From the time the man was posing, Dust judged that the other party was not simple, but there were various mechanisms under his clothes, so he was full of confidence. When he saw the opponent preparing to fight with the hilt of the sword, he began to panic: "Brother, you should carefully cut your hand with the sword like this. Why bother? Look, I don't wear any armor at all, right?"

"Not wearing armor?" The man gave Dust a blank look. "The 'White Knight' has an iron plate on his chest. No one knows this, but I know it very well!"

"Do you know me?" Dust squinted his eyes and looked at the other party for a while, "Are you...Casred!"

"Master, do you know each other?" Ella asked, "Who is he?"

"His name is Casred, a mercenary in Southampton," Dust explained. "We once teamed up to find the legendary sword in the stone, so we were both sad. We were considered comrades."

"Comrade-in-arms? Who is your comrade-in-arms? At the beginning, you said you wanted to use the information of the Stone Sword to pay off the debt. In the end, not only did you not find the Stone Sword, but I was almost eaten by the eagle!" Casred stared and took a step forward, "If you don't pay me back the three Nomismas you owe me, I will tie you up here to feed the wolf!"

"No, no! We are civilized people, don't fight, don't fight! Can a mere three Nomisma be worth our tragic friendship?" Dust held a sword in one hand and took out a few gold coins from his arms and threw them over, "Come on, I'll give you four Nomisma!"

"Why are you so generous in your move today? Are you developed?" Casred squatted down and picked up the four gold coins one by one, but his eyes and sword were still pointing at Dust tightly.

"Don't leave me like this, just four Nomismas, will I feel distressed? Not long ago, I was officially named a knight by a princess of a considerable background, and earned hundreds of Nomismas from her. Then I am still working as a swordsman for the King of Sweden. Is there any bonus for the twelve Nomismas every year? Now I can go to the bathhouse every night, and when I am hungry, I can order a roast chicken... There are flaws!"

Dust suddenly rushed forward with a quick step and launched a series of intense offensives before Casred stood up. Casred did not expect that Dust would attack at this time, and was soon kicked over by Dust, and the sword in his hand was also shot down.

"Dust! You lied to me again!" Casred shouted.

"Lie to you? Why do I lied to you? I am indeed a serious knight now and the swordsman of the King of Sweden. I will pay it back if you want the money. But you just pointed the sword at the King of Sweden!" Dust made a remark, "The King of Sweden is an ally of the King of Knights. As a subject of the King of Knights, Casred, can you admit your guilt?"

"King of Sweden?" Casred raised his head from the ground and his eyes swept across the people present. When he saw Graheide, he cheered, "I remember, you are the strongest archer in Britain, Graheide!" When he saw Ella, he was even happier: "So you are the King of Sweden? You are finally here!"

"Yes, I am the King of Sweden." Ella tilted her head and stared at Casred for a while, "It's still the question just now. Are you residents of Southampton? Why are you hiding in the forest? And your companions who have just been defeated by me, I look like farmers, but they don't act like them. What are your identities?"

When he heard the words "My defeated companion", Casred's face appeared in his face. It was not until Dust whispered in his ear that he suddenly realized: "King of Sweden, it turns out that you have really learned swordsmanship from Dust!"

"As soon as possible, answer my question!" Ella began to wave her fists left and right, "It was my master who fought alone with you just now. If you don't answer, I'll come up and hit you!"

"Don't, I say, I say!" Casred shouted in panic. He asked the King of Sweden to rush up to fight him. No matter whether he wins or loses, he will be finished. "Just like Dust said, I am a citizen of Southampton, and now I am! Those who just fell into the pit are indeed nearby farmers! Southampton was in a second-level security state before. We didn't expect that King of Sweden's troops would come so quickly. When he heard that the ships of the Pirate Kingdom approached, he immediately raised the alert state to level one. So we ran to the forest!"

Ella was getting confused when she heard it: "What is the second-level security status? First-level security status? Are you really civilians? My army has been searching for several days but can't find you, and there is the shield wall just now. Where did you learn these skills?"

Seeing Ella's head looking in question, Grahyide shook his head, saying that he didn't know either.

"Our skills were taught by the Knight King," Casred replied. "After unifying Britain, the Knight King lowered some taxes. In contrast, everyone had to take time to conduct unified military tactical training every week. Each village had special knights responsible, children, women, and elderly people, without exception!"

"What is Level 2 alert?" asked Graheide. The content of Casred's words was also extremely unfamiliar to him.

"Every month, the capital will send knights to various places to inspect the results of training. This time has been set long ago. If the deadline is not over, the corresponding village or city will have to enter the third-level security state, and a port will be set up at the entrance of the village, and a reconnaissance team will be sent to pay attention to the nearby movements for 24 hours; if the deadline is overdue for more than one week, then enter the second-level security state. The circulation of non-military personnel is completely prohibited. Each village sets traps on the roads according to the plan and begins to prepare war materials; when it is found that the enemy is in a nearby state, it will enter the first-level security state. Each village can poison some water sources according to the actual situation. All materials and personnel are allocated by local officials in a wartime state to prepare to fight against the enemy to the end."

"Is this a bit too exaggerated?" Dust complained, "This plan sounds like the capital of Britain may be destroyed at any time, the Knight King will die at any time, and the management system will be paralyzed at any time."

"That's true. The Orthodox Church of Abraham has extended its claws to the Almani Federation, and the next one may be Britain. The Knight King said that the magic of the Abraham Church is extremely terrible. Once a war occurs, he is likely to be the first to be killed. In order to protect his family and the land, we must learn to resist the enemy without a king!"

Ella was shocked by the message in Casred's words. After a long time, she recovered and asked:

"You said that before we arrived, we were in second-level security...that is, Winchester has lost contact with Southampton for more than a week?"
Chapter completed!