Volume 12 The Rise of the Darkwalkers! Chapter 36: Sharoman's Decision
After a loud crack, the last dark mage in the town finally fell, his body prostrate on the edge of a well, blood flowing down the wound and dripping down the inner wall of the well, and a priest came up and whispered, "Darkness to hell, finally cleansing away sins." He raised his staff and swung it, and the cleansing light shone brightly, and the blood stain vanished, leaving only the dark mage's white, empty eyes.
Alfred stepped on the corpse under his feet, and slowly pulled the sword out of the opponent's chest, the soft sound of the bone and the blade rubbing, it could be seen that the corpse below was a young thief apprentice, at most fifteen or sixteen years old, his lips were only floating a faint layer of hair, and his pre-death fear still stayed on his cheeks, looking a little distorted.
Alfred turned his head, Luo Lan was already planning to attack the next location, from the time of departure to now, it has been six days, in these six days, they have rushed all the way, destroying three towns in succession, but it is in this town that they have encountered the strongest resistance, which also shows that they have penetrated deep into the more heavily defended area of the Dark Realm.
Luo Lan pointed to the map and said: "Bypass here, in two days, you can reach the Musur River, there is a large forest nearby, if we can't find a boat, we can make some simple rafts, and go down the river, it only takes half a day to reach the edge of the territory of the dark duke of Zner." ”
"My lord, we have found a large amount of food, equipment, and weapons in the warehouse. One of the paladins said excitedly, "There are also quite a few staves and magic crystals. ”
"Oh?" Luo Lan's expression moved.
One of the captain of the paladins said thoughtfully, "My lord, it seems that this town is not as simple as it seems. ”
"My lord, what should you do with these dark believers?"
Luo Lan looked back and saw dozens of people standing trembling in the evening breeze, most of them were elderly people and children, and several women were making suppressed low sobs.
With a wave of his robe, he threw out a sentence as cold as iron: "Sacrifice to the God of Light." ”
"No, my lord! they are defenseless people!" Evelyn stopped in front of her in a flash, and she looked at Luo Lan pleadingly. "My lord, they pose no threat to us......"
Luo Lan frowned. Said coldly: "Priest." They are all dark believers. Do you want them to leak our whereabouts?"
Evelyn's body shuddered. She glanced back at the innocent and horrified eyes. Dao gritted his teeth and said, "It's very remote here. Just tie them up and put them in the cellar. It won't be discovered for a few days. We had been away for a long time by then......"
"Very good idea. Luo Lan said jokingly: "As long as they don't die at your hands." You're a lot better off in your heart. You don't have to. Because the council of the dead, the lords of the landlords will execute anyone who looks like a traitor. You're just letting them choose between starving to death and being killed by their own people. And I have to endure a period of torture. Speaking of which. You are more cruel than I am. ”
"Nope. Not like that!" Evelyn shuddered. She looked at Luo Lan with a pale face. Those words completely stripped away the veil of warmth in his heart. All that was left was a dead gray hue as cold as bones.
Alfred sighed. He walked up to Evelyn. "It's just the worst possible outcome. Probably not yet. You don't have to blame yourself anymore. ”
"That's right. "I was reminded. Evelyn's beautiful eyes finally regained a little vitality. She turned around in delight. Seems to want to hug Alfred. But in the end, he just pulled off the other party's lichen robe. He whispered, "Thank you." ”
"Nothing. Alfrede watched Evelyn walk towards the dark believers, sighed, and whispered in a voice that seemed to remind himself and to the latter, "This is a cruel struggle between darkness and light, a battle to the death, and there can be no mercy. You'll understand one day. ”
"My lord, we found a team, about a hundred people, and it seemed that the armor and weapons were very good. A Templar swordsman hurried to tell him that the blood had not yet been completely wiped off his face, "We are less than half an hourglass away." ”
Everyone suddenly became nervous, at this time, the team that appeared here was aimed at them, could it be that the team's whereabouts had been exposed?
"It should be passing by. Luo Lan groaned. Then he said, "Otherwise, they wouldn't have allowed us to discover their tracks so easily." ”
The people around him were all trained in life-and-death battles, even some of the young Templars who had just joined the battle. After a few fights, both their minds and nerves became as tough as mountain vines, and they quickly calmed down, and under the command of several paladin captains, they dispersed, looking for hidden corners to hide, and formed an encirclement, just like they had done a few times before, but this time, they had changed from the initial jerky to skillful and organized.
As for Luo Lan, this bishop usually just found a random place to hide, but several paladin captains were always surprised to find that this seemingly random place was actually not only hidden, but also easy to observe to the outside world, and after several times, they were full of admiration for Luo Lan, after all, this is only possible for people with keen observation and extremely rich combat experience, although they have not seen the bishop make a move so far, but from this point of view, most of those rumors about him are likely to be true.
In the twilight, two columns of cavalry surrounded several quaint horse-drawn carriages slowly towards the town, and under the afterglow of the sunset, the buildings of the town looked peaceful and serene, but there was a deep murder hidden in them.
The knights on both sides of the convoy were all dressed in black heavy armor, not only in a gorgeous and heavy form, but also shimmering in the light, faintly hovering around them with some magical elements, holding in their hands the long-handled axes and spears usually held by honor guards, and their faces were also closed by almost airtight helmets.
On the innermost side of the carriage ground, a black-robed old man held a staff with a strange style, his expression was calm, and he could see that this was a mage with good strength.
Luo Lan looked down, due to the angle and light, these people hadn't noticed anything unusual here for the time being, and he turned his head. He patted Xiao Gu's shoulder and said, "Do you see that mage?"
Bone nodded.
Luo Lan chuckled: "He handed it over to you, my request is to kill with one hit." ”
Xiao Gu was stunned for a moment, then he thought for a moment, turned and ran towards the place where the dark mage had fallen, and he glanced at the mouth of the well. Then he stretched out his right hand, and with a bang, countless crazy fire elements rushed out, ready to move in the air, and then he stretched out his left hand again, and the thick layer of blood that had flowed down under the deep well had already condensed on the wall of the well, but at this time, it dissolved and drifted away under his call, and finally turned into a trace of blood mist to wrap the entire flame. The rich aura of the fire elemental was replaced by the blood aura at once.
Blood magic?
Several paladins watched in amazement, but looked puzzled, for they weren't sure. Since this magician is with the Bishop, it is even more unlikely, maybe this is some kind of fire magic that they can't understand, right?
Xiao Gu looked at the "blood ball" in his hand, although it was a bit like blood magic, but what he used was actually just a simple magic technique, which even ordinary magic apprentices could easily complete, because it didn't have any offensive and defensive properties, just to hide people's eyes.
He walked to a more secluded spot and watched the convoy as it made its way up the gentle slope. His eyes quickly focused on the mage's body, and after roughly estimating the distance, the blood ball in his right hand was thrown towards the mage!
The mage's eyes suddenly opened, and he reacted unusually quickly, snorting coldly, and the staff in his hand was horizontal, and a dense dark element suddenly flashed. But the "blood cell" had already "boomed" before it reached him There was an explosion, although the raging fire element was blocked on the periphery under the suppression of the dark element, but some of the blood splashed inevitably fell into the eyes of the old mage, which couldn't help but he subconsciously lowered his head to dodge, the disordered fire element in the air made him unable to tell if there was a follow-up attack, but he did not lose his vigilance, with this instinct he felt that something was wrong there, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, and the second flying fireball was detonated in the air by him in some way. I couldn't get close to him at all.
When the mage sneered disdainfully in his heart. But I felt as if my head had been hit hard by something, and the blood and brain seemed to be boiled in an instant. It was boiled, and the whole person flew out of the horse, and by the time it landed, it had turned into a headless corpse, and the sea of hands was tightly clutching the magic staff.
"Kill!"
The priests and paladins on both sides seemed to have received a signal, and launched a fierce attack at the same time!
In the dim light, Sharoman was staring at the parchment map silently, his expression was still calm and calm, but the deep lines overflowing from the corners of his eyes were faintly tired, this Lantyston monk did not care at all about the rear being occupied and destroyed by himself, it was likely that the other party either had strong support, or the roots were very deep in the Holy See, but no matter where it was, it showed that if you want to mobilize the other party, it is no longer possible to use such a method.
Well, now it seems, can only ......
"Your Excellency, you can't go in!"
Suddenly there was an argument at the door, and then a voice rang out: "Get out of the way!"
"Bang!"
The door was kicked open, and the young inspector rushed in with a fierce roar, "Shaloman, you ordered the attack on the rear of the Monks' Lodge! Now the Monks have penetrated deep into our realm, you ......" His words suddenly stopped talking, and his momentum suddenly froze, for Shaloman's usual seemingly peaceful gaze was now filled with the majesty of the Monks.
The young inspector's voice involuntarily lowered, and his attitude was no longer so arrogant, but he still said in a cold voice: "Now the news has just come that the escort of the youngest daughter of the Duke of Zner is likely to pass through that area, she is the sister of Princess Mary, if anything happens, you can explain it to the council yourself!"
Shaloman was silent for a while, and then said slowly, "Tell the councillors that I will give them a satisfactory answer." ”
The young man's spirits perked up, and this was what he was waiting for, he took a careful step forward, leaned forward with his upper body, and asked step by step, "Then what are you going to do?"
Shaloman looked at the young man, and the combination of arrogance and mockery in his eyes made the young man's face change suddenly, but under the inexplicable momentum of the former at this time, he didn't dare to ask again, and then he suddenly thought that this person who usually seemed to never be angry was also a fourteenth-level powerhouse of the Council of the Dead, not those congregants who could support at will.
"Inspector Bonaparte, you can go if it's okay, I have a few things to think about. Shaloman said lightly.
This time, the young man did not dare to squeak and honestly exited the room.
Shaloman sighed, Luo Lan's attack was not to play against him, but to skillfully use the internal contradictions of the Council of the Dead itself to attack him, even if he was clever in tactics, but in the face of such a situation, he could only withstand the pressure from within the Council and quietly wait for the opportunity.
He endured it until now and didn't make a move, it was because he hadn't seen where Luo Lan's weakness was, and now, he couldn't wait any longer, it seemed that he had to use that method, he slowly raised his head, and his eyes gradually became sharper, just like killing Mehadi!
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