The gray clouds burned out the last rays of flames, and from time to time in the sky, the floating ships turned into brilliant fires, like falling meteors, and finally disappeared.

The girl was unleashing her hand from the rough willow armrest, and her blue eyes reflected the brilliance of reminiscence, as if it existed in some dream of her childhood, like a beam of afternoon sunlight through the glass window.

"I've seen it before."

“…… But it was in the stories told by my grandfather, the stars, the dragons, and the endless minions that emerged from the darkness, that civilization had been pushed to the brink more than once, and that our ancestors had fought alongside a noble race......"

A little light refracted in the blue and clear eyes, the noble daughter said in a dream-like tone, she turned her head and stared at the motionless gaze of the sky blue.

Seven centuries after the Noumerin elves left this world, mortals could hardly have imagined that history would come back one day, and all of this is as if the proverb engraved on the dragon's horn by the descendants of the dragon slayer:

'Don't forget the enemy who has passed away—'

This phrase came to Tianlan's mind for a moment, and the little girl seemed to involuntarily recall the long journey and experience that night had followed, as if she had stepped into a cold and turbulent river, and by the time they came to their senses, they were already there.

She was tugging tightly at the side of the ship, tiptoeing to make sure she could see outside. And even though she has always been amazingly bold, she can't help but feel suffocated by nervousness at this moment.

Sky Blue turned pale and looked at the two warring sides in the sky, and at this moment either side had lost the last room to retreat.

There, the silver windship, the flagship of the silver Vislan, reflected the morning light, like a shining blade, cutting into the front of the Shadowman fleet. And behind it was the formation of the two warring sides, which had already begun.

A torrent of artillery fire and explosions followed, flashing lights, strong winds, and scorching currents that immediately shook the Seven Seas Traveler.

At the moment when the firelight arrived, an irrepressible thought rose from Tianlan's heart:

Maybe there's some kind of inevitability behind all this? ’

But who drove them here?

Is it the master of the Traveler's Rest?

It's still the golden eyes that lurk in the shadows.

But as soon as she was in a trance, she suddenly felt her body light, and she was almost blown away. Sky Blue fell back into reality and couldn't help but scream, but immediately felt a hand grasp of her, and when she looked up, she realized that it was Sailor Baggins.

Baggins jerked her back and landed on the deck, before handing her over to Luo Yu and motioning for the young man to take care of his little girlfriend. Tian Lan stood firm with trepidation, holding Luo Yu's somewhat warm hand, and then glanced at the former gratefully.

It's just that the boatswain didn't have the heart to respond to them, and the look on Baggins' face was not easy.

"Miss Tata," behind, Luo Hao also pressed the shield with one hand, and shouted back at the same time, "Can you rush through?" ”

And in the midst of the violent shaking and joking, Miss Fairy only gave everyone a simple answer:

"Yes."

The two fleets are converging overhead.

Then came the intertwined fires, overshadowing everything.

However, among the crowd, the bright light of the fire only illuminated a trace of worry on Tang Xin's face, and the girl was lowering her head and savoring the previous words. She suddenly raised her head and asked, "My brother will be fine, right?" ”

Sylvide was slightly stunned, and nodded after a moment of silence:

"Perhaps."

"Perhaps?"

Tang Xin looked at the aristocratic daughter in front of him with some dissatisfaction: "Speaking of which, aren't you his real girlfriend, aren't you worried about this matter at all?" ”

Sylvid keenly heard the faint hostility between the girl's words, she looked at the latter carefully, and smiled: "But Eddard has made a decision, and he must be a little sure." But on this battlefield, no one can predict what will happen in the next moment, can they-"

"Yes, I knew that, so why didn't you stop his unrealistic ideas in the first place?" Tang Xin asked a little distraught: "You know that he is sometimes naïve, he is the captain of the Seven Seas Traveler, he should stay here, right?" ”

Sylvid shook her head, "I don't think so. ”

Tang Xin was stunned for a moment and looked at the latter.

But Sylvide pondered for a moment before replying, "On the empty sea, men have the right to pursue their own will, don't they?" ”

Tang Xin opened her mouth slightly, as if she had heard something incredible, she always felt that there was a huge gap between herself and the other party, and she was stunned for a long time before she reacted: "It's like this again...... I don't understand, isn't that true of your father, Sir Marvey? , because men always have wayward power, so he can leave you alone in this world without authorization? ”

A slight glint flashed in Sylvide's eyes.

Noticing the gloom in the eyes of the aristocratic daughter, Tang Xin suddenly realized that she seemed to have gone too far, and she immediately felt a little regretful, she was not usually like this, but at that moment, it seemed to be some kind of reckless impulse that made her blurt out those words.

She opened her mouth, but the boatswain turned his head with a serious face, looked at her earnestly, and said, "Although you are the sister of Mr. Eddard, please understand that I do not want the eldest lady to hear similar remarks again. ”

But Sylvid held out a hand and stopped her boatswain first.

She smiled at Tang Xin a little apologetically and replied, "Don't care about what Baggins said, you're right, it's just that my father has given me everything I have now, and as her daughter, I really don't blame him for his position." What's more, my mother didn't complain about him when she was alive, and people said that he was a great person...... I can actually understand some of my mother's thoughts......"

"I'm sorry." Tang Xin sighed softly.

Just looking at the person in front of her who was smiling faintly, she suddenly couldn't help but feel a deep sense of frustration in her heart: "So do you think my brother is also like that, letting you defend his willfulness regardless of everything?" ”

"I don't think that's willful," Sylved shook her head, "Ed said he would protect my ideals, and we made a pact with each other. I may not be from your world, and I am different from yours in many ways, but in a sense, I may understand some of his persistence better than you do. ”

"Even if he thinks like a fool?" Tang Xin blurted out, but immediately saw a stunned smile in the eyes of the nobleman's daughter.

She was stunned for a moment, only to realize that she had asked another stupid question.

The girl's heart couldn't help but feel an indescribable sourness for a while, some pain, and some confusion. She thought, is this also love? But shouldn't love be selfish, or perhaps at least not what it is now?

But the person in front of him is so firm, even if he is unwilling, Tang Xin has to admit that even with the most demanding eyes, it is difficult for him to find anything wrong. If she swapped places, she even had some envy of her stupid cousin.

She closed her mouth, turned her head, looked at the intertwined flashes of light above the clouds with a somewhat distracted gaze, and asked, "So you let him be a 'hero'?" ”

Sylvid could only smile.

In that era of legends, there were always many heroes born in people's hearts.

But the so-called heroes are actually just titles in people's hearts, and some people are not so much for others as for themselves-

But her quest is simpler.

"You know, Sugar Candy......" The girl whispered, "Actually, Ed is really charming when he is full of confidence." ”

Tang Xin opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to answer for a while, she was silent for a while before ending the conversation with a topic that was not a topic.

"The battle is coming to an end."

"yes, the battle is coming to an end," Sylvid smiled and nodded, not surprised: "Sugarcandy, if we can't go back, in the other world, will you and your brother, Eddard, still remember everything that happened here?" ”

Tang Xin turned her head and looked at the aristocratic daughter, as if she wanted to remember the latter's expression at this moment, and then shook her head slightly.

"That's not going to happen."

But there was one more sentence she didn't speak, because she knew very well in her heart how could that fool forget what had happened here?

……

Like a silver blade, the huge wind ship pierced into the Shadow Man's fleet head-on.

Only when looking directly at the shining firelight and the rolling flames can Bai Xue smell the smell of rusty iron on the battlefield, the scorching in the air, and the smell of blood and fire. The loud roar drowned out all the shouts, and it seemed as if even time had slowed down, and the two fighting beasts, every minute and every second, pushed their minions deeper into the body and throat of their opponents.

Blood flowed wildly.

The dying battle gradually became immobile, and the last ounce of strength was exhausted between opponents and opponents, and she only mechanically took the loaded magic guide from the apprentice behind her, raised it, and pulled the trigger.

Between the flashes of firelight, the two sides approached each other in the smoke of gunpowder, and the structures with red light flashing in the pupils behind the smoke fell one after another, and people around them were shot from time to time, but immediately someone filled the position from behind.

The number of skilled knights gradually decreased, and more and more of the people who came up were midshipmen wearing reserve armbands, and the gunfire began to become fragmented, and the medical officer shouted hoarsely from behind:

"Thirty percent more energy in the resurrection room!"

"Twenty percent!"

"Seventeen percent ......"

"Let those who have risen the most times come up first."

Bai Xue looked back, she had lost some of her hearing from the previous battle, and could only barely feel the vibration of the cannon as it was discharged.

Even the light of the cannon fire seemed to slow in the distance, and she watched as the whirling cannonballs hit the ship's side from a short distance, and the flames and shock waves swept through the broken pieces of wood, blowing away rows of men.

The battle had already entered the white heat, but the stalemate was not without meaning, because below the clouds, on the white expanse of land, the legions of seven guilds were like a blade rolling forward, melting all the resistance forces that stood in their way.

The knights in thick armor galloped across the battlefield like a torrent, tearing through the intertwined lines of fire on the mercenary side of the Grey Knights.

They were followed by heavy infantry in black robes, Iron Stream of Iron Guards, Foot Knights, and Gladiators, armed with huge shields, pushing rows of great swords and spears against the Ravental Sanctuary line, and then the entire line began to shake and retreat.

And then it turned into an irrepressible rout -

The retreating mercenaries staged a great escape on the vast snowy fields, and only after the gray tide had receded before washing out the true colors of the world, which were dazzling whites, blinding reds, mottled blacks and grays, and billowing smoke.

Banners hung with ravens fell, and flags belonging to the guilds of the North rose among the fortresses on the plains of Elpahim far and near, and in the light of the fire people waved the banners in their hands, guiding their colleagues beyond the blood and fire to move forward.

"Faster."

"Faster."

In everyone's heart, it seems that the same words are silently recited at this moment.

The fire falling from the clouds seemed to be the final countdown to this war, and the victory or defeat hanging by a thread seemed to be close at hand.

Elpahim was ahead, and they had finally lost the last of their shackles, and how quickly they could get to that place only depended on how quickly they could get under the white walls.

The whimper of the trumpets sounded again on the battlefield, and the light cavalry that had rushed to the forefront had begun to break away from the large force and form several arrows, and rushed towards Elpakhin on the horizon.

Viewed from above, the battlefield above the ground had clearly divided into several levels, the light cavalry, heavy cavalry and the infantry behind were completely distanced, and in front of them, the collapsed mercenaries had long been completely unable to form any effective resistance.

The entire battlefield seems to be running wildly—

And at that moment, a dazzling flash of light suddenly erupted from above the head of the city of Elpahim, and the flames that rose into the sky shattered the western gate of the giant city of the northern realm, causing it to collapse with a bang.

The ground trembled slightly, and the city guards on the city wall were almost stunned for a moment, and the rows of dexterous structures guarding the tower suddenly stopped, followed by a low cheer from behind.

Behind the rows of costumes were a group of young people who were standing there, wearing gray alchemists' trench coats, and some of them were wearing apprenticeship collar badges.

But it was at this time that the young people obviously had a huge surprise and smile on their faces that was not commensurate with it, and one of the young alchemists even patted his companion on the shoulder vigorously: "Chris, we succeeded!" ”

It's just that the young man who was shaken so unsteady that he didn't react for a while, and he looked a little stunned.

After all, less than two years had passed since he had been recommended by Dickett to learn the art of magicianism. Although since leaving the lumber yard, he still occasionally remembers what happened, and he can still remember the shadow he has been chasing all the way.

He embarked on this path, of course, more or less influenced by what happened that night, and of course he hoped that one day he would meet the master of the shadow again.

But what he didn't expect was that this day would come so quickly.

And he can even fight alongside the name he adores.

"We succeeded?" Chris's heart was still full of incredulity, so much so that his tone became a little uncertain: "As long as we hold this place, we can take back Elpahim?" ”

But his companion nodded vigorously: "Thanks to the explosives they sent, Mr. Arquette, after blowing up the gate, we are at least half of the battle." For now, all you have to do is hold on a little longer and wait for reinforcements to arrive! ”

Chris involuntarily licked his somewhat dry lips, subconsciously looked at his hands, and then looked up at the window.

But of course, he could not see the battle in the sky above Elpahim, only the constant flashes of light between the clouds and the falling smoke, still depicting a terrible battle taking place there.

But at least this time, he was no longer just watching.

"I'll leave it to the big men of the General Assembly," the young man continued, "I don't know if their attack on the Knights' headquarters will go well, but I've heard that the Silverwind Knights occupy the seventh and fourth blocks, and if they can't break through the middle level, I'm afraid there will be some trouble ahead." ”

Chris nodded slightly, his gaze looking through the ceiling, involuntarily glancing in that direction.

……

Bai Xue also clenched her fists involuntarily.

There is no doubt that the battle on the ground has entered its final stage, and the walls of Al Pakhin have changed hands, but it is not known how long it will be before the Chosen ones can storm the upper levels from the lower levels of the harbor.

and not in time to reclaim that important anchor before then.

But the more critical it gets, the more unreassuring it becomes, and the filmmakers have clearly sensed their intentions, become agitated, and begin to try to break through.

"They're regrouping!"

The observer keenly caught the movements of the shadow man's side.

But Bai Xue obviously won't give her opponent this chance, although she doesn't know how much strength her side has left, and the intertwined battlefield has already dragged both sides into this vortex.

But the quagmire is mutuality for both sides of the war, and the mistakes made by the opponents at the beginning have now turned into the deadliest weak link. Bai Xue knew very well in her heart that they didn't need to destroy their opponents, but they only needed to delay time.

"Stop them," she replied categorically, "no matter what the cost, even if we run head-on ourselves, we can stop them for as long as we can." To convey my orders, we don't need to play very well, even if they are stalking, we must nail them to that place. ”

The girl paused for a moment and turned back.

A dazzling light streaked across the sky, the blue light that made everyone recognize the source of this power, and the dragon knights on the Chosen side were still fighting the shadows, and the battle was obviously not easy.

And this also means that their top power can't help them for a while.

Standing there was nothing but Hikarye, who was here to help take the role of the herald who had died in the previous battle, and the two often argued in the guild over philosophical disagreements, but at the moment they were just silently watching each other.

"Tell them, Light Dye," Shirayuki said softly, "The main fleet will not give any orders from now on, please play your own role, if you can nail them for a minute, you can nail those monsters for a minute, you can nail them for a second, and you can't retreat for a second." ”

"I don't want causes, just results. Let us tell everyone that we have only one goal at this moment, and that is to win. ”

Hikarin was silent for a moment before nodding slightly.

The dazzling blue light had gradually dissipated, leaving only sporadic flashes of light, and Bai Xue watched his companion leave before turning away. She tilted her head and looked at the last of the scenes depicted in the glittering firelight of the misty battlefield.

Everything was silent, as if even the roar of artillery fire from afar had become distant and distant—

The Electors' fleet is falling apart into the last flashes of fire, and the final outcome of that battle is unknown to everyone on the battlefield.

And all the fate seems to be handed over to the invisible hand.

But for a moment, Snow seemed to see a bright flash at the end of the sky, and that flash bloomed in the center of the Shadowman fleet, reflecting the outstretched of her eyes.

The girl was slightly stunned, and suddenly remembered something.

She stood in place for a moment, slightly stunned, and involuntarily remembered the boy who was younger than herself, was the other party also in that place? The origin of this battle can be said to be due to the other side.

So is the other party still alive?

But what can one person change in this vast battlefield, so many names come to her mind repeatedly, and the identities that have shone since the Ten Dynasty and the Battle of Mount Covenant have all been lost in darkness and nothingness.

Everyone has had unrealistic fantasies.

But they can't really change anything, even now, maybe people can remember one name after another in this war, but what about after that?

Everything will still go back to the same trajectory......

Bai Xue shook her head slightly, feeling that she seemed to be a little too sentimental. But she joined Silver Vislan, why not because of this, a person's strength seems so meager in such an environment.

It was only at the end of this thought that the light seemed to flash again in that distant direction.

……