After confirming that these attackers came from the White Holy See, unlike the other people in the team who began to have mixed doubts and worries on their faces, the sage looked like he had guessed something.
Although the scout archer shot a resounding arrow before dying to notify the possible presence of the army in the rear, Henry seemed to have no intention of escaping. He cleaned his sword and prepared to sit down.
"...Teacher?" Mira looked a little confused, and this behavior seemed a bit difficult to understand even by his standards. "Don't let the other party take the initiative." Henry shrugged and said. He hadn't done this action for a long time. The keen Luoan girl noticed some emotional fluctuations in her teacher's heart at this moment.
"..." Emonica turned her head to look at Mira. Due to the sweltering heat and the previous battle, the white-haired Luoan girl's hair on her forehead and cheeks was wet with sweat and stuck to her skin - the girl could see it. The other party's entanglement clearly meant that the blond girl was wondering whether she was the reason why the group was being hunted. After all, her own secret, although difficult for ordinary people to detect, was that the other party was a professional warrior specializing in fighting monsters - but if it really was If so, what should she do?
Emonica obviously does not have the answer to this question. She is like any person who is unable to solve the situation and can only be trapped in the torrent of the world and unable to resist, struggling in vain. Mira stepped forward and held her cold palms, while Henry behind him answered the Luoan girl's previous question that was not a question with an answer that was not an answer.
"In areas like Thoradin Highlands, where the White Holy See is very powerful, there are churches, monasteries, and churches and other buildings in almost every town." His tone of voice was as calm as ever, as if he was describing a story that had nothing to do with him. Things are general: "Except for monasteries that have become neglected now, depending on the size of the church or church, there will be some fluctuations in the number of troops stationed there, but generally speaking, it is common for a medium-sized town to have more than a hundred papal armed forces. Configuration."
"These people may not all know how to fight on horseback, but they can still ride a horse." Henry glanced at Emmanica and Joshua next to him: "The horses here are all prairie horses with good character and sufficient endurance. Although they are carrying heavy loads, Less capable but far more capable of cruising and running for long periods of time in a light condition than the Avenelama we have.”
"Going along this avenue, although there has been abundant rainfall recently, and because it is summer, there are also plenty of fruits and other fruits in the wild, but it is unreliable to rely on collecting these to survive, so you must go to a supply station or hotel to replenish your supplies. In other words, there will be traces left. And even if you escape to the dock, the possibility of being caught up before crossing the sea is quite high. "
The sage summarized the situation, and the other three nodded. Indeed, if the church focuses on them and goes all out, the trouble will be very big.
"So we must first understand the problem. Once we understand it, we can solve it." He murmured, as if talking to himself.
"There is a solution..." Henry stood up slowly, and the faint sound of horse hooves began to be heard not far away. It was obvious that some people who heard the signal were coming here. Joshua pulled out his long sword. He hesitated a little. Although it was really good to travel with Henry and the others during this period, in the end he didn't really understand this man, so he should take Emonica to escape. Leave him a message - the red-haired swordsman is very confused.
"Don't take action later, let me talk to them." Henry turned his head and said to Joshua. The other person's frowning brows and hesitant expression on his face did not escape his eyes, but Xian But the speaker didn't care about this. He looked at Mira and Emonika next to him: "Stand back, take a shield, and protect yourself." He said, then he held a big sword in one hand and walked away. Arrived at the front.
"Hissing!" This camouflaged encampment trace is not too deep. In order to induce the previous batch of scouts to come in and investigate, it must be directly visible and approaching from the roadside, so those who rushed The guardian knights who came naturally saw the scene here at a glance.
"Damn it!" A knight on the left saw an expression of displeasure on his face when he saw the dead bodies on the ground without helmets. He leveled his spear and kicked the horse in the stomach with the spurs on his boots, and then straightened up. He rushed towards the sage. "Michael!" The older knight commander shouted to stop him, but how could he stop the horse that had already begun to accelerate with just one word.
"..." Mira looked at Henry with some worry. The White Holy See was incompatible with the local environment in every way. Even the war horses they used were not the local prairie horses but the tall horses of the two of them. The charging horses were astonishingly powerful. Even the heavily armored Lamanite infantry could only be defeated in front of it - but Henry stood his ground. He did not run away directly, just like any experienced infantry would do when facing cavalry. The sage waited until the opponent rushed forward and could not turn in time, and then he dodged the knight's charge with a lunge. .
"Damn! Stop! Stop! Stop—" "Hiss—" "Ah—" "Boom—!" Although it's not particularly dense, it's still a forest, here. It would obviously be suicidal if he couldn't stop in time if he charged his head. The young church knight's war horse whined and fell to the ground, and his whole body was directly thrown out and landed heavily on the dirt. This fall caused him The blow was not small, but the remaining dozen knights did not pay attention to this man. Everyone, including the leading middle-aged knight with a golden goatee, looked at Henry.
The sage glanced over, and the expressions on everyone's faces came into view - his eyes were locked on the medium-sized knight commander, their eyes met, and the meaning contained in those green pupils was fully exposed.
"...It seems that you know who I am." Henry said slowly. Joshua next to him turned to him with a face full of doubts, while the knight captain sitting on the horse was silent for a while and nodded to confirm this fact.
"Your Excellency..." He used the honorific title, which further deepened Joshua's doubts. Even Mira behind him began to frown - and the knight commander continued: "Your Excellency The presence……"
"Sorry, but please get out of the way." The turn of the unfinished words seemed a bit abrupt, and even Henry, who had always been calm, couldn't help but frown at this moment. He hesitated for a moment. These people had had direct conflicts with him before. This man's speech seemed very difficult to understand when it was related to some things in the past - but a sage is a sage after all, so he reacted immediately, He frowned and looked at the other party again: "Aren't you here for me?" He said, and then immediately turned his head to look at Emonica behind him: the square-faced knight's reaction - changed Individuals lead the team - the existence of those "scouts"...
His expression turned cold for a moment: "So after all this time, are you still like before, the first reaction when something happens is to cover the lid?"
"Who gave the order, a certain regional bishop? Are you insulting my intelligence? Do you think you can make up for the previous conflict with such strong words?"
"Oh no..." His eyes narrowed slightly: "Maybe I'm being too sentimental. You don't care what I think. You just want to get rid of all this before the big shots above find out. Do you realize that? How stupid is this idea?"
"Corrupt and stubborn, you do such unprecedented things to maintain your own face. Why and who are you fighting for?" Henry's tone was cold, but the knight commander just sighed and did not flinch. .
"Even if it seems to you to be something rotten, there are still people who are still holding on to it." He said: "Unlike you who turned your back and left, some people still exist in this system, trying to It gets better." The Knight Commander said in a heavy tone, while Henry shrugged, with obvious emotion in his tone. This was the first time Mira had seen Henry look like this in a long time. The edge was sharp, and it was obvious that all of this was somewhat related to his state of mind at this moment.
"By decaying with it?" "Qiang——" A knight on horseback who looked like an adjutant drew out the long sword at his waist. Henry's bitter taunts made him angry, but the leader The knight captain waved his hand to signal him to calm down, and then spoke to Henry again.
"It's an honor to see that Your Excellency still maintains a strong fighting spirit, but what kind of relationship does she have with you? It's just a chance encounter. Even if Your Excellency stops here, what good will it do?" The Knight Commander said in a steady tone. Saying this: "We are the party with the advantage." He said, and at the same time waved his hand to order all ten of his knights to dismount, and walked to Henry fully armed.
"Those who know the current affairs are heroes. Out of respect, I would like to ask you to step back for a moment. As long as we complete this task, we will not embarrass you again." The knight captain, who was about a head lower than Henry, said this He said: "You probably don't want to go against the church. Think about it rationally. Even if you are our enemy, what are the benefits?"
"Why do you have to do such a thing, right? There is no need to go-" "I guess old habits die hard..." "Uh-?" Henry whispered the words, but the knight commander was not completely convinced. After hearing it clearly, he looked at the sage blankly, as if hesitating about the other person's reaction.
"I gave up my own thinking and just shouted that it was for the glory of so-and-so, using the name of justice to deceive myself and others by saying that this was an order from above that cannot be disobeyed." He spoke slowly and said: "For the sake of The so-called face problem will lead to the death of innocent people."
"There will never be a shortage of ridiculous things in this world...it's a bad habit that should have been abandoned long ago, a bureaucratic style, a stupid and decadent system. Every time something happens, you don't think about how to solve it. But cover the lid."
"Why do I have to stand on the opposite side of you people? I think -" Henry looked down at the group of protective knights in front of him and said word by word: "Old habits die hard."
"I really miss those days when the white knights entered the city-state and would attract cheers from the people... I'm sure you wouldn't know it." He closed his eyes and slowly said a word at the corner of his mouth. Curved, but quickly disappeared: "Being worthy of one's own conscience and being loved by the people is not in the name of Lao Shizi God or because someone said so, but by adhering to one's own heart and doing what one thinks is right. What it feels like to be the right thing.”
"...So much nonsense." The knight commander could already tell that Henry had no intention of retreating. He stepped back slightly, and then winked at the knights next to him.
"Sorry, Joshua." The sage said this, and the red-haired swordsman looked at him: "This time, let me perform alone." "..." Joshua nodded. , and then took a few steps back.
"Tsk, you guy abandoned by the times, what you have in front of you is the elite Guardian Knights of the White Vatican!" Now that you have broken your skin, there is no need to maintain any surface politeness. The knight chief waved his hand. All the knights behind them threw away their spears. Although they were very disdainful, it was obvious that they had done enough homework to use them against a strong swordsman level in such a forest environment with many obstacles. The spear would just get in the way.
"Clang, clang, clang, clang -" The silver was shining brightly, and the long swords with the holy emblem etched on the weight ball at the end were drawn out one after another: "Go!" One against eleven, in the knight They seemed to have an absolute advantage - but no one, not even Joshua, who had fought Henry face-to-face before and was also a top swordsman himself, did not expect this.
——In the next second.
The sage disappeared.
The sword that struck through the air was silent.
It was as if a high-level wizard had interfered with everyone's vocal cords at the same time. The knights opened their mouths, but did not make a single sound - no, he did not really disappear.
It's just that the speed exceeds the level that ordinary people can turn their eyeballs and necks to capture, so it seems to have disappeared.
"————" The sword passed by silently, the head soared into the sky, this was the first one.
"————" The sword blades crossed each other, and before the knight who tried to block could react, Henry "slid" the whole big sword close to the sword spine, and then stabbed his chin from the bottom of the helmet. Then busted the brain, that's the second one.
"————" He turned around and dodged, waving the big sword with one hand to force one of them back, then rushed into the arms of the other person, grabbed the dagger from the other person's waist, and directly inserted it into his neck. This was the third one. .
The fourth; the fifth; the sixth.
The elites among the elites are like chopping melons and vegetables, and deal with it calmly.
Henry's face did not waver at all. When he completed this short journey at a very high speed and came to the knight captain who had just started running towards the horses behind him, the last guard The sound of the teaching knight falling to the ground with blood spurting from his neck had just come.
"No... no, if you kill me, the Holy See will never end with you, and there will definitely be more chasing troops!!" The knight with a medium build and a goatee who looked calm and steady before was half a man taller. He said this as he slumped on the side of the horse. He grabbed the saddle and tried to climb up, but his feet were weak because of Henry's eyes that exuded cold blue light, allowing him to kick on the dry soil on the ground and raise a cloud of dust. , I just couldn’t support my body and climb onto the horse.
"No...no, please don't!! I will go back and report it to the superiors, Your Excellency! I will explain it to the superiors, please don't kill me! I will let all this end!" Henry raised his sword high, and then slowly The ground fell.
"You'd better be." He said this, and the knight commander who was granted amnesty - or indeed received amnesty - stood up in panic and unbearable, grabbed the saddle and climbed up in a hurry, he didn't even After sitting firmly, he slapped the horse's butt hard, and then walked away with great momentum.
"...Will he do what he said?" Everyone present was not a fool, and Joshua, who had roughly understood all this through the conversation, looked at Henry and said.
"No." The sage shook his head: "He won't."
He turned around and walked towards the fallen and unconscious guardian knight.
"But with so many people dead, the higher-ups will definitely realize it." He smiled: "If I let him go, those people will know who killed them." (To be continued.)
