Shield Wind Fortress.
Of course, Justus and Titus were both taken away by Rimusk.
In fact, Rimusk originally did not intend to take care of Titus, but he knew that if he planned to draw a clear line with Kairos and his son and become "loyal ministers" to Emperor Marius and Justus, he would need a witness.
Therefore, he asked people to rescue Titus as well.
"... My family is in the hands of Miss Alina. I have to exchange you for my family. Master Justus, the whole thing is like this. I don't intend to hide the fact that I have deceived you, but you also know that it is just our different positions. But now, Kairos and Antonius father and son have gone crazy. They just want to turn the empire against the entire continent..."
Rimusk drove away all the guards and explained everything he thought to Justus on the top floor of the inner castle.
"...Rimusk, you still think that Kairos and his son are doing it for the Shadow Legion's status? No!"
Titus next to him interrupted bitterly, "They are here for Noldo Elves! Antonius now relies on sucking blood for a living! It takes a lot of Noldo Elves's blood to save his life! They are here for Noldo Elves to launch a full-scale war against the empire..."
Rimusk was stunned. "How do you know?"
"Antonius tortured me all night. This is what he said himself... and you also know that he is no longer a human being, he has become a complete monster now!"
Titus pointed at the bloody whip wounds on his body and said through gritted teeth.
"That's true..." Justus sighed, "In the final analysis, it's Snake Worship Cult's fault..."
"Sigh... No matter what they are for, I don't want to get involved in it anymore anyway. Master Justus, Miss Alina will come to pick you up soon. I swear that I will take my family to Siyuan City to pay homage to His Majesty Marus surrendered. But I hope you can testify for me that I really have nothing to do with Snake Worship Cult...Titus can also prove that we were all coerced by Antonius."
Rimusk really wants to escape from this vortex.
At this point, a guard came to report, "Sir Rimusk, there are several knights outside who claim to be from 'Imperial Intelligence Department' requesting to enter Shield Wind Fortress."
"It looks like Miss Alina is here..."
Rimusk followed the guard downstairs and went to the city gate to greet him.
Only Justus and Titus are left in the room on the top floor.
Titus looked at Justus, then at Rimusk's back, and suddenly asked, "Sir Justus, if... I want to marry Miss Alina, will you agree?"
Justus was stunned.
Then, he shook his head with a wry smile and sighed, "Titus, don't do anything stupid... You can try to marry another noble lady, and I can help you intercede..."
Titus also smiled bitterly and sighed, "Sir Justus, I don't want to do this either, but I have no other way out... No one will treat me as one of their own..."
He took out a small knife from his waist.
Those who entered Shield Wind Fortress as 'Imperial Intelligence Department' were of course Li Ang, Alina and others.
They came to exchange hostages.
But after entering the room on the top floor of Shield Wind Fortress's inner castle, Rimusk was dumbfounded...
"Where are people? Are you kidding us?"
Looking at the empty hall, Li Ang drew his sword and pointed it at Rimusk's neck.
"No... we were still here just now, just a few minutes ago...Titus! Titus, you bastard!"
Rimusk looked around a few times, then rushed to the window and yelled.
The view from the top floor of the castle is very good. From the window, you can just see the back of Titus carrying a truck away, and Justus is also in the cargo box.
This guy ran away through the back door of Shield Wind Fortress!
"Come here! Go and chase that bastard Titus back! Life or death!"
Rimusk jumped on his feet and roared.
"Can you catch up? He has run so far, and he is still holding hostages...Rimusk, since something went wrong here, then this deal will not count..."
Li Ang and Alina also saw Titus who was driving away outside, but they were not too anxious and pushed towards Rimusk together.
"Miss Alina, I swear I'm not playing tricks, that's really... ugh!"
Rimusk sat down on the ground against the wall, holding his head in frustration.
"Get up... how many troops did you bring back?"
Li Ang stepped forward and kicked Rimusk.
"Nearly a thousand people... except for Shadow Infantry who was originally under Livius, the others are all new recruits..."
Rimusk stood up with his head shrunken. He thought Li Ang was going to beat him, so he answered quickly.
It seems that those Shadow Infantry were redeemed by their respective families and then followed Rimusk again.
"Let your troops control Shield Wind Fortress. Since you failed to protect Lord Justus, then you should protect Shield Wind Fortress... stop all Bax troops retreating here from White Deer Fortress! Otherwise, you will never want to see your family again... Alina, let's go!"
Li Ang stared into Rimusk's eyes and said his request, then looked out the window and went downstairs with Alina.
Titus can no longer be seen outside the window.
Titus ran very fast. Looking at the direction, he should be running to the west.
But Li Ang and Alina are really not in a hurry.
Because many Scorpion Assassinss were watching at the back door - a few days ago a knight ran away from Wolvun Fortress's back door, and the Scorpion Assassinss didn't catch up. Although there was no need to chase him at the time, Ramon felt that this kind of thing could not happen again.
So this time, Ramon himself was watching from the back door, and Wendy was also there.
Titus drove the carriage to the west and had just gone a few miles when he was surrounded by Ramon and his men.
Taking hostages is very difficult for ordinary people, but for Ramon, unprofessional kidnappers like Titus are really easy to deal with.
The Scorpio flying knife is not only used to kill people. Ramon showed how to kill the kidnappers who took hostages at the auction...
When Li Ang rushed to Ramon's side, Titus had already been controlled - just like Ikram at the beginning, one of his eyes was shot out by Ramon with a throwing knife, and Noldo arrows was nailed to his right hand, and his palm was nailed to the carriage compartment.
"Master Justus, you have been kidnapped too many times..."
Li Ang looked at Justus who was safe and sound, and was completely relieved.
"It seems that I should really find some experts for personal protection... but I can't command Noldo Elves like you..."
Justus shook his head and laughed at himself.
"Father... what is all this going on? Is the mastermind Kairos? Why did he start the war? Is it just to prevent reform and let Shadow Legion regain his power?"
Alina helped Justus and asked about the cause and effect.
"This matter... Well, Li Ang, and that Noldor girl, you must be mentally prepared... What Kairos is going to trigger is not a war between White Deer Fortress and the empire, but a war between Noldo Elves and humanity... As for preventing the reform, that is just incidental."
Justus told Li Ang and Wendy about the cause and effect.
A few years ago, when the method of immunizing Red Death was first found, Ansen had to return to Calundru Castle to preside over the popularization of horsepox.
At that time, Antonius had recovered his vital signs, but he remained unconscious and was basically in a vegetative state. Ansen could not take Antonius away - he could not bear the torment at that time, and the bumpy road would be fatal.
The poison in him was too complicated and he was extremely weak and needed long-term convalescence, so Ansen asked Radiant Cross Knights of Erudition City to take over this special patient.
Later, when Ansen served as the consul of Calundru Castle, he often communicated with Radiant Cross Knights and kept trying to treat Antonius. He had already found some way, and Antonius also showed signs of recovery.
But unexpectedly, Li Ang was struck by lightning and disappeared. Bacchus Empire quickly took back Calundru Castle, and Ansen could only take the people back to Long River Town.
Since then, Lion Territory has been involved in a long war, and Antonius's treatment has been delayed again.
And Kairos also disappeared for a long time after chasing Aziz Dahaka to Desha.
Until half a year ago, Kairos returned to Siyuan City - he came back by boat.
Shortly after Kairos returned to Siyuan City, Justus received the news that Emperor Marius was seriously ill.
So Justus prepared to return to Siyuan City to visit His Majesty the Emperor, but as soon as he left Erudition City, he was kidnapped by Antonius.
Antonius forced Justus to replace most of the Imperial First Legion's lower-level commanders with his people - but the new ones were not random people, most of them were qualified imperial soldiers or former centurions of the Shadow Legion.
These people were transferred out of power in the past two years, and now it looks like they have been transferred back to the Imperial First Legion, so they are not eye-catching at all.
Subsequently, Kairos summoned Shadow Legion in Imperial Port, led the army all the way north as the imperial marshal, and took all the lords who once belonged to the Shadow Legion under his banner.
When Erudition City arrived, Kairos also met Justus.
At that time, Justus knew that the current Kairos was different from before...
"Both Kairos and his son Antonius have been cursed... or have been poisoned by some kind of poison. They all look like snakes now. Especially Antonius, he no longer looks like a human being at all..."
Justus gestured with the position of his eyes. "Kairos went to the Amara Continent during the time when he disappeared. He found a prescription from Snake Worship Cult's temple, and then prepared a magic potion at Siyuan City. That medicine did save his son, but it also turned Antonius into a snake-like monster... Moreover, since Antonius was saved, he began to drink blood for a living - Kairos said that only the blood of elves can keep his son alive!"
"What drug is so terrible? Can it turn people into vampires?"
Li Ang frowned, and he had a vague feeling that this might be the sequelae left behind by Kavala's creation of Aziz Dahaka.
"I don't know... let's call it 'Siyuan City Potion' for the time being. His Majesty Marus's condition also worsened because of the potion. Kairos said he took some Emperor's Blood to make the medicine..."
Justus replied.
"Emperor's Blood? Just based on the naming method, you can imagine that this is definitely a conspiracy deliberately created by Snake Worship Cult to kill the emperor of Bax or Ash Descendants... Kairos actually fell for such a trick?"
Li Ang sighed, "There should be Elf Blood in the prescription, right? So he wants to kidnap the entire empire to be my enemy, and force Noldo Elves to be the enemy of mankind..."
"That's right... He said that the composition of that prescription is all blood and tears. Emperor's Blood, Elf Blood, Hero's Blood, Sage's Blood, and Dragon's Tear..."
Justus folded his fingers and counted them.
"Alas, this is the cult's routine. In the name of a curse, the victim is asked to kill those who pose a threat to the cult in order to lift the curse...Hero's Blood and Sage's Blood, whose one did he use?"
Li Ang asked, shaking his head.
"He took a bowl of blood from me before. He also said that the blood of Agason is Hero's Blood..."
Justus looked at Li Ang: "But I think he must have made a mistake... Agason is indeed a brave man, but I'm probably not a wise man."
"You are called a wise man. There is no problem in saying that you are a wise man... but Kairos is a fool! I have to kill him. His whole family is a fool. This kind of fool should not live in the world!"
Li Ang sighed with some depression, "Fortunately, you didn't have any accidents. If you were killed by them in White Deer Fortress... then Bacchus Empire would really have no choice but to fight to the death with Noldo Elvess..."
"Oops...Li Ang... Look, look at the sky!"
Wendy suddenly screamed, "That's... what?!"
The sky in the northeast became dark, and the billowing smoke reflected the flashing red light, obscuring the entire sky...
That's fire.
It was an unprecedented fire...
"They lit Noldo Forest? Bastard..."
Li Ang's eyes widened, and he murmured, "I have no choice now... I must destroy Bacchus Empire with Noldo Elves... Mr. Governor, you can't return to the country... I'm sorry."
Pendor Calendar 358 Early June.
In early summer, the weather is dry.
The Noldo Forest fire has spread for dozens of miles. In this era without excavators and rapid felling equipment, manpower is unable to stop this kind of forest fire.
Vendathir did not pursue the retreating Baxian. She was busy putting out the fire and organizing her tribe to move to White Deer Fortress.
Those who stayed in the forest would be burned to death or smoked to death. A large number of Noldo Elves were forced to migrate to White Deer Fortress - perhaps, the only good news is that there were no accidents during the migration.
And Li Ang, in Shield Wind Fortress, tried to use enemy troops to block the enemy - the Bax troops that retreated from White Deer Fortress returned to Shield Wind Fortress.
What happens in this world is always like this, and people cannot make their own choices.
The Kairos father and son started the war with the ultimate goal of conquering and raising some Noldo Elves like livestock. They needed Noldo blood to survive. In their view, they had no choice.
Titus tried to kidnap Justus before, just to survive. He offended both Marius and Antonius, and no one would help him as an outsider. He wanted to kidnap Justus and go to Fieltzwe or Dexia, otherwise the only thing waiting for him would be to go to jail or enter the arena, and he felt that he had no choice.
Noldo Elves A forest fire that cannot be extinguished ignited in their habitat. The elves who lost their home must take revenge and carve out a place to live in the human world. They have no choice.
Li Ang is an ally of the Noldor, and Noldo Elves have been helping Li Ang. If Noldo Elves is lost, Li Ang will lose the greatest capital. He must stand with the Noldor. Moreover, Kairos and his son plan to take his blood...
Although both Li Ang and Justus know that it was caused by the father and son Kairos, for more people, this is a war between countries and races. When this kind of war occurs, no one will care about the names of the one or two people who caused it.
Li Ang can only declare war on Bax, and he has no choice.