She Is Not a Witch

The wind gradually died down, and when it was dawn, a layer of fluffy snow had piled up above the gap where the three of them huddled up to rest, and the firewood in the middle had also been extinguished, only a little white ash and half of the charred firewood.

After re-igniting the remaining firewood, warming the lower body, warming the clothes and shoes, the three of them left here.

After the snow stopped, the sky was much brighter. The sun shone on the snow-white ground, which was very dazzling, but not warm.

The guard held a wooden branch and swept away the snow in front of him to see if he could settle down, and then the three of them walked slowly through the mountain road.

Compared with yesterday's snowstorm, today's journey seems to be much easier, and at noon, the sun also provides a little warmth.

A little melted snow water flows over the rocks and gathers in the gaps to form a water flow. At this time, you can see a little grass hidden under the snow, which also makes the too monotonous world a little bit more vibrant.

Lily's breathing was a bit heavy, and she felt that the right hand holding Hals was also very sore and heavy. At this moment, she had to stop and was about to change the other hand.

But perhaps because of the accumulation of fatigue for several days, and not eating much, a sudden sense of dizziness surged up, making her feel a little dazed for a while, and her body fell to one side unconsciously, rolling down the snow-covered hillside.

The world shook violently, and for a while she couldn't distinguish between the sky and the earth. Various pains came from all over her body, and her heart gradually sank to the bottom of the lake, feeling that she was falling into a bottomless abyss.

Fortunately, Hells was released just now, as long as he survived, if he didn't have himself, the guard should be able to walk faster with Hells. The last thought flashed through her mind, and she also lost consciousness.

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It seemed like a long time had passed, and when Lily woke up again, it was already dark.

She felt something lying on her chest, and there was a faint cry.

At this time, Lily sat up slowly, only to realize that it was Hells in her arms. Although he was only about three years old, and he couldn't even speak clearly now, he still knew her mother. Seeing that Lily hadn't woken up Come on, the boy is very frightened.

Although born noble, but to him, his mother is everything in the world.

"Your Majesty is awake." By the dim bonfire, the imperial guard was there, but compared to yesterday, today he is also in a bit of a mess. His body is wet with white smoke, his eyes are tired, and he seems to be severely deprived of sleep.

"How long have I been asleep?"

"one day one Night."

"Where is this now?"

"Central part of Crocodile Tooth Ridge."

"How far did we go after that?"

"It's only about 10 kilometers."

Hearing this, Lily felt guilty and regretful, if only she could be stronger then.

"Fortunately, it's snowing again today. The traces on our road should be buried by snowflakes, and we didn't take the normal road. The enemy will not be able to catch up with us for a while." The guard enlightened Lily.

"That's the only way to go." Lily nodded silently, and then comforted Hers.

On the other side, also in the 'Crocodile Tooth Ridge', Darcy took a few high-ranking non-commissioned officers of Sequence 6, and shuttled quickly between the mountains, even at night.

Before setting off, they had already applied for the 'Night Wolf Potion' from the military. After drinking this potion, it can maintain night vision for one night. It is a necessary material for some special missions. The only drawback is the eyes The bottom will be reflective, easy to be noticed by the enemy.

But at this moment, what they want to hunt down is just a pair of weak mother and son, so naturally they don't need to care about whether they are discovered.

In the middle of the night, these people finally stopped temporarily and gathered together again.

"My lord, no trace was found." Several senior non-commissioned officers replied.

Darcy nodded silently, then looked at the boundless rocks and snow below the mountain.

According to his estimate of Lily's escape speed, the other party should be near this area, but unfortunately, nothing was found.

Perhaps this is also a common problem of outstanding people. They tend to overestimate their opponents, thinking that this is something that they will notice and think of for granted. But I didn't expect Lily to walk slowly because of the child, and stopped for a long time because of an accident. Now she is still at the outermost edge of the "Alligator Tooth Ridge". its staggered.

After searching within the estimated range to no avail, Darcy led his people to continue to quickly explore north, but still did not find anything. At this time, he had to suspect that the other party might not have chosen this road, but after disguised, Take the smoother and faster roads on both sides of the 'Crocodile Tooth Ridge'.

When the search was fruitless, the general led people to set up a defensive line behind the 'Crocodile Tooth Ridge', and set up checkpoints and inspections in cities south of the northern border to prevent the mother and son from going deep into the northern border and the ravens. Duke contacts.

In this way, when the three of Lily walked to the middle of the 'Crocodile Tooth Ridge' with difficulty, Darcy had already led people away, leaving only a small number of flying knights patrolling to monitor this area.

After discovering the knight carried by the giant eagle above their heads, the three of Lily had to change directions several times and proceeded along the hidden valley at the foot of the mountain.

After nearly two weeks, the three struggled to get out of this precipitous area, and what was waiting in front of them was a heavily guarded and well-stocked blockade.

The initial precious window period has passed, and now most of these cities on the north side of the 'Crocodile Tooth Ridge' are controlled by the new emperor's army.

But also because of the precious time that was delayed, the iron-gray flags in the northern border also gathered southward. They passed through the long wind and snow, and began to quickly approach the 'Crocodile Tooth Ridge'.

The weather is getting colder again. After the humid air from the south enters the north, it turns into fluffy snow and slowly falls from the sky, giving people a gloomy and depressing feeling.

'wheeze—'

With the sound of the horse raising its head, the horse's hooves stopped and fell on the cold rock, crushing the fluffy snow. Then the accumulated snow on the ground melted a little in the heat from the horses, and the surface also became bumpy.

A group of long-distance cavalry stopped on the hillside not far outside the city. Looking at the specially dressed soldiers at the city gate, they knew that the city had been controlled by the new emperor's people.

After resting and gazing on the hillside for a few minutes, the leading knight pulled down his mask, held the reins tightly, and then rushed down the hillside holding the iron-gray banner high.

After that, knights with worn-out armor followed suit and began to charge.

Born in the harsh and barren northern region, their equipment is not very good, most of them are armor passed down from their ancestors, and some cloaks are very dilapidated, worn out, and the thread ends are scattered, dancing rapidly in the wind.

On the old metal shields, some have patterns of some kind of flowers, and some have elements such as skulls and moons, giving people a simple and simple feeling.

After rushing down the hillside, there was a rapid bell ringing at the city gate, and then one by one new army gathered the rejecting horses on the road, and began to raise their muskets to aim.

The armor and metal objects on the horse collided with each other, making a noise on the mountain road. As they approached, the speed became faster and faster, and the spears that were originally erected were also put down in unison.

The first gunshots rang out intensively, and the blue gunpowder smoke filled the air immediately, and then bullets passed through the cold air and hit the metal armor.

The metal armor was dented and torn, and some bullets were bounced off, while some shot directly into the body, bringing up scalding blood.

Afterwards, the magic power of the long spear burst into brilliance, and the spiral position it brought up, like a horn, rushed directly to the wire-wound horse, smashing it to pieces.

Sawdust flew and shattered in all directions, but the remnants tangled with the wire, trapped and entangled the horse's hooves, and then fell to the ground.

With just one round of shooting, the soldiers in front were knocked away, and the knights behind were torn apart like vegetables.

Unlike the soldiers recruited and trained in the central region in recent years, these knights have been riding horses since they were young and patrolling the northern border. They expel monsters, guard fields, graze, transport goods, etc. Their driving and combat skills are far superior to ordinary soldiers. can not be compared.

There may have been a group of powerful cavalry in the central region, but many of the elites have long since disappeared on the expeditionary battlefield, and now the remaining ones have to perform various urgent tasks, and rarely gather in large numbers.

Quickly taking the city as a back road, these knights carrying iron-gray banners continued to head south, and began to approach the wilderness in the north of the 'Crocodile Tooth Ridge' step by step.

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In the open field, two figures galloped fast on horseback, and behind them was a line of cavalry chasing after them.

Lily sat on the horse with the child in her arms, and used her not-so-familiar driving skills to control the high-speed horse with difficulty, in order to get rid of the black and red figures behind her.

These pursuers were not many, about a dozen of them, and they were discovered while patrolling. Although Lily had already found a chance to buy riding horses in a small village, such horses raised by ordinary people, In terms of speed, it is far from being able to compare with those elite knights.

Hearing the approaching pursuers from behind, the imperial guard also showed a bitter smile. He looked at the messy-haired Queen and the innocent and young prince beside him, hesitating and making choices in his heart. .

Not everyone has enough will to face death calmly, and his age is still young.

"I used to envy the princesses and princes in those stories, but I didn't realize until now that maybe I should be more sympathetic to the little unknown characters in those stories."

After such a speech without beginning and end, the guard's horse speed gradually slowed down.

He didn't have the courage to turn his charge to fulfill the righteousness like Viscount Van Sden, nor could he completely abandon the queen mother and child and let them throw their bodies into the wilderness.

It can only be like this, numb and comfort myself, let the two go first, but I don't give up the only remaining hope.

Sorry, I'm just a mortal.

Comforting himself in this way, listening to the sound of the horse's hooves approaching behind him, the guard finally put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

Ever since he was learning swords with his elder brother when he was young, he has never been so greedy and clearly aware of the lines on the hilt, every trace of cold touch, the slightly rough cloth on the hilt, and the sharpness of the blade. The slight shudder of sliding in the sheath.

He gradually let go of the rein with one hand, and his body began to relax, while the fingers of the other hand slowly wrapped around the sword hilt.

Breathing began to ease, the snowy chill in the lung cavity gradually spread in the limbs, and all the scenery in the field of vision began to go away, only the sound of the wind at the side of the ear was so clear.

one second

two seconds

three seconds

When the pursuer behind him was about to stab the guard in front with a single shot, a brilliant sword light instantly swayed away.

The sword light flashed from the waist, and then cut a long arc blade, cutting off the spear that came from behind in an instant, and then the sword light continued unabated, and directly cut the cavalry of Sequence 4 in astonishment. Another cavalryman was also cut open and fell off his horse.

After the sword was swung, the imperial guard felt a sense of relief but an extremely joyful feeling, as if he had grasped a mysterious feeling.

This time, he finally stopped hesitating, accelerated a short distance again, and began to turn.

The pale golden magic power extended from the wrist, covering the blade and coating it with an unusually sharp effect. Then he started to speed up, launching an extremely dangerous confrontation with the oncoming pursuers.

The sword arc flashed, and the three cavalry were torn apart by it, and rolled off their horses, but the remaining cavalry in red and black still did not retreat. They clenched the spears in their hands, and stabbed out at the moment their teammates died, four The spear pierced through this high-spirited guard directly, making his expression of surprise instantly turn into astonishment, regret, and fear, and then fell down unwillingly and absent-mindedly, rolled into the snow, turned around a few times, and stopped moving.

After killing the last guard, these cavalrymen, like hungry wolves, fixed their eyes on the mother and child who were exhausted from running ahead. They pulled out the spare sabers at their waists and started to accelerate again.

Under the distant sky, on the snow-covered ground, several black dots are chasing and slowly approaching. A black dot in front slowly lags behind, confronts the black dot behind, and then blooms broken blood flowers. A stroke of land fell on the earth.

After that, the remaining six black dots accelerated again, slowly approaching the only black dot.

The whistling wind whistling beside her ears kept whistling, Lily felt that she had gradually reached the limit, and the horse beneath her began to breathe unsteadily. She knew that the last moment would eventually arrive.

When she was about to die, she couldn't help but quickly recalled this short life, and the pictures of the past flashed one by one.

Many small and unimportant things are directly skipped by the brain, only a few pictures are still deeply in the mind.

One of them is a scene where the family gathered to celebrate her after she received a letter of recommendation from Emenas. The older brothers and sisters showed envious expressions. Looking at the youngest sister, the mother brought her favorite cake, Almond powder is sprinkled on top, dotted with precious lydia cherries, and clouds are depicted with yellow cream below, which is as beautiful as a fairy tale.

Then there's the scene of her first arrival at Emenas.

The Bridge of Never Falling across the Lanjian River, like the relics of the great gods, gives people a strong visual impact, followed by Emenas's diverse and exquisite buildings, making her a nobleman from a small place Daughter is like entering a big city.

After that was the wedding at Titania~www.readwn.com~ She was standing on a tall float, and countless people crowded around both sides of the street enthusiastically. Such a scene was like a dream, so beautiful. This kind of unreality makes me often doubt myself.

And finally there's that sad night, the scene where Amank dies.

On the elegant stage, Aimanke sat with her and watched the grand opera and dance performance. A group of girls in exquisite dresses danced neatly, until the girl who appeared at the end.

She wears bright dancing shoes, and her graceful figure is like a snow-white swan. When she spins on the stage, the faint brilliance overflows with her steps, moving and dreamy. And when she finished dancing, Amanke also stopped breathing.

Legendary Secret Art Dance of Death, this is the most demanding but also the most splendid method among the ancient assassination methods.

At the end of the dance, the girl bowed to her, gave her a flawless smile, and collapsed on the stage like a lifeless puppet, before countless shouts of panic drowned everything.

Now, it's my turn too.