Act 10: La Niña!
The Giant Gate Pass, the most remote pass of the empire, although not the largest, is indeed the most conflicting with the demons. The Giant Gorge Mountain Range separates the northeast of the entire empire from the demons outside, and only the Giant Canyon can be accessed.
Three thousand years ago, the king of the people recognized the importance of this valley and ordered the construction of a 200-meter-high stone gate here. On the left side of the stone gate is a stone statue of a human king three thousand years ago, holding the emperor's sword - Chixiao. On the right is a stone statue of a brave man, holding a mighty sword - Tai'a. These two stone statues have been standing here for 3,000 years, guarding the human kingdom for 3,000 years.
Today's human strength is far less than that of the mythical era of 3,000 years ago, and it is becoming more and more difficult to guard this pass.
The inside of the giant gate looked desolate at this time, with blood stains everywhere, cries, and angry scolding. But if you listen closely, you will feel strangely quiet. It turns out that dead silence has never been related to sound, and in this noisy barracks, there is a dead silence everywhere.
"Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap......"
In front of the military formation, another group of people returned from the front line on horseback.
General: "Call the medic!" Someone else has been carried back! ”
Staff Officer: "Report, there are not enough military doctors!" There are still a large number of wounded in the camp waiting to be treated! ”
General: "Priest! ”
Staff Officer: "General! Priests heal high-ranking generals! War is about to start again, and if we don't have enough magic in wartime, our situation will be even more dangerous! ”
General: "Do you want to watch these wounded slowly die one by one?" They were fighting desperately! Hurry up and call the priest of the Templar to come over, and those who break the order will be killed! ”
Staff Officer: "Alas...... Yes, sir! ”
Late last night, the demons attacked again, and the guards rushed to the battle, suffering heavy losses.
The battle lasted from late night until dawn, when the demons retreated when the first rays of sunlight hit the giant gate, and then it was time for the guards to go out to retrieve the bodies and search for the wounded.
The general's name is Temu Long, who was born at this giant gate and has never left this giant gate in his life.
He regarded the 30,000 men who had been stationed at the gate all the year round as his brothers and sisters. But in just one month, 30,000 people died, and a full 20,000 died.
"O Casarte, who is in charge of the precepts, and Duffy, who is in charge of life, I am willing to dedicate my life to you! I plead with you to punish the devil and save us suffering people. Temulon sat on a wooden stump, covering his face, shaking his head and screaming.
He didn't believe in God in the first place, but now there's no way to do it. Who else but the gods can save them? Watching the soldiers around him die one after another, can't do anything?
"General! Don't be sad! We all died of injuries to protect the creatures behind the Monolithic Gate, and our sacrifice was worth it! A soldier with a broken leg on the stretcher said when he heard the general blaming himself and feeling resentful, and forcibly propped himself up.
Hearing his soldier say this, Temuraka's heart became even more uncomfortable. He always believed that it was his own incompetence that led to the soldiers in a bitter battle.
"Long! You're really the most sissy general I've ever met! Suddenly, a voice came, and a figure walked out from behind the camp.
"See Captain Selewan!" Temulon didn't dare to slack off when he heard this voice, and hurriedly saluted.
The comer was a tall and mighty knight, covered in pale golden armor, with a tuft between his eyebrows and no anger. This man was one of the twelve thousand horsemen whom the king himself had divided.
"Long, this is the real battlefield, the reason why the demons didn't attack before was because the new generation of demon kings hadn't awakened yet. Now that the new generation of demon kings is awakening, some powerful demons will naturally be ready to move, put away your weakness, the real cruelty is still to come! Captain Wan also found a tree stump to sit on, took out his pipe from the brocade bag behind him, and smoked it.
"The Demon King hasn't awakened yet, they're so crazy, what should we do if we awaken? When will the gods save us? "Temu Takashi watched his beloved leave every day, and his spirit broke down a little.
"Long, you are really not fit to be a general, you are too weak! As a general of the first army, he actually has this idea in his mind? Selei shook the cigarette residue, and there was a little disdain in his words.
"General, he is by no means weak, it is all because of our generals that he is like this!" One of the wounded, who had just been lying down, suddenly stood up, his eyes bloodshot. Of course he knew who he was talking to, but he couldn't control himself, he had to say it, and he didn't have anything to say but that.
Sele looked at the wounded man who stood up, and then at Temulaka, who had his head down. He suddenly felt a little strange in his heart, why were the soldiers in the hands of such a cowardly general so brave and so fearless of sacrifice?
"Alright, cheer up, reinforcements are coming soon, don't let that adult see you like this!" Seile urged Temuryu to assemble the team as he began to chant the restoration magic.
An obscure spell emanated from Sere's mouth, and a wide range of mana fluctuations appeared in the air. As the spell ended, a golden light emerged, covering the group of wounded people just now. The bleeding from the wounds of the wounded suddenly stopped, and the wounds were recovering at a visible rate.
"Xie Wan rode up to the elder!" Temu Takashi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the soldiers who had just come down from the front were being treated, as if nothing had just happened. He stood up and mustered his strength, ready to fend off the next attack of the demons.
After a night's rest in camping, the aid army continued on its way early the next morning, and the sonorous footsteps of the soldiers seemed to bring victory.
"Ahh......h Rhine, guess who the adults are in the carriage? Harrester yawned and asked Rhine, who was walking side by side.
"We've been staying in the countryside, and we don't know what the big names are in the kingdom and how to guess." Rhine replied angrily. Now the big man in his mind is an El Niño, and then their lord flax will be counted if it can be counted as one.
"Could it be La Niña?" Harrester muttered quietly, not believing even his own guesses.
"Poof...... Ahem......"
Suddenly there was the sound of spitting water in the carriage, followed by a cough. From the voice, it is obvious that it is a female voice.
"There are hundreds of imperial generals, how could that young man guess it at once?" The girl in the carriage wiped the water droplets off her skirt with a look of disbelief. Of course, she didn't know that the probability of guessing her was one in two with these two teenagers. And Harrest's is not a guess at all, it's just a casual talk.
Hallester and Rhine were closest to the carriage, and they heard the movement in the carriage very clearly.
"What's the matter, adults don't choke on water, do they? Harled, do you want to report to the Captain of the Cavaliers? Rhine came a little closer to the carriage and put his ear to it.
"What's the report, you can choke on drinking water, so don't you directly scare urine when you go to the battlefield? This kind of dignitaries and nobles can choke to death. Harrester looked dismissive.
The two teenagers were talking very quietly, almost to the point of lip talk, and the footsteps of the soldiers were particularly loud, so the two of them didn't worry about being heard at all. But these subtle sounds to La Niña's ears are no different from normal human speech.
Listening to Hallest's comment, there was a burst of anger on the girl's face. She's grown so big, and no one has ever spoken of her in such foul language.
"But...... Listening to the voice, it's a woman, maybe she didn't go to the battlefield? Rhine reminded in a whisper,
"What's wrong with women, women are not human yet. As a woman, it's not good to stay in bed, isn't it a burden to run to this battlefield to stay? Harrester retorted again.
"Woman", "Bed", "Burdensome". These three words La Niña heard them clearly.
"Hmph, the stinky boy has no ability at all, and he is quite good at slandering others? Let you go back to heaven and see if you dare to talk more! La Nina chanted a few random verses in the carriage, and a white magic circle appeared out of thin air outside under Harrest's ass.
All Harrester could feel was a sudden gust of wind blowing under his ass, and then he shot out like a cannonball.
This shot was tens of meters away...... The soldiers along the way were frightened, everyone thought that there was an enemy attack, and hurriedly watched around, until Halleste got up from the ground and smiled awkwardly that he was moving his muscles, and the soldiers continued to march angrily.
"Look, it's over, isn't it? Your money is gone, my official is gone, it's all your ...... to blame," Rhein said as he looked at Hallest, who had crawled back to his horse.
Harrest, though a little unconvinced, didn't say anything. He knew that no matter how much he talked, it would not end well.
The girl in the carriage stopped playing tricks on Harrest and continued to look down at a thick book of ancient magic in her hand.