"The Dawn of Sia!" A glint flashed in Dylan's eyes, but it vanished in an instant.
"What's wrong?" Connor asked.
Dylan shook her head and said, "It's already lost in..."
"Whoosh—" A sharp explosion suddenly came from the sky.
The knights hadn't reacted yet, and the surrounding assassins remained on high alert!
Dylan drew her dagger, gazing towards the distant forest...
"No way?"
"System malfunction?"
"still……"
"Whoosh—!!!" Another sound rang out, and everyone's foreheads began to sweat.
Still in that direction!
At least two assassins are engaged in a fierce battle! Or have been killed!!!
"We've been discovered!" Dylan swallowed hard.
...
The wind in the wild pressed down on the grassland, as if something was rapidly approaching!
"They're here!"
"careful!"
The assassins in the front row quickly swung their daggers to parry, and then four or five scouts rushed out of the grassland with evil smiles.
"Short-lived bandits!" Dylan cursed, then instantly assassinated them one by one!
The wind on the grassland never stopped, and the sound of hidden arrows came from afar!
"More assassins are dead! This is no accident! This is an attack!" Dylan's adjutant shouted.
"Knights! Escort Elsie away!" Dylan ordered. "Protect Her Highness! Do not linger in battle!"
...
The group did not stop. The high-ranking assassins escorted Elsie on her way, but more and more mercenaries were coming from all directions.
"Dailan! There are too many of them!" Dailan's adjutant moved through the bushes, assassinating nearby scouts.
These scout mercenaries were not of high rank; they seemed to be just there to delay them.
However, in any case, some people already know Elsie's whereabouts.
"Attention everyone, quicken your pace. We need to get as close as possible to the territory of the Saijing royal family." Dylan touched her hidden dart and said, "Our reinforcements are there. We just need to get a little closer..."
"Dailan!" the adjutant suddenly shouted.
A dark figure burst out of the bushes, blocking everyone's path. It was a bald warrior wielding a giant axe.
"An 80-level berserker, the great axe is a family heirloom," Elsie said, then glanced at Connor.
Would it be a bit of a stretch for Connor to deal with a guy of this caliber?
"Four-Headed Serpent Mercenary Group! Surround them!" the berserker commanded, and more and more high-ranking mercenaries began to appear on the road from their ambush.
They had been waiting for a long time!
The knights frowned, silently protecting Elsie in the core area.
“Listen to the waves…” Connor’s sword trembled in his hand, and a faint light appeared on the blade.
Dylan also led his assassins over, and his sense of danger led him to lock onto the berserker.
"The Four-Headed Serpent Mercenary Group, led by Liedo!"
Liedor let out a cold laugh: "Thanks for the nomination!"
"If you don't want to die, disappear from my sight!" Dylan's dagger gleamed coldly, and in the moonlight, his eyes turned blood red.
"Hey! I can't decide that!" Lieduo silently stepped aside and bowed to the back.
The earth began to tremble, warhorses neighed, and armor clashed—those familiar steel preludes chilled every assassin to the bone!
Heavy armored knights!!?
An entire squadron of heavily armored knights! They had been lying in ambush on this road!
“Dailan, I swear I will never fight the Tilan family’s heavy cavalry again,” Daran’s adjutant said fearfully.
Dylan was also very nervous. He knew very well that these were no longer heavy cavalry in the traditional sense. With the assistance of the Sanctuary, magical equipment had become widespread in the Tilan family, and the only remaining weakness of the heavy cavalry had been completely overcome!
Now, they are like heavily armed tanks that can travel thousands of miles a day!
However, Elsie was stunned. She could clearly see the other party's information through the data template!
Name: Ledot Tiran (Hero) (Count)
Race: Descendants of Heroes (76%), Human (24%)
Age: 60
Class: Heavy Armor Knight
Level: 89
Potential: SS+
Innate Talents: Tiran's Power, Battle-hardened Physique, and Veteran Warrior
Martial Arts: All Attribute Enhancement (Grandmaster), Heavy Cavalry Charge (Grandmaster), Heavy Armor Parry (Grandmaster), Iron Cavalry Slaughter (Grandmaster), Resilience (Grandmaster), Heavy Cavalry Trample (Grandmaster), Tilan's Glory (Grandmaster), Death Knight's Roar (Grandmaster)
Magic Path: Earth Spikes (Grandmaster), Air Shield (Beginner)
Equipment: Royal Heavy Armor (Defense +150, Willpower +50, Divine Lightness Magic Enhancement), Adamantine Lance (Attack +200, Weight Reinforcement, Divine Combo Magic Enhancement), Lord's Badge (Attack +50%, Defense +50%, Health Regeneration +10)
Ledo... Tiran!?
"Grand Uncle!?" Elsie exclaimed in surprise.
Meanwhile, the one-armed, heavily armored knight leading the charge also turned his gaze toward Elsie.
“Count Ledo, we have successfully intercepted them!” Ledo greeted Ledo.
“Yes, you have done very well. The Lord cares about you.” Lydo spoke, but his tone was somewhat cold.
His attention was more focused on Elsie: "Elsie, long time no see, you've grown so much!"
"It's a pity that the Xia family bloodline has a greater impact on your development..."
Ledo raised his lance, threatening the crowd: "Put down Elsie, and you can live!"
No one moved, and Elsie couldn't tell what was wrong with Ledo either. In fact, in her mind, not much time had passed.
Ledo changed too quickly; he... joined the Sanctuary?
Therefore, he is a member of the Holy Sword Sect.
With things having come to this point, Elsie had no choice but to sacrifice her own family for the greater good.
"Grand Uncle, are you also taking me back to the Sanctuary?" Elsie asked tentatively. "I heard that the Sanctuary wants my life."
"..." Liedo took a breath and sighed, "I didn't intend to hand you over to the Holy Temple, and I didn't expect that others would have such a big influence on you."
"In short, Elsie, it seems they haven't told you the truth. After you hear it, you can choose to stay or leave. I won't stop you."
Ledo's words were baffling, but his next sentence was like a thunderclap on a summer night!
"Your mother, Windsor, died in battle."
Died in battle...
Dylan's eyes widened. Although there had been rumors before, how could something like that be allowed?!
He suddenly remembered the elders' sighs, the melancholy of some of the clansmen, and the rumors that Wen Ersha was healing her wounds in the ancestral land, but he had never seen Wen Ersha return to the clan!
The previous plan to break out of the valley was also urgently cancelled by the family!
There's also the Nago Royal Court's abstention, the alliance of the three kingdoms, and the Saijing Royal Family's full-scale preparations for war...
Everything, everything, seemed to be pointing at Windsor!
Windsor died at the Black Valley Pass!
“No, impossible…this is impossible…” Dylan shook her head: “She has a divine artifact with her, how could she be so easily…”
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