Chapter Ninety-Six: Under the Stars
The brothers Funes and Doraggo are the Sentinels of the Whispering Jungle, and rumors of a demon assembly seem to have affected them as well.
The two of them set out from the village five days ago and headed in the direction of Silver Spring, searching for traces of demons.
Finding nothing along the way, they returned three days ago, but they didn't expect to find the demons moving in the direction of Silver Spring along the way they came after walking for half a day.
Judging by where they came from, it seems to be the direction of the Whispering Forest. Dorago's eyes were red at the time, his wife had just given birth to a daughter, and the new father was eager to rush back to the village immediately.
In this case, his brother Funes couldn't hold him at all, so he had to follow his brother to try to sneak through the path of the demons, and rush to the Whispering Forest as fast as he could.
Dorago's invisibility allowed them to avoid the demons, but their luck came to an end. A dozen roving Swift Demons spotted them and hunted them in the jungle.
There is nothing to say about the battle process, Rao is a brotherhood and a tacit understanding, but the demon is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not to mention the huge gap in numbers.
When Funes was nearly torn apart by the claws of a swift demon, his younger brother Doragor was already determined to die. He pulled down his badge and tossed it to his brother, then ignited all his magic.
"Last resort, quick!" Doragor roared.
This is a code word that only the brothers can understand, and the ranger Funes endured the grief in his heart, caught the dog tag and jumped high.
At the same time, the violent magic power turned into a cold air current, with the elven mage as the center, and burst out in a circle. The bitter cold of magic froze everything in the surrounding 30 yards, including the Swift Demon, the Forest, and Doragor in the very center.
Only Funess, who was in mid-air, was spared.
This was the brothers' last tactic, the Winter Ring froze everything around it indiscriminately, but the underground and air were out of the spell's reach.
In this way, Funes will be the only person in the field who can still move after landing, and then the Ranger Funess only needs to destroy all the enemies that are frozen into popsicles.
In the end, Funes also needs to rescue his brother Dorago, who is also frozen into a popsicle. It can be said that without absolute trust in each other, this last resort will definitely not work.
If the other person takes the opportunity to flee out of fear, then when the enemy recovers his mobility, the mage in the center who has run out of mana will be more than lucky.
But that's what Dorago needs at this time. His spells couldn't inflict a fatal blow on the Swift Demons, in fact, the ice shells on the Swift Demons' bodies were already creaking and cracking. Funes must flee immediately.
"Quick! Send the news out! ”
These were the last words that Funes heard, and the duty of a ranger overcame the grief of the loss of a loved one, and turned into an unyielding will.
He stumbled and fled for half a day, and his last will was about to collapse. Silver Springs and the Whispering Forest were absolutely not to go, but his body was no longer able to support him to reach White Rock Ridge or the town of Qiping further afield. Massive blood loss has drained the Ranger's life.
In desperation, Funes remembered that there was another forest outpost nearby that he had visited several times, and he swooped in.
The Sam Creati outpost was not abandoned, he drank two sips of water, and briefly treated the wound with hemostatic herbs, and then he could no longer hold on and passed out.
"The situation is more serious than expected, and this magic wave is not simple."
Alverta pondered for a long time, combing through all the clues in her heart, and had already determined that it was a demon tide, not a small stream of demons, "I'm afraid that Silver Spring and the Whispering Forest are already more than lucky." ”
Yolanda's eyes burn with anger, she loves beauty, but she is also a qualified ranger, and she will not give up when it comes to eradicating evil.
"What now?" She took out the map and compared it to it, and asked, "The Whispering Forest and the Silver Spring are connected, and according to Funess's information, I'm afraid the next target of the demons is White Rock Ridge." ”
The Whispering Forest, Silver Spring, and Three Creek Di's outposts form a triangle on the map, and it took Funes half a day to escape into the outpost, and now he was rescued by Alverta, more than a day after the brothers fought the demon.
Judging from the time, it is likely that Yinquan has fallen, and the villagers are dead. It was an abandoned Pegasus habitat with less than two hundred people. Among them, there are no more than ten people in the battle position, and there are no high-level spellcasters, and there is no possibility of surviving under such a scale of demon tide.
Things may be better for the Whispering Forest, with more fighters and spellcasters, and a small herd of unicorns living nearby. These holy and powerful creatures have always been with the elves, believing that they will be able to escape with some of the villagers.
"I suggest we split up." Yolanda was silent when he saw that his father had found the patrol records in the outpost, and thought that his father had coaxed him, so he immediately stood up and made his own claim.
She hates demons so much that she doesn't mind slaughtering a few heads as long as she has the chance.
It's not just her, it's something almost all of Eero's elves have in common. The Liddellians have slain most demons, but these cunning creatures can hide in any dark corner, and if they are not careful, they will breed a large number of them and inflict terrible damage on the elves.
They will always appear in unexpected places, slaughtering elven villages that are too unresponsive to slaughter. Although the demons will eventually be wiped out by the army that has been mobilized, the dead, missing, and eaten elves will never return.
Yolanda's mother, Heromel, died in a demon tide more than fifty years ago, along with several of Yolanda's friends. These evil creatures never stop, and a blood debt is in Yolanda's heart.
"Let's split up, Daddy, you take Funes back to Chipin Town, pass the news back, and get Cesar ready. I'm going to set out now and bring the alarm to White Rock Ridge, I'm afraid the next stop for the demon will be there. ”
She paused, and then said, "Even if Baishiling has fallen, someone must reconnoiter the scale and movement of the demon tide. ”
Speaking of this, she looked at Xiaobai and felt a little regretful.
She likes Xiaobai very much and hopes to spend more time discussing beautiful clothes with new friends.
But she couldn't ask an outsider to take the risk herself.
Forget it, if you can survive this magic tide, you must pester Xiaobai and deceive her little skirt more...... Borrow a few. It's a pity that Xiaobai's shirt and coat can't be worn by herself, she is too short, and there are only two small bags on her chest. Oh hehehe!!
"Just the two of you?" The druid pointed to the patrol record and showed it to Yolanda, "The Rangers of Whitestone Ridge have a record on it from eight days ago, and I'm afraid the demons have already sealed off this area. ”
He pointed to the map between the town of Qiping and the White Stone Ridge, which had been the area of their patrol the next day.
"From the time estimate, the two demons have attacked the White Stone Ridge and the Whispering Jungle respectively, and they should be about to gather in the Silver Spring area by now, and the next target is Qiping Town."
The experienced druid pinched his chin and finally decided: "Without further ado, we will leave for the return immediately." I'm carrying Funes, and Yolanda is guarding Hao Yun and Xiaobai. ”
Funes has just picked up his life, and he certainly can't travel long distances, but the druid can turn into a bear and carry him away.
Hao Yun and Xiaobai have flying machines, I'm afraid it's more convenient than their own group. But the safety of the Liddell people cannot be compromised, so arranging Yolanda is also considered an insurance for the two.
But Yolanda herself was not happy with this arrangement.
"It's just your guess." The young female ranger stood up and complained loudly, "Maybe the people in Baishiling just had an accident on the road, and the patrol records don't say anything." If they are still sleeping and no one warns them, they will definitely die and be injured! ”
"Only a rookie like you can have an accident on the road." Alveta unceremoniously mocked her daughter.
"You're just treating me like a child!"
"You're not a kid or anything, and you don't look in the mirror what you've done with your hair!"
The old druid reached out rudely and was about to pull Yolanda's headband.
"This was given to me by Freya, with Shiloxian's blessing on it, not for the sake of beauty!" Yolanda stepped back aggrievedly and protected the colored ribbon in her hair, "I'm going to Baishiling, you don't want to avenge your mother at all!" ”
"Yolanda!" The druid shouted angrily, "This is an order!" ”
Yolanda was scared away, she knew she had said the wrong thing. But the more I thought about it, the more aggrieved I became, so I just flattened my mouth, tears rolling in my eyes.
If it was usual, she would definitely cry out directly to show her dead father. But now that there are outsiders, she doesn't want to lose face in front of her new friends.
Without further ado, Alverta left a warning in the patrol diary, hoping that he would be able to make the right judgment if any elves pass by the outpost next.
The group simply cleaned up and left all the excess supplies inside the outpost.
Of course, this refers to the supply of the three Eero elves, if Hao Yun and Xiaobai throw out all the supplies, the Three Creeks will have to be renamed the Three Creek Mountains.
Everyone set off at night, planning to go straight to Qiping Town non-stop, and they could reach their destination with the first rays of sunshine at the earliest, if this could buy at least a day and a half for the town.
The huge brown bear carried Funes on his back and rampaged through the forest, and the ordinary bushes and bushes could not stop the wild beast. He ran wildly, and from time to time straightened up and yelled twice. Funes on the bear's back was a bit of a struggle, and he had to hold on tightly to the thick fur of the brown bear so that he wouldn't be thrown off in the bumps.
He was seriously injured and had not recovered, and he only felt that the blood in his chest was churning, which was very uncomfortable, but in order to rush for time, this pain was nothing.
"Don't they all say that elves love the forest?"
On the contrary, Hao Yun couldn't see it, Dade was so wolf-like, and he didn't know how many small saplings he had wasted. The most important thing is that the movement is huge, and the snorting and snorting make him have no intention of enjoying the scenery.
Compared with the Ello elves who were nervous because of the magic tide, Hao Yun and Xiaobai were very casual. The two of them snuggled up to the flying carpet, fluttering over the branches of the dragon's crown wood.
The forest without moonlight is so quiet that you can't even hear the annoying chirping of insects. At the feet of the two of them, the jungle flowed silently like a dark and empty wave. Overhead, the starry sky was dazzling, and it was an unexpected encounter that ran tens of thousands of light years.
Here and now, with beautiful women in the company, it is really a beautiful day - it would be better if the big bear could be quieter.
"Yolanda, your dad is usually so noisy?" Xiaobai asked.
At this time, Yolanda was also on the flying carpet, and unlike the two who snuggled together and ate date pills, the young ranger stood on the flying carpet, staring at the starry sky with wide eyes. Planetary creatures are born with a yearning for the vastness and mystery of the starry sky, whether humans or elves.
"Sometimes it's like that after the transformation."
Yolanda was half-firing her bow and arrows, and the old man told her to guard the ground, but she looked up at the sky. She knew the old man was angry, but she just didn't want to apologize, it was a cold war.
"Hey, someone told me that the stars in the sky are all worlds like Castile, is that true?" Yolanda asked, digressing.
"Well...... Hao Yun thought for a moment and explained, "There is a difference between stars and planets, but it's okay if you think so." ”
"Of course I know the difference between stars and planets, but if I don't see it with my own eyes, I always find it difficult to understand. Ah, I really want to fly up and see it, but unfortunately even the best Pegasus can only fly a thousand feet, and the starry sky there is no different from here. The ranger was a little confused.
"Yolanda, do you drink tea?"
Hao Yun took out a glass and a boiling water bottle, ready to make three cups of black tea, and ate too many dates to be sweet. In the cold wind in the middle of the air, the tea should easily cool down. But the flying carpet sent by Zola seems to be some kind of high-end goods. The three of them felt that there was a cool breeze blowing, but there was no discomfort, it seems that they had customized some adaptive environment function.
"You can buy a tea set, too." Xiaobai took a set of his favorite tea set to Hao Yun. MMMM simply likes it and buys it, making it a little difficult for her to make tea, "I gave it to you." ”
Hao Yun took it and took a look, oh, Yao Chang Tianmu Zhan! Tyrants!
"Crab crab!"
He happily took it and brewed black tea. Yolanda still wanted to be serious and continue to be vigilant, but attracted by the smell of tea, the last three people sat together.
"Yolanda, in fact, you don't have to be too nervous, Hao Yun and I are super powerful, come and kill as many as you want."
Xiaobai enlightened his new friend and number one fan, this is the case, don't look at Xiaobai has not fully recovered now, and ten percent of his strength is not enough. But with this strength, killing him is the same as playing with a Bato Fire Demon.
There won't be more enemies, Castile is just a middle demon plane, and there is no smell of in the air. The few original magic channels are quite rudimentary, and it is estimated that if you support 20 rings of star incineration, you will have constipation.
This kind of plane is chicken ribs, and the lords of the Endless Abyss will not pay too much attention. Xiao Bai estimated that some middle-level demons with particularly strong fecundity had mixed in - this kind of miscellaneous was in the abyss, and any fireball could hit a dozen.
Even if there are more and more powerful ones, Xiaobai is experienced in dealing with demons:
First cut off the heads of 10,000 demons, and then stuff these heads into the PY of another 10,000 demons, and these abyssal crumbs will scream and run away like a bunch of stripped pussies.
Diabolically, there will be no difference between the mighty Batow Flame and the fragile Abyss Worms, who will wrap themselves tightly in their little quilts and shiver, then take off their hats in your brutal salute.
You see, demons are good at that, no matter how cruel you treat them, you won't have a psychological burden. Xiaobai is quite confident that he can protect the safety of his number one fan.
But Yolanda didn't believe her. Although the elven ranger is still a little immature, his sturdy figure resembles a beautiful cheetah.
Long-term and arduous training and a reasonable diet have made this female warrior's muscular spirit restrained, and her appearance is not bulging, but she is actually full of amazing explosive power.
In Yolanda's opinion, how good can Xiaobai, a little man with thin arms and legs, beat? Unbelief!
She felt that Xiaobai had hugged the thigh of Hao Yun, a Liddell, before she would say that the devil was like a chicken and a dog. She admits that the Liddells are powerful weapons of war, but the Eero elves have their own dignity.
"Hehe, we can solve this little trouble ourselves, and we don't need the Liddells to do it." She said this to Hao Yun, but felt that such a tone might be a bit rushed, so she quickly changed her words, "I heard that it is very troublesome for you to mobilize those fleets, the Liddell people have helped the Eero Elves enough, as comrades-in-arms, the Eero Elves are not a waste that can't do anything." ”
Elves are arrogant by nature, and the Elrault of Castile can almost be said to have survived thanks to the charity of the Liddell humans. They are grateful to humans, but their innate pride makes them ask for help only when they are forced to do so.
"I think you seem to have misunderstood something." Hao Yun shrugged his shoulders and added a little more water to Xiaobai, "But forget it, of course we respect your persistence." But remember to call us for help if you need to. ”
"Hah, of course."