The healing potion gradually took effect, and Jack's injuries gradually improved, and although the injury was still aching, his mobility was restored, and he was able to walk on his own without the need for continued support from Arcanis.

The Assassin was obviously more familiar with the terrain of Askatla than the dockers and the daughters of nobles, and following in his footsteps, Jack and Liz were also eye-opening to realize that there were so many hidden streets and alleys in the city, and that there were many secret doors in the houses.

These are the "special passages" left by the ubiquitous shadow thieves.

Jack had previously been defeated from the City Gate District and fled to the slums adjacent to the City Gate District, where he was overtaken by the Paladin's team, and Arcanis rescued him and led him towards the Bridge District.

Coming to the population of the bridge district, there is an arch and a section of the city wall, and each district of the city of Ascatra is also separated by a wall, and the passage through the various districts requires passing through the gatehouses guarded by the guards, which were set up by the "superior people" to prevent the "inferior people" from invading their urban areas and to better manage the city.

Of course, this design of the city also has the effect of defending against foreign invasion, and if one city falls, the defenders can retreat to the next.

The citizens of the revolt dispersed too quickly, and the leaders of the uprising, who had no military experience, did not organize a reserve, and there were no defenders at all in the gatehouse.

Now, the paladins who had stormed the city had arrived and taken possession of the city's gatehouse, which was guarded by a hundred-man band, and anyone who came near the tower was killed as an enemy.

After the Knights routed the defenders into the city, they were no longer suppressing the mob, but turned into a manhunt and a massacre.

Many citizens hid in their homes with a fluke mentality, believing that they did not participate in the uprising and did not go to the city walls to resist, so they would not be considered mobs.

However, the Knights who invaded the city did not distinguish between the mob and the good among the citizens.

The Migne rifle was a great threat to the knights, even if they were advancing with a shield raised, the cold guns fired from the windows on the second floor of the city building could hit the soldiers behind the shields because of the angle of fire.

The Chief Mage emphasized the danger of the rifle's secret if it were to be passed on at a joint meeting of the Knights, and several Knights leaders finally decided to kill everyone in Ascatra who had seen the rifle and had some knowledge of the rifle's mechanics and firing principles.

The Minne rifle is much simpler, a dwarf craftsman or dwarven blacksmith can roughly imitate it with a close look, and the method of making a fire cap and bullet gunpowder is no match for an alchemist.

The Order does not intend to sift through everyone and sift out those who know the secrets of the rifle, which is simply not possible.

Once the manufacturing drawings or manufacturing principles of the rifle are leaked to other cities on the continent of Faeron, the consequences are too serious, anyway, the city of Ascatra has been regarded as a demon city, and the knights have decided to carry out a thorough elimination operation in line with the principle of eliminating evil.

A complete purge operation means that everyone is completely killed, whether these ginseng participants have participated in the riot or not, they are all dead, and there is no need to worry about someone spreading the secret that "ordinary people can defeat knights with rifles".

Ironically, the leader of the uprising was not on the slaughter list, and the chief mage of these people had given a strict order that he must be arrested, and he needed to get the news of Bredro from these people, and find out how the things that Bredro preached affected people's hearts.

The first to enjoy the butcher's knife were the citizens who thought they could save their lives without resisting or participating, and they were driven from their homes by the knights to the Am's Grand Theater, where they were told to report each other and identify the mob who had participated in the riots or had used rifles.

When the identification is over, the betrayed mob is taken away by the knights, and the citizens who identify the mob think that they are cleared of suspicion and will be released soon, but what awaits them is the poison cloud unleashed by the mage, and the spacious theater hall becomes a gas chamber.

The taken mob did not die immediately, but was subjected to torture, and if anyone was willing to rebel and say something of value, he would live a few more days until he had said everything he knew, and then he would lose his value and be executed.

The gate had been occupied by the hundreds, and Arcanis motioned for Jack and Liz to hide it, and he took out a grappling hook rope from his waist bag, threw the grappling hook onto the wall, climbed the wall along the rope, and used his shadow hiding skills to quickly climb to the platform on the top floor of the gatehouse.

Not long after, a red plume of smoke rose from the platform, and Arcanis lit the chimney.

Jack didn't understand why Aknis did this, and was puzzled when he suddenly saw red pillars of smoke rising in several places in the city.

A little judging where the smoke pillars were rising, Jack seemed to realize that there were a few smoke pillars that were the locations of the gatehouses of every city in the city, and a few smoke pillars that were some of the city squares.

But why do you want to raise a column of smoke at the gatehouse of the city? Looks a lot like a marker.

Just as he was wondering, there was a whistling sound in the air, as if something was flying quickly through the air, making a sharp whistle.

The next moment, for some reason, the gatehouse in the bridge area exploded open, and the continuous explosions and flames shrouded the gatehouse, and the hundred-man team guarding the gatehouse was caught off guard and was shrouded in fire and smoke.

Waves of air rushed in, gravel splashed, dust flew, and Jack hurriedly protected Liz.

At the same time, muffled explosions rang out from all over the city where red plumes of smoke had risen.

Arcanis reappeared, sensing Jack's confusion, and lowered his voice, "That's the mortar of the underground partisans, and lighting the smoke canister is to fire a signal to the gunner." ”

After a moment's wait, there was no more whistling in the air, and before the smoke from the explosion of the gatehouse cleared, Arcanis led the two men to climb over the rubble of the gatehouse and into the bridge area.

"We'll get to the docks as soon as possible, and there's a boat on the dock to pick you up." Arcanis said to Jack and Liz as he led the way.

"There are still a lot of people in the city." Jack said, "What are they going to do?" ”

"Take as much as you can." Arcanis whispered: "Many people refuse to leave, and even at such times, there are still illusions, and we don't have time to persuade them. But anyone who wants to leave can get on our ship as soon as they get to the pier. ”

Jack thought of the man who betrayed him, and sighed secretly, he thought about it and asked, "What kind of weapon is the mortar?" If I'm not mistaken, it seems like that weapon can shoot a crystal bomb like a bullet far away. Why don't you support us with some mortars? If there are mortars, maybe the city will be able to hold it. ”

"This weapon is still just an experimental weapon, it's too difficult to build, whether it's a barrel or a shell, it's too difficult to build."

Arcanis said: "It can only be handmade by a master blacksmith, and rare metal materials must be used, just now you saw that round of shelling, the shells produced in the past few months have been fired, even if there are still shells, the barrel is too worn, even if the next round of shelling does not explode, the accuracy of the shelling cannot be guaranteed." ”