A strange world

Chapter 307 Section 160. The incredible truth

"Haha, I thought you guys would be smarter these days."

The old mage laughed at them wantonly and was slapped on the calf with the sword.

The guard and his companion said: "Those golden lions running at night make me uneasy..."

"But the captain said that the black-haired boy is the King of the North... They will never bring him to us."

"You're right, but I still have a bad feeling..."

"Then tell the captain, I'll be with you."

The two guards came out of the tent, and the sound of their footsteps gradually faded away. "So, what do you know?" A whisper sounded in the air.

"I know everything, such as you massacring your own people."

"Are you telling the truth?"

Annan's silhouette appeared in the tent, and the old mage looked at him: "Are you the King of the North?"

"Please answer my question first." Annan looked at him seriously: "How do you prove what you said?"

"I saw it with my own eyes. They massacred Ghost Town and attacked several villages on the road..." The old mage was laughing. He was clearly exhausted, but excited: "Choosing to imprison me was their stupidest act."

"They are back. Bring the news to your subordinates. King of the North... don't let me down."

"No need to bother."

Annan heard the footsteps, faced the door of the tent, and said to the two guards who came in in shock: "Why is there a prisoner here?"

"The news is leaked!"

The guards who shouted and drew their swords and rushed towards Annan extinguished their last chance.

Annan lowered his eyes in disappointment. An oval space rift appeared in front of him, and an outstretched dragon claw knocked away the two guards like a ball of paper.

The tent was torn apart, and the shocking dragon roar echoed over the forest.

Over at the Golden Lion Knight Team, the knight captain raised his head in disbelief.

"Annan's signal...it's actually them..." After a brief hesitation, he rushed out of the tent and shouted: "Do it!"

The dazzling azure dragon's breath raged through the camp, and the guard knights who were caught off guard by the surprise attack were then rushed into the face by swarms of elements.

Only a few elite guard knights were unable to resist, and the battle ended in a few minutes.

Annan still gave them the last chance: instead of killing him, only the unlucky guard among the fifty guard knights was shot away by the blue dragon, and fell down and broke his neck. The remaining people, including the cavalry captain and the clerk, were arrested.

In front of the camp fire, the young knight captain asked in embarrassment: "King of the North, what are you doing!"

"I should ask you. What do you want to do when you kill your own people..."

"I don't understand what you are talking about..." The knight captain shook his head: "Do you believe a prisoner's slander?"

"You don't even want to say that it's because the townspeople were infected by the plague..." Annan felt sad and said to the silent knight captain: "It doesn't matter, there is always someone whose mouth can pry open."

Morin and Wizard Aemon interrogated the knights separately, but each knight insisted that they did not attack villages and kill civilians. That perseverance seemed like they were righteous.

"Lord Annan, we should take them back to the capital and hand them over to the Knights Tribunal." Knight captain Mo Lin said.

"You think a squad of knights would do this without orders from above?"

"This is not allowed..."

Maureen shut her mouth. They massacred civilians, what else is possible?

"Are you sure you don't want to tell me?" Annan asked them for the last time.

"We know nothing," insisted the Knight Captain. "It's still too late for you to release us now. King of the North, don't do anything stupid..."

"Let the knights leave here first." Annan said to Molin calmly.

"All knights, patrol the perimeter of the camp."

The knights withdrew from the camp, leaving only the elements, the old mage, Morin and Aemon in front of the campfire.

Annan holds the apprentice devil's contract and releases low-level summoning techniques. Scorching flames and acrid brimstone emerged, and the burning bonfire twisted and swelled into the outline of a human-shaped flame with goat's horns.

"You dare to collude with the devil! Maureen! Aemon! You have betrayed the knight!"

The wizards Morin and Aemon, who believe in the god of knights and guardians, have goosebumps due to the devil's aura, but their desire for the truth suppresses their hostility to the devil.

Moreover, demons are relatively orderly. If Annan summons demons, they can only attack and report to the Tribunal.

"A big deal."

Annan and the trainee devil Brudonna, who had little interest, said: "I will sell their souls to you. There is only one content in the transaction: why they did this."

The flame outline swept towards the controlled knights: "Not enough"

Annan frowned: "These are the souls of fifty professionals, as well as several elites."

"The devil can smell a conspiracy... a horrific conspiracy. What you're dealing with doesn't match what you want to know."

"I can give you gold coins"

"I do not need."

When Annan was still thinking about what he could trade, the old mage stood up and said, "What about me?"

"enough."

"No, he wants to return to the royal capital to testify." Annan refused, saying that the old mage was a witness and also a victim.

"It doesn't matter, I can brand it and collect your soul after you die."

At the insistence of the old mage, she accepted the apprentice devil's mark on her soul, and then she told Annan: They were under the orders of the Knights of the Guard. The Knights of the Praetorian Guard did this because of royal instructions. The royal family's instructions were decided after consultation with the Mage Tower and Arcadia Academy.

"This is impossible!" Molin's belief collapsed.

"You will not find a more reputable being in the abyss than the devil," said the flame silhouette.

"Why do you do such a thing...Are you loyal to the royal family or to the creed?"

But no matter how much I asked, there was no answer.

"Collect your reward." Annan said.

The flame formed by the trainee devil suddenly swelled. The flying sparks fell on the bodies of the knights, and their lives were like sparks, fleeting.

After falling to the ground continuously, the trainee devil burped in a very unladylike manner and waved to Annan: "I am very satisfied with this transaction and look forward to the next transaction with you..."

The smell of sulfur dissipated, the flames were no longer special, and the dancing firelight licked their faces.

"Go back and tell everything that happened..."

Confused face.

Who else can be trusted?

They were even frightened into cold sweats by their terrifying conjectures: the royal family, the Mage Tower, and perhaps Ordgers Academy... they stood with the ratmen.

In any case, the Dark Forest cannot stay any longer. The knights were getting ready, and Annan took advantage of this moment to come to the forest again.

"are you still there?"

Not long after, the natural aura she sensed told Annan that she appeared here.

"Irilanze reminds you to leave the Kingdom of Ruikan'er immediately..."

"There's going to be big trouble here."