Sword Sorcery - Chapter 33

[Chapter 33 Absconding]

“Lord Viscount, can you open the ‘secret passage’ now?”

Aaron’s calm voice caused Viscount Steve’s expression to change. He hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a deep voice, “Aaron, how did you find out?”

Viscount Steve’s words were equivalent to acknowledging the existence of the ‘secret passage’ in disguise, and also made Aaron heave a sigh of relief, a relieved smile appeared on his face, and said confidently: “It seems that I really didn’t guess. Wrong fact, Lord Viscount, you are obviously not a stubborn fool – in fact, you have already guessed that Leo Castle must be unstoppable, right?”

Viscount Steve nodded silently, acknowledging Aaron’s guess, and motioned Aaron to continue with his eyes, and Aaron did not live up to Viscount Steve’s expectations, and said his guess with a smile:

“In my opinion, if Lord Steve Leo survived the Battle of Dawn and passed the title of Viscount smoothly, he would definitely not be a fool who is blindly confident in himself, because such a fool would have died in the war long ago. bingo.”

“In this way, things will seem very strange – the Viscount is obviously not a blindly confident, arrogant madman, why after hearing our report, still shows a certain confidence ‘the castle will definitely be defended’ firm attitude?”

“Even, you didn’t show even the slightest worry about this matter, which made me have to doubt it……”

Aaron pointed his finger at his head and continued with a smile: “Since the Viscount is not like someone with a problem in his head, regarding your resolute performance, I think it is a ‘fake show’ that is deliberately performed for others to see— —A personal attitude deliberately displayed in order to numb the minds of others!”

“Actually, your heart has already become anxious and impatient, and you must also secretly maintain no doubt about the fact that Leo Castle will definitely fall. Therefore, in fact, you have done it right from the beginning. Preparations for ‘Absconding’ – looking for a way to escape from the enemy’s siege!”

Viscount Steve nodded slightly, with undisguised astonishment in his eyes, but he deliberately retorted: “If that’s the case, why should I continue to stay in the castle? According to your reasoning, I should have At the beginning, I took the opportunity to escape, instead of dragging the army outside to start attacking the castle, and surrounded the entire Leo Castle, it was a water leak.”

“Because you need a moment.”

Aaron smiled and stretched out his right hand into a fist, his left hand opened into a cloth shape, his left hand gently wrapped his right hand, and explained calmly: “Our castle is a fist, and the combined army of the enemy soldiers is a cloth net. When your lord heard the news that all the villages outside were lost, we were actually surrounded by the enemy—with the villages around the castle as the encirclement point!”

“If the Viscount chooses to arrange a large number of carriages under his command to assemble and flee at this time, not to mention that the news that the Viscount is about to abandon the city and escape will definitely cause a riot among the civilians – just carrying a lot of property and family members. The horse-drawn carriage team itself is definitely not moving quickly, and it is easy to be discovered by the surrounding enemy troops with villages as strongholds.”

“Then, these enemy troops will be like bears smelling honey, frantically chasing the carriage team of the Viscount Lord. When the speed of the carriage is far slower than that of the cavalry – the team will most likely be followed by the cavalry. , became a fragrant prey that could not get rid of the enemy’s tracking, and was gradually surrounded by a large number of enemy troops and could not break through, and was finally completely strangled by the enemy!”

“After all, Lord Viscount, you are not alone. You also have your own wives and concubines. Your daughter and a lot of wealth need to be carried along with you. It is impossible to escape the entire castle alone, because you cannot leave behind everything you have accumulated over the years!”

“So, Lord Viscount, you chose the most ‘ruthless’ and ‘resolute’ way—”

Aaron’s tone began to become calm,

But it contains a bloody meaning that cannot be concealed: “Since you want your family and wealth to leave the castle safely and leave the territory of the entire Chino Kingdom, then you simply abandon the entire castle – as a way to attract enemies. Attention ‘abandoned child’!”

“As long as Leo Castle maintains the state of ‘resistance’ and makes the civilians under your command think that you are sincerely holding on, then the enemy will encounter quite strong obstacles when they attack. Therefore, this is different from giving up voluntarily. The castle has caused the territory to easily change hands, and the enemy can still have the energy to track other fleeing convoys – in this case, the enemy will never have the energy to worry about other things!”

“When the enemy is desperately attacking the castle, they will definitely gather most of the troops around the castle, resulting in basically not many enemy troops stationed in other village strongholds. The siege has been reduced to a ‘little circle’!”

When Aaron said this, the fist of his right hand, which was originally wrapped by his left hand, suddenly bent a finger and stretched out through the fingers of his left hand, like a team of carriages that broke through the ‘small circle’ and came outside. !

“So, you must have a secret passage that leads directly to somewhere outside, at least outside the ‘small circle’, a hidden place that will not be discovered by the enemy – in this way, you can calmly Leaving Leo Territory, as long as you don’t pass around those villages, those enemy soldiers who are stationed here and there will definitely not be able to find the carriage team.”

“Even if the castle is breached by the coalition forces, those enemy soldiers will definitely be busy enjoying the results of the victory – such as wanton burning, killing, looting and robbery in the castle, and they have no time to care about the specific movements around the castle. The entire castle can hold each other for quite a while.”

Aaron shrugged his shoulders with a clear smile on his face: “Therefore, you must have arranged the carriage in secret, and arranged most of your valuables, important family members, and trusted servants. On the carriage, I was waiting for you to sneak out through the secret passage-from the time I learned that you were gathering good horses under your command, I made this bold guess.”

“Am I right? Lord Viscount?”

clap clap ~!

Viscount Steve looked at Aaron with complicated eyes, and couldn’t help but applaud: “You guessed right, Aaron, I never thought I had a talent like you under my command, I really underestimated you before… ..cough cough cough~!”

After speaking, Viscount Steve coughed a few times, and a blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, but he didn’t care, he waved his hand to indicate that Aaron didn’t need to help him, turned around and walked to a table, reached out and turned an oil lamp on it— —

clack clack ……

Accompanied by a mechanical sound, a stone door slid open from the wall, revealing a secret staircase that descends behind it.

Seeing this, Viscount Steve showed a smug smile on his face and greeted Aaron, “Let’s go, let me show you the castle I’ve been running for eight years, what it really looks like underground!”

[End of this Chapter]