"Oswood, that's a notoriously cruel executioner...... He slaughtered our village! They gathered us together and used us as material for their fun these days!"

The villager's face was full of tears, and his frightened eyes kept looking back, as if he had been tortured to the point of losing all courage.

And the cavalry on the opposite side laughed and stopped a few dozen meters away.

They seemed to be deliberately waiting for the villagers to finish speaking.

Seeing that the cavalry behind them stopped, several villagers began to cry out in a big voice: "All of us were bound with thick ropes and divided into three rows according to children, women, and men, and then they killed the children one by one......

"When women intercede or scream for their children, Olswood's men insult them in front of all men...... They love to hear women screaming and cursing!"

"After the last woman's throat is slit, they torture the man in all kinds of cruel ways...... They torture people more than anyone could have imagined, and they only make people feel pain – they do it purely for fun......

In the mouths of the villagers, this is a gang of murderous bandits.

A fellow named Oswood, who commands many small adventure groups and rogue knights, usually he scatters them and fights on their own, constantly attacking caravans and villages like wolves.

And when the real battle comes, he will bring these squads together and form a unified legion.

At this point, Klose was faced with a squad that had apparently been summoned by mistake by the sound of arrows, who they thought was Oswood summoning them.

Oswood is said to have surpassed Pande's brutality by anyone, and even many members of his party despised his actions.

He chooses small, defenseless villages to commit violence, and does not torture people for any reason.

Men and women, young and old, would die a painful death in the torment of him and his men.

As long as Oswood showed up with his team, the corpses and firelight hunting would inevitably appear in the nearby villages and fields.

The villagers were clearly terrified of Oswood's men, and they hid behind Klose, not even daring to look at the blood-stained cavalry.

Klose didn't expect to meet such a pure pervert here.

Heresy and Serpentarianism slaughtered villagers with at least some purpose, but Oswood's massacre and sadism were simply for fun?

Sure enough, there are all kinds of scum in Pande Continent......

As an experienced mercenary, Klose understood the intentions of the cavalry - many brutal bandits would deliberately release their brutally tortured captives before the battle, so that these captives would bring fear and distraction to their opponents, and at the same time force their opponents to divide their men to protect the disabled villagers.

And, if the abuse they inflict on their captives is cruel enough, and if the opponent has a greater sense of justice, it can also provoke the opponent to act irrationally.

For example, an angry charge - this will cause the whole team to lack coordination and command.

But this time, these guys are probably miscalculated.

Klose is indeed a man with a sense of justice, but he is not an irritable reckless man.

In fact, the vast majority of the Silver Hand and the Freikorps were not easily angered - they had their own tragedies, many of whom had suffered as much as the villagers, and most of whom had been enslaved. If it was an irritable reckless man, he would not have survived at all.

Besides, they have a task on their part.

"Fuck off! Or be crushed by me!"

Klose measured the strength of both sides, shouted at the opposite side in a loud voice, and then gestured with his great sword.

All the men present stepped forward with Klose, and the greatsword and halberd assumed a posture of anti-horseman, forming a hedgehog-like array.

There are now forty or fifty well-equipped rogue knights on the other side, and seventy or eighty guys who look like servants, besides

There were also fifty or so adventurers of various shapes, close to two hundred, all of them cavalry.

On his side, there are currently 350 people who have gathered, and all of them are fighting on foot.

Three hundred and fifty infantry armor against two hundred cavalry, and the equipment level on both sides was basically the same.

It seems that the difference in strength is not big, but there are actually some advantages on my side.

Because the Silver Hand is not afraid of cavalry, they have even dealt with the giant python knights of the Dreadcorps Legion, and naturally have no fear of human cavalry.

However, even with the advantage of numbers, Klose was reluctant to take the initiative to attack the cavalry, and people could not catch up with the horses, and they might be kite with bows and crossbows by the cavalry.

And the cavalry on the opposite side definitely didn't want to meet the anti-cavalry array composed of big swords and halberds, and they didn't attack.

So the two sides began to confront each other.

The confrontation is of course a good thing, and it will take another half an hour at most, and the Silver Hand will be all gathered here.

By then, an army of more than a thousand men would have been able to crush these enemies with ease—in fact, a Silver Hand could already be seen approaching from a distance.

Moreover, anyone can see that arrow, and it won't be long before the people of the Lion Knights will come here to check it out.

Perhaps seeing troops converging in the distance, a knight came out of the cavalry on the opposite side, with his hands outstretched and unarmed, as if to talk to Klose.

"We are Fowler's Oswood Adventure Party...... Big man, if you don't lay down your arms and get out of here, I promise you'll regret it......

The guy who came out to speak was dressed in a black smock and a black hood, and looked like a rogue knight or some hidden explorer.

He looked back at the other Silver Hand members approaching in the distance.

"Regrets? Don't you know the flag in my hand? I am Klose, a knight under the command of Marshal Leon, and I have come here on orders of the king to fight rebellion—I think you are very much like a rebel!"

Klose sneered at the rogue knight, "I think you're going to regret it soon!"

"Hah...... Big man, I know you're Count Leon's man - of course I know the griffon banner. But you'd better think about why we're here...... I repeat, surrender! Or like them! I'll give you five minutes to think about it......

The rogue knight pointed to the fearful villagers who were hiding behind Klose and the others, and his tone was still quite horizontal.

Klose was a little confused......

Now this situation is evenly matched, and the people on the other side will definitely not dare to attack easily, but the Silver Hand will continue to gather here, and their own side actually has a great advantage.

The guy on the other side had apparently seen the rattling arrows as well, and he was sure to be aware of it.

But he's still so horizontal?

What do these scumbags have to rely on?

According to the villagers, these people are just a brutal adventuring party - or a bunch of well-armed horse thieves.

A group of horse thieves, facing the direct troops of the Marshal of the Lion Kingdom, even dared to make Klose surrender when they did not have an advantage in strength?

However, if you think about it, this gang of horse thieves really shouldn't be here right now......

This is the outskirts of Fox Town, only a few miles away from Fox Town.

Godric and Amy's father and daughter have been guarding Fox Town for more than ten days, and the Lion Knights have besieged Fox Town and fought one after another.

How could Fowler's Oswood Adventure Regiment, these scum who take pride in the weak villagers, appear in a place where the Lion Knights gather on a large scale?

"Who the hell are you?"

To be cautious, Klose asked again.

"It looks like you don't just have muscles in your head, big guys......

The rogue knight smiled, "Maybe you'll understand this a little more easily...... Lay down your weapons

！ Don't go against us!"

He lifted the black gown on his chest, revealing the breastplate inside.

On the breastplate, there is a golden lion coat of arms!

"Lion Knights?!"

Klose was indeed shocked.

Oswood's adventuring party turned out to be members of the Lion Knights!

The soldiers behind him also looked at each other - they all saw the lion coat of arms.

But then, Summer, with great cleverness, shouted, "You killed the Lion Knights and robbed them of their armor?!"

The rogue knight's face on the opposite side changed drastically: "Are you stupid? We'll ......."

Klose, on the other hand, raised his sword in a sense of it, and slashed the knight with a single blow, preventing him from speaking the second half of the sentence.

"Charge! Kill these rebels! Avenge the villagers and the slain lion knights!"

Klose raised his bloody sword and charged directly - since these scum are the members of the Lion Knights, they can't wait, they must be dealt with before the arrival of the Lion Knights' large army!

…………

Late at night.

Inside the Lion City, Risa Dilan is walking through a dark alley with several black-clad masked men.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the King has been in the House of Lords. Before Lord Leon comes here, we'd better dive inside...... Do you have any suggestions?"

The elven assassin was quite polite to the men in black, speaking in a consultative tone.

"Risa Dilan, we're now Leon's subordinates. Since Lord Leon has asked you to lead the team, then you can just give the order, and we will obey."

A man in black with a dagger in his hand observed the environment left and right, indicating that he did not need to see the outside like this.

On the dagger, a black scorpion was inscribed.

This is a member of the Scorpio Assassin Brotherhood and a liaison between Leon and Ramon.

"Well, I think you can try to pretend to be a guard and sneak in, I can't pretend to be them, so you'll have to do it...... I think you should be able to kill these careless guys."

Risadilan pointed to the top of her head.

This small alley is outside a wall.

Inside the wall, there is a ten-story stone tower in the center.

This is the former Pende House of Lords, and now the private residence of the Lion King.

And on the wall, there are a few sentries standing guard, basically dozing off with the barrels of their guns—it's the second half of the night, and it's the time when people are most tired.

Risa Dilan pointed to the dozing guys.

It is naturally difficult for the Noldor Elves to pretend to be human guards, but the Scorpio Assassin is extremely proficient in this - disguise and stealth are mandatory for Assassins.

"But beware, they change the guard before lunch. Lord Leon will be here early in the morning, and if nothing happens, you must find a way to get out by noon."

Several Scorpio Assassins nodded, watched carefully for a while, and then silently climbed directly from the alley to the fence and began to split up.

Risa Dilan waited in the alley for a while until someone threw down several large packages on the fence.

He took the packages one by one, carried them into the depths of the alley, found a bush to hide, and then set off to go out.

The packages were full of corpses, several of the guards killed by the Scorpio Assassins.

The professionals barely made any movement, and the bodies thrown outside the fence were all caught by Risa Dilan, and the whole operation did not make the slightest sound.

Moreover, each corpse was wrapped in a black cloak, and not even blood was spilled.

The gates of the city would not be opened at night, so Risadiran found a place near the gate to sit and wait for the dawn.

Early in the morning, the gates of the Lion City opened as the first rays of morning light hit the walls.

"Uh...... Woo woo ......"

As soon as the gates of the city were opened, a trumpet sounded, which was to welcome the marshal of the kingdom in

Enter the military horn of the Lion City.

Li Ang's handsome banner was already waiting outside the city gate.

At present, Leon's status is different, when entering the city, the defenders have to blow the welcome trumpet - the marshal of the kingdom is the leader of the army, and the garrison at the city gate must show respect to Leon.

Moreover, no one will have any problem with Leon taking the Noldor Guard anymore, as a marshal, it is reasonable to hire any soldiers, after all, everyone knows that Leon once took the Noldor Elves to deal with the Gatu for the Lion Kingdom.

Leon led the guards into the Lion City, and when he saw Risa Dilan, who was waiting in a hooded in the corner of the city, he gave him an inquiring look.

Risa Dilan nodded.

"Thank you for your dedication. Your Majesty is in the city, right?"

Li Ang turned his head and asked the city gate officer.

The reason why I want to be grateful is because this city gate official opened the door just after dawn, and he didn't let Li Ang wait at all, which was very efficient.

This is not only very face-saving for Leon, but also means that this city gate official is very conscientious - it is estimated that he has not slept all the time.

The city gate officer is actually not a small role, it is an extremely important position in this era, and it is usually held by the adjutant of the royal city guard.

And the adjutants of the royal city guards are generally the direct descendants of high-ranking nobles.

But in most cases, the children of the great nobles could not have opened the city gates so efficiently......

"Lord Leon is too polite, it's my duty. At this point, of course, Your Majesty is in the city...... But I have to warn you that Your Majesty and the Princess are certainly not up yet......

The gate officer smiled and showed a little kindness to Leon.

The gatekeeper on duty today is a knight who doesn't wear the family coat of arms - which means that this is a new knight who doesn't even have his coat of arms ready.

A newly sealed knight became a city gate official, which was a bit rare, and Li Ang couldn't help but look at it twice.

If you look at this guy by the standards of this era, he belongs to the big handsome guy type.

He has a neatly trimmed beard, blue eyes and a high nose bridge, short brown hair that looks energetic, and a tall and athletic figure.

The armor on his body was a little old, but it was very clean.

"Are you a relative of Princess Anna? What's your name?"

Leon looked back and asked a little more, and he felt that this gate official looked a lot like another person, a knight who also kept his old armor very clean.