Chapter 12: Egger
The day after the dinner, the Carouston border.
Knight Iger rode on horseback, holding the hilt of his sword in one hand and the reins in the other, and rode unhurriedly along the official road, followed by six cavalrymen of the Oak Will Cavalry Regiment with cold eyes and solemn expressions.
Egger was forty-eight years old, and he was a knight of the Divine Domain in the year 304 of the Age of Divine Victory, which was five years ago in the spring.
Iger still vividly remembers that day he and eleven others received the canonization of King Fred Christian and the blessing of Pope St. Fabiang in the Arissanite Empire, and became a true Knight of the Divine Domain, swearing to be the sword of the Empire forever, swearing to defend the glory of the Empire, to defend the glory of the Empire with faith, to fight evil with faith, and to defend the glory of Heaven to the death.
In the blink of an eye, he had been guarding the city of Carouston for five years, and he knew very well that Carouston was the shield of the empire, and to the west was the principality of Lopsius, the most ambitious and powerful principality in the Junn Empire.
During the five years he was stationed in Caroston, he had fought several times against the Silver Eagle Winged Cavalry Regiment of the Duchy of Loptius, and this was a formidable opponent in no way inferior to the Will of the Oak.
In addition to weaponry, the biggest difference between the Silver Eagle Wings and the Oak Will is the staffing, every five cavalry units are a cavalry squad, every five cavalry squads are a battalion, each battalion has a knight to lead the command, and there are three battalions stationed on the border line. This is equivalent to three genuine God's Domain Knights and no less than seventy God's Domain cavalry, almost twice as many as the Oak Will Cavalry Regiment.
The three knights of the Divine Domain stationed at the border by the Silver Eagle Wings, all of whom Iger had fought against.
The strongest of the three, "Gun's Steel" Shiren Wozelch, left a huge bloody wound on Egger's shoulder in a confrontation two years ago, almost causing Egger to lose a hand, and it took him half a year to fully recover.
"White Light Knight" Langley Federlein is inferior to "Gun's Steel", but he is also an extremely powerful Knight of God's Domain, and Iger has never bargained for anything from him. Langley Federlein's superb riding skills and superb swordsmanship were able to accurately block Egger's attacks every time, while also being able to quickly counterattack.
Bobilis "Red Winged Knight" Rod has played Iger the most, being the youngest of the three and the weakest in comparison. Two years ago, if it weren't for the timely appearance and rescue of "Jun's Steel" Shiren, Egger's sword could have carved one more Bobilis Lot, but in the end Iger still failed, and paid a terrible price.
A hurried sound of horses' hooves came from the front, it was the cavalry Pato, the fastest and most agile Divine Cavalry in the Egger cavalry team, the well-proportioned body shape looked extremely thin in the team, and the cavalry armor of the smaller one was dusty, and it could not reflect a little silver light.
Iger pulled the reins, and the war horse named "Giant" under him stopped with Egger's heart, standing upright on the official road, and the six cavalrymen behind him also pulled the reins one after another and stopped the war horse.
The cavalryman Pato rode his horse slowly stopped in front of Egger and quickly said: "Knight Egger, no archers have been found in front, but a little clue has been found, and there are traces of ambushes in the forest on the side of the caravan's incident. ”
Egger stared, nodded, and didn't say anything. Pato tugged at the reins, turning back in the direction he had come and gone.
Iger pinched the belly of the "giant" with both feet, and rode forward again, and several people behind him quickly followed.
At the same time, near the border line not far from Egger and his party, on a hillside with a wide view, a group of heavily armed cavalry was quietly waiting.
At the head were three exceptionally well-armed knights, their steel armor shining with a murderous coldness.
In the distance, a cavalryman galloped quickly, and when he came to the front of the three knights, he slowed down and paced to the front.
"Lord Heeron, here they are, there are eight of them. ”
"Do you see clearly?" asked the knight who stood at the back of the three knights.
"Clearly, it's Knight Iger who is leading the team. ”
As soon as the scout cavalry finished speaking, he saw the knight stretch out his hand to cover the face armor on his forehead, and with a force on his feet, the war horse under him jumped out.
The knight at the head frowned, also covered his armor, and rode his horse to follow, and then all the cavalry were dispatched, and the cavalry team was like a sharp arrow, with the sound of thunder horses' hooves, whistling out.
"What's the sound?" said Knight Egger abruptly pulled his armistice horse.
"Boom, boom, boom~" As soon as the words fell, the sound of thunderous horses' hooves became clearer little by little.
"Alert, defend, defend!" Iger shouted. The cavalry behind him quickly gathered and moved closer together, forming a pointed triangle formation.
"Why? damn it!" Egger cursed as he saw the dozens of cavalry rushing towards him on the hillside in the distance. Three knights led dozens of cavalry!How could the cavalry regiment of Silver Eagle Wings appear here?
The cavalry that launched the charge was getting closer and closer, and the sound of horses' hooves was like a torrent, and before he had time to think more, Iger pressed down on his armor, took out his steel shield, and drew his long sword.
"For glory!" roared Egger!
"For glory!" all roared and charged at an enemy three times their size.
"Only a sharp arrow can penetrate a sharp arrow. Egger had a proverb that his teacher had told him.
"Boom Boom Boom ~ Boom Boom Boom ~" The two steel torrents, one large and one small, collided violently together, and the first to bear the brunt of Egger was one of the three knights, and the silver-armored knight was close to a slash with a long sword, and Iger also waved the long sword in his hand, "Boom!" The two long swords struck together, and there was a violent tremor in the palm of his hand. "What a strong force. As soon as they fought, Iger felt the strength of the other party.
An exchange, the two of them staggered, and immediately ushered in the second long sword in front of him, slashing towards his neck, it was the cavalry that followed closely behind the silver-armored knight, it was too fast, it was too late, the steel shield on his left hand was pushed forward, pressing down the body, the long sword was blocked, and the sharp cold light swept over his head.
Clamping the long sword in his hand, his eyes were fixed on the cavalry who came to the front again, and he handed it over, and the oncoming third cavalry long sword was wrapped in the inertial power of the charge and slashed at Egg's long sword, "Boom" was a golden sound again, the long sword came out of his hand, the power was too strong, Egg's charge was blocked by the first two waves of offensives, and he couldn't resist the exchange under the charge at all, and the moment the long sword came out of his hand, there was another long sword in front of him!
The steel shield once again blocked forward, but it couldn't block it completely, and after the long sword was blocked by a part of its strength, it deviated from the steel shield and slashed towards Egg's abdomen!
Egger only felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and the chain mail in his abdomen couldn't resist the long sword charged by a sixth-order cavalryman, and it was cut off in an instant, and the long sword cut a big hole horizontally at his waist.
I didn't have time to feel the injury on my waist, another knight had already charged in front of me, Egger didn't have time to pull out the spare long sword from the horse, calm down, the steel shield in his hand was raised horizontally, and it was a shield blow to the slashed long sword, "Sonorous!" The attacking long sword was instantly blocked and knocked away, Iger immediately pulled out the spare long sword, and before he had time to adjust his posture, he immediately met the sword blade in front of him!
"Bang!" the long sword was almost knocked away again, and a sharp pain came from the palm of his hand, and the field of vision in front of him suddenly widened, and as far as the eye could see, it was empty.
Riding the horse and running forward for a short distance, the reins were pulled, and he began to turn the horse's head, turned around and launched the second charge, there were four people around, and three people fell in the first wave of charge just now, on the other hand, the silver eagle wings, the wave just now rushed to the front without any attrition, and the horse's head had been turned to launch the second round of charge!
The sound of horses' hooves whistled again, "Oooo
Egg's waist was already covered with blood, and the war horse infused with holy power under his crotch was extremely fast, and when the horse's hooves landed between the ups and downs, they vibrated violently and slightly from bottom to top, squeezing the cut wound on his waist one by one, and blood gushed out from the wound one by one.
"Break through, pass through, whoever rushes over, go straight back to the city, and report to Orin!" Egger roared, he knew that this time it must be more than lucky, and he could only hope that the Holy Spirit would bless him and someone would rush over alive.
After speaking, looking at the oncoming cavalry, Egg gritted his teeth and bore the brunt of the attack, hoping to block more charging power and leave more life for his comrades behind him.
With the power of the charge along the downhill slope, he raised his shield to protect him, and the long sword in his hand slashed at the neck of the knight who had rushed to him!
The oncoming knight's eyes were startled, and then he slashed out at Egger's sword with the same fierceness, and the two steel swords slashed together. "Boom!"
"The strength is not as strong as it was just now!No, it's downhill, I'm faster!" A feeling flashed through Egg's mind for a moment, but the next moment it was covered by a sharp pain coming from the wound in his lower back. The slashing power under the momentum of the charge is full, and the force of the hard blow directly pulls the wound on the waist, driving the blood flow of the whole body, and bright red blood gushes out from the waist.
The wound on his waist was too large, and coupled with the fierce fighting, he lost a lot of blood in just a few breaths, and Egg's whole body was weak. Gritting his teeth, clenching his shield, he faced the cavalry on the other side.
After two breaths, Egg once again pierced through the formation of the Silver Eagle Wings, and two cavalrymen rushed out.
"Retreat! go back to the city!" Egger roared, his voice shaking, blood gushing from his arms, shoulders, and three horrific wounds on his thighs. Glancing back at his fallen comrades, he gritted his teeth and galloped away from the battlefield.
Two rounds of charge, only a few cavalry of the Silver Eagle Wings were slightly injured, the others were unharmed, the leading knight turned the horse's head, waved his hand to block the pursuit, stopped the horse and looked at the three people who left.
"Lord Heron, why don't you chase after you?" the other knight asked, lifting his visor.
The leading horseman was indifferent, his eyes still looking at the three people who were fading away in the distance.
The three of them soon found that the cavalry behind them was not pursuing, and the three of them did not have a trace of happiness in their hearts, only full of anger and powerlessness.
"Whoosh~Whoosh~" Iger heard a sound in his ears, it was an arrow!
"Raise the shield! Raise the shield! Raise the shield quickly!" As soon as Egger's voice fell, the steel shield placed on the left hand side had no time to block, and an arrow pierced the right shoulder, which was a steel shuttle arrow! This special arrow is made of a pointed and long stainless steel arrow, and the production process is more complicated than ordinary arrows, and the cost is high! Under the projectile, it can easily penetrate various types of defensive armor. The defense of the chain mail on Egg's body is not as good as the large-scale armor, and it is not as good as the whole body armor, it is a light defensive armor, and the purpose of this trip is to go to the border post to change the guard and investigate the attack on the Chamber of Commerce, so he did not wear heavy armor, so he suffered a big loss.
"Dododo~" After the rain of arrows, none of the three of them fell, but each person and each horse had several arrows pierced into their bodies!
"Whoosh whoosh~" rushed through the first wave of arrow rain, and another wave of arrow rain came from behind the right rear!
"Dodo~" The arrow came from behind and pierced the body!
"Poof!" a cavalryman was pierced in the throat and fell off his horse, missing more than a dozen steel shuttle arrows all over his body, each of which pierced through his armor and shot through his body!
Egger twisted his neck with difficulty and turned back, at this time he was still following behind him was the gray armor Pato, at this time Pato had three steel shuttle arrows pierced on his body, all of which were shot through from behind, and the three bloody arrows did not hit the heart and neck and other fatal points, but they were also extremely tragic, and the three bloody bloody mouths on his body were shocking!
Dizzy in front of him, Iger let go of the sword and shield in his hand, wrapped the reins with the last trace of strength with both hands, lowered his head, and fell off the horse and passed out.