Lord of the Oasis

Chapter 484: The Farm that had been Ravaged

The knight corps who had successfully escaped from the canyon were led by the knight who had requested to rest to an abandoned farm.

They were very tired, extremely tired.

They needed to rest.

Many of the wounds on the knights and knight attendants were still bleeding.

They also needed to stop to be bandaged.

The rebellion army was wreaking havoc in the South County. The farmhouse, which did not have the protection of the private soldiers of the top noble, was almost robbed, slaughtered, and burned to the ground by the rebellion army.

This farmhouse was no exception.

White bones could be seen everywhere on the ground. It was enough to witness the cruelty and brutality of the rebellion army.

The original owner of the farmhouse was mercilessly killed. His body was abandoned in the wild and was eaten by wild wolves and vultures into white bones on the ground.

The wooden buildings in the abandoned farm had been burned to ashes. Fortunately, there were still some stone buildings. Although they were empty and dilapidated, they were still able to shelter the exhausted knights from the wind and rain.

At least, it was better than sleeping in the wilderness.

There were still more than a dozen stone houses left in the farm. To be able to build so many stone houses, it could be considered a big farm even in the affluent South County.

After all, the grinding of stone slabs was an extremely laborious task in this feudal era where productivity was low. Hence, the price of stone slabs was extremely high.

From this, it could be deduced that this farm might have once been the fief of a powerful knight, or it might have been the fief of a knight.

It could even be the estate of a fallen baron.

Now, it had all turned into ruins!

This was the case for most of the South County.

The South County still maintained the prosperous place of the past, and only the manor of the great noble was left. The large number of elite private soldiers had effectively deterred the rebellion army, which had once been a mob.

The rebellion army’s rampage had caused irreparable huge losses to the South County.

It was a huge loss.

Especially the destruction of the infrastructure. Even if the noble families of the South County suppressed the rebellion army in the future, it would take more than five years for the land that had been destroyed by the rebellion army to regain its former prosperity, it was impossible.

The stone houses were already covered with spider webs, and there were even some rats that had settled down.

The doors and windows had been removed by the rebellion army. The wooden doors could be used to make shields, and the wood on the wooden windows could also be used to make arrows and pilums. These ready-made woods were better than the rebellion army cutting the trees down themselves.

All the military equipment had been lost, and the knights without tents had no choice but to sleep in them at night.

More than 300 members of the knight corps filled more than a dozen stone houses.

More than 10 members of the knight corps who were slightly injured were sent by the grand knight to guard the entrance of the farm to guard against possible pursuers.

The knights in the stone houses took off their heavy armor and began to carefully take care of the wounds on their bodies.

The fine linen robes that were soaked in blood and condensed into blood scabs. The knights torn linen robes into pieces and used it to bandage the bleeding wounds.

The knights were all very quiet. The weakness caused by the bleeding wound, the exhaustion of running for dozens of miles after a big battle, and the low mood brought by the shameful defeat made them not have the mood to open their mouths.

After treating the wound, they were ready to rest.

They needed to recharge for tomorrow!

This place was still far away from the base of the knight corps on the front line. Their warhorses had been lost, and they would not be able to reach Maas Castle in less than five days.

Tomorrow, they would not only have to deal with the enemy soldiers they might encounter on the way back to the garrison of the knights of the front line, but they would also have to worry about food, because their supplies had also been lost along with their warhorse.

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“General, those fleeing fellows are hiding in the abandoned farm ahead!”

A desert bandits galloped over on his horse. When he saw Rolf who had already arrived, he immediately reported to him respectfully.

Rolf nodded. A thought flashed in his mind, and he asked, “How long have they been in there?”

“They haven’t been in there for long, less than ten minutes!” the desert bandit said respectfully.

“Very good!” Rolf revealed a joyous look. He gave an order with a sinister smile, “Guys, let us send those poor knights to hell. Their companions are waiting for them there!”

Behind Rolf, there were thousands of desert bandits and 600 elite desert bandits. With such strength, even 400 heavy cavalry soldiers from the South County would be able to take them down, not to mention those knights who were like stray dogs.

Five Sarleon Lion Knights in shiny plate armor and full helmets were riding on strong horses that were also fully armored. They followed behind Rolf quietly. They were sent by Baron Kant to protect Rolf.

Rolf was not the only one who enjoyed such protection. At this moment, Firentis who was in charge of Maas Castle, Manid who was in charge of the Drondheim Castle in the Oasis Lookout, James who was in charge of the Aaron Town in the Senwaya Range, as well as the newly recruited hero Baheshtur, they all had a few Lion Knights sent by Kant as their personal guards.

Only Bunduk, who had already become an apostle of the underworld, did not enjoy such close protection.

As an apostle of the underworld, Bunduk was strong enough, and he was not on good terms with the Lion Knights. If Kant sent the Lion Knights to protect him and without his presence to suppress Bunduk, perhaps Bunduk would directly fight with the Lion Knights.

Kant’s force was large now, but there were very few high-level talents who could help him with his affairs.

He had taken so many gift packs and only obtained a few heroes. They were all the most precious talents among his subordinates.

As time passed, he recruited more and more Lion Knights, which were equivalent to top-level grand knights. Kant naturally sent some to protect his important subordinates.

After all, although this world was in a feudal era with low productivity, there were extraordinary powers that surpassed the limits of ordinary humans.

Kant’s forces had already started a full-scale war against the South County.

In a war, they would do anything. He did not want his right-hand men to die in humiliation from despicable assassinations.

The South County had a very deep foundation. Kant did not know how many grand knights with extraordinary strength they had.

However, they definitely surpassed the North County and the East County.

Viscount Wayne of the North County could bring out nearly ten grand knights. Countess Agatha of the East County had lost six grand knights in Kant’s hands.

Even Dylan, an isolated baron who was excluded from the noble circle, could bring out three grand knights, including himself.