Chapter 289: Black Flag
Although Finney and Adeline had never met Via, they were Cavishir's disciples when they heard the introduction of Ferdax......
After all, Finney knows a little more than Adeline, and Cavishir can be regarded as the most important reliance of the Byzantine royal family, and she vaguely knows that Cavishir seems to have some mysterious powers in his hands to complete some special tasks for the Empire......
As soon as she heard that the cold woman with the iron mask in front of her was a disciple of Cavishir, Daphne's heart immediately jumped, and she couldn't help but feel a little more hopeful.
Along the way, although the two girls fled with ** Fu Dax, both of them knew in their hearts that this mysterious man was definitely not from the Byzantine Empire! And it seems that his attitude towards the Byzantine Empire is not very friendly, and he is not very respectful to his two royal highnesses.
It's just that the two girls were rescued by him, and there was no one else around to protect them, so they could only flee with this guy. But in the final analysis, I may not be at ease with him in my heart.
A disciple of Kavihir appeared in front of him...... A mysterious man, and a disciple of Kavehill, so such a choice, who should be chosen, naturally there is no doubt.
Obviously, if you can follow this disciple of Mr. Kavehill, it will be safer to get Hongba than to follow this guy of unknown origin.
Via's expression was still so cold, just staring at ** Fudax: "Here, or go out?"
The husband sighed, but suddenly raised his hands and pressed the shoulders of Daiffin, who was about to stand up, and he pressed it so lightly that Dafanny suddenly felt half of her body numb, and sat back.
"Dear Viva. Dax's tone was leisurely: "Aren't you afraid of fighting in this city and alarming the defenders? You and I are naturally not afraid to escape, but these two highnesses, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get away, right?"
Viatrosi snorted, just sat there, but raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Hey, what are you talking about, are you trying to kidnap us? Don't forget, you know ...... promised to escort us."
Adeline heard the smell of gunpowder in their words, and immediately opened her mouth to reprimand, but halfway through speaking, she felt Daphany pull her hand underneath. Looking up, Daphany shook her head at herself.
"I don't like to give up halfway. Dax shook his head: "I am now the protector of the two beautiful highnesses......"
Via took a deep breath, a glint flashed in his eyes, but he finally nodded: "What you said is right, it's not easy to do it in the city." β
With that, she actually stood up, her eyes swept over Daphany and Adeline, nodded slightly, and then turned around and walked towards the stairs.
"Wait a minute, D"
Behind him, Dax spoke again: "Are you injured?" I have told you many times that your archery skills have hurt your body too much. β
"Kill, no problem. Without looking back, Via walked down the stairs.
It wasn't until Via left the fire that Dax finally let go of the hand that was pressing on Daphne's shoulder, and then let out a soft breath, grabbed the wine bottle on the table, and took a sip: "Bad luck, bad luck! β
Adeline's pretty face was full of anger, and she glared at Dax: "I saw that you are not a good person!
Dax directly rolled his eyes: "I am not a subject of the Byzantine Empire, and I am not loyal to the Byzantine royal family, why should I obey you? Besides, Lao Tzu's remuneration has not been paid...... Hmph, you have such beautiful legs, and you won't let me touch them......"
Adeline's face flushed with anger, if she hadn't known that she was not this guy's opponent, she would have remembered it one by one, I'm afraid that even if she was by the side of that turtle, she would never be so angry.
Finney stared at Dax, "What the hell are you going to do with us?"
"Of course, continue to be your protector. Da Sell shamelessly made such an answer, and then smiled sinisterly: "What?"
"That ...... just now"
"Hah, do you think that Kavihir is really so loyal to your Byzantine royal family?" Dax shook his head, "You may not be better in her hands than in my hands." β
Seeing that Adeline was still staring at the stairs, Dax put down the bottle: "Don't look at it...... Don't worry, she'll come back to rob people again. This woman has a tough temperament and is a first-class and difficult opponent that Lao Tzu has encountered in his life. She didn't do it just now, because this is in the city, and the fight has exposed her identity, and everyone can't leave. Hmph, we'll be very busy later.
Adeline gritted her teeth, "It's better if she came and got us out sooner!"
"Help?" Dax's smile became more and more complicated, looking at Adeline, he suddenly sighed, and turned his head to look at Finney: "Dear Royal Highness the Crown Princess, has this little princess always been so naΓ―ve? She seems to have decided that I am a bad person, and that woman is a good person just now...... The word "save" is not very accurate. β
After a pause, Dax whispered, "Saying that she came to 'rob someone' may not be bad." But there is no talk of saving-. β
"You, what do you mean by that!" Adeline glared.
"What do you mean? Just want to tell you that good people and bad people are not written on their faces. β
Dax smiled, but leaned back again: "How about telling you such a precious philosophy, in return, can you consider stretching out your beautiful long legs and letting me touch them?"
Adeline immediately blushed: "............ You, I don't think you're a good person!"
The three of them quickly went out of the city through the north gate, and they didn't know what method this Dax used, and when they got out of the city gate, they took out a pass from their arms like a trick, and they didn't know when he got this thing, and there were traces of the seal issued by the Besta Military Region on it.
After leaving the city, the three of them rode north from the main road, but Dax chose the path to walk, and after walking for less than half an hour, he suddenly smiled and said, "Your Highness the long-legged beauty, the person you are looking forward to is here." β
The three of them looked back and saw that at the back of the road, a slender figure wrapped in a cloak with purple hair fluttering, was slowly following behind the road step by step.
Via's steps were a little staggering, limping and strange, obviously the walk was very difficult, every step she took, as if she was about to fall at any time, but she walked like this, "but she followed behind the three people on horseback, keeping a distance of about thirty meters or so, no more, no less, not falling behind.
After walking like this for a while, and looking back again, Via was still thirty meters behind, not a little more, not a little less!" Dax suddenly grabbed the reins, he took out a short sword from his bosom, rode his horse slowly against the side of the road, and casually reached out to climb down a few branches, and the short sword in his hand suddenly burst out with a golden light, and with a bang, the branches were cut into several pieces and put on the ground, but they were impartial, and they were actually stuck in the dirt.
"Let's go!" Dax's face showed a hint of cold arrogance, and he turned his head and rode his horse and the two girls on.
After running for a while, Adeline was curious, and when she looked back, she saw that Via behind her had already walked to the position where the branches were inserted, and was crouching down, staring at the branches in a daze. I didn't know what to look at, as if there was something profound about the severed branches.
Then, Via stood up again and continued to stumble, only this time the speed of his followers was slightly adjusted, and the distance between the two sides was stretched to about fifty meters.
"Yi?" Dax looked at Via, who had stretched the distance to fifty meters, but instead frowned: "She's so confident?"
Dax's face changed to a solemn look, and after a moment's thought, he snorted, drew his short sword, raised his hand and waved it, and with a click, he cut off the tail of the mount under his crotch.
A light breeze blew, and the severed ponytail flew out towards the back of the road.
Dax sneered and continued with the two girls.
After taking a few steps, the wind blew a few ponytails in front of her, she gently raised her hand to grab one, came to her eyes, carefully looked at the position of the incision, and after looking at it twice, Wei Ya was silent, threw away the ponytail in her hand, but slowed down a little again.
The distance between the two sides became about sixty meters, but Via still followed unhurriedly.
Dax's expression became more and more serious!"What are these two people doing?" Adeline saw that the two of them were acting strangely, but she couldn't see any eyebrows, and couldn't help but ask Dafani in a low voice.
Finney knew more than she did, and smiled wryly, "Temptation." β
"Temptation?"
"Click"
The crown princess had a worried expression on her face: "This guy cut off the branches and cut off the horse's tail, in fact, to show his strength to the disciple of Lord Kavihir in the back, right?"
Cut, 4P branches can show strength?" Adeline was a little unconvinced.
Finney smiled bitterly, "I don't know martial arts either. However, I have heard people say that when the martial arts are cultivated to the top of the level, there is no need to really fight between masters, and from some clues, you can roughly judge the strength of the opponent. This guy swung his sword to cut off the branches, and the disciple of Lord Kavihir behind him could judge the enemy's strength speed and the level of swordsmanship from the cut in the branch. β
Adeline didn't seem to understand, still a little dazed.
Finney said in a low voice: "This guy next to us originally wanted to show his swordsmanship and make the other party retreat, but I didn't expect that the woman behind him was not afraid of his swordsmanship at all......"
Adeline hated Dax in her heart, and naturally wanted to get rid of his "protection", in her heart, no matter what, Lord Cavihill's disciple was her own person who could be trusted.
After listening to Daphne's analysis, he clapped his hands and laughed: "Ha! The master behind him is not afraid of him at all!"
The conversation between the two women fell into Dax's ears, and this guy's face had already changed from the unserious smile he had before, and he had a gloomy face and sneered: "Hmph! β
He simply looked at Adeline generously, and then at Daphne: "Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess's guess is quite reasonable, but I'm not showing power to scare her away, just now this is just the first step of our competition with each other." β
After a pause, he shook his head and said: "I don't know how many times this ruthless woman has fought each other, everyone has a general understanding of each other's strength, but every time they meet again, after a period of time, everyone naturally improves." The secret battle just now is to test each other's strength. β
Speaking of this, a trace of frustration flashed across Dax's face: "It's a pity that she has improved more than I thought...... Originally, I thought I could force her to retreat 100 meters, but now she has only retreated 60 meters.
There was a hint of regret in his expression: "Alas, it seems that my life has been too comfortable and wasteful during this time." β
Adeline didn't care how Dax sighed, but said unceremoniously: "It seems that you lost the secret battle between each other just now?"
Dax scratched his hair: "It's not that I lost, it's just a little unexpected." β
After a pause, he glared at Adeline, "Are you happy? Hmph, stupid woman, I said earlier, this guy is here to rob people, but not necessarily to save people."
"Drink!Drink!!"
The shouts of the knights urging the horses came and went, and the cavalry galloped north on the main road.
Char dressed for a while, at the front of the team, behind Ah Cai acted as the standard-bearer, the young Zaku boy's riding skills were already quite good, sitting on the horse, holding the flagpole with one hand, and the eagle-headed flag fluttering. Behind it was a long cavalry like a long snake.
The outline of Denzel City can already be faintly seen in front of you.
Although he has considerable confidence in Green, with this famous general nicknamed "Mad Dog" sitting on him, even if Hastings really leads the army to invade, Char also believes that Green's ability can at least resist for a while.
But after all, Hasting's Black Flag Army is prestigious, and there are too few troops in Denzel City, so along the way, there is still anxiety in his heart.
When he really saw the Imperial Eagle Banner fluttering on Denzel City, Char finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Behind him were more than 1,000 horse thieves and cavalry, in addition to 5,000 infantry and 6,000 newly recruited recruits, who were far behind, and they were also marching towards Denzel City without stopping.
When Char finally decided to gallop to the aid of Denzel City, he simply did it to the end! There were not many soldiers and horses in his hand, and since he had decided, he simply didn't leave many soldiers in Mesta, anyway, if the Odin really invaded, it didn't matter how many soldiers were left in Mesta, leaving two or three hundred and leaving two or three thousand, there was no difference at the moment.
It is better to draw almost all the troops out and concentrate on the city of Denzel.
On this trip, Char left less than a hundred defenders in Mesta. Before leaving, Char secretly instructed the officers who stayed behind to allow them to surrender without resistance if the Odin invaded.
Anyway, a hundred people can't defend any city, so it's better not to waste their lives in vain.
But just as Char and his cavalry came to the city of Denzel first, and were about to enter the city, Char sat on his horse and suddenly glanced in the northeast direction, and his expression suddenly changed! Outside the northeast of the city, in a forest in the distance, a small group of cavalry slowly circled out, obviously all of them were Odin cavalry, but instead of riding reindeer, they rode horses.
From a distance, it doesn't seem to be a lot of horses, but there are only 100 horsemen, but among the 100 cavalry, there is a standard-bearer holding a banner......
"Hasting, you're here after all!"