Although Avery II did not have a good reputation in the world, often moving between the three major powers, and all kinds of oaths were pledged to throw away without money, none of them were realized, and the nicknames given to him by foreign media such as "liar", "pit viper", and "raccoon" reflect his status in the hearts of the people of other countries. But in the Principality of Haysting, he was deeply loved by his own people.

This was not because of his character, but because of the success of the commercial reforms he led, the relatively low tax rates on traditional agriculture and animal husbandry to pick up the burden of the people, his political clarity, and the vigorous crackdown on banditry and crime in various places, which enabled the people of the Principality to live without want.

But this peaceful scene was suddenly shattered.

The farmers who were planting winter wheat in the fields noticed the wailing of the earth, and when they looked at the source of the shaking in amazement, the dust and sand that covered the sky were already approaching their eyes.

The ominous glow reflected from the metal murder weapon wielding in the air burned the farmer's eyes, and the wail in the Haysting dialect was interrupted, and the farmer opened his mouth wide and his head flew into the sky.

It was a bloody greeting, and with the heads flying into the sky, the outskirts of Hiwartha lost more than a decade of peace that had been hard to maintain since Avery II's reforms.

The bandits, who had been banished to survive in the wilderness or in the mountains, gathered and wreaked havoc on the homeland that the people of the Principality of Haysting had worked so hard to build.

This is the scene described by farmers who fled from outside the city.

It was the early morning of the next day. After a night full of rumors and unable to sleep peacefully, early in the morning Carmelita led the people of the church to the closed north gate, went up the city walls, and observed the situation outside the city.

The sky was a little overcast, and thick clouds piled up in the sky like a thick shield that even the sun could not penetrate, making the sky and earth shrouded in a gray haze.

Gehr stood at the battlement and looked out into the distance, the flames and black smoke rising into the sky, a scene that could be clearly seen even if he stayed in the city of Hiawatha.

The number of bandits cannot be accurately detected, but it is estimated that there will be no less than 2,000 people, and all the soldiers in Haihuasha City are less than 800 people, and the elite mobility has been defeated in yesterday's ambush, and the current Haihuasha City can only barely maintain the situation inside the city, and has no ability to take care of the situation outside.

"Miss Carmerita, we must get out of here before the bandits have spread to the south and cut off the passage to Bern. After questioning, Nit asked the soldiers to take the farmer away and made a suggestion to Camerita.

Five of the Dragonfire Knights have returned, and the rest, including Podier, have been eternally buried in the land they guard, and now Neet is the highest-ranking of the remaining Dragonfire Knights.

Carmerita thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed to Nit's suggestion.

"According to the information obtained, the current situation in Haihuasha City is not optimistic, even if we can finally defend it, it is very likely that we will be forced to stay here for ten days and half a month, and whether we can eradicate these horse bandits and restore business routes afterwards is not something that can be done in a short time, I think it is better for us to follow Camerita and them out of this city. ”

Gehr spoke his opinion to his companions, who had already decided to return directly to San Rotaro with them, giving up on the idea of continuing on to Emlock. But now the situation has completely exceeded expectations, the way back to the trade has been blocked, and his original plan has been lost, and it is impossible to realize it.

After discussing it for a while, they also felt that it was a better choice to go to Bern, the capital of Haisting, than to continue to stay in the city of Hiawatha, which was difficult to understand, so they chose to continue to walk with the people of the English church.

The job of negotiating with Carmelita was given to Lucarin. The Ingrid Church was very grateful to those who had helped them in times of crisis, and the negotiations went smoothly, and the two sides were once again combined into a convoy to arrive in Bern first and then make the next decision according to the development of the situation.

Now that the decision had been made, the group did not delay any longer, quickly descended the city wall, got into the carriage, and left here surrounded and protected by a group of soldiers, and hurried towards the gate at the other end of the city.

Because of the guards to maintain order, coupled with the sense of trust cultivated by the Haysting official with practical actions over the years, although the people in the city are a little uneasy, they are generally stable, the shops are open as usual, and there are no crowds of people fleeing on the road, plus the soldiers led by Nit help open the way, the convoy of the Ingrid Church traveled very smoothly, and arrived at the South City Gate without any trouble.

When they arrived at the South City Gate, the situation suddenly changed - the city gate was extremely crowded, some well-informed caravans were crowding there to ask to leave the city, and the soldiers here had closed the access to the city according to the urgent order of the city council, these caravans were completely blocked there and were not allowed to go out, and the two sides had already had a fierce quarrel, and there were even a lot of invectives, which seemed very harsh.

At this point, the value of the right was revealed, and under the escort of the Nits, these blockades were not a problem at all, and the soldiers pulled aside the wagons of the people blocking the passage, and the Nits went up to talk to the guards guarding the gate, and the gates were opened, guiding the convoy outward.

Gehr looked through the window of the car and saw a crowd of bored, panicked people standing on the side. Their complicated gazes, a mixture of envy and jealousy, kept looking at the convoy that could pass through the city gates, until the last carriage left the city, and the solid and heavy gates closed again, blocking their gaze back to the city.

The convoy quickly moved away from the war-torn city along the road, and the huge black pillar of smoke on the other side of the city slowly became smaller and smaller as the distance increased, and finally disappeared into the sky.

Just as Gehr stretched out his head to look at the pillar of smoke behind him, there was also a person on the other side who was doing the same thing, but that person was only more than ten meters away from the burning point where the smoke column was generated, and he looked extremely small in comparison to the huge pillar of smoke.

It was a knight sitting on a black horse, dressed in a suit of bright silver full-body armor, with an intricately embroidered cloak on the outside, and a black mask with only three arcs on his face, which looked like a demon climbing up from the endless abyss, and the pillar of smoke he looked up to was like a path to heaven.

At this moment a fierce quarrel came, interrupting the knight's thoughts.

It was several bandits arguing over the distribution of the loot. Originally, these greedy guys were not organized, and they were cobbled together by several different teams, and it was normal for this kind of dispute to occur. However, this time the quarrel was extremely intense, and it had turned into a situation of turning his face and not recognizing people, and even one of the strongest guys had drawn his weapon to intimidate others.

The knight swept his gaze to the place where the dispute had occurred, and then rode into the midst of the marauders, standing before the bandits who had drawn their weapons. The knight didn't say a word, and he didn't allow the other party to reply, the long sword immediately swept out horizontally, and in the flicker of the sword, the head of the bandit in front of him had already flown into the sky, flipped several circles before landing, and there was still a look of surprise on his face that had not faded.

There was silence.

After a few moments, the rest of the robbers immediately restored discipline and order as if they had been whipped over, and piled up all the looted goods and supplies in one place, half of which were placed on the collected wagons, ox carts, and donkey carts, and the other half were distributed among each robber in the proportion they had agreed beforehand, without any objection.

These working knights were all left to their subordinates, and they didn't bother to ask, but rode to the front, looking at the city where the dark red walls could already be seen.

"Haysting, hum!"