With the help of magic, the three of them walked out of the mountains the next afternoon, and traveled to the side of the mountains close to the kingdom.

The three of them traveled all the way, although it was not for a long time, but they never even slept after crossing the mountains and mountains, and their bodies were full of wind and dust.

Since there were no signs in the field of vision that could be referenced, Kurokikase didn't know where it was. The three of them found a glade, Roger opened the map and pondered for a long time, drew a large circle with his hand and said: "We are most likely in this area now, but the specific location cannot be determined." Now the only way is to go south, preferably to find the way, if there is a road, you can find the town, and ask the people in the town to determine the direction. ”

Unfortunately, there was no scroll of the Mage's Eye in the ring, and Xiao Chen couldn't learn this magic, so they could only walk and look for roads or towns that might be nearby.

"Found the way! to the west. The three of them walked south for more than an hour, and the first thing they noticed was Evelyn, who had the sharpest eyes. That road wasn't the main road south of Kuroki Pass, and according to Roger's judgment, they should be somewhere east of Kuroki Pass. But with a road comes a direction, and as long as you follow the road, you can always come to a certain town or village.

The three of them walked through the sparse forest to the road, and Roger and Evelyn frowned when they looked at the ground.

"There are a lot of footprints, horses' hooves and ruts. Xiao Chen said. The marks on the ground were dense, covering the entire road from back to front, Xiao Chen couldn't help but yawn, "It seems that a large group of people have passed." Is it the army of the Empire or our own people?"

"Imperials. Roger judged without hesitation, "It can be seen from the footprints that they are not the standard shoes of the guards, and in addition, after the defeat of the Blackwood Pass army, the guards will not retreat to this road." ”

"So if we follow this road, it's very likely that we will bump into the Imperials?" Xiao Chen asked.

Roger said: "Judging from the imprints here, this is not a large army, it is very likely that it is just a force responsible for sweeping. ”

"Are you saying that the Imperial sent a small team of people to raid the villages and towns around the Centaur Road?" Xiao Chen said.

"That's right. Their main force needs to guard against the black, and also guard against our counterattack, so it must be those weaker legions that are sent out to loot and burn," Roger saw Xiao Chen's somewhat surprised look and explained, "This is the most common way to deal with enemy territory that cannot be occupied, not only to hit the enemy's economy, but also to replenish a considerable amount of food, military resources and slaves. I believe that if the people of the kingdom enter the empire, they will do the same. ”

Xiao Chen said: "I want to go and see how the town in front of me is doing." ”

Roger didn't say anything more, nodded and led the two forward.

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The town in front of them was about ten kilometers away from the location where they found the road, in order to maintain their combat effectiveness, Xiao Chen and the three of them did not walk too fast, and when they arrived at the outskirts of the town, the sun had just begun to set in the west, and the sky was a little dark.

That town was one of the many ordinary towns in the north, and because of the protection of the Black Wood Pass, it had been relatively peaceful and peaceful for hundreds of years, at least it had never been attacked by the Empire. As a result, the town, built on flat land by the river, did not have too high walls, and there were not many soldiers guarding it.

The army that arrived today took it without much effort. The so-called little strength was nothing more than killing the baron and a dozen of his guards who tried to defend the town, and frightened the militiamen who had climbed the walls into fleeing in all directions.

At the cost of less than ten people, the Empire completely conquered this small town of several hundred people. Then came the time when the army began to unleash its hands and feet in the town, plundering on a large scale.

When Xiao Chen and the three of them hid behind a dirt slope to watch the city, they found that the town was already filled with screams and crying.

Xiao Chen stared at the town with a frown, from their point of view, everything in the city was blocked by the wall, and they couldn't see anything specific happening, but those terrible cries and cries for help still stubbornly penetrated the city wall and drilled into his ears. He didn't need to see it, just by the imagination of those voices, he could know what terrible things were going on inside.

Although these residents are not considered to be the people of the Tower of China now, and they can't be said to have much to do with them, as a modern person, how can they be indifferent to such a bottomless thing?

He asked, "Roger, what kind of team is this, how many people are there, what is the strength? Can you tell the difference?"

Roger observed some of the Imperial soldiers who were carrying looted supplies outside the town, and said, "This seems to be a detachment of the Second Line Army of the Empire, and according to the Imperial military system, a detachment is about 125 people.

Such a party may have one or two low-ranking knights as the leader. But most of the soldiers should be ordinary people. ”

Xiao Chen asked, "According to the strength of the three of us, can we solve them?"

Roger glanced at him, nodded and said, "If it is a detachment under standard circumstances, anyway, in such a complex environment, I and Evelyn dare not say that they are all annihilated, but there is definitely no problem in defeating them." Do you want to save them? This will delay our evacuation and make it more likely that we will run into the rest of the Empire's armies. ”

Xiao Chen stared at the head of the city at this time, and saw a young woman running away from the city in disheveled clothes, and several yelling imperial soldiers behind were chasing her, the woman was forced to have nowhere to escape, and finally jumped down from the city wall, fell to the ground and remained motionless, several soldiers chasing him ran to the city head and looked down, one by one was so angry, like the hunter whose prey had escaped, two of them were scolding loudly while spitting down, and one simply unbuttoned his pants and peed down. Xiao Chen closed his eyes, Roger could see his eyebrows and eyelids trembling slightly, and after a moment, his eyes suddenly opened again: "Do you think I will order them to be rescued in this world?"

Roger said: "He used to be you, and I think he will make the same choice as you." But now that he has recognized the cruelty of the world and the ruthlessness of the battlefield, he has become more mature. I don't think so. ”

Xiao Chen shook his head and said, "I don't think it's maturity, it's helplessness, right? Maybe the world has put too much pressure on him." But I'm sure there are some places in his heart that will still retain the original emotions. Even if reality makes it impossible for him to do anything, he must have desperately wanted to save these people in his heart. ”