Silently, the unexpected battle gradually came to an end.
With a Knight who had activated his Life Seed on the scene, the outcome of the battle had been decided the moment the two Bloodthirsty Beastmen fell.
Seeing their companions fall one by one, the Beastmen's eyes shone with despair. Not only did they not collapse, but they even roused their ferocity and charged at the surrounding troops, causing great losses to the soldiers led by Pilar.
By the time the battle was over, there were only a few soldiers left standing.
In any case, this group of Beastmen was indeed very powerful. They were equivalent to the fighting strength of a small tribe, and there were even three Bloodthirsty Beastmen among them. Victory had been extremely difficult.
A large number of soldiers had fallen to the ground, and the survivors were mostly powerful Apprentice Knights.
These people were nobles, and they were equipped with the best armor and weapons. Their physiques were also stronger than ordinary soldiers, so it was only natural that they had survived until the end.
Pilar was somewhat silent as he looked at the scene around him. He then slowly raised his head and looked in another direction, a fierce light shining in his eyes.
That was where Adil was.
If it weren't for Adil staking his life to stall that Bloodthirsty Beastman, the outcome might have been completely different. Even with Pilar's strength, if he had been surrounded by a large number of Beastmen, he would have been forced to abandon his troops and escape alone.
As he thought of this, he sighed softly, inwardly sighing.
His reasoning told him that Adil had most likely met with misfortune, but that Bloodthirsty Beastman still hadn't returned.
This made him look forward to it, and he raised his sword as he walked forward with large strides.
But after walking for some distance, when he found traces of Adil's battle with the Bloodthirsty Beastman and found Adil, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
On the ground, fresh blood had dyed the surrounding soil red. At this moment, it had already dried up.
A tall Beastman's corpse lay there in Silence, and Adil's figure stood next to the corpse in Silence. His legs were badly mangled, and he seemed to have suffered serious injuries.
Pilar couldn't help but open his eyes wide as he saw this, and he could no longer maintain his solemn expression. "You!"
He stared blankly at Adil for a long time before he came to his senses. With a hint of excitement in his voice, he asked, "You activated the Life Seed?"
Hearing the noise from afar, Adil weakly raised his head. Due to excessive blood loss, his face looked a little pale.
He didn't say anything, but a bit of life energy slowly appeared on his body, spreading that familiar aura.
Seeing him like this, and sensing the unique aura of the Seed of Life, Blar froze.
The battlefield behind him was quickly cleaned up.
This was still considered the wilderness, and there were too many ferocious beasts. There had just been a huge battle here, and the thick smell of blood was likely to attract these ferocious beasts.
They stripped off the armors and weapons of the soldiers and collected them. The heavily injured were placed on the carriages used to transport food and other materials. Adil was also among them.
They moved very quickly. In just half an hour, the group of people set off again, heading back to their original destination.
After they left, a few unfamiliar figures appeared on the battlefield behind them.
They were all dressed in light green uniforms, suitable for concealment in the mountains. Silent, they looked in the direction that Adil and the others had left in.
"I thought it was just an ordinary knight this time. I didn't expect it to be the Berserk Lion Pilar," a tall but thin man said as he looked into the distance. A tall but thin man said as he gazed into the distance. His expression was very calm. "Encountering Pralar and the guards he leads, these orcs can be considered to have died unjustly."
"Indeed." Another man had a helpless expression on his face. "Three hundred Beastman Warriors and three Bloodthirsty Beastmen. If it had been the other two knights, they would have been more than enough to deal with them."
"But who knew that Pilar, the captain of the guards, would actually come personally. With his strength, even if he didn't bring that elite guard, there's no way to keep him here this time."
"His strength is probably not far from that of a Great Knight. Unless the captain comes personally, these Beastmen won't be able to keep him here." The thin man shook his head. When talking about the captain, there was a kind of fanatical confidence in his eyes.
"Actually … if we had acted just now, we might have been able to keep him here." On the side, a tall and expressionless woman said with a frown.
"The risk is too great." A voice responded, "Don't be fooled by how weak he looks right now. In reality, he must have activated his life seed several times. Once he explodes, although he definitely won't be a match for us, it's also impossible for us to keep him here. At that time, things will be troublesome."
"Encountering an entire tribe of Beastman Warriors can barely be said to be an accident. But if a few hostile Knights appear right after the Beastmen, then even an idiot will be able to see that there's something wrong here, not to mention an old fox like Pilar. "
"Once he becomes suspicious, there's a possibility that our arrangements will be exposed, and we'll be in even more danger out of nowhere."
"What a pity!" The woman frowned, and only spoke after a long time.
… …
Meanwhile, on the other side, Adil, who was lying in the carriage in Silence, felt that something was wrong.
"Someone was spying on us just now." This thought flashed through his mind.
"A.I. Chip, send over the image from just now." Adil ordered the A.I. Chip in his mind.
In the next moment, a large amount of information surged into his mind. The scene from just now was like a movie, slowly replaying in his mind.
An uncomfortable feeling welled up in his heart. In the replaying image, Adil seemed to vaguely see a few figures flash past the edge of his field of vision at some point.
Those people were very fast, far surpassing the speed of an apprentice Knight. They were also wearing clothes meant for concealment. If not for the A.I. Chip's reminder, under normal circumstances, Adil would definitely not have been able to discover anything out of the ordinary.
[After testing, the target's speed exceeds the limits of the human body. There's a 78.4% chance that they're at the rank of a Knight!]
"They're all at the rank of a Knight?" The corner of Adil's mouth twitched, and he lifted his head to look at Knight Pilar in front of him. He suddenly felt a lingering fear.
"If I hadn't chosen to stay and left directly, what would have happened?" He suddenly thought of this question.
To be able to coincidentally meet them in the wilderness, and then hide in Silence and watch them kill the Beastmen, this group of people were obviously enemies and not friends. Perhaps even the group of Beastmen had been created by the other party.
With the greatest evil intentions, he speculated that this group of people might have been lying in ambush here to catch them all in one fell swoop, so as not to let any fish slip through the net.
As for why they had been allowed to break out of the encirclement, Adil reckoned that the other party had misjudged Knight Pilar's strength. In the end, they had realised that they could not keep all of them here, so they had hidden and did not appear.
"I can't stay here any longer. I have to return to the castle as soon as possible!"
Even though he was not clear what the other party's goal was, an instinctive sense of danger caused Adil to make this decision in his heart.
The excuse to return was a ready-made one. Now that Adil was heavily injured, he should have returned to the castle to recuperate.
Moreover, according to convention, in this region, every newly promoted Knight had to return to the castle and be personally summoned by Count Boria to confer the title of a Knight.
However, before that, Adil still had to follow the group back to the camp from which he had come.
On the way, when resting, Pilar would occasionally converse with Adil, telling him about some of his experiences and tactics. He seemed to be rather friendly towards him.
This was due to the change in his status.
By now, Adil had already activated his life seed, becoming a Knight at the age of thirteen, more or less breaking the promotion record in this region. His future was bright.
Not to mention that Adil had once risked his life to help him fend off enemies.
The combination of these two factors was the true reason for the other party's change in attitude.
With regards to this kind of friendly relationship, Adil naturally would not reject it.
He very appropriately displayed his respect and eagerness to learn, making Pilar, who had always been serious and paid attention to etiquette and details, very satisfied. He couldn't help but admire him even more.
After a few days, after returning to the camp from before, Adil timely expressed his desire to return to the castle to recuperate.
Pilar did not object, instead very much approving of him returning to the castle to meet with Count Boria first. As such, he was prepared to send Adil back together with some of the injured.
In order to ensure Adil's safety, he even specially sent a team of elite soldiers to ensure that the road would not be disturbed by bandits and wild beasts.
… …
After a period of time, after walking on a long road, the familiar castle could be seen in the distance.
Feeling the excited cheers coming from all around, Adil opened his eyes in Silence, looking into the distance.
The castle in the distance was just as tall and sturdy as before. On top of it, there were teams of soldiers with weapons in their hands, currently stationed inside.
And far away from him, there was a group of cavalrymen walking over from afar, escorting the injured like them forward.
"Back again …" Looking at the familiar surroundings, Adil suddenly sighed with emotion.
The last time he returned to this castle, he seemed to have been sent back with the identity of an injured person, and coincidentally, the opponents who had caused him serious injuries twice, were both beastmen.
However, this time, because his body's quality was much stronger, and because he had activated his life seed, Adil's injuries healed very quickly, and he didn't have to be supported into the castle like last time.
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