After leaving the town of Ikahl, Karl's party did not delay any longer, and this time they would go directly to Rizlandburg.

Because they had no infantry or retinue on foot, they hurried quickly, and in about seven or eight days they were almost at Rizlandburg.

"Lord Earl, we have entered the territory of Rizlandburg, and we will reach Rizlanburg Castle in a day at most." Brother Derian judged the distance and reported to Karl.

"Very well, it seems that our foal is working hard." Carl nodded, it was his first time here.

"Derian, tell the knights to be careful." Karl said suddenly.

Brother Derian looked at him puzzled, Karl just frowned, and said with some hesitation: "I don't know why, I always feel a little uneasy, as if something is going to happen." ”

"This may be your delusion, Lord Earl, I don't think anything will happen to us." Brother Derian shrugged his shoulders noncommittally when he heard that Karl was just a so-called "as if", besides, what robber would dare to do anything to such a team?

"I hope so, but there's nothing wrong with being careful." Carl insisted, this feeling of panic was very strange, there was a sense of fear.

"Well, you have the final say." Brother Derian was not going to argue with his lord on such a matter, he walked over to the knights and said a few words before returning to the ranks.

But they didn't know that in the distance of the procession, there were a few guys dressed in ordinary clothes who saw their flags flashing in their eyes, and then rode on their horses and quickly left.

……

"Chief, our spies have reported that the Count of Dortmund is almost at Rizlandsburg Castle."

The man approached, with a scar on his face, vulture-like eyes, an eagle's nose, and a coarse linen coat, and the way he walked showed that he was a man of extraordinary skill.

"Is it finally here? Hehe, we've been waiting for so many days. The leader glanced at the man.

"Chief, this ...... Isn't it too dangerous? That's an earl, assassinating an earl, that would cause the nobles to retaliate frantically. The vulture man said with some hesitation.

Hearing his words, the leader also hesitated, but then his eyes changed.

"Our employer paid us enough."

"No matter how much money you have, you have to spend it!"

The leader smiled bitterly, then looked at him and shouted in a low voice, "Do you think we have the right to refuse?" From the moment they found us, we had no right to refuse, we didn't even know who they were, but I can tell you that once we quit, they would not hesitate to kill us, they would not allow people who knew such things to live, and the best option was to do it honestly and listen to them, at their mercy, so that we could still live. ”

The vulture man's pupils shrank, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

"The only thing we can do now is pray that they will keep their promises when it happens." The leader's voice grew lower and lower, and finally it was like a murmur.

The vulture man was silent, and after a moment he exhaled softly.

"I see."

With that, he turned and left, followed by thirty or forty men, all dressed in brand-new leather armor, and even a few of the leaders wearing chain mail.

If anyone saw this scene, they would be stunned, most of the minor nobles could not arm a group of troops with such equipment.

The leader looked at their backs, sighed, and put on his chain mail, if he could, he really didn't want to wear these equipment, after all, wearing it meant that he was involved in the battle between the great nobles, these armors...... That's all provided by the people who hired them.

……

Europa is not very populated, and many places are sparsely populated, and only in villages or castles can there be large numbers of people, and these suburban wildernesses are only the occasional flying bird, the creeping snake, and perhaps the bear, and of course, no one wants to encounter such creatures themselves.

The sound of horses' hooves is especially noticeable in such a wilderness, after all, there are not many additional sounds here, and if it were not for the sound of the river and some waves, it would be too lonely here.

"Lord Count, across this river we can almost see Rizlandburg Castle." This time it was a knight who came to report it, and Brother Derian was in front of him to determine the direction.

"Okay." Karl said casually, only the next moment his pupils constricted, and an arrow was like lightning, emitting a wail that broke his breath.

"Be careful!" Karl let out a loud shout, but the knight didn't react, and the arrow slammed into his chestplate, causing him to fall with a huge impact.

"Discipline is in ......"

The horse under his crotch was frightened and neighed, and his hooves stood, the two hooves in front of him waving meaninglessly.

"Enemy attack!"

Someone immediately reacted, roaring angrily, the knights of the Inner House quickly surrounded Carl's carriage, and the knight who was shot also crawled up, fortunately he was wearing armor, the arrow only left a huge dent in his chest armor, but although he did not die, but the impact still made his chest hurt, I don't know if there is a broken bone.

Soon several more arrows were fired, but the knights, who had been prepared, were not so easy to deal with, and they held their shields to form a shield wall to block all arrows.

And this was enough for the knights to judge the position of the enemy, and the enemy had no intention of hiding, and all of them rushed out, and more than forty people charged at them.

"Who the hell are you?" Brother Derian was furious, the enemy on the opposite side had chain mail and horses, which did not look like robbers.

The other party didn't answer, and the knight in the lead had an obvious goal, which was to go to Karl.

"Protect Lord Earl!" Brother Derian roared, entangled with his enemies.

Karl rushed out of the carriage, cut the rope between the horse and the cart with a sword, and rode on to act as his own warhorse.

Thankfully, he was wearing leather armor, which gave him a sense of security, and now it seemed right, otherwise the enemy would suddenly appear and he would have been unprepared for death.

Originally, he wanted to wear chain mail or plate armor, but it was too bulky for long travel.

"It's a conspiracy! The moment he saw the enemy, it was his only thought, and he said that he would not believe that it was a robber.

"Knights, gather around me!" Karl raised his sword, and the knights quickly surrounded him.

"Charge!" Karl pointed his sword, and the knights followed him in a wedge-shaped formation.

They did not expect such a thing to happen, and naturally they did not carry the heavy cavalry spear, but could only charge with their swords, which fortunately were not too short.

"Sonorous!"

The sound of the iron-to-iron clash was very loud, and both sides of contact were taken off their horses without any suspense.

Although the enemy had horses, there were very few knights with chain mail, only two or three people, and the rest were light cavalry in leather armor, and the first charge on Karl's side had a small advantage, at least three or four of the enemy died under their swords.

"Damn it." Karl had a gloomy face, although their combat power was stronger, but it was useless, there were too many people on the other side, four times as many as them, they killed four of the other party, but the other party knocked his two knights off the horse, at this moment they could only fight with the enemy on the ground, the armor can ensure that they have a strong fighting power, but in the end it is not as strong as coming on the horse.

"Earl, go away!" Brother Derian shouted loudly, Carl must not have an accident!

"Let's go?" The guy who was the leader of the other side sneered, and once again surrounded them with a group of cavalry.

"Who the hell are you, I am the Count of Dortmund, and you are not afraid of retaliation if you attack me!" Karl scolded.

"It's you Count Dortmund who killed, it's a pity that the noble title won't bring you good luck this time, you can only blame you for messing with people you shouldn't have messed with." The leader said coldly, and then said no more.

"Damn it!" Carl knew that there was no point in talking about it, and that the other party had been ordered to kill him, not some robber.

"Fight a way for the Earl!" Brother Derian shouted, and the knights echoed.

"Whew!" A sword shot and hit Brother Derian in the head, and Brother Derian tumbled down, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

"Derian!" Karl's eyes were red, that was his palace appearance!

"You'll be with him soon." The condor man pointed his bow and arrow at him.

Karl's hair stood on end, and he subconsciously shifted, and the arrow grazed his face and hit Shumu in the back.

"For Brother Derian, revenge!" Karl didn't have time to be afraid, he was now furious.

"Revenge!"

The knights charged again, and those enemies were definitely no match for them in a frontal charge.

The knights, with infinite anger and courage to break through the cauldron at this moment, seemed unstoppable for a while.

"Consume them!" The leader looked at all this coldly and ordered.

It was a very difficult battle, and there were fewer and fewer knights around Karl, who were either overwhelmed and then wiped on their necks, or shot down and dismounted to fight the enemy.

"Earl, go!" The last knight shouted, it was impossible for them to resist.

Only the next moment, the enemy threw him down, forcibly ripped off his face armor, and killed him with a sword.

"Your Excellency Earl, now it's your turn." The leader gasped and led the men to approach Karl step by step.

In this attack, they were killed by more than half of these knights!

Carl couldn't muster his strength at the moment, and with the river behind him, he was blocked.

"Am I going to die here?" Carl looked unwilling.

Looking at the approaching enemy, Karl gritted his teeth and plunged into the river, and his whole person quickly disappeared from the enemy's sight with the turbulent water.

"Damn it!" The leader's eyes widened and he roared.

"Chief, in his state, and with the rapidity of this river, he is dead." The vulture man said.

"If you want to see people alive and die to see corpses, search for me!" The leader ignored him and ordered.

"Yes!"