Act Twenty-Three: Dawn, Mountain Road
Brando lowered his sword.
"It's so dark, it doesn't seem like a good thing to choose to come out and take a walk at this time." He smiled, glanced at the men, and passed through the twenty-odd people as if no one was in front of them.
The young members of the garrison subconsciously split their ways, Breson held the sword in his hand tightly, staring gloomily at Brando, but he also restrained himself, because he knew that once he moved, he would not be able to hide the movement here. Someone next to him tried to rush up, but he stopped him with his hand.
There was a moment of tension in the grove.
But Brando walked all the way to the other side of the forest, stopped, and said, "Bresson, is what you learned in the garrison how to disobey military orders?" And the plan is still so bad, you should know Captain Madden's temper, and you are trying to coerce him into agreeing to your demands? If it were me, I would have just sneaked out with someone, and I only needed to leave one person to report to himβ"
Everyone was stunned.
Bresson put the hand on the hilt of his sword and moved, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but wonder what this guy wanted to do, what did he want?
"Tell me, when you attack, I'll decide when to move."
"Before dawn."
The young deputy captain of the guard thought about it, and although he was a little suspicious of Brando's motives, the other party's plan did sound more tempting, and it was much more feasible than the original one.
"Then you'd better go and hide in the area of the Fox Forest, which should be the safest place closest to the army of the undead of Madara. Also, I'll pick up a note and bring it to Madden so he knows you're going to attack around the Crimson Star is gone, right? β
ββ¦β¦β
"Also, be careful when dealing with the Corpse Witch, their spells will only work on those with weak willpower!"
"Brando, what do you want to do? How did you discover Zeta, where did you learn your swordsmanship? Breson asked with a sinking face as he lowered his hand from his sword.
"Well, after this farewell. I may not see you, you may not see me, whether it is a mortal enemy or a sworn enemy, whoever is not used to it, maybe it will become a memory. After all, they are all the people of Eruin, good luck. β
Brando, however, waved his hand, indicating that what he wanted to do was not worth mentioning.
Breson was silent.
β¦β¦
Not to mention Bresson's assertiveness that made Madden furious, Freya gathered the militia squad, but found that she had nowhere to go, and in desperation, the veteran of the November War had to let her form a self-defense force with some other villagers, and then prepare to break through to the Dagger River beach to the north.
At the same time, Jossen and little Phoenix, who had broken a hand, were sending Brando and Roman away, and little Phoenix was ordered by Freya to leave the militia because he was too young, and the boss was dissatisfied, but after all, it was a teenager's nature, and Brando praised him twice, and he was alive and noisy to go to Riedenburg for an adventure.
Of course, I can't agree to this, otherwise it is estimated that Anzek will be stabbed by Freya with a sword, although Brando does need a helper, but little Phoenix is too small to be suitable.
He touched the hairy little ghost's head.
On the other hand, Josson was a little snorted and did not dare to speak, and he looked at Brando in shame. He knew that it was because of this young man himself that he could survive, of course, he couldn't blame anyone else for this, he could only blame him for being too timid at that time.
"Right...... Sorry, Brando, thank you...... Saved me at the time. β
"It's okay, everyone gets confused for a while. Jossen, everyone is willing to take you out with them because they believe that you will return to them. Well, cheer up and don't let other people look down on you. β
"Thank you."
Brando nodded, and he glanced at the skyβthe stars were fading, heralding the dawn. But without the light of the stars and the moon, it will be the darkest time of the earth, but it doesn't matter, because the dawn is already on the other side of the distant mountains.
Retracting his gaze from the dark shadows of the mountains on the horizon, he and Roman miraculously lit torches. Although it was not wise to light the torches in the dark, the direction they were going was far from the area controlled by the Madara army, and even if there were occasional wild beasts, Brandor thought that the biggest threat in the Belledo Forest was nothing more than wolves, and he could easily deal with them with three or five of them.
Moreover, the beast is afraid of fire.
The two of them walked south along the dense forest, and at the end of the fire, there were black pine forests common in the Golan region, and the occasional shadow of some animals was fleeting. They crossed a hill or two, and looked down to see the terrain gradually becoming rougher. Strangely, the surrounding trees seemed to be starting to wither, and the ground was juggling rocks, especially at the bottom of the valley.
"Brando?" Roman asked, the suddenly changing environment was still a little scary.
"Well, nothing. Follow me. β
Seeing such a scene, Brando knew that he was close to his destination.
It's not like he hasn't been to Xavier's Mountain Trail in the game, it's a very famous place, and the dangers in it can really be said to be lifeless for characters below level 20. But Brando knows of a special case.
He couldn't help but recall some memories of that place:
The Xavier Trail is located in the southern part of the Belledo Forest, through a lush forest through the Usong Valley, and was opened to transport timber to the lower reaches of the Usong River, but as Madara expanded, most of these mills withered.
As a result, Xavier's mountain road has declined, and it has become a mountain road that unscrupulous traders smuggle to avoid the checkpoint. Later, a golden demon tree took root here, and it extracted nutrients from the earth, causing the forests in this area to wither, and killing a creature that accidentally entered, and gradually Xavier Mountain Road became a forbidden area for death.
The leader of the 31-level Golden Demon Tree has awakened the second level of strength, and is on a par with the swordsmen and intermediate wizards of the iron rank in terms of strength, even if it is a regular army, it will not provoke such a tricky enemy, not to mention that it has not blocked the connection between Fort Riden and the Buchi area, and the knights of the kingdom are too lazy to pay attention to it.
In the game, this is a famous dungeon monster area, where the Golden Demon Tree boss dominated the first three years of the game. The NPC's response is to stick a wooden board in the doorway and use the dwarven, elven, and cruz lingua franca books on it:
"Danger! Those who enter this place should give up a qiΔ hope! β
Of course, there are still some players who don't have a long eye and want to challenge themselves at first, but the scattered people can't even see the face of the Golden Demon Tree. It was only about a year or so after the game began to be explored in groups that people began to go on expeditions together, but most of them only arrived in the area of present-day Yusong River Valley, and were forced to retreat.
And even in the second half of the following year, the news of the annihilation of the player team was often passed from one bar to the local pub and became the talk of the conversation after dinner. Then came the Second War of the Black Roses, and the expedition to Xavier's trails became fewer but more professional.
Brando remembers that he entered the valley at that time, and his experience in the game was relatively mediocre, neither radical nor overly conservative. He remembered that the party had reached the Usong River Beach, where they could even see the endless black forest and the mountains in the shadows on the south bank.
However, the deepest memory he gave him of that adventure was not the scenery with the great contrast with the Buchi area along the way, but the strength of the monsters in the dungeon and the frequent encounters.
But less than two months after that, a guild called 'Meda' completely solved the problems in this area. The guild was famous for a while, but later it became clear that they weren't really that strong, and they just managed to figure out a special way of playing. Later, this set of playing methods was put on the Internet by people with good intentions, and it also brought a wave of single-brush gold magic trees.
And back then, in order to brush the heart of a golden tree. Brando happens to be one of the beneficiaries of this video.
However, at that time, the average level of Bouche was twenty-seven, and Brando remembered that he was also twenty-seven when he entered this dungeon. But fortunately, this time he only asked to pass through Xavier's Mountain Path, instead of killing the leader of the Golden Demon Tree, and he also had the Wind Queen Ring and the Thorn of Light with its own purification effect that was extremely lethal to dark creatures, otherwise he would really be a little helpless.
It's really emotional to think about back then, the price of magic equipment in the game is still high until the end of the first year, and when he enters Xavier's mountain path, he doesn't have to think about equipment with a power of more than 10Oz at all, and as for the gods like the Wind Queen Ring and the Thorn of Light, they are like floating clouds.
And in this life, because of his foresight, he actually had two things in his body at the beginning, which couldn't help but make him feel a little unreal. If he was lucky enough to escape this catastrophe, thinking about the future development, Brando couldn't help but feel a little hot.
But that's why we should cherish the opportunities in front of us even more. He tightened the sword in his hand, and turned back to beckon Roman to follow, the future merchant lady seemed to have some talent for adventure, and she stretched out her hands and jumped left and right on the rocks of the valley, and she was also very flexible.
When dawn finally came, the stars disappeared, and there was a dead darkness all around, except for the torches peeling and burning, and the flickering light reflected the deep ravines and shadows on the rocks stacked one by one.
From a distance, it looks like two points of sparks in the mountains and forests.
Brando remembered that there was a sheltered col and that it was too dangerous to enter Xavier's trail at this time, so he decided that it would be safer to go on the road during the day, and that he had almost avoided the range of the army of the undead of Madara.
The first Madara army to arrive at Fort Ridden was the Kabais Division, and the time was on the morning of the third day. In other words, he still has a whole day to organize his own plans, and he has plenty of time.
He looked up and vaguely saw a road sign ahead.
β¦β¦
(P.S. Today is the birthday of the author of the Demon Hunter of Rebirth, Decadent Classmate, and tomorrow is the day he picks up customers, so it seems to prophesy some good omen. Students who have a monthly pass remember to support Decadence tomorrow as his belated birthday present. Recommend the ticket, of course, it is still left to me.
Book tomorrow's tickets, ready to rush to the new book list, I feel that the results are a bit bleak, some people have predicted the hit of this book, and I ask my classmates to support to break this fallacy.)