Chapter 31 Shadow Guard

To be honest, Gawain was quite surprised to see Amber come back alive - if he had seen this scene an hour ago, he probably wouldn't have been so surprised, but since the shadow master was killed by a man named My little pony. After the bank salesman slapped her, he completely lost all hope of her combat effectiveness. Rather than letting this guy go out to stand guard, it would be more like setting off an alarm...

After all, Amber's shadow skills are really strong, and it should be no problem for her to find an assassin spy or something and call the police... But who would have thought that she would come back alive?

At the same time when Amber grabbed the person back, another burst of hurried footsteps sounded outside the study, and then Knight Byron pushed the door and rushed in: "Sir, what happened here?"

He was originally responsible for guarding the gate below, but this time the movement on the roof was not small, so he was alarmed.

As for Melita's visit before... At that time, Amber was knocked away at the first sight, and there really wasn't much of a disturbance.

"It's okay, it's just a little thief, he's been caught," Gawain waved to Byron, "Just go back and guard, it's not peaceful tonight."

Byron glanced at the study a little confused and saw the smug Amber and the stalker lying on the ground, but in front of the order, the middle-aged knight nodded: "Yes."

"How did you catch someone?" After Knight Byron left, Gawain looked at Amber in surprise, "Won the battle?"

"What do you mean by that expression?!" Amber was quite dissatisfied with Gawain's reaction, "My ability to fight head-on is a little bit worse, but it's not so bad that no one can beat it, okay? Killing a monster you call 'Aberration'..."

Gawain continued to stare at her.

"Of course, it's mainly because this guy is stupid," Amber really had something else to say, "You might win a head-on fight, but you have to show off your shadow steps with me -- I ended up kicking me out of the shadow state. A shock between the Shadow Realm and the Material Realm will make you faint."

Gawain looked at the other party in amazement, thinking that only you, the evildoer, could do such a savage and rude operation.

Shadow walking is the signature skill of stalkers. Basically, those who rely on this line to eat have the ability to "shadow walking" with one or two hands, but the shadow walking of ordinary people is not the same as Amber's unreasonable ability. It can even be said that it is completely two skill trees. A normal stalker can only be temporarily invisible in the material world at most, and shuttle between the material world and the shadow world (mages call it "shadow critical"). This is an extremely dangerous technique. Just like dancing on the tip of a knife, you need to be precise and cautious, because if you step on the wrong foot, you may fall into the side of the shadow, and then be torn to pieces by the indescribable things in the shadow world. And Amber... God knows what she is capable of.

Under normal circumstances, stalkers only need to focus on their own steps. As long as they don’t make mistakes, they don’t have to worry about falling into the shadows, because “shadow walking” is also known as the lonely road. Every stalker We all know that no matter how clever the master of shadows is, they can't step into the shadows of others, so as long as they are skilled stalkers, they can be familiar with this "dance on the tip of the knife", but that is the general situation...

When you are dancing on the tip of the knife, a monster with a combat power of 1.5 goose suddenly appears next to you and kicks you, it will be different.

At this time, Amber was still smugly saying: "It was interesting at the time, this guy put on a very stupid posture, and then he suddenly entered the shadow form - but I think he is really real , I saw him sneaking beside me with a cat on his waist, and he gestured with a knife, so I pretended not to see him, and when he stood on the edge, I kicked him..."

Rebecca didn't pay attention to Amber's intentions,

Instead, he squatted next to Gawain to check on the uninvited guest: "Isn't he unable to wake up?"

Gawain shook his head: "It's hard to say, normal people are shocked at the critical point of shadow, and they will become idiots if they don't die."

While speaking, the stalker who fell to the ground suddenly twitched, and then woke up leisurely.

Under normal circumstances, a trained stalker would quietly continue to play dead at this time, and would seamlessly control his heartbeat and breathing, so that bystanders would not notice it, but just in the shadows The impact of the critical state made the professional unable to control himself, and when he realized that the situation was not right, he and Gawain looked at each other.

The face of the unknown young man was a little dull, it seemed that what happened in front of him was a little too unexpected, and then he was about to bite the poison hidden in his mouth to commit suicide, but found that the poison in his mouth had been taken away at some point in time. .

He could only choose to keep his mouth shut and say nothing.

"What's your name?" "What's the purpose?" "Who sent you here?"

Gawain asked the other party several questions in a row, but he didn't get any response at all, the other party seemed to be deaf.

Amber took out his small dagger and twirled it in a fast circle: "Would you like to torture me to extract a confession? Although I'm not very professional, I still saw some practical operations when I drilled into the dungeon to steal things... "

Rebecca was dumbfounded: "What did you sneak into the dungeon to steal?"

"You don't understand this," Amber said triumphantly, "Many jailers have to hide in the corners of the dungeon after they get the property from the prisoners, and they have to wait until the shift change before they can take the things away. , otherwise it will be discovered by the patrolling officers or lords - I'll take advantage of that time..."

"Don't think about it, torture is useless," Gawain interrupted Amber's chatter, "Royal shadow guards, specially trained to do things for the king, are considered the elite of the elite, in addition to various special warfare skills, willpower The power is also frightening, and it is really a shame that you can catch such a master by mistake, and you can go back and play in the tavern for more than half a year."

Saying that, he looked down at the young man with a surprised expression on his face: "But when I was alive, the Royal Shadow Guard was just a personal bodyguard, and at most was responsible for investigating intelligence in extreme environments. Has the Shadow Guard degenerated to the point of stealing chickens?"

The captured shadow guard looked at Gawain in astonishment, but before he could speak, Gawain continued: "You want to ask me how I found out your identity?"

Shadow Guard nodded slightly.

"Nonsense, the name I personally gave you back then, as well as your first version of the training system," Gao Wen patted the shadow guard's face, "I am the instructor of the first generation of the royal shadow guard!!"

Amber stared at Gawain, who was nearly two meters tall: "You a knight...go to be an instructor for stalkers? You teach them to stalk?"

Gao Wen smiled slightly: "No, I teach them physical training and two-handed swordsmanship."

Amber looked confused: "Why do stalkers need to learn two-handed swordsmanship?!"

"Of course, killing all the witnesses when the mission was discovered."

"As a stalker, isn't it the same as the mission is over when being discovered during a mission!?"

"No, for Ansu's stalkers, the discovery of stealth is the beginning of the mission... But this one doesn't seem to have completed those training courses well. It is also possible that seven hundred years have passed, and I left it back then. Courses have been eliminated due to obsolescence?"

The Shadow Guard who fell to the ground suddenly looked miserable - it turned out that those hellish training courses were left by this person in front of him...

Although seven hundred years have passed, all the courses have been updated for an unknown number of rounds, but only the courses that are regarded as basic will not be fundamentally replaced even if they are revised. Physical training and two-handed swordsmanship are two of them.

Seeing the change in the expression on Shadow Guard's face, Gawain knew that the courses in his memory still seemed to be there...

"It was Francis II who sent you here, right?" He looked at the young man on the ground with a kind smile, "But I think that His Majesty the King is not so confused that everyone in the smaller kingdom knows that I am in the capital. He sent an assassin to assassinate me, so the order he gave you should be surveillance?"

Shadow Guard still didn't say a word.

"But he should remind you to stay away. After all, this is a huge risk. Even if the Cecil family fell, Gawain Cecil did not fall with him, so you are overconfident... Or not? obey orders?"

The shadow guard finally said the first sentence: "If you disgrace your mission, you will die, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Lead a fart!" Gawain slapped the other person's face with a slap, "It's been a long time in comfort, and it's fallen like this?!"

Shadow Guard looked at Gawain with a puzzled expression, as if he didn't know what the other party meant.

"What does the Royal Shadow Guard do? It is to protect the king, the country, and the land! Your duty is to deal with the villains who are trying to subvert the kingdom, not to help a confused king to monitor your founding grand duke! If You were captured on the battlefield with an enemy country, I think you have a bit of backbone to say such a word, but you are here, in my home! What humiliating nonsense are you talking in front of me - what do you mean Am I going to subvert this country, or is Gawain Cecil humiliating Ansu's dignity when he seizes you?! Could it be that in the hearts of the Ansu people of this era, the founding grand duke and the kingdom he created are already standing in the heart of Ansu people? Opposite?!"

In the face of Gao Wenyi's stern rebuke, the young shadow guard was finally at a loss: "No... I'm not this..."

"It doesn't matter, your opinion doesn't matter," Gawain interrupted him directly, then stood up, "I haven't been careful enough to be angry with my junior, so you can leave now."

The young shadow guard did not expect such an unfolding at all (it is estimated that all the unfoldings tonight were unexpected to him), he stared blankly at Gawain, completely unable to believe what he heard.

Even the expressions on the faces of Amber and Rebecca next to them were not calm.

Gawain then repeated it again: "I said, you can go - do you want me to see you off?"

Shadow Guard slowly got up: "Are you sure?"

"Of course, I can't kill Francis II's people here, and I don't plan to take you to Silver Fort in front of the public tomorrow - although I really want to do it, but unfortunately I've already passed my spirits. age, then I can only let you go."

Rebecca seemed to want to say something, but under Gawain's serious eyes, she forcibly held back.

The shadow guard slowly moved to the window, and Gawain said suddenly before he left: "I'm not interested in telling others about today's affairs, so how to report to your Majesty the King after returning... It's up to you. "

"...Thank you for your kindness."

Leaving these words, Shadow Guard's figure gradually dissipated into the air.

Gawain pouted: "...another one who walked through the window."

It was not until this time that Rebecca found a chance to speak: "Master Ancestor, did you really just let him go?"

"Of course," Gao Wen laughed, "Of course I want to let him go."

"But he doesn't need to be punished? And His Majesty has sent someone to monitor this place. This matter itself can..."

"Rebecca, remember, if you want to gain greater benefits, you must take a long-term view," Gawain patted Rebecca's head, "letting go of a soldier is not a loss, but the potential There are bound to be benefits.”

"Potential benefits?" Rebecca blinked, "Like?"

"It depends on how the young shadow guard will report when he returns, and the result is nothing more than two," Gawain spread his hands, "either, Francis II will not want to sleep in the second half of the night today, or he will be by his side from now on. Just one more...not so loyal Shadow Guard."

Saying that, he turned around and looked at the moonless night in another world.

"Relative loyalty means absolute disloyalty - that makes a lot of sense."