Chapter 791

Chapter 42: News (Part 1)

Is it really that simple?

I couldn’t help but knock on the mask’s forehead.

I had thought it would be much more complicated. I had anticipated many possible scenarios, but none of them were needed. It was as easy as that to get out.

Isn’t the city checking very strictly recently? Where is the strictness?

These Warhammer soldiers are really good at dodging their duties, right? Even someone like me, who doesn’t have a record of entering the city, can walk through the city gate without any trouble? As long as they get something in return? I am seriously starting to doubt this now.

Of course, no matter how much I complain internally, I wouldn’t actually risk it like that. There is no need, and it has no meaning. They have already left the city.

Are they planning to meet directly outside the city and then take people away? Those people don’t plan to stay in the city anymore? Yes, that’s quite possible.

In any case, let’s go after them first and see.

I made my judgment immediately and quickly left the street, running into the dark alley behind the building. “Bang,” there was a muffled sound as I stepped up and ran through the moon step, rising into the air with almost invisible speed, shooting up over five hundred meters. Under the gradually dimming sky, I dragged a long white dragon of mist, flying out of the city in an instant.

Good.

The city guards were more sluggish than I imagined. No one would look up at the sky, let alone notice me. So,

Where is the rhinoceros cart?

The gale wind blew past my ears, but it no longer made my earlobes ache. In the chaotic airflow, I opened my eyes and scanned the city wall below. I saw the rhinoceros cart speeding along the dirt road at once.

They are really heading out of the city.

But where are they going?

After leaving the city, I immediately restrained the power of order, letting my body glide rapidly through the air, slowly falling toward the ground. I shifted my gaze from the rhinoceros cart and looked farther, searching for a possible meeting place. However, this area is the western suburb of Aretine, which currently has no farmland. All you can see is barren wilderness, making it hard to find a hiding spot.

Apart from the sky, I have nowhere else to hide. Why does it feel like it’s intentional? Shouldn’t there be no problem here?

I couldn’t help but frown.

Forget it, let’s find somewhere to land that’s not too close to the rhinoceros cart. If there’s a problem, we’ll deal with it all.

In mid-air, I leaned to the side, pressing more air against the right half of my body. I spread my arms and gradually deviated from the direction the rhinoceros cart was heading. After a minute, I landed in an unoccupied grassy area, long surpassing the speed of the rhinoceros cart. Lily and Barry were far behind me, so I adjusted my cloak and put on the hood, looking back.

The rhinoceros cart hasn’t arrived yet.

There doesn’t seem to be anyone around here either.

Thinking of this, I ruled out the possibility of it being a trap. In such an open plain, there’s nowhere to hide. The same logic applies to anyone else. Within several kilometers, there’s hardly any cover, not even a knee-high field. There’s no place to ambush anyone unless—

Suddenly, I saw another rhinoceros cart slowly coming from a farther west direction unless the other party never intended to hide.

Forget it, let’s rise again.

Bang—

I stepped up again with the moon step, my small body carrying shocking airflow. In an instant, I rose hundreds of meters into the air. Once I felt the height was sufficient, a blue glow flashed in my eyes, accompanied by the sound of cracking ice. Deep blue ice blocks suddenly formed under my feet, condensing into a thick ice platform within a second. I lightly touched the ice platform with one foot and stood steadily on it, floating in the air.

Hmm.

This way, I won’t be easily discovered.

Standing hundreds of meters high, as night fell and the sky darkened, my gray cloak blended with the night. Even if someone looked up, they probably wouldn’t notice anything. So, I just stood there, looking down at the plain below.

Looking into the distance, he observed quietly.

Soon, Lilith’s rhinoceros carriage also arrived, coming out of the narrow bend and parking the carriage by the grassy roadside below, about a hundred meters away. It waited there until another rhinoceros carriage came over and parked beside it.

Sure enough,

The carriage of that rhinoceros carriage was much larger than the one Lilith and the others were riding in, almost twice as big. The body was longer, pulled by two rhinoceroses, capable of seating at least four people, and even six if they squeezed. There were also two large leather boxes tied to the back of the carriage, with several containment bags hanging on them. At first glance, it was clear that they were prepared for a long journey.

After the two rhinoceros carriages met, the drivers got down first, walked up, and exchanged a few words. They seemed to know each other, but they wrapped themselves tightly in their cloaks, making it impossible to see their faces from afar. One could only tell that they were two men. After exchanging a few words, someone got down from the other carriage.

It was a woman with brown hair who wasn’t wearing a cloak. I didn’t recognize her.

After getting down from the carriage, the woman walked over and said something to the two men. At this moment, Lilith also came out of the carriage. They exchanged greetings and continued talking. I noticed that the woman’s greeting posture was completely different from Lilith’s. She puffed out her chest and hit her shoulder with her right fist.

Ha.

Sword of Canri.

At this moment, I lowered all my guard. It was indeed someone sent by Victoria. If I hadn’t guessed wrong, then where is the head?

Whoosh—

Suddenly, a sharp wind came from below, moving incredibly fast. I instinctively reached out to grab to the left, and amidst the buzzing sound, I tightly grabbed a thin wooden arrow in my hand.

Is this

A crossbow bolt?

No arrowhead.

How was it shot without an arrowhead?

From where?

My mind was still spinning when three more whistling sounds came, and I instinctively stepped back, dragging myself and the ice platform beneath me several meters away. The three crossbow bolts passed through the place where I originally stood, shooting towards the sky. In that instant, I saw clearly that they were wooden arrows with their heads broken off.

Was I discovered?

Does the other party not want to hurt me, Reckt?

I dropped the crossbow bolt and looked down again. Following the general direction from which the bolt had come, I saw two dark figures standing up from a medium-height grassy area along the path the other carriage had taken. From afar, one of them seemed to be waving at me.

Why

How did they discover me? Their eyesight must be really good.

But no.

They might have anticipated that I would follow, so they had Lilith bring them to this place, guessing that I would have nowhere to hide and would most likely appear in the sky.

I felt somewhat helpless.

This is really causing me trouble.

After this incident, everyone was now looking up at the sky. Barry also came out of the carriage, but he didn’t seem to understand what was happening. His gaze searched around above him. I saw the two small black shadows waving at me from afar. One of them lowered his head, fiddling with a light crossbow in his hand. Soon after, it seemed like he had attached something to the arrow and waved at me again, indicating that the crossbow was being reloaded. The fourth bolt shot over immediately.

Whoosh—

The piercing wind sound arrived in front of me in the blink of an eye, almost unbelievably fast. Without using the power of order, it would be impossible to achieve such speed. That was the power of the wind. Although the person holding the crossbow was also wearing a cloak, it was definitely Reckt.

I didn’t dodge anymore. At the moment the crossbow bolt flew past my face, I reached out and caught it, then examined it in my hand. I saw a tiny brocade pouch attached to the arrow, so I took the pouch off, discarded the arrow, and opened it. Inside was a small piece of paper.

When the paper was spread out, it clearly read:

[Let’s meet. There is something very important I need to tell you.]