The patter of horse hooves sounded one after another in the low hills.
A team of thirty light cavalry appeared on this remote border.
Most of the territory of the Principality of Airilat consists of plains and hilly areas, which are not suitable for breeding bipedal earth dragons.
Therefore, except for the heavy knights, most ordinary troops use crystal carts or horses to travel.
The lazy cavalry were in disorganized formation, chatting and laughing all the way.
They do not belong to any local government and are the personal guard of His Royal Highness Snoff, the second prince of the principality.
Ever since the incident of Snoff colluding with foreign enemies to frame the princess of the Sigurd Empire was revealed.
The personal guards accompanied the prince to the wilderness border where birds did not lay eggs, and performed an act of 'atonement' on the surface.
According to the rumors in the palace, Sigurd's attitude was tough, and the king had tried his best to save the prince's life.
If it were the peak of national power twenty years ago, Arilat would not be afraid of Sigurd, and could reject him forcefully even if he did not take advantage of justice.
Today is different from the past. Airilat's internal affairs are in chaos and its national strength is weak, so it has to immediately deprive Prince Snoff of his title and nominally send him to a poor border area to give the empire an explanation.
But the empire was still dissatisfied and kept causing trouble on the border to provoke the principality.
This made Prince Snow often shrouded in a shadow of fear.
The private guard of about 500 people is basically composed of the descendants of lower-level nobles.
They knew very well that the impact of this incident was huge. As the prince's confidants, they would not return to the royal capital for probably three to five years.
Far away from the prosperous and luxurious life in big cities, I have no access to banquets, wine and women all day long.
The patience of these people is approaching its limit.
The purpose of joining the army from the beginning was not to defend the country, but just to cling to the prince and obtain some privileges and benefits.
"Okay, this is it."
The burly knight at the head raised his hand to signal the troops to stop.
Nick looked at the faint smoke floating not far away and showed a lewd smile.
He is a squad leader in Snoff's personal guard.
In order to 'maintain border peace', Prince Snoff will ask his troops to patrol the border areas every one or two months.
The content of the inspection is very simple, to protect the people and destroy the gang of 'bandits' who act recklessly.
The prince specifically warned, especially the 'beautiful female bandits', that they must be captured and taught a lesson before being executed.
As for the meager amount of money and food collected, Snoff did not care about it and directly rewarded it to his loyal subordinates.
After this order was issued, the guards immediately became excited, and the negative emotions accumulated over the past few days were swept away.
They compete for the opportunity to perform tasks, hoping to go out and ravage and trample them wantonly to vent their frustration.
Today, the 'wonderful' opportunity finally fell to the Nick team.
They packed lightly and set out early in the morning.
After studying the map, he decided to avoid small towns and larger villages with vigilante groups in search of weaker prey.
The hilly areas are dotted with poor mountain villages. The traffic here is inconvenient and sparsely populated, making it the most suitable place to start.
After searching around hungrily, I finally found my target. It was a small village gently wrapped in the sunset
The skilled drama of 'bandits slaughtering the village and being heroically annihilated by the prince's guards who arrived later' is about to be staged.
For safety reasons, Nick and others hid in the hills and tied up their horses.
They took off the duchy's standard armor and replaced it with worn leather armor sewn from linen animal skins.
The long sword is still a silver-gray knight's sword. Since the guards have never really eliminated bandits, they do not have civilian weapons such as machetes or axes on hand.
Nick didn't bother to pay attention to this detail.
Just pretend, as long as it's not too blatant, people from other prince factions won't easily take advantage of it.
The reason is simple. Who among you has a clean butt?
Dusk falls.
Two crescent moons rose quietly, and a few stars with faint light surrounded them, like a pair of eyes dotted with crystal tears.
The setting sun slowly sank, leaving long shadows that illuminated the sky blood red...
White lay quietly in a pool of blood.
He opened his eyes wide and refused to close his eyes.
The old fingers are inserted deeply into the soil, hoping to touch the seeds that are about to sprout at the end of life.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on Stassen Village, wanting to bring the last ray of tenderness to the simple people...
Anything worth a little money will be taken away.
All farmhouses that were looted were doused with oil and set on fire, destroying all evidence.
Everywhere he looked, old men and children were pierced with spears and hacked to death with sharp swords.
The cries of the villagers and the laughter of the 'bandits' echoed and intertwined in the originally peaceful mountain village.
Snap.
On the low hills beside the village, the basket in Xu Fei's hand fell to the ground, and his expression became distorted.
Everywhere you look is an indescribable scene.
The village burst into flames, and the field of vision was completely dyed red for a moment, which is the color of fire and blood.
Villagers running away shouting, a grandfather holding his child tightly, and an old woman kneeling on the ground sobbing.
The old man lying in a pool of blood in the field was Uncle White who greeted them cordially in the morning.
"Help, help..."
"No, don't kill the children. You can earn two silver coins by selling them to slave merchants! A bunch of hungry mad dogs, just kill them, hahaha!"
"Who comes, who comes to save me..."
"Grandpa! Woo, hoo, grandpa."
Blood droplets flew and screams were loud.
Whether it’s an old man begging for his life or a child holding each other and crying.
Killed all without leaving any one behind.
It was a scene of killing.
A creepy feeling spread all over his body. Xu Fei turned around in shock and shouted loudly to the three people behind him:
"Don't come over, take Ni Liya back quickly!"
Unfortunately, it's too late.
Ni Liya has already walked to his side.
Her lips were slightly opened, a look of fear invaded her cheeks, and Ni Liya's whole body trembled violently.
What happened? Why is this happening? I...I...
"Grandma...Grandma!"
After a brief brain blank, Ni Liya ran down the mountain like crazy, calling out to her only relative in the world who depended on each other for life.
At this moment, Xu Fei wanted to reach out and hold her.
But the moment he touched the other party's sleeve, he let go of his hand for some reason.
Maybe deep down in my heart I hope she will run away...
Rang, Rang.
Two spiritual swords, one long and one short, were unsheathed. Xu Fei gritted his teeth and chased after them.
"Calm down, Xu Fei! You are looking for death! Those people are different from the ordinary killers of Black Sail!"
Cang shouted anxiously, he didn't expect that even Xu Fei would do such an impulsive thing.
This group of murderers is very strong, at least for the weak ones.
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