Chapter Twenty-Three: A Serendipitous Encounter
Olwes felt something was wrong when she heard the name, and when she looked up at the man, she couldn't help but cover her face in a word.
The stupid and arrogant impression left on her by the third prince of the Titan Empire is not unprofound, so that four years have passed and her memory is still fresh, and the tone of his noble companion next to him is exactly the same as four years ago, they smell the same, and are called "Titan Second Stubble" by the young nobles of the Otan Empire.
Nikifras's handsome but slightly pale face, proud eyes swept over the group of embarrassed civilians one by one, and he couldn't help but wrinkle his nose and wave his handkerchief to sweep away the scorching smell coming from their bodies, and sighed and looked back at the swordsmen behind him, "Fighting with wild beasts has become like this, do you really think they have the value of being bait?"
"Bait, hmph, funny! When did we say we were going to obey the call, who said we were the subjects of the Principality of Laura, a vassal of the Titans?", Marcas said coldly.
"That's it!", Tine flicked the weeds off the messy red hair, "You see, we're not even human!"
Under the stares of his companions, Tien smiled awkwardly and changed his words, "We don't have to obey the human treaty!"
Benoit looked at them carefully through the lenses of his round glasses, leaned into Nikifrus's ear, pointed his fingers at them, and said, "Your Highness, it seems that this is really the case, you see, a dwarf, a half-elf, a half-giant..... A goddess!"
"Why is it getting taller and taller?!", Nikifrus was taken aback, his eyes widened, "Now there is this race on the ground?"
The chief of the royal guard coughed helplessly, hoping to cover up His Highness's slightly stupid remarks.
Nikifraus's gaze fell on Olweiss with Benoit's fingers, his eyes lit up, and he happily patted Benoit's shoulder and laughed, "Benoit, you are really confused, this is Olweis, you won't know each other after four years?"
"Olves?", the aristocratic boy conjured up the figure of a girl as delicate as a crystal doll, standing behind her father's imperial enemy, Duke Kellogg, smiling but not knowing where to go, gently carrying her skirt like an elf bound to the mortal world.
His heart suddenly beat twice, and the girl's face and memory suddenly coincided, and he was still as clumsy as he was back then, unable to speak in front of her, but showed his foreign appearance.
But Orves's expression was a little ignorant at the moment, and she said, "I'm afraid the two of you have recognized the wrong person, this is the "Dance of Fire and Sword" of the quasi-master adventurer team, I am the magician Enid!"
Nikifras was stunned for a moment, then smiled playfully, and circled her twice from a distance under the cold gaze of the half-giant, until the bottom of her heart was furious.
"Your Highness, it should be that we have recognized the wrong person, isn't Olwes still recuperating from her injuries in the Ormandi Capital? How can she be here? Powerful blood food is everywhere, let's catch a few demonic beasts, so as not to make trouble for those people in the Holy See." Benoit touched Nikifrus' arm.
"I guess I'm wrong. Nikifrus smiled lightly, took his friend's hand, and turned away, "Good luck with you at Manalu Peak, Enid, the recent Laura has not been peaceful." ”
As the sound of armor gradually faded away, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again, although the swordsman squad led by a great swordsman was not to be afraid, but the situation of the squad just now was not good.
Olwes quickly entered meditation to recover the mental power that had been drained, and it had to be said that the two magic "Gaia Hugs" that she had opened in time saved everyone's lives, but if she reached the realm of a great magician, everyone would not have to be so embarrassed.
However, the advancement of magic is originally the slowest of all classes, and there is no other way to progress than meditation and combat.
Half an hour later, everyone finally adjusted their state and continued their march into the forest, the stream they walked along was wider and gentler than before, and the thief Tyne of the team was tracing ahead to watch out for danger, and sighed and calculated the losses just now.
"It's almost there, Enid!", Lucia smiled as she patted the absent-minded Olwes on the shoulder.
"Where?", Olwess was stunned, and Nikifruth's arrival nearly tossed her head into a mess.
"To Lake Kanas. As he walked, he carved his arrows with the Blessing of Nature, and said, "I guess it's all gathered there, and it's impossible to say if they're all gathered and fighting." ”
After the tall trees in the forest in front of them suddenly turned into lakeside plants, everyone held down their weapons and held their breath.
Marcas brushed aside a row of vigorous emerald green vines hanging down in front of him, a corner of the blue lake appeared in front of everyone's eyes, raised his eyes and extended the light to the past, in the quiet forest, the sparkling light gently flashed on the surface of the lake with the daylight, making people wonder if there was a beautiful girl on the other side of the lake swaying her feet leisurely, so that the eternal lake water also rippled.
It's just that at this moment, it's not so quiet, the sound of breathing, big and small, hidden in this world, in the trees, in the bushes, among the weeds, faintly heard, maybe just because of the countless monsters on the lakeside, the white monsters with only the black beast patterns on their foreheads are sipping lake water by the lakeside.
But there are also countless dangerous demonic beasts in the herd, and even the wind snakes hidden between the forest leaves are like a tide rushing to the shore and diving on the bottom mud of the lake, there is no doubt that the density of demonic beasts at this moment has far exceeded the demonic tide at the beginning of spring.
A scream rang out suddenly, and a flock of blue heartpeckers fluttered their wings from the shore and left the lake, carrying the stumbling corpse in its mouth. High in the air, the liver, lungs, intestines and blood were sprinkled all the way and hung in the treetops.
The impulsive adventurer boy also troubled his companions, and even if one of them hid them a meter underground with even "lichen magic", he could not escape the fate of being dug up and eaten by the angry monsters.
The sound of breathing in the forest was much quieter all of a sudden, and the monsters generally didn't attack each other when they were drinking, but they didn't have this agreement with humans.
"What do you see? Lucia asked curiously.
Olwes stopped the "Spiritual Eye" and tried to throw out of her mind the scene of the young priestess in the team being torn apart, "It's nothing, Lucia, we need to be careful if we want to get the Roar Wind Leopard. ”
"Heh, I really don't know how many people there are, I'm afraid it will take a little effort. Marcus slowly lowered the vine and motioned for everyone to change places, "That daredevilic boy just now came out of nowhere, and the evil monsters are much more vigilant. ”
"It's a great gathering once a year, but we're in a good match with Laura's adventurers, Marcas, you'd better be a hunter with patience. Tyne said happily, pretending to be old-fashioned.
"Yulai, spread the elven barrier. Lucia crouched and observed with her keen eyes the herd of demonic beasts outside, and they had already left after drinking many of their water.
"Now?", Yulai asked with certainty and prayed to Marfa, the elven god, as green points of light flew out of the plants and threw themselves into the group, as if to make them one with the forest.
"Ready! They're going to do it!"
With a loud chirp, the dense leaves were instantly scattered, and a handsome giant eagle fluttered out with long wings to resist the wind, and there were four or five figures standing or sitting on its broad feathered back, just looking at the tall heavily armored knight and the smiling boy who shimmered with magical light, he knew that their strength was extraordinary!
"That's the top adventurer team of the Duchy of Lalara leading this encirclement and suppression, the brave level!"
Lucia's voice was quickly drowned out, and after the giant eagle, countless adventurers leapt out of the forest into the sunlight and galloped towards the horde of demonic beasts, the light of magic lit up first, and countless lowest-level fireballs shot out like arrows.
The roar was accompanied by the shouts of the adventurers, and it sounded a little earth-shattering.
"There was a lot of scenes, and I was really surprised by their cooperation. Tine's face turned a little pale, there were thousands of teams in the forest at the moment, from the Brave to the Bronze, which obviously far exceeded their expectations, "I think we might as well turn around and go to the "Afternoon Drink in West Asia" for another drink. ”
"Shut up, Tien!", Marcas scolded, "I don't see their assassins and thieves, there's a good chance they've spotted us, are we on now?" Lucia?"
"Didn't they find us!", Olwes said, "Nightlight and their thieves and assassins led many adventurers to ambush the back of the Demon Beast herd, and they should have used the inertia of the Demon Beast herd to snatch the cherished Demon Roar Wind Leopard out of the way. ”
"Well done, Enid! Enid lifted the camouflage vegetation on everyone's bodies and jumped out, "Anka!"
A smile appeared on the half-giant's gruff face, and it was obvious that such a big scene made him a little excited, and the buzzing vibration seemed to sound from the depths of the earth, and the mighty giant ran again, he threw away the giant shield and the stick, and held Lucia and Marcus to gallop through the earth like his ancient ancestor Titan.
"Ahh
The roar behind them caused the adventurers who had already been engaged with the monsters to turn their heads, and their left eyelids jumped in unison as if they had been torn apart by Ankka's last kick.
The female swordsman on the back of the eagle who was about to jump from the sky actually stopped her figure and stood back on the eagle's back, looking back coldly at Lucia and Marcus who were riding the wind from behind, "Someone actually beat our idea, do you know who it is, Fenal?"
"He's gone down early, Himma, otherwise how would those guys be able to stop the Shaking Bear. ”
The female swordsman frowned as she looked at the heavily armored knight who was charging back and forth with the riding spear in her hand, competing with the brute force of the behemoth that was several meters high and weighed thousands of pounds, and within a few seconds before they joined the battle group, the offensive of the Laura adventurers gradually declined, and the momentum was certainly useful to the group of demonic beasts, but those high-level demonic beasts could clearly distinguish the strength of the enemy, and they did not move a bit.
"Stop them!", Jima commanded with her glittering sword and leapt from the eagle's back in the wind.