"Formation! Formation! Bastard! Don't panic...... Yes! ”

A Lawrence Imperial soldier in navy blue armor shouted angrily at his companion, but before he could finish his words, a galloping black shadow flashed behind him, and the wide knight's sword cut through the soft armor around his neck like slicing tofu, and a skull spurted with blood, flying into the air.

Similar massacres were staged everywhere at the mouth of the valley, only to see nearly a hundred knights in fresh clothes and bright armor, galloping horses, shuttling back and forth from the blue Lawrence Imperial soldiers, the knights on the horses kept waving the broadsword in their hands, and every time they swung it, they would bring out a scream or two and a large area of blood!

It stands to reason that as the guards of the one-star general Qatar, the combat effectiveness of these Lawrence Imperial soldiers is definitely not bad, and they will not be mixed with the scene of being rubbed and beaten by the enemy.

It's just that this team of knights appeared too suddenly, as if falling from the sky, and they didn't have any chance to react at all, plus it was too calm in the past few days, so that they who were originally vigilant regarded this mission as a vacation, and they didn't have any precautions at all, which led to a scene like now!

"Kill! Don't let them run into the jungle! Fernand, you lead people to outflank the left flank, and you must not let go of an enemy! Miller! The person with you blocks the exit! ”

In the midst of the galloping knights, a burly knight reaped the lives of the enemy while commanding the battle loudly, wearing a silver knight's armor, a blood-red cloak raised behind him, and the emblem of the famous Sifes family - two broadswords guarded by two thorny vines standing side by side.

This man is none other than Orac, the captain of Katerina's personal guard!

Since Caterina learned of Ash's news, she immediately changed her original plan, and led the people to set off overnight, rushing towards this Grand Canyon, also because of the bumpy road on the way, most of them are mountain paths, or even directly through the forest, because of the equal number of war horses, they have just arrived here before, otherwise, with their speed, I am afraid they should have arrived a few hours ago.

In addition, the road at the exit of this canyon is still very flat and wide, so their war horses also come in handy, and the knights can exert their maximum combat power on horseback, and among their nearly a hundred people, except for a dozen or so escort defenders brought by Nochlan from Fit City, the rest are all Caterina's personal guard knights, and their own combat power level is a few points higher than those soldiers of the Lawrence Empire, this time, coupled with the advantage of cavalry over infantry, it is naturally invincible and unstoppable.

The panicked Lawrence Imperial soldiers were unilaterally slaughtered, until they lost nearly half of their manpower, they were able to gather together and organize a formation against the enemy, but the effect of this was really minimal, just because as guards, all the weapons in their hands were long swords, shields, and infantry formations without spears in hand, and in the face of the menacing knight brigade, there was really not much ability to resist, let alone in the case of the opponent's numerical superiority!

The battle began abruptly and ended just as quickly, and before Orak could lead the men back and forth, the enemy left the corpses on the ground, and less than thirty of them escaped from their swords and fled into the dense jungle.

This time, Orak's war horses were useless, but the purpose had been achieved, and he didn't mean to be angry, so he immediately gathered his knights, tied their horses to the valley mouth, replaced them with long swords for foot combat, and led them into the jungle.

"I hope Miss is okay!"

Orak prayed inwardly and quickened his pace.

Worried about Ash's situation, Caterina had already climbed the steep mountain wall at the beginning of the battle, and 'cut corners' into the canyon, those towering mountain walls were as smooth as a mirror inside, and there were almost no places to climb on their feet, let alone heavily armed soldiers, even hunters with quick hands were not able to climb up, but this was not much of a problem for Caterina.

Two diamond-shaped short cones, half a palm-length and with soft silk threads attached to the back, were used by Caterina as the second pair of feet on the mountain wall, and the slender body was as light as a feather, and the daunting smooth mountain wall was simply impossible for her to climb any difficulty, from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, the total time spent was less than a quarter of an hour!

The entire stretch of mountain tops was connected into a narrow path for two people to walk side by side, but the height was uneven, and the steepness was abnormal, and anyone who walked would probably have weak legs and feet, but Caterina was running on it as if she were walking on the ground, her breathing was steady, her face was calm, and from time to time she was running quickly, turning her head to look into the canyon below, observing the situation.

She saw that Orlac had led the group into the canyon, and not far in front of them, a small group of Lawrence Imperial soldiers were running with all their might, and when she looked back on, she found another trace of the enemy, and the two sea-blue streams seemed to be about to converge.

But even so, Caterina still didn't have the slightest worry, she had absolute trust in the strength of her knights---- those people were all super strong people who survived and honed in countless cruel wars, and with the quality of that group of enemies, it was not a problem to fight five with one enemy at all!

As for the life and death of Nokran and the others who also followed the team, she didn't bother to care, to put it bluntly, those people were imposed on her subordinates by Mo Feng who was not at ease, and they were called 'guiding the way', in fact, they were not afraid that she would regret it, and stayed by her side to be a lobbyist and monitor.

Now her first task is to find Ash and rescue him from the enemy, this mood is so urgent that she can't wait to act with her own soldiers, Orark can't even persuade him a few times.

It's not that she has any affection for the fiancé she has met for many years, but purely for her grandfather and her family's plans!

…………

Ash and Nana both walked through the dense forest with their weapons in hand, and according to the speed of the enemy's search for the previous two days, the cave was no longer very safe, so they had to continue to go deeper into the canyon.

Their current state is countless times better than yesterday, although the injury on Nana's waist has not healed, but it has also recovered a little bit of combat strength, as long as the number of enemies is not too much, not to mention killing all the other party, it is still possible to protect Ash and retreat, so the sense of crisis between the two at this time is not as strong as yesterday.

However, even so, the situation was not optimistic, because as soon as Ash looked up, he could clearly see even the lines of rocks on the row of rocks at the end of the distant canyon, which clearly indicated that there was not much time left for them to hide, and the enemy would soon be able to find this place, and from now on, almost every second could take place to decide their lives.

In such a situation, Ash and Nana walk side by side in the jungle, enjoying what may be the last peaceful time in their lives.

Nana, who knows what will happen, has never found that every grass, tree, flower and water in this nature is so beautiful, and what a happy thing it is to be alive.

"By the way, since you are the daughter of the Thor Tribe, why didn't you have the surname of the Thor Tribe?"

After walking in silence for a long time, Ash took the lead in finding a topic, breaking the silence between the two.

"Girls from the Thor Department...... Well, it should be said that the vast majority of barbarian women do not have their own surnames before they get married, and they will not be named with their husbands' surnames until we get married. ”

Hearing this, Nana smiled slightly and replied, "For example, I married you...... By the way, what's your last name? ”

Listening to Nana's somewhat ambiguous answer, Ash first raised her eyebrows, then shook her head and replied, "To be honest, I ...... There is no surname. ”

"How so?"

Nana snorted angrily, thinking that Ash refused to tell the truth, and questioned: "In the entire empire, there are only slaves, sinners, and ** have no surname, you are also a businessman, right?" ”

"It's all come to this, do I have to lie to you?"

Hearing this, Ash smiled slightly, it was naturally impossible to tell Nana his true origin, so he had to quickly make up an excuse and said: "I have been an orphan since I was a child, and I was born without knowing who my parents were, if I hadn't been picked up by a kind businessman, I might have frozen to death and starved to death." ”

As he spoke, Ash's tone paused, and a trace of melancholy sadness hung on his face, and he continued: "Later, the merchant uncle also died due to the attack of the robbers not long after, and thanks to the conscience of several of his men, according to his instructions, he sent me to an orphanage, paid a sum of alimony for me, and I survived. ”

Ash just said lightly about these pasts that seemed to have nothing to do with him, but in fact had nothing to do with them, and Nana felt distressed for a while, only to feel that he was simply the most miserable person in the world.

"I almost killed him for such a trivial matter......"

Secretly blaming herself in her heart, Nana forced a smile a little awkwardly, and continued to ask, "That's it...... But how did you become a smuggler again? ”

"That."

Ash seemed to see what Nana was thinking, shook his head a little funny, and continued to flicker: "The owner of that orphanage is a bastard, in the years I spent there, I didn't have enough to eat, I couldn't dress warmly, I slept on the floor every night, and I had to do a lot of dirty work, ah finally survived to the age of ten, so I found a chance to run out, I was lucky, I met a caravan that was willing to use me, and then because I was clever, I worked hard, and finally I did it, and I had a small caravan of my own!" ”

After saying that, Nana's distress and self-blame in her heart reached an unbearable level, she just responded with a chatter, then lowered her head, walked staggered, and stopped talking.

Looking at the appearance of this arrogant girl on weekdays, Ash actually felt an indescribable pleasure in her heart, but this moment didn't dare to make her too negative, so she hurriedly changed the topic, and said with a smile:

"Speaking of which, your attitude towards me seems to have improved a lot in the past two days."

“……”

After finishing speaking, Nana didn't answer, didn't say a word, just raised her head slightly and glanced at Ash.

Thinking that he was messing with her again, Ash touched his nose and asked with a dry laugh, "What's wrong?" ”

"That...... This ......"

Nana's voice was a little low, and her low-hanging pretty face was even more blushing, and after stumbling for a long time, she finally mustered up the courage, raised her head, looked directly into Ash's eyes, and asked, "Isn't it very uncomfortable to feel without a surname?" ”

Ash was a little stunned by this question:

"Huh? Ah, yes, it's very uncomfortable. ”

"That's good!"

After finishing speaking, Nana patted her pair of large-scale breasts, blushing so much, and deliberately said in a very righteous tone: "It's better to go out, you will marry our Thunder God Department, and you will follow me!" I'll go and talk to my father, make an exception and change the last rule, and from now on, your surname will be Lei! ”