Chapter 406 - The Obstacles at the City Gate
Chapter 406: The Obstacles at the City Gate
“You guys are right on time” Kant nodded.
On the street, the strong smell of blood permeated the air. There were broken limbs everywhere. There were also many black-robed men who were not completely dead yet. They were wailing in pain and convulsing in pain, like the most lowly insects.
Legitimacy belonged to the victor; losers were always in the wrong. The losers should be punished by cruel reality.
Just like now.
Some people might pity their pain, but Kant wouldn’t.
Kant walked forward and pulled out his sword. A strong golden light appeared, like a searchlight. Kant used the sword as a stick and lifted the face under a hood. It was a middle-aged man.
“City defense troop.” Kant raised his eyebrows, but he also recognized his identity.
He walked to the side.
He lifted the black robe and hood on his body again.
These black-robed soldiers were wearing exquisite mail armor. In fact, one could tell from looking at the lance on the ground that they were all equipment that only the port city defense troop had.
This meant that the enemy that came to attack him this time was the city defense troop of this port.
“As expected, this place was infiltrated.”
Kant shook his head.
He was not surprised by this matter. In fact, when he came to the port and went to the office of the Borg Chamber of Commerce, he even suspected that the Borg Chamber of Commerce that he supported might have been infiltrated by the Crimson Sect.
After all, although Borg had received his funding, his development was too fast.
It was astonishingly fast.
In just a few short months, he had gone from a small bankrupt chamber of commerce to the largest one in the East County.
He did not have the support of the top noble forces behind him. It was entirely Borg’s luck that he had gone step by step to achieve his current achievements.
Of course, he was indeed not infiltrated by the Crimson Sect. Instead, it was the Silver Platter Kingdom that had infiltrated him.
It seemed that being infiltrated by either side looked the same, but it was always different.
Compared to the Silver Platter Kingdom, Kant was more wary of the demonic forces hidden in the dark.
For example, Viscount Gibran of the Crimson Sect had actually sided with the evil. If Kant had not accidentally discovered this, he would have been deceived and even believed in the peace on the surface of the human countries.
Now, the undercurrents were surging!
“We have to end this infiltration operation that has been exposed as soon as possible.”
Kant narrowed his eyes.
He turned over and mounted an empty horse. He ordered in a deep voice,
“Let’s go!”
“Yes!” the knights responded one after another.
Ignoring the thick smell of blood that was still lingering on the street, they quickly followed the road they came from and began to run toward the city gate. They wanted to leave this place at an extremely fast speed to avoid being surrounded by the enemy.
If the Crimson Sect used the official spokesperson of the noble, they would risk their lives to trap Kant here.
It was not impossible.
Hundreds of archers would attack them at the city wall.
Thousands of arrows rained down. Even grand knights would die on the spot.
If they used ballistae, catapults, and other siege weapons, with the powerful lethality of such weapons, it was possible that Kant and the rest of them would be wiped out here. They would die miserably!
Kant did not doubt that the religious fanatics would do such a thing.
He only doubted were they able to take action fast enough!
The exquisite horseshoes heavily hit the stone pavement.
Kant led the cavalry forward at high speed. Just ahead, the city gates of the port could be seen again.
However, at this time, the city gates of the port, which should have no curfew and was completely open to the outside world, were actually prepared to close slowly under the command of a few middle-level generals.
The city gates were already closed, and the latches were about to be inserted.
If it were completely closed, the city gates made of iron bars and thick wooden planks would not be so easy to open again.
Looking not far away, the middle-level commanders’ expressions changed drastically, and they looked very panicked.
Now, Kant did not need to guess. He could see that the disciples of the Crimson Sect hiding in the port had finally made their move. They wanted the city defense troop in the port to keep him and the cavalry in the port!
But before Kant could give the order to charge, there was a commotion at the city gate.
The city guards on the city wall, who were holding bows and crossbows, scattered and fled.
There were even some who fell and could not get up.
These city guards had been ordered here by the commanders at the last minute. They thought that they were only helping, but they did not expect that there would be a sudden battle. The situation was even worse than facing the water bandits!
At least those water bandits would not be bold enough to attack the port.
But now, something worse happened.
Hundreds of unfamiliar soldiers charged to the city gate in the dark and threw the pilums. The confused city guards did not even have time to react before they were crashed by a wave of pilums.
Especially at the top of the city gate, many city guards were lying on the ground, not daring to stand up at all.
The night was dark, and the wind was strong.
Even with the light of the stars and the moon, it was still dark.
However, the pilums thrown by those unfamiliar enemies outside were extremely accurate. Almost anyone who showed themselves would die.
Also, in the port, there was a large number of cavalries charging over. If they did not want to die miserably, it was best to hide in a safe place and not resist and wait for everything to end on their own.
Those guys did not look like water bandits anyway.
There was another crucial point.
Even if it was a robbery, it had nothing to do with them.
Inside were the warehouses of the foreign merchants. Even if they robbed all of them, the guards would not suffer any losses. At most, they would be reprimanded for not doing their duties. As for the punishment, it was impossible. The noble above them still needed someone to watch the door for them!
“Let’s go! Let’s go!”
This caused the city guards stationed on the city walls to flee one after another.
As for those guys below the city gates who wanted to bolt the door, they threw the things in their hands and ran in all directions. There were even two middle-level commanders whose faces were pale. They could only turn around and flee as well.
They had appeared here because they had been coerced by the Crimson Sect.
Or rather, they were just pawns that had been exposed.
There was only one person in the lead.
The commander stood in place with a solemn expression, holding a longsword in his hand. A ball of blood-red aura burst out from his body. He was obviously an important figure of the Crimson Sect who had grasped extraordinary power and had infiltrated the port!
Now, he stood here and wanted to block Kant and the others alone!
“Get rid of him!”
Kant didn’t care at all.
He turned to the left and right side and ordered in a deep voice, “Open the city gate quickly and leave with Rolf and his men. We can’t drag this on any longer!”
“Yes!”
Some Lion Knights immediately nodded and urged their horses forward.
“Whoosh –”
The sound of swords being drawn appeared.
Four Lion Knights rode at the front, and the same arrogant blood-colored flames clashed.
However, the blood-colored flame that belonged to the battlefield of endless battles was definitely not something that a demon-type blood-colored flame could withstand. The commander who wanted to block Kant and the others from leaving the port by himself had also collapsed to the ground.
His head and neck were separated, and he was easily decapitated by the four Lion Knights in the instant they crossed each other.
The city gate was also opened.
Outside, a group of people were blocking the way with spears in their hands.
When they saw that it was Kant and the others who opened the gate, they all cheered. One by one, they hurriedly put away their weapons and quickly got on their horses. They followed Kant and the others and galloped on the road.
They were Rolf and the 500 Elite Desert Bandit!
“Lord!”
Rolf caught up with Kant.
He seemed anxious. He reported in a deep voice, “We were attacked. Fortunately, we didn’t suffer too many casualties. After we killed our way out of the entertainment district, we came to look for you. I didn’t expect that something happened in the port.”
Kant nodded silently. “It seems that someone still hates me to the bone.”
“Go back, Lord!”
Rolf gritted his teeth and said, “And then kill our way back!”
“Yes.” Kant’s expression was calm. He did not deny Rolf’s words. “One day, I will return with my rage.” After a pause, he looked at the dark East County City on the horizon in the distance, he could not help but take a deep breath. “And I think that this day will not be too far away!”
Rolf complimented him on the side. “When that time comes, I will be your most loyal blade!”
“I think so too.” Kant smiled.
But his expression quickly became solemn. “Let’s leave this place for now and head to the riverbank of Resniston River. I hope that we can find the crack from the ancient passage as soon as possible and go back through it.”
“This… is a bit risky.” Rolf frowned slightly and advised, “We don’t know the exact location yet.”
“We already know.”
Kant narrowed his eyes slightly. “I can sense it.”
He turned his horse around.
He led the cavalry and galloped towards the south at high speed.
Just to the south of the riverbank, if they continued to move west along the riverbank, they would be able to find the mouth of the river that had already split open.
This was indeed a reaction. After becoming a grand knight, his reaction was undoubtedly much stronger, especially towards the divine powers that he had encountered before. Even if he was quite far away, he could still sense the spread of a small amount of power.
However, at this moment, Kant also sensed that an evil power was growing the East County.
Or rather, he had already sensed it.
The moment he arrived at the East County.
A sense of oppression appeared in his heart.
He had originally thought that it was because of the cold current that came from the wilderness nearby.
But in reality, it was the actions of the Crimson Sect that allowed the demon’s power to revive in the East County, especially in the direction of Mountain of Death. That oppressive feeling made people’s hearts palpitate heavily.
Kant was also regretful. It would have been better if he had brought the mage along.
Their senses were even clearer.
Their mental strength was also stronger.
However, when Kant rode his horse to the vicinity of the river, the distant horizon was the long river that was three to four hundred meters wide. On the other side of the river was the estate of the Dukedom of Leo, but it was now occupied by the Silver Platter Kingdom.
This was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that Kant sensed a new power.
It was somewhat unfamiliar and particularly familiar.
Divine Power.
To be precise.
It should be mixed with the divine power of the Sun, divine power!
Kant slightly lowered his head and said thoughtfully, “If I’m not wrong, this should be the Power of Light that only the Holy Church possesses. They have just become the top religion of the Silver Platter Kingdom and even established as the national religion.”