[The blood of a troll warrior cannot improve his strength.]
Under the faint morning light, Colin recorded on the parchment scroll.
That's right, last night he drank all the blood of the troll warriors that he secretly hid, but he didn't see any strange reactions from his body.
Does it have to be the blood of knights
Colin was a little depressed, and his eyes wandered around the camp.
Raymond Knight was sitting not far from Colin, sipping water.
This is not good, after all, he is his loyal servant.
Bliss Knight is urging everyone to pack up and get ready to go.
This doesn't work either, I can't beat it.
Perhaps, you can go to the Mirror Lake Battlefield to see...
However, it has been so long since that battle, even if the corpse had not been eaten by wild beasts, it would have been a mummy long ago.
A familiar scent hit, interrupting Colin's cranky thoughts.
"Good morning, Colin Knight."
"Good morning, Miss Vera."
Ke Lin looked at the slim female mage in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.
"You look better today. How are you feeling? Need help?"
"No, I should be able to do it myself today."
"Okay, if you need it, tell me anytime."
During the conversation, Ke Lin's gaze gradually shifted to Vera's white and slender neck, and he suddenly thought—I don't know if the mage's blood will work...
Vera also noticed that Colin was staring at her neck, she was a little embarrassed, she gave him a hard look, and said coquettishly, "Hurry up, Knight Bliss is already urging."
"good."
Colin stepped on the horse, leaned to Vera's side, and walked side by side with her.
Intimate physical contact is the best way to bring men and women closer.
Of course Colin was well aware of this.
After riding with him yesterday, he was sure that he already had a place in Vera's heart.
This, I'm afraid even she herself didn't realize it.
Sure enough, Vera was not really angry, and started talking and laughing with Colin again.
A group of people continued to go north, and the road was much more peaceful, and they did not meet the troll army again.
There were only a few thieves who didn't have eyesight, and some wild beasts who didn't know how to live or die, but they were all easily taken care of by Bliss Knight's team.
It seems that Ke Lin's plan is indeed effective, and they have temporarily thrown off the pursuers behind them.
In order to conserve horsepower, the speed of the team gradually slowed down.
Colin also took the opportunity to get acquainted with Vera quickly.
However, he still did not find out the real identity of the other party.
All she knew was that she had just returned to the northern border from Yeville, and when she passed by Mirror Lake, she happened to meet a mercenary group that had received an urgent call-up order from Marquis Charles, and followed her to the Mirror Lake camp.
Yevil, also known as the City of Arcane Arts, is located at the junction of the eastern border of the Glorious Empire and the Luna Forest. It used to be the territory of the elves, but it has been occupied by mages since they retreated into the Luna Forest.
Nominally, Yevil belonged to the Glorious Empire, but the highest authority in the city was the Mage Council, and neither the Duke of the Eastern Realm nor the Emperor had any actual control over the Arcane City.
Through the conversation, I learned that Vera went to Yeville to learn arcane arts when she was very young, and she has not returned to the northern border for more than ten years, and her familiarity with this place is not even as good as that of Colin, who has received the memories of her predecessor.
Moreover, from the fact that Vera took the initiative to go to the Jinghu camp to help after seeing the emergency call-up order from the Marquis of Charles, it can be seen that her relationship with the St. Hilde family may be very close.
It is true that some nobles like to find a mage to accompany them when they are fighting. After all, although mages are not good enough to fight alone, they are indeed very useful on the battlefield.
However, considering the conflict between nobles and mages, most arrogant mages would not talk to nobles.
And even if a few mages are willing to accept the employment of the nobles, they will generally offer a very high price. It is completely unheard of for Vera to come to help when she sees the call-up order.
In the evening, the team set up camp again to rest.
But not long after, the sentry cavalry who scattered to inquire about the situation came back in a hurry and reported:
"Lord Bliss, I found a small group of human traces ahead, and I suspect they are the broken soldiers who escaped from the Jinghu battlefield!"
"Broken soldiers? Bring them here."
Hearing that there were rout soldiers escaping from the Jinghu battlefield ahead, Ke Lin and Vera also hurriedly followed.
Now they urgently need to know what is going on in the Jinghu battlefield, and whether Marquis Charles' plan has succeeded.
When this suspected rout team was brought to the camp, Ke Lin discovered that there were even old acquaintances among them!
"Dear Lord Knight, do you still remember me? I am Thrall from the Firefox Mercenary Corps. It was you who personally handed over the Marquis Lord's emergency call-up order to me!"
Bliss looked at Thrall, who was in a mess in the rout, and immediately remembered who this person was.
There is no way, after all, the act of this "big filial son" killing his father and joining the army is too impressive.
"How's the situation in Jinghu Camp?"
"It's miserable! It's too miserable!" Thrall burst into tears immediately, "There are too many trolls all over the mountains and plains. They kill everyone when they see them. We can't beat them at all! Many brothers died... Woooo... If it weren't for me If you jump into the lake at the wrong time, you may not escape your death..."
"Have you seen the army led by Lord Marquis?"
"Marquis Charles?" Thrall thought for a while, "Yes, yes, we did see a golden lion banner appearing behind the troll army, but..."
"But what? Don't hesitate!" Bliss scolded impatiently.
"Yes, yes!" Thrall didn't dare to hesitate any longer, so he could only tell the truth, "But the army led by Lord Marquis seems... seems to have retreated..."
Everyone fell silent immediately.
retreat
This is obviously Saar's whitewashing statement.
The real situation should be retreat.
This bad news made everyone a little confused for a while.
Unexpectedly, just after getting rid of the pursuers behind him, he would face an even more terrifying army of trolls ahead.
While everyone was digesting the bad news, Bliss suddenly asked, "Is there any pursuers behind you?"
Thrall quickly replied: "No. There was indeed a small army of trolls chasing and killing us in the first few days, but then they gradually disappeared. Maybe they thought we were not important."
Bliss breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back at Vera: "Miss, what should we do next?"
Vera hesitated, then unconsciously turned her gaze to Colin.
Because she successfully helped everyone get rid of the pursuers before, Ke Lin has gradually become the object of her reliance.
Ke Lin glanced at the group of distraught soldiers, lowered his voice and said, "We still need to find out the movement of that army of trolls before we can make further plans. However, the first thing we need to do now is to get rid of the troll army." This group of rout soldiers!"
"Why? They are human too!" Vera exclaimed.
Colin rolled his eyes and patiently explained in a low voice: "The key to our ability to get rid of the chasing soldiers before is because we are all cavalry with high mobility. Now if we don't abandon these two-legged soldiers..."
"Master Knight! In the battle of Mirror Lake, our Firefox mercenary group was almost wiped out, but I am still willing to follow my lord and avenge the dead brothers!" Thrall seemed to realize something, and immediately shouted loudly.
Moreover, under his clamor, many rout soldiers also shouted:
"That's right! Revenge for the brothers!"
"My lord, please lead us to fight back!"
"Don't abandon us!"
"Revenge! Revenge!"
…
Seeing that many cavalrymen were also incited, Colin had no choice but to shut up, and then looked at Vera with serious eyes, hoping that she could make the right choice.
However, Vera said to Colin with a righteous face: "They are also companions, and I will not abandon them!"
Then, he turned around to appease the excited rout soldiers.
Colin sighed helplessly, frowning and looking at the filial son.
Sal also happened to look over.
As soon as the eyes of the two met, they immediately staggered away.
(end of this chapter)