Even after dark, the streets of Niceburg are still very lively. As a commercial city, it has a relatively colorful nightlife in this era.
It was not until after 9 p. m. that the pedestrians on the street gradually dispersed and went home to rest.
A procession opened from the back door of the church and headed straight from the street to the north door.
This team included a carriage pulled by two horses and 30 knights, 10 of whom were fully armed and wearing heavy armor, and the other 20, although wearing ordinary clothes, were also armed with swords and other weapons.
The team soon reached the north gate and was stopped by the guards guarding the city gate.
The leading knight became nervous. Could it be that the news had been leaked? He remained calm on the surface, "What's the matter? I remember that North City Gate can still come in and out at night, right?"
"Holy Knight Master."
The guard recognized the other person as Church, and his attitude became extremely respectful.
"A Eton Duchy noble was kidnapped in the city. We were ordered to check the vehicles and boxes of passing pedestrians."
The knight had an angry expression on his face:
"Nonsense, do you think our holy servants would do that kind of thing?"
"No, no, no! Of course I don't dare, but this is an order from above, and there's nothing we can do about it."
The knight puffed his beard and glared, "You..."
"What happened?"
A sleepy-eyed man also dressed as a guard came over.
"Captain, the people from Church won't let us check!"
As soon as he heard the word "Church", the team leader shuddered and his head suddenly woke up.
The knight looked at the captain with a look of disdain.
"There is a special envoy from the Holy City sitting in the car. He has urgent business to go to a church outside the city tonight. The special envoy has been too tired during the day and is taking a nap in the car. I want to disturb this gentleman, hum!"
This sentence was full of threats. After hearing this, the squad leader immediately slapped the guard in the face.
"You're blind! You can check Master Holy Knight's fleet too!"
A trace of reluctance flashed across the guard's face, but he quickly apologized.
The captain said to the knight with a flattering look on his face, "Hey, adults, please don't take it to heart. This brother of mine is new here and is not sensible yet."
Then he shouted to his men, "Let it go! Let it go!"
The knight gave him a look that said, "I guess you know me." He didn't bother to say anything more, just tucked his horse's belly in and continued to move forward, and the convoy behind him also started to move with him.
The squad leader grabbed the guard and took him to a corner to scold him.
"Are you crazy! Dare you check Church's car? If they label you as a 'supposed witchcraft', we might even be in trouble with you."
The guard looked aggrieved. "Captain, are we going to let them be so arrogant?"
"Hmph, don't worry, I heard some rumors. It is said that the Council..."
The squad leader and the guards murmured quietly.
The Church team quickly moved away from the Niceburg city. Gradually, there were no lights on both sides of the Underground Passage road, and there were more trees.
"Captain, is it really right for us to do this? Is it against the holy teachings of Lord of Light?"
Seeing that there was no one around, a young Church knight couldn't help but voice his questions.
Secretly imprisoning a noble girl is not the right thing to do no matter how you think about it.
The man known as the captain, the leading knight, sighed.
"I don't know if this is right. But I was raised by Church. If Church hadn't taken me in, I might have starved to death on the streets when I was 10 years old."
"So, as long as it is an order from Church, I will execute it without hesitation."
The knight who asked the question fell silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
The team continued forward into a dense forest, and everyone lit torches for lighting.
Except for the sound of horse hooves and the bumping of carriages along the way, the whole night was quiet.
Suddenly, a sound broke through the air, and something seemed to be shooting towards them in the dark night.
A knight in heavy armor felt a powerful force hit his body and was almost pushed off his horse.
He instantly understood in his mind that the team was under attack.
But the first wave of attacks was not directed at the people, but at the horses dismounted by the knights.
The sound of arrows hitting flesh was heard again and again, and many War Horses were hit one after another, and then they went crazy, carrying the knights on their backs and running blindly in the dark night!
The knights immediately rolled over to the ground and returned to the carriage.
The captain shouted, "Enemy attack! Move closer to the carriage!"
"Who dares to attack Church's team?"
A response came from the dark night. "If you want to cross this road, keep your money!"
The captain secretly resented. "City Garrison is a bunch of trash, they can meet bandits on the road so close to the city!"
Immediately, the second wave of crossbow arrows struck, and this time the target was people. Five people from Church were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Several knights threw the torches in their hands to the surrounding areas. Under the light of the fire, they saw the figures in the surrounding woods.
"There are people in the west! There are people in the east too! Hughes, lead your people to the west. Haun and your people stay to watch the carriage! Others follow me!"
The captain quickly gave the order, and the knights were quickly divided into three groups.
These Church knights have been trained in martial arts since childhood, but have not received systematic military education. They just rely on the enthusiasm in their hearts and believe that they are invincible under the protection of Lord of Light.
Ambushing on the roadside was none other than Eaton Guard summoned by Grand Duchess. They all dressed in black and carried powerful bows and crossbows.
However, due to the darkness of night, the hit rate of the crossbow was greatly reduced, and the effect was not as good as expected.
Seeing the Church knights rushing towards them, the guards drew their weapons and started a close combat with them.
They couldn't show too much interest in that carriage, otherwise the other party would probably take His Highness Finnie as a hostage, so they pretended to be bandits who were robbing them on the road.
There were 35 Eaton Guard who came to set up an ambush. They were capable of becoming the bodyguards of the Grand Duke and his wife, so their skills were no problem. And with their numerical advantage, they gradually gained the upper hand.
After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting, less than half of the Church knights who rushed out had been injured or killed. The knight captain shouted, "Haun, we are entangled with the enemy, you run away!"
The knights and the grooms who stayed in the car whipped their horses and galloped north. At this time, they no longer cared about whether there were any ambushes on the road ahead.
Just when they secretly prayed that there would be no second wave of ambush ahead, they encountered the cruel reality.
Another team of about 10 people intercepted them. Their number was so small, including a total of 6 people including the driver, that the other party no longer bothered to use sneak attacks.
"Church's lackey!"
The leader on the opposite side scolded them angrily. He put his hands together, and a white light suddenly shone between his two palms and crackled, as if lightning was brewing in them.
"Wizard!"
The Church knight named Haun shouted in shock, and the four men under him were also panicked. They unexpectedly encountered the wizard in the wild without any preparation.
"Don't panic!" Hao En shouted, "Kill the bastard who is doing it first!"
He rushed over immediately.
"Almighty Lord! Bless us to defeat evil!"
Four other knights followed Haun and charged.
After the knights had reached a certain impact speed, another person on the roadblock stretched his hands forward and muttered, "Wall Shield Spell."
In an instant, the five knights on the opposite side seemed to have hit a stone wall. Their horses were hit and their heads were bloody. The knights were also thrown off their horses by the huge recoil, and the two of them fell unconscious.
"Hmph! A bunch of idiots who bite when they see a hook! Kill them."
The light in the hand of the person who did it before disappeared and he spat at the fallen knight.
The people around him immediately rushed to the knocked-out knight and killed them one by one.
The two Spellcasters just discussed in a low voice. "I didn't expect that Eton Duchy also found out the news. These losers in Church can't even keep it secret. What should I do? Should I hand the person over to them directly?"
"No, let's stick to the original plan. Hehe, we have prepared a few short episodes!"
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Everyone then walked towards the carriage. At this time, there was no one in the driving seat in front. The driver had already taken advantage of the chaos and fled. He was probably hiding and shivering in a nearby bush.
But they are not interested in the coachman, they are interested in the people in Carriage.
But something happened that surprised them.
The two horses pulling the cart turned around and ran in the direction of Niceburg.
"What's going on?"
"Chase!"
A group of people ran back and untied their horses from the nearby tree, mounted their horses and chased the carriage, but at this time the carriage was already far away from them.
At this moment, a blue light suddenly flashed on the driver's seat of the carriage, and the figures of two women appeared.
"How long will the effect of Feather Light Spell last?"
"It can last half an hour!"
Hearing Laddie's answer, Helen felt a little uneasy: half an hour is too short.
Why is there a second wave of people on the road? And the target of the other party is obviously his sister. At least two of their team are wizards. Could they be the group of people who kidnapped her before?
In front of the carriage, they met the previous Eaton Guard. There were only 10 of them left and they were running along this road. It seemed that they had ended the battle with the Church knight.
Seeing the carriage rushing from the opposite side of them, the guards couldn't help but be confused.
Only a female voice was heard shouting, "There are people chasing us from behind, stop them!"
It's the voice of Grand Duchess! Although the two women in the seats had their faces covered, they could not mistake the voice.
There was no time to ask why Grand Duchess appeared here. The 10 guards let go of the carriage and guarded the road in a tight formation, waiting for what Helen called the pursuers.
After continuing to run for half an hour, the effect of Feather Light Spell disappeared, and the speed of the carriage suddenly dropped a lot.
What made them feel even heavier was the sound of horse hooves from behind again.
Especially Helen, most of the guards she summoned were in bad shape, and huge guilt lingered in her heart.
"Just run a little further and you'll reach the city gate!"
The two women were overjoyed and rushed into the city to pursue the soldiers, so they could do nothing to them.
But he didn't expect that the horse pulling the carriage suddenly stumbled and almost fell, and the carriage suddenly lost speed.
The land below is undergoing amazing changes, and the originally hard road has turned into a large quagmire.
"Mud Swamp Spell! Damn it!"
"Senior sister, we can only fight them face to face!"
Laddie and Helen quickly got out of the carriage, holding back their nausea and walking through the quagmire. Fortunately, the quagmire was not deep, otherwise they would have been trapped in it and unable to walk.
The pursuers soon caught up.
"Haha! I didn't expect that the Mud Swamp Spell shot that was supposed to be a chance hit the target. Today must be my lucky day."
The leader of the pursuers laughed.
"Two beautiful ladies, seeing that the carriage ran so fast just now, it must have used some unknown method, right?"
"Let me guess, Feather Light Spell? Or acceleration? Oh, no, acceleration can only be applied to the human body, so it must be Feather Light Spell!"
Laddie asked aloud, "Who are you? What is the intention of what you did tonight?"
"Then let me ask you a question? Who are you? What is the purpose of robbing this carriage?"
"We are friends of this child, and of course we want to save her."
The pursuers laughed again, "We are here to save her too!"
Helen shouted angrily, "Nonsense! Tell me, were you the ones who kidnapped Finnie? The fallen wizard!"
"Fallen wizards? Then who are you? Are you not the same kind as us?"
"Who is the same as you?"
The leader of the pursuers shook his head. "I don't want to be your enemy! Wizards should unite to fight against the oppression of Church! So I advise you to give this little girl to me, and I will ensure her safety. Oh, by the way, do you want to join us and join the wizard family?"
Helen was about to speak, but was stopped by Laddie. She asked, "Wizard family? Are you a secret society?"
"Secret society? Sort of, but soon it won't be a secret anymore."
"What's the name of your organization?"
The leader of the pursuers seemed to hesitate for a while, and finally said, "Secret Art Society! Have you heard of it?"
"Secret Art Society?" Laddie was shocked, it was this organization again.
"You asked us to hand over Finnie. What do you need her for? Do you want her to become a wizard?"
The leader of the pursuers shook his head. "To tell you the truth, it was us who kidnapped the Baroness, and we did not kidnap her to make her a member of the organization. She is too young now."
"However, if you want to know, you must submit to us. We have an open door to all wizards of our kind."
He took out two scrolls from his pocket.
"Let's sign an agreement, an agreement bound by magic. If you join us, we promise not to attack the little girl."
Laddie and Helen looked at each other. Those two scrolls were definitely extraordinary.
"What if we say no?"
The leader of the pursuers answered them coldly, "Then you must die!"