Lord God Investigator

The healing potion gradually took effect, and Jack's injury gradually improved. Although the injured area still hurt slightly, his mobility was restored, and he was able to walk on his own without the need for Arkanis' continued support.

Arcanis led the young couple quietly through the chaotic city. This assassin was obviously more familiar with the terrain of Ascatla City than the dock workers and the daughters of noble families. Following his footsteps, Jack and Li It was also an eye-opener for Si, who realized that there were so many hidden streets and alleys in the city, and there were actually many secret doors in the houses.

These are all "private passages" left by the ubiquitous shadow thieves.

Jack was defeated from the city gate area before and fled to the slums adjacent to the city gate area and was caught up by the paladin team. After Arkanis rescued him, he led him towards the bridge area.

Arriving at the entrance to the Bridge District, there is an arch and a section of city wall. Each district of Ascaltra City is also separated by a city wall. When traveling through each district, you need to pass through a gatehouse guarded by guards. This is the "upper class" It was set up to prevent "lower people" from invading their urban areas and to better manage the city.

Of course, designing the city in this way also plays a role in defending against invasion by foreign enemies. If a city area falls, the defenders can retreat to the next city area.

The revolting citizens dispersed too quickly, and the uprising leaders, who had no military experience at all, did not organize a reserve team. There was no defender at the gatehouse of the city.

Now, the paladins who rushed into the city have arrived and occupied the gate tower between the cities. A team of 100 people guarded the tower. Any citizens who approached the tower were killed as enemy soldiers.

After the Knights defeated the defenders and entered the city, they no longer suppressed the mob, but turned into a large-scale manhunt and a massacre.

Many citizens were hiding in their homes with a sense of luck, thinking that since they did not participate in the uprising and did not go to the city wall to resist, they would not be regarded as a mob.

However, the knights who invaded the city did not know who among the citizens were thugs and who were good citizens.

The Migne rifle is a great threat to knights. Even if they advance with a shield raised, a cold shot fired from the second floor window of a city building can hit the soldier behind the shield due to the shooting angle.

The chief mage emphasized the danger of the secret of the rifle if it were spread at the joint meeting of the knights. After some secret discussions, several knights leaders finally decided to remove all the rifles and the mechanical structures of the rifles from the city of Ascaltra. Anyone who has a certain understanding of the principle of emission will be killed.

The structure of the Migne rifle is simpler. A dwarf craftsman or dwarf blacksmith can roughly imitate it as long as he observes carefully. The method of making flash caps and bullets and gunpowder is not difficult for an alchemist.

The Knights do not intend to carefully screen everyone and screen out those who know the secrets of the rifle. This is simply impossible.

Once the manufacturing drawings or manufacturing principles of the rifle are leaked to other cities in Faerûn, the consequences will be too serious. Anyway, the city of Ascaltra has been regarded as a demon city. Based on the principle of eliminating evil and doing everything possible, the knights decided to conduct a thorough cleanup operation. .

A thorough clearing operation means to completely kill everyone. Regardless of whether these ginsengs participated in the riots, they are all dead. There is no need to worry about anyone spreading the secret that "ordinary people can defeat knights with rifles".

Ironically, the leaders of the revolting people were not on the killing list. The chief mage issued a strict order to capture these people alive. He needed to get the news from these people and understand what Bredero preached. How do things affect people's hearts?

The first people to enjoy the butcher's knife were those citizens who thought they could protect themselves wisely by not resisting or participating. They were driven out of their homes by the knights and rushed to the Grand Theater of Amn, where they were asked to report each other and identify those who participated in the riots or used rifles. mob.

When the identification is completed, the betrayed mob will be taken away by the knights. The citizens who identified the mob thought that they would be freed from suspicion and would be released soon. However, what was waiting for them was the poisonous cloud released by the mage. The vast theater hall became a gas chamber.

The mob being taken away will not die immediately. They will be tortured. If someone is willing to rebel and tell something valuable, he can live for a few more days until he tells everything he knows and then loses it. value, and then be executed.

The city gate has been occupied by the Centurions. Arkanis signaled Jack and Liz to hide. He took out a grappling hook rope from the dimensional bag in his waistband, threw the grappling hook up the city wall, and climbed up the city wall along the rope. , and used the skill of hiding in shadows, and quickly climbed to the top platform of the gate tower.

Not long after, a red smoke column rose from the platform, and Arkanis lit the chimney.

Jack didn't understand why Aknis did this. While he was wondering, he suddenly saw red smoke pillars rising from several places in the city.

After briefly judging the positions where the smoke pillars rose, Jack seemed to realize that some of the smoke pillars were located at the gatehouses of each district in the city, while others were located at some squares in the city.

But why do smoke pillars rise above the gate towers of urban areas? It looks a lot like a mark.

Just as he was wondering, there were whistling sounds in the air, as if something was flying quickly through the air, making a sharp whistle.

The next moment, for some unknown reason, the gatehouse in the Bridge Area exploded. The gatehouse was enveloped in continuous explosions and flames. The hundred-man team guarding the gatehouse was caught off guard and enveloped in firelight and thick smoke.

Waves of air hit her face, gravel splashed, and dust flew. Jack quickly protected Liz.

At the same time, dull explosions were heard from everywhere in the city where red smoke pillars were rising.

Arkanis appeared again, sensing Jack's confusion, and lowered his voice: "That's a guerrilla mortar. Lighting the chimney is to send a signal to the gunner."

After waiting for a while, there was no more whistling in the air. Before the smoke from the explosion at the gatehouse dissipated, Akanis led the two of them to climb over the gatehouse that had become rubble and entered the bridge area.

"Let's rush to the dock area as soon as possible. There is a boat on the dock to pick you up." Akanis said to Jack and Liz while leading the way.

"There are still many people in the city." Jack said, "What should they do?"

"You can take as many as you can." Akanis whispered: "Many people are unwilling to leave. Even at this time, they still have illusions. We don't have time to persuade them. But those who want to leave, as long as they hurry You can get on our boat when you get to the dock.”

Jack thought about the person who betrayed him and sighed secretly. He thought about it and asked again: "What kind of weapon is a mortar? If I guessed correctly, it seems that that kind of weapon can shoot magic crystal bombs like bullets." It's far away. Why don't you back us up with some mortars? If there were mortars, maybe the city could be held."

"This kind of weapon is just an experimental weapon. It is too difficult to make. Both the barrel and the shell are too difficult to make."

Akanis said: "It can only be handmade by master blacksmiths, and rare metal materials are used. The round of artillery fire you just saw has finished the cannonballs produced in the past few months. Even if there are still cannonballs, the barrels are worn out. It’s so powerful that even if the next round of shelling doesn’t blow up the barrel, the accuracy of the shelling cannot be guaranteed.”