The rapid sound of horse hooves echoed on the streets of Hollier City, and the sound of the whip waving wildly through the air was crisp and audible.

The simple carriage was bumping abnormally on the uneven road, and the wooden wheels were "banging" and the noise was extremely loud. Pedestrians on the road heard such noise from a distance, so they avoided the side early.

—They watched the carriage whizzing past, and even saw its wheels hanging from the air inside as they rushed through a curve at some angles...

Sally had never been in a carriage that ran so fast. Her face turned pale, her hands tightly grasped the wooden frame of the carriage beside her, and her eyes tried to scan the streets front, back and left and right. Although she was nervous, she was not at this moment.

He did not show any panic, but just reminded Martin, who was driving, and said, "Take the nearest route and walk along the road after leaving the West City Gate!"

"Yes, Miss!"

Martin may not be able to fight, but he is a veteran in driving. He didn't have to participate in today's incident with the mercenaries, but yesterday Sally suddenly ordered him to prepare a carriage, so he and the mercenaries today

They appeared next to the square and rushed away with the Duke's daughter.

At first he didn't understand why he did this, but when he saw the mercenaries who were originally escorting together turned around to intercept the team of knights who were chasing him, he understood Sally's intention... If he didn't do this, those cruel

The enemy will definitely kill Sally directly!

Although he escaped, Martin also had his own concerns. He shouted loudly, trying to make the sound over the noise made by the carriage: "The carriage on the road outside the city gate cannot run fast! If those people continue to chase, they will definitely be able to catch up.

——”

This is something Sally couldn't consider. Although she made many responses, the decision was made temporarily and negligence could not be avoided. She frowned and replied, "Do you have any solutions?"

"There is an inn near the Xichengmen, where we have our people, and we can change horses and continue running!"

Martin was not slow and quickly gave a feasible solution. Sally immediately made a decision, but she was still a little worried - because she knew that she had poor riding skills, even if she changed to a horse, she probably wouldn't be as good as she ran.

Those well-trained mercenaries...

However, such emotions were quickly replaced by the endless anger in my heart.

The repeated assassination has allowed Sally to completely define the name "Francis" into the ranks of "cut into pieces": once on the border, once at the gate of the monastery,

At this time, in the square again...

Who can bear to live in fear like this?!

So she finally decided to go to the West Gate a few minutes ago - because Sally had only one thought in her mind at this moment: Francis must die!

She could have accepted the "Rose Cross" rescue to avoid conflict, but that would have resulted in another stalemate of the situation... But if Francis continued to "get away from justice", she also understood that she would have no way to compete with the other party in the end!

So she had already put all her hopes on Roddy at this time. Sally now believed in the captain of the scout without reservation... and her life next was equivalent to handing over to the other party.

The carriage galloped under Martin's skillful control. After nearly ten minutes of running, the West City Gate with a height of ten meters finally appeared in front of Sally.

"Here!"

Martin made the carriage stop suddenly, and this slowdown almost made Sally fall directly - as soon as he threw the whip in his hand, Martin ran directly to the station beside the road, and soon led two horses to run over. Sally also

Without talking nonsense, he jumped out of the carriage with the corner of his teaching robe, turned over and jumped onto the horse's back with two steps, grabbed the reins, and rushed forward.

Martin knew that Sally was not good at riding, so he immediately ran in front to "open the way", shouting loudly to let the pedestrians avoid it. But although their movements were very fast, it finally took some time - it didn't run far, and the two of them

There was already a rush of horse hooves behind him...

Sally looked back and saw a team of cavalry turning over the street corner in sight and rushed over. It was obvious that the mercenaries she sent could not completely stop Francis's footsteps. At this time, a rough count was made, and there were only two people chasing him.

Fourteen or five people - although they couldn't see clearly whether there was Francis among them, it was obvious that the visitor was not good and he had no chance of fighting hard.

She looked at the approaching Xicheng Gate, and immediately maps of all surrounding areas appeared in her mind. When she went out from Xicheng Gate, she would enter the "Cobb Forest" next to the city within a thousand meters, and this forest would be the same year round

If there is fog, it is very easy to get lost if you don’t walk along the road. But if you walk along the road, you must travel forty kilometers before you can get out of the forest and reach the town.

Sally knew that her riding skills were not good. If she kept running like this, she would probably be caught up by the pursuers at most. But at this time she had no other way, so she could only kick the horse's belly desperately.

, crossed the city gate and rushed towards the dim forest...

"Miss! I will be caught up soon! Should I leave the main road?"

Martin shouted in front, and the advice he gave was the only feasible at present: leave the main road and turn a few more turns in the complex forest, and it is possible that these mercenaries will get rid of it...

But Sally shook her head immediately and replied without hesitation: "Go along the road!"

The white hem of the robe rose up under the strong wind blowing towards the face. After leaving the city, the originally slippery stone road was replaced by soft soil, and the speed of the war horses was slightly faster. The chasing team behind them was

Because the horse's fatigue did not immediately get much closer, this proves that Sally can still hold on for a while...

But it's only been a while.

Sally kept looking back at the pursuers, but it was expected that the cold arrow that shot the opponent to death did not appear - in her thoughts, Roddy could not resist such pursuers. Apart from the sneak attack of the hidden arrows, Sally

I can't think of any other way Roddy can solve the current problem...

Although he is very strong, he is just a person after all...

Thinking of this in my heart, after running for a while, Sally looked back again and found that the more than 20 knights had gradually caught up.

Roddy...will definitely appear...

The thoughts in her mind began to become a little uncertain. Sally and Martin had already rushed into the Cobb forest in front of her. While continuing along the path, she even imagined in her mind that Roddy was ready enough.

The trap was used to deal with the knights, but after running out like a thousand meters, the pursuers behind him were not attacked at all except getting closer and closer!

"Miss! We are almost caught up... It's still time to enter the forest, so I'll turn around and stop them!"

"No, keep running!"

Sally interrupted his words—although her heart was a little swaying, her thoughts were simple: Since you believe Roddy, then believe it to the end!

"It's really too late, now..."

Martin, who was eager to save his master, controlled the reins and turned a sharp turn along the road, but then the words he wanted to say suddenly stuck in his throat. Sally's eyes turned from behind, and then... she was also scared by the scene in front of her.

Completely stunned.

On the road in front of me, a neat cavalry team formed a formation as if they had been waiting here early.

The tall military horses, the long swords flashing with silver light, neat armor... and the cold momentum that was rushing towards the face, definitely belonging to the elite knights...

This - what is the situation?!

Sally and Martin were completely stunned, letting the horse continue to run forward for dozens of meters before they remembered to tighten the reins. When they stopped completely, their hearts were already in their throats - if these knights were Francis

I have arranged a backup plan for a long time, so I am afraid I will be doomed today!

She never thought that these knights would be Roddy's subordinates. After all, Roddy's identity was there, and he was just the captain of a border village!

Scout... Captain?

Sally widened her eyes and suddenly remembered something. She looked at the leader of the knight and suddenly felt that the other party seemed familiar.

***

Francis was very excited at this time.

Although the plan could not keep up with the changes and the people I sent out were unable to kill Sally on the spot in the city square, now this silly girl will flee to the west gate after she has stopped. No matter how she thinks, she can be called "time operation"

!

Because he gathered all his men who could use them in advance, after leaving the square, he immediately organized a cavalry team of more than 40 people and chased them directly. Sally was not a vegetarian, but relied on those servants.

The soldiers blocked half of the team-but Francis didn't care. He led the twenty-four subordinates who rushed out to get rid of the entanglement in order to kill Sally as soon as possible!

When he chased after Hollier City, Francis was still worried because he was afraid that the Knight of Titus would notice him--because every time he saw him, Francis always felt...

My father seemed to be standing behind the whole situation, silently looking down at everything.

Although he knew that his father was seriously ill and bedridden, some of the scenes he remembered when he was a child were deeply imprinted in his mind...

Fourteen years ago, the family had a tense relationship with several nearby lords for a while, and even his father met an assassin in front of the mansion and was seriously injured. At that time, many nobles in Hollier City believed that the Russiflon family had exhausted their energy.

It was unsustainable, but my father did not respond to all the voices at that time, but he was just calm and did not respond.

At that time, Francis thought his father was afraid, but then he saw one after another of the knights rushed from fief to the city of Hollier, and when these knights led their entourages to form an army of more than a thousand men

The Duke of Angma, who had recovered from his injuries, took them directly and flattened the lords' territories without any nonsense.

I still remember the scene when the knights walked through the city gate in bloody armor when they returned to the war. The most powerful knights of Titus and Wellington were walking beside their father. The tall figure left an indelible figure to Frances like a god of war.

The impression - so much so that every time I saw these two knights, Francis would always remember his father's silent figure sitting in front of the fireplace.

But now it seems that my father cannot have... His illness is so serious, how could he interfere with such a thing? As for the Knight of Titus...

He glanced around him and there was no other figure in the wilderness.

"Hmph, it depends on how long you can hold on!"
Chapter completed!