Basorem and the other warrior lit a fire, set up a pot and began to prepare dinner, while the other two warriors dug a pit ten yards away without saying a word. "That's for Herus, and I can only bury what he left behind. Basorem said with a sigh.

Ryan and Stan sit on the side, their strength still regained and Stan suffering a lot just by climbing down from under the pine tree, as he tries to relax his legs.

"Are you soldiers of Sarah's army?" Rui looked at the two warriors in front of him with their skillful fire-making skills, and confirmed his guess that they were not civilians.

Basorem skillfully cut a taro into six pieces with a dagger, threw it into the pot, and sat down on the ground. "Yes, my name is Barthorem, and I am the Knight Captain of the Northern Order of Sarah, and this is Kremens, and I belong to the same Order, and the shorter one over there is Endman, a knight of the Asgard Guard, and we met him on our way back to Asgard, and the taller one is Tirin, a soldier of the Kingsguard Knights of Asgard, and he was picked up on our retreat to the south. ”

"Since they are from different armies, they must all be stationed in different places, each fighting their own battles, how did you come across each other?" Stan asked curiously, he didn't know much about Sarah's various knights.

Basorem handed the taro in his hand to Cremens, and began to concentrate on the narration, "Cremens and I are soldiers stationed on the northern border, and we have been keeping a close eye on the movements of the dark tide north of the Dead Land, but since I joined the Northern Knights, nothing suspicious has occurred there. However, one day, without warning, he received an urgent message from the fastest raven from the capital city of Asgard, saying that Asgard had been surrounded by the dark tide, and asked the Northern Knights to rush back to the rescue. ”

"This is the dark tide that has been circulating for unknown reasons, and suddenly appeared in Sarah's territory. Stan connects what the warrior said to what he knew.

"It should be. Rui replied to him, and then continued to ask Basorem, "Then what about it, if the Northern Knights and the Knights of the Kings work together, it won't be so easy for Darktide to capture Asgard." ”

"We don't know what happened in Asgard on our way back, but according to Endelman who we met on the way, we were told that as soon as the dark tide appeared, it launched a fierce attack on Asgard, if it were just demons and ghouls, the Knights of the Kings and the Guards would not have retreated so quickly, although the demons are terrible, but as a soldier of the border country, they are not powerless to resist in the face of demons. Barthorem stopped talking, as if there was something more terrifying than a demon.

"I'm sure the Demon isn't a mortal danger to you, and we've seen it just now, so what is it that has caused Asgard to fall in such a short period of time?" Rui was a little anxious, this question had been bothering her all along.

Basorem rubbed his hands together, stabilized his emotions, and looked up at the two opposites again. "Dragons, yes, black dragons, Endman said he saw dragons. ”

"Dragon!?" Ryan and Stan exclaimed at the same time.

Basorem's eyes glazed over the taro rolling in the pot. "According to Endman's description, the dragon was invulnerable, no one could resist wherever he went, and he could kill several people with a single claw, and we didn't believe it at first, saying that he must have been scared stupid. Basorem wiped his forehead. "Until we arrived at Asgard and saw the dragon the size of the largest church in the city, hovering over the ruined Asgard, its cry a hundred times more terrifying than that of the demons, and its momentum a hundred times greater than that of the demons, that we were defeated before we could fight. ”

"You can't be blamed for that, whoever sees something like that. Stan said, shaking his head.

Barthorem nodded, looking at Stan gratefully. "If we still have a chance of winning in the face of demons, then in the face of dragons, we don't even have the courage to stand, in fact, even the hordes of demons have exhausted Sarah's forces, and it takes almost more than a dozen outstanding Sara warriors to fight with a demon to defeat both sides, plus countless ghouls, it was already very difficult for Sara to win this war, and now there are dragons. ”

"So you're retreating?" Rui continued to ask.

"Not a retreat, no one has ever given an order to retreat, because we have no retreat. Basorem bowed his head, painfully remembering. "We fled cowardly, in such a hopeless battlefield, when the dragon crossed overhead, its huge black shadow covered the ground, its wings rolled up a whirlwind almost blew us down, our hearts were filled with fear, it was a stronger fear than facing the demon, so strong that it seemed that our hearts were about to explode, so we dropped our heavy weapons and began to run south without our lives, this war has already been divided from the beginning. ”

Stan sighs helplessly and turns his head to look at the mage. "Do you know the origin of dragons, how did such a thing end up in Wallis?"

This time, even Rui couldn't tell the reason, and the mage frowned, thinking about all possibilities. "I don't have a clue about this, so I'd better wait for Fern and them to ask Ness, she should know more than I do. ”

"Do you have any companions?" said Basorem, a little surprised.

"Yes, there were four of us, and two more went north, and we would meet at Talheim. Stan replied.

"Are they Sarahs too?" Barthorem pulled a pine nut from his bag and began to peel it. "If not, they probably wouldn't be better off now, the blizzard hasn't stopped since it started. ”

Rhestein then looked up at the sky that was obscured by the trees. "The battle was too fierce, and I didn't even notice it in the forest, so Fern and Ness would be in danger, for this blizzard was no safer than the dark tide. Stan is worried, rubbing his hands together uneasily.

"Fern will have a way, trust them. Rui sighed softly. "There's nothing else we can do. ”

At this time, two fighters who had finished digging the pit came over. "We'll look for the snow lotus in the neighborhood and we'll be back before dark. ”

Basorem nodded, not saying much.

Rui looked at the four warriors in front of him, puzzled as to why they insisted on staying in Sara under such difficult conditions. "How did you escape here, why don't you continue to flee to the south, this place is really not suitable for survival. ”

Basorem tossed the pine nuts he had shaved into the pot and continued to shave the next one. "At first, with the deserters we met on the road, our team used to have about twenty people, but there were some wounded soldiers who died on the way due to the lack of medical treatment, and the bad weather and environment, many of the soldiers died on the way, and there was nothing we could do but let them die quickly to relieve the pain of the wounds. There was a slight pause in the movements in the warrior's hands. "Killing one's own companion is painful, although it is a relief for them. In the end, when we got here, there were only eleven people left. Some advocated continuing south and escaping Sarah, while others were reluctant to leave, so six more people left, and here only five of us remained. Basorem sighed, "And today, there are only four people left. ”

"I'm sorry, we brought the demon here. Stan said to Barthorem with a serious and sincere expression.

"There's no need to apologize, it's our duty to kill demons and ghouls, we've escaped once, and this time it's finally made us feel better. Basorem waved his hand, signaling that Stan didn't care. "And even if Herus hadn't died at the hands of demons, his life wouldn't have lasted long. ”

"What's wrong with him?" Stan asked curiously, "The sword I saw the demon stabbing at him just now, if it was a soldier from the border country, if it couldn't be completely dodged, at least it could avoid being injured to the point, but Hrus doesn't seem to be dodging at all." ”

"Yes, you read that right, in fact, Herus has already been injured, and it is getting worse day by day. Basorem held out his arm and rolled up his sleeve so that Ryan and Stan could see clearly. "During this time, the bodies of the five of us have been more or less abnormal, you look at these lumps, in addition to these, there are also on the body. ”

Ryan and Stan's eyes widened as they looked at the red and even suppurated lumps on the warrior's hands, "What is this?"

"No one knows what it is, it has only started to emerge in the last month and is getting worse. We were fine, but Herus himself had been wounded on the battlefield, and his wounds had not healed, and these lumps had caused his wounds to begin to fester, and it would not be long before he would die from an infected wound. And now, his death is more valuable, so for him, it is a good thing. Basorem shook his head helplessly and put the sleeve back on.

Stan is silent, and the fighters are suffering more physically and mentally than he could have imagined.

Rui still had some unanswered questions, "Then why did you go to Snow Lotus, and why didn't you go south with the others?"

The lump on Barthorem's body began to itch again, and he scratched at his back in disgust. "Herus's last words before his death were to plant a snow lotus in his grave, and he once told us that his dead wife Sin's favorite flower was a snow lotus. ”

This time, Lian Rui was silent, and she seemed to understand some of the reasons why these warriors were reluctant to leave Sarah.