Our family is in decline

There are fifty people in this cavalry team, and there are even more horses. Bastia is so wealthy that he can have two horses per person, and the extra horse is specially used to carry armor and baggage.

Otherwise, why are Wolf Warriors and the others so hungry that they are eating grass, but Alvin and the others can continue to pursue them without any logistical pressure?

Being able to supply supplies in nearby towns at any time within the territory of Bastia, and being able to still ensure logistics after entering Hamlet, shows its strength.

Similarly, cavalry are also very particular about moving forward. They will not wear armor all the time, which is a burden for horses or humans.

Therefore, several teams of fully armed cavalry are usually dispersed to patrol around the team to scout and reserve a safe area.

Only when you encounter the enemy do you begin to fight in armor. This is a very common and simple tactic, and it is the safest when there is no clear target or destination.

There are also many things that need to be paid attention to when setting up camp for such a large team, whether it is the choice of campsite or the arrangement of open and hidden sentries to prevent night attacks.

Alvin had a very solid military sense. After all, he had the Baron, an experienced combatant, to assist him, so he made proper arrangements when setting up camp in this abandoned village.

It was supposed to be like usual, waking up to the traces of the barbarian, but in the middle of the night, what happened was the unreasonable night attack.

There was no hiding or any tricks, just a sudden encounter and a sudden fight.

Those Ascension Cultists did cause a lot of trouble, and their miraculous ability to heal flesh and blood caused riots, but these soldiers had also fought against barbarians, so it was not surprising that they had some extraordinary powers.

At the same time, the appearance of Alvin and the Baron quickly suppressed the situation.

After it became clear that chopping off the head would kill them, the remaining cultists were also killed.

And because these people were all wearing armor, they did not die. At most, they suffered some skin injuries, or the armor was damaged and needed to be repaired.

The only one who was seriously injured was an unlucky person who was targeted by a cult witch and used the [Soul-Absorbing Spell]. However, she was not strengthened by the evil god. It was just a single attack, which plunged that person into despair.

Unlike the wilderness here, the rising bonfire can illuminate the enemy brightly, and the witch who performed sorcery was also discovered by the baron and killed with his sword.

There was no blood and no death. The strength of the cultists was greatly weakened, and they all died quickly in the face of the attacks of the knights.

A night attack suddenly started and suddenly subsided.

But the weird method still surprised them.

"Sir Alvin, I'm afraid these guys are cultists, but I don't know what faction they belong to yet."

The object of Alvin's question was not the corpses, but the baron who was examining the corpses.

You can see that the baron's face is full of solemnity, and he has obviously guessed something.

"Damn it! Why are there cultists?"

Sure enough, Alvin couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this, but then he started to curse.

"Are all the lords here useless? And what about the church? How come cultists are allowed to appear?"

Alvin has never been in contact with them, but he has heard how troublesome these guys are, as disgusting as cockroaches.

By the time you find one, there are actually hundreds of cockroaches hiding in the corner of the house.

It is precisely because he has long regarded Hamlet as his own territory and the owner of this "house" that he is so angry.

"There are no relatively powerful forces here, and it is an uncontrolled area. It is not strange for those cultists to focus on this place. After all, the church is not omnipotent."

The Baron still retained his composure and explained casually. In fact, it was as he said, cultists are not strange in this world.

As long as people have desires, and desires have ambitions, cults will naturally arise.

Not to mention here, even Bastia has a lot of random guys, not to mention those followers of the barbarian evil god.

However, the Bastia family is powerful and has a strong ability to control the territory. Basically, once the cultists are discovered, they will be wiped out directly, leaving no room for survival at all.

In some places, even under the strong suppression of the church, they were not completely wiped out. Instead, they hid in dark corners and waited for opportunities.

For example, in the land of Hamlet...

"I must expel all cultists!"

Alvin has stepped into the role of Lord Hamlet, roaring with righteous indignation.

He finally got this opportunity and did not allow his territory to have such messy things that would affect his rule.

The cavalry were quite convinced when they saw this scene, because just now Alvin had beheaded a cultist, and his identity as the airborne commander was established with battle after battle.

"Why are you back?" As soon as Alvin turned his attention away from the cultists, he noticed the conspicuous woman among the crowd.

"I have found traces of those people, and I also found that the barbarians were also attacked by cultists..." The woman reported directly without any nonsense, and at the same time she couldn't help but mention the cultists.

"Oh?" Alvin finally felt a little more balanced after hearing this, especially when he heard that the barbarians killed and injured some people, he even laughed.

"Hahaha, what a bunch of trash!"

Alvin had the right to laugh, because when they faced the night attack by the cultists, they did not suffer serious casualties due to their armor, but a few barbarians died.

The gloating look was unabashed. It seemed that he was still bitter about being tricked, especially the loss of the eagles.

After all, after thinking about it, Alvin knew that this team was left to him by his father to conquer Hamlet. It was a private soldier, so the loss of the Eagle Group, an excellent reconnaissance team, made him extremely distressed.

But the baron's face became more solemn when he heard that. What he noticed was another aspect.

Their cavalry numbered fifty, and they were very noisy. It was not surprising that the cultists could find them.

But those barbarian teams were very dexterous, and they were all found by those guys. This shows how rampant the Hamlet cult is.

The Baron's worry is that if it was only necessary to clean up some local die-hards to control the territory before, then now there is another enemy, an enemy that is more troublesome than the local power holders.

The Baron's current perspective on thinking about the problem is actually similar to Alvin's. They actually regard Hamlet as their own.

"It's strange..." the baron considered his words, "the activities of these cult members are usually very secretive, and they will not do this kind of behavior easily. Even if they want to cause killings, they will choose ordinary people, not us. A heavily armed army?”

The baron knew that the earl had never given up the land of Hamlet, so he secretly conducted infiltration investigations in order to one day be able to better control this area.

There are robbers and bandits running rampant here, and there are all kinds of evil and weird monsters, but there is no news of a cult.

Why did a group of cultists suddenly appear and attack me today?

Of course, they couldn't understand that the Ascension Sect's initial strategy for surrounding areas was to send preachers to secretly develop all those people into believers.

What they do is sustainable harvesting, which is hidden under the surface. Even if they cause killings, they will wear many layers of skin, such as robbers, bandits, evil witches, etc., for fear of attracting the attention of the church.

But the appearance of Lance directly broke the surface calm, and he launched a war without any scruples to wipe out a large number of cultists.

Coupled with the chaotic situation, it doesn't matter even if they are discovered by the church, because there are many cults popping up now, and they can be calmed down by just pushing out the believers.

The Ascension Sect can no longer pretend, so they simply let go of killings and create as many corpses as possible. Recently, not only refugees, but also some villages and towns have been attacked.

There is no reason, only ascension!

But these are not important to the Baron, having cultists is important to him.

Seeing that Alvin hadn't realized it yet, he could only add one more sentence.

"These cultists are so arrogant. Is it possible that the rulers here have become members of the cult? It is with their support that they dare to blatantly attack anyone who enters Hamlet?"

Alvin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he reacted in an instant and couldn't help but agree.

"That's right! Hamlet has been taken over by a cult. We cannot allow this to happen. We must save those poor ordinary people and rescue them from the rule of the cult."

There are no better reasons than these.

Under the influence of the church, there is nothing more righteous than fighting against cults.

Not only are barbarians invading, but also cults are raging. The more chaotic Hamlet is, the more in their interests, because it is more convenient to mess up the place.

As for what ordinary people living here would do because of the war they started, it's hard to say. They would be lucky if they didn't get their heads chopped off as cultists.

"Teacher, do you think we can take action now?"

According to Alvin's idea, now that there are cultists, those barbarians have lost their original role.

Of course, we should go up and kill all the barbarians while they are injured. We cannot let them escape like this.

"No~ they are still useful."

However, the Baron didn't quite agree with this and shook his head slowly.

"Why?" Alvin couldn't help but frown, he was a little dissatisfied that the teacher always wanted to let those guys go.

What he needs is a battle to prove himself. To put it simply, he wants to regain some face.

"To be honest, I am no match for that barbarian leader. They are still acting for that unknown purpose. They are afraid of losing the team, so they don't dare to fight us head-on.

But once we push too hard, they may give up the mission and turn against us. At that time, we will face those terrifying wilderness hunters, and a champion blessed by the barbarian evil god. "

The Baron didn't mean to hide it, but directly admitted that he couldn't beat the Wolf Warriors.

The reason why he is a baron and not a knight is because he is very powerful and is a strong man who can be called a [Master].

Now in his prime, his strength has not faded. It can be said that there are ten fingers that are stronger than him in Bastia.

What's more important is that he is not just a strong individual. What is really important is that he is a general, and his experience in combat is the most valuable.

And how strong is the Wolf Warrior who the Baron considers to be no match?

Alvin followed the teacher's words and couldn't help but think of the huge, hairy figure holding a long-handled battle ax...

When faced with the cavalry charge, the man wielded his tomahawk and slashed three heavily armed cavalrymen. The man behind led the team to tear through the blockade and reverse the certain death situation.

Alvin is very confident in his own strength. You can tell by seeing how he dares not wear armor when facing a night attack, and wields a long sword to cut down cultists.

But thinking about this man's performance on the battlefield, his restless heart calmed down a little.

Can't beat it, really can't beat it...

The baron who noticed Alvin's change couldn't help but smile in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface. On the contrary, he started to encourage him.

"Of course, in a war, let alone a champion, even a legendary strongman cannot escape death in the military formation as long as he is properly prepared, so it is not necessarily impossible for us to kill him."

The baron's words are not false. Being surrounded by thousands of people and facing countless longbows and heavy crossbows, no matter how strong you are, you will always be dead.

But he is not a target. What is the cost of holding back a legendary powerhouse?

"I estimate that as long as I pay the price of thirty fine knights, I can surround him. As long as you give the order, I will personally lead the team up and kill him at my own risk."

"No, no, no!" Alvin originally wanted to hear some other solution, but when he heard this, he immediately strongly denied it.

The only wealth my father gave me was fifty cavalrymen. What did thirty cavalrymen plus a baron mean?

If he had suffered so much loss from these barbarians, he wouldn't have to think about how to control Hamlet and just go back to his mother to feed him.

The Baron obviously guessed Alvin's reaction, otherwise he wouldn't have said those words, it was more of a warning.

It's not that they can't be defeated, but that if they attack forcefully, the losses will be too great. As a general, you shouldn't make such a blind decision.

The Baron was teaching him, but it was hard to say how much Alvin could comprehend.

"Are we just going to let them go like this?"

It's one thing to know the gap, but it's another thing to accept the reality. It can be seen that he still hasn't given up.

Alvin's performance also made the Baron a little disappointed. After all, he was still a young man and would not be able to remember it without suffering a big loss.

But now he can only briefly explain the follow-up plan.

"No matter how powerful the barbarian is, he is just one person. And now the emergence of the cultists has shown that the land of Hamlet is not as simple as we imagined. We need him to continue to cause trouble and expose more enemies. They will bear the responsibility Casualties are our best forwards.”

Alvin finally agreed with the teacher's idea. He would not touch the barbarians for the time being, but would continue to expel them and let these guys explore the way. It would be better if more cultists could be attracted to consume.

"You, continue to keep an eye on those barbarians. I won't spare you if they get lost again."

The conversation between the two was actually not concealed. It was said near the corpses of the cultists. The woman also heard a rough idea and suddenly came to her senses when she was suddenly called.

She was used to being called here and there, so she didn't talk nonsense and just left silently.