The Knight's Journey to the Empire

September 4877, 3 in the Knight Continent calendar.

For White Bear Leader, today is also an extraordinary day.

Because two days ago, Soran received a message from his subordinate, Knight Wulf Cook:

The eastward-bound team led by Wolfe has entered the territory of Ganise County and is currently speeding up towards the territory. It is expected to arrive at the new territory in two days.

As soon as Sauron received the news, he immediately sent people to respond.

According to the latest news, they have approached Viscount Molson's territory in the western part of White Bear Territory and are expected to arrive at the territory on the 28th.

In fact, according to the normal journey, the eastward team led by Wolfe arrived at the new territory relatively late.

Normally, they should arrive at the territory at about the same time as Soran and his party.

But now it is a full half month late.

There are two main reasons for this:

The first is the obstruction of the feudal nobles in the west.

The people of a territory are mainly composed of two types of people.

One type is the real subjects, whose interests are closely linked to the lord, and who share weal and woe with the lord. Their personal freedom is restricted and they are bound to the territory.

This type of subjects were not slaves and had their own private property, but their status was similar to that of slaves.

Another category is ordinary subjects, that is, free people living in the noble territories.

Although these subjects have the right to move freely, it is certainly not easy to achieve this in this slave society.

Because for the feudal nobles, no matter what kind of subjects they have, they are the source of their wealth, so they certainly don't want them to move away.

So when Woolf went to ask for the person, he would definitely be obstructed or even directly expelled from the country.

The second was that they had to cross too many noble territories, large and small, on their way from the west to the east of the kingdom.

Moreover, the eastward-bound team led by Wolfe had nearly four hundred people.

Although most of them are the elderly, the weak, women and children, it is still a relatively large team.

They also don't have complete relevant travel documents.

This led to the fact that most feudal nobles did not dare to let them enter their territories at will.

If a team of more than 400 people gets into chaos, it could be a disaster for some small territories.

Of course, some large territories also want to swallow up this team and enhance their own strength.

So every time this happened, they would stop and send people to communicate and negotiate with the nobles, or simply take a detour.

So naturally, more time was wasted along the way.

If it weren't for the fact that the news of Sauron's achievements in the West gradually spread within the kingdom, their later journey would have been much easier.

Otherwise, they would arrive even later, and might not even reach the territory until after the spring plowing season.

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White Bear Territory, at the intersection where Barrett's Avenue of Wealth and County Avenue intersect.

After knowing that the eastward team led by Wolfe might arrive at the territory today, Soran arranged for Henry to lead his men to wait here to pick them up early in the morning.

But now it was already afternoon and approaching evening, and Henry still hadn't seen any sign of Wolfe and his group.

Seeing that it was about to get dark, Henry could only tell his men to eat first.

This time, they thought they would soon be able to meet up with the eastward-bound team and then return to their territory.

Therefore, apart from some dry food, they did not carry any military supplies such as tents for temporary camping.

So Henry was ready to wait here for a while!

If Wolfe's team still hasn't arrived by then, he would have to lead his team back to report to the young master before making a decision.

The last time Woolf sent someone back to report the itinerary was the day before yesterday, saying that they were approaching Viscount Molson's territory.

But considering the distance from Viscount Molson's Territory to White Bear Territory, he should be able to get there after such a long time!

I haven’t seen him now, he must have been delayed by something!

But the young master had already written a letter to Viscount Molson yesterday, asking him to help look after it and let it pass through the border.

So what was the reason that caused the team's arrival to be delayed again?

Henry pondered there for a long time, but couldn't figure it out.

This team of more than 300 people can't be delayed by the attack of monsters!

Henry himself found this whimsical idea that suddenly popped up a little funny!

Forget it! There is no point in thinking too much, eating is the most important thing!

But soon, when Henry and his group were having dinner, a vague figure appeared at the corner of County Avenue in the distance.

When they got closer, they saw the man talking to the soldiers of the territory guard who were on guard outside for a few words, and then he was led towards Henry.

They came to a place not far from Henry, and before they spoke, Henry recognized the man.

That's Martin! A good brother who has been through thick and thin together!

"Brother Martin, long time no see!" Henry greeted Martin enthusiastically.

The two are old acquaintances, and it has been a long time since they last parted in the West.

"Henry, it's you, kid! The master sent you here to pick us up, right?" Martin felt relieved when he saw Henry, but he was not as happy as he had imagined.

"Yes! The young master asked me to pick you up! Why are you the only one here? Where are Captain Wolfe and the others?" Henry asked with a puzzled look on his face, and then he glanced towards the County Avenue.

Unfortunately, there was nothing but pitch blackness, not even a ghost!

"Oh! It's hard to explain!" Martin sighed, "Is there anything to eat? I'm starving. Give me something to eat first so I can fill my stomach!"

"Then take me to see the young master quickly. I'll tell you the rest in detail on the way!"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Then you eat it first!" Henry said as he handed over the food in his hand.

Martin took it and started to gobble it up!

He is really hungry!

Although Henry also wanted to know what had happened, seeing Martin's dusty and dishevelled appearance, he stopped talking and did not ask.

And he doesn't look very anxious, and he's in the mood to eat first!

That means Wolfe’s team didn’t encounter any particularly fatal crisis!

There must be some unsolvable difficulties that are blocking their way forward!

Martin sneaked back to report the situation to the young master and discuss solutions.

So I just let him do it!

As long as it’s not an extremely urgent situation!

Anyway, he will tell it on the way!