Chapter 17 Alertness
Silently, an unexpected battle gradually came to an end.
There was a knight who had activated the seed of life, and the moment the two bloodthirsty orcs fell, the outcome of the battle was already doomed.
Feeling the fall of all the companions around them, the eyes of the beastmen showed despair, seeing that the current situation not only did not collapse, but instead stimulated their own fierceness, and sent out a death-defying shock to the surrounding teams, giving Fulaer a death blow. The leading soldiers brought great losses.
By the time the battle was over, there were not many soldiers left who could still stand up.
In any case, this group of orcs is indeed very powerful, equivalent to all the combat power of a small tribe, including three bloodthirsty orcs, it is extremely difficult to win.
A large number of soldiers fell to the ground, and most of the survivors were those powerful apprentice knights.
These people came from nobles, they were equipped with the best armor and weapons, and their physical fitness was stronger than that of ordinary warriors. It was completely natural for them to survive until the end.
Looking at the surrounding scene, Fulaer was a little silent, then gradually raised his head and looked to the other side, with a fierce light in his eyes.
That was the direction that Adil was in.
In the past, if Adil hadn't desperately dragged the bloodthirsty orc, the result might have been completely different in the end. Even with Fulaer's strength, once he was surrounded by a large number of orc warriors, he could only leave it behind. The army left alone.
Thinking of this, he sighed softly, sighing secretly in his heart.
The reason in his heart told him that Adil had probably suffered misfortune at this time, but the bloodthirsty orc had not returned.
This made him feel a little more expectant, and he strode forward with the sword in his hand.
However, after walking a distance, when he found Adil after finding the traces of the battle between Adil and the bloodthirsty orcs, the situation in front of him surprised him for a moment.
On the ground, the blood dyed the surrounding land red, which had dried up by this time.
A tall orc corpse lay there quietly. On one side of the corpse, Adil's figure stood quietly, his legs were bloody and looked seriously injured.
Looking at this scene, Fulaer couldn't help widening his eyes, and his original serious expression could no longer be maintained: "You!"
He stared blankly at Adiel, and it took a long time to react, with a hint of excitement in his tone: "Have you activated the seed of life?"
Hearing the voice in the distance, Adiel raised his head weakly, and his face looked pale due to excessive blood loss.
He didn't speak, but a little life energy slowly emerged from his body, diffusing that familiar aura.
Looking at his appearance, and feeling the unique breath of the seed of life, Fula was stunned for a moment.
The battlefield behind him was quickly cleaned up.
It is still in the wild, and there are too many beasts. There has just been a war here, and the strong smell of blood is likely to attract these beasts.
They strip off the warriors' armor and weapons and collect them. The seriously injured were placed on the carriage that was used to transport food and other materials, and Adil was also among them.
Their movements were very fast, and in only half an hour or so, the group set off again and returned to the place where they had returned.
After they left, several strange figures appeared on the battlefield behind them.
They were all wearing light green standard clothes, which were more suitable for concealment in the mountains. They appeared at this time and quietly looked at the direction where Adil and others left in the distance.
"I thought that this time it was just an ordinary knight, but I didn't expect that this time it was Fulaer, who is known as the mad lion." A tall but thin man looked into the distance and said, with a very indifferent expression on his face. : "When I met Fulaer and the guards he led, this group of orcs could be considered dead wrong."
"indeed.
The other person had a helpless expression on his face: "Three hundred intact orc warriors, plus three bloodthirsty orcs, if the other two knights come, no matter who they are, it will be enough to deal with." "
"But who knew that this time Fulaer, the head of the guard, would go out in person. With his strength, even if he didn't bring the elite guard, he would definitely not be able to keep him this time."
"His strength is probably not far from the great knight. Unless the head of the group comes out in person, it is impossible for these orcs to keep him." The thin man shook his head, and when he talked about the head of the group, there was a kind of fanaticism in his eyes. Confidence.
"Actually... if we just made a move, we might not be able to keep him." A tall, expressionless woman said with a frown.
"The risk is too great." A voice on the side responded: "Don't look at him looking weak now, but in fact he must activate the life seed several times. Once it erupts, although it is definitely not our opponent, we want to It's impossible for him to stay, and things will be troublesome by then."
"Meeting the equivalent of an entire tribe of orc warriors is barely an accident. But if a few hostile knights appear immediately after the orcs, then a fool can see the problem here, let alone It's an old fox like Fulaer."
"Once he is suspicious, our arrangement may be exposed, adding a danger out of thin air."
"It's a pity!" The woman frowned and said so after a long time.
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On the other side, lying quietly on the carriage, Adil felt something was wrong.
"Just now, someone was watching." This thought flashed through his mind.
"Chip, transmit the image just now." Adiel ordered to the chip in his mind.
The next moment, a large amount of information poured into his mind, and the previous scene slowly regressed like a movie, constantly replaying in his mind.
An awkward feeling struck his mind. In the replayed images, Adil seemed to vaguely see a few figures, which flashed past the edge of his perspective at a certain moment.
The speed of those few people is very fast, far exceeding the speed of the apprentice knight, and they are wearing cover clothes. If it is not a reminder from the chip, under normal circumstances, Adil will never find anything abnormal.
"After testing and comparison, the target speed exceeds the limit of the human body, and 78.4% may be knight-level!"
"All of them are knights?" Adil's mouth twitched, and he looked up at the Fulaer knight in front of him, suddenly feeling a little scared in his heart.
"Before, if I didn't choose to stay, what would be the consequences of leaving?" He suddenly thought of this question in his mind.
Being able to just meet in the wilderness, and have been hiding quietly watching them and the orcs slaughter, this group of people is obviously an enemy rather than a friend, maybe even the group of orcs are things made by the other party.
To speculate on this group of people with the greatest malice, maybe this group of people was originally here to ambush them, in order to catch them all in one go, so as not to slip through the net.
As for why they were allowed to break out of the siege, Adier guessed that the other party misestimated the strength of the Fulaer knights, and finally found that there was no way to keep them all, so it was hidden to the side and did not appear.
"This place can't stay any longer, we must go back to the castle as soon as possible!"
Although it was not clear what the other party's purpose was, an instinctive sense of crisis made Adil make this decision in his heart.
The excuse to go back is readily available. Adil is now seriously injured and should have returned to the castle to recover.
And according to convention, in this area, every new knight needs to return to the castle and be summoned by the Earl of Boria to be awarded the title of knight.
But before that, Adil still had to follow the team and return to the camp where he came.
On the road, when resting, Fulaer occasionally talked to Adil, telling him some experiences and tactics in person, and he seemed to be quite friendly to him.
This is due to a change in status.
Adil has now activated the seed of life and became a knight at the age of thirteen. He has almost broken the promotion record in this area, and the future is bright.
Not to mention, Adil had tried his best to help him stop the enemy before.
The combination of these two factors is the real reason for the change in the attitude of the other party.
Adil certainly would not refuse this kind of friendly relationship.
He showed his respect and eagerness to learn very appropriately, which made Fulaer, who has always been serious and paid attention to etiquette and details, very satisfied, and could not help but appreciate him even more.
A few days later, after returning to the previous camp, Adil expressed his desire to return to the castle to recover in a timely manner.
Fulaer did not object, but agreed that he should go back to the castle to meet Count Boria first, so he planned to transport Adil back together with some of the wounded.
In order to ensure the safety of Adil, he also specially dispatched an extra team of elite soldiers to ensure that the road would not be disturbed by robbers and beasts.
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After a while, after a long journey, the familiar castle is in sight.
Feeling the excited cheers coming from the surroundings, Adil quietly opened his eyes and looked into the distance.
The castle in the distance is as tall and sturdy as in the past, and above it, a group of soldiers with weapons in their hands are stationed in it.
And in his distance, a group of cavalry came from a distance, escorting them and the wounded forward.
"I'm back again..." Looking at the familiar places around him, Adil suddenly had such a feeling in his heart.
The last time he returned to this castle, he seemed to be transported back as a wounded person, and it happened that the opponents who caused him two serious injuries were orcs.
But this time, because of his much stronger physical fitness and the activation of the seed of life, Adil's injury has healed quickly, and he doesn't need to be supported into the castle like last time.
The carriage traveled to a position not far from the castle. Adil refused the support of the soldiers on the side, walked down from the carriage in person, followed the leader's footsteps and walked forward, and entered the familiar castle.