That day, the imperial army won a victory, and at night, the imperial soldiers drank and celebrated, but who knew that the barracks would be attacked by the enemy that night.
That night, the flames were blazing, and there was fighting everywhere. Gravel saw the opportunity and escaped with a few slaves.
They ran for their lives and finally ran into a forest. Gravel instinctively looked behind him and saw a group of pursuers rushing over. Gravel told the others to find a place to hide first, while he lay alone on the forest path.
There were about a dozen pursuers, and the leader was riding a horse. The man on the horse saw Gravel lying on the ground and ran over first. He dismounted to see if Gravel was still alive.
Unexpectedly, Gravel nimbly grabbed him and stabbed the dagger hidden behind his back into his heart. Then Gravel rode the man's horse.
The pursuers behind rushed over at this time and wanted to surround Gravel.
Gravel's legs squeezed the horse's belly, and the horse immediately rushed forward, knocking a pursuer to the ground.
The pursuers didn't have bows and arrows, so they could only chase Gravel from behind. As for Gravel, he rode in circles with the pursuers to exhaust their stamina.
Later, the pursuers were tired, and they lined up in a line, waiting for Gravel to rush over. Gravel desperately turned the horse's head and wanted to go around the pursuers. With a charge, the pursuers couldn't dodge and were killed by Gravel with a knife.
The rest of the pursuers slashed at Gravel with knives, but fortunately, Gravel's riding skills were superb and he dodged. The pursuers sullenly picked up stones and threw them at Gravel, and the two sides were in a stalemate.
The hidden slaves found some wooden sticks from somewhere and suddenly jumped out to fight the pursuers. Gravel saw the opportunity to kill a few pursuers.
In this way, the pursuers fled when they saw the situation was not right, and Gravel also lost several slaves.
That night, Gravel and a few others camped by a stream. They ate roasted chicken they had just caught and talked and laughed. But Gravel had something on his mind. It was Darlina, who had done everything for him.
At dawn, Gravel and the others set off. Their goal was Haiya Castle.
After a few days of travel, Gravel and the others returned to Haiya Castle.
Gravel had Hardedef disguise himself and sneak into the city to gather information. Hardedef found a place to sit down in a tavern.
He heard that a nun was going to become a sacrifice to the gods and that she would be burned alive in the monastery near Haiya Castle in two days. Hardedef also heard that the nun was Count Sedak's woman.
Hardedef told Gravel the nun, and Gravel sent another person to find out if the nun's name was Darlina.
In the end, Gravel confirmed that the nun was indeed Darlina.
That night, when the sky darkened, Gravel sneaked into the monastery with a few rescued slaves. There were no soldiers in the monastery, only some monks.
After avoiding the monks, Gravel finally found Darlina in a locked room. He saw that Darlina's hands and feet were tied with ropes. Gravel cut the ropes.
When Darlina saw Gravel, her face was full of surprise and tears flowed out.
Gravel also understood that Darlina had suffered too much in the past few months.
He quickly untied Darlina and prepared to take her away.
Suddenly, many flames appeared in the darkness.
It turned out that the monks had already discovered Gravel and the others. The monks had told the guards of Haiya Castle.
Fortunately, there weren't many guards in this group. There were only a dozen or so of them, but they were all well-equipped. Gravel told Hardedef and the others to take Darlina and escape along the planned route, while he stayed behind to deal with the guards.
Gravel attracted the guards to his side, so that the others could quickly evacuate.
Gravel cleverly used the darkness of the night to disguise himself, and finally escaped from under the eyes of the guards. Unfortunately, an ignorant monk accidentally discovered him, so Gravel had to knock him out.
Gravel quickly ran to the place where he had agreed to meet with Hardedef and the others. When Gravel saw Darlina, although the two of them had a lot to say, a simple hug replaced all the words. At this time, the two of them had tears in their eyes.
"We will never be separated again."
"Yes."
Darlina had never felt as happy as she did at this moment, as if the previous nightmare was finally over.
After Gravel's ruckus, the news spread throughout Haiya Castle. At the same time, the monastery sent more troops to investigate the matter, and Baron Sedak was the person in charge.
When he heard Gravel's name again, Sedak was so angry that his beard stood on end. He ordered for the matter to be investigated thoroughly.
Gravel, on the other hand, quietly returned to the Resistance camp with a few men. He couldn't help but feel emotional when he revisited the place. After all, Gravel was a little disappointed in Merlin after being captured.
The resistance guard at the gate danced with joy when he saw Gravel. The guard used to follow Gravel and admired Gravel from the bottom of his heart.
News of Gravel's return spread throughout Wilson's camp, and people came out to welcome Gravel.
Most of them were Gravel's trusted subordinates, such as Tonny, Anna, Haybull and Beffman.
Even Merlin came out to welcome Gravel personally. However, Gravel caught a hint of something on Merlin's face.
That night, a grand party was held in Wilson's camp. People sang and danced, chatted and laughed.
Ever since the confrontation with Steve, the resistance army's reputation soared. Many people who wanted to rebel against the nobles joined the resistance army, greatly increasing their strength. Steve and the rest didn't dare to act rashly anymore. Additionally, the kingdom's war in the north made them too busy to care about the forces in the mountains.
Gravel once again became the general of the resistance army and would continue to lead the cavalry.
A few days later, Gravel proposed to Darlina in front of everyone. At first, Darlina was surprised and didn't know what to do, but she still agreed.
Gravel held a grand wedding ceremony for her. With everyone's blessings, Gravel and Darlina got together.
Because he knew how much Darlina had sacrificed for him, he had to be responsible for Darlina.
In the blink of an eye, winter came. That year's winter was exceptionally cold. The peasants were hungry and cold, but they had to pay high taxes for the nobles. Many people died that winter.
In order to deepen their rule over the poor, the nobles issued a decree. That was, the nobles had the right to enjoy the first night of any newlywed in their territory. The purpose of this was to reduce the bloodline of the Northland people so that the Empire's rule over the Northland could be deepened. This made the poor hate the nobles to the core. A wave of resentment slowly accumulated until the day it exploded …
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