"Despite the fact that our troops, after six hours of fierce fighting, managed to push the enemy back. But this time we have to pick ourselves up. On the destroyer "Taylor", Lake said solemnly, "Nicholas Leopardis is right, the murderer is a member of the separatist forces, they want to take advantage of the contradiction between us and the dragon to carry out aggression, this is a war that has never been done before, fortunately, Nicholas clarified the facts earlier, and did not let the civil war escalate further"

"They have the same weapons and military power as us, or even higher than us, and if they attack in an all-out way, then it will be enough to level the entire orc world. Therefore, we cannot fight as before, because we are going to face the true face of the enemy. So, today I am doing away with the Axe Stone Project altogether and replacing it with a coalition of all of us. ”

"One more thing." "According to the message from the right-wing agents, the portal was activated just yesterday. ”

Let's start talking. At this time, Wu Qiming's phone rang.

"What's wrong?"

"Boss, the town of Shanhong has been attacked by enemy forces and has completely fallen, and several RABT sub-battalions in other areas have also been attacked to varying degrees, and we have evacuated from Shanhong."

"What about the kids?" He asked.

"They had armored vehicles and fled here together."

"Okay, you help me inform them now, and let them go to Lanxin City later, waiting for my next order!"

"Yes!"

Wu Qiming put down the phone, took a few deep breaths, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

Leopard Ris fell asleep in the car, and when he awoke to find a black pillar standing outside the window, it looked particularly spectacular in the setting sun, and when the car drove a little further, he realized that it was the portal of the Nopp Meadow, and the train was passing through the vicinity, and even though it was far away, he could see some clues in the portal.

"That portal seems to be wrong......

At seven o'clock in the evening, the train arrived in a city called Lanxin. Leopard Rees walked out of the train station and looked at everything he was not familiar with, he felt a little lonely, he had no acquaintances here, and his phone was out of battery, so he had to walk alone on the street.

"Uh, that...... I want to ask......" Someone poked Leopard Reese in the back, and Leopard Reese turned to see that it was a cheetah about the same size as himself, and it was a girl, holding a bag of freshly bought food in his hand, and a pair of green eyes like him staring at him.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

The girl saw Leopard's face and took a step back.

"Nicholas Leopards!" She exclaimed.

Leopard Ris gave her a puzzled look, and finally called out her name as well: "Nancy Clowe." ”

"What, I wanted to ask for directions, but I found you." Nancy twisted her head to the side as she spoke, "What are you doing here, are you trying to escape the disaster?" ”

"I was in Wangjiagang just now, and the train sent me here."

"Yo, what are you doing in Wangjiagang? Isn't there a meeting in Wangjiagang today? ”

"I'm a member." Leopard Rees took out a hard card and swaggered.

"It's incredible, you stupid sports committee can still get this kind of special encounter!" Nancy shouted.

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

"I don't care, look at your stupid look, hum......"

"Nancy, what's wrong with you?" A young dragon appeared behind Nancy, and Leopard Rees almost took him for Edo at first glance.

"I'm fine, Ming Xiu." Nancy waved her hand.

"Who is this cheetah?" The dragon asked.

"His name is Nicolas Leopardis, and he used to be a classmate of mine."

"That's right......," said the dragon, "Leopard Rees, it's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Ming Xiu, and I am the former deputy patriarch of the Denua Highland Dragon. ”

"Denua Heights?" "Since you're the deputy patriarch of Denua, you should know a dragon named Balk Zaka Edo?" ”

"You mean Edo, who doesn't know that he is the son of our patriarch? ...... Wait, you know him too? ”

Leopard Rees nodded.

"And where is he now? Is the situation okay? Ming Xiu asked.

At this time, an armored car stopped next to them, and there was nothing strange about the military vehicles on the road during the war, but Leopard Rees felt very strange about the arrival of this uninvited guest, because the armored car revealed an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"Leopard Rees!" Edo got out of the car first and gave Leopard Rees a big hug, "Wangjiagang has been attacked, we have been very nervous, thinking that you will never come back!" ”

"But now, at least you don't have missing arms or legs, and we're relieved." Shi Yu was the second to get out of the car.

"Edo?" Ming Xiu beckoned, "Do you remember me?" ”

"You are Deputy Patriarch Ming Xiu!" Edo ran over and gave his deputy patriarch a hug.

"Edo, it's been four years, you've really grown a lot taller." Ming Xiudao.

"Have you ever been back to Denua?" Edo asked.

"Not yet, I've been hiding from the right wing."

"My phone rang." Leopard Rees took out his mobile phone and found that the caller was Wu Qiming.

"Leopard Rees, do you see Edor and them?" Wu Qiming asked.

"They just came to me."

"You're on Lan Xin's side now, aren't you?"

"Yes."

"Well, if you have a means of transportation, then get out of town as soon as possible and go in the direction of Badlik, where someone will pick you up."

"When are we going to answer?"

"We've been there, and you're just there." After Wu Qiming finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

"This girl's name is Nancy, and she is a classmate of Leopard Reese, and she is the one who took me in." Ming Xiu said.

"Guys, we're ready to leave." Leopard Rees came over and said, "Wu Qiming just called, and he asked us to drive from Lanxin in the direction of Badlik...... What kind of place is Badlik? ”

"I'll just go to a nearby convenience store and buy a map of the area." Finen said.

"Isn't there a positioning and navigation system in the car?" Leopard Rees asked.

"Yes, yes, but whether it can be used is another question." Finen walked into the convenience store, and half a minute later, he walked out with a brown paper map. "The map of this store is really easy to find, and the quality is very good, at least not the kind that breaks when you tear it lightly."

"Well, we've got orders to get out of here." Shi Yu said, "It seems that this meeting is about to end." ”

"Have you ever been back to Denua?" Edo asked.

"Not yet, I've been hiding from the right wing."

Ming Xiu suddenly turned his attention to the white-pink dragon.

"Who is she?" Ming Xiu specifically found Edo and asked.

"She's Lana Steele." Edo said.

"And what is she? Your classmates? Your servant? Your girlfriend? ”

"Shut up, I'm leaving!" Edo blushed, and he choked Ming Xiu's mouth.

"Then we'll see you next time." Leopard Rees said.

"Well, I wish you a good fight." Nancy said. They started the armored car and took fifteen minutes to get on the highway. The highway they take today has not been bombed, and there are few vehicles, so they can easily navigate the road.

"Fine, don't take the map backwards." Shi Yu reminded.

"I didn't take it the other way around, there's a direction calibration sign on it." Finn looked at the map and said, "There are some secondary roads that also go to Badlik City, and we can go there." ”

"It's quite risky to drive an armored car alone on the highway, and I don't have a driver's license, so let's turn to the secondary road." Shi Yu said. They drove off the highway through the exit, onto a township road, and soon they were in the deserted countryside. The road is lined with fields and undulating mountains, like the fangs of a monster dancing, and only the headlights are shining in the dark night, as if everything around them is in chaos, and only the road under your feet is the only entity.

"There's not even a village around here." "It's desolate," Finen said. ”

"Look at the terrain, we should be going higher." Edodao.

"Oh, I'm so tired." Leopard Ris leaned back in his seat.

"Huh? What's going on? Shi Yu stopped the car. Everyone looked ahead and saw a row of barricades blocking the road ahead, and there was a yellow sign hanging on the barricade with a line of red letters written on it, which went something like this: "High radiation area, foreign vehicles are prohibited from crossing." "There is also a black radioactive sign printed underneath". ☢

"Finn, when was that map of yours?" Shi Yu asked.

"It was just printed in March of this year."

"Ahead is a radiation area, we don't have protective equipment, what should we do?" Lana asked.

"No, why is this a radiation zone? Could it be that Ivac conducted a nuclear test here? "This place is also dozens of kilometers from the coast, and I haven't heard of a nuclear power plant leak recently." Besides, the sign is rusty. ”

"It's not like the car carrying nuclear fuel is breaking down around here." Shi Yu said.

At this point, Leopard's phone rang again.

"Leopard Rees, I'm Wu Qiming, are you in Lanxin City now?"

"What Lanxin City, we're already on the way." "Didn't you just tell us to go to Badlik?" ”

"What Badelik, I haven't told you where I'm going! What are you doing there? ”

"You just said you were going there."

"Are you kidding? You're still joking at this time, you don't want to live! ”

"It's clear that you told me to go to Badlik just now!" Leopard Rees shouted.

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the line.

"Leopard Reese, you're talking about Badlik, right?" Wu Qiming asked.

"yes, what else do you want to say?"

"You wait a minute, I'm ......" The call was abruptly cut off.

"Wu Qiming......" Leopard Rees hung up the phone after finding that no one responded.

"It was Wu Qiming just now, what did he say?" Shi Yu asked.

"I don't know what's going on, he told us to go to Badlik just now, but now he's changed his tune."

"I knew it. Where did it change? ”

"He didn't say it." Leopard Rees suddenly felt his skin start to tingle, and he immediately knew what this was a sign.

"My Threat Sense...... It seems to have worked. Leopard Rees said.

"Threat Sense...... Not good!! Shi Yu turned the front of the car hard, and a rocket suddenly shot from the darkness and hit the front of the armored car, and the whole car immediately rolled into the field on the side of the road, and finally became the same as last time, with the top side facing right.

"There are enemies!" Shi Yu shouted, "Grab your weapons, let's hurry down from here, the second rocket is coming soon!" ”

They kicked open the roof door and quickly climbed out of the car. There were people on both sides of the road who fired at them, Shi Yu walked in front, using steel shields to help fend off the bullets, and the others ran with Shi Yu, they jumped over the barricade and ran into the mountain.

"It's really a house leak that happened to rain overnight!" Shi Yu said.

"Where are we going now?" "I understand now...... The phone call I made in Lanxin just now...... Someone pretended to be Wu Qiming! ”

"We can only move forward." Shi Yu replied.

They fled all the way, and the enemy pursued them all the way. Before they knew it, they had come to a mountain.

"This mountain road ......" Edo tried to dig up his memory, but in such an emergency situation, he couldn't recall anything, so he had to give up thinking and concentrate on escaping.

"Oh no, there's a cliff ahead!" Five people stopped. They looked up and saw that there was a deep cliff blocking their way.

"What should I do, the people behind are about to catch up!" Leopard Rees said.

Seeing this cliff, Edo's mind suddenly conjured up the figure of his mother.

"Look, Edo, though the terrain of the Denua Heights is rough, as long as you feel every river that flows through here, every road that leads here, and every cliff carved into the vicinity, you can walk freely through it."

"There's a way!" "Jump off here!" shouted Edo! ”

"What? This is sending you to death! ”

"There's no time, jump!"

The desire to survive gave them no time to ask any more questions, so they jumped off the cliffs one by one. After five seconds, Leopard Rees felt like he was being blocked by a large leaf, but that wasn't the end of it, the huge momentum caused the leaf to collapse instantly, and he fell down another half a meter, and finally fell into the water. Seeing that the prey that was about to be captured had escaped, the pursuers were certainly angry, and they all shot into the water, but to no avail. They cursed a few times and left angrily.

"Hmm-" Leopard Rees slashed upwards with his hands and feet. When he managed to surface, he took a hard breath to soothe his tense lungs, and then looked up to see that the sky narrowed into a slit, and even the moonlight only showed a small bud.

"I'm back!" Unable to contain the excitement in his heart, Edo burst out of the water and said, "This is Denua Heights, my home!" ”

"Is this the Denua Heights?" Leopard Rees asked.

Edo nodded happily.

"Before we start talking about whose house this is, let's figure out how to get out of here." Fein Road.

"I remember that there was a small cave in this cliff, from where you could go directly up to the high ground...... Over there! Edo pointed to the light not far away. The crowd immediately swam there, and soon an almost circular cave appeared in front of them. The light came from the torches in the cave. Edo climbed into the cave first, followed by the others.

"There are still people taking care of this small cave, which means that there are still people living here." Edo ascended an unpolished staircase that spiraled up the wall of the cave to the higher part of the mountain.

"Who was chasing us?" Shi Yu asked.

"It is estimated that it is the same as the gang in Wangjiagang." "Separatist forces are probably making a comeback again. ”

They clung to the walls of the cave, which were riddled with knife marks, bullet holes, and even unrusted brass bullets, all of which testified to the suffering that had been suffered here.

"There's been a war here, right?" Finen asked.

"Needless to say, the right flank has attacked here before." "My father died in this war. ”

Five minutes later, the group finally reached the entrance of the upper cave, outside which was a forest of sparse trees, and everything in front of them was revealed in the moonlight—shrubs were the main body, flowers grew on the soil and rocks, the slopes were stacked on top of each other, and the tops of some of the mountains were covered by clouds, but a little snow could be seen stretching down, and the sound of a loud waterfall could be heard in the distance. This is the middle layer of Denua, one of the highlands of the orc world, the plain of Denua, and the hometown of Edo.

"Oh my God!" "This is heaven! ”

"It's so beautiful, Edo, I didn't expect your hometown to be so beautiful!" Shi Yu said.

"I'm finally home." Edo said excitedly.

"Let's find a place to rest and discuss what to do next." Shi Yu said.

"Okay, let's go."

The group sat down by a pine tree, and Finen and Leopard Rees were in charge of lighting the fire, while the others took out their leftovers, warmed them over the fire, and then gulped them down.

"There is a public mine near the Denua Heights, which is one of the crystal sources of the orc world, although it is not as good as the Tamar mining area in the north, but many people prefer the gems here, because there are many excellent soothsayers in our local area." Edo said.

There was a movement in the grass around them, and just as everyone let their guard down, a group of dragons jumped out of the woods and surrounded them, some of them dressed in traditional embroidered clothes, and although they were not holding modern equipment, some even had only long knives, but this was enough to pose a threat to them.

"Who are you?" These dragons are not all of the same Denua Highland dragon clan as Edo.

"I thought Edo was going to be doppelgänger." Leopard Reese whispered as he clutched his gun.

"You guys put your guns down first!" Edo came out and said, "I am Balk Zaka Edo, the son of Skylu Morry Edo, the former patriarch of the Denua Highland Dragons. ”

Balk Zaka Edo...... Are you really Edo? Before Edo could react, a dragon threw down his spear and rushed up to pounce on Edo into the tree, hugging him tightly. Edo felt his neck wet with tears.

"Edo, I want to kill you!"

"Who are you?" Edo asked.

"Don't you know me?" The dragon said, "I'm Sig Fried, who used to play with you in the tribe when I was a kid! ”

"Sig, it's you!" Edo hugged him tightly, too. Sigurt managed to free Edor with great difficulty. Then he ran out of the woods with the other dragons, saying as he ran, "Balk Zaka Edo is back, and the son of Skylu is back!" ”

They followed the dragons out of the woods and came to a plain, and in the middle of the plain there were some small wooden houses, which were laid out one after another on the plain, and they looked very simple and beautiful. When they came to the house, a group of dragons came up and surrounded them, and when they saw Edor they cheered for joy.

"It seems that you have not forgotten where you belonged, and you returned here at the beginning of the storm." An older dragon emerged from the dragons, and Edo immediately recognized her as one of the famous soothsayers of the Denua Heights, Lady Belinsky Kaman.

"Mrs. Belinsky!" Edo bowed and said.

"Edo, I haven't seen you for a few years, you've really grown up a lot." Belinsky said.

"I never imagined that the Denua Highlands would be able to regain their former vitality after the war." Edo said.

"It's a joint effort of all the survivors." Belinsky smiled and asked, "Who are these four?" ”

"They're my new family." Edo said.

"It seems that the prophecy is not wrong." Belinsky said, "When the storm begins, the heroes will come to the center of the soul of the orc world to receive the will of the heavens. ”

"Warriors?"

"Hehe, before being given a mission, anyone would feel ignorant." She turned around and said, "Go back, boys, I have something to say to these five." ”

"Please come with me......"

The group followed Belinsky to a small wooden house, and when Belinsky pushed the door open, a smell of agarwood poured out. She stepped over to their side and motioned for them to enter the room first. The room was clean, spotless on the soft red carpet, surrounded by candles tucked between books of all sizes, and in the middle of the room was a small table made of agarwood, on which were a pair of golden tarot cards, and a small wooden box of beautiful workmanship. They sat around the table, and Belinsky finally sat down slowly.

"Forgive me for my poor hospitality, everything can happen." Belinsky said.

"We're already happy to have Edo back to his home." Leopard Rees said.

Belinsky smiled with satisfaction, and there was a sudden sense of respect on his face.

"Children, the heavens have brought you together to show that the world is about to face an unprecedented storm, and only you can change his fate." Belinsky said, "There have been many warriors like you in history, and they have done a good job, but today you must surpass them, even yourself...... The storm is coming, and you have to work together to save this fragile world. ”

"Are we the chosen ones?" Finen asked.

"So to speak...... I'll show you something. Belinsky extinguished all the candles, then took out a special kerosene lamp, and then placed a blue glass ball on top of the lamp. Kerosene lamps glowed blue.

"Now, can you please take off your shirts and expose your chests?" Belinsky said. The group didn't think anything of it, they took off their coats, and then they noticed that a pentagram appeared on the left side of their chests, and each of them had a different angle that was brighter than the other four.

"What is this?" Shi Yu asked.

"It's called a celestial sigil." Belinsky took the crystal ball, and the markers disappeared immediately.

"Sigils?"

"Yes, you've had it since birth. Not only you, but many people in the orc world have such a mark, which is simply the condensation of your soul. ”

"But we are still teenagers, how can we be granted such a mission?" Finen asked.

"You'd be wrong to think so." Belinsky said, "Heroes are of no age, and true heroes are not just those who have divine power or have made countless meritorious contributions, as long as you have the spirit of a hero, then you are a hero." ”

"I have something for you." Belinsky opened the wooden box, and five polished pendants of different colors were lying quietly in the white crystal inside. This pendant has a magical name - the pendulum.

"These pendulums are composed of five kinds of gemstones, namely Tiger's Eye, Black Yao, Pink Crystal, Malachite and Lapis Lazuli, and each pendulum is engraved with one-fifth of a pentagram, and you can find your own pendulum according to the pattern that appeared on your chest just now." Belinsky watched as the group found their pendulums, put them on the back of their necks, and said, "Children, when you take it, you become a true warrior, and you will have the responsibility to protect this world forever." ”

"Also, you have to be careful." Belinsky suddenly became serious, "There are great forces hidden in the pendulum, and they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of people with bad intentions, and if these energies are used for the wrong way, then ...... The world will be in chaos. ”

He was looking with satisfaction at the army downstairs ready to go, his hands on the railing, and he kept playing a brisk rhythm. After a moment, he suddenly giggled.

"Someone touched something they shouldn't have touched." As he spoke, he turned back and walked to his office, gently stroking the black sniper rifle on the table with his hand, and his heart became even happier.

"......Kivu," he sneered, "you don't want to see the orc world in ruins. ”

In the early morning of the Denua Heights, the dew hung on every leaf, and on every flower; The sound of the waterfall is endless, accompanied by the gentle birdsong; Sunlight shines through the morning mist, through the air mixed with earth and flowers...... If you haven't been there in person, it's hard to imagine that there is such a pure land in the orc world shrouded in the clouds of war.

"It's so cool!" Leopard Ris burst out of the water, "I'd love to stay here a few more days!" ”

"When we've knocked the enemy back, we can stay here for as long as we want." Edo said.

Leopard Rees was about to rush into the water, but his eyes suddenly caught a black shadow, and he fixed his eyes on it—it was a broken wall, he was stuck between two mountains, and green vines stretched down from it.

"Is that a wall?" Leopard Rees asked Edo.

"That's right. When the right wing came to attack us, that wall was used to defend against invasions. With that, he submerged his whole body in the water, leaving only one head.

"That girl seems to have a leg injury, so I'll let her come here and soak it." Sig came over and said.

"You mean Lana? ...... Wait, she's coming over too!? As soon as Edo tried to step aside, Lana appeared in front of him.

"You're hurt?" Edo pretended nothing had happened.

"Hmm...... Yesterday when I was jumping off a cliff, a branch poked into my scales and stabbed me in the arm. ”

"You'll tell the others sooner."

"I didn't think it hurt that badly, but it hurt even more this morning." "But the water here is so comfortable." ”

"The water in the Denua Highlands is healing." Edo said.

"Really?" Lana looked around, finally stopping her gaze on Edo, looking at his purple-black body, she couldn't help but feel shy.

"Edo...... I want to ask you something. ”

"What?"

Lana hesitated for a moment and said, "I...... I can touch your ......," she said, gesturing to Edo's chest.

"Huh? You're going to touch my ......," Edo blushed suddenly, "You're a girl, can you be more reserved." ”

"Edo, please!" Lana tugged at his wings and said, "Right there on the chest...... Good no good? ”

"It's ......" Edo tried to refuse, but he looked into Lana's expectant eyes and finally agreed.

"Okay......"

"Really?" Lana's heart beat faster, and she reached out and paused in front of Edo, then gently placed it in the same place where the mark had been shown. Edo felt all his strength be taken away by Lana's hands. Lana touched it and suddenly rested her head on his chest.

"Hey, you're ...... Do?! Edo exclaimed.

"Your heart is beating so fast." Lana said with a blushing face.

"Being treated like this by a girl, why doesn't your heart beat faster?"

"Wow, Edo, you actually found a girl like Lana." Sieg snickered beside him and said, "Looks like I'm probably going to see fresh dragon eggs." ”

"Sigurd, what are you talking nonsense?" Edo grew shy.

As soon as Leopard Rees got dressed, Wu Qiming called.

"Are you really Wu Qiming?" Leopard Rees asked.

"Leopard, you have fallen into a trap, someone has called you disguised as me, it is estimated that it is someone from the separatist forces, they want to let the five of you go into their encirclement, and then kill you." Wu Qiming asked, "Are you okay now?" ”

"We're in Denua Heights and everybody's okay."

"It's good that you stay there, yesterday Lake sent troops to the encirclement and destroyed a small stronghold of the separatist forces. If you're still there, then wait for us, and this time, I'll come to Denua myself to pick you up, understand? ”

"What are we going to do?" Leopard Rees asked.

Wu Qiming said: "Go and carry out the official mission. ”