Chapter 7: Ambush
It was late at night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The weather was pretty good tonight, and although there were occasional clouds, the moonlight was still bright.
However, the silvery white moonlight in autumn was also very cold, and the breeze blowing made me shiver as I curled up under the tree without a coat and wrapped in a cloak.
In the distance, you can see the campfire of the requisitioning team as bait, and faintly, you can hear their noise.
Beside me, Minia, who was dressed in my clothes, was closing her eyes and recuperating.
Looking sideways at Luca, who was also serving as a decoy not far from us, she was dozing off with her spear Elise, and her white priest's uniform stood out in the dark woods.
Hey, hey...... Luca, you're an important bait, why are you so unconscious?
But at such a young age, she is also very hard.
Will the enemy come tonight?
It's a good idea to see only the stronger human cavalry, but by all indications, it's more likely that we're at worst.
"Shhhhh There's movement! Akes, who was in the tree above me, said softly, "From the east, it's the cavalry!" β
Ax likes to put his ear to the trunk of a tree to feel the movement around him, much better than the scouts who listen to the sound on the ground - I've tried sticking it to the tree and hearing nothing.
"Hmm!" I picked up the sword I had placed beside me and whispered, "Notify Elzac!" Everyone prepares. β
"Whoosh!" Beckway fired an arrow in the direction of the Elzac cavalry, and there was a sound of squirming.
Elzac: They're ready.
Luca, who is sleepy, is also woken up by Orsin.
Orient? I looked at it.
In the night, I vaguely saw several black shadows riding horses getting closer and closer, and their figures became clearer and clearer.
There were not many people, but the formation was very scattered.
It should be them.
Just as they were heading straight for the camp of the requisitioning team, the Elzak cavalry was dispatched.
The speed on both sides is fast, the distance between each other is getting closer and closer, and the enemy has not yet noticed the cavalry rushing up from the side, good chance!
Everything went well, and the Elzac cavalry was on the enemy's flank, knocking out seven or eight knights in an instant.
The enemy didn't seem to expect a surprise attack, and was easily cut through the middle of the line by Elzac.
True to the elite of the Leafs, Elzak kept their formation intact and detoured to the left after passing through the enemy, and it seemed that they were ready to lead the enemy into the woods in an arcing motion.
The enemy, as we had hoped, abandoned the convoy and pursued Elzac.
Something is wrong.
In the distance, I saw the horsemen who had just been struck down crawl to their feet, hesitated, and instead of pursuit, they rushed on our side on foot.
Discovered?!
"Captain! Heavenly! Suddenly Ax shouted.
"What?" I hurriedly looked up.
I saw a large number of fireballs suddenly appear in the air, mixed with several huge fireballs wrapped in rocks, flying straight towards us! - Meteor Shower?!
Not good!
"Luca!! Enchantment!! "I jumped to my feet," - everyone assembled! β
"Elise! Let's go! Luca jumped out and raised the spear Elise into the skyβ"Pray for the light!" β
The golden barrier unfurled from the tip of the spear, and the rain of fire rained down as the shield of light enveloped us. In an instant, there was a sea of fire all around.
"Maggots! Such a strong attack won't last long! In the barrier, Minia shouted anxiously, "Orβ" She reached for the hilt of her sword.
I hurriedly pressed her: "Don't move! - Luca, how's it going? β
Luca didn't speak, holding her gun, her little face flushed by the flames outside the barrier, a look of pain that she could barely support, but her eyes still nodded at me with determination.
Sorry for the hard work.
I looked up at the sky, and the dense rain of fire was gradually beginning to thin out, but the last few giant fire balls were getting closer and closer to us, and one of them was facing us.
"Luca, I'll count three times, and you put away the enchantment immediately!" I shouted, "Shinka raise her shield to help me!" One, two, three! Remove! β
As Luca put away the barrier, I leapt onto Shinka's sky-high shield and shouted "Adam!" Protect everyone! β
"Go ahead! - "Shinka jerked me into the sky with her shield.
Rushing into the ball of fire, facing the rock in the core, I slammed the sword in my hand: "Moonlight Sword * Shock!" - Break it for me! β
The rocks in the inner core were shattered by the earthquake, and the fireballs scattered and exploded.
At the same time, with the flames all over my body, I also fell to the ground.
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"You're too messy!" Minia frowned and whispered to me, "Also, why are you still barely trying to get little Luca now?" β
Exhausted, Luka still managed to heal me with his healing magic.
Beside him, Lao Bai was slowly uncovering the molten armor on the backs of Xinka and Adam.
Sinka and Adam had just shielded the others from the flames with their shields and their own bodies, but the scorching flames had burned their armor and skin alive.
"Xinka, Adam, are you alright?" I looked at them.
They smiled heartily at me with bitter faces.
"I'm a traumatist, it's not a big problem, I miscalculated, I didn't expect her to hide in the clouds and release the Starfire Shower directly to us......" I looked at the demons flying closer and closer in the sky, and reminded Minia in a low voice, "Remember, Luca and I are the strongest in the team!" You have to disguise it - or our efforts will be in vain. β
"Hmm." Minia nodded.
The demon didn't fly close before he spoke: "Haha~ Bengong thinks it's weird here, it seems that he really hit, it turned out to be his brother-in-law-what about the mongrel?" Why not there? β
Sure enough, it was Bisha.
When I heard that there were flying demons, I had a feeling, and I really guessed it.
"You are a crow and a noble princess of the Demon Realm, how can you obey Tayek's orders? - Or Ashetaro's subordinates? I said coldly.
"Of course my father isβ"
"Who knows this~" A hoarse voice came from the left, interrupting Bisha's words, "It's all the same - you're all going to die anyway." β
Damn, I was going to get something out of Bisha's mouth. was interrupted by this guy.
I turned my head to look to the left.
Not far away, at some point, stood an old man in green clothes with a magic staff, looking at us and smiling gloomily, his rough dark gray skin showing his demon identity - he should belong to the wizard clan of the demon clan, right?
"Who?" I asked.
"Demon Elder Jimsha," Jimsa looked at me, "Listen to the tone of the eldest princess, you are the one chosen by our second princess?" What about the second princess? How is she now? - It's a pity that Sigma forbade us to see the second princess before her death, I really want to see her......"
"What's so nice about that bastard?" Bisha in the air interrupted him dissatisfiedly.
"Yes! Be! Jimsa bowed respectfully.
"Captain! You okay? "Elzak and his cavalry rushed back to us.
The knights chasing them all dismounted without saying a word, standing behind Jimsha. And Bisha seems to have exhausted her magic power due to the meteor fire shower just now, and she also landed next to Jimsha.
"That kid is a digital priest?" Jimsa narrowed his eyes and looked at Luca beside me, surprised, "Isn't there anyone sent to the church?" β
"That little thing is strong," Bisha looked at Luca resentfully, "and my father hurt her last time. β
"She has a spear in her hand, which can hurt the princess, it's normal. -- It's been years since I've seen a spear. Jimsa said slowly.
Visible at a glance?
"Looks like they've seen it through...... "I can't let Jimsar observe like that anymore, it would be troublesome for him to find Minia in disguise, so I raised my sword, "You said we were all going to die here - then there's nothing to say, we're going to destroy you today!" β
"Yo...... What are young people doing with such vigor? Do you think that with a heavenly spear you can beat decay? Jimsa ripped off the clothes on his chest and pointed to the old scar. It's not once or twice that the old man has been stabbed by the heavenly spear, but he is still alive, and you are not qualified to destroy me - you should play with the old servant first! β
With that, the knight behind him rushed towards us.
"Old Bye protect Sinka and Adam, - let's go!" I raised my sword and led the team to meet it.
Although they were wearing heavy armor, the silent knights were also agile, and their strength was not very strong, let alone cooperative, but-
"What the hell is this?" After slashing down a knight, Oshin cried out, "Zombies? β
"It's not a zombie, where do zombies have such speed? ββWhy can't you die? Akers was also surprised.
Indeed, they did not dodge my attacks at all, and even though I had hit them in the vital point, they quickly got up again and joined the battle when they fell, and a few of them with their legs cut off even crawled towards us - but no blood flowed from the broken legs.
"Whatever it is!" In the scuffle, I beheaded one of the knights, but he still swung his sword at me without a head - and after kicking him away, I looked around, Zamka and several knights were wounded, and were escorted by Siris and retreated. "Cut off their hands and feet!" I yelled, "Luca! Come here! Here we are the strongest! β
Here we are the strongest! I said this as I looked at Minia, who was almost unable to hold it, and reminded her.
Minia pursed her lips and looked at me and frowned, but still pretending to be a normal swordsman and cooperating with Orsin's attack, and the pit viper sword was not deployed.
Very good.
But Luca was already a little out of strength, brandishing her gun, and stumbling in front of me.
"Is it okay?" I shielded her with my sword, cut off the legs of one of the knights, and asked with concern, "Can you hold it?" β
Luka looked up tiredly, panting, large beads of sweat dripping down her hair, "It's okay......"
"I'm sorry, I'm tired of you" I was very distressed, gritted my teeth and shouted, "Brother will help you block for a while, you will rest first, and it will be up to you for a while!" β
"Hmm!" Luca stood on Elise and knelt down, "Brother Lacey, be careful, you're injured......"
"I know." I didn't care about the pain from the place where I had just been burned, and I swung my sword desperately - I couldn't use any combat skills to fight these undead monsters, so I could only slash and smash wildly.
Although it is easy to say, due to the armor and swift speed of these monsters, it is difficult to hit the joints of the armor at all, and they don't know how to dodge, making it difficult for us to attack and defend.
After a long time, I cut off the leg of the last knight, gasped, and looked up at Jimsha, "Your servant is finished. Call...... Call...... Below...... Call...... Now it's your turn. β
Jimsa laughed: "You can't stand on your feet, and you still want to kill me?" -- But it seems that the borrowed thing is really not very useful, and I underestimate you a little bit--now let me show you the real servant of the old man! With that, he began to chant the incantation.
"Can't let him finish singing!" I yelled, "Luca! Let's go together! β
Hearing this, Luca jumped to her feet, spear Elise and I rushed towards Jimsa side by side, Minia Osin close behind.
I think it's now, right? While rushing at me, I watched my surroundings.
Sure enough, as he was about to rush to Jimsha's side, the soil in front of him loosened, and it seemed that something was about to burst out.
There it is!
"Luca! Flash! I slammed sideways into Luca, dodging the deadly attack of the demons from the ground, shouting, "Minia! β
"Purple Electric Wheel Dance Chop!" Minia behind her shouted and swung her sword in her hand!
In an instant, the surrounding purple light was flourishing, and at the same time, there was a violent explosion, rolling up puffs of smoke and dust.
"Holy Lance News!" "Meteor Sword * Disease!" At the same time, Luca and I unleashed our skills and fired our weapons towards the center of the explosion.
It worked!
As the smoke cleared, we saw Minia's serpentine sword bound Jimsa and a tall demon at the same time, the sword already embedded deep in their flesh, the spear Elise and mine skewered on them, and Bisha was knocked down and thrown to the side.
"How is that possible?!" Jimsa coughed up purple blood and looked at Minia with an expression of disbelief, "It turns out that you are the digital priest, the purple light sword Minia, and it is really strong - how do you know there is another Zakir?" β
"Zacher? Demon General Zakir? Minia asked.
"Who else," Jimsa said with a wry smile, "ahem...... Cough...... Can you tell me ......?"
"Because of that first-class priest Cain." I looked at the Demon General Zakir, who was gradually turning into powder, and explained, "Kain was shattered to death by a strong sternum, and you and Bisha are both magic-biased demons, and neither seems to be able to use strange powers, and Kain died too quickly, and there are too many extra injuries on his body, and it is likely that he was attacked at the same time as the fight - so just now I thought that there should be another strong man hiding next to you who fought with Kain." β
"Hah...... Ha...... It turns out that we have gone too far with Kain's death," said Gimsha, looking at me, limply; "You're the captain - all of them you analyzed? Hiding the identity of the digital priest too? β
I nodded.
"It's worthy of being the person chosen by the second princess, ha...... Ha, the second princess will leave it to you," Jimsa laughed bitterly, "the old decay is defeated." Before I die...... Can you tell me your name? β
"Threstin." Looking at Jimsa who was still breathing, I replied.
"Threstin...... What the?! Jimsha's eyes, which were about to close, suddenly opened and stared at me tightly, "Thresten of the Roktar family?!" β
"Hmm!" I was surprised and asked, "What's wrong?" β
"Serrestine...... Serrestine ...... Rosestine ...... of the Roctar family Hahahaha......" Jimsa didn't answer me, just burst out laughing and turned to ashes.
"This guy, leave me a ......mystery when you're dead," I frowned.
Maybe it has something to do with my curse, right? But now there is no way to know.
Minia shook the ashes from the Viper's sword and walked to Bisha, who had been slumped to the ground.
"Ah...... Wait-be careful! I hurriedly shouted, I had wanted to ask her to spare Bisha, but suddenly I noticed that several shadows were taking advantage of the cover of night to smash down on Minia.
Minia hurriedly swung away with her sword: "Shadow Bullet? Who?! β
"I'm sorry, it's Simon, the princess's bodyguard," a demon in a white robe slowly appeared beside Bisha, reaching out to pull Bisha up, "Purple light sword Minia, I don't dare to fight you below, but my duty is to protect the princess." Goodbye......" After saying that, he gradually disappeared with Bisha.
"Want to run?" Minia hurriedly threw her sword out, "Purple Light Round Dance Array!" β
Purple electrical spirals were scattered around, but no sand was found.
I was secretly relieved that I had managed to escape.
Fortunately, he was rescued, but it was really troublesome to explain.
"Ran!" Minia said hatefully.
"Forget it, this time to eliminate a Demon Realm Elder and a Demon Realm General at the same time, the merit is already very great." I comforted.
"You think I don't know what the hell you're up to with maggots?" Minia looked at me in disgust, "You're happy that your sister ran away, aren't you?" - Your vampire girlfriend better not let me meet in the future!! β
What the? She knows it all?
How so? Yes! That's right, it's Luca.
ββ¦β¦ Luca! I turned to Luca and said angrily, "How much did you say to her?!" β
"Huh? It's all said~" Luca sat on the ground and was startled by my roar, stared at her with big eyes for a moment, and then said, "Brother Lacey is relieved, Sister Minia said very well, she will definitely keep it secret~--She sympathizes with Sister Rusya." β
"Forget it......" I sighed and walked over to my teammates who were resting not far away.
Many people were wounded, but with the exception of Sinka and Adam, who were seriously wounded, no one was seriously injured, and there were no casualties - to be congratulated.
Uh--what is Old Bai doing? The old problem again?
I saw Lao Bai looking through the corpse of the knight who had not been touched since Jimsha's death.
"Old worship! Convergence point! There's a priest here, don't be considered a heretic by her! I shouted at him.
Actually, I didn't want Luca and the others to see a disgusting scene.
"Don't you think these knights are strange, Captain? What exactly are they? Elzac had just seen the head of one of the knights and recognized it as the captain of the Duke of Norval's guard," replied the old worshipper without looking back, "Normally, if a necromancer dies, the manipulated corpse will immediately turn to ashes - and it doesn't look like they are zombies." β
"Well, I remember Jimsa saying that the borrowed thing didn't seem to be his," I walked over to him with nausea, "Did you find anything?" β
"Not yet--I just cut my stomach open, nothing abnormal, now open my chest cavity and see," Lao Bai expertly cut open his chest cavity, stunned, "Ah!! This is?! β
I was stunned.
Originally, it was supposed to be the place of the heart, but it was just a piece of paper.
A dark yellow piece of paper with strange patterns on it.
That's a talisman!