Chapter 30: The Knights of Dusk
Winter nights always come very early.
The night casts a black coat over the day, replacing the light.
But in Ti's eyes, it was still covered by a beam of light, because there was a silver moon hanging in the air glowing, and the moon was caressing the earth with its pure light, making it more charming and mysterious.
It's been a long month.
The staggered leaves, the horizontal and vertical water, and the brilliant starlight are intertwined, making it impossible to distinguish the boundary between heaven and earth.
Nou and Ti still stayed on the spacious flat land, but a little different from when they first arrived, No's sleeping body was covered with a thin layer of fur to protect against the cold wind at night, and the sleeping place also changed, in a small tent that had been erected, the ground was covered with hay, and Ti waited outside Nou's sleeping tent, guarding him.
Of course, the "immortal bird" is also intact, quietly maintaining its original posture and leaning against a towering tree, looking as if it is resting from a distance.
A fire was placed in front of the pedicle, and from time to time someone added a few sticks of firewood to it, so that the vigorous fire energy could continuously send warmth and drive away the bitter cold.
Accompanied by the group of people that Ty had seen during the day, the leading woman who claimed to be Anna Weir, was now sitting next to Ty, who cared about her, but not necessarily a little spied.
Near the campfire, several members of the Twilight Knights squad sat down one after another, looking like they had just finished their work, some of them brought back some edible wild fruits, and some of them came back with firewood and hay, and Ti silently counted them in his heart, it should have arrived.
Since this afternoon, after Anna took the initiative to reveal their identities, Ty has held a suspicious attitude, and simply fabricated a story about the son of a high-ranking commander of the central army of the Papal States who fled with his sister after participating in the second-generation armor adaptation experiment.
Ty herself felt that this story was very nonsense, it could be told as a very dramatic fairy tale, and the novel did not dare to write like this, because the literary atmosphere in the papal country was unified against novels and stories that were too absurd and had no factual basis, and only children's literature could loosen some restrictions and write more fantastical, but after Ty was vague, she saw Anna's contemplation, and Ty was ready to fight to the death, even if she was just a helpless girl now.
Anna didn't ask much, as if she really believed Ty's nonsense, and beckoned to the dozen or so team members behind her, and went to various places in the jungle to find some materials they needed to spend the night.
In Ti's eyes, this down-and-out captain Anna is like an innocent princess, and she trusts her so much, is there really anything in this world that judges people by their looks to this extent?
Ti felt very puzzled, but she couldn't do anything, since this group of people came here, there was no threat to her and Nuo for the time being, not to mention that she didn't have the ability to stop them, so she just took it one step at a time.
Of course, Anna is not so stupid, this kind of absurd story that knows no logic at the first time even the three-year-old girl knows that it is made up on the spot, but no matter how the story is made, the fiery red armor behind the girl is not false, in her eyes, it must be an advanced battlefield killing weapon - the second generation armor, is one of the most core secrets and technologies of the Papal States, and now when she went out to find materials as usual this time, she encountered a horror that many people have rarely seen in their lives, so she did not dare to act rashly, I simply pretended to believe Ty's appearance.
For Anna, the horror of the second-generation armor was due to the chance appearance of a second-generation armor during a small and medium-sized battle between an armed alliance and the Papal States army last year.
There are often conflicts between armed groups and the Papal States, or a contest between an organization and an army, which is usually only a few fights, and then ends after the trade and peace talks: or several armed groups join forces with the Papal States, such a scale of war is more worthy of attention, but most of them are only small to medium-sized wars, and the combat readiness is relatively low-level, at most it is a few armored soldiers or a few teams of armored warriors to raid it, and generally there will be no rule-breaking things like second-generation armor, but this time it broke the exception.
This second-generation armor didn't stay for a long time, it should have just passed by, it only took a quarter of an hour, but with the strength of one person, in the armed alliance's crowd tactics, there was a seven-in, seven-out, countless people died under the trembling swift blade, Anna also participated in that battle, and participated in the siege of the second-generation armor, as a result, she was seriously injured in the shoulder, and almost brushed shoulders with death, and it took a month to heal, that is, in that battle, Anna got some combat merits before she was promoted, Become a squad leader in the Knights of Dusk.
Even though a full year had passed, the scene of that quarter of an hour still lingered in Anna's mind for a long time, and sometimes she would dream of it in nightmares, playing back and forth in her dreams, and seeing her comrades die like watermelons under the butcher's knife of the mechanical monster, Anna would always be awakened in a cold sweat.
Both sides had their own minds, and without any superfluous words, the members of the Knights began their work, until now, when night fell.
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Anna took out a leather bag on her back, and took out two tin boxes from it, and she got up and left the pedicle, the leather bag was not closed, and the mouth of the bag was exposed.
By the moonlight, Ti looked around, and seeing that no one noticed her, she secretly looked at the exposed things in her purse, and vaguely saw a few sealed knives, some first-aid medicines, a white cloth, a few thick ropes, etc., a lot of messy things, but they were very useful for survival in the wild.
Ty just glanced at the purse, then looked around, and after a little thought, guessed that this team should often perform some field tasks, and need to survive in the field, those male team members set up tents are also experienced and fluent, Ty has seen some soldiers with rich experience in field combat in the army, she feels that in terms of field survival alone, both sides can be comparable.
Anna soon returned, grabbing some water from the two tin cans she had taken out, which were still steaming, presumably freshly boiled hot water.
Anna took the initiative to gently place one of the tin cans in front of Ti and said softly, "Drink some hot water, so as not to feel the cold, otherwise your friend will wake up and you will fall ill again." β
Ti originally wanted to refuse this kindness, but he tilted his head and thought about it, and felt that it made sense, so he whispered his thanks, his voice was soft and glutinous, he gently picked up the iron box, blew the hot air, and drank it in small sips.
After drinking the hot water, Ti felt her body instantly warm, and some beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, Anna took out a clean white cloth from her bag and handed it to Ti.
Ti hesitated for a moment, but took it, patted the beads of sweat on her forehead with a white cloth, and expressed her gratitude to Anna again.
The two sat still for a few minutes, and Ti felt a little uncomfortable and took the initiative to start a conversation.
"Anna...... I can call you that, right? Do you really believe the story I tell during the day? That doesn't sound like a logical real experience. β
Ti said a little hesitantly, and her face flushed with a hint of shame, this was the first time she had deceived in her life, and she didn't feel anything about the urgency of the situation at that time, and now she took the initiative to talk about it, Ti felt a little embarrassed.
Anna just smiled and shook her head: "There are so many confusing things in this world, even fictional stories are not as coincidental as some reality, although what you said is a little unreasonable, but it can still be explained after the details are completed, of course, I don't choose to believe you because of your story." β
Anna is also very honest and honest.
A curious look appeared on Tie's face, and she had not yet understood what it took to be a real adult due to her lack of social experience.
"And why do you believe me?"
Anna turned her head, and through the dim moonlight, she saw Ti's little red face and blatant curiosity, and laughed at first: "Girls should not be so obvious when they are outside. β
After speaking, he even pinched Ti's tender face, just like a close friend in the boudoir.
At this time, Ti's face was completely red, and he hurriedly covered his face.
But Anna's tone became serious: "Although you and I are only new acquaintances, and there is no room for trust between us, what I just said is true feelings, it is a beautiful and cute girl like you who is most easily deceived, but if I have a little bad intentions, you will have an accident." β
Anna's stern tone couldn't help but calm Ti, she tore her hands apart, nodded thoughtfully, seriously.
Seeing that Ti listened to her words, Anna changed her expression again, with a relaxed smile on her face: "Of course, I'm not a bad person, or rather, I'm not going to do evil to you, the members of the Knights of Dusk have noble glory!" β
Spiritual belief for many people who believe in it undoubtedly changes the life of this person, and it is not surprising that this person will follow the tenets of this faith throughout his life and go through his life.
The Knights of Twilight, as the third largest armed organization, although the overall strength is not the top, but the word "knight" has already revealed the spiritual beliefs of this organization, all members will go through strict screening, and only those who firmly believe in the "chivalry" that has existed since the origin of the era will be approved to join the Knights of Twilight.
This is a retro group, but also a glorious group, the "knights" became an armed organization only because of the corruption of the pope States that oppressed the people and caused the people of the country to live poorly, Herman, the founder of the Knights of Dusk, felt that he needed to set off a return to the era of the "Knights of Glory", so that everyone could live a happy life, Herman was the spiritual leader of all the members of the Knights, and his chivalric demeanor not only impressed all the members of the Knights, but even made the commanders of the Central Army admire him.
It's just that the Tao is not the same.
Anna turned the subject back to Ti's curiosity, she said: "A make-up fictional story is generally not without a real prototype, unless the person who made up the story is a veteran, but you are obviously not, although the experience you are telling is absurd, but it must be related to your background, you said that you and the boy who slept in the tent defected from the army, and the boy even wore a top-secret second-generation armor, which is enough to show that your status in the Pope's Hall is definitely not low, and you also have a very high growth potential, But you don't want to be a war machine under the Pope, so you choose to flee. β
"To be able to escape from the difficult Central Military Headquarters, even if it is the 'adaptor' of the second-generation armor, it is not necessarily possible, although I have seen the power of the second-generation armor, but I also know that the ability of the second-generation armor still has a limit, and it can act recklessly on the ordinary battlefield, but in the face of many armored samurai elite troops, it can still escape, it must be someone behind the back who silently cleared the obstacles for you, so that you found a glimmer of life in the seemingly coincidental and escaped from the military headquarters, but you ended up here, so it seems ......"
"You're just being used as pawns."
Anna made a guess based on what she knew and heard, and in the end, she couldn't help but sigh, she didn't strictly experience the taste of being free by others, but she still felt it.
Hearing Anna's words, Ty's heart cooled, although Anna's speculation was that they had escaped from the military headquarters, but the general direction was not much the way out of her and No's escape from Prison Island.
"Could it be that even our desperate escape is controlled by the palm of our hands......"
Ty clenched his fists and pursed his lips with his head down, his royal blue pupils as if they had lost their brilliance.
Seeing Ti's reaction, Anna knew that what she had guessed was true, and felt very sympathetic for this supposed carefree girl, and reached out to gently smooth Ti's long silky blonde hair.
After a long while, Ti relented, and she whispered to herself, "So what, I will break fate with Nuo!" β
The firmness of the tone shocked Anna, although it was still a little naΓ―ve, but at this age, Ti can have such a strong heart, he must be a person with strong ambitions.
After thinking about it carefully, Anna sent a formal invitation to Ti: "Although I don't know your name yet, I have sent you an invitation to join the group as the captain of the Knights of Dusk, and now you and that boy have nowhere to go, you might as well come to our knights first, and it can still provide a place for you and the boy, I believe that you and the boy who has the ability to control the next-generation armor will be able to easily pass our entry test." β
Ti was a little surprised by Anna's behavior, and glanced sideways at the tent imperceptibly.
After careful consideration, Ti said: "I hope to wait for my brother to wake up and discuss it with him before making a decision." β
Anna smiled at the corner of her mouth: "Of course, this is how it should be." β
After hearing this, Ti stretched out his hand: "Ti Beriel, please advise." β
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