"......"
Simply nodding, the Baron finished bandaging his wounds and stood up, glancing warily around the road, without the command of his senior officers, the remnants of the Empire were quietly retreating.
"I know, I killed my brother too! However, we must go now, Saladin's men have already rushed over, if we don't leave, there will be nothing left!"
The icy tone carried a sense of deep pain, which caused Howard's lax eyes to steeply freeze, he froze, and then slowly stood up, holding onto the pillar.
He knew that compared to himself, the man in front of him valued friendship more, and his heart was probably in more pain than his current self, but at this moment the Baron's face still carried a cool composure.
This kind of willpower like steel had always been what he admired!
Looking at Howard getting back on his feet, the Baron directly ordered the escorts behind him to hold him up.
Two thousand imperial soldiers may seem like a lot, but Green Castle's stored private army was no slouch either, and both sides fought in the heat of the moment when their purpose had long been known.
Even though they were shaded by the escorts, the strong equipment armour and weapons of the imperial soldiers gave them the power to resist, and both sides suffered heavy losses in just a short period of time.
However, after their senior officers were killed, without a backbone, the remaining imperial soldiers began to retreat in an orderly manner and took the opportunity to open the castle gates that had been closed.
Outside a hidden secret passage at the back of the castle, four black carriages and a few war horses stood there quietly, the horses snorted from time to time, and beside the carriages, apart from Eric and his party, there were also a few corpses of escort members wearing half-armour lying on the ground.
"Young Master! Lord Baron and Miss haven't come yet, are we ......" a servant gathered courage and trembled to Eric.
"Eh?" Eric, who had long been in an agitated mood, coldly looked at the servant, and the long sword still dripping blood in his hand gently threw it away and said.
"Did I not hear you clearly just now? I said to keep waiting! If you don't want to look like a lying corpse!"
"...... Yes!" That servant shrunk his head, not daring to make another sound.
He knew that just a moment ago when several members of the escort took the opportunity to hijack Eric wanting to annex the four-horse carriage with a large amount of belongings and then escape, but was instantly hacked to the ground by Eric and the several people who were the most diehard loyalists to the baron.
The young master Eric, who had always been soft and gentle, seemed to have grown cold in an instant and actually took up a long sword as well.
This change made some of the people who were thinking of something else, immediately put away their minds.
As time passed, within the sight of the moody Eric, a bunch of familiar silhouettes appeared in the distance.
About a dozen people led by the Baron and Freya were quickly rushing this way.
"Quickly! Get on the horses, let's leave this place immediately! Saladin's men have already trooped down to the city!" Before they even reached the place, the Baron's voice came over.
Knowing that things could not be delayed, the crowd instantly made a move, and the long-awaited carriage began to move.
Quickly catching up with the group, the Baron and his party immediately rode on the empty war horses, letting the severely injured Howard lie down into the carriage, and then quickly fled to that hidden underground secret passage.
Freya rode on her horse and took advantage of the light to scan the crowd and found that most of the people even Avery were inside, but the only one missing was Mary, the housekeeper.
'Boom!'
A low stone slab descended, closing off the entrance to the secret passage, and darkness took over all space for a moment.
"Don't panic, keep going!"
The Baron's voice echoed in the secret passage, his low voice soothing the crowd.
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Frowning slightly, Freya thought for a moment, but still followed the voice to the Baron's side and asked uncertainly.
"Father, why didn't Aunt Mary follow, could it be...?"
After a long time, the Baron's voice reached her ears.
"Hmm!"
Can't see the Baron's expression in the darkness don't know what kind of mood he was in, but Freya's heart was slightly sour, for that woman who was a bit nagging but always caring for her, she liked it from the bottom of her heart, didn't think that she didn't make it through in the end...
"Don't think about it! After this secret passage is the path outside of Tir Town, and with the speed of Saladin's invasion, we'll be safe for the time being by then."
The Baron purposely digressed, trying his best to keep Freya from being upset.
Understanding her father's intentions, Freya sighed, tightened her mind, and began to consider summarising the events of this time.
The battle between the castle guards and the imperial soldiers had left the Baron's private army almost lost, and the ones who ended up here were only about seventy to eighty men, and there were a handful of servants among them.
One could imagine how many of these people were still willing to stay once they left the danger.
Through the conversation on the road, Freya also knew the Baron's next intention.
The destruction of the Byron Empire was certain, and this country could definitely not stay, so the only place they were going to was the Rudin Kingdom where the Baron's second daughter was married.
In fact, in addition to Eric before, the baron, whether for Freya or other children are extraordinarily affectionate, even the second daughter who married far away from the country is often contacted through letters.
And Freya for this sister of hers, in fact, the memory is not a lot, because in her very young age, her sister because of the so-called love married at a young age.
Fortunately, her sister's choice was also quite correct, through the baron's disclosure from time to time Frya also knew that her brother-in-law was the son of a rich merchant family, the status and financial strength have not bad performance.
At this time they are located in the Rudin Kingdom of a large town called Dragon Harbour, where next to the sea, it is said that there are also trade relations with the sea humanoid races.
Freya quietly thinking about the future direction, for the current miserable experience although care but now can not do anything about it, there is only looking forward.
As for Freya's thinking, others have other thoughts.
All the way to see Freya's hands of the crowd, in Howard's serious injury has not yet recovered, there is a hidden respect for her as a status second only to the baron's leader.
In this world, power is ultimately supreme, and the power of a Knight-ranked powerhouse can decide almost anything in front of ordinary people.
For a time, with three Knight-class powerhouses, the entire team had an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.
In the darkness, Eric wandered in the direction of the Baron and Freya from time to time, and in the centre of it, apart from pride and pride, there was also the mentality of rising to the occasion.
For his own gradually recognized by his father in fact, he is more important to Freya's attitude towards him.
If it wasn't for Freya, he might still be that punk who only knows how to entertain and play, or he might have died somewhere in the castle.
This complex emotion of gratitude and pride towards Freya made him unconsciously imitate Freya.
In the end, he was only a thirteen year old.
For a while, everyone in the darkness was immersed in their own thoughts, and no one spoke.
In the empty secret passage, there was only the crunching sound of horses walking.
It wasn't until two hours later that a dull glow came from the distance in the darkness of the secret passage.
This alerted the entire group.
"Almost to the exit!" The Baron said softly.