April 1 of the fifth year of the federal calendar

The plan was well underway, and I was engaged in intense pre-war preparations

As the first to discover the anomaly in the Black Pine Forest, I was assigned to the Advance Flying Force, where I would set out as a vanguard before the battle to find out the enemy's distribution before the large force arrived. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a very dangerous job, and I'm going to join a team called Hayabusa as their guide to complete missions in the air.

The so-called Falcon Rider is a major symbol of Flying Eagle City, and it is also Shengyan's heart and liver baby, that is, a flying formation that uses the domesticated evil demon "Flying Eagle" as a mount. This is a well-known combat force, each member is the most elite warrior in Flying Eagle City, and it is rumored that the construction of the Falcon Rider is between fifty and a hundred, but no one knows the exact number of this team.

In order to be able to better cooperate with the Hayabusa Rider, I have been learning how to control the Eagle during this time. It was a giant monster with two huge wings, two horns in the head, and a wingspan of more than six meters, even if it had already been domesticated by humans, but it was still an inferior demon in nature, and it was by no means a simple matter to control it.

I'm so busy with my studies that I don't get involved in the player's actions, and I really don't like to be involved in these kinds of things, so I can take the opportunity to avoid those headaches. I listened to Yuemin's plan going basically smoothly, and although there were some unpleasant problems, it was not worth paying attention to.

According to reports, the enthusiasm of the players was unexpectedly high, and the number of people who signed up for the expedition team alone was as many as 57 people, and even if the rest of the players were unwilling to participate in dangerous battles, most of them agreed to join the relevant operation as a support team

Only a handful of players explicitly refused, which led to a gap between them and the majority, and they were gradually isolated. I think that's understandable, it's the player's freedom to choose, but it's also the consequence they have to suffer if they are excluded from the core group because of this. No one likes to see their hard-earned work taken for nothing by those who have done nothing, including myself. As for whether these people will do things that are detrimental to the interests of the player group because of dissatisfaction, I believe that Yue Min and Xiao Fu will make proper arrangements.

In short, after several hours of preparation, the army has been quickly assembled, and according to the agreement between Flying Eagle City and Chishui City, the day of departure is now.

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"Whew...... Calm down...... Calm down! "Dozi straddled the back of a giant monster, his hands just grasping the reins, cheering himself on before setting off.

For this, he has practiced several times under the guidance of Zhu Rao, and although it is impossible to make all kinds of difficult maneuvers in the air as skillfully as Hayabusa, simple flying is no longer a problem.

"Mr. Duqi, if there is no problem, we will leave now." The warrior of the words is named Lie Chao, the captain of the Hayabusa Cavalry Brigade, with the rank of major. In this operation, he will lead nine specially selected elite Hayabusa warriors to follow Duqi as the vanguard to conduct reconnaissance over the Black Pine Forest.

"No problem." Du Qi put on the windproof glasses, pulled the reins with both hands, and the giant eagle spread out two pairs of giant wings and waved vigorously, and with a loud eagle cry, the huge figure rose into the air.

The giant eagle's flight speed was very fast, and it had reached an altitude of hundreds of meters in a moment, and then it turned to a horizontal flight gradually, and Du Qi's violently beating heart also calmed down. The previous exercises had been done at low altitudes with the help of a man, but this was the first time he had been free to fly such a mount. With white clouds under his feet and his body rising and falling to the sound of giant eagles flapping their wings, Dozi had experienced jets and helicopters before, but no mechanical aircraft could give such a wonderful feeling.

Looking at the sand-like ground beneath his feet, he felt the urge to shout, and he did.

"Everyone, keep the queue high," Lie Chao commanded Du Qi to let him fly in the middle of the team to ensure that he could help in time in case of an accident, "Mr. Du Qi, if anything happens, you can leave alone, and we will try to buy you time." ”

Lie Chao actually admired this young man a little in his heart, he had watched this rookie clumsily learn how to control the flying eagle, and in just a few moments, he was able to maintain his composure in the air, which most warriors who had just joined the Hayabusa Rider could not do. "Only this kind of gifted and determined person can become a wild servant!" He sighed in his heart.

"That's a lot of speed!" Duzi looked down at the surface and quickly made out where he was. The distance from Flying Eagle City to the Black Pine Forest was about forty kilometers, and it took him a lot of time to walk back and forth not long ago, but judging from the current flight speed, it would not take long to get there, "It's a pity that I'm too poor, otherwise I must find a way to get a flying mount." ”

"Mr. Dooche." Flying at the front, Lie Chao retreated to the middle of the group, his roar mixed with the sound of the wind and reached Duqi's ears, "It's not far from the Black Pine Forest, do you need to correct your direction?" ”

If there's anything else unsatisfying about flying mounts, it's troublesome ways to communicate.

"I'll take a look at ......" Duqi had been tracking his location through the map, but he still pretended to think for a moment before pointing to the northeast and yelling, "Over there...... It shouldn't be far off. ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, a large group of wind poured into his mouth, and he was caught off guard and ordered to cough and practice. Riding a flying mount does look stylish, but it's not comfortable. And flying at such altitudes, low temperatures are also a distressing thing.

"Okay! Everyone pulled up a little higher, and we were already close to the forest, taking care to hide from the clouds. Lie Chao ordered again.

Today's qi is good, but due to the height limit, the vision is not very clear. Fortunately, Du Qi had already marked the location of the lizard tribe on the map interface, and after directing the Hayabusa to spare a little distance, he still managed to bring the group to their destination. At this time, a clearing of trees in the forest could be clearly seen from the air, and a group of monsters were gathering in that location. In a few moments, the forest was ravaged by the lizards, and they continued to expand their camps, and in addition to the main camp in the center, they also spread out five camps, presumably as a guard or transit.

Duzi is just a guide, and after taking Hayabusa to his destination, the rest is none of his business.

The Hayabusa riders went about their work, some counting the approximate number of lizards, some mapping the terrain, and others analyzing the monsters' alert deployment. Du Qi stayed in the air with nothing to do, looking at the surrounding environment.

The feeling of novelty faded away, and only boredom remained.

Du Qi stared blankly at the surface, and his mind kept churning with doubts after coming to this world, and many wild explanations were generated. For some reason, he suddenly felt a chill above his head, and looked up at the sky in confusion, and there were only white clouds in his field of vision. "What the hell?" He scratched at the back of his head inexplicably, but he still subconsciously drove the eagle forward.

At that moment, Du Qi felt an extremely oppressive aura, cold and bloody. He had never felt such a negative emotion in a human being, and his right hand subconsciously pulled the reins, and the frightened flying eagle made a difficult maneuver of three hundred and sixty degrees under his pull, almost throwing him off. It was at that moment that Du Qi smelled a strong wind with a fishy smell, and a huge figure swept past where he had just been.

"Enemy attack!" He shouted.

"Everybody spread out and stay calm." Lie Chao is worthy of being the captain of the Hayabusa Cavalry, and he is always on the alert. He apparently also noticed the gray shadow that suddenly appeared and then quickly disappeared into the clouds overhead, "Lower your altitude and move away from the clouds." ”

Duzi struggled to control the somewhat flustered Eagle to lower its altitude while scanning the surroundings. This is empty, no matter how strong he is, he can't exert even the combat power of even one percent.

Moments later, Grey Shadow reappeared, its target changed to another warrior.

Prepared for danger, the Hayabusa warrior calmly pulled the reins, directed the eagle to dodge sideways and downwards, and even drew his sword and slashed at the mysterious figure.

"Heart......

Another gray figure burst out of the clouds, it was bigger and faster, and the attacking warrior could withdraw his sword to block the death attack, but the giant eagle under his crotch did not have his good luck, and only had time to let out a mournful roar, and the huge body was firmly grasped by a pair of claws of the gray shadow, and then disappeared into the clouds

"Feitong, save people!" Lie Chao roared, "Everyone, pay attention, there's more than one monster of that kind. ”

"Understood." The knight named Fei Tong responded loudly, and swooped down with his eagle to rescue the knight who had just been thrown out.

"Liyuan, you go and pick up Feitong, and then immediately return to report the situation to the city lord. Mr. Duqi, you also look for a chance to escape, and the others are ready to fight. ”

Without the need for Lie Chao's warning, the flying eagle under Duqi's step had already begun to flee rapidly towards the south. It's not that he's cowardly, it's really that his riding skills are not perfect, and the flying eagle under his seat has completely lost control. It was clear that they were attacked by a monster far more powerful than the Flying Eagle, otherwise it would not have been so frightened.

Under the threat of death, the eagle's speed is approaching its limit. Having given up on pacifying his mount, he could only press his body against the eagle's back and hold on to the reins with both hands to prevent himself from being thrown off.

A low, disgusting strange roar came from behind, and Du Qi looked back, and his face suddenly changed. Two of those monsters chased after him.

After leaving the clouds, the monster finally revealed its true form. It was a strange creature larger than a giant eagle, with a fat body that seemed to be a patchwork of sheep's head, human body, eagle claws, and cow hooves. It is covered in short white fur and has a pair of bare, pale pink wings on its back, a strange kind of fleshy wings that can't find any similar shape in nature. This deformed sense of incongruity can easily make people sick and disgusted

Their name, according to the illustrated book, is called plague.

Du Qi remembered the Yueyi from Thousand Falcon City he had rescued, and the description of the other party's madness didn't make him pay much attention to it at the time, but in retrospect, maybe he encountered this kind of monster.

Matching their fat bodies, the plague is not wide but its wings are unusually strong, providing them with extremely fast flight speeds, and even the giant eagles, which are known for their speed, do not seem to have any upper hand.

After ten minutes of rapid chase, the monster did not show any fatigue, but the flying eagle carrying Du Qi gradually showed its decline, and even the distance between the two sides was less than 100 meters. Climbing over a high mountain, Duzi saw the endless forest below, and began to try to force the eagle to lower its flight altitude. But in this case, he couldn't find any place to make an emergency landing, and he didn't have enough time for the eagle to slow down.

Du Qi didn't expect that the plague would still know how to hide, and when the gap between the two hairs was only more than ten meters away, the speed of the monster increased again, and the pair of sharp eagle claws slashed through the air, leaving a wound on the tail of the giant eagle. Under the influence of pain, the eagle's right wing accidentally brushed against a large tree, and after a jolt, its speed decreased sharply again.

Duzi didn't have time to think more, so he simply closed his eyes and jumped off the back of the flying eagle. He only felt countless leaves and branches sweep by, and bursts of tingling sensation followed from all over his body.

By the time of the rapid fall, Dozi could no longer see anything clearly, and his hands were waving wildly in an attempt to grasp something, but the speed of the fall tore off one branch after another, until his back made intimate contact with the earth.

Duqi's eyes went dark, and he fainted.