Chapter 229: Unknown Enemy
"What's going on!" Stannis stood up and a strong sense of danger enveloped him, he hated it, but now it was coming up more and more often.
Zhebertai wiped the blood on his face, and then gasped for breath, Korodov hurriedly went over to help him sit down, and Lucia, who knew first aid, immediately healed Zhebertai, but did not find his wound on his body, which means that it was not his blood.
"What's the situation?" Stannis walked over and asked, could it be that someone in the new Chinese New Year's Eve drank and sprinkled this Oriental man with good intentions to persuade him to fight, and his body was splattered with blood?
Zhebotai finally breathed his breath, he swallowed his saliva and said the word with difficulty, "Enemy attack!"
"What!" Stannis immediately frowned, all the men in the room stood up, and put their hands on the hilt of their swords with serious expressions, although Chinese New Year's Eve is theoretically a night protected by the gods, and all the lords up and down Erathia cannot use force, but there is always someone who does not follow the rules of the game to carry out a sneak attack.
"What bastard would dare to hit us on this warm night!!" said Robert, jumping up in a rage, stirring up other people's festivals was the most unqualified of all kinds, both in this world and during the holidays.
But Zhebotai waved his hand to listen to him: "It's not human, just now I was patrolling the other side of the river with Lao Kan, and suddenly found a man who was about to die of blood from the bushes, neither I nor Lao Kan had seen this guy in the territory, obviously he crossed over from the other end of the forest!"
"What, from the forest?" Stannis looked at Master Romon to ask him what was the matter, for he remembered that the old man had told him that there were no human settlements in the forests on the east bank.
Maester Romon shook his head hurriedly, indicating that he didn't know where the man had come from.
"When we found him, he had lost his mind due to excessive blood loss, and he just kept repeating the words 'monster' and 'darkness' in his mouth, and Lao Kan and I both thought that it must have something to do with the previous Chaos people, so we decided to leave Lao Kan to continue to observe, while I ran back with this seriously injured man on my back, and now I have sent him to Roma's clinic, where he is treating the wounded. ”
"Damn, it must have been the Chaos Folks!" Stannis slammed his fist against the table, hating himself for being careless, but before it was too late, he needed to make amends.
Then he stood up, regained his dignity as a lord, and began to give a series of orders.
"Korodov and Robert, you two come with me to cross the river first and join Kanye to find out the situation! Master Romon you immediately take Jebertay and Batesmore to gather the soldiers! They must be all prepared and follow us across the river in an hour! Also, let Romney get information out of his mouth after dealing with the wounded, where he came from and who he was attacked, you must ask him clearly, let him join us in two hours!"
"Yes!" and all of his men dispersed as ordered, without objection.
Stannis turned around and smiled apologetically at Anya and Lucia, "I'm really sorry to disturb your Chinese New Year's Eve, but now I have to deal with this matter, otherwise I'm afraid we won't be able to enjoy the New Year in peace in the future." ”
The women all shook their heads and said they didn't care, only Lucia's daughter Aula was still making a fuss but was stopped by her mother.
Aya leaned close to him and whispered, "Do you want me to come with you?"
Stannis hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, you can't reveal your identity yet, don't worry, I will definitely be able to come back and eat with you." ”
After saying this, Stannis felt as if he had set another flag for himself.
"Well, I'll wait for you. After Aya finished speaking, she gently left a kiss on his cheek, causing the children to exclaim.
Stannis blushed and wrapped in a cloak and walked into the snow.
Half an hour later, Stannis and his men walked over the frozen Tiber River, looking at the already hardened lake, and the lord once again blamed himself for his carelessness, because without the river as a barrier, the Chaos people could rush across the river without fear and slaughter everyone.
On the other side of the river, Kanye, hidden behind a tree, had been waiting for them for a long time, and the noir's talent for the night was once again revealed, until the three men passed by him and did not notice the ranger, and it was the latter who screamed softly that they discovered his presence.
"Kan Jiaotou, the snow is too big, I didn't even notice you!" Stannis sneered to avoid his own embarrassment.
But the Ranger no longer cared about this boring question, and he let his hand holding the bow warm up a little.
"The general situation, Zhebotai has already told you!"
Stannis nodded, indicating that he already knew.
"I don't know who did it, but I can tell that the scar on that guy's body was from a sharp blade. ”
Hearing the word, Stannis instantly thought of the thigh-derived scythe in the hands of those monsters, and now the signs confirmed his worst assumptions.
"But we were lucky that the snow stopped two hours ago, and the blood on the injured man's body was still clearly left in the snow, and we could track down where he had escaped. Kanye looked like he was waiting for them to go with them.
"Luckily, let's go!" Stannis shook his hands, his body trembling with excitement instead of fear, despite the danger ahead.
"Boss, isn't it, just the four of us, what if we face a vast number of enemies?" Robert looked like he was retreating, trying to join up with the soldiers in the village and move on.
But Stannis understands the urgency of time, now that the enemy is in the dark, they are in the light, and those Chaos people may attack them at any time, and the most important thing they need to do is to find the enemy's position and notify their own people in advance to prepare them.
"If you're afraid, wait here for my Baka legion to cross the river, no one will blame you. Stannis used the agitation method again, and he whispered, "Coward." ”
This really worked, and Robert jumped three feet high when he heard this word, "I hate people calling me a coward the most in my life!
Finally removing the unrest from the ranks, Stannis breathed a sigh of relief, and the next thing they would have to focus on was an unknown enemy.