Chapter 238 Afterglow Horizon

It was night, and there were twenty or so tents standing quietly in the open field. During this period, a bonfire was lit, and some people sat around and had dinner.

The night wind is swaying, it is very refreshing, and there is a faint scent of grass in the air.

This is the oyster plain in the east, because it looks like a huge but gently rolling hill, shaped like an oyster shell, hence the name.

There are not many trees on the plain, most of which are green pastures. There will be local people grazing horses, cattle and sheep here. Scattered villages and small towns are scattered all over the plain. The residents have lived here for generations and live a simple life. life.

"You can leave this plain in another day and arrive at the big city of White Mane in the east. According to local descriptions, it is a city built with white rocks, including three huge windmills, and the residents of the surrounding villages and small towns. They will bring their harvested grains to grind there.”

Sitting by the bonfire, the witch introduced Lily to the situation in the Eastern Region, but most of it was learned from others.

"The guardians of the Eastern Territory are the Landsworth family, that is, the Duke of Unicorns. They have the blood of elves, and they also intermarry with many great nobles in the Eastern Territory. Their power is stable and they are the most powerful forces in the Eastern Territory. "

"The only thing I'm worried about now is the attitude of the unicorn duke. If he strictly blocks it, it's hard to imagine any noble in the eastern territory who would dare to let us leave in private."

"So during this period, we try not to reveal our identities." Even so, this witch doesn't have much confidence. These people are from the north, and the characteristics that are different from the local people are very obvious, whether it is voice, Dressing up, dressing up, etc., are not easy to hide.

This is no longer the north they are familiar with, and many things are unfamiliar to them.

"That's the only way to pray." Lily nodded while looking at the bonfire, then closed her eyes and muttered. .

Now, it is not far from arriving at Wanglong Port, I hope you can spend it safely.

the next day.

This team put away the iron-gray flag, and bought some carriages and special products in the villages and towns along the way, preparing to turn into a certain caravan, in order to pass the journey smoothly.

But unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

Before entering Whitemane City, the patrolling team stopped the convoy.

These mounted patrols wore silver light armor, and they hung their helmets beside their saddles and collided with the metal buckles, making a crisp metal collision. About 8 of them were formal cavalry, and the other 20 or so were squires in leather armor.

"Stop and check, we are the cavalry troopers of Whitemane City." The captain at the head raised the cross spear in his hand, and under the tip of the spear was a heraldic flag with a white horse on a black background.

Whitemane City is the fiefdom of Earl Junfeng, and its family crest is a white horse on a black background. They are also in-laws of the Landsworth family and have been friends from generation to generation.

The number of this trooper was less than one-fifth of Lily's group, but they were still fearless and seemed to have a slight contempt for these people from the north.

"Where did you come from, and what are you going to do?" Riding a horse, the captain walked slowly to the carriage and asked loudly.

"We are traders in the north, and we come to the east to do business." A leader dressed as a knight had to explain.

"Oh, doing business, what business?" The captain seemed to be very disdainful. He lifted the cover behind the carriage with one hand and checked the contents.

"I've seen a lot of people from the north like you lately. You say you're doing business and you're here to loot." The security has been bad recently, and there have been many people from the north who have fled from the famine in the territory. Some of them have become robbers and become a hidden danger to the surrounding towns.

"You!" Several upright northern knights clenched their fists and wanted to teach this guy a lesson, but considering the purpose of this trip, they had to endure it.

After checking it and finding that it was all ordinary groceries, the captain shook his head and rode around the team, as if to estimate the number and strength.

"Come with us and live in the city for a few days," the captain said.

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"No, we still have important things to do, so we have to hurry."

"Oh, that's weird. You're going east, can there be anything more important?"

"If it was transporting the grain to the northwest, I might let it go generously. After all, I also know that the situation there is not very good."

"But you are like this, saying that you are a businessman, the documents are so simple, and you have such a strong strength, just to transport such ordinary groceries, no matter how you look at it, it is not right."

When they said this, the cavalry of this patrol had already put their hands on the hilt of the sword, ready to go.

The scene suddenly fell into a stalemate and embarrassment. After a while, the carriage door was pushed open, and a witch walked down slowly, only then did the cavalry captain face it.

He looked at the approaching witch, raised his hand slowly, and let the people around him relax for a while without attacking.

"Miss Witch, your existence is not something that ordinary business teams can have." He sighed in a low voice, and then watched how the witch persuaded him.

"We really have no malice, but we can't fully tell you the reason. Maybe you will understand why after a while, and then you will also gain friendship in the north." The witch came to the cavalry captain and bent over. Salute, and then speak in a sincere voice.

"Friendship in the north, such a promise is..." After speaking, the expression of the cavalry captain seemed to change.

He looked at the pedestrian, then looked at the witch, paused for a long time, and then slowly gave way.

"I will have several companions follow behind you to monitor, so as to be sure that you have not deceived the master of this land."

This remark made the witch embarrassed again. If you let these people go together, it would be like exposing their position to the eyes of the Eastern nobles, and now the attitude of the Eastern nobles is not clear. ...

"Okay." In the carriage, Lily seemed to see the witch's hesitation, she replied softly, and the voice came out of the car screen.

"I don't mean to offend you, and I believe that you are trustworthy people." Lily's voice was straight and clear, with a tone unique to the court.

Hearing such an answer, many troopers were at a loss, but the captain seemed to understand something. He bent down and dismounted, bowed respectfully to the carriage, and then let some of his men follow the escort, while he left quickly with others. here.

The convoy continued to drive, and the witch looked at the captain who was leaving, worried.

"If he reports the information to Earl Junfeng..."

"That's destined too." Lily comforted Hulls, who was asleep, and slowly raised her head.

"Our group will sooner or later be discovered by these nobles in the Eastern Territory. It is better to make our identities semi-disclosed now, so that they hesitate for a while, and dare not suddenly attack."

"Let's speed up now. It's best to arrive at Wanglong Port before the negotiation between these eastern nobles is over."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Afterwards, this team changed from the previous situation of pretending to be a trader, and ran with all their strength, striving to cross this plain as soon as possible, and the dozen or so patrolling cavalry behind them had to keep up with it at full speed, and sometimes they were in danger of being thrown off. .

In this way, this group of about 100 northern knights rode their war horses and escorted the only carriage to gallop under the blue sky until dusk approached.

It’s almost time to enter the hinterland of the Eastern Region. At that time, the emperor’s pursuers did not dare to be too public. The witch thought to herself, but when she turned her eyes to the end of the field, her face changed abruptly.

A group of knights in rose cloaks are standing on the dim blue horizon, their faces and armors are shrouded in the gradually descending night, dark and full of murderous aura.

As the team escorting Lily approached, they jumped down the hillside and began to charge, like a swarm of red meteors, cutting through the dimly lit ground.