Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

Dense hoofbeats mingled with the sound of snapping vegetation.

The armies of the Blue Kingdom slowly approached the camp from the forest, using a standard crescent-shaped cavalry formation to gradually encircle the caravan.

In the camp, whether they were members of the caravan or other refugees,

all swallowed nervously as they looked at the cavalrymen wielding heavy crossbows and long swords.

Nearby, the caravan's sentry lay dead.

His blood spread across the ground in a crimson pool.

"My lords, we are not bandits, nor are we affiliated with the Swiss Kingdom. We are merely merchants passing through. If we have offended you in any way, I offer my apologies here..."

Just as the atmosphere grew tense, the caravan leader stepped forward.

He was now wearing soft armor and a helmet. Beside him, a caravan attendant walked out of the crowd, trembling from head to toe, carrying a heavy box.

He walked out of the crowd, not daring to look at the knights of the Blue Kingdom.

He bowed tremulously and placed the box on the ground, opening it—

The dim moonlight illuminated the shining silver coins within the box.

"Esteemed lords, this is a small token of our sincerity. We hope you will be merciful."

The caravan leader continued.

But the leading soldier of the Blue Kingdom glanced at the box of money on the ground, then shifted his gaze, looking disdainfully at the caravan leader.

"Not enough."

He said coldly.

"My lords, I support so many people, this is... our last money."

The caravan leader said through gritted teeth, but the next moment, the armored cavalrymen stepped forward in unison.

The aura of bloodlust instantly chilled everyone in the camp to the bone.

"Wait, my lords, we'll gather more... gather some more..."

The caravan leader's expression changed drastically upon seeing this, and he hurriedly waved his hand.

He quickly gestured to several caravan attendants to return to the camp. Soon, they placed a second box in front of the camp and opened it.

This time, it contained only a small portion of silver coins.

More of it consisted of valuables such as bracelets, jewelry, and rings—

"My lords, these are our last possessions. We beg you to grant us passage."

The caravan leader bowed again.

"Hmph, just this junk? Seeing as you're so obedient, I'll spare you for now."

The leading Blue soldier's eyes revealed a hint of greed as he looked at the money box, but he quickly concealed it.

After that, the Blue officer raised his hand and pointed to the carriages and horses around the camp:

"Leave these carriages and goods behind, and then you can leave."

The caravan leader's face turned pale upon hearing this, and the others also showed expressions of indignation:

"Sir, can you leave us a few carriages and some food... otherwise, we will starve to death!"

"Yes, my lords, please leave us a few horses..."

The caravan members pleaded.

"Oh, it seems I didn't think this through properly?"

The Blue officer frowned, looked at the people who had just shown expressions of relief, and suddenly revealed a bloodthirsty smile.

He raised the sword in his hand and pointed to the weapons and armor of the caravan guards among the crowd:

"All of you, throw all your weapons and armor on the ground!"

The caravan leader's pupils shrank upon hearing this, and a bad premonition instantly arose in his heart.

The other guards in the caravan did not easily put down their weapons and armor, because, having come all the way from the war, they already understood that when they laid down their weapons, they were giving up their lives!

"Lord, there are so many of us, and we have to travel so far. Without carriages, food, and weapons, we will die... Our carriages are also very simple. We hope you will be merciful..."

The caravan members pleaded.

But the Blue officer remained unmoved, a hint of disdainful killing intent flashing in his eyes. He raised his hand and pointed the long sword at the crowd in the camp:

"What does your life or death have to do with me? You think we're robbing you, right?"

He sneered, and with one hand on his spear, he picked up the corpse of the sentry on the ground, blood dripping from the sentry's body onto the ground.

"This is one of your men. He attempted to assault our Blue army, causing great losses, and his crime is unforgivable! And all of your belongings now belong to our Blue Kingdom!

This is your atonement, to compensate for the losses of our Blue Kingdom!"

"Impossible, how could our sentry possibly—"

The caravan leader was so angry that he blurted out, but looking at the playful expressions on the faces of the Blue soldiers, he didn't say the rest of his sentence.

He knew this was just an excuse.

"Sir, although we are civilians, if you don't leave us any way out, it will be difficult to end well."

The caravan leader's lips trembled with anger.

The Blue cavalry in front of him were not a large force. There were only about a dozen people standing in front of them.

And there were about the same number of caravan guards in the camp.

"We have already given you all the remaining money. We don't need to go that far, right?

I know many lords of the Blue Kingdom and have donated a lot of military expenses for your Blue war..."

The caravan leader still suppressed his anger and slowly said the following words.

After hearing his words, all the caravan guards tightened their grip on their weapons. They all felt the tense atmosphere in the field.

"Gentlemen, take these offerings and leave this place, as if we have never met, okay?

No one wants to get hurt, and you don't want to either, right?"

The leading Blue soldier stared closely at the guards in the camp, who were preparing to resist, and smiled:

"Okay, you are very brave."

Saying that, he made a gesture, and a guard next to him stepped forward and picked up the box on the ground with a riding spear.

After that, the cavalry of the Blue Kingdom slowly retreated.

"Huff... we escaped, they were actually so far away..."

The caravan leader breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lake beside him, giving a wry smile:

"Look, this is what the armies of those countries are like. I used to deal with them before. They shouldn't be like this, but I don't know why... after the first war started, they all changed.

I heard before that killing can change a person's character, but I never thought they would change so... thoroughly?"

The caravan leader said, breathing a sigh of relief, "It seems we have to leave earlier. Maybe that Blue army is a defecting team. There aren't many of them, and they are still afraid of death.

It seems we have to leave the Blue Kingdom's sphere of influence as soon as possible.

Little girl, don't go forward anymore..."

As the caravan leader spoke, he saw the red-cloaked girl in front of him suddenly raise her eyebrows.

"Hmm? What's—"

The next moment, a flash of bright sword light instantly swept out from Lake's hand!

"Ding!"

An arrow was split in half by the Star Shatter Sword and fell to the ground!

"This is..."

The caravan leader was slightly stunned, and the caravan guards behind him were already terrified, shouting loudly to warn:

"Enemy attack—"

"The Blue people are back again!"

"Quick, find cover! It's crossbows, Blue crossbows!"

Several arrows flew out of the shadows of the trees.

Caught off guard, many refugees and caravan members were unable to dodge, and several blood flowers instantly appeared on their bodies. They were pierced by the arrows and fell to the ground!

The figures of those cavalrymen were exposed again from the shadows, spears horizontally held, shimmering with deadly cold light.

The sound of horses charging shook the ground.

The previous retreat of the Blue cavalry was not to leave, but to provide distance for the horses to charge!

"You took the money, why are you going back on your word!?"

The people in the camp roared in questioning.

But all they heard was the noise of arrows piercing through wood.

In the camp, the caravan guards and other uninjured people had already taken up the weapons they could find and used the carriages and debris in the camp as obstacles.

But even so, they all understood that ordinary people's resistance could not stop the cavalry charge!

"Heh, a few merchants, you think you have the ability to hurt us just because you picked up weapons?"

The leading Blue officer said in a low voice, his eyes covered with red killing intent, "A merchant dares to underestimate us like this?

The Swiss people are one thing, but even you weak insects dare to threaten me?!"

A fierce killing intent flashed in the Blue officer's eyes.

He whistled and gave an order to the other cavalrymen—leave no one alive!

In the crowd, the caravan leader was so frightened that he lost his mind:

"Madmen, are they all crazy? Why... why? Why not fight the Swiss Kingdom, but do this instead?!"

He desperately directed the caravan guards to fight, but how could those foot guards resist the heavy armored cavalry?

In just an instant, several guards in front of the camp were about to be pierced by the riding spears!

The three knights further ahead formed a triangular formation, riding straight towards the caravan leader, the riding spears in their hands already shining with sharp edges!

Earlier, the two-meter-tall guard, who was most valued by the caravan leader, used all his strength to barely hold off a cavalry charge.

But the next moment, the Blue man's riding spear pierced the unarmored part of the guard's leg.

The guard screamed and knelt on the ground.

In such battles, the bravery of ordinary individuals can only play a very limited role!

"Die!"

Just as the caravan leader watched in despair as the cavalryman drew the long knife from his waist, about to slash at the tall guard's neck—

Another faint silver sword light flashed.

The three horse-riding riders stiffened before they could dismount, blood spurting from the gaps in their neck helmets. Their bodies swayed and they fell to the ground!

"These people are not soldiers, they are just... complete bandits."

Lake held the Star Shatter Sword in her hand.

The starlight of the Star Shatter Sword did not shine too much. When facing ordinary people, Lake could not fully exert the power of the Star Shatter Sword, but even so, those cavalrymen would still not be Lake's match.

Lake didn't want to get involved in battles between great powers.

But now, through the Star Shatter Sword, she sensed that most of these Blue soldiers were stained with the blood of innocent people!

"Poro, I think..."

"Of course, I have no objection, kill them all, they are just some bandits."

Poro licked his lips, his narrow eyes gleaming with a faint green light in the night, "Besides, these Blue people are coveting our carriage."

Poro withdrew his gaze from the location of his and Lake's carriage.

On that side, the two knights who were originally charging had already fallen to the ground. If someone were to perform an autopsy, they would find that the inside of their face shields to their heads had turned into fragile white chocolate.

"You, how did you do that!?"

The caravan leader looked stunned, and a question blurted out unconsciously.

But when he came back to his senses, he realized that the girl holding the long sword had disappeared.

Not far away, the cavalrymen who were slaughtering in the camp, relying on the charge of their armor and horses, suddenly began to fall down one by one!

Ordinary people couldn't react to what was happening at all.

Only a few highly skilled guards could discover the clues.

Beside those cavalrymen, sword lights flashed out of thin air where there was nothing, accurately and sharply piercing the throats of those cavalrymen—

They didn't react when they were still charging, and they were already separated from their bodies!

On the other side, small cyan and red vines quietly drilled out of the ground beneath the hooves of some high-speed sprinting warhorses, firmly wrapping around the rapidly advancing hooves!

These tripping rope-like spells, in just an instant, caused those cavalrymen to fall over on their backs.

"Uh—who!?"

"Someone is in the dark? Is it witchcraft?!"

"Could it be those strange Swiss soldiers—"

The pupils of those Blue people contracted.

Seconds ago, they were still aggressively trying to slaughter this camp full of "ordinary people."

But the next moment, they discovered that the ones falling like cutting wheat were not these ordinary people, but their teammates in front!

Even more terrifying was that they didn't even capture the shadow of the attacker.

"Who?! Come out—I will cut off your head with my sword!?"

Surrounded by several cavalrymen, the Blue officer waved his riding spear, his eyes carefully looking into the darkness, but he didn't feel anything.

He only saw his cavalrymen dying one by one in front.

"What exactly is it? There is something strange about this caravan, retreat first—"

The Blue officer's eyes were about to split, he had just said these words when the throats of the two cavalrymen in front of him splashed with a piece of blood.

This time, he saw it clearly.

It was a long sword hidden in the shadows!

"You are at war with the Blue Kingdom!"

He just wanted to say a word, but the next moment, the cold blade had already pressed against his throat, making him unable to say the next word.

"So, you slaughter civilians, also for your Blue Kingdom? You have already received the money, why do you still do this?"

A crisp voice rang in his ear.

Bearing a chill as cold as a sword's edge.