In the dark environment, Old Gesun lit the torch and carefully escorted Sally towards the nearest Fort Conselton.
As a border fortress, Conselton is easy to defend and difficult to attack because of its tall city walls. Even if thousands of orcs come, they don't worry about any accidents. And just before coming to Finks Village, Old Gesun had actually dispatched a soldier to report the news, and asked the army to come out to greet him with a token. That is to say, long before arriving at Finks Village, the Duke's daughter had already decided to turn back to Fort Conseldon directly tonight.
But obviously, Sally didn't pin all her hopes on the fortress.
"I know that there are certain risks in doing so. If things really get to the point of no return, so that Conselton Fortress can't provide me with shelter, we will immediately turn south and return to Hollier City."
Only when there are no outsiders around here, will there be that undisguised wisdom in her eyes.
Sally is far from being a silly girl who takes one step at a time. It can even be said that she is one of the few women in this era who has a sense of independent thinking. She has a flexible mind and a wide range of knowledge. Although she is a daughter, her knowledge and abilities are not inferior to her dazzling brother.
However, the difference from Francis is that she did not choose to show her sharpness, but hides her sharpness in the sheath, and is extremely restrained.
Old Gesen understood Sally's ability and nodded in agreement with her decision, but he still couldn't imagine that Fort Conselton would be considered a threat by Sally. Could it be that humans would start killing each other for inexplicable reasons without the orcs attacking
Thinking of Francis' consistent respect for everyone over the past ten years, Old Gessen really didn't believe that this would become a reality.
The team of seven marched in the dark night, and their figures were reflected by the torches. Perhaps they thought they had left the village that the orcs were going to attack. They all relaxed their vigilance in their hearts. The atmosphere of the team was not tense. It can even be said to be a little easy.
Everything is at your fingertips.
However, on the vast and pitch-black plain, an undetectable black shadow has been silently following in the distance.
Rody always kept a safe distance from the other party. The other party couldn't hear the sound of horseshoes here, let alone be aware that he was being followed like this—while Rody, who was originally afraid that he would need to search hard, was looking at the shining torch , quite helplessly sighed.
"A group of fools, aren't they just waiting to be targeted by the enemy?"
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At the same moment, Fort Conselton.
"Sir! This is Miss Sally's request, you can't ignore it!"
In front of the city gate of Conselton Fortress, the drawbridge of the moat has just been closed. This is the first time in several years that this fortress has actively suspended the drawbridge that has not been pulled up for a long time. The wide moat and solid city walls will always It brought a strong sense of security to the soldiers guarding the Kingdom here, but at this moment, the soldier who came to ask for help felt chills in his heart.
"Didn't you understand what I said? If you can't prove Miss Sally's letter and token, I have no right to let the soldiers go out in the dark."
The captain at the city gate is not high in rank, but the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Although a knight under Lord Kirk is sitting in the fortress, an ordinary soldier next to Sally wants to talk to her face to face. Not an easy thing to do. But what made the soldier extremely angry. He did have Miss Sally's handwritten letter and token in his hand, but they were completely ignored by the other party!
"But."
The soldier looked back at the drawn bridge behind him. This meant that he was completely cut off from even returning to report.
"There is nothing but, I think you lied about the military situation privately, trying to mobilize the army, according to military regulations... this is a felony!"
As soon as the words fell, the two people behind rushed up and pushed the soldier to the ground. Before he could defend himself, he was knocked on the back of the head by a sword hilt and passed out.
All this happened extremely suddenly. After seeing the other party fell to the ground, the captain pursed his lips, as if he was struggling in his heart, but finally waved his hand and said: "For this bastard who pretends to be a soldier and pretends to be a swindler, see Until one hangs the other, understand?"
"yes!"
The soldiers on both sides dragged each other away, and the surrounding atmosphere was extremely silent.
Fort Conselton was originally supposed to be a lighthouse that brought people a sense of security in the dark night, but at this moment, it transformed into a ferocious beast that wanted to devour people in the dark. .
...
When midnight approached, the villagers of Finx Village had already left the village early, leaving behind an empty building, but at this moment, a black team quietly appeared outside the village.
Their mounts ran silently on the ground, far less powerful than the galloping horses—fifteen orc wolf cavalry arrived on the grassy slope outside Finks Village. According to common sense, orcs with poor night vision would never choose to conduct so-called "reconnaissance" at this time, but it is clear that today's task is extraordinary-these wolf cavalry warriors with scimitars have firm faces, and their bodies are full of blood. A strong will to fight - because they are the backbone of the "Hammer of Rohar" tribe, and at the same time... are also the subordinates of the witch doctor Sarota.
As the "real power faction" of Rohar's Hammer, witch doctor Sarotta has gradually acquired awesome power and ability in recent years. Although his subordinates are only the lowest-level scout infantry in the tribe, they can The loyalty of these members to him is obvious to all.
At this moment, these wolf cavalry did not hesitate too much, and rushed straight down the grassy slope, and then entered the empty village.
"Master Sarota really guessed right."
Before coming, these orcs received the order to "investigate the village thoroughly" rather than "destroy the village", and got a personal reminder from the witch doctor Sarota: If you find no one in the village, report it immediately.
At this moment, the group of orc scouts had to lament in their hearts that the wisdom of Lord Sarota was admirable, and then they immediately turned their wolf heads and ran towards another direction in the darkness.
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Rody looked at the slow-moving team in front of him, and lightly tugged on the reins to stop the horse under his crotch.
The speed of progress in the dark night is relatively slow, and at midnight, the team in the distance barely reached the fortress. Rody, who was watching alone here, was a little hungry, secretly searching for the food carried on the horse, trying to replenish some energy.
Chewing hard dried cheese, Rody re-examined the equipment he was carrying—two quiver, horn bow, two scimitars, leather armor and gauntlets, considered fully loaded. In the past, because of his habit of traveling alone for a long time, he had to bring at least three days of rations. Touching his pocket, the voodoo dice were still inside. After checking the character's attributes, Rody confirmed that his blood volume was full.
Raising his head, the team of Sally and others in the distance had completely stopped.
what are they doing
The Conselton Fortress is within sight, but because of the darkness, its outline cannot be seen clearly. Roddy will not know... Sally's team has lost the news of the soldier who reported it, and directly made a decision to stop.
Two hundred meters away, the old Gesun holding the torch had a serious expression on his face, while Sally next to her looked more helpless. She straightened her platinum hair and sighed: "It seems that we won't be able to return to Conseil today. After a pause, it is obvious that my dear brother has made his final decision to silence a fortress so much that he refuses to light a single lamp."
"Miss, I'll take someone to see—"
"Old Gessen, you understand that it is useless." Sally interrupted him, waving her hand unquestionably: "According to the original plan, we will return to Houllier City immediately. At Father's place, he still can't do anything about it." To continue to surround me."
This may be the sorrow of the nobles of the kingdom. Brothers and sisters fight each other, test each other, and even make no secret of their naked killing intent. They learn to survive under the shadow of such invisible swords and swords when they are less than twenty years old... At this moment, Sally still has confidence in herself .
As early as two days ago, through the forces and channels she secretly cultivated, she clearly learned everything this brother wanted to do. The acting and probing in Vic Village, and the one-touch return in Finks Village, almost everything is within Sally's control and prediction—if the only surprise and doubt is the scout from Nolan Village captain...
Sally was a little curious, how did that guy know this news
However, this doubt was suddenly interrupted by a question——
"what is that?!"
The soldier holding the torch couldn't see what the shadow in the darkness in the distance was because of the light source beside him. He just vaguely saw something passing by on the horizon in the distance.
Old Gesen turned around and seemed to have sensed the strangeness of the atmosphere. He looked around at the burning torches and immediately realized the problem, and ordered: "Extinguish the torches!"
Ten seconds later, the surroundings returned to darkness, and silence enveloped the team. The guards were fine, but the maid's expression was obviously frightened, and she looked around tremblingly.
"team leader-"
"Silence!"
Old Gesen reprimanded in a low voice, then carefully discerned the subtle voice in the wind, and then his complexion suddenly changed.
"Damn it...Damn it! It's the wolf cavalry! Retreat! Retreat!"
The atmosphere in the team on horseback tensed instantly. Everyone trying to turn the horse's head kicked the horse's belly hard, but because of too much force, the maid accompanying the team fell on her back and fell off the horse because of her poor equestrian skills!
But none of the soldiers dared to get off their horses and help her up—they all understood what Old Gessen's warning meant just now, wolf cavalry. This is definitely a nightmare for humans living on the border, not to mention the muffled sound of wolves running in the distance has begun to become undisguised!
Sally wanted to get off the horse to help the maid, but Gesen grabbed her arm, and without a word, he whipped her horse's buttocks, and turned around and shouted: "Don't worry about anything! Miss Protection, break out to the south!"
The team immediately started rushing towards the Conselton Fortress—at this moment, Gesun could only hope that the other party retreated after seeing the human fortress, and he didn't hold too much confidence in whether the gate of the fortress would be opened. hope.
But when he rode out for more than 100 meters, he turned around and found an imminent problem: the speed of the wolf cavalry was too fast. After rushing down the hill, they were far more ferocious than the horses that had just started, and Sally The lady's riding skills are not good, and her speed is even slower than a few veterans. If he continued to maintain this speed, he would be overtaken by wolf cavalry in less than half a minute—he knew the ability of those orcs to throw nets. Once any cavalry was within ten meters of them, it would be a death sentence!
So, after a few seconds of silence, the veteran made his own decision.
He suddenly turned the horse's head to one side, and then shouted loudly: "Everyone, draw your sword! Prepare to engage the enemy!"
There were only four soldiers in total, and their thin figures were completely powerless compared to the fifteen orc wolf cavalry charging up in the dark not far behind. But at this time, Old Gesun didn't seem to hesitate much.
"Miss Sally, keep going, don't look back!"
After saying this, he led the young soldiers under him to turn to the left, raised his long sword, and rushed at the enemies who should not have appeared here.
Sally's eyes widened, and she wanted to speak, but she immediately covered her mouth, and even bit her fingers fiercely to keep herself from yelling. Although she was young, her resourcefulness was far beyond ordinary people, but words like bloodshed and sacrifice seemed to be used forever. Existing in those books, when everything really happened suddenly, the underage Sally simply accepted the decision of these soldiers to die generously for themselves.
But the rationality in her mind told her that she must hold the rein tightly and move on—only by living can she avenge these soldiers, and only by escaping from her brother's traps and traps, the blood will not be shed in vain!
It wasn't until this moment that Sally finally understood... The war is never far away, and the fear that those veterans don't want to mention will always show its cruelty in the most sudden gesture.