May 8.

The events in the Brill Forest could not be concealed, and the news of the ambush of the "Rosicrucifix" spread throughout the kingdom through various channels the next day.

And when the carrier pigeon arrived in the city of Hollier across half the kingdom, the Duke of Angmar, who sat at his desk and read the letter... I almost crushed the cup in my hand.

In this era, there were no "war correspondents", and all war reports were basically passed on by word of mouth, and in the process of transmission, they were often distorted and exaggerated -- the "Rossitic Cross" finally escaped from at least 30% of the combat troops by virtue of their efforts in this battle, but in the war reports transmitted, they were exaggerated as "the whole army was annihilated."

However, the Duke of Angmar was well-informed after all, and understood that this kind of war report could not be fully understood. He tried to keep his mind steady, patiently waiting for the follow-up battle reports from other sources... In the afternoon, the news from Bishop Benjamin finally gave him some hope.

The old friend who was the archbishop of the diocese urgently mobilized all the forces at his disposal, and arrived near the Brill Forest on the seventh with a force of more than 1,000 men, assisted in the retreat of part of the team, and confirmed the fact that at least a thousand soldiers had survived.

Although it has not yet been confirmed whether there is Sally among them, the Duke is finally half relieved...

However, then he thought of Roddy, who was acting a little strangely: after the other party left the North City Gate, there was still no news, so many days have passed, what is he doing?

The war is over, doesn't he even know what's going on?

In Ivotah, Angmar worries about her daughter's safety, while Cardinal Mograini is in the "Temple" and is anxious about his current situation.

"Lord Bishop, here's the current loss report, and a... Strange news. ”

Mograini no longer had the same high-spirited and confident look he had faced Rubens a few days ago, his eyes were sunken and his eyes were red from the night's sleep, and when he heard the words of his priest, his eyes turned a little stiffly, and he reached out to pick up the letter that he didn't want to read, and asked casually: "It's not strange what is happening now... Say, what do you have to report?"

"The reserves of the town of Paz left abruptly two days before the battle and arrived on the day of the battle..."

Mograini turned back suddenly, many things were only thought of in an instant, his eyes darkened, and he asked, "Someone forged my orders?"

"I can't confirm yet, my lord. The priest replied in a low voice, and continued: "There is also news that a unit of the diocese of Bogdor also arrived near the battlefield after a forced march on the seventh, and assisted the main force to escape from the enemy's pursuit."

"What does this mean?!"

Mograini didn't wait for him to finish before he suddenly turned around and slammed it on the wooden table next to him.

The inkwell overturned, and black ink instantly stained the originally neat tabletop: "How does it sound like everyone knows that my troops will be besieged, and only I am in the dark?!"

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, everything that was happening at the moment seemed like a big joke, as if everyone in the world knew that "there was a trap there", and only he was the stupidest and stupidest, and jumped into it without hesitation...

"Diocese of Bogdor, that's Benjamin's order, and he—" Mograini just looked up, and immediately saw that the matter seemed to have something to do with Rubens, who was about to become a cardinal!

Speaking of Rubens, the scene when he mocked the other party two days ago still seems to be vivid, and Rubens's answer with a mocking tone seems to have a deep meaning...

"You're right, Mistress Mograini. Any point of view must be made clear by facts. ”

What facts?

The truth is... His own blind self-confidence cost the lives of more than 5,000 elite soldiers of the "Rosicrucifixion"!

Now it seems that this sentence is completely a slap in the face!

There was an indescribable depression in his chest, but Mograini found that he had no way to blame the other party... Because everything now is just speculation, and there is no evidence at all.

"Check it out! I want to know what they did and why they kept me in the dark!"

For the first time in decades, Mograini... Perhaps it was also his last gaffe in the position of "cardinal".

At the same moment, Rubens was puzzled about the person who had taken the letter from the priest's hand and asked: "You said that the carrier pigeon that delivered the letter was very large?"

"Your Excellency... It's not very big, it's, it's big, it's a little weird, it collapsed the whole pigeon cage when it fell, we thought it had been attacked, but we saw it sticking out its legs and not moving, and we saw that there was a letter here..."

"Crush the pigeon cage?"

Rubens twitched the corners of his mouth with a strange expression, the pigeon cage of the "Temple" is not small, although it is a wooden structure, the area is enough to compare to the residence of ordinary nobles, what is the sacredness of the "carrier pigeon" that can crush this thing?

But he was more curious about the letter, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Roddy's name written on it—he hurriedly tore it open, but when he read it, he found that the sentence did not make sense, and only saw the word "immersed" at the end of the letter. He thought for a moment, poured the letter paper into the water cup, and immediately saw the words hidden between the original handwriting.

Rubens squinted his eyes and read, then his eyes widened in surprise, and he even gasped!

He suddenly grasped the letter paper in his hand in a bit of a gaffe, took more than ten seconds to recall what he had just seen, and immediately tore the letter to shreds.

Picking up the quill, Rubens immediately wrote the order to send troops on a new piece of parchment, and then printed it with the ring on his hand: "Abandon all other actions, and go and carry out the order now..."

The priest took the letter, visibly stunned for a moment, but then turned away without asking any more questions...

In the evening, in a wooded area fifty kilometers from the edge of the Brill Forest, Roddy was staring at the campfire in front of him in his humble camp, slowly turning the hare in his hand.

After killing Goethe from the edge of the Brill Forest, Roddy and the others evacuated the villagers of Mogra and then set out in a group of 67 people from Mogra to the northeast, arriving in the forest after a day and a night, and finally coming to a halt.

The soldiers around them sat on the ground exhausted, and they did not carry much food with them when they set out from the village of Mogra, and the rations for more than sixty people were only settled by Roddy after hunting two wild boars and three deer, and he was also the "guide" designated by the current supreme commander of the team, Sally.

"Sister Sally, do we have a long way to go?"

"I don't know, just listen to him. ”

"Uncle Roddy..."

"He's not that old, just call him brother. ”

Sally smiled and corrected Nephi's mistake, then took her little hand and sat down next to Roddy, took the rabbit meat handed by Roddy, but gave it to Nephi: "It's a little hot, be careful." ”

Luo Di looked at the intimate appearance of the two of them, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes moved away, and he coughed dryly: "Sabu, found?"

"Well, is that enough?"

Sally handed over a roll of linen that she was holding, only to see Roddy stretch out his hand, "Give me the scepter too." ”

Without hesitation, she handed the "pit viper kiss" over, and Roddy's movements were fixed, and Sally shoved the scepter into his hand and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

"No, I just think there's something different about this scepter. ”

The trust that Sally had given him had long been unreserved, even if it was an artifact, so without doubt or nostalgia... Luo Di held the cold "Pit Viper Kiss", but there was some emotion in his heart inexplicably - his gaze swept over the [Equipment Attribute], and his lips pursed involuntarily.

Pit Viper's Kiss (Awakening)

Two-handed staffs

Artifact

Attack damage: 217-315

+37 Intelligence

+59 Spirit

+129 spell effect

+90 Shadow Resistance

Equip: Gain additional spell effects when casting spells.

Equip: Has a "Deterrent" effect on all snakes, beasts, monsters, and low-tier dragons.

Equip: Enables the aura effect.

Alektor's Fear Aura: All offensive spells have a chance to inflict "Fear", causing enemies to fall into a "Fear Mode" for 5 seconds.

Murgela's Enhanced Aura: Provides a 65% effect amplification to most spells.

Tisiphone's Vengeance Aura: When attacked, it retaliates with Shadow Energy and deals a certain amount of damage.

(Only one type of aura can be activated at a time, and the cooldown can be toggled for 1 hour.) ）

"The vengeance of the pit viper never fails. ”

[This equipment is bound and cannot be used currently]

Rao had observed many times during this day and night journey, and every time he saw this amazing attribute, he had to gasp...

This is not a surprise of "winning the lottery", but a sense of crisis of "the husband is not guilty and guilty"!

The words "awakening" of the pit viper's kiss prove that its true power is far more terrifying than it is now, and the "pit viper scepter" in Bishop Flac's mouth should be exactly this thing...

In other words, it seems that the artifact that the "Pit Viper Cross" had just obtained with great effort was "cut off" by Roddy and Sally...

At the beginning, players were able to turn against each other and dissolve the guild for a piece of equipment, not to mention a scepter that might change the fate of the sect?

Roddy had been cautiously moving forward for the past two days, making detours, making mazes, detours, and going into the jungle, trying his best to cut off any possibility of the Scepter being eyed at him - and what he was trying to do was not to let the true body of the Scepter be revealed to the others.

The linen cloth was tightly wrapped around the scepter, obscuring the scales and delicate head of the serpent.

"I also feel something different about this scepter, it's... My body changed at that time. ”

Sally looked at Roddy's cautious appearance, and couldn't help but recall the feeling of being infused with energy in her body at the beginning, and then shuddered, and couldn't help but sit closer to Roddy: "It contains a very cold power, which makes people... Fear. ”

"Is that a scepter?" As he spoke, Nefi's little face suddenly leaned over, and then pointed to the "Viper's Kiss" wrapped in sackcloth in Roddy's hand, and said casually: "It seems to be very powerful, it always emits purple light outward, even if it is wrapped in sackcloth, it can't stop it..."

Luo Di's hand trembled nervously, then he suddenly looked up and asked, "Can you see the purple light?"