CH 51

In less than half a month, the cavalry led by Bruno Green approached the royal city of Gaynor.

They stopped in the Gandamia Grand Canyon, a little far away from the royal city.

Because there was a guard post set up in advance by Wright.

In order not to affect the innocent people in the royal city, Wright sent the royal cavalry to intercept the team led by Bruno Green.

Wright had already set out to fight the enemy in the canyon when he received the news.

Rodney took his sister Nia’s hand tightly and broke into a desolate mountain forest.

Behind them are the enemies who are pursuing them, and ahead of them are unknown dangers… Wild animals, confusing directions…

Rodney’s heart is full of anxiety and uneasiness.

It’s not only for the pursuit of the enemy like a hunting dog but also for any frightening existence that may appear in the forest.

In the vast white mountains and forests, everything has been covered by heavy snow.

But once there is something in it, it’s immediately clear and obvious.

He couldn’t stop and clean up the remaining footprints and traces behind them. He could only firmly hold on to Nia’s hand and keep moving forward in the thick snow.

His gasping breath condenses into water vapor in the air, and it’s especially clear in the extremely quiet mountain forest that seems to be isolated from the world.

Nia was five years younger than Rodney. She was still a little girl, about eight or nine years old.

Her brother tightly grabbed her hand and she staggeringly ran.

The original white smiling face is now flushed by the cold air, and the luxurious little skirt is also dirty. It’s unclear when it was scratched and tattered by the thorny vegetation.

There was a clear look of trepidation and timidity on her face.

No one knows if it’s because of fear or the weather that she kept shivering. Coupled with her young age, her physical strength gradually weakens.

Finally, she tripped and fell on the cold snow. Her red, swollen, and cracked hands were pressed on the snow, leaving red marks.

“Nia!”

Rodney exclaimed and hurriedly stopped.

He stretched out his also red, swollen, and blue hand to help his younger sister, “Get up, Nia. Does it hurt? Brother will carry you.”

First, Nia shook her head, but at last, it seemed as if she couldn’t bear it anymore. Tears ran down her eyes and she cried in a low voice, “Brother, Nia is very scared…”

Rodney held back his sore nose and comforted, “Don’t be afraid, Nia. Don’t be afraid. Brother is with you.”

“Brother won’t let you get hurt… Nia, climb onto my back…”

He knew that they could no longer be delayed.

Otherwise, the enemy will catch up and kill them immediately.

Rodney and Nia are the children of a lord earl in Gaynor.

However, their father’s territory was forcibly taken by Bruno Green. Only because their father was loyal to His Majesty the King, he was brutally killed by Bruno Green.

Before the territory was occupied, they were taken away by knights loyal to their father to leave the place where the conflict occurred.

But along the way, Bruno Green sent people to pursue them, trying to kill them all.

The knights were the first to die.

Immediately afterward, the butler who had guarded their escape was also killed not long ago.

Rodney learned from the opponent’s mouth that his father had already died under Bruno Green’s sword, the moment they were sent away…

Rodney held back his tears, clenched his pale lips, and carried his sister.

However, before he ran a few steps forward, an arrow slammed into the snow in front of him.

The end of the arrow trembled slightly, making a very light and shallow clank, but it sounded loud in Rodney’s ears.

He looked horrified and wanted to escape quickly, but he was caught off guard by a stick thrown at the bend of his leg. He fell on his knees, as a result, his sister on his back fell down and rolled not far away.

“Nia.”

Rodney held his arm and tried to climb over.

But the next moment the top of his head was stepped on and buried in the snow. The cold snow and the smell of mud poured into his nose, making him almost breathless.

Fortunately, the people on top of him didn’t want to kill him at this time. In a moment, they moved their feet, grabbed his hair, and pulled him up.

“Cough… Ni, Nia.”

In Rodney’s blurred vision, Nia’s small body was still lying in the snow, silently, her conditions unknown…

He stretched out his hand in vain, but he could only watch as a knight chasing them walked in Nia’s direction, lifted her up, and took a look.

“How?”

Rodney heard the knight holding him ask.

“Not dead yet, just fainted.”

“These two damned cubs ran far enough to make them jump into the mountains.”

The knight holding him said, “They entered here alive, but they won’t come out of here alive.” 

In the deep mountains in winter, there’s no place where two children can survive here.

“That’s how it’s said.”

“But Lord Green asked us to take their bodies back with us. If they escape into the forest and die, it will be hard to find their bodies when they are buried in the snow.”

It seemed that the knights hunting Rodney and his sister Nia thought they couldn’t escape their palms, so they didn’t immediately kill them.

They awakened Nia. After admiring the fearful expressions of the two of them for a while, they threw them to the ground and raised the swords in their hands. They intend to kill them all at once.

But at this moment.

A deafening tiger roar resounded through the mountains and forests.

At the same time, an arrow came swiftly and hit one of the knights’ chests. The armor broke and the blood blossomed… 

The knight didn’t even have the time to groan. He fell to the ground with his eyes wide open. His body slowly loses temperature.

The sudden change made the other knights look shocked.

They reacted immediately again, intending to flee here with the siblings.

But their speed was not as fast as the arrow that struck again soon. In the blink of an eye, they were shot into a sieve and fell to the ground one by one.

Rodney protected his sister Nia on the ground.

He didn’t dare to look, only waited for the screams around him to end before tremblingly raising his head.

Immediately afterward, his eyes widened uncontrollably.

On the snow-white horizon, he doesn’t know when the cavalry team in black and white armor appeared. Their oppressive momentum swept from afar, which made people feel heart palpitations.

What made Rodney even more frightened was the three fierce-looking beasts slowly walking in the front of the cavalry.

Those huge bodies, sharp teeth, and claws…

Rodney could feel his sister Nia clinging to himself in fear and timidity, constantly shivering.

He didn’t dare to move at all.

At this time.

The beautiful white tiger with only black stripes suddenly rushed towards them and then jumped up sharply. Its snow-white fangs, like the cold light of a sword, were close at hand.

Rodney and his sister Nia screamed in horror.

But the white tiger jumped past them and attacked behind them… 

A scream rang out. It turned out that there was still a knight who wasn’t completely dead yet. Just now, he got up and planned to kill them completely.

After all, in the face of the current situation, it is impossible for him to escape anymore. Before he dies, he has to kill the targets.

But his speed wasn’t fast enough. He was killed by the white tiger as soon as he got up.

Rodney couldn’t help shivering.

He wanted to hold his breath and didn’t dare to disturb the beast, but he couldn’t control his numb body, “Don’t, don’t kill me…”

He tightly hugged Nia, his voice weak like a mosquito sound.

Snowball sniffed in Rodney’s direction, then looked away uninterestedly. He just stood in place waiting for the arrival of the cavalry team.

After a while.

Another black tiger and a lion draped in golden light also came to the front, full of oppression.

Rodney also heard an eagle screeching in the sky, but saw nothing when he looked up.

“Who are you?” Fernandi asked.

He saw many wounds and frostbite on the bodies of the two children. Their clothes were made of expensive materials, the price must not be cheap.

But at this time, it looked dirty and messy. There were some exact guesses in his heart.

“I, we…”

Rodney was wary, wondering if he should say it.

He glanced at the cavalry team without a trace but did not find any emblems or flags that represented their identity.

At this moment, a man suddenly came down from the carriage in the middle of the cavalry team. He came up to the knight in black armor and said, “The lord ordered us to take these two children with us… Wait till… After all, if they stay in this mountain forest, they may not be able to survive.”

“Now let’s head to the Gandamia Grand Canyon…”

Rodney vaguely heard their conversation.

They didn’t seem to kill him and Nia…

Rodney was finally relieved.

Then it went dark. He passed out in a coma with Nia’s anxious shouts.

The Gandamia Grand Canyon.

This is a well-known wilderness canyon in Gaynor. The terrain is not rugged.

But the canyon is long, and there is a tributary of the Abutin River in the middle. It is very cold in winter, covered by heavy snow, and the river is frozen. It seems that a barren ice sheet is formed in the canyon.

Now, Wright retreats on the opposite bank of the tributary of the Abutin River, separated by the frozen river, leaving several potholes about six feet in the ice.

A few broken pieces of armor floated in the chilly river water…

On the frozen river, there are many dead bodies lying. The weapons in their hands were thrown beside them, blood-soaked the opaque ice layer.

Behind the pothole was a line of knights guarding with spears. It seemed that as long as Bruno Green dared to lead the cavalry to break through, they would desperately smash through the ice.

Bruno Green looked in Wright’s direction and sneered, “How long do you want to resist?”

“Sooner or later the throne of Gaynor will belong to me. If you surrender now, I can spare your life.”

He was surrounded by two lions whose heads were tightly tied by ropes. At this time, they’re fiercely showing their sharp teeth with their saliva dripping down. Obviously, they were hungry and wanted to rush out to have a good meal.

But under the deterrence of the trainer, they didn’t dare to do anything.

Wright ignored Bruno Green’s words.

He looked into the distance and finally heard a loud eagle screech from the sky. At the same time, the shaking of the ground could be felt coming from far to near…