Lin Feng glanced at the other orcs. They seemed resigned to their fate and did not seem to have any aversion to Mar's plan. Only Raine showed some resistance to it.
"How are your injuries?"
Mar continued, "The inside of the wound has healed, only the skin hasn't healed yet."
"Let's catch up with the mercenary group first; they're not after us." Lin Feng scrambled out of the crevice, waiting for the orcs to emerge one after another, a glint of something unusual flashing in his eyes.
He could deliver the items to Ellis Moore in the rear now, which would guarantee that she would let the orcs go, and then he could escape.
However, judging from Ellis Moore's choice to seize the inscription, it's unlikely that he would let these people leave safely even after obtaining it. In fact, he would stay by their side until the inscription was fully utilized.
Of course, he could also escape with these orcs, but that would mean missing many opportunities... Immersion is not something that can be comprehended simply by avoiding it.
Advancing along the dark mountain road, the group quietly eliminated two groups of scouts and barely caught up with the mercenary caravan at the edge of their vision. Just then, the sky began to brighten, and the knights behind them appeared a hundred meters away. Pegasus knights charged through the air, gliding over their heads and rushing towards the mercenary caravan.
Lin Feng, who had been silent the whole way, quickened his pace again, glanced back at the approaching knight behind him, and heard Mar's urging voice: "Hurry, next intersection!"
The next intersection, a bend, will allow the rider to slow down.
"run!"
Without much conversation, the group began to run. The mercenary group in the distance also stopped, each guarding a spot just wide enough for the carriage to pass, and raised their shields.
In their frantic dash, the group finally managed to get close to the mercenary group, but the spears protruding from behind their shields shattered their hopes.
Distrust!
The knights behind them dismounted and became infantry along the unsuitable road for charging; the Pegasus knights, who had circled again, took the opportunity to raise their lances, aim at the mercenaries below, and prepare to attack.
For a moment, all that remained was the dull thud of armor moving on the ground.
"Ofina, take it out."
Grand Master Ellis Moore urged his horse forward and with a slight flick of his finger, more Pegasus Knights descended from the sky.
A full hundred Pegasus Knights, densely packed together, blocked out the sky.
"What is that?" Ophina stepped out from under the shield, feigning confusion. "Lord Moore, what are you talking about?"
What do you think?
Ellis's helmet obscured his face, but the coldness in his tone rapidly increased.
Ofina shouted coldly, "My lady, even if the entire Escarra Plain becomes part of the empire's territory, will the knights be allowed to attack civilians at will?"
The plains of Escara encompass Upper Dalles, Monta, and Aquig, and even further afield.
"The Pegasus Knights Commander, Andis Dawn, is dead." Ellis smiled slightly and said lightly, "He was killed by your wagon. His men said... that the orcs in your group ambushed them and stole their belongings."
“Ofina, for your father’s sake, as long as you hand over the item, the murder of the imperial official… should have nothing to do with you.” Ellis Moore raised his hand, and the spear standing beside him instantly changed direction, aiming at Lin Feng and the others.
As soon as she finished speaking, Ophina's expression changed drastically. The commander of the Pegasus Knights had been killed?
She assumed these people who escaped were likely bribed, but it turns out they killed an important figure and escaped!
Perhaps she should have taken a gamble and let her men let those people in to kill them, instead of keeping them outside!
Confused thoughts flashed through her mind, but the core issue remained the same: what Ellis Moore didn't know exactly what it was, but ultimately she couldn't escape it.
“Okay!” Ophina readily agreed, her eyes, which had quickly regained their calm, suddenly turned to Lin Feng and said sharply, “The item is on him!”
"Um?"
Lin Feng, who was watching the show, suddenly felt a jolt in his heart, and two thoughts popped into his head in quick succession.
Have they begun to suspect him?
No, it's because they heard they killed Andis Dawnlight. How could a carriage explosion possibly kill a captain...?
She suspected it was fake, a conspiracy by them to coerce her!
"Mar." Lin Feng opened his mouth slightly, but before his voice reached Mar's ears, Ellis Moore's hand had already fallen, and several spears were lined up in two rows, aiming at their position and thrusting.
The next second, a chilling aura formed a wave of icy mist in the air, enveloping their bodies and immobilizing their movements.
It wasn't just suspicion; both sides were incredibly cunning and wanted to use them as pawns.
Then we can only target the weaker party.
Lin Feng said in a low voice, "Come with me."
Mal instinctively raised the axe in his hand. On their other side, the shield wall formed by mercenaries was split apart by ice spikes, creating a narrow path wide enough for them to rush through.
"Help me...no!"
Two mercenaries near the cliff were pushed off by ice spikes, and the remaining mercenaries who tried to intercept them immediately slipped.
"Walk!"
Lin Feng's spellbook emitted even more chilling energy, and his wary gaze met that of Fie Rost beside Ophina as he summoned several icy spikes that floated beside him.
rush!
A frenzied aura erupted from Mar, his breath spraying out the remaining blood from his mouth and nose, scattering a red glow.
"Giant Axe Strike!"
Ofina saw a familiar combat technique; Mar's swung arm instantly unleashed a wave of trembling blades among the mercenaries.
"Shockwave Slash!"
The mercenaries who raised their shields had no chance of resisting. The few who had any strength left were not only pushed aside by Lin Feng, but also knocked away one by one by the following Rein and others.
"A legendary berserker, you misjudged him..." Ophina's eyes flashed with a cold light, turning into sharp thorns. She glanced casually at Ellis Moore, who was watching the battle leisurely in the distance, and boundless anger rose in her heart.
"Kill them!"
"OK."
Fie Rost raised her staff, and beside her, Karl Rost had already scattered patches of green mist venomous snakes on the ground, which silently passed through the gaps between all the mercenaries and blocked Lin Feng and the others.
"Serpentine Vortex!"
Carlo Rost slammed his staff into the ground with both hands, instantly increasing the density of the green mist serpents several times over. In the blink of an eye, they swam past everyone's feet, engulfing Lin Feng and the others in a vortex of poisonous gas.
"burst!"
The flames, following the flow of the poisonous gas, triggered a chain reaction, and the flickering flames ignited a sound that shook the entire valley.
Before the explosion had even subsided, a fireball, swirling with tentacles, rose from F. Rost's hand, its flames reflecting a dark silhouette that was barely visible through the light.
"Ready!" Ophina weaved white healing light with her hands, and several elite mercenaries standing beside her drew their longswords and blocked the flames.
call!
The cold wind stirred the flames, and a black figure, wielding a long sword, charged out of the fire. The people in front of him showed no mercy as they slashed down, shattering the already charred corpse.
Bang bang bang!
Three more corpses flew out, and the group swung their longswords up and down. Just as they cleaved the corpses in two, two more longswords shot out.
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