The Knight's Journey to the Empire

But this stability also has its advantages, just like now.

Even when besieged by many people, the last knight who rushed up still fought steadily and cautiously, never attacking rashly and exposing his flaws.

This is a typical strategy of responding to ever-changing situations with the same strategy.

On the other hand, although Wolfe and his companions were besieging one person, they were suppressed tightly. There were even several times when they were in danger and were almost killed.

It has only been a short while and several people have bloodstains on their bodies.

To remain unchanged does not mean to just defend and not attack, but to attack only when you are absolutely sure, and strive to hit the target with one blow and kill with one strike.

Seeing this, Sauron immediately became anxious, so he no longer paid attention to him and concentrated on dealing with his opponent.

The speed of the knight's sword in his hand became more and more fierce, and the speed of sword skills increased sharply. He was trying to end the battle on his side as quickly as possible and then go to support the other side.

This opponent's original strength was much weaker than Sauron's, and he was already under Sauron's suppression.

Now, he was hit by Sauron's sudden acceleration and had no time to react. With a "swish", one of his arms was cut off, and he let out a wail that echoed through the mountains.

However, his subsequent reaction was timely. When he saw that the situation was not good, he jumped directly from the fortress and escaped.

The fortress is more than ten meters high, and there is a steep slope outside with various protruding rocks. If an ordinary soldier jumps down, he will definitely be killed or injured.

However, the one-armed knight acted as if nothing had happened, and he just rolled on the ground to relieve the force.

It must be said that the quality of this official knight was really good, and Soran had to admire his courage.

Immediately, Soran did not stop at all and directly joined the battle on the other side.

But this old cowardly knight was really cowardly and didn't give him any chance to besiege.

Seeing that Soran had withdrawn, he stopped pestering him and jumped directly from the fortress and fled.

He fled back to the camp faster than the officer with the one-armed, and even returned to the camp before the one-armed officer.

This made Soran call him an expert.

The two enemy leaders of the entry-level knight profession level fled, and the rest were a group of minions who stayed in the fortress.

At this point, the outcome of today's battle was decided, and Sauron and his men managed to survive another day.

There is no possibility of mercy in war. Being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself.

Kill all the minions who stayed behind and don't take any prisoners.

Except for a few who jumped off the building, all the others were given humanitarian physical salvation by Sauron.

It must be difficult for those who jump off the building, really? Either they die or they are injured. In any case, no enemy can escape safely.

The battle was over, and the others were cleaning up the battlefield, while Soran looked at the corpses scattered on the top of the fortress and fell into deep thought.

Although most of these corpses were those of the enemy, there were also quite a few of our own.

Our side lost thirteen people again, three were seriously injured, and the rest of the survivors were more or less slightly injured.

Including yesterday's casualties, the original force of more than 40 people has lost people and seriously injured .

Now there are only twelve people left who are still capable of fighting.

Among these twelve people, all of them were injured to varying degrees, and Sauron himself was no exception.

With a heavy sigh, Soran immediately called all the people who could move to discuss countermeasures.

First, before the discussion began, Soren set the tone.

"We can no longer hold this fortress, so we must break out, otherwise we will surely die. The only issue we need to discuss at this meeting is how to break out safely and reduce unnecessary losses and casualties."

Everyone was silent for a while after hearing this, and then Wolfe spoke first, "We can break out in the early morning when it's just getting light. That's when the enemy is sleeping the most, and in the Barinas Mountains, there's thick fog that obscures their tracks, and the light is bright enough for everyone to see the road clearly."

In this era, night blindness is a common phenomenon and it is normal to be unable to see at night.

"And after breaking out, we can run into the deep mountains and forests. We are few in number, so as long as we pay attention to covering our tracks, it will not be easy for them to catch up." Wolfe continued, "The last thing is to prepare enough dry food and fresh water."

I have to say that people of aristocratic origin are different. Educated people can think and know more.

Obviously, this is a good and actionable solution for them now.

"Then where do we run?" Henry asked a seemingly stupid question.

"Of course, run towards Saladin County!" Ramos said without thinking.

Henry rolled his eyes at him directly, then looked at Soran.

This immediately made Ramos completely confused.

Yes, where to run?

"This time the enemy comes from Fortress No. 3, which means that the enemy may have captured the White Stone Fortress, Antonio Fortress, occupied the entire Cartel Wealth Avenue, and may even have invaded Saladin County. So we can't run to Saladin County, otherwise we will be surrounded." Soran analyzed it in detail for everyone.

"If we can't run to Saladin County, do we have to run towards the Principality of Golia? To the Principality of Golia?" Ramos still spoke his mind.

After hearing this, Soran pondered for a moment, and said in surprise: "Ramos, you know what, this is a good choice."

Having received Sauron's affirmation and praise by accident, Ramos blushed with shame and chuckled twice.

"Everyone, think about it, the army of the Principality of Golia must be facing each other in the front line of Saladin County and the army of the Kingdom of Midburg, so the rear is relatively empty. If we run towards the Principality of Golia, there may be more opportunities. This is better than running in the unknown direction of Saladin County or being a savage in the Barinas Mountains, right?"

Everyone nodded and said "yes".

They didn't dare to say "no" because Sauron was their backbone. What Sauron said was beyond their expectations, but after they knew it, they thought it was okay.

"But the key issue now is, how are we going to return home? After all, we can't stay in the Principality of Glia forever. Moreover, judging from the current offensive of the Principality of Glia, they have occupied all the major and minor trade routes." Javier also raised the problem he had discovered.

Soran thought for a while but had no idea, so he looked at everyone and began to ask tentatively: "Most of you are locals in Saladin County. In addition to Cartel Wealth Avenue and the three small trade routes, do you know other small roads from the Principality of Golia to Saladin County?"

"Captain, I know him, I know him," Jim's voice rang out quietly, explaining, "My uncle was a smuggler. He didn't want to pay the high trade taxes, so I was his buddy and followed him through a hidden little trade route."

"Are you sure?" Soran was overjoyed when he heard that.

"I'm sure, but we have to get to the Principality of Glia first. Otherwise, I don't know the other sections of the road." Jim's voice became a little smaller.

"Okay, then we will run towards the Principality of Golia," Soran began to deploy the mission: "Javier, you lead the team to prepare a big meal. Everyone should eat, drink and sleep well tonight, and get enough rest to prepare for the breakout. It's better to make more dry food, as we will need it after the breakout."

"Yes, sir!" Javier took the order and left.

"I have another question, Captain," a soldier pointed at the seriously injured brothers and asked Soran, "What should we do with these seriously injured brothers?"

Everyone immediately turned their eyes to them, with complicated expressions.

Soran also looked at these seriously injured brothers and remained silent for a long time.

We definitely cannot take them with us if we break out, otherwise we will die, and we will also die if we don’t break out.

So how to make the choice is clear to yourself.

"Give the brothers the best meal possible, so they can have a full stomach on the way."

"Woolf, go get their home addresses and other information, write them down, and divide them into two copies. You keep one and I keep one. If we can still return alive and become rich in the future, please take care of their families."

Soran's face was filled with sorrow, and he sighed as he uttered these "cruel words".

Although he was unwilling to give up these brothers who had been through life and death with him, the current situation was that either all of them died, or they died, so he had to give up.

Everyone else knows that this is the only way.

At that moment, everyone stopped talking and went about their work in silence.

……

Sitting on the top of the fortress, Soran looked at the sky and the enemy camp in the distance, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

There is no hatred. After all, the two sides have different positions and are both fighting for their country. There are not too many personal grudges involved.

But it is impossible to say that he does not hate them. After all, Sauron does have some feelings for these subordinates, but they are not deep.

After traveling to this new world and gaining the special ability of the Arcane Eye, he thought he was the lucky son, the protagonist. With the halo of the main character, everything would go smoothly for him in the future and he could get what he wanted easily. He could even get people from all directions just by shaking his body.

But as he continued to grow up, he discovered that he was not outstanding, his talents were not great, and what he wanted was not easily accessible.

And now that he had experienced a tragic and cruel war, he became more aware of his own insignificance and powerlessness.

Maybe I am really not a lucky person!

How much Soran now misses the days of studying at the Donbass Knight Academy.

In that world, if you work hard, you will be rewarded. You reap what you sow.

But now?

Once you reach a turning point in your life, you will understand that many things cannot be obtained by hard work. If you want to get them, you can only give up part of them, or even give up everything, and you may not get them.

I don’t know how many brothers I can lead to rush out this time…

Ugh!