"Lord Li Ang, I swear... that is really Igor himself..."
Forster and Granlon looked at each other, their voices obviously trembling.
"I can also swear that I really killed him..."
Li Ang frowned and thought for a while, then turned to Granlon and asked, "You just said... that he went to prepare the contract? When can he come back Long River Town?"
"If nothing else happens, he will come in two or three days... After all, we don't dare to attack the king without seeing the absolution contract first..."
Granlon answered quickly. He also saw Li Ang's face and realized that Igor should really be dead. In this incomprehensible situation, he seemed quite cooperative.
"Okay, regardless of whether Igor is dead or alive, we must catch him anyway..."
Li Ang thought for a while, looked back at the fishing net fragments on the ground behind him, and asked, "Granlon, where is the king's seal?"
"Lord Li Ang... If I hand over the king's seal, I'm afraid I will die, right?"
When asked about this matter, Granlon was not so cooperative. He looked at Li Ang and shook his head. "I want to live..."
"Oh... hand over the gold seal, and I promise to give you a way to survive."
Li Ang sighed, he really didn't want to kill Granlon - he had no grudges and no grudges. Granlon himself had never done anything harmful to nature, nor had he harmed Li Ang. There was no need to kill anyone.
"Lord Li Ang, I know what my crime is. Just because I know it, I have always refused to admit it and will try my best to make up for it... It's not that I don't believe you, I just don't believe that I have any other way to survive..."
Granlon smiled bitterly, still shaking his head.
"Since you knew the crime, how dare you arrogantly use the king's authority?"
Li Ang replied angrily.
"Before, Forster planned to eliminate all the hidden dangers of Lion Lake City. In order to save my life, I could only leave Lion Lake City. I deceived Long River Town from Lord Godric out of helplessness - after all, Lion Lake City Flag Guard could not follow a trap. Wanderer, and if I lose this army, I will definitely die... so I have to find a base. Using the king's seal to control the king's direct territory was my only choice at the time, and there was also a chance to return to Lion Lake City... Forster would have been happy to exchange territories with me..."
Granlon didn't seem to regret his decision at that time. He just looked at Forster mid-sentence.
Forster sighed next to him, "He didn't lie. Of course I would be happy to trade Lion Lake City for Long River Town. After all, I have been an administrator here for so long... and at that time I must take refuge in Ursula. I understand that this is likely to cause Raven Kingdom's attack is safer at Long River Town. I just didn't expect the raven army to come so fast, and I didn't expect that bastard Kaidelen to let us go to Eagle Claw Fortress to negotiate just to trick us into stopping the enemy! It's a shame I even called him my uncle of twenty years!"
Granlon After Long River Town held Alma's funeral, Forster was indeed caught by him.
The two reached a consensus at Long River Town and negotiated a deal. Forster exchanged Lion Lake City for Granlon's Long River Town.
For Granlon, this can solve the problem of his arrogant use of the King's Seal to defraud the city - Granlon will give the gold seal to Forster, and Forster is here to bear the charge. Anyway, Forster is guilty of killing a relative and has defected to Ursula. He has already committed treason, but holding the king's seal in his hand can still negotiate terms.
For Forster, he has killed too many brothers and sisters in Lion Lake City, and it is inevitable that some family members will seek revenge on him. It is better to bring his trusted family members and the army to Long River Town. He has been in power for a period of time in Long River Town, so he is no stranger to this place.
This is a way that benefits both of you.
But the problem is that the two of them don't trust each other very much - in fact, their grievances originally originated from mutual distrust...
So, they decided to let Kaidelen be the middleman - Kaidelen has a good relationship with both of them. Only with such a middleman can the two of them feel at ease about the transaction.
But Kaidelen said that the Raven Kingdom army might come soon, and he couldn't get away from Eagle Claw Fortress. He hoped that the two of them would lead the army to Eagle Claw Fortress to fight the enemy together with him, and complete the deal at the same time.
On the one hand, protecting Eagle Claw Fortress is equivalent to protecting Lion Lake City - this is the hometown of these two people, and they are indeed willing to protect it. Besides, the heavy cavalry of Lion Lake City Flag Guard must defend their hometown.
Granlon cannot lose this army, so he must go.
On the other hand, Ursula also expressed the hope that Forster would fight against the Crow Army, and Ursula was indeed at Eagle Claw Fortress at that time.
Because they have to fight against the Crow Army together, Ursula's rebels can form an alliance with the Lionheart Kingdom, and Forster who has taken refuge in Ursula will no longer be pursued by the Lionheart Kingdom.
Forster took refuge in Ursula for this purpose, so he must go too.
So the two took their troops to Eagle Claw Fortress, and while they were engaging Raven Kingdom's troops, Kaidelen slipped away to Lion Lake City...
They all indeed made the most reasonable judgment under the circumstances, and no one was stupid.
And now, they are still awake - although the golden seal is Granlon's trouble, it is also his amulet, and of course he is unwilling to hand it over.
"Granlon, actually, for me, if you don't hand over the gold seal, I can kill you... Whether the king has a seal available or not, it has no effect on me..."
Li Ang starts bluffing.
"If you captured Long River Town but said you didn't find the seal, then everyone would suspect you of hiding the golden seal for evil purposes... Lord Li Ang, don't bluff me, I know that as long as you don't hand over the seal, I won't die..."
Li Ang's bluff failed as soon as it started. Granlon was very sober and was not fooled at all.
"Forster, if you cooperate with him... you should also know where that thing is, right? If he hides it from you, how can you maintain your cooperation..."
Seeing that Granlon was difficult to deal with, Li Ang changed the target and used provocation this time.
"Lord Li Ang, I don't need to know this at all, and I didn't ask. I can only cooperate with him now... However, although I want to kill Ursula immediately, I am still her vassal. She is Lionheart Kingdom's ally, so I will definitely not die if I fall into the hands of the Lionheart Kingdom's lord... So don't scare me."
Forster also saw it clearly, so he was the first to surrender...
Indeed, Ursula is now Lionheart Kingdom's ally. Even if Forster is Lionheart Kingdom's traitor, no one will kill him during the alliance.
After all, Lion Lake City has returned to the hands of the Lionheart Kingdom, and there is no need for the Lionheart Kingdom to turn Ursula, an ally, into an enemy.
At most, he could be locked up first and wait for the future to settle the accounts, or he might be released after the fall.
--If Ursula becomes King Ulrich's queen, then Forster will most likely be pardoned.
"You really don't know? Then why do you take this risk with him? Your life is not in danger now..."
These two guys are not easy to deal with. Li Ang is a bit troublesome. As expected, every noble is a human being, and no one is stupider than the other.
"I want to return to the Lionheart Kingdom... Ursula That insidious woman can deceive me once and deceive me a second time. My declaration of allegiance to her is just a temporary measure... Lord Li Ang, don't ask me, I really don't know. I understand now that sometimes knowing less can lead to a longer life..."
Forster shook his head and smiled bitterly, looking very sincere.
It seems that these days, the then dandy young master is indeed growing up rapidly. Not only has he become ruthless, but he has also really learned a lot of principles.
"Let's do this. I will give you a way to completely wash away your sins and ensure that you can still be Lionheart Kingdom's nobles, but you must cooperate with me well and the gold seal must be handed over to me intact..."
Both of them were difficult to deal with, so Li Ang had no choice but to sincerely give them a way out.
"In what way?"
Both of them are interested. This is what they are pursuing. If they don't have to kidnap the king, that would be better.
"I probably know what happened when Igor died and came back to life..."
Li Ang can indeed guess what happened when Igor came back from the dead. After all, he had seen Three Prophets use Misfortune Bringer's body to resurrect the dead.
This is probably with the help of the power of darkness Goddess Eredar...
According to what Sarah knew at the time, only those who wholeheartedly believe in the darkness Goddess Eredar can 'resurrect from the dead' in this way without losing their sanity.
It is estimated that Igor is also a senior member of the heretical sect Dark Goddess...
Recalling Igor's appearance - a thin figure and a withered face, as if a gust of wind could blow him over. His whole body was weak and even his hair was withered.
Igor is only in his forties, but from the looks of it, he looks like he is in his seventies.
When he first saw him in the throne room, Li Ang felt something was wrong.
Now that I think about it, I'm afraid he dedicated all his blood to Dark Goddess, right?
After settling in Long River Town, Li Ang did not fly its own flag in Long River Town and basically did not show up.
He was just constantly assigning tasks to the escorts of Long River Express, and convoys were heading to all directions in the west.
Godric moved into his Commander of Eastern Military Affairs office again and did not show up.
Granlon and Forster have been maintaining law and order in the city. After hearing Li Ang's plan, they acted very cooperatively.
Li Ang told them about Three Prophets's abilities, and of course these two people would cooperate.
After all, they really don't want to have anything to do with heretics...
Three days later.
Li Ang hid in a corner of the city wall and saw the arrival of Igor with his own eyes.
This is indeed the Igor from before. He still has the aristocratic collar tied tightly around his neck - it's early September and the weather is very hot, but this guy has his collar wrapped around it like it's winter. This must be to cover up the arrow wound on his neck.
Today's Igor seems very low-key, with only five or six followers, but those followers look very mysterious.
Those entourages are all knights wearing black hoods. Basically every knight is wearing a black robe. The robe looks a bit like the style from Dexia, but these people are definitely not Dexian people.
Moreover, all of these knights were equipped with two horses - the other packhorse should be carrying their armor.
Of course, you won't wear armor when you are on the road, but Li Ang can tell from the expressions and movements of these people that they must all have extraordinary skills.
Granlon came forward to welcome Igor into the city, and then the city gate fell.
A big net also fell at the same time.
Igor saw the net - he subconsciously glanced at the top of his head, because this idea was originally his.
"Granlon! Don't you want to live anymore?!"
Igor danced and shouted, but he was obviously unable to avoid the area covered by the fishing net.
Granlon watched expressionlessly as the fishing net fell down and caught Igor.
Enjoy your own ideas, Igor was caught in the net smoothly.
Igor's entourage was also cut off by the city gate, and the two who were at the back failed to enter the city.
This is not an intentional truncation, after all, there are only so many people in Igor.
The city gate was closed just in case. No one was sure whether this guy who had come back from the dead could escape from the fishing net, so his escape path had to be cut off.
Then, a group of soldiers appeared from all corners and began to close the net.
The purpose of using a net to capture Igor was of course to avoid him getting into any trouble. After all, Li Ang was not sure what other strange abilities these heretics would have.
However, Igor seems to have no special abilities...
On the contrary, the knights he brought showed extremely strong combat effectiveness.
There were four knights following Igor into the city. They were several meters away from Igor and were not within the scope of the fishing net.
And these people are indeed very skilled. They reacted immediately to the unexpected situation, and all drew their swords and rushed towards Igor!
It seems like you want to save someone?
The people in charge of closing the net were all soldiers under Forster. Seeing this, they immediately dragged the net and started running back, lest the net be cut and it would be difficult for Igor to be released.
But no one expected that the followers brought by Igor did not seem to intend to cut through the net - the knight running at the front directly threw the sword in his hand!
Throw it at Igor!
Damn it, this is going to be silenced...
This situation of cannibalism caught Li Ang, Granlon and others a little unprepared...
They didn't originally plan to kill these people. They really didn't expect Igor's guards would react like this!
When you saw Igor being captured on the Internet, you planned to kill Igor?
That certainly won't let them get what they want!
Fortunately, the thrown sword bounced off the tough fishing net rope and only caused a cut to Igor, which should not be fatal. However, Igor seemed to have stopped responding and stopped struggling.
Igor didn't faint, his eyes were still open, but he didn't cry out in pain at all, and didn't even have an instinctive contraction reaction - it looked like he felt no pain now.
But his eyes still retained a look of fear, and it seemed that he himself didn't expect those knights to kill him.
The soldiers who were encircling him had already surrounded him, but the knights in black were still chasing Igor. It seemed that they would rather die themselves than kill Igor first.
Li Ang Originally planned to watch a show on the city wall. In this situation, I could only run down quickly, but I felt that it might be too late...
The soldiers in charge of closing the net pulled the rope of the net. They were several meters away from Igor in the net, and they had no time to stop the knights in black.
But they were all elite veterans of Forster, and they dragged the net back and ran quite fast, which prevented Igor from being hacked to death on the spot.
Everyone knows that the person who is captured alive with a net must be for questioning, so of course he cannot be allowed to die.
Although Igor was dragged for more than ten meters on the uneven road paved with stone slabs and must have been rubbed badly, he managed to save his life. The knights in black were now blocked.
However, surprisingly, the one who blocked the other black knights was not any warrior in Long River Town, but one of those black knights...
It was a middle-aged knight with a beard on his face. He seemed to be quite skilled. He actually blocked three other knights by himself.
"Jocelyn! What are you going to do!"
The other knights brought by Igor didn't seem to expect that the bearded man would stop them at this juncture, and they all looked shocked and angry.
"What are you doing? Doing these shameful things every day! And you have to die for such shameful things! How can I be complicit with you again?!"
The bearded man named Jocelyn roared loudly, swept the broadsword in his hand, and forced the three black knights back.
Jocelyn is already in front of Igor.
"Traitor! You will regret it!"
The three knights in black launched an attack on Jocelyn together, but there was obviously a big gap in martial arts between them and Jocelyn. Even though they were three against one, they still could not break through Jocelyn's obstacles.
At this time, Forster's other subordinates finally surrounded them.
Li Ang At this time, he had also run down the stairs on the inside of the city wall, holding a sword in his hand.
"Put down your weapons! I won't kill you!"
Li Ang shouted to those knights.
He felt that this matter had become complicated, and wanted to get a few more jobs.
"I surrender... I am not on the same side as them!"
Jocelyn readily dropped his sword and raised his hand, not intending to resist at all. He even stepped back a few steps to allow the soldiers to more easily surround the other three knights.
Outside the city gate, the other two knights in black, who had been left unattended, have now begun to run away.
It will be difficult to chase after the city gate is closed for a while, as the archers on the city tower are shooting arrows at them.
However, since it is inconvenient for Noldo Ranger to appear here, the archers on the city wall are all Forster's people - if Li Ang's men appear near the city gate, then Igor will definitely not enter the city, and maybe they will turn around and run away when they see it from a distance...
Therefore, there were only a few Lion Territory archers on the city tower, and their skills were relatively rough. Although they shot and wounded two knights in black, they still ran away.
After all, they ride horses and run quite fast, and bows and arrows are not Lionheart Kingdom's traditional strengths. It's hard to describe the level of these Lion Territory archers under Forster...
"Jocelyn! Traitors will not end well!"
The three knights in black looked very determined. They ignored Li Ang and instead rushed towards Jocelyn resolutely - killing Igor was impossible. They wanted to kill Jocelyn who dropped his sword.
But such an action was tantamount to suicide. The soldiers stabbed each other with spears, and the three knights in black fell.
There was no way, they were completely fighting to the death, and the soldiers did not dare to stop.
"Those are Twilight Knight, right?"
Li Ang glanced at Jocelyn who was showing an honest expression with his hands spread out. He walked up to Igor with a frown and poked Igor with his toe. "What is your identity? Igor? Why does Twilight Knight want to kill you to silence you?"