85_85536 "Time is getting more and more in our favor. William thought to himself. Seeing the sunset on the horizon, he was also greatly relieved in his heart. In the past two days, the water and rice have not entered, and in the end, there is finally a result. Thinking of this, he said in his heart that being unhappy was definitely fake.

In addition to being happy, William's heart was naturally a little proud, as well as a little heavy.

Needless to say, escaping under the joint pursuit of nearly a hundred centaurs is a commendable thing in itself. Not to mention, in this case, he also joined forces with his squire John to kill three centaur warriors, something that some of the newest full-fledged knights were not able to do.

And the reason for the heaviness is because of the dead. Yes, dead people. Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, William understood what the fate of the others who were in the same hunting party as them would be. They will die, and the centaurs will not have any mercy. In fact, they don't need to have pity on these guys either.

William could clearly hear the screams not far from them. It was the screams of a teenager, or a few teenagers, who were dying. These unlucky creatures have become substitutes for Princess Elise's backdrops, as well as the centaurs' punching bag.

At that time, William only felt that his blood was surging, and he almost wanted to rush over and fight the team of centaurs.

In the end, though, of course, William didn't do that. He just motioned to little John with his eyes, asking him to continue to use arrows and trumpets to report the signal that "everything is safe".

William said to himself in his heart: "I don't need to rush out, even if I do, I can't save them, this distance is enough for them to turn into corpses." There is no point in doing so. Instead, they will put themselves in it. ”

Of course, that's right, but William's mood has become a lot worse because of it.

William didn't have enough strength to save them. William also knew that he had made the right choice of "not going to save them" tactic. The more people there are, the bigger the target and the slower the speed of action. He could have escaped with two or three people, but he couldn't save them all. This truth is taken for granted, and it does make sense, but it does not hinder William's mood, so it becomes heavy.

At the end of the day, it's my strength that's too bad. If I had an army strong enough to stand up to a centaur, or if I had enough strength to kill a centaur of a hundred, then it wouldn't have been like this.

Thinking of such a thing in his heart, William's face naturally looked heavy. And this heaviness was naturally captured by Her Royal Highness Princess Elise.

"That's, William...... Your Excellency?" "Although she was also tired, hungry, and cold, Princess Elise still felt that she should care about William.

"It's fine. William smiled reluctantly and replied. Immediately afterward, he patted his face and barely cheered up.

He said to himself, "This is not the time to be depressed, because it is not out of danger yet. If you want to feel sorry for yourself, just wait until you go back to the territory. The most important thing now is to keep your mind calm and maintain sound judgment. Other than that, it's—"

"What is it? William, my friend?"

The voice suddenly emerged from the depths of William's heart, causing William's body to stiffen.

"Quick, go!" After that, William didn't say a word, pulled up Elise and ran forward desperately-

"Young master, what's going on?" John followed beside him, completely inexplicable.

"It's been discovered—bastard, it's just a little bit there," William shouted angrily. At the same time, he noticed an unusual movement in front of him.

"Is there a front - by the way, speed, the centaurs are faster than us, so the other search teams are ahead of us - damn it, is the other side seeing a flaw in this regard?!"

William reacted immediately, but it was useless to react for a while. If there is an enemy in front and behind - the side, that is, the road to the south, may be a little safer.

Thinking of this, William immediately turned around and pulled Princess Elise to run wildly south.

"Do you still want to run, can you really run away? No, my friend, you have no need to run away. I just wanted to invite you, and Her Royal Highness Princess Elise, to my hometown. Isn't there anything wrong with this? Isn't it a very good thing for friends to get to know each other better? The endless Qincha grassland, the sky is high and the clouds are light, the turquoise playground is like a flock of sheep like clouds on the horizon. Don't you want to see it with your own eyes? William, my friend?"

Selei, the voice that inexplicably rose from the bottom of William's heart grew louder and clearer. In addition to the surprise of this strange sound, William also felt that his consciousness gradually began to emerge with the idea of "this is not bad". Little by little, I began to agree with Sailei's nonsense.

"Damn, hypnosis, I didn't know this bastard had such skills!" William tried his best to resist the subconscious message of "surrender" to him. Keep moving forward desperately. At the same time, the shouts of centaurs and the crisp sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground could be heard in the distance. It won't be long before they'll catch up—

"Is it over? It's almost dark, and I'm almost going to escape!" William thought to himself, and then he found that John was missing beside him.

"John!" William turned his head and saw John stop running, turn his back to them, and make a defensive gesture.

"It's okay, please let me cover you and Her Royal Highness the Princess, Young Master William!" the big man John shouted to William without replying his head.

"John !!"

"So that's it, it's okay! Young master, you're a really good person, you don't deserve to die here! Run! Go back! Go back and tell my father that his son has done his duty!!

With that, John ran in the opposite direction from William and Princess Elise—the route the centaurs had marched.

"John ......"

William gritted his teeth, and without looking back, continued to hold Princess Elise's hand, ready to continue running forward—but after pulling a little, he didn't. He turned his head sharply to look over, and saw Princess Elise hesitating.

She was scared, tired, and tired. She didn't want to go on like this, so she said to William:

"Sir William, otherwise...... We, what about us surrendering? I think the other side will give us the right one-"

Before she could finish speaking, William gave her a slap in the face without hesitation.

"What do you think I've worked so hard to get to this point!? Do you think John, and so many other sacrifices are just a joke? If that's the case, why didn't you just run with me in the first place, but surrender to that guy? So far, so many people have died, even John is dead, and you want to say surrender now?! What the hell are you thinking?! Sue you, no matter what, no matter what, even if I die, let you escape!"

After William said this, William clutched Princess Elise's hand - but Princess Elise had no intention of being with him at all. just glared at him very angrily and aggrieved. After the two men confronted each other for about two seconds, William roared, grabbed Her Royal Highness Princess Elise by the waist, and ran desperately.

"You, what are you doing?!" Princess Elise, who was held in William's arms, blushed directly and blurted out.

"Just doing what I'm supposed to do!" shouted William—he only felt his body in a moment, as if some kind of shackle had been opened, strength, speed, endurance—the attributes of his body had increased at least twice in an instant—at least twice. Otherwise, he wouldn't have hugged Princess Elise so lightly.

"That's it, that's what it feels like, I—" Princess Elise's eyes widened as she watched William's stunned distraction. She felt that she might never be able to do without this boy again in her life. Despite the chaos around her, there was no room for anything else in her eyes, and nothing else could be heard in her ears.

"It's amazing. Selei's voice came from the depths of his heart, with a hint of surprise: "Should I say, is it worthy of that man's son? No, it should be said that 'worthy of William'." ”

The centaurs are getting closer, and the voices are getting closer. And the sound of horses' hooves and shouts was mixed with John's muffled grunt.

"John—" William bit his lower lip tightly, biting desperately, and not realizing that it was bleeding - most likely - though - but John must have been sacrificed.

"Can't you escape......" William couldn't help but think.

He thought so as he placed Elise on the ground.

"Huh?"

Her Royal Highness came back to her senses and looked at him puzzled.

"Let's go. William said to her, "At least for this moment, I can be your knight." ”

The left hand holds a crossbow, and the right hand is a short sword. William stood in the way of the centaurs.

"Looks good—" said Serre, too—and at the same time, Elise, who wanted to run backwards, retracted from her place. A centaur walked around. They were surrounded.

"That's it...... Is it over?" William couldn't help but think. And contrary to his expression and mood, he smiled as happily as he could.

After all, losers and winners are two very different creatures, aren't they?