Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

The next day, before dawn, Min Ze'er was waiting at the door of Steelyard's house.

"Thank you for taking the risk, Mr. Steelyard."

Min Caier rubbed his hands and blew out breath, the white mist he exhaled condensed and dissipated in the chill before dawn.

"Deacon Min Caier, my parents' revenge must be avenged."

Steelyard fastened the straps of his cloak, and the sound of the metal buckles colliding was particularly clear in the quiet street.

"Those bastards destroyed my family. If it's really like what you said, I can't just ignore it."

Steelyard and Minzer got on the carriage together. It must be said that as a member of parliament, Steelyard had a lot of guards. Twelve fully armed cavalrymen formed a semicircle to protect the carriage. The horses stepped on the ground restlessly, and white air came out of their nostrils.

"set off!"

Min Caier suddenly opened the curtain of the carriage and said.

At this time, the two were preparing to go to the headquarters of the city defense army to apply for an arrest warrant.

"The city hall is just ahead."

Minzer lifted a corner of the curtain and could vaguely see the spire of the town hall in the morning mist, and pigeons were cooing on the bell tower.

"boom!!!"

Suddenly, a deafening explosion tore through the morning mist, and a heat wave carrying wood chips and broken iron pieces rushed towards him. With his intuition trained on the battlefield, Minzer immediately realized that this was an assassination, and then pounced on the bewildered Steelyard:

"There's an attack! Jump out of the car!"

The thick smoke was mixed with the pungent smell of gunpowder, and Min Ze'er's nostrils were filled with the choking smell of sulfur.

He grabbed Steelyard's arm and leaped out, and another explosion followed from behind him, this time closer to the carriage, but Minzer had no time to care about it. He could only protect himself and stay as far away from the carriage as possible. He felt his back hit the cobblestone road heavily, and at the same time the air in his lungs was sucked out and he couldn't breathe.

"Cough...cough..."

He struggled to get up and found that the entire carriage had been blown into a twisted iron frame, with burning wood chips crackling and flying.

"Where's the guard?!"

Steelyard, who also escaped but was covered in wounds, collapsed on the ground and screamed with a sobbing tone in his voice.

Min Caier grabbed him and dragged him into the alley:

"Hush! There's an ambush!"

He heard screams one after another behind him. He turned around and saw six guards fallen from their horses, with arrows stuck in their throats and chests. Blood gushed out, forming a dark red stream on the stone road.

"Damn... there are crossbows..."

Min Caier's teeth were chattering, and his right hand instinctively reached for the dagger at his waist, but he found that the scabbard had already been soaked in blood. The sticky touch made his stomach ache.

"These assassins are well prepared!"

Steelyard was trembling all over, his teeth chattering uncontrollably:

"We have fallen into someone else's trap. It seems that Fugger is still alive and has the guts to send assassins back to kill me!"

"Now is not the time to talk about this!"

Min Caier dragged him into the narrow alley. The stone slabs under his feet were slippery and he almost slipped.

At the same time, Min Caier also looked around carefully. He found several figures shooting at him, but due to the smoke, he couldn't tell how many people were on the opposite side. If he stayed here, he would be finished when the soldiers in the city arrived. At the same time, Steelyard's home was not safe now.

In a short period of time, Minzer decided to take Stillyard to the concession for refuge.

"Whoosh-!"

An arrow flew past Steelyard's ear and hit the brick wall, the feathers at the tail of the arrow still trembling slightly.

At the same time, a guard was shot by an arrow, and blood splattered on the stone road, forming a dark red puddle.

"Get down!"

Minzer threw himself at Steelyard, and the arrows stuck in the wall behind them hummed and sent bits of stone falling.

"Damn...these beasts..."

"Deacon Min Caier...we can't hold on any longer..."

The only three remaining guards had blood all over their faces. One of them was holding his abdomen, and his intestines were slipping out of the wound, staining half of his body red.

"Shut up! Follow me!"

Minzer pulled off his cloak and covered Steelyard's head with it, because his attire showed that he was a rich man and he would definitely be attacked first.

"Head immediately to the International Settlement over at the dock!"

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

Another hail of arrows came, piercing the throat of another guard. The guard fell down before he could even make a sound.

"Whoosh-!"

An arrow grazed Steelyard's arm, leaving a trail of blood.

Steelyard cried out in pain, but did not dare to stop.

"Almost there! Hold on!"

Min Caier looked back and saw more and more dark shadows pouring out from the alley behind.

Finally, the two of them came to the gate of the International Settlement. At this time, the gate was not open. Min Caier slapped the iron gate and shouted:

"Open the door! Emergency!"

The Blackwatch mercenary peeked out from the watchtower:

"Who? Pass!"

"I'm Councilman Steelyard!"

Steelyard struggled to stand up, but his legs were weak from the excessive blood loss.

"There's an assassin chasing me, open the door!"

"I'm sorry, you need a pass to enter, unless the assassins you mentioned come to attack..."

Before he finished speaking, Min Caier saw the group of assassins chasing him from behind. Now he could see clearly that these assassins were wearing various civilian clothes, but there were at least twenty of them.

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

A dense rain of arrows came from the air, and Min Ze'er pulled Stillyard to roll on the ground, behind a barricade next to the gate.

"Enemy attack!"

The mercenary just now immediately rang the alarm inside the iron gate.

"Guards in place!"

In a short period of time, a large number of Black Watch mercenaries climbed onto the concession walls and began to counterattack. The musketeers and crossbowmen fired alternately, and for a while they actually suppressed the opposite side.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Lead bullets and arrows crossed in the air, and people screamed from time to time.

Min Caier looked into the distance through the gap. At this time, several assassins were lying on the ground motionless, and the rest were shooting at the mercenaries on the city wall.

Min Caier intended to sneak away with Steelyard, but seeing that the other party was trembling all over, he felt that if he went out rashly, he would easily become a target of attack.

Finally, when the soldiers from the city arrived, the assassins left behind more than a dozen corpses and retreated back into the alley. Except for the corpses on the ground and various arrows and bullet holes, the street returned to silence again.

"Huh...Finally..."

Min Caier collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. Blood continued to seep from his shoulder, staining his clothes red.

"We are...safe?"

Steelyard's face was pale and his lips were bloodless.

"For now...wait!"

Just as Min Caier was about to get up, he saw someone on the roof opposite holding a crossbow pointing at them.

"Get down!"

An arrow flew past his temple and pierced the wooden stake behind him. The feathers at the tail of the arrow were still trembling slightly.

"Hurry up and save people!"

As the soldiers in the city protected Steelyard, no one shot at them anymore. At the same time, the gate of the concession opened, and Father Paul, whom Minzer had known before, immediately ordered people to carry the two men on stretchers into the concession.