"Look, they guys!" The dwarf sat on the rock and muttered to Bibo, who was lighting a fire, "It's been a week, and we've been treated like prisoners!" ”

Lawrence squinted and looked at Sureni who was talking to the Serikan cavalry, and was equally dissatisfied, "We are not allowed to have contact with their people, and even the place where we camp must keep our distance, everything is only said to Sureni alone, and we are stupid to help them encircle and suppress the orc teleportation point, who knows where this bullshit place is, if it goes on like this, I don't know how long it will take!" ”

Bibo had lit the fire, put the pot on the shelf, and Chief Jack of Raspberry Village had prepared a lot of food for them as they left, cured meats and bacon, spices and hard bread, and lots of seasonal vegetables in stock. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info Bruce and Bibo carried these supplies on their horses, and the cavalry of Sericon's gave them two sacs, and the taste of oat sake was so faint that the dwarves kept complaining every time.

After a while, the pot began to smell fragrant, and Bibo's thick soup made of cured meat, cheese and potatoes attracted the dwarf's attention, "Fortunately, with you boy, you don't have to eat those disgusting cold breads every day!" I don't know where Alger is going with everyone, I don't want to live like this anymore! ”

This Sericon cavalry force is about two hundred men, Alger is a knight, as his name means - an upright and brave guard, if you don't see it with your own eyes, Bibo can't believe it, the Sericon family has led the army in the Prancing Horse Steppe for so many years, they still maintain the tradition of the kingdom's fine warriors, Alger is about thirty years old, his cheeks are thin but his eyes are resolute, his helmet, cuirass, protective shoulders and elbows are as many iron plates, swords, and spears, Lawrence thinks that this equipment is worth at least fifty gold coins, but he doesn't believe in Alger's knighthood, since the Sericon family began to confront the kingdom, everyone erased the sword and shield badge on their chests, and replaced it with a horse with raised hooves, these young generation commanders must have only been baptized and canonized by the family itself, and most of the other cavalry used scimitars, a more advantageous weapon, which was a habit gradually formed by the Sericon family and its army after living in the Prancing Horse grassland.

Lawrence commented that in terms of appearance, the scimitar has more advantages on horses than the sword used by the Rust Rangers, and the cavalry's swing speed needs to accumulate on the horse's speed, and the curved weapon not only has better control and balance when making high-speed slashing and slashing actions, but also has a greater swing speed, that is, it will have better lethality when hitting the opponent's body.

After annihilating the orc forces in Raspberry Village, Bibo and the others began to follow the cavalry northward, according to their intelligence, there should be a waypoint for the orc army in this area, Surenee told everyone that the Rangers had never found anything like this, but this would explain the source of these sudden increase in the number of enemies, they decided to go and check the situation, and then follow the cavalry back to the base camp of the Sericon family.

"Alger and our huntress are together, how do you look like a good match!" The dwarf smiled at Lawrence, "Look at them! Haha, even those cavalry boys are pointing. ”

"Shut up," Lawrence blushed with anger, "what is he, a descendant of an exiled family, wearing cheap armor that I don't know where to go, and soon I will truly be canonized by the kingdom and become a true knight!" ”

"At least we'll have to wait until there are no more orcs and demons on this continent," Bibo continued to stir the pot, "Dwarves, do you know that portal device?" ”

"I've heard something like that before," Bruce pulled out his pipe and began to puff out smoke, "In our underground tunnels, there is a legend that this is an evil spell that costs lives, of course, it is just a legend, tearing through space, creating a crack, and you can quickly get from here and wherever you want to go." ”

"It was hundreds of years ago, among our people, there was a great leader, he led everyone to continue to dig down, he couldn't reach the center of the earth - legend has it that it was all pure gold and mythril, as well as all kinds of magic stones of high purity, he was crazy about it all his life, but when he was old, he began to panic, so he made a deal with the demons, with his ten years of life, in exchange for such a spell, in front of everyone's eyes the magic array activated, he himself disappeared, the following years, Many people could hear the occasional laughter and crying from underground. Bruce continued, "We kept digging and found nothing, he must have been there, but he would never come back." ”

"How so?" Lawrence laughed, "It's so stupid, the dwarves just like to drink too much nonsense, and I heard that you dug an underground passage from under the ground that can lead directly to the western continent, but there is a demon rungs covered in flames in the center, and you still have to take a boat to go back and forth, haha, if there are really demons, then how did you dig through them!" ”

"It's a no-brainer, but what I just said is a possibility!" The dwarf touched his bushy beard, "Ignorant human! Sooner or later you will have to pay the price for your hubris! ”

"It's magic? Demon magic? Bibo asked, remembering the evil mage who had been in Kavos at the time, and whose magical enchantment had immobilized the battle mage of Tayban.

"That's right!" Bruce blinked, "The demons are like that, they lure us, as long as you have evil thoughts, they will come to the door and make you fall, like I said before, they disguise themselves as our kind and take advantage of us when we are most vulnerable, in fact, they have been wandering the continent all the time, looking for the right opportunity." ”

"Then you mean that the demons are manipulating, making some portal magic arrays on the mainland, and then transporting these orc troops and various monsters in a steady stream?" Lawrence pondered, "We really can't explain why they are growing in number, and there are rumors that they are constantly gathering in the southern woodlands of the continent, waiting for the demon army to come from the south. ”

"There are many places on the continent that have such places, and the scorching desert is the most severe!" Surenee came back and heard everyone's talk, and said, "Alger said that they want to destroy the found portal first, and it is best to fight with us Rust to the scorching desert and the southern woodlands, and defend the entire coast, and the orcs will be less and less numerous without portals on the main road. ”

"It's hard to do!" Lawrence shook his head, "Even if we can make an alliance with them, Fort Santeny and Texia won't attack rashly," he looked at Bibo, "After all, there are other things that concern Theodore. ”

"Yes," the dwarf continued, "in Eagle City, when I was younger, I saw with my own eyes the people who signed a pact with the demons! If our focus is all focused on the south, we are likely to fall into the trap of the demons! ”

"What's going on? Have you seen it with your own eyes? When Bibo heard Eagle City, he hurriedly asked, he was worried about the safety of Agnes, if there were people like evil mages in Eagle City, it would really be too dangerous, and the matter of his own holy relics would be exposed.

"I had just arrived in Eagle City from Mudchain to buy some supplies for the mines," the dwarf mused, "I got drunk that day, wandered alone, and finally somehow came to the Bay of Courage, and I found two figures by the sea, and I heard a few words from what they said—"

I don't know what to do, the Battle of the Clear Sky is coming

No, we weren't prepared, but we can maintain the status quo

So what does the future hold?

When we're ready, it will take a little time, don't worry, as long as you trust us, sign the contract and leave it to us

……

Later, I saw one of the figures start to chant the incantation, a blue-green aura appeared, enveloping the figure of another person, and then the figure of the spell disappeared, and the other figure opened the space-time rift, and I could clearly see the scene in the crack, like the banquet hall in the palace, there were many people there, and some children running around, he walked straight in and disappeared. ”

"Eagle City?" Su Renee tilted her head, the stewed broth was so fragrant that she didn't start eating it immediately, and asked suspiciously, "Then do you see the person's appearance clearly?" ”

"Nope." The dwarf shook his head, "But I remember that the two figures were almost identical, with deep voices, costumes, and silhouettes, and I thought at the time that there must be some unknown force in disguise, conspiring. It's a pity that there was nothing to do later, and I didn't take it seriously, after all, there were also some rumors of mysterious spells on the mainland, until not long ago, the rumors of orcs and demons came to mind, and I heard Surene's statement in Santeny Castle again, and I remembered it! ”

"Yes, said Father," said Surene, rubbing her head and frowning, "Before we set out for Fort Santeny, the battle mage of the Legion, Jacob, told me about an incident in which he received his visiting father in the middle of the night, and he described his father's strange face as saying that he wanted to send troops to the Prancing Horse Prairie to besiege and annihilate the cavalry of Seriken, because it was reported that the attack of the orcs was a plot to enter Rust to attack the defensive post. My father's cuirass could not reflect his shadow in the candlelight, and then he cast an attack spell, and my father's figure disappeared, and later when I talked to the lord at Santeny Castle, most people thought that it was just someone who was making trouble, but the dwarf quietly pulled me aside and said that it was possible. ”

"It's just speculation, after all," Lawrence, who had finished his stew and began to serve a second bowl, "let's go get rid of some rotten portal for the orcs, and we'll have some clues!" Bibo, are there any pancakes? ”

"I want to eat it myself!" Bibo responded, "Mistress Surene, I believe that with such a statement, the truth will come out, and we will surely defeat evil!" He remembered the black and white snake he had dreamed of, and his encounter with Luna, the elf in the forest, and his heart palpitated.

"Hey! Soldiers of Rust! They raised their heads at the shouting, and not far away, Alger waved at them, and the cavalry of Sericon's cavalry began to mount one after another, "Go!" The scout is back, and the orc's portal is in the northwest direction, less than twenty miles! ”

"Let's go! Guys! Bruce exclaimed excitedly, "This battle is kind of interesting!" ”