An old man with a haggard face was walking cautiously through a dense forest with a young woman in his arms.

Around it were six men of different ages, ranging from 17 or 8 years old, to young people of 23 and 4, and middle-aged people in their thirties and forties. Although the age gap between them is huge, what they have in common is that they have an extremely vigorous and strong momentum, and each of them has an awe-inspiring killing intent, which is obviously not an ordinary person.

However, looking at the six people around him, the old man sighed helplessly.

There were thirty men with them.

These people are the real descendants cultivated by the old man, and they can be said to be the elite of the elite, and the growth of each person has cost the old man great effort and resources. The three most powerful of them were given names by the old man himself, namely Shadow Ghost, Shadow Demon, and Shadow Demon.

Three Shadows, these are the three leaders of the famous Black-Feathered Nightingale under the command of the Marquis of Floris.

There was no doubt that this old man with a haggard face and gray hair was the Marquis of Floris. It's just that at this moment, he seems to be much older than he was a few months ago—if a few months ago, Flores looked like a middle-aged man in his thirties, then Floris now looks like an old man who is over half a hundred years old and is about to die.

And there is only one person who can be personally supported by the Marquis of Floris.

Her Royal Highness Princess Folhis.

"Lord Marquis Floris, let's rest here." After a short journey, Princess Vorceth spoke suddenly.

The Marquis of Flores's breath was somewhat disturbed, obviously caused by a lack of physical fitness. He knew what the reason for Princess Furces was to rest, so he said, "It's okay, Your Highness Princess, I can still hold on, let's move on." ”

Furcis glanced at the panting Floris, and after a few steps forward, he said, "But Lord Marquis Floris, I'm tired, can you let me rest for a while?" ”

The Marquis of Floris looked at Her Royal Highness in front of her, she was dressed plainly, she was a village woman's clothes stolen from a small village a few days ago, but after so many days of traveling, her clothes were already torn in many places, and even her arms and face had several scars from thorns. However, although Her Royal Highness the princess looks gray-faced, her spirit is obviously very good, and her whole person has also changed a lot.

No matter how you look at it, at least at this moment, Her Royal Highness does not look tired.

It's just that before Flores could speak, Her Royal Highness the princess had already stepped aside and sat down to rest.

In this way, the Marquis of Flores could not say anything, so he could only say to the few black-feathered nightingales around him: "Then let's rest for ten minutes." ”

"Ten minutes isn't enough." Her Royal Highness Princess Floris spoke, "At least half an hour. ”

"Your Royal Highness, it's okay, ten minutes is enough for me to regain some strength." Marquis Floris sighed softly, and then sat directly on the ground, "Our current situation is still very dangerous, and it is easy to be exposed if we stay too long, so ten minutes is already the limit." ”

"Okay." Seeing that Flores was so insistent, Furthys didn't say anything more, and nodded in agreement with the Marquis Floris's arrangement.

The six Black-Feathered Nightingales of different ages also found a place to sit down and rest, although in terms of their physical strength, they did not need to rest, but it was rare to have ten minutes of rest, and they would definitely not waste it, after all, the actions of the past few months were extremely difficult tasks even for him. Especially in a team of nearly thirty people, there are only six of them left, and even the three shadows, who are known as the strongest in the Black Feather Nightingale team, have been lost, so you can imagine how much they consume.

Moreover, they don't know when this operation will end, so they will definitely not waste this kind of relaxation time.

It's just that although the six of them are in a state of rest, the scattered position of the six people perfectly protects the Marquis of Flores and Princess Vorces in the middle, and at the same time, they can also monitor everything around them, which is enough to see the training quality of these six black-feathered nightingales.

Ten minutes is not a long time, and it passes quickly.

The Marquis of Flores mastered time almost down to the second: he got up as soon as the second hand of his pocket watch skipped the last second.

As the Marquis of Flores got up, the six black-feathered nightingales also stood up at the same time, and then began to move closer to the middle, and Princess Floris also stood up.

The attack on guard did not appear, and a group of eight people soon hit the road again.

During these days' trip, Princess Fursis was undoubtedly the biggest one, and it also allowed the Blackfeather Nightingale to see a princess who was completely different from the rumors: she did not cry and cry and get tired, nor did she complain about anything, and within the best of her ability, she was also working hard and learning alone, and did not maintain the habits of a princess during this escape journey.

Of course, Princess Vorces is really not good at surviving in the wild, which is why she has so many scars on her body.

"Hold on a little longer, and after getting out of the dense forest, we can reach Wendeling, which is one of the few areas that is not yet controlled by the Black Hawks." Marquis Floris spoke, "But it's already very close to the Tonis Fortress, and I heard that the Void Empire has officially declared war with the Ryan Kingdom, and the battle has become a bit fierce. ”

"Officially declared war?" Princess Phorcis bit her lip and looked a little ugly, "My idiot brother! What the hell did he do? ”

"If it weren't for a formal declaration of war, we wouldn't be able to act now." Marquis Floris sighed softly, and then said, "The Void Realm of the Void Duchy is already infiltrating the Ryan Kingdom to a large extent, and the intelligence organization on the Black Hawk side can't resist this infiltration, so Wende Ling will be out of the Black Hawk's control." …… As soon as we get there, we can try to communicate with the Void. ”

Vorces nodded: "That...... Grand Duke Asuna, there is no news yet? ”

"We can't get in touch with the shadow now, so I don't know exactly what happened." Marquis Floris sighed, if it wasn't for Asuna and Vivien breaking off in the first place, they wouldn't have been able to escape. After escaping, they heard that Vivien had died in battle and Asuna had been captured, and several of them, including Elizabeth, were naturally extremely uncomfortable, and they also began to plan to rescue Asuna.

It's just a pity that because of Floris's carelessness, he didn't expect that his intelligence department had been planned by Black Hawk, so he naturally fell into the trap set by Black Hawk. At that time, if Elizabeth and the Shadow Ghost fought back desperately, it would be impossible for everyone, including him Floris, to survive, because Greine was determined to kill Furseth - this is already an official act of tearing his face, because as long as Fursith dies, the orthodox inheritance of the Ryan Kingdom will fall on Green.

Prince Adams, because he was isolated and unable to return to his country, his inheritance rights had long been removed.

This is a common dispute problem in the royal family when there is no heir named - the legitimate heir of the Kingdom of Lane has been determined to be Arran, but in fact, when he attended the Council of the Scales, he was already considered a quasi-king, and he was officially crowned king after returning from the meeting. So ethically speaking, the current kingdom of Lane is in the second race for the heir to the throne - one of Grein and Vorces.

However, according to the situation at the time, it was only Furcis who could inherit the throne, not Greine, and it could not be Adams, who was excluded from the entire royal capital and the southern aristocracy. It is precisely because of this that Greine will design to frame Fursith, and even simply order the arrest and attempt to murder, only with Sean's full-scale rampage and the peace council being completely destroyed neatly and neatly, and things are completely out of control, Greine will want to keep Asuna alive.

Otherwise, according to Grayn's plan, Asuna would also be mortal.

But now, with Sean's whereabouts unknown, Grein has finally officially torn up his face with Folsith - as long as Fursith dies, Greine will be the only orthodox heir of the Lane Kingdom, and he will be able to officially take over the command of the entire Lane Kingdom. The real reason why Greine is so mad is naturally because of the current Queen of Phoenix. Cecilia was crazy.

After the Void Empire captured the fortress of Torus, slaughtered all the royal members of the fascist kingdom, and completely severed the bloodline of the fascist kingdom, it quickly withdrew its troops from the fascist kingdom and gave the entire territory of the fascist kingdom to the Chainas Empire. Later, under the joint efforts of William and Hela, in less than a month, he recovered all the territories except the entire Tonis Fortress of the Lane Kingdom, but Cecilia did not have time to manage these territories, so he gave all these territories to the Duchy of Garrod and the Duke of Tequila and other members of the seven-member alliance.

Therefore, the current people in charge of fighting the Karosa Tribal United Nations and the Knights of Robin are the Duchy of Garrod commanded by Elizabeth and Simi, the Duke of Tequila, the Duke of Black Mandala, and other members of the seven-man alliance formed with Sean in the past.

After shifting the strategic offense and defense, William and Hela were finally able to join forces to officially deal with the Kingdom of Lane.

Not to mention the confrontation in combat power, Gray, who failed to completely take over the entire Ryan Kingdom, does not even have the power to mobilize the army - Ryan's strongest sword and strongest shield have found an excuse to refuse to fight, you must know that these two control more than one-third of the entire Ryan Kingdom's troops; And the northern nobles have always obeyed the command of Prince Adams, and judging from the means designed by Greine to frame Adams, it is naturally impossible for the northern nobles to wave their troops south, after all, Greine has not officially ascended the throne yet.

So in fact, the only troops that Greine can really control are the private soldiers of some southern aristocratic factions and the legions stationed in the south, as well as the troops of the royal capital. And this strength is not even one-third of the strength of the entire Ryan Kingdom, if it weren't for Grace knowing the importance of Tonyske, and Black Hawk holding Tonys Fortress firmly in his hands from the beginning, maybe the Tonys Fortress would have entered the army of the Void Empire with a wide open door by now.

And when it comes to Tonis Fortress, we have to talk about the Nibelungen magic circle that Sean gave to Asuna back then.

When Asuna moved out of the Tonis Fortress, she handed over this magic array to the royal family of Lane, and later, under the joint efforts of Greine and the Marquis of Flores, the Tonis Fortress was rebuilt on a large scale, and the Nibelungen Magic Circle was completely built. It is precisely because of this that the army of the Void Empire is now unable to completely wipe out the fortress of Tonys, and can only rely on the most primitive and ancient siege warfare methods to attack.

Today, the defenders of the Void Empire and Fortress of Tonys have left more than 100,000 corpses on both sides. Although more than two-thirds of them are the corpses of soldiers of the Void Empire, even if the Ryan Kingdom as the defender of the city only pays less than one-third of the battle damage, this is still an extremely heavy loss for the Ryan Kingdom, after all, they have no reinforcements - Alexis, Kokire, and Tungsten Ramo Although they can't directly attack the Tonis Fortress, they can go around the rear of the Tonis Fortress and prevent the enemy reinforcements from arriving.

Allowing a super-strong to run rampant behind enemy lines would be a terrible disaster.

And what could be more terrible than this catastrophe?

That is to let the two super super powerhouses run amok in the area behind enemy lines - and now Alexis and Kokire are causing trouble in the rear of the Tonys Fortress, completely cutting off all reinforcements in the Tonys Fortress. Tungsten Ramo, on the other hand, is in charge of the main assault on the Tonis Fortress: even if he can only summon 30,000 void creatures per month, this is still an extremely terrifying and powerful aid.

After all, everyone in the Void Empire can see that after cutting off all possibilities for reinforcements, Tonis Fortress is a pure turtle shell, and one day the defenders die or the defenders' will completely collapses, then it will be when Tonis Fortress falls.

Of course, in this case, Cecilia's resentment towards Sean is naturally extremely strong - she knows that Sean gave the Nibelungen Magic Circle to Asuna, so she also recognized the Nibelungen Magic Circle rebuilt in Tonys' Fortress from the beginning.

But instead of resenting Sean, what Cecilia wants to do more now is to kill Greine.

If it weren't for Gray, Asuna wouldn't have had an accident.

If Asuna hadn't had an accident, Sean wouldn't have gone to her rescue.

If Sean didn't go to save Asuna, he wouldn't go to Ryan.

If Sean doesn't go to Ryan, then he won't be missing.

Because of these chain relationships, Cecilia not only wanted to kill Grein, but also lost the little good impression she had of Asuna.

But he knew that Asuna was the person Sean wanted to save, so she was willing to spend more time and create more pressure to force Grace to give up all resistance and send Asuna back. Of course, if Greine kills Asuna, then Cecilia doesn't mind going to the royal capital of Ryan immediately and trying to torment Greine by all means, but Cecilia knows very well that a guy as smart as Greine will never kill Asuna.

It is precisely because Greine is so smart that he is also nowhere to be found now.

But all this is exactly what William wants.

William, who is well aware of the intelligence transmission work, knows very well that unless Greine gives up the Ryan Kingdom, it will not be easy to find him. It's a pity that Grayne, who wants to become the king of Lane, can't give up this throne, so no matter how well he hides, he needs to remotely control the affairs of the entire kingdom, and as long as he still doesn't give up the manipulation of the Lane Kingdom, then the orders he passed on are traceable, as long as he finds these traces and clues, he can completely pull out Grayne.

It's just that there is only one such opportunity, so William will not act rashly until Greine's final hiding place is determined.

Contrary to what the outside world speculated, at present, after getting rid of the entanglement of three battlefields, more than two-thirds of the members of the Void Realm have infiltrated the Ryan Royal Capital, and it can be said that the entire Ryan King has fallen under William's surveillance. In addition, the Void Empire is also well aware of some things in the Lane Kingdom, so they are also very clear that at the moment, the Marquis of Flores and Princess Fursis are trying to find a way to go to the Wende Realm, try to contact the Void Realm, and try to leave the Lane Kingdom and go to the Principality of Garrod.

It's a pity that the Marquis of Flores and Princess Fursis, who are the parties involved, do not know that their whereabouts have been completely exposed.

They were still cautiously advancing through the dense forest.

In terms of itinerary, they had at least one day left before they could leave the jungle and enter the Wende Territory.

A black-feathered nightingale suddenly raised his right hand, then made a quick gesture.

The gesture is clear: someone is approaching!

Because the dense forest is relatively quiet, even the Marquis of Flores kept his voice as low as possible when communicating with Princess Flores, after all, they were still fleeing this time - if they had to choose, with the character of the Marquis of Floris, they would never make an adventurous move to take the princess across hundreds of miles, but they didn't have a choice.

Shadow loses contact with Flores in the royal capital; Both Shadow and Shadow Fiend were killed in battle: one in the fight back with Elizabeth, and the other in an enemy raid a week earlier. It was precisely because of that raid that Flores had to take the remaining Black-Feathered Nightingales to protect Fursis and flee overnight, but he didn't expect that this time the dispatch was also the elite under the command of Black Hawk, so he fled and fought all the way, and there were only six Black-Feathered Nightingales left by Floris's side, and even he himself was seriously injured.

When the other black-feathered nightingales saw the gestures, two of them quickly stepped forward, one turned and disappeared into the dense forest, and the other two approached Flores and Fursis.

The six of them had a clear division of labor, and their movements were as skillful and natural as flowing water, which made Fursis's heart settle down a lot.

But soon, the black-feathered nightingale, who had made the first gesture, immediately made a more complicated gesture, but this jewelry action made Floris's face look ugly. Even Fursis could feel the sudden tense bodies of the two black-feathered nightingales beside him and the subtle tension that emanated.

"What's wrong?" Folsith asked in a low voice.

"A lot of people came." The Marquis of Flores smiled bitterly, "It should be the enemy who is chasing us...... Unexpectedly, there were still nobles who chose to take refuge in Grayne. ”

Fursis immediately heard the subtext from the words of the Marquis of Floris: this time it was not the Black Hawk's subordinates who had been fighting the Blackfeather Nightingale who had been fighting with the Black Feather Nightingale who entered the jungle to hunt down, but the nobles who began to officially intervene in this throne dispute for their own interests.

But in this way, Fursis is even more confused.

No matter how you look at the current situation, it is obvious that Greine is at a disadvantage, and the Void Empire will obviously not let Greine go, but why would any nobles still choose Greine when they know this? Is it really because the chain of interests has been tied too deep and cannot be broken free at all? People with a little bit of brains will definitely choose to wait and see in this situation at the moment, rather than continue to support Greine.

It is precisely because of this that Flores was able to cross hundreds of miles with Flores in just one week, otherwise it would be impossible for the Marquis of Flores to escape with Flores as long as those nobles along the way made a slight move. After all, any local nobleman would definitely run his realm like an iron bucket, and it was impossible for two groups of people to fight each other in their own territory, and the lord who was in charge of the territory knew nothing.

"My lord, hurry up and go, let's cut off!" The black-feathered nightingale who went outside to spy on the situation had already returned at this time, but the news he brought was obviously not good, "I don't know which lord's private soldier, the family crest and all the markers have been removed, the size is about a hundred, but this is just a vanguard force." As I have just observed, there are about 200 or more search and arrest troops in the distance, and they are forming a large encirclement network. ”

"In other words, the 100 people who surrounded it are 'shepherd dogs'?"

Shepherd dog, is a tactical term for military operations in the Miracle Continent, usually referring to the troops responsible for driving away enemy troops, and their goal is to drive enemy troops to a designated combat area, usually the entrance to the encirclement network; The enemy army that is driven away is called the flock.

The black-feathered nightingale nodded, but did not speak.

The look on the face of the Marquis of Floris became even more haggard: "Alas, it seems that we can't get to Wendeling. …… Black Hawk has arranged a shepherd dog here, so all our routes to Wende Ling must have been sealed. ”

But at this moment, a scream suddenly sounded in the dense forest.

The Marquis of Flores and the others all looked at each other, apparently not figuring out how things were going to happen.

And then, the situation changed completely beyond their expectations.

Suddenly, the sound of shouting and killing sounded throughout the dense forest, and from the sound of the sound, it was obvious that it was not only around the Marquis of Flores and the others, and the enemy who had already opened the encirclement network in the distance was obviously also attacked, and for a while, the entire dense forest fell into a scuffle.

One black-feathered nightingale soon left again, and the other five black-feathered nightingales had obviously given up their vigilance and surveillance, and the current combat situation was no longer something they could reverse, after all, no matter how strong they were, they couldn't fight their way through the encirclement of the regular army - maybe it was okay to escape alone, but it was obviously impossible to protect the seriously injured Marquis of Flores and Princess Fursis.

This time, though, the Blackfeather Nightingale who had left to spy on information was soon back.

"What's the situation?" Marquis of Flores asked.

"It's the Grey Night Guard of the Rhodis family who is fighting against that unknown enemy army."

"House Rhodis's Grey Night Guard?" The Marquis of Flores muttered to himself, "How could they be here?" ”

However, before the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded, several black-feathered nightingales quickly made a defensive battle move.

Floris looked at the source of the rustling sound of footsteps on the grass, and then watched a young man in armor with a helmet under his arm walking out of the bushes, and said in a deep voice, "Robud? ”

"We meet again, Lord Marquis Floris." Robud greeted with a smile, "But meeting in this situation really makes me feel a little delicate." ”

The Marquis of Flores snorted coldly and did not speak again.

However, from what he had heard, it was clear that the Grey Night Guard was gaining the upper hand, as the shouts of killing had become quieter and quieter, and the sound of blades colliding was gradually decreasing, all of which fully indicated that the army of unknown origin was no match for the Grey Night Guard at all. Moreover, judging from the figures of the Gray Night Guard soldiers that gradually began to appear around, it was also completely impossible for Marquis Floris and the others to escape.

As if sensing the hostility of the Marquis of Flores, Robud chuckled, "Lord Marquis Flores, I don't have any ill will. Therefore you do not need to be so hostile to me, and this time I have been entrusted to rescue you and escort you back to my territory of Rodis. ”

The Marquis of Flores clearly did not trust Robud's words, "Can you represent the entire Rhodes family?" ”

"Of course." Robud nodded, "Isn't the fact that I can command the Grey Night Guard the best proof?" Oh, I almost forgot, Mistress Floris, you don't know much about the outside world. …… Well, now I'm the patriarch of the Rhodes family. ”

"You?" The Marquis of Flores looked incredulous, for he remembered very well that the chances of Robud inheriting the Rodis family were very small, unless someone helped him, "Who have you been entrusted with to rescue us?" ”

"Commissioned by Her Majesty the Empress Phoenix of the Void Empire."

Two highland elves emerged from the jungle, followed by nearly thirty similarly dressed highland elves and steppe elves. Knowing the elven culture and his dealings with the Windbreaker Tribe in the Wild Lands, Marquis of Flores immediately recognized the identity of the elven force in front of him: it was a special elven guard unique to the Windbreaker and Snowwind Tribes: the Windbreaker Dancer and the Snowwind Guard.

And the identities of the two highland elves, a man and a woman, who walked at the forefront of these two elven guards, naturally went without saying.

The male Highland Elf was apparently Marton. Snow wind.

And the female Highland Elf was Vigna. Breaking wind. (To be continued.) )