When the sun rose, a long table was set up in the courtyard, which several people carried out of the dining room.

On the table were bags with names written on them, and the bags were filled with gold coins.

Although everyone didn't sleep all night, it wasn't a problem for everyone who was about to receive the money.

Elizabeth and Aubrey stood at the table, and the man whose name Aubrey read came forward and happily took the money bag from Elizabeth.

When Aubrey read Artoria's name, it was Mordred who stepped forward to receive the money, and she took a heavy bag from Elizabeth's hand and held it in front of her. When Charles's name was read and no one stepped forward, Elizabeth put away his money.

Money is one of the best stimulants for human beings, and many people are so happy that they get a lot of extra money, and this excitement dispels the chill in the air.

It's late autumn, and the cold air from the far north is heading south, through the savannah, over the maple forests, taking away the heat from the air, giving the impression that winter is coming.

In the sky, the last migratory birds flying south formed a formation conducive to long-distance flights, and flew to the warm south with the force of this north wind.

On the river, southbound cargo ships pulled up their sails and transported goods from the northern steppes to various parts of the continent.

Artoria stood on the steep shore like the cold wind.

A few hours earlier, Leif had come to tell her that the captive Ruth wanted to see her, so she and Charles had gone with the lively Charles, to the secret base of the dragons on the banks of the river.

The magically held human skin mask on Ruth's face had been removed, revealing her face without an inch of good skin.

"You're Artoria Pendragon?" asked Ruth.

"It's me. Artoria replied.

"Do you remember the name? Ruth said a name.

Artoria was silent after hearing the name, then nodded.

This man was a member of the Knife Drawing Team and was Artoria's companion. She was captured with Artoria, and when she was in a prisoner of war camp, she had a bunk relationship.

After coming out of the prisoner of war camp, she did not take the money home, but went to the farm in the west to start a new life under the arrangement of the Rurik Empire.

Ruth was silent, she lowered her head, her body began to tremble, and then gasped for air.

After a moment, she looked up into Artoria's eyes.

"She was captured by demons and became a slave. Ruth said calmly in an emotionless voice.

"She often told her children that her companion, the 'Knight King' Artoria Pendragon, was a hero of the world who would one day come and rescue them. ”

That's what she said to her children until she was so weak that she lay in bed and was fed wurm by the demons. ”

Her children said the same thing to their own until they were thrown into a pit because they were too old to work. ”

The child's child continued to tell his child that one day a powerful warrior named Artoria Pendragon would come and rescue them from their muddy shacks. ”

For more than 300 years, her descendants have been looking forward to the day when that hero, Artoria Pendragon, will appear before them. ”

"It's just that what awaits them in these hundreds of years is either to die of exhaustion in the field, or to be dragged away as fodder or thrown into a pit when they are dying in bed, or to die in the demon's 'game'......"

"When I was ten years old, my master at the time came up with an idea, and he asked his friend, "Do you have any sexual interest in a human woman with an ugly face but a good body?" ”

So he picked it out and made it into a novelty, a toy that he would talk about and play with his friends over and over again. ”

One day, he made a bet with the princess who had come to him to see how long humans could live in icy water. ”

"He lost the bet, and my mother didn't survive long in the cold river. ”

"My mother loved to fantasize about the day when a hero named Artoria Pendragon, who had been passed down from generation to generation, would come and save our mother and daughter from the abyss. ”

"When my face was ruined, when I was dying from the bruises of the sun, she always told me, bear with me, she will come to save me. ”

"From then on, I became a tool of the princess. ”

"Later, I figured it out. Since you can't come to save us, and Rurik can't save us, then just let the humans come. As long as the humans have eliminated the demons, it will be the turn of the demons next. ”

......

Artoria, who had never been in such a bad mood, stood on the bank of the river, trying to calm her mind.

Many of his companions in the prisoner of war camp did not want to go back, and at the same time did not want to fight the human kingdom, so Philip arranged for them to the rear of the west.

But no one could have imagined that after the war, the demons would actually conquer a large area of land in the west.

Slavery had been abolished in the Rurik Kingdom, which left Artoria without much intuitive understanding of the living conditions of slaves. She didn't know what the slaves were like until she met them at Lady Verry's Fields Manor, especially when she went to investigate where they lived at night, and later met Mordred.

And the slaves of humans and demons under the rule of demons...... Ruth's words could be glimpsed in the leopard, which made Artoria feel a little frightened.

That's when Charles walked over and handed Artoria a dark red glass bottle.

"Come?"

It was a bottle of maple syrup from Charles's family, and because of the complex brewing process and limited production, it was hardly sold in the market.

Artoria took the bottle, removed the slime gum and cork used to seal the bottle, and drank it directly.

"Alcohol can numb and lift people's spirits. Artoria took a few more sips.

Seeing that there was only a little wine left in the bottle, Charles took the bottle from her hand, "Leave me a little, my heart is not good." ”

After drinking the last bit of wine in the bottle, Charles slammed the empty bottle into the river.

"How is she?" Artoria asked Charles.

"Taken care of. Charles replied, then took out another bottle of wine and put it into Artoria's outstretched hand.

At the same time, far away from Charles, a gorgeous carriage was running wildly on the road, bringing up a puff of smoke and dust, and two demonic beasts were chasing the carriage behind it.

In the carriage sat a beautiful little girl of twelve years old, and at this time her delicate face was eerie.

"What's wrong?" asked the man dressed as a maid sitting across from her.

"The pact with her is gone. The little girl said coldly, "I guess those guys played her to death, damn it, I told them not to go too far." ”

The maid shook her head, "They don't care so much about sexuality, she's almost killed a few times before." ”

"Forget it, just let the family send a new one. The little girl shook her head, "As long as you can get money over there, it's only in the next two days to calculate the time to close the net." It may be that the plan was successful, and they overdid it when they celebrated. ”

Then the driver of the carriage said to the people in the carriage, "Miss, the target has appeared. ”

The little girl asked, "Is it the target?"

"Confirmed. "The flag bears the coat of arms of the kingdom of Raybach, and they have found us." ”

"Do what you planned. The little girl said first to the coachman, and then to the maid, "Then the two beasts in the back work harder." ”

Then she opened the curtains of the carriage, stretched out half of her body, and shouted in a crisp and pleasant voice to the team in front of her: "Help!