Chapter 17： Defeated

【The blood of a troll warrior cannot increase his strength. 】

Under the faint morning light, Colin recorded on the sheepskin scroll.

Yes, he drank all the blood of the troll warrior he had stolen last night, but he didn't see any peculiar reactions in his body.

Does it have to be the blood of a knight?

Colin was a little depressed, his eyes patrolled in the camp.

Raymond Knight was sitting not far in front of Colin, sipping water.

This is not good, after all, he is his loyal servant.

Bliss Knight is urging everyone to quickly clean up and prepare to set off.

This is not good either, I can't beat it.

Maybe, you can go to Jinghu Battlefield to see...

However, that battle has passed so long, even if the corpse hadn't been eaten by the beast, it would have been a mummy long ago.

A familiar scent hits, interrupting Colin's cranky thoughts.

"Good morning, Knight Colin."

"Good morning, Miss Vera."

Ke Lin looked at the female mage standing in front of him, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

"Your complexion looks better today. How do you feel? Do you still need help?"

"No, I should be able to do it myself today."

"Okay, if necessary, please ask at any time."

During the conversation, Colin's gaze gradually shifted to Vera's white and slender neck, and suddenly thought—I wonder if the blood of the mage will work...

Vera also noticed that Colin was staring at her neck, she was a little embarrassed, she gave him a hard look, and said, "Hurry up, Knight Bliss is already urging him."

"it is good."

Colin stepped on the war horse, leaned close to Vera, and walked side by side with her.

Intimate physical contact is the best way to bring men and women closer together.

Of course Colin knew this very well.

After the same ride yesterday, he was convinced that he had taken a place in Vera's heart.

At this point, I am afraid that even she herself did not realize it.

Vera really wasn't really angry, and she talked to Colin and laughed.

The group continued to head north. The road was really peaceful, and they didn't meet the troll army again.

There are only a few thieves who do not have eyes, and some beasts that do not live or die, but they are all easily taken care of by the Bliss Cavaliers.

It seems that Colin's plan is indeed effective, and they have temporarily moved away from the chasing soldiers behind them.

In order to preserve horsepower, the team's forward speed gradually slowed down.

Colin also took the opportunity to get acquainted with Vera quickly.

However, he still did not find out the true identity of the other party.

I only knew that she had just returned to the north from Viel, and when she passed by Jinghu Lake, she just met a mercenary group that had received an emergency call from the Marquis Charles, and followed them to Jinghu Camp.

Yevil, also known as the Arcane City, is located at the junction of the eastern border of the Radiant Empire and the Radiant Moon Forest.

Nominally, Yevil belongs to the Glorious Empire, but the highest authority in the city is the Council of Mages, and neither the Duke of the East nor the Emperor of the Empire has any actual control over this arcane city.

Through conversations, I learned that Vera went to Yevil to learn arcane arts when she was very young, and has not returned to the North for more than ten years. She is not as familiar with it as Colin, who has received the memories of her predecessor.

Furthermore, from the fact that Vera saw Marquis Charles' emergency call order and took the initiative to help in Jinghu Camp, it can be seen that she is probably very close to the St. Hild family.

There are indeed some nobles who like to find a mage to accompany when they are fighting.

However, considering the contradiction between nobles and wizards, most arrogant wizards will not pay attention to nobles.

And even if a few mages are willing to accept the employment of nobles, they will generally pay a very high price. It is unheard of that Vera, like Vera, will take the initiative to help when seeing a call-up order.

After going to the evening, the team camped again and rested.

But it didn’t take long for the sentry rider who dispersed to inquire about the situation and hurriedly returned to report:

"Master Bliss, a small group of human traces were found ahead. It is suspected that they are the ruined soldiers who escaped from the Jinghu battlefield!"

"Break the soldiers? Bring them here."

Hearing that there was a broken soldier escaping from the Jinghu battlefield ahead, Colin and Vera also hurriedly followed.

Now they urgently need to know what is going on in the Jinghu battlefield, and whether the Marquis Charles' plan has succeeded.

When this suspected squad was taken to the camp, Colin discovered that there were old acquaintances in it!

"Honorable Knight, do you remember me? I am Thrall of the Firefox Mercenary Group. You personally handed the Marquis-sama's emergency call to me!"

Bliss looked at Thrall, who was embarrassed in the defeated team, and immediately remembered who this person was.

There is no way, after all, this "big filial son"'s move to kill his father and join the army is too impressive.

"How is the situation at Jinghu Daying?"

"Miserable! It's so miserable!" Thrall burst into tears immediately, "Trolls all over the mountains, too many, they kill people when they see them, we can't beat them at all! Many brothers died...uuu...if it weren't for me Seeing a bad opportunity to jump into the lake, I’m afraid it’s hard to escape..."

"Have you seen the army led by Lord Marquis?"

"Marquis Charles?" Thrall thought for a while, "Yes, yes, we did see a golden lion flag appearing behind the troll army, but..."

"But what? Don't hesitate!" Bliss yelled impatiently.

"Yes, yes!" Thrall didn't dare to hesitate any more, so he had to tell him bluntly, "But the army led by Lord Marquis seems...seems to have retreated..."

Everyone fell silent immediately.

Retreat?

This is obviously Thrall's whitewashing statement.

The real situation should be defeat.

The bad news made everyone feel a little dazed for a while.

I didn't expect to have just got rid of the chasing soldiers behind him, but facing a more terrifying army of trolls in front of him.

While everyone was still digesting the bad news, Bliss suddenly asked: "Are there chasing soldiers behind you?"

Thrall quickly replied: "No. In the first few days, there was indeed a small army of trolls chasing us, but then it gradually disappeared. Maybe we don't think we are important."

Bliss was relieved and looked back at Vera: "Miss, what should I do under UU reading ?"

Vera hesitated a little, then turned her gaze to Colin unconsciously.

Because of successfully helping everyone get rid of the chasing soldiers before, Colin has gradually become the object of her reliance.

Colin glanced at the embarrassed group of soldiers, lowered his voice and said, "We have to find out the movement of the troll army so that we can make further plans. But now, the first thing we need to do is to get rid of it. This group of broken soldiers!"

"Why? They are humans too!" Vera exclaimed.

Colin rolled his eyes, and patiently explained in a low voice: "The key to us being able to get rid of chasing soldiers before is because we are all cavalry and extremely mobile. Now if we don't abandon these two-legged soldiers..."

"Lord Knight! In the Battle of Jinghu, our Firefox mercenary group was almost wiped out, but I still want to follow the lord to avenge the dead brothers!" Thrall seemed to realize something and immediately shouted.

Moreover, under his uproar, many defeated soldiers also yelled:

"Yes! Revenge for my brothers!"

"My lord, please lead us back!"

"Don't abandon us!"

"Vengeance! Revenge!"

...

Seeing that many cavalry were also being incited, Colin had to shut up, and then looked at Vera with serious eyes, hoping that she could make the right choice.

However, Vera said to Colin with a straight face: "They are also companions, I will not leave them behind!"

Then, he turned around to appease the agitated soldiers.

Colin sighed helplessly, frowned and looked at the big filial son.

Thrall also happened to look over.

As soon as their eyes met, they immediately staggered again.