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Chapter 120 Loyalty! - Waiting for the Queen's order.

Chapter 120 Loyalty! - Waiting for the Queen's order.

As mentioned in the previous chapter, the Queen of Grilanchi, formerly the Sword King's queen, learned of the Sword King's whereabouts after receiving a tip from the Warden Chief. She immediately consulted with her ministers. After some discussion, she concluded that the Sword King was attempting to flee to Styras Odin and immediately ordered her ministers to send troops to intercept him wherever he might pass.

So why was the Queen so certain that the Swordsman King would flee to Styras Odin? This was also explained in the previous volume. Knowing that the Swordsman King and Styras Odin had exchanged secret letters, the Queen inferred that the Swordsman King would go to Styras Odin. Now, the Chief Jailer had discovered suspicious climbing traces on a mountainside on the eastern border, further confirming her previous assumption.

Meanwhile, King Jianhao's original plan was to take Wei Qingping over mountains and across the border to Kaklita, a country east of Grilanchi, and finally to Styras Odin. Little did they know that guards and spies sent by the queen were already waiting along the way. Their journey was destined to be filled with danger...

And so, nothing happened the next day and another day passed.

Here we should talk about the warden and his group who discovered the whereabouts of King Jianhao and Wei Qingping. The warden has been hiding in the woods with two jailers for the past few days, observing secretly and waiting for the Queen's next instructions.

The warden and two other jailers had been waiting for several days at the foot of the piton-lined wall, even during a heavy rain. He had previously sent two jailers to the village to purchase ropes and other climbing equipment, and they were now awaiting the Queen's instructions.

Who did the warden take with him? Of course, his two most capable confidants, the fat warden and the thin warden. After discussing it, the three of them decided not to climb to the top of the mountain wall first, but to wait for the queen's instructions.

Firstly, the cliffs were too steep and too high, making them too dangerous. Secondly, reporting the fugitive's whereabouts to the Queen first would earn them some credit. Thirdly, informing the Queen of the difficulty of the climb would increase their credit if they subsequently captured the fugitive.

But the only thing they hadn't anticipated was that, after consulting with her ministers, the Queen would order them to wait at the foot of the cliff instead of climbing. However, waiting for the fugitives to return from the cliff was the least likely option, unless, after all their trials and tribulations, King Jianhao and Wei Qingping still couldn't find a way across the border. They would undoubtedly be deeply disappointed when they learned the truth.

The chief jailer can be said to be fighting a desperate battle this time and is full of confidence. He feels that his chance of being granted a title of nobility or a position of prime minister after having performed meritorious service while serving his sentence depends on this!

But the two jailers brought out by the chief jailer did not think so.

The two jailers were reluctant to follow the warden from the start. Furthermore, since they had no responsibility to begin with, the warden was the one to take the blame. The warden wanted to redeem himself for his crimes, but the two of them didn't have that in mind. They figured that if they were punished, they could just betray the warden and say they were forced to act like the warden, which was the truth anyway.

As mentioned before, the fat and thin jailers were forcibly dragged to the palace by the head jailer to perform a show for the queen, pretending to be robbed and injured by unidentified "people". This led everyone to believe that there were other "rebels" who broke into the prison besides the two escaped prisoners, but only the few jailers knew that there were only two escaped prisoners.

Fortunately, the Queen's mind remained clear. Since she didn't know the identity of the "rebel" who had robbed the prison, she decided to focus on the two fugitives whose appearances were known: King Jianhao and Wei Qingping. After all, King Jianhao's portrait was easy to draw, and Wei Qingping's portrait had already been drawn based on the Queen's memory. By then, everyone involved in the search operation had a copy of the fugitive's portrait.

Having just eaten something this morning to fill their stomachs, the fat and thin jailers glanced at each other and immediately understood each other. They had both been looking very sad these past few days, having walked all the way here. And then there was a heavy rain, which was really frustrating.

At this moment, the fat jailer winked at the thin jailer twice. What did he mean? He meant to tell the thin jailer: Talk to him, don't let us climb up!

The thin jailer's eyes drifted to the sky, with an expression of nonchalance. He meant to tell the fat jailer: I don't care, I was the one who temporarily stopped him a few days ago, now it's your turn.

A few days ago, as soon as the three of them reached the mountain wall, they found rock spikes, and the chief jailer was about to climb up with two jailers.

Just imagine, for a fat jailer like him, climbing such a high cliff, it must be a life-or-death struggle. He was so frightened that he was at a loss, and quickly gave the thin jailer several frantic glances.

Fortunately, the thin jailer had an idea and stopped the chief jailer after a few words of analysis, so he reported it to the queen first.

That morning, the Chief Jailer stared up the mountain wall. He watched to see if the Swordsman King would appear, but there was nothing. It wasn't just this morning; it was every day. As we've mentioned before, the Swordsman King had long ago learned of a path leading out of the mountain wall, and that's why he climbed up there.

At this moment, the head jailer, who had been squatting on the ground all morning, could no longer wait. He said to the two jailers beside him, "No! I think we can't wait any longer. Let's go up now!" Before he finished speaking, he had already stood up.

The fat jailer panicked immediately after hearing this and told the chief jailer, "But... the queen hasn't given the order yet..." After saying that, he raised his head nervously and looked at the chief jailer, hoping that the chief jailer would suddenly change his mind.

The chief jailer scratched his head and said to the two jailers, "I've thought about it. Perhaps our men were delayed on the way, or perhaps the Queen was too busy to hear the news in time. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid the Queen will blame us for not chasing after him immediately."

The fat jailer immediately told the chief jailer, "That can't be delayed. The village guards we sent go on horseback, which is much faster than us walking. But the queen may indeed have a lot of things to do..." At this point, he stopped talking.

Seeing the fat jailer's lack of effort, the thin jailer immediately stepped in and said to the head jailer, "We have the climbing tools, but there's no rush. I think there's a dead end at the top of the cliff. The fugitives are trapped like turtles in a jar. Even if we don't go up, they'll have to come down soon."

The fat jailer immediately expressed his strong agreement after hearing this and said to the head jailer, "Yes, yes, yes! That's right!"

The chief jailer thought for a moment and asked the two jailers, "This isn't right! What if they came down from somewhere else?" Then he looked at other steep cliffs nearby.

The thin jailer thought for a moment and told the warden, "There are no pitons elsewhere, so it won't be easy to get down. Even if we try to use a rope to slowly descend directly from above, I've never seen such a long rope. Besides, all the cliffs in this area are so high and steep. This one is the perfect place for climbing with pitons."

The warden squatted down again and pondered for a while. Then he said to the two jailers, "Think about it, if there are other ways down the mountain, then we can't rush up there. What if they happen to come down from somewhere else and there's no one guarding us, then they'll just get away again."

When the thin jailer heard that there was a possibility of staying out of it, he immediately "volunteered" and said to the head jailer: "I can stay downstairs and guard for you." He was clearly trying to shirk responsibility, but he could still say that he was helping others.

When the fat jailer saw that the thin jailer was about to withdraw, he immediately became anxious. He quickly said to the thin jailer, "It's useless for you to guard down there alone! If we climb up and the fugitives happen to be down there, we won't be able to get down in time to catch them. Can you catch them all by yourself?"

The thin jailer retorted to the fat jailer, "Then you are the same. You can't catch them all by yourself!"

The head jailer, noticing the two guards were about to argue, said, "Alright! You two stay here and watch while I look around. If we find another suitable cliff, we'll split up and guard it."

The thin jailer asked the head jailer, "Ah? Are we going to separate them?"

The chief jailer replied to the thin jailer, "That's right!" Then he told the two jailers, "Whoever sees the escaped prisoner first will give a signal."

The thin jailer asked the chief jailer, "How do you send the signal?"

The head jailer told the thin jailer, "Well... let's talk about it after we find other suitable mountain walls to climb." After that, he stood up and prepared to set off.

Seeing that there was no way to get up without climbing, the fat jailer became very enthusiastic. He immediately said to the head jailer, "I'll go and look for it too! I'll go to the right!" After saying that, he immediately took his weapon and set off.

In order to avoid climbing up, the fat jailer had to quickly find other possible ways to get down so that the head jailer would completely give up the idea of ​​climbing up.

When the chief jailer saw that the fat jailer had left, he picked up the weapon on the ground and headed to the left.

Seeing that the other two had left, the thin jailer collapsed on the ground, moved to a tree, leaned against the tree and dozed off.

It was the thin jailer who, after all, had been instrumental in finding the Swordsman King's whereabouts. He was the one who found the Swordsman King's discarded longsword by the roadside; after all, it was the same longsword from the dungeon, so he recognized it instantly. He was also the one who later spotted the rock spikes in the mountain wall, and he could tell at a glance that they were newly hammered in.

A long time passed, and it was already past noon. The head jailer and the fat jailer had not returned since they left.

The warden was certainly working hard, as he was genuinely worried that the two escapees might escape from other nearby cliffs, so he was diligently checking the nearby cliffs. The fat warden was also working very hard, desperately trying to find another cliff to climb so he wouldn't have to climb up the cliff.

But the head jailer and the fat jailer did not come back, but the thin jailer waited for other people.

The sun was already setting in the west. The thin jailer took one look at the newcomers and immediately approached them. He asked them, "Aren't you the village guards? Why are you here? Did the queen send an order?" Then he began to wonder, "One person would be enough to deliver the message. Why are there so many of them?"

There are indeed quite a lot of people here, a whole team of guards.

After hearing this, one of the guards asked the thin jailer, "Did the queen give the order?" He asked this because he didn't understand why the queen would give the order.

This team of guards is different from the jailers in that they have no direct connection with the Queen. As mentioned in the previous chapter, the specific arrangements for the guards are made by the Minister of War.

After hearing this, the other guard told the thin jailer, "No, it was an order from the minister. He sent a team of us to guard the foot of the mountain, waiting for the fugitive to come down and fall into his trap."

The thin jailer was stunned for a moment, and began to wonder again, thinking, "Why was it the minister who gave the order? Didn't the queen receive the news? This is impossible..." Although his mind was racing at this moment, he was still thinking about all kinds of possibilities.

At this moment, another guard interrupted the thin jailer's thoughts and asked him, "You found the escaped prisoner's trail. This is a great achievement! How did you find it?"

The thin jailer stopped daydreaming and answered the guard who had asked the question, saying, "It was mainly luck. We didn't see anything at first along the way. But after passing a few villages, we found the escaped prisoner's abandoned sword in the mountains. I recognized it immediately; it was exactly the same sword as the one placed in the dungeon. This was clearly what the escaped prisoner carried with him when he escaped..."

Before the thin jailer could finish, another guard asked him, "Is that the sword without a scabbard on the ground? It looks a bit rusty. Is this the kind of sword you use in your dungeon?"

The thin jailer quickly explained to the guard, "The dungeon has been abandoned for some time and was only recently reopened. The things inside have been unused for who knows how long, and no one has maintained them, so naturally they've become old."

After hearing this, the team of guards nodded and murmured "Oh" in a low voice.

Then, the thin jailer started chatting with the guards sent by the minister. He really had a lot of questions that he wanted to ask. However, he couldn't ask directly, so he could only "hint" in the small talk.

So, with an extra team of guards, what will the Jailer and his group do next? Will they really climb to the top of the mountain wall to hunt down the Sword King?

If this is true, can King Jianhao and Wei Qingping escape the pursuit of the jailer and his group?

Please see the next chapter...