Chapter II

"Hold on, keep it for me. ”

Grant's hoarse roar echoed through the jungle.

Beside him, a dozen knights and more than twenty soldiers in the uniforms of the Fifth Legion were gathering on a small hillside back to back, desperately resisting the attack of the dense enemy around them. The sound of slashing, screaming, roaring and the clashing of weapons was endless.

It's noon at the most intense time of the day. The scorching sun, like boiling water pouring into ice and snow, broke through the dense canopy of towering trees, scorching the forest ground and air. Let this little hill be like a huge steamer.

There was no wind, and the air was filled with the smell of dampness and decay peculiar to the woods. The smell mixed with the heavy smell of sweat and the smell of blood from dozens of corpses made it nauseous.

Grant wanted to throw up, but couldn't.

He could only stand pale under a straight ancient cedar tree. While watching the battle in front of him, he prayed that he would wake up in a soft and comfortable bed in the next second. I saw the butler leading the slender maid into the gorgeous room full of sunlight with breakfast.

But he knew it was a dream. And the one in front of you is reality.

As the first treasurer of the Fifth Legion, he escorted three carts full of supplies out of Muni City and headed for the imperial capital, dozens of unknown knights and hundreds of archers attacked him and his convoy like ghosts emerging from the darkness.

It was clearly an organized and planned attack. Both the location of the ambush and the timing of the attack show that the attackers have been planning for a long time and are cunning.

Grant remembers that the convoy was passing over a U-bend near a canyon more than 300 meters away. Suddenly, countless arrows were shooting from the jungle or cliffs on both sides.

More than twenty soldiers and six knights, dressed only in single clothes because of the heat, were unlucky in this first wave of attacks. Their bodies were pierced by a dense array of arrows, and one by one they fell to the ground. Blood spurted out. In an instant, the chariot, the ground, and the frightened faces of his companions were reddened.

The entire fleet. It's chaos.

Sitting in the carriage, Grant saw countless figures running around outside the window, and heard only the swishing sound of arrows breaking through the air, the tuk tuk of arrows piercing into flesh and wood. The screams of the soldiers, the roars of the knights and the neighing of their horses as they sat down.

Then, his vision was taken over by the assailants who were climbing up from the mountains on the left and the cliffs on the right.

These vicious guys. It came like a tidal wave. With their swords, with their knives, with their axes, they broke into the convoy and set off a bloody storm.

The escort team, who was caught off guard, was cut into three pieces by the attackers, and they couldn't take care of each other. The soldiers and knights of the Fifth Legion, who were usually imposing, have all become lambs to be slaughtered wantonly. One by one, even rows were cut to the ground.

Although Grant is only a civil official with less than a level of vindictiveness. However, after many years of life in the army, he still exercised enough eyesight.

He was horrified to discover. The strength of the attackers was terrifying.

The archers in the jungle. All of them are tall and slender, and they run flexibly. The black iron and wood bow in their hands was like a part of their arm, and with a slight flick, the arrows flew like a torrential rain, accurately sinking into the eyes, throats, and hearts of their own soldiers.

There is no doubt that these archers are all elves!

This fact made Grant's mind blank at the time. With his understanding of the nature of the elves and the cost of subduing them, such a team could not have appeared in human society.

He had never heard of a nobleman in the empire who could raise so many elves as archers. I have never heard of anyone who can make hundreds of elves willingly driven by it!

There are hundreds of elves, and all of them are young elves who are healthy and agile, and such a team, even if it is placed in the elf's lakeside city, needs to collect at least two or three villages to get together. But now, they actually appeared in the midst of a group of bandits who attacked the Imperial military convoy!

This fact is terrible enough. But what was even more terrifying were the knights who attacked the convoy.

Although these knights were only dressed in ordinary armor, and most of their weapons and equipment were different, they looked like a rabble of improvised combinations, but they were fast, well-organized, experienced in combat, and most of them were above the strength of just knights.

In it, Grant even saw two Great Knights of Light and seven or eight Knights of Glory!

This discovery sent chills down Grant's body.

This transport was the most valuable of the goods looted by the Fifth Army in Lulian. To this end, in addition to sending an infantry brigade to escort it, the legion commander Bano also specially mobilized two long knight squads to escort it. The number of the long knights and his servants was as high as sixty.

And among the sixty knights, except for the twenty long knights, most of the rest are armed or brave knights, and the strongest ones are only three glorious knights.

That's it, in the opinion of Grant before, Captain Barnes and Noble was still a little too careful. You know, it's far from the front line, and there's no fear of being attacked by the Firetes. And the bandits along the way did not dare to provoke the regular army of the empire. Don't say that they don't have such strength, and even if they do, they don't have such courage.

If they dare to provoke a war beast like the Fifth Legion, they must be prepared to be hunted down by the heavens and the earth. No matter where they hide, the Fifth Legion will find them, and no matter how many of them are left, the pursuers will be like maggots until everyone is ambushed!

But Grant never dreamed of it. Not only did someone dare to attack the convoy of the Fifth Legion, but the strength of the attackers was far beyond the level of the convoy escort.

'Ahh A scream dragged Grant's god back to the battlefield.

He subconsciously turned his head to look, and saw that one of his fair knights was being hit hard by a burly attacker, and the battle ring was simply broken, and the whole person flew upside down like a cannonball. It slammed into a tree with a loud bang.

There was a rattling sound. The trunk of a tree as thick as a basin. It was smashed and broken. The high canopy of trees fell straight down, causing the soldiers along the way to dodge and smash to the ground. Kick up a puff of dust.

"Whoa!" Grant's ears filled with the sound of the knights gasping en masse. Everyone looked at the burly man's face, and they all turned pale and ugly.

Grant had seen the vicious burly attacker. Although he was wearing a helmet that made it difficult to see his face, it was this guy who rushed over like a rhinoceros, and with a single punch, he smashed the carriage he was riding in and the horse pulling it into a cloud of flesh and debris!

If it weren't for the quick movement of the guard knight and the timely pulling him out of the carriage, I am afraid that he would have become a puddle of mud on the ground by now.

At this moment, I saw this attacker punch his own knight and break into the defensive formation, like a tiger entering a flock, punching and slashing with his sword. Invincible, tearing a big hole in the formation in the blink of an eye, Grant only felt frightened.

The main forces of the Fifth Army had already left for Akle County a few days earlier. More than seventy kilometers from here. Even at the fastest speed, it takes seven or eight prayer hours to go back and forth. And now less than two prayer hours have passed. The casualties of their own side have already exceeded 40%, and the formation is shaky. If it goes on like this, how can it be possible to hold out until reinforcements arrive.

"Resist, hold on, our men have rushed out, reinforcements will come soon. Everybody, hold me off!" Grant shouted.

However, he didn't know that his shouts were full of lust and panic, which not only did not play any role in encouragement, but made his soldiers more and more panicked.

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It was Debata who knocked the opponent's fair knight away with one punch.

Hearing Grant's call, he, who had already broken into the crowd, laughed evilly, soared into the air, and pounced on the other party like a big bird.

Seeing Debata rushing in, a knight guarding Grant's side shouted angrily and greeted him. Both sides are glorious knights, and their strength seems to be, and for a while, they only saw sixteen battle rings of different colors flying and colliding with each other.

This fight is a loud wind, flying sand and rocks. Not only were the grass, trees, sand and stones on the ground blown outward by the diffused energy, but even the soldiers who were inferior to them were also shocked by two or three of them.

Outside the crowd, Percy and Karenic stood with their hands in their hands.

Although since the attack, the two of them have not moved a little finger, just watched from the sidelines. However, the whirling battle rings on the two of them and the wolf-like fierce eyes put far more pressure on the soldiers of the Fifth Legion Escort than they did in person.

As long as they are stared at, they can be bold and fearful. And in such a fierce battle, once you are afraid, it basically means the end.

Especially these two raised their arms and shrugged their shoulders at every turn, I don't know how many people were frightened, and they died unjustly in the hands of the knights of the Rongyang Camp. Therefore, in the minds of everyone on both sides of the enemy, these two great gods are the worst, the most insidious, the most cunning and the laziest!

"You sword-wielding servant, you're really grumpy. Percy and Karenic spoke, staring coldly at a brave knight of the Fifth Legion.

The knight, who was fighting with people, was stared at by this knife-like eye, and his heart suddenly felt cold. He originally held the door tightly, and his moves were not chaotic at all, but at this time, he only subconsciously took a step back, and was stabbed by a sword from a knight of the Rongyang Camp who touched him next to him.

Old Percy nodded in satisfaction and gave a thumbs up to his well-coordinated men.

"This guy is a brute, and he always fights hard," Karenic said with a smile, "I don't know how many times I've taught him, but he has this temper." Those who play yin are uncomfortable. ”

"If you play yin, you can't do it without some talent. Percy smacked his lips and said, "After seeing so many people, I feel that the young master has the highest talent in this area." ”

"Oh?" Karenich laughed, "how do you tell?"

"Do you need to look at this?" said old Percy, "don't look at his honest and confused look, but you can't fool my eyes." What kind of kid I haven't seen in so many years? The more honest he is, the more wilted he becomes.

If nothing else, let's just say that the dark mercenaries who attacked him last time were not killed by him as soon as he turned over his hand? I don't blink my eyelids. And these things we've been doing these days, clearing out bandit groups and attacking this military convoy. He didn't plan that one?"

"And you're willing to follow him?" said Karenich laughed.

"The most infuriating thing is this ......," Percy said. "Look at the appearance of righteousness when he healed everyone, coupled with a warm face. Who's too embarrassed to say go?"

At this, both of them laughed.

"Don't be stubborn," Karenich laughed. "Can't you really open your mouth and stay?"

"Not really," Percy said with a smile and a shake of his head, "I stayed because he saved me." I have no other way to repay this kindness. Second, ......"

He turned his head to look at Karenic and said, "...... It's because I carefully learned about the young master's past and found out that no matter what happened to him or what he did. One thing he hasn't changed. ”

"What is it?" Karenic asked.

"It was his attitude towards the civilians of Bollabelle. Percy said seriously, "A year and a half ago, it was he who brought out these commoners who had been abandoned by the aristocracy. A year and a half later. He was planning for them again, sending them to the north in advance. And originally. The lives of those people have nothing to do with him!"

"It's stupid!" Karenic said lightly.

"Yes," Percy nodded, and sighed under his breath, "But how are we people smarter than him?"

He stared into the distance and said to himself: "You are the world-famous Longmen Iron Gate, I am the slaughter of ten thousand people, and the group of brothers around us, which one of them is not stupid to come and go in the wind and snow on the border, and the sword and sword shadow have been boiling in the mountains and blood for decades? What are we for?"

Karenic was silent, his eyes darkened.

For every knight in the Honor Camp, this is the deepest wound in their hearts.

Back then, when they joined the border army, they were so young and ambitious. However, year after year, now they are only covered with scars and pain. All ambitions have long been exhausted in the decaying aristocracy and degenerate armies.

It is said that these are troubled times. But for the border soldiers, this troubled era has already shown signs more than ten years ago. The situation on the borders of the empire is becoming more and more critical day by day, the enemy country is getting stronger day by day, while the empire is weakening day by day, and the chaos is becoming more and more chaotic day by day.

They have not received the attention of the government and the upper echelons of the military, and they have never given up. Even in the face of food and wages, they still braved the wind and snow to defend the borders of the empire. Defending the glory of the knight and the oath he made.

However, what is the reward for this qiē effort?

It is the wailing of the border civilians under the iron hooves of the imperial attack, the indifference of the nobles who spend all day and the wine, the lonely days of the Rongyang camp after losing their fighting spirit, the insults, the ridicule, and the ruin of the family!

If you want to say stupid, they are the stupidest people.

After a long time, Karenic said slowly: "Do you regret it?"

"No!" Percy said indifferently.

"Why?" Karenic asked.

"Rightly or wrongly, that's my life, and there's nothing to regret. Percy curled the corners of his mouth and suddenly laughed, "Besides, at least I can see a boy who is as stupid as we were back then." can still be born in this troubled era, can still recover his fighting spirit, and can live again. ”

"What do you want to do this time?" said Karenich.

"Whatever the young master does, I will accompany him to do anything!" Old Percy said without hesitation, "Just because he can never abandon the civilians of Borabel and dare to slap the county lord, I want to see how far he can lead us waste in this troubled world." What earth-shattering things have come out!"

"Earth-shattering........." Karenic smiled wryly. Although Roy is just an ordinary teenager now, without a prominent family, let alone a famous general, but counting what this young master has done, it is really earth-shattering.

If nothing else, let's just talk about this ...... He said to Percy, "I heard that the challenger of the Golden Dragon Family is almost to Lulian. ”

Percy sneered, "The distance that the Sky Demon Ship can fly in a day, it took them a week, and it came so fast. ”

"It's not all for nothing that they're doing," Karenich said, "and now it's a big deal." I heard Kameni say that recently, the topic of the first training camp has been focused on this challenge, and a group of young people are hoping that the young master will raise his eyebrows for the empire and beat the challenger named Kevin. ”

"I heard that the boy is only eighteen years old this year, and he is a knight of justice?" Percy frowned.

"Yes," Karenic said with a stern expression, "I've received news that several provincial training camp students have challenged him along the way of the Lanris Sky Demon Ship, but none of them have been able to defeat this Kevin. ”

Percy was stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise: "All lost?"

"Yes. Karenic nodded, "Among them are two impartial knights of the same strength and a mage cadet, both of whom are elites of the provincial branches.

Originally, these people were qualified to enter the main camp. It was only because the three major training camp challenges were about to start that he stayed in the branch. This time, I heard that the Lanris sent someone to the door, and I don't know what their purpose was, so they came to the door to challenge while the Lanris Sky Demon Ship was anchored locally. Unexpectedly, the two fair knight students were defeated within thirty moves, and that magic student couldn't even release a single magic. ”

Hearing Karenic's words, Percy was also a little shocked.

He had long known that the inheritance of the Holy Sect Martial Hall was unfathomable, and the people he cultivated were all top masters among his peers. But the strength shown by the other party was still beyond his expectations.

This made him have to worry about Roy.

In terms of vindictiveness, Roy is definitely not an opponent of the other side. With a difference of two ranks, the opponent can completely defeat his battle ring with a single blow. And the magic he relied on, although it could attack and kill high-ranking knights under certain circumstances, was not suitable for this kind of close-quarters frontal combat.

If a magician who also has the strength of a magician loses without even releasing a single magic, then it can be said that Roy has no chance in front of Kevin, who came prepared!

"Fuck!"

Percy cursed and looked up the hillside.

In just ten minutes, the battle on the hillside has changed again.

As Debata burst into the formation, Aguli and seven or eight other glorious knights rushed into the inner formation and fought. More and more Fifth Army convoy guards were brought to the ground. There were fewer and fewer guards around Grant, and now, there were only seven or eight long knights and a dozen servants, still stubbornly resisting.

Looking up at the sky, Karenic and Percy looked at each other, and suddenly rose into the sky, like two projectile feathered arrows, arcing through the air and hitting the center of the convoy.

Screams erupted.

After a few hours of prayer, when Snerry led an entire brigade of long knights and hundreds of cavalry galloping in the wind, all that was left before their eyes was corpses and a mess.

The three wagons, along with Grant the treasurer, were all gone.

"Find these guys for me!"

In the mountains and forests under the setting sun, Snarry's angry roar sounded......