Fallen Eagle City.
Valla knocked on the door of a house in the west of the city.
Not long after, a middle-aged woman opened the door and walked out.
She obviously recognized Valla and quickly bowed, "Good day, Knight Valla. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Good day, Madam Oliver. Your husband has asked me to deliver a letter to you." Valla handed over a letter as she spoke.
Madam Oliver quickly thanked her and took the letter, reading it carefully.
Her husband had not returned home for more than a month. She had gone to the Tulip Merchant Guild to look for him, but was told that Oliver had left with a merchant group and would not be back for some time.
This made Madam Oliver feel a little strange, because her husband would always tell her a few days before he left and ask her to prepare his luggage.
However, there were no signs this time.
After reading her husband's letter, the worry on Madam Oliver's face became even more intense, and she quickly asked, "Sir Knight, where is my husband now? Do you know?"
Valla shook her head, "My apologies, Madam. I am only helping him deliver the letter. I can't say anything else. However, I suggest that you do as he says. "
Madam Oliver seemed to understand something and nodded, "Alright, I will take the children and leave Fallen Eagle City now!"
She then bowed apologetically to Valla and hurried back into the house.
Valla left soon after, but he did not go far. Instead, he found a seat by the window in a nearby tavern.
About an hour later, Madam Oliver walked out with the two young boys, followed by three servants carrying all kinds of bags. They hurried out of the city.
Valla immediately followed them.
However, Madam Oliver's group was stopped at the city gates.
In fact, all the residents who tried to leave the city were stopped, and the guards at the city gates loudly announced —
Today, Fallen Eagle City only allowed people to enter and not leave.
Madam Oliver kept pleading with the guards to be lenient, and even took out a considerable amount of bribes, but she was still mercilessly rejected.
Valla hid not far away and watched for a while before shaking his head and turning to leave.
The bad premonition in his heart grew stronger and stronger. At the same time, he was even more certain that the House of St. Theon was going to cause trouble in Fallen Eagle City!
How should he inform Viscount Angley?
Vhalla was a little worried.
In fact, he had purposely allowed himself to be injured and recuperated in order to cooperate with Colin to secretly take over Fallen Eagle City. However, he had not expected that before their plan had even begun, the House of St. Theon seemed to have beaten them to it.
The ground of the street had just been repaved, but as long as the layer of gray gravel was removed, a layer of black coal could be seen underneath.
Valla arrived at an empty alley and drew her knight's sword. The blade emitted a faint holy light before turning into a streak of golden lightning and slashing at the wall.
Rumble!
Gravel flew everywhere.
Valla quickly checked the hole in the wall, and found that there were also pieces of black coal aside from limestone shards.
The commotion this time was rather loud and had clearly attracted attention. Voices could be heard from outside the alley, and Vhalla quickly left quietly.
With this series of discoveries and the information provided by Oliver, Vhalla had basically confirmed the House of St. Theon's plan. However, what puzzled him was why the House of St. Theon was doing this.
As he was deep in thought, Vhalla did not notice that the people around him were getting fewer and fewer until they completely disappeared. By the time he realized that something was wrong, he had already been surrounded.
"I am Vhalla Oman. Who are you people?" Vhalla drew her knight's sword and roared.
The eight armored knights surrounding him did not speak. They were all wearing helmets and their faces could not be seen clearly as they approached Vhalla in silence.
"Mother, is that you?" Vhalla shouted, as if trying to lure Penny out to meet him.
Unfortunately, his question did not receive any response.
He did not know if Penny did not want to see him, or if she was not present at all.
Vhalla sighed as if he had accepted his fate. He swung his longsword at a knight in front of him.
Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang! The sound of metal clashing could be heard everywhere. Vhalla tried to break out of the encirclement, but there were too many enemies and they were not weak either. His charge was interrupted halfway.
Tch!
A longsword pierced through Vhalla's back and came out from his chest.
Vhalla screamed in pain and fell to the ground.
Tch!
The enemy stabbed him in the back twice more before leaving quietly.
… …
As night fell, Icestone City regained its peace.
It was even quieter than usual because there was a curfew in Icestone City tonight.
The residents grumbled for a bit before they could only obediently hide in their homes and go to bed early.
However, they did not sleep for long before many people were woken up by the heat.
They touched their faces and bodies and realized that they were covered in sweat.
They looked out of the window. It was still pitch black, but there seemed to be some light flickering.
Why was the spring night in the Northern Frontier so hot?
Oliver's wife was also woken up by the heat. The child beside her was crying non-stop, asking for water.
She could only get out of bed to get some water, but when she stepped barefoot on the ground, she realized that the ground was actually a little hot!
Just as she was feeling puzzled, she vaguely heard a commotion outside.
Oliver's wife did not want to be nosy at first, but a servant suddenly rushed over and shouted, "Madam, madam, it's bad! The house next door is on fire! "
Oliver's wife was stunned for a moment before she ordered, "Then why aren't you going to help put out the fire!"
"Yes, yes!"
Oliver's wife furrowed her brows, but did not take it to heart.
However, the fire quickly grew bigger and bigger, gradually showing signs of going out of control.
Moreover, Oliver's wife saw that many places in the city were on fire, and she could vaguely see thick smoke rising into the sky.
More and more residents ran out of their houses naked, shouting on the streets. They did not even care about the curfew anymore.
The soldiers also did not care about the residents who were running around and shouting, and they all joined the crowd to put out the fire.
However, not only was the fire in the city not put out, it was burning even more fiercely.
Buckets after buckets of water were poured down, turning into steam after a few sizzling sounds, and the places that had just been put out were still burning red, as if they could not be put out at all.
"The House of St. Theon wants to burn down Fallen Eagle City! Everyone, follow me out of the city!"
Knight Valla, who was already 'dead', suddenly stood up and shouted at the crowd.
However, his call did not receive much response.
The residents of the city found it hard to believe such terrifying words. Moreover, their belongings were all in the city, and they would not be willing to give it up unless they had no other choice.
Valla shouted as he ran, but there were only a few people who were willing to follow him out of the city.
In just a short while, the fire in the city had become even fiercer and fiercer. Red flames constantly emerged from the ground and shot up into the sky. The flames shot higher and higher, and the originally weak circle of fire became a sea of fire in the blink of an eye.
It was only then that most of the citizens realized that something was wrong, and finally began to believe Valla's words. More and more people followed him out of the city.
However, when they reached the city gates, they were shocked to find that the walls of Fallen Eagle City had already turned into a wall of fire.
Valla tried to continue forward, but he was forced back by the intense fire and choking smoke after a few steps.
Something was wrong!
Valla immediately realized that if it was just coal, the fire would not have spread so quickly. After all, it was not that simple to make coal burn, and the fire in the city must have been affected by something else.
If Valla could fly up to the sky and look down, she would discover that the flames rising from Fallen Eagle City had gradually spread into fire dragons. These fire dragons intertwined with each other and gradually formed the pattern of an extremely profound arcane array.
The center of the formation was where the Oman family's castle was.
There was not a single trace of fire there, and only a lone figure wearing a mage robe stood at the highest point of the castle, holding a dagger in his hand as he chanted.
The raging flames illuminated his face, and it was Mister Chong.
The raging flames in the city illuminated the night sky as if it was daytime. Screams of agony could be heard, and the smell of burnt meat wafted in the air.
This hellish scene did not move Mister Chong at all, and he slowly raised the dagger in his hand.
* Whoosh! *
He gouged out his left eye!
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