The Gran Forest, which stretches for thousands of miles, spans the three countries and even some areas of the forest, becoming a specific national border.

Between the Delos Empire and the Duchy of Belmar, in addition to the Faroe Bay in the south, the Lorain Forest is also a clear national border to the north.

The Lorrain Forest is on the outskirts of the Glen Forest, and there are many surrounding mountains, which are difficult to walk, so the Elwyn Defense Line established in the Lorrain region has become the dividing point between the empire and the principality.

The Lorain Forest leans towards the Empire, with a mountain range that stretches north to the Affarian Mountains, and even connects with the Stroo Mountains to the north.

Within this mountain range, there is a large basin surrounded by mountains.

The interior of the basin is flat and open, with only a few canyons as entrances and exits, and is surrounded by natural barriers, which is a rare feng shui treasure.

However, it is such a rare treasure land, but it was used by the empire to build a huge testing ground, which is the famous Bilmark Imperial testing ground!

By the way, there is an eerie cave on the back of a cliff on the outskirts of the basin, which is the "Cave of Sorrow" that gave the name of the Four Sword Saints......

Since the explosion at the test site five years ago, the area has been completely cordoned off and has become a military exclusion zone.

The reason is very simple, the test ground is filled with the transfer energy of the demon realm, and once ordinary people enter it, they will be eroded and will not be able to work normally at all.

However, the ambitious Delos Empire, or His Majesty the ambitious Emperor, would naturally not waste such a treasured land. On the surface, he retreated into the background on the grounds of cultivation, but in fact, he worked with Barn to study new powers.

Now, an area under the original test site has been developed into a new test base, and His Majesty the Emperor, who has not appeared in front of the public for a long time, is hiding here.

It's not that the empire can't vacate new places to build experimental bases, but the experiments that are currently underway need to transfer energy to cooperate. And what better place to be?

Inside the sprawling underground base, Emperor Leon? Hainrich III had just finished practicing swordsmanship when he was taking a bath in a bath comparable to a swimming pool.

Drops of water ran down the ends of the golden hair. Powerlessness to fall on a rock-solid back. The bulging muscles, the hideous scars, in the unmanned bathroom, quietly recounted the proud achievements of His Majesty the Emperor in the past.

"Whoa......

His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand lightly, and a stream of water flew out of the bath like a dragon into the clouds, shooting at him.

Before all the water could flow down, suddenly, His Majesty the Emperor stretched out his hand, and a hideous giant sword burst out from under the surface of the water not far away. Obediently flew into his hands.

The shape of this giant sword is very unique, if Ying Tianyi is here, he can recognize it at a glance, this is the 80-level epic giant sword in the DNF game - Heavenly Demon Slash!

The hideous and wide Heavenly Demon Slash was as light as a wicker in the hands of His Majesty the Emperor. With a wave of his hand, a fiery sword qi flew towards the door of the bath.

"Whew!"

The bathroom door made of steel was cut open by sword qi like tofu.

"Bell!"

A trembling metal clash rang out outside the door.

"Oh, Your Majesty, your habit is not good! Every time I come to you, you're going to break a door. Even if the door is not worth much. It's not such a waste! ”

The broken gate "boomed" to the ground, and a sword-wielding figure slowly walked out of the doorway. The small pinch of red hair mixed in the white hair betrayed his identity in an instant.

The person who came was Ying Tianyi's swordsmanship teacher, the strongest sword saint in the empire, Barn!

Obviously, His Majesty the Emperor sensed Bahn's arrival and casually waved a sword aura in his hand to welcome him.

As a result, the sword qi destroyed the gate. But he couldn't hurt Barn, and he easily resisted it.

"You came to me now, didn't you inform me that the experiment was successful?" His Majesty the Emperor casually threw the Heavenly Demon away and continued to scrub his lion-like body.

"The big experiments are still going on, after all, the extradimensional space is not so easy to break. The small experiment was a success. I've ordered someone to put the No. 1 test product out, and the results will be accepted soon. ”

Barn spread his hands and said with a smile: "But I came to call you, mainly to ask you to watch a good show." The actors are already in place, just waiting for us as the audience! ”

"Oh? Has that Celestial Gunslinger already run over here? I don't know what kind of scene she will be like when she faces the mechanical beast she has made! His Majesty the Emperor said with interest.

"That's the main play, and there's an appetizer before that!" Barn smiled and said, "The children who left here alive five years ago seem to have come back today, don't you want to go and see them?" ”

"Kid?" His Majesty the Emperor was slightly stunned, his face immediately became a little gloomy, and he asked, "Is Tianyi here too?" ”

"It's coming, but he's not coming in, he's still outside. It was a little mouse that came in, as well as the girls around Cyrus and Tianyi! Barn replied as usual.

His Majesty the Emperor hesitated for a moment, and asked as if he was a little unwilling: "Haven't you found out the origin of Tianyi yet?" The Cleya who has a relationship with him, and Aisha, can't they find clues? ”

"I can't find it at all, it's like it appeared out of thin air!" Barn sighed helplessly and said, "The first time Tianyi appeared was at the border of the Empire. Aisha's first appearance was in the territory of the Void Motherland. As for that Kreya, she seems to have come out of the canyon of the dead, which is a bit scary! ”

His Majesty the Emperor frowned rarely, his eyes fluctuated violently, and finally his body jumped, leaving the bath, and the water droplets all over his body immediately turned into vapor and drifted away, and said in a deep voice: "Forget it, let them go!" As long as it doesn't affect my plans, it doesn't matter if he wants to take over the empire! ”

Barn nodded lightly and left the bathroom after His Majesty the Emperor. His face remained the same, but there was a hint of gloom in his eyes, and there was a hint of intense anticipation......

What was once a testing ground is now a jungle full of dangers.

Sellers took Natalia and the others through the entrance of the canyon and into the testing ground, and before they could search for Kelly's whereabouts, they were attacked by a group of blood-colored cat demons.

There are only a dozen of them, but they are far faster and more powerful than high-level swordsmen, and a single sneak attack scratches Cyrus's arm.

Today's Sellers is already a high-level swordsman, and when converted to the game level, it is probably above level 45. Level 50 is less than that, which is the fourth order.

Cyrus had previously fought the Spider Army in the aid of the Dwarves, and it was in that battle that he grew up.

Coincidentally. Natalia and the others followed Yingtianyi to open up Sky City, experienced more battles than Cyrus, and even collided head-on with the fierce Destroyer Legion.

Even if there is no advantage of Ying Tianyi's absorption of experience points to upgrade, Natalia and the other nine swordsman girls are also on the verge of awakening at this time, and they can break through with just one opportunity, and everyone's strength is almost slightly stronger than Cyrus.

Seeing that Cyrus was scratched by the bloodthirsty cat demon on the arm, and Eunice, who had a more poisonous mouth, couldn't help but taunt: "Yo, our General Cyrus." I can't even beat a kitten! ”

As the deputy head of the Imperial Elite Knights, Cyrus naturally has the title of general, but listening to the tone in which Eunice calls her, it is 100% not respectful, but ridiculed.

"Eunice. Destroy the monsters first! ”

Natalia held the artifact giant sword "Chosen Sword - Gran", and put on a posture of drawing her sword, and then the blade flashed, and three huge sword qi swept out, knocking back all the cat demons that were approaching.

This is the swordsman's signature skill "Instant Shadow Triple Slash", and Natalia has already mastered the skill after a long period of research. It can even launch three sword qi separately.

The nine swordsman girls who had eaten, sheltered, and fought together for a long time had already cultivated a deep tacit understanding, and as soon as Natalia made a move, the others immediately found the target of the attack, and at the same time slashed out a large piece of sword qi.

Cyrus, who was walking at the forefront, had just dodged the second attack of the cat demon. Transform the sword in your hand into a long snake-bellied sword. As a result, when she was about to make a move, she found that the bloodthirsty cat demons who were blocking the way were all cut into pieces.

This discovery made Cyrus secretly frightened, she never thought of the delicate girls who hid behind Yingtian in the past. has grown to such an extent that it seems to be even stronger than her.

In fact, this is normal, anyone who has experienced the endless battles in the sky city will grow up quickly. Especially Natalia and others, their bodies have undergone transformation by transferring energy, and their growth rate is far beyond that of ordinary people. Under the explosion of their skills, it is strange that those cat demons can survive.

Sellers silently put away his weapon, looked down and began to look for clues that Kelly might have left behind.

She is not a person who likes to talk, so she naturally doesn't care about Eunice's ridicule of her, but in her heart, she also has a heart of comparison, and she is very unwilling to be surpassed by Natalia and others.

However, Cyrus didn't speak, but it didn't mean that Eunice would let her go, and continued to taunt in a weird way: "I said General Cyrus, when you return to this ghost place, do you remember the past?" ”

Before?

What could it be?

Naturally, five years ago, after the big explosion, they fled the test site together!

Natalia knew that Eunice was not the kind of person who liked to have nothing to do, but after entering this place, she was awakened to the pain in her heart and needed to vent urgently.

Everyone else is the same, as the test subjects who were forcibly captured back then, all their family and friends died here, only they were lucky enough to be pulled out of the dead pile by Ying Tianyi.

Now that they have revisited the old place, the wounds in the girls' hearts that have not healed have opened again, and they naturally can't continue to bear it, so Natalia didn't let Eunice restrain herself, as long as there is no threat from monsters around, let her go.

In fact, Natalia took the initiative to ask Ying to follow Cyrus into the testing ground, the purpose is to exercise the hearts of the girls, so that they can be strong and eliminate the nightmares in their hearts.

As for herself, her distorted mind doesn't need to be corrected, she just needs to learn from Ying Tianyi......

Sellers is good at tracking trails, and is known as the "hound" in the emperor's team, which is the main reason why Princess Hillia agrees with her to hunt down Kelly.

After looking down on the ground for a while, but not finding any clues left by Kelly, Sellers looked up and looked at the surrounding terrain, identified a direction to move forward, and said without looking back: "You are here to assist me in chasing the fugitives, it's better not to do irrelevant things, don't get in the way of me!" ”

"Hey, who do you say is in the way?" Finally, Cyrus replied, and Eunice naturally wouldn't let her go, so she immediately jumped over, glared and said, "Just a waste general like you who can't even beat the cat demon, are you qualified to talk about us?" ”

"That's it!" Ingrid, who has a similar personality to Eunice, couldn't help but mock.

Cyrus stopped abruptly, turned back and looked at Eunice with a blank expression, the hand on the hilt of the sword was slightly hard, but in the end he did not draw the sword.

Be a good empire. Soldier. No matter how angry she is, she will not be carried away by anger, and everything will come first in the interests of the empire.

Eunice and the others are all Ying Tianyi's people, and Ying Tianyi is the imperial prince. Whether it is their identity or strength, they are an indispensable part of the empire, and Sellers will not completely turn against them for personal reasons.

"Hey, will this cause an accident?" Seeing that Cyrus had a cold face, as if he was holding back his anger, the little cow Karenna gently pulled Natalia's sleeve and asked in a low voice.

"Don't worry, it's okay!" The corners of Natalia's mouth hooked slightly, and she narrowed her eyes and said, "She's a soldier, unlike us wayward little girls. She doesn't dare and won't do anything selfish! ”

Sure enough, as soon as Natalia finished speaking, Cyrus turned his head and continued on his way, completely ignoring Eunice's taunts.

Eunice gritted her teeth in anger, she had been looking for an opportunity to teach Cyrus a lesson. even killed her, the lackey of the empire, but couldn't find the right time.

Of course, if she really let her kill Cyrus with a killer, she will also take care of Ying Tianyi's feelings. After all, Cyrus is also Ying Tianyi's woman, and if Ying Tianyi is angered, Eunice will never forgive herself.

In the hearts of these girls, Ying Tianyi is their dearest relative. is an irreplaceable existence, even if they die by themselves, they don't want to see Ying Tianyi hurt to the bottom of a hair......

The team continued on, looking for Kelly's trail along the hillside on the outskirts of the basin.

Cyrus led the way without saying a word, and Eunice stared at her back, her eyes rolling. I don't know what I'm thinking.

Natalia had a faint smile on her face all the time, very similar to Ying Tianyi's usual disguised face, and no one could see what she was thinking.

encountered several more attacks by the cat demon, and under the angry gaze of Eunice, Natalia actually stepped in to help Cyrus resist the attack of the cat demon. He was even almost injured, which made Eunice and the others very angry and confused.

Not to mention Eunice, even Cyrus was a little puzzled, not understanding why Natalia, who was supposed to be against her, would help her.

Seeing the confusion in Cyrus's eyes, Natalia smiled slightly and said, "I am also an empire now. Military, this reason should be enough, right? ”

Sellers was silent for a moment, did not speak, and continued to lead the way.

The smile on Natalia's lips is even bigger, and some of it is meaningful, and it is even more incomprehensible.

After searching until dark, there was still no trace of Kelly, but more and more cat demons were encountered.

In the non-stop fighting, Cyrus gradually got used to having Natalia by his side, and he was no longer suspicious, but he was a little careful in his heart.

Finally, more than two hours after it was completely dark, Sellers found the bodies of some cat demons. These cat demons were not killed by them, so there is no doubt that someone else must have passed by here.

And this is a military restricted area, ordinary people can't enter at all, and they won't come in, except for Kelly's "panicked" fugitives, it is unlikely that anyone else.

At the test site in the dark of night, a dim blue light floated in the air, which was the materialized transfer energy that provided the light for the search effort.

It may be that they carry transfer energy, Sellers and Natalia and others, not only will they not be affected in any way, but they will feel like they are at home here, and even their vision in the darkness has become brighter and wider.

With the corpse of the cat demon that had just been discovered, Sellers was fully sensitive, and it didn't take long to determine the direction of Kelly's escape and lead the team to chase after him.

Meanwhile, Kelly and Tiya are hiding in a cave.

Kelly, who had been replenished with ammunition and changed into clothes, couldn't help but lie down and sleep tired after eating and drinking.

Ti Yan also had nothing to do, and also leaned to the side to rest.

They didn't know that someone outside had already found their traces and was looking for them step by step.

In the opposite direction, there was also a figure, completely blended into the darkness, hurrying towards this side.

It's just that the figure's luck doesn't seem to be very good, and in the direction she's heading is the stronghold established by Ivan the Hellgoblin. If she doesn't change direction, it won't take more than an hour at most, and she'll run into a horde of Hellgoblins......

"Jingle Bell ......"

At the same time, in the camp outside the test site, Ying Tianyi, who had had dinner, was communicating with someone he sent out to protect Natalia through spiritual communication.

Suddenly, a crisp and pleasant bell rang and gradually approached this direction.

Not long after, the bell came to the side of the camp, probably stopped by the soldiers on duty, and the bell disappeared for a while.

Immediately afterwards, there was a commotion outside, and there was the sound of hurried footsteps rushing towards the carriage.

Princess Hillia is hugging Ying Tianyi, telling him the glorious history of the empire while enjoying Ying Tianyi's touch.

Hearing the strange ringing from far and near, she immediately got up and got dressed, ready to go out to have a look.

However, before Hillia could get out of the carriage, a summons soldier hurried in, seemingly frightened, and stammered, "Enlightenment...... Her Royal Highness Princess Qiqi, outside...... A merchant came out and ...... And a dragon! ”

"Huh?" Hillia was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some confusion: "What did you say?" Who's coming? ”

The messenger, who knelt outside the carriage, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said loudly, "It's a merchant, and a ...... Dragon! ”

One side of the camp was already noisy, and the footsteps of the soldiers could be clearly heard, and the sound of various weapons being erected, it was clear that something was wrong there, and the soldiers had begun to be on guard.

"Merchant? Dragon? Shelia blinked, feeling like her brain was turning a little bit.

Merchants are common and can be found all over the world. But the dragon ...... This thing is not common on the mainland, and ordinary people can't even see it in their lifetime.

With a bunch of question marks on his head, I wanted to ask if the soldier had read it wrong, or if it was wrong. But hearing the sound of dense footsteps outside and the sound of weapons being unsheathed, the iron-blooded princess Hillia immediately reacted, grabbed her weapons without hesitation and rushed out......

ps: Lord Phantom Moon has worked very hard, and it took a long time to code the words, but my sister is just not satisfied, so I revised it several times. Anyway, this kind of clue interspersing is really troublesome, too consuming brain cells, Lord Phantom Moon said tiredly, although most of them were narrated by my sister......

Also, my sister, I was wrong, and I won't talk nonsense anymore......