"Those mages and knights of the Cursed Church didn't continue to chase south......" Song Zheng didn't have any joy in his heart, but was even more worried.

Those people let Gianna go, so they must have come to hunt him down!

Thinking of this, Song Zheng couldn't help but touch the black ** law book in his arms, and it was estimated that this thing was also very important to the mage of the cursed church.

And his luck last night was estimated to be good, running around the mountains with little Sally, and unexpectedly got rid of those pursuers, only one guy who was good at speed caught up with him, and was killed by his own use of 'sprinting' to launch a surprise attack.

"It's great, those guys don't seem to be chasing after Her Highness Gianna!" Karen and the others apparently also found no traces of pursuit on the ground, and immediately became elated.

The speed of everyone was obviously much faster than before, and Karen's face became cheerful, and she once again regained the elegant and confident color that was characteristic of the nobility.

As long as Gianna can be found, then all the problems are not a problem, and they can even be regarded as a rescue.

Song Zheng couldn't help but look behind him often, lest a group of mages and knights of the Cursed Church suddenly appear behind him.

The joy of Karen and the others did not last long, just over an hour later, a corpse appeared on the ground again, and it was the corpse of a knight!

As everyone continued to move forward, they soon saw another tragic battlefield...... The corpses of dozens of knights lay across a valley, and the suffocating smell of blood under the scorching sun had already attracted a lot of wild beasts, so much so that some of the corpses showed signs of wild beast gnawing.

Judging from the situation on the battlefield, this surviving team should have been attacked again, almost every knight's corpse had arrows on them, and some of them even had more than a dozen arrows stuck in them!

"This ...... It's over...... "Karen's face was already pale, and even her lips trembled a little.

"The people who attacked Her Highness Gianna should be the syndicate thieves, these arrows are very short, they should all be fired from crossbows, I saw those syndicate thieves before they liked to use crossbows to sneak attack." Song Zheng hurriedly jumped off his horse to take a closer look.

There were a lot of crossbow arrows scattered on the ground, and it was clear that the syndicate thieves had been waiting here for a long time, and were ready for a large number of attacks.

This also sent a chill through his heart, for since the valley where he had been attacked last night, the enemy had deployed at least three troops to intercept and attack on the south, and each time it had been successful.

"The power of the Church of the Curse is already so strong and so well arranged...... I'm afraid that Lordaeron's regular troops are also out of whack. Song Zheng couldn't help but worry about his future.

Before the Scourge of the Dead completely broke out, the Church of the Damned did not know how long it had been secretly developing in Lordaeron's territory, and its power had spread almost throughout Lordaeron, so that the plague of the Scourge of the Dead could break out in many parts of Lordaeron at the same time.

The town of Nanhai where he is located should belong to the weaker strength of the Cursed Church, and in the north of Lordaeron, where the Cursed Church is mainly operated, I don't know how huge the power of the Cursed Church has become!

"Captain, the body of Her Highness Gianna has not been found here." A knight hurried over to report.

This finally brought the bloodless Karen back to some composure.

"Really, take a closer look around and the mountains and forests next to you, so as not to have enemies in ambush." While giving the order, Karen also dismounted and walked to Song Zheng's side.

"These crossbow arrows are not fired by ordinary crossbow bows, but are fired by heavy machine crossbows, which are enough to shoot through the standard armor of the knights of Lordaeron, it stands to reason that this kind of powerful machine crossbow is rarely equipped even if it is the regular army of the kingdom, and it will not be allowed to wander outside at all......" Karen picked up a crossbow arrow and looked at it, as the captain of the knights, he was obviously far more professional than Song Zheng for these.

"Heavy machine crossbow?"

"Yes, some of these crossbows, which have been modified by mages and can even shoot arrows with magic attached, are the knight's greatest threat, and this kind of thing cannot be bought even on the largest black market in Lordaeron, and those syndicate thieves can't have such things, only ...... Only the regular troops of the kingdom will be equipped. Karen muttered, and after regaining his composure, he quickly showed his true level as a Knight captain.

"The regular troops of the kingdom ......" Song Zheng couldn't help but be deeply surprised when he heard this, he originally thought that after those mages and knights who cursed the church went north to chase him, only the syndicate thieves who intercepted Gianna here should be right, but now it seems that this is not the case.

While he was wondering, a knight hurried over to report.

"Captain, we found a survivor in the woods next to the valley."

"Survivors? It's great, bring him here, no, bring me over and give him the best healing potion at once! Karen stood up.

Along the way, all they saw were corpses, and now it was the first time they had seen a survivor.

Song Zheng hurriedly followed Karen to meet the survivor.

"It's Carl!" When he saw the survivor for the first time, Song Zheng had already recognized his identity, which was the young paladin who followed Gianna.

At this moment, Karl was seriously wounded, and there were six or seven crossbow arrows stuck in his body, the most serious of which even went into his armor.

"Quick...... Hurry up and save the princess......" Carl also seemed to recognize Song Zheng, but perhaps it was due to excessive blood loss, and the paladin, who had been holding on, had already passed out after just saying a word.

"The paladin is really a little strong ...... who can't be killed" Song Zheng couldn't help but sigh secretly while being frightened, there were at least four fatal injuries on Carl's body in front of him, if he was an ordinary person, he would have died too long ago to die anymore, and the power of this holy light was really strong enough.

"Wake him up, damn it, let's go and save people and tell us a direction......," Karen said in annoyance.

At this moment, everyone was in a valley, surrounded by mountains and forests, and without a clear direction, it was indeed impossible to save people, let alone because they were afraid that the enemy was not far away, these knights did not dare to move at all.

"Maybe Her Royal Highness the princess broke out of the siege and continued to flee south."

"Then hurry up and continue to chase south, no matter what, you must save Princess Gianna!" Karen said anxiously.

But before they could get back on their horses, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on the south side of the valley.

As the captain of the cavalry, Karen suddenly became nervous, he was so familiar with the sound of the horse's hooves that even if there was still some distance, he could still hear that the horses coming from the south were at least twice as large as his own!