Chapter 42: Trail of the Fairy Apostle
The two-meter-high orange and yellow portal appeared vertically on the top of the mountain where Song Jing and the three of them were, and Huang Shurong appeared from the portal by leaning on the detached wall, and was suddenly affected by the change of gravity.
The corner of the triangular wall stuck to the ground rock, suddenly rolled up, and rolled towards the forest below the mountain, Huang Shurong immediately realized the problem, when the wall rolled towards the sky, his hands were propped up against the wall, and his body immediately rose into the air, floating next to Song Jing, taking a few steps back, leaning firmly on the trunk of the tree, covering his mouth with his left hand and coughing a few times.
"Roarβ"
An angry roar came from the fast-closing portal, causing everyone's ears to ring, and Yuyama Ken, who was lying down, clearly saw the son of the sea god who had been knocked out of a large hole and shed rubble, and the apostolized and massive Zod rushed towards this side in the background, but it was still not far enough, and the portal closed, leaving him with an empty void.
"Let's go!"
Song Jing immediately said, and Alexander's hand did not stop, and another portal to the territory immediately appeared among everyone.
Huang Shurong heard that he was retreating forward, and stepped into the portal with one foot, when he suddenly realized his inspiration and turned his head to the left.
Phew-
Three black arrows shot out in vain from the forest below, aiming at Song Jing and Huang Shurong, Song Jing also immediately realized the enemy's attack, aimed at the fast black arrow, and immediately snapped his fingers with his right hand.
Boom β
The sound of the bomb rang out, and pillars of flame and smoke suddenly appeared in front of the three black arrows, and the shockwave immediately knocked the speeding black arrows away.
At the same time, a one-meter-thick stone wall rose in an arc to Song Jing's left, erecting a defensive wall of mud mixed with rock, isolating the enemy's view and subsequent attacks.
Seeing this, Huang Shurong did not stop, and walked into the portal, followed by the other two, and Song Jing was the last to walk in, behind which was the scene of dense black thorns stabbing out of the rock wall.
Back in the common room of the barracks, the carpet was spread on the wooden floor, the wooden windows were wide open, the dazzling sunlight shone into the room, and the square was still empty outside the windows. Huang Shurong, who came back first, saw Monte, who was sitting on a chair waiting for everyone to return, and the big sword he used before was placed on the round table next to him, within reach.
"It looks like the mission is complete"
Monte breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the people who had returned safely.
"Well... Ahem..."
Huang Shurong walked to the side of the chair and nodded, but he personally touched Behelet hanging on the body of the egg apostle, and the main god took away the task items as soon as possible.
"How's the injury?"
Noticing Huang Shurong's injury, Song Jing came to his side with a frown.
Huang Shurong took off his black shirt, and an obvious depression appeared on his right waist, which seemed to be a bone fracture from the impact.
"Shhhh
Alexander gasped, he didn't expect Huang Shurong's serious injury, looking at him so calmly and steadily.
Song Jing stepped forward, reached out to the wound, and felt a strong qi wrapping around the wound, so that the broken bone did not hurt the organs in the body, and maintained the original function.
Maybe at the time of the impact, Huang Shurong controlled the mana to protect the impact site, and then moved the direction of the lateral movement of the supporting bones to the place where there were no vital organs, and then saw the green glow slowly fading in the shirt he took off, and realized that the healing charm in his pocket was also working.
"This kind of injury needs to be operated on, if it heals, my bioalchemy can quickly refine the supporting bones, and if it is combined with the healing charm, it should be fine in a few days."
Song Jing was planning the treatment plan while talking to calm the worried emotions in everyone's hearts.
"Yes"
Huang Shurong nodded, and he was obviously relieved in his heart, if he only relied on the healing talisman, he didn't know what years and months would get better.
"I... I..."
A faint breath came from behind Song Jing, and I saw You Shanjian lying on the blanket with his right shoulder covered, his face depressed, his eyes slightly closed, and his lips trembling and saying, as if his life was imminent.
"This kind of injury!"
Song Jing walked up to You Shanjian with interest, looked down at You Shanjian below, and saw the half-cut arrow embedded in his shoulder that had not yet been taken out, shook his head and said.
"It's hopeless, let's hurry up and prepare for the funeral"
Monte nodded pretentiously and said with a sad expression.
"That's right, it's also a good choice to die as a sage lord in the territory."
"Huh! Forget it! β
When you heard this, you Shanjian quickly opened his eyes and sat up immediately, his eyes were bright, and he changed his sick appearance.
"Hahaha"
The bright sunlight shone through the window, and everyone laughed, even Yuyama Ken, who was sitting on the ground, giggled, this time to be able to escape from Zod's ambush and hand in the second Behlet, which was a blessing in the misfortune of being targeted by the hand of God.
After the operation of the two wounded, everyone decided to carry out a week of repairs, first wait for everyone to recover their combat strength, and then carry out the follow-up mission - the collection of Behlet, during which a large number of intelligence officers were disseminated to probe all kinds of information about this world, and most importantly, to collect information on the apostles abroad.
At the same time, strengthen the vigilance of the territory, be vigilant against the actions of Zod and other apostles, and prevent them from sneaking up on the territory, as long as a tight defense line is set up, when Griffith is not reincarnated as Femont and leads the apostles of the entire continent, I believe that the ability of everyone and the legions in the territory are enough to safely defend against the attacks of the apostles.
The next day, Song Jing and Monte, who were unharmed, were in the common room.
"Nothing? Leaving only the ruins of riots? β
Monte looked at the information about the probe of the Poseidon's son and frowned suspiciously.
"Expected."
Song Jing was drinking black tea at the table, and there was no surprise about it.
"It stands to reason that these apostles are not afraid of the power of mortals at all, why haven't they heard about the Son of the Sea God this time most of the time!" Monte pondered Zod's reason for hiding, that they should at least follow the trail of the reincarnators and attack the territory.
"There is too little information, maybe it's about the future plan of the Hand of God, but maybe it's more important to have the protection of the magicians" Song Jing shook his head, after all, the original book has not been finished in the time of everyone's life, and at the same time, he thought of the magicians who have been hiding in the gap between the netherworld and reality, and until now everyone has not found any trace of the magician.
After all, it is not the power system of the same world, and everyone's sensitivity to the Netherworld is still too low, so everyone still had expectations when Alexander first collected information in person, and there has been no news until now, and now it is not surprising.
"It's ironic to say that in the end, it's the witches and magicians who have been crusaded by the Church who protect the world," Monte shook her head with a sarcastic smile.
Then he didn't think too much about it, flipped the paper to the next page of information, and his face finally became serious.
"Well, finally, the rumors of Fairy Valley! The fairy queen plundered children and livestock, and plagued the surrounding villages, causing misery for the people."
Song Jing put down the cup in his mouth, and became equally serious, in this era of backward communication methods, most of them relied on the information they collected for the apostle traces of the original book.
"Are you coming?! Elf Apostle, Lotlian! Let's act when we heal from our injuries, and this time we may be able to win over an apostle to our advantage! β
"Sister Xilu~~, let's go play"
In a vast grassland, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the broken clouds float leisurely in the air like otters lying on the river, and two children run on the grassland with bare feet and open hands to meet the cool breeze of nature, and they staggered a little to run on the grassland, while calling out to a little girl who is walking with a basket to a village not far away.
The little girl was a few years younger than Delicia, but the expression on her face was more mature than that of Delicia, wearing a plain skirt and a basket covered with a silk scarf on her right arm.
Two children, a man and a woman, came to him, and the little boy was holding his feet beside him, panting for breath, while the slightly older little girl seemed to be fine, dancing like a ball, and said happily to the girl named Xilu.
"Let's go play in the forest, the fruit is ripe and red!"
Xilu showed a helpless expression, raised the basket in her right hand and said, "Mei, I still have to take something back!" And there's still something to do."
The little girl Mei tugged on Xilu's left arm and puffed out her mouth and said coquettishly.
"Soon! Let's go~Sister Xilu~Let's go~"
"Yes, the fruit is almost ripe, otherwise it will be destroyed by insects"
The little boy next to him also said to Xilu with a reserved expression, but the hesitant expression made him a little funny.
"Yes"
Xilu lowered his head and thought, the two children immediately showed worried expressions on their faces, if there was no Xilu to lead, the two would not dare to go to the forest at all, and they would be counted down by their families when they came back, and the situation would be different with Xilu.
"Alright! Anyway, today's business is done, and everything else is trivial! β
Silu smiled and nodded, and the two children immediately jumped up and cheered, holding each other's hands, and excitedly spun in circles next to Silu.
"Yay~"
The little girl Mei said happily, "Dumas, I'll just say that Sister Xilu will agree, great, you can finally go to the forest to play."
"Let's go, let's go!" After the two children had finished their celebrations, they ran back in the breeze and ran away from the village.
"Hey, Xiaomei!" Silu immediately stopped the two children who were getting carried away.
Xiaomei and the little boy Dumas who were running immediately stopped and put on a funny pose with big feet, and Xiaomei turned back to Xilu worriedly and said.
"What's wrong?! Don't go back, Sister Xilu! β
Xilu reluctantly raised the basket in his hand and signaled, "I still have to take things back!" Silly..."
Before he finished speaking, in the forest not far in front of him, the path of the village to the outside, suddenly appeared in a group of spear soldiers, disciplined, majestic, gushing out of the forest one after another, looking down in the air like a giant python in front of the world, a red as the base, looking upwards The flag of the griffin symbolizing the nobility rose in the ranks, accompanied by the march in the wind.
Seeing this, Xiaomei and Little Dumas immediately ran back in a panic, hid behind Xilu, slightly exposed on both sides, and said in horror, "Wow! What is it?! β
"It's... Army?! β
Xilu's face was difficult to look at, her father was an ordinary soldier who had been discharged because of a disabled foot.
Every night, his father would drink heavily with the people of the village, and every time he was drunk, he would talk about his past battles, but Silu knew that his father was only one of the insignificant soldiers in the army.
However, the appearance of a real army is not good news for this village, in this era of war, the army means war, for this insignificant village, whether it is conscription, food, or simply passing by, as long as the knight general is unhappy, the village can be easily destroyed.
The herdsmen who were grazing cows and sheep in the grassland saw the mighty army appear, and they couldn't help but stop waving their whips, and the farmers in the wheat fields next to them, holding all kinds of farm tools in their hands, stopped their work and stood up from the wheat fields one after another, and they all looked at the troops rushing towards the small village with uneasy expressions.
"Dingding-ding-"
The rapid ringing of the bell finally woke up many of the distracted civilians, which was the signal to gather all the personnel, and they hurried towards the village as if they had just woken up from a dream, and both the herdsmen and the farmers were left in a mess.
Of course, this army was led by the reincarnations, and after actually occupying the earl's territory, the soldiers of the territory were integrated, and the elite soldiers were selected and reorganized, and they were restored to become the effective combat effectiveness of the reincarnation side again. In view of the valley where the Fairy Apostle was located, he did not call in the heavy cavalry regiment, but relied on Song Jing's training skills to refine heavier shields and convenient bows and crossbows and other military materials within a week of repair, and cooperated with the pikemen array to prepare to fight into the valley head-on.
By the time the reincarnators at the rear of the troops arrived at the village on the grassland, the village chief had already taken everyone and waited for a long time at the entrance of the rock-walled village.
The march stopped, and Song Jing and the five of them rode into the entrance of the village with their own soldiers, and immediately saw the villagers in plain clothes, scattered in a circle in the open space at the entrance of the village, looking at the reincarnators who came in nervously.
When Song Jing's eyes swept over, they immediately lowered their heads again, and the village chief, who was bare and bearded on the top of his head, hurriedly stepped forward and said to Song Jing who was riding in front of him in a low voice, "This lord, is there anything wrong with coming here?" β
"Is there a place around you called the Valley of Mist?"
Song Jing put on a brown cloak and asked the village chief who bowed his head.
"Yes... Adult"
The village chief explained to Monte with his hands clenched and a nervous expression.
"Just three hills away, the valley has been shrouded in fog, but..."
Song Jing saw that the village chief's words paused, his face stopped talking, and he frowned and said, "But what?!" β
The village chief secretly glanced at the majestic military appearance behind Song Jing, swallowed his saliva, and said stubbornly, "My lord, don't think I'm talking nonsense, there have been rumors of goblins there in the past few years, but the hunters and explorers who went there have never come out again, as if they had disappeared!" β
"Excellent! It's nothing, we're just here to fix the anomaly there."
Song Jing nodded with satisfaction, this is roughly the same as the information collected on his side, it seems that this is the village where Gus lived temporarily later in the original book and was involved in the Fairy Apostle incident.
"But in your village, is there a little girl named Xilu! Her father was a retired soldier! β