rise of empire total war

Chapter 498 Crossing the Esden Mountains

"Wait for me, Irk, wait for me."

In the dense woods, the immature female voice passed through the gaps between the branches and echoed in the wide valley. Hearing the girl's shout, the young man who was shuttling through the bushes turned around and laughed loudly, saying: "Ai Li Ya, you’ve been holding me back all day, if you don’t hurry up I’ll leave you here.”

"Don't, don't." The girl named Arya screamed, and hurriedly accelerated the movement of her feet. Although the boy said he disliked her, he still stayed where he was and waited until she caught up before continuing to move forward.

"Irk, why are you walking so fast!"

Arya asked humbly as she followed the young man, and the person in front of her laughed again, saying: "Can you blame me for walking slowly? Don't lose track of me anymore, here But there are many man-eating beasts."

Hearing the young man's threat, Arya recalled the case of beast cannibalism that she had heard about from her elders on weekdays. She couldn't help but turn pale with fright. She quickly grabbed Ilk's corner of his clothes, fearing that she would really Get lost and become food for wild beasts.

Feeling the pulling force coming from the corner of his clothes, a smug smile flashed across the face of the young Ilk. Naturally, he would not abandon this cute childhood sweetheart. Every time he intentionally frightened her, it was just to see how panicked she looked.

Not long after he was proud, Irk's face suddenly froze, and his footsteps also stopped, making Arya who was following behind him unprepared, and directly bumped into his back. The hard arm made Ellie Ya had a headache from the bump, and before she could ask, Yilkla squatted down her whole body. She only felt a big hand covering her mouth, and she couldn't make a sound.

"Shh." Ilk's voice sounded behind her ears, and the hot air that was blown against her ears when he spoke made her face turn red, "Shut up, I saw a lot of soldiers."

As soon as he finished speaking, as if to verify his statement, Arya saw a few soldiers in dark blue uniforms and holding long-barreled weapons walking out of the grass. Behind them was a long line of soldiers in the same uniform. Every soldier in the army was covered in grass clippings and dirt, with a tired look on their faces. Although they were embarrassed, they were still full of deterrence.

The two squatted behind the bushes, watching one soldier after another pass by less than ten meters in front of them. No one noticed them, and they secretly guessed where these soldiers came from.Those who can walk down the mountain, don't come from the Esden Mountains... Ilk thought to himself.

Thinking of this possibility, Irk felt a little startled. Living on the edge of the Esden Mountain Range, he knew very well how tall and majestic that mountain range was, let alone climbing the mountain range, even if he climbed one of the lowest peaks. Very difficult.

No, I'm going to report the situation here to the sheriff.Ilk made up his mind, he glanced at Arya in his arms, who was also staring at him with big watery eyes, as if asking for help, Ilk swallowed, and the attention he had just made up Suddenly shaken, he couldn't leave Arya here alone.

However, if the two of them act together, there must be a lot of noise. In his bones, the idea of ​​a man making a contribution has been urging him to leave quickly, but the feelings for Arya in his heart make him unable to abandon her.Just as Irk was at war between heaven and man, he didn't notice that the soldiers with long-barreled weapons had spotted them, slowed down their pace, and surrounded them without disturbing them.

When Irk made a decision and was about to take Arya away, he raised his head, only to find in astonishment that a black muzzle of a gun was pointing directly at his forehead, and at the other end of the gun barrel were several A soldier with a stern face, he looked around and found that all the escape directions around him were blocked.

A trace of despair flashed across Ilk's face. He subconsciously held Arya in his arms, protected her with his body, and then closed his eyes, waiting for death to come.He had accepted his fate, surrounded by so many soldiers, unless a miracle happened, he would not be able to survive anyway.

However, after waiting for a long time, Irk could only hear the soft sobbing of the girl in his arms, and did not feel the pain as imagined. He opened his eyes curiously and looked in front of him, only to find that the muzzle of the gun pointed at him had been closed. When they got up, a man who seemed to be an officer on a war horse looked down at them.

"Who are you?" he asked aloud.

Although it was just a short inquiry, Yilk felt a pressing sense of oppression. He swallowed, suppressed the fear in his heart, and said: "I, we are villagers of Ajitu Village, my name is Ilk, she is Arya."

"Very good." The officer on the horse nodded and continued: "Then, Ilk, we are going to your village, please lead the way."

Hearing this, Ilk refused without hesitation, saying: "No, I can't bring the war to my hometown."

"You bastard..." As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier couldn't help but stepped forward to raise the butt of his gun and hit him hard, but was stopped by the officer, who didn't show any dissatisfaction on his face , he looked at Ilk with great interest, and introduced himself: "Ilk, we are the army from the Holy Roman Empire outside the Esden Mountains. If you have been to a tavern, you must have heard it from the bards. Tell us about our deeds."

"Holy Roman Empire?" Upon hearing this name, the memory in Irk's mind seemed to be touched, and he quickly remembered the rumors about the war he had heard from a nearby town not long ago. In the rumors, the Empire It seems that it is going to war with the Holy Roman Empire, which has just unified the Vadasia Peninsula in the south.

"Did you come down from Mount Esden?"

A crisp voice sounded from Ilk's arms. Ilk quickly looked down and saw the tears that Arya had wiped away. He looked at the officer on the horse and asked crisply.

"As you can see, it is like this, beautiful lady." The officer said gracefully, he took off his military cap, and said: "I am Trond O, the commander of the third brigade of the First Army of the Holy Roman Empire. Elson, nice to meet you."

If these two teenagers from the country had heard of Trond's deeds, they would have trembled with fear, but they hadn't, so they were confused by Trond's current friendliness, thinking that Trond Being a good guy—well, being a nice guy probably doesn't apply.

After some conversation, Ilk no longer resisted this enemy army that almost fell from the sky. He took Arya's hand and walked in front of Trond, leading this army that had gone through all kinds of hardships to cross Ace. The mountaineering army descended to his village.

(End of this chapter)