Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Huh! Inexplicably, he was a little moved by that person's words, but if it was only about what he was doing now, it might be ...... He's really a lot better than most nobles."

Before leaving, the last whole team, Saru, who was riding on horseback, took a deep look at the back of Leo in front of him, shook his head slightly, and sighed to Aioris beside him in an indescribable tone

After a few seconds of silence, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar echoed in agreement

"Maybe what we have pursued over the years has changed too much compared to the time when we first swore to be knights, power, wealth, status...... Once you have this, it's extremely difficult to give up...... Let's go, don't let that guy compare himself to his men! ”

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"Let's go!"

Nodding to El Andréstes, who would lead the infantry to follow after the correction, Leo led the human knights who were lined up in a rapid marching formation, carrying only weapons and armor, and rushed out in the direction of the imperial capital

In the smoke and dust behind him, the simultaneous tapping of tens of thousands of horses' hooves was like a burst of rolling thunder on the flat ground, and the ordinary marching momentum alone was enough to make the faces of people with weak minds pale

However, no one noticed that among the infantry on the periphery, Marcel, dressed in leather armor and short sword and round shield, dressed as a member of the ordinary soldiers, rolled his eyes, stared at the knight team that was gradually moving away with interest, and after thinking about it, his figure slowly withdrew from everyone's sight, and with a whistle in his mouth, a tall blue and white war horse quickly galloped from behind the dirt slope in the distance

Holding his neck and intimating with his mount companion for a while, Marcel smiled and rolled over his horse and followed behind the smoke and dust......

"Seems to have happened again...... Whether it's for the sake of completing a commission or curiosity, it looks like I'm going to have to keep up and have a look! ”

As fate would have it, the Knights led by Leo, the Countess Trinas Riel who was half-fleeing on the road to protect her, the messengers of the Duke of Landon in the South, and Rhodes, who was sweeping into the middle of the empire with an irresistible momentum......

With different desires and thoughts, the four people converge from all directions of the empire to the center to the same place!

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After the ruined castle wall lost its load-bearing balance, from time to time large pieces of stone and wooden frames collapsed and fell, and the blackened blood stains on the outer wall were silently telling the cruelty of the previous battle, and the flames rose from the inside of the castle, and the black smoke almost covered the sky......

Rhodes rode straight on his horse, and as the castle was breached, the terrified civilians who scattered aimlessly across the plain were being driven and surrounded by countless black-armored soldiers, and then cut off their heads one by one with a bloodthirsty smile, the barrenness of their previous lives made these soldiers howl with excitement when they occasionally found something valuable, and greed was driving them to become more brutal

The cries, shouts, and the noise of his surroundings suddenly annoyed Rhodes, and he simply lowered his head to look at the several nobles in gorgeous costumes who were trembling and kneeling there in front of his horse's hooves

It was these people, under the insistence of the castle owner's resistance, in order to save their own lives, recklessly opened the city gate from the inside, so that the fortress that could have lasted longer became a hellish situation now, and the lord who knew that he could not be spared was in despair, and set himself on fire with his family after the city was destroyed......

Perhaps feeling Rod's substantial gaze, several nobles raised their heads, and their faces desperately piled up flattering and submissive smiles, if there was a tail behind them, they would probably shake it without hesitation at this time

With a cold snort of disdain in his nose, Rod didn't give a few people a chance to speak at all, and waved his hand directly behind him

"Drag it down, kill! Cut off the head and hang it in the castle, and use the tragic condition of these wastes to intimidate the reinforcements that may come, and they can only play these roles! ”

As soon as the words fell, the two black knights came out of the crowd, and before a few people could react, the giant sword in their hands that was instantly unsheathed had already cut off their heads, and as their bodies slowly fell into the dust, the heads that flew high still had expressions of stunned, frightened, and dazed disbelief

Nodding slightly, he took a few steps forward on his own horse, and Rod commanded

"Gather the soldiers, rest here for a day and move on!"

Ignoring the black knight's respectful answer behind him, his eyes seemed to drift over the burning castle to a hundred miles away, and he saw the towering cyan city walls of the imperial capital that had stood for hundreds of years......

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"Ha~!"

Folded his hands and exhaled a straight breath, Leo rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, the unbearable cold brought by the armor made the cheeks that had been numb by the wind and snow somewhat regain some sense, and the unicorn under his feet slowly slowed down, and the beads of sweat after running for a long time quickly condensed into ice beads on the outer layer of the mane and horse armor......

Grabbing a handful of concentrate from the side of the horse's quilt and bending down and stuffing it into the horse's mouth, Leo looked at the sky a few times with half-squinted eyes against the rushing snowflakes, then stretched his right arm high, and as the sound of horses' hooves became smaller and smaller like thunder behind him, he spat out the snow in his mouth and shouted to several grand masters beside him

"Let everyone dismount, let's go to the woods next to us to avoid this wind and snow and rest before leaving, otherwise except for the Punishment Knights, the other war horses will not be able to hold on at all!"

After the order was given, the knights with super discipline did not have any doubts or slowness at all, and jumped off their horses and followed Leo into the edge of the jungle, saying that they were avoiding the wind and snow, but in fact, the environment in which everyone was in was not much improved except that the wind would be lighter

Finding an open space for the knights to disperse, Finn and Keith, who had long been accustomed to the bad weather in the north, quickly made a bonfire, and the warmth of the faint flames somewhat dispelled some of the chill in their bones......

Saru and Eoris all learned from Leo to take off his cold gauntlets and sit around the campfire, enjoying the rare rest with a satisfied expression

When his palms became a little hot, Leo swept the knights who had scattered around, and commanded a few people

"Let everyone light a bonfire, except for gloves, armor and weapons are absolutely not allowed to leave their bodies, take care of the war horses, and ...... Finn, a few of you have arranged for supplies to be distributed, explaining that food must be heated before it can be imported, and I don't want to lose men because of the cold without seeing the enemy! ”

Nodding, leaving Keith and Aldalian to accompany Leo, Fein pulled Lazaru and Eoris, and the continuous journey of more than ten days made several people get acquainted with each other a lot, and the hostility disappeared a lot

Although it was not the first time they had seen it, the two Grand Masters of Glory and the Temple, as well as their men, were amazed at the availability of sufficient quantities and various supplies at any time

Facing the mountains of food that were gradually piling up in the reserved clearing, Saru couldn't help but reach out and pick up a fresh apple and throw it in his hand unconsciously, his mind couldn't help but think of the difficulties they had made after the war entered the Northern Territory, and looked at Leo with a wry smile and complicated eyes

"You know what...... Your Highness...... In the past, due to your practice of giving up a large area of land in the wilderness, we lost at least more than 10,000 soldiers just because of hunger, and in the most difficult time, even Your Majesty only had one food ration a day, the roots and stems of plants, the hibernating insects and beasts, and all the things that seemed to be edible became food for the stomach, until now I can still remember the desperate eyes of those soldiers who died of hunger and weakness, such a means...... Such means...... Hey......"

Smiling, Leo glanced at Eoris who was silently choosing food, and he knew in his heart that after these near-miraculous means along the way, even if he would become enemies in the future, these people would also have deep fear and awe in their hearts when they fought him again......

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There was plenty of food and other supplies to keep these sturdy knights through the harsh weather in the north, and not to forget that there were plenty of velvet cloth and other luxuries in Leo's system package, and even a handful of horses to replenish......

After several short breaks, if it weren't for the particularly bad weather and the horses reaching their limits, these horsemen who had already become instinctive could even take a nap on horseback to regain their strength

In the rapid march, it took less than twenty days for the army of pure knights led by Leo to cross the vast land of the Northern Territory, and it was only when passing through the ruined Grey Castle that the team had a slight commotion, perhaps everyone had different thoughts about this place......

After breaking away from the wind and snow in the north, the weather became better after crossing into the fertile plains of the center, although it was still winter, but this cold could even be called warm in contrast, and the flat terrain also made the speed of the horses travel much faster

The only fly in the ointment is that the knights running in the wilderness seem to have entered the inaccessible ghost realm, the caravans that they used to see are long gone, and there is not a single civilian farmer in the once prosperous aristocratic realms except for the slightly decomposed corpses and collapsed houses

The long-abandoned castles and the dried corpses hanging from the wooden shelves seemed to be silently confiding in the team what had happened to them

"Sigh Rule~"

Leo took the initiative to ride his horse and slow down, although it was not time to rest, but everyone was not surprised by his actions, because at this time, what appeared in front of all the knights was the fortress that was once extremely prosperous and used by the empire to suppress the west with countless glorious history, perhaps the former fortress, Fort Gailwind!

Facing the castle that was almost burned to ashes in front of him, Sparky Mitchelson, the only surviving wind knight after seeing his hometown, couldn't bear it anymore, took off his helmet and threw it away, and rushed over with a frenzied kick in the stomach of the war horse without mercy......