In the afternoon.
"Woo~woo~"
The low sound of the horn sounded, spreading throughout the interior and exterior of the reef castle.
A military camp somewhere outside Reef Castle City, inside a stable.
"Stab it, sting it..."
Mario, who was once a superior ten-centurion and captain of the Red Maple Cavalry, is now an inferior centurion and captain of the Red Maple Cavalry. He doesn’t look like a captain at all. He is standing on a three-legged stool. Go up and brush the fur of your red horse with a brush dipped in water.
"Stab it, sting it..."
Halfway through brushing, Mario seemed to hear something. He stopped and turned his head to look outside the stable.
"Gather, the whole group gathers!"
In the air, the leader's shout came.
Without any hesitation, he threw away the brush and jumped off the stool. Mario rolled and crawled out of the stable. He saw a group of soldiers gathering in the open space of the military camp. The regimental commander in armor was standing not far away. .
The regiment leader noticed him, glanced at him, and beckoned: "All captains, come to my camp for a meeting." After saying that, he turned and walked to the side.
"Yes." Mario gave a standard military salute and quickly followed.
After a while, he and nine other captains entered the captain's camp.
The regiment leader did not waste any nonsense. He explained the departure time, marching route, and things to be prepared very concisely. Then he narrowed his eyes and said: "Each brigade will prepare on its own. We will set off in two hours. Whoever falls behind will wait. Come and be whipped by me."
There are a lot of things to prepare this time. In addition to weapons and equipment, you also need to bring ordnance, food, and clothing, because it is very likely to be a long-distance and long-term march, which is quite difficult.
Mario blinked and asked tentatively: "Captain, we are so well prepared and we are marching northwest again. Are we going to the Northern Wasteland or to Sika?"
The group leader glanced at Mario and said without concealment: "Let's go to Sarin."
"Forehead... ... "
"Go get ready, don't be nagging."
"yes."
... ...
In the blink of an eye, two days later.
The Red Maple Cavalry Regiment moved northwest along the road, getting farther and farther away from the Reef Castle.
Mario's brigade, as the vanguard, opened a path five miles in front of the main force of the Red Maple Cavalry Regiment and was alert to potential dangers.
The regiment leader told Mario that their Red Maple Cavalry Regiment was the first group to set off, so they may encounter various problems during the journey to the sand forest, including but not limited to defeats, traps, and ambushes, so He had to cheer up.
Mario's eyes widened at this time, and he kept scanning the front, feeling a little complicated.
When the regiment leader arranged the marching plan, he had already vaguely guessed that he was going to Sarin. After all, the big event that happened in Xia Ya could not be hidden at all, and it had already spread throughout the world.
However, the closer he got to Sarin, the more worried he became—worried about the outcome of the battle with Sarin.
He participated in almost the entire national war, so he knew the horror of Richard. It will never be easy to attack people like that, to attack Sarin who has people like that.
There is a high possibility of heavy losses.
He is not too afraid of death, otherwise he would not be able to become the captain, but he is afraid that the forces of the Reef Castle will suffer heavy losses during the attack on Sarin, allowing the Sika people to take advantage.
But these things... General Sauron should have taken them into consideration, and it shouldn't be something he, a captain, should be worried about...
"call-"
Taking a deep breath and putting back his wandering thoughts, Mario looked towards the end of the horizon. Not sure if it was an illusion, but he saw a few black spots flashing there.
The next moment, he was sure that it was not an illusion, there were really countless black spots coming from the horizon.
When he got closer, he could see clearly that there were many Alliance soldiers fleeing hastily. They were obviously defeated from the front. I don’t know exactly what they went through. They were like a group of beggars. Almost no one had weapons, and some even lost their shoes.
At this time, the defeated soldiers also saw them, and they speeded up and approached as if they had seen a savior.
Mario maintained basic vigilance and asked his men to stop the defeated troops dozens of meters away. He picked a person to come to him and asked: "Where did you come from?"
"Sir, we escaped from the Gray Rock Territory. We fled for two days before we got here."
"Greystone Territory? Which regiment are you from the Graystone Territory garrison?"
"Silver Cross Mixed Group." The other party answered honestly.
Mario frowned deeply and looked at the other person. The next moment his eyebrows trembled in fright, and he blurted out: "It's you! I've seen you!"
"Ah?" The person being questioned was stunned, and looked at Mario seriously. After a while, he said in surprise, "Are you Mr. Mario? Mr. Mario, I actually see you again. It's really fate. .I’m so honored that you still remember me.”
The person who spoke was none other than Frank Dais.
"Of course I remember you." Mario said to Frank, his hand already subconsciously holding the sword, and he glanced in the direction where Frank escaped.
During the National War three years ago, he briefly fought side by side with Frank, and he had a profound memory of Frank's unlucky physique - after all, how unlucky a person must be to be able to just bump into Sika's entire magic suit Knight brigade
Although the magic knight was later led into the alliance encirclement and eliminated, it was a narrow escape. Ever since then, he had made up his mind to be wary of people like Frank.
Looking at Frank, Mario had no intention of reminiscing about the past. He just asked seriously: "You are running away in such a panic. Are there any pursuers behind you?"
"There are indeed pursuers, they are Sarin's black cavalry. We are no match for them. We were defeated as soon as we met. After that, we could only keep running away and ran here." Frank said with lingering fear, "Along the way, we also I met several groups of friendly forces and tried to join forces to fight back, but in the end they all became a group of people running away - the black knight is really too powerful... "
Mario's inner sense of crisis arose, his breathing became rapid, and he forcibly interrupted Frank's words, asking: "Tell me, how far away is the Black Rider from you? Are they following right behind you?"
"That's not true." Frank shook his head, "If we had followed closely, we would have died long ago. Their speed is not too fast. They should still be more than ten miles away now. They may have been thrown away by us. Don't worry too much, adults." .”
As soon as Frank finished speaking, he saw Mario's lips trembling in front of him, his eyes shrinking, and he pulled out the long sword with a "swipe" sound, as if he was going to chop him alive.
"I... thank you!" Mario shouted.
"Thank me for what I did..." Frank was confused. He thought of something in the middle of his sentence. He turned around and looked at the way he came from. He saw a group of people galloping towards them. It was the black cavalry chasing them.
In his impression, the Black Cavalry, which should have been more than ten miles away, suddenly accelerated to catch up. At this time, the distance was less than two miles away.