Chapter 853, Blood Splattered Long Street

Marienburg, Shield Block, Dwarf Artisan Guild.

The Dwarf Artisan Association is said to be an association, but it is actually an independent small castle. It covers an area of ​​nearly one hectare and is a completely independent dwarf community. Many dwarves live here, and there are also specialized bars, hotels, and various food stores.

Most of the dwarves in Marienburg huddled together here to keep warm. They managed this place like an iron bucket, and usually strictly prohibited unrelated people from entering. The building is built with walls and sentry towers, as well as iron gates.

But today, there is a large group of soldiers wearing half plate armor, bearskin caps, and holding weapons in the Dwarf Artisan Association, who are ready to fight at any time. They gather in twos and threes, waiting for something.

"Well, the taste of dwarf beer is too strong, I really can't get used to it." Sir Bertrand, the commander of the Old Guards, and Nicolas Davout, the deputy commander of the Old Guards, were surrounding Sitting together at a small table, the dwarf chef served roasted beef shank and buttered bread, and then changed it to imperial stout according to the other party's request. Before leaving, the dwarf wearing a chef's hat and an apron was still muttering Inferior people just can't get used to the best stuff.

The two commanders sat together, drinking and eating meat. There were more than 300 old guards stationed in the association, and everyone was resting and waiting.

"Didn't Your Majesty say that it is possible that the princes of the business world will take risks and surround the Dwarf Artisan Association?" Davout said to Bertrand with some doubts: "We have already waited until late at night."

"Your Majesty is saying that it is possible, possible, but not certain." Bertrand stroked his big brown beard. He has always been proud of his beautiful beard: "It's okay, the dwarves run this place like an iron bucket, With our help, how could those mercenaries rush in."

"Where is the pier?" Davout picked up a piece of buttered bread, the light of the lake god was faint all over his body, did his eyes emit aura, so divine, this is the blessing of the Holy Grail, Bertrand looked very envious , the old guard commander wondered more than once whether he could get the blessing of the lady, he paused, took a sip of beer, and then said: "There are people from the Ash Legion at the dock, Deputy Legion Commander Fernando- Pirazzo is there with Lord Fulgan's Phoenix Guard."

"Speaking of which, I have always felt that Your Excellency Fulgrim and His Majesty are like brothers." Davu laughed.

"Hey, don't make fun of this, although I think so too, hahaha~" Bertrand said with a smile, and then signaled the topic to stop here: "Let's stop here, this is not what we should talk about."

The old guards are still resting. After all, after the gate of the dwarf community is closed, even if someone invades, it is absolutely impossible to catch the dwarf community by surprise. Little Thorgreen-Hammer held a dwarf shotgun in his hand. Carrying axes and shields, wandering around cursing, most of the mustaches were emotional.

Everyone is waiting.

Suddenly, a volley of muskets from the street outside touched everyone's sensitive nerves. The old guards immediately grabbed their weapons, and everyone quickly entered the fighting position as smoothly as art, and little Solgreen even more It was the trigger of the shotgun that was pulled.

However, nothing happened. The two mustaches standing on the sentry tower shook their heads towards the people below: "There is no one on the street, and there is no one outside. It is a sound from at least three blocks away in the distance, and it is not coming for us." .”

"Don't go out, we will stay here, what happens outside has nothing to do with us." Bertrand immediately ordered: "Your Majesty's order is to protect the Dwarf Artisan Association."

"Yes." Only then did everyone relax, and went back to everyone, continuing to wait.

At the same time, under the black night sky of Marienburg, a huge change happened here.

in the darkness,

Judging from the numbers of the two sides alone, there is no doubt that the army around Karl Franz is small and unprepared, a little flustered in haste, while the private army of the Judun Chamber of Commerce is not only well prepared, but also carries a lot of firearms , and from the leader to every soldier is ready to fight.

It was also because of this that the Judon guards were in a nervous situation. When they saw a group of heavily armed soldiers, they couldn't see who they were, so they almost subconsciously showed their weapons.

On the side of the empire, the emperor must never have any accidents! Therefore, after the other side lit up their weapons, the Rick Guards and the Griffin Knights also immediately alerted and drew their weapons.

Originally, there was still a slight chance for the two sides to cease fire, but following the words of the great alchemist Gelt, "An assassination! A premeditated assassination", the two sides had no possibility of stopping, and the Judon Guards immediately reacted instinctively to the matter. At the same time, the imperial army was concerned about the emperor's safety and began to attack: "Enemy attack! Night attack! Defend Your Majesty!"

"Fire!!!" However, Judun's guards were more prepared after all. With just one order, dozens of musketeers lined up on the street, pointing their black muzzles at the emperor and his party.

"Boom!" A volley of gunpowder filled the sky, and a row of bullets whistling seemed to be about to hit the emperor and the others by surprise!

However, there is a great alchemist here!

"Sparkling Robe!" Gelt immediately cast a high-ring alchemy spell, and all the soldiers and knights appeared on a gorgeous scale robe, which exuded a dazzling golden light, but all The musket bullets hit them all and were all bounced off.

"Rick Guard, go forward!"

"Griffon Rider! Come with me!"

Ludwig, the flag bearer, and Ivan the Griffin Duke immediately seized this opportunity and rushed forward, and behind them, perhaps the most elite troops in the entire empire, the Rick Guard and the Griffin Knight.

Needless to say, the Rick Guards have always been recruited from the children of military nobles and relatives of the existing Rick Guards, and they must go through extremely severe tests before they can obtain knight spurs, whether it is fighting on foot or on horseback. During the war, the Rick Guard always accompanied the emperor until he died in battle or won.

And the knights of the Griffin Knights are also the leaders of the empire. Each of these knights is a warrior worthy of everyone's respect. Each of them has a scar on their face, which is the military medal left by the Griffin or Half-Griffin , these griffin riders want a griffin or semi-griffin mount, they have to go deep into the imperial griffin forest to capture and tame their own mount alone - most of them just go away forever, and the rest Those who can return are all strong and brave fighters.

The most noteworthy is the Eldrad Guard formed by Balshazer-Gert.

After rebuilding Solland, the Great Alchemist realized that he needed an elite army to face various threats from the Gray Mountains and Black Mountains.

As the great alchemist of the empire, Barshazer-Gelt is proficient in black powder and engineering. His artillery brigade and musket army use the best gunpowder weapons, not to mention that he has his back to Nur.

Therefore, the great alchemist clearly positioned the role of this elite army, that is, when facing the green skin charge, it must be able to hold the line, so that his artillery, muskets, and spells can be used.

In this way, the Eldrad Guard was established. These soldiers were recruited from the refugees who were displaced by Solland during the invasion of Tamu Khan. Weapons, using halberds and shields, form a strong front on the battlefield against incoming enemies.

In many cases, running the army is not the director of the wizard, but Gelt is indeed a down-to-earth accident. This great alchemist is not only good at internal affairs, good at running the army, good at commanding the army, and even good at engineering. To the emperor's surprise, Solland was thriving under his reconstruction. The suffering Sollanders gradually resumed production and farming, and finally got a guarantee of safety. The pro-guards are well-trained, banned, and well-equipped. Although they have not been formed for a long time, they are already a strong army.

Hearing Gelt's order, Eldrad's guard immediately raised their shields, lined up in three rows, aimed their halberds at the enemy, and covered the emperor behind him.

In this way, in just a few seconds, the imperial army seemed to have entered the state faster than the Judon Guards, and at this time the Judon Guards found that they had to face the charging Rick Guards and Griffon Knights up.

The Judon guards are not vulnerable. As the private guards of the Judon royal family, these private soldiers are well-trained, but when they face the attacks of the Rick guards and the Griffin Knights, they still panic subconsciously , This is a problem of lack of actual combat experience. How can this private army's combat experience be comparable to Rick's Guards and Griffin Knights.

The sharp blades slashed down, even if the Judon Guards were wearing excellent armor, they could not stop the most elite warriors of the empire. Suddenly, there were endless shouts and sword clashes, and the Rick Guards And the Griffon Knights directly faced the charge of the Judon Guards, swung their sword blades and raised their shields. Their knight swords accurately penetrated the seams of the helmets and the vulnerable parts of the armor, beheading the enemy.

At the same time, the Judon guards were horrified to find that not to mention the armor on their opponents, even the shining robes wrapped around them could not be dealt with by ordinary weapons!

"Kill! Kill!" Rick's Imperial Guard and Imperial General Rudolph swung his long sword, and he hit the helmet of a great swordsman with his sword, and the opponent fell to the ground with a scream, and then he grabbed Seizing the opportunity, he slanted out his sword and accurately pierced the opponent's face, causing blood to splatter everywhere. Behind him, the Rick Guards followed the general and beat the Judon Guards back steadily.

Ivan the Griffin Duke waved the real silver holy sword in his hand, and the armor was cut like a piece of paper, and the enemy's limbs were cut into pieces. His movements were extremely graceful, just like dancing in the court However, blood and fragments of limbs covered the ground of Fort Marien wherever they passed.

The Griffin Knights followed Duke Ivan. The swords and halberds produced by the dwarf workshop in their hands were extremely sharp, and it was easy to split the armor. At the same time, under the command of Gelt, Elder Lad's guards advanced slowly in a tight formation.

A few minutes later, Judon's guards had been retreating steadily. President Hugmans rode on his horse and yelled again and again: "No retreat! No one retreats!"

"...People from Marienburg?" At this time, the great alchemist and Ivan, the Duke of Griffin, had already seen that the other party seemed to be the private army of Marienburg merchants, and Ivan turned around magnificently and cut two The head of the soldier took advantage of the opportunity to send the griffin true silver holy sword into the chest of a great swordsman. He was about to shout to the surrounded emperor, saying that he seemed to have made a mistake, and that the opponent was a mercenary from Marienburg.

"The merchant in Marienburg intends to assassinate His Majesty!" Gelt shouted faster than Ivan. The great alchemist raised the staff of Wolan and summoned molten metal to sweep across the battlefield: "Protect Your Majesty and destroy the enemy!"

"For the empire, for Charlemagne, for Karl Franz!" The morale of the empire was high, and Ivan, the Duke of Griffin, gave up persuading him when he heard Geert say this. In any case, the emperor's personal safety is the most important thing, Gael There was no problem with Te's consideration at all, and Ivan immediately rushed into Judun's guards and killed all directions.

Just like that, after more than ten minutes, the Judon guards almost collapsed. They left hundreds of corpses and staggered back. President Hugmans felt that something was wrong, and he already had the idea of ​​fleeing.

"Stop! Stop!" At this moment, Marienburg's city defense army finally reacted. Dozens of pioneer guards "Border Patrollers" came from afar holding torches, and there were hundreds of Marin besides. The mercenaries followed behind: "Stop! What are you doing?"

"They intend to assassinate the emperor!" Gelt first complained, the great alchemist suddenly raised the wand of Volan at this time, and the bright golden light shone in the audience. Only then did everyone see clearly the heavily protected emperor of the empire, Karl Fowler. Lanz himself, the emperor's face was already livid at this time, if it wasn't for the flag officer Ludwig who tried his best to stop him, he really planned to pull out his rune teeth and fight these rebellious officials and thieves in person (God Hammer Gail-Maraz didn't Formal expeditions are generally enshrined in cathedrals).

"Protector of the Empire, Rebel of Darkness, Heir to All Sacred Legacy from Mountains to Seas Charlemagne, Emperor himself and Son of Emperors, Elector of Reikland and Grand Prince of Reik, Karl, Grand Duke of Brunswick -His Majesty Franz is here!" The flag bearer Ludwig roared loudly, the grandfather's voice was so loud that it shook the nearby streets: "Now, immediately put down your weapons and raise your hands, otherwise, you will be killed on the spot!"

The Judon Guards didn't believe it at first, how could the Emperor of the Empire come here suddenly! But when Van Hugemans looked at the emperor's figure intently, his legs gave way in fright, and he almost fell off his horse.

That was indeed the emperor himself. Emperor Karl Franz did not live in the deep palace for many years, but often went out to inspect and fight. Many people had seen him, including Hugemans himself.

The president of the Judun Chamber of Commerce was in a dilemma at this time. He even thought of killing the emperor as a Xibei. After retreating, Hugemans finally signaled everyone to put down their weapons. He immediately got off his horse and knelt down: "Misunderstanding, Your Majesty, this is a misunderstanding!"

"Misunderstanding?" Karl Franz looked at the corpses all over the street, and said coldly and angrily: "I don't think this is a misunderstanding at all."

"This is an intentional assassination and conspiracy!" Gelt immediately said: "Your Majesty, these business princes are really crazy! I apply to block the two houses of Marienburg immediately! Let's see, who wants to be in the Assassinate the emperor in the territory of the empire?!"

"Very well, then I'll leave it to you, Geert." Karl Franz immediately took advantage of the problem: "As for this guy, take him down and interrogate him strictly. I want to see what kind of misunderstanding it is!"

"yes!"

The emperor looked at the business prince who was being dragged down, his keen political acumen and foresight wisdom made him suddenly realize that this is an opportunity!

An opportunity for Marienburg to truly return to the embrace of the empire after hundreds of years!