In 168 of the Nathan calendar, when the Knight were still in the Sixteen Kingdoms, the tribal alliance on the western side launched its first large-scale invasion. At that time, the tribal army was like a bamboo, attacking the royal capital in a straight line to the east, and finally the entire royal capital was surrounded by water. Forced to do so, the Knight crossed the border and gathered near the royal capital with the armies of the Sixteen Kingdoms to join forces against a common enemy. After a night of fierce fighting between the two sides, the Knight killed more than 10,000 tribal soldiers in Wangdu, completely defeating the invasion of the tribesmen.

In order to prevent something similar from happening again, in October of the same year, the kings of the Sixteen Kingdoms convened a grand council in the royal capital, at which it was announced that the Sixteen Kingdoms would be merged into a unified state, and a powerful knightly kingdom would be established in the name of the Great Army Knights. In the following time, the knight army of the Knight Kingdom rampaged across the continent and was invincible. They traveled across the continent and drove the enemies that threatened the kingdom away from their borders forever, especially the tribal confederations in the West. The tribesmen regarded Knight as demons, and the seeds of hatred were sown.

The hateful steppe people have been working hard, they are constantly attacking each other, and they are constantly making themselves stronger by baptizing the law of the jungle through war.

A tribe named Tubis was originally just a weak group on the steppe, living in the Ida region in the north-central part of the steppe, and the area was less than one-third of the territory of Luo Khan of the Knight Kingdom. However, through a series of wars, the tenacious Tubisi people successively defeated the powerful Chao and Neus tribes in the middle of the steppe, and then quickly unified the surrounding major tribes and established a powerful Tubis Empire on the grassland. After completing the unification of the country, the Tubis Empire began to turn its attention to the knightly kingdom in the east, where they learned from the Knight to form a powerful knightly army and unite Nira and Beijon on the east side of the continent to avenge the humiliation of three hundred years. The intention of the three empires is obvious, they want to completely destroy the knight kingdom and divide all its territories.

The glory of the past has become history, and now the Knight people have suffered the hatred of the country, and have been ravaged and stolen under the iron hooves of the invaders, and the end has come for the Knight people.

Known for their ferocity, the Tubisi carried out a brutal extermination policy against the Knight with the aim of revenge and hatred, burning and looting.

The fires in the royal capital are still raging, as are the surrounding villages, and countless people of Knight died in one night.

To the south of the royal capital is a cliff, and the West River flows slowly, and a cloud of black smoke wafts from the river. The smoke did not come from the royal capital, but from the nearby villages.

It was just a very ordinary small village, and when the Tubisi people passed by in the attack on the royal capital, they burned the whole village, and not a single man, woman, or child spared.

The raging fire burned all the village houses to ashes, and the village was littered with the corpses of the villagers, and the smell of death emanated from all sides.

But not all of them died in the massacre, and on one of the rubbles burned by the fire, a piece of ground suddenly collapsed, revealing the head of a teenager.

The boy looked like he was about twelve years old, and he kept looking around, and there was a frightened expression on his face!

There was a deathly silence all around, and there was not a single living thing, and it seemed that the barbarians had abandoned this place long ago.

The young man looked down and said, "Sister Lisa, those barbarians are gone. ”

Soon another girl came out of the ground, she looked to be about fifteen years old, her face was covered with charcoal ash, but she could not hide her beautiful countenance.

The girl's name is Lisa, the daughter of an ordinary peasant family in the village, and the boy next to her is her younger brother Carter, who has just turned twelve! When the barbarians attacked, their parents hid them both in the cellar to save the poor siblings from being killed.

After the siblings crawled out of the cellar, they searched around the ashes for a long time, but the bodies of their parents were nowhere to be found. Lisa was a little older, and she knew that danger could come at any time, so she didn't hesitate too much, and immediately dragged her brother desperately into the woods in front of her, and then quickly fled south.

The woods are overgrown with weeds, and it is very difficult to walk, but it is very hidden. The siblings had not gone far before they met other refugees who had fled, and Lisa had little social experience, but she knew that it was right to follow the big guy. So the siblings quickly got out of the woods, followed the refugees on the forest path, and continued to flee south.

After a whole morning, the siblings did not eat or drink, and they did not dare to stop, but kept following the refugee procession, fearing that they would lose their way with Di.

At 3 p.m., the refugees finally couldn't walk anymore, and everyone stopped halfway to rest. Lisa hurriedly pulled Carter, and the two of them leaned against the dirt slope and began to rest. Lisa knew that there was still a long way to go, and if they didn't take the time to rest now, it would be difficult for them to have the stamina to keep up with the refugees.

Carter was a smart boy who knew that his sister was just as hungry as he was, so he began to look up and search around, and climbed one of the big trees in a puff of smoke.

Soon Carter returned to his sister with a wild fruit. Although he was very small, he was not selfish at all, and directly handed the wild fruit to his sister and said, "Sister Lisa, give you the fruit to eat." ”

The siblings were really hungry, and although the taste of the flesh was sour, it was much better than being hungry. The two of you take a bite and I take a bite, and in a few clicks, you will eat the wild fruit until there is only one kernel left.

Carter wiped his mouth and asked with a smile, "Sister, is it delicious?" ”

Lisa looked at Carter and told him seriously, "Carter, don't climb trees in the future, you know?" It's dangerous everywhere here, barbarians can appear at any time, don't go too far with your sister, we have to be ready to run away at any time, do you hear? ”。

After listening to his sister's reprimand, Carter nodded honestly and sat silently next to Lisa without saying a word.

Sure enough, a commotion suddenly broke out among the refugees behind, startling Lisa and Carter to get up at the same time and look at the distance.

Before they could see what was going on, the crowd erupted in a scream: "Run, the barbarians have come here!" ”

Fear immediately filled their bodies, and Lisa dragged Carter by the head and ran wildly through the bushes without looking back.

Carter followed Lisa closely, he couldn't help but look back, only to see that the refugees who had fled from the path were shot to the ground by flying arrows, and the terrifying scene frightened Carter to speed up his pace, desperately pulling his sister crazy and fleeing into the woods.

They didn't know how long they had been running in the woods, but they estimated that the barbarians should not have chased after them again, and were just about to stop for a short rest.

Suddenly, a throwing axe roared and struck the tree beside them with a whoosh, causing Lisa to drag Carter and dodge in a hurry.

The two of them rushed into the bushes on the side, and with their low bodies, they drilled through the bushes for a while, and fell into a valley in front of them without paying attention! The valley was deep, and the barbarians did not continue to pursue, and the siblings escaped the danger for the time being.

There are a lot of shrubs at the bottom of the valley, and the siblings only suffered a little skin trauma, but fortunately there is no major problem! Lisa got up and rubbed her wound, then patted the dirt on Carter's body, and anxiously urged, "Let's hurry up, or they'll chase after you again." ”

Carter nodded, resisted the pain from the wound on his foot, and followed his sister on his way to the woods.

They kept running in the woods, and it was not until late evening that the two returned to the main road. Another group of refugees happened to pass by on the road, and the two hurriedly got into the crowd and followed the group of refugees south.

The group of refugees was more numerous, ranging from surrounding villages, nobles and carriages who had escaped from the royal capital, and a group of knights patrolling back and forth on both sides.

The nobles who came from the royal capital were really different, they urged everyone to hurry up in an orderly manner, and arranged the itinerary and plan. At such a critical juncture, there are still nobles who care for refugees so much, which is rarely encountered in ordinary times, and it seems that the righteous people still exist when the kingdom is destroyed.

After several tests of life and death, the sister and brother finally got out of danger temporarily and kept up with the clansmen! Watching these tall knights ride their horses back and forth, this made the siblings feel much safer.

As night fell, and the long journey was exhausted, the people went into the woods by the roadside to rest on the spot, and then arranged for food to be distributed to the refugees.

On this midsummer night, the night breeze blew slowly, bringing a touch of coolness to the poor siblings. Looking at the embarrassing scene in front of her, an inexplicable sadness welled up in Lisa's heart, her eyes were hazy with tears, her mood was low, and she couldn't help but cry silently while holding her young brother.

At this time, a noble girl came over, she stretched out her hand and handed a large roasted sweet potato, comforted Lisa, and said, "Okay, don't cry, let's eat something first, and then have a good rest, and we will continue on our journey in a while." ”

Lisa looked up at her with teary eyes, took the sweet potato gratefully, and then immediately broke the sweet potato in half, and handed half of it to Carter.

Carter had been looking at his sister in a daze, he took the sweet potato and ate it in a big gulp, his stomach was so hungry. Lisa looked at her obedient brother, wiping her tears while lowering her head and nibbling on sweet potatoes, unable to say a word of sadness.

The aristocratic girl seemed to be in a good mood, she sat aside with a smile, and took out a small sweet potato from her pocket and ate it.

Carter was very curious, and looked at the aristocratic girl while eating sweet potatoes. Seeing that she was about the same age as her sister and looked very good, she asked, "Sister noble, what is your name, you are really good." ”

The aristocratic girl was very lively, and she replied with a smile: "Hello little brother, my name is Mariala, and my uncle and I are from the royal capital!" What is your name and where are you from? ”

Carter replied earnestly: "My name is Carter, my sister's name is Lisa, and our family lives under the cliff south of the royal capital. ”

"Oh!" After hearing this, Mariara nodded and said, "Then we are very close, we are almost all from the same place." ”

Lisa wiped away a handful of tears after hearing this, looked up and asked her, "Where are you going to escape, can you tell us?" ”

Mariara replied with a sad face, "I heard from my uncle that there are still our knights defending in Riesburg, so let's rush to Riesburg first." Now that the north is full of barbarians, you'd better go with us, for it will be safer. ”

Lisa nodded repeatedly, afraid that they would not take the siblings with them.

After hearing this, Mariara frowned and looked around, and then she noticed that the sister and brother had escaped alone, and there was no elder beside her! But they don't have to ask to know that their parents must have been killed when the barbarians attacked, or they would have fled.

Thinking of this, Mariara showed a hint of sadness, and she sighed and said, "Okay, get a good night's sleep first, and I'll wake you up when I set off later." ”

With that, Mariara leaned back against the grass and closed her eyes slightly.

Lisa looked at Carter, and before she could speak, Carter lay down obediently. The siblings were close to each other, and the two of them ran all day, but they were so tired that they fell asleep as soon as they closed their eyes.