Princess Louise who was following behind suddenly cried out in pain. Hussein turned around and frowned: "What's wrong?"
Louise's beautiful face was full of pain, but she had thrown away the branches and crutches and squatted down, covering her left foot with all her strength.
Hussein followed her movements and saw that the princess's left foot was actually bare. He didn't know when she lost her left shoe. The originally white and tender soles of her feet were full of moisture after walking like this for a while.
It was black mud, and there was blood stains between the fingers of her hands.
Hussein sighed, took two steps back, squatted down, and stretched out his hand. Regardless of the princess's blushing and exclamation, he unquestionably separated her hand, sat the princess down, and then picked her up.
's left foot.
The princess's left foot was held in the opponent's hand, her breathing suddenly became rapid, her face was red, her eyes were darting around, and her heart was pounding.
"It's okay, it was just punctured by something." Hussein frowned and thought for a moment, then quickly took off his long leather boots and threw them to the princess: "Put on my shoes."
"You...what about you?"
Hussein said calmly: "I have rough skin and thick flesh, so it doesn't matter if I go barefoot. When I was chased by the people from the temple into the frozen forest in the north, I walked barefoot for several days in the ice and snow."
God!
Louise was immediately moved: "Then... if you walk barefoot for a few days in the ice and snow, aren't you afraid of freezing your feet?"
"I'm very lucky." Hussein was silent for a while, his voice sounded lifeless and full of cruelty: "On the fourth day, two holy knights caught up with me."
The princess was a little confused: "I don't understand..."
"I killed them and then took off one of the dead men's boots!" Hussein's last words made the princess tremble. She looked at the man in front of her who was almost covered with injuries.
She saw clearly the strange look that flashed rapidly in Hussein's eyes, which contained a deep and indescribable pain!
The princess suddenly discovered that even though he was so seriously injured, when the opponent was standing, his waist was still straight! There was no sign of bending at all! It was like a javelin that would never bend!
Be strong! Absolutely strong! Be strong even if you bend rather than bend!
Gradually, what made the princess confused was that the figure of the indifferent-looking guy in front of her seemed to gradually overlap with the figure of the stubborn young man in the square in her memory on the day of the coup.
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The difference is that the young man's thin figure becomes blurred bit by bit...
"Hurry up, we don't have much time."
Hussein's words awoke the princess from her trance.
Seeing the Paladin turning away indifferently, Louise actually picked up Hussein, took off his boots, and put them on without any hesitation.
It is simply unimaginable... In normal times, with her dignity as a princess, how could she wear shoes used by a smelly man? But at this moment, Princess Louise seemed to feel that she could not even think of a single thought of rejection in her heart.
!
Hussein's boots were much too big for the princess to wear, but she still quickened her pace and followed Hussein closely.
A man and a woman walked in the dense forest for a long time. After a while, Louise suddenly timidly asked from behind: "Your Excellency, Knight Hussein."
Hussein suddenly turned around and looked at the princess coldly, his tone was a little harsh. He interrupted the princess: "Your Highness, please just call me by my name. Because I am... no longer a knight!"
Louis was frightened by Hussein's stiff eyes and became even more timid. He hesitated for a moment before finally whispering: "Yes, Your Excellency Hussein, do I have a question to ask you?"
Hussein said nothing and continued to walk forward. He just said "hum".
The princess mustered up her courage. Finally she raised her voice and said: "What I want to ask is, actually... many years ago, when I was a little girl, I often heard about your reputation. At that time, everyone in the imperial capital
Praising your genius and deeds... I used to admire knights like you. But why, you would..."
Hussein stopped again, and Louise saw that Hussein's back seemed a little stiff. This time, the Paladin did not turn around, but a cold voice came: "Your Highness, are all women so heavy?"
Curiosity?"
"Ah, no..." The princess was a little nervous and whispered: "It's just that I used to be your admirer, so..."
"That's my own business." Hussein replied in a tone just like him, hard and cold.
Louise sighed. She could feel it. This man's heart was as cold and hard as a rock.
Just when the princess took a deep breath and was about to say something else, suddenly, Hussein, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, raised his hand, and made a silent movement!
Then, Hussein took a few steps back, pulled Princess Louise over, and hid behind a big tree nearby!
About fifty meters ahead, looking vaguely at the end of the woods.
The trees here have become a bit sparse. As long as you leave this forest, you will find a large open and flat wilderness in the northwest! It is a flat plain without any hidden terrain.
But just outside the woods, there were noisy voices!
"Be careful!"
The heavy and serious voice fell into Hussein's ears, and his pupils immediately shrank!
Rosse! It’s Rosse!
Outside the woods, Rosse was riding on a horse, seriously watching his subordinates working intensely.
Beside the woods, more than a hundred people were working hard to dig out a large hole in the ground. The pit was now filled with corpses, and Rose was directing the people to fill the hole. One shovel after another, the soil was swung in, and soon
The body was quickly covered up.
"Be careful. Don't leave any traces!" came Rosse's serious voice.
Hussein took Princess Louise and hid behind a big tree in the woods. Looking at each other, he immediately understood what they were doing!
Obviously, the other party must have gone back last night and took away all the corpses left by the people in the temple! They didn't even leave any corpses, so they made it clear that they didn't want to leave any evidence!
At this moment, in the big pit, the holy knights who died in the battle last night were gradually buried together with their weapons and armors.
After doing all this, Rosse looked stern and ordered all his subordinates to dismount and stand in a circle beside the pit. Everyone took off their helmets, held their arms in their arms, and stabbed them with their long swords.
In front of me, everyone lowered their heads and muttered something.
The expressions of each holy knight were extremely pious and serious. Listening to what they read, Princess Louise could only hear a hint of oppressive bitterness and solemnity. Each knight had an indifferent expression...
When Hussein heard this, his expression was a little strange. Finally, when the group of holy knights finished chanting, Hussein sighed in a low voice: "This is a ritual for the holy knights to mourn the knights who died in battle... Humph.
Belief in this thing is really killing people without blood!"
After the ceremony, Rosse nodded and went up personally to shovel the last shovel of soil. Then with a wave of his hand, dozens of people came over and flattened the ground with force.
Since then, this place has been sparsely populated and wild, and it seems that it is no longer easy to find traces. Unless you know the location, it will be extremely difficult to find.
Behind Rosset, there were actually seven or eight large carriages parked nearby. Rosset gave an order: "Everyone is here! Remove armor!"
After giving the order, all the knights immediately lined up and began to take off their armor, and then neatly loaded the removed armor onto the carriage one by one.
When Hussein saw this, his heart immediately moved and he understood something.
Desa Province is the territory of the Tulip family. It is on the border of the province. Although it cannot be said to be heavily guarded and inspected, at least several towns have checkpoints. Normally, it is impossible to let such a large group of nearly a thousand people
A large number of cavalry rushed into their territory!
Now it seems that most of these guys used this method to sneak into the Desa province: thousands of people were dispersed into countless small groups, each of whom did not carry weapons and armor, but there were also large groups of carriages pretending to be caravans to transport weapons and armor to
In the province of Desa, and then armed on the spot at the ambush site...
Sure enough, just when Hussein was guessing this, Rosse had already divided his troops into more than a dozen teams in the distance.
Originally, Hussein was planning to wait here for a while, waiting for Rosse and others to leave, and then leave quietly.
But unexpectedly, Rosse just waved his hand and asked the three teams to dress up as ordinary caravan merchants and escort seven or eight large carriages loaded with weapons and armors to go first, while the remaining large troops rested on the spot.
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Later, Rosse gave two instructions: "Send two teams of people to look for water in the woods! Be careful!"
Hussein's brows were already furrowed when he saw dozens of enemies dismounting and walking into the woods, scattering, and searching for his hiding place.
If it were normal times, how could he take such a group of ordinary knights seriously? Not to mention hundreds of people, even thousands of them, with the strength of a saint-level powerhouse, they definitely don't need to take it seriously.
But now the injuries on his body are only barely suppressed and once the fight breaks out, what if the movement attracts the angel Sphinx...
The footsteps were getting closer and closer. Seeing that the enemies at the front were less than ten meters away from where the two of them were hiding, Hussein's eyes quickly passed through the woods. Beyond the woods, there was a flat plain with nothing.
Obstacles can be seen a thousand miles away.
At this moment, Hussein had only two options: first, quietly retreat into the woods and hide.
But the problem is that these guys are resting outside the woods, and I'm afraid they won't leave for a while... I am avoiding the Sphinx now, God knows when the angel will come... Moreover, what if these guys are here?
Are you here just waiting for the Sphinx to come and join you? Then it is not a good idea to continue hiding in the woods.
As for sneaking around the other side of the woods... Hussein has also thought about this idea, but the woods are so big, and beyond the woods, there is endless flat wildness, with no obstruction to the line of sight! You can run as far as you want.
, the other party can see it with just a casual glance!
There is no way to hide!
With his heart pounding, Hussein took a deep breath, leaned into the princess's ear, and said in a deep voice: "Don't yell or panic for a while, just follow me!"
At this moment, Louise looked pale as she saw those guys searching for her. When she heard Hussein's voice, although the voice was still cold, her heart suddenly felt stable, as if she had someone to rely on.
Unknowingly, his hand had grabbed a corner of Hussein's clothes and held it tightly...
A holy knight walking at the front was pulling out his long sword to push away the grass, and suddenly shouted loudly: "We have found the water source, there seems to be a stream ahead!!"
As soon as his words came out, the others suddenly looked happy and started to rush towards this place.
Suddenly, the knight felt dazzled in front of him, and vaguely seemed to see a very fast light flashing in front of his eyes, but before he could make a sound, with a pop, a branch had pierced his head directly.
throat!
With lightning speed, he retracted the stick, and a drop of blood poured out of the knight's throat!!
Hussein held the branch that was used as a crutch in his hand, shouted loudly, and rushed out quickly with the princess in hand!