The Strongest Knight

"Here are some beast slaves I caught on the road. Two of them resisted so much that I killed them. Is that okay?"

Gray signaled Garu to push up the three orcs and two corpses.

After seeing the figure and appearance of one of the orcs clearly, Matthews' pupils couldn't help but shrink. Behind him, the wealthy businessmen and officials of Stoneclaw City exclaimed in surprise.

"It's the beast slave named Alpha!"

Although Alpha's head was smashed to pieces by Gray, the slave number on his body was still clearly displayed.

Gray looked at people's reactions. It seemed that the orc named Alpha, whom he had killed personally, had caused them a lot of trouble.

"As expected of a knight from Birch Castle, he solves the problem as soon as he takes action." The smile on the face of bearded Matthews became more cordial.

"Halfway done? What do you mean?" Gray raised his eyebrows.

"It's like this. After counting, there are a total of forty-six beast slaves who escaped from this riot."

"Among them, this Alpha and another orc named Abaier are the instigators of this riot. Before they became slaves, they were high-level infantrymen of the orc tribe. Uh, high-level infantrymen are similar to knights in our northern continent. It is a title that represents strength and glory."

"As for the other ordinary orcs, our Stoneclaw City guards can capture them with more time. However, these two guys are really strong. Without the restraint of shackles, only knights can fight against them."

Matthew paused and continued, "Last night, the guard officer of our Stoneclaw City was injured by Abair. Our guard officer is also a knight like you."

"I'm just an apprentice who has condensed two strands of knight's soul. I can't be considered a real knight." Behind Matthews, a middle-aged man in leather armor with his arms tied to his chest lowered his head in shame.

Who isn't an apprentice?

But in the eyes of ordinary people, a knight's apprentice is undoubtedly a knight, Gray thought.

"In addition, our guard team has been chasing them all night and has captured 22 beast slaves so far. With the five you have captured, there should be 19 beast slaves out there. Those beast slaves cunningly split into several groups and escaped, causing a lot of trouble for the pursuit."

Gray nodded. "Do you have any useful information to provide? I will set out now and capture all the escaped beast slaves as soon as possible."

"Why don't we go into the city and rest for a while?" Matthews asked.

"No, we brought our own dry food and water. The mission is more important." Gray waved his hand.

"Well, Deva, tell Knight Gray all the information you know." Matthews did not waste any time and summoned the Stoneclaw City guard whose arm was injured.

A knight apprentice like Deva, who grew up alone, has a natural respect for the orthodox knight apprentices in the castle.

When he was young, he also went to Birch Castle, but after staying there for half a year, he failed to gather the soul of a knight.

At the age of twenty, he luckily condensed the Soul of a Knight, but his potential had been exhausted. Now at the age of forty, Deva has barely condensed two strands of the Soul of a Knight. If nothing unexpected happens, this is the limit of his strength in this life.

After adjusting his mindset, Deva took out the map he carried with him and unfolded it. He could see that it was covered with horizontal lines. This was a conscientious guard officer.

Deva pointed at the map and said, "We have searched in these directions. Only these few locations have not been searched... Abel is different from ordinary orcs. He is very cunning. After staying in Stoneclaw City for a year, he learned the common language of the continent by himself. He has some understanding of the Kingdom of Dru and even the entire continent. According to my speculation, he should go all the way south and escape to the Central Region..."

A few minutes later, after listening to Deva's narration, Gray took the map with many markings in Deva's hand.

"Mayor, the Blue River Village, 20 kilometers to the east, was destroyed by Alpha and his gang. I have already set fire to the village. Time was urgent and I did not have time to investigate carefully. You can send someone to check. Maybe there are some lucky villagers who escaped nearby." Gray said in one breath.

Matthews was startled, and then his eyes revealed anger: "These damn beast slaves! Damn it! Deva, did you hear me? Transfer the guards to Blue River Village..."

After delivering the information about Blue River Village, Gray didn't waste any time and jumped on his horse directly.

Leading the cavalry, they galloped away in front of the city gate amid the heartfelt cheers of the people of Stoneclaw City.

The information from Garrison Commander Deva was very useful. Gray decided to head straight south and was determined to stop Abair from escaping to the Central Region.

Now that I think about it, this Abel might have a conflict with Alpha, otherwise why would Alpha choose to flee to the east towards Birch Tree Castle as if he was seeking death?

In fact, Abel did tell Alpha that night that the sea was to the east.

Poor Alpha had no idea that the Kingdom of Drew was actually a landlocked country. There was indeed a sea in the east. Well, it only took tens of thousands of kilometers to get there, passing through several northern kingdoms...

Thinking of this, Gray became more wary of Abel. This cunning guy, even if he is weak, must be treated with caution.

A night and half a day had passed, and Abel and his gang must have run a long distance.

If they had seized horses along the way, they would have been able to escape even further.

If Abel successfully escapes into the Central Region, Gray will declare the mission a failure.

This is a failure that a knight who protects a place cannot tolerate.

The people in Stoneclaw City died in the beast slave riot, the entire Blue River Village was destroyed, and the orcs who have not yet been captured may still be wreaking havoc...

Three years after his rebirth, Gray, who has already accepted his half-Dru identity, cannot forgive these alien orcs.

Whether it was Gray, Garu, or the thirty Birch Castle cavalrymen under their command, they were all filled with anger at this moment.

How dare a mere orc run rampant in the Dru Kingdom, a land shrouded in the glory of knights?

......

This long-distance raid lasted for a long time.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Gray and his team replenished their water and ate dry food under the scorching sun, and continued their journey.

There are several other small towns south of Stoneclaw City.

Beyond these small towns is a vast, desolate, uninhabited area on the border.

At the end of the no-man's land, on the border between the Kingdom of Dru and the Central Region, there is a Paladin castle every hundreds of kilometers.

The Paladin Castle is an important military measure for the Kingdom of Dru to guard its borders.

Along the hundred-kilometer border, cavalry from the Paladin Castle would patrol the area.

However, the Kingdom of Dru is too vast with tens of millions of square kilometers of land and the border is too long, so a gap of 100 kilometers would seem a bit large, and the Paladin Castle could not completely prohibit ordinary people from crossing the border.

After running for several minutes in the no-man's land, it was almost dusk. Gray sniffed and the unique fishy smell of the orcs entered Gray's keen sense of smell.

Gray showed joy on his face as he finally caught up.