Act 446 The Eve of Destiny III

"Yura," Eco suddenly said: "You will take our daughter and leave first. I must stay. I am the master of this place, and I must be responsible for the guests at the banquet. Besides, if I leave, Bernie Chel is in complete chaos. His Highness the Prince is still here at this moment. His arrival is a sign of Her Highness the Princess’s trust in us. I must ensure their safety.”

Yura nodded silently.

"You must be careful."

"I understand," a gentle smile appeared on Eco's face: "Even if it is for our daughter, I will not easily joke with my life. If things cannot be done, I will catch up with you."

Yura was relieved at this. Although her face was calm as usual, she held her husband's white hand tightly, which showed her true feelings in her heart.

A few people soon arrived in a secret room directly below the Earl's Mansion. At this moment, a middle-aged knight was already waiting here. It was obvious that he entered the place through the secret passage connecting the outside of the Earl's Mansion. When Eco saw the man, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise: "Mr. Kosica, is Uncle Macaro here?"

"Master Eco, you are finally here. The attack outside was somewhat beyond our expectations. Master Macaro originally wanted to come in person, but we dissuaded him. Now he has gone to the direction of the city hall. He asked I have brought you some words, but this is not the time to talk about them now. We have guarded the entrance and exit of the secret passage. Sir, please move to a safer place first and then talk about the next issue."

The middle-aged knight replied with a straight face.

Eco held his wife's hand, and the two faced off silently for a moment before he let go again, then took his daughter from the wet nurse's hand, and solemnly handed over the most precious treasure in the world to her. Yura's hand.

"Yura, go ahead, it will be fine."

"Um."

"Master Eco, you?"

"I want to stay, Mr. Kosica. His Highness Haruze is still outside. Regardless of whether the knights have controlled the situation or not, I must go and take a look."

The middle-aged knight gave him a complicated look.

"Okay, I'll go with you. Lord Eco." He turned around and said to the knight beside him: "Escort the lady and young lady from here and protect them."

"I understand, sir." The two knights nodded immediately.

With that said, the knights opened the secret passage. Let Yura hold Elara and enter first, followed by the wet nurse and the two attendants. Finally, they followed in and closed the door of the secret passage from the inside.

"Mr. Kosica, thank you." Eco said with a sense of loss after seeing his wife disappear behind the secret door.

"You're welcome, Lord Eco, let's go, I'll take you on the last journey." The middle-aged knight replied calmly.

Eco was stunned for a moment, and he was about to turn around. Suddenly I felt a sting in my vest. The young Duke of Lantonilan opened his eyes wide in shock, looking in disbelief at the bloody sharp blade that stabbed out of his chest.

In just a moment, he felt all his strength leave him. He opened his mouth with difficulty and immediately spit out a mouthful of blood mixed with internal organs fragments.

"Why……"

"Master Macaro asked me to bring you a message, Master Eco. He said that he regrets and is very painful. He regrets that he should not have taught you so much about the spirit of chivalry... Your justice and kindness make him happy, but .Eruin cannot be saved by relying on innocence and justice."

The middle-aged knight replied calmly.

"you……"

"Eruin is not the Eruin of the Corcova royal family. Lord Eco, do you want to see the Ophelia family wiped out in your hands, so I'm sorry. Sometimes, only bloodshed can save everything... …”

"Uncle Macaro..., Teacher Li Woods..." Bloody tears welled up in Eco's eyes. He opened his mouth wide and breathed hard, as if he was trying to catch something. He slowly extended his hand forward. It seemed that in the endless darkness, he saw the face of his wife and his daughter: "Yura..."

The candle went out.

The darkness became silent.

The middle-aged knight sighed slightly. He very gently pulled out the dagger from the young man's cold body, then held him up with both hands and carefully laid him flat on the ground.

He drew a golden flame symbol on his chest and forehead with his hands, recited something in a low voice, and finally took off his coat and covered it with the young duke who was sleeping forever.

"Eruin's future," he said softly, "may go another way, where there is only correctness and no justice."

In the darkness, the secret door opened again.

He stepped in, took one last look at the room, and then closed the secret door. At this moment, everything in the basement returned to eternal silence.

Behind the secret door, the middle-aged knight walked silently in a long corridor. He took off his bloody gloves and threw them away. Light soon appeared ahead, where his knights were waiting for him.

However, the knight was obviously panicked and his face was even a little pale. When he saw this, his expression changed slightly and he looked around subconsciously. There were four corpses lying on the ground - two followers had their throats cut, and the wet nurse was hit by a sword in the back and fell to the ground. In a pool of blood, the remaining body was not the duchess, but one of his knights.

"What's going on?" The middle-aged knight was furious, "Where is Miss Yura?"

"I don't know," the knight replied nervously: "Halfway through our walk, the Duchess suddenly started sobbing softly. We were afraid that things would change, so we had to take action in advance. But we didn't expect that after killing those servants, Rowan suddenly screamed, and when I lit the torch, he became like this..."

"Trash!" The middle-aged knight turned over the body of his knight and found a sharp dagger stuck at his waist. The dagger penetrated through the thick chain armor, killing him with one clean blow. He took a long breath, then stood up: "What are you still doing, you idiot, hurry up and notify the wizards!"

"Yes, sir, I'll go right away." After hearing this, the knight immediately turned around and ran out as if he had been granted amnesty.

…

Sewage flowed across the darkness. The drainage system under Benicheel had actually been in disrepair and stopped functioning half a century ago. Debris and rubbish had piled up inside. Water was seeping out from the top of the waterway, dripping and dripping wet. The dark ground exuded an almost nauseating stench.

Caglis held a luminous moonstone in his hand, and the cold light swept through the dark corridor. From time to time, he saw a large group of rats running through it in groups, which was chilling.

He frowned. This sewer was built almost a hundred or two hundred years ago. Since Viero was incorporated into Eruin, it has been forgotten with the abandonment of the fortress. The drainage system that has lost repairs has collapsed everywhere. itself is fraught with danger. Moreover, there are some unknown monsters hidden in the darkness. The purple liquid stained on his sword is actually the blood of a ghoul.

That thing is really too dangerous. As long as there are a few more, he may not be able to bear it. Of course, he himself was fine, but the key was to take care of two children, which really made him confused.

"I wish I had let His Highness Haruze pick up a sword. Why am I trying so blindly? His swordsmanship was taught by the Earl himself. How could he be any worse?" Caglis felt that he It was really bad luck that I started to lose my mind.

Fortunately, the little girl who led them was very reliable and they didn't enter any dead ends along the way. However, Caglis had already realized that this little girl named Mikaya was cleaner and cleaner than ordinary civilians. My daughter still needs to be tidy. How could she live in such a dirty place?

He vaguely felt that he had been deceived, but for a moment he couldn't tell why.

Several people walked in the sewer for almost half an hour, and it was at this time that Mikaya suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Caglis asked.

"There is someone in front." The little girl replied calmly.

"who?"

"Those people I met at the banquet earlier."

"How do you know?" Caglis asked in surprise. The little girl had already determined the identity of the other party before he even noticed the direction of the other party. How is this possible?

Unless this little girl's real strength is actually higher than him.

"Because my magic power is exhausted," Mikaya replied: "I have been using dark magic power to avoid these people, but now I can't. I can only feel that they are approaching us."

"What?" Caglis felt that he must have heard something wrong, or that he had not woken up from a dream.

"Actually, Mikaya is a witch," Haruze could only reply with a wry smile: "Mr. Caglis."

"What?" Caglis finally knew what was wrong. He felt that he was simply a fool who was being played. "You mean, you are actually a subordinate of the lord?"

The little girl tilted her head and stuck out her tongue at him sheepishly.

This originally cute gesture now looked like a little devil to Caglis.

"Damn -" Caglis suddenly stopped talking. He showed a vigilant look, raised a finger and made a silencing gesture to Haruze who was about to speak: "There are footsteps."

He raised his head from the way he came, then carefully protected Haruze and Mikaya behind him, turned back and asked in a low voice: "Are you really sure it's those people?"

Mikaya nodded.

"Is there any way to avoid it?"

The little girl thought for a moment: "I lost my magic power. If we continue to move forward now, it will arouse their vigilance."

"Then we are hiding in this place, can they notice?"

"Maybe not if they don't pay attention," Mikaya replied: "The wizards' perception ability is not that much better than that of ordinary people, and the same is true for the Silver People, but if they use magic to detect it, we will not be able to detect it. Escaped."

…(To be continued.)

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