Unknown Knight

Although the team of more than 300 people slowed down their marching speed, after leaving the territory of Talboliya and entering the control area of ​​the Kingdom of Swadia, they were already out of the area blockaded by the Harengos family, and the risk of encountering enemy attacks was much less.

At the same time, along the way, Axe's survival instinct was also activated. He selected eight villagers from Warren who had ridden mules and horses, and asked them to ride the remaining horses to act as scouts. Ran Ying and Ai Su each led four people to scout back and forth within a few miles in front and behind the team to ensure that they would not be suddenly attacked.

That evening the team arrived at Tosdel village, a far suburb of the city of Dehrim, where a team of more than 30 Hammer of Justice cavalrymen were waiting for them, led by none other than their captain, Sir Niza.

It turned out that as early as last night, James was afraid that something might happen on the road, so he sent people on horseback to the city of Dehrim overnight to notify the Hammer of Justice there to come for support. Niza happened to be there, so he followed.

Seeing Aix's normal performance, Niza was very pleased, and gave Aix a brief report on the various situations in the territory during this period. Aix listened to the progress and data from Niza's mouth as if he was listening to a book written in heaven.

I didn't expect that just a few years after traveling through time, I would control such a large territory, with so many subjects and soldiers. I am definitely the male protagonist in a time-travel novel.

After talking about these, James told Niza about his experiences along the way. When he heard that Axe and his party were going to the Sarand Emirate to look for the altar, Niza asked to go with them, saying that it was his hometown and he was familiar with the place and could lead the way, which would save Axe a lot of trouble. Axe naturally agreed.

Everyone rested for a night and went their separate ways in Tosdel Village the next day.

Led by the remaining members of the Hammer of Justice, including Warren's men, Fischer and Little Tata, they returned to Vigia's territory together.

The team consists of seven people, including Aix, James, Bestur, Aisu, Ran Ying, Velen and Niza, and is about to go to the Emirate of Sarand. They are Aix's self-redemption team.

Niza prepared three carriages for the team in advance, two for riding and one for carrying supplies, so that people who were tired of riding could get on the carriage to rest, and the elderly like Velen could also be taken care of.

The team did not enter the city of Dehrim. Aix is ​​now in conflict with many Swadian nobles. Even if he has a good relationship with Lord Kleis, there is no guarantee that he will encounter other hostile nobles. It is better to avoid entering cities belonging to the Swadian Kingdom.

The group had three carriages with ten horses. They could rest on the carriages when they got tired of riding, so they traveled much faster. After passing Fort Degios, they arrived at the village of Amir by dark.

Aix had been to this village before, but he had forgotten how to remember it now. After paying the village chief for accommodation, Aix and his party settled down in a clean courtyard.

Instead of choosing to live in a room filled with the smell of cow dung, he set up a tent in the yard. The noble Lord Aix no longer had to smell cow dung and sleep on straw.

After dinner, Aix had nothing to do. After riding in the carriage all the way, he was still full of energy. He didn't want to go to bed so early, so he took Ai Su and Ran Ying for a walk, saying it was after-meal exercise, just to lose weight.

After just a round of walking, Aix felt it was a very unlucky place. Not only were there several houses filled with crying sounds, but every person he met had a worried look on his face.

Confused, Aix called the village chief to question him. After asking, he found out that someone in the village was sick and possessed by an evil spirit. Aix became interested when he heard it.

Even though he knew that he had traveled through time, Aix was still a staunch atheist. As a man who considered himself highly knowledgeable, how could he miss an opportunity to use civilized knowledge to save ignorance and darkness?

He immediately called two wise men, James and Velen, and went to the village together to investigate the so-called evil spirit that the village chief had mentioned.

Several people pushed open the door of a house where crying sounds were coming from, and saw a person lying on the door panel in the middle of the entrance. The people lying on the door panel crying were the wife and three children of the family.

The man's face was pale, his lips were purple and black, his eyebrows were tightly locked, his teeth were clenched, and there were traces of black vomit on the corners of his mouth and cheeks.

Velen and James carefully observed the man's symptoms. James even pried open his eyelids to take a look. Then he and Velen looked at each other and briefly asked about other matters. Then they left this house and went to another one.

The situation in this family is even more serious. Two people fell ill one after another. The old man has died, and the young and strong son is also breathing weakly. The only ones left in the house are the young wife who has lost her voice and the old woman who has just lost her husband and can't cry out. Their eyes are full of despair and they ignore the entry of Aix and others.

After a thorough examination, James found that the condition was the same as the previous one. After leaving the house, he said to Velen:

"Do you think so, sir?"

"That should be it. I feel there is an 80% chance that it is poisoning by the slippery grass."

Velen was not very sure.

"I carefully examined the symptoms. The patient vomited black water and his eyeballs were bloodshot. The vomit was not sticky, but had a rotten smell of overnight rice. However, I asked the patient just now and he had never eaten leftovers. I think it should be the poisoning of the slippery bile grass. I encountered this symptom in Rhodok, but..."

James said doubtfully.

"It's just that this scutellaria likes to live in Rhodok where the weather is relatively hot. There is no such plant in this area, unless..."

Wei Lun also spoke vaguely.

Just put the two people's words together, and anyone could understand what was going on. Aix asked the village chief:

"Have any strangers from other places come to the village in the past few days, especially those with a Rhodok accent?"

The village chief listened to Aix's words, thought about it carefully, slapped his thigh and said:

"Yes! About five days ago, three Rhodok men in old robes came to the village. It was noon, and they were sweating profusely. They asked for water to drink, so I let them go to the well to fetch water by themselves."

"About when did people in the village start to get sick?"

James asked again.

"Three days ago."

The village chief answered and added:

"Yesterday, a group of religious people came and said that this was caused by evil spirits. They gave the sick villagers a bowl of holy water blessed by some dark god and chanted a scripture. Strangely enough, some of the sick villagers got better immediately."

"Is it the Dark Cult?"

Velen's face turned red and he asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes, it's the Dark God Cult. But their holy water is really effective. A small bowl of it can cure all diseases. But I don't know what happened today. Several villagers are seriously ill again. Is there really an evil spirit at work?"

The village chief said in a dejected tone.

When Aix and the other two heard this, how could they not understand what was going on? This was not some evil spirit at work, this was clearly the work of a sinister person.