Chapter 46: The Impact of the Crossing
The heavy bronze door was slowly pushed open, and the heavy door panel squeezed the axle wheels that had not been lubricated for many years, making an unpleasant and cacophonic creaking sound.
The dull clatter of leather boots against the floor echoed through the space. The visitors were all draped in dark cloaks with drooping hoods, covering their cheeks, leaving only a shadow that made it impossible to see the faces underneath. Even the edge of the cloak was close to the ground, wrapping them tightly so tightly that there was not a single crack left.
The first man grabbed the hood off his top, and his medium-length golden hair reflected the light falling from the roof of the temple, looking shining. The bridge of his nose took a deep breath, then let out a long breath while tugging at his collar: "Oh my God, I can finally get rid of this thing, but it didn't suffocate me." ”
The blonde youth complained, but was soon attracted by the surrounding murals, and a pair of blue eyes on his handsome face looked curiously, and he didn't forget to stop: "Huh! Pendelleon! Look, God Wars! It's a really exciting place, and it's a shame to be buried. ”
"Alright Julian, get down to business first." He was responded to with a bland reply. The person who spoke also took off his hood. Beneath the brown bangs that are just above the eyebrows are dark blue eyes that are unwavering, like a calm lake. As handsome and handsome as the blonde youth, Pendelleon was expressionless, giving people a kind of coldness that no one could approach. He directly ignored the lifelike mural collection on the wall and walked straight to the magic circle in the hall.
As soon as he entered, he found that this was also the goal of their trip, or rather, the target was in the magic array.
"Huh? Don't be so rigid, it's hard to come out..."
"Everybody's in place."
The blonde young man named Julian muttered, only to be directly covered by a cold command. Hearing the order, Julian followed with great reluctance, who made him not the person in charge.
Julian hung his head, his head pressed against the pressure, and walked up to Pendelleon with a look of loss. The cloaked men who followed behind them all moved closer to the magic array, and they walked to the predetermined position and waited quietly.
"It's up to you to play as long as you want when you're done." Looking at the extremely low aura exuded by his companion, Pendelleon added, but he regretted it as soon as he finished speaking.
"That's right! Always thinking about what is the meaning of work! Life should experience the beauty of life! ”
I saw that a sunny smile immediately appeared on the handsome face of the blond young man, where is there any low pressure loss aura.
Tut... Just know...
Pendelleon secretly scolded himself, but his face was still expressionless, he looked at the people in place, and said in a cold voice: "Let's start." ”
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The last rays of sunset faded, and the shadow of the setting sun was no longer visible. On the horizon, Amythea, Viseran, and Oron radiated a soft halo, and the purple, silver, and blue colors of light intertwined, bringing a little splendor to this dark world.
On the street, Ophelia and Lu Kaifeng walked one after the other. As soon as they came out of the union, Bennet told them about the beast tide and invited Lu Kaifeng to participate in the defense of Conteseno.
"How can it be so fast? Didn't it happen only once last year? ”
Ophelia was surprised to learn that there was another beast tide, and then she sensed that something was wrong.
The Anglis Mountains are the largest Demon Beast Mountains in the southwest of the Aran Continent, and their continuous mountain ranges, forests, and abundant water sources are very suitable for living creatures. Coupled with its abundant population and various resources, the number of magical beasts in the Anglis Mountains has grown very rapidly.
The problem caused by this is the lack of resources due to the increase in "population" density, so the Warcraft have to reduce the "population" by fighting, or large-scale migration, which is how the beast tide comes.
Every few years, a large number of demonic beasts will emerge from the Anglis Mountains, and they will attack the villages and towns of humans, not only the Duchy's Contesino, but also the fortress city of Dano City in the southwest of the Church Kingdom adjacent to Anglis, and the Elven Clan's Arnomitte are all bridgeheads against the tide of beasts. There are similar cities in the Dwarf Mountains northeast of Aram.
So it's not uncommon to encounter a tide of beasts in Conteseno, but it's usually a few years apart. Ophelia vividly remembers that there was only one beast tide last year. At that time, it was the time when she came out to practice, and as soon as she arrived at Contesino, she saw countless demonic beast corpses lying outside the city, and she vomited all afternoon for this. Therefore, she was particularly impressed, so she had this kind of doubt when she learned that she might encounter another beast tide recently. After all, it's only been more than half a year, is it possible that the current Warcraft are so capable of giving birth?
"It may be related to the events of some time ago." Benat got up and picked up the report he had just sent from his desk and handed it to Ophelia, continuing: "Due to the explosion of dark energy, many adventurers thought that this was a vision of the birth of a treasure. So team after team of adventurers set out into the Angles in search of treasure. ”
"Of course, adventurers don't just go treasure hunting, they also hunt magical beasts and complete commissions. As more and more adventurers enter, more and more Warcraft are being hunted, including many high-level Warcraft. ”
"The influx of humans into the Anglis Mountains has angered the Beastmaster who inhabits the depths. They led their respective races to retaliate, and the rest of the monsters also consciously united to fight back. Since there were not many high-level adventurers who entered Anglis among the human adventurers, the adventurers were forced out of the mountain range by the demonic beasts little by little. ”
"Originally, in the habit of demonic beasts, they would not leave the forest unless necessary. So generally speaking, as long as the humans are expelled, they will stop, and the beastmaster will return to the depths. But this time, the demonic beasts may have been affected by the outbreak of the dark element, and they have become very violent, and they have not stopped because of the withdrawal of humans, and their range of activities is still expanding. Now, on the outskirts of the Anglis Mountains, you can even see demonic beasts of the level of demonic wolves. ”
"And the investigation report I got shows that more demonic beasts are still coming out of the depths, and there is no shortage of Beastmaster figures. So we speculate that there may be a large-scale beast tide in the near future, and that there may be a Beastmaster involved. ”
"I hope that His Excellency Lu Kaifeng can stay and help us resist the beast tide together. The Beast Tide led by the Beastmaster and the ordinary Beast Tide are not at the same level. We need enough strong men, so the Adventurers' Guild has joined forces with the Magic Guild and the City Lord's Mansion to call for the strong, and they will also send the strong to Contesino. ”
"Of course, the Beastmaster will be confronted by the platinum-level adventurers who come here, and His Excellency Lu Kaifeng only needs to deal with the powerful demonic beasts under his command. On the other hand, we will pay adequately. ”
Hearing the reason, a few black lines appeared on Lu Kaifeng's face.
This turned out to be its own pot...
With a little guilt, Lu Kaifeng resolutely accepted Bennet's invitation.
Of course, it is not known whether it is to make up for the debt in his heart or for the sufficient reward, after all, someone still owes someone thousands of gold coins...