Knight with Wand

Golden lion?

Leon tilted his head curiously, looking past the ruffian in front of him.

Different from the impression of the imposing nickname that sounded at first, the person who came towards me was a pretty girl wearing an ordinary waist-length skirt.

She is a bit petite, about 1.5 meters tall, less than 1.6 meters tall. Her blond hair is tied into a ponytail and her light green eyes are bright and clear.

To describe it as cute is more appropriate, but as for this domineering nickname

Leon felt strange that such a petite and cute-looking girl had such intimidating power that made these gangsters suddenly sweat.

He could understand the word "gold" because the girl had very beautiful blond hair. Where did the word "lion" come from?

As the girl got closer, the hooligans instinctively made way for her, fearing that they would get into trouble if they stood in front of her.

"I heard someone in the village said that you guys were dancing with swords and swords together again, so I came here to have a look." The blonde girl said with a sullen tone in her voice, and stood in front of Boris, who had a fierce look on his face.

"You shouldn't be welcoming guests from afar, right? Using knives and daggers?"

The girl's voice suddenly rose at the end of her words, and the wooden stick in her hand hit her palm with a loud bang, and her slender and beautiful fingers clenched instantly.

The village gangsters suddenly became excited when they heard the crisp sound of the wooden stick being struck.

As if their muscle memory had been awakened, Boris's followers quickly put away their weapons, their guilty eyes darting from side to side.

Faced with the girl's shouts, the slightly agitated village ruffian tried to quibble: "Jin Bah, Olivia, you misunderstood. The eldest brother just saw these three boys sneaking around and acting suspiciously, so he brought us here for questioning. You You also know that the militia in the village has been taken away by the Baron. Aren't we doing this for the good of the village?"

"Yes, yes! Yes!"

Several village gangsters reacted and quickly agreed.

Boris, who had been silent until he heard this, finally softened his livid expression: "That's it. Are you going to favor these suspicious outsiders? What if they are spies of the Kantadar people?" ?”

The girl named Olivia frowned and didn't immediately respond to his question, but she didn't think it was the truth either.

After all, she knew this scumbag's nature very well.

The girl calmed down her anger and turned to look at the three strange teenagers who were surrounded by the village gangsters by the river.

"Just kidding, strange strangers, if you don't mind my offence, where are you from? You really don't look like merchants from nearby." Olivia showed an apologetic look and smiled gently: "Sel After all, Wa is just a remote village, and we rarely see foreign travelers here. "

It looks like we won't be able to fight for a while.

Except for the leader named Boris who was still holding the short sword, Leon saw that the other village gangsters had put away their weapons obediently, so he also returned the long sword to its sheath.

He pressed his hands to Azerion and Rohark beside him, signaling his companions to put away their hostility.

The girl in front of me seems to be very effective in speaking and a reasonable person.

Listening to the polite way she spoke, Leon would have thought she was a well-educated noble daughter if she hadn't been wearing a very simple peasant dress.

"Of course we are not spies, young lady, we only passed through this place to avoid the war."

Leon explained simply: "Just now, my partner went to the village to buy a few pieces of clothing and food. Apart from that, we didn't even enter the village, let alone being sneaky. Is it illegal to bathe by the river?" Rules?"

"Avoiding the war? From the accent, you are not from Orlander, are you?" Olivia blinked and asked curiously.

"Well, we are Therians."

Leon nodded. The relationship between the Northern Kingdom and Serian is very good. There is nothing to hide.

"The Kingdom of Serian? That's quite far away from here." The girl was stunned for a moment, and suddenly became interested in her heart: "But the road to the east is closed, how did you get around from King Cronia's territory?"

"We're not from the east."

Leon didn't know where the King of Cronia was. He didn't want to get into trouble by talking nonsense, so he pointed to the mountains and forests in the distance and told the truth: "The Kantadar people launched a war, and we were kidnapped and trapped in the enemy's country until When I had the chance to escape, I escaped here through the big forest.”

Olivia was even more surprised when she heard this.

She looked in the direction of Leon's finger and opened her lips, as if she heard something incredible.

"Haha! You've revealed your secret, boy, how dare you talk nonsense." A village gangster suddenly sneered.

Boris also became proud: "You heard it, Olivia, this kid said they passed through the Nightmare Forest."

Boris felt that his guess was reliable. He didn't even know how terrifying the depths of the forest were. These three people must be escaped slaves from outside the Gray Fir Valley Territory. What kind of Serian people are they? They really made it up. .

Looking at their reactions, Leon couldn't help but frown. Telling the truth seemed to arouse even more suspicion.

That's right.

There is a cursed place hidden in the forest, and the people living nearby must have corresponding folklore about the mysterious and strange dangers there.

If he hadn't had Miss Laura's help, he wouldn't have been able to leave the "spirit-like field" alive even if he had ten lives. Naturally, other ordinary people wouldn't be able to cross that dangerous forest.

But in his haste, he couldn't make up a more reasonable-sounding false origin based on the geography of a foreign country.

A lie needs more lies to make up for it. As the saying goes, if you tell too much, you will miss the mark, but what can you do if you don't tell the truth?

"No matter what you think, it is true. We did come here across the forest from Mamor County of the Kantadar people."

Leon said, taking out a kantadar silver coin from his waist bag and showing it to the blond girl in front of him: "I don't have any more evidence. The only thing that can barely prove my experience may be these few kantadar coins." Money, believe it or not, Miss Olivia."

"With the money of the Kantadar people, you still say that you are not their spy?" Boris shouted proudly. He didn't care what the facts were, as long as he could be convicted of the crime and get the sword in his pocket.

"I'm sorry, the experience you mentioned is a bit unbelievable. At least in Kossos County, I have never heard of anyone being able to pass through the Nightmare Forest." Olivia considered it: "But I won't go too far because of it. I doubt your origin, so how long do you plan to stay in Selva Village?"

"Hey! You don't really believe this kid's nonsense, do you?" Boris was angry.

Olivia ignored him and just waited quietly for the answer from the foreign boy in front of her.

Leon didn't answer the yelling village gangster. He pointed to the tattered pants beside him that he had just changed into: "We just walked out of the mountains and forests. We are tired and hungry. We are still injured. Even these clothes are... I bought it in your village, and now I just want to find a place to rest where I can avoid the wind and rain. "

"Of course, if this place really does not welcome outsiders, we promise to leave immediately after a short rest and find another place." He shrugged.

Although he was not afraid of the village gangster causing trouble, once the anger was over and Leon calmed down again, he was unwilling to take the initiative to cause trouble. It would be bad luck if the local lords were alerted and the army was sent to arrest the three of them as enemy spies.

"Enough!" Unable to bear being ignored by both of them, Boris angrily interrupted Olivia's communication with the other party.

He raised his dagger and pointed it at the young man with the sword: "I've heard enough of your nonsense. Either hand over the sword obediently and get away as far as you want, or I'll capture you, twist you, and send you to the lord. Take your choice." ”

Leon glanced at Boris speechlessly and said nothing. He felt that talking to such a thing would be a waste of saliva.

After hearing this, Olivia saw the gorgeous sword on the young man's waist and suddenly realized it. When she looked at Boris, her eyes turned completely cold: "That's it."

The girl warned for the last time: "Put down the sword."

"What do you mean?" Boris clenched the hilt of his sword tightly and laughed angrily: "You want to protect these suspicious spies from outside the village?"

"Compared with this ridiculous accusation? Don't you care more about the sword in his hand?" Olivia pointed out his crooked thoughts with an indifferent expression.

The surrounding village gangsters quietly took a few steps back nervously, fearing that they would be affected by the upcoming conflict.

Boris suddenly pointed his dagger at the girl in front of him and yelled bluffingly: "Bitch, don't fucking think I dare not kill you!"

The words have not yet fallen.

Suddenly there was the whistling of sticks cutting through the air.

The head of the club hit Borris's right hand hard at a speed that no one could see clearly.

The solid muffled sound made Leon nearby feel frightened.

"ah--!!"

The severe pain on his finger made Boris burst into tears immediately, and he let out a scream and dropped the dagger.

Olivia looked at the other party coldly: "Since your injury last time was not fully healed, I won't add more color to your face this time. Take your sword and get out."

After saying that, she glanced at Boris's followers around her.

The girl's voice was not loud, but it was as cold as the cold wind.

This group of young men, who looked much older than the girls, did not dare to neglect at all, and immediately shrank their necks and dispersed in a hurry.

After a while, the river bank became quiet again.

Looking at the back of Boris covering his hands and leaving in shame and anger, Leon finally understood why the girl in front of him was given such a nickname by them.

She became angry in front of these gangsters, really like a majestic little lion.

However, Leon did not dare to underestimate the girl in front of him. Although he had been paying attention to everything that was happening in front of him, he did not see clearly when the other party waved the wooden stick.

The speed was so fast that he didn't even catch the shadow or trajectory. As a lover of proficient swordsmanship in his previous life, he was instinctively impressed by that swift and precise blow. Even Rohark was far from such a sophisticated "sword strike". Skill.

I just don’t know if this girl could swing it so fast if she replaced the wooden stick with a steel sword.

"I'm telling you a joke."

Olivia turned back, her expression relaxed, and her eyes were helpless.