Chapter 131: Chaos (Part 2)

Squeak… Squeak…

The sound of the winch turning was clearly audible to Dean and his group, even from a great distance. Especially the dull thud when the drawbridge hit the ground on the opposite bank, which drew everyone’s attention.

Many of the invited guests began to praise the arrangements at Marquis Vauban’s castle without ceasing—although they had said the same things yesterday, it felt like seeing it for the first time now.

The young people of the Ferrchelen Knight Order began to look listless in the face of such words.

It was like watching a farce. The first time felt fresh, but the second time was plain and boring. When those actors had poor acting skills, the second time basically felt like disgust and impatience.

Vice Regiment Commander Huck was the same.

He twisted his body as if an insect had crawled into his Armor. If he had been sitting on a Warhorse, he would have fallen off by now.

Dean saw the impatience of his subordinates, and he felt the same way.

In fact, if he could make the decisions, he would definitely tell those flatterers to get lost.

But unfortunately, this was Vauban City, not a Military Camp outside of Tier Town.

“Huh?!”

The annoyance in his heart did not make Dean let down his guard. The strange silence around him made him alert. In fact, Dean, who was already used to the life of an Assassin, could never truly relax. If he could, he didn’t mind keeping one eye open, even during sleep, unless he was in a absolutely safe environment. And right now, this place was far from absolutely safe.

After all, the local Thieves Guild, the Brotherhood, and mercenaries were no gentlemen.

In fact, calling them thugs was not enough to describe them.

Subtly, Dean made a gesture of vigilance and defense to his subordinates.

Instantly, the previously listless young people became alert and looked around.

Huck even moved to the edge of the carriage door, his remaining left hand gripping his Battleaxe.

Just as the Ferrchelen Knight Order finished preparing for defense, a rain of arrows fell from above—

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

Dark, dense arrows fell like raindrops, catching the nobles attending the auction at Vauban Castle off guard.

Wails and screams began to rise one after another.

“Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

“Defend! Defend!”

The late-reacting guards began to shout.

“Protect Miss Lily!”

After giving this order to his subordinates, Dean rushed toward the direction of the arrow rain.

What about his Warhorse?

Under these circumstances, it was obvious that Dean was more confident in his foot combat.

And in fact, it was just like that—

【Agility Check in progress…】

【Gaining bonus from Indomitable Lv1…】

【Agility Check Passed】

【Agility exceeded the opponent’s by 50%, forming a secondary illusion interference…】

Almost the exact same scene as that night at the campsite began to appear in front of Vauban Castle. Dean, while running and dodging, suddenly split into two. His Longsword seemed shrouded in a layer of mist, becoming hazy and layered, and not a single arrow aimed at Dean hit the mark.

Even though the shooters focused their fire on Dean.

Forty yards flashed by in an instant. When Dean saw the shooters hidden in the Shadow of the buildings, Dean’s chance to counterattack arrived.

The Longsword in Dean’s hand began to reap the Health of the archers in front of him in the most direct, effective, and energy-saving way—

The opponent’s familiar dodging method allowed Dean to deliver a killing blow without almost any thought!

Correspondingly, Dean’s fighting style, where every sword strike was never missed, also caused panic among these local Thieves. Especially when they dodged with all their might but still could not escape Dean’s sword that followed them like a shadow, the panic spread quickly.

However, just as these local Thieves were about to be defeated, a team of fully armed mercenaries appeared.

Although they didn’t wear full steel armor, their Scale Armor and leather armor interlaced with joint protection, along with their Long Spears, polearms, Flails, and sabers, made them look formidable.

Immediately, these mercenaries rushed toward Dean.

If he were facing only these mercenaries, Dean would naturally choose to fight directly.

But when a group of thieves shooting hidden arrows appeared beside him, Dean’s primary target became these thieves.

Fortunately, the ambush spot chosen by the enemies had many cover objects. This allowed Dean to skillfully avoid the heavy pursuit of the mercenaries while continuing to kill the remaining thieves.

Next, the local Thieves Guild thieves desperately found that the arrival of reinforcements did not help them. On the contrary, it brought them closer to death faster.

Because these hastily charging reinforcements always blocked their retreat routes.

Similarly, the mercenaries acting as reinforcements were just as furious because those thieves always blocked their advance and attack routes.

At that moment, the short-lived cooperative relationship between the Thieves and mercenaries broke down, and they started cursing each other directly.

And this was definitely deliberate by Dean.

He chose the overlapping attack and retreat routes of the enemy. Relying on his personal Agility advantage, he constantly caused trouble for the other side.

‘Being numerous is only an appearance. As long as you make reasonable use of it, the flaws of the enemy are far greater than you imagine!’

This was a sentence said by both the Old Knight and the Old Thief.

Of course, Dean’s current fighting style was also derived from the two of them, but it was a product of their combination. After all, alone, he could not match the Strength and Agility of these two.

Fortunately, these enemies were only of ordinary level!

There were a few close to Knight-rank, all within the mercenaries acting as support, but there was not a single one of true Knight-rank or higher, which was what should have appeared.

This made Dean feel alert!

Especially when he had dealt with more than half of the people in front of him, the situation remained the same. Dean’s gaze unconsciously turned to Vauban Castle.

Undoubtedly, that was the real Battlefield!

When the guards of the nobles also appeared here, the battle outside the castle was undoubtedly settled.

As these guards were surprised by Dean’s combat results, it did not mean they would show mercy to the attackers. In fact, they needed more Blood and heads to prove their ability to their loyalists.

Of course, if they could gain more, they wouldn’t mind.

After all, there were Corpses everywhere, weren’t there?

However, the appearance of Ike and two young people from the Ferrchelen Knight Order forced them to give up such practices.

Some things were always beyond the light!

【XP+40】

Glancing at the changes in the experience bar, Dean increased his speed returning to the caravan once again. The previous appearance of those guards further confirmed to Dean that the main Battlefield was inside the castle.

After all, the Knights and Grand Knights that should have been present among those guards did not appear at all.

Coincidentally, the enemies were the same.

This made Dean realize that this was definitely not a coincidence—

“Damn it, I was blinded by that old fox!”

Dean cursed silently in his heart.

Undoubtedly, the repeated praises in the caravan earlier did not appear without reason. These seemingly instructed people were not only distracting the enemy’s attention but also distracting the attention of their own people in the caravan.

As for why?

Naturally, it was to make this attack seem more real, letting the lurking ‘Brotherhood’, local Thieves Guild, and skilled mercenaries believe that their surprise attack was successful.

Only in this way would these ill-intentioned individuals step into the trap set by Marquis Vauban, and then… be caught in one net!

That’s right, Marquis Vauban had clearly seen through everything in advance. But to catch them all, he had been enduring.

He even cast out enough Bait!

Of course, protected by those sturdy carriage boxes, the nobles would naturally not be injured.

And the guards?

Shouldn’t they be stepping forward at this time?

Otherwise, what were all those guards for?

Dean knew the thoughts of some nobles clearly. However, precisely because he knew so clearly, a cold sneer rose in Dean’s heart.

“The character of Nobles!”

Dean evaluated this in his heart, but it did not hinder his speed of advancing at all.

The disgust in his heart could definitely not stop Dean’s original plan.

Of course, if possible, Dean would definitely vent some of his dissatisfaction.

“Huck, I leave this to you!”

After jumping onto his Warhorse, Dean gave this order to his deputy, then kicked the horse’s belly and charged toward Vauban Castle.

And at this time, Vauban Castle finally showed a slight change—

On the city walls, the soldiers originally belonging to Marquis Vauban were replaced by a group of people in different clothes, and the original soldiers were kicked off the walls by them.

The flesh-eating fish in the moat surged up immediately, devouring these soldiers.

The sound of flying blood and shattering bones brought laughter from those people on the city wall.

“Look, there’s another fool rushing over!”

One guy obviously discovered Dean riding a horse toward them.

“Come, let’s sort this guy out properly!”

Another guy dressed like a Mercenary directly picked up a bow and began to aim at Dean.

Then, he released his finger—

Whoosh!

The arrow shot out fiercely, heading straight for Dean.

The powerful force and the sound of tearing the air all indicated that this was a skilled person of Knight-rank.

After all, only a skilled person of Knight-rank could shoot an arrow from a sturdy Longbow like a Crossbow.

Faced with this arrow, several people on the city wall began to show bloodthirsty excitement. Obviously, they expected to see Dean hit by an arrow and fall to the ground.