Chapter 20: The Banshee's Howl
After eliminating the first wave of city defenders, Relos quickly gave the order to evacuate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ InfoThe easily defeated Miranda and the city defense army are just the armed forces that maintain law and order in the city of Panicia, and although the goblins have always been proud, Relos is not conceited enough to think that this is the combat strength of Lokamia's army. It won't be long before news of the battle in Panicia spreads quickly, and the regular army of Lokamia is not something that Relos and his men can easily provoke.
An'ao didn't take a stand after his sudden appearance, and as he retreated, An'ao stared at Relos with meaningful eyes: "My dear friend, believe me, we will meet again soon." The Lord said that demons and angels can also coexist before the dawn comes. β
The red-haired armor knight Evan yawned with his head up, pretending to be absent-minded, and secretly glanced at the pretty Lola and Delis with some shyness.
Relos is a little helpless with An'o, this strange guy can always appear inexplicably, and say something inexplicable to make people confused. However, since Ann Ao had shown enough friendliness, Relos didn't want to think about it.
Almost all the guards at the city gate were transferred into the encirclement and suppression team by Miander, and there were only two soldiers guarding the city gate left in the original team.
After leaving Panicia, Relos and his party agreed to head east to Ezeiro and enter the territory of the Orc Empire to avoid Locamia's pursuit. This time it caused such a big disturbance in Panicia City, Locamia will definitely retaliate frantically, and only Ezeiro is the best place to avoid pursuit. Even as former allies, the orcs would not allow Lokamia's army to enter.
While camping in the forest, Relos had a long conversation with Delis and asked what she thought next.
"I don't know what to do, and now it seems that the commoners and nobles can't be relied on, and I'm afraid that the restoration of the country will not be possible. β
With her hands on her knees, Delis looked up at the night sky through the branches and leaves of the forest. Although her face was expressionless, she was already crying silently in her heart: I'm sorry, father, what should I do?
"I don't think so. β
Relos frowned, and quickly picked a leaf between his fingers, and swirled around his fingertips, and the lingering fighting spirit could be seen on his fingertips, this upstart with fighting spirit was so bored that he used his fighting spirit to play with the leaves.
"These commoners and nobles can only represent some, not all. This time we can only say that we are unlucky. β
When Delith heard Relos say this, she smiled reluctantly, still unable to hide her disappointment: "Maybe." β
Relos lightly suggested, "Perhaps, we can try to kill the old monster of the Fairy King first." β
"What did you say?"
Delith was taken aback by Relos's words, "Kill Cridis? β
"No one thought your father would be assassinated. β
Relos stared at Delis tightly.
Delis's eyes gradually lit up with fire, yes, why can't you try it, if Cridis dies, then Lokamia will definitely be in chaos, maybe at that time, Landis's chance to return to the country will really come.
"But the current situation is different, the Landis Empire is fighting on all fronts, and Panicia City will have a chance for the enemy to sneak in. There is no war in Lokamiya now, and the defense of Kashmir is like an iron barrel, and it is heavily guarded. β
Delis thought about it carefully, but still felt that there was little hope.
"Just because there is no war now does not mean that there will not be. As far as I know, after the demise of Lantis, because of the distribution of benefits, the Orc Empire Ezeiro and the Winged Nation Lambdo were already very dissatisfied. β
Relos smiled and continued, "Now that I've become a gambler in war, I won't give up so easily. β
Relos stood up, let go of the leaves in his hand, and instead of falling, the leaves flew strangely and disappeared into the night sky.
"Wait, Your Highness Princess, I will win this bet. β
As soon as Relos's decision was spoken, it was quickly approved unanimously by the team, and Gui'er, as another member of the Demon Wings, naturally supported it unconditionally. And Douglas, the old fox, is much more shrewd than Delis, and Relos can be so desperate for the mission goal of recovering the country, the old magician is naturally overjoyed and can't ask for it.
And Lola, the little goblin, as soon as she heard that the final target was Kashmir, immediately jumped up with joy: "Great, I'm going to Kashmir." The person I'm looking for isn't in Panicia, and it looks like I'll be able to join you again. β
If Lola's identity was not that of a pretty and cute fairy magician, Relos would have wondered if the little girl had deliberately cheated on her. But is there such a beautiful fairy little liar who is pleasing to the eye and knows ice and snow magic? The creator god is above, if there is, then send a few more guides to your side!
In order to avoid Locamia's pursuit, Relos carefully mapped out a retreat route, still choosing to return from the Forest of Tranquility, and after arriving at the town of Shiva, he turned east and entered the orc empire of Ezeiro.
After entering the Forest of Tranquility for the second time, there was no tension at all from the first time. Under the leadership of the fairy Lola, he avoided almost all the ferocious demonic beasts, and did not encounter a large group of demonic beasts along the way. Relos couldn't help but sigh along the way, it was rare for such a team of adventurers to be accompanied by three magicians, and it was a pity that the magic crystals in the backpack had not increased much.
I don't know if it was because Relos was traveling too fast, or if Lokamia's pursuers encountered a horde of demonic beasts, and until they walked out of the Forest of Tranquility and reached Shiva Town, Lokamia's pursuers never appeared.
After leaving the town of Shiva, it takes about ten days to walk east to reach the border of Ezeiro, where Taranto, the closest city to the town of Ezeiro, is located, where a large number of orc armies are stationed.
Although there are many orcs living in the Republic of Locamia on the continent of Camrando, the vast majority of orcs still choose Ezeiro. Unlike Locamia, the Orcs of Exeni are not friendly to other races, especially humans. The strong physical combat power of orcs has always been recognized as strong in the continent of Camrando, and the orcs who are very martial arts hate humans the most about intrigue and trickery, but they are very welcome to powerful mercenaries. So there is one group of people who are more than happy to go to Ezeiro, and that is mercenaries. As long as they are strong mercenaries, they can be respected in Ezeiro.
It is precisely for this reason that the headquarters of the Mercenary Guild is not in the Human Empire, but in the territory of Ezeiro.
After leaving the town of Siva, the closer Relos and his party got to the border of Ezeiro, the more the surrounding environment became more and more different. The lush woods gradually dwindled, and large areas of hard, dry earth began to appear on the ground, with only sparse weeds on the ground. The elven rabbits that were most often seen in the woods gradually disappeared, and the wilderness was often filled with herds of wild dogs, covered in dirt and staring fiercely at the sudden visitors.
"Lola doesn't like it here. β
The little goblin looked up at the red sky that was all in the mother, and felt the sting of the dry and raging wind on her delicate skin, and complained bitterly, looking at Relos pitifully. Seeing that Relos was still indifferent and striding away, Lola had no choice but to stomp her feet in hatred and take a few steps to keep up.
Strangely, while resting in a town close to Taranto, Relos and the others unexpectedly encountered several other groups of adventurers. There were warriors, there were archers, and even a couple of magicians were seen. Seeing Relos and their team appear, the adventurers all looked surprised.
A team of adventurers with three magicians appeared in such a remote town, and immediately attracted a large number of gorgeous eyes, and no matter what the purpose was, mercenaries had begun to greet Relos in a friendly manner.
"Hey!"
A bald warrior with twin swords on his back approached him and greeted Relos in a friendly manner, "Are you also here for the reward of the Banshee's Howl?"
The bald warrior grinned with a mouthful of snow-white teeth and a clean smile. To Relos's surprise, there was also a human mage in their ranks, as well as an archer, an assassin with a dagger at his waist, and apparently very good. In fact, in the Camlando Continent, as long as there is a mercenary team that can have a mage, the strength is already quite good.
In the team of bald warriors, the human magician, who had a proud face, immediately became much more humble after seeing the dazzling magic crystals on Douglas and Delis's wands. As a fellow magician, he would not be naΓ―ve enough to think that such a high-level magic crystal was just an ornament.
"Banshee howl?"
When Relos heard these four words, his originally indifferent face couldn't help but stiffen, and he looked at Douglas and Guier, who were also surprised, and stopped.
The Banshee's Howl, the legendary place of the undead, has always been sung only in the voice of the bard, could it really exist?
After a long period of war on the continent of Camrando, a large number of undead creatures have emerged, and countless resentful spirits and corpses that have not been rested have fallen into darkness and transformed into undead creatures.
Compared to Warcraft and Thieves, undead creatures themselves do not have any rare materials, and the places that can breed undead creatures are generally desolate and remote wilderness. Coupled with the vicious and dark attributes of the undead creatures, their combat effectiveness is extremely fierce, and ordinary adventurers and mercenaries are not willing to provoke them easily. As a result, the number of undead creatures is increasing day by day.
In ancient legends, in the place where the Banshee's Howl appeared, there were signs of the birth of the undead king, banshees, resentful spirits, skeletons, zombies, no matter what kind of undead king appeared, they were all intelligent undead creatures, and they could easily form an army of the undead. The enemies of the undead are all creatures of the continent of Camrando with living flesh and blood. Whether it's humans, orcs, goblins and trolls, they're all targets.
In the legend of Landis, there have been battles in history where the Dark Knight, the Banshee King, led the undead legions to attack the city. What is certain is that every time an undead lord is born, it will be accompanied by the destruction of several towns in the wrath of the undead legion.
The undead are born with resentment and hatred, and instinctively yearn for blood and killing. Under the leadership of the undead lord, any creature with flesh and blood is the target of their attack. Every time the undead army appears, it is a great disaster.
"Taranto's Mercenary Guild has already issued a mission to hunt down the Wraiths in the Land of Wraiths. The Mercenary quest for the Banshee's Howl bounty has been upgraded to S Rank. β
The bald warrior was clearly in awe of the gorgeous lineup of Relos' team, and there was not the slightest impatience in his tone.
"S-class?"
Relos glanced at each other in surprise. S-level missions, which means that this is already the highest level of the mercenary class, are usually so difficult that almost no one can complete them on their own.
Because of this, S-class missions also have a feature, which is that there is no limit to the number of people or levels of the objects who accept the mission, whether it is the level of the mercenary or the level of the mercenary group.
Although Relos and Gui'er have been wandering in the Camlando continent for several years, it is the first time they have encountered an S-class mercenary mission. Even in Camrando's history, there have been only a handful of S-class mercenary missions. You must know that in the history of Landis, the most recent S-class mission, the mission to hunt the evil dragon Lars, has been almost hundreds of years ago.
Relos's heart was a little itchy, the level of the Demon Wings Mercenary Group had so far remained at the C level, although it was already very famous in a small place like Siva Town, but Relos himself knew very well in his heart that compared to the big mercenary group on the Camlando continent, it was still far behind. However, just doing some small tasks to increase the level of the mercenary group requires a very large number of tasks, which is obviously unrealistic for the Demon Wings mercenary group with only two people. Then, only this kind of challenge is the fastest way to increase the level of the mercenary group.
S-class mission, hmph! Relos rubbed his palms and carefully counted the points, if he successfully completed this task, the Demon Wings would have to at least rise to A-rank. So far, there are only four mercenary groups in the Camrando Continent that can rank among the A-ranks: the Iron Blood of the Orc Empire, the Mandala of the original Landis Empire, the Silver Wing of the Winged Man Country, and the mysterious Arbitration of Light.
And without exception, the leaders of the three A-level mercenary groups are all in the top ten of Camrando's mercenary power list. As for Relos and Gui'er, at least on the list of the top two hundred mercenaries that have been announced so far, their names can't be found even if you have tears in your eyes.
The bald warrior took a few sips of morning dew and began to tell the story of the discovery of the Banshee's Howl: about three months ago, a huge crack suddenly appeared in the wilderness of the woodland outside Taranto, and the inside was dark and unfathomable. At first, the villagers passing by didn't pay attention to it, thinking it was just an ordinary landslide. But then things became more and more strange, the villagers found that this crack was constantly widening and lengthening every day, and in less than ten days, it reached hundreds of meters long, and there was a tendency to lengthen and widen, and even swallow up the surrounding villages and towns.
Not only that, but all kinds of strange sounds began to appear in the eerie cracks in the ground. There were wails, there were weepings, there were whispers.
At first, it was only after nightfall, but as the cracks in the ground grew louder and louder, these strange sounds became more and more frequent, and even during the day, these strange sounds could be heard on the edge of the cracks, which made people's scalps tingle and the villagers began to panic.
After receiving the news, the orc city of Taranto only sent a few scouts to understand the situation at first, but after entering the cracks, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news immediately. Immediately after that, another scout team was dispatched, and a team of twenty people entered the crack, but unexpectedly, after the orc scout team, which has always been known for its individual combat ability, entered the misty crack, it was like being swallowed by a huge mouth in the underground netherworld, and there was no sound at all.
Valen, the lord of Taranto, was originally an infantry commander in the orc army, and after the great battle between the allies and Lantis, he was assigned to garrison the border city of Taranto by virtue of his military merits. After hearing that the orc scout team was missing, Valen was furious and personally led an elite team of 100 people into the cracks.
A day later, Valen had brought back less than ten people on the ground, and each one had a frightened look on their faces and was scarred on their bodies. At the moment when Valen left the crack in the ground, the army waiting on the ground to meet him finally saw for the first time the wraiths swarming out of the crack in the ground in pursuit, those swiftly flying wraiths had the faces of young women, long hair stood on end, pointed chins, and ethereal bodies took on a miserable gray, floating in the air, letting out a terrible scream, which made people creepy.
Banshee Howl!
Already the frightened old soldiers came to their senses and exclaimed!