…… The sky is dark, the dawn is coming, and the time is now the darkest hour of the night.

In an overgrown hide, a young man wearing light armor with a dagger hanging from his waist quickly came out of it.

Keen eyes watched around.

When he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, he quickly returned to the grass and used his dagger to clear the surrounding weeds, revealing a secret passage.

'Bang Bang'

The lower hole was gently slapped with a dagger, and the hollow sound echoed inside.

In a few moments, the sound of horses' hooves and wheels came slowly from the secret passage.

This is a deserted wooded area located far away from the town of Tyre at Grimm Castle, and it also belongs to Grimm's territory.

After walking in the dark for more than two hours, the escape team finally made it to the secret passage.

The crisp air outside shook Freya's dull spirit.

The baron, who walked in the middle, sat on his horse, squinted slightly and looked back into the distance, which was the direction of Grimm Castle.

Saladin is based on Grimm Castle, so it's safe for the town of Tyre right now.

Freya glanced at everyone with a few points of starlight, and they all looked exhausted.

The rush along the way and the mental pressure behind him made it a little difficult for even a good fighter to hold on.

With a slight sound, someone took out a flint and lit a torch, and for a moment the red flames lit up the surroundings.

Only seventy or eighty escaped from a huge castle, which made everyone's psychology uncomfortable.

Turning his head, the baron's gaze swept over the rather large team one by one, and his cold gaze revealed a majesty even now. When everyone came out of the secret passage and their eyes were on him, he paused and said loudly.

"Saladin's men have destroyed Grimm's Castle tonight! And you know more or less about this country, and now we must leave at once, leave this country, and maybe never come back, if you want to go with us, go together, if not, take some belongings and leave on your own! ”

The loud sound caused a sudden commotion among the people around him, and some of the cronies of the die-hard baron, at his signal, untied the cable from a carriage, revealing several large chests inside, which, in addition to the castle's finances, contained gold from Bertha.

Soon, some of the guards took the initiative to lay down their weapons and walked to the carriage, and after receiving some gold coins, they turned to leave.

After the beginning, the rest of the people also slowly took action.

The baron was expressionless and couldn't see any emotion, just quietly watched as one by one the people took the money and left quickly.

Eric, who was still an ordinary person, had already fallen asleep on top of the carriage under fatigue and stress.

Freya didn't pay attention to those who were leaving, she consciously got off her horse and walked to the carriage filled with miscellaneous items to find a map around Castle Green.

Look at it carefully by the light of the fire.

She was still in the long white dress at the ball, but because of the battle, it had been torn a lot, and she couldn't see the delicacy in it.

The cross sword was placed next to her, her hair was scattered casually on her back, and her still immature face was a focused look.

At this moment, no one would think of Freya as just a lively and active young lady, and although she was only fourteen years old, most people would look at her in awe when they saw her.

At this time, she was analyzing and determining the next route for this remnant team.

Suddenly, a petite figure appeared in front of her, blocking the light of the flames, it was Ellie.

Freya looked up and noticed that the person had come and smiled slightly.

"What's wrong, Ellie?"

"Miss... I—" Ellie lowered his head, whispering not knowing what to say.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that her personal maid was twisting abnormally, she frowned slightly and asked again.

At this time, a strange young escort who had been standing in the distance watching the two of them walked over quickly and took Ellie's hand directly.

Freya looked quietly at the young man who had suddenly approached, and she noticed that the man was holding a small sack in his hand, with a golden glow in the gap.

"Miss Freya, I'm Leta, and I'm Ellie's... Husband—" The young man's face turned slightly red as he uttered the last two words, and then he settled down. "I'm sorry for now, but we both decided... I don't want to follow you, I still have an uncle in the city of Pirkaudi, which is the territory of the Petty Confederate State, and it will not be infested by the Saladins, so I ......"

Without waiting for the guard, Leta, to finish, Freya interrupted with a smile.

"I understand, this is your choice, Castle Green is gone, and I'm not a young lady, you will follow the path you choose, I'm actually very happy, but I hope you can take care of Eri and don't let her be wronged."

Some of the old words made the two young people who were almost her age nod twilightly.

Leta grabbed Alley and said in a solemn tone: "I won't let Alley be wronged a little, I swear in the name of the Castle Grimm Guard!" ”

"Hmm!" Freya nodded, waved their hand and motioned for them to leave, then lowered her head to continue studying the map.

Just as Letta took Eri's hand and turned to leave, Alley suddenly broke free of his hand, turned around and bowed deeply to the serious-looking girl, her eyes red as if she was about to cry.

Leta patted Ellie lightly on the shoulder, and the half-dragged and half-pulled people disappeared into the darkness.

Sighing slightly, Freya carefully put away the map and looked up.

At this moment, there were only about twenty people left in the original team of seventy or eighty people, and more than half of the money on the carriage was distributed.

The rest were either the baron's cronies or the guards who had no family and were alone, and even some of the relatives who had defected to the baron had left cleanly.

The baron sat on a nearby rock, looking at his cronies as they gathered up the rest of the clutter, not knowing what to think.

This man, who had always been strong and cold in Freya's eyes, was also like a hard-shelled fruit at this moment, revealing the soft flesh.

"Father." Freya walked up to the baron and crouched down and rested her head on his lap.

The warm hand gently touched Freya's hair, and after a long time, the baron sighed heavily and said lightly.

"I'm alright, Freya, let's go!"

"Hmm!"

The burly body slowly stood up, and the baron blinked, his eyes swept over the remaining people, and the only passenger in the carriage was still sleeping Eric and Howard.

Darmsteen had regained a little strength after all the way to recuperate, and he rode up to the baron and said loudly.

"My lord, we are ready to go!"

"Good!" The baron nodded and said loudly, "Everyone get on the horse, let's get out of here!" ”

Hearing the baron's order, Freya took the lead and walked to her horse and lightly turned over on her horse.

In the faint noise, the short-stayed convoy slowly drove away.

At this moment, the dark night sky was already clear, and in the east, a red morning glow slowly lit up.