Boshka Village, a nondescript medium-sized village in the western part of the empire, was preparing for the battle. Weapons, medicines, food, drinking water, and defenses outside the village.

The village hadn't been so nervous for decades, just because of the attack of monsters, the kind of western specialty monsters called sand gnomes, not only small in size, but also good at team fighting.

It's like a tight string, and everyone is in a state of being a soldier. The village has also strengthened its night patrol and lookout, and a major battle is imminent.

One day, those monsters appeared.

Like a swarm of locusts, they come from afar. The last thing these monsters lack is quantity, which is also the most headache for people.

"All on alert!"

"Women and people who can't fight hide in the basement of the church!"

"They're coming!"

"Pull up the defenses!"

Hundreds of repulsive horses and countless spiked bamboo platoons suddenly appeared, and they wiped out half of the enemy troops in an instant without their knowledge, but the number of gnomes who came to attack the village this time was probably about three hundred, so the situation was not optimistic.

And these defenses are disposable. No fool will bump into it again.

The combat power of Boshka Village, counting the top ones like Dye Qi and Manro, is only about fifty people, which means that in the next time, everyone will have to fight three against one, or even worse.

It's not difficult for them to fight three against one, but for those who have only been practicing for a week, it seems to be too hasty.

Just ten minutes into the battle, the first victim appeared.

The gnomes were clever enough to entangle most of their enemies with a small number of men, while large armies surrounded those who had not yet fully learned the martial arts.

When those people are sacrificed, they will be able to fight with those who can fight with impunity.

"It's not good! Dye Qi, go on like this!"

"I know. ”

Dye Qi and Manro rushed to the front, but even if they were full of psionic energy, they couldn't completely stop the gnomes' advance. And after the ordinary gnomes, there are about ten large gnomes, exactly the same as the ones that Dye Qi encountered before.

"Is that the case?"

Dye Qi clearly knew the strength of the large gnomes, if it wasn't for the heart or the head, they would never die.

Looking at their own side, although the trained villagers are still trying to resist, the number of casualties has reached ten.

"Incantation"

Dye Qi used the long sword he had obtained earlier, and he specially translated the meaning of the runes on the sword, the two runes represented the sky and the silver respectively, that is, the sword of empty silver.

The rune shone with a white light under Dye Qi's spell, which Dye Qi also knew from the book.

The first rune lit up, and Dye Qi turned around and spun his sword and blasted out, instantly freezing more than a dozen gnomes in a huge block of ice. This is the power that comes from the sword of empty silver, the cold air.

"Incantation"

Switching to a different spell, the second rune lit up, and each of Dyeqi's slashes became full of penetrating power, cutting off several gnomes in an instant.

"What kind of skill are you?"

"I read it in a book. ”

Manro and Dye Qi had a conversation.

"There must be runes on your sword too, look what it is!"

"Do you know [Rune] like this?"

Manro dodged a slash and asked Dye Qi.

"Remember to tell me. ”

He said.

"Recite [Mantra] with me"

"[incantation] and then. ”

"And then..."

Dye Qi suddenly found a dark place to hide, and shouted:

"All stand back, close your eyes!"

Then, a huge amount of light erupted from the Sword of the Heavenly Maiden, and even though it was daytime, the surrounding scenery became dim. Everything is dark in the face of great light.

A huge ball of light enveloped the entire village, and it was the rune: illumination, power. The wide area of high-intensity lighting can instantly blind enemies inside.

"It's now!"

Dye Qi was the first to rush out, and it was easy to deal with the invisible enemy.

The villagers also started to act after hearing Dye Qi's words, but in just a few seconds, a large number of dwarfs were dealt with by them.

The tide of battle turned in their favor.

Manro opened his eyes at this time, only to find that the enemy army in the brigade had been killed.

"I said..."

He grabbed Dye Qi.

"Next time, tell me what this rune does before you run!"

"Sorry, forgot. ”

Indeed, it is normal to have things that cannot be taken into account on the battlefield.

Although the pressure is less, it does not mean that the battle is over. Ordinary gnomes are no longer a threat now, but the ten large gnomes are still unscathed.

"Now it's time to get down to business!"

Dye Qi approached Manro, knowing that it wouldn't be good if he was alone under siege by those guys.

The two charged into the enemy's line, blue flashes and golden flashes slicing across the enemy's body, but they couldn't kill them directly.

The gnomes began to lay siege to the two of them, knowing that they would be able to take over the village by killing them. Suddenly, more than a dozen weapons appeared above the heads of the two at the same time.

"Hah!"

Dye Qi used the skills in [Tasaraya Flow] to strengthen his speed, and successfully blocked the attack five times when it fell, but this was already his limit.

Manro didn't have the speed of the Ranqi, but he still blocked four attacks, and then the two jumped together, dodging the final slash.

Just trying to dodge their attacks is exhausted.

The heavy sword's surprise attack suddenly appeared in front of Dye Qi, he hurriedly blocked it but was still knocked to the ground, and at this time, the second slash had already arrived in front of him, but Dye Qi had no way to defend himself.

"Oh!"

At this time, the slash of the giant sword instantly cut off the dwarf's head, and Dye Qi hurriedly dodged the yellow-green blood gushing out.

"That's why I said you were only going to drag your feet!"

That man was none other than Sulters.

"I didn't expect it to be you. ”

Dye Qi stood up.

"I'm still disgusted with you, but..."

Satters said.

"Thank you for your swordsmanship. ”

He never seemed to have said anything like that to Dye Qi.

"Then behave well, can you do it?"

Dye Qi looked at the gnomes.

"I'm not like you. ”

Satters slung his greatsword to his back. The forward slash instantly dealt with several more small gnomes.

"Enough combat power. ”

Although Dye Qi doesn't have a good impression of Satters, he still recognizes his combat effectiveness.

The addition of Satters made the battle gradually clear, and Dye Qi and Manro dragged five large gnomes, and on the other side, Salters and Rare also dragged five.

As they attacked, Dye Qi and Satus blocked all possible threats to them, and then attacked by Manro and Riel.

Soon, there were only three sturdy gnomes left on the battlefield.

Half of the troops in the village of Boshka had already lost their men, but everyone had already seen hope by this time, and everyone had forgotten their fears and gathered together.

In the basement of the church, ordinary residents of Jinbai crowded inside, praying for victory.

"Sister, we'll be fine. ”

Landor asked.

"It must be fine, they're here. ”

Alan looked at her face and said with a smile. Although she herself was not sure what would happen in the end, she knew that she had to give this child some hope.

"Hah!"

Manro's sword was filled with golden light, and he slashed forward with a powerful blow, instantly turning the dwarf in front of him into dust.

"But..."

Ailan said,

"I know one thing!"

Satters teamed up with Riel to impale a dwarf's heart.

"They're all fighting desperately!"

Dye Qi jumped forward, and the long sword in his hand turned into a four-pointed star that shone with blue light, and flew towards the last enemy with a howling wind.

The battle is over, and the enemy is completely destroyed. But at the cost of the sacrifice of thirty people, as well as the destruction of houses.

Dark clouds reached the sky over the village, the second heavy rain of the rainy season, extinguishing the fire burning in the village and washing away the ominous blood.

Some of them have become alone, a little bit of a limb loss, and the cost is scary.

But they kept the village where they lived, and kept their "home".

After five days, new buildings were slowly erected, and an additional cemetery was added next to the church to bury those who had died.

People want to forget about it, but no one can do it.

"The people buried here are people who have made sacrifices for this village. ”

In front of the nameless tombstone, Dye Qi, Riel, Manro, Satters, and Ellen stood there, recalling the tragic battle that had preceded them.

"Do you know their names? ”

Dye Qi asked Manro.

"Nope. ”

Manro could only slowly return to him,

"But I know the story of each of them. ”

"Is it..."

Ailan placed the flower in her hand in front of the tombstone and took two steps back.

"Now we are still too weak. ”

Satters said.

"I know. ”

Riel said from the side.

"I'm going to train hard so that it doesn't happen again!"

After saying that, Satters immediately turned and left.

"He hasn't changed. ”

Dye Qi looked at his back, without the anger he had before. Because he knew that kind of thing didn't make sense anymore.

"But he's right, we're too weak. ”

Manro clenched his fists, as the heir of the lord's family, it was already a shame that he failed to protect his people. What's more, he still considers himself a knight.

"I want to get stronger, too. ”

It was the first time Riel had said something like this, for a man who had never practiced swordsmanship.

Everyone made up their minds to leave this sad place. Only Dye Qi and Ailan are still there.

Alan wanted to leave there after praying, but Dye Qi didn't leave, so she decided to stay with him for a while.

"It must be sad. ”

She said to Dye Qi. Ranqi, who has no family, has always regarded the people in the village as his own family, and no one expected such a sacrifice.

"I'm not as strong as them. ”

He turned his head, his eyes filled with tears.

"If you want to cry, cry out. ”

Alan hugged him, there was only so much she could do.

From that day on, Dye Qi decided that he had to become stronger, and he didn't want to experience the feeling of losing his family again.