"Why, why do you want to take my horses?"

At this moment, a quarrel suddenly broke out in the ranks. Catherine turned her head to see three domineering viscounts arguing with Sodrore.

"What are they doing?"

Catherine asked, puzzled.

"Those guys weren't attacked, and I'm afraid they don't know the seriousness of the matter. Baron Coleman, who was covered in blood, shook his head: "This team is trying to search and rescue the other nobles in the forest, but some of them have been brought in before they see the orcs, they... Maybe you think you can handle everything. ”

This answer made Catherine suddenly realize that because she is ignorant, she is fearless. Before actually facing the cold blade, the nobles didn't have any fear of orcs, so the "backlash" of this group of guys at this time was also expected.

But the more this happened, the more Catherine knew how naïve she had been, and she looked at the screaming fellows and whispered, "A bunch of fools..."

Roddy's team had saved twenty-two nobles along the way, some of them survivors, and like Catherine, only one or two of the entire team were left alive. In some cases, the entire team was not attacked, so when the horses were requisitioned in order to expand the reconnaissance team, they naturally encountered resistance.

Those who had been attacked by the orcs honestly gave away all their resources after witnessing Roddy lead the team to kill several times, because they knew that their private soldiers were really a burden. And those nobles with bright armor and ostentatious prestige unanimously thought that Duke Sally was really making a big fuss, and none of them were willing to cooperate - seeing this situation, Sodrol didn't talk nonsense, and directly waved his hand at a few "thorns" and said: "If you don't want to give, you won't give it, but those who ride horses must accept orders to carry out tasks, do you understand?"

"Why!?, I'm also the lord of the kingdom, where do you have the qualifications to order me?"

The pot-bellied, bearded Viscount Juan questioned loudly: "You forcibly dragged me into the team, and now you want my horses and troops, what do you want to do!?"

"You're the Baron of Parl, right? You didn't make much money last winter, and you used to do it secretly, but now you blatantly come to rob it?"

Sodrore's face was gloomy, he didn't expect that the person he kindly rescued would be such a good-natured, but he finally relented, and didn't want to see these kingdom nobles slaughtered by orcs, so he held back his anger and said: "It's an extraordinary time, the forest is very dangerous, that's it, you can just take the team to follow us." ”

"Who will believe your nonsense!"

Viscount Juan unceremoniously pointed at Sodrol. But as soon as he finished speaking, Luo Di's voice suddenly came from the side:

"Love to believe in it, not to believe in it. ”

Riding on the "Train King", he was full of evil spirits, which made these nobles involuntarily take a few steps back. But Roddy ignored them, he first gestured to Sodlor, asking the latter to continue to lead the team to organize the search and rescue, and then his eyes turned cold, looking at several protesting nobles and said: "I won't say the same thing a second time, if you want to get out, get out of now, I don't need pig teammates." ”

"You-"

The three nobles who were making trouble wanted to say something, but they saw that the soldiers next to Luo Di had already made way for them. Aristocracy is the most face-heavy. There was nothing to say about it, and with a cold snort, they broke away from the large force, which numbered more than four hundred, with more than sixty private soldiers, and soon disappeared into the forest.

Catherine witnessed all this, but compared to Roddy's merciless "expulsion", she was more shocked by the other party's status at this time...

She turned her head and asked the viscount beside her, "This turtle... Oh no, how could Baron Roddy be here? Very powerful?"

"You've just joined the team, and you probably don't know it yet... The soldiers who killed the orcs head-on just now were all Baron Roddy's subordinates, and he himself was the commander-in-chief of the current team, and even Duke Sally was only assisting from the side. ”

"Speaking of which, we have been able to survive until now thanks to his protection. I've heard that in the initial encounter, he single-handedly killed thirty wolf cavalry—"

"How is this possible?!"

Catherine's heart was in turmoil, and she then looked at Roddy, who turned around and said to the nobles around her, "If you want to leave, please leave immediately, I don't want to talk too much nonsense." ”

There was a deep tiredness in the corners of Roddy's eyes, and he didn't even bother to say a few more words, and turned away directly.

The lonely back gradually overlapped with the inconspicuous "turtle" at yesterday's banquet, making it difficult for Catherine to accept the huge change for a while.

"Everyone has to pay for their choices. ”

Catherine suddenly remembered Roddy's words. She finally discovered a fact at this time: she used to live in a beautiful dream, and when she woke up, all the beauty created in the dream would dissipate.

And what you can see when you open your eyes is everything that is bloody in front of you.

Catherine couldn't help but feel a sense of happiness in her heart - compared to those who had already left the team, she had "woken up" earlier, and the aristocrats who were still arrogant and conceited would eventually pay the price.

Is it cruel to throw these people into the forest to face the orcs?

From the aristocratic point of view, Roddy is pushing the other party into the fire pit. But Catherine understands that this is actually the wisest choice: the kingdom is not good at "cooperation", but "dragging its feet" is definitely an expert, and keeping this group of scourges in the team will definitely cause big trouble for everyone at a critical time!

Sodrore could not do this, the "justice" in his heart was the absolute idealized "justice": benevolence to all, love for all, tolerance of all...

However, Roddy was tired of this moral restraint after being framed again and again by the nobles of the kingdom - he only looked at the "purpose" and "result", and had no interest in pursuing anything else. Since it is necessary to ensure that everyone is alive as much as possible, this kind of guy who could threaten the team... If you should get out, you must get out.

There are many virgins in prosperous times, and heroes emerge in troubled times.

Roddy has no interest in being wronged, so he has to follow this path.

At this time, the scouts were constantly reporting information, and through preliminary exploration of the corpses in the forest, it was confirmed that more than twenty nobles' troops had been murdered. And Roddy's team at this time has also reached the limit of the number of rescues - fighting is not enough for a large number of people, and most of the private soldiers simply do not have the strength to resist the orcs.

To be on the safe side, he had to move his entire team to Pacaro City and retreat into the city as soon as possible.

As for the other nobles in the forest, Roddy didn't plan to save them. He is not a virgin, and he doesn't want to do such a thing as "losing a big thing because of a small thing".

Just as the team was about to turn around, the pintail snipe hovering above suddenly swooped towards the ground, and before the duck could land, Nata jumped down in the air, reached out and grabbed the trunk of the tree, and landed on the ground several times:

"Three kilometers to the north, an orc force is gathering and approaching, and the number is close to three hundred!"

The news she brought made everyone stagnate.

Three hundred wolf cavalry, although the number is not comparable to the team of more than four hundred people at this time, but in terms of combat effectiveness, Luo Di's combatable soldiers are probably powerless to stop at all...

After nearly ten charges and skirmishes, the physical strength of all the cavalry and infantry had dropped significantly, and although the attrition was not much, it had lost its initial sharpness and sharpness. Moreover, the team is complex and cannot be coordinated and managed, and if someone suddenly breaks and flees during the battle, the consequences are absolutely unimaginable!

Now, Roddy has only one choice left: take everyone and run at full speed to Pacaro City.

Roddy's decision was decisive, and the whole team had no room for objections, because everyone knew the consequences of taking a slow step, so even the nobles who had not walked the same way on weekdays gritted their teeth and kept up with the team at this moment - those who could walk walked, and those who were too old were assigned horses to keep up, Catherine, as the only noblewoman in the team who was rescued, was originally assigned a horse, but she waved her hand and chose to refuse, gritting her teeth to keep up with the team.

Perhaps her behavior led the way, and some of the viscounts and barons who were originally on horses also felt that they were a waste of resources by riding horses like this, so they all dismounted and walked and returned their horses to the cavalry guarding the perimeter.

After all, there are not many truly stupid aristocrats. As elites, they are well aware of one thing: the most life-saving thing at the moment is not the war horse, but the soldier with combat effectiveness.

Roddy personally led the team behind the rear hall, and the Wellington knight opened the way in front, and the team of more than 400 people was nervous, almost trotting all the way out of the forest...

And in the middle of the line, Nefi bit her lip, her always lively little face full of depression.

Akasha had been beside her, noticing this, and as the group moved silently, she finally asked, "Nephi, do you think you're doing something wrong?"

"Huh, I..."

Nephie looked up, but she didn't know what to say - she just insisted on staying, why did it make Roddy angry?

She hadn't seen Roddy react like that since she had known him. Nefi panicked, she didn't like the feeling of hurting others.

"Actually, you didn't do anything wrong. ”

Akasha looked ahead, stretched out her hand to remove the branches in front of her, and said in a calm tone, "It's his idea that went wrong. ”

Nephi opened her mouth slightly, her relationship with Akasha was not close, because her mother Camilla did not like the priest, so Nafi rarely communicated with her on weekdays. But what Neffi knows is that... The pastor with a calm face in front of him was Roddy's partner.

She has a good relationship with Roddy, and Neffie often sees the two being intimately together, but why would she say that?

"Do you think that if you like someone, you have to say good things about him?"

The doubt in Nafi's eyes couldn't hide Akasha, and she smiled: "Everyone has shortcomings, and they also have a past that they don't want to talk about. His attitude towards you... In fact, it is a bit extreme, he wants you to live a stable and happy life, so he does his best, but he does not consider your feelings. ”

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