Book XVI, Chapter 14

"I came overnight, just to hope that Your Majesty will give up tonight's operation, leave only some personnel on guard, give me a day, if the human race does not withdraw by then, I will personally lead the team to kill the piece of armor. ”

The Elven King stared at him solemnly, speculating on the reliability of his words. In the end, it was still the trust in Qinglong that prevailed: "Okay, I'll trust you, I'll give you a day, if the human race hasn't withdrawn the day after tomorrow, you have to remember your promise!" Qinglong replied solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if I let go of a human during the war, I will compensate with my life." The elf king shrugged helplessly, even if the human race really escaped, how could he really let the life-saving benefactor pay for his life? He nodded slightly to Kramel beside him, Kramel made a gesture gently, all the elves disappeared silently into the deep night, the green dragon followed behind the elf king, looked back at the camp below the mountain, the human beings had begun to sleep peacefully, completely unaware that their fate had been changed in an instant.

The next morning, as soon as the dawn light on the earth, the elves had already risen.

The Elven King, along with the Green Dragon and the Templar Kramel, sit under a makeshift treehouse and enjoy breakfast. Tramis raised the silver cup in his hand to the front, took a sip lightly, and gently placed it on the small wooden table in front of him, he looked at Qinglong and Clamel sitting on the left and right, the two were talking cordially, Qinglong's generous statement yesterday made Clamel respect, and the two hit it off at first sight.

Suddenly, Tramis's gaze fell on the hilt of the sword exposed behind the green dragon, and the glittering blue gem attracted him. This sword was originally worn by his father for many years, and he knew the power of this sword. After his father's death, the sword was supposed to belong to him. Now it has become someone else's treasure, which makes him feel very uncomfortable. He stared for a moment. Thinking about it, he smiled and proposed: "Qinglong." Our Knight Clamel was one of the best swordsmen in the army, and his father was also a well-known bard, with beautiful poetry and first-class swordsmanship. From time to time, his gaze glanced at the sword behind Qinglong's back, and his gaze revealed undisguised envy and jealousy.

"Qinglong, we are all very clear about your archery skills, but it seems that no one has ever seen you use a sword, this rare opportunity today, can you let everyone see your swordsmanship?" Qinglong saw a hint of provocation in his gaze. But Tramis immediately looked away and began to incite the elves around him: "How about it, do you all want to take a look at the superb swordsmanship of the two masters?" His words immediately drew a cheer, and the elves' curiosity about the green dragon made them eager to see his true skills.

Qinglong looked back at Clamell, the other party's face had the confidence of not refusing to refuse, and it seemed that he was also looking forward to the duel with himself. Blue Dragon's intentions for Tramis are clear, and he knows he has to fight, but he can't defeat Clamel and make him lose face. Besides, he had already heard of Cramel's swordsmanship. It's not that simple to win against him. Although he complained in his heart that Tramis didn't care about the overall situation, he couldn't say anything, so he had to get up and say aloud to the elves around him: "Since everyone values me so much, I will dare to accompany Knight Crumel to practice a few tricks." ”

Seeing this, Clamel stood up and drew his sword. Qinglong also pulled out his long sword called "Cold Moon Light" from his back, and the sword body inlaid with blue magic crystals shone with silver light, causing an exclamation. The Elven King glanced at him with jealousy, forcing himself to turn his head away to hide his gloomy eyes.

"Now begin!" after both sides took their seats. The elf king gave an order, but the words did not fall. A white shadow flashed in front of Clamel in the exclamation of the elves, the green dragon backhanded the horizontal sword, the blade pointed directly at the throat of Clamell, only to hear a soft sound of "ding", Clamell's long sword lightly blocked the attack, lightly stretched the ape arm, the arm bend gently bypassed the tip of the green dragon's sword, the long sword twisted hard, the tip of the sword flashed cold light straight to the wrist of the green dragon, the green dragon had to let go of his fingers, "the light of the cold moon" Flying into the air, Clamel took advantage of the victory to pursue, the long sword flew up and down on Qinglong Zhou's body, launching a stormy attack, each sword seemed to be unavoidable, but it was calmly avoided by Qinglong, the surrounding elves were dumbfounded, and Clamel was even more secretly praised.

In fact, Qinglong already had a calculation in his heart, and in the face of Kramer's fierce offensive, he saw the opportunity, pretended to have an unstable center of gravity, and fell backwards. Seeing that the green dragon was exposed, Clamell pointed his long sword at the opponent's throat, ready to seal the victory in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Qinglong suddenly flashed sideways, and the long sword slashed against the hair in front of his forehead, saying that it was too late, it was too fast, Qinglong's right hand slammed Kramel's wrist, and then flew up with a kick to kick the long sword that was out of his hand, and the long sword swirled and flew into the air.

Just when people thought that the match would end in a draw, a jaw-dropping scene appeared: Clamell's longsword hit the falling "Cold Moon Light" impartially, causing it to fly quickly towards the green dragon, who reached out and caught the sword steadily, the tip of the sword pressed against Clamell's chest, and Clamell's long sword was inserted into the nearby tree.

Everyone hasn't come to their senses yet, including Clamell, who doesn't yet know how he failed. The green dragon put the sword back into its sheath, stepped forward and pulled out the long sword from the tree, and walked up to Clamel and offered it with both hands.

"Thanks, I lost. Clamel took the sword in frustration. Qinglong shook his head humbly and said, "No, you didn't lose. In fact, according to the rules of the sword competition, the one who takes off the sword first loses, and the one who really loses is me. He looked at Kramel with respect and praised with a smile: "You are worthy of the strongest swordsman of our elves, that backhand twisting sword just now is really beautiful!"

Praised by the green dragon, Clamel gradually regained the pride of the swordsman, and the confident smile on his face regained his former self-confidence: "I have won the award, and you have also let me see the posture of the ranger!" The two hugged each other with sympathy, and the elves present burst into unanimous applause.

"Great!" Tramis was jealous, but remained silent, his face was full of praise, he picked up the silver wine glass on the table and walked towards the two of them, Qinglong and Clamel also took the wine glass from the hand of the squire, and the three of them drank it down, and looked at each other and laughed at the cheers of the elves.

"Your Majesty!" an elven warrior quickly ran to the crowd, "The human army has begun to set camp, and the infantry who are leading the way are cutting down the trees blocking the way at the edge of the forest. ”

Dark clouds covered the Elven King's face, and he turned his head to look at Qinglong with questioning eyes. Qinglong calmly stepped forward to ask for help. and Clamel went to retreat from the enemy, and after getting the approval of the Elven King. The two led a group of elven warriors and magicians out of the station.

At the edge of the forest, a large number of human infantry are cutting down the woods. To clear the way for the large army behind, many towering trees fell to the ground with swords and axes, making the elves hidden in the shadows of the trees feel distressed and angry.

Qinglong lowered his head and thought about how to retreat from the enemy, his eyes wandered around, and suddenly fell on an elven magician, he beckoned to the pale pink-haired elf girl, who quickly ran to his side, looking at him expectantly.

"Have you ever learned ice magic?" Hearing Qinglong's question, the girl nodded vigorously. Qinglong asked again, "How many of your companions have studied ice magic?" The girl turned around and called softly, some elven magicians came to the front in response, Qinglong asked them to form a circle, carefully arranged, and finally encouraged the elf girl with a smile: "You come to be the captain, the mission of defending the forest falls on your shoulders, do a good job!" The girl smiled and turned away with the magicians.

Qinglong turned back to Kramel and said, "Find a few archers with excellent archery, so ...... like this" Kramel called it a clever plan. Immediately gathered the men and followed the plan, while Qinglong and Clamel came to the cliff at the top of the canyon to watch.

The human infantry were swinging their axes with all their might, each slash accompanied by sawdust flying. There were already many "corpses" of large trees lying around them, and the forest had been split into a stake by them.

Suddenly, one after another screams were heard. The captain of the infantry in the rear hurried forward to inspect it, and he was surprised to find that the infantrymen's axes were firmly frozen on the trunks of the trees. I can't pull it out. He drew his saber and slashed at the ice. The imaginary splash of crushed ice did not appear, and instead his sword was frozen by the new ice.

Before the humans could react, countless arrows flew out of the woods, and the arrows flew past the horses and infantry, and for a while the people shouted and neighed, and the chaos became a mess, and the infantry that opened the way in front began to retreat, impacting the cavalry of the rear army, and the human legions trampled on each other, and the human general who led the army had to order the troops to retreat temporarily.

Qinglong and Clamel couldn't help but high-five happily as they watched the humans retreat back to the valley where they had camped last night.

When the dawn reappeared, the Elven King walked out of the treehouse where he lived, and saw the green dragon standing under the tree and shouted the good news: "Your Majesty, the human army has withdrawn!" Hearing this, Tramis immediately jumped down from the treehouse more than three meters high and asked the green dragon to take him to inspect the situation.

On the cliff at the mouth of the valley, Kramer and the elves were watching the humans withdraw from the valley in an orderly manner, and Tramis and the green dragon hurried to his side.

"Your Majesty, as Qinglong expected, the human race has indeed retreated. Crummel turned back to the Elven King in high spirits.

Tramis stared at the human army that kept leaving the valley, feeling incredible, he turned back in surprise and asked Qinglong, "How did you do it?" Qinglong smiled and stared down the mountain, his gaze locked on a general who was surrounded by generals in the middle, the wind in the valley blew the golden cloak behind him, and the delicate Holy Cross symbol on the cloak was in full view, Qinglong stared at Feng Ling's commanding face, and replied softly: "Rely on trust." ”

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The human army retreated to their territory, and a great battle seemed to be averted, but an even more thrilling battle had just begun.

A soothing knock broke the silence of the morning, and after a moment of silence the door of the Baron's Court was opened, and a servant yawned vigorously with his sleepy-eyed face, and glanced at the uninvited guest carelessly, his eyes widening as he landed.

The first thing that catches your eye is a pair of slender legs wrapped in a long red dress, the tight waist and proud breasts reveal the perfect feminine curves, the bare fragrant shoulders and straight jade neck show amazing dignity and charm, and the dark red veil on the face and the wide-brimmed flower hat on the head add a touch of mystery to her.

The servant was stunned for a moment, he had also seen many noble ladies and ladies, many of whom were stunningly beautiful, but it was the first time he had seen such a noble and unpredictable woman.

The woman bowed slightly and asked, "Is this Baron Kaish's mansion?"

The valet didn't pay any attention to the other man's words, and he hadn't woken up from his initial surprise.

Seeing that the other party was just staring at herself, the woman turned her body to the side reservedly, and asked again in a slightly louder voice: "May I ask if this is Baron Kaish's mansion?"

The manservant woke up like a dream, and hurriedly smiled: "Yes, yes, may I ask who you are?"

The woman replied with a pleasant face: "I am the daughter of the Marquis of Auborn, and I have something important to ask to see the baron, so I will inform you." She stepped forward slowly, handed a silver coin to the manservant with her right hand, the manservant was flattered, and hurriedly took it with both hands, her hand slid gently in front of the manservant, and her fingers inadvertently touched the other party's hand, and the manservant only felt a burst of fragrance coming to his face, which made people intoxicated.

"Miss Xie, please wait, the villain will go and tell the lord!" The manservant didn't close the door, turned around and ran in, and soon ran back out of breath, and said with a courteous smile: "Miss, the lord has an invitation, please come with me." Mademoiselle Marquis said softly, "I'm tired," and followed him into the Baron's Palace.

In the palatial hall of the Baron's Palace, Baron Cashy sat on a soft sofa, and when he saw the two of them enter, he immediately got up and hurried to meet them. He waved his hand to signal the manservant to step back, stretched out his hand and gently held up Miss Marquis's jade hand, kissed the back of her white and tender hand, and said with a smile: "Miss Marquis is here, Kai Xu is very honored." ”

Mademoiselle Marquis bowed respectfully, and praised her mouth: "Your Excellency the Baron has won the award, I have heard of Your Excellency's name for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserves its reputation, it seems that there is hope for my father and I." ”

The baron looked at her in surprise and asked earnestly, "Listening to what Miss said, could it be that Lingzun has any difficulties with you?" If Kai Xu can help, I should do my best." ”

Miss Marquis was silent for a long time, and suddenly sobbed softly, Chu Chu's pitiful appearance made Kai Xu feel distressed for a while, he held the other party's little hand, and gently reached out to wipe her tears, but she turned her head away shyly and sighed.

"What difficulties does Miss have, although I don't have much power, as long as it is the matter of Miss and the Marquis, I will do my best to do it. He took Mademoiselle Marquis to the sofa and sat down, and then turned back and instructed the servant to prepare refreshments for the guests, and sat down beside her.

"I'm sorry," said the Marquis, who had gradually regained her composure, apologetically, "I'm out of shape, don't laugh." ”

The baron hurriedly shook his head and said, "Where is it, Miss will see the outside world when she says this, I think there must be a great deal of suffering to make such a noble young lady burst into tears, right?" Miss Marquis wanted to speak and stopped, and the baron stared at her beautiful eyes full of melancholy, and his beautiful posture made his heart ripple with every frown.

After calming down, Miss Marquis finally explained her intentions: "Your Excellency, my name is Shani, my father, Marquis Oborn, was the backbone of the army in the early days of the formation of the rebel army, and after the founding of the country, he was made a marquis by His Majesty the former king Geist, and owned a large piece of land in the territory of Qiongyun. She pondered for a moment, plucked up the courage to lean into the baron, and said with a full of grievances: "But after the Duke of Huntre became regent, in order to promote his subordinates and exclude dissidents, he repeatedly attacked my father, and gave a large part of my father's fief to his cronies, and finally ......" Her emotions became more and more excited, so that she finally hid her face and wept: "In the end, even the castle where my father lived was taken away, and my mother died of fright, and my father and I depended on each other for our lives, and we could only live in the house of a kind peasant...... Speaking of this, I couldn't help but hide my face again and cry bitterly.

The baron hurriedly supported her, caressed her soft shoulders with both hands, and comforted her softly: "Don't cry, Miss, I fully understand your feelings, Duke Hunter has always been domineering, everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak, and I am also constantly persecuted because of my outspoken opposition to him, but Miss rest assured, no matter what, I will seek justice for Miss and Lord Marquis!" (To be continued......