Beside him, a dozen knights and more than twenty soldiers wearing the uniforms of the Fifth Legion were gathered back to back on a hillside, desperately resisting the attacks of the densely packed enemies all around.
The sounds of killing, screams, roars and the clash of weapons were endless.
This is the noon time when the sun is the strongest of the day. The scorching sunshine breaks through the dense canopy of the towering trees like boiling water pouring into the ice and snow, scorching the forest floor and the air. This small mountain top
, like a huge steamer.
There was no wind, and the air was filled with a damp and rotten smell unique to the woods. This smell was mixed with the heavy smell of sweat and the bloody smell of dozens of corpses, making people feel nauseous.
Grant wanted to vomit, but couldn't.
He could only stand with a pale face under a straight ancient cedar tree. While watching the battle in front of him, he prayed that he would wake up in a soft and comfortable bed in the next second. He saw the housekeeper leading the slim maid,
Walking into the gorgeous room full of sunshine with breakfast in hand.
But he knew that that was just a dream, and everything in front of him was reality.
As the first financial officer of the Fifth Army, he escorted three carts full of supplies out of Munich and headed for the imperial capital. Dozens of unidentified knights and hundreds of bow and arrow hunters appeared as if from the darkness.
Like a ghost that emerged, it attacked him and his convoy.
This was obviously an organized and planned attack. Both the location of the ambush and the timing showed the attackers' long-term planning and cunning.
Grant remembered that at that time, the convoy was passing through a U-shaped bend near a canyon more than 300 meters away. Suddenly, countless arrows were shot from the jungle or cliffs on both sides.
More than twenty soldiers and six knights who were only wearing single clothes because of the heat were unlucky in the first wave of attacks. Their bodies were pierced by dense arrows, and they fell to the ground one after another. Blood sprayed out.
As soon as he came out, the carriage, the ground and the horrified faces of his companions turned red.
The entire convoy was in chaos.
Grant, who was sitting in the carriage, could only see countless figures running around outside the carriage window, and could only hear the sound of arrows piercing the air, the sound of arrows piercing the flesh and wood, and the screams of the soldiers.
, the roar of the knights and the neighing of their horses as they sat down.
Then, his field of vision was occupied by attackers climbing up from the forest on the left and the cliff on the right.
These ferocious guys came over like a tide. They used their swords, knives, and axes to break into the convoy, causing a bloody storm.
The guard, who was caught off guard, was cut into three pieces by the attackers, unable to look at each other from head to tail. The usually majestic soldiers and knights of the Fifth Legion were all turned into lambs that were wantonly slaughtered. One by one, even one.
Rows of people were cut down to the ground.
Although Grant was just a civil servant with less than a first-level fighting spirit, his many years of military life still allowed him to develop enough eyesight.
He was horrified to discover that the attacker was terrifyingly powerful.
The archers in the jungle are all tall and slender, and can run nimbly. The black ironwood bows in their hands are like part of their arms. With just a flick of the hand, the arrows will fly out like a rainstorm, with precision.
The ground penetrated into the eyes, throats and hearts of our own soldiers.
There is no doubt that these archers are all elves!
This fact made Grant's mind go blank at the time. Based on his understanding of the nature of the elves and the cost of conquering them, it was impossible for such a team to appear in human society.
He has never heard of any noble in the empire who can support so many elves as archers. He has never heard of anyone who can make hundreds of elves willingly be driven by him!
There are hundreds of elves, and all of them are young elves who are healthy and agile. Even if such a team is placed in the lakeside city of the elves, it will take at least two or three villages to assemble it. But now, they have actually appeared.
Among a group of gangsters who attacked the imperial convoy!
This fact is terrifying enough. But what is even more terrifying is the knights who attacked the convoy.
Although these knights only wear ordinary armor, and most of the weapons and equipment are different, they look like a temporary group of rabble, but they are quick in movement, well-organized, rich in combat experience, and most of them have
The strength is above that of a just knight.
Among them, Grant even saw two Great Light Knights and seven or eight Glory Knights!
This discovery sent chills all over Grant's body.
This transportation was the most valuable batch of property collected by the Fifth Army in Lulian. For this reason, in addition to sending an infantry brigade to escort the transportation, Army Commander Bano also specially mobilized two squads of long knights to protect them. The long knights
Including his retinue, there were as many as sixty people.
Among these sixty knights, except for the twenty long knights, most of the rest are armed or brave knights. The strongest ones are just three glorious knights.
That's it. In the opinion of Grant before, Commander Barno was still a little too cautious. You know, this place is far away from the front line, so there is no worry of being attacked by the Feili people. And the bandits along the way don't even dare to provoke the regular imperial army. Don't say
They don't have such strength, and even if they do, they don't have such courage.
If they dare to provoke a war beast like the Fifth Legion, they must be prepared to be hunted by heaven and earth. No matter where they hide, the Fifth Legion will find them, no matter how many of them are left, the pursuers
They will cling to their bones like maggots until everyone is killed!
But Grant never dreamed that not only would someone dare to attack the Fifth Army's convoy, but the strength of the attackers would actually far exceed the level of the convoy escorts.
‘Ah!’ A scream brought Grant back to the battlefield.
He turned around subconsciously and saw that one of his own knights of justice was hit head-on by a burly attacker. The battle ring was broken cleanly, and the whole person flew backwards like a cannonball. He was hit hard.
There was a loud bang on the tree.
There was a rattling sound. The tree trunk as thick as a basin was shattered and broken by the impact. The tall tree crown fell straight down, frightening the soldiers along the way to avoid it, and smashed it to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.
"His!" Grant's ears were filled with the collective gasps of the knights. Everyone's face turned pale and ugly when they looked at the burly man.
Grant had seen the ferocious and burly attacker. Although he was wearing a helmet that made it difficult to see his face, it was this guy just now who rushed over like a rhinoceros and blasted the carriage he was riding in and the horse pulling it with one punch.
It became flesh and blood and debris flying all over the sky!
If the guard knight hadn't acted quickly and pulled him out of the carriage in time, he would have become a puddle of mud on the ground.
At this moment, when he saw the attacker knocking away his own knights with one punch and then breaking into the defensive formation, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, punching and slashing with swords. He was invincible and tore a big hole in the formation in the blink of an eye. Grant felt frightened.
The main force of the Fifth Army had already set off for Akler County a few days ago. It is more than 70 kilometers away. Even at the fastest speed, it would take seven or eight prayer hours to go back and forth. And now less than two prayer hours have passed.
Our own casualties have exceeded 40%, and the formation is shaky. If this continues, how can we survive until reinforcements arrive.
"Hold on, hold on, our people have rushed out, reinforcements will be coming soon. Everyone, hold on!" Grant shouted.
However, he didn't know that his screams were full of anger and fear. Not only did they not have any encouraging effect, they actually made his soldiers even more panicked.
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It was Debata who knocked away the opponent's just knight with one punch.
Hearing Grant's cry, he had already broken into the crowd. He let out a ferocious laugh, jumped into the air, and pounced towards the opponent like a big bird.
Seeing Debata rushing over, a knight guarding Grant shouted angrily and came forward. Both sides were knights of glory, and their strength seemed to be. For a moment, only sixteen battle rings of different colors were seen following the tiger.
The tiger's fists, feet, and swords flew around and collided with each other.
During this fight, there was a loud roar of wind and flying sand and rocks. Not only were the vegetation and rocks on the ground blown outward by the spreading energy, but even two or three of the less powerful soldiers nearby were blown away.
Outside the crowd, Percy and Kalenich stood with their hands folded.
Although the two of them had not moved a little finger since the launch of the attack, they just watched from the side. However, the rotating battle rings on the two men and the fierce wolf-like eyes put pressure on the soldiers of the Fifth Army Guards.
, but it is far greater than if they took action in person.
As long as they stare at you, no matter how bold you are, you can't help but feel terrified. And in such a fierce battle, once you become afraid, it basically means you are doomed.
Especially these two who would raise their arms and shrug at every turn, frightened so many people that they were heartbroken and died unjustly at the hands of the Knights of the Rongyang Camp. Therefore, in the minds of everyone on both sides of the enemy and us, these two great gods
, is the worst, most insidious, most cunning and lazy!
"You sword-wielding squire, you have such a bad temper." Percy and Kalenich were talking, staring coldly at a brave knight of the Fifth Legion.
The knight who was fighting with someone was stared at by the knife-like eyes, and his heart suddenly became cold. He was holding the door tightly, and his moves were precise and flawless. At this time, he subconsciously took a step back, and was touched by a man next to him.
The Knight of Rongyang Camp stabbed him to the core with his sword.
Old Percy nodded with satisfaction and gave a thumbs up to his cooperating subordinates.
"This guy is a bull. He always fights head-on," Kalenich said with a smile. "I don't know how many times I have taught him, but he has this temper. He makes me feel uncomfortable playing tricks."
"You can't play dirty tricks without some talent." Percy smacked his lips and said, "After seeing so many people, I feel that the young master has the highest talent in this area."
"Oh?" Kalenich said with a smile, "How did you tell?"
"Is there any need to look at this?" Old Percy said, "Even if you look at his honest and confused look, you can't deceive my eyes. What kind of boy have I not seen in so many years? The more honest he looks on the outside.
, the more wilted it gets.
If nothing else, let's just talk about those dark mercenaries who attacked him last time. Didn't he kill several of them with just a flip of his hand? That's a skillful and neat person who didn't blink an eyelid. And what have we been doing these days?
These things, including the elimination of the bandits and the attack on this military convoy. Wasn't that one planned by him?"
"Then you are still willing to follow him?" Kalenich smiled.
"The most irritating thing is this..." Percy said. "Look at the righteous look on his face when he was healing everyone's wounds, plus the cold expression on his face. Who would have the nerve to say leave?"
At this point, both of them laughed.
"Don't be so harsh," Kalenich said with a smile. "Is it true that you can't speak so much that you stayed here?"
"That's not true," Percy smiled calmly and shook his head. "I stayed here because he saved me. I have no other way to repay this kindness. Secondly..."
He turned to look at Kalenich and said, "...It's because I carefully understood the young master's past and found that no matter what he encountered or what he did, one thing he never changed."
"What is it?" Kalenich asked.
"It's his attitude towards the common people of Borabel." Percy said seriously. "A year and a half ago, he was the one who brought out these common people who had been abandoned by the nobles. A year and a half later, it was he who was planning for them again.
Send them to the north in advance. But originally, the life and death of those people had nothing to do with him!"
"That's stupid!" Kalenich said calmly.
"Yes," Percy nodded and sighed in a low voice, "But how are we smarter than him?"
He stared into the distance and said to himself: "You are the world-famous Dragon Gate Iron Gate, I am the Ten Thousand Killers, and the brothers around us, none of them are stupid enough to come and go in the wind and snow on the border.
, Swordsmen, swords, shadows, mountains of corpses, seas of blood and blood have endured for decades? What are we doing for this?"
Kalenich was silent, his eyes dim.
For every knight in the honor camp, this is the deepest wound in their heart.
Back then, when they joined the frontier army, they were so young and high-spirited. However, year after year, now they are only left with scars and pain. Whatever ambitions they had, they were all traced back to the decadent nobles and the fallen army.
In the middle, it was completely wiped out.
It is said that these are troubled times. But for border soldiers, the signs of these troubled times have already appeared more than ten years ago. The situation on the empire's border is becoming more and more critical day by day, the enemy country is becoming stronger and stronger day by day, but the interior of the empire is becoming more and more critical day by day.
Weak and confused every day.
Even though they did not get the attention of the government and the upper echelons of the military, they never gave up. Even when they were short of food and pay, they still braved the wind and snow to defend the borders of the empire. They defended the glory of the knights and their own destiny.
oath.
But, what is the reward for all this effort?
It is the wailing of the border civilians under the iron heel of the empire, the indifference of the nobles who spend a lot of time and wine, the lonely days in Rongyang camp after losing their fighting spirit, the insult, the ridicule, and even the destruction of their families!
When it comes to being stupid, they are the stupidest people.
After a long time, Kalenich said slowly: "Do you regret it?"
"No!" Percy said calmly.
"Why?" Kalenich asked.
"Whether it's right or wrong, it's my life, and there's nothing to regret." Percy's lips curled up, and he suddenly laughed, "Besides, at least I can still see a boy who is as stupid as we were back then. He can still have children."
In this troubled world, I can still regain my fighting spirit and live again."
"What do you want to do this time?" Kalenich asked.
"Whatever the young master does, I will accompany him!" Old Percy said without hesitation, "Just because he can never abandon the common people of Borabel and dares to slap the princess, I just want to see if he can lead us
Where have these losers gone in this troubled world? What earth-shattering things have they done?"
"Earth-shaking..." Kalenich smiled bitterly. Although Roy is just an ordinary young man now, with no prominent family status, let alone a famous general or lord, but let's count all the things this young master has done.
What happened was truly earth-shattering.
If nothing else, let’s just talk about this time... He said to Percy, "Have you heard that the challenger of the Golden Dragon family is almost here in Lullian?"
Percy sneered and said: "It took them a week to reach the distance that the Sky Demon Ship can fly in one day. It was really fast."
"What they did is not completely ineffective," Kalenic said. "Now this matter has become a hot topic. I heard Kameni say that in recent times, all the topics in the first training camp have focused on
In this challenge, a group of young people hope that the young master will be proud of the empire and give the challenger named Kevin a good beating."
"I heard that boy is only eighteen years old this year and is a knight of justice?" Percy frowned.
"Yes," Kalenich said with a serious expression, "I got news that trainees from training camps from several provinces have challenged him along the way the Lanris Air Magic Ship passed by, but no one can defeat him.
This Kevin."
Percy was stunned and said in surprise: "All lost?"
"Yes." Kalenich nodded, "They also include two knights of justice and a magician student with the same strength, all of whom are elites from various provincial branches.
Originally, these people were qualified to enter the main camp. They only stayed in the branch because the three major training camp challenges were about to start. This time I heard that the Lanlith people sent people to knock on the door, and I don’t know what their purpose was.
, came to challenge the Lanris Sky Magic Ship when it was docked locally. Unexpectedly, the two Justice Knight students were defeated within thirty moves, and the magic student could not even release a single spell.
"
Percy was also a little shocked when he heard Kalenich's words.
He had long known that the inheritance of the Holy Religion Martial Hall was unfathomable, and the people he trained were all top masters among their peers. But the strength shown by the other party was still beyond his expectation.
This made him worry about Roy.
In terms of fighting spirit, Roy is definitely no match for the opponent. With a difference of two levels, the opponent can completely defeat his battle ring with one blow. And the magic he relies on can kill high-level knights under certain circumstances.
, but it is not suitable for such close-range frontal combat.
If a magician with the same strength as a magician was defeated without even being able to cast a single spell, then it can be said that Roy had no chance in front of the prepared Kevin!
"damn it!"
Percy cursed and looked up the hillside.
In just ten minutes, the battle on the hillside has changed again.
As Debata broke into the formation, Aguli and other seven or eight Knights of Glory rushed into the inner formation and started fighting. More and more Fifth Army convoy guards were knocked to the ground. There were fewer and fewer guards around Grant.
Now, there are only seven or eight long knights and a dozen retinues left, still resisting.
Looking up at the sky, Kalenich and Percy looked at each other and suddenly shot up into the sky, like two thrown arrows, drawing an arc in the air and heading towards the center of the convoy.
Screams spread everywhere.
After a few prayers, when Snari led a whole group of long knights and hundreds of cavalry to fly in like the wind, in front of their eyes, all that was left was corpses on the ground and a mess.
The three carriages, together with Treasurer Grant, were all missing.
"Look! Find these people for me!"
In the mountain forest under the setting sun, Snari's furious roar rang out.
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