The Witcher: From the Academy of Knights

Chapter 30 Western Territory
In this way, the team set off towards the west.

It will take about ten days to travel from the royal capital to Night Crow City. Akabane Guard is fully prepared and holds the banner of Second Princess Histor.

The purpose of Histor doing this is naturally to announce to everyone that the Sauron and Swain families have joined her camp.

The team marched towards Night Crow City without slowing down.

The journey in the past few days was uneventful, without any accidents, but as the team entered the western region, Sauron felt a little vigilance in his heart.

Ever since Orens disappeared, Night Crow City has long been a piece of fat in the eyes of the nobles in the western region, and no one wants Sauron to come back and inherit the territory.

For the nobles of the western region, the best situation is that Sauron dies in the capital, and the Duke of the western region becomes the controller of Night Crow City.

And other western nobles can carve up everything in the Swain family like vultures.

The Duchy of Tar, the western border.

On the barren road, a round of sun hung in the sky, casting fiery rays of light down, illuminating the surrounding world.

Sauron was riding a white horse, walking side by side with the senior knight Konrad.

Behind him were two hundred Akabane guards.

After these few days of contact, Sauron has already understood Connard's character. The other party is a taciturn person, who rarely speaks at ordinary times.

For five full days, Sauron and Konrad exchanged less than ten sentences in total.

At first, Sauron wanted to know some things about Hester from Konrad, but later seeing that Konrad was reticent, he had no choice but to give up.

"After passing this area, let Akabane Wei rest for a while."

Sauron suggested.

Konrad didn't speak, but nodded slightly. Although he was a senior knight, he was sent by Histor to assist Sauron.

Therefore, as long as Sauron's arrangement is not excessive, Konrad will not refuse.

The team moved on.

But at this moment, Konrad suddenly stopped and looked forward, a glint of light flashed in his indifferent eyes.

"Ambush?"

Next to him, Sauron also noticed something, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The next moment, the sound of piercing the air resounded in vain.

In the bushes ahead, a gangster rushed out, surrounded Sauron and the others, and launched an attack without any explanation.

Faced with the bandit's ambush, Akabane Wei reacted quickly.

Conrad was expressionless, did not draw his sword, and looked indifferent on the horse.

"People from Baigu City?"

A moment of thought flashed in Sauron's eyes. The gangsters attacking around him were menacing, with a clear division of labor between operations, and very well-equipped equipment. Obviously, they didn't look like a mob.

There is a high probability that it is a soldier from Baigu City pretending to be.

"kill!"

Sauron didn't hesitate too much, and ordered directly, and the two hundred Akabane guards immediately counterattacked.

The melee is imminent.

There are twice as many soldiers in Baigu City disguised as bandits than Akabane Guards, but when the actual confrontation begins, Akabane Guards are always more than capable.

At this moment, an iron arrow shot out.

Sauron's heart trembled, his figure quickly dodged, the spear passed by, directly pierced the big tree behind him, and the sawdust exploded.

"knight?"

Sauron narrowed his eyes and looked not far away.

But in the bushes, a figure bent his bow and took an arrow.

He was wearing light leather armor, but the longbow in his hand exuded a pale golden luster, and the jagged arrow was aimed at Sauron again.

The next moment, the bowstring loosened.

The arrow shot out at an astonishingly fast speed, and a trace of hesitation flashed in Konrad's eyes, as if he was considering whether to block the arrow for Sauron.

However, at this moment.

One second before the sawtooth arrow came, Sauron grabbed the bullhorn bow next to him, raised his arms slightly, and shot an arrow in a flowing manner.

call out!
In mid-air, two arrows pierced each other. Sauron used only an ordinary arrow, but pierced the opposite jagged steel arrow.

After the two arrows pierced each other, Sauron's arrows remained unabated.

laugh! !

The expression of the archer knight hiding in the bushes changed drastically. Just as he was about to get up and dodge, the arrow had already passed through his throat.

Sauron put down the horn bow, a slight smile appeared on his face.

His bow and arrow skills have already been cultivated to the extreme. Even ordinary bows and arrows can be turned into magic in Sauron's hands.

"Good archery."

Next to him, Connard nodded slightly, and spoke very rarely.

"Knight Konrad doesn't make a move?" Sauron said.

"Not urgent."

Connard shook his head, and said indifferently: "This group of gangsters Akabane guard is enough to deal with, I will always be by your side."

As he spoke, Conrad looked into the distance.

On a lush tree, the man holding a machete had a gloomy face. From Connard's body, he felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.

"Damn!"

The man with the scimitar cursed secretly, if he didn't lure away the man who looked like an iron tower, he would have no chance to assassinate Sauron at all, and he would just die if he rushed up now.

Immediately, the machete man fired a signal flare.

Then, he jumped down from the tree and fled quickly towards the distance.

Now that it has been exposed, the operation can only end in failure.

Instead of continuing to waste time, it is better to send the information back as soon as possible.

Seeing the signal flare, the gangsters fighting with Akabane Wei retreated one after another. After leaving behind dozens of corpses, the battle ended.

"My lord, do you want to chase?" A red feather guard stepped forward and asked.

"No need."

Sauron shook his head. This place is already in the territory of the Western Region. If he pursues rashly, he may fall into the enemy's trap.

In situ, Sauron was thoughtful.

The attack just now seemed to be just a test by the nobles of the western region, and they did not have the determination to kill them.

Conrad also saw this, and had no intention of making a move from the beginning to the end.

"You are good at archery."

At this time, Konrad suddenly said, "But as far as I know, Night Crow Knight Orens has always been famous for his sword skills!"

"You know my father?" Sauron frowned.

Connard's eyes flashed a trace of complexity, but he didn't say anything.

Sauron's heart moved.

It seems that there must have been some intersection between Knight Connard and his father Orens, and perhaps it was for this reason that the second princess Histor sent him to the west.

"Let's go." Conrad said lightly.

Sauron nodded slightly, but did not continue to ask questions.

After this small episode, the team's speed increased, and at the same time, they were more prepared, and gradually moved towards the depths of the Western Territory.

(End of this chapter)