In the anime, Kira Yoshikage longs for a peaceful life

That is, there are also differences among the Saxons, and they are divided into at least two different forces.

These forces were fighting for the ownership of these equipments, and proposed to decide who would distribute these equipments by hunting. It happened that Kira Yoshikage and Altria broke into the forest and became the hunting targets of these Saxons, and were forced to kill them.

Although there are many coincidences, they are reasonable.

“Who is it that is colluding with the Saxons?”

Artoria obviously anticipated that there was a noble acting as a traitor, but precisely because of this, one can imagine the shock in the girl's heart.

In Britain, there was only one noble who dared to openly ally with a foreign race, and that was King Vortigern.

Although Vortigern, the humble king, succeeded in defeating King Uther and became the most powerful king in this land by colluding with the Saxons to invade Britain, it was also because of his collusion with foreign nations that Vortigern became the common enemy of other British kings.

But Vortigern's kingdom was far away from Ector, and he couldn't go to great lengths to use precious weapons to support the Saxons hiding in the forests near Ector. In other words, the people who funded them must be nearby nobles!

But colluding with the Saxons would be tantamount to making enemies with other nobles, so how on earth would they dare to do that?

"Isn't this easy to guess?"

Kira Yoshikage calmly guided the girl to analyze the situation. "The reason we support the Saxons with weapons is naturally because we hope they will launch an attack. The target of the attack is naturally Ector County, which is closest to the forest. Whoever can benefit the most from it is the mastermind behind the scenes."

There were more than two hundred Saxons in the forest.

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

Because the standing militia of Ector's territory only had 120 people, less than half of the Saxons. In addition, the forest was not conducive to the knights' charge, and even armored knights would be killed by the Saxons using the complex terrain and environment if they rashly entered the forest.

So it wasn't that Sir Ector didn't want to wipe out the Saxons, but he was really powerless and could only allow the Saxons to occupy the surrounding forests.

But on the other hand, since the Saxons lacked war horses, it would be difficult for them, who were purely infantry, to plunder Ector territory.

Because once the Saxons left the forest, the vast plain outside was perfect for knights to charge. Even if there was only one armored knight, he could rely on the speed and impact of his horse to charge through the crowd and kill them all.

To some extent, thanks to this strange balance, the two sides have been able to "live in peace" over the past few months.

But the weapons and equipment in front of us obviously do not belong to the Saxons. There is no doubt that someone wants to break this balance!

Even though there were only two sets of armor and the remaining swords were only enough to equip thirty or forty men, these Saxons alone were still unable to confront Ector. The fundamental reason for the inequality in strength between the two sides was that Ector had a large number of knights.

But what if there are no knights in Ector County? In other words, what if the knights in Ector County are restrained or even eliminated by others?

For these Saxons, the remaining 120 infantrymen in Ector's territory could not stop them at all. These infantrymen could only defend the village where Sir Ector's manor was located at most, and could not provide rapid support to the entire barony like the knights.

In this way, other knight lords would become victims and targets of Saxon looting.

If these Saxons were bold enough, they could even storm the manor, but it was unclear whether the 120 infantrymen alone could defend against it.

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

But wasn’t there a similar situation yesterday?

If Sir Ector led the knights to pursue the horse bandits and broke into Earl Walker's territory, even if Earl Walker did not attack them, but only led the knights to surround them, it would be able to delay time.

By then, if these Saxons took advantage of the chaos to rush out of the forest, wouldn't Lord Ector be faced with a situation where there were no knights available?

But if Sir Ector doesn't fall for it, even if it's not just Earl Walker's territory, he can only watch the bandits leave.

But once this success comes, the horse bandits will not come only once.

They would come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and each time they would flee in the direction of Walker Territory.

If Sir Ector does not pursue them, the loss of food will become greater and greater, and eventually most of the people in the territory will not have enough food to eat. These people will either starve to death or be used by "interested people" to incite them to rebellion.

But if Sir Ector continues to pursue, he will face the same situation as before -

They would be surrounded by Earl Walker's men, and the Saxons would take the opportunity to invade Ectorland and plunder.

Under Kira Yoshikage's guidance, Altria easily followed his thoughts and guessed the truth of the matter.

But why?

It was still difficult for Altria to understand why Earl Walker was determined to target Sir Ector. Not only did he have his knights disguise themselves as horse bandits, he even went so far as to collude with the Saxons to attack Lord Ector. What exactly was he trying to do?

Altria was totally unable to understand Count Walker's motives. Before she could think deeply about it, there was a commotion outside.

Artoria followed Kira Yoshikage out of the tent in confusion. The remaining people in the camp had gathered in the open space in the center of the camp.

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

At this time, most of the women surrounded a small number of women and children in the middle, and the crowd was filled with violence such as shouting and tearing each other's hair.

"Quiet!"

Altria shouted, drew her sword and cut off the wooden poles of the tent beside the road, causing the tent to fall to the ground without support. The loud noise also frightened the women in the camp, and they separated from the chaotic situation of tearing each other apart and stood in two distinct camps.

"What's going on?" the girl asked with a frown.

The woman who had reported to Artoria earlier stepped forward and pointed at the women who were protecting the children, her eyes filled with hatred and anger:

"It's them. They actually want to protect those damn Saxon bastards!"

Altria immediately understood the reason. These women were almost all captured and were full of hatred for the Saxons. Therefore, they even hated the Saxon children.

But there are always people who have adapted to this kind of life, or simply out of a mother's desire to protect her children, they choose to stand up and protect those children.

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

"These people are Sir Ector's property. They will be reduced to serfs. No one can execute them without authorization. Otherwise, they will be sentenced to death!"

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

Unfortunately.

Not all of the people she saved were grateful.

"Arthur, back!"

When Altria heard Kira Yoshikage calling her, she immediately turned around alertly.

A half-grown boy was approaching her from behind, trying to stab her heart with a dagger hidden in his arms.

Altria dodged the attack and kicked the boy away with her leg turned sideways.

Before he got up, Artoria walked up to him with a sword, pointed the tip of the sword at his neck, and asked softly:

"why?"

The boy just looked at her with hatred in his eyes and did not answer.

But Altria already has the answer -

I killed his father, so he certainly has the right to hate me.

But just because he had reason to kill her, didn't mean she had reason to let him go.

The girl's eyes were a little sad, but she stabbed the sword into the boy's heart without hesitation, causing blood to spurt out.

Since he chose to take up arms and resist, he is a warrior, not a child.

Since you are a warrior, you must be prepared to be killed before you kill anyone.

Kira Yoshikage stood on the outskirts of the crowd, watching all this quietly without saying a word.

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

"What's your name?"

Kira Yoshikage asked as he looked at the woman who was reporting to Altria.

"Aip, Sir Knight."

The woman hastily bowed her head respectfully.

"Do you remember the way back to Ector Lane?"

"Remember, sir."

"Take two people back to inform Sir Ector and ask him to bring people to take over this camp. If you meet anyone on the way, you can also tell them to tell Sir Ector to go now."

"Yes, my lord."

The woman nodded hurriedly, turned around and left, pulled two people from the crowd, left the camp and headed for Ector County.

Altria returned to Kira Yoshikage and asked quietly:

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

Kira Yoshikage shook his head:

"We are in a hurry, so let's leave it to Sir Ector."

"Ah."

Altria nodded, turned around and shouted to the remaining people in the camp:

"Sir Ector will be here soon. As long as we stay where we are and wait, everyone can survive!"

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In the manor of Ector.

Kai brought a dishevelled peasant woman to Sir Ector and said:

"Repeat what you just said."

"Sir Ector,"

The peasant woman knelt on the ground in a hurry and said incoherently:

"My name is Epp. I was taken captive to the forest by the Saxons a few months ago. Just now, Lord Arthur brought a knight to kill all the Saxons and rescued us. The knight asked me to bring a few words to Sir Ector, asking you to take people to take over the Saxon camp."

Kai immediately said:

"Father, Arthur is in the forest, we must bring people to rescue him!"

"I know."

Sir Ector interrupted him and said in a deep voice:

"Go and gather the knights and soldiers in the manor, and bring Miss Vivian with you."

"Yes, father."

Kai nodded solemnly and immediately turned around to gather the soldiers.

"It's just nonsense!"

Sir Ector had a gloomy face, and he felt worried and a little depressed.

The Saxons in the forest have been occupying the forest for several months, which is undoubtedly a huge threat to the territory of Ector.

But didn't he also want to wipe them out?

If he was really just a baron, he only needed to protect his territory.

Even at the cost of huge losses, he would lead his men into the forest to wipe out the Saxons.

But he shoulders a more important mission, and before that destined moment arrives, he must preserve his strength as much as possible.

Altria is a good child, she must understand her choice.

The only person who drove her into the forest alone was the foreign knight who called himself Kira.

Sir Ector suddenly regretted letting Kira be Altria's teacher. He had originally planned to use the opportunity of letting Kira be Altria's teacher to test out their purpose.

But he never expected that the other party would be so bold.

On his first day in office, he took Altria into the Saxon-occupied forest. What on earth was he trying to do? Even if he wanted to abscond with Altria, wasn't Morgan still here with him?

What is this? Extreme one-for-one?

Sir Hector was upset and couldn't understand the principle behind this operation.

But Kai had already summoned all the troops of the manor -

4 armored knights, 15 squire knights, and 120 infantrymen.

Including the father and son, there were six armored knights in total.

Of the remaining 120 infantrymen, 30 would be left behind to command the other serfs and free men to guard the home, so a maximum of 90 people could be brought along.

Although we can continue to call on other knights, time waits for no one.

They have no time to waste.

Sir Ector walked out of the manor and nodded slightly at the knights and soldiers gathered in the square. Then he looked at the veiled blonde girl and said in a deep voice:

"Ms. Vivian, Kira and Arthur are now in the forest, surrounded by Saxons. We need your help."