A few days later, Dast took Princess Anna to the prairie on the border of the Seven Hills Empire. The sky is high and the sea is vast, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and from time to time you can see herds of wild horses and wild deer. After walking for a day or two, even if the Qiqiu Empire wanted to hunt him down, it would be beyond its reach.
Dast's nervous mood finally relaxed and he hummed a tune happily. The gold and silver jewelry that Princess Anna carries with her is enough to keep him worry-free for the rest of his life. As long as he escapes from Qiqiu Empire, he can live a life of peace and quiet with the little beauty in his arms. If you're lucky, you might even get the right to inherit the throne of the Qiqiu Empire. And the price he paid was just a few days of small adventures. How could there be such a bargain in the world!
——Until the cavalry of the Qiqiu Empire suddenly appeared in front of them.
It was a cavalry team of ten people, and it seemed that they had been guarding the border for a long time. Although Dast avoided the First Field Army, because he spared the long journey, the news that the princess had been abducted reached the hands of various border guards ahead of him. The border of Qiqiu Empire is now filled with such cavalry teams in groups of ten, like a fine fishing net.
"People over there! Put down Princess Anna immediately!" The soldier's shout broke Dast's last illusion. He drove the horse forward a few steps in a daze, and the leading sergeant immediately shouted at Dust: "I count to three! If you don't dismount, you will go to hell!"
"Your Highness Princess... there is a white flag in my package. Can you take it out for me?"
Daxter had secretly prepared this white flag when he first ran away with Princess Anna, but now he no longer cares about his image in front of the princess. Image is not important!
Ana nodded and rummaged through the package obediently. Dast couldn't help but burst into tears of gratitude. He thought Princess Anna would force him to fight the cavalry team, but he didn't expect the little princess to be so reasonable.
Unexpectedly, Anna pulled out the white flag and threw it towards the cavalry team with a "whoosh". Before Dast could react, Anna shouted at the sergeant, "This is the white flag prepared by the White Knight for you! Raise it, and the White Knight will let you go!"
Even if Dast wanted to dismount and beg for mercy, it was useless - the cavalrymen looked at each other and charged at him with the momentum of not stopping until Dast's head was cut off. Dast could only turn the horse's head in a hurry, hug Princess Anna and run away together.
Several arrows whizzed past Dast's body, scaring Dast into a cold sweat.
However, Princess Anna, who was hiding in Dust's arms, was still "comforting" him thoughtfully: "Master White Knight! Don't care about my mood! Let your falcon catch the non-commissioned officer and throw him to death. Bar!"
"Falcon? I...I...okay..."
Dust put his hand in his mouth and blew a low whistle. As a result, the eagle that had been hovering over him flew higher and higher...until it disappeared.
"Lord White Knight, did your falcon fly in the wrong direction?"
"No, it is...absorbing the power of the sun god Apollo!"
"But it's gone... When can it absorb enough power to fly back?"
"About...when the sun goes down??"
After saying this, Dast looked at the sky guiltily: the sun was shining brightly, and the sun was scorching.
"How about, Sir White Knight, let your hound come on... Huh? Where is Sir White Knight's hound?"
"That stupid dog? He's always been more sneaky than me -" Dast quickly changed his words mid-sentence, "He's gone to bring in the reinforcements!"
"Then when can you come back?"
"Generally speaking...it comes back later than the Falcon."
Dast didn't know what the expression of Princess Anna in his arms was now - anyway, she must be extremely disappointed.
Unexpectedly, Princess Anna's voice became even more excited: "So, will I finally be able to see the master White Knight's superb archery skills with my own eyes today?"
Dust lowered his head, and Princess Anna happened to turn her head around as well. He saw that Princess Anna's eyes were full of longing, even shining with stars.
Dust wanted to slap himself. Why did he lie to this innocent princess in the first place?
Seeing Dast's gloomy face and not speaking, Princess Anna finally realized something. Her eyes suddenly darkened, as if she had seen the end of the world. Even so, she still tried her best to suppress the urge to cry, and tried her best to squeeze out a smile: "Master White Knight... you will save me, right?"
"Please rest assured, Your Highness Princess! I don't even pay attention to a mere ten people!"
Dust patted his chest, suddenly feeling that he was capable of anything. He stopped his horse, took off the bow from his back, and took aim at the charging soldiers.
"I am protected by Apollo!" He shouted to the group of cavalry with all his strength, "Who wants to come and die first!"
His momentum actually calmed the cavalry. They reined in their horses one after another and did not dare to step forward for a while. Apollo's protection is extremely rare and powerful. The protected person can easily kill the enemy's general in the midst of thousands of armies, turning a huge army into a rabble without a command. If Dast really had the protection of Apollo, no one in the entire Seven Hills Empire could stop him from escaping with the princess.
Princess Anna excitedly joined in: "Did you hear that? It's the protection of the sun god Apollo! It's the rarest type of protection alongside Artemis! Even if you are hiding behind the walls of Constantinople, Lord White Knight’s arrow can penetrate the city wall and hit your ankle!”
The ten soldiers looked at each other and decided to step forward and give it a try.
"Are you still coming? What a pity, you are Anna's father's soldiers, I could have spared your lives."
Dust was so high-spirited that he pulled Apollo's bow like a full moon. An arrow shot out with a powerful momentum like a rainbow. The soldiers were so frightened that they all closed their eyes——
Nothing happened.
"Master White Knight...where is your Apollo protection?"
"Your Highness Princess... Apollo's protection can allow the arrow to penetrate the city wall, but if it fails to hit... there is nothing we can do."
The little princess suddenly made a "tsk" sound from her mouth.
Dast ignored Princess Anna's thoughts and rode away before the soldiers could react - but because there was one more person on board, the soldiers were getting closer and closer to them.
A herd of wild horses came running towards me. Anna suddenly tore off her little skirt. Soon enough, just as Dast's horse and the wild horses passed by, Princess Anna suddenly reached out and grabbed the body of a wild horse, and flew from Dast's horse to the wild horse!
The wild horse couldn't bear to be ridden on its back. It ran and jumped wildly, trying to throw Anna off its back. But after several ups and downs, Anna firmly controlled the wild horse and drove it to catch up. Daxter.
"Give me the bow!"
The little princess shouted at Dust.
Dast handed over the Apollo Sun Bow in a daze.
"And arrows!"
Dast obediently held up the quiver with both hands.
The little princess grabbed the bow with one hand and nocked an arrow with the other, aiming at the soldiers behind her amid the violent jolts.
Dast stared blankly at the wildly resisting wild horse under Anna.
"Can't ride a horse? This horse... doesn't even have stirrups?"
