Chapter 900

"Bang --!!"

The sound of breaking the sky resounded through the night sky.

The boiling sea of fire divides into two from the center - the petite figure of the elf girl leans forward, holds the long knife in her right hand, and maintains the posture of drawing the knife and cutting at the last moment; Unburned sparks flew around her with her long snow-white hair.

The embarrassed elf boy snuggled up behind her and watched the black haired wizard's every move with vigilance. His hands still maintained the state of "light spot" and did not fully recover.

"Bang..."

Looking at his two intact "guests", the black haired wizard couldn't help spitting and was very helpless.

It's hard.

If there is only one, you can win it calmly with the cooperation of yourself and the demon hunter of the wings of the sky; But two... Have to consider opening the valve.

But according to a "evil boy", once you open the valve, you are likely to put a guy you don't want to see into the material world from the void.

Given his aversion to the guy, Loren didn't want to take the risk.

At the same time of the stalemate between the two sides, the surrounding demon hunters and the accompanying wizard union casters have regrouped and surrounded the two elves without leakage.

"Wings of the sky --!" Lucien, holding the sword in his hand, opened his eyes angrily. He had just made a wrong judgment, so that Loren had to leave the prisoner and fight alone, which made him feel inexplicable shame, and his expression was a little distorted and ferocious:

"Capture these two assassins who dare to attack the Duke alive - dare to resist and kill without amnesty!"

At the next moment, more than a dozen magic arrays appeared at the feet of two elves at the same time.

Almost at the same time, the demon hunters who were unwilling to show weakness raised their swords one after another, clutching the left hand of the alchemy bomb behind them, and rushed from different directions.

"Boom --!!!"

The shadow of the knife and the aurora flickered at the same time, and the stalagmites turned into fragments at the moment of rising, and the dust aroused shrouded everyone's heart.

"Wait a minute --!"

The knife light flashed, and the surging smoke was immediately separated; The elf girl standing with a knife stepped forward.

The next second, the knife in the girl's hand was close to Lucian who charged with the sword.

"Clang -!"

The narrow blade tore open the "steel blockade" of the two sharp blades, took the gray pupil boy's face door and stopped less than three inches from his eyes.

Almost at the same time, the Dragon Knight's gun in Lucian's right hand also passed through the elf girl's three feet and stood against her throat.

"I have a proposal!"

When the demon hunters around saw that the captain was kidnapped, they stopped in place and were on guard.

"Speak --!"

The black haired wizard raised his hand and stopped the guard knights who wanted to rush up behind him.

Seeing that the enemies around no longer came forward, the elf boy hiding behind the girl was relieved, but he looked around vigilantly, and the GEM PENDANT in his hand was shining.

"Let us go. Within two days, don't send anyone to chase us." the fairy girl's young voice said, "this is our request and the only request."

"What about your conditions." after stopping Charlotte who wanted to speak behind her, Loren said in a deep voice: "it can't be something like 'don't hurt my subordinates anymore'?

Then I advise you to save it, because they especially want to 'hurt' you now! "

The fairy girl shook her head.

"Take one year as the deadline. After one year, Lori will challenge you alone... Aboveboard." the girl opened her mouth faintly and calmed down from the state stimulated by Loren:

"Before that, Lori assured you that no Elf Warrior will appear in your court!"

The elf boy behind the girl was surprised and suddenly looked back: "elder sister, you shouldn't really want..."

"Anson, get back!"

The elf girl who was held up by Lucian with a short sword stopped the boy behind him.

The next second, she gently pushed away the blade in front of her neck, and bowed respectfully to the black haired wizard in Lucian's stunned eyes:

"It's a life and death struggle here, so that your undead subordinates can sacrifice in vain; or it's up to you and Lori to decide the victory or defeat with their sharp blades with their own glory, reputation and faith a year later!"

The black haired wizard stared at her.

She... Can't be serious?

To be fair, this choice is really good for yourself; At present, the cathedral has changed and mentor Dalton's life and death are uncertain; If we continue to fight, I'm afraid there will be more casualties... The injured himself is not 100% sure.

In exchange for a year of peace, and no more Elven warriors will raid the red blood castle; Not only can we get enough time for repair and preparation, but also we can protect the developing principality from harassment.

But the problem is

"Why should I promise you?" Lauren pulled the corners of his mouth and looked solemnly. "What's more... You don't have any evidence or reason to convince me."

"There is only one reason!"

The spirit girl bowing and saluting suddenly became formal:

"Lord Loren Turin, you are the Duke of Byrne - and the Duke of Byrne will never refuse a fair and just duel!"

In an instant, the black haired wizard's face was stiff.

Not only the guard Knights behind them, but also the demon hunters on the wings of the sky turned their heads and focused on Loren.

I almost forgot about it!

Each principality has its own cultural tradition, moral standards and behavior habits, or the "spiritual belief" pursued assiduously.

For Byrne people, this belief is "Chivalry";

The core of this belief is "honor above all else".

This belief made the Earls of Byrne's thirteen leaders unconditionally loyal to themselves, this sudden "Turin", and made more than 20000 Byrne people follow themselves on the green sea and grassland without complaint and regret to win one bloody battle after another; Let the whole principality stand behind itself unreservedly when it is "good at making claims".

This is not only Bain's strength, but also her most fatal weakness.

For the sake of honor, Byrne's army would rather die on the battlefield than choose retreat tactics that can preserve strength;

For the sake of honor, the Duke of Byrne must not refuse a duel, even if the other party is his own enemy!

Dilemma

The silent Loren looked at the elf girl with four eyes; Under the silent night sky, you can still hear the footsteps of the streets in the distance.

In the distance, the top of the cathedral was still burning.

Whether it is to return to the mountain and fight again on another day; Or take advantage of the fact that the situation has been controlled and fight for heavy casualties to win the other party?

While Loren was still hesitating, Charlotte suddenly stepped forward behind him.

"OK, we promised!"

Huh?!

Loren was surprised and stared at Charlotte who stepped forward and left only the back of his head:

"For one year, after one year, Duke Bain will choose a place with you and decide life and death under the joint witness of both sides!"

The next second, all eyes returned to the black haired wizard.

The black haired wizard with stiff expression was stunned for a second, quickly recovered his composure and nodded silently.

As soon as Charlotte spoke, he had no room to refuse:

"Yes."

"So it's decided." the elf girl nodded and looked indifferent: "a year later, Lori will naturally come to the red blood castle; or the Duke will visit..."

"Wait!" Charlotte interrupted her coldly:

"I haven't finished yet!"

The fairy girl was not angry: "then... Please continue."

"Since it is you who propose to duel, the duel rules must follow Byrne's custom." Charlotte raised her head slightly:

"According to Byrne's custom, the party proposing the duel must show enough sincerity."

"What can we do to express our sincerity?" the blindfolded fairy girl looked up and asked softly.

"It's very simple, hostage." Charlotte slowly crossed her hands in front of her lower abdomen and straightened her waist: "herself, or her relatives... Stay in the red blood castle as a hostage."

The expressions of the two elves changed at the same time and shouted in unison:

"Impossible --!"

"Without hostages, how can we believe your sincerity?" Charlotte raised her sword eyebrow and suddenly said in a fierce voice: "obviously, she wants to use this as an excuse to deceive the Duke and let you leave!"

"Byrne's Knight, what are you waiting for - such a despicable and shameless man doesn't deserve to live and kill!"

The situation changed suddenly!

"Boom --!!!"

There was a bang.

Without warning, the sudden strong light made the surrounding demon hunters instinctively Dodge, and did not forget to throw out the alchemy bomb while retreating; The roar of the fire burst, mixed with strong light, closed everyone's senses for a time.

The spirit girl and Lucian, who were deadlocked in the confrontation, also had to choose to separate; Even so, the nervous gray pupil boy put up his sword and was always ready to fight back.

It took ten seconds for everything to return to its original state.

The boy who had just "hid" behind the elf girl, but now he opened his arms to block her behind. The wide robe was full of the marks left by the explosion and the scars left by Lucian when he retreated.

The panting elf boy was in a mess.

"Wait a minute!"

"On the question of sincerity... I have a proposal!"

Charlotte was slightly surprised, but she nodded calmly: "please."

"It is impossible to leave hostages - not only because of the wishes of your sister, but also because your Majesty the eagle king will never accept it. In doing so, neither of us can fulfill our commitments."

The chest fluctuated violently, and the elf boy's expression was particularly difficult: "but we can tell you all our intelligence networks of red blood castle and Bain, and the humans we bought off."

"In exchange, you can have another year to prepare... How?!"

With that, the elf boy stared at the black haired wizard and the countess with nervous emerald green eyes, waiting for their final reply.

That's a good proposal.

Charlotte's eyes lit up, looked back and looked at the black haired wizard behind her.

What do you think? Do you want to promise? Charlotte raised her eyebrows without changing her face.

Increase the price. They know more than that! Lauren looked indifferent and pulled at the corners of his mouth.

"Just Byrne's intelligence network, we can dig it out ourselves." Charlotte put away her eyes and looked at each other with disdain: "it's too cheap to be sincere just by these!"

"What else do you want?" asked the elf boy.

The countess snorted coldly, "it's very simple. We want all the intelligence networks of the Azores kingdom in the Empire."

"Impossible!" the elf boy flatly refused: "not to mention that I don't have it at all. Even if we have it, we will never say it. You'd better give up!"

"Really?" Charlotte narrowed her eyes, and a cold smile burst out from the corners of her mouth: "that's no need to talk, the wings of the sky --"

"Yes --!!!"

The elf boy quickly raised his hand and stopped him. His expression was tangled to the extreme: "I don't have the intelligence network of the whole empire, but..."

"Byrne, Boyle, lottel!" Charlotte said quickly:

"Do you always have these?"

"... yes."

Take a deep breath, the elf boy almost squeezed the word out of his teeth.

"The intelligence network of the three principalities, together with the information about the 'Four Courts', will save you and your sister's life." Charlotte, with a cold face, deliberately stepped forward:

"And... You must guarantee that the warriors of the Azores will not infiltrate the Principality of Byrne privately within a year - can you do it?"

"... yes."

The boy's hands unconsciously clenched into fists.

This is no longer a simple exchange, but to sell all the humans fighting for the Azores!

After such a thing, how many humans will be willing to be loyal to his Majesty the eagle king?!

But he can only accept that everything is for his sister, the ZAD family and the royal court warriors

Charlotte nodded slightly to Lucian; The grey pupil boy who got the order immediately commanded the demon hunter to retreat around.

The always silent elf girl suddenly took a step forward and threw her Azor long knife at the black haired wizard.

"This is a famous Sabre handed down by the ZAD family over the ages as a witness of our duel." the elf girl said solemnly: "I'll get her back next time I meet."

"... with your head, Lord Byrne."

Dalton raised his eyebrows and looked at the Azores long knife, which looked like a stick and stick and was so simple that he couldn't even see any decoration.

I'll give it to the dwarves of silver helmet mountain and study it well.

"Take care, Duke Byrne. I hope we can meet again next time." the elf girl whispered, "in addition... Please give my regards to master Halin van ashmai on behalf of Anson and me."

Huh?

"Greetings..." Lauren, who was stunned, almost blurted out:

"What greeting?"

"Just say... I'm very sorry that my unfilial great grandson can't take care of him in front of the bed. When I came here this time, my father and grandmother entrusted Lori to say hello to him and take care of her body."

The next second, under the stunned gaze of the people, the two elves gradually turned into light spots and disappeared into sight.

What the hell?!