Chapter 1276: Human Hearts and Humanity
Murong Feng scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with an embarrassed expression: "I also caught it easily, or should I let it go again?" ”
"Okay, okay, I've caught everything, just take it back and make soup." Baruzak really didn't want to say more than half a word to this lowly fellow clan, so he turned around and left, and Murong Feng immediately pushed the unkempt Sylvanas and Luan Yu to follow the convoy.
Maple Leaf Village was only a few dozen miles away from Edalas City, but the slow convoy was seriously delaying the team's march. It was not until late evening that the convoy carrying the captives returned to the city of Edalas, but at the gates of the city it was heavily scrutinized.
Confused, Baruzak inquired with an acquaintance demon guard, only to learn that the Demon Skeleton Brigade sent by the King to support the Great Rift Valley had been ambushed by hundreds of Night Elf Ranger in the middle of the road, and only a dozen of the more than a hundred elite Skeleton Demons had fled back.
This incident immediately alarmed the demon king Balakr who guarded Edalas City, and hurriedly transferred back the army that had just been sent out to sweep the surrounding area to strengthen the defense of Edalas City, and at the same time, the Evil Spirit Cavalry Legion and the Gargoyle Legion sent to attack the Wing Clan camp were also urgently transferred back.
Obviously, the Demon King Barakr mistakenly thought that a large number of Elven Ranger had infiltrated the hinterland of his army and wreaked havoc, and that the attack on the Great Rift Valley was just a poisonous ploy for the other side to surround and send reinforcements. Balakir, who thought he had seen through the enemy's poisonous scheme, not only did not mobilize a large army to hunt down the elves who attacked the Great Rift Valley, but instead shrunk all the scattered forces back, putting on a turtle shell posture with the intention of leaving those despicable elven rangers with nowhere to start.
"When did I have a team of hundreds of people?" Hajar said with a look of surprise: "Didn't the original ten elven rangers all escort those captives to the Woodthroat Valley?" ”
Sylvanas shook his head speechlessly, Murong Feng turned his head and pouted, "Eighty percent of the skeleton demons who fled back were afraid of being punished, so they exaggerated the number of attackers. After all, it's impossible for the Demon King to come to us for verification, isn't it. ”
Hajar sneered, "In that case, I should thank those skeleton demons, at least the captives who retreated to Woodthroat Valley must be safe." ”
Sylvanas stared at the huge prisoner camp, but her face was still gloomy, and she said, "But there are at least tens of thousands of captured compatriots here!" ”
"Hey, don't be impulsive!" Hajar said nervously: "There are only four of us, and there are at least 100,000 demon armies in the entire city of Edalas, even if we don't fight back, we can be exhausted to death one by one!" ”
Sylvanas snorted softly and fell silent, apparently feeling aggrieved by the mistreatment of her kind, but unable to save her.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the street, which startled the demons on the street to flee.
Murong Feng and the others also hurriedly retreated to the side of the road, and then saw several evil spirit riders galloping past and heading straight for the center of the city.
Murong Feng stepped on his feet and looked over, "Those few evil spirit knights seem to be heading towards the Moon God Temple in the center of the city. ”
Sylvanas was speechless, "Sindore doesn't have a Moon Temple, it's the Hall of Lordship. ”
Murong Feng turned around and said in surprise: "Aren't you Xinduolei also elves?" Don't you believe in the god of the moon? ”
Sylvanas said helplessly, "The moon god is indeed the believing deity of many elves, but it does not include all elves. Because the Quildore, led by Queen Azhara, believed that elves were born from the Well of Eternity, and they could also draw powerful magic from the Well of Eternity, so why believe in gods if they didn't need to believe in gods to gain great power? Therefore, most of the Sindore elves were influenced by the queen and gave up their belief in the moon god, but the night elves led by Cadore have always firmly believed in the moon god, which has led to the division and estrangement between the two races. ”
"The queen is as arrogant as ever." Hajar couldn't help but complain.
Sylvanas shook her head, not making much of an excuse. Because this is a question of freedom of belief, it cannot be changed by the will of the individual. Besides, the moon gods didn't say much, and the high priests of the moon below naturally didn't dare to rashly start a civil war of faith. Therefore, although there are many estrangements between the two races, it has not reached the point of not getting along with each other in old age, at least the entire elven race is still respecting Quildorei as a royal family.
Murong Feng heard Sylvanas say this, but he had a trace of curiosity about the Queen of Eshara, after all, she was also half a 'fellow believer', she only believed in the sword in her own hand, and never pinned her hopes on others.
"Hey, who's that?" At this time, Baruzak came over with a few of his men and said rudely: "Take your captive and get the reward, what a lucky fellow." Let's go, let's drink. ”
Ever since he learned that the powerful Demon Brigade, which had also been defeated, Baruzak was very glad that he had not encountered those elusive elven rangers to ambush him along the way, otherwise their team of hundreds of demons would have to confess outside the city. And Murong Feng, who followed them all the way back safely and picked up the two captives by the way, naturally became a lucky one.
Murong Feng immediately thanked him again and again, and then pushed Sylvanas towards the gate of the prisoner camp, quietly observing the layout of the prisoner camp built on the square along the way.
Obviously, there are also clever beings among the demons, and they set up the prisoner camp in the city square, and then set up a guard post on the roof of the perimeter, as long as there is any disturbance in the prisoner camp below, it will be discovered immediately.
The whole prisoner camp was said to be a camp, but in fact it was surrounded by a rudimentary wooden fence, and all the prisoners trembled and huddled together, because anyone who dared to come within three meters of the fence became a corpse.
"Everything is hidden close to you, right?" Murong Feng turned around and asked quietly.
Hajar nodded and said that it was hidden, and the prisoners would definitely be searched first, and the weapons and equipment they would definitely not want to carry in with them, so the inconspicuous Hajar became the best disguise to be able to smuggle in the weapons and equipment that Murong Feng gave her.
Murong Feng looked at Sylvanas again and instructed, "Mentor, remember to use the light of fire in the middle of the night, and then you will fan the captives to storm the camp gate together. ”
Sylvanas hesitated slightly, "Moon Shadow, but in this way, whether they succeed or not, these bare-handed compatriots will definitely suffer heavy casualties, and even one person will not be able to leave alive." ”
Murong Feng said calmly: "They can't get out of here alive, we just create a chance for them to live, as for whether they can seize this opportunity and successfully escape, it's up to them." ”
Sylvanas sighed lightly, indicating that he understood, and then was pushed by Murong Feng to the sentry in front of the prisoner camp.
"Huh? Are you too embarrassed to receive a reward for just one captive? "The person in charge of guarding the captive camp is a Nasrezm Dreaddemon King, seeing that Murong Feng only captured an elf captive and brought a little human doll along the way, his dark purple face was as ugly as eating a snot demon worm.
"My lord, this elf is not simple. In order to capture her, my team lost several warriors. Murong Feng exaggerated.
"Okay, okay, no matter how powerful it is, can it be as powerful as our demons? Now it's not like you're a prisoner! The Dreaddemon King took out a leather bag and threw it to Murong Feng with an unhappy expression, and said impatiently: "We only accept elves here, you can bring this little human doll back." Okay, you can roll. ”
"Yes, sir." Murong Feng showed a look of regret and strode out of the camp gate with Luan Yu on his shoulders.
Sylvanas, on the other hand, was pushed through the gate of the captive camp by the Dreadlord and sneered, "If you don't want to die, be honest with me, and go and squat in the middle obediently." ”
Sylvanas lowered his head and silently walked to his fellow clansmen and slowly squatted down, looking left and right only to find that everyone had numb expressions.
Sylvanas sighed softly, but asked quietly, "Are there any of you who are in the war?" ”
Sylvanas asked three sides in a row, but no one paid attention to her, and even the people around her quietly distanced themselves from her.
Hajar, who was standing on Sylvanas's shoulder, pouted, "These guys are hopeless. ”
Sylvanas bit her lip tightly, refused to give up her efforts, and continued to ask several times in a row, and finally someone replied with a sigh: "Don't ask, those who dare to resist are already lying there, if you also want to send us to death, don't bother us." ”
Sylvanas glanced at the corpses around the fence and couldn't help but say angrily, "Then you plan to stay here and die?" ”
"What can I do if I don't wait to die?" The other elf couldn't help but speak, "I'm just a tailor, unlike you, a powerful warrior. ”
"It's just that you warriors can't defeat those demons, let alone us civilians."
"Aren't the city guards all made up of warriors, why don't they surrender without any resistance? Now you want us civilians to fight hard? ”
"Maybe it won't be long before a master from the royal city will come to rescue us, and the queen won't abandon us, so don't be like those fools who can lose their lives in vain."
"But how did I hear that the royal city has already fallen?"
"No kidding! How could the royal city fall? ”
"That's it, Her Majesty is so powerful, how can she sit back and watch the royal city fall!"
The captives argued and said everything, but none of them responded to Sylvanas's call to rebel, and instead pinned their hopes on others.
Sylvanas's heart was dead for a moment, and he bowed his head and said no more.
Hajar sighed softly, and didn't bother to say anything, because she understood that these people were hopeless.
"What a noise! Shut up! Suddenly, the Dreadlord shouted angrily, and the humming silence in the captive camp was instantly audible.
The Dreadlord took a sip of spark and walked around the captive camp with a hideous face before swaggering back to his post.
There was no sound in the captive camp, and everyone shuddled together, but Sylvanas was surrounded by a large circle.
Hajar comforted Sylvanas a few words, but saw that she just lowered her head and was silent, so she could only sigh helplessly.
Soon night fell, and a cold wind blew in the unobstructed prisoner camp, making the prisoners even more crowded. And the demons didn't even provide a drop of water or food, perhaps in the eyes of the demons these captives were just cheap consumables, and they didn't care whether they lived or died.
Sylvanas's isolated figure remained in the cold wind, and Hajar, perched on her shoulder, had been looking in the direction of the center of the city, silently praying for the success of the mad plan of the Moon Shadow.
Suddenly, Sylvanas said in a low voice, "The time is almost up, isn't it?" ”
Hajar was stunned for a moment, looked up at the moonlight, and nodded slightly: "It's almost the appointed time, but the moon shadow hasn't done it yet." ”
Sylvanas said calmly, "Give me the weapon." ”
Hajar hesitated, flicked his wings and handed her bow and arrows and leather armor.
Sylvanas got dressed in the dark, then raised his head slightly to stare at the Dreadlord who was eating meat and drinking with a few demon guards.
"Hey, don't do it yourself!" Hajar couldn't help but say nervously when he saw that Sylvanas didn't look right.
Suddenly, the two of them looked at the consul hall in the center of the city.
Immediately, a ball of fire rose into the sky, lifting the entire ruling hall into the sky!
I heard a loud rumble mixed with an angry roar, and then I saw that the demon king who was sitting in the city of Edalas was burning into flames and rising into the sky, but the next moment he was pierced through the heart by a spear of holy light seven or eight meters long, and he fell headlong.
A series of deafening explosions were heard in an instant, and the entire city of Edalas was instantly engulfed in flames, filled with panicked demons.
"Didn't that Moon Shadow say just a little damage......" Hagill was dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.
"Do it!" Sylvanas burst into flames, and pulled her bow with an arrow straight into the throat of the Dreadlord.
Still in shock, the Dreaddemon King subconsciously turned his head and dodged the first arrow, but failed to dodge the second, third, and fourth arrows that followed...... In an instant, he was pierced into a hedgehog by a dense rain of arrows and nailed to the ground.
It was only then that Hajar reacted, and quickly flapped his wings and pounced on the demon guards who were drawing their swords.
Sylvanas turned to face the stunned group of his fellow clansmen, and said lightly: "No one will come to save you, only you can save you, if you want to live, follow me." After saying that, he turned around and rushed out without hesitation.
But when Sylvanas rushed outside the camp gates, none of the captives rose to follow her.
Sylvanas closed her eyes and sighed softly, jumped onto the roof of a house without looking back, and disappeared in a few moves.
Murong Feng quickly rushed to the pre-agreed meeting place with the head of the Demon King, only to find that there were only two people, Sylvanas and Hajar.