In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

When Kira Yoshikage opened the wooden box, Artoria's heart sank even further, and she asserted:

"This is not a Saxon thing!"

It wasn't that she looked down on the Saxons, but rather it was an objective fact.

Because inside the wooden crate was a complete set of gleaming knight's armor!

The Saxons were merely a foreign people, essentially a group of bandits and barbarians. They had neither blacksmiths nor metallurgical technology, and there were no iron mines in the forests for them to mine. Lacking everything, the Saxons were incapable of forging weapons, not even the simplest swords.

Therefore, most of them used very sharp axes, or swords that were already dull and chipped, or even simple spears, which made it impossible for them to forge such fine armor!

Artoria looked down at the blood-stained longsword in her hand; she had found it strange before.

How could these barbarians have such good weapons?

One or two weapons could be attributed to being seized from careless knights, but such a large quantity of weapons suggests only one possibility:

They have nobles secretly supporting them!

Chapter 239 Throughout history, the pig's tactics have been successfully employed by people.

Yoshikage Kira took a longsword out of the box. The bright silver blade gleamed brilliantly in the sunlight filtering through the leaves.

By the standards of smelting in this era, this sword is definitely a masterpiece.

The longsword in Artoria's hand also belongs to this category; the person who used this sword before was probably a Saxon leader.

Such weapons would be quite valuable even in noble territories, yet they were being given away to the Saxons for free—enough to arm thirty or forty men. Even for the nobles, this was a considerable investment.

Sending out so many weapons at once is definitely a big deal.

But the problem is...

Now that they had the weapons, why didn't these Saxons distribute them all instead of leaving them to gather dust in the warehouse?

After much thought, Yoshikage Kira could only come up with one possibility—

That is, there were also divisions within the Saxons, and they were divided into at least two different factions.

These factions were vying for ownership of the equipment and proposed deciding who would receive it through a hunt. Kira Yoshikage and Artoria happened to wander into the forest and became the target of these Saxons, who then wiped them out.

Although there are many coincidences, they are quite reasonable.

"They're actually colluding with the Saxons! Who is it?"

Artoria had obviously anticipated that there was a nobleman acting as a traitor, and that was precisely why the girl was so shocked.

In Britain, there was only one nobleman who dared to openly ally with a foreign race: King Vortigern.

Although King Vortigern succeeded in defeating King Uther and becoming the most powerful king in Britain by colluding with the Saxons to invade the country, it was precisely because of his alliance with foreign tribes that Vortigern became the common enemy of all the other kings of Britain.

However, Vortigern's kingdom was far from the territory of Hector, and he couldn't possibly go to the trouble of using his precious weapons to support the Saxons hiding in the forests near Hector. In other words, their sponsors must have been nearby nobles!

But colluding with the Saxons is tantamount to making enemies of other nobles. How dare they do that?

"Isn't this easy to guess?"

Yoshikage Kira calmly guided the girl through the analysis, "Supporting the Saxons with weapons is naturally intended to encourage them to launch an attack. The target of the attack is naturally the territory of Hector, which is closest to the forest. And whoever can benefit the most from it is the mastermind behind it all."

There are more than two hundred Saxons in the forest.

Is it a lot? Not much, but not a small amount either.

Because the standing militia of Ector's territory numbered only 120 men, less than half the size of the Saxons. In addition, the forest was not conducive to knightly charges; even armored knights who rashly entered the forest would be counter-attacked by the Saxons using the complex terrain and environment.

So it wasn't that Sir Hector didn't want to wipe out the Saxons, but rather that he was powerless to do so and could only let the Saxons occupy the surrounding forests.

Conversely, the Saxons, lacking warhorses, found it difficult to raid Ector territory as they were purely infantry.

Because once the Saxons left the forest, the vast plains outside were perfect for a knight's charge. Even a single armored knight could use the speed and momentum of his warhorse to rampage through the crowd, cutting through and out of the enemy ranks.

To some extent, thanks to this strange balance, the two sides have been able to 'coexist peacefully' for the past few months.

But these weapons and equipment that clearly do not belong to the Saxons are undoubtedly meant to disrupt this balance!

Despite having only two sets of armor and enough swords to equip only thirty or forty men, these Saxons were still no match for the territory of Hector. The fundamental reason for this disparity in strength lay in the fact that Hector possessed a large number of knights.

But what if there are no knights in the territory of Ector? Or what if the knights of the territory of Ector are restrained or even eliminated by others?

For these Saxons, the remaining 120 infantrymen of Hector's territory were simply no match for them. At best, these infantrymen could only hold the village where Sir Hector's manor was located, and could not provide rapid support to the entire baronial territory like the knights.

In this way, other knightly territories would become victims, targets for Saxon raids.

If these Saxons were bold enough, they might even storm the manor, and it would be uncertain whether those 120 infantrymen could defend it.

Although under normal circumstances, these knights are unlikely to be easily restrained.

But wasn't yesterday a similar situation?

If Sir Hector leads his knights in pursuit of the bandits and enters Earl Walker's territory, even if Earl Walker doesn't attack them, simply surrounding them with his knights would buy him time.

If these Saxons were to break out of the forest in the chaos, wouldn't the territory of Ector be left without any knights?

But if Sir Hector doesn't fall for it, and it's not just Earl Walker's territory that's affected, then he can only watch helplessly as the bandits leave.

But once they succeed this time, the bandits won't just come once.

They'll come back tomorrow, and the day after, and each time they'll run towards Walker's territory.

If Sir Hector continues to delay, the food losses will only increase, eventually leading to most of his people going hungry. These people will either starve to death or be exploited by those with ulterior motives to incite a rebellion.

But if Sir Hector continues his pursuit, he will face the same situation as before—

They will be besieged by Count Walker's men, and the Saxons will take the opportunity to raid Hector's territory.

Guided by Yoshikage Kira, Artoria easily deduced the truth of the matter by following his line of thought.

But why?

Artoria still couldn't understand why Earl Walker was so determined to target Sir Hector. He not only had his knights disguise themselves as bandits, but he even went so far as to collude with the Saxons to take down Hector. What was he after?

Artoria couldn't understand Count Walker's motives at all, and before she could think about it further, a commotion broke out outside.

Artoria followed Kira Yoshikage out of the tent with a puzzled look. The remaining people in the camp had already gathered in the open space in the center of the camp.

There were more than seventy people in total, most of whom were women, and only a few were children.

At this moment, most of the women surrounded a small group of women and children, and the crowd was filled with shouting and violence, including hair-pulling.

"Quiet!"

Artoria shouted, drew her longsword, and chopped down the wooden poles of a roadside tent, causing the unsupported tent to collapse with a crash. The loud noise silenced the women in the camp, who separated from their chaotic fighting and stood in two distinct camps.

"What happened?" the girl asked, frowning.

The woman who had previously reported to Artoria stepped forward, pointing to the women protecting the children, her eyes filled with hatred and anger:

"It was them! They actually tried to protect those damned Saxon bastards!"

Artoria immediately understood the reason: these women were almost all abducted and filled with hatred for the Saxons, so they also harbored hatred for the Saxon children.

But some people have already adapted to this kind of life, or simply out of a mother's desire to protect her child, they choose to step forward and protect those children.

Artoria calmly analyzed the current situation, walked to the center of the two groups, faced the group with more people, and said calmly:

“These people are all Sir Hector’s property. They will be reduced to serfs, and no one is allowed to execute them without authorization; otherwise, they will all be sentenced to death!”

The women all lowered their heads in fear, not daring to look up and meet the eyes of the girl in front of them.

Unfortunately.

Not all of the people she saved were filled with gratitude.

"Arthur, behind you!"

Artoria heard Kira Yoshikage calling her and immediately turned around alertly.

A teenage boy was creeping up from behind, trying to plunge a dagger hidden in his arms into her heart.

Artoria dodged the attack and swung her leg to the side, sending the boy flying.

Before he could get up, Artoria walked up to him with her sword, pointed the tip at his neck, and asked softly:

"why?"

The boy just stared at her with hateful eyes and didn't answer.

But Artoria already has the answer—

He killed his father, so of course he has the right to hate him.

However, just because he had a reason to assassinate her doesn't mean she had a reason to let him go.

The girl's eyes were filled with sadness, but she still plunged the longsword into the boy's heart without hesitation, causing blood to gush out.

Since he chose to take up arms and fight back, he is a soldier, not a child.

Since you are a soldier, you should be prepared to be killed before you kill.

Yoshikage Kira stood on the periphery of the crowd, watching everything quietly without saying a word.

Although he is somewhat obsessed with chivalry, he is at least not pedantic.

"What's your name?"

Kira Yoshikage looked at the woman who had reported to Artoria and asked.

“Ep, Sir Knight.”

The woman quickly and respectfully lowered her head.

"Do you still remember the way back to Hector's territory?"

“I remember, sir.”

"Take two men back to inform Sir Hector that he should bring men to take over the camp. If you encounter anyone along the way, tell them to pass on the message to Sir Hector that he should go now."

"Yes, my lord."

The woman nodded hastily, turned around and left, pulling two people from the crowd and heading out of the camp towards the territory of Hector.

Artoria returned to Kira Yoshikage's side and whispered:

"Teacher, are we just going to leave these people alone?"

Yoshikage Kira shook his head: