In order for cavalry to exert its most powerful combat effectiveness, it needs to accelerate in a short period of time, and these mountain roads are rugged, with many corners, and those hidden potholes and sharp stones under the snow, which are all important factors affecting cavalry combat.

The footsteps continued to extend inward, and new dragonman corpses could be found every few hundred meters, some even wearing neat armor, which couldn't help but make the cavalry leader feel a little palpitating, as if as they went deeper and deeper, the level of these monsters became higher and higher, and from the size and appearance, these guys wearing armor were obviously different from those low-level dragon soldiers, compared to those low-level dragon soldiers who attacked Iron Rock City, these dragon people were closer to human beings in size.

If the low-level dragon soldiers are pure beasts, then these dragonmen are more like the legendary half-orcs.

Their front claws have evolved to resemble human palms, allowing them to flexibly hold weapons and no longer use low-level claws or teeth to attack.

This is a very bad sign.

Once monsters become intelligent or civilized, their threat level will skyrocket.

The leader of the cavalry suddenly reined in his horses and stopped advancing.

There is a fork in the road ahead, and there are two mountain roads in different directions.

In which direction are you going next?

The cavalry leader frowned, looking at the two junctions without any traces at all and hesitated, choosing either way, it was likely to be the wrong route of the paladin, but letting the soldiers separate the two would weaken their own strength, in case they encountered a fork in the road again, the soldiers would have to separate again, so that after a few times, the troops would be completely separated.

In the treacherous Shadow Mountains, the scattered human cavalry would almost never survive if they were attacked by monsters.

"Sentinel!

The two cavalrymen left the group and entered the two mountain roads, one on the left and one on the right.

Gathering all his forces to accomplish this extremely dangerous task, the cavalry leader tightened his grip on his weapons to guard against terrifying monsters that could appear from the mountain path at any time.

"Alert!"

With an order, all the cavalry adjusted their bodies to the best condition.

......

"My lord, are you still worried about the Paladin?" In the Church of Iron Rock City, a red-clothed priest came to the window, looked at the contemplative Archbishop Xilan, smiled and said, "The Crusaders will definitely bring the Paladin back." ”

"The paladin's body is a very important resource...... "Xi Lan's words revealed a cold style, "Even if you have financial resources as strong as the Holy See, it is not particularly easy to transform a paladin. ”

The red-clothed priest raised his eyebrows, although he knew that the combat power of the paladin was definitely not something that could be achieved through training, but what did the "transformation" mean in the archbishop's mouth?

"For each transformation of a paladin, it is necessary to select the best warriors from the crusaders, and it may take dozens or even hundreds of lives of excellent warriors to successfully transform once. Xi Lan slowly spoke, staring into the eyes of the red-clothed priest and said, "The birth of every paladin means the death of hundreds of people, all of whom are warriors with the strongest faith and the strongest physical fitness. ”

The cardinal priest felt a little dry-mouthed, he didn't understand why the archbishop wanted to tell him such an obviously confidential thing, the way the paladin was born has always been kept secret by the Ruling Temple, everyone had speculated about where a powerful and perverted warrior like the paladin came from, and even some pagans had spread rumors that the paladin was a freak born after the union of monsters and humans.

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the Paladin's power that is completely unhuman.

The only things that an individual can compete with a paladin are monsters and demon seeds.

Now it seems that those suspicions and smears are complete nonsense.

"Your Excellency, you shouldn't tell me this......" the red-clad priest said respectfully, "I'm not the one who adjudicates the Temple. ”

"I just want you to understand the importance of paladins ......" Xilan tugged at the corners of his mouth, "I heard that today when I ordered the cavalry to enter the Shadow Mountains to search for paladins, you expressed your objection. ”

It turned out that the archbishop was because of this......

The red-clothed priest swallowed, even if his status was as noble as his, he still had to maintain a humble posture in front of Xi Lan, "I just think that such a large area of cavalry stationed in the Shadow Mountains is easy to attract the attention of the monsters in the Shadow Mountains, and once they are stimulated, I am afraid it will cause a riot." ”

"Sooner or later, the war will start, and instead of preparing the enemy for everything, it is better for us to attack in advance, but we don't know anything about the enemy now," Xilan exhaled, obviously accepting the explanation of the cardinal priest: "Paladin...... Probably dead, we need the flesh and blood he left behind to redo the ritual of transformation. ”

"War is coming, and we need stronger and more soldiers......"

......

"My lord, no anomalies have been found in the passage," one of the pathfinder sentries reported, "and there are no enemies or corpses in this direction. ”

The cavalry leader nodded, then turned his gaze to another passage.

According to the sentry's habit, the path exploration would not take more than fifteen minutes, but half an hour had passed, and the sentry in charge of scouting the passage on the left still had not returned, which made the cavalry leader feel that something was wrong.

Wait one more minute, and the more anxious you feel.

Could it be that this sentry encountered a monster in that direction?

The snowflakes fell silently, and as the minutes passed, the valley was still silent, and the sentry seemed to be swallowed up by the terrible valley.

Now, in which direction?

The cavalry leader took a deep breath, if he advanced to the mountain path that had been explored, although he would not encounter the enemy in a short time, there was no guarantee that he would follow the same route as the paladin.

If it is this unknown path, then what will happen to you, no one knows.

While the cavalry leader was struggling, from within the passage came the sound of rustling, like the grinding of many sharp claws across the rocks, and rapidly approaching.

The cavalry leader was suddenly startled, and he didn't have time to think about it, he shouted: "Prepare to meet the enemy!"

The sound of rustling grew louder and louder, and the cavalrymen could almost hear the heavy gasps mixed in, and the strong smell of fish came to their faces, and the cavalry leader at the forefront of the team even saw the black shadow of monsters running and jumping on the mountain wall.

"No!" the cavalry leader's pupils shrank suddenly, and he saw that in front of the large number of monsters, there was a war horse running desperately, but the one on horseback was not the previous sentry.

That's it, a bloody paladin!