Keel Hill.

"Let's retreat!" On the airship, the ** division Ryan issued an order.

"Aren't you going to meet the Sword Saint?" Narosa asked. Since you came to help, leaving without saying hello seems to be a bit out of line with the etiquette of the human race. Of course, she is just talking, it doesn't matter if she goes or not.

"No, there are not many mana crystals left, all kinds of potions need to be replenished, and we have to hurry to find Lady Iona." ** Division Lane Road.

He didn't want to stay in the Aoraki Kingdom, Paimunt had no bottom line, who knew what he would do, maybe they would stop and not be able to fly.

The airship retreated, heading to the spot where Iona and the Black Dragon had fallen. Once on the ground, Master Ryan began to cast the All-Seeing Eye.

There is a huge crater in the ground, and at first glance it looks like it has been knocked out by a huge force. The crater was surrounded by shattered ice, and looking at the shape, it was the corpse of the black dragon.

"The black dragon is dead." Ryan was overjoyed, and continued to search for Iona near the pit.

After looking for it, there was no trace of Iona in this area, Ryan frowned, pondered for a while, and said, "Keep going, slow down all the way." ”

He figured that if Iona had gone east, it would be the safest in the war.

The airship went all the way, and the ** division Ryan cast spells all the way to observe. After searching for more than half an hour, the airship had already flown more than fifty kilometers, but Ryan never found any trace of Lady Iona.

"Where have you been?" Ryan was a little anxious, this was the territory of the Dark Legion, whether it was them or Iona, the longer they stayed, the more dangerous it became.

Suddenly. An exclamation came from the deck: "Oh no, another gargoyle is coming!" ”

Ryan immediately turned the all-seeing eye to observe, and sure enough, he saw a group of gargoyles rushing towards them in the direction of the sky, the number was not much, about two hundred.

If the airship is fully staffed. The potions and magic crystals are sufficient, so it is of course easy to destroy this force, but now the combat materials on the airship are basically exhausted, and even the undead nemesis only has the last more than a hundred barrels left to deal with the accident.

At this time, if you are entangled by these gargoyles, if you don't get one of them right, you may be shot down by them. If it drags on any longer, the lichs of the Dark Legion will follow, and maybe their airship team will be left here.

After a quick weigh-up, Ryan decisively ordered: "Let's go, full speed ahead!" ”

It's not that he doesn't want to rescue Iona. But I really don't have the ability.

In the dense forest of the ground.

Iona watched the airship team accelerate eastward, and couldn't help but curse in her heart: "What a group of cowards! ”

She added a stealth spell to herself, and when she saw the airship, she wanted to show up for help, but she was followed by a team of extremely powerful lichs not far behind, forcing her to continue hiding.

She could feel that one of those lichs already had the power of a ** master. The rest of them also have the level of high-level magicians, and if she suddenly appears, she won't have time to get on the airship at all. Maybe the airship will be shot down by the Lich.

It's not impossible, they don't need to destroy the hull to shoot down the airship, they just need to find the nodes of the flying circle on the airship and give a huge magical interference. With the level of the other party's ** division, as long as he is given some time to observe, it is not difficult to do this.

Watching the airship team leave. Iona's last chance to escape safely was gone. In desperation, she could only hide in the hollow of a withered tree. Then he reined in his whole body breath, hoping only not to be discovered by his opponent.

Just waited a while. Iona felt the sound of staggering footsteps outside the hollow, and a sharp breath of death magic came from there, and the lichs were nearby!

Iona snapped up, confident in her aura's aura-aura-aspiring magic, but she wasn't sure if there were any traces of her outside the hollow.

The sound of footsteps passed by the tree, and when it was only ten meters away from where Iona was, the other party seemed to be still stopping, and this moment almost made Iona's heart beat out of her throat.

"Don't come here! Don't come here! "Iona is ready to fight to the death, no, no, if she is discovered by the other party, she will destroy her body, and she will not be turned into an undead dragon.

As for Luo Lin, who was implicated by the contract thousands of kilometers away, she couldn't care so much, anyway, he must be in a safe place, even if he was hit by the contract, there would always be time to recover his strength.

Thankfully, the other party only stopped for about three seconds, and then continued to the east.

Iona was relieved that she didn't dare to come out of the hollow and decided to hide in it for a while.

The power of the black dragon was too great, especially when it finally broke out, in order to protect against the tsunami-like impact of death magic, the frost magic in her body was almost depleted, and coupled with the injuries she suffered during the battle, Iona estimated that it would take at least two months for her to recover as before.

"I don't know if I'll be able to escape this time." Curled up in the damp, filthy dark hollow of the tree, Iona sighed inwardly.

Not only was it damp in the hollow, but there were also all kinds of small insects with extremely tenacious vitality crawling around, and in order to make it easier to escape, Iona certainly did not wear a long dress, she wore a set of dark blue leather armor.

There were insects crawling into the cracks of the leather armor and crawling around on her skin, which was very uncomfortable, but she didn't dare to move, and she didn't dare to freeze the little insect to death with the little frost magic in her body, so she could only forcibly hold back.

In the middle of the night, it began to rain, and the filthy rain trickled down from the top of the tree hole and poured it on Iona's head, watering her all over her body.

This is the territory of the Dark Legion, and this rain has also been affected, with a faint dark aura in it. In a few moments, Iona's skin was soaked in the rain. The rain flowed through the tiny wounds on her body, and it was a sharp pain that pierced her heart, but Iona could only hold back and keep silent.

She has always been pampered, she has never experienced this kind of torment, and if she didn't hold back, she felt that her eyes were hot, and tears seemed to flow out. She wiped away her tears at once, knowing that they would emit a scent and would most likely be tracked down by the terrible lich.

One night passed, then another, and then another, and Iona remained motionless until noon on the third day, when she felt a faint light pouring down from the hollow above her head, and she was relieved to crawl out of the hollow and continue her run.

After three days of not eating, drinking, or moving, her body almost stiffened. The harsh environment caused a huge damage to her body, and the frost magic in her body almost stopped.

Iona gritted her teeth and moved around the hollow of the tree for a long time before her blood began to flow again, barely regaining some strength for her.

She slowly crawled out of the hollow of the tree, looked up, and saw through the dead branches the pale sunlight without the slightest heat.

"It should be safer now." Iona stumbled through the dead woods and continued eastward

Disentas was a little irritable, he had been looking for this area for many days, but the other party had disappeared as if out of thin air, and there was no trace of him.

Despite this, he always believed that the other party did not escape, she must still be in this hill, and the reason why she couldn't feel it must be that the other party used some secret method to hide her body aura.

These days, the Dark Legion has retreated to the south, and the Archdemon King is ready to return to Davik Fortress to rest, and when he is regrouped, he will turn northeast to the Mosalen Bridge.

The elite defenders of the Mosalen Bridge lost nearly 30,000, and there were only more than 10,000 real elites left, and the rest were all recruits who had never seen blood, even if there was a danger to the Heishui River, their strength was far inferior to the Steel Blade Fortress.

As long as they break through, the Dark Legion will be able to gain a huge replenishment of strength, and then turn west from the north to fight the Aoraki Kingdom again, and maybe they will be able to succeed in one battle!

Before leaving, the Great Demon King gave Desentas 50,000 undead skeletons to help him find people in the hills. The entire keel hill was so large that Disentas believed that his undead would be able to find each other wherever they were hiding.

While the Dark Legion was retreating south, and Disentas was busy looking for people in the Dragonbone Hills, something went wrong with the Steelblade Fortress to the west.

The messenger delivered a letter from King Aoraki, one moment Edward was still basking in the joy of repelling the dark legions, and the next, when he saw the contents of the letter, his face immediately turned pale.

They were victorious in the Steelfront Fortress, but there were a large number of rebels in the country because of the crazy conscription of King Aoraki, and the direct consequence was that the supply line of the Steelblade Fortress was broken by these chaotic people, and the grain and grass could not be delivered to the fortress on time.

This time, in order to gather enough food for the fortress, the kingdom imposed heavy taxes, and many families were requisitioned for the winter. If you don't have food, you will starve to death. At such a time, who cares what is against the darkness or not, eat a full meal.

When Pamont did this, Edward advised him to be careful and not to use such drastic measures, but in the end, he was persuaded by the other party to fight against the Dark Legion, and acquiesced to the other party's approach, because Edward could not think of a better way to solve the problem, and the pressure of the Dark Legion was too great to force him to accept this expedient measure.

Now that the Dark Legion has been repulsed, something has really happened in the kingdom, the grain and grass have been intercepted, and the next batch of grain and grass cannot be guaranteed to be delivered, the only good news is that the grain and grass in the fortress are quite sufficient, save some, and it should be enough for two months.

But if this news is known to the Dark Legion, Edward will not dare to think about the comeback.

Either way, Edward knew that the kingdom had to do everything in its power to quell the chaos, because the news would not be kept secret for long.

Thinking of this, Edward looked in the direction of the Dark Legion retreat and let out a long sigh. He had originally come up with a fortress to pursue and a detailed plan, but now, all of this has gone to waste.

He estimated that it would take at least half a year for the kingdom to suppress the chaos. In this short period of time, they will not be able to look east, and at most they will have to protect themselves.

"Count Maple Leaf, you have to hold on!" Edward said silently in his heart. (To be continued)