Chapter 4: Insignificant Pawns
The light swirling on the crystal pendant was fading.
A hint of smugness flashed across Canghai Guzhou's face, his frown loosened, and he raised his head to look at the others. "Our liaison lady has news, they have entered the ruins from the southwest, and have also fought with one of the main regiments of the Silver Forest Spear." He held his head high, his dark red silk robe glowing softly, every scale of his armor polished brightly, there was not a single stain on his belt, and the gems of the hilt of his sword hung on it shimmered.
From the moment he became a tactical analyst for the chapter, many people told him about the deeds of the three major tactical masters in China. Among them, KUN the All-Seeing One is especially important - the brigade of the Silver Forest Crown is the weakest link among the ten guilds, but it has rarely been defeated under his leadership. Those people were happy to talk about each other's miraculous battlefield instincts, but they were tired of being alone, and in his opinion, these people became famous just because of the situation.
He naturally revered the first generation of Aitalia as much as everyone else, but he was very disdainful of the successors, whom he called the unlearned generation. The time of the wilderness of Aitaria is over, and the future will surely be the world of a man of his profession, who has both talent and solid theoretical knowledge.
As for the so-called 'seniors' who sell their reputations, they are just a group of guys who only know how to eat their old books.
When there are no heroes, make the shaft famous.
The forest is dotted with ancient white oak trees, which are said to be the resting place of the spirits of the Noumerin elves. The branches are intertwined, the trunk seems to form an old face, and under the shadow grows a light pod mimosa and a symbiotic alfalfa.
The glimmer reflected many faces.
Everyone was dressed in the same costume as him, with a golden dragon with outstretched wings embroidered on the dark red robe, and people awaited his next step. But only one voice interjected abruptly: "What about the spear of the silver forest?" ”
The lonely boat in the sea seems to have been waiting for this question for a long time. "The Spear of the Silver Forest is also going well, and the inside has reported back earlier that the 'Mr. Legend' has brought people into the ruins. However, the 'Mr. Legend' has a very keen sense of smell, and he looks like he doesn't care about the two main regiments on the Gorgong River Beach. With that, he looked at the other party triumphantly.
Jory looked indifferent and argued: "If you enter the ruins, you don't necessarily go to the A2 area." The other party is KUN, the all-seeing, and I suggest that you be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. ”
Canghai Guzhou frowned, and glanced at the old-fashioned knight with displeasure. The other party was quite old, about forty years old, and described as withered, but his expression was resolute, his robe was worn out in many places, his shampoo was white, and there were three tassels embroidered on his left chest—the sign that he had participated in the three famous battles of the Jeffrey Redcoats since its establishment, and had received meritorious service from them—the golden one represented the famous battle of the lions.
This one is enough to make the lonely boat in the sea go crazy with jealousy. He looked at the knight's long withered palms, and maliciously guessed in his heart whether the other party still held the sword steadily, and the Drafter's tone with the Radiance Equipment would drop sharply after the age of thirty-five, and his own reflexes and energy had also passed his peak, and most of the Drafters would choose to retire at this stage.
The guild left Jory behind because it valued the experience and stability of the veteran, but Canghai Guzhou thought that this was a kind of clamping on himself, and he was very unhappy in his heart, so he targeted the other party everywhere.
"If you don't go to the A2 area, where will you go? Don't forget that our cannon fodder is heading towards the 'Dragon Knight', and that 'Mr. Legend' doesn't know what's in it, unless there is another ghost in us," Canghai Lonely Boat stared at Jory and raised his voice: "No one is suspicious of an enemy that doesn't exist, and we are theoretically 'non-existent', Mr. Jory, you say?" ”
Jory shook his head. "It's just theoretical, but not necessarily for KUN the all-seeing. Assuming he wasn't fooled, it was entirely possible that he could have guessed our intentions - there were only three ways to enter the ruins, and he could set up an ambush on the way he had to go, or at least leave an eyeliner. I've seen many examples of this, where normality doesn't exist for all-seeing people. ”
Canghai Guzhou chuckled: "I see that you know a lot about tactics, why don't you command?" He sneered maliciously, "I guess it wasn't the cowardice that made you get that golden ribbon in the Lion War, or that you even had less guts after the tone with the glow device dropped?" ”
His words made most of the people present change their faces, and the irreversible decline in tune with the glow equipment was a taboo among every Elector, especially for veterans, few of them would expose people's scars nakedly.
Jory was trembling with anger, but he finally calmed down. Turning around without humility or arrogance, he wiped a handful on the trunk with his hand, melting the frost and making his palms wet, "I just cautioned caution, and did not hinder Your Excellency's command," he turned his palms to face the others. "It's cooler tonight, and that thing might show up, and the situation inside the ruins will be very complicated."
"That thing will be our helper," Canghai Guzhou didn't mind. "Okay, I don't want to talk nonsense, since you agree, then let's go according to the original plan. Once we've avoided the A2 area, we've gotten our stuff and evacuated in an orderly manner - if all goes well, maybe the 'Mr. Legend' hasn't reacted by the time we get back to the Serpent. ”
After seeing Jory's fate, no one objected.
Only Jory looked indifferently at the young man who was talking eloquently and shook his head slightly.
Gradually, more people came out of the forest, dressed in red smocks and tricorne hats with a white tail feather stuck in the hat. It was as if the musketeers of Louis XIII had stepped out of the scroll of history.
But these are the real Jeffreyt's redcoats -
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Fang Yu walked out of the forest with a dejected expression.
Quelod stopped him, "How's it going, did you find it?" Fang Yu shook his head. Everyone asked, but it still didn't work, and there wasn't anything around, unless it was expanded. ”
"There's no time," Quilrod had already expected in his heart, but he didn't break it: "After a while, the follow-up forces of the Silver Forest Spear will arrive, and we must enter the ruins immediately." ”
"But what about Miss Mia?"
"Leave her alone," Quilrod handed him back. "Ed, in fact, she has a small goal alone, so it may be safer to stay outside."
Fang Yu paused for a moment, could only agree with this statement, and nodded slightly. He wasn't actually worried about Mia's safety, after all, this was Attaria, but his heart was a little empty for a while.
He thought it was a rare opportunity to get closer to his sweetheart.
The remnants of the elven building are a tall and straight moon-white façade that stands across the woods, and the walls are covered with wisteria and creeper leaves. Under the vines is bare marble, the texture is very delicate, gray and white like pottery, the surface is full of cracks, full of vicissitudes.
One by one, the members of the adventuring party walked under the wall, and the thick pine needles absorbed the sound of the footsteps, silently.
Only Fang Yu stopped and raised his head, and the thousands of years were reflected on the wall, as if there was an ancient echo lingering here.
Behind him, Scapet hit him on the back of the head with a knife: "Hurry up!" Fang Yu had to hang his head and follow the others. The forest ahead is full of branches, claws and fangs, and aerial roots are intertwined into a web that grows under the collapsed walls.
The others climbed up the gap, almost forty feet high. With the help of Quelod, Fang Yu took a lot of effort to climb up, if it was a great feat on weekdays, it would be enough to make him excited for a while, but now he looked dull.
Seeing that he was not in a good mood, Quelod patted him on the shoulder in the back and asked him to look back. Fang Yu paused for a moment before panting and turned his head.
The view in front of you is so beautiful.
From the top of the wall, the forest stretched to the horizon, and the dense sea of trees connected to each other, a silver glow shimmered like the sea and waves, under the quiet moonlight. The night sky is long blowing, the purple cloud wall is slowly northward, the sky is a distinct ridgeline, and the moonlight appears and disappears behind the clouds.
Fang Yu opened his mouth slightly, staring at the myriad of thoughts.
This is the world he dreams of-
He couldn't help but subconsciously take a step forward, and the emotions in his heart disappeared. But Scarpe hurriedly dragged the mad boy back and scolded, "What are you nervous about, don't you want to live?" ”
Fang Yu realized that he had almost walked under the gap, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and glanced back at Silk Capet gratefully. The people next to him laughed when they saw this: "This kid is the same kind of person as us, Scarpet." ”
"Indeed, at the point of no heart," Scarpe shook his head. "They're all crazy."
"After all, people who don't want adventure won't come to this world, Scarpet."
To this answer, Scapet rarely did not refute, and she looked at the forest and sea in the distance with soft eyes.
Fang Yu was even more convinced.
"It's a pity, Ed just doesn't have magical adaptability." Someone said again.
"Otherwise, he must be a great combat craftsman!"
The big guy talked about it, and he didn't take the spear of the silver forest seriously. But he was very happy and sad, and suddenly someone shouted: "Be careful, someone is here!" The group turned around, only to find a small group of Silver Spear men behind the arcade to the north.
The other party is supposed to be heading along the corner of the wall of the ruins to the north, and suddenly appear there. They had apparently spotted the Dawn Star first, and a small group of gunsmiths at the front had raised their guns and fired, and Fang Ou saw two rows of fire rising from the darkness in that direction, smoke rising, and lead bullets sweeping over like a shower.
At that time, someone planted it. Quelod used his greatsword to block the bullets fired at Fang Ou as he shouted, "Steady, someone is here to protect the elemental envoy and the alchemist!" ”
The two Dai Lin shield guards carrying the big shield ran over and raised the big shield to block in front of Fang Yuan.
There was a clanging sound on the shield, and Fang Yu hurriedly went to get his seven-type musket, but Scarpay rushed over and held him down, covering his ears and shouting, "Don't move!" ”
Only then did Fang Yu realize his importance in the task, and honestly withdrew his hand.
He looked back, and the long crystal in the elemental angel's hand not far away was glowing. Bullets rained down on the walls, and archers, crossbowmen, and gunsmiths fired at each other's spears against each other's fire, and stone chips flew and smoke weaved, and from time to time people fell.
Relying on the condescending advantage, the opponent's firepower finally thinned out a little after a while.
"Seventy feet!"
Quelod commanded calmly, and the greatsword was like a silver sword in his hand, and the lead bullet was invisible.
The elemental made the shield guard in front of him turn sideways, and the former immediately threw the crystal in his hand forward—the long crystal seemed to drive its own energy, turning into a streamer of light and flying between the two sides. Thirty meters away, it exploded, and the escaping aether magic formed a vast area of water mist, blocking the view from both sides.
Both sides were very sophisticated, and the shooting almost stopped invariably.
There were a few more gunshots on the other side, and they quickly fell silent—
Only the smoke and dust drifted in the night wind.
"Now, let's go!" Seeing this, Scapet pushed Fang Yu from behind, and at the same time shoved an object into his hand. Fang Yu took a look, only to find that it was a slow-falling structure - a very commonly used magic guide, and the attributeless crystal in it could be used three times after being charged.
"Thanks, Miss Scarpet."
He didn't talk nonsense, untied the huge backpack and threw it on the ground, put the metal box on his back, and clicked the leather tube and latch on it to the magic furnace behind him with a backhand. He walked briskly to the wall and looked down, and the wall was even higher on this side, a full fifteen meters.
Fang Plover has never jumped a parachute.
But he didn't have the slightest fear in his heart, and he didn't hesitate to take a step forward. Scarpaine wanted to remind him of the precautions in the back, but before he could say anything, he saw this guy jump.
She had never seen such a bold newcomer, and she really gritted her teeth: "This kid ......"
Fang Yu only heard the whirring wind, and suddenly there was a soft click behind him, only to feel that his body was light, and his falling speed slowed down suddenly. He looked back and saw a glider spread out behind the metal box, light and thin, like spider silk - but he knew it was web-like aetheric magic.
The magic furnace behind him is starting to get hot, the indicator meter on the glove is spinning like crazy, and the magic power is dropping rapidly, which is the biggest disadvantage of the attributeless crystal - the mana reserve is too low, and the output power is far from enough.
Fortunately, the slow-falling structure was just an ordinary magic guide, and it finally landed before the magic guide furnace was overloaded.
He hurriedly closed the valve, and the steam of coolant was released, and the scorching gas burned so hot that he almost withdrew his hand, and the temperature of the core crystal began to gradually return to level. When he looked up, the members of the adventure group were also descending one after another, much more calm than him.
Silk Capet also took a wounded man, slid down the dense air roots, lifted his weight lightly, and came to Fang Yuan's side in a few ups and downs, and threw the huge backpack at him.
Fang Yu hurriedly caught the backpack.
"Don't stop, go inside the ruins!" Scarpe pointed in one direction, where there was a vegetated elven arcade, submerged in a large expanse of hematite ferns. Fang Yu nodded, and burrowed into the dense forest.
A crisp gunshot rang out behind him, and he glanced back to see that the Spear of the Silver Forest was breaking out of the fog and being hit back by a volley of fire. Fang Plover didn't dare to stay longer, parted the tall hematite fern feather-like leaves, and walked into the depths of the ruins.
Scapet watched him disappear before turning and calling for the others to take the wounded.
Behind the dense forest is a street that has survived the old times—on both sides are old and dilapidated buildings, the roots of towering trees intertwined with moon-white stones, and a large number of aerial roots are laid on the ground like a pipe network, which looks a little seeping in the cold moonlight.
The surroundings are mysterious and lonely, full of falling stones with incomplete patterns, but they have not been here for a long time, so that these stones are covered with moss and cypress. Fang Ou walked hand and foot through the ruins, and he saw that the elven arcade was always on his side, and judged his direction from it.
A giant bird flapped its wings and flew away from the canopy of the towering tree, startling him, and when he raised his head, he saw that it was a huge Tarren white-necked jay, and he couldn't help but curse secretly.
In front of it is a deep ravine, the bottom of which is covered with rubble, as if it were part of a temple, and does not look like it was formed naturally. However, Fang Yu only glanced at it and didn't think much about it, he didn't dare to stop and walk forward along the edge of the ravine, and it didn't take long to find a 'bridge' that could be passed. It was actually the roots of an ancient oak tree, spanning the ravine, like an elven arch bridge.
Fang Plover looked around, the forest near and far was lonely, and there were a few mice under the ravine, swaying their fat bodies in the moonlight. The Talen white-necked jay had flown somewhere, leaving only the shadows of the lush trees overhead, and the ruins were completely flooded with vegetation, and if it weren't for the remnants of the elven buildings, he would almost have thought he was back in the forest outside.
He then took off his backpack, took out a roll of rope from it and tied it up, and then carefully climbed the roots of the ancient oak with the rope and moved it a little bit. When he got to the other side, he dragged his backpack from the bottom of the ditch with a rope.
He was also sweating profusely from this action, opened his backpack and checked it, and found that a set of alchemy utensils had been broken, and among them was a very expensive crystal curved neck flask, and Fang Yuan's heart was dripping blood.
He picked up the shards of glass and threw them away, then sat down and rested for a while. Just as he was wondering why the others hadn't caught up yet, a broad hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder, Fang Yu was so frightened that he almost cried out, only to find that it was the silent Quelod, and he and Scapet had caught up at some point.
The others were behind the two of them, and they also stumbled apart from the ferns and walked out.
Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How is it?" ”
"The people of the Spear of the Silver Forest didn't catch up." Quelod shook his head.
"And what's next?" Fang Yu looked around, he really didn't expect the ruins to be so big.
Scapet turned back to the others and asked, "In what direction did the Saint Serpent's wing boat fall?" ”
"I saw that, to the southeast, the wingboat had crashed into a broken tower there." Someone replied.
"I saw it too."
People chimed in.
Quilrod looked in the direction of the fog. "I know the direction, not very far. There's no time to delay, and we'll hit the road when the alchemists are almost rested. ”
"I'm fine, in fact I've been resting for a while," Fang replied, "but I have a question." ”
Quelod looked at him and motioned for him to speak.
Silk Capet frowned and thought for a moment, and also said on the side: "Quelod, the person of the Spear of the Silver Forest has appeared very strangely. ”
Quilrod paused for a moment, then nodded. "They did react a little bit quicker." He thought for a moment, then asked, "So what are you worried about?" ”
Scarpe shook her head. "I just think there were too many surprises tonight."
"I think the people of the Silver Forest Spear have a purpose," Fang Yu thought for a moment, organizing his language. "Mr. Quelod, why didn't they catch up, I was curious before, what is in this ruin?"
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