Chapter 700: The fight at the end of the road!
Knowing that the arrest of Rune Monger had become an established fact, even the Crusaders had already rushed into Monger Manor.
Prince Fradin stopped acting!
This was almost like a direct showdown.
Monger looked suspicious, but still pretended to be ignorant, and said in confusion: "Ah? Child, why do you say that?"
Prince Fradin sighed softly.
"Grandpa Rune, I don't quite understand."
"You already have more wealth than you can spend, and you live a comfortable life that even my father - the king - can't enjoy."
"Why do you still want to get involved in those dangerous things?"
Monger's expression changed.
The previous conversation could be considered a joke, and he could get away with it by pretending to be stupid and laughing.
Then this sentence was equivalent to revealing the dagger.
No matter where Prince Fradin found the truth, for Rune Monger, once his actions were known to the other party, it would be time to tear his face apart!
It is a serious crime to be associated with cultists.
It's okay if it's accidental or unintentional.
Monger is different. He knowingly committed the crime and committed it for a long time.
In order to cover up the evidence of his crime, he even used many black means that would make him more guilty.
Therefore.
Monger pulled out an exquisite snake-shaped pendant from under his neck without hesitation.
He quickly put his finger into the open "snake mouth" and pierced his finger with the extremely sharp "snake tooth" needle inside.
The "snake tooth" began to sip his blood happily.
This is the magic prop called "Vigilant Anaconda" that Rune Monger ordered at a high price and carried with him all the time!
Don't look at this pendant as small and exquisite. In fact, a complete magic is applied to its interior!
It has one and only one use.
When Monger activates it with his own blood, the magic applied inside will immediately take effect, allowing Monger to independently control all the magic arrays arranged in advance in the entire manor, "manually" select enemies, and launch attacks on them!
Munger was unwilling to use this trick on Prince Vladin unless it was absolutely necessary.
Attacking members of the royal family, especially the crown prince, was also a serious crime.
But he didn't care now, and this was the last resort.
Too much debt is not a worry, too many lice are not itchy.
If all the things he did were found out, the accumulated crimes would be enough for him to die more than 10 times.
It's not a big deal at all!
Although the price to pay for doing so is huge.
From now on, the title of the richest man will no longer be associated with him, and he will have to hide his identity for a long time and avoid the limelight.
But for Rune Munger, this was what he planned to do.
Now it's nothing more than being forced to move forward, which is a deviation from the original arrangement!
As long as he can break through the siege and get away before the people who arrest him arrive, he still has a chance to make long-term plans.
If he is caught, then everything is over!
At present, he has been forced to the end of the road, and the only way is to give it a try!
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As soon as the defensive array was activated, Pete and Gale were keenly aware of the problem!
They could all feel the rapidly active arcane energy in the surrounding environment!
This was a sign that some powerful magic was brewing!
The air faintly smelled of rotten eggs before the lightning condensed and formed.
The familiar arcane lightning bombardment array was almost a standard for protecting wizard towers, castles and manors!
"Everyone be careful!" Pete saw this and shouted decisively: "Eat candied fruit quickly!!!"
Everyone - including the waiters specially found by Prince Fradin, immediately and obediently took out the candied fruit covered with icing sugar that had been prepared long ago from their arms and pockets, stuffed it into their mouths, and swallowed it in one gulp!
Pate choked when swallowing and couldn't help rolling his eyes uncomfortably:
"I should have communicated with the prince in advance and eaten before he showed his hand, so that I could at least chew it a few more times!"
Earlier, after Pate and his team communicated Dolan's plan to His Majesty Kenreddin through the prince, the spy Index Finger Evelyn quietly sent a package to Pate and his team without attracting anyone's attention.
The package was filled with candied fruits and a note.
"It was made by Archmage Alcandas himself. After taking it, you can get about 2 hours of [Strong Magic Suppression], which can be used to reduce the effects of magic."
When receiving this package, Pate suddenly remembered:
On the day they first came to the capital, in the Mage Tower of Alcandas, this legendary old man sucked his fingers and asked Evelyn to help tell Kenreddin.
"The candied fruits are delicious, I hope to have more."
With so many candied fruits, not to mention giving everyone a temporary 5th-level [Strong Magic Suppression] effect, it's enough to arm a small army!
Even a legendary figure like Alcandas would definitely take some time and effort to make it, rather than just a spur-of-the-moment idea.
This means that the Archmage and His Majesty the King may have planned to attack Rune Monger a long time ago!
They are just waiting for a suitable opportunity.
The plan provided by Dolan, no, it should be said that the trip to the capital by Pete and his party may be the opportunity that the king, the Archmage, the Archbishop and others have been waiting for a long time!
On the surface.
Pete and his companions were just a few ordinary heroes of the kingdom who were not very powerful because of their youth and had to sit at the same table with the prince for dinner.
But behind them, there were three forces representing the top power of the kingdom:
The King, the Radiance, and the Mage!
They were clearly providing them with their own help as much as possible!
Pete didn't know why Kenredin, Alcandas, and Archbishop Eugene would trust him so much.
But since they had helped him, it obviously meant that they were all very optimistic about this matter.
Therefore, Pete decisively chose to muster up his courage and charge boldly!
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The things that Rune Monger did were basically the kind that would be sentenced to death by burning. The real him would not confess his guilt directly with a dead face like Petwin played.
On the contrary.
He would fight for his life at all costs!
Whether Prince Fradin wanted to point out the truth and completely tear his face apart, the other party would take decisive measures when they realized that something was wrong.
The mission of the Crusaders to Monger Manor was to "search for more evidence related to the cultists."
So they couldn't come here blatantly to arrest the real Rune Monger.
This task fell on the followers of Norwen, as well as Fradin, and the palace servants he brought with him!
They are the main force of this arrest operation!
Success or failure depends on this one move!
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No more, I wanted to finish writing 5 more chapters, but after writing for a long time, I found that something was not right, so I deleted it all. Guozi went to sleep and continued writing when I got up.
