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"Princess, why is someone stopping us?" Juan asked. He didn't understand who would make the emperor's daughter unhappy in the land of Qinyin.
"The other side of the Canglan River is Haditha City, Earl Mokelali's territory. That fence-sitter finally sided with the parliament. Unfortunately, he's not brave enough. If he really wanted to please my uncle, he should've sent heavy cavalry to block the bridge. Then I would have to go around. Juan, do you understand now? "
Juan shook his head in shame. His family wasn't a big one. He couldn't even get a title. He'd only read about the shady dealings of the nobles in books. After leaving home, he'd been studying in Bitter Water Commandery, focusing on magic. He might be good at fighting, but he couldn't understand what Princess Rex was saying.
"To put it bluntly, someone wants to embarrass me. Even a count dares to block the way. If I really go around, not only will I arrive at Sacred Rock City half a month late, but the parliament will also be disappointed in me. I don't think Mokelali is ready to bleed yet, "Princess Rex said calmly. Salin had already understood what she meant.
This was just a conflict between the old and new nobles. The emperor controlled the parliament and the hereditary nobles. The prince controlled the parliament and the new nobles. What made Salin sad was that this was clearly a way for the royal family to weaken the nobles, but the old and new nobles were still incompatible and never united.
The four empires were founded at almost the same time. Only the Qinyin Empire hadn't had a dangerous number of nobles after 700 years. The other three empires all had serious problems. Scotia was corrupted, Tanggulas was controlled by the Vatican, and the Yunliu Empire had forgotten the glory of the Fourth Dynasty. There were already cases of buying and selling titles.
In the Qinyin Empire, the two houses were fighting each other, but the royal power was unusually stable.
The battle at the bridgehead immediately became extremely bloody. Thinis was at the front, and more than a hundred cavalrymen formed a wedge. Thinis's sword was four feet long. The one foot near the hilt was not sharpened. Instead, it was made into a rectangle. A golden magic formation was embedded, and two sides were embedded with magic cores.
When they were a few meters away, Thinis swung his sword forward with one hand.
The gigantic sword shot out a deep purple flame that was more than ten meters long, slashing right at the center of the thirty or so soldiers at the bridgehead. The five soldiers were struck by the sword, and their bodies emitted a charred smell. Their armors emitted green smoke, and they whimpered as they fell to the ground.
"It's a magic sword, run …"
Puff …
A beam of sword light flashed past, and the head of the man who had shouted flew into the air. Blood spurted out from his neck into the sky, and a rapid hissing sound could be heard.
The cavalry of the Kushui army successfully cut through the enemy ranks and charged onto the iron bridge without looking back. By the time their horses passed, there were more than thirty corpses of soldiers behind them.
With a swoosh, a crossbow bolt shot out. The light cavalry on the other side of the river had been too nervous and shot their crossbow bolts ahead of time. This arrow was shot from more than two hundred meters away. Thinis didn't even blink as he charged forward at maximum speed. A wind shield was formed at the sharp iron horn in front of his warhorse's chest. The arrows were too far away to cause any damage, so when the wind shield blew, they flew to the side and into the river.
"Hmph, a bunch of trash." Thinis didn't even take off his metal mask. He faced the two hundred light cavalry on the other side of the river and waved his sword, preparing to launch a second attack.
The officer standing at the bridgehead was already dumbfounded. Although the soldiers of Haditha trained hard, the empire had been at peace for more than seven hundred years. Deep in the interior, they had never seen such a terrifying massacre. Before the one hundred cavalry charging over the bridge arrived, their murderous aura had already enveloped the two hundred light cavalry on the east side of the bridge.
The hooves of the horses clattered on the iron bridge. Without hesitation, the officer turned around and fled first. Although the other party wasn't a true heavy cavalry, their full body armor seemed to be magic armor. That fire dragon-like sword, in particular, completely shattered his confidence.
The count had only told him to humiliate the other party, but he hadn't expected this result.
It wouldn't have been a big deal if he fled, but the two hundred light cavalry lost their leader and immediately scattered in all directions like hornets whose nest had been blown.
Thinis was furious. He hadn't planned to kill them all. The people on the west side of the bridge had been disrespectful to the princess, so he killed them. On the other hand, the people on this side had abandoned their position without resistance. It was a disgrace to soldiers.
But he didn't think that these soldiers were usually just doing some training. How could they compare to the Bitter Water Army? The Bitter Water Army's swordsmen had been sent out for training. The furthest they'd gone to the Tanggulas Empire, and many of their hands were stained with blood. Needless to say, they'd killed bandits, and some had even slaughtered high-level magical beasts. They were exceptionally experienced in battle.
For example, the dead Loki had actually led a team to kill a green dragon. Even though it was the weakest dragon, dragons could fly, and it was quite difficult to kill them. Many mercenary groups with mages couldn't deal with the cunning green dragons.
Thinis lightly kicked the horse's belly. The horse tilted its head and charged towards the side of the fleeing soldiers, its sword sweeping out horizontally. Another fire dragon more than ten meters long. This kind of attack was very effective against a frontline defense, but it wasn't effective against deserters. Releasing the magic on his sword, Thinis shouted, and the cavalry behind him spread out, circling to the side.
There was actually no need for any tactics against an enemy that had already collapsed. As long as they were given a way out, these light cavalry wouldn't have the guts to stop and fight back. The hundred or so cavalrymen simply put away their swords and pulled out their short spears, throwing them out.
After chasing for several miles and killing more than fifty people, Thinis finally stopped. Even though he looked down on his opponent, Thinis didn't dare to chase too far. After all, Haditha City was too close. The other party was a first-rank earl, and it was easy for him to raise a few thousand swordsmen.
Regrouping the troops, Thinis returned to the bridgehead and had the soldiers pick up the double crossbows abandoned by the light cavalry. After guarding the bridgehead, he blew the whistle. The sharp metal whistle traveled more than a mile before the Bitter Water Army's troops started moving again, heading towards the iron bridge.
This was a main road, and there were many pedestrians here. Seeing the battle, they all ran away. The Bitter Water Army was still cautious, protecting Princess Rex's carriage as it went up the iron bridge.
Princess Rex's carriage slowed down. Both sides were protected by cavalry, as if facing a great enemy. These soldiers were all experienced in battle. They knew that they had to be cautious even after victory. Once they let their guard down, they might be ambushed by the enemy.
When passing the bridgehead, Princess Rex sighed softly when she saw the corpses on the ground.
"This is not the time to be softhearted," Fayern suddenly said. He knew that he would have to face many troubles on this trip back to the capital, far more troublesome than here in Haditha City.
"I just think that these soldiers died for nothing. Jialoulan is also going to be in chaos. Black magicians are infiltrating the borders. Mages alone can't completely eliminate these people. They are all soldiers of the empire … "
Looking at the corpses, Juan said coldly, "If they thought of themselves as soldiers of the empire, they shouldn't have stopped you, Princess Rex."
Princess Rex knocked on the carriage window and said to the soldiers outside, "Leave a hundred people here to clean up the corpses."
Salin looked at Princess Rex's tightly furrowed brows. He didn't know how sincere her pity was.
When the carriage reached the middle of the iron bridge, a black shadow suddenly dashed out from the river under the bridge. It broke through the bridge and charged up. This black shadow was like a sharp arrow, and it wanted to assassinate Princess Rex from under the carriage.
Boom!
Only then did the river explode. Water mist filled the air and engulfed the carriage.
This assassin might not have chosen the best timing, but his method was very precise. When he stabbed the bottom of the carriage with the thin sword in his hand, the water mist coincidentally blocked the vision of the surrounding soldiers.
The assassin's sword was black and only the width of a finger. The blade flashed with green sword light. That was sword aura that could burst out at any time. Even if he wasn't a Sword Saint, he had reached the peak of a Sword Master.
The carriage driver seemed to have known that someone was going to assassinate her, and he suddenly sped up. The assassin's attack had already deviated from Princess Rex's position. At the same time, the bottom of the carriage split open. Fayern reached out and grabbed the assassin's thin sword. He lifted the assassin up, and the sword aura on the thin sword was directly crushed by Fayern.
More than ten spells hit the assassin at the same time, and there was also a boomerang. A few more holes appeared on the assassin's body, but none of these ghastly wounds were bleeding. Shika's boomerang circled around the assassin's neck and flew back to Shika's hand.
The bottom of the carriage closed up again. Fayern let go, and the assassin's corpse fell to the ground. He was dead.
The mist outside the carriage dispersed, and everyone was a little embarrassed. Salin didn't attack. With Fayern around, they didn't need their help at all. Fayern actually used his hand to grab the thin sword. Naturally, he wasn't afraid that the assassin would have any ability to fight back.
Princess Rex burst out laughing and said, "A perfectly good survivor, and you guys killed him. Sigh … "
The Mages' faces were red. In their usual training, they only thought about how to kill the enemy. Their battle coordination was pretty good, and they attacked quickly enough just now. Almost everyone had cast two instant-cast spells. The problem was, as Princess Rex said, this person was so dead that it was impossible to ask anything.
"He's not a spy. The assassin doesn't know about your advancement, and doesn't know …"
"Yes. Although we didn't rest in the city along the way, we were walking in a straight line. It's not a big deal for people to guess the time we took to get here. This assassin only lurked for less than half a day. Mokelali can't absolve himself from the blame. Princess, this is good too. Otherwise, he'll complain to the House of Commons about the death of those soldiers. "Fayern held the thin sword in his hand and looked at it as he spoke to Princess Rex.
"It's just that we have to sleep in the suburbs again." Princess Rex looked at the corpse in the carriage with disgust and shrank back.
"Princess, why don't we just blame it on Mokelali and just …"
"Juan, I don't have the time." Princess Rex closed her eyes and leaned on the soft cushion. She didn't speak anymore. Juan was a little embarrassed. He still had some reservations in his heart.
"This place is too far from Kushui Prefecture. Even if we get rid of Mokelali, it's not your turn to manage it." A male Mage beside Juan said. He poked Juan with his hand, hinting him to stop talking. Only then did Juan understand and scratched his head.
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