Chapter 531
Chapter 531 - 511: Old Acquaintance
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"So that’s the case, Meow? I’ll tell him, Meow!"
Seeing a new friend, Lei Shuiyun was very happy.
In a small grove, after a casual chat, Meow had basically completed her task.
"Thank you. Please tell him that this is an opportunity. He should be interested in the power of the Crown System as well..."
Catherine didn’t play games, she just talked business.
After all, Meow didn’t understand the subtleties of conversation, polite words, or political probing. But her simple obedience alone was enough to make her Lu Ping’an’s most trusted companion.
The appearance of two stricken Royal Family members in the border region was somewhat puzzling given the current situation, but it naturally caused quite a stir.
They were blocked in this remote area... pursued by a group of "nameless bandits", who possessed equipment and personnel equivalent to the Kingdom’s legion.
"Is this the powerful Red Sand Thief and Evil Bone Gang of this generation? Their strength is comparable to the Kingdom’s second-tier knight corps, including at least three Great Knights (Silver-tier)."
A knight from the capital commented... obviously, he didn’t know that the famous Red Sand Thief came from the Foreign Domain, nor did he know that most of the Evil Bone Gang and Red Sand Thief were already wiped out.
The most outrageous thing was that his words actually turned out to be correct.
Because among those pursuing them, there was indeed a member of the Evil Bone Gang... Evil Bone himself!
As a former spy, he had his own information channels and could make use of the information network set up by the Royal Family in the border area.
When the two clueless members of royalty used the border spy information channels, the high authority generated from the King’s Right immediately alerted Evil Bone, one of the highest authorities in the local area, to the presence of royal family members at the border.
What followed was simple. He traced the clues and easily found out about the situation of the royal family members... Then he immediately sold the information!
"... Gentlemen, we are all in the business of getting our heads chopped off. Since we’ve already made a move, we can’t hesitate any longer."
On top of a small hill, Evil Bone, no longer needing to hide his face, maliciously provoked a few masked knights.
Finn Territory, Guleikes Territory, Huihuang Territory, two Viscount Territories and one Baron Territory were the local powerhouses... Rather than comparing goods from three different sources, Evil Bone sold the information to all six, giving each border lord a copy, but only three actually came.
The lords sent their elite knights, who, under the "leadership" of Evil Bone, pretended to be bandits and naturally had ulterior motives.
This group of royal family members didn’t even have a Silver-tier powerhouse leading them out in the open, they were utterly weak, so it’s no wonder they were seen as big fat sheep.
What the lords were after - the political value of the Royal Family itself, or their belongings, information, or secrets - wasn’t important.
𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
What mattered was that they were already here, and had already pulled out their knives on the Royal Family... Evil Bone himself had profited massively from selling the information and could run away at any moment, despite being the leader.
It was in Finn Territory where they ambushed these unfortunate souls, but they were discovered by the other side beforehand and managed to escape all the way to the border... Now, as they approached the unowned territory of the Ashen Forest, pursuit became unrealistic, as in the current situation, any military force had value.
Now, they had escaped to Stone Cellar Village, in the border area of the Schlei Domain... Due to certain reasons, the Schlei Domain was the only borderlord who did not receive Evil Bone’s offer.
By the way, even if the other lords did not send people over, they did indeed buy the full set of Evil Bone’s intelligence, and watched the two Highnesses suffer. It can be seen that the dignity of the royal family has long been swept away.
Maybe, in the shadows, there are three lone strongmen sent by the other lords, ready to take advantage of the situation.
But as a result, this "many people make gossip" has become the root of the chase not going smoothly, and the Great Knights have reached the limit of the chase.
At this point in time, everything is fake, and the right to survive and the necessary martial power to compete for the right to survive is everything.
Lord will not let their knights chase indefinitely, once the line is crossed, they will naturally ask to return.
"In the south, there is a line of life..."
Under the guidance of a prophet, this team encountered the patrol knights of Schlei Domain in a small village.
However, the chasers arrived later and several conflicts occurred...Catherine showed an amazing record in the conflicts, like the favored silver sacred fire holder of destiny, making the veteran silvers who were not convenient to expose their identity hesitate.
In fact, the real hesitation of these knights is on the matter of their attack on the royal family itself.
Some of them have learned the "truth," but most of them still have feelings and faith in the royal family, and even subconsciously feel that their lords are not doing the right thing.
This is the result of long-term feudal education of monarchs and their subjects, but more so, even if the lords have obtained boat tickets, there are very few who can take them out to buy the loyalty of their elite combat power, and there are naturally not many who are willing to follow them to the end... The lords cannot reveal too much of the truth, otherwise the collapse of social order will accelerate and many knights who chase the members of the royal family are still in a state of confusion.
The masked knights actually had several chances to kill or intercept the two Highnesses, but under various coincidences and dragging each other down, they finally let them escape to the border.
The high-level combat powers among the attackers were not effective, and there was a rare "Prophet of Destiny" in the chasers, plus Schlei Domain’s meddling, and finally, the many powerful chasers blocked them but did not have the determination and courage to catch them.
When the reinforcements from Schlei Domain arrived at an extremely fast speed, and there was a clearly high-ranked divine position holder (Marian) among them, the chasers wavered once again... Many of them did not want to complete their mission from the beginning anyway.
After all, the evil act of "chasing and killing the royal family" violates a series of moral rules for knights. If only their own group was involved, they could kill and throw it away, but now the other territories’ Great Knights are there too. If they really hurt your Highness, what would they do if the royal family pursued the responsibility after the incident was exposed? The lords would only throw them away like a rotten cloth.
This is the bad habit of information not being open enough, and the real reason for the knights’ hesitation... The masked knights looked at each other and saw the intention to retreat in each other’s eyes.
Evil Bone, who witnessed all this, also felt a subtle feeling, even thinking that if he had only given the intelligence to one party at that time, everything might have been settled by now.
But now, Evil Bone, who has received resources and money, is not at a loss... He is always ready to withdraw and prepare to find a foreigner to buy a boat ticket.
In fact, there are already several territories where foreigners are selling "boat tickets" semi-openly, but the price is extremely high, not to mention that the authenticity and security cannot be expected.
Unlike the visible "smuggling ship" of Lu Ping’an, the authenticity of what other outsiders say, no matter how fancy it is, needs to be questioned, let alone many people are originally scammers.
Evil Bone has already contacted several more reliable ones, but their offer is very high.
The reinforcements have arrived, and the Great Knights on their side are still dragging their feet. Evil Bone actually wanted to retreat early.
The identity and treasures of the royal family are good, but now he, who is alone and helpless, may not have the ability to cash in on the gains. It is best to take a sum of money and leave.
But now, looking at the familiar faces among the "reinforcements", he was itching with hatred and unwilling to give up so easily.
— End of Chapter 531 —