From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

The Verdon soldiers on the opposite side didn't pay much attention to the scouts. But when they saw Lan and the others, they immediately put their hands on their weapons and gradually formed a formation with each other.

They were so nervous only because the four of Lan and En stood out from the crowd.

You must know that even if they are attendants, the three of Sward are all wearing scales. And it can be seen at a glance that it is a high-end product with special armor design and reinforcement according to personal fighting style.

Sward, who had been an apprentice blacksmith, also wore a layer of chain mail as a lining under the scales, which looked very bluffing.

Lann, on the other hand, was wearing a knight's plate armor, and he was riding Hei Feng, who was obviously higher than other horses around him. The golden lion's aristocratic coat of arms on his chest raised his head and roared in the sunlight.

"Where are you coming from and where are you going?" A short, fat man called out to Lan En. His face was dark and wrinkled, like a dried plum, and he was wearing a green uniform, with a bow and a quiver with white arrows on his back.

Sward clapped his horse forward, and it was his time again.

"In front of you is the lord of Brokilon, the young lion of Cintra, Earl Lann Lannister Ray Allen! Who are you?"

Hearing Sward's words, Verdon's soldiers were in a commotion.

"The young lion of Cintra? Is that the kid who somehow became the champion of the martial arts at the age of fifteen?" Some soldiers exchanged in low voices, accompanied by sneers.

"What does this mean, the men in Sintra are no match for a child in swordsmanship?"

Although the soldier's voice was low, it was enough to be heard in the confrontation between the two sides.

"Bold!" Sward instantly blushed, and pulled out his sword at the same time as House. Ace also bent his bow and set his arrow, with a fierce look on his face.

A servant will never allow the lord whom he is loyal to be insulted in the slightest. Their bounden duty is to defend the glory of their lord to the death.

Seeing Lan En's side making an attack intention, and Wei Deng's side not to be outdone, they showed their weapons in unison, and the atmosphere on both sides suddenly became tense.

In this tense atmosphere, only Lan's emotions and movements remained unchanged.

"Answer your question: I came from Sintra to look for our princess, and now I want to go there—" he said slowly, raising his hand and pointing to the Weeden soldiers far away. "What happened there?"

Everyone shifted their eyes slightly toward the direction of Lann's finger——

Ahead, a large tree with lush branches fell on the road. The stump was in the bushes by the side of the road, along with long strips of white splinters. In front of the broken tree was a carriage covered with a tarpaulin. Several long-haired ponies fell on the road, tangled with the handlebars and reins, their bodies full of sharp arrows, and their yellow teeth showing. One of them was still alive, snorting heavily and kicking with both feet.

The sand was stained with blood, and human corpses were also scattered, some clinging to the carriage, and some getting caught in the wheels.

"I don't know if it's the earl face to face, it's really rude." Facing Lan's question, the short and fat man gave a non-standard salute.

Behind the chunky man, a squint-eyed soldier waved to all the soldiers to put their weapons away again. The squint-eyed soldier wore a frayed bracer on his left forearm, the kind worn by archers.

"We are King Evel's men, soldiers of Nastrog. They were also sent to look for Princess Sirila. It's great to meet you, Lord Earl here." The chunky man laughed, "Actually, we I just came here to check the situation, it seems that the dryad attacked a caravan."

Nastrog is the capital of Verden.

The chunky man wiped his eyes pretendingly: "Our commander is Baron Faithnet, and the poor baron also died at the hands of the dryad."

"Lord Earl, this is a caravan from Sintra." Levince immediately stepped forward and whispered to Lann, "But the situation is not quite right..."

Lan nodded and waved his hand to signal his soldiers to also put away their weapons, but with the other hand behind his back, he made a few concealed gestures towards the attendants.

Although Levin couldn't understand this gesture, he was smart enough to immediately understand Lann's intentions, and he secretly gestured towards the scouts with a secret signal that only they knew, with his hands behind his back.

Seeing Lan En's side put away their weapons, the short and fat man smiled relaxedly, and continued, "Is the caravan from Sintra actually being attacked? That's really too bad."

The squint-eyed soldier turned his body slightly, and said as if introducing: "The scene is obvious: the caravan carriage was advancing along the road and hit a broken tree.

The pine tree fell in the middle of the road. It had just been felled, and there were still marks in the bushes. When the merchant came down to remove the trees, the dryad attacked from three directions. Arrows are made of dryads: feathers glued together with resin, feathers soaked in sap..."

The chunky man nodded and echoed, "These evil dryads killed passing caravans, and possibly the poor princess. The four kings around here—I don't mean to offend Sintra—have been unwilling to Hurt these 'kind and friendly' dryads. I plan to go back and report to our majesty that it's time to punish these dryads... punish...how do you pronounce that word?"

"Punishment." Lan En kindly reminded.

"Yes, punishment!" The short and fat man called out, "You think so too, Lord Earl? It's great to have your support!"

Lann smiled, of course no one could see his expression stuffed inside the helmet.

"But." Lan pointed at the corpses and interrupted the chunky man. "In my opinion, a few of them survived the arrows, but were killed with knives in the end."

"Yes, yes, these dryads are so cruel." The short fat man sighed, "Please also report this to His Majesty the King of Cintra. It is urgent to punish Brokilon's dryads."

"But let me say, a caravan is not enough for Cintra to send an army here. You have to work harder."

Before Lan En could finish his sentence, he suddenly knocked on the horse's belly, and the black wind rushed out as if it had turned into a real wind.

"Like—kill our princess for the Dryads, right? Verdon's offal!"

Ace drew his bow and set his arrows at an astonishing speed, and shot three consecutive arrows with three "swish swish" sounds, and the arrows flew towards their horses without the opponent reacting.

It was Ran who taught Ace to shoot people first. Horses are larger and generally not armored.

Most people would not choose to hurt horses even in battle, because horses are precious and good trophies.

But the Lannisters don't have that need.

Suddenly, a group of people behind Verdon turned their backs, and the frightened horses overturned the knights and disrupted their formation. One unlucky guy was pinned down by the lower body of the horse, and the soldiers who got close even heard the crisp sound of bone fractures clearly.

Levin was already ready to organize and charge with the scouts, but he did not expect that the earl, who was supposed to be in the rear and commanded, rushed out first.

Followed closely by his loyal attendants Sward and House.

This made him pale with shock, but also excited.

"For the Earl!" The young man shouted and charged forward "For Cintra!"

"For the Earl, for Sintra!" No one could refuse to charge for a leading Earl.

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