Location: Silver Maple Forest
As dawn broke, the group rested briefly in the wilderness, enjoyed their last meal, and prepared for the final leg of their journey.
“Tengluo hasn’t returned yet. Should we wait a little longer?” Connor said.
Everyone remained silent, while Elsie gazed thoughtfully at the campfire.
Edith helped Dylan mount his horse, looking ahead with concern.
“We don’t have time to wait any longer,” Jacoban said. “Let’s get going!”
Connor sighed and followed the group toward the Silver Maple Forest.
Tenglu failed to keep up with the group, and his fate was predictable. The Holy Shield cavalry were no pushovers either, outnumbering them by a hundredfold in both numbers and quality.
At this very moment, beside the Silver Maple Forest, at the border of the Saijing Royal Family, an army had been waiting for a long time, and the long battle line inspired despair.
"Everyone, are you afraid of death?" Jacoban asked, a rare question for him.
Since dawn today, everyone's mood has been consistently low, and they must have guessed that this was the case.
"The main force of Stromgarde?" Connor observed from afar and speculated, "There should be over a thousand people, right?"
“The number of cavalry is around three hundred,” Parker added, as he was very sensitive to these dangerous cavalrymen as a team-specialized scout.
At that moment, the group of soldiers blocking the border spotted them. A cavalry captain was giving orders on horseback, seemingly commanding the army to attack.
"Guild Master! The group of people behind us is attacking!" An assassin rushed up from behind, with two blood-stained arrows stuck in his back and his face pale.
As Jacob looked at the billowing dust behind him, Welch raised his longsword and grinned as he commanded the Templar cavalry to charge!
"There's no time to think about that anymore, prepare to break through the formation!" Yagenan ordered everyone to prepare for a breakout.
"Guys!" Connor looked at Lynn and the others and said firmly, "We must protect our lord!"
Kailin also organized the Blood Cavalry and launched the first charge. They were like a red light that cut through the battlefield and immediately scattered the enemy cavalry's formation.
"Protect Princess Elsie!" The assassins also began to enter the battlefield, reaping the soldiers who had been knocked unconscious by the cavalry charge.
The carriage carried Elsie and Agnon towards the territory of the Saijing royal family.
The horses' hooves pounded on the blood-soaked ground, on this path carved out by the blood-soaked cavalry!
"Protect His Highness!" the wounded Blood Rider roared, desperately blocking the enemy's counterattack, his spear piercing him again and again.
One by one, the Blood Knights were dragged off their horses and hacked to death!
The neighing of warhorses, the whistling of assassins' hidden arrows, the groans of soldiers poisoned...
"Almost there!" After firing his last hidden arrow, Yagenan finally saw the outline of the Saijing royal family's outpost.
A squad of Saijing cavalry is heading this way!
Suddenly, shouts from a large group of assassins came from behind!
"Welch! Welch!"
"!!!" Yagenan's sense of danger was triggered, and he instantly grabbed Elsie, while the carriage was overturned in the next moment!
"You have nowhere to escape!!!" Welch killed a Blood Rider who came to reinforce with a single sword strike, and then engaged in a fierce battle with Karin!
Karin's longsword clashed with her opponent's, and the sparks ignited by the family heirloom ignited the battlefield. Welch's combat power increased instantly, and he even managed to suppress her for a time!
"Kaylin! Watch out! Something's wrong with his mount!" Edith warned as she passed by, helping Dylan along.
"A mount?" Karin looked at the warhorse beneath Welch and suddenly realized that Absolute Breath had also been holding its ground for a while without making a rash attack.
At this moment, Welch's warhorse also bared its teeth and glared angrily at Absolute Breath, its eyes emitting a white light as dazzling as day.
There was a missing piece of flesh on its neck, which seemed to have healed and was emitting a putrid smell!
That's right! This is the very warhorse that was killed by Juexi!
It's back to life!!!
"For the Lord!!!" Welch's longsword flashed with fire, and his left eye turned white, instantly severing Karin's sword!
Kailin stared at the broken sword in surprise, then hurriedly raised her shield to block the opponent's next slash, and Juexi also retreated instantly to create distance.
"Kaelin!" Elsie's voice rang in his mind: "Break through, don't linger!"
"Break out!" Karin gave the order, pulling on the reins and looking at the blood cavalry in their miserable state.
At this moment, Yagenan had already carried Elsie into the territory of the Saijing royal family. His sense of danger prevented a tragedy from happening, and now they were finally out of danger.
Karin also controlled her Breathless Charge toward the Saijing Royal Territory, while Welch behind her let out a frenzied shout!
"No! Fight! Fight!!! Coward!! Don't run away!!! Fight!!!" Welch's right eye turned bloodshot, and the sword in his hand suddenly extended blood-red tentacles that pierced into his arm, as if sucking his life.
In Elsie's eyes, this scene showed Welch's head connected to the angelic image of the heavens, and the transparent fleshy buds descending from heaven were both amplifying Welch and causing his life to wither away.
What's even stranger are the four family heirlooms he carries!
The thing on the sword was frantically devouring Welch's life force, the armor was transferring its energy to him, the ring was trying to restore Welch's sanity, and the keepsake remained lifeless, without making any move.
The family heirloom... seems to be alive!
With Kailin's help, the Blood Riders finally broke through the encirclement. They were all wounded, and less than one in ten survived. The remaining ten Blood Riders had their armor shattered and were no longer able to fight.
That army went completely berserk; they no longer cared about the border issues and actually chased after them!
"Saijing Royal Territory! Intruders halt!!!" the Saijing cavalry captain roared.
"Warnings ignored, all troops, charge!"
The Cyclone Cavalry launched a charge. They seemed to have been notified and did not stop Elsie and the others from advancing further. Instead, they charged directly into the Stromgarde army, preventing them from pursuing them.
"Elsie, don't look behind you!" Yagenan snatched a warhorse and carried Elsie deeper into the territory.
The pursuit doesn't seem to be over yet; the Saijing Cavalry Regiment is too small to hold out for long.
Welch had already entered the battlefield. He didn't stop there to slaughter the Saijing cavalry. His eyes seemed to be only on Kailin. He charged straight at her!
Just as the attack was about to begin, a swordsman in full heavy armor suddenly rushed out and knocked Welch away!
"Kaylin! Keep up!" Elsie notified Kaylin in her mind.
Karin dropped her broken sword and chose to continue following the group.
The Knights seemed to have suffered no major losses; Parker had a minor injury to his face, and Connor's armor was pierced, but the damage wasn't too serious.
Lynn was somewhat weak. He lit his last cigarette and rested in the carriage.
...
"Damn it! Who are you?!" Welch engaged in a fierce battle with the heavily armored swordsman.
The heavily armored swordsman wielded his two-handed sword, unleashing the magical runes on his armor, instantly creating an awe-inspiring aura!
"Knight Jord, I swear to defend Tilan's honor to the death!"
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