Chapter 4: Avril

"Jue...... ......"

The sound of the saddle hitting the armor echoed in his ears, and when Loren woke up in a daze, he felt a sharp burning pain in his abdomen and palms, and couldn't help but snort lowly, but his eyes were surrounded by a damp cotton cloth, and he could only hear the sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the wet ground, and the sound of drizzle falling on the grass.

As far as I could tell from the voice, it was a cavalry squad, numbering about a hundred, the sound of horses' hooves was rather messy, and there was a burst of curses aheadβ€”

"Damn, this long rainy day has actually started again! Hmph, if the rain delays us back to the cage, I'm afraid the above will start scolding again!"

"Shhhh ”

"Hurry up, we must reach the town ahead before dark, if we can't make it, then we will have to camp in the rain. ”

"Speed up the march!"

......

Between his noses, there was the smell of earth and rain, and Luo Lan also regained a little strength, his hands were tied behind his back, and under the moisture of the rain, there was also a sharp pain in his shoulder, which was the result of being hit by the knight's sword, maybe lucky, it was only a tissue contusion, not a broken bone.

I don't know how long it took, with a curse, Luo Lan was suddenly lifted from the horse, and then his body was thrown to the ground in a twist, the feeling of rain and weeds under his buttocks, and then there was a sound of someone being thrown to the ground, accompanied by the miserable snort of the boy and girl.

"Camp in the wilderness, and the servants set up tents at once!"

There was a rough cry in his ears, and then a person stepped forward, took off the black cloth that surrounded Luo Lan's eyes, and threw it aside, looking at Luo Lan's embarrassed appearance, and sneered: "Boy, I thought you had lost your breath, that really made Uncle Ben busy in vain!"

This person has vertical and horizontal sword marks on his face, which makes Luo Lan unforgettable, he is the murderer of his mother!

"Woo......"

Loren stuffed cotton cloth in his mouth and struggled to get up, but was kicked heavily on the knee by the knight, and fell to the ground with a "peng", almost fainting in pain.

At this moment, a servant dressed in sackcloth came over, holding a saddle in his hand, and with a flattering smile on his face, he smiled at the knight, "Lord Gray, your tent is set up in this bamboo forest, do you think it is okay?"

"Good. ”

Gray smiled indifferently: "Prepare some honey-roasted ham and soju, I want to drink a little." ”

"Yes, sir!"

At this moment, Loraine's eyes widened, looking at the knights and servants in front of him, and he also remembered the name - Gray, and secretly vowed that he would definitely slash this murderer in this life.

The rain was pouring down from his face, and in the distance, Gray's three servants had already set up their horses, armor, and swords, and were setting up a simple tent at this time, and there were several boys and girls sitting by the bamboo forest with Luo Lan, none of whom they knew, and they all seemed to be from other villages.

Among them, a young man with bloodstains on his clothes trembling all over, his eyes were blank, he was completely frightened, maybe his relatives also died in front of him, causing him a certain amount of psychological trauma, and further away, there was a girl in a beige dress, the skirt was full of mud, even her face was covered with mud, and thorns and scratches, and her long flaxen hair was watered by the rain and stuck together, it didn't look good, but this didn't affect her beautiful and clear eyes, this was an extremely good-looking girl。

Lorraine's eyes swept away, Gray had captured a total of eleven children, carried by several war horses, at this time it had been walking for nearly a whole day, and these children may have come from different villages, this line, Gray didn't know how many civilians in the deserted village he had killed, looking from afar, Gray saw Gray's saber, there was a clear cross symbol on the hilt, which was the symbol of the knights under the command of the Holy See of Light, the legendary Knights of Light, and now his sword was stained with the blood of civilians.

A group of children all looked a little dazed, most of them shivering with cold, their lips white.

"Goo-Goo......

There was a soft sound in Loraine's belly, and almost all the children were the same, cold and hungry, and their strength was close to the limit, but fortunately it was not long before the rain stopped, and it was nightfall, and clusters of fires rose by the woods, and the servants were roasting a ham, and smearing it with honey and cumin, and the aroma was overflowing.

"Hey ......"

Gray stood up, cut off a large piece of ham with his bloodstained saber and put it on the plate, then grabbed a wine jug and walked to another tent not far away, laughing, "Lord Tuca, your gains this time are not small, tsk...... There are a total of 14 prey, I'm afraid that when I return to the Scarlet Castle, there will be some rewards!"

Another bearded knight stood up, holding a roast chicken in his hand, and said with a smile: "Lord Gray has gained a lot, haha...... We people are really working hard, the expatriate knights are comparable to those adults in the Scarlet Castle, all day long we only need to train those little cubs, where it is like us, not to mention the wind and food, if we finish the task late, we will inevitably be scolded. ”

Gray "shh ”

Tuka smiled knowingly: "When you say that, I think of Lord Catherine in the Scarlet Castle again, hehehe...... I haven't seen her for a few days, but I feel a little missing, even if it's just to look at her back!"

"Catherine?"

Gray snorted, opened his mouth to bite the ham, dipped it in the greasy, and smiled: "You dare to worry about that little wild cat?" hey...... Lord Catherine is the hottest kitten in the cage camp, it is said that her star source power strength has been cultivated to the peak of the seventh order, and she is only one step away from breaking through, once she breaks through, she can be among the Knights of Light, could it be that Lord Tuka is tired of being alive, and he dares to worry about a female instructor of the Knights of Light?"

"Hahaha......"

Tuka laughed dryly a few times and said, "I'm just admiring, I've never thought about anything wrong, Lord Gray, don't worry about it." ”

"Hahahaha, come, let's have a drink, there is no girl in this bitter cold place, tonight must be a lonely night. ”

"Really?"

Tuka stretched out his head and looked at the flaxen-haired girl not far from Luolan, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, and said, "Lord Gray, there seems to be a delicious dish in your prey, since no one knows what is happening here, why don't you enjoy it first?" Perhaps, if you don't want it, let it ...... me."

"Tuka!"

Gray was excited, his expression was extremely solemn, and he frowned: "Have you forgotten what Lord Luke said before leaving, these prey only belong to the training camp in the Scarlet Castle, and before bringing them back to the cage, the Hunting Knights are not qualified to 'move' them, you think clearly." ”

Tuka also seemed to be frozen by the frost, brought the roast chicken to his mouth and took a hard bite, and sneered: "I was fluttering for a while, I actually forgot about it, thank you Lord Gray for reminding me." ”

"Hmph. ”

Gray turned to the shivering appearance of the group of children, and said to a few servants, "Build a simple shed in the bamboo forest, let them stay overnight, and then burn a little broth, and let them eat the dough, and let them die before they go back to the cage and let the adults finish their selection." ”

"Yes, sir!"

Soon after, the servant set aside a pot, boiled it, and threw in some pieces of meat, which were bears, coarse and untasty, but in the eyes of these hungry children, they were already comparable to the dragon meat in the sky, and the cold bread that was placed aside, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Luo Lan sat quietly on a dry ground, his arms hugged his knees, and at the same time checked the injury on his shoulder, a bruise, fortunately it didn't seem to hurt the bones, although there was a hot feeling when the arm moved, but at least it didn't hurt the muscles and bones, but the injury on the right hand was slightly serious, and it was stabbed by the sickle blade, and the flesh turned out, and it hurt a lot.

When a piece of bread and a bowl of noodle soup were handed to him, Luo Lan immediately devoured it, and even after drinking the soup, he gently lifted the empty bowl and showed a pleading look at the middle-aged servant.

"Alas......"

The servant shook his head and served him another bowl of soup, only this time there were only a few pieces of food, not even a bite of meat.

Luo Lan still drank the whole bowl of soup quickly, he needed these soups to provide him with warmth, and he also needed to replenish his energy, so that his injuries could heal quickly, and only in this way could he have the physical strength to deal with the next encounter, and even escape!

The whole time, the flaxen-haired girl kept looking at Luo Lan, her eyes were very calm, and it could even be said that she was a little flat, and after her eyes wandered around Luo Lan a few times, she looked away, and never looked at Luo Lan again.

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A simple grass hut was built in the bamboo forest, and the ground was covered with freshly cut bamboo leaves, which was very stinging, but it was better than the wet ground, in addition, the servants cut down some bamboo, sharpened it into the ground, and built a one-man high fence around a group of teenagers and girls, Gray held a sharp sword in his hand, stood in front of the fence and looked at them coldly, and said lightly: "If any of you want to escape, I will not hesitate to cut off his head." ”

The children trembled and did not dare to speak.

It wasn't until Gray had walked far away and entered the tent that the group of children finally stopped being so scared.

At this time, the girl with long flaxen hair finally looked at Luo Lan again, and her voice was like a gnat.

"My name is Avril, what's your name?"