"Have there really been no suspicious characters recently?" An officer of the Gryphon Legion looked at the owner of the hotel, Elaine, and asked.
"Honorable sir, our hotel has always had a good reputation in Valen City, and we've often cooperated with Master Ascher's work. If there had been any suspicious characters, we would've reported it to you immediately!" The fat Elaine was still merrily smiling as she guaranteed that there wouldn't be any problems with the hotel.
"Mm, I think there shouldn't be any problems with your hotel either!" The officer's expression was calm as he spoke gravely.
A shrill whistle suddenly sounded at this moment as a faint red ray of light streaked through the darkness, piercing towards the officer with a swoosh.
The officer who'd been feigning civility with Elaine had long since been on guard, otherwise he wouldn't have sent his soldiers to ask for reinforcements from the outside. Just as the sharp whistle sounded, the battle-hardened officer unsheathed his sword with a "Qiang" sound. A dark green Dou Qi suddenly bloomed from the hilt of the sword and immediately went to meet the strand of red light that was shot at him.
The Demonslayer Edge fiercely collided with the blade of his sword with a clang, extinguishing the fighting aura emanating from his body and carving out a nick in the blade he was tightly gripping.
At the same time, a figure flashed by like lightning as an iron fist suddenly enlarged and punched towards the officer. Startled, the officer raised his empty left hand and blocked his chest, attempting to block Han Shuo's punch.
What had been an ordinary punch suddenly flared up with purple spellfire when it reached his chest. A cold aura suddenly enveloped him and the aura immediately invaded his limbs and bones when Han Shuo's fist landed on his chest.
It was as if the officer had fallen into an icy cavern in that moment. Frost appeared on his hair and eyebrows, and his entire body was piercingly cold. He didn't even have the strength to raise his hand.
Han Shuo withdrew his tightly clenched right fist and grabbed the Demonslayer Edge that was hovering in the air. He turned around and yelled at the astonished Elaine, "This place is no longer safe. Call out everyone in the hotel and leave now!"
After recovering from the shock, Elaine quickly recognized the situation. At this time, the strange cries of the Sky Griffins were rapidly approaching, which meant that Han Shuo's judgment was correct. Because of the call of the person who had just left, the Griffin Knights circling the sky were already starting to come over.
"But Lady Emily hasn't returned yet!" When he was about to leave, he suddenly remembered that Emily was the leader of this mission, so he couldn't help but say.
"You don't have to worry about that. She'll be back soon." Han Shuo grabbed the Demonslayer Edge and immediately rushed into the midst of the other soldiers who had reacted. He quickly responded.
Elaine didn't say anything else after hearing Han Shuo's words. She nodded and turned to the back, yelling out a few words. Angelica, a few mercenaries from the Battlefire mercenary band, as well as Phoebe and Gilbert, who had just arrived, all suddenly appeared.
As soon as these people appeared, they didn't wait for Han Shuo's orders before immediately joining the fray, killing the remaining Gryphon Legion soldiers beside Han Shuo one by one.
"Go, leave this place immediately from the back." Although these Gryphon Legion soldiers had died, this place had already been exposed. Add to that the person who had just informed them, this place would definitely become the focus of the Gryphon Legion's attack, especially since two Gryphon Legion soldiers had discovered the abnormalities in this place.
Under Han Shuo's orders, the group didn't pack anything and abandoned the hotel, turning around and rushing to the back. Although the owner of the hotel, Elaine, didn't train in any fighting aura, she was extremely fast when she ran and didn't become a burden.
Another clamor of shouts suddenly sounded from the distance. Han Shuo's retreating body flipped over and landed on a nearby rooftop. He looked into the distance and discovered that Emily, Candice, and Caspian were on another street, fighting and retreating as they made their way over.
Behind them was a line of twelve Gryphon Legion cavalry. They rode warhorses adorned with silver armor and held sharp spears in their hands, whistling as they chased after Emily's group. They seemed to have discovered the identities of Emily's group.
"This way, hurry up!" Han Shuo suddenly yelled out from the rooftop, his voice like a sharp weapon as it traveled to Emily's location.
Lawrence's group, who had arrived a beat too late, met up with Phoebe, Candice, and the others at the back of the hotel. Up until now, everyone who had participated in the operation against Bob Ascher had actually gathered together again in this hotel.
"Gather together, we'll kill our way out before the rest of the Gryphon Legion arrives!" Standing on the rooftop, Han Shuo seemed to have become the leader of this operation as he yelled out loudly.
"Steal the warhorses!" Emily, who had been rushing over, suddenly stopped in the dark and chanted a dark magic spell in a low voice.
On the way that the twelve cavalrymen were flying over, a large dark swirl suddenly appeared. The warhorses charged into the whirlpool, their originally lightning-fast speed suddenly becoming extremely slow. The hooves of the horses didn't make any sound on the ground.
Some of the trees in the surroundings seemed to come alive at this moment as their branches danced like snakes, all of them wrapping around the slowed horses' legs. This caused the already slow warhorses to stop where they were, unable to move a single step.
The great druid Caspian held a magic staff that looked like the root of an old tree and stopped on a large tree to the side. He was concentrating on releasing the magic of the Druidic Order, binding all twelve warhorses. Even the legs of the knights on the horses were entangled as they slumped down on their horses.
"Hurry up!" The druid Caspian suddenly called out as well.
"Grandpa, are you alright?" Angelica, who had been protected by the Battlefire mercenary band, suddenly cried out in joy when she saw Caspian appear.
"Steal the warhorses, let's go!" Han Shuo's body had already charged out. He turned around and shouted at the group of people behind him while he was in the air.
Lawrence waved his hands and didn't have the time to talk to Phoebe. The people beside him, including Belinda, Johnny, Phoebe, and Candice all dashed out. Their target was the twelve warhorses and the riders that had been bound by the magic of nature.
Han Shuo had the great druid, swordmaster Phoebe, archmage Emily, thunder mage swordsman Johnny, fire mage swordsman Candice, and Lawrence's group of experts. With this group of experts, it would be an easy slaughter for the twelve ordinary riders of the Gryphon Legion who had their warhorses tied up.
In the span of a few breaths, the group landed in that direction and each deployed their own ultimate techniques, killing the twelve ordinary riders on the ground in an instant. They threw their corpses down and occupied their warhorses.
"Let's get out of here quickly! The reason we ran here is because there are more than a hundred of these riders behind us!" Emily pulled on the reins as soon as she mounted her warhorse.
The strange cries of the Gryphons in the sky grew louder and louder when Emily's words sounded. Han Shuo raised his head and suddenly discovered that dozens of black dots were converging in their direction from the distance. With his sensitive ears, he could hear the chaotic sounds of hooves. It looked like this place would be surrounded in a short amount of time.
"Follow me, we're charging out immediately!" Han Shuo pulled on the reins and turned the warhorse around, sprinting in the direction that Emily and the others had just come from.
"You're crazy, there are more than a hundred riders behind us!" Emily was greatly frightened when she saw Han Shuo turn around and suddenly cried out.
Smiling wryly back at Emily, Han Shuo said, "I've thought about it. That's the only way for us to quickly reach the nearest city wall. If we don't leave Valen City as soon as possible, there will be endless trouble in the future. Therefore, we must take the risk! "
Han Shuo hesitated no longer as soon as he finished speaking. He abruptly charged out on his warhorse, shooting towards the place where the sound of hooves had gathered. Emily only paused for a second and immediately urged her warhorse to follow behind Han Shuo.
Phoebe and Candice had worked together with Han Shuo before and trusted Han Shuo's judgement. Gilbert had no objections either as he followed behind Emily. Caspian and Angelica, who were sharing the same warhorse, also shot out after a moment of hesitation.
The last group of people were obviously a bit hesitant, but they only hesitated for a moment. In the end, everyone that had gathered in the inn followed the direction that Han Shuo had chosen, charging towards the place where the sound of hooves had gathered.
Whether the path that Han Shuo had chosen was a path of life or death was something that they couldn't guess. Under the current circumstances, they could only hope that Han Shuo's judgement was correct.
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