Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 225 Departure
Rhodes and Duke Ulver left the fortress on two war horses. The previous plague also infected some livestock, but it was much easier to deal with the sick livestock.

They chose to directly kill all the livestock infected with the plague, and then burned them with flames.

The two war horses were lucky. Before the well was poisoned, the groom filled their troughs with water. After the plague broke out, they were given boiled river water.

"Do you know which direction we should go?" Rhodes asked on the horse.

"The last time I received news was two days ago. They had just breached Nohara City in the southeast, so the grassland between Glory Fortress and Nohara City also belonged to us." Duke Ulver replied.

"Southeast? Why do you want to fight southeast? Didn't you say that the very famous Duke Elvis of the Roman Empire is coming from the east of the empire with reinforcements?" Rhodes asked.

"If according to what you said, the emperor was not sitting in that carriage, that is to say, if the emperor is not dead, then Duke Elvis' reinforcements would not be allowed to be commanded by him at all," Duke Ulver explained.

"Why? It is said that he is very charming and a natural commander. Shouldn't his soldiers respect him and obey his orders completely?" Rhodes asked again.

"It is because of this that the emperor of the empire dislikes and fears him. As the emperor's brother, Elvis should be a prince, not a duke, not to mention that his title of duke was obtained by his own military exploits. Yes, you must know that he defeated the Khan of the Grassland and captured him several times. After the last war between the Empire and the Grassland, the Khan of the Grassland vowed that as long as he was alive, he would never send troops to the Empire again. Because there are He, the empire and the prairie have maintained peace for almost ten years, as long as Elvis is still alive, the empire will have one less enemy." Duke Ulver explained again.

After listening to Rhodes, he also felt that Duke Elvis was a character, and he could be called a living legend.

"The king is going to fight with the army he brought. As long as the emperor of the empire is not there, he will still be in command of the army." Rhodes said again.

"Our king actually wants to fight him. It is false to say that he is going to rob supplies. It is useless for us to persuade him together. He doesn't even want to wait another year. If I am not familiar with you in the south I also want to fight against him in person." Duke Ulver smiled.

Not long after, the two of them came to a village that was burning with fire.

Rhodes rode his horse through the ruined village, but he didn't see a single living person, and the houses were all scorched and collapsed by the flames. In an open space in the village, he saw the corpses of countless villagers.

Their deaths were miserable, with blood everywhere around them, and their bodies were arranged in strange patterns, as if some kind of evil sacrifice had been performed.Rhodes felt the evil breath in the surrounding air, which reminded him of the mountaintop where he first encountered the Death Cult.

"This was not done by the army under the king's command. It should be done by someone from a cult. They secretly did this kind of thing while we were fighting to sacrifice to the evil god they believed in." Duke Ulver judged .

"The flames on the house haven't been extinguished yet, so they shouldn't be far away. Can you track them down based on the traces on the ground?" Rhodes asked. He got off his horse and squatted in a sunken grass field after being trampled by horseshoes. At present, this is probably the trace left by those cultists.

However, he hadn't learned anything about tracking, and after walking a few steps along the trace, he didn't know which way to go.

"The wolf spirits can smell the blood on their bodies." Duke Ulver's eyes turned the color of ice crystals, and three huge transparent frost wolves stepped out from behind him.

Each Frostwolf was more than three meters long, and the shoulder height was about the same as Rhodes' height, looking very intimidating.

They sniffed the ground and ran in one direction. After running for a distance, they looked back at Duke Ulver behind them, as if signaling him to follow.

"Although this is the land of the Roman Empire, it is good for us that those cultists are making waves here, but the civilians they killed are all innocent. Compared with knowing the situation on the king's side, they kill more innocent civilians. It makes more sense to kill them before." Duke Ulver said, "I can't tolerate this kind of thing happening in front of me."

Rhodes nodded, and he also supported this idea. Even if these actions would not be appreciated by anyone, he could at least get some chivalry points after killing those cultists.

This week he also thought clearly, compared with the meaning brought by the things he did some time ago, recognition and gratitude are not important.He didn't do those things for the approval and gratitude of others, but mainly because he had a desire in his heart to do what he thought was right.

Rhodes rode on the horse and followed the three ghost frost wolves. These three frost wolves were obviously in a spirit state, and it was unknown why they could move freely in broad daylight without being affected.

The Frostwolf was very fast, and it needed to stop from time to time to wait for Rhodes and Duke Ulver on their horses behind them.

"These wolf spirits are the guardian spirits of my family." Duke Ulver said to Rhodes on the road, "Although they are not as powerful as the living frost wolves, they have a stronger ability to cast spells."

Frostwolf is not an ordinary beast, but a kind of magical creature. They are countless times stronger than ordinary wolves. In addition to having a strong body, they also have certain spellcasting ability. It is said that some people have seen spellcasting ability and master human beings. Mage as powerful as the Frostwolf.

Rhodes nodded, and then he asked, "Does anyone use a living Frostwolf as a mount?"

"They can only be partners and cannot be enslaved. It is not appropriate to call them mounts. In our north, only true warriors can fight side by side with the Frostwolf." Duke Ulver replied.

Not long after, the Ghost Frostwolf brought Rhodes and the others to a stop in front of another village.

"You guys go back first." Duke Ulver said softly, and the three frost wolves gradually faded and finally disappeared completely.

Rhodes got off his horse and took out a Yanling Saber from the system space.

"Let's go in quickly, this village is eerily quiet, those cultists probably started their sacrificial ceremony again." Rhode urged, and then he walked towards the village.

Duke Ulver took out the two battle axes he carried with him and followed...

(End of this chapter)