"Hold on, for there's Raven Castle ahead, with its strong walls, water, and food! We'll be safe when we get there! ”

In the afterglow of the setting sun, a group of knights was galloping back and forth in the wilderness, escorting a team of hundreds of refugees, smashing the heads of the undead who tried to get closer.

Each knight's face was stained with smoke and blood, and the coat of arms painted on the armor was also full of stains and badly damaged, including the female knight who was still encouraging everyone just now, and the reddish-brown coagulated blood mixed with the slightest yellow-green patch had glued her long hair into a hard lump, and it was impossible to see the original color, it was not her blood, but from the licker she had killed.

The female knight raised her sword and fell, the blade of which slashed through the bones of the skeleton's neck, and the earth-covered skull "gurgling" and tumbling to the ground. She cheered the refugees on loudly in an almost hoarse voice, while watching her surroundings warily, carefully guarding every suspicious place.

Along the way, this belongs to Sylne? The team of Princess Marquis of Kadean has been through so many battles that it is almost reaching its limit.

Most of the horses under their crotches were exhausted, but they were still whipped by their owners without pity, and although every whip on their beloved horses was like being whipped on themselves, the knights had to do so, because they knew that if they did not drain the last of their strength, they would probably be overtaken and devoured by the undead.

Now every knight, every refugee's thought is to rush to the Raven Castle as soon as possible and sleep peacefully behind the thick walls.

Sylne-Kadean put his sword back into its sheath and looked at the skeleton corpses on the ground with a worried face, although this wave of undead was killed by them, God knows how many others were chasing after them.

Fortunately, their target, Raven Castle, is already close at hand, and it will be safe to get there.

At least that should be the case tonight.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, this is the valley, we have arrived! Baron Eredare's Night Raven Castle from this valley is a very strong castle surrounded by steep cliffs that even undead creatures can't climb, and the only way to get through is the road in front of the valley. Baron Eredale has built three lines of defense in the valley, enough to withstand most threats. ”

Sylne nodded, tired, but his eyes were full of hope.

"In other words, Baron Eredaer's defense is not under much pressure, and it is very likely that he will support us with some manpower?"

The knight smiled bitterly and said, "The food of Night Raven Castle depends on a little arable land in the valley, and it can't feed much of the population at all, so it's okay to maintain defense, can you support us...... I'm afraid it won't be too many, even the most optimistic estimate of ten people is already the limit, and I'm afraid it's impossible to put on all of them. ”

Syrne's eyes darkened, and he muttered, "Yes, it doesn't work here either......"

"Your Royal Highness, what did you just say?"

Sylne instantly changed into a sunny smile, and in order not to let the knights lose hope for the future, he made a confident appearance.

"It doesn't matter! No matter how many people can, as long as they can help us, it is a strength, at least a good start! We will definitely find reinforcements, and the divine light will be obscured by dark clouds, but after all, the rain will pass and the sky will clear! Humanity will win! ”

Despite being exhausted by the endless battles, for some reason, Princess Sylne's voice seems to have an inexplicable charm, like a lighthouse in the night, which always makes people involuntarily look at it.

"Humanity will win!"

Princess Sylne said to the refugees: "All right, it is getting dark, so let's go to Baron Eredale and sleep by the warm fireplace!" Croto, you must not let the undead hurt a single person! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness Princess."

"Your Highness, you are really a saint!"

……

Amid the praise, the team entered the valley, but the surrounding environment could not help but make people suspicious, and the more they walked, the more they felt that something was wrong.

Normally, there would be guards guarding the valley to provide early warning to the rear, but now there is not even a single figure to be seen, and the surrounding farmland that was originally cultivated land is now barren and grassy!

Then an ominous thought came to the minds of the knights, but no one wanted to say it, and everyone just walked forward with the last illusion.

After walking for a short time, the weeds around them gradually thinned, and the knights found the wheel prints on the ground, and although they recognized them as wheel prints, they could not understand what kind of car could press such wide wheel prints.

"Princess!"

The knights set their sights on Princess Syrne, hoping that the young girl, who was old enough to be their daughter, would have an idea.

Princess Sylne hesitated for a moment, and looked back at the refugees, who were already exhausted, knowing that if they turned back to the wilderness in this state, they would definitely die if they encountered the undead.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Now that we're here, there's no reason to just turn around and leave anyway, let's go and see what's going on in front of us." ”

"Understood, Your Highness Princess."

The knights were vigilant and continued to move forward, their nerves were already tense to the limit, and each of them held the hilt of their swords in their hands, and they could immediately draw out and fight in case of danger.

"Lights! I see the lights! ”

A knight whispered excitedly, there are lights means there are people, the undead will not light fires and lights, no matter what the Night Raven Castle has become now, as long as there are people, it will be easy to do, even if it is a group of robbers, it is not impossible to communicate, right?

Although there are many ways to communicate, well, there is also the use of swords to communicate.

"Everyone be careful, there may be danger ahead!"

Instead of lowering his voice like the knight just now, Sylne loudly instructed the people in the team that if there was only his own guard knight in the team, there would naturally be no need to say anything, especially if it was so loud, it was very easy for the enemy to notice. But now there are too many refugees in the team, and these people who have no common sense of fighting can only be reminded by shouting loudly, although this may expose themselves, there is nothing they can do.

Commoners provide for knights; Knights protect civilians. This is a contract that has been passed down since ancient times, and it is also her faith in Sylne.

The two knights of the Guardian quickly overtook Sylne and walked in front, their weapons clenched tightly and ready to strike at the slightest hint of a blow.

"Squeak-squeak-squeak-buzz-"

Suddenly, there was a strange sound in the dark shadow on the side of the road not far ahead, and then a green light lit up, and through the dim moonlight knights, they saw a black shadow suddenly rise from there.

Just as the knights were about to attack, the black shadow actually spoke in an extremely strange tone!

"Human identity confirmed. Warn! You have entered the warning range, please lay down your weapons and report your identity and intentions, or you will be attacked!

Repeat, you have entered the alert range, please lay down your weapons and report your identity and intentions, otherwise you will be attacked! ”