Entering the last days of autumn, late and early winter, Padel Pine is already in a state of depression. The trees are already bare, but the forest is like a monster with claws and teeth entrenched on both sides of the road.
The sound of horse hoofbeats came from afar, and the eleven knights parted through the white mist and broke into the silent morning.
In order to maintain speed, the riders kept their mounts running at a small pace, but did not gallop. There were still hundreds of miles to go from here to Luda, and they had to maintain their horsepower.
Except for the rider in the middle who was carrying a long black cloth package, everyone else was fully armed, with swords and flashing crossbows occasionally emerging from under their long cloaks. The knights were always on high alert, looking around from time to time.
The forest in early winter is cold and desolate, but there are still wolves in the forest.
The knights kept moving forward and soon came to a small river. The river at this time of the year had not yet frozen, the water surface was sparkling and shining, and there was a deserted stone bridge on the bank - but at this time, the leading knight suddenly raised his head in alarm.
He started and made others stop.
The knights tightened their reins and stopped their horses, and looked around. The leading knight retracted his hand and gestured to the left and right - meaning someone was ambushing - and then he turned his horse's head and pulled out his sword from his waist.
The knights turned their horses' heads left and right, and immediately formed a circular formation with the escort as the center. Their uniform actions showed that these knights were well-trained. Even the scout cavalry in Eruin's general army could not reach this level.
But as the knights moved, there was a rustling sound in the forest, and a group of noble private soldiers wearing leather armor immediately stood up in the bushes on both sides. These ambushers were all holding weapons-battle axes.
Buckler or crossbow.
Obviously the ambushers realized that they were going to attack after being discovered, but the knights were not slow to respond. They even took action before these ambush attacks. The knights in black took off the crossbows from their waists without hesitation and fired in all directions.
As soon as the ambusher broke out of the bushes onto the road, he was shot on his back.
The knights had excellent shooting skills. They kept turning their horses' heads and firing arrows in all directions. Many ambushers were shot in the throat and killed with one arrow, and the corpses even quickly formed a circle; but the Eruin cavalry used continuous fire to attack the enemy.
The crossbow ammunition was limited, and the private soldiers seemed to know this. After five rounds of shooting, they all rushed out of the forest with a shout and rushed forward.
But the knights were not in a hurry. They lifted up their cloaks with their left hands, pulled out a handaxe from underneath with their right hands and threw them forward. A scream resounded through the sky, causing many birds that were still dreaming to flap their wings.
Flying up from the surrounding woods.
The ambushers who were caught off guard instantly fell to the ground in front of them.
"Quick! Come on, they have no weapons!"
"Don't give them a chance to wind up!"
But the pungent smell of blood in the cold early morning air only excited these desperadoes. Some of the noble private soldiers shouted crazily - they had an absolute numerical advantage, almost ten times the opponent, even if they were to pile up lives, they would still be killed.
Pile the opponent to death.
The knights' calm attack had angered these people, and the ambushers rushed forward frantically, trying to turn the battle into a meat-crushing melee.
Unfortunately, they found that things were not as they imagined.
The strength of their opponents far exceeded their imagination. The knights drew their swords in unison, and dramatic changes immediately occurred on the field. With the silver light of the long swords flashing - white air currents crisscrossed one after another - they almost formed a
The airtight net made those ambushers who moved forward recklessly crash into it.
Then, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the remains of the body and limbs fell backwards, making it seem like a rain of blood fell on the heads of those behind.
Many of the ambushers were completely fooled. When they arranged the ambush in advance, they were told that their opponents were a group of kingdom cavalry. But no one told them that each of the knights in this group had the strength of Peak Silver.
At first, the private soldiers of the nobles could rely on their inertia to rush forward towards the knights who were as cold as the god of death. However, within a few moments, the morale of these rabble completely collapsed.
Before they could get close, their side lost nearly a third of their people. As soon as their fevered heads cooled down, these noble private soldiers realized how terrifying the opponent was, and they dispersed without any further reminders—
—Even ran away faster than when he came, at least twice as fast——
The battle ended quickly.
The leading knight stopped and took a deep breath of the bloody air. He raised his hand to stop his pursuit. Is this just the first time they have been ambushed along the way? The pursuit is meaningless, and they can't be caught.
No matter what valuable goal they have, not to mention their own mission is the most important.
All the knights stopped, they checked Sakon, and then they lowered their heads and wiped their long swords on the corpse to put them back into their sheaths.
No one spoke during the whole process, only the sound of the horses touching their noses——
The leading knight's gray eyes swept across the battlefield, and he looked at the corpses on the ground - these noble private soldiers had no obvious signs indicating which side they belonged to, nor did they carry any banners. They were more like a gang.
Bandits and robbers - but the robbers are not so well-trained.
Then he pulled down the mask of his cloak, revealing the thin and pale face of a middle-aged man. He glanced back, and the rider they were escorting patted the long black package behind him to indicate safety, and then the other person also raised his head and pulled it.
Cover below.
Revealing a young man's face.
To be precise, Brando also knows the owner of this face. His name is Test, Viscount Test. It’s just that the appearance of this Viscount has changed a bit. He has lost a lot of weight in the past month and his complexion has become worse.
It looked a little brighter, and a pair of pupils seemed to be burning with lake-green flames.
"Safety."
If Brando were here, he would definitely be startled when the Viscount opened his mouth. His voice was hoarse and dry, as if someone had poked a hole in his throat. The young man sniffed, as if to say
This sentence cost him a lot of energy.
"Who are these people from?" the middle-aged man asked, looking at the corpses on the ground.
"People from Grand Duke Anlek." Test replied in a hoarse voice.
"He?" The middle-aged man was slightly startled: "Isn't that old guy trying to show his favor to us?"
"Nobles are all duplicitous guys." Tester sniffed and replied: "You don't have to look at me, I am the same, so don't believe me, I will definitely stab you in the back if I have the chance."
The middle-aged man smiled: "Interesting, but don't worry, I only trust my people."
"Humph," Tester didn't even look at the other person. He pulled up his mask and prepared to go on the road, but at this moment, the young Viscount froze -
He saw a flash of green light in the forest, and his expression suddenly turned extremely ugly.
"Watch your back." Test immediately put down his mask and said to the middle-aged knight.
The leading knight immediately turned back, but a little too late, the green light hit his chest. The middle-aged man was shocked at what kind of magic this was, but his expression was fixed at this moment forever. Test saw this with his own eyes.
A cavalry captain turned into a stone statue in front of him.
That guy is coming after me!
The young Viscount's heart was beating wildly. He knew who was coming as soon as he saw this familiar scene. The nightmare-like memory is still torturing him, but he didn't expect that the nightmare would become reality again at this moment.
He almost wanted to run away, but his hands and feet seemed to be rooted to the ground, motionless and unwilling to obey his command, as if possessed by a demon.
Then he saw the monster covered with emerald green armor walking out of the jungle - all the knights were stunned. Of course they saw what happened to their captain, but such a weird attack method was beyond everyone's understanding.
, they didn't react for a while - what should they do at this time.
To guard against the opponent? But it seems that no one dares to say that there is a better way to defend against such a green light. When it comes to avenging the captain, no one can know the details of the opponent.
The knights froze there for a moment.
But the Emerald Knight who came out of the forest obviously didn't appreciate their kindness. He walked over step by step, and his target was Test, who was protected by all the knights in the center.
Facing the knight's approaching step by step, the young Viscount, who possessed the primary level of gold strength, found himself so frightened that he could not move. It was extremely difficult for him to even utter a single byte from his throat.
"you……"
As soon as he squeezed out a word, a knight finally couldn't bear it and attacked the Emerald Knight. But the opponent just raised his hand and held his sword, and then the knight was thrown away, including his horse and man, and was hit everywhere.
On a black pine in the distance, and then there was no sound again.
The hand of the Emerald Knight obviously shocked everyone, but it also made the knights react - they are enemies, not friends! The knights shouted in unison, and stabbed each other with the long swords in their hands - but the countless sword blades were still there
Before he could reach his body, he was blocked by a layer of light green light surrounding the Emerald Knight's body.
Top level magical armor.
Everyone's heart sank. The outer layer of top-level magic armor has powerful magic defense. This kind of protection can not only protect against ordinary magic attacks, but can even block physical attacks such as swords.
In Eruin, a few pieces of this kind of armor were only made by the master of palace alchemy during the kingdom's most prosperous period. Its quantity is absolutely rare, but the people who can own it are certainly not simple.
The knights' hearts sank and they were guessing who the other party was. Unfortunately, they didn't realize that their time was running out. Tester had no way to remind him, because these knights had already discovered that starting with their own swords - even including
The same goes for the magic sword - it is turning into stone little by little.
This discovery scared them out of their wits, and they reacted quickly and immediately abandoned their swords, but it was of no use. In the end, these more than ten knights turned into stone statues standing motionless on the avenue.
Seeing this scene, Test felt that he was about to collapse, but in fact when the Emerald Knight slowly walked up to him, he found that he was not insane because of this - although he would have preferred it to be so, or simply
This is just a dream.
The Emerald Knight came step by step under his horse, raised his head and stared at him, neither speaking nor attacking, just motionless.