"What happened? Why did the city guards suddenly impose martial law?" In the tavern, a man drank beer and said dissatisfiedly. From his dress and behavior, it was obvious that this was not a wealthy person, at least not a wealthy person.

I will only drink this cheap beer.

"Man, do you know something?" The man at the same table with him greeted the mercenaries beside him. These mercenaries traveled widely and usually had very good information channels.

The mercenary did not answer immediately, but raised the empty wooden wine glass in his hand, as if "you know".

"Boss, give this friend a full glass of beer!" The man shrugged and greeted the female boss.

The female boss was big and strong. She came over with a bucket of beer and poured it into the mercenary's cup. From time to time, there were guys who wanted to take advantage of her. Karl would be speechless if he saw this. These guys are really

I'm so hungry that I can't choose what to eat.

"Brother, you've got to ask the right person about this. Not to mention the city, I heard that the outside of the city has been completely sealed off. The Duke's army has been dispatched and surrounded the area several times." The mercenary shook his wine glass and poured it out.

Tell me one by one the news you found out.

"The reason...it seems that a nobleman was assassinated, and it was near the castle. God, this is a very terrible thing."

"Hiss..." The others gasped. They didn't expect such a big thing to happen near the "safe" castle. Someone dared to kill a noble like this.

"I see, I don't know which noble it is?" The man cast curious eyes on the mercenaries.

"Ha, who knows." The mercenary sneered and shook his head. He had some accurate information, but it was impossible to know everything in detail.

"Have a drink. This matter has nothing to do with you and me. It will be fine after a while anyway."

"That's right too."

There is an endless flow of clinking glasses, and the atmosphere in the tavern is always lively. Here you will mostly only hear the sounds of boasting and drinking. Of course, you can occasionally see mercenaries or wanderers. They usually choose to sit in a crowded place.

Try your luck in the tavern.

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"Oh God, something like this happened in such a short distance, and we didn't receive any news at all!" Frederick looked at the corpses all around him and shuddered for a moment.

There are those who swore to defend Karl to the death. In fact, there are also enemies who come from nowhere. The traces are very messy. It can be seen that a big battle has gone through here.

"Sir, there is no trace of the Earl nearby." A soldier trotted over and reported to Frederick.

"Expand the search scope, continue the search, and we must find the results!" Frederick waved his hand, finding Karl was very important, and he wanted to see someone dead or a corpse.

"As you command!"

"Your Majesty, please collect their bones. They are the most heroic knights of Your Majesty the Count, and they are worthy of the honor of knights." Brother Derian requested to Frederick.

I have to say that chivalry is sometimes very useful. It is a kind of belief. Even if these knights face such threats, they do not choose to escape. They are not the main targets of the enemy. If someone wants to run away, there may be some

opportunity gone.

"Of course, they are all believers in the Lord. They have upheld the oath of knighthood. I will collect their bones and send them to Dortmund." Frederick agreed. Knights who uphold the oath of knighthood are respected by every noble.

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"That would be too much for you." Brother Derian bent down.

"Where is Count Dortmund? Could the body have been taken away by those guys?" Despite Frederick's calm appearance, in fact he was very anxious now. He couldn't help but think about this idea in his heart. If the enemy really took the

If Karl is killed, there is a high probability that his body will be taken away with him.

"Sir Sir, we have some new discoveries!" At this moment, a soldier who looked a bit older ran over.

Frederick glanced at him. He knew this man. He was a hunter in the past.

"What was found? Is it the trace of Count Dortmund?" Frederick asked excitedly.

"No, Sir, we found no trace of the Count of Dortmund, but unexpectedly, we seemed to have found the traces of those who ambush the Count," the soldier said.

"Those enemies?" Frederick raised his eyebrows.

"Others continue to search, you take me to have a look." Frederick pointed.

"yes!"

Under the leadership of the soldiers, the two walked to a bush.

"Sir Sir, look." The soldier pointed to the ground where there seemed to be a row of faint footprints.

"Based on the color and dryness of these leaves, from my experience, they were left about two or three days ago, and they are right on the footprints now. I can definitely guess that they were stepped on when those people escaped.

Here we are, push these leaves to the ground!" As expected of being born as a hunter, he has a natural acumen for such things.

Frederick frowned, looked at the traces quietly, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Take this news back to the castle, tell the Minister of War, and ask him to search in this direction."

Upon hearing his order, the messenger immediately mounted his horse and ran towards the Ritzland Castle.

He took a small team of people around and still found no trace of Karl.

"Karl, my friend, where have you been?" Frederick sighed quietly in his heart.

…

What they don't know is that there are now two women in the nearby forest.

"Your Highness, let's go back. It looks so dangerous here. I'm so scared."

Wendy looked around vigilantly. The forest was a dangerous place. There were many wild beasts here. Generally, only hunters would not come in.

"I won't go anywhere until I find Count Dortmund!" Natalie was very determined.

"Why don't we follow our army? They are just upstream of the river. We can get there quickly." Wendy said pleadingly.

"I can't go there. My brother will definitely take me back. Even if he doesn't take me back, they represent our large forces searching there. There is no use for me to go there. It's just a waste of time.

, every second that is wasted now, the Count of Dortmund will be in more danger." Natalie shook her head.

"But it's really dangerous here!" Wendy was about to cry. This was the first time she had entered the forest in her entire life.

"Don't worry about Wendy, I believe it will be fine." Natalie was actually a little scared, but she overcame it.

Seeing that Natalie had no intention of changing her mind, Wendy had no choice but to give up persuading her. Now she just wanted to pray to God and leave this damn place as soon as possible.

They stopped and looked around along the way. I don't know how long they had been walking. It seemed that God was very kind to these two people. At least so far, they had not encountered wild animals, not even wild boars.

"Your Highness, look, there seems to be a person there!" Wendy suddenly shouted.

Natalie immediately looked in the direction of her finger and saw a figure by the river. He fell to the ground and did not react despite the impact of the river water. He could not see clearly because the leaves obscured him.

of.

"Hurry over!" Natalie's breathing became faster.

The master and servant immediately moved their legs. It must be said that this outfit was really inconvenient in the forest. They had to twist their skirts up at all times, otherwise they would be broken by the branches.

"It's the Count of Dortmund!" Natalie screamed, and as they got closer, the other person's face was clearly visible.

Karl didn't know if he was still alive. The leather armor on his body was soaked and had some fluff.

Wendy gently put her hand in front of Karl's nose, and then said in surprise: "Your Highness, the Earl is still alive, and he is still breathing!"

"Great!" Natalie breathed a long sigh of relief, finally letting go of a huge stone in her heart.

"But why is he unconscious..." Natalie was a little at a loss.

"Your Highness Princess, I may know a way to wake up the Earl. This is what my elders have told me before!" Wendy suddenly whispered something into Natalie's ear.

Natalie's cheeks turned red instantly, and she looked at her maid with wide eyes.

"Wendy, this, this, this..."

Wendy also blushed a little, feeling too guilty to look at her.

"How about...let's forget it?" Wendy said hesitantly. After all, this method was too bold and disgraceful.

Natalie just looked at his face, shook her head after a moment and said, "I want to save him now."

After she finished speaking, she took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind.

After thinking about it for a while, Natalie slowly moved her face closer, opened her small mouth and kissed her.

Natalie was actually performing artificial respiration! Her movements were clumsy, of course. She didn't even know there was such a method before, and Wendy had only heard about it.

"Ahem..." I don't know how many times passed, but Karl suddenly coughed violently and opened his eyes suddenly.

But he was stunned the next moment, because his lips were still combined with Natalie's, and the soft feeling of the two lips...

Natalie instantly stood up and turned her back to Karl. I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Karl could vaguely see that she seemed to be trembling...

"Where am I... Your Highness Princess, why are you here?" Karl struggled to sit up, his memory still lingered on the moment he jumped into the river, when he was washed away by the rapid current.

He was still conscious at first, but he passed out completely after a while.
Chapter completed!