"Eric, pack up and send a message to the brothers in other inns, asking them to meet up near Yaragal early tomorrow morning. We will leave the city immediately."
Leon took a look at the situation at the scene and watched the group of strange attackers disappear from King's Avenue. Instead of chasing them, he immediately signaled Eric to clean up the scene and prepare to leave.
Of course, you can't chase...
Eric's bodyguards attacked the enemy from behind and from the sides, but in this situation, they suffered more casualties than the enemy!
These people are quite powerful in combat!
Those enemies obviously didn't expect that Li Ang would have so many people. They were worried that Li Ang had backup, so they retreated so quickly.
There are about 200 people on both sides, and with such a big commotion, if the fight continues, it will inevitably attract the city defense army or the Lion Knights to suppress it...
In fact, the enemies as a whole were not at a disadvantage. They only lost a dozen people in the alley next to the stable. Those on King's Avenue actually did not suffer any losses.
These enemies are a well-trained and powerful army.
But it doesn't look like a regular army. After all, no regular army in Sarleon Territory has ever had so many women.
But since this army dared to attack him in Sarleon City, it meant that there must be some big shot in Sarleon City who wanted to kill him by name.
After the king had already signed an agreement with him, he still wanted to take his life?
My Lord, I don't understand. What kind of person would do this?
Could it be that Ulrich has gone mad?
Therefore, Leon planned to leave Sarleon City as soon as possible.
It was night time now, and the city gates were closed. Sarleon City had strict checks at night, so it was easy for one or two people to leave, but the caravan could not leave the city together.
Sarleon City does not allow large numbers of armed personnel to enter and leave at will. Eric and his companions had previously entered the city in batches in the name of a transport team, and now they can only leave the city in batches.
Eric commanded half of his brothers to quickly pull out the carriage behind the inn and move all the bodies onto the carriage. The escorts formed a transport convoy again.
The other half were people Eric left behind to gather intelligence. They began to clean up the scene and remove the bloodstains, clearing away all traces of the battle.
Naturally, no one would stop the transport convoy with three baron flags, and dozens of people quickly left the city.
"Eric, do you know who these people are?"
Outside of Sarleon City, Leon looked at the bodies in several cars, feeling a little confused.
He lost more than a dozen of his bodyguards in this short battle, most of them killed by a single sword. The enemies were generally highly skilled and used unusual weapons.
The enemy also left behind more than a dozen corpses, most of whom died in sneak attacks.
Some of the bodies were probably adventurers from Ravenstern.
But most of the corpses were women. It was rare to see so many female adventurers gathered in one team.
Moreover, these women seemed willing to protect the leading knight with their lives.
This is even rarer...
Leon picked up a sword and a fan-shaped shield from the carriage.
This sword and shield were left behind by the leading knight.
It was a knight's long sword with a blade as black as ink, and it looked quite old - it looked very similar to Leon's own sword.
Moreover, there is a clear griffin emblem engraved on the counterweight of the hilt.
This is the Griffin Knight Sword!
The fan-shaped shield was also very old, and the black emblem was a little mottled, but it was still clear that it was a griffin. The outer edge of the shield was covered with brass, making the entire shield look like a black griffin with a gold background.
This was the equipment of the Griffin Knights back then.
"My lord, this guy looks like the 'Playboy' Milgan Kilik. He is very famous in the mercenary industry... His mercenary group is called 'Griffin Sword'..."
After all, Eric had been a mercenary for more than ten years, so he was quite familiar with the crowd. Most of his bodyguards were also well-informed and said that this should be the person.
The 'Griffin Sword' mercenary group is indeed famous, but most people think that they actually have nothing to do with the Griffin Knights of Gupande.
If there is a connection, it is that this mercenary group is generally equipped with the weapons of the former Griffin Knights - military swords with griffin emblems.
That's why they are called 'Griffin Swords'.
But this mercenary group is not famous because of this set of equipment of unknown origin, but because of the leader of the mercenary group, Mirgan Kilik.
Mirgan was notorious for his greed, arrogance, and a unique charm that was particularly attractive to women.
He is known as the 'playboy' of Pendor, and is extremely good at picking up women...
There are a large number of female explorers or female warriors in the Griffin Sword Mercenary Group, most of whom were seduced into joining the group by him.
And most of the girls even secretly ran away from home to join his team - voluntarily following, bringing their own dry food, so no one could really blame him...
Nobles who knew Mirgan Kilik would often lock up their wives and daughters when they saw him, to prevent him from tricking them into joining the mercenary group...
But although Milgan himself is not favored by male nobles, his mercenary group enjoys a high reputation in the continent of Pendor.
So far, the Griffin Sword Mercenaries have been able to successfully complete their missions most of the time and are quite trustworthy.
So it was strange that the nobles cursed him while hiring him...
The escorts talked about this mercenary group in great numbers. It seemed that many people had heard of Milgan's romantic stories. Most of the escorts showed a strange kind of envy and jealousy...
Including Eric - who is more obvious because he is already thirty years old and still a bachelor...
So he changed the subject.
"Sir, these swords look very old, but they are still so sharp. They must be made of ebony."
Eric took another Griffin Knight sword from the body of another female warrior and gently scratched the blade with a broken spear shaft.
The gun barrel was easily shaved neatly.
"Ebony Sword... Eric, you can use this sword yourself. From now on, let the brothers keep an eye out for where there are ebony mines."
Eric obviously liked the sword very much, but he didn't take it away before. It was obvious that Gousheng was still following the rules set by Li Ang - distributing the spoils based on military merits.
That was the entire team's gain, and now the supreme commander is Li Ang, so he has to wait for Li Ang to distribute it.
Eric is indeed a very smart subordinate.
So the lord gave him the sword directly - the person with the greatest merit in this battle was Eric, who fully understood Leon's look. Otherwise, if they had fought head-on, the brothers would have suffered much greater losses than they did now.
The 'ebony' of the continent of Pendor is actually not wood, but a rare metal unique to the continent of Pendor.
It is called ebony only because this metal will produce a wood-like texture after being refined and formed.
It is said that this metal was used to make magical items in the Titan era tens of millions of years ago - at that time, this metal was also called mithril or black gold.
But that is just an ancient legend. Nowadays, real magic is basically no longer seen on this continent.
This metal, which is unique to the continent of Pande, can remain rustless for over a hundred years and is obviously the best material for weapons. Of course, Leon also wants to look for it.
…
Igor's private residence in Sarleon City.
An ordinary-looking noble house.
Two people are arguing.
"You actually let him get away?"
Igor was a little confused: "Didn't you bring a lot of people with you?"
"Igor, you bastard! You said he was traveling alone, but he had more than a hundred men in that inn! You caused me to lose a lot of brave female warriors!"
Mirgan Kilik waved his helmet and roared at Igor menacingly.
"More than a hundred? How could that be? Did he bring all his troops to Sarleon? ... I didn't notice it before..."
Igor was confused, but he shook his head in a flash: "Even if he has more than a hundred people, with the power of your Griffin Sword, it shouldn't be difficult to kill him, right?"
"Of course I can kill him! But this is different! Do you understand? Killing one person is very different from killing an army!"
Milgan shook his head in dissatisfaction. The mustache on his lips was neatly trimmed and his eyes looked like they were always emitting sparks. He was indeed an extremely handsome middle-aged man.
But this handsome guy's face was livid at this moment, and his electric eyes seemed to be spewing anger.
Igor sighed heavily: "Milgan, you have to keep your word..."
"Of course I keep my word! What I mean is, you have to pay more! Igor! You have to compensate me for my losses!"
Mirgan shouted, waving his helmet.
"If you can kill him before he returns to the east and bring his body to Sarleon, you will get 50,000 dinars... Mirgan, is this price satisfactory to you?"
Igor thought for a while and then raised the price to an outrageous level.
"Fifty thousand...Aha! I need to collect a deposit first..."
Milgan's anger disappeared almost immediately.
"What a bullshit deposit! You'd better go and kill him! ... If he runs back to the east and meets Godric, let alone whether you can kill him, even if you can, there will be no point in killing him! He and his men must die in the Sarleon area, and not a single one of them can escape! Do you understand!"
Now it was Igor's turn to lose his temper. If he kept on procrastinating, Leon would run away...
If a noble like Godric knew that Leon had been released by the king a long time ago, it would be difficult to put the blame on the king.
"Don't worry, he can't get away! I can't kill so many people if I don't let him out of the city - I can't start a war in the city, right?"
Milgan said this quite arrogantly.
He does have the capital to be arrogant.
After leaving Sarleon City, he went to a camp outside the city.
"My dear, they went all the way west. There were only about sixty of them. I sent people to follow them all the way."
In the camp, a female explorer was showing off her achievements to Milgan.
"Very good, dear, you are the most capable baby...Everyone, follow me! We have an exciting job to do!"
After hugging the woman and kissing her fiercely, Milgan led a large army of 500 people out of the camp...
All cavalry!
This is why the 'Griffin Sword' mercenary group enjoys a high reputation in the continent of Pendor - it is a force that no one can ignore.
…
The convoy moved slowly at night. After all, the vehicles could only travel on the road, which was not as convenient as horses.
A night passed, and until early morning, the convoy only moved as far as the vicinity of Yalaghar Village, at the foot of the Goddess Mountain.
Li Ang asked everyone to stop and let the horses rest, and buried all the bodies at the foot of Goddess Mountain.
The brothers died in battle, so of course they must have a suitable destination, and the foot of the Goddess Mountain is the destination that all the warriors in the Fierce Lion Realm will be satisfied with, no matter if they are enemies or friends.
This was also the agreed meeting point with the escorts from other inns in Sarleon City, but the escorts had not arrived yet.
"Sir! I seem to hear the sound of horse hooves! Lots of horse hooves!"
At the foot of the mountain, Li Ang was leading his brothers to bury the bodies when the bodyguards who were serving as scouts on the periphery shouted.
The Lord turned his head, but saw no enemy.
Eric lay on the ground and listened: "Sir, it seems that a large army is coming. I wonder if they are our people..."
The escorts also have a large number of carriages...
But Lisadilan suddenly appeared at this moment. He jumped down from a big tree and came to the lord: "Lord Leon, I saw a lot of smoke and dust coming here. They are definitely not our people... You'd better leave here quickly..."
Lisadilan's eyesight is far superior to that of ordinary people, and he can see far from his high position in the tree. Since he said so, there must be a large number of enemies coming.
"Lisadiran, you go ahead and protect the adults. I will stay and see what's going on."
Eric nodded toward the Noldor.
Eric is currently the person who is most familiar with Lisadilan besides the lord, and they can talk to each other occasionally - Lisadilan does feel a little guilty for accidentally hurting Eric.
"Eric, we'd better leave together... Those people seem to know where we are. It feels like they want to surround us. There's no way to survive if we stay here!"
Risa Dillan spoke a lot, which was rare.
"Everyone! Follow me!"
Since there was danger, Li Ang naturally would not waste time. He directly jumped on his horse and ordered everyone to retreat.
Eric drove a carriage behind Leon and said, "Risadilan, get in the car!"
The escorts were indeed well-trained. Within half a minute, all of them drove their carriages and followed Li Ang eastward.
Lisadilan's advice was timely. Just a few minutes later, Milgan and his mercenary group arrived here.
The sight of five hundred cavalrymen galloping was quite astonishing. Even in the early morning when the dew was heavy, there was still a cloud of dust rising high along the way.
When they saw the new graves, Milgan, the leader, slowed down.
He saw several female warriors lying in a pit, their bodies covered with a thin layer of soil but whose graves had not yet been completely buried.
"They stopped here before... and left before they finished covering the soil. They can't be far away! Honey, what should we do now?"
Mirgan asked the female explorer beside her.
"A few dozen miles to the east is a no-man's land shrouded in thick fog. If it were me, I would definitely run there. Dear, you'd better arrange two teams of 100 men to encircle them on the left and right, and then you lead the main force to chase them from behind and intercept them at the edge of the foggy area."
The woman looked to be in her twenties. She was the only one in the mercenary group who was not wearing armor. She was not pretty, but quite capable. She was probably Milgan's right-hand man.
"You arranged it very well, dear!"
Mirgan praised the woman beside him: "My dear, I am going to charge. You are not good at riding horses, so stay here and bury these brave ladies..."
After saying this, he left the capable woman and several female warriors at the foot of the Goddess Mountain, divided the troops into three groups, and continued to pursue eastward.
As for the lord, after galloping eastward for several miles, he saw two cavalry units, each with about a hundred people.
One is a cavalry composed of Ravenstern adventurers and rogue knights;
The other group is composed entirely of women, female adventurers and explorers.
This person is obviously from the Griffin Sword Mercenary Group.
The speed of these two troops was obviously faster than the convoy, but they were moving in parallel at a distance to the side, as if they were consciously encircling Leon's team on both sides, compressing the space for Leon's team to move, forcing him to move in only one direction.
“Stop!”
The lord suddenly stopped his horse and asked the convoy behind him to stop.
"Eric, turn around, let's go back to the place where we agreed to meet with the brothers!"
Li Ang ordered to return in an unquestionable tone.
"Sir, this... is a no-man's land covered by thick fog ahead. We may be able to escape from it!"
Eric didn't quite understand.
But Li Ang had already turned around and rode away: "They are trapping us! We must face our own fate... Hurry up! Follow me! Even if you beat your horse to death, don't let the enemy bite you!"
Lisadilan flew into the driving seat of the carriage, turned the horse by the reins, and whipped the horse on its butt.
"Eric, those two cavalrymen are faster than us, but they didn't catch up directly. Your Excellency's judgment is correct... We can't go any further!"
When faced with real danger, the Noldor elf no longer seemed to be autistic. When it came to running away, he might be more experienced than anyone else.
Li Ang led the convoy in a circle and headed back. The convoy was empty and the horses were pulling the carts at a very fast speed.
The cavalry teams that were flanking them on both sides actually ran too far. Although their horses were much more agile than the convoy, no one expected that Li Ang would suddenly turn around and attack them - who would run back when they knew someone was chasing them...
As a result, when they turned around and chased after them, the convoy had already sped up, and the two cavalrymen could only follow on both sides.
A few minutes later, Li Ang led the convoy in a circle and returned to the foot of Goddess Mountain, and the convoy stopped.
"Eric, set up the car formation!"
Leon shouted, and then started to clean up the women who stayed here with Lisa Dilan.
That was the capable woman who had been talking to Mirgan. She was not wearing heavy armor, but a noble brocade robe. It was estimated that her skills were not very good, so Mirgan left her here to bury her.
Now the woman was a little panicked. She obviously did not expect Li Ang to come back. She held on to a horse and tried to ride it, but failed twice - her brocade robe was not very suitable for riding, and the horse was indeed a little high for her.
The other female warriors were quite powerful, and their fighting ability was probably even stronger than that of the Lion Knight. Risadilan was actually beaten into a panic by their combined efforts.
But Li Ang didn't help...
The lord always picks on the weak first when going to war. Although Leon doesn't know what's going on with these women who stay here, just from the way they dress, it's obvious that the weak one present is the woman in brocade robe.
So, just a dozen seconds later, a sword was placed on the woman's neck.
This is the sword dropped by Mirgan Kilik.