"It hurts!"

I didn't take two steps before I felt out of breath and felt like my lungs were about to explode, and I was so disgusting that I almost vomited all my internal organs, before I wiped the bloody saliva from the corners of my mouth, and the hairs on my body suddenly stood upside down, and I jumped to the side violently, and a windy tomahawk swept my head.

The other party is a sturdy Lorraine warrior, the light of the torch on his back makes it difficult for me to see his appearance, only the huge shadow cast by the King Kong-like body, the overwhelming shroud gives people invisible pressure, like the legendary god of war, majestically ready to pronounce my death sentence.

"Drink!"

Before I could stand firm, he screamed as fast as lightning and slashed at the battle axe, bringing up a cold wind that pierced people's eyes, and I endured the sharp pain in my body and barely dodged his attack, but I didn't want to mix garlic with the soles of my feet, and immediately fell backwards, and the opponent's axe immediately chased after me.

It's too late, that's fast, I don't know where to get such a strength, rolling and dodging, the murderous axe blade is swung against the cheek several times, and even splits the chain mail buckle, at this moment I am like a gopher beaten by a hammer, flickering and moving in embarrassment, until I hit a cold corpse and then I can't retreat to stop, the Lorraine warrior roared wildly, and raised the tomahawk above his head as if he had a thousand powers!

"God!"

I was so frightened that I closed my eyes, and waved my long sword indiscriminately to block the enemy's thunderous blow, but in the face of absolute power, everything was pale and useless, and the two weapons burst out of sparks in the fierce collision, and the long sword was out of my hand, and the tiger's mouth was in hot pain, but fortunately, the opponent's battle axe also deviated from the direction and wedged deep into the soil along my side, and the blood and mud that I brought up splashed my face.

While he pulled the axe out, I kicked hard with both feet, and the muddy ground slid like lard, and I slid through the opponent's crotch, and he turned around sharply, but it was already half a beat slow, and a sharp dagger was inserted into the artery at the base of his thigh through the gap in the hem of the chain mail, and the blood gushed in an instant, and the sharp pain caused the tomahawk to fall from his hand.

I desperately hugged the other person's thigh, letting the steaming blood pour into my neck and not letting go, and finally, the struggling body lost all its strength and collapsed on the ground like a leaky ball.

As soon as I had lost my strength to kill the enemy, I lay on my back beside the corpse of the other party, still twitching, panting, and there were no shining stars in the blurred sky, as if God had taken away everything that could make all beings feel good, and was ready to judge the sinful creatures whose hands were stained with the blood of the same kind in the boundless oppressive darkness, and the shouts of killing in my ears brought me a dull feeling through my nerves, and when I opened my eyes again, the corpse next to me did not move, stiff like a white chicken that had just been taken out of the refrigerator.

I knew that the battle was not over, but my limbs were completely incapacitated, and the two people in the fight stepped on my body without noticing, and the most amazing thing was that I didn't feel any pain, and even the unlucky loser, who fell face to face on top of his head with a deep wound in his throat, couldn't make me, who had always hated death, move.

"Oh God! It seems that I have to die this time......" Licking the remnants of blood on the side of my mouth, I don't know who, and this thought suddenly popped into my mind.

After a long time in a daze, there were hands on my shoulders in the haze, I struggled to squeeze my eyes open, a familiar figure who couldn't see the face clearly was busy helping me to stand up, he was still standing around two or three nervous and guarded companions, I had no strength in my legs, several times I was picked up and fell back softly, the person seemed to sigh softly, beckoned the people around me to help hold the shoulders, and gradually regained my senses, I finally remembered his name, tore my hoarse voice and opened my mouth to ask: "Rollo, is it you?" ”

"My lord, it's me!"

Rollo almost cried out excitedly: "As soon as I fought with the enemy, I saw you disappear, and before I had time to find the Lorraine who were not afraid of death, I pounced on them like a tide, and surrounded all the knights who fell into the enemy formation, if it weren't for Lord Kohler and Lord Hans to attack from other directions in time, I am afraid that our knights would be annihilated in the sea of fierce mountain people, they dragged the knights off their horses like mad dogs, and used their own flesh and blood to play with their lives, our casualties were too miserable, The knight was beaten to death by the group without dignity. ”

Hearing this, I shook my head slightly, my confused consciousness slowly recovered, more and more torches rose on the dark battlefield, the shouts of killing gradually faded away, the soldiers leading the horses, carefully looking for a surviving comrade among the twisted corpses on the ground, it was obvious that the battle was over, only the work of searching for trophies and screening prisoners remained, Rollo found a clean stone to help me sit down, and the picture in front of me slowly focused into shape.

The man who walked in the distance was definitely Kohler, he carried his bow and arrows that never left him, his forehead without a helmet was scattered with messy heads, and the attendants on both sides dodged the road and bent down to salute, he walked up to me without squinting, and looked at me from top to bottom with concern, as if to carefully confirm that I was really not injured, and after a while, this always calm man said succinctly: "My lord, we have won." ”

Won? I closed my eyes in reassurance, and the depression in my chest swept away with my breathing: "Praise God!" ”

I clenched my fists and praised from the bottom of my heart, echoing the approval of those around me, as victors, we have so many reasons to thank God, and the most fortunate thing is that everyone standing here at this moment is still alive.

A rush of horses' hooves from far and near attracted everyone's attention, and Hans jumped down from his horse and rushed to me with a breathless report: "My lord, none of the Lorraine have run away, except for those who have gone to see God, the rest have all been honestly prisoners, the captured peasants have also been rescued, and the wagon loaded with supplies is being checked, and will be pulled over soon, but ......"

"What? Any questions? "Looking at his hesitant appearance, I'm afraid that something unexpected will happen, I asked with a grim expression.

He stared into my eyes and replied: "While examining the fallen nobles of the enemy, I have an old friend of yours, Lord Zareth of Upper Lorraine, fortunately he only fainted from exhaustion, and woke up with some water, and now he is a prisoner of war, and I have asked for your summons, I have brought him, you see." ”

"Zareth ......"

As I recited his name, I immediately conjured up the image of a foolish friend who had been a fool and a frivolous man of speech and demeanor, and three years had passed since the last time His Majesty Otto had marched into Rome in a hurry, and this fellow who called himself my best friend was still a prodigal knight who had fifty fiefdoms loyal to the Count of Ardennes, and I had changed dramatically from drinking and bragging, and had gradually entered the highest echelons of power in the German Empire, becoming the leader of the principality of the commanding party.

Time flies, the former friends are now seeing each other in this way, I can't help but sigh, I struggled to pull my fingers, I couldn't think of another acquaintance who could be called a friend, although the higher you go, the more powerful people are willing to make friends with you, but those are all villains and conspirators who play with power, there are very few who can really put their hearts in mind, Kohler can only be regarded as a subordinate with relatives rather than confidants, so I finally realized the terrible truth, Zareth is indeed my only friend in this era!

"Let's set up camp here today, find a secluded ground to decorate, and I want to talk to this old friend I haven't seen in a long time."

Standing up with the help of the people around me, I habitually patted the dirty things on my clothes, but now they were congealed blood stains, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't shoot them off.

"Pick some food and distribute it to the people, and leave early tomorrow morning, we don't have the energy to take so many slow-moving old and weak women and children, as for the nobles of Lorraine......"

There was a gleam in his eyes, and the surging killing intent forced Hans to take a half step back.

"Pull it all to the windy place and kill it, do it cleanly, and don't leave any traces. God testifies that this is not murder, but a punishment for the crime of looting the capital of the people of Lorraine in disregard of the dignity of the nobility, and the use of the sword to purify their filthy souls that have been tempted by the devil. ”

When I saw Zareth again, I had already changed into a clean shirt, the blood stains and stains on my arms and face were also scrubbed off by the river, except for the messy head with a cloudy dust, the whole person couldn't find any look like he had just experienced a vicious battle, Rollo also spent a lot of money on Leonardo, turned out the high-end sachet customized from Venice to help me hang it on my waist, sniffed the oriental secret ingredients prepared by the famous family in the bag, and exuded a fragrance that seemed to be there again and again, and there was a messy footstep in the distance, I raised my head and looked at Zare's eyes.

This guy who used to be born and die with him, this buddy who once accompanied him to sleep in the smelly stable, this brother who used to stand behind me to resist the guns and arrows, but now he has become a prisoner, and the two of them, who have been separated for three years, actually met in such an embarrassing situation.

Zareth's head was a mess, his torn chain mail hung crookedly on his body, just like his usual raunchy appearance, his yellow and thin face had lost its healthy luster, and his towering cheekbones set off his sunken eye sockets, revealing a thick air of decadence, and if it weren't for the contemptuous cynicism in his eyes, which had never changed, I wouldn't even recognize this optimistic and sunny pistachio.

"God forbid, friend, it's been a long time."

I leaned forward anxiously, and without saying a word, I pulled Zareth to sit beside me, and stabbed him in the shoulder enthusiastically: "You kid didn't know how many years to come to me, you know, I have a son......"

(End of chapter)

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