Chapter 18: The Gallopers of the Night and the Battle Coming
The wind of the night was stirring, whistling and then reaching into the distance.
This is a dense roadside forest along the avenue.
In order to prevent the enemy from spotting, this method of movement is used as a shelter through the shadows and branches of the trees to prevent being attacked after being seen, but the high-speed jumping movement from tree to tree consumes a lot of physical and mental energy.
After all, in order to step on the trunk of a tree that is not too large, you must observe the surrounding terrain, wind speed, height, and position, adjust it, and then jump up and land in the place you have confirmed.
When jumping, he has a wide field of vision in the air, which provides Natsume with the first condition.
It's just that it can be said that the almost sleepless chase has narrowed the distance with the Knights, and the temperature of the recently discovered fire has not yet been astigmatized.
The Knights must have picked up their pace, while Natsume and the others had to stop and recuperate for a while due to Trian's wounds.
Originally, Natsume wanted Yasha to continue to tear off his clothes to bandage Trian, and Zuihou was naked, but that stupid idea had long been seen through, so now it was Trian's own clothes to deal with his wounds.
The wound was cross-shaped, which allowed Natsume to use a lot of magic to speed up the repair, so that Trian had recently healed a lot, to the point where he could wield a weapon.
However, I feel tired.
Although he currently has the physique of a 'saint', he is actually still an ordinary person.
It's like someone who suddenly gains eternal life and only to get tired of it after a few hundred years, not realizing that they are at an extraordinary stage.
This is the case with Natsume, even if the body is not sore, the spirit will be sore.
Maybe it's similar to phantom limb pain in medicine.
After pausing on a large tree, Natsume listened to the sound of the wind and the sound of cranes and water in the woods, and after checking the terrain, he began to move.
He held Trian on his left shoulder and Yesha on his right, moving forward at a faster pace.
They can't be at full power, because the two of them are ordinary people, and if they are in the state of sound all the time, they will not be able to bear it physically and mentally.
Natsume gasped for a breath from the big tree behind him about fifty meters away.
"What's wrong? Tired? ”
Yesha's voice came from his ears, Natsume nodded with a wry smile, and put the two of them down.
The three of them sat on the tree, and Trian, leaning against the main trunk, took out the map.
He hadn't been here either, so he had the map in his arms before he left, so he didn't lose it with his backpack.
Spread out the map, this is the middle of the south of France, there are not many nearby cities, only a small city built on the mountains in the northwest, but Natsume and they don't go there to seek supplies, it would be a waste of time, so they will feed their hunger with animals in the forest and fish in the rivers somewhere.
Theoretically, Natsume could go without eating for a long time, but based on habit, he still ate with them.
At the same time that Natsume and Trian were discussing the route and looking at the map, Yesa patted the trunk of the tree in dissatisfaction, causing the dry leaves to spill down.
"Whoa, whoa, really, I want to drink, drink, drink, anything! William, Trian! Give me wine! ”
"Even if you say that, you can't help it."
Natsume touched the head of the grumbling Yasha, and was slapped off by the other party on the way.
"Don't treat me like a child, drinking is an important step for people."
"Really? I looked at the map, ah, there is, there is a city called [Yichun] in front of it, maybe there is wine sold there. ”
"Really?"
"Fake."
"Die!"
However, Natsume dodged Yasha's attack.
"What kind of wine does a girl drink, even if she drinks, give me less, don't act like an uncle."
"Uncle!? Wine is not the privilege of uncles, wine can enhance a certain immunity, and a certain amount can also keep people sober. ”
"Can you also let drunk people do that and that?"
"That and that?"
"It's better that you still don't know."
Natsume spread her hands helplessly, this girl didn't seem to know anything about that aspect at all, should she find a chance to talk to her alone?
First of all, let's talk about the relationship between men and women.
Yes, yes, yes, such as that and this, this and that, and things that go to the top together!
Isn't that the same as a pervert?
"Aren't you?"
"Don't answer what is in my heart!"
Facing Trian, who suddenly interjected, Natsume said loudly, which made him look puzzled.
"I'm talking about Mr. William, who is British."
"Yes, yes."
"So have you heard anything about the Knights of Orleans?"
"I don't know, but I understand that they are acting for the so-called 'oracle' and 'holy woman', looking everywhere for the 'body' that can become a 'holy woman', from the knight who originally guarded the 'holy woman' to protect the people into a vengeful magic association, and there are several atrocities in France."
"I also know a lot, their current course of action is due north."
Kindness.
Natsume probed it based on the traces on the road.
Even if a magician deliberately created an illusion, Natsume easily saw through and destroyed them, and continued to track them.
"So, we're fast enough to catch up with them."
"It's about the same."
Natsume didn't wait for them to speak, and picked them up without permission
"Give me, hey! Wait for me, where are you touching! ”
"It's not a strange place, it's the stomach."
"That, yes, it's someone's boobs!"
Poof!
Punched.
Sure enough, what is revealed only when you take off your clothes is impossible to determine directly by looking at it.
Started moving forward again, his feet bent, and then burst out with a powerful liliang, and at the moment when he was about to shatter the trunk of the tree, the three of Natsume flew up.
Flying past the treetops and out of the forest, you are greeted by undulating meadows and marching processions in the distance.
See.
The Knights who walked towards the city, the Knights who brought atrocities and destruction.
You don't have to ask to know that they're ready.
Although there is no detailed jihua, the real ends and means are already very clear to the three people.
In the face of the gap and advantage in numbers, the only feasible way is to rely on Natsume's Liliang to force a breakthrough.
The remaining strength of the Knights now numbered about 700, with heavy cavalry and light cavalry making up the majority, and the rest being the Knights of the Guards and the Magicians.
Of course, they weren't the trickiest people, and the ones that gave Natsume the most headache were the two people around the magician.
One uses his life as a sacrifice to drive the crossbow, and the other relies on the loss of blood to provide Liliang, and in order to fulfill their 'wishes', they must win even if they give their lives.
It's a desire, it's an expectation, but the purpose is the opposite.
Therefore, Natsume sped up, and the corners of his mouth raised a smile that others could not detect, yes, now he is fighting to destroy the 'hope' of others.