Unknown Knight

After leaving Amir Village, the group did not head east, but took the shortest route into the Sarand Emirate, because that would inevitably pass through the city of Harma in the Khergit Khanate.

This route is very risky. Saiga Khan now hates Aix to the core. There are bounty notices for him posted in every town under his rule, with a reward of up to one thousand silver coins.

It is said that the value was as high as two thousand silver coins before, but after hearing that Aix's three wives gave birth to two sons and a daughter for him, there are only one thousand silver coins left now. This is the first time he heard that the value of an identity has dropped after having children. Aix was speechless.

There is another risk. The Khergit Khanate and the Sarand Emirate are currently at war.

Ever since Sarande's unsuccessful surprise attack on Harma City last year, the two sides have been in constant conflict in this area. If they pass through such a place, they will be in danger if a group of random soldiers come.

Aix is ​​now a rich man, how could he pass through such a place? For these two considerations, everyone decided to enter the Sarand Emirate through the route from Rendi Castle to Weiyeha Castle.

But the journey was not peaceful. Not long after passing Rendiburg, a team of nearly fifty cavalrymen came to chase them.

James and Niza then remembered that Count La Fazi, the lord of Rendi Castle, belonged to the Harengos family. He was the nephew of Count Harengos and the cousin of Count Rogers.

Fortunately, there was a trio of horsemen and archers led by Bestur and followed by two girls, Aisu and Ran Ying. They all came from the grassland and were skilled in riding and shooting. After they shot down four or five of their riders with reverse horse shooting, these cavalrymen did not dare to get too close to avoid losing their lives.

They just followed from a distance, hoping to launch a surprise attack after nightfall. By then, the vision would be obstructed due to darkness, and the advantage of reverse riding and shooting would be gone. It would not be too late to rush over and capture everyone in one fell swoop.

Don't think that horse archers are as powerful as they are exaggerated to be, and don't think that the Japanese kind of close-range shooting is the only way horse archers shoot.

An excellent horse archer can achieve unity between man and horse, with the body and horse moving together as a whole. This can greatly improve shooting accuracy, especially in large-scale battles. When riding a horse and shooting, there is no need to aim at a specific person, you can just shoot into the crowd.

Shooting while mounted on horseback is more powerful, as the speed of the arrow shot in this way is much greater, equal to the speed of the arrow itself plus the speed of the oncoming enemy horse. This kind of arrow is at least 1.3-1.5 times more powerful than an arrow shot while stationary.

In addition, the strength of Bestul's bows goes without saying. Even though Aisu and Ran Ying are weaker, they are using pulley bows specially made by the Dark God Cult, which are also very powerful.

Therefore, as long as the pursuers of Rendiburg were hit by arrows, their armor would be penetrated and they would be seriously injured. The horses that were shot at larger targets would be in even worse condition, with at least one-third of the arrows penetrating into the flesh, causing the soldiers and horses to fall off their horses and be either dead or disabled.

Aix and the others also knew the plan of pursuing the enemy. The two sides remained in a stalemate until the evening. Seeing that it was getting dark, they finally came to a forest. Without thinking, everyone drove their horses directly into the forest, as this at least increased their chances of survival.

What no one expected was that when the pursuers from Rendiburg arrived at the forest, they did not go into the forest to chase after Aix and his party, allowing them to disappear in the forest.

While everyone was celebrating their luck, Velen looked at the surrounding dense forest with a vigilant look and warned loudly:

"Everyone, be careful. This should be the famous Four Realms Forest, the territory of the witches. Everyone must be careful and cautious."

It turns out that this is a forest located at the junction of Swadia, Khergit, Rhodok and Sarand. It is desolate and primitive, and it is a lawless area.

Not only that, this is also the territory of the evil "witches" that are famous throughout the continent.

According to legend, witches are a group of horrible creatures who transform themselves into beautiful women and spread plague everywhere. They are also good at seducing men into depravity, and they can use various evil means such as poisoning, murder, and curse, making people all over the continent not only hate but also fear them.

Seeing that the people around him looked as if they were facing a great enemy, Axe found it funny.

In the original world, he had also specifically learned about witches. In fact, witches were not that evil. They were just the result of rumors spread by foolish men and jealous women. Coupled with the deliberate guidance and persecution of Christianity, so many poor women were hanged and burned to death.

I didn't expect that there are still witches in this world without the deliberate guidance and persecution of Christianity. I can only say that there is no shortage of foolish men and jealous women everywhere. Seeing that everyone is still so cautious, Aix found it very funny and couldn't help laughing:

"You don't have to be so nervous. Witches are just a group of pitiful women. They are not as scary as you say. As long as we don't have any bad intentions towards them, we will be fine."

"You'd better be careful, my lord. Everyone says this about the witch, so it must be true. Otherwise, the pursuers from Redien Castle wouldn't have retreated outside the forest."

James said nervously, looking around as if there really were a group of monsters with bared fangs and claws behind the dense forest.

Aix shook his head unhappily and said:

"In this world, the truth is often in the hands of a few people. What the majority say is right may not be right, and what the majority say is bad may not be bad. Do you know what "the majority's opinions can melt gold" means?"

Seeing James shaking his head, Axe wanted to tell so many lies that they could melt gold, but he was afraid that James would not understand, so he had to make up a story:

"It is said that there was a remote village where a man picked up a nugget of gold and showed it off everywhere. However, the villagers were too poor and had never seen what gold looked like. Some people were jealous of him and said that what he picked up was not gold, but an ordinary piece of copper. So everyone said that the man picked up a copper piece that was not worth much.

In the end, even this person believed it, thinking that what he picked up was really a copper nugget that was not worth much money. So he put the nugget of gold in a box and left it idle, missing out on such an opportunity to get rich overnight.

Witches are generally like this gold. Either they are very beautiful and are envied by people around them, who say bad things about them behind their backs, or even say they are scary witches. Or they are too kind and cannot bear to fight back when they are bullied, so they become people's punching bags, and all the dirty water is thrown on them, which makes them have such a bad reputation.

In short, there are many other reasons. They may have done something unforgivable, but they are definitely not that terrible. If they were really that terrible, there would probably be no one left in this world long ago."

Aix's words made everyone feel relieved, and they all collected firewood to prepare dinner. After chasing here for most of the day, everyone was already hungry and thirsty.

What he didn't know was that his words could save everyone's lives. Under the grass in the dense forest in the distance, several black feather arrows coated with poison were quietly collected.