Section 21: Balk, the Death Knight
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"Ah, it's been a long time to get there!" Princess Josie stepped out of the other car, and she hugged little William in Arrod's arms, and said to Arryd.
"It's a long way, and if it weren't for the necessity, I'd let you get back to Mecklenburg." Arold said to Princess Josie that even in the era of advanced technology in later generations, long-distance travel was a very troublesome thing, let alone in this era of extremely underdeveloped transportation.
"Actually, it's nice to be able to see the scenery of various places on this trip, but it's a bit boring to stay in the castle after returning to Mecklenburg!" Princess Josie said to her husband with a smile.
"Ha, you used to like to run around, by the stream." Arjod remembered the first time she saw Princess Josie, pretending to be a messenger, only to meet the rebels on the way back with Arjord, and the two hid in a hollow in a tree by the stream.
"Actually, it wasn't the first time I've seen you." Princess Josie also remembered the embarrassment at that time, but she was surprised to feel sweet, when they were so close to each other.
"Oh?" Arrod wondered, he couldn't remember when he had crossed paths with Princess Josie before that.
"Remember when my brother was playing in the arena? At that time, the little squire beside him was me! Princess Josie said with a smile.
"It seems that there is such a thing, at that time he happened to compete with a French knight, and the other party was on a horse, but Abel responded calmly, he was really brave." Arold also remembered the young Duke Mason, who was in high spirits at that time.
"Yes, but it's not clear that he died." Princess Josie also thought of her brother, and suddenly felt sad, and Arold couldn't help but pat her head secretly when she saw it, why did she mention this stubble.
"Lord Duke, please go and have a look!" At this moment, Ted anxiously ran over and seemed to be in a hurry, and said to Arryd, but it also happened to relieve Arold and Princess Josie's embarrassment.
"What's going on?" Arold hurriedly asked.
"There's a force approaching us." Ted said to Arrod.
"Immediately connect the side vans end to end to form an inner city rampart, and the crossbowmen are in place." Arold ordered Ted without hesitation.
"Yes, Lord Duke." Ted hurriedly agreed, and then Arold led his knights of the inner palace towards the outside of the camp, and sure enough, he heard a series of horses' hooves.
"Boom~~." At the same time as the sound of horses' hooves sounded, a group of men and horses appeared from the path, led by a knight wearing a skull helmet, this knight exuded the smell of death, and when he approached the camp, the children who had been playing near the camp cried and fled, and their mother also picked up the child in fright and hid.
"What is it?" The Saxon soldiers in the camp immediately clenched their spears in their hands, and were very vigilant against the sudden appearance of this force.
"Hmph." The knight in the helmet with a skull snorted softly, and behind him was a force of thirty infantrymen, all from the Duchy of Bavaria.
"Whew." Looking at the knight on the horse, the Saxon soldiers felt inexplicable pressure, their palms were full of sweat, although the footsteps of the soldiers who came to support had already sounded behind them, but they felt that the knight in front of them was not like a human being, but a grim reaper who crawled out of hell, especially the pair of cold and emotionless eyes.
"Who?" A Saxon nobleman, holding his sword at his waist, spoke to the knight through the fence of the camp.
"I am a knight of the Duke of Bavaria, and my name is Balk." The knight said with a grumble from the skull helmet.
"The Duke of Bavaria's man?" The Saxon nobleman asked in confusion.
"Yes, I heard that His Royal Highness Otto is going to Aaron to ascend the throne, and the Duke knows that there are many bandits along the way, so he sent us to protect him." Balk said to the Saxon nobles.
"I'm going to give you a shout-out, you're waiting here." The Saxon nobles couldn't help but be a little nervous in the face of this strange knight, but the nobleman's reserve made him suppress the fear in his heart and show his composure as much as possible, but Balk had already seen through his weakness and was even more contemptuous of the Saxon nobles.
After a few moments, the Saxon nobleman came out of the camp and let Balk into the camp, but the army he had brought with him had to stay outside the camp.
"It's a knight of Bavaria." Arold also saw this scene at this time, he stood on the roof of the side van, just in time to observe the whole situation from a high vantage point, and the knight of Balk rode into the camp arrogantly, causing fear and avoidance in the eyes of the people.
"How could the Duke of Bavaria be kind enough to send a guard?" At this time, Count Ron and Yve, who had arrived at this time, asked in confusion.
"The weasel greets the chicken, and Yves goes to stop the knight, and he can't be too proud." Arold sneered, of course he didn't believe that the Duke of Bavaria would kindly send an escort, this so-called escort was probably an ulterior attempt.
"Understood." Yves didn't ask much, he turned and walked in the direction of Balk.
Otto was very angry, the Duke of Bavaria's knight Balk rode into the camp on horseback, and the Saxon knights were supposed to stop him, but Balk's standard skull helmet reminded the knights of a terrifying name, "Death Knight" Balk.
Therefore, no one dared to stop them, and they could only watch as Balk seemed to be walking in his garden, and Otto's chest was heaving, he was not like a king, but Balk was like a king.
"Gray Law~~." When Balk saw Otto, he kicked the golden spur in his heel and urged his mount to come forward, when suddenly a strong arm grabbed the reins of the mount, and the mount could not help but scream in fright, but the arm was firmly grasped and could not move.
"Who is it?" Balk was also very surprised, and he looked down to see a one-armed warrior as tall as a half-cut tower, and it was he who had grasped the reins of his mount.
"I am Count Lausitz, brother of the Duke of Mecklenburg. Wendell. Yves' beard curled, and he stared fearlessly at Balk, whose eyes were peeking out of his skeletal helmet.
"What do you mean by grabbing my horse?" Balk said with an urn from his helmet.
"Are you a fool, this is His Majesty Otto's camp, how dare you come in on horseback." Count Yves said.
"Hmph." Balk narrowed his eyes, he looked at Count Yves very unpleasantly, and when he saw something unpleasant, he could not help but slash with his sword, and his right hand was lowered to touch the sword hanging from the side of the horse.
"Huh?" Yifu's thick eyebrows raised, he instinctively felt the murderous aura, and suddenly the wind above his head hit.
"What?" Otto and the others were just relieved to see Yves stop Balk, but suddenly Balk pulled out the saber hanging on one side without warning and slashed at the top of Yve's head.
"Ping~~." Just as the hearts of Otto and the others were in their throats, a loud collision sounded in the camp, and many timid people around couldn't help but cover their eyes and let out screams.
"Yves, it." Arrod, who was watching from the side car, was also frightened, and came out without paying attention, when he saw Yf raise his right hand, and an iron hook was installed on his right hand, which held Balk's sword, Arrod's hanging heart was put down.
"Ive-sama." Balk's arrogance angered not only Arrod, but also the Teutonic knights and Mecklenburg cavalry in the camp, who were the most respected eldest brother of their monarch Arrod, and the few survivors of the Wendell family, who would also be punished if If's went wrong.
"Bang la la blah." Suddenly, the Mecklenburg Foot Cavalry and the Teutonic Foot Knights poured out from all corners of the camp, and they rushed towards Balk with their weapons in their hands on their faces, and immediately surrounded Balk.
"Oh?" Balk raised the sword in his hand and put it on his shoulder, and although Yves blocked the sword with his prosthetic leg, he was still shocked and took a few steps back, after all, the other party was condescending from his horse to slash at him.
And Balk was a little surprised, he didn't expect the Mecklenburg Foot Cavalry and the Teutonic Knights to react so quickly, almost instantaneously, which fully demonstrated how closely they usually trained together.
"Yve, are you alright?" Arold ran to Yve's side and asked worriedly.
"I'm fine, be careful this guy is very good." Yves looked down at his iron hook and saw that it had been deformed by the blow, and warned Arrod.
"He can still fly with wings." Arrod already had a murderous intent in his heart, this bastard dared to do something to Yifu, and he would never spare him.
"I'm a guard sent by the Duke of Bavaria, and you can't do this to me." Balk, the apparent death knight, was not stupid, he saw that he was surrounded by a group, and the group of foot knights and foot cavalry were obviously not ordinary soldiers, so he raised his head and shouted to Otto in the distance.
"it." Arrod didn't listen, but when he heard it, he was even more annoyed, he turned his head and saw a crossbowman beside him, dodging the opponent's crossbow with his hand, and shot a crossbow arrow at the death knight Balk, and the crossbow flew over with a sound that broke through the air.
"Arold." Otto was about to answer when he saw Arold shoot a crossbow at Balk, and he blurted out in shock.