Sir Augustin Walton has just dispelled his fears for the lives of his London lawyers. Unexpectedly, the most feared thing happened to me in an instant. With a somewhat suspicious expression, he stared at his adopted daughter and whispered, "Child, you mean thieves?" When did you find out? ”

Isabel looked at the people coming out of the tavern and the passers-by with great vigilance, and said to Jazz, "What happened when you entered the tavern. Don't say anything, go lead the horse and get out of here right away. ”

The two quickly came to the place where the horses were tied and untied the reins of the four horses. Afterwards, the two men each rode one horse and led the other horse towards the main road south of the tavern. After riding some distance along the road to the west, Isabel deliberately slowed down some of her horses.

When Jazz noticed that Isabel was lagging behind, he eagerly turned back and said, "What are you doing, boy?" ”

Isabel ignored her father, and continued to look back at the wine house that was fading away. At that moment, four or five men dressed in rags like tenant farmers or vagrants ran to the edge of the road and watched the two depart.

Isabel sneered triumphantly and raised her right arm in midair. Stretch out your right hand and clench it into a fist while raising your middle finger at the other person. This insulting gesture, which became popular in Western countries in later generations, is often considered to be a very impolite gesture. If it appears in the official media, it will also be obscured by the mosaic.

When she learned from ancient books that the gesture, which was popular among American teenagers, originated during the Hundred Years' War between England and France, she was even more happy to make it to those she didn't like. Of course, at this time, people thought that she was showing off her middle finger as an archer to draw a bow.

When she saw that the four or five men were jumping and gesturing again, she quickened the speed of her horse and came to Sir and said, "Father, go quickly." Further on is the Bowlan Forest, and we have to get into the forest before these people. ”

Sir Augustine did not ask his daughter what she was doing, but nodded. With his legs between the horse's belly, he stepped off the horse and flew out like sharp arrows, followed by Isabel Hit the horse. After crossing a stone bridge over a river, the two quickly descended from the northern edge of the forest into the vast Bowland primeval forest, which was composed of boreal coniferous forests.

When the two jumped off their horses, Isabel hurriedly said, "Father, hide our horses quickly." ”

Augustine was still suspicious of his daughter's account of the thief. When he heard his daughter's words, he led four horses with her to a thriving bush about 50 yards (about 45.7 meters) from the road. When Sir took his knight's sword from the left side of the saddle bridge of the main horse, he asked his daughter, "Are you sure those men are thieves, son?" But I didn't see anyone chasing me. ”

Isabel removed the quiver containing 30 heavy arrows from the back of the horse, returned to the side of the main horse, and took out the three-finger gloves, arm guards, and humanoid mask from the saddlebag on the rear axle and said, "Father, do you believe me? ”

"Child, I trust you as much as I trust Effie."

"That's good. From now on, you're going to follow my orders, okay? ”

"No problem."

In the end, she still did not remove the knight's sword that hung on the left side of the saddle bridge. She thought that with only two short swords at her waist and a custom bow and arrow, she could defeat the arrogant thieves who dared to rob passers-by before sunset.

With each weapon in hand, the two men trotted behind a thicket of foliage about 40 yards (about 36.6 meters) from the road. Kneeling on one leg, Isabel removed the longbow from her body, which had been replaced with a new bowstring, and repeatedly pulled the string to suit its tension and hardness.

Augustine grasped the knight's sword and erected it on the mossy lichen on the ground, observing the deserted road directly ahead from the gap in the branches of the bushes. Isabel strapped her quiver to her back and wore archery gloves and arm guards. Finally, he put on the monastic silver humanoid mask on his face as he put on the hood of his monk's suit, and stared at the road beyond the bushes with his bow in his left hand.

Sir glanced at his masked daughter on his right, looked out again, and said, "Do you go out with this mask every time?" ”

Isabel stared at the road and said motionlessly, "Yes." ”

"You asked old Beard to build it for you?"

"No, I found it in a pile of garbage in the storeroom."

"Well, I didn't expect you to find such a good thing from the storeroom."

Isabel whispered, "Sir, don't the legion-bearers in the Roman army wear such masks?" ”

Augustine chuckled, and was about to speak when his daughter said, "Quiet! Isabel lowered her voice when she saw a few men on horseback and a couple of men on foot coming to the road with various weapons in hand.

Then, the group of men with weapons in hand looked around for something. One of them, a young man on horseback with a Scottish sword on his back, turned over and jumped off the horse after saying a few words to the middle-aged man riding next to him.

As the young man crouched on the ground and seemed to be looking for something, Isabel exclaimed, "Damn! ”

"Sir, when I shoot the first arrow, you rush out at once." Isabel said as she stared closely at the young man.

"No problem." Augustine slowly drew the shiny knight's sword from its scabbard.

Isabel was right, and the young man was trying to discern where the two of them were by the horseshoe prints on the road. At this time, the young man suddenly stood up and pointed to the depths of the forest in front of him and said to the middle-aged man, "Father, they are hiding in the Baolan forest!" ”

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on the forest in front of them. The middle-aged man pulled out a one-handed sword from his waist and shouted to the others: "Brothers, kill the man, take the women, horses, and weapons!" ”

Isabelle, who had already drawn the strings, stood up from behind the bushes. Aiming at the throat of the middle-aged man on the horse, he slowly pulled the bowstring. Hold your breath, and let go of the three fingers of your right hand, only to see a heavy arrow with a straight body and a chilling cold air that exudes chilling cold air piercing the air and flying towards the target at high speed.

With a "poof...... a heavy arrow flying out of the forest, it pierced his throat in an instant. I saw the middle-aged man's eyes wide, his mouth wide open, and slowly fell off the horse.