Night in the Pinos Valley did not fall as quietly as in the past. In just a few miles from Murakion to Zarkos, the beacon fires lit up the murderous intent that filled the night sky to its climax.

"Sir Hendrel, are you okay?" The group of people who escaped from the mud in the river were exhausted just by running for their lives, and Hendrel, who had just fallen into the water, vomited and choked violently.

The water entered the lungs - if Anthony, the captain of the garrison, had not removed his armor in time and jumped into the fast river to save him, he might have been buried in the river.

"I'm fine!" Hendryr wiped the corners of his mouth with his muddy sleeves and waved his hands. Looking at the woods on the other side of the river, he could only hear the sounds of killing one after another, vaguely seeming to be approaching. Obviously, he was approaching.

The opponent's target is them, this is a hit

The enemy's ambush! After leaving the Tanbei Military Camp, Hendryr felt something was wrong. It seemed that someone was following and peeping along the way. As expected, it was now clear that the other party's intention was to ambush them here!

"Did Tanbei and the other treacherous guys do this? These bastards who are willing to take advantage of others!" Anthony immediately suspected the Talanit family, which was the most suspected. As soon as they left Tanbei's military camp, they were suddenly attacked.

, everything does not look like a coincidence at all. Moreover, the enemies who ambush them were obviously well prepared and even used trebuchets. This is not a force that ordinary forces can mobilize.

But the calm Hendril shook his head and rejected Anthony's defense chief's guess, "That shouldn't be the case. If Count Talanit really had murderous intentions for me, he wouldn't have let him go in the military camp before.

I left, so why delay it until now."

"Who could that be?" Anthony asked in confusion. It stands to reason that among the people who knew their whereabouts, the only suspect was Tan Bei, who refused to send troops.

But Hendril remained silent. His eyes told Anthony that he seemed to have vaguely guessed something, but Hendrel did not say anything.

At this time, a roar suddenly came from the sky.

Before Hendriel could react to what had happened, Anthony beside him suddenly threw him down. The sky was dyed red with red fire, and the barrel filled with hot asphalt was hit hard by the trebuchet from the other side.

It hit them hard. The flames immediately devoured everything in its path. Several soldiers had no time to react before they were submerged by the splashing asphalt, and their whole bodies were on fire.

A raging fire broke out. Then there was a heart-rending wail. Several soldiers whose bodies were on fire jumped into the Pinos River in pain to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but the sticky asphalt stuck to their flesh.

, no matter how they jumped, the flames that corroded flesh and bones did not stop burning, until their feeble whining was drowned by the sound of the rushing river.

"What a danger!" Looking at the dead soldiers, Anthony helped Hendriel up from the ground with lingering fear. If he had hesitated just now, they would have been affected.

"Thank you for saving me, I owe you a favor, Anthony." Looking at the sparks that had not been extinguished on the old guard chief's back, Hendryl also breathed a sigh of relief in the aftermath of the disaster.

But now it's too late to rejoice that they just escaped death. Obviously the asphalt barrel that was smashed just now was not a coincidence. The enemy who ambushed them must have grasped their position. It is too dangerous to stay here!

"We must leave here immediately, Mr. Hendril! Let's go to Thessarian, where the three major families will send people to pick us up." Although they were ambushed halfway, their location was not far from their destination at this time.

Antony decided to lead the remaining guards to protect Hendriel from the siege.

But Hendril's next decision surprised him, "We don't go east, we go south."

"But that's the road to Agrinion!" Anthony wondered if he had heard wrongly. If they took the south road, they would be seeking death.

"I know, that's why I chose to take this path. If you were to set up an ambush, you would definitely not want the target to successfully break through. You would definitely place traps on the only way to pass, and instead ignore other dead ends. Since the other party already knows

Our position is now only a gamble!" Hendril said. Although he has no experience of leading troops in war,

However, he still knew the meaning of surprise. If they went straight to Thessarian, they would definitely encounter an ambush, so it was better to take the risk. More importantly, after this incident, Hendril no longer trusted Bunonius.

There are three major families: Merisenno and Garives. The only ones who know his whereabouts during this trip are these nobles. There must be something fishy among them.

His decision was crazy. Antony did not expect that the other party would dare to make such a big gamble. But when he thought about it carefully, Hendril's words did make sense. After all, during Caesar's time, people realized that war was a gamble.

Now they don't have many chips, and if they want to make a comeback, no matter how risky it is, it is still worth a try. It has reached a critical moment of life and death, and the old garrison commander didn't have time to think about it, and immediately called the soldiers to retreat towards the path to the south of the river bank.

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Behind the woods on the north bank of the Pinhos River, a group of people stood on a hill and looked at the fire in the distance. The trebuchet was already aimed there, but they still didn't get the movement they wanted.

"It's time to end this farce. How dare they think of overestimating their capabilities to challenge His Majesty Mikhail? How ridiculous!" The man looked at everything in front of him and sneered, stroking his beard on his chin.

"Agrinon is now in our hands. The only variable is the other nobles in Thessaly. They are a ragtag group. When Rusnina's army arrives in Cumin, it will fall apart."

"Don't be too careless now. If that guy Hendril is not dealt with, he will still be a threat after all. Although we don't like the order of that guy Musvar, we still have to deal with it.

"Humph, it's all a fuss. What I care about now is the illegitimate son in Agrinion. Even if he is the child of His Majesty Mikhail, how can I hand over such an important city to him?"

"You don't have to worry about this. The child... is useless. His Majesty Mikhail gave up on him from the beginning. He is just a chess piece. After the incident is completed, the master of Agrinion will definitely be the head of the family.

This is what His Majesty has promised from the beginning."

"It's best this way. Those who have committed the crime of parricide, let everything end in the city of Agrinion. Your Majesty can't let an unfamiliar wolf bite you after all," the man said with a smile and looked at Mi

The envoy sent by Emperor Hayil immediately gave orders to the left and right, "Give an order to the ambush troops on the south bank. Everyone should pursue them with all their strength and never let them escape to Thessaly."
Chapter completed!