Everything seems to be moving in a good direction.

The moon had already come out before the sun had even set, and in Raymond's view, it was a manifestation of His Majesty the Dragon God who was looking after them.

"May your holy light shine on all peoples and worlds for all ages. ”

Raymond silently praised the cold jade plate in his heart, and felt more confident about the next breakthrough trip.

The encirclement of the south gate is indeed very weak, only a few and less than a thousand zombies wandering aimlessly outside the city gate, not even a commander, dozens of gray-brown ghosts roaring and hovering in the sky, such a lineup is not so much a siege, but a surveillance or demonstration is more appropriate.

"Go, Elder Raymond, and we'll escort you until the shoreline joins your own army. ”

The heavy drawbridge was slowly lowered with the roar of hinges, and the cavalry captain urged in Raymond's ear.

"Wait, don't you think there's something wrong?"

When it was time to leave, Raymond had a feeling of unease, not to mention that such an enemy army was still guarded by two hundred cavalry, even the battle priest under his command could easily wipe out these low-level ghouls, and the battle siege in the west city was like an iron pass, why was the south gate so casual, as if it was deliberately opening a gap to invite him to return.

Something goes wrong, especially after the preconceived conclusion that Parrington was in cahoots with the necromancer, Raymond was always on the lookout.

"Shh

The cavalry captain snorted secretly with disdain, but he still replied patiently: "What can be wrong, the enemy has invested all its forces in the west city, and the direction of the main attack and defense is so obvious, and it is a matter of course that there are not enough troops at the south gate, otherwise we will defend what city, just open the door and surrender." ”

There was a little truth in the captain's words, but it was not enough to dispel the suspicions in Raymond's heart, and in order to confirm his suspicions, he decided to use a little trick.

"This general, what is your status in the border city?"

After asking this question, Raymond's dark eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze was completely locked on the cavalry captain's eyes, and then every change in the other party's expression and even the deepest mental reaction could never escape his capture.

Sure enough, when he asked this question, a trace of resentment and dissatisfaction immediately flashed in the eyes of the cavalry captain, although it was only a flash, but it did not escape Raymond's eyes at all, so he also confirmed the guess in his heart, this person in front of him was not so popular even in the border city, let alone Pallington's henchmen, if there was really any ambush ahead, this person was probably the abandoned son thrown by Pallington.

"Lord Raymond, this does not seem to have anything to do with you, and when the hour comes, please follow in my footsteps at once, otherwise the Earl's blame will be small, and the safety of you and the noble priests may not be guaranteed. ”

Suddenly poked in the sore spot by Raymond, of course the captain will not be in a good mood, the elder has become your Excellency, and the polite and courteous response has also turned into an impatient urging.

"Let's go, let's go now, and ask the general to lead his subordinates first. ”

Although he knew that the road ahead was different, Raymond also knew that he could no longer stay in the border city, Parrington had already issued an expulsion order and made such a thing as transferring prisoners, and if he stayed here with his face, he would be joking with the lives of himself and dozens of priests and followers of the mission, but after knowing that this was a trick played by Parrington, Raymond threw a secret look to Dylan behind him after saying this, and the latter immediately nodded knowingly.

The gate opened, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Raymond's eyes flashed with gloom as he saw the zombie hordes in the distance that had gradually gathered across the moat because he had smelled the breath of the living, not because he was close enough to find that there were bulging dirt bags behind those zombie groups, and at this time a skeleton warrior was struggling to get up from the boneyard and there were more of them than those zombies, but because he was also a pivotal figure in Spartacus, and whether it was Parrington or Elson, or they were in collusion, even setting a trap against him was so casual, this naked contempt, which is more humiliating than killing him directly.

Fortunately, the cavalry captain and the soldiers under his command have not forgotten their mission, as soon as they left the city, under the leadership of the captain, the two hundred cavalry urged the war horses under the crotch to start accelerating, and it was only at this time that Raymond found that the extremely important cavalry in the past was not equipped with muskets, and the five-meter-long traditional knight's spear looked mighty, but in the eyes of Raymond, who had seen the power of firearms, it was tantamount to a heavy burden.

It was also because of this that he was even more sure that even if these people were not completely abandoned by Parrington, their position in the army was probably precarious.

Not to mention Raymond's contempt for cold weapons under the influence of firearms, the two hundred cavalry still looked good when they launched a neat charge, and the heavy horses' hooves trampled on the gravel and flying sand on the ground also tore the strange peace in front of the south gate, especially the enemy was still some low-level undead who were unconscious, slow, and limited in attack power, and only frightened people by number, this kind of charge had a visual effect of a torrent of steel.

It is true that the first wave of the cavalry team cut the zombie group that had finally gathered into two pieces, such as Tang Woxue's knife through butter, and the sharp knight's spear pierced the ugly carrion corpses in front of him like a grasshopper piercing the autumn queen, and then only needed to rely on the vibration of the cavalry spear when the horse charged and a little ingenuity to shatter those already heavily decomposed corpses, and there was no need to even use fighting energy.

After cutting through the blockade line composed of zombies, the cavalry team once again crashed into the denser group of skeletons behind, and did not wait for a while because the zombies had been dispersed, the inertia caused by the charge of the war horse at this distance was the most terrifying time, and the defense of those skeleton soldiers was even inferior to the zombies with wooden shield light armor, and there were piles of scattered white bones along the way immediately after a sudden rush.

It was not until the enemy formation was completely penetrated that the cavalry team had rushed out of a distance of nearly two hundred meters that it slowly turned around, and there were no casualties, but everyone's armor, cavalry spears, and even the armor of the war horses were covered with rotting human debris and broken bones that were connected by flesh, tendons and veins, and the stench emanated from each cavalryman's body was disgusting, but the eyes covered by these people's face armor were as cold as frost and did not waver in the slightest.

"Rush back! Bunnies, let the Earl and those stupid pigs who threaten the end of the knightly era with muskets and artillery, cavalry charge will always be the main theme of the war in this era! The knightly era will never end!"

"Roar, roar, roar!"

The uniform roar resounded in the sky, and it also showed the unwillingness of the warriors, indeed as Raymond said, since the musket artillery arrived in the border city, they who were unwilling to give up their glory to approach the new era were gradually marginalized, but on the horse and charge into battle to kill the enemy, this is the last glory of these people, if everyone will only hide behind the cover and put cold guns, then what is the meaning of the courage teaching imprinted in their hearts since childhood?

The cavalry team of two hundred people was assembled again, after the bitterness that had been put aside for a long time and the baptism of killing that had been longed for, the top of this team was faintly condensed into a momentum, Raymond was stunned when he saw it in the distance, and the captain's roar just now almost resounded throughout the entire battlefield It was true that even he heard it here, and for a while it made him think otherwise.

Like the cavalry captain, he always thought that Lear's obsession with firearms was a small way, although Lear had won countless victories with the strength of the ship and the cannon, but in his heart, only the way to pass on the magic of the dragon god was the right way, these people may be excluded and suppressed in the border city, but if they arrived in Spartacus, under the training of the Blind Brotherhood Dragon Knights, it was not a powerful combat power, so thinking so, Raymond had already planned to ask the other party's name after the cavalry team dealt with those ghouls in a while.

It didn't make him wait long, although he was absolutely inferior in numbers, but in terms of combat power, the torrent of two hundred cavalry was not too much to say that it was not too much to chop melons and vegetables against those low-level ghouls who were unconscious but not afraid of death and pain, and even Raymond, who was still waiting on the side of the moat, looked at those cavalry with admiration, and even despised Elson and thought that his arrangement was nothing more than that.

After about ten minutes, the slaughter on the other side of the moat finally ended, and none of the two hundred cavalry fell from their horses except for dozens of minor injuries, and even because they had just experienced a hearty battle, the whole team was filled with high morale, and when the cavalry captain returned from riding his horse and took off his armor, he even showed a smile to Raymond.

"The general is mighty, the soldiers are skillful and cooperative, it is really a rare strong army, and there is a general escort along the way, which can be said to be foolproof. ”

It was rare for the other party to show favor first, and Raymond didn't care if it was against him, and immediately seized this opportunity to offer a compliment that he had thought of a long time ago.

"The elder has won the prize, these sons and daughters under me are on horseback, and it is not a problem to kill a few low-level undead, even the dark knights of Tiga, I dare to have a long time with them, but it's a pity that ......" The captain didn't finish the rest of the words, as if he thought of something, or didn't trust Raymond, he coughed pretending to start the topic: "The garbage has been cleaned up, Elder Raymond please follow us with the mission." ”

"So, hard work generals and soldiers. ”

Now that he has made up his mind to win over the other party, Raymond will naturally not be as cold as before, seeing that the cavalry captain is still a little jealous of him, he is not in a hurry, this road is not long, but it can be completed from time to time, as long as the other party is dissatisfied with Parrington in his heart, he will naturally find an opportunity to promote the seed of dissatisfaction into a towering tree, and then choose the opportunity to draw this group of people to Spartacus.

At this time, he even secretly expected that Elson must arrange a little ambush on the road, from the battle just now, he could see that the cavalry team was completely undone, and Ielson may really put the main force into the Xicheng battlefield as the captain said, even if there is an ambush against him on the road, it should not be a big problem under the joint efforts of the cavalry priest group, it will only be because fighting side by side gives him more opportunities to get closer to the cavalry.

It must be said that Raymond played a great role in the devotion of the dragon god, and his prayer was soon fulfilled.

After leaving the border city for about twenty miles, after experiencing a calm all the way, he finally encountered the ambush arranged for him by Elson, and the ambush situation was indeed not too strong as he expected, not only not strong but even a little ridiculous, because compared to their team of nearly three hundred people, there was only one enemy, or more precisely, an arrow.

It was a bit strange to travel from the border city to be calm all the way, and Raymond relaxed his vigilance a little because of this, but he opened his mouth several times to talk to the captain, but the other party refused because of the need to be vigilant about the task, and finally learned that the other party's name was Durin.

It's a mundane name, and the street vendor, the farmer in the field, and the mason on the wall can all call Doolin.

It is also a name destined to be forgotten soon, not because of its ordinariness, but because of death.

Just after Raymond and his party walked to the side of a dense wood, and Durin vigilantly ordered to pass quickly, an indescribably fast light cut through the breeze and leaf waves in the forest so abruptly, and then appeared in Durin's mouth that was still stained with saliva on his lips just after giving the order, and his tongue was slightly curled to maintain the sound dynamic, and without hesitation, he smashed the upper and lower rows of teeth, and then brought them to his throat along with half of the flesh of his nose and jaw, and then rushed out of the largest bone joint of the back vertebrae, It was only after knocking out a terrifying pit on the ground that it reached a meter high that everyone judged that it should be an arrow based on the black tail feathers that stayed outside the ground for less than a palm.

At this time, Durin's completely shattered head fell on his right shoulder with a little bit of flesh and skin, and the blood in his body finally saw the fresh air and light and began to splash wildly around, and Raymond, who was closest to him, suddenly turned into a bloody man.

Durin, pawn, and they didn't even see what the enemy looked like.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

It wasn't until Durin's thick iron-clad corpse finally lost the support of his strength that he fell from the back of his horse, and Harlan, as the vice-captain, roared hoarsely, fear, fear, and fear, which was completely different from the slaughter of those zombie skeletons in the city gate tower just now.

As the second-strongest vice-captain of the entire team, he didn't even see when and from what direction the arrow was fired, the strongest captain Durin had already gone to hell, and even if there was only one in the dense forest in front of such an enemy, it would be a nightmare for them.

Fortunately, nightmares are always short-lived, and no matter what path life chooses, it will surely usher in similar peace in the end.

That tranquility is called death.

The vice-captain's snake-like roar in heat stopped abruptly before it could form a violent wave in the air, because the same light, in the same way that no one could see, appeared in his mouth in the same way, perhaps because the structure of the skull was not as strong as that of Durin, or because the power of the arrow was greater than before, in short, the head of the vice-captain of Harlan was completely missing after the light passed.

Only a headless corpse sat on horseback, its right hand raised high in the same posture as it was before death, and the blood gushing out of its neck like a fountain of blood was like a grand tribute to death.

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