Avi was taken aback, and his first instinct was that these people had mistaken the wrong person for Stitch. But those fierce mercenaries did not hesitate at all, and rushed towards Avi, who had just ridden on his horse, with their swords in hand, so frightened that Avi immediately pulled the reins hard and galloped away.

The mercenaries who had been scattered around the town were immediately called together and chased after Avi, and the horseback mercenaries outside the town also received orders to prepare to surround Avi on the outskirts of the town.

Avi had wanted to escape through the eastern exit of Butterfly Town and return to Mallote to find help, but now the mercenaries guarding the eastern exit of the town have chased after him, causing Avi to be forced to run west. If the horseback mercenaries on the outskirts had been able to surround them quickly, they might have run into them at the western exit of the town.

Evan saw that all the mercenaries rushed towards Avi, he hadn't figured out the situation yet, but he walked into the house where Stitch was hiding for the first time, and the big-nosed fan inside was also confused, and he didn't understand why those mercenaries who came to capture the noble imps were attracted to Avi, could it be that in the eyes of those mercenaries, Stitch and Avi looked alike?

"What now? Those mercenaries must have come to capture Stitch, right?"

"You'd better stay here first, and I'll go outside and see what's going on," Evan took down his unused saber and gave it to Stitch, "If Avi lures those mercenaries away, then I'll go find a few horses and send you back to Mallot." ”

On the other side, Avi, riding an old horse, was about to escape from Butterfly Town, but behind him were dozens of mercenaries in pursuit. As soon as Avi stopped and looked back, the mercenaries would shout and chase after him, and it was certain that most of the townspeople had already taken refuge in the buildings, and the whole Butterfly Town was empty, and it would be difficult for Avi to get rid of these mercenaries with this old horse. But Avi was glad he had led the guys away, after all, the people he was trying to protect were now safe.

He continued to run westward, until he left Butterfly Town, where not a single guard stood to stop the mercenaries, and Avi had to rely on his horsemanship to escape.

Just as Avi ran out of the western exit of Butterfly Town, a group of troops that were slowly approaching Butterfly Town appeared not far to the west, about a dozen people, each riding a horse, much stronger than the old horse under his crotch.

Avi saw the men holding flags depicting a white lion, and those on horses looked a bit like knights. When Avi saw the banner, he guessed that the other party was a nobleman from the Kingdom of Salins, and although the white lion was familiar, Avi didn't remember where he had seen it. He didn't think much about it, and immediately rushed to this group of noble troops of the Kingdom of Salins, intending to ask for help from the other party.

The horseback mercenaries who had caught up from outside the town had already reached the western exit of Butterfly Town, and they did not stop at all, continuing to chase after Avi, and they completely ignored the dozen or so troops holding the noble banners, and chased after Avi at full speed.

Avi, who was in the lead, quickly approached the cavalry, and the cavalry of more than a dozen people also rushed in and stopped Avi.

"Who are you, are the horseback mercenaries behind you chasing you?" a young knight in chain mail stretched out his right hand and stopped Avi.

"My name is Avi! I'm the escort of Sir Stick, a hostage of the East Oguna Empire, and I'm protecting Sticker with Deputy Commander Evan!

The young knight glanced at the mercenaries rushing in the distance, he glanced back at the man behind him, and shouted, "Master, this man is a friend of Captain Evan, and those mercenaries seem to be chasing the man Evan wants to protect!"

The cavalry behind the young knight was approaching, and Avi was still wondering if he should leave the place immediately, but even if he fled to the west, the mounted mercenaries behind him would catch up with him sooner or later. When that time comes, he will have to take out the artificial life weapon hidden behind his waist and fight back desperately. Rather than make that choice, it is better to try to negotiate with this nobleman, and depending on the tone of the young knight, maybe he will protect himself.

"Fenrir, you try to negotiate with those mercenaries first, but be safe. The man at the head slowly rode up to Avi, who was wearing a brown plate armor and a white lion depicted in the breastplate, exactly like the lion on that banner.

The armor was so familiar that Avi remembered after the knight named Fenrir had left that he had seen similar plates in the banquet hall of Mallot's Palace—Princess Winrith Feremiz wore the same type of plates, except that her suit was full-body and dark green, while the masculine man in front of him was wearing half-length plates, and the color of the plates was different.

"Hello, I'm Bradley, are you?" The man in front of Avi has blue eyes, thick eyebrows, broad forehead and a high nose bridge, Bradley and Field, who have long hair, have a bit of imagination, but the other party's smile will not be seen on Field's face.

"My name is Avi, and I am the escort of Sir Stitch of the East Oguna Empire, and Sir Stitch is an Imperial hostage from Sky City," Avi heard the other party call himself Bradley, a name that was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a moment, "Those mercenaries suddenly attacked us, and now they are attracted to me." Avi glanced behind him, the mercenaries on foot had already run out of the west exit of Butterfly Town, and the mercenaries on horseback had been stopped by Fenrir as if they were negotiating something.

Suddenly, a crossbow bolt came from behind Avi! The bolt didn't hit Avi, but the old horse under Avi's crotch. The old horse neighed, then threw Avi, who was sitting on it, to the ground, and ran off into the distance.

Fenrir shouted as he exchanged hands with the mercenaries on horseback: "Master, these guys are no different from robbers! Master, be careful!"

The horseback mercenaries had surrounded Fenrir, but Fenrir had fought his way out with a knight's sword, and his crotched mount was wounded, but the well-trained horse continued to gallop north. The knights behind Bradley immediately drew their swords and rushed forward, some to support Fenrir and some to stand in front of Bradley.

"It turned out to be a robber, little brother, you can rest here first, and I'll go back when I go." Bradley took the rifle handed to him by one of his men, and sprinted in the direction of the mounted mercenary with the rifle in hand. At this time, Avi recalled that the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Salins was called Bradley, and with the white lion flag, the man who rushed towards the mercenaries with a gun should be Bradley Feremiz!

I saw Bradley's subordinates fighting with the more than twenty mounted mercenaries, and Bradley grabbed the reins of the war horse with one hand and the heavy cavalry gun in the other, and rushed to the pile of mercenaries on foot.

The mercenaries on foot came up with weapons in hand, and one of the bearded mercenaries was shouting that he was going to snatch Bradley's brown plate armor and take it for himself. It's just that before the shouting mercenary got close to Bradley's side, the eldest prince of the Kingdom of Sarins directly pierced his body with a riding spear and killed him in an instant.

Bradley, riding on his armored horse, went on a rampage like a gale, and the mercenaries fell to the spears. The lance was heavy, but Bradley was able to control it with the force of one hand, and even though he slammed and stabbed the mercenaries, the lance was firmly held in his hand, like a part of his arm, steady and powerful.

A mounted mercenary broke through, armed with an iron axe, and rushed directly at Avi. As a last resort, Avi pulled out the artificial life weapon from behind his back. The black-bladed weapon had been crafted into a short knife, and Avi knew it contained the power to sharpen iron like clay, but according to Bennicot, it needed to "eat people" before it could unleash the power contained in it.

But the horseback mercenary rushed over, not giving Avi time to think about it at all, Avi first dodged to the side, dodging the mercenary's first impact, but when the mercenary holding the iron axe rushed towards him for the second time, Avi saw the angle and took the iron axe swinging towards him with the artificial life weapon in his hand!

After a violent collision, the weapon in Avi's hand had been taken off, and the black blade fell not far away, and he also lost consciousness in an instant, being knocked out of several meters, and the hand holding the short knife still felt a pain. But the iron axe, which was hard against the black blade, was cut in half, and the most shocking thing was that the mercenary's axe-wielding palm was completely sliced off, leaving only the mercenary who fell to the ground and moaned incessantly.