Chapter 19: Fighting in the Corridor
"My lord, wake up! There are bandits in the castle!"
"???" Gervis was woken up from his sleep and was still a little confused. How could bandits get into the castle? Could it be that there were bandits in the territory? His castle was so big, with more than a dozen guards, but they had already attacked the castle.
"Ik, what's going on? How many enemies are there?" Gervis, who had just woken up, did not dare to delay and immediately jumped out of bed without bothering to put on his clothes. He only wore a pair of shorts, then took a chain mail and put on leather armor on the outside. He drew the long sword from the scabbard, opened the door and asked the guard.
This guard was one of the ones assigned to him by his father, so he was not worried about any fraud. Because the castle had limited manpower and the ten guards were unreliable, he could only let the three guards he brought take turns to guard the stairs on the third floor. Now it was Ik who was on duty, and the other two should be resting on the first floor.
"Sir, I don't know the details! I heard someone downstairs shouting that there was a thief in the castle, so I came to wake you up immediately!" Ik held the heavy sword in both hands, staring at the stairs. Because the third floor was where Gervis lived, candles were lit on both sides of the corridor. Although the light was still dim, as long as someone came up, they would be able to see it.
"Protect the master, go up first to protect the master, the thief is on the second floor!" At this moment, on the stairs, the other two guards and Thomas and others ran quickly towards the third floor. The one who shouted was Thomas. As a butler, he knew that in the castle, only Gervis was the most important. No matter what the purpose of the thief sneaking into the castle was, as long as Gervis was safe, everything would be fine.
In fact, Thomas didn't need to shout. The two guards were veterans who had experienced many battles, and they were also Gandalf's confidants. Naturally, they valued Gervis very much.
"Thomas, I'm fine. How many thieves are there?" Gervis didn't know what the situation was and didn't hear any fighting, so he stood at the door of Thomas's room with Ike. Naturally, he heard Thomas' shouting, and when Thomas and others came to the third floor, he couldn't wait to go over.
"Sir, John... Johnny said there were three thieves! They sneaked in through the window at the stairs. When I came up, I found... a figure on the second floor." Thomas was also in dishevel. It was summer now, and everyone took off all their clothes to sleep at night. Thomas grabbed a short shirt and put it on and ran out. After listening to Johnny's brief narration clearly, he rushed to the third floor with two guards without stopping. At this moment, he was still a little out of breath when speaking, not knowing whether it was because he ran too fast or was too excited.
"Since there are only three of us, let's go down and see who can sneak into the castle without anyone noticing. Are the guards on duty tonight useless?" Gervis was a little annoyed. If the castle was not safe, it meant that his own safety could not be guaranteed. He couldn't help but get angry.
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Benny and his two companions quietly reached the second floor. Benny, who was originally relieved because everything went well, was startled by the sudden shouting from downstairs.
When he heard the content of the shouting clearly, he knew that he and his men had been exposed, so he was no longer cautious.
Relying on his familiarity with the second floor, he ran quickly in the dark to the guest room where he usually lived and came to the foot of the bed where the gold coins were hidden. Benny quickly fumbled under the bed, and finally, he touched a bag filled with heavy gold coins.
Benny hung the gold coins on his waist and began to search quickly. However, the gold coins were easy to find, but the envelope was nowhere to be found. Benny was anxious.
"Captain, hurry up, someone is coming upstairs!"
An anxious voice came from the door of the guest room.
Benny was still groping, but just like the laws on Earth, the more you want to find something, the harder it is to find it. Hearing the faint shouting coming from the corridor and outside the castle, Benny knew that he should run, otherwise he would have no chance.
Without bothering to look for the envelope anymore, he turned around and ran towards the guest room door.
"Hurry, hurry up!"
The two men standing at the door were extremely anxious. Their swords were already unsheathed and in their hands, and their hands holding the swords were shaking constantly.
They just saw three figures rushing upstairs, and they estimated that they would come down in a while. When they saw Benny turning around, they relaxed a little, and without waiting for Benny, they immediately rushed to the stairs.
Seeing his two men escape first, Benny secretly hated them, but he had no way to vent his anger. Now his first priority was to get out of the castle as quickly as possible. As long as he escaped from the castle, the Baron only had a few men under his command, and it would be basically impossible for them to catch him.
But the three of them stayed too long. After Gervis reunited with his subordinates, he learned that there were only three enemies, so he went down to the second floor surrounded by everyone.
As soon as I reached the staircase on the second floor, I saw three dark figures rushing towards the staircase, one in front and one behind.
The first person standing on Gervis' side was Ik. Since he had just been on night duty, he was much better than the other two guards in terms of armor and mental state.
One of the other two guards didn't even have time to put on his leather armor. He just rushed forward with his weapon. No one expected that there would be danger in the castle.
The two gangs were unaware of each other's situation and collided with each other without any preparation. Ike was a veteran who had fought in the battlefield many times. His reaction was much faster than Benny's men. Seeing the enemy appear within three steps of him, he chopped the man's neck with a side slash. The man couldn't even block with the sword in his hand. The man who was hit by Ike's sword screamed and fell directly to the ground, covering his neck with a loud noise.
"Charge forward, or you'll die!" Benny was horrified when he saw one of his men being chopped down by the enemy after just one encounter. But there was nothing he could do at the moment. If he didn't charge forward, he would definitely die. While the enemy's men were still stuck in the narrow corridor on the third floor, he could still hope to charge forward quickly. Otherwise, when Gervis and the others reached the corridor on the second floor, the space would be much wider. If three people blocked them together, they would not be able to escape even if they had wings.
The subordinate standing in front was a little hesitant and didn't dare to step forward. Benny rushed behind him, pushed him, and then yelled at him.
The two sides came into contact in an instant. After Ik chopped off an enemy, he retracted the sword in his hand. Benny and his men had already rushed in front of him and attacked him together. Because the two sides were too close, Benny's men couldn't chop with swords, so they could only raise their swords and stab straight at Ik's abdomen. But Benny, who was a little behind, had enough space to raise his sword. At the same time as his men stabbed out the sword, he also chopped down hard on Ik's head.
"careful!"
Gervis and the remaining two guards were blocked by Ik behind them and were very anxious. However, the corridor was not spacious to begin with. If two people stood side by side, they would most likely hurt their own people by swinging their swords. They did not have long weapons in their hands, so Ik had to fend off the attacks of Benny and the other two alone.
Seeing the two men attacking at the same time, Ike immediately dodged to the side and rear, and at the same time, he raised his sword again to block Benny's slash. With a ding sound, the two swords collided with each other, and a spark of collision flashed in the dim corridor.
Although Ike blocked Benny's slash, he was stabbed by Benny's subordinates. Ike, who was lying on his side, felt a chill in his abdomen. At the same time, because he retreated in a hurry, his center of gravity was unstable and he fell backwards.
"Damn!" Gervis was the third person standing behind Ike. Although it was the first time he had seen such a scene and his whole body was shaking slightly, the moment he saw Ike fall down, endless anger surged in Gervis' chest, dispelling the little bit of fear in his heart.
Benny saw that Ike blocked his slash, but in order to avoid the straight thrust of his men, he also took a step back, which just created a gap. He rushed into the corridor without hesitation.
"Kill, go up and kill them both!" Gvisik fell to the ground. No one knew whether Ik was dead or alive. At this moment, his eyes were fierce and he shouted loudly.
In fact, there was no need for Gervis's order. After Ik fell to the ground, the two guards immediately passed Ik and chased the two enemies. Gervis did not even bother to check and followed behind with a long sword in his hand. Thomas had no weapon in his hand, so he could only follow at the end.
Benny and his companion fled into the corridor, but the pursuers behind them immediately approached and attacked them from above. Because the corridor was narrow, they could no longer attack Gervis's men at the same time, and could only fight and retreat, struggling to resist.
Benny was very anxious as there were pursuers pressing behind him, and hurried footsteps could be heard in the corridor downstairs. It should be the butler opening the gate of the inner castle, and the guards outside rushed in.
There were only two steps left to the window through which they were to sneak in, but the guard behind them was slashing at them madly with his sword, using his height advantage to force them not to be distracted or to make any other movements. Benny glanced at the window with his peripheral vision, then looked at his men and found that they were almost unable to resist and seemed to want to turn around and get into the window first.
"Only one of us can survive, so don't blame me for being cruel!" Benny suddenly became ruthless. In this situation, only one person can resist, so that the other one has time to turn around and escape through the window. The person responsible for resisting will only die unless he surrenders.
Especially when the people on the first floor also rush up, they will be attacked from both sides, and it will be difficult for the two to escape even if they have wings.
Benny watched his subordinate raise his hand and sword, which collided violently with the guard's sword. Without hesitation, he suddenly pushed his subordinate hard on the back.
Benny's men and the pursuer were still holding their swords at this moment. Benny pushed the subordinate hard, and he lost his balance and fell directly into the man's arms. The two of them fell to the ground and rolled together.
It was Laurie who was knocked to the ground by Benny's men. Audrey, who was standing behind Laurie, saw Laurie and Benny's men rolling together, with their weapons falling out of their hands. He immediately kicked away the long sword that fell to the ground, and did not bother to continue to take care of the two men on the ground.
Because half of Benny's body had already gotten out of the window, Audrey stretched out his arm without thinking and slashed at half of Benny's body with a sword. However, the distance was too far, and it just scratched Benny's belt and did not hurt Benny.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Benny climbed out of the window.
Gervis, who was at the back, saw that Audrey had already gone up, so he raised the sword in his hand, ready to kill the thief who had injured Ik on the ground first.
"Sir, please spare my life. I surrender! I surrender!" Just as Gervis was about to raise his sword to chop at the man, the man on the ground also reacted and raised his hands, shouting and begging for mercy.
Hearing the plea for mercy, Gervis suppressed his anger with great difficulty and stopped the sword halfway through. The blade stopped a few centimeters away from the man's head.
Because Gervis needs someone alive.
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