Chapter 35: Siege
The man was dressed in gray leather armor, not burly but seemed to be very nimble, with only a dagger on his body, but he carried a longbow and a pot of arrows on his back, clearly dressed as a vanguard unit.
Hearing the question, Freya stepped forward and smiled with a disguised merchant expression.
"My lord, we are a caravan from Angela, and we are on our way to Candia, passing by here to exchange for something to eat."
"Caravans?" The captain looked at Freya and her party suspiciously.
Three wagons that appeared to be loaded with things, two small children and a dozen or so unarmed adults.
Such convoys were common, but with the exception of two small children, everyone else looked more or less powerful, if not warriors, but also with some strength.
However, with the strength of his thirty imperial warriors, these people are not terrible even if they are threatening.
It's just that for the whole convoy, it makes him a little weird to let a girl who doesn't look fifteen years old come out and talk back.
Frowning slightly, he glanced at Freya, who smiled and showed a small dimple, and his rather beautiful face made him feel a little good.
Maybe it's the child of a merchant family, it's really beautiful! He thought to himself.
"Don't go any further, there will be some fighting ahead, if you don't want to be implicated!" Maybe it was Freya's personal charm, the team leader didn't doubt it too much, but reminded him heartily.
"War?" Freya pretended to be surprised, and looked at the team leader with some confusion, "May I ask who it is..."
"Don't ask what you don't ask!" The squad leader interrupted her with a frown. "Also, the supplies in this town belong to the state from now on, so you guys should go back quickly!"
"Uhhhh My lord, but our convoy has no food, and if we don't replenish it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even go back..."
She knew that as the vanguard of the army, its duties were not only to scout the enemy, but also to include some supply locations that could supply the army, and the small town in front of them might be their target.
"Huh? Are there no more food? That's really trouble..."The squad leader stared at Freya's face with slightly squinted eyes, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and suddenly said.
"That's right! Since you're in business, you must have money with you, and if you take out half of your possessions, I can consider getting you enough to eat, how about this deal? ”
The false expression on Freya's face froze slightly, she didn't expect this group of forward troops to actually want to take advantage of the fire to rob.
When the others heard the captain's words, they all stirred slightly, knowing that they had just escaped from Castle Green, they belonged to the category of outlaws, and according to the baron's plan, the entire convoy had nothing to do with Byron in the future.
"You!" Eric behind him couldn't hold back at first, his face turned slightly red and he wanted to go directly, but fortunately, Howard next to him stopped his hand and shook his head lightly to signal not to be impulsive.
“… Are you kidding, my lord? Freya struggled to squeeze out a smile, as if she had been startled by what he had said.
"You think I'm joking?" The team leader looked at Freya's expression with satisfaction and said proudly, "You know, it's the time of the war, I have the right to requisition a resource that can be used, if you don't agree, maybe the brothers behind me can help you decide!" ”
As he spoke, several imperial soldiers behind him were already smiling and approaching slightly on their war horses.
For this kind of thing, in fact, strictly speaking, it is not a special case, as long as there is a war, whether it is the army of your own country or the enemy country, it will take advantage of the fire to loot.
And Freya had some speculation about this before, but judging from the current emergency situation, this way of taking advantage of the fire is not wise, and it is also her own soldiers... She still had luck in her heart, but she didn't expect it to be hidden.
If it was an ordinary caravan member, he might have obediently surrendered at this time, but in front of him was a fugitive with a knight-level master.
Freya squinted slightly at the more than thirty cavalrymen in front of her, with her strength and the cooperation of the others, she could not completely retain them, as long as one of them was released, it might cause unnecessary trouble, which would be a great risk for the future journey.
Just as Freya was considering whether to hand over a little money, the squad leader continued.
"Of course, it's okay if you don't pay, but you have to stay!"
Suddenly, his finger pointed at Freya in thought, which made the girl's face froze slightly, and then a frosty face appeared.
It's actually a robbery, but a robbery?
And the people around her had already shown a fierce light, knowing that Freya's status in their hearts was second only to that of the Baron, and her heart was already full of anger when she was insulted like this.
These Imperial soldiers themselves were only scouts, and they could not have melee weapons on them, but they rode war horses and had an advantage in speed.
"No, no, my lord, let's pay the money..."Freya restrained the killing intent in her eyes and said weakly. However, there is too much money in the car, so you should take it. ”
At Freya's gesture, Nick, who was standing next to him, pretended to be frightened and lifted the sackcloth behind a carriage, and suddenly a little gold was exposed to everyone's sight.
The captain of the squad who was proud of his wisdom suddenly saw the gold coin, and his whole expression was stunned, and the soldiers around him also became different.
What I didn't expect was to catch a big fish.
The squad leader's eyes moved, he glanced at the people in the convoy, swallowed and said, "Brothers, dismount me!" Move things! With all this money, who the hell would want to be a soldier!! ”
Without the squad leader's orders at all, the few imperial soldiers at the front couldn't wait to dismount directly, pushing away Nick who was standing next to him, staring at the gold coins with red eyes.
The surrounding guards consciously moved out of the way, and their eyes moved slowly and coldly, vaguely forming a semi-encircled appearance.
Freya quietly looked at the Imperial soldiers who had been carried away by the money and dismounted from their horses, and slowly held the hidden cross sword in her right hand.
The team leader, who was holding a large handful of gold coins, looked at the boxes that had been moved down in front of him, and his mouth was already grinning.
He suddenly thought of something, stood up, looked at Freya next to him with a lewd smile and said, "**, I..."
'Puff'
A slight line of blood slowly cracked between the neck of the team leader who had not finished speaking.
The sharp blade nearly shaved off half of his neck, and the warm blood flowed beside him to the soldier who was burying his head in his arms for the gold coin.
'Bang'
The fall of the corpse stunned the Imperial soldiers, who were still immersed in the gold coins, and then the sound of cutting rang in their ears.
"Kill! Not a single one to stay! ”
The pale-faced Howard half sat on the side of the stone, and the cross sword in his hand was thrown out directly, instantly shooting through the imperial soldiers who reacted and wanted to escape, and shouted loudly.
And Freya directly turned into a gray shadow, and the cross sword in her hand stabbed out again and again, as if death was harvesting life, and the soldiers who wanted to attack her were dropped one by one.
When Freya killed a dozen or so people in an instant, some of the soldiers realized that the girl who had been smiling all the time was the most dangerous person in the entire convoy.
"Run!!"
During the slashing, I don't know who shouted, and the soldiers, who had been a symbol of resistance, immediately ran towards the war horse.
Seeing this, Freya's eyes were cold, and the problem that she thought could be solved peacefully was actually solved in the bloodiest way, although she was helpless in her heart, but since she had decided, she had to do it to the end.