Chapter 161

Seeing his non-stop posture, Zain was so stunned that he almost jumped up.

He wanted to catch up quickly, but in just a blink of an eye, the figure had disappeared at the end of the street.

"Oops... If we really go, what should we do if something happens? We have to go find Fuli... But where are Fulilian and that Zanze?!"

He wanted to find someone to persuade him, but... he had no clue where the others were.

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In the blink of an eye, after climbing up a large number of stone steps in the imperial capital, Ashiu was standing in front of the imperial city.

The tall and majestic city walls exude a sense of majesty and oppression. The guards in front of the city gates are wearing shiny armor and holding sharp spears. They are like rows of cold sculptures, protecting the imperial city gates tightly.

As soon as Ash approached, a guard took a step forward and hit his feet with a clang of a spear in his hand, blocking his way.

"——In the forbidden area of ​​the imperial city, trespassers will die!" The guard's voice was cold and stern, and his eyes were full of vigilance.

Ash raised his head slightly, looked directly at the guard calmly, took it out of his pocket, and threw away the paperwork he had written when he came.

The guard subconsciously took it and took a look. It clearly described his identity as the special envoy of the Kingdom of Esther, and there was also the royal seal of the Kingdom of Esther on the side.

Of course, he has a lot of blank documents and appointment letters stamped with the king's seal. Although they are written temporarily, such documents stamped with the magic seal are valid and legal in the kingdom.

After the soldier called the magician to verify it, he threw the book on the ground and even showed a contemptuous smile:

"Return the Kingdom's Special Envoy... You don't know, right? Just this morning, His Majesty has announced that last night's incident was entirely caused by the Kingdom of Esther. From today on, all bilateral exchanges will be banned and all people of the Kingdom will be arrested. What do you think, Your Majesty? Will I agree to condescend to see you?"

"It's ridiculous. How could what happened last night have anything to do with the kingdom?"

"How do I know this? But before the barrier is destroyed and the demons can't get in at all, except for the kingdom that colludes with the demons and sneak attacks on the empire, who else dares to mess around in the imperial capital?"

He didn't seem to know the real situation. He didn't even understand that it was the empire that attacked first. The guard crossed his arms and raised his chin slightly with an arrogant look, which gave people a condescending look.

While he was talking, other guards quickly surrounded him like a tide, trapping Ash in the middle.

There were many spears, and the cold light crisscrossed the area, as if weaving a web of death. Ordinary people would simply surrender.

But Ash turned a blind eye to this threat, as if the breeze was blowing in his face, and he was still minding his own business... He rubbed his chin and thought:

"... Judging from your point of view, it is reasonable to think that the Kingdom did it."

Moreover, if the assassination team can join them, only the kingdom can provide the guarantee of power. There is naturally no problem with this judgment.

In the end, even if it's wrong, it doesn't really matter. After all, the two sides are in a state of hostility.

"Forget it, go back."

After thinking about this, he sighed in his heart that he was unlucky, so he planned to turn around and leave.

But instead of retreating at all, the gunfire behind them pressed forward.

"If you are captured without restraint, you may still survive..." the guard leader shouted at the top of his lungs, but before he could finish his words, his voice stopped abruptly.

A strange, flat crack appeared on the armor of the surrounding heavily armed guards almost at the same time, and the head half of the spear in their hands also fell to the ground with a crisp metal collision.

The next moment, their bodies fell to the ground like dolls that had lost their souls, and were broken into two sections from the neck.

No one saw when he launched the attack, but the blood spurted out from the headsless bodies, staining the smooth road under their feet red in an instant.

"——Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!"

When residents passing by nearby saw this scene, some women immediately shouted in terror.

But Ash acted as if nothing had happened, and walked straight past the group of handless corpses with an expressionless face, but an alarm bell suddenly sounded on the city wall behind him.

The city gate was opened, and a small opening was opened in the barrier, but... the soldiers didn't have time to rush out.

Ash's figure had disappeared - to be precise, he moved at high speed and reached the city gate in an instant.

It's a pity that I was blocked by a second barrier that would never be opened at the same time, but...

"...It looks like a national defense barrier. Sure enough, it hasn't been replaced yet." He ignored the soldiers around him who were frightened by his sudden appearance, and raised his hand to press on the barrier while muttering to himself.

It was just a brief touch, and then there was a crisp sound of "ding!" and the barrier surrounding the entire imperial city shattered like glass.

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The barrier of the imperial city, like fragile glass, was shattered in an instant.

The crisp cracking sound was like the death knell of the god of death. It made all the soldiers guarding and the knights in the palace look up to the sky in shock. Even the nobles living at the foot of the imperial city had more exciting expressions on their faces. .

Some were pale as paper, without any blood; some had their eyes wide open, full of fear and confusion, all kinds of situations were there.

But undoubtedly - this scene was something they had never dreamed of, at least they didn't think that in their lifetime, the thousand-year-old empire would be attacked into the imperial city.

The rapid sound of the horn sounded, and the soldiers and knights were immediately mobilized, and together with the magicians, they quickly gathered like a tide and rushed towards the city gate.

However, Ash's unruly laughter echoed on the white avenue in the imperial city:

"I have been patient for long enough, now it is time to make a big fuss... Now, let me see your courage and magic! Then - face your doomsday!"

Although he clearly felt that the forbidden air barrier covering the entire imperial city would be difficult to fly if it was not broken, he just smiled happily, as if he had broken free from some kind of restrained beast, and rushed directly from the front to the defense line of the imperial city guards that emerged in groups.

His figure was as fast as lightning, and he shuttled freely among the soldiers. The thunder of gravity gathered in his hands, like a raging storm, and in an instant, he set off a group of deaths.

"--Don't underestimate us!!"

A brave knight captain roared and waved his long sword, rushing towards Ash from the side.

The sword body was shining coldly in the sun, and the speed and skill were extraordinary.

But Ash only glanced sideways, and a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes: "I'm not looking down on you - I don't even want to look at a scum like you."

When the knight's sword was about to pierce his chest, Ash flashed and appeared behind the knight in an instant.

As his hand and the knife fell, the knight's head flew high, and blood gushed out from his neck, like a blooming blood-colored flower.

Other soldiers were frightened and retreated again and again when they saw this scene, but the strict military law of the empire forced them to bite the bullet and continue to move forward.

But Ash walked forward as if he was in an empty space, killing the crowd wantonly.

Not long after, the beautiful fairyland-like imperial city was filled with a disgusting bloody smell, and in the blink of an eye it had fallen into a purgatory on earth.

As Ash continued to go deeper, the shadow of death became more and more heavily shrouded this once infinitely glorious imperial city.

He even broke through the defense line of the imperial city guards from the front without any tact or strategy, like a hammer hitting an egg, and killed his way to the entrance of the palace.

And he directly used the thunder of gravity to violently crush the castle barrier, which had only been changed in the past month or so because the national defense barrier had been cracked, but was still unstable.

Then, he swung his sword with both hands, and the translucent slash whistled out.

The metal gate of the castle groaned in pain, slowly--it fell down with a bang, raising a cloud of dust.

The soldiers behind the door could not dodge in time and were directly crushed into meat paste, allowing the bloody smell to spread quickly.

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After entering the castle, Ash still walked slowly towards the core area.

His eyes were cold and cruel, and every step seemed to step on the enemy's heart.

Every time the cold blade flashed, it was like the scythe of the god of death, causing a series of blood splashes, adding corpses to the road he walked on.

Wherever Ash passed, there were screams, and he killed ten people in one step.

No one could block his way forward, and all those who came up to try to hinder him seemed to be seeking their own death.

The gorgeous wall lamps hanging on the wall swayed in the wind he brought, and the light and shadows swayed on the ground like struggling ghosts.

The luxurious carpet under his feet had long been soaked with blood, and every step he took made a slight "puff" sound, accompanied by blood gushing out.

"....Have the emperor and the princes all gone to hide in the castle? How come I can't see anyone else? And what's the point of sending so many cannon fodder out? Is it to consume my physical strength? Isn't this a bit too much of an underestimation of me?"

It was just cleaning up some small fish, which was not a problem for him who could stay awake for several days. While cleaning up the cannon fodder, he was also on guard against the possible killing moves of the empire and prepared to have a good time with them.

It was also when he was muttering that the court magicians began to gather at the main road not far away, chanting something in their mouths, trying to cast powerful magic to stop Ash.

The combined hellfire was launched first, and the black and red flames that condensed into substance filled the entire corridor. First, the poor soldiers who blocked the magicians, even their armor and flesh, were evaporated in an instant, and the hellfire appeared in Ash's field of vision like a roaring beast, rushing head-on with terrifying power.

Although it was dark red, the flame still illuminated the dark interior of the castle, and Ash's blood-stained figure was reflected on the wall.

The decorative paintings and pure gold ornaments on both sides were not touched yet, but they burned and evaporated in an instant, and even the countless layers of walls that were specially strengthened by magic began to dissolve.

However, Ash was not afraid at all. He swung the long sword in his hand, and a sharp slash whistled out, splitting the flame in the middle, passing through the flame like a huge ship breaking through the waves, and directly splitting several unlucky magicians in half.

The other magicians changed their expressions upon seeing this, and immediately changed their tactics, causing the cold air to spread rapidly, causing the ground to freeze instantly, and causing sharp ice spikes mixed with ground spikes to pierce out from under Ash's feet.

But Ash was not as good at this as the previous attack, and just stepped on it suddenly.

Under the blessing of gravity, the entire castle shook, and countless ice and ground spikes instantly shattered on the ground.

If the entire castle had not been given extremely strong magical protection, the entire corridor would have collapsed directly.

But Ash did not care about the solidity of the castle, and without waiting for them to make more choices, he swooped towards the magicians in this lightning flash, and rushed into their midst in an instant.

The long sword danced in his hand into a piece of light and shadow, and blood splashed wherever it went.

The screams of the magicians and the sound of the broken ice spikes were even intertwined, playing the music of death.

At this moment, the castle, like the imperial city, was like a new bloody Shura field, making this castle, which symbolized the authority of the empire, tremble under his feet.

Behind him, corpses were everywhere, and blood gathered into a river, flowing slowly along the stairs.

But during this bloody attack, he continued to go deeper into the castle along the winding and bloodstained corridors. Although heavy isolation walls were lowered from time to time, he had to pause and break them abruptly, but he still showed no signs of being blocked.

Until....he finally encountered a very powerful enemy in front of a wide hall - two ancient armored golems.

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The two golems were huge, standing there like two giants.

Their armor exuded a cold metallic luster, and ancient runes were engraved on them, and the runes even flowed with strange light from time to time.

The golem's head was covered by a heavy helmet, revealing only a pair of red eyes, like the burning hellfire, staring at him intently, causing him to gradually stop and narrow his eyes slightly, examining the enemy in front of him who finally looked decent.

He could feel the strong sense of oppression and the strong fluctuation of magic power emanating from the golem.

"Is this the empire's trump card? It looks pretty good, but..."

Before he finished speaking, the two metal golems swung the metal maces that were obviously enchanted and rushed towards him with heavy steps.

But Ash saw a gap and immediately started to move at high speed, passing directly between the two golems, and let the long sword with extremely high gravity slash at the closed door behind.

—— Bang!!!

The dull metal collision sound far better than the armor-piercing bullet hitting the tank exploded, and the whole hall shook violently.

The heavy metal door, like a city gate, had a deep groove in the rapid firelight.

However... it was still standing unexpectedly, obviously more solid than the gate at the entrance of the castle.

At the same time, countless translucent chains appeared in the entire hall, spreading rapidly like a spirit snake, tightly blocking the walls and the door.

"... Based on the principle of irreversibility, is it a military sealing technique created by combining the strongest folk sealing techniques? I have never seen it before... It is more effective when killing the caster, but is the caster... transplanted to the golem? Is the golem providing magic power?"

The moment Ash squatted down, he let the mace pass over his head, bringing a chilling sound of breaking the wind, but he just calmly stared at the chains and carefully observed the structure of the technique.

Even at this time, he heard a series of mechanical vibrations, which made him feel a large number of magic sealing stones filling the surroundings, directly blocking the magic nearby.

But just like a magic-driven warrior, even with a magic-sealing stone, he can still fight normally, so magic that requires external force cannot be used.

And these two golems are obviously sealed, which is the same type as sealing magic, sealing techniques, curses, etc., and cannot be locked by magic-sealing stones.

But even if he can move freely, before the second hammer of the mace fell, he disappeared from the spot like a ghost, and appeared behind the two golems in an instant.

"Go to hell!" Ash, with a cold face, bent his knees slightly, took a stance, his muscles tensed, and his strength gathered at the tip of the knife.

Without waiting for the two golems to turn around, he swung his knife.

The long knife brought a sonic boom and the abnormal gravity applied to it, like a silver light and shadow.

The speed was so fast that it could not be recognized by the naked eye.

But... the knife flashed, and the sound of metal collision resounded throughout the hall. Although there was a splash of sparks on the armor, the armor of the golem was specially strengthened and extremely hard.

Even though the golem itself staggered back a few steps, the blow only left a shallow white mark on it.

While blocking the magic, the golem with extremely high physical resistance and top-level warrior level was prepared. To some extent, it is not an exaggeration to call it a sure-kill strategy for magicians.

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In addition to the barrier, the building itself has countless spells, which can not only block the breath but also block most magic, and the strength itself is so high that it is outrageous.