On a lonely high slope, a few crooked-necked trees are scattered on the top of the mountain. In the middle of an irregular clearing, there is a fire in the life. The fire shone on a young face, and a baby-faced young man was humming the Empire's popular ditty "Aria in the Night," while a flaked and washed pheasant was picked up from a twig and roasted on the fire.

The pheasant was roasted so fat that it dripped, and with each drop, the bonfire in the fire would rise a little higher, and it would blow up fluffy sparks. The young man smacked his mouth, saliva dripping from the corners of his mouth, and from time to time he reached out and wiped it.

At this time, the campfire suddenly shook violently, and then there were more people around the fire. The young man snorted and said, "Huh", "Are you injured?" ”

After finishing speaking, the roast chicken on the branch, a fatty and delicious chicken leg suddenly disappeared out of thin air. Then someone sat down beside him, and the firelight illuminated a woman's face. This face, or half of it, looks beautiful and cold. The other half of his face is obscured by a mask that flows with a metallic sheen to his nose. It doesn't look like it's worn on the face, but it's embedded directly in the skin. By the light of the fire, a dark red scar could be seen between the edge of the mask and the woman's face. This ugly scar contrasts sharply with the beautiful half of the woman's face.

There was blood at the corners of her mouth, and the blood stains had not yet been wiped dry, and she ate the chicken into her stomach. The woman ate the roast chicken silently and did not speak. The baby-faced man sighed and said, "I told you not to join in the fun, anyway, let's just bring the words to others." It's none of our business what he does, you see, he didn't kill him, and he was injured, right? ”

"You talk a lot of nonsense." The woman's voice was hoarse, sounding a little lacking in breath.

The baby-faced man grinned and said, "You didn't know me for the first day, don't you know that I talk a lot." But even so, I don't think you've been impatient, otherwise we wouldn't have been partners for ten years. ”

"That's because you're talking in my ear to remind me that I'm still alive."

The man said with a bitter face: "So that's what I do." He shook his head, tore off another chicken leg and handed it to the woman, saying, "Having said that, that person's combat power is not weak, but even you missed, it's really not simple." ”

"It's not simple, I used the phantom incarnation to escape back, otherwise the consequences will be worrying." The woman frowned: "You didn't put salt in the chicken?" ”

"You just ate it?" The baby-faced man squinted and smiled: "It's amazing that you were forced to use a phantom incarnation." Hearing you say that, my hands are a little itchy. ”

"If you go now, you can probably have a fight."

"No, no."

"Afraid of death?"

"No, I'm afraid that it will ruin the affairs of adults, and it will be worse than death at that time." The baby-faced man stretched out his hand and flicked on the woman's iron mask: "You have suffered such a loss a long time ago, and if you still don't learn to behave, you can't be helped." ”

The woman snorted and swept his hand away, and whispered, "I don't have to worry about you. ”

"Yes, yes, even adults can't control you, how can my partner have this ability. Hey, don't eat it, be careful of fat. ”

The woman glanced at him and said, "What did I say just now?" ”

The man immediately raised his hand in surrender.

The battle at the bottom of the low slope is over.

When more than half of the horsemen were killed or wounded, their fighting spirit began to weaken, and with Allen, the killing god, sweeping through the field, the opponent was defeated. Alan didn't look at the other party's strong men at all, and only attacked ordinary knights. The Red King drank the blood of the enemy, except for the clever assassin in the middle of the way who interrupted for a moment, the rest of the time where the Red King passed, there was no enemy under the sword. was targeted by Allen, and he had already stepped into the coffin with half a leg.

In addition to Allen, there are also two people, Faress and Rick, who rush into battle to kill the enemy. But they didn't kill as many people as Adele, using the top of the slope as a sniper position, and the sniper rifle in Adele's hand fired frequently, and every time she shot, a knight would die with a headshot. Coupled with the strafing of the inch-fire shooters, the rout of the horse team was even faster. After all, if you are evenly matched, it is called fighting, and if you are suppressed and beaten, it is called slaughter.

No one wants to be a lamb to the slaughter, and the quality of these cavalry is already quite good, but when the battle loss ratio is seriously skewed, even the most elite army will have no fighting spirit.

When the last cavalry fell, the leader of the horse team was thrown at Allen's feet by Lola. In order to keep her mouth alive, Lola took a lot of effort to break his hands and feet, and she was somewhat injured. Alan crouched down, looked at the other and asked, "If I ask who is supporting you, I guess you probably won't answer?" ”

The leader laughed miserably and snorted away.

Alan was not surprised, he simply sat down next to the leader of the horse team, and said, "I guess again, you don't say it because you still have a wife and children." If you say that, then your loved ones won't survive, will they? ”

"But do you know who I am?" Alan looked up at the night sky and said, "I don't think the people who supported you probably didn't mention this, after all, openly attacking an Imperial Viscount is a big crime. ”

The leader's whole body was shocked, and his expression was surprised. Although he didn't admit it, the expression on his face spoke for itself. Alan sighed, "In other words, the one who supported you was an outcast from the beginning. Whatever the outcome of your attack tonight, you are doomed to never return. The murder of the Viscount of the Empire, once stabbed by someone, it is difficult for even a general to get out. After all, the first emperor had said that imperial knights could die in territorial disputes, but they would never be allowed to die in conspiracy. Being killed in a territorial dispute is called the law of the jungle. But the murder of the Imperial Sir shook the foundation of the country, which are two things with completely different meanings. ”

Alan then looked back at the leader: "Do you want to make a bet with me, even if you die here." Your family and relatives are not immune, as long as all the people involved are cleaned, he can really stay out of the matter. ”

The leader of the horse team exclaimed, "No way, he promised us......"

At the end of his words, his whole body suddenly convulsed. The eyeballs bulged out, and the green tendons under the skin bulged. Faintly visible several black breaths swimming on his body like poisonous snakes, Alan was startled and shouted, "Tell me, who asked you to come." ”

"Yes......" Just as he was about to shout a name, the leader of the horse team suddenly died of anger. The green tendons on his body quickly turned black, and his death was terrifying. Edward squinted at the sight of the situation.

"It should be at the time of departure, some kind of ability was buried in advance. Wait for it to be activated when needed, and you can kill people. Alan nodded, "Sure enough, I guess you didn't find any marks on the corpse, right?" ”

Edward let out an "um" and asked, "What should I do with the corpse?" ”

Alan stood up, patted his knee and said, "Bury it all." As for armor, swords and muskets. What can be recycled, it is recycled, and when it comes to Sardinia City, it is sold at a low price. As for the war horse, keep it for later use. ”

"This slap is loud enough." Edward smiled and turned away.

Moments later, Regis and Fareth joined forces to quickly dig a large pit in the wilderness and throw the bodies of the dead into it. After that, the soldiers cleaned the battlefield, and recovered a total of more than 100 sets of armor and swords, more than 40 intact muskets, and nearly 1,000 bullets. As for the horses, in addition to those who were seriously injured or killed, there were more than seventy horses that were unharmed. This batch of war horses alone can be sold for a good price.

As for Allen's side, three people were seriously injured by the Mountain King, and most of the others were injured by skin injuries. The infantry soldiers were killed in four, seven were seriously wounded, and the rest were slightly wounded. This battle damage ratio is surprisingly small, thanks to the long-range suppression of the Raging Fire Rifle at the beginning, coupled with the fact that there are many strong people on Allen's side, the battle will suppress the strong men of the opposing army. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to achieve such beautiful results.

After four hours of rest, at dawn, the caravan departed the wilderness. It's just that everyone was silent as they passed last night's battle. After all, more than 200 people are buried here forever, and silence is the least respect for the dead.

When I saw the walls of Sardinia, it was already afternoon. Alan rode on his horse and walked leisurely beside the group. He blocked the glare of sunlight from his head with his hand and looked in the direction of Sardinia City. In the distance, you can see a pattern of scales on the city gate, which is the symbol of the city of Sardinia. The gates of Sardinia are magnificent, the gates are tens of meters high, and the arches. Stone statues of knights with swords are carved on both sides, and then the walls extend from the left and right. The walls were high and thick with grey and white boulders, and were covered with battlements and firing ports. There are watchtowers every 100 meters, and several defensive guns are set up on the commanding heights.

In the sunlight, the rugged barrel of the cannon was reflecting the golden light.

When the caravan arrived at the city gate, it stopped for a moment, and Edward and Sean stepped forward to go through the formalities of entering the city. Alan was napping in the shade of an old tree when he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the direction of the city gate. He looked up and yawned. He gestured to Lucy on the side of the carriage, hugged the Red King, and took the two Mountain King warriors to see what was going on.

At the city gate, several infantry soldiers formed a half-moon formation, protecting Edward and Sean behind. In front of the infantry soldiers was a group of Imperial soldiers, who were facing each other with their swords, wearing dark green suits and fine iron armor, and with a stag motif on their chests, which was the emblem of the Emerald Stag Army.

The soldiers on both sides were in a confrontation, but the two sides were quite restrained and did not fight at the first time. Alan pushed aside the crowd of onlookers, walked over to Edward's side and asked softly, "What's going on?" ”

"It's nothing, someone is trying to blackmail us." Edwards said lightly.