Chapter 18

Colin felt that he was not exactly the Virgin Mary, thus he did not expect to meet someone that pure.

However, although Vera was very powerful, she was still young.

Most of her time was spent in the Viel Tower studying Arcana, so she had not experienced the cruelty of the world. It was not surprising Vera had a certain degree of naivete and purity to her.

However, what made Colin feel helpless was that Knight Bliss knew very well that he should abandon these defeated soldiers. However, no matter how much Colin tried to persuade him, this knight of the Saint Hilde family was determined not to defy Vera’s will.

This made Colin angry and also a little confused.

What was Vera’s identity?

In Colin’s eyes, Bliss’ strength was probably already that of a fourth-tier knight. A knight of this caliber could definitely be considered a core force even in the Saint Hilde family. His standing was definitely not low.

Then why did he have to obey this female mage so obediently, even risking his own life for this?

If he did not know that the Duke of Saint Hilde only had three sons and no daughter, Colin would have suspected that Vera was the duke’s daughter.

Although he was disappointed with the future of this team, Colin was not too panicked.

After all, even if he was surrounded by the wolf cavalry, he could still pretend to be dead and escape.

Presumably, there was no one in this world who could play dead better than him.

Colin was very confident about this.

As for the others, they could only hope for their own good luck.

There was nothing he could do.

In the next two days, everything was still peaceful.

There were no trolls chasing after them, and they did not even encounter any blind bandits.

On the contrary, they encountered a few waves of defeated soldiers that escaped from the Mirror Lake battlefield.

Of course, the gracious Vera accepted them without hesitation.

This time, the cavalry team, which originally had less than a hundred people, rapidly expanded to the size of more than a thousand people.

Although the number of people increased, those who had some military knowledge knew that their combat strength actually didn’t increase much.

It was not good to have more people when marching to war, especially when carrying out a “strategic shift.”.

Obviously, Vera was a person who did not have much military common sense.

Though now, under Sal’s cajoling and flattery, after seeing the expansion of the number of people in the team, she became more and more confident. She even had the absurd idea to continue to gather the defeated soldiers and fight the trolls to the death.

However, other than these bad things, there was also good news.

The recently received wave of defeated soldiers told them that after the main troll army defeated Marquis Charles, they took the opportunity to continue north. Therefore, it was actually safe near Mirror Lake now.

This news made everyone jump with joy and excitement.

In this way, the escaping team only had to face the wolf cavalry unit that was chasing them previously.

Although the wolf cavalry unit had misjudged the direction in which they had broken out of the encirclement, they should have already reacted after so many days.

According to Colin’s thinking, the wisest thing to do now was to abandon the fleeing team and continue to head north before the wolf cavalry unit caught up to them, searching for and hiding in the nearest human town.

Instead of continuing to care for the fleeing team like this, which would slow down the speed of the army and eventually lead to the wolf cavalry unit catching up to them again.

The development of the situation was indeed as Colin had expected.

After another two days, traces of the troll sentinel cavalry were finally found just behind the escaping team.

“Young Master Colin, I’m afraid that the wolf cavalry from before is about to catch up. Why don’t we split off from the team and escape on our own!” Knight Raymond had obviously realized that the situation was not good, and quietly suggested.

Colin, on the other hand, was no longer flustered.

He even wanted to see the fate of these people who thought they were smart and did not listen to his advice.

Perhaps, there was still a chance to obtain the blood of Knight Bliss and the mage.

Colin did not feel much guilt about this.He did not directly kill these two people for the sake of the blood.

On the contrary, he had already warned them, but these people insisted on seeking their own death, so he could only adhere to the principle of not wasting it and making use of them.

However…

Colin glanced at Raymond who was beside him.

He did not want this loyal knight to die here.

“Run yourself, I still want…”

“Young master! If you don’t leave, I won’t leave either!”

Obviously, Raymond had misunderstood Colin’s meaning.

However, Colin could not explain. He could not tell the other party that he was very good at playing dead, so there was no need to worry, right?

Just as Colin was thinking about how to trick the stubborn Raymond away, a soldier ran over to deliver a message. “Lord Colin, Lord Bliss invites you over.”

“Okay.” Colin had to temporarily calm himself down and follow the soldier to a tent in the middle of the camp.

In the tent, other than Vera and Bliss, the filial son Sal was also there.

In a matter of days, with his excellent eloquence, clever mind, and flattery, Sal had quickly become Vera’s lackey.

Colin could not help but admire his underhanded methods.

But at the same time, he also felt a wave of disgust towards this annoying guy.

“Knight Colin, you’re here.” Vera smiled and nodded at Colin as if there was no estrangement because of the dispute about taking in the defeated soldiers.

Bliss nodded indifferently.

Sal bowed and smiled warmly. “I didn’t expect to see you again, my dear Kahn…”

A piercing snap could be heard.

Colin swung his whip at Sal and interrupted the son’s words.

“Knight Colin, what are you doing?” Vera was shocked by the sudden change and questioned.

Colin sneered and pointed at Sal, who was lying on the ground. “Mercenary boy, remember my name, Colin Angele!”

Sal was stunned by Colin’s whip.

He still did not understand why ‘Kahn Surdo’ turned into ‘Colin Angele’. However, the burning pain in his body told him what to do.

“I’m sorry, Master Colin. I was wrong.”

As a commoner, Sal could not question a noble, even if the noble had lied to him.

“Hmph! I’ll punish you for misnaming Knight Colin!” Vera thought she understood the reason and did not blame Colin anymore. She even thought that the punishment was a bit too light.

In this world where the hierarchy was strict, it was not an exaggeration for a commoner to be hanged for calling the name of a noble wrongly in front of others.

Colin looked angry on the surface, but he was secretly laughing in his heart.

He had long been unhappy with this filial son of his, so he could use the opportunity to take revenge.

Of course, he could also prevent the other party from saying that he had previously used a pseudonym.

“Alright, Knight Colin. This time, we have called you here to discuss with you the direction of the future. I’m sure you also know that the wolf cavalry behind us has caught up again.”

Faced with Vera’s inquiry, Colin did not immediately answer. Instead, he ordered Sal, who was still kneeling on the ground, “You go out first!”

Sal secretly clenched his fists, but he did not dare to refute Colin. He could only look at Vera with a pleading gaze.

Clearly, he had overestimated his position in Vera’s heart.

“Sal, you can leave first.”

“Yes.”

Sal had no choice but to get up and leave.

Though at the same time, he buried his head deeply, not wanting the uncontrollable anger in his eyes to be discovered.