The morning sun illuminated the land of Vic Village, and at the same time made Count Francis, who had not slept all night, stand up.

His eyes were red, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he was obviously not in a very good mood.

Not far away, the henchman who was supposed to have come here before dawn was late at this time, and this abnormality that should not have appeared made Francis feel a little ominous in his mind - sure enough, the news brought by the other party made his eyes narrow:

"My lord, the orc advance scout team has lost ten people. ”

This sentence made Francis's face change, he narrowed his eyes, his handsome face suddenly became abnormal, and he said in a deep voice, "Fortress Conceton won't support, those miscellaneous soldiers around her have this ability?"

The truth was obviously worse than Francis had expected, and when he learned from his henchmen that Sally had escaped alone after the death of old Gerson and the others, the count suddenly felt as if he had been put on the table.

Who is it?

It is definitely not an easy thing to be cruel to her own sister, this is a road from no return, Sally must die, if she returns to her father, Duke Roussifron, alive, waiting for herself.

Francis's eyes narrowed, and he slammed his fists into the table.

"Send a team to intercept them along the way, and don't let her return to Hollier alive, and let Concedon send troops - in the name of intercepting the orcs. ”

Behind his calm words is a mixture of anger and uneasiness, and his words echo the saying: behind all evil, there can always be an excuse for "justice" on the surface.

Francis knew this, so power became a weapon more terrible than a blade in his hands.

Looking at the dark green forest on the horizon south of Vic's village, the Duke's eldest son's face was cloudy - if Sally entered the Silent Forest, it wouldn't be easy...

As a nobleman who knew what rumors were in that forest, Francis was absolutely reluctant to send someone there to search for her whereabouts.

However, he would not have imagined that the last thing he wanted to happen would finally happen because of Roddy, a special being who broke into the turbulence of history.

"Are you sure you won't be found out?"

Just six or seven kilometers away, Sally, who was looking at Vic's village, whispered to Roddy beside her.

After being carried on her back for five hours, Sally was finally able to walk on the ground, indicating that the knee contusion was not as serious as expected. But what bothers Sally now is that her relationship with Roddy seems to have become delicate.

The shame gradually suppressed it, and the silence followed the way, occasionally speaking, and the attitude between the two was also a little cold. Sally didn't want to believe the exaggerated reason that Roddy had said before—in the kingdom of Karen, a high lord might have some credibility to talk about saving the country, but if a scout who didn't even have the rank of second lieutenant said so... I'm afraid everyone will just take it as a joke.

However, the person who said this "joke" in front of Sally did not laugh, so the "joke" itself became a seed, imperceptibly rooted in her heart...

In this hierarchical society, the gap between the duke's daughter and the border soldier is obvious - but when the scene is changed and the two are in trouble together, the gap in status is inadvertently narrowed.

"He doesn't have enough manpower to search widely, so he can only search south on the way to Hollier. Concedon's forces would not be here until at least the afternoon, and by then, we had entered the Silent Forest. ”

Roddy whispered to her question, the two of them were not alone on the road at the moment, and in the early morning there were many traveling merchants and wagons carrying goods on the main road that ran through the villages of the territory, and now they were following behind one of the inconspicuous caravans.

Putting away the gauntlets, replacing the torn leather armor with a linen robe worn by a roadside beggar, the horned bow with the bowstring removed like a twisted hoe, and the scimitar wrapped in sackcloth, Roddy looked no different from the cold-blooded warrior who had cut off the orc's head with his knife last night, but looked no different from a poor peasant. On the other side, Sally, who was wiped with dirt by Roddy, looked like a village woman who had fled - the comfortable cloth shoes were asked by Roddy to take off and wrap in rags and stuff them in her abdomen to change her originally slender and slender figure. Although Sally, who had never walked barefoot, had a hard time accepting this disguise, she also knew that if she didn't do so, she estimated that she would be found out and dragged out and hacked to death as soon as possible.

While she knew that Roddy's intentions were good, Sally always thought that the guy in front of her seemed to be working against her all the time - he must have gone so fast on purpose... Didn't he know that his feet would hurt?

Deliberately... It must be on purpose... He must have thought he was too squeamish...

Originally, her senses changed a little because the other party had walked behind her for a few hours, but thinking of this at this time, she couldn't help but grit her teeth a little. I don't know how many words I scolded him in my heart, but I didn't make a sound, just tried to catch up with him.

"You must not let him look down on himself!"

Although Sally didn't understand why she wanted to "be strong" in front of a scout captain, she did hold back the pain by her will.

"They were dispatched. ”

Roddy suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at the cavalry running across the road in the distance, and finally relaxed his tense nerves. After confirming that the cavalry had disappeared from view, Roddy immediately left the main road with Sally, and walked straight towards the Silent Forest, which was already close in front of him.

"Are we really going into this forest?"

It seems that the quiet and tranquil silent forest is in front of her, but Sally asked Roddy beside her with a little uneasiness because of those rumors, and followed Roddy all the way here, Sally no longer doubted that he had the ability to take her away from these interceptions and pursuits, but she was a little hesitant to go straight into the forest that her father had sternly warned her not to enter.

"Do you know what's in the forest?"

Roddy didn't look back, and asked out loud.

Sally frowned, she wanted to nod, but seeing Roddy's expression, she thought for a few seconds and replied solemnly, "My father warned me... If you can, never try to set foot in this forest. ”

"Your father is right. Roddy's answer made Sally raise her eyebrows, she expected to hear the other party's disdainful rebuttal, but she didn't expect Roddy's tone to surprise her sincerely, "This is not alarmist, the forest is indeed dangerous... That's just for those who aren't familiar with it, though. ”

Stepping into the shadows of the towering trees, Roddy looked back at Sally, who suddenly stopped and stood outside the forest, took off the horned bow behind him and held it in his hand, and whispered, "If I have the ability to cross it, will you believe me?"

Believe?

When the word came to her mind, Sally realized that she had already decided......

It's noon.

Black smoke drifted from the horizon, causing the farmers, who had not seen such a scene for many years, to stop and stare at it, and their hearts were filled with some hesitation. However, in an age when communication could only be transmitted by word of mouth, it may take a few days for most people to learn about the "migration" that took place last night and the looting of the village of Finks this morning.

No matter what conditions the witch doctor Sarota agreed to Count Francis, the sacking of the village would never be spared by the orcs. The barrenness of the orc empire is almost unimaginable to human beings, their technological level determines the result of low overall productivity, relying on nomadic herding and not farming, not only can the food output be completely incomparable with humans, but the so-called weapons and equipment are thrown out of ten streets by the Karen Kingdom. The scarcity of mineral resources has led to the development of weapons and equipment that can only be described as "rudimentary". These orcs, who lived in the form of tribes on the plains of Nahemia, lived a life of hunger and food all year round, and when the year was bad, a large number of herdsmen died.

So at this time, even if it is just a village emptied by humans, the orcs are eager to scrape away all the land.

Not only did they dig into the ground and loot everything, but when these brute guys left... A fire was also set on it.

The billowing smoke irritated the nerves of the entire Karen Kingdom like beacon smoke that had not been ignited for hundreds of years, and the villagers of Finks Village, who had been evacuated to Broy Town, seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, and after realizing that everything was safe, they were extremely grateful to the scouts who brought the news and let them evacuate, and even the butler Hall had to apologize for yesterday's attitude with a stiff smile.

Carter and Ruger were surrounded by cheers, but they didn't look as excited or excited as they should be. Only a handful of people, including the original second lieutenant of Finks Village, Sodlorre, noticed the strangeness in the scouts.

Sodrore didn't seem tired, and in fact assisting the villagers evacuate was a no-brainer for him, but his sharp instincts told him that someone seemed to be in trouble.

"Where's Roddy?"

He asked Carter, who was packing his bags, and naturally replied, "Miss Sally asked him to follow him to Concedonton, and he said that if we didn't show up at Broy today, we would go straight back to Nolan Village." ”

These were Roddy's original words, and Carter didn't think too much about the urgency of the situation at the time, but when he repeated these words, he seemed to sense some problems, and his expression gradually hesitated...

Sodrore narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "He didn't say anything else?Why did Miss Sally have to follow him alone? This must be the first time Roddy has met Miss Sally?"

"Uh... Maybe there's something he'd like to talk to Miss Sally about alone, but I don't know exactly what—"

Carter didn't know how to explain it, and the prevarication between the words was obvious.

Sodrore nodded after hearing this, and then changed the subject: "I... After thinking about it for a while, I hope to follow you to Nolan Village, mainly to meet Captain Roddy. Without him, perhaps all my people would have died in the village of Finks, and I cannot fail to thank him for this kindness. ”

Carter thought about it and felt that he had no reason to refute Sodrore, so he nodded in agreement. So the second lieutenant explained his task to his subordinates, who were not close, and then mounted his horse and followed the two teams of scouts from Nolan Village towards the northeast.

But as soon as he walked out of the village, Carter saw a fast-moving cavalry unit on the distant horizon, numbering more than a hundred, and he asked casually, "Where did that team come from?" or where did it come from?

Sodlorre was right behind him, and was visibly stunned when he saw this scene - he had been a lieutenant at Concedon Fortress, and he was officially demoted to a scout captain here for offending the villain. When he saw those familiar team flags, he could naturally distinguish the identity of the other party.

But because he knew the identity of the other party, the answer he originally wanted to blurt out became hesitant...