Miss Witch, please respect yourself

Chapter 37
"Squeak-"

The gate of the courtyard was pushed open, and Red, who was wearing a heavy knight plate armor and a knight sword on his waist, walked out slowly.

Behind him, followed by two knights in full body armor and full-face helmets.

Walking into the courtyard, looking at the formal knights who were obviously lacking in spirit, Red frowned and shouted violently:
"Are you going to start a war with the Iron Mountain Territory in this posture?"

"Being timid before fighting is simply a disgrace to knights!"

The loud voice shocked the eardrums of the official knights in the courtyard, and among them the younger official knights lowered their heads in shame.

Looking at the formal knights in front of him, Reid looked a little ugly.

According to his previous temper, these knights must be scolded bloody and practiced hard, but thinking of what Master Roy explained before, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said sullenly:
"Now, everyone follow me!"

In the wordless silence, only the sound of nails rubbing against each other and the sound of heavy footsteps heading into the distance.

Red rode a tall horse and walked at the front of the team, followed by five formal knights who also rode horses. They were the small captains among the thirty knights, and they had all been immersed in the formal knight stage for many years. "Advanced breathing method" can be promoted to a veteran knight of the bronze rank.

Behind the captain of the knight squad, five formal knights were trotting, each following five rows, heading towards the junction of the Black Stone Territory and the Iron Mountain Territory.

There is the place of battle set in the "Declaration of Territory Merger Battle".

Roy followed unhurriedly at the end of the team. Several knights cast curious glances at him, but since Roy was brought by Red, they didn't dare to ask more questions. Guess who these two guys with the full-coverage helmets are.

And the figure in the same costume next to Roy is naturally the healing witch Shanika.

Unlike the Ice Witch, the Healing Witch Shanika is a service witch and can participate in battles openly.

When she came out of the "prison", she looked at the long-lost blue sky and white clouds, sniffing the fresh air, her eyes under the helmet narrowed slightly because of the comfort, and she felt an urge to dance in the sun.

She tilted her head slightly, and looked at Roy who was wrapping herself in the iron bump beside her, a bright smile was outlined at the corner of her mouth under the helmet.

……

Marching all the way, about an hour later, the knight team arrived at the destination.

This is a wide and barren gravel area, and small stone mountains can be faintly seen in the distance.

Starting from the junction of Heishi Ling and Tieshan Ling, heading south in the direction of Tieshan Ling, basically the terrain is like this, and there is no farmland suitable for farming.

Every year, the Tieshan Territory spends a lot of money to buy food from other territories, but even so, in the extremely cold winter, many citizens will still starve to death or freeze to death due to lack of food.

When Roy and the others arrived, there was still half an hour before the appointed time, and at this moment, the people from Iron Mountain had not yet arrived.

This made Roy a little strange.

Logically speaking, Tieshanling should be far more anxious than our side, why hasn't it come yet?
Could it be that something unexpected happened?
Shaking his head, Roy was too lazy to think about it.Unless Tieshan Territory gives up this "territory merger battle", they will come sooner or later.

As for them giving up the fight?

No matter how you think about it, it is impossible.

Once the "territory merger battle" is started with the permission of the empire, it will be binding on the territories of both parties involved.If the Iron Mountain Territory chooses to avoid and not fight, it is tantamount to admitting defeat automatically, which will cause the territory of the Iron Mountain Territory to be automatically merged into the Blackstone Territory.

The cool wind of late autumn is coming, and because the barren gravel area lacks shelter from the wind, the wind is even more bitter.

Feeling the deep coolness contained in the wind blowing in from the gap in the helmet, Roy knew that winter was approaching.

In fact, after the "Plenty Soil Festival" every year, the temperature will gradually drop. By the end of September, the temperature will be as low as negative. From October to the end of December, it is a cold winter that lasts for three months.

The heavy snow will block the mountains and roads, making trade very difficult. If there is no adequate preparation for the winter, it is common for the people to starve to death or freeze to death.

And in the cold winter, there will be a tacit truce between the Glory Empire and the Collet Empire, and the war will not continue until the spring of the next year.

The winter in this world is far more terrifying than in the previous life.

Roy's thoughts gradually drifted away.

10 minutes later, with only 10 minutes left before the agreed time, there were loud sounds of hooves and running in the distance.

"Ta Tata..."

Roy looked up and saw a large group of black cavalry rushing towards where they were.

The jet-black armor is precisely the fine iron ore produced in the Iron Mountain Territory—the high-quality armor forged from the black mine. The black armor is widely praised among many nobles in the Rafah Province.

It is precisely by virtue of excellent iron ore and superb forging technology that the lord of Iron Mountain, Lord Denham, has been able to develop into what he is now with a bitterly cold territory.

"Sorry-"

The black torrent stopped 50 meters in front of the knight team led by Reid.

Nearly forty fully-armed knights wore black armor and held weapons made of black iron. The air of iron and blood killing came oncoming, coupled with the strong sense of oppression emanating from the two burly figures at the front of the team. The hearts of the Blackstone collar knights trembled, and their morale dropped a bit.

Seeing the performance of the knights behind him, Reid was disappointed in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

He stared at the two burly knights at the front, and said in a solemn voice: "Lord Iron Mountain, and Jax the Bronze Knight."

"We have come to meet the promise of the war, and you, are you ready to die here?"

"Only by you? The tone is not small." Lord Denham, the lord of the Iron Mountain, did not speak. The bronze knight Jax beside him sneered: "I hope your ability is worthy of your tone."

"It's useless to talk too much, let's set the rules for how to fight." Reid's face was stern, and his right hand was holding the hilt of the knight's sword at his waist.

Hearing this, Lord Denham, the lord of Iron Mountain, took a few steps forward on his horse: "Red, I know your strength very well, and you must also know the strength of our side."

"There is no point in killing for no reason. Let's make a deal for three battles. You and I will each send three people to fight each other. The one with the most victories will be the winner. What do you think?"

When he said this, Lord Denham, Lord of Iron Mountain, had a faint confident smile on his face.

In his cognition, there is no suspense in this "territory merger battle".

On the side of the Blackstone collar, not only are there fewer official knights than the Tieshan collar, and their weapons and equipment are slightly inferior, but they are also far inferior in terms of high-end combat power.

He himself is a three-star bronze knight, while Jax is a one-star bronze knight, and Red himself is the only two-star bronze knight in the Blackstone collar. Even if it is one-on-one, he is confident that he can defeat Red within five moves, let alone Two against one.

Therefore, in his opinion, the "Contract of Three Wars" proposed by him is essentially a gift, a step for the knights led by the Black Stone to face some defeats.

It would be better if Red was willing to go down the steps. After all, battles would cause damage. These knights were saved by him through hard work, and every loss made him feel heartbroken.

But if Reid doesn't know how to praise, he doesn't mind letting the knights of the Blackstone collar die here.

And the result was not as expected by Lord Denham, the lord of Iron Mountain.

Facing the "Contract of Three Wars" proposed by him, Reid was silent for a moment and agreed.

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)