??

In a blur, Fang Yu felt a pair of hands groping his face, and after struggling to hold up his eyelids, he felt a dull light through his eyelashes, piercing his eyeballs, and tears couldn't help but gush out.

?? In the blurred vision, a bright gaze became clear first, it was the young eyes of the ship's officer, staring at him as if she could speak, stable, clear, and restrained.

?? Sylvide looked at the captain's blood-soaked cheeks with a hint of concern, her hand gently stroking over it, and looking at his eyes that had opened a slit slightly, and his eyes couldn't help but overflow with surprise.

?? She lowered her head and touched his chapped lips lightly.

?? Fang Yu groaned in a daze, not knowing if it was because of the blushing or the burning pain of his dizziness.

??“ The sand pirates were repulsed. Sylvide looked at him and whispered, her voice rustling.

??“ So did we win? Fang Yu was still a little dazed, and asked a little confused.

??“ Not exactly. ”

?? The vision gradually cleared, and through Sylvid's shoulder, the sky behind her was completely bright. In the distance was a tower, only half of the dilapidated structure remained, empty shelves, and the light was shining.

?? It seems to be still in the inner city.

???? Thick clouds still hung over the horizon, low and dreary, with the occasional electric glow. A bolt of lightning pierced the vastness, bright red, and the lightning pierced through the heavens and the earth, like piercing blood flowing from the clouds.

?? Then, more lightning fell near and far.

?? Looking at these lightnings, Fang Yu seemed to remember something, and a feeling of dizziness hit, and the scene before Mahazar's death flashed back all of a sudden.

A blood-red bolt of lightning fell from the clouds, smashing the king of the sand thieves to ashes; In the scattered feather dust, there seemed to be a dark red mark, enveloping the other party's dazed and ignorant soul, rising straight into the sky.

?? He had a splitting headache and snorted again.

?? Miss Ship Officer gently placed her cold hand on his forehead. Feeling the tenderness here, Fang Yu felt that the headache seemed to have been alleviated a little.

"What the hell is going on?" He asked in a hoarse voice, the feeling of emptiness coming back from his right shoulder, and then he remembered the injury he had suffered before.

"The sand thieves are dead, but they are not dead," Sylved pressed his forehead lightly. "Those red lightning bolts, turned them into undead monsters, and now all of Questak is covered with these things."

"Monsters?"

?? Fang Yu looked at the red mist floating into the air in the distance, they rose from every corner of the battlefield, from the corpses of every sand thief, rose into the air, and converged into pillars of smoke.

?? Blood-colored pillars of smoke rose into the sky, and beneath the low-hanging clouds, like tentacles, grabbed the city.

Between the pillars of smoke, there seemed to be some black dots flying.

?? He suddenly understood what the scene before he came to it meant.

?? That's the soul contract.

Dark legends often depict greedy and ambitious people who make a pact with an evil being, thus giving away their souls in exchange for what they consider to be valuable on the other side of the scale—usually power, wealth, and endless power.

And such things are actually real in Aitalia, and the methods used by the dark saints to deceive mortals come and go, but they are quite effective for those who are desperate.

Apparently the sand pirates are just such people. Soul and life may seem to them less than a bag of gems, a happy killing, a woman is valuable, and they despise the lives of others, including their own.

The object of the blind follower's ritual sacrifice at the beginning was not the inhabitants of the city, but the bewitched sand bandits. Before they knew it, they had signed a pact with Descartes.

And now, it's harvest time.

"What about Ye Hua?"

"He's out there, dealing with those monsters, but it doesn't make much sense, just to prevent them from rushing in and hurting you."

"What about the others?"

"It's all in Kasan Palace."

It seems that as Sylvid said, the battle with the sand pirates is over, and everyone has gathered in the Kashan Palace, but the current situation is still a little unclear to him.

Fang Yu whispered, "Let's go over too." ”

The ship's lady nodded slightly. "Well, the person sent by Her Royal Highness the princess should also be arriving soon."

……

Walking through the streets of the inner city, it is not difficult to see the mess left by the previous battle. Tall and majestic buildings, burned to ruins and rubble, the remnants of charred beams and pillars, the residual warmth is still there, white smoke curls, and there are still dark red sparks under the ashes.

The fire could recur at any time, but no one paid attention to it at this time.

The knights sent by Her Royal Highness Princess Celestia made an improvised stretcher. Wrap a flag between two poplar trees and let him lie down.

Sylvid was on one side, holding the pride of the Lone King, and followed closely.

The lost right arm could theoretically be restored with advanced restoration, or by prayer, and Bishop Faris should be willing to do it. Even if he couldn't, Fang Yu didn't worry too much, anyway, he still had a chance to resurrect.

It wasn't long before he came into contact with the 'monsters'.

The crowd was walking through the uneven ruins when suddenly a sharp cry came from mid-air, and a shadow seemed to block out the sun. Fang Ou looked up and saw a giant beast flapping its wings through the ruins. It was very muscular, with tall bones as red as fire, a horn sticking out of its scalp, a ghostly light flashing in its eye sockets, and a huge mouth of blood open underneath, lined with fangs, sharp as a knife

The tall monster spread its wings and landed on a remnant of the pillar with a thud, its sturdy claws kicking against the stone wall and turning to pounce on them.

The knights unsheathed their scimitars and turned in that direction. But before it could make contact, a feathered arrow broke through the air and hit the monster in the chest, causing it to nail it to the stone wall behind it with a bang.

The stone wall made a low muffled sound and collapsed, and the earth trembled slightly, raising a cloud of dust.

Ye Hua put away his longbow, and the knights cast their eyes in awe. It was only in the smoke and dust that the monster was still not dead for a while, and struggled and screamed for a long time before its voice gradually became lower.

Fang Yu looked at this side silently, and Ye Hua made eye contact with him, and they both saw the silence in the eyes of the two.

This monster was nailed to death by Ye Hua with one arrow. But it was an arrow from the Ten Kings, and even so, it did not die immediately, and its vitality was strong, which can be seen.

What if ordinary people were right?

After the monster died, the huge fleshy wings slammed limply on the ground, and the dark red veins on it, like lava flowing on volcanic ash, glowed red, and slowly flowed downward. The muscles and epidermis melted in turn, turning into sparks and flying into the air.

As if in an instant, the huge corpse was only a pile of charred and black dry bones. And the dry bones quickly disappeared with the wind.

Looking at the embers rising into the sky, Sylvid told him that the dust would soon turn into new monsters. "They won't be killed completely, and they will soon be resurrected on this battlefield—"

The knights told him that there were two kinds of monsters, and that it was just one of them.

And Fang Yu soon encountered another one.

He had seen the monsters he had seen before, the Servants of Blood he had seen in Tansnir, and they emerged in droves from the alleys, and when they met, they meant a fierce battle.

Fortunately, the combat power of the Blood Servant is far inferior to the previous monster, and the knights can also deal with it calmly. But these monsters are also unkillable, and even if they are beheaded, they will be resurrected quickly.

"They were sand pirates." A knight said to him.

Fang Yu was silent, it seemed that the blood worms cultivated by the blind followers in Tansnir were first used on these sand thieves. Although they deserve it, the unguardable methods of blind followers are still disturbing.

The deeper you go into the inner city, the traces of the battle fade away. Lying on a stretcher, he saw for the first time the living sand thief captives, strung together by a rope, and beside them stood many knights in silver helmets and silver armor.

Looking at those knights and the flags above the other party's spears, Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned. If he read that right, those were Cowlings.

The knight had explained to him that it was the Cowlins who had joined the battle at the last minute and routed the sand bandits. The gratitude in his tone was overflowing.

Fang Yu was a little surprised when he heard this. The Korin had an envoy here, but he was aware of the Cowlin-Ishurian pact with Istania, and that in the absence of the Sand King, the other party would not generally intervene in Idania internal disputes.

A knight of the Korling people in the distance saw their team at this time, and suddenly left his own people and walked this way.

The knight approached, lifted his visor, looked at them with a pair of eyes, and made an angry voice under his helmet: "Guys, can you help us find someone?" Have you ever seen a girl like this, about nineteen years old, with blonde hair, light blue eyes, and unusual beauty—"

He had a necklace tied to his armour, and at the end of the necklace hung a round pendant, on which the knight swiped a few times to open the pendant, revealing a picture of the crystal below.

He gestured to the little girl above and said to everyone, "That's it, but it's older, have you seen it?" ”

The Istanian knights shook their heads.

The moment Fang Yu saw the pendant, he turned around with some surprise, only to find that Sylvid had somehow put on a turban and veil, and looked like a maid of the palace.

Only then did he remember that the other party had also been dressed in beautiful silver hair, just as he had done when he had been in Golland.

Sylvide met his gaze, winked at him playfully under the veil, and reached out to quietly take his hand.

"You called the Kaulin?" Fang Yu immediately understood what was happening, and wrote in the palm of her hand.

Like a child caught in a prank, the aristocratic daughter's eyes are crooked, and she smiles very beautifully.

"But they're looking for you, too."

"Don't worry," Sylvid gestured lightly in the palm of his hand, making his palm tickle a little. "There won't be any problems."

Fang Yu was still a little worried in his heart, worried that Sylvide would be noticed by the royal family of Kaulin. Here they were just marginal people, but in that court turmoil, the nobles' daughters were at the center of the whirlpool.

Fortunately, the knight did not pursue it, and after polite inquiry, he took their leave.

In the Kasan Palace, the atmosphere was still tense.

"The sand pirates have retreated."

"Most of them, to be exact, turned into those monsters......"

"Those monsters have no intention of attacking Kashan Palace yet, but they are lingering outside the defensive line, and the range is obviously getting closer......"

Seychelle's tone was calm, but it was not difficult to hear the anxiety hidden in his tone. "What's more, the North City ......"

"Her Royal Highness the Princess has moved most of the civilians to the north before, but only some have escaped from Cuestac, and the rest are now gathered in the northern city......"

"The North City is currently the least damaged area in the previous battle, but it's hard to know what will happen next. The guards have confirmed that those who are attacked and killed by those monsters will also become their kind......"

"But those monsters can't be killed," said one nobleman indignantly, "is it that we just wait and turn us into our kind?" ”

He gestured vigorously: "In my opinion, we should break out." ”

"But what about Quistak?"

"We'll move everyone out and leave Descartes with an empty city, and as long as the people are still around, we can build another Questac."

Princess Celestia sighed. "Ladies and gentlemen, how can it be so easy, when the sand pirates attacked the city before, they were several times more numerous than us. And then we had the advantage in combat effectiveness, and now it is gone. ”

She looked through the high platform and looked at the city in the distance with black smoke, a little unbearable. "Now they are both more numerous than us, and they are stronger than us. Those monsters surrounded the entire perimeter of the city, and we couldn't have broken through. ”

"When will His Majesty the Sand King return?" Someone asked.

But no one can answer this question.

Maybe it's before noon, maybe it's evening, but the question is, what if the army returns? In everyone's discussion, one question was ignored intentionally or unintentionally, what is the blood-red halo in the sky?

"What about the evil god Deska?" There was only a calm voice, asking everyone.

Princess Rupert looked at the voice, but she didn't need to look at it, and she knew that the person who said it must be that person's cousin.

"If the distorted incarnation of the evil god comes, not just one Questak, but the whole of Istania will be implicated." Tang Xin looked at everyone and said, "Who knows how long its power will last, there have been records of several months in history, you must not want to know what kind of tragic scene happened at that time, right?" ”

There was silence in the hall.

Ai Xiaoxiao's upper and lower teeth were fighting, but she still couldn't stop pulling her friend's sleeve so that she wouldn't say it anymore. She was afraid that these Istanians would be angry and slaughter them before the evil gods came.

But the people who can stay at this moment still have some courage to say at least no one to say such absurd words.

"What then?" Someone asked helplessly.

Against a dark deity, even a twisted incarnation is enough to make people despair.

"Andama and Lord Marlan will not give up on us," Princess Celestia said quietly, "and as long as hope remains, we still have a chance." ”

"But where is the hope?" Even in the face of this eldest princess, the man couldn't help but ask.

At this time, the communication crystal in Tang Xin's hand lit up.

She raised her head and looked at Her Royal Highness: "My brother is back." ”

Celestia's eyes lit up. She still remembered what had happened the night before, the incredible blow of the Cowling man and the man had shattered the courage of the sand pirates.

At that time, they were also in such a desperate situation, but they still held a chance. Maybe the miracle won't happen again, but she has at least learned not to give up hope easily.

Speaking of which, whether it is the Korling people or the king of the sand thieves, they are actually brought by the other party. This made Rupert have a trace of unrealistic expectations in his heart.

Maybe the other party has something else to do.

However, when he saw Fang Yuan's first words, his Royal Highness the princess's wish was disappointed. Facing the other party's questioning gaze, Fang Yu shook his head slightly: "I also just woke up and learned about Questak's current situation, Your Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Princess Rupert bit her lip, but looked at the other person's lost hand, and a hint of apology flashed in her eyes. "Captain Ed, your hand ......"

Fang Yu didn't care too much. "Don't worry, Your Highness Princess, I'm the Elector, and this injury is nothing to me." But he didn't say that he didn't have much starlight left.

Princess Rupert knew that what he had said was true, so she said no more.

Not to mention that Penelope's royal family and the temple can also help in this matter.

Tang Xin was on the side, looking at his cousin's miserable appearance, although he knew that everything here would not affect the earth, he still couldn't help frowning.

Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little amused when he looked at his cousin, and whispered in private: "Tangtang, you are so ugly to death." ”

He originally thought that his cousin would be so angry that he only rolled his eyes, but he didn't expect the latter to blink his eyes and turn red. Frightened, Fang Yu had no master, and hurriedly shouted: "Crybaby, you won't come again......"

Tang Xin wiped the corners of her eyes and said quietly: "You wait, I'm going to sue." ”

Fang Yu suddenly lost his three souls, if he let his aunt know that he had become like this, he was afraid that he would pull his ears and bring him back to Earth on the spot.

It's just that the brother and sister communicate privately, and the hall becomes unusually quiet for a while.

Fang Yu noticed the external changes, so he turned around, he looked at Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who was worried, and Alepf on the side, and then said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, although I don't have much to do, maybe someone can give us a way." ”

As soon as he said this, the entire hall couldn't help but look in this direction.

Princess Rupert was even more silent: "Captain Ed, what you said is true?" ”

Fang Yu nodded slightly, and he pressed his remaining left hand against his communication crystal, feeling the slight tremor there. After a moment he spoke:

"They've arrived."

A somewhat weak voice was coming from outside the hall at this moment:

"Mr. Ed?"

It was the voice of some mystic maiden.

……

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