The battle in the city was still going on.
The fierce attack of the three major Faustian corps had thrown the Shalorian soldiers guarding the city into disarray. After the city gates fell one after another, except for a few soldiers who chose to fight to the death, the rest of the soldiers fled into the city and started fighting with the Faustian soldiers in the streets.
"Come, come!" Miller hurriedly called out to Aun behind him.
Although Aun wasn't short and had a lot of strength, he couldn't run fast. Miller had slowed down a lot, but Aun still couldn't keep up with him.
"Come quickly!" Miller couldn't take it anymore. He stepped forward and grabbed Aun, pulling him into the city. At this moment, there were countless Shalorian soldiers around them, all running towards the inner part of the city. Behind them, there was an orderly Faustian army that was approaching step by step.
If it weren't for Aun pushing Miller during the Faustian attack, allowing him to dodge an arrow, Miller wouldn't have cared about this big guy's life.
Millet had lived in Audis for more than 20 years, and he remembered every alley clearly. Although his speed had slowed down a lot as he pulled Aun along, he still managed to pull away from the rest of the Shalorian soldiers and the Faustian soldiers behind him after making a few turns.
Miller didn't let his guard down and continued running for a long time before stopping to take a break.
Holding onto their knees, the two of them panted heavily. This was a spacious street. In the past, there would be people coming and going on both sides of the street. There were all kinds of shops, and the sounds of servants hawking their wares and customers bargaining could be heard incessantly.
But at this moment, there was only the tightly shut door, and it was completely empty.
"Where are we going?" Aun asked in a muffled voice. He had never been a person with his own opinions and always liked to listen to others' opinions.
Miller rolled his eyes at him. "Of course we're going home. Are you going to fight the Faustians with your life?" When Miller was escaping, he took the time to look back and found that the Faustian soldiers were only encircling the Shalorian defenders. They didn't invade the houses in the city.
The Shalorian nobles had been spreading the word about the brutality and brutality of the Faustian soldiers. But from the scene just now, Miller felt that this wasn't the case. The nobles might be intimidating them.
"But the nobles said that the Faustians would kill all of us," Aun continued.
"So be it," Miller said nonchalantly. "They're going to die sooner or later anyway. The Shalorian army has already been defeated. I want to be with my family before I die. "Miller thought of his two lovely children and his beautiful wife.
The food hidden in his chest was still warm. He had just received it in the afternoon and wanted to bring it back for his family.
This was the sorrow of being a nobody. Miller was powerless to resist and could only accept his fate.
When Miller finished resting and straightened his back to leave, he realized that Aoun was still standing in place.
"Go! Don't tell me you want to be buried with the nobles? " After a while, the battle cries behind him grew louder. He had to leave this place as soon as possible.
"I-I don't have a home." As Orne spoke, he lowered his head. This 1.8-meter-tall burly man was choking with tears in his eyes.
"Where's your family?" As soon as Miller asked, he wanted to slap himself. From Aoun's distinct northern accent and his current words, it was obvious that he had fled from the north.
"They're all dead," Aoun replied. His straightforward words made Miller's heart feel stifled. At least he still had a wife and children, but Aoun was all alone.
Seeing that Aoun was still in place and was about to leave, Miller put down his foot that he had already taken a step forward. Strictly speaking, Aoun was Miller's savior. Although Miller was only a tavern boy, he was still someone who valued relationships and righteousness.
"Follow me first!" Without saying another word, Miller stepped forward and grabbed Aoun's arm.
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"Where are we?" Kristin asked Laffey curiously. Although she was the little princess of a margrave's family, she had never strolled around Audis in her entire life and was very unfamiliar with the city.
"This should be the southwest of the city," Laffey replied. She had been trained to be a maid since she was young. When she was young, she often followed the head maid, the nanny and the others to various places in Audis to buy things. Her familiarity with Audis was no less than that of an old man who had lived in the city for decades.
Locke brought them into the city through the west gate. His idea was to take advantage of the chaos of the war to send the three of them out first. It would be best to send them directly to Henry, who was in the supply camp's caravan. Then, he would come back to find the troops.
It was late at night, but Audis seemed to be brightly lit. There were even bursts of smoke in the air. There should be a fire somewhere.
At this time, Locke and the others were wearing Faustian soldiers' uniforms and riding in the city. There were also torches and flints in the saddles, but Locke didn't allow them to light them.
It was better for the four of them not to expose themselves. Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with whether they encountered the remnants of the Shalorian army or the Faustian army.
"We're close to the west gate," said Glace. They could already vaguely hear the sounds of the battle between the remnants of the Shalorian army and the Faustian soldiers.
"Damn it!" Locke had tried his best to avoid the main attack route, but he didn't expect to still run into the battle zone.
"We can't just leave like this! If the other soldiers find the three of you, it'll be troublesome, "said Locke. He was only a platoon jarl and only had a little fame in Falcon's 2nd Division. There were three major corps and more than ten divisions out there. There were so many soldiers out there, who would know him?
At first glance, Glace and the other two women's attire was suspicious, and they couldn't stand being questioned. "Why don't we find a civilian house to hide in first?" suggested Glace.
Locke thought for a while and nodded in agreement. "Okay! You guys hide first. When the battle is over tomorrow, I'll find a way to send you out. "
His gaze swept across the surrounding housing area, and Locke took the lead to ride to one of them.
As a low-rank Knecht, Locke sensed three weak auras in that house. They could only be women and children. Locke was more inclined to place Glace and the other two in a less dangerous place.
It was a closed-door house, with its low roof and broken walls, which told those who saw it that it was a commoner's house.
When he walked to the door, Locke was too lazy to shout. He directly kicked the closed door open, and a small piece of wood stuck to the door broke into two with a crack.
Locke didn't want to be so rude, but time was tight and he didn't know if this family was easy to talk to, so he didn't care too much.
"Come in!" Locke shouted at the three women behind him.
When the four of them entered the door, Locke first felt a sense of remorse when he saw what he saw. Standing in front of him was a skinny woman, behind her were two children who were equally skinny.
The woman's clothes were full of holes and patches, and her two children told Locke and the others that this family didn't seem to be doing very well.
The woman looked at Locke and the others in horror, obviously recognizing the military uniforms they were wearing. The two children, on the other hand, stared at the strangers who suddenly appeared with wide eyes.
Locke suddenly didn't know how to comfort this family. He had just kicked the door of this family's house.
"We don't mean to offend you. We're only staying here for one night before leaving." At this critical moment, it was Glace who stood up and spoke kindly to the frightened mother and children.
Grace's pure royal accent and elegant words had clearly lowered the woman's wariness. Kristin looked at the two children behind the woman, licking their fingers. She couldn't bear to see them like this. She took out a piece of white bread from somewhere and handed it to the two children. "Here, Big Sis will give you something delicious." Kristin finally had a day where she could be a big sister.
When the two children saw this, their eyes lit up and they reached for the bread in Kristin's hand.
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