Despite a few minor disputes, the whole convoy chose to spend the night here - in any case, everyone was exhausted after such a long and difficult journey, and it was not easy to find another place to rest in this unfamiliar town.

And Mrs. Angelica, who heard that Alan was in the lobby of the inn, was surprisingly silent, and just ordered the servants to pack all the luggage and lead all the horses to the stable of the inn, which made the servants who had been following Mrs. Xiàn quite stunned.

But they soon stopped caring about these "little things" - and it was almost evening when Lady Angelica fulfilled her promise in public - and the money from the sale of the blood wolf skins was distributed equally among all the surviving servants and guards, and the real silver coins were distributed to each of them, and the weight of the real money made them seem to forget all their tiredness in an instant, and look as if they were happy at the end of the day.

Even Edward himself was given a bag full of silver coins, and even a few delicate Turin gold coins in it, which made the others around him envious, but not so blushing as to make them stand up - after all, it was Edward who cut off the head of a wolf, and this reward was deserved by him.

Although it's a small inn and the hall looks a little shabby, the dinner is unusually hearty—vegetable soup with cheese, herb-roast chicken with northern flair, steaming chicken pie and fish stew, and oily sausages and roasted deer legs fresh from the fireplace in the hall......

Plate after plate filled the tables in the inn's hall, and with them tempting ales of ale and sweet wine, to the delight of the weary guards and servants, who devoured the sumptuous dinner and wished the Radiant Cross with gratitude for their survival.

Lady Angelica and Allen, on the other hand, did not have dinner in the hall like everyone else, but had them sent to the room—not only because the noble lady could not stand the rudeness of the servants, but she knew very well that the group would not be able to enjoy themselves in any case.

As the night deepened, the excited and frenzied cheers gradually sank into the melodious sound of the peaceful river flowing along with the whole town. Under the bright starry sky, the fire in the inn hall was still blazing, but apart from the mess on the table and a few drunken drunkards, only a few tired and exhausted cousins were left to pack up their things.

After all, midnight towns are always quiet - who wouldn't hurry home for a warm bed and a hot dinner but drunkards, wandering beggars and gamblers who have lost their money?

However, Gayyo Wallens disagrees.

The knight of the sacred tree was standing in the narrow alley outside the inn at this time, completely devoid of the daylight scenery, the knight's sword clenched in both hands was already stained with blood, and the blood flowing from the laceration on his forehead and the sweat on his forehead were mixed and fell into his eyes, which made him quite uncomfortable.

With his chest rising and falling violently, and his mouth pursed his mouth, Gayle Valence's breathing became more and more rapid, and with a little irritability, he kicked away a dead guy at his feet—in the narrow and dark alley, there were already three or four corpses lying horizontally, all of them with dead gray eyes, covering their wounds and lying on the ground, dripping with blood mixed with sludge, emitting the stench of blood.

But outside the alley, there were still seven or eight heavily armed assailants, all of their crossbows aimed at Gaio Valens, who was standing at the end of the alley, covered in wounds. Even if this Sacred Tree Knight reached such a point of "exhaustion", his face was still gloomy, and he did not have the slightest look of fear.

Instead, the attackers who stood outside looked ugly and motionless, as if they were on guard against a wounded beast, and a beast that was so fierce that it could still kill its four brethren with an arrow in the shoulder.

Standing behind a group of assailants, a man in a cloak felt a slight pain in his heart - all these warriors were his men - not only because they were his men, but also because they were brothers who had sworn to protect each other, but they were killed like chickens and sheep slaughtered by them, and they were so desperate that they didn't even have time to scream!

"Mr. Sacred Tree Knight, your bravery deserves respect, but I advise you to surrender now. The cloaked assailant finally spoke, but he couldn't read his expression clearly because he was still wearing a hood: "If I could, I wouldn't want to see you die in such an indishonorable way as an arrow!"

"Sue me by your name, Cloak Man, you must already know what my name is!" Gaio Valens' cold gaze seemed to be a sharp blade that gently slipped from his neck, "As for surrender...... How many Knights of the Sacred Tree have you seen willing to hand over their swords?!"

"Rhett Geist - that's my name, if that makes you feel better. The cloaked man named Red smiled, he had heard that people who believed in the Radiant Cross had this habit, and he must know the other person's name after telling the other person's name: "Of course, as you said, I haven't seen any of them." ”

Rhett looked at Sir Geylot Valence with some regret - it was quite tempting to have a chance to capture this fellow alive, but it was clearly not worth the risk of the brothers' lives. A bright dagger protruded from his sleeve, and the cold light on the blade reflected the Sacred Tree Knight, who was already on the verge of extinction.

Gaio Valence, who was standing in the alley, unexpectedly smiled contemptuously, but the gloomy face was worse than crying. He didn't rush out with a roar, let alone lay down his weapon to kill himself, but with some difficulty he straightened up, raised his sword, and pointed it at them.

"If you haven't seen anyone who surrendered voluntarily, how many Sacred Tree Knights have you encountered?" A joking voice came from behind him, and the cloaked man named Red shuddered, his right wrist flipped, and the blade he held behind him swung towards his twisted head!

The black-haired boy didn't hesitate at all, his right hand holding the hilt of the sword suddenly pulled out the long sword, and a black shadow that was not visible at all was mixed with the sound of the sword blade whistling, as crisp as a sharp axe cutting firewood, and the right arm holding the dagger was cut off by his sword!

Not yet aware that his arm had left his body, Red's figure shook slightly, his eyes looking incredulously at something in the darkness that was gushing out of his arm.

Through the splash of liquid, he saw Edward stride forward, his hands clenching the blade that he couldn't see clearly, and stabbing into his abdomen - chain mail, muscles, internal organs, bones...... The sharp sword stabbed his body in half, staining his cloak red with a thick layer of blood.

The pain gathered into a miserable howl like exploding flames, but before the sound could erupt from his throat, Edward grabbed his throat first, and his fingers like iron pincers slammed into a crisp cracking sound, and the cloaked man's head tilted to one side as if it had lost its support.

Almost all of the attackers were immediately attracted by this scene, and in horror they aimed their crossbows at Edward, even forgetting that there was a wounded beast standing at the end of the alley.

The black-haired boy didn't immediately pull the sword out of the corpse, grabbed the dead Red collar, blocked it in front of him with his body, and then quickly rushed forward!

The bowstring snapped, and the bolts instantly pierced Red's body into a hedgehog. Hearing the sound of the bowstring stop, Edward decisively kicked the cloaked man's corpse at one of the attackers, drew his long sword, and threw himself at the other without hesitation, even completely ignoring that the person next to him had already drawn his short knife.

Sure enough, Gaio Valense, the knight of the sacred tree, who had been shot in the shoulder, swung his long sword like a shadow in the darkness, piercing his throat with incredible precision, and the tapered tip of the sword even tore his jaw out of his mouth!

If just now Gayle Valence was a little uncomfortable just because he was injured because of carelessness, now he is uncontrollable anger!

It is unforgivable that he was actually saved by a Mineste dog's leg! Despite this, the enraged Sacred Tree Knight still cooperated very well to block the enemy behind Edward, and even forgot that he planned to kill this little squire during the day.

It was obviously the two who were surrounded, but at this time, as if they had taken the advantage, they slaughtered this group of unknown raiders extremely quickly, and even until the moment the last person fell, there was still no sound in the dark alley.

It was only then that the last of the attackers who were still alive finally collapsed completely, and his body seemed to be drained of his strength into a pile of mud, and he fell there trembling, watching Gaio Valence come like a ghost, covered in blood.

Edward stood silently and watched the Sacred Tree Knight limp past, he hadn't been interested in asking about such a thing.

Slowly squatting down, the indifferent Gaio Valence covered the man's mouth, picked up the dagger he grabbed and gently cut his neck, even if the tiger's mouth was bitten by the other party, he pressed the man's mouth tightly without making a sound.

Midnight town, always quiet.