In the darkness, Old Gerson lit a torch and cautiously escorted Sally to the nearest fortress of Concedon.

As a frontier fortress, Concedon is easy to defend because of its tall walls, and even if thousands of orcs come, they don't have to worry about any surprises. And just before coming to Finks Village, Old Gessen had actually sent a soldier to report the news, and brought the token to ask the army to come out to greet him. In other words, long before arriving in the village of Finks, the duke's daughter had already decided to return to Concedon Fortress directly tonight.

But apparently, Sally didn't pin all her hopes on the fortress.

"I know that there is a certain risk in doing so, and if things really get to the point where they are irreparable and that Fort Conceton cannot provide me with refuge, we will immediately turn south and return to the city of Houllier."

It is only when there are no outsiders in these four places that the undisguised wisdom will appear in her eyes.

Far from being a silly girl who takes one step at a time, it can even be said that she is one of the few women in this era who has the consciousness of independent thinking. has a flexible mind and extensive knowledge, although she is a daughter, her visible knowledge and ability are not inferior to her dazzling brother.

However, the difference with Francis is that she did not choose to be sharp, but hidden in the sheath and extremely restrained.

Old Gerson understood Sally's abilities and nodded in agreement with her decision, but he still couldn't imagine that Fort Conceton would be considered a threat by Sally. Wouldn't it be that without the orc attack, the humans themselves would start killing each other for inexplicable reasons?

Remembering Francis's deferential and consistent demeanor to everyone for more than a decade, Gerson Sr. really didn't believe it would come to pass.

The team of seven marched in the dark night, the torches reflected their figures, perhaps thinking that they had left the village that the orcs were going to attack, they all relaxed their vigilance in their hearts, and the atmosphere of the team was not tense, even a little relaxed.

Everything is easy to grasp.

However, on the vast and dark plain, an imperceptible black shadow has always followed silently in the distance.

Roddy always kept a safe distance from the other party, and the other party couldn't hear the sound of horses' hooves here, let alone notice that he was being followed like this - and Roddy, who was afraid that he would need to search for it, was looking at the bright torch and sighed helplessly.

"A bunch of fools, aren't they waiting to be a target for the enemy."

At the same moment, the fortress of Conceton.

"Sir! This is Miss Sally's request, and you can't ignore it! ”

In front of the gate of the fortress of Concedon, the drawbridge of the moat has just been retracted, and this is the first time in several years that this fortress has been so actively hanging the drawbridge that has not been pulled up for a long time, the wide moat and the solid city walls will always bring a strong sense of security to the soldiers of the kingdom guarding here, but at this time, it makes the soldier who came to ask for help feel cold.

"You didn't understand what I said? If you don't have Miss Sally's handwritten letter and token proof, I have no right to let the soldier go out in the dark. ”

The captain at the city gate is not of high rank, but the county official is not as good as the current management, although the fortress is a knight under the Kirk Lord, but an ordinary soldier next to Sally wants to talk to each other in person, it is not easy to do it at all. But what made the soldier extremely angry. He did have Miss Sally's handwritten letter and token in his hand, but he was completely ignored by the other party!

"But."

The soldier looked back at the drawbridge behind him. This meant that he was completely cut off from even the way back to the news.

"Nothing, I think you lied about the military situation and tried to mobilize the army, according to military regulations... This is a felony! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the two people behind rushed up and pushed the soldier to the ground, and before he could defend himself, he was knocked on the back of the head by the hilt of a sword and fainted.

All this happened extremely suddenly, after seeing the other party fall to the ground, the captain pursed his lips, as if he was struggling in his heart, but finally waved his hand and said: "For this kind of bastard who pretends to be a soldier and swaggers and deceives, see one hanged another, understand?" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers on both sides dragged each other away, and the atmosphere around them was unusually silent.

Fortress Concedon was supposed to be a beacon of security in the darkness of the night, but now it has been transformed into a beast that chooses people in the darkness......

………

By midnight, the villagers of Finks had left the village early, leaving an empty building, and at that moment, a black team quietly appeared on the outskirts of the village.

Their mounts ran silently on the ground, far less than the galloping sound of their horses—fifteen orc wolf horsemen came to the grassy slope outside the village of Finks. According to common sense, orcs who are not good at night vision will not choose to conduct so-called "reconnaissance" at such a time, but it is clear that today's mission is extraordinary - these wolf cavalry warriors armed with scimitars have resolute faces and a strong will to fight - because they are the backbone of the "Rohar's Hammer" tribe, and at the same time... He is also a subordinate of the witch doctor Sarota.

As the "real power" of Rohar's hammer, the witch doctor Sarota has gradually gained formidable power and power in recent years, and although his men are only the lowest-ranking scout infantry in the tribe, their loyalty to him is obvious to all.

At this moment, these wolf cavalry did not hesitate too much, and rushed straight down the grassy slope, and then entered the empty village.

"Mistress Sarota was right."

Before coming, the orcs were instructed to "thoroughly investigate the village" rather than "destroy the village", and received a personal reminder from the witch doctor Sarota to report it immediately if they found no one in the village.

At this time, the group of orc scouts had to sigh in their hearts that Lord Sarota's wisdom was admirable, and immediately turned the wolf's head and ran in the other direction in the darkness......

Roddy looked at the slowing team in front of him and tugged at the reins, stopping the horses under his crotch.

The pace of travel was slower in the darkness, and it was ten minutes before the distant team reached the fortress. Roddy, who was watching alone, was a little hungry, and secretly rummaged through the food carried on the horses, trying to replenish some energy.

Chewing on the hard dried cheese, Roddy rechecked the equipment he was carrying—two quivers, a horned bow, two scimitars, leather armor and gauntlets, and they were fully loaded. In the past, because of the habit of walking alone for a long time, he brought at least three days' rations. Touching his pocket, those voodoo dice were still inside, and after examining the character's attributes, Roddy confirmed that his blood was full.

Raising his head, the team of Sally and the others in the distance had completely stopped.

What are they doing?

The fortress of Conceton is within view, but because of the darkness of the night, it is impossible to see its outline, and Roddy will not know... Sally's team had already been heard from by the soldier who had been told, and had made the decision to stop.

Two hundred meters away, the old Geson holding the torch had a solemn face, and the expression of Sally beside her was more helpless, she straightened her white and blonde hair, and sighed: "It seems that we will not be able to return to Conceton today, and it is clear that my dear brother has made his final decision to silence a fortress so that it does not even light a lamp." ”

"Miss, I'll take someone to see—"

"Old Gerson, you understand that is useless," Sally interrupted him, waving her hand without question, "as planned, we will return to Hollier City at once, and there is still no way for my father to continue to besiege me." ”

This may be the sorrow of the nobles of the kingdom, who have fallen into each other, tempted each other, and even undisguised their naked killing intent, and learned to survive in this invisible sword and sword shadow before the age of twenty... At the moment, Sally still has faith in herself.

As early as two days ago, she had clearly known everything this brother wanted to do through the power and ways she had secretly cultivated. The acting and temptation in Vic Village, the touch of Fink Village, almost everything is within Sally's control and prediction - if there is only surprise and doubt, it is the scout captain of Nolan Village...

Sally was a little curious, how did that guy find out about this?

But this doubt was abruptly interrupted by a question-

"What's that?!"

The soldier with the torch couldn't see what the shadow in the distance was because of the light source beside him, and he only vaguely saw that something seemed to pass by on the horizon in the distance.

Old Gessen turned around, seemed to sense the strangeness of the atmosphere, looked at the torches lit around him, immediately noticed the problem, and ordered: "Put out the torch!" ”

Ten seconds later, the surroundings were darkened, silence enveloped the ranks, the guards were fine, and the maid's expression was obviously frightened, and she looked around tremblingly.

"Captain—"

"Silence!"

Old Gesen rebuked in a low voice, and then carefully discerned the subtle sound in the wind, and then his face changed suddenly.

"Damn... Damn it! It's the wolf cavalry! Fall back! Retreat! ”

The atmosphere of the team on the horse was tense instantly, and everyone who tried to turn the horse's head tried to kick the horse's belly, but because it was too hard, the maid who accompanied the team actually fell off the horse on her back because of her poor equestrian skills!

But none of the soldiers dared to dismount and lift her up—they all understood what old Gerson's warning meant, wolf cavalry. This is definitely a nightmare for humans living on the border, not to mention that at this moment, the muffled sound of the wolf running in the distance has begun to become unconcealed!

Sally tried to dismount and pick up the maid, but Gerson grabbed her by the arm, and without saying a word, she whipped her mount's buttocks, and turned back and shouted, "Don't care about anything!" Miss Protection breaks through to the south! ”

The team immediately began to charge towards the fortress of Concedon - at this point Gerson could only hope that the other party would retreat after seeing the human fortress, and he did not have much hope that the gates of the fortress would not be opened.

But after riding his horse and running more than a hundred meters, he looked back and found an imminent problem: the speed of the wolf cavalry was too fast, and they rushed down the hill and galloped all the way, far more ferocious than the warhorses that had just started, and Miss Sally was not very good at riding, and her speed was even slower than that of several veterans. If he continued to maintain this speed, he would be caught up by the wolf cavalry in less than half a minute - he knew the net-throwing ability of the group of orcs, and once any cavalry was approached by them within ten meters, it was basically a dead word!

So, the veteran was silent for a few seconds before making his decision.

He suddenly twisted his horse's head to the side, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone, draw your sword!" Get ready to take on the enemy! ”

There were only four soldiers in total, and their thin figures were really ineffective compared to the fifteen orc wolf cavalry rushing up in the dark not far behind them. But at this time, old Gesen didn't seem to hesitate much.

"Miss Sally, keep going, don't look back!"

With that, he led his young soldiers to turn the line to the left, raised their swords, and pounced on the enemies who weren't supposed to be here.

Sally's eyes widened and she wanted to speak, but she covered her mouth and even bit her fingers so that she didn't cry out - although she was young and resourceful, the words bloodshed and sacrifice seemed to exist only in those books forever, and when everything really happened suddenly, Sally who was not yet an adult simply accepted the decision of these soldiers to die generously for herself.

But the reason in her mind told her that she had to hold on to the reins in her hand and move on - only by living could she avenge these soldiers, and only by escaping from her brother's trap and trap would the blood not be shed in vain!

It was only at this point that Sally faintly understood... War is never far away, and the fear that the veterans don't want to mention will always show its cruelty in the most sudden gesture.