Section 04 Shadow Knight
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The unknown worm chirps as it woos, trying to find a suitable mate in the best of times and pass on its genes.
A mouse stared at the two unashamed meat worms on the straw stick above his head, his mouth slightly open, salivating like a drop.
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves startled away the insects, and the mice turned around and burrowed into their little holes and pricked up their ears to listen to the movement outside.
Here, not far from the Knights of Landers.
Two groups of twenty-four soldiers were sitting quietly on the side of the road, and when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, they all stood up and quickly formed a neat line.
After a while, more than a dozen black-armored cavalry surrounded the two cloth-clothed knights, and soon came to this group of soldiers.
The cloth-clothed old man at the head jumped off his mount and slowly came to the soldiers.
"Host-sama!"
Twenty-four soldiers knelt on one knee with neat hands on their chests.
"Get up. Tell me what's going on? The old man took off his gloves and gently patted the dust on his boots.
"They probably sensed something was wrong and dumped us and ran in that direction." The captain of the soldiers bowed his head.
"Oh." The old man nodded, "What's wrong?" ”
"Our judgment is Lander, he's a bit nonchalant." The soldier continued.
"Why didn't you show your flaws? As someone who has just expressed his support for our Pound family, I don't believe that he dares to be careless about his father's orders. The young cloth knight was clearly not satisfied with this answer.
"Of course it's not them, Master Pound." The old man bowed and smiled.
"Oh? The reason? ”
"Because they're Shadow Knights."
After hearing the name "Shadow Knight", little Pound glanced at this group of soldiers in surprise, and then closed his mouth and said no more.
"Since Lander is so scattered, then he will pay the price, you go to him to get you supplies and horses, and then hurry to catch up."
"Yes." The soldiers tore off their uniforms, revealing the pitch-black and non-reflective soft armor inside, although it was shining with metallic luster but the sound of metal collision could not be heard during the action.
"That's Dire Scales."
"I don't know how protective it is?" Little Pound asked casually.
"Black Hook." The old butler called out to the captain of the soldiers who wanted to leave.
"Host-sama."
"Bring a pair of Dire Scales for Master Pound."
"Yes." The captain carefully examined the figure of little Pound, and then turned to chase after the soldiers who had already walked away.
"Your own feelings must be more intuitive than I said." The old butler smiled.
"Broke the bank." Little Pound also held the etiquette of a junior.
"It doesn't matter, as long as you know one thing, it's that the Shadow Church's support for you and your family is unwavering."
"Thank you for your appreciation."
"Kill the old slave, young master."
The master and servant performed very hard, but what they thought in their hearts was not known to outsiders.
……
In the wilderness, one or two carriages on the verge of losing control whizzed by, bringing up a cloud of dust and speeding in the direction of the orc plateau.
"A little to the left, not to the right...... Yes, yes, yes...... "Chen Yin flicked his horsewhip and is now learning and selling." For a layman like him, it is really a miracle that he hasn't overturned the cart at such a fast speed.
"Your Excellency, shall I come?" Lancelot couldn't stand it anymore, the carriage was sitting, and he almost didn't vomit his stomach all the way.
"No, everything is under control! Drive! Chen Yin waved his hand and whipped up quickly.
Then the carriage became even more bumpy.
Driving a car actually requires a lot of skill, not only the driving skills, but also the communication with the animals. How to make the other party understand and obey the order is the most important, if you only whip it, it will be a matter of time before the car rolls over.
When dusk fell, the carriage slowly stopped by the river, and Chen Yin jumped out of the cart to loosen the harness for all the lulu, and carried a wooden bucket to carry water and drink the horses.
Lancelot jumped out of the carriage with a grim face, found a bush and vomited.
"The new generation of paladins is so vulnerable." Aunt Gia looked at Lancelot with disdain and shook her head.
"Hmm." Uncle Tim nodded.
"Too weak." Angel mends the knife.
"......" Lancelot vomited enough and finally got his spirits, and after listening to the words of a few people, he spread his hands helplessly, is it possible that the upper echelons of the church are so venomous?
When Chen Yin came back with water and saw Lancelot being "besieged" by everyone, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, the uncle's reaction was not unexpected, and he followed whatever the aunt said.
But Angel actually has such a lively side, which makes Chen Yin feel that this goddess is suddenly real.
"I said, don't ......," Chen Yin said halfway with a smile, the expression on his face quickly turned cold.
"What's wrong? Excellency? Aunt Ji Ya thought that she had upset Chen Yin, and even omitted the word "small" that she was usually used to adding in front of you.
"The bird, again." Chen Yin stared at the sky with a gloomy face.
Aunt Jiya squinted, and with great effort, she could make out a very vague shadow in the dim sky.
"It seems like there is one, but isn't it normal for birds to fly in the sky?" Aunt Jiya said strangely.
Chen Yin shook his head: "No, it's the one, the one that monitored us when we just left the airship." ”
"How so!?" Aunt Jiya was taken aback.
"I remember very well that its tail feathers and wingtips were trimmed and had a straight shape. And it also had something like a metal ring on its foot, and I saw a similar reflection as before. ”
Chen Yin squinted at the sky, describing as he looked, and as he became more and more specific, the expressions of Lancelot, Aunt Gia, and Uncle Tim slowly became shocked......
"Xiao Chen, can you actually see such specific details?" The aunt was surprised.
"Isn't it clear? You can't see? Chen Yin didn't realize how amazing this was, and asked in surprise.
The three of ......them looked at each other, not knowing what to say.
"Well, that's not the point." Chen Yin set his eyes on the silver-haired girl, "Holy Maiden, who else knows your whereabouts?" ”
"McCarthy." Angel's answer is simple.
Uncle Tim suddenly moved, and asked, "What are you suspecting?" ”
"It's hard to say right now." Chen Yin touched his chin, "I just don't know if the surveillance in the sky has anything to do with Lander's inexplicable sponsorship......
"What then?"
Chen Yin thought for a moment, suddenly conjured a bow and arrow, drew a light arrow, and slowly pulled the bowstring to the sky.
"If you can't shoot it, it's at least ...... away from us Oh my gosh......" Aunt Giya covered her mouth in shock.
I saw a little golden light gathering at the tip of Chen Yin's arrow......
"Skill: Must-hit!"
"Effect: Guaranteed to hit the target."
When the light gathered to the limit, Chen Yin easily opened the bowstring, only to hear a "whoosh", the arrow disappeared on the bowstring in an instant, turning into a ray of light that pierced the big bird hovering in the sky.
As the altitude increased, the golden glow on the arrows slowly faded a little.
The big bird in the sky naturally did not sit still when it saw the arrows approaching at great speed, and began to spin and bend quickly, and the arrows also quickly adjusted their direction, sprinkling a little golden light in the darkened sky.
The black dots in the sky and the golden light are getting closer and closer, until they suddenly meet!
"Shot!" Lancelot slapped his thigh.
"No, there isn't." Chen Yin shook his head.
He could see clearly that the moment the arrow met with the big bird, the golden light on the arrow had been exhausted, and the big bird struggled to deviate slightly at the last moment, and only a few feathers were shot off.
Although the effect of the skill is a must, it is only that the flight direction will be automatically adjusted before the energy is consumed, and when the energy is exhausted, it is just an ordinary arrow.
Sure enough, Chen Yin's judgment was correct.
After a few terrible birdsong from the sky, the big bird flew away crookedly, and it seemed that it was slightly injured.
"And then, what do we do?" Chen Yin put away his longbow and shrugged: "What should we do, we can't change our routine for the sake of just a bird." It doesn't matter who the watcher is or what the purpose is, let's not get sneak attacked, and then just improvise. ”
"But ......"
"Don't worry, with me and the Holy Maiden, even if a legend comes, the milk won't be able to drink us." Chen Yin smiled and patted Lancelot on the shoulder.
Thinking of the Battle of the Tower of Knowledge, Lancelot nodded in agreement with Chen Yin's opinion.
"However, we always have to find a way to get them out, and we are too passive to always let them hide in the shadows." Chen Yin stared thoughtfully at the place where the bird had disappeared.
After the interlude, everyone began to cooperate with the first camp, and then everyone discovered a problem: no one would make a shelter for straw huts.
Chen Yin looked at these big men with disdain, so he had to give up the carriage for the two ladies to use, and the three of them were on duty on the roof of the car at night, and the two sat in the driver's seat to sleep, so the position was just enough.
"Alas......" Chen Yin sighed deeply.
Nothing was said all night.
In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, Chen Yin came out of the dew-covered grass, carrying a few birds and small beasts on his shoulders.
After eating the breakfast made by Aunt Jiya, Chen Yin beckoned everyone to move all the supplies from the car and put them into the boxes summoned by Chen Yin - this is the large wooden box sealed by Chen Yin with a blank equipment card.
Once the box is full, everything becomes a portable card. Each person has a food and water supply card, and the rest is all given to Aunt Jiya for safekeeping. The rest were Chen Yin's arrows, all of which he put into his card pack.
As for the soul stones, they are all carried with them.
Next, they found some dead wood, stones and other things and reloaded them on the cart to counterweight, and after they got it, Chen Yin and the others got back on their mounts and rushed into the grass. The small lark landed on the head of the cart, and then the cart started slowly.
Chen Yin and the others didn't go far, but walked about 1 kilometer to the side, and then walked side by side with the car.
……
The sun is scorching.
A black dot slowly swirled in the sky.
More than a dozen black-armored knights surrounded the three of them and rode slowly, slowly advancing along the road. This was the same as little Pound and his party, and among them there was a middle-aged man with a mustache, who was fiddling with a metal mirror engraved with eagle eyes and frowning.
"Host-sama, something is wrong." The bearded man suddenly approached the old butler and said.
"How?" The old butler's voice was inaudible.
"Their carriage stopped......" the mustache said cautiously.
"It's almost noon, maybe they're going to cook?" Pound Jr. asked.
“…… But no one got off. After the mustache finished speaking, he shrank as far as possible to avoid the old butler's gaze, looking very frightened.
"......" The old butler's face was gloomy for a moment, and then he suddenly ordered: "Full speed ahead!" ”
"Full speed ahead." Little Pound hesitated slightly, but he repeated the old butler's command.
……
In the grass, Chen Yin sat on the ground, listening to Uncle Tim and Lancelot talking nonsense in a serious manner, while nibbling on the dry food in his hand.
Suddenly, Chen Yin's expression moved.
"What's wrong? Is there a situation? Lancelot, who had been paying attention to Chen Yin's side, immediately asked.
"Well, someone seems to have passed." Chen Yin smiled slightly, "Sure enough, can't you help it?" Heh......"
……
On the dirt road, the cart is quietly parked on the side of the road.
A few strong purrs wagged their tails restlessly, and it was already noon, and no one had fed them water or meat until now, which made them a little restless.
The lark who was huddled in the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate suddenly opened his eyes and looked around, and flew into the dense grass with "fluttering edges".
A few minutes later.
The flying dust in the rear was getting closer and closer, and a group of knights appeared beside the cart, and the leader was naturally the old butler, and behind him Pound, Mustache, and the slave cavalry also stopped with a rein nearby.
If you get closer, you can see that the carriage of the cart is full of stones and dead wood.
"Don't let me catch you, cunning little thing!" The old butler's expression was calm and slightly hideous.
……
"Yes, this is...... Hey, why is he? Chen Yin was stunned.
"Who?"
"Little Pound, and the quasi-legendary butler of the Pound family. Strange, how do I think it's the butler who is leading the team? "Chen Yin is very strange.
"Pound's house? What is he coming after us for? Lancelot thought it was strange.
"Whatever, there's nothing to do with killing them." As he spoke, Chen Yin stood up, patted his buttocks and was about to jump on the back of the little donkey, and several other people also stood up to prepare for battle.
"No, wait." Chen Yin suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"Look, what are those dark red cavalry?" Chen Yin handed over the Lark's second-level authority to Lancelot.
Through visual sharing, Lancelot sees a group of knights in dark red scale armor speeding towards him. The gurgling beneath them were covered in fine dark red scales, the veins on their faces bulging, and their claws pierced the earth with each step.
And most importantly, the scale armor on their bodies was emitting a faint gray mist, and all the blades of grass in their path instantly turned yellow, spreading to this side like 24 moving plagues.
"That's the Shadow Knight." Lancelot gritted his teeth.
(To be continued.) )