Chapter 258: Baptism of Fire
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The night sky is dotted with stars, and from time to time a meteor or two crosses by. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe dark purple sky seems to contain an invisible shadow.
If the sun in the sky during the day is Arcana's gentle smile, the unfathomable shadow in the night is the veil of death that Mart believes in.
The chaotic Grim Reaper can harvest the souls of his enemies as well as his own.
It's all about who can answer the riddle of 'life' first.
The Guardian Terrace was the first to light the beacon fire, and the raging fire lit up the flags around the terrace, and the pre-made wooden figures and dummies seemed to come alive in the flickering firelight, and as the fire swayed, falling a shaking shadow.
The mounted sergeant who had ordered the beacon fire to be lit stood on the Guardian Terrace, and only slightly looked out at the western plain beyond the platform, and then quickly fled from the lit beacon fire, and kept spurring his crotch horse towards the Desco Terrace opposite the Guardian Terrace. By the faint light of the torch in his hand, he once again climbed the Desco Terrace, and in a panic threw the torch into the beacon fire, he could already feel the vibration under his feet and the noise coming from below the terrace.
The plains and woodlands below the terrace have long been illuminated by countless torches, and under the torches are the shadows of 'ghosts' that are fleeting. The obscure interracial black language sounds like a demonic curse.
The mounted sergeant who lit the beacon fire was immediately frightened, and he tugged at the reins of his horse so hard that he wanted to turn around and retreat.
"Squeak." It was the sound of mechanical wheels colliding in the wilderness beneath the mesa mesa. With a burst of sounds, flames rose from under the wilderness, and it was not until they rose into the air that they saw that it was a clay jar dragging the tail of the flame falling rapidly.
The mounted sergeant's back felt a hot wave of fire. He looked up at the sky and prayed silently to the star of Xiaoqiong, and the horse's hooves under his crotch kept flipping, skimming beside the trees with white feathered arrows.
Outside the Diefonde camp, Mart, who was stationed on the horse and looked up at the terraces on both sides, his eyes filled with the sky-high fire.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, our sergeant has succeeded in lighting the beacon fire." Behind him, the Guardian of Diefend, who was on horseback, pointed to the flames rising from the two platforms, "But the sergeant must be in a state of anxiety. I wish his horses could run through the damn flames. ”
"He'll be back, there's death tonight that won't choose him." Mart smiled slightly, "Just let these guys bombard the mesa hard." Now that they're bombarding those two places, the more time we have left. ”
"Bang." The sound of crockpots breaking came and went: "Bang bang." ”
The falling fireballs slammed into the trees one after another, bursting open, and the surging hot flames scattered and splattered in all directions, and the trees suddenly began to burn. The monsters below the mountain were roaring excitedly.
The mounted sergeant fled and hurriedly glanced at the Guardian Terrace on the other side, where the Diefend banner hung with a dancing flame and the burning trees reflected half of the night sky. Waves of fire rolled westward in the woods on the terrace. Bombarded by the fireballs falling from both sides, the mounted sergeant secretly rejoiced, and no longer looked back or looked around in horror, but tried to look at the dozen or so beating flames behind the camp, and waved the horsewhip in his hand. The meteor-like fireball was finally left far behind his horsetail.
The sound of horses' hooves finally sounded at the southeast foot of the platform.
"Look, our ignition warriors are back." Duefend's commander, Matt, took the torch from the hand of the horse guard beside him, raised it above his head, and shook it.
Under the darkness of the night, the light of the torches finally shone on the panting lonely.
Mart instigated his horse and faced the mounted sergeant, and the fire shone on the mounted sergeant's face, which had been blackened so black that only two pairs of eyes were exposed, and even his hair was burnt: "Well done! Soldier! ”
"They're coming... Split up from the main team and head around the Guardian Terrace and the Desco Terrace, they must already be searching the mountains by now, and the monsters' hordes are heading towards the camp! The mounted sergeant breathlessly reported the entire observation to Mart.
"If I'm not wrong, these monsters will be killed here at the staggered time of the two months. But, sir, I should commend you, for you will kill hundreds of monsters on your own. Matt looked at him gently, "Kroll, look, you can show courage." ”
But I still didn't do it, and even ran away in a panic. I didn't even touch the weapon, how can I kill hundreds of monsters? Ah, is it... The white-feathered arrow that leads the way? Kroll's eyes widened, "So, I've avenged Mr. Knight's Yesette!" ”
"Yes, whatever you want. Sergeant. It is not easy for a farmer to have such courage to change in a short period of time. What else can I ask of you for this? Please retreat to the fortress of Difender first, some of your fellow villagers are also in the fortress, and I need you to convince them to either leave or take up arms with my warriors to defend the barrier of Yafen. Mart no longer looked at Kroll, but closed her eyes, as if listening to the sound of the night wind: "Listen, they have begun to go crazy. And after that..."
"You want to stay here, Commander?" Kroll's expression was surprised, as if he remembered the time when he parted with Yesette, so similar to what it is now.
"Yes, I'll stay here for the time being, I'll keep up, and maybe I'll return to Yafen before you." Mart closed her eyes and smiled.
"Then, may the goddess of Arcana bring you luck." Kroll bowed his head and said goodbye to the guards.
"The goddess rules the day, and the god of death rules the night. But first I guessed the riddle of 'life'. Rest assured. All the guards are on their guard, and it is expected that in a few moments, we will be face to face with the monsters! Mart suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the starry sky and the two crescents that shone with radiance, "All the guards, hide with me." ”
Beneath the mesaga, the monster army that had already seen the Difender banner split off from the massive marching force, one of which circled the steep slope southwest of the Guardian Terrace, and the other headed towards the steep slope northwest of the Desco Terrace, while the main wave of invading monsters slowly advanced along the main mountain path strewn with monster corpses strewn around. Perhaps because of the heavy losses of the small forces that had made the early exploratory assault, they marched cautiously, even though there was nowhere to hide on the mountain passes.
The two monsters who searched the mesa were especially cautious, and the corpses and severed limbs hanging from the branches were constantly reminding them to march carefully. These monsters spread out as they climbed steep slopes. From time to time, shrill black words and hissing exchanges remind each other.
Between the terraces, the monsters of the rugged path made way for the cave trolls, and the brute force trolls unceremoniously rushed forward and pushed away the rocks that blocked the way.
On the terrace, the smoke drifting to the west made these monsters who climbed the steep slope cough constantly, the dazzling smoke made these guys cry, the blurred vision was full of light blue smoke, and the tongue of fire with teeth and claws, so that these monsters couldn't wait to shout to kill in an attempt to boost the spirit of battle.
There was nothing alive in the burning woods except for the flames, and the flags were reduced to ashes in the burning.
The monsters climbed the two mesa, and only when they found the charred wooden people did they collectively let out a cry of rage, like the roar of an epiphany from a fool.
The monsters on the two mesas had detected the void, and they were no longer cautious, and they sprang towards the Diefonde camp, illuminated by the Tiki torch, and they made their way through the burning trees in an attempt to make a beeline for the Diefonde camp. However, the ground spike spear buried in the ground showed its hideous face under the wanton trampling of these monsters, and the monsters on the platform who tried to rush down the platform and attack the camp wailed all the way.
Obviously, the monsters under the terrace also heard the cries of the monsters on the terrace searching for the traces of Trian's soldiers, and also heard the clashing of their weapons, and they finally threw off their steps one by one, and rushed forward quickly, like wolves looking for fat sheep.
"Here they are." Mart muttered softly, and the horseback guards hidden behind the mountain wave nodded their heads.
Eager monsters, shields, toothbladed black spears, or even brandishing decapitators, wielding giant bone mallets poured into the brightly lit Diefonde camp, not noticing the slippery feet, but recklessly searching the tents for traces of the Trians, but all they saw was the ridiculous scarecrows tied up in the tents.
The monsters panicked and looked around in the darkness.
Suddenly, a dozen or so fires appeared on the west side of the camp, finally attracting their attention. At the head of the pack was none other than Dividend's commander Mart Wilder, who was on horseback.
"You have succeeded in obtaining my camp. As a congratulatory gift, I will give you demonic servants a baptism of fire. Mart looked contemptuously at the monsters scurrying around the camp in front of her.
The monsters bared their teeth and screamed, contemptuously dealing with the small army of more than a dozen people.
Mart also laughed contemptuously at the monsters in the joint camp, he stopped talking, he just waved his arm, and a dozen mounted guards pulled the bowstring, and the dozen bits of light were emitted by the flaming fire bolts attached to the bowstring.
"Put!" There were dozens of staggered bangs, dozens of sparks flying through the sky, like meteors flying through the sky, and drilling into the joint camp, stabbing on the camp tent and the viscous liquid pouring everywhere on the ground. Although these fire bolts did not hit any monsters.
The monsters finally lowered their heads and paid attention to what they hadn't noticed. Frightened, they want to babble.
Flames suddenly rose from all sides, turning the Diefonde camp into a flaming hell in an instant. Countless swaying ghosts in the flames emitted a high tide like a roar.