Rise of the Empire Total War

Sophia is very unhappy.

She has been very unhappy since she came out of Ravana City.

After making up her mind to find Richard, she first went to explain her wishes to her father, but Burris directly vetoed her after listening, and advised her to get rid of this idea, because Richard was destined to marry Stephanie of.

If Sophia could listen to what Boris said, there would be no follow-up troubles, but she would appear in Luwen City, obviously she did not listen to Burris' words. After breaking up with Prince Boris, Sophia ignored the latter's roar and ran out of Ravana City with her closest maid and a few guard knights.

Fortunately, they brought enough Morse coins with them before leaving, otherwise they would have to eat and sleep on the road.

"His Royal Highness, we will arrive in Luwen City soon."

After several days of rushing, Sophia and her party finally entered the territory of Luwen City. After asking the local residents, her loyal knight commander Buck reported this.

"Better hurry up, that guy Stephanie must be behind Richard." Sophia gritted her teeth and said, she even had a picture of Richard and Stephanie talking and laughing in her mind, the atmosphere Very harmonious!

Seeing Sophia's appearance, Knight Commander Buck thought for a while and still didn't tell the reminder he got from the residents, because even if he said it, Her Royal Highness might not take it to heart.

Just now, the residents he questioned kindly reminded Buck that bandits were active in this area. Those thieves were numerous and cruel, and basically none of the targeted targets escaped alive.

This made Buck nervous. There were only five royal knights guarding Princess Sophia with him, and these six knights had to protect two fragile women. Buck just felt a lot of pressure.

"I can only hope that we can reach Luwen City safely." Buck thought to himself, but at the same time he did not relax. He ordered the other five knights to be vigilant and guard against possible attacks.

However, the thieves still attacked them.

Seeing the tree trunk lying across the road, Buck immediately knew that something was wrong. He reflexively pulled out the knight's long sword hanging from his waist, hissing and roaring.

"Enemy attack!!!"

In the next second, several arrows were shot from the bushes on both sides of the road. These arrows with rusty iron arrows roared and flew towards the leader Buck. He got up, blocked all the flying arrows for Buck, and fell to the ground after screaming in pain, pressing Buck under his body.

The moment Buck fell off his horse, there were only screams and roars coming from the bushes, and a large number of thieves in shabby clothes and simple weapons rushed out of the hiding place shouting and rushed towards Sophia and her party in the middle of the road.

Although the guarding knights had been prepared, they were still stunned by the sudden attack for a few seconds. After reacting, they drew their swords and raised their shields to meet the enemy.

The Ravana knights are well-equipped and skilled in martial arts. Although they are few in number, they still have the upper hand. While the two sides were fighting, Buck got up from under the horse in embarrassment, and he didn't care to pat the dust off his body, and directly rushed into the crowd.

The sharp knight's long sword was full of power in Buck's hands, and every slash could take away the life of a thief. However, the crude weapons in the hands of the thieves could not cause effective damage to him, and hitting the chain mail had no effect except to make him feel a little pain.

"For Her Royal Highness!"

After chopping off the head of a young thief, Buck roared loudly, and the scarlet blood sprayed out from the enemy's hideous wound, staining the body of the loyal knight commander red.

However, the defense line of the six knights could not stop the thieves who were several times their own, even if the force values ​​​​between them were very different. As time went by, casualties finally appeared among the Ravana knights: a knight was cutting off behind the enemy's arm,

The nearby thieves stabbed their spears one after another, piercing the knight's body, and blood gushed out quickly. The knight fell to his knees unwillingly, trying to stand up and resist but couldn't.

The death of this knight seemed to turn on an unknown switch. Casualties gradually appeared among the knights, and the defensive circle became smaller and smaller. Everyone was gritted their teeth and reluctantly persisted.

"Your Highness, my subordinates will risk their lives to protect you from the siege!"

Seeing that the enemy could not be killed, Buck, who had become a blood man, said this to the frightened Princess Sophia.

Seeing that Her Royal Highness was unable to answer, he didn't care about the other party's reaction. He directly pulled the maid who was also frightened off the horse and rode on her horse himself. While the surviving knights were still resisting, he pulled the reins of Sophia's mount. Rush towards the weaker part of the encirclement.

Perhaps knowing the power of the horse's charge, the thieves along the way dodged one after another. Buck took advantage of the situation and charged, and was about to lead Sophia out of the encirclement. But at this moment, there was a piercing whistling sound in the air, and Buck's heart paused. Feeling bad, before he had time to dodge, a sharp arrow pierced through his chest. With only a scream, Buck lay on top of the horse and lost consciousness.

However, even so, the frightened war horse under Buck neighed and spread its hoofs and continued to charge, and unexpectedly rushed out of the encirclement with the unconscious Buck on his back, and ran away into the distance.

Princess Sophia, who had lost her protection, fell directly into the clutches of the thieves. Seeing the thieves gradually surrounding them with hideous faces, she screamed and passed out.

...

When Sophia regained consciousness, she was in a dimly lit room, and she herself was tightly bound by a rough hemp rope, leaning against the cold wall.

With the faint light that came in through the gap between the wooden planks of the window, Sophia realized that she was not alone in this room. Besides her, the maid who was thrown off the horse by Buck mercilessly and the two knights were all tied up and locked up. up.

Sophia also noticed that one of the knights was in a very bad condition. The chain mail on his body was stripped off, revealing multiple hideous wounds inside.

Seeing Sophia wake up, the other knight who was in better condition was a little surprised, he called softly: "Your Highness, did those damn thieves do anything to you?"

"No." Sophia was still in a daze, she shook her head and asked, "Toby, what happened just now?"

"We were attacked by thieves." The knight named Toby said with a wry smile: "The life and death of Knight Buck is unknown. Except for the four of us, the rest are dead."

"Where are we now?" Sophia continued to ask.

"We were caught by thieves and locked up in their lair. I don't know exactly where."

"Then...can we escape?"