The morning sun illuminated the land of Vic Village, and at the same time made Baron Francis, who hadn't slept all night, stand up.
His eyes were red, his brows were slightly wrinkled, and he was obviously not in a good mood.
Not far away, the confidant who was supposed to be here before dawn just arrived late at this time. This abnormality that shouldn't have happened made Francis feel a little ominous—as expected, the news brought by the other party made him squint. eyes:
"My lord, ten of the orc's advance scouting team were killed."
These words made Francis' face change, he narrowed his eyes, his handsome face suddenly turned dark, and he said in a deep voice, "Fortress Conselton will not support, the few miscellaneous soldiers around her have this kind of ability?"
The facts were obviously worse than what Francis had expected. When he learned from his confidant that Sally escaped inexplicably after the death of Old Gessen and others, the count suddenly felt as if he had been tricked.
who is it? Who is it
It is definitely not an easy thing to be cruel to one's own sister, this is a road of no return, Sally must die, if she returns to her father, Duke Luciferon alive, and waits for her.
Francis narrowed his eyes, and with his fists clenched, he slammed on the table.
"Immediately send a team to intercept along the way. She cannot be allowed to return to Hollier City alive. Let Conseldon send troops—in the name of intercepting the orcs."
Behind the calm words is the caution mixed with anger and anxiety, and his words are even more in line with that sentence: Behind all evil, there can always be a "justice" excuse on the surface.
Francis is well aware of this, so power in his hands has become a weapon more terrifying than a sharp blade.
Looking at the dark green forest on the horizon to the south of Vic Village, the face of the eldest son of the Duke was uncertain—if Sally entered the Forest of Whispering Whispers, it would be difficult...
As a nobleman who knew the rumors in that forest, Francis was absolutely unwilling to send someone there to search for her whereabouts.
But he would never have imagined that the scenario he least expected to happen would finally happen because of Rody, a special existence who broke into the turbulence of history.
"Are you sure you won't be found out like this?"
Only six or seven kilometers away, Sally, who was looking at Vic Village, asked in a low voice to Rody beside her.
After being carried on the back by the other party for five hours, Sally was finally able to walk on the ground, which showed that the knee contusion was not as serious as imagined. But what bothers Sally now is that her relationship with Rody seems to have become very delicate.
Shame and anger were gradually suppressed, and they followed each other in silence, occasionally opening their mouths, and the attitude between the two of them was also a little cold. Sally didn't want to believe the exaggerated reason that Rody said before—in Karen Kingdom, it might be credible for a great lord to talk about saving the country, but if a scout who didn't even have the rank of second lieutenant Said...I'm afraid everyone will just take it as a joke.
But the person who told this "joke" in front of Sally didn't laugh, so the "joke" itself became a seed, which took root in her heart imperceptibly...
In this hierarchical society, the gap between the Duke's daughter and the frontier soldier is obvious - but when the scene is changed and the two share weal and woe, the status gap narrows inadvertently.
"His current manpower is not enough to conduct a large-scale search, so he can only search south on the road to Hollier City. Conserton's troops will only appear here at least in the afternoon, and at that time, we have already entered the Forest of Whispering Whispers."
Rody answered her question in a low voice. The two of them were not walking alone on the road at the moment. In the early morning, there were many traveling merchants and horse-drawn carriages on the road running through the villages in the territory. Now they were following one of them. The unremarkable rear of the caravan.
Put away the gauntlets, exchanged the damaged leather armor for a linen robe worn by beggars on the roadside, the horn bow with the bowstring removed looked like a twisted hoe, and the scimitar was wrapped in linen. What did Rody look like at this time? , not at all like the cold-blooded warrior who raised a knife and chopped off the head of the orc last night, but looked no different from a poor farmer. On the other side, Sally, whose face was wiped by Rody with mud, looked like a village woman who had fled—the pair of comfortable cloth shoes were asked by Rody to take off, and she was wrapped in rags and stuffed in her abdomen to change her original slender figure. Although it was difficult for Sally, who had never walked barefoot, to accept this method of camouflage, she also knew that if she didn't do this, she would probably be discovered and dragged out to be hacked to death immediately.
Although she understood that Rody's intentions were good, Sally always felt that the guy in front of her always seemed to be against her—he must have walked so fast on purpose... Didn't he know that his feet would hurt
Deliberately... must be intentional... he must think he is too squeamish...
Originally, because the other party walked behind her back for several hours, her senses had changed a little, but thinking of this now, she couldn't help gnashing her teeth. I didn't know how many words I scolded him secretly in my heart, but I didn't say anything, I just tried my best to catch up with his footsteps.
"We must not let him underestimate himself!"
Although Sally didn't understand why she had to "show off her strength" in front of a scout captain, she did endure the pain with her will until now.
"They're on the move."
Rody stopped suddenly, turned his head and looked at the cavalry team running across the road in the distance, and his tense nerves finally relaxed. After confirming that the cavalry disappeared from sight, Rody immediately took Sally off the road, and walked straight towards the Whispering Forest, which was already close in front of him.
"Are we really going into this forest?"
The seemingly quiet Whispering Forest is right in front of you, but Sally asked Rody beside her a little uneasy because of those rumors, and followed Rody all the way here, Sally no longer doubts that he has the ability to bring She escaped from these interceptions and pursuits by herself, but she hesitated to go straight into the forest that her father had sternly warned not to enter.
"Do you know what's in the forest?"
Without looking back, Roddy asked aloud.
Sally frowned and wanted to nod, but seeing Rody's expression, she thought for a few seconds and replied seriously: "My father warned me... If you can, never try to step into this forest."
"Your father is right." Rody's answer made Sally raise her eyebrows. She thought she would hear the other party's dismissive rebuttal, but she didn't expect Rody's sincere tone to surprise her. Not to be alarmist, the forest is indeed dangerous... But, that's only for those who are not familiar with it."
Stepping into the shadows brought by the towering forest, Rody looked back at Sally who suddenly stopped and stood outside the forest, took off the horn bow behind her and held it in his hand, and said in a low voice: "If you say I have the ability to pass through it, are you willing to believe me?"
believe
When this word appeared in her mind, Sally realized that she had already made up her mind.
.
at noon.
The black smoke floated from the horizon, causing the farmers who hadn't seen such a scene for many years to stop and stare, with some hesitation in their hearts. However, in an era when communication can only be passed on orally, it may take a few days for most people to gradually learn about the "migration" that took place last night and the fact that Finks Village was looted this morning.
No matter what conditions the witch doctor Sarota agreed to Baron Francis, things like looting the village would never be let go by the orcs. The barrenness of the orc empire is almost unimaginable to human beings. Their technological level determines the result of low overall productivity. They rely on nomadism and cannot cultivate. The Karen Kingdom throws out ten streets. The lack of mineral resources makes their weapons and equipment can only be described as "rudimentary". These orcs living in the form of tribes on the plains of Nehemia lived a life of hunger and food all year round. When the year was bad, a large number of herders died.
So at this time, even if it's just an evacuated village by humans, the orcs can't wait to scrape all the land away.
Not only did they plunder everything like digging three feet into the ground, but before they left... they even set fire to it.
The billowing smoke stimulated the nerves of the entire Karen Kingdom like the beacon smoke that had not been ignited for hundreds of years. The villagers of Finks Village who had been evacuated to Broy Town seemed to have just woken up from a nightmare, and they were aware of everything. After they were safe and sound, they were all extremely grateful to the scouts who brought the news and let them evacuate. Even the butler Hall had to apologize for yesterday's attitude with a stiff smile.
Carter and Ruger were surrounded by cheers, but they didn't seem as excited or excited as they should have been. Only a few people, including the original Second Lieutenant Soderol of Finks Village, noticed the abnormality in the scout team.
Soderol didn't look tired. In fact, assisting the villagers to evacuate was effortless for him, but his keen intuition told him that someone seemed to be in trouble.
"Where did Rody go?"
He asked Carter, who was packing his luggage, and replied naturally: "Miss Sally asked him to go with him to Conselton, and he said that if we didn't show up at Broy today, we should return directly to Nolan Village." .”
These are the original words of Rody. At that time, the situation was urgent, and Carter didn't care too much about it. But when he repeated these words, he seemed to have noticed some problems, and his expression gradually became hesitant...
Soderol narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked, "He didn't say anything else? Why did Miss Sally want him to follow alone? This should be the first time Rody met Miss Sally, right?"
"Eh... Maybe he wants to talk to Miss Sally alone about something, I don't know exactly what—"
Carter didn't know how to explain it, and the words were obviously prevaricated.
Suo Deluoer nodded after hearing this, and stopped asking questions tactfully, and then changed the subject: "I...considered it, I hope I can follow you to Nolan Village, mainly to meet and get to know Captain Luo Di. Without him, Maybe all of my people will die in the battle in Finx Village, I cannot but thank you for this kindness."
These words were polite, Carter thought for a while, and felt that he had no reason to refute Soderol, so he nodded in agreement. So the second lieutenant explained the mission to his subordinates who were not close to him, and then he mounted his horse and followed the two teams of scouts from Nolan Village towards the northeast.
But as soon as he walked out of the village, Carter saw a fast-moving cavalry unit on the horizon in the distance. The number exceeded a hundred, and it looked mighty. He asked casually: "Where did that team come from? Conselton Fortress? Where else?"
Suo Deluoer was just behind him, and he was obviously taken aback when he saw this scene—he used to serve as a lieutenant in Fort Conselton, but he was demoted here as a scout captain because he offended a villain. When he saw those familiar team flags, he could naturally identify the opponent's identity.
But just because he knew the identity of the other party, the answer he originally wanted to blurt out became hesitant...