Unknown Knight

The eight men rode at full speed and saw the city of Paraven in the distance before it got dark.

After discussing it, Velen and James decided to bypass the city and head towards Suno City.

At midnight, they arrived at the woods near Yilindaha Village. Everyone was exhausted. The young people were fine, but the old men like Weilun could not sit still and had to stop to rest.

Everyone's crotch was burning, but they still had to walk in a splayed manner to make a fire and cook, and feed the horses with concentrated feed. It was already midnight when they went to bed.

It was only in the second half of the night that the alert Bestur woke up everyone who was sleeping. It turned out that the dense forest where their rest camp was located was not far from the road leading to the city of Suno. At this moment, a large group of cavalry was rumbling past on the road.

Everyone secretly came to the bushes on the side of the road to observe and found a cavalry of about fifty or sixty people. These people were holding torches and waving the black eagle flag of the Harungos family. They were all unarmored light cavalry.

It seems that Count Rogers's men have moved from the family to get reinforcements, vowing to capture them and punish them severely.

Everyone returned to the campsite to pack up their things, preparing to bypass the main road and Suno City and head towards Dehrim City.

Just when everyone had finished packing, they heard the sound of heavy horse hooves beside the road again. Bestur went to take a look and was even more shocked. It was a team of pure heavy cavalry, about thirty horses, and such a large number of them seemed to be determined to fight to the death.

Everyone walked carefully along the edge of the forest until dawn, and Sunuo City was already in sight.

Bestur climbed up a big tree and looked in the direction of Suno City with the monocular telescope given to him by Aix. He found that there were soldiers leading teams to conduct strict inspections at nearby intersections.

Not only that, from time to time there was a team of more than a dozen cavalrymen patrolling back and forth. It seemed that the Harungos family had already joined forces with Lady Anna in Suno City. The two families were related by marriage and were both enemies of Aix, so they would not miss this great opportunity to deal with him.

Everyone retreated back into the forest and spread out the map to study it.

Finally, they decided to head south and retreat back to the Rhodok Kingdom from the direction of Uxhall. This way, they would not be afraid even if they encountered bandits. Now everyone had horses, so if they couldn't win, they could just run away.

It's better than being chased by the Swadian cavalry, which is the most powerful cavalry in the continent, within the territory of the Swadian Kingdom. If we are blocked from front and back, we will be really finished.

The group followed the edge of the jungle, and every time they reached an important intersection, Bestur would climb up a tree and use a monocular telescope to conduct reconnaissance.

Fortunately, Bestur was there. Coming from the grassland, he had a lot of experience in avoiding cavalry pursuit. He led everyone to narrowly avoid the searching light cavalry several times.

However, when everyone worked hard to arrive near the city of Uxhall and prepared to cross the River Ryan, they were dumbfounded. There were soldiers stationed at both ferry crossings, and even on the stone bridge across the river near Ye Ruige.

They had no choice but to retreat back to the forest. When they opened the map, they found that the area they were in was basically inhabited by hostile forces of Aix.

To the north is the territory of the Nords, to the east is the city of Suno controlled by Lady Anna, to the south is the sphere of influence of Dilinard, and now there is the Harengos family in the west.

At the moment, these forces have basically all been mobilized, and have surrounded everyone on all sides, putting everyone in a situation where they are surrounded on all sides.

James and Velen felt very regretful that they should not have been reminiscing about the past at the ruins of Harengosburg and let Aix be recognized. Otherwise, if everyone kept a low profile, they might have reached the city of Dehrim by now.

Now we are hiding in this jungle. If we can't find a way out as soon as possible, we will be found sooner or later. It's okay for people, but it's difficult for these dozen horses to hide their tracks. It's easy for people to find us by following any clues.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Aix used his wild imagination again and asked James which of the four directions was the least likely to escape. James thought for a moment and said:

“I think that among the four directions, only the territory of the Nords in the north is the most dangerous and the direction in which we are least likely to escape.

The Nords there are not only hostile to the Kingdom of Swadia, but both sides have troops stationed on the border. In addition, you and the Nords in this area have a feud over the loss of cities and land. If they recognize us, they will not let us go."

"Then let's go in this direction. Since both sides know that this area is particularly dangerous for us, they will definitely not send many search forces here. It will be easy for us to break through their blockade. This is called doing the opposite of what we do."

Aix thought he had seen a glimpse of hope, and said it very proudly, with the look of a smug villain.

However, his suggestion was approved by Velen, who nodded in approval and said:

"Lord Aix is ​​right. There are definitely not many people looking for us in this area. Once we enter the territory of the Nords, we don't have to worry even if they find us. They are not good at horse fighting and have very few horses. They can't stop us who are all on horseback."

James thought about it and it made sense. Besides, this area was the former territory of his master. Even if the master could not remember it, he and Ran Ying were familiar with the land here, so they would not get lost when escaping.

After the plan was agreed upon, everyone began to move carefully towards the territory of the Nords in the north. After a day of hiding, when it was almost dark, everyone finally reached the border between the Nords and Swadia.

Bestur climbed up a tall tree and looked through a monocular telescope. As Aix had expected, there were only a small number of soldiers stationed at the border.

Moreover, as it was getting dark, most of the passing caravans had already passed the border and there were no more commercial taxes to be collected. Both sides began to pack up and prepare to evacuate back to camp.

As expected, as the sun set, both sides withdrew to the camps near the border. The group then left the forest with peace of mind and rode fast towards Talboliya.

James had followed the merchants in this area many times and was very familiar with the road conditions. Even dark did not affect their journey. Unlike other places where they had to grope their way forward in broad daylight, they entered the old territory without much time.

However, on the road to the entrance of the territory, there was a sentry tower set up by Aix. The Nords went a step further and used wooden fences to block the road all the way to the deep forest.

Everyone had to dismount and grope their way through the nearby forest. It took them more than an hour of groping in the dark before they finally found their way out of the dark forest.

After leaving the forest, what came into view was a stretch of lush farmland. This made James and Ran Ying, who knew the inside story, sigh. These farmlands were the result of their sweat and effort, and now they were all belonged to the Nords. If James was not afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, he would even want to set them all on fire.

Aix didn't know what was wrong. Looking at the Talboliya Castle on the hillside in the distance, he felt indescribably blocked in his heart. There were warning lights on the towering watchtowers in the castle. It seemed that the lights had magical power, pulling his soul and making him want to go over and find out what was going on.

It was not until James called him "Sir" several times in a low voice that he came back to his senses.