flstandardbreds Chapter 179 Assassin (5)
Chapter 179 Assassin (5)
John opened his eyes drowsily amid the sound of raindrops hitting the glass. He rubbed his hazy eyes, then got out of bed to see how heavy the rain was outside.
Just as he opened the lock on the window, the strong wind blew open both windows in an instant. Fortunately, John dodged in time, otherwise he would have been knocked to the ground by the windows. The heavy rain outside also poured into the bedroom with the wind.
"boom!"
At the same time, the bedroom door was suddenly kicked open roughly, and several White Wolf Knights rushed in and quickly rushed to the side of John, who was in a daze, and used their shields to build an iron wall in front of John. The crossbowmen at the back followed closely behind, and immediately lined up in front of the shields and aimed their crossbows at the window where rain was pouring from outside.
"Sir, where is the assassin?" One of the White Wolf Knights asked John while staring at the window. More and more soldiers poured in from outside the door, and John was soon surrounded by many soldiers.
"There is no assassin, it's just the wind that blew the window open." John explained awkwardly and ordered the soldiers to leave the bedroom. But before leaving, the White Wolf Knights looked around the bedroom and left only after making sure that there was really no assassin.
As the soldiers left, the servants who had been waiting outside the window hurried in with various cleaning tools, and immediately began to clean up the water in the bedroom after saluting John. Due to the delay of the soldiers, half of the bedroom floor was now wet with rain. Fortunately, John did not put his desk next to the window, otherwise it would definitely affect his work later.
Looking at the servants who were cleaning up the accumulated water, John felt helpless. It was his bad luck that he encountered the invasion of assassins sent by the Yoda people, and there were several teams at that time.
Since the meeting ended that day, John strengthened the patrol system in Franche-Comté according to the advice of the generals and Cyril. The town militia, which had been unused, also began patrolling the streets and alleys of the Earl's Castle at night to prevent possible Yoda assassins from appearing.
The residents were talking about this, wanting to know who these assassins were. Some places even panicked about the assassins, so John had to transport the bodies of the assassins that he had sent to the square to show the citizens that the army was capable of persuading the citizens to annihilate the assassins and to call on the citizens to be on guard against the assassins. Only then was the riot quelled amid the cheers of the citizens.
As the ruler of the territory, John was equipped with a more stringent guard team. The entire castle was even armed to the teeth. There were soldiers stationed at every exit, even the chimney. Whenever John entered a room, a team of soldiers would follow him. Even if John refused them to enter some private rooms, they would guard the door and push the door to ask at intervals to ensure John's safety.
In some dark corners, Cyril and his assassin apprentices shuttled between roofs and beams at night. Because of this, many times due to lack of prior notice, assassins and soldiers on patrol almost caused accidental injuries. For this reason, the officers and Cyril had to negotiate and develop a more comprehensive patrol system to avoid collisions between the patrol routes of assassins and soldiers.
Listening to the sound of the heavy rain hitting the ground outside, which was like a waterfall, John was forced to cancel his plan to go out today. Instead, he lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling above. With nothing to do, he looked at the map and saw that the assassins had not disappeared yet. He could only hope that his soldiers could catch all the assassins as soon as possible so that he could sleep well.
A few kilometers away, in a forest at the border of Franche-Comté and Niland, several Yoda assassins were hiding in a cave. For them, rainy days were not a difficulty, but an advantage. In rainy days, not only would the ground in the wild become muddy, but the hounds' sense of smell would also fail, which made it easier for them to clean up their tracks.
Under the cover of heavy rain, the few of them evaded the patrols and the knights' searches and successfully arrived at the border of Franche-Comté and Niland. At this time, as long as they walked out of the forest, they could see the fortress at the border of Franche-Comté.
"Next, we must take advantage of the rain and reach the Count's Castle in Franche-Comté in one go. It is John Hohenzollern's long-term residence, so there is a high probability that John is here." In the cave, the leader pointed to the map and set the next goal for the other assassins. At this time, the assassins had no choice but to move forward. In order to get here, almost all the elite assassins of the Bakiraka generation died in the Nilan Territory. Either they completed the mission successfully and returned, or they all died in a foreign country. This is the current situation of the Bakiraka assassins.
After a short rest, they set off immediately and, taking advantage of the low visibility in the rain, successfully reached the border of Franche-Comté.
Between the two fortresses, the leader ordered the assassins to cover themselves with mud and then slowly crawl across the border. If they found a patrol nearby, they would stop crawling immediately and continue after the patrol left.
This continued intermittently for an hour, and the assassins passed through the border area without any danger. At this time, the rain gradually became heavier, and there were thunder and lightning from time to time. Several people immediately headed towards the Earl's Castle. After several hours of running around, they finally arrived at the wall of the Earl's Castle when it was dark.
As a border city, Earl's Castle originally had strong defenses. After being conquered by John, it underwent a new round of expansion and renovation. It can be said that even if the Yoda people use cannons now, they cannot break through the city walls here.
Of course, there is no impenetrable wall, and the leader did not believe that there was such a building that had no way to be cracked, so he led the assassins around the city wall to see if there was any gap that could be passed through.
"Chief, it's the drain!"
Just when they groped their way to the last wall, a drainage hole just big enough to accommodate a person appeared in front of them. The drainage hole was covered with metal fences, and the drainage channel at the exit extended all the way to the river, as if this was the only entrance and exit besides the city gate.
According to the original plan, soldiers were to be stationed here, but because of the heavy rain today, the officer in charge of the city defense thought that if this place was blocked, the resulting flood disaster would cause casualties, so he evacuated all the soldiers.
The wet leader looked at the drain and fell into thought. In his opinion, if he wanted to enter the Earl's Castle, he had to go through the drain, but now the drain was blocked by an iron fence, which needed to be removed before entering. However, the noise generated by doing so might attract soldiers on the city wall to come and observe.
Just when the leader was in a dilemma, the huge thunder in the sky gave him some inspiration.
"Bring the pickaxe." The leader ordered. When an assassin is traveling, a toolbox is a must-have tool. In addition to camouflage, it can also provide various support to increase the efficiency of the assassin's work.
After taking the pickaxe, the leader was not in a hurry to use it, but looked up at the sky as if waiting for something.
"boom!"
Suddenly, a huge flash of lightning streaked across the sky, accompanied by thunder that resounded across the plain. The leader immediately swung his pickaxe at the fence with the roar of thunder, and the sound of the pickaxe hitting the metal intertwined with the sound of thunder.
Only then did the assassins realize that their leader was using the sound of thunder and lightning to cover up the sound of himself dismantling the iron fence, thereby reducing the suspicion of the soldiers on the city wall.
As lightning shot straight into the sky, the leader also swung the pickaxe in his hand vigorously. The metal fence kept loosening under the continuous impact. Under the last blow, the metal fence finally couldn't bear the weight and finally fell off the drain. Several people also hurriedly entered the Earl's Castle through the drain while no one was around.
After a period of exploration, the assassins came to a ladder leading to the ground. At the top of the ladder, a bright light appeared from the gap and shone on the ground below. An assassin climbed up the ladder, opened a gap in the manhole cover above the ladder, looked around, and immediately came down to report to the leader:
"Chief, we seem to be near the inner castle."
After confirming that everything was correct, the few of them first avoided the search of the nearby patrol team, then opened the manhole cover and came out, and came under the high wall under the cover of night and heavy rain.
Although the inner city wall is at the innermost part, it is not as tall and thick as the outer city wall. After all, if the enemy really attacks here, there will be no need to defend it, so John only retained the original scale of the inner city wall.
Due to the rain, the patrols on the city wall changed from fixed posts to mobile patrols. The leader calculated the frequency of patrols through observation and ordered an assassin:
"Do it."
The assassin saw that there was no one around, so he took out a bundle of cross hooks from his bag. After placing it on a specific crossbow, the assassin aimed at the city wall and pulled the trigger. The hooks used the power to grab the city wall. After faintly hearing the collision sound between the hooks and the city wall, the assassin pulled it back. After making sure that the hooks were hooked on the city wall, he signaled the remaining two people to come and climb the wall.
Upon seeing this, the leader immediately rushed up, grabbed the rope, and with the help of the city wall, he climbed up the wall in a short time. The assassin behind him also climbed up the wall in the same way.
After the two men climbed up the city wall, they immediately removed the hooks on the wall, and after holding the rope tightly, they signaled the assassin below to hold the rope tightly and climb up. Seeing this, the assassin took the rope from the crossbow, and after holding the rope tightly, he climbed up the city wall with the help of the two people on the wall.
The three did not stay on the city wall for too long. The leader found that there were various buildings inside the wall and he could use the roofs to reach the castle. So they immediately climbed onto a roof with the help of the city wall and after several jumps they arrived at a rooftop somewhere in the castle.
Looking at the windows, the leader said to the two:
"Let's split up. If anyone succeeds in assassinating John Hohenzollern, cut off his head and take it away immediately. Don't worry about the others."
After the conversation, the leader randomly found a window, opened it a crack, and when he found out there was no one inside, he immediately went in.
At this moment, an assassin chose one of the upper windows. After pushing it and finding that it was locked, he realized that the room behind the window might not be simple, so he inserted his unlocking tool into the window through the gap. After a while of groping, the window was opened, and he slowly opened a gap and entered the room.
The assassin first locked the window again and then observed the environment here in the dark. With his excellent eyesight, the assassin found that this room seemed to be someone's independent bedroom. On the bed opposite him, the owner of the bedroom was sleeping under the quilt.
He did not act immediately, but checked the surroundings to determine the identity of the owner of the house. Then he went to the desk, trying to find something useful.
On the table, the assassin found several documents. After a quick glance, he suddenly realized that the sleeping man in front of him was his target - John Hohenzollern.
So the assassin approached the bed slowly and quietly without any hesitation, then suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed it into the quilt.
"Ok?"
The assassin felt that his dagger should have cut through the quilt and successfully entered the body, but he found that the dagger did not stab a person. Thinking of this, he hurriedly lifted the quilt, only to find that the person lying on the bed was not a person, but a broken pillow.
At this moment, the bedroom door was pushed open. John, who was tired, finished a day's work and was about to go back to his room to sleep, but he found someone standing beside his bed. The folded quilt next to him was lifted up, and there was a hole in his pillow.
"Boom! Assassin sighting: Franche-Comté. You've spotted an assassin."
At this time, an inappropriate system prompt appeared on John's panel, and John had no intention of observing it. Looking at his pillow, John immediately shouted angrily at the assassin:
"You sweetly compensate me for my duck down pillow!"