The Sun King's Evidence

The next afternoon, when it was still dark, Raymond returned home. He lied to the knight's butler, saying that his mother was seriously ill and was about to undergo anointing to prepare for the funeral.

The knight's butler reluctantly agreed to Raymond's request for leave. Britannia's law has detailed provisions for serfs to be exempted from labor, including sick leave.

The spirit of chivalry is still observed by the nobles... at least on the surface. The laws are there, and the knights and nobles still maintain their fear of the fairy in the lake.

Raymond took the opportunity to return home early. He and his mother agreed to cook in the afternoon. After the family had a full meal, they waited for the riots to happen. Once the riots started, they immediately fled for their lives.

When the serf opened the door of his house, he was greeted by a burst of aroma. That was why the old mother reluctantly took out the seed grains to make porridge.

Seed food is the life of the serfs. Smelling this fragrance, Raymond was not only not happy, but also felt like a knife.

If there is no choice, who would want to do this? As a runaway slave, he leaves the land where his ancestors have lived for generations and embarks on a journey full of danger and uncertainty.

"Raymond, you're back? Eat quickly! I'll pack up some more things." The old mother was putting away the family's belongings, which included a large number of bottles and cans and some old clothes, which almost belonged to the family. All property.

"Oh, Mom, we have to run for our lives! These things are heavy and hard to carry. We can't go far like this!" But Raymond knew that the family had been hungry for several months, and a full meal was not enough for them. After walking too far, the eldest son decisively threw these things aside and signaled for everyone to eat quickly.

The younger son Thomas couldn't control that much anymore. His thin and dry face was full of longing. He grabbed the bowl with his little hands and drank porridge and ate bread. After finishing the whole bowl of porridge, the child He even stuck out his tongue and licked the bowl with responsibility.

"Eat quickly, Alang and the others are going to make trouble!" Raymond urged his old mother and brother to eat quickly. The serfs planned to launch a riot when they finished work in the evening. He also ate until he was full, and then took the remaining bread. Put it in a burlap bag, which was their escape ration, and then took out a handful of copper coins and a silver coin from the secret compartment under the bed at home, which were the family's last savings.

The riot was not a spur-of-the-moment move, but had been planned in advance. In the evening, when the serfs were finishing their work, the defense was at its most relaxed.

The sky gradually darkened, and the arrival of dusk did not make the village fall into silence. On the contrary, quarrels broke out in the direction of the knight's house.

"We grow food and we starve to death! Who are we growing this food for?"

"I don't care! There is food here! We need to eat food!"

"Vampire! Die!"

There were quarrels, fights, and thick smoke began to rise from the direction of the knight's house. That was when the house was set on fire. Raymond in the house was waiting for this moment.

The guards on the high wall of the village noticed the strange movement in the knight's house and heard the order for help. They hesitated for a while, and then decided to rush to the manor for support.

It's now! After Raymond confirmed that there were fewer people on guard in the village, the family sneaked out of the house. Lak from the house next door also appeared with his family from the house. Lak was also with a young man. He has two sisters. Both parents are deceased.

"Hey, Luck, are you ready?" Raymond whispered to his neighbor.

"Ready!" Another young man pulled his two sisters, also ready to escape.

"Thomas..." Raymond looked back and found that his brother was behind him, but his mother did not appear: "Where is mom?"

"I'm here!" The old mother gasped, carrying a large basket of bottles and cans that they had thrown away before: "Where are we going?"

"Oh! Mom, why are you still carrying these!" Raymond yelled angrily. He grabbed the big basket on his mother's back and smashed it to the ground.

"Wow!" A large basket of bottles, cans, bowls and spoons were all smashed into pieces.

"Oh! God! Raymond, do you know what you are doing? This is all the property of our family!" The old mother couldn't believe that her eldest son would do such a thing. She was so angry that she cried loudly: "You kid! If your dad knew you wasted things like this, he would beat you to death!"

"If we don't throw these away, sooner or later we will die on the way to escape!" Raymond gritted his teeth and pulled his old mother and brother: "Let's go quickly! If you wait any longer, it will be too late!"

While the guards left to suppress the serf uprising, Raymond and his party fled in the opposite direction, heading south.

They didn't dare to walk on the main road, and the group only dared to take the side roads.

What they saw and heard along the way shocked Raymond and Lark. There were corpses of serfs hanging everywhere near the village, and serfs were executed in groups.

In the faint moonlight, Raymond could see that some serfs were caught and executed as runaway slaves, some were executed after riots, and some were starved to death.

No matter what, the outcome is death.

There is chaos everywhere, robbers and bandits are shuttled in the dark night, Raymond and his party have escaped two waves of bandits, which attacked the village, killed the defenders, and plundered everywhere.

In the past, the knights would have dispatched troops to eliminate these bandits and bandits. However, the chivalry war five years ago left the guards in many areas of the territory in a stretched situation. The knights could only defend core areas and key roads. Without safety, many edge villages and trails have become a paradise for bandits, robbers, and beastman tribes. The knights still bravely fight against evil. However, the insufficient number of troops obviously means that the knights are not enough to protect all territories.

They could only try their best to escape southward.

It is said that the south is different from the north. It is the territory ruled by the Holy Grail Knights. The virtues of the Holy Grail Knights are trusted by the serfs. In fact, when a Holy Grail Knight passes by, the lords will restrain themselves and do not dare to go too far.

Maybe these Grail Lord Knights are willing to accept these miserable people?

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In this way, the group of people found a place to rest during the day and traveled at night. They headed south along the edge of the Arden Forest. After escaping for two days and two nights, they spent their last savings to sneak across a large river.

A few hours later, they entered a dense forest.

"Raymond~ I can't walk anymore." The old mother gasped, leaning against a big tree: "Let's take a break, okay?"

"Damn it, where are we?" Raymond had to stop and rest when he saw this.

After two days and two nights of crazy escape, the group no longer knew where they had fled. They lost their way during the escape. The nobles had fewer troops to hunt for the escaped slaves. Raymond knew that they had left Lyonnaise. The principality has entered the boundaries of other principalities, but no one knows where they are.

In Britannia, the vast majority of serfs will never leave their villages throughout their lives. They generally only have a few opportunities to leave their villages and go elsewhere, and they are appointed by their lords. Once they leave the village where they have lived for generations, The outside world was chaotic and unknown to the serfs.

In order to avoid the patrols of bandits, bandits and nobles, they did not dare to take the main roads, and in order to avoid encountering the beastmen, they did not dare to go too deep into the forest.

"Ouch~Ouch~" Raymond's old mother really couldn't walk. She had never walked such a long distance. Now her feet were so swollen that she could hardly walk: "Lemon, my Son, how long will it take for us to escape?"

"Mom, don't worry, come on, have something to eat." Raymond and his neighbor Lak took out some food, and they started to make a fire and cook.

After escaping, the two families ate better. Even though it was late winter, there was still some food in the forest. There were fish in the pond, and rabbits and birds in the forest. They found a big tree to sit on. When we came down, we saw several serfs whose clothes were not too thick. They were hunched over, hiding under the big trees, and eating their meals.

"Brother, I'm cold." Thomas, Raymond's younger brother, huddled up and said uncomfortably.

"Be strong, Thomas." Raymond put the bread into his brother's hands and whispered: "Be strong, everyone is cold. If we take a few days to get out of the forest, it won't be like this."

After simply eating something and boiling some water, the group was ready to continue setting off.

The dark forest always makes people feel frightened. During the difficult advance, several people did not even know what the weather was like.

"What time is it now?" Raymond licked his mouth, his nose was red from the cold. In the cold weather, serfs could only wear single clothes and a cloak covered with a lot of thatch. He didn't know at all. What time is it now.

"It feels like...three hours? Four hours?" Another serf, Lark, said doubtfully.

The sunlight could not be seen clearly in the forest, and the serfs could not tell the difference between east, west, north and south.

After walking for a while, the two serfs felt something was wrong.

There was a fishy smell in the air, and a low roar came from the forest in the distance.

It's Beast Man!

"Mom! Thomas! It's the Beast Man! Quick! Get up, let's run away!" Raymond and Lark looked at each other, their faces turned pale. How were they going to deal with the powerful Beast Man? They only had a few wooden sticks and two knives for cutting bread!

The beastmen were obviously aware that there were humans nearby. The targets were several horned beasts. They let out a shrill roar and then rushed directly towards where the group of people were. These were several ordinary horned beasts. They seemed to be injured. But even so, they are still not comparable to these escaped slaves.

The group was very tired after walking for two consecutive days and nights, especially Luck's two younger sisters and Raymond's old mother. After taking only two steps, the old mother wailed and fell to the ground.

She has reached her limit.

"Mom!" Raymond found that his mother had fallen to the ground. He turned around subconsciously: "Mom, go quickly! Otherwise we will all die!"

"No, I can't walk anymore. Raymond, take your brother with you and run away!" The old mother shook her head, her old face full of tears: "Leymon, take Thomas with you. You can run away. Meet the beastmen." I won’t be in a hurry to chase you until I have something to eat!”

"Mom!" Raymond carried his mother on his back. There were tears in the serf's eyes. He shook his head desperately: "No, it was not easy to escape. It was not easy to escape here. Mom, I will never give up on you."

The roars of the beastmen gradually came closer, and the shrill shouts echoed in everyone's ears, appearing so clearly in the dim forest.

Raymond carried his mother on his back and pulled his younger brother, and ran all the way. His neighbor Lakla grabbed his two younger sisters and ran for their lives together.

Several beastmen were approaching. Obviously, except for a very small number of humans, most people could not outrun such terrifying creatures as the beastmen.

"Ahhhh!" The first one to be caught up was Lark. The poor serf was gradually caught up by the horned beast. He pushed his two sisters away with all his strength, then turned around and tried to stop the beastman: "You guys leave quickly!"

How could a serf be a rival to a horned beast? In just two rounds, Lark's left arm was cut off while screaming. The beastman grabbed his body and tore it in half in the air, with internal organs and blood spraying all over the floor.

"Run away! Raymond." The old mother cried when she saw this: "Don't worry about me, I have lived for more than forty years, I have lived enough."

"Mom! Mom!" The short Thomas also cried. Not far away, the beastman was enjoying a long-lost meal. Although Lark had pushed his two sisters away hard, they Still unable to escape their misfortune, several beastmen captured the two girls and brutally ate them.

"We can't escape, we can't escape, maybe this is our destiny." Raymond also sobbed: "Maybe this is our destiny, Lady of the Lake, Lady Salia, no matter who it is, please save Save us, please save us!”

This may be the fate of the serfs. No matter how they try, the end is death.

"Help us!" Raymond's loud call echoed in the forest and spread far, far away.

The serfs were simply unable to fight against the beastmen, and this was their last desperate attempt to save themselves.

His plea for help did not go unnoticed.

A golden arc appeared from the depths of the forest, and almost in the blink of an eye, the raging beastman was cut into scattered pieces.

A giant over three meters tall with a golden helmet and golden armor appeared in front of the serfs. He was holding a halberd and wearing extremely gorgeous golden power armor.

The Raymond family was speechless in surprise.

The giant in the golden helmet looked at the dead Lark family on the ground, and then at the several horned beasts chopped into pieces, shook his head, and then said something incomprehensible to the serfs.

Raymond had never seen such a wise and powerful figure. He even forgot to kneel down and kowtow for a moment. Instead, he shook his head in confusion, indicating that he did not understand what the other party was saying.

"Another runaway slave..." The giant with golden helmet had no expression on his face. He coughed and said in low Gothic: "I mean, you should shout for help earlier, otherwise your companions will also Won't die."

"You...are you a god?" Raymond was still stunned.

"No, I am not a god, but I serve someone who is greater than the gods." The giant pointed to a direction in the forest and said: "Go that way, there is a new road over there, and there are people patrolling. If you see They just said that you are here to escape, and they will not make things difficult for you. Follow the path they pointed out, and you can go to the territory of Earl Lane, the Knight of the Holy Grail, where you can find work and food, so be diligent."

After saying that, the giant with golden helmet turned and left.

"Well, Your Excellency, can you tell me your name?" Raymond stopped him subconsciously. He knelt down and kowtowed, and then said in an extremely firm tone: "Although I have nothing, Thomas, my mother, and I must I will find a way to repay your kindness!"

"Name?" The giant turned around. He looked up at the sky, then shook his head and gave up the idea of ​​saying his name.

"I never leave my name behind when I do good deeds. Just call me Black Gloves."

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