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Three tents were erected around the campfire, and the dwarves were already asleep, snoring like the tide of the sea, and Lyudmila may still be preparing for her magic, or she may have fallen asleep.

Roland stood on the hill in the Mithril cuirass and bathed in the moonlight, the night breeze blowing in his face, and the warm roasting of the campfire behind him, the strange feeling of the coexistence of hot and cold deepened his impression of the land beneath his feet, as if he was at the junction of legend and reality.

It's been five days since I left the Ogre Cave. Accompanied by Lyudmila and Bloom, Roland walked out of the jungle and crossed the early frosty Veres River to this inaccessible subsidence.

It was originally a branch of the Lucia Mountains, which should theoretically be about the same altitude as the Ogre Mountains, but the Great War two eras ago completely changed the terrain of this generation, turning the mountains into plains and the relatively low-lying areas into abysses. Countless abysses formed a dense web of cobwebs, cutting the wasteland to pieces, and the red gravel was bare in the moonlight, like scarred scars.

The climate of the Northland is arid and cold, the entire subsidence area is funnel-shaped, and the land is barren due to scarce rainfall, and the vegetation is sparse, which is not suitable for human habitation. To this day, only the most tenacious races, such as the gnolls, goblins, and kobolds, dare to settle in this barren land, and compared to them, Roland and his party are merely passing by, trying not to disturb the savage ones, lest they cause any trouble.

Bypassing the abyss and crossing the ravine, Roland and his party advanced along the edge of the "funnel" to the middle of the subsidence area for several days. The ruins of the Temple of Tiamat are said to be located in the lowest part of the central region, at least as they are marked on the map.

For thousands of years, there has been no shortage of adventurers who have come to the settlement to seek the opportunity to make a fortune, but apart from a few absurd stories, there is no real harvest to be handed down to the world.

A terrible wolf howl was heard in the distance, interrupting Roland's musings, and he stretched and turned to walk towards the campfire. Tonight he will be on duty for the first half of the night, and in another two hours Lyudmila will rise to replace him.

The howls of the wolves came and went, and they got closer and closer to the hill where they were camping. Roland frowned slightly, and stood up from the fire.

He wasn't worried about the wolves, he was worried that someone was deliberately directing the wolves in this direction. If his listening check was correct, the night breeze sent the sonorous clash of weapons.

Wolves also use weapons? It's a ridiculous idea on Earth, but Roland hasn't forgotten that this is a fantasy world where anything is possible.

After listening for a long time, he was sure that the howl was not from an ordinary wolf, so he got up and walked to Lyudmila's tent and called softly: "Mira, Mira? ”

There was a squirming movement in the tent, and then the girl's lazy response came: "What's the matter, come in and tell me." ”

Roland didn't think too much about it, lowered his head and got into the tent, the room was full of fragrant fragrance, and by the faint moonlight, the slender carcass of the giant girl appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a slight wave in his heart.

Lyudmila put the Mithril chain armor on the outside of her underwear, carefully smoothed the folds, and found that Roland was staring at her blankly, and she couldn't tell whether it was shy or sweet, and stretched out her hand and twisted it on his face, "Is it that good-looking?" ”

Roland came back to his senses and smiled a little awkwardly: "It's okay, you may need to continue to observe to come up with a correct evaluation." ”

"Nasty!" Lyudmila gave him a blank look, with a temptation in her coquettishness, "Do you want me to strip naked to show you?" ”

Roland became more and more distracted, in such an ambiguous atmosphere, he really couldn't control the power of the flood in his body, so he quickly gathered his mind and said: "The situation outside seems to be not good, I want to leave the camp to check, please help me stay on night in advance." ”

"I'll go with you!"

"No way!" Roland flatly refused, "I don't worry about Bloom left alone, in case he dozes off and is dragged away by the wolf." ”

Lyudmila gritted her silver teeth: "It's all to blame for the dwarf, who sleeps like a pig." ”

Roland hugged the girl's willow waist and kissed her lightly on the pink cheek: "Good, you promised to listen to me." ”

Lyudmila softened suddenly, and said shyly: "Then you go and come back quickly...... Take my eagle, she has good eyes, is proficient in night reconnaissance, and can help you spot danger in advance. ”

Roland nodded, kissed her on the other cheek, and turned to hurried away.

Black Hawk was telepathically teleported by the hostess, and jumped from the top of the tent and onto Roland's shoulder. There was a light peck on his ear, as if to blame him for disturbing his dreams.

"Blackie, please, go see what's going on where the wolf howls."

Black Eagle nodded happily and flew into the moonlit sky.

Roland summoned the Celestial Horse, flipped over to the saddle, flicked the reins, and galloped away after the Black Hawk.

The Celestial Realm Horse is quite human, and he doesn't need Roland's advice to follow the figure of the Black Eagle on his own. Beyond a mountain beam, the terrain plummeted ahead, and a small lake appeared in front of Roland's eyes, sparkling in the moonlight. In such a dry environment, few water bodies can exist for a long time, and it is conceivable that the lake is connected to the river, and there is a steady stream of groundwater to replenish and consume.

Where there is water, there are aquatic plants, and the lakeside is green and shrubs. However, at this moment, this oasis was stained red with blood, and a group of humanoid monsters barked wildly, destroying the beauty of the clear spring and the moon.

Roland grabbed the reins and stared into the distance, only to see that the group of monsters were more than seven feet tall, wearing simple leather armor, and their plush bodies were muscular, and they looked like a group of orcs, but they had a head like a coyote on their necks, and their green eyes were fierce, and they were howling with scarlet tongues, and they were running around the shore of the lake with a battle axe or halberd in hand, chasing a girl in black.

The girl is masked with black veil, wears a double knife at her waist, tight-fitting leather armor tightly wraps her curvaceous moving figure, her long black hair is tied into a ponytail, and the tips of her hair float high with her galloping figure, like a fairy flying under the moonlit night.

Roland recognized at a glance that the monsters chasing and killing the girl were a group of gnolls, these fellows were like bandits roaming in the wilderness, killing people, stealing goods, raping, and plundering.

He didn't know why the gnoll was chasing the girl, but according to common sense, it was not unlikely, either to rob money or to rob sex.

One of the gnoll men was particularly tall, Aomori Mori had a thick and hard mane, a pair of blindfolds tied obliquely around his face, and a refined steel halberd in his hand, like the leader of the crowd, seeing that the girl was running farther and farther away, and couldn't catch up, so he stopped and pointed at the dozen or so subordinates, and divided the dozen or so subordinates into two groups, one group continued to chase and kill, and the other group of jackals turned around and outflanked them.

The masked girl glanced back and found that the gnolls were divided into two paths, and as if she had a premonition that it would be difficult to get out, she simply stopped and tore open a scroll and read it in a low voice.

The magic scroll suddenly ignited a white flame, and under the moonlight, a holy light rose to the sky, enveloping the girl entirely, and the divine energy gathered in her body, turning into a pair of snow-white and holy wings that suddenly opened from behind it, like an angel descending.

"Divine grace!" Seeing this scene from afar, Roland immediately realized that the girl blessed herself with magic and temporarily increased her combat effectiveness, most likely to give up and escape, and was determined to fight to the death.

Sure enough, as he expected, the girl took out two refined ninja knives from her waist and pounced on the gnoll who had outflanked her.

Under the moonlight, a slender figure pounced into the wolves, walking lightly like a Ling Bo dance, but the double knives in his hands were wide open and closed, and the cold light was staggered, and the blood splashed in the crowd and screamed again and again, but in an instant, three jackals fell to the ground with a knife and died.

The masked girl opened the oncoming battle axe with two knives, and the slender jade hand burst out with a strange force that contrasted strongly with her figure, and the swords and axes collided and sparks burst out, and the strong jackal was shocked and staggered back, full of horror.

At the same time, the girl kicked the ground with slender feet and launched a charge, swinging her arms backwards with a knife, leaning forward and galloping like lightning, her ponytail braids flying against the wind, dragging out a row of afterimages under the moonlit night, and in an instant she pounced on the jackal, and without waiting for the other party to react, the two knives staggered and severed his throat.

Jumping up and kicking the gnoll's corpse, the girl dodged the attack from behind with a volley, and flipped over the jackal's head with a somersault.

The jackal only felt that the black shadow above his head flashed and lost his tracks, and he stood in place for a moment before turning around in a hurry, but the girl had already taken the first step and landed on both feet, and the two ninja knives were stabbed into his back.

The backstabs of the twin knives instantly erupted in terrifying damage, and the gnoll fell to the ground with a wail.

In the moonlight, a silhouette stood out, surrounded by five corpses.

Swish! The girl's wrist shook off the residual blood on the knife, and the shouts of killing behind her became more and more imminent, and a trace of exhaustion floated in her eyes. With his left hand, he took out a black ball from his waist pouch and threw his head back without turning back.

Burst! The black ball landed in a large amount of smoke, and Roland could smell the pungent smell of lime from afar.

The gnoll was shrouded in smoke, choking on coughing and tears, and the pace of pursuit couldn't help but slow down.

The masked girl sneered and was about to turn to leave, when a roar suddenly came from the smoke, followed by a javelin flying through the air.

The girl pulled out her ninja knife like lightning to block the javelin, and her eyes were a little more solemn.

A sturdy body strode from the smoke, it was the one-eyed leader, with his strong physique exempted from the tear-jerking effect of the smoke bomb, the only remaining one-eyed was bloodshot, and his eyes were full of hatred to lock on to the girl opposite.

"Hand over the 'Bloody Smile' and come back with me to ask Lord Lorenzo for guilt, or I'll make you die an ugly death!"

The masked girl frowned slightly, did not respond to the intimidation of the one-eyed leader, and raised her twin knives, and her fighting intent was self-evident.

"Humph! Little girl, you're asking for your own hardship! The one-eyed leader took a step forward with a sinister smile, and a yellow aura suddenly lit up around his waist.

"Change School Inspiration, this is ......"

Roland sensed the fluctuations of arcane energy from a distance, and looked at the one-eyed leader with a little surprise, only to see that the gnoll's already tall body was rapidly expanding under the gaze, turning into a giant as high as fifteen feet, and the halberd in his hand also doubled in size!