The battlefield in front of the city gate had gone from being noisy with sounds of fighting and screams to being strangely relatively quiet.
Apart from the "buzzing..." sound of locusts flapping their wings in the sky overhead, even the injured people below were trying hard to suppress their cries of pain, as if any louder noise would alert the devil in the sky.
The war seemed to be far away from the crowd at this moment.
However, not everyone dared to move, such as the five "Nighthawks" who looked ragged.
The nighthawk is a bird endemic to the United Kingdom of the Midoan City-States. Like the owls on Earth, it is a nocturnal bird of prey and has the same characteristics as similar birds: stronger eyesight, more sensitive nerves, and more agile skills!
One of the main habitats of the nightjar is in the forest surrounding the city-state of Fanet.
In the city-states near this forest, senior scouts in the army would be given the name "Nighthawk" to represent their extremely high quality. There have always been few such elite scouts, and they are considered to be the unorganized famous army in those city-states.
In most countries of this world, scouts are not just simple scouts, but are more like modern special forces on Earth. Basically, long-distance travel requires patrolling, spying on intelligence, and even assassination is one of the scouts' jobs.
The city-states and church forces that have gathered around the Sword Saint Degni have now sent a large number of "Nighthawks" towards Qinggele. Their main goal is to find a way to obtain the crystal that the Sword Saint mentioned is very likely to exist.
In the dark battlefield, under this cover, five Nighthawks from the city-state of Fanet slowly approached the direction of Blanty.
When it got dark, the five people closed their eyes in advance and began to adapt, so they can now see their surroundings more clearly than other panicked people.
Although the light from the crystal in Blantai's hand was dim, it was very conspicuous now.
The "buzz buzz buzz..." sound covered up all the tiny and noisy sounds.
The leading nighthawk lowered his voice to alert his companions behind him.
"Pay attention to those Royal Guards. Their target is definitely not a small character. Remember, our goal is not to kill people, but to get the crystal!"
"Understood!" "Understood!" "Okay!" "Yeah"
Then, under the cover of the noisy sound overhead, the five people quietly approached within ten meters of Brantey and spread out to the appropriate angles.
"Get started!"
With a low shout, the five Nighthawks drew their short swords, daggers and other weapons, and rushed out from their respective positions.
The person in charge of protecting Brantey was Heno's most trusted captain of the guard, who was also in fear of the unknown demon.
However, when the five Nighthawks drew their weapons, the Blantyre crystal made those weapons reflect a faint light.
Unlike the weapons that were already there, these reflections appeared suddenly.
When the captain of the guard reacted, he instinctively felt something was wrong.
“Hiss~~” “Hiss~~~”…
Two or three war horses were quickly scratched by the nighthawk as it passed by. They immediately neighed in pain, shaking the cavalry on them to charge left and right.
"Ding~Puff~" "Puff~"
"Bang……"
“Hiss~~~”
The short sounds of weapons and the sound of weapons piercing flesh were accompanied by the screams of camels and horses.
"Ah!!! Someone is attacking!!!"
"Protect the young master!!!"
Including the captain of the guard, several guards around him pushed aside the chaotic horses and moved closer to Blantai.
One of the guards had not yet fully adapted to the darkness, but he vaguely saw a figure moving quickly past him, aiming directly at Blantai.
"stop!!"
He swung his knife hard at the leader of the Nighthawks.
"Dang..." There was a sound of metal clashing and sparks flying. Nighthawk's dagger did not bear the force directly. His body changed angle with the dagger, and then the dagger tilted and slid upwards in an instant.
“Swish~~~Puff.”
The dagger slid upward along the blade and cut off two fingers of the guard.
"ah!!!"
The guard switched the knife to his left hand and swung it around while screaming, but Nighthawk did not pursue him and went straight towards the main target.
Blanty's heart beat faster than before, and he felt a strong threat to his life.
He didn't know how many enemies there were in the dark, and he didn't have enough confidence in his martial arts.
He held the crystal accessory in his left hand, trying not to let any light through, and carefully stuffed the crystal accessory back into the armor. He held the sword tightly in his right hand and looked around vigilantly.
The next moment, a warning sign appeared. A gust of wind blew and Blanty instinctively leaned back.
"Zira..."
A thin trail of sparks flew from the armor near the collar.
Blantyre's body felt numb as he leaned back. If he had been a step slower, his throat would have been cut.
Before he could make any other response.
"Bang!" With a sound, the abdomen that was not covered by the breastplate was hit hard.
"Uh-huh!"
Blantai groaned in pain, and at the same time, he felt a strong force pulling him from behind, and the remaining horses suddenly went crazy.
"hiss!!!"
"Bang~"
The moment the warhorse rushed out, Blantyre's entire body was dragged off the horse and fell heavily to the ground, making him dizzy.
Before he could even stand up, a cold dagger was pressed against his neck.
At this time, the outer guards were still fighting in the dark.
"Don't move, young noble! I won't take your life!"
A low voice sounded in Blantai's ears, and the blade of the dagger got closer to his neck.
"We don't want to cause any extra trouble. If we kill you, your army will definitely pursue us. I just want the treasure, the glowing treasure you hid in your clothes. It should be able to sell for a lot of money!"
The dagger straightened, causing Blantai to feel slight pain.
“Give it to me now!!”
In this situation, one must try to save one's own life. This is what every noble has been taught since childhood.
Although he was very reluctant, Blanty still did it. He carefully pulled the accessories out of his collar, but before he could untie the rope, the dagger on his neck separated his body first, and at the same time, one hand steadily caught the crystal accessories.
Then a few short whistles were heard, and Blanty stumbled back to the ground from his restrained state, and the life-threatening dagger was gone.
The five Nighthawks quickly evacuated according to the predetermined plan, escaping in the darkness and chaos.
“Successful!!!”
"Great! Go back soon!! As long as you can send it back!"
Woo~~~
A rapid sound of breaking through the air approached in an instant.
“Puff~”
One of the five Nighthawks was suddenly hit by an arrow and thrown backwards.
Then came the second arrow and the third arrow...
"Run!! Leave us alone and take that back!!"
In the darkness, even Heno couldn't hit the vital points with every arrow. It was already very good that he didn't miss, so the three people who were shot were not dead.
The Nighthawk leader and another companion gritted their teeth and did not stop to rescue their comrades. Instead, they each grabbed a camel or horse and ran away separately.
…
Heno finally rushed back to Blantai, and the people around him had begun to adapt to the darkness.
From the time I was attacked to now, it was actually just a short period of time for my vision to adapt to the darkness.
"Are you okay?"
"fine!"
Blantai stood up somewhat awkwardly and sat back on a military camel horse.
"Although these people pretend to be robbers and desperate criminals, they are definitely not ordinary people. Father, I..."
"You don't have to say anything. I won't allow anyone who dares to assassinate the heir of the Nolan family to escape!"
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