Chapter 13: Valley of the Beasts
"How is that possible...... How did he pass the trial on the third day?"
After leading the war horse out of the square, Gray still muttered to himself suspiciously.
"Mistress Gray. ”
On the side, Tuka was surprised: "What's wrong with you, you just went to deliver some meat, why did you suddenly seem to be a different person, what are you worried about?"
"That kid ......"
Gray said: "When I was in the square just now, I saw that kid named Loran!"
"Which kid?"
"In the city of Aylan, I killed the one who killed his mother. ”
"Oh?"
Tuka was surprised: "Didn't you say that those boys haven't awakened the star veins and haven't mastered the star source power yet?"
"Yes, but ...... I saw him dressed as a full-fledged cadet, and he had passed the test to become a full-fledged cadet. ”
"That's tricky!"
Tuka frowned, and said: "Lord Gray, it's not me who scares you, once he becomes an official student, he may cause you * annoyance, you know better than me what kind of people come out of the blood cage training camp, the worst of them are basically masters who can enter the elite camp of the Knights of Light, and the stronger ones have even grown directly into earth knights, even legendary heavenly knights, and some have become high-ranking generals of the imperial army, and these people, which one of them can afford to offend you and me?" Once he is fully fledged, the flames of vengeance will consume everything. ”
When Gray heard this, a cold sweat couldn't help but spread across his face, and he said, "Master Tuca, you say ...... What can I do now to kill him early?"
Tuka smiled slightly: "There are many ways, although you become a formal student, but the blood cage is the blood cage, and the final survival rate of the official student will not exceed 70%, dead people are a common thing, trials will kill people, challenges will kill people, and even the battle between students will kill people, as long as the adults are willing, you can buy one or two stronger students to quietly wipe out this person." ”
"Bribing students?"
Gray was stunned: "Does Tuka-sama have a way?"
"I have a cousin who works as an assistant knight in the inner city, and if Lord Gray is willing to come up with fifty Imperial Gold Coins, I can help you settle all of this. ”
"Fifty gold coins?" Gray was shocked, "This is me...... Half a year's income!"
"Hmph, is it possible to do things in the Scarlet Castle cheaply? It's better to spend money than to bury a curse, right?"
Gray hesitated for a long time, and gritted his teeth: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to Master Tuka!"
"Don't worry, I'll leave it to me!"
......
In the early hours of the next morning.
"Beep-"
A very irritable whistle suddenly sounded in the student dormitory area, followed by the loud voice of the Sea Wood Knight: "All get up and gather in the square within two minutes, and those who are late are not allowed to eat for a day!"
Suddenly, Luo Lan subconsciously bounced up from the bed, put on his clothes in three or two, reached out and grabbed a steel sword in his hand and rushed out of the room, in the corridor, Avril flew by, and smiled at him: "You need to hurry up!"
A group of students burst into their legs with the power of the star source, and suddenly their bodies were as light as swallows, and they rushed to the square with "brushes and brushes", and Luo Lan was the one who was neither fast nor slow.
Eventually, three students were late, all of whom had their names written down.
The Seawood Knight held the clock in one hand and the sword in the other, and said, "Today's lesson is to break through the Valley of Beasts in two hours without breakfast, okay, let's go!"
As he spoke, he and Assistant Teacher Mikaela turned over and rode together, urging a group of students from Class 7 to rush into the distance.
Luo Lan held the steel sword in his hand, and his eyes calmly followed everyone forward, although the steel sword in his hand was very heavy, but he did not put it down, because he knew that this sword was his best partner in the blood cage, and his sharpness could make up for Luo Lan's lack of being able to master the star source power.
After passing through the triple gate, and then there is the gate from the north of the Scarlet Castle, far away, the steel gate has risen, a group of guard knights with sword blades followed the students, about twenty people, most of them are knights, there are also a few big knights, this group of knights to the sea wood instructor indescribable awe, in the Knights of Light, the hierarchy is very strict, the first order of the big knight low knight, in fact, it is also an absolute gap in identity and status.
Out of the castle, along the mountain road all the way down the mountain, the students almost all maintained a super high speed, not long after some people were already out of breath, but the experienced students, such as Rodney, Avril, Mondstadt, Caroline and other top students, all slowly immersed the star source power into their legs, on the one hand, using muscle power, on the other hand, using star source power, so that their running speed was greatly improved, but not too much muscle power.
Luo Lan is different, he is carrying a hundred-kilogram broadsword, and at the same time, he does not have a drop of star source power in his body, so he purely relies on physical strength, and he is already sweating after coming down the mountain, but fortunately, when he was in his hometown of Ailan City, he ran in the mountains a lot, sometimes hundreds of kilometers a day, which is not a problem at all.
Not far down the mountain, a jungle was surrounded by a high wall, and just outside the wall, a column of imperial knights was waiting, one of them nodded at Haimu and said with a smile: "Instructor Haimu, are your students ready?!"
"Hmm. ”
Haimu bowed his head lightly and said, "Please open the door and let them pass immediately." ”
"Yes!"
The knight ordered the door to open as he asked, "Instructor Haimu, are you going to accompany the cadet through the Valley of the Beasts?"
"Nope. ”
Haimu stretched lazily and said, "Mikaela will go with them, and I'm sure my students will never be stumped by the Valley of the Beasts." ”
"That's good. ”
......
"Squeak", the iron door slowly opened, and there was a burst of beast roars in front, a group of students frowned, and Mikaela rode a war horse, dressed in battle armor, holding a clock, and said: "The front is the Valley of the Beasts, the passage time is two hours, please remember that the exit of the Valley of the Beasts is due north, don't get lost, and kindly remind you, the Scarlet Castle has raised a large number of beasts in the Valley of the Beasts, and they may become obstacles for you, go, two hours is the limit, people who exceed the limit...... Knock it out, start now, time!"
"Rush!"
Mondstadt burst out laughing, carrying a short sword and rushing out as soon as possible, his whole body was full of star source power, and he rushed out dozens of meters away in three or two steps, which was indeed very strong.
Luo Lan's breath sank, and he rushed out with a hundred kilograms of big sword, in fact, he could have changed to a short sword, but as Instructor Haimu said, he was a student without star source power, and he had to pay several times the hard work of others not to be eliminated, and the trial in Beast Valley was only the first step of a formal student.
As a result, Mondstadt and a few of his students increased in speed and threw everyone away without a trace, while Loran kept his medium and high speed and ran along the straight path, knowing that the limit of the human body might not be able to support more than two hours of wild running, and he had to be at a constant speed, and he could not drain his physical strength at once.
"Humph!"
Rodney smiled slightly, and rushed out with his bare hands, his speed was even more terrifying than that of Mondstadt and the others, and his laughter came from the wind: "Caroline, dare to compete with anyone to reach the finish line first?"
"Why don't you dare?" the blonde girl suddenly exerted her strength, and her body chased in the direction of Rodney.
"Loraine, follow me. ”
As Avril passed by, she whispered in Lorain's ear that she was running ahead, neither fast nor slow, just enough for Loren to keep up, and maintained a gap of about a hundred meters with Loraine.
As a result, Luo Lan's speed was kept in sync with some of the students in Class 7 who were less cultivated, and seven or eight people held a group and rushed forward along the trail together.
......
"Be careful, there's a pack of wolves following us!"
Ten minutes later, a teenager suddenly looked behind him vigilantly, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Luo Lan still raised his sword and ran, he had already seen the group of wolves, there were five in total, the number was not much, and it was just an ordinary beast, this kind of wolf was many on the border of Ailan City, but Luo Lan knew the temperament of these wolves, as long as the students were not alone, the basic wolves would not dare to attack easily.
In the jungle, however, something that was moving quickly caught Loraine's attention.
"Uh-huh-"
Like, some rabbits with antlers.
First-order demon beast, staghorn rabbit!
And there is more than one, which makes Luo Lan can't help but secretly smile bitterly, those people in the blood-colored cage really take great pains to temper the students!
......
At the same time, outside the Valley of the Beasts.
On the high lookout, Instructor Haimu held a sword in one hand and a clock in the other, watching the students disappear into the jungle in the distance, frowning, as if he was a little worried.
"I seem to have seen the trail of a monster. Haimu said.
On the side, a big knight with a blue helmet smiled and said, "What's the matter, Instructor Haimu is worried about his little cubs?"
Haimu shook his head: "It's not worrying, my students all have the ability to kill the Antlered Rabbit alone, but ...... My lord, the Valley of Beasts used to only raise some beasts, but there has never been a precedent for raising demon beasts. ”
"Rules are meant to be broken. ”
The Great Knight of the Blue Helmet smiled slightly and said, "The deacon of the Goddess Hall has already passed the word, and the Scarlet Cage must cultivate a group of rookies for the Knights of Light as soon as possible, otherwise, ...... The war between us and the Northern Demon Beast Legion will continue to fall into passivity, and once the Knights of Light are severely reduced, who can guarantee that the Order Legion dormant in the south will not wait for an opportunity?"
"Humph!"
Instructor Haimu snorted lightly and said, "That's what the adults in the upper echelons care about, and all I care about is ...... Whether there is a suspicion of pulling out seedlings and encouraging such behavior. ”
"Don't worry, my lord, real gold is not afraid of fire refining, as long as your students are strong enough, the first-order and second-order demon beasts can't help them. ”
"What, there are second-order demon beasts?"
Haimu was slightly stunned, and his face was instantly full of solemnity.