After meeting up with Pompeii, on the way back to the three, Zhang Yao told the two about what he had seen the paladins, but did not explain the purpose of the paladins, but only told the general situation.

Hearing Zhang Yao's words, the faces of both of them sank, realizing the seriousness of the matter, the taciturn Pompey said.

"Talk to the nun. ”

That's the most pertinent observation.

The three of them hurried back to the village before dinner, and when they returned, the children gathered around to see what they had to do today, but they were destined to be disappointed.

The adults saw the faces of the three men and realized that something was happening, so they took the children away and moved over to them.

Pompey stepped forward to reassure, while Terry spoke to Zhang Yao.

"You go to the nun, Pompeii and I stay here to explain to the others. ”

Time was precious, Zhang Yao nodded and walked towards the best wooden house in the village.

Lilia Marie was doing some simple sewing work in the house, but when she heard the noise, she walked out of the door and happened to meet Zhang Yao, who was walking briskly.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Yao stopped in front of Lilia Marie, glanced sideways at the old doctor who was walking towards him, and said directly without concealing it.

"I just met the Paladins of the Holy See. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lilia Marie's face immediately changed, she worked in the Holy See and was more familiar with the name of the Paladin than anyone else, it was a group of armed and violent groups under the banner of faith, and most of the tasks carried out were suppression and cleanup, and the difference from the Inquisition Bureau was only in the bloody and dirty level of the work they did.

To put it simply, the paladins are the main force of the Holy See.

"Why would the Paladins be in such a place?"

Holding her arms tightly, Lilia Marie's voice trembled a little, although she asked so, she knew very well that no matter what the paladin came to do, once the fugitives from the village were discovered, they would be brought back to the Holy See for the Inquisition, and then they would need to face not the Paladin but the Inquisition.

"Don't panic. ”

The old doctor patted Lilia Marie on the shoulder, and then looked at Zhang Yao.

"Where did you meet the Paladins, how many of them were, did they move on?"

Compared to Lilia Marie, the old doctor was much calmer, but from the constant questioning, it could be seen that the old doctor was not at all more relaxed than Lilia Marie.

Zhang Yao answered the old doctor's question one by one.

"Further down the stream, the other side was a small group of five, and instead of going deeper, they returned to find reinforcements. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yao clearly heard the relieved voices of Lilia Marie and the doctor who came.

"It's okay, there's still a chance. ”

Lilia Marie said.

"Go tell the others, pack your bags, just bring food and clothes, pots and other utensils to throw here. ”

The mountains and forests are very vast, and it is not a matter of time before the village is found, and the paladins have enough time to return to bring reinforcements to prepare for their departure. Even if the reinforcements entered the forest, they could not find the village so quickly, and they were able to escape far away by taking advantage of this opportunity.

"We went north along the mountains to Stuart. ”

From the very beginning, Lilia Marie considered continuing to go north, but she didn't leave because she wasn't sure, and this time it was the paladin who helped her make the choice.

After Lilia Marie was frightened, the whole village went into action, but it was only half an hour before it was ready to trigger.

Leading the way were men who were familiar with the mountain environment, with the elderly, women, and children in the middle, while Lilia Marie and Zhang Yao followed at the back of the team as the palace army.

Lilia Marie, who had changed into a light coat, was not slow to move in the mountains and forests, but was faster than the three men, and Lilia Marie explained that she was used to playing in the mountains when she was a child.

In order to take care of the children and the elderly, the team could not move faster, and after several hours of travel, they found a flat rocky field just before sunset, and settled here.

Rocky terrain lacking water and shelter was not the best option, but there was no other way, the men scouted around the neighborhood and found no better spot, and the danger in the mountains would rise a lot after the sun went down, so there was no choice but to spend the night here.

Considering that it was impossible to make a fire due to the hidden problem, everyone could only eat some rabbit jerky and wild fruits that had been saved in the past few days, and then prepared to rest.

Also because it was not possible to light a fire, it was necessary to be more careful at night, so all the young men were arranged in two groups and kept vigil in turn.

Zhang Yao and the three of them were arranged in the first half of the night, so everyone else slept, and only five or six of them were still surrounded by wild beasts and paladins around the perimeter of the temporary camp.

The night was uneventful, the paladins did not come, and occasionally a few wolves patrolled around the camp, all of which were scared away by the men's strange and threatening howls.

From the beginning of the northward journey, it was very calm for three days, and everyone slowly eased from the tense atmosphere, talking and laughing along the way, and the biggest change was that they began to eat cooked food again.

The team began to camp about an hour before the meal every day, and Zhang Yao's team, which had the best record, went to hunt, and the other men were responsible for protecting the camp and helping to prepare.

Zhang Yao shifted his target from large, hard-to-transport animals to small, troublesome but easy-to-handle animals, and even squirrels and birds were on his hunting list.

With the Demon Copying Sword...... With the help of magic, to be precise, hunting becomes more and more swords, and Pompeii and Terry also ask him for magic when they know that he can use it. So Zhang Yao lived a day of hunting and hiking, and at night teaching Terry and Pompey basic magic.

Zhang Yao really only knows the most basic magic, but fortunately, Terry and Pompeii are not gifted people, and it is rare to get bald just by learning this little bit of skin, but it is convenient for Zhang Yao.

After a week, the group gradually left the mountain and came to a place close to the battlefield.

According to the old doctor, about half a day's journey from here is the battlefield where the Holy See Army and the Combined Army fought before, but no one knows what the situation will be on the battlefield after nearly a month, so they can only be more cautious.

Half a day later, the group finally came to the plain, or the place that used to be the plain.

Zhang Yao looked at the scene in front of him and was speechless.

The plains, which had been remembered to be green even after being swept away by the war, turned into a charred wasteland, and huge black rocks were embedded in the land, looking like a forest in hell.

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