Chapter 673 Taking hostages!
As a new temple member walked out of the banquet hall, about three or four minutes later, people heard the sound of rapid clashing of swords outside the banquet hall.
A moment later, three members of the New Temple and Waddington arrived at the door of the banquet hall while fighting and retreating.
"Waddington, your lady from Sky City is in our hands now. Stop immediately, or we will be rude to you."
The new temple master named Natali retreated into the hall while resisting Waddington's fierce attack.
When Marshall, the hall master who was responsible for leading the team to attack the banquet hall, saw this situation, he immediately threatened Waddington.
In a one-on-one fight, neither of the two hall masters is a match for Waddington, so the only way to be effective is to threaten Adela.
Sure enough, when Waddington heard his threatening words and looked into the hall, he saw the young men and women who were controlled in the field, and immediately stopped attacking with his sword.
"You scum of the New Temple, if you dare to hurt the young lady, I swear to destroy your New Temple!"
"Haha, Waddington, since we've come here and started fighting, no one will be afraid of death. You'd better behave yourself. We have something to discuss with your master!"
Although Natali and Marshall are both masters of the New Temple, the leader of the team, Marshall, obviously has a higher status than Natali. At this time, Marshall is the one who makes the decisions on the field.
Natali didn't say anything more after she broke away from the fight with Waddington.
"snort!"
Waddington knew the New Temple's style of doing things, and he also saw his young lady in the crowd, guarded by the two White Flag Knights. He snorted coldly and dared not provoke Marshall and others again. He just stood at the gate and confronted Marshall and others.
What happened today was his fault. His young lady was kidnapped. If something went wrong, even if he committed suicide to apologize, it would not make up for it.
Tap tap!
"Lord Waddington!"
The New Temple's actions tonight were extremely fast. It only took three or four minutes from killing the four guards at the door to controlling Adela and the others, plus it took another three or four minutes for Waddington to arrive.
So in less than eight minutes, Marshall and others completed a crucial part of tonight's plan.
The dozens of guards deployed by Sky City outside the Leng Feicui Manor only arrived now after discovering the situation.
These people looked anxious and shouted as soon as they saw Waddington change.
"Surround this building and don't let anyone escape!"
When Waddington saw the guards arriving, he immediately ordered the building of the manor to be cordoned off.
The only thing we can do now is to wait for Duke Edward to return.
He didn't have the strength to save Adela safely from two people of the same level.
After that, Waddington and the people from the New Temple did not take any action and just waited quietly for the lords of the Holy City to return.
And Gervis did the same, with his back to the crowd, relying on his senses to understand the situation around him, and lying quietly on the ground as his body.
Time passed by minute by minute, during which the young men and women were very obedient and did not dare to make the slightest movement. However, Adela and Laci would look at Gervis' 'corpse' from time to time.
It was obvious that Gervis's selfless dedication today had once again won their immense respect.
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About ten minutes later, noisy sounds were heard outside the building.
Tap tap!
The sound of powerful footsteps came quickly from the end of the corridor.
"Waddington! What's going on!"
Before Edward arrived at the door of the hall, the grim aura had already made everyone in the hall feel oppressed.
"Hall, it was my fault that I failed in my duty. I fell into the trap set by the cultists of the New Temple, and the young lady was held hostage by them!"
When Waddington saw Edward arrive, an expression of shame immediately appeared on his face, and he knelt on one knee and answered.
When Edward heard this, his face instantly turned grim. He didn't even let Waddington stand up and went straight to the door of the hall.
Seeing Edward arrive, Marshall, Natali and others were already on full alert. They ran behind the young hostages and put their swords on their necks.
It was Adela that Marshall was holding hostage.
"grandfather!"
Adela, who was originally relatively calm, immediately cried out with red eyes when she saw Edward appear.
"Adela!"
Edward cried out in pain, and then looked at Marshall with murderous eyes.
"Marshall, if Adela is injured in any way, my Sky City will do nothing from now on. Even if it takes all our strength, we will focus on catching and killing all of you rats!"
"Haha! Duke Edward, don't be angry. You should know what we mean since we haven't hurt your granddaughter yet!"
Although Marshall was fully alert for Edward's possible sudden attack, he felt much safer with half of his body behind Adela. He immediately smiled and slowly replied to Edward.
"What's going on?"
"What's going on?"
It was also at this time that other city lords who were slightly slower than Edward also arrived at the Leng Feicui Manor.
When they saw several corpses at the gate, they knew something had happened here.
In the corridor, Edward was seen standing facing the hall, while Waddington was half-kneeling on the ground with his head down. His face suddenly changed and he rushed over quickly, asking anxiously.
A moment later, these city lords also arrived at the door of the banquet hall, and their eyes were bloodshot when they saw the scene in the hall.
"The scum of the New Temple!"
Each of these holy city lords holds the lives and deaths of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people in their hands. Now that their own heirs have been held hostage, they are naturally furious.
They also knew the two hall masters of the New Temple, Marshall and Natali, because they were the most active figures in the New Temple and had planned many large and small events in the past.
"Haha! Don't get excited, everyone. If you scare my subordinates and their hands tremble, your heir will be gone!"
Seeing more city lords coming, Marshall was not afraid, but relaxed a little.
Edward was the only one there before, and he was worried that Edward would save his granddaughter regardless of the lives of others.
Now that all the city lords have arrived, naturally many people will be cautious and will certainly not dare to act recklessly, nor will they allow others to act recklessly.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's discuss the terms! Our main purpose for coming here today is not to kill people, so I hope that the city lords will not be impulsive, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"
"Tell me, what are the conditions!"
Edward had been keeping his eyes on Marshall, and when he heard his words, he spoke in a cold voice.
"I heard that at the auction of the Holy Merchants' Company that day, several city lords won the spiritual potion. Our New Holy Temple also wants to see such a magical potion. I wonder if the city lords agree to it?"
Marshall smiled and spoke to everyone!
Edward didn't hesitate after hearing this. He took out a potion that looked like green crystal from the storage space and threw it into the hall.
There was a lord of the Holy City present who also bid for the mental power potion. When he saw Edward's actions, he took it out and threw it into the hall.
Hall Master Natali in the hall moved quickly, and with a few easy moves he grasped the two potions firmly in his hands.
"Well, it is indeed a beautiful potion. But Duke Edward, I heard that there were five potions auctioned at the time. Why are there only two here?"
Marshall glanced at the potion in Netali's hand and knew at a glance whether it was real or fake, because the beauty of the potion could not be faked.
However, Edward and others have only handed over two so far, and he is obviously not satisfied.
"The other several spiritual potions that day were obtained by the Golden Shield Family and the Alliance Academy of Higher Learning. They don't have any hostages in your hands! The same is true for the other one!"
Edward explained the reason in a cold voice.
The five potions auctioned that day fell into the hands of different families. For example, the Golden Shield Family had no heirs kidnapped tonight, so naturally they would not take them out.
As for the two that Edward bought privately, he certainly would not take them out now. First of all, outsiders did not know about the existence of this potion, and taking it out would cause trouble in the future.
In addition, he knew that such a large plan of the New Temple could not be just for these few potions. Even if he took them out, they would not be enough to feed Marshall and others.
"Alright! Two is fine! Duke Edward, I heard that your Sky City has some connection with this mysterious pharmacist. My last request is that you bring that mysterious pharmacist to us in exchange!"
Marshall reveals the true purpose of tonight's plan.
As soon as Marshall finished speaking, Edward frowned immediately.
Only today did he get a rough guess as to where Adela got the potion from, and had some clues.
It is very likely that his granddaughter is connected to that murderous young man.
But the problem is that no one has figured out the identity of this God of Death, so it is impossible to bring someone here for exchange.
"Marshall, we in Sky City don't know the identity of that pharmacist."
Edward finally told the truth.
"Edward, you don't know either? Does that mean the rumor is true?"
"Your granddaughter is the only one who can contact the God of Death? If that's the case, I can only take her away first, and then release her after we find the pharmacist!"
Marshall frowned slightly at first. Seeing that Edward did not seem to be lying, he realized that the person who was connected to the mysterious pharmacist might really be Adela in his hands.
However, although it would be more troublesome to find the mysterious pharmacist, as long as Adela was captured, there would still be a way, so Marshall's brows relaxed.
"You dare!"
When Edward heard that Marshall was actually planning to kidnap Adela, his awe-inspiring aura instantly exploded.
puff!
"ah!"
Just as Edward finished speaking, Marshall's sword suddenly flashed and directly hit a young man next to him, cutting off his entire arm!
The young man felt the pain instantly and immediately hugged his arms and began to wail.
"Blackie!"
The young man's father was also at the door of the banquet hall. Seeing this situation, he immediately shouted excitedly. Just as he was about to rush in, he was immediately stopped by the other city lords beside him.
"Haha! Duke Edward, now you know whether I dare or not! If any of you block our departure, we will kill one person for every minute that passes!"
"Now, all of you exit this building!"
Marshall had a bloodthirsty smile on his face, not afraid of the murderous gazes of the Holy City lords.
"Walk!
Although Edward and the others were furious, they were afraid to take action because Adela and the others were being held hostage. They then began to slowly retreat out of the building.
Before leaving, Edward called out to Waddington, who was still kneeling on the ground.
"Tie them all up!"
Seeing Edward and others slowly retreating, Marshall took out a mithril chain from his space ring and asked his men to lock up the young men.
"Yes, Master!"
"Master, what should we do with those orcs?"
Suddenly one of the men asked, because there were more than two hundred young men held hostage in the hall, including the orcs, and the chains originally prepared were not enough.
"Leave them here later!"
The New Temple's sphere of activities is basically within the Holy Alliance, so the orcs are very happy to see the New Temple stirring up trouble within the Holy Alliance.
Sometimes they would even secretly make shady deals with the New Temple. Marshall did not want to make enemies with the orcs. After all, their identities today had been revealed, so he was not prepared to pay any attention to these orcs.
"Yes! Hall Master!"
Then, members of the New Temple in the hall began to tie up the young men one by one with chains.
At this moment, everyone didn't notice that Gervis, who was lying motionless at the foot of the wall, had slightly turned sideways and was looking at everyone's actions.
(End of this chapter)
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