The man wore grey leather armour, not big but seemed to be very agile, with only a process weapon of a dagger on him, but he carried a longbow and a pot of arrows on his back, obviously dressed as a vanguard unit.
Hearing the questioning, Freya walked towards and smiled with a disguise-like merchant expression.
"This lord, we're a merchant caravan from Angela that's on our way to Candia, and we're passing by to exchange for some food."
"Merchant caravan?" That squad leader looked at Freya's party in confusion.
Three wagons that appeared to be loaded with things, two children and ten or so unarmed adults.
Such caravans were common, but apart from the two small children, everyone else looked more or less powerful, if not warriors then people with some strength.
But with the strength of their own thirty Imperial warriors, these people were not scary even if they were a threat.
It was only for the entire caravan but having a young girl who didn't even look like she was fifteen years old come out and answer back that made him a bit odd.
Frowning slightly, he glanced at Freya who smiled revealing tiny dimples, her rather beautiful face giving him some good feelings.
''Maybe it's the child of some merchant family, it's really something!'' He thought to himself.
"You guys shouldn't go forward, there will be some fighting ahead, if you don't want to be implicated!" Perhaps it was Freya's personal charisma, the junior captain didn't suspect too much, instead he had the presence of mind to remind him.
"Battle?" Frya faked a surprised expression and looked at the squad leader with some doubt "May I ask..."
"Don't ask what you don't want to ask!" That squad leader frowned and interrupted her. "Also, the supplies of this town have been returned to the state from now on, so hurry up and go back!"
"Err... "Freya's heart fluttered, then she revealed a difficult expression and said. "My lord, but our caravan is already out of food, if we don't replenish it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even go back..."
She knew that as the vanguard unit of the army, its duties included not only scouting the enemy but also some locations where the army could be supplied with supplies, and the town in front of them might be their target.
"Eh? There's no food? That's really troublesome..." that squad leader stared at Freya's face with slightly narrowed eyes, suddenly he seemed to think of something and suddenly said.
"Right! Since you guys are doing business, you must be carrying money on you, right, if you take out half of your belongings, I can consider letting you get enough food, how about this deal?"
The false expression on Freya's face stared slightly, she didn't expect this group of vanguard troops to actually want to take advantage of the fire.
And the others all stirred slightly when they heard that squad leader's words, knowing that they had just escaped from Green Castle, they belonged to the category of outlaws, and according to the Baron's plan, the entire caravan wouldn't have a single thing to do with Byron at all in the future.
"You!..." Eric behind him first could not hold his tongue, his face slightly reddened and he wanted to go over directly, but fortunately, Howard beside him pulled his hand and gently shook his head to indicate not to be impulsive.
"...My lord, are you joking?" Freya tried to squeeze out a small smile, as if she was shocked by what he said.
"You think I'm joking?" The junior captain looked at Freya's expression smugly with satisfaction "You know, this is a time of war, I have the right to requisition all available resources, if you don't agree, perhaps the brothers behind me can decide for you!"
As he spoke, the few imperial soldiers behind him were already heckling and riding their warhorses slightly closer.
For this kind of thing, in fact, it wasn't strictly speaking an exception, as long as there was a war, no matter if it was the army of one's own country or the enemy country, they would all take advantage of the fire for a bit.
Before, Freya had also guessed that this would happen, but with the current urgent war situation, this kind of robbery is not wise, and also the soldiers of her own side... she still had a chance in her heart, but she didn't expect that she could still not avoid it.
If it was an ordinary caravan member, he might have already given in, but in front of him was a fugitive with a Knight-class master.
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Frya narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at the more than thirty cavalrymen in front of her, with her strength and the cooperation of the others she couldn't completely keep them, as long as she let one get away, perhaps it would lead to unnecessary trouble, which would be a great risk for the journey in the future.
Just as Freya was considering, whether to hand over a little bit of money or not, the squad leader then said.
"Of course, it's fine if you don't hand over the money, just that you must stay!"
Openly, his finger pointed at the thinking Freya, which made the young girl's face slightly condense, and then revealed a face of frost.
Actually robbing can't work but also want to rob sex?
And the people around her even more has long been exposed to fierce light, to know Freya in their hearts is second only to the baron's existence, so insulted by the bottom of the heart has long been full of anger.
These imperial soldiers themselves are only as scouts, they can't be equipped with melee weapons, but they are on horses, so they have an advantage in speed.
"No, no, no, my lord, let's just pay the money..." said Freya weakly as she internalised the killing intent in her eyes. "But there's too much money on the cart, it's better if you guys come and get it."
Under Freya's gesture, Nick, who was standing next to her, pretended to be terrified and lifted the linen cloth behind one of the carriages, and suddenly a slight golden colour was exposed to the public's sight.
The small captain who was proud of his own wisdom suddenly saw the gold coin, his whole complexion froze, while the soldiers around him also became emotionally different.
What I didn't expect was to actually catch a big fish.
The small captain's eyes moved as he swept his eyes over the people in the caravan and gulped, ''Brothers all dismount for me! Move things! With this money, who the hell would want to be a soldier!!!"
There was no need for the small captain's command, the frontmost several imperial soldiers already couldn't wait to dismount directly, and pushed away Nick who was standing next to them, staring at those gold coins with red eyes.
The surrounding personal guards consciously made a path, their eyes moving slowly with cold eyes, vaguely forming a kind of semi-surrounding appearance.
Freya quietly looked at the imperial soldiers who had already been swept away by money and had all dismounted from their warhorses, her right hand slowly gripping the crossed swords that had been hidden away.
The small captain who was holding a large handful of gold coins looked at the boxes that were carried down in front of him, and his mouth was already grinning up to his ears.
He suddenly thought of something and stood up, looking at Freya next to him with a lecherous smile, "**, I..."
'Pfft.'
A thin line of blood slowly cracked between the neck of the young captain who had not finished speaking.
The sharp blade of the sword had nearly cut off half of his neck, and the warm blood flowed on the soldier next to him who was burying his head in his own arms to put gold coins into it.
'Boom.'
The fall of the corpse froze the Imperial soldiers who were still immersed in their gold coins, and then the sound of cutting sounds rose and fell in his ears.
"Kill! Not a single one left!"
Pale-faced Howard shouted as he half-sat on the edge of a rock, the crossed swords in his hand thrown directly out to instantly shoot through the imperial soldiers who reacted and tried to escape.
And Freya directly turned into a cloud of grey shadows, the cross sword in her hand repeatedly stabbed out as if the God of Death was reaping life, one by one easily ended up wanting to come at her soldiers.
When Freya instantly killed about ten people, some soldiers realised that the young girl who had been wearing a smile was the most dangerous person in the entire caravan.
"Run!!!"
In the midst of the slashing, I don't know who shouted out, and the soldiers who were still symbolising resistance immediately ran towards the warhorses.
Seeing this, Freya's eyes were cold, the original thought that the problem could be solved peacefully was actually still solved in the bloodiest way, although the heart was helpless but since the decision was made then it had to be done to the end.