At a time when the situation was extremely critical, a teenager who was only twelve years old stepped forward. Carrying a barrel of arrows and a curved bow in his hand, he ran all the way to the front of the line, shouting, "Brothers, take your bows and arrows, and shoot these damned bandits with me!" ”

He was none other than Carter, one of the refugees Haba rescued from Ritunburg. During the Battle of the Dragon Castle River, Carter offered to have the refugees act as archers to ambush the ridges on both sides, giving Knight a head start on the battlefield. For this special teenager, the refugees were deeply impressed by him and felt that he was an extraordinary heroic teenager.

At this moment, in the face of crisis, he stepped forward again, and countless hot-blooded men followed one after another, running to the forefront of the team with Carter.

Carter, who seemed to be a natural conductor, commanded the bandits, who were galloping toward them, ordered: "Immediately line up, wait until the bandits are close before shooting together, and don't be afraid, for our arrows are enough to wipe them all out." ”

The hunters gathered more and more, and they stood densely behind Carter, neatly arranged.

Carter wanted to call some more men and take the bamboo poles from the cart to make spears and line up in front of the archers, so that they would be completely defensive. But the bandits' horses were coming quickly, and he had no time to set them up.

Carter was young, but he lacked courage and strength. In the face of the attack of the bandits, Carter was no longer as frightened as before, and Carter learned courage from Haba and drew the bow in his hand to the full.

"Steady, everyone draw their bows first, and wait for me to give the order before shooting, be sure to hold steady."

Carter's composure revealed a heroic wind, and the hunters seemed very confident, after all, this young man who commanded everyone had an extraordinary performance in the Battle of the Dragon City River, and everyone trusted him.

With Carter's order, dozens of hunters let go together, and the arrows were like a black cloud, whizzing towards the galloping bandit horse team.

After a round of attacks, a dozen bandits at the front of the horse team fell to the ground along with the horses, but the bandits behind screamed louder and ran faster.

Carter ordered unhurriedly: "Come again, get the arrows, draw the bow, and get ready!" ”

"Shoot!" Carter gave another order, and the arrows came out in response, continuing to fly the attacking bandit horse team.

The screams continued, the horses screamed in pain, and several bandits fell in pools of blood.

As Carter prepared to organize the hunters to launch a third wave of shots, Cook led the knights out of the grass and pounced on the bandits' horse team like a wind. At the same time, another haba on the south side of the road also led the knights out of the grass and stopped the retreat of the bandit horses. Just seconds later, Robitt also appeared with the Knights from a mid-range position.

Three teams of knights robbed and killed this arrogant team of thieves together, and the killing cries continued one after another, and the bandits were intercepted and killed as if they were facing the end of the world.

In the process, the twelve-year-old Carter became more and more heroic, he threw down his bow, picked up the sword on the ground, and followed the knights to the bandits.

Although Carter had never participated in swordsmanship training, Knight had been using swords since he was a child, and after a few rounds of slashing, Carter actually killed two bandits, blood splattered all over his body, and he did not feel a trace of fear.

The battle against the bandits ended in just over in just ten minutes, and even the bandits who jumped into the Nanshui River could not escape the pursuit.

Cook swung his sword to shake off the blood stains on the blade, reached for the sword back into its scabbard, and looked at Carter with an approving gaze.

Delan was very excited, he dragged the long sword to Carter's side, and said with admiration: "Whose child is this, he is so good at a young age, and he will grow up in the future." ”

The bloody battle was over, Lisa ran out of the crowd in a panic, she nervously snatched the long sword from Carter's hand, threw the long sword aside in fear, took Carter's hand and stepped aside, and then replied to Deran tremblingly: "Master Knight, this is my brother Carter, he is still young, I hope Master Knight will not blame him." ”

"Blame?" Delan smiled and put the sword back into its scabbard, then walked in and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Carter, right?" Yes, I'm optimistic about you. Are you interested in joining our Royal Capital Order? ”

"Okay!" When he heard that he could join the knights' ranks, Carter was overjoyed and immediately agreed.

Lisa immediately dragged Carter behind her, and she politely refused: "I'm sorry Lord Knight, my Carter is still young, can I wait a few years?" ”

Delan was surprised, and just when he wanted to say something, Cook opened his mouth to stop him: "Okay, Lord Teran, their sister and brother depend on each other for their lives, and they finally escaped to Dragon City, so don't embarrass Lisa." ”

"Oh!" Deran nodded, not saying anything more.

Cook didn't particularly care about Carter, he looked back at the group of hunters just now, and noticed that there was a young girl inside.

Cook turned and walked over, looked at the girl and said, "I really wish I had seen you somewhere, did you also participate in the battle just now?" ”

The girl was none other than Mariala, who had fled with Lisa. Mariara is fourteen years old, only a year younger than Cook, fair-skinned and slender, and although there are some freckles on her face, her face also looks warm and charming.

Mariara put away the curved bow in her hand and replied with some dissatisfaction, "What? You're not much older than me, so can't I fight? ”

Cook didn't know how to answer this sentence for a while, and he felt that he might have made a gaffe and said the wrong thing just now.

Lisa hurried over and explained, "Oh, she's Mariala, who fled with us, and you gave us roast meat and sweet potatoes, have you forgotten?" ”

"Oh!" , Cook nodded again and again and said, "No wonder it looks familiar." ”

Mariara didn't know where the anger came from, she was the complete opposite of Lisa, she didn't bother to compliment Cook at all, turned around and returned to the refugee group in a huff.

Cook was a man of integrity, and he was always humble when he was rude.

Cook clapped his hands, then walked over to Maria, reached out and took a quick loaf of bread from the bag, reached out and handed it to the angry Mariara and said, "Okay, I said the wrong thing just now, give you a piece of bread." ”

After seeing the food, Mariara naturally couldn't resist the temptation, in this era of lack of food, she couldn't eat enough, and her stomach happened to be hungry at this time.

Mariara didn't say anything, reached for the bread and nibbled on it, pouting at Cook as she ate.

Cook smiled happily and hurriedly handed her another water bag.

Mariara took it and took a sip, and then said: "I didn't think that Cook, Earl's Court, was quite enthusiastic, I saw you in the stands when I was in the royal knight tournament before." ”

"Really?" , Cook was slightly surprised after hearing this: "You are also from the royal capital?" ”

"yes!" Maria nibbled on bread and replied, "We are just ordinary nobles, and we have no titles, so of course you can't see us in your eyes." ”

Cook smiled awkwardly as he explained, "Oh, I was young, and there were so many people, I didn't pay much attention to it. ”

"That's it!" , Mariara finally smiled, and said happily: "Actually, among those young nobles, you are very good, you and Robit are not bad. ”

After speaking, Mariara pointed to Carter on the side and said, "My sister and brother met me on the way to escape, this Carter is very smart, and he will definitely become an excellent knight in the future." However, he was not born very well, just a child of an ordinary villager's family, and Master Cook can promote him more in the future, so as not to waste such a good talent. ”

Cook agreed, "Okay, now that we're all like this, we don't care what we're born in." Wasn't Montpot also born in a cold life, and I didn't make him the head of the guard. ”

After saying that, Cook turned to Lisa and asked, "Your name is Lisa, right?" Your brother will follow me in the future, how about it? ”

Lisa looked up at Cook, her brow furrowed, but she didn't answer.

At this time, Habbazerma came to check on the refugees, and Lisa immediately turned her gaze to Haba, her eyes full of respect.

Haba looked at the valiant hunters and nodded in approval, but didn't speak.

For the first time, Cook took the initiative to speak, and reported to Haba, "Lord Duke, it was this young Carter who commanded everyone to shoot the thieves with arrows just now. ”

With that, Cook reached out and pushed Katla out and pushed him in front of Haba.

Haba frowned at Carter, and when he saw Carter's bloodstains, he always felt a little weird. It's so bloody at such a young age, and Haba really doesn't know if it's good or bad for him.

Haba hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Carter, we are now employing people, you are so good, have you ever thought about joining the knights?" ”

Before Carter could answer, Lisa hurriedly replied, "Okay, okay, Carter, thank you for saving your life, and you will be loyal to the Duke in the future!" ”

Carter was a well-behaved boy, and he listened to his sister, and with a plop he knelt down in front of Haba and kowtowed in thanks.

Haba was stunned for a moment, then turned over and dismounted, supported Carter with both hands, and told Carter: "This kind of kneeling gift is left to His Royal Highness the Prince and other dukes, and I don't need it." I, Haba, was originally just a slave, and like everyone else, I don't have to be so restrained. ”

After saying that, Haba took the long sword from his waist, held it in both hands, handed it to Cook, and said, "From this day on, you are one of our knights, and this is your weapon." ”

Carter took the long sword, and suddenly Haba waved his hand at Carter and slapped him, causing Carter to look at him inexplicably.

Cook took a few steps back and stood there smiling happily.

Haba glanced at Cook, then turned to everyone and said, "Carter, you have to remember this slap today." This is the first admonition that every knight receives, and you must remember the duties of a knight when you think of this slap, otherwise thousands of Knight citizens will come and slap you in the face. ”

After saying that, Haba said to Cook: "Cook, you know the discipline of knights best, you can go back and talk to Carter about it." ”

Cook smiled and nodded, Haba's approach was the same as when his father became a knight, which made Cook feel a little bit of the taste of the knight training camp back then, so his heart was warm and happy.

Then Haba got on his horse again, waved his hand and commanded everyone, saying, "It's getting late, and you may encounter other bandits on the road." Please follow the team, hurry quickly, take care of each other, and don't leave anyone behind. ”

After saying this, Haba instructed Cook and said, "Cook, let you Roshabar take a hundred horsemen to the rear, and the others will continue to lead the way with me." ”

Cook still nodded, although he didn't approve of the new duke for the time being, but the order was quite correct, and he turned around and went to make arrangements.

The team continued to march south along the Nanshui River.