Chapter 47: Xudra
The terrifying roar did not last long before it disappeared, and the sound, coming from the direction of the lake, was reminded of the martial law imposed by the army during the day, and the alarmed townspeople were terrified and gathered in the streets, until the daybreak when the sheriff of the town and the army understood what had happened, and assured the people that nothing had happened, and then the people dispersed.
Despite the sheriff's assurances and the military's assurances, Rarity's earth-shattering roar still unnerves everyone.
Zhou Lie knew that the other party was crusading against Warcraft or something, and there was that powerful man, if even that man couldn't solve it, it would be useless for them to be in a hurry, so they could only choose to run away.
So Zhou Lie was very calm, and those businessmen who thought about whether there would be new business opportunities were there to find ways to dig up information from those soldiers, but it was a pity that those soldiers with obviously different clothes had extremely high quality and did not leak any words, so that these businessmen who wanted to seek business opportunities lingered in the town for a long time.
Because of the caravan's stay here, the adventurers who are escorts will also stay with the caravan, and Randy doesn't seem to want to ask the army here to escort Zhou Lie, so Zhou Lie and his party also stayed in the town, but for Zhou Lie, who is good at finding trouble, he is not so boring.
At the lake, Arthur and Vivien stood on a small mound and watched as the Imperial soldiers set up their positions by the lake.
"Actually, these arrangements are of little use. Arthur still stood straight with his great scythe on his back. "If Xudra dares to go ashore, with or without these traps, he will die, but as long as he is still cowering in the lake, we still have nothing to do with him. โ
"But you at least managed to hurt it last night, didn't you?" Vivien said, turning her head, and now she remembered the startling blow from the man next to her last night.
The man leaped in the air, brandishing a scythe as high as him, as if death had pronounced a judgment on the monster, the extremely long scythe drew a black arc in the moonlight, and neatly sliced through the monster's serpentine huge head, Arthur stood on the bloody head, and when he was about to pursue, nine heads appeared at the bottom of the lake one after another, and they roared, spewing fire and frost from their mouths.
And this unexpected attack did not hit Arthur, at the moment when the nine-headed skull appeared, Arthur jumped out of place, and the formation arranged by the lake was activated to prepare to trap this monster, but what he didn't expect was that the opponent's sword failed to hit Arthur, and he didn't chase it, and hid directly at the bottom of the lake, and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes before the formation was fully launched.
After that, no matter how much Arthur lured him, the monster no longer appeared, and the troops guarding the shore and Arthur were helpless.
"If you weren't here, he wouldn't have run away. Arthur's tone was slightly unhappy, "This is our business, and you meddle in and make trouble for me." โ
"A sharp sword needs a scabbard, and in any case, until that day comes, you will be a soldier of our empire, and these people will both assist you and monitor you. โ
"Can't you trust my abilities?"
"We believe in the ability of every beast god soldier, you used to be the sword of the empire, breaking the once invincible Holy Blessing Army, but now it is a clash of swords and swords, for the only sword in our hands now, and there is the possibility of going berserk at any time, it can only be like this. Vivien said with some apologies.
"Hmph. Arthur snorted, not intending to continue discussing the topic with Vivien.
The cool breeze of early spring was blowing slowly on the lake's shores, and the inhabitants of the lake had been completely evacuated to the town, and now the windmills of the three mills had stopped running, and a high protective wall had been erected around them, and the traces of burning could be seen on them, all from yesterday's battle.
They must defeat the monsters in the lake as soon as possible in the next few days, after all, the longer this matter drags on, the bigger the problem.
However, after Arthur's method of seducing the other party failed, these soldiers were helpless, and the magicians who accompanied the army were only young people who had just obtained the title of Magister, and they were not able to cause enough movement to force Xudra, so they also had a big headache.
It didn't take long for a notice to be posted in the town of Rhine, seeking help from a magician who was good at water-based magic.
For this kind of temporary cramming, Arthur had no hope at all, although he was close to the center of the Marston Empire, but what kind of magicians in this kind of town could have enough ability, and the people in the army were only at this level, and if they wanted to force out Xudra, they still had to wait for the great magic they had prepared in a few days.
To their surprise, in the morning they posted a notice, and at noon, a blue-haired girl, wearing a magician's signature robe, arrived at the army station.
The quartermaster looked at the blue-haired girl in front of him and sighed, although the other party had the insignia of Tionlis on him, it was obviously not what they were expecting.
"Well, our great magic needs your help, let's go to the team leader to report. The quartermaster said, pointing to Layla where the group of mages with them were.
"But I saw that your notice said that you need a magician who can carry the entire lake away, and I am here to do this, and I have never heard of it working with other magicians. Layla wondered.
The quartermaster scratched his head, a little impatient, but considering that the other party was still a little girl, he said in a soft tone as much as possible, "That's right, our magicians are understaffed, so we need to chant great magic collectively, and if you are an adventurer, just listen to our orders." โ
In the face of the other party's rude behavior, Layla was at a loss for a while, and she followed the merge with those mages who accompanied the army.
Layla's trip to the army garrison is soon revealed by her teammates, who are worried but have no way to get close to the army camp.
"Why did Layla take such a dangerous thing. A man who looked like a swordsman said.
"After all, she's a magician from Tionlis, so I don't think you need to worry about it. A female archer said nonchalantly as she polished her clusters of arrows.
"How can you say that, Trace, after all, she is also our companion. The swordsman spoke a little anxiously, which made Therese even more unhappy.
Since Layla came to their team, this cute and serious girl immediately won the favor of their leader, Therese knew that this girl didn't have any other ideas, just a simple girl, and always faced them with a smiling face, at first Therese liked her too, but when she saw the swordsman in front of her and Layla getting closer and closer, she couldn't help but feel jealous.
Even though she knew that the other party had no intention of seducing, Tracese was still jealous of Layla, her freedom, and her background, and since the last time Layla solved the incident in Greenshade Town, Tracey felt that the other party was an eyesore.
Why is such a little girl better than herself, why does Sven take his eyes off himself and take care of him so much along the way, even Hanks, a teenager, is willing to sacrifice his life to save the other party, and at that time he can only run away in embarrassment.
Is it because the other party is young and energetic? because the other party is better than himself, because the other party is more educated than himself, and indeed because of the arrival of Layla, these men who like to slap the table and shout loudly when eating, and whose legs can't wait to stilt directly on the table, will become Sven at the dinner table.
In the face of this benign change, Tracey is very entangled, although she will not show hostility towards Layla, but it is difficult to smile at each other.
"Now that she's an adventurer, we are responsible for the adventurer's affairs, and you see her as a partner, she doesn't see you as a partner, after all, she didn't even tell you when she went. Therese said lightly.
Therese's words cut through their hearts like a blade, and finally the swordsman-like man slapped the table and decided to go to Layla.
Then they were barricaded out of the barracks.
Looking at the people coming and going in the garrison, Layla's trademark blue hair was completely invisible, and this group of adventurers couldn't help it.
Then, they witnessed a scene that they couldn't believe.
The originally calm water of the lake suddenly surged, thousands of water lines rushed to the sky, rushing to the side of the waterway, with the surging of the water, the lake water fell rapidly at a visible speed, and then, Arthur's familiar nine heads slowly appeared at the bottom of the water.
"So fast?" Arthur was a little surprised, after all, great magic is not so easy to succeed.
"No, it looks like the blue-haired mage did it. Vivien pointed from the side.
"Oh. Arthur took off the scythe from his back, jumped off the mound, and ran towards the bottom of the lake.
Shรผdra had nine heads and eighteen golden eyes staring at Layla on the shore, his eyes full of tyranny and bloodlust.
A loud roar came from the bottom of the lake, louder this time than at night, and with this roar, Xudra's body slowly grew larger, and he climbed onto the shore, trying to get out of the lake.
Arthur wielded his scythe, and with a puff of smoke and dust behind him, he came to Hurdra.
Under the gaze of the nine heads of Xudra, the soldiers and magicians trembled in fear, and if they hadn't known that Arthur was behind them, they would have scattered and fled in all directions.
Layla was also terrified in her heart, but at this moment she was controlling the flow of the lake, although it was supposed to be a few magicians working together, but Layla had the idea of giving it a try, but she didn't expect to really succeed in guiding the entire lake, almost draining it, and forcing Xudra out.
"Well done, I'll leave it to me. Arthur and Layla smiled as they staggered by.