I became a mage and was recruited by the lord as his son-in-law

The fire in the west of the city was set by Zheng Youlun and his wife.

This is what they mentioned in the letter, creating chaos in the west of the city, and the effect was quite significant.

Beth and John walked through the streets of the city. The soldiers were all heading west, not paying attention to some of the corners of the city.

Beth and John hid all the way without attracting the attention of any soldiers, which made them speed up their pace a lot.

Cross the street and reach the last lawn, where you will see the towering city wall in front of you.

Beth and John did not go forward immediately, but looked up at the top of the city wall. There were several bright spots moving there. They were the torches of the patrolling soldiers.

"They will probably leave soon. I have dug the hole. I will push aside the grass in front and get in. When I leave, there will be a big rock blocking the way. I can just push it open."

Beth nodded. She and John had said these things when they had argued before.

"I'll go push the rocks away in a moment. You and Alice stay outside. If the situation changes, take her away immediately."

John nodded and said:

"Okay, the cave entrance is small and it will make too much noise if we expand it. We have to go in one by one. Push the stone away and shout outside immediately. Let Alice go out first and I'll cover you."

Beth gestured her assent.

The two looked at the city wall again. Several bright spots on it gathered together, as if they were discussing something.

"They are leaving soon. They should be discussing where to go now."

Beth looked at the fire above. After a while, the bright spots that had gathered together separated and they all came to the edge of the city wall and never moved again.

Beth stood up and tried to leave, but John stopped her and said:

"Wait a moment, if they leave, they will have to pass through here."

Beth had to stop.

Sure enough, after a while, several soldiers passed by the two of them stealthily. They were talking about something in low voices, laughing, with obscene expressions.

Beth spat inwardly. Without the restraint of the church, these soldiers had actually fallen to such a level. They were truly useless to the extreme.

John calmly watched the soldiers disappear at the end of the street and said:

"Let's go. They won't come back until daybreak."

Beth checked her equipment, nodded to John, and walked towards the city wall first.

John carried Alice on his back and followed Beth.

The boots stepped on the tender grass, making a crackling sound, cicadas chirped in the grass, and the moonlight shone on the silent earth.

Beth ran all the way to the city wall and looked back at John.

John pointed to the bushes beside him. Beth received the signal and stepped towards the bushes. With a click, a small hole appeared.

Beth dug up the soil and took out the branches underneath, and a hole with a diameter of more than 40 centimeters appeared.

It is slightly wider than an adult's shoulder width and can only accommodate one person.

"I'll go push the stone away, you and Alice follow."

After saying that, Beth didn't waste any time. She changed the direction of the machete at her waist and crawled directly into the cave.

The cave was dark and she couldn't tell the direction. The narrow passage could only allow Beth to move forward.

Fortunately, the cave was not long, and after climbing for a while, Beth touched the stone above.

She pushed, but it didn't move away.

I was puzzled for a moment. Why were the stones above so heavy?

Beth activated the power of the saint again and continued to push the stone upwards, but still failed.

No, how could John push the stone that she couldn't push? He even had to put the stone at the entrance of the cave.

Beth realized something was wrong and quickly stepped back. However, halfway back, she heard a splashing sound. Water seeped in through the gaps in her armor, and she felt a chill in her body and heart.

Beth's heart was filled with panic. At this moment, she finally realized that she had been sold.

"John, what are you doing?"

No one answered her, only the water level in the cave continued to rise.

Beth moved back faster, but the water soon reached her neck.

"Why, John, answer me, what about Alice? What have you done with her?"

Beth didn't know that her identity had been exposed. She thought John had become a fallen knight. Now the only person she was worried about was Alice who still knew nothing.

The water level had already risen to her mouth. Beth had no choice but to crawl forward. There was at least a little breathing space ahead.

But how could the people outside let Beth have her way?

A spear had been inserted into the cave, stabbing straight into Beth's calf and nailing it to the wall of the cave.

Beth didn't say a word. She quickly pulled out the dagger tied to her arm and fumbled to cut off the spear.

The soil began to fall, and Beth's movements caused the space to shrink further, and the sounds outside finally reached the cave.

"She cut the spear off."

"Damn it, she's small, I can still feel her legs in the hole, quick, add water, poison, and put on the hook."

Beth hurriedly climbed up, but the soil in the water-added hole had turned into mud, and Beth was trapped in the mud. Every centimeter she moved up was extremely difficult.

And a spear-like object pierced Beth's calf again.

This time the spear did not nail Beth's leg, but was quickly pulled out the moment it pierced through.

It's a hook spear.

Beth felt a sharp pain of muscle tearing and could no longer hold her breath. She took a deep breath and a large amount of mud and water entered her lungs.

Once drowning begins, people can no longer control themselves, not even Beth.

The body's natural reaction was to expel the foreign objects in the lungs. Beth coughed and a few bubbles appeared in the water.

This did not relieve Beth's pain, but instead allowed more mud and water to enter her lungs.

She began to struggle violently, and her mind began to gradually fade. The mud and water that entered her lungs began to corrode her lungs like molten iron.

It was the purple crystal poison, a god-given poison that would kill anyone on sight of blood. Beth was a saint, so that saved her from immediate death.

Outside the cave, John was holding an iron rod, and the end of the iron rod was extending into the cave in front. This was the hook spear that pierced Beth's leg.

He felt the struggle above, and the expression on his face was distorted.

The tyrant Beth was about to be arrested by him, but he did not feel excited at all. He knew that he no longer had the right to hate Beth.

Although he is guilty of betrayal, his personality is no different from that of Beth, the tyrant who established the kingdom of God on earth.

His faith in chivalry had long since collapsed, and what supported him now was something unknown. He didn't know what it was, but he thought of a sentence:

The warrior who slays the dragon will eventually become the dragon himself.

The soldiers around were still pouring water in, and Alice next to her was already crying.

Tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, and he clenched the harpoon in his hand. The betrayal had already been done, and he could not care less.

"Bring me another grappling spear."

The man next to him handed over a grappling hook. John looked at the mud in the hole viciously and thrust the grappling hook into it fiercely.