When Liang Lidong was chatting with the mayor just now, he accidentally saw a slightly familiar person. He thought for two seconds before he remembered that the person was one of the seven mercenaries he saw on the street, the one with an unknown profession who carried a bow and arrow. Although the other person's appearance had changed a lot and he had changed into a noble's clothing, he walked on tiptoe and moved his hands very little. His right elbow would always gently brush the right side of his waist. This was a professional habit that only people who used a bow and arrow for a long time would have.
Liang Lidong watched as the archer walked to the periphery of the garden and stood on a stone step. Although it wasn't a high position, it was enough for him to see the movements of everyone in the garden.
A veteran! Liang Lidong withdrew his gaze. That position had a good field of vision, and for long-range professions, it was also an excellent shooting point. Although this person didn't seem to be carrying any weapons, Liang Lidong knew that there was a very small hand crossbow that could be broken down into several parts and hidden in various parts of the body. If necessary, it could be assembled in a short ten seconds. The crossbow used was also very small, but this didn't hinder the attack power of this small hand crossbow. Within a hundred meters, it could penetrate three centimeters of hard leather armor. Although it wasn't very useful on the battlefield, it was definitely a sharp weapon if used for assassination. In the game, this small hand crossbow had a very nice name: Bee Wing.
Liang Lidong began to size up the nearby nobles, and soon he found four other suspicious characters. They were the four melee professions. The characteristics of their professions were too obvious, even if they were disguised, they couldn't escape Liang Lidong's eyes.
But he didn't find the female assassin or the Air Magician. This was not surprising. Women had a natural advantage when it came to being assassins. They had the strange ability to disguise themselves. As long as they casually applied a few strokes on their face and changed their hairstyle, they would look like a completely different person. As for the Air Magician, Liang Lidong had not seen his true face on the street before, and he did not know if he was a man or a woman. The other party had changed into a noble's attire and mixed in with the crowd. Then, he had deliberately suppressed his mental energy waves. It was very difficult to find him in the crowd.
Liang Lidong raised his head again and looked at the watchtower at the top of the castle. With the vision of the Cloud Dragon, he saw a few more soldiers in the watchtower, holding longbows in their hands and equipped with quivers of arrows.
It seemed that Uther had made sufficient preparations, or was it a trap to lure the enemy into the trap?
However, this had little to do with Liang Lidong. He did not want to get involved in the dirty affairs of these nobles. He walked to the edge of the dance floor without any hindrance. After all, ordinary people would not dare to stand in the way of a spellcaster, unless they were tired of living for too long.
Kail was still dancing with Barbara. They had been dancing for a long time, but to them, only a little time had passed. Liang Lidong stood at the edge of the circle for a long time. Kail and Barbara danced in circles. He faced Liang Lidong a dozen times, but did not notice that the other was giving him a look. He only looked at the beautiful girl in front of him.
This was the behavior of a young man who had fallen in love for the first time. Liang Lidong sighed helplessly. Then, with a flick of his finger, his peaceful mental energy condensed into a beam, which was instantly released and vibrated. This kind of mental energy wave could not cause harm to the human body, but it could cause some objects to vibrate, such as the strings of a musical instrument.
Half a second later, several harps and violins in the band suddenly made a duang sound, and the melodious music was forced to stop. Everyone's eyes focused on Liang Lidong. The people next to him retreated a little, because spellcasters had strange personalities in the eyes of the world. Now that he had suddenly done this, no one knew what he was up to. If it was something bad, it would be bad if they were caught up in it.
Kail finally woke up from his trance. Seeing that Liang Lidong was blushing, he hurriedly let go of Barbara and trotted to Liang Lidong's side. He said rather embarrassedly, "Teacher, I … I don't think I succeeded."
"Don't worry about it. There's something urgent, let's go back first," said Liang Lidong as he looked around.
Just then, Barbara trotted over, holding up her skirt. She asked with a slightly red face, "Sir Beta, are you leaving?"
Liang Lidong nodded. "Yes, if we don't leave now, I'm afraid we'll have to stay here tonight."
"Barbara, we'll … go back first," said Kail reluctantly as he looked at the girl. "When I have time, I'll come back to see you."
Barbara lowered her head, and her neck was a little pink. She said in a mosquito-like voice, "Okay, if you come, I'll treat you well."
Kail seemed to want to say something more, but Liang Lidong pulled him away. Just then, Lord Uther suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Sir, you're in such a hurry to leave. Did I not treat you well?"
Looking at the smiling lord, Liang Lidong secretly cursed him for being a smiling fox. He said, "There's no other way. Reed Village is quite a distance from here. If we don't leave now, it'll be very late. Don't worry, I won't object to Kail and Barbara. You can do whatever you want! "
"About this, I have something to say." At this time, the few of them were the focus of everyone's attention. Uther took the opportunity to raise his hand and said loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming to this evening party. Now, I have a very important matter to announce …"
Hearing this, Liang Lidong cursed inwardly. He was about to stop him, but he didn't expect Uther to be one step faster. "Actually, my little princess is already engaged to this Kail Reed. They've even signed a magic contract as proof. I originally planned to wait and see before announcing this news, but from what happened just now, my little princess and Mister Kail are a match made in heaven. They'll definitely become an excellent couple in the future, supporting each other until death separates them!"
The guests were in an uproar. This news was too unexpected.
Barbara blushed, while Kail was dumbfounded.
This old fox is determined to drag us down with him! Liang Lidong cursed inwardly. He could already feel dozens of cold, murderous gazes mixed in the crowd. Apart from the mercenaries that had been discovered, two more people had been exposed. One was a middle-aged woman, or perhaps the female assassin. The other was a thin man. He might be the Air Magician, but he didn't dare to jump to conclusions too early.
Apart from that, there were also several malicious gazes looking over. It seemed that the enemy against the castellan this time had not only arranged for mercenaries, but also other killers.
After a pause, Uther continued with a smile, "Sir Beta is not only a devout believer, but also a powerful Magician. He was once a member of the Monochrome Magic Tower and Mister Kail's teacher. He will teach Kail, bless Barbara, and forever be a friend of the Longman family, even a relative! "
Liang Lidong was extremely displeased. "Castellan, you're forcing us into a dangerous fire."
"Hehe, am I?" Uther said proudly, "Even so, so what? Kail will be Barbara's husband, and he will have a share in Winterwind. He's doing his best for Winterwind, which means he's doing his best for Barbara. What's wrong with a husband helping his wife? "
Liang Lidong was so angry that he wanted to curse. He had the miserable memories of being teased by the smart NPCs when he first entered the game. But he soon calmed down and said, "I'm a believer of Goddess Woking, and I can't be involved in political struggles. What you're doing is putting me in a difficult position. I might lose the friendship of Goddess Woking's Church."
"I'm not going to take advantage of you, Sir." Uther said innocently, "Of course I know the bottom line of a believer. I'm just announcing the marriage of two young people."
"You're truly shameless!" Liang Lidong looked at him.
Uther laughed. "You're flattering me. You can't survive in this world if you're too righteous."
Although the two of them were bickering, in reality, they did not relax their vigilance towards their surroundings. A few people slowly surrounded them with gloomy expressions. After saying that, Uther narrowed his eyes and raised his hand. The archers on the watchtower immediately drew their bows and aimed at the crowd in the garden below. Because the watchtower was more than a hundred meters above the ground and it was night, ordinary people didn't notice it. But professionals had keen senses, and mercenaries, who had been fighting in the Blood Rain for a long time, were even more sensitive to danger.
As soon as the archer pointed his arrow downwards, the mercenaries noticed. They knew that they had been exposed, so they stopped pretending. They pushed through the crowd and rushed towards Uther and the others.
The nobleman standing on the steps had an exquisite silver crossbow in his hand. He pointed the crossbow at Uther and pulled the trigger. Six thin silver lights flew towards Uther and the others. Three were aimed at the mayor, one at Barbara, one at Kail, and the last at Liang Lidong.
The mayor was a battle-hardened soldier. He dodged the three silver arrows with a sidestep. Barbara made a simple gesture, and a magic circle quickly appeared on the ground, covering her and Kail. The silver arrows hit the magic circle and were immediately bounced to the side. As for the silver arrow that was aimed at Liang Lidong, he was about to dodge it when Joan Of Arc, who was on his shoulder, whistled softly. An invisible wave of air spurted out from her mouth, which not only shook the silver arrow to the side, but also created a transparent air bomb, which directly hit the long-range professional on the platform.
Sonic Blast, the lowest level of air attack magic, wasn't very powerful. But after Joan Of Arc used it, the power was quite amazing. The long-range professional rolled on the ground, and the air bomb directly missed, breaking a small tree behind him in the middle. The long-range professional, whose class was unknown, looked back, then took off his noble attire and jumped into the grass in the garden. He crouched down and hid in the shadows, disappearing without a trace.
What a powerful magic pet! "Barbara looked at Joan Of Arc and couldn't help but say, her eyes full of envy. If she also had a magic pet, her combat power would increase by at least 30%.
At this time, Kail finally reacted from the news of the engagement. He looked around and asked, "What's going on? What happened?"
As he spoke, a few mercenaries had already pounced on them. Because they were disguised as nobles, it was reasonable to say that they couldn't bring weapons into the banquet. After all, there were castle servants checking at the entrance. But now they had weapons in their hands, and one of them was carrying a huge sword … How did he get such a big killing weapon in?!
There were four people on Uther's side, and there were also four mercenaries who rushed up. They each chose a target.
The one facing Uther was the burly Warrior with the giant sword. He knocked away a few nobles in front of him, and then with a swoosh, he rushed in front of Uther, leaving afterimages in his wake. The giant sword in his hand came slashing down, and he did not hold back at all. It was as if he wanted to cut Uther in half with a single strike.
Charge! Everyone wanted to learn the specialty of close-combat professionals.
Although Uther didn't have a weapon in his hand, he wasn't in a hurry at all. Very gracefully, he took two steps back in the direction of his daughter, dodging the opponent's attack. Liang Lidong's eyes were sharp. He saw Barbara's hands making gestures again, her lips hurriedly muttering something. He immediately understood what was going on, and followed Uther's example and approached Barbara.
The huge sword warrior's attack didn't connect, and the huge sword had already smashed into the stone floor of the square. Half of the blade had already sunk in, and it would be troublesome to pull it out. However, the warrior wasn't in a hurry. He stepped on the hilt with his right foot, and with a click, he pulled out a normal longsword from within the huge sword.
Sword within sword! No wonder the warrior dared to use his strength from the start. If Uther saw that the huge sword had sunk into the stone floor and thought that it couldn't be pulled out in a short time, he wouldn't be able to fight, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to attack, then he would have really fallen into someone else's trap.
The other three mercenaries also rushed up, and the four of them surrounded Liang Lidong and the others. Just as they were about to attack together, Barbara finished chanting her spell. The red barrier she had just laid down collapsed at an extremely fast speed, transforming into a red ring that covered the four of them in the middle. She took a deep breath, and her eyes were filled with light red magical elements. Then with a soft cry, the red ring spread out in all directions with an explosive force, bringing with it a violent wave of air. Caught off guard, the four mercenaries were hit by the red ring, and were blown into the crowd!
Resistance Ring of Fire! This was the strength of fire Mages. They specialized in destructive power, and even if they only used support spells, they still had great power.
After the four mercenaries were blown into the crowd, a large number of people fell to the ground. At this time, the noble guests finally realized what was going on, and let out unpleasant screams as they fled in all directions. Most of them began to run in the direction of the exit. The four mercenaries, on the other hand, didn't suffer much damage. They took the opportunity to blend into the crowd, and disappeared from Uther and Liang Lidong's sight.
"Britt's attack?" Kail, who was a little confused, asked, licking his lips.
Uther ignored him and asked Liang Lidong, "If they can bring weapons in, it means that someone from the Monochrome Magic Tower has infiltrated the venue. Since you're also from the Monochrome Magic Tower, can you find him? "
"Impossible. If he doesn't show his mental power, he's no different from an ordinary person. There's no way to tell him apart," Liang Lidong said.
"Someone who can use dimensional equipment?" Kail suddenly pointed at a young man who was screaming and hiding everywhere. "Before grandpa and I entered the castle, we saw him hiding in the shadows of the road with a few people, talking about something. Then those people handed something to him, and he disappeared instantly. It's exactly the same as the day when our teacher bought the alchemy items!"
"They were that careless?" Liang Lidong was a little surprised. "They let an ordinary person see something he shouldn't see, and he didn't notice at all?"
"No, it's because my eyes are very good!" Kail pointed at himself. "Even at night, I can see very far away."
Night vision!
The corner of Liang Lidong's mouth twitched. This was not an ability that ordinary people should have. It usually appeared in special mixed-bloods or sorcerers. For example, he was a sorcerer, so he could choose the Cloud Dragon Blue Eye as his bloodline ability. So what kind of bloodline was flowing in Kail's body? Dark elves? Dwarves? Or special magical beasts?
"Now the enemy is in the dark and we are in the open, the situation is very unfavorable." Uther smiled, looking at the space magician who didn't know that he had been exposed and was still running around pretending to be an ordinary person: "But we can use this small Rat to force all his companions out!"