"I know you have a lot of questions, but I don't have time to answer them now." Roddy was too lazy to pretend to be a scout at this time. He said without much respect in his tone, "Once that traitor Francis makes a decision, the consequences will not be as simple as a group of orcs attacking. Now, either you wait for death here, or you listen to me and leave here. Which one do you choose? "
He looked up at the horizon, trying to catch any changes in the wind. He held Sally's hand and added, "If you want to leave, squeeze my hand. Make a decision quickly."
This series of words made Sally a little dazed. She realized that Roddy seemed to think that she could not speak, but in fact, her silence was completely caused by the shock of Roddy's strength …
Sally, who was always calm and confident in victory, felt very complicated at this time. After a few seconds, she gradually calmed down and understood that there was no room for her to be reserved. Although her face was a little red, she still bit her lips and pinched Roddy's fingers.
"That … Is there any discomfort in your body?"
Roddy pointed at Sally's chest and abdomen. The internal injuries in these two places could easily kill people. He must make sure that she did not have internal injuries before he dared to move her. Otherwise, it was not impossible to "help" her to death.
Sally did not quite understand what he meant because of the pain of her shoulder being reset. After all, a noble lady who had never been exposed to the concept of "medicine" would not understand how fragile a person's internal organs were. After a few seconds of daze, she felt that she seemed to only have some pain in her shoulder and back when she landed on the ground. The other parts of her body were normal, so she shook her head.
However, she quickly regretted her action. Roddy did not say anything and carried her up from the ground. Two strong arms carried Sally, who probably only weighed about 80 pounds, without any pressure. Roddy did not look at her expression at all. He moved her from the broken leg of the warhorse and a pile of orc corpses to a low hill. He gently put her down and ran back to the battlefield. He quickly picked up his horn bow and machete, and roughly searched the trophies left by the wolf riders.
Sally, who was sitting more than ten meters away, had a lot of questions to ask, but at this time, she could only shut her mouth and watch him busy. Although she was young, she was very quick-witted. Otherwise, she would not have risked her life to collide with the wolf rider. Because Sally knew very well that if the scout captain who came to help died, she would not be able to escape the orc's pursuit no matter how far she ran.
Most of the process of Roddy's battle fell into her eyes. Although the light was dim, but Sally was still clear about an indelible fact: The scout captain who originally had no sense of existence, had indeed killed an entire team of wolf riders.
Sally was very proud. As the child of a great noble in the northwest territory, "pride" was almost an instinct. Whether it was temperament, self-restraint or intelligence, she had done the best she could in the process of growing up. But this sudden incident … or rather, the "crisis" that Sally thought she could safely get through, had given her the biggest blow of her life.
No matter what the result was, Sally had to admit that she had failed. This kind of failure originally brought about death, although she only had a vague concept of it in the past. But today, the sacrifice of Old Gesen and those soldiers had made her begin to understand: In this cruel world, no one would stay in their own territory obediently, and no one would be merciful when plundering …
When Roddy came over with a roll of linen bandages, Sally seemed to have thought of something. Her tightly pursed lips slightly opened. Looking at the blood on Roddy's face that had congealed, she said aloud: "Please give me a reason why you did this, captain Roddy."
Roddy raised his head noncommittally, his hand pulling off the bandages: "Hmm?"
"Yes … what kind of reason, to let you follow my team, and at this time. To save me? "
Facing his question, Roddy bit off the cork of the water bag. After drinking a mouthful of water, he squatted in front of Sally without a care for his image, and handed over the water bag in his hand — — "I won't say much nonsense, the reason is actually very simple … I am smarter than you."
Sally, who was hesitating whether she should take the water bag or not, slightly stiffened. She stared at Roddy with a complicated gaze for a full five seconds, and finally raised her hand to take the water bag. She raised her head and gulped a few mouthfuls of water. This posture was completely unlike that of a noble girl, but no different from the soldiers in the barracks.
After drinking the water, Sally threw the water bag to Roddy. She had forcibly suppressed all kinds of emotions, but it was obvious that she was somewhat discouraged.
Roddy hung the water bag on his waist and asked: "Can you walk?"
Sally slightly pouted, stubbornly refusing to pay attention to him. She gritted her teeth and tried to get up, but found that her left leg couldn't support her, so she sat back down. Roddy frowned, and without thinking, he reached out to lift her skirt. Looking at the red and swollen scratches on her knee, he muttered: "So troublesome …"
Sally was almost stunned, and the blush spread to her neck. She opened her mouth and wanted to scold this rogue bastard, but found that she didn't know what to scold — — because this was the first time she saw a guy who could lift someone's skirt with a serious expression. For a moment, her brain short-circuited …
This bastard! What does he think I am?! Could it be that in his eyes, I am just a statue?!
This thought was actually seventy to eighty percent close to the truth. Roddy looked silent and calm, but in fact, his mind was very chaotic. On one hand, he was considering the probability of the enemy appearing, on the other hand, he had to calculate the direction he should go if he wanted to retreat, what he would face later on, and so on … For the girl in front of him, he still subconsciously treated her as an "NPC". In the previous games, the role that Sally represented was basically used to drag the team down — — "escort type missions" were always like this, creating an NPC that was easy to die and making you spend all your effort to protect her …
This and that were a mess of a lot of troubles, how could Roddy care about lifting her skirt when he was checking her wound?
After deciding on the plan, Roddy raised his hand and threw the horn bow to Sally. The latter gritted her teeth and looked up at him, a little puzzled. But then she saw Roddy squatting in front of her …
"Hurry up, there's not much time left."
The warhorses were either injured or dead, Roddy couldn't think of any other way to quickly leave this place. He turned his back on her and didn't even consider Sally's feelings at this time — — In other words, a technical otaku was really born slow when it came to women.
Anyway, he had heard a lot of words like "destined to be alone for the rest of his life". Roddy also accepted his fate that he wasn't a romantic material. The only thing he wanted to do now was to quickly leave this place and escape with his life.
At this time, Sally's heart was probably roaring with over ten thousand alpacas, but she also helplessly found that she had no other choice. She finally swallowed the words that had been brewing in her mouth for a long time, pursed her lips, and slowly climbed up Roddy's broad back. Her hands wrapped around his neck, and her body was as stiff as a block of wood.
The smell of blood and sweat mixed in between breaths. Sally frowned. Although she wasn't used to it, when she thought of the battle just now, she didn't have too much rejection in her heart.
Because of the upgrade, Roddy was still full of energy until now. He looked at the northwest grassland behind him where the orcs might appear, and then looked at the direction of Hollier City in the southeast where Sally originally planned to go, and began to move northwest.
Of course, Sally had studied the map of the territory. She looked at the dim sky for a long time, and finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked, "You … where are you going?"
Although Roddy couldn't run, his strides were very big, and his speed was not much slower than a normal person's trot. He, who was thinking about how the orcs would outflank this place, replied without thinking, "The one who wants your life now is Francis. The orcs are just tools to be used. If I run to Hollier now, that old dog will definitely be intercepted by troops. If I want to escape, I must definitely go around these places. Francis is very meticulous, and it will be very difficult to escape from under his eyes. I can only try my best. "
"You … you are very familiar with my brother?"
Sally's brows furrowed. She was no fool. For a young man who had perhaps never been to Hollier City to call her older brother an "old dog" and act as if he was familiar with his personality, it was not normal no matter how she thought about it.
Roddy took a deep breath. He wanted to continue speaking, but in the end, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He quickened his steps and said, "I haven't seen your brother."
He didn't want to say anything more about this, so he changed the topic to the next plan. "Francis is waiting for news now. He probably won't be at ease knowing that you ran away. If I want to avoid him, the first step is to go around the periphery of Vic Village and enter the Forest of Quiet Words. Otherwise, I won't be able to outrun the cavalry on the plains. "
Sally silently hugged Roddy's arm tightly. Her dislocated shoulder didn't hurt much anymore. Although she was still a little angry at Roddy, after hearing these words, she felt that he wasn't wrong at all. She thought for a moment and asked, "Vic Village? Francis … he's there. "
"I know. I can tell from the route you took."
"Then why did you …"
Sally's questioning voice lowered. She clearly understood the reason. After a moment, she asked again, "And then? The Forest of Quiet Words isn't a peaceful place. My father told me that there are many powerful beasts there. "
"I will eventually send you back to Hollier City, but the journey will be a little more complicated. But this is the only way to go back alive." Roddy ignored Sally's words about how dangerous the beasts in the Forest of Quiet Words were. Instead, he imagined the future situation of the empire and said, "If … I'm saying if … you are wondering why I would risk my life to do this for you, now, before I die with you, I can tell you the reason."
Sally couldn't see Roddy's expression. She, who was lying on Roddy's back, only felt that this young man's tone was a little heavy.
"Why?"
She was really curious.
As the question was asked, she could feel Roddy's footsteps slow down and his body stop …
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