tell it to come out quickly. If you hurry up, maybe you can get back those treasures in time."

"What?" Her words surprised everyone. Sol had already decided to give up. Besides, there was a huge difference in strength between the two sides, so there was still a chance?
Jessica stomped her feet again and again: "There's no time to explain, trust me, just call it out!"

After giving her a strange look, Thor finally raised the summoning ring in his hand.Following a flash of white light, the griffin beast appeared, and immediately croaked with excitement.

There are also many monsters in the wild in Bahrain, so they are not afraid that Simba's shouts will attract the attention of the other party.It's just that Sol can't figure it out, calling Simba can deal with the enemy's night shadow troops?
With a bow and arrow snatched from one of the guards, Jessica stepped on Simba and ordered it to take off.Always obeying the beauties, the griffin croaked twice and then began to flap its wings.

"Where are you going?" Thor asked in surprise.

"I'm going to lure the patrol over...don't worry, wait for my good news..." Jessica replied on Simba's back.

Thor knew immediately what she wanted to do, but it was too dangerous, and Atria's prophecy made him uneasy.He hurriedly said: "Don't be kidding, come back quickly..."

However, it was already too late, Simba's body gently fell on the ground, and then rose into the air.Seeing that it was too late to stop, Saul gritted his teeth and rushed a few steps to hug Simba's ass from behind.

Simba croaked strangely, but flew upside down into the air, and at the same time, his buttocks swayed from side to side and rubbed against Sol's face.Suppressing the feeling of nausea, Sol finally crawled behind Jessica.

"Fool, go back!" He scolded angrily.

"No, if you succeed, you can take back the treasure." Jessica was determined.

Sol reached out and tried to make Simba turn back: "Do you know how dangerous it is to do this? Go back, let me go alone!"

Jessica turned her head suddenly, her cheeks flushed with excitement: "Liar, you can't control Simba at all. I must go, because this is the only way I can help you."

"You..." Unexpectedly she would say that, Sol couldn't help but let go of his hand.

"I... I am your manager, so as long as possible, I will do my best to help you accomplish what you want to do." Jessica looked ahead, but the firmness in her voice was unquestionable.The night wind blew, making her red hair jump like flames.

"Is it because of Atria's words?" Saul couldn't help asking.

Jessica lowered her head quietly: "No, it's my own wish, and it has nothing to do with Master. In fact, I had this enlightenment a long time ago..."

Looking at the girl's delicate back from behind, all kinds of feelings came to Sol's heart for a moment.Feeling sweet in his heart, he couldn't help but put his arms around Jessica from behind.

"You...what are you doing?" Jessica was ashamed.

"I am so blessed to have such a steward." Sol buried his head in her hair, closed his eyes and inhaled the light fragrance in his nose.

This time, Jessica didn't stop him.

"go together."

"Um…"

Below, looking at the griffin flying farther and farther, Kress couldn't help but smiled wryly: "What should I do?"

"Wait." Chip said succinctly.

"Your lord is really interesting." Garrett was still looking into the air.

"Yeah, a headache guy." One of the defenders interjected: "But a good lord."

Chip nodded: "Lowell is a lucky place, with a good lord and a good steward."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." at this time, in a corner where no one was paying attention, someone was crying secretly.

(End of this chapter)