readx; "Why is this place so desolate, and what is it called?"

The knight on horseback tugged at the reins and looked out over the barren mountains in the distance, gray-black and bare, with only a yellow mountain path winding like a snake. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, a light snowfall has recently covered the desolation in front of you.

The guide who walked in front of the knight immediately bowed his head respectfully and replied: "Master Knight, there is no official place name for this mountainous area, and the people nearby call it the Gray Mountain, but the trail we are walking on now has another name, called the Buck Antler Mountain Road. ”

The knight named Blue nodded, and the cold wind with scattered snowflakes in the mountains made him tighten his leaky armor, and then turned his head to look behind him.

Behind him was a small convoy, with only a few wagons, two of which were used to carry people, and the rest were loaded with miscellaneous items such as tents necessary for going out of the house.

However, there were not many guards in this convoy, there were more than thirty people in total, and unlike ordinary mercenaries, this group of men wore uniform standard armor, carried sophisticated weapons and shields, and rode black-maned horses of the same height or even similar weight.

And as a guide who has been walking through the Iron Hoof Plain for many years, he can also see the extraordinary origin of this group of people-each of them is a young man over eighteen years old and under twenty-five years old, with a fair face and outstanding appearance, and he is definitely not a private soldier of a nobleman, and the lowest strength of this group of young people is also an elite warrior, with sophisticated equipment that makes people jealous, ordinary bandit regiments will never dare to have any crooked thoughts about this convoy.

Of course, the guide didn't know what the identity of this group of people was, and he was not qualified to know, as long as it was a good salary, and then led the way. However, the mercenary-turned-guide also had some very reliable guesses in his heart.

In Elend's world, there is only one of the largest forces that dares to use red and white to paint armor openly, and has such sophisticated equipment and force.

The Titan Holy See!

The group of people who set out from Tórshavn, in North Sunderland, were definitely from the Titan Holy See, and the guides could be so sure.

However, there are not many armed institutions of the Titan Holy See, such as the Knights of the Radiant Templar, the Knights of the Cathars, and the official legions of the religious countries, these armed institutions are all painted in red and white, the difference is that the flag and the equipment image are completely different, if you are not a person from a religious country, or a member of the Titan Holy See, it is difficult to tell the difference.

Of course, none of them can afford to be offended by either North Sunderland or Lorenzo.

"How long will it take to get to Sandshield City?" Blue pondered for a moment and asked, he was the leader of this convoy for a long journey, and there were many aspects to take into account, safety, routes, supplies, etc.

"If there isn't a heavy snowfall along the way, then there's five days left, Lord Knight." The guide bowed his head and said respectfully.

Blue nodded in satisfaction, he hadn't wasted much time in circumventing the battlefield in terms of time, and he was also satisfied with the title of guide.

They are indeed knights, but they have to add two words to the end - Hu Obey.

That's right, these more than thirty majestic guards are just the subordinates of a real knight.

Blue stood on the slope of the hill, waiting for his comrades to push the carriage up, and when the first carriage came to the top of the hill, the coachman stopped, and then the curtain on the front of the carriage was lifted, and a young girl in a dress got out of the carriage and jumped lightly to the ground.

Blue hurriedly dismounted and walked over to salute, and then respectfully asked, "Good afternoon, Miss Julils, is there anything I need to serve?" ”

"Captain Ann Blue, I've just been in the carriage for a long time and come out for a walk."

Ecilia. Hades. Julils smiled faintly at the knight, then turned his head to look at the country that had been separated for two years.

Although Eicilia did not know this desolate and barren place, this did not prevent the young girl from loving her country from the bottom of her heart, and she smiled and breathed the scent of Lorenzo, as if even the cold snowflakes had warmed up.

Of course, it was impossible for Blue to leave this Miss Julils and go about her own business, and their group of knights, in addition to following their master, had made a detour from the religious country to North Sunderland, and then to Lorenzo, the most important purpose of which was to escort the noble maiden back to their homeland.

Soon, the second carriage was pushed up the hill, and before the coachman could stop it, a young man in a red robe jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, and then waved impatiently at the knights and servants who saluted him around him, and changed his face to a kind smile, and walked briskly in this direction.

Seeing the anxious appearance of this young and unsteady monkey, Blue couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then bent down and bowed his head to the nominal master: "Good afternoon, Lord Francis." ”

For the captain of the subordinate team appointed by this family, Francis still needed to maintain a superficial respect, so he slowed down and nodded: "Blue, I've worked hard for you on the road. ”

After saying this, without waiting for Blue to answer, Francis hurried past him and walked to Ecilia's side, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter, Ecilia, is it because the carriage is uncomfortable?" ”

Hearing Blue's greeting, Ecilia knew that it was her classmate and friend Francis who had arrived, and she didn't look back, just continued to look at the gray-black mountains that were slowly covered with snow.

"Francis, I've passed the trials and exams of the apprentice knight just like you, please don't always think of me as an ordinary delicate girl."

"Eicilia, I can swear I've never thought that way here, don't wronged me." Francis stared straight at Ecilia's beautiful and flawless face, hesitated for a moment and asked, "I've always wanted to ask you, why don't you accept the title of Apprentice Knight because your grades are so good?" Insist on taking a leave of absence to return to China? ”

"The reasons are complicated, you won't understand Francis."

Ecilia spread out her palms, and two snowflakes falling from the sky landed on the palms of her white snowy hands, looking at these two snowflakes that were exactly the same as twins, Esilia couldn't help but sigh slightly.

I've been hiding for two years, and I can't continue to leave my sister alone with that burden!

Ecilia said to herself in her heart.

It's a pity that Francis can't guess what the girl is thinking, he can only use his head to turn around to find the most likely reason, and then sigh with empathy, and stretch out his hand to pat Ecilia's fragrant shoulder: "Is it because of the military conflict with North Sunderland?" You don't have to worry too much about this, as soon as the Holy See's edict comes down, the barbaric and rude North Sunderland will retreat. ”

Barbarous? So what are we who have no reason to conflict with them?

Speechless at her classmate's comforting excuse, Ecilia avoided his groping hand without a trace, and then changed the subject with a smile, not wanting to talk about the laughable military conflict between her country and her neighbors.

"By the way, Francis, is the guy we saved halfway awake?"

"Huh?"

Francis's eyes rolled before he remembered that they had rescued a teenager who was unconscious in the middle of the road on the Plains of Iron Hoof before entering the mountains.

Perhaps because of her fellow Lorenzo nationals, or perhaps because of the guilt caused by the successive destruction of nearby villages due to the military conflict, Ecilia felt a little sympathy for the boy, and Francis, who was observant, immediately took the initiative to save the boy, but he forgot about it when he turned his head.

Francis smiled, but the hand at his side reached behind him in a stealthy gesture.

Hu Cong, who was standing on guard not far away, could only sigh slightly when he saw this gesture, and caught up with him in a few steps and said, "Miss Julils, the young man who was rescued has woken up, and we asked him, it seems that it is a villager named Xiqiu Village nearby. ”

"Oh, let's go see him, and if we stop by, we can send him back." Seeing that Ecilia seemed a little interested, Francis immediately proposed.

Ecilia nodded, she also wanted to know through this teenager what kind of life the civilians of Lorenzo lived.

Live in great misery? Or live and work in peace?