Chapter 25: Dia's Winter (7)
"Are we free from our pursuers?" asked Mrs. Abigail in a low voice to her husband.
"I hope so!" said Abigail. Whether it was free from the pursuers or not, it can be seen from the faces of Tanan and York.
Tanan was standing at the top of the mountain and looking around. The higher you stand, the farther you can see. Although the surrounding environment was still dark, the slightest movement in the vast land could hardly escape his eagle-sharp eyes.
"Looks like we'll be able to get a good night's sleep tonight!" Tanan said optimistically, returning to the crowd, "We'll be in the Tulaone Forest tomorrow afternoon." ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. After two days on the run, they were already hungry and exhausted.
I didn't eat any food for the past two days, just drank some water. Little Raphael and Elmadie were so hungry that they gurgled and screamed, but they stubbornly kept silent.
"It's really hard for these two children!" Gu Shiyu touched the heads of the two children distressedly and comforted them: "Tomorrow...... Tomorrow everything will be fine! You will have whatever you want!"
"I want to eat sugar!" said Elmati timidly.
"I want to eat meat!" was Raphael's voice.
"It's all there, it's all there! Sleep obediently, obedient!"
Tanan stood next to Gu Shiyu and watched the two children curl up in the blanket without speaking.
Gu Shiyu stood up and found Tanan looking at him with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to like kids so much. ”
"Hehe, as long as I look at their innocent and lovely eyes, look at their bright and innocent smiling faces, I will find that this world is so beautiful. They are the best gift from God. We don't have to hide anything from them, and that allows me to find the peace and tranquility that I haven't seen for a long time. ”
"Hearing you say that, I want to find a wife too!" Tanan grinned, "Hey, I hope you and Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine can find a cute child as soon as possible, and I am happy to be his godfather." ”
"I'll work hard!" Gu Shiyu also smiled.
York was assigning Gabriel and Lucifer the task of keeping watch at night. Abigail hugged his wife and comforted her in a low voice.
It was late autumn, and Dia was very cold in the middle of the night, but she couldn't make a fire. Everyone snuggled together to keep each other warm, and Gu Shiyu chatted with Tanan and York until the second half of the night.
When the frost crept in, Tanan opened his eyes. He looked around, and Gabriel, who was on the night watch, was too tired to lift his head, and was falling asleep with his head drooping.
Tanan stood up, stamped his feet, and moved his muscles and bones, trying to get the blood flowing all over his body as quickly as possible.
He suddenly heard the sound of ice cracking on the ground. The sound is a bit far away, and it definitely wasn't made by itself. He pricked up his ears in alarm, condensing his senses......
Is it raining? You can hear some small rustling sounds around. At first it was the sound of drizzle, then it got louder and louder.
Tanan's cold cheeks didn't feel the rain dripping at all. He drew his sword and shouted: "The enemy is coming, ready for battle!"
Everyone jumped up in shock. Tanan was already standing on a boulder, looking down the mountain. Gu Shiyu and York also followed the boulder, and they couldn't help but gasp when they saw it!
The foot of the mountain was densely packed with undead spirits, and many of them had limped up the mountainside! At the foot of the mountain, a terrifying knight was facing them.
Wait, that's not the dreaded knight they see very often......! The knight had no head! His neck was empty, and only a faint blue light kept coming out of his neck!
"Headless Horseman?" York's face changed!
"Yes, it's only one!" Tanan looked a little nervous.
Gu Shiyu didn't understand what was so terrible about an undead without a head, who actually made Tanan and York, two such powerful heroes, change their faces!
"Shoot the man first and shoot the horse first, capture the thief first capture the king! I shoot him down first, the undead lose their command, then there is no need to worry!" As soon as Gu Shiyu stretched out his hand, the tears of the gods had already appeared in his hands!
This was the first time Tanan and York had seen the Tears of the Gods! What kind of bow was it? It was burning with dark red flames! They didn't stop him, they watched Gu Shiyu pull the bow full, and then with a bang, a dark red arrow flew out!
Rao is a hero like Tanan and York, but they didn't even see the trajectory of the arrow's flight! At first, they felt the heavy pressure enveloping their whole bodies, and they were concentrating on resisting, but unexpectedly, the pressure was suddenly released, and their bodies stumbled forward, almost falling!
What a terrible power! What a terrible speed!
No wonder this bow is named "Tears of the Gods"! Even the mighty gods will die under the terrifying attack of this bow and arrow!
But the Headless Horseman didn't fall off his horse! He just reached forward, holding the dark red arrow in his hand!
The body of the arrow is like a soldering iron, and the dark red flame is still burning!
The Headless Horseman threw the arrow in front of his horse, and the ice on the ground immediately dissolved, sending up clouds of white mist!
Oh my God, the tears of the gods couldn't hurt him? Gu Shiyu gritted his teeth, and three arrows shot out almost at the same time, but it also made the headless knight hold the arrows in his hand!
"It's useless! The Tears of the Gods are arrows of evil, how can they hurt a devil as evil as it?!"
The undead smelled the scent of the living and immediately rushed towards the top of the mountain!
"Let's fight!" York's fireball has been shot!
A series of fireballs, accompanied by Gu Shiyu's fierce and violent collision, slammed a passage through the zombie pile! Abigail and his wife followed in the middle with the child in their arms, and behind them were Gabriel and Lucifer......
For ordinary undead, Gu Shiyu, Tanan, and York don't pay attention to them at all, but there are too many of them!
The Headless Horsemann did not join the fight. He kept facing everyone's escape route, and wherever the bone sword in his hand pointed, the undead pounced!
Gu Shiyu and the others finally rushed out of the group of undead and fled in a panic.
Fortunately, the walking speed of the undead could not be compared to that of the others, and the limbs lacking tendon traction appeared a little stiff.
The Headless Horseman led the undead legion and followed them all the way.
Mrs. Abigail was panting from running, clutching her clothes on her chest with one hand, and she was out of breath.
"Tanan, we have to take a break!" said Abigail.
"No, we can't stop! or the undead will catch up quickly!" said York.
"York, let's take a break from a cup of tea, or we'll all be tired!"
York stopped, turned slowly, and looked at the crowd with his hands on his hips.
"When I escaped from Bracada School of Magic and Magic, I ran like this for a month!" York's voice was disgruntled.
Tanan didn't know what to say. Mrs. Abigail held her husband and coughed violently.
"Leave me behind...... Please, Abigail, I'll kill everyone...... I have to keep my children alive!"
"No, I'm going to die with you!"
"Who's ...... Take care of our children, they have to be guarded by someone......
Abigail had tears in her eyes and looked at Tanan pleadingly.
"We can't leave her behind!" Gu Shiyu took a deep breath: "Why don't we take turns carrying Mrs. Abigail, so we should be able to run faster!"
Tanan nodded. York, however, tilted his head to the side and muttered, "Whoever promises will carry it!"
Gu Shiyu wanted to say in his heart, if we left her behind, then what difference would we have from the inhuman undead and beasts?
York also wanted to say in his heart that if we didn't leave her, we might really die! Sacrifice one person in exchange for everyone to live, what's wrong with that? At this special time, the kindness of a woman will kill everyone!
Neither of them spoke, but neither knew what was going on in the other's mind.
Tanan actually agrees with York. He was as sober as York. Having been in exile in nature for so long, both he and York have a survival view of the survival of the fittest. If on a specific occasion, sacrificing others can save himself, he will never hesitate.
But Abigail was a good friend of his, so how could he leave her alone?
Everyone rested with their own thoughts.
"Tanan, how is that headless horseman so powerful, so far, no one has survived my arrows!"
"Your bow is from Hell! Its evil power does no harm to demons. The more evil your opponent is, the less you can hurt him. Now you should understand why Sauron lured you into sacrificing in the Dark Temple so that you could get this Tear of the Gods!If not, how could he be willing to have one more powerful enemy of his own?"
"Again, the more evil you are, the more powerful this bow and arrow will be!" York said, "Don't think that Sauron has good intentions, he is actually luring you into joining his dark camp!"
"Fortunately, I have atoned for my sins......" Gu Shiyu muttered.
"Evil and good are two sides of a person, and we have struggled all our lives in the contradiction between good and evil. You will have to resist the temptation of this magic bow for the rest of your life!"
"The Headless Horseman is the Dark Temple Guardian of the Grim Reaper Bellerien, and there are thirteen in all. They were both said to be the most powerful heroes in the world during their lifetimes, and Bellerion resurrected them with dark magic, turning out to be the most powerful Dark Knight under his command!"
"Yes. Each of the Headless Horsemen led an army of the undead in Bellerion, and it seems that the army of the Headless Horsemann who had invaded Dia was supposed to be. ”
"It's a good thing we didn't run into him in the castle, otherwise it would have been miserable!" Gu Shiyu had palpitations.
"Don't talk about that! we don't have much time for small talk!" York began to urge.
When Gu Shiyu, Tanan, York and others reached the edge of the Tulaone forest, everyone collapsed on the ground and could no longer move.
The forests of Tula Leone are indeed different from their surroundings. Elsewhere it was dark, but here the sky is sunny.
Little Raphael and Elmadi, who had been running in their arms, broke free from the hands of adults and began picking wildflowers and berries on the edge of the forest.
"Don't run too far! you must stay in our sight!" shouted Abigail.
"Tanan, I'm still doubting your decision!" looked at the dense forest, and York said with concern.
"It's strange, I think this forest is very familiar!" Tanan shook his head vigorously, "When I was a teenager, although I came to Dia, I was hesitant to hear the terrible news about the forests of Tulaleone. At that time I didn't think I was strong enough to go into the forest alone. ”
"And now?"
"I don't know, but I feel as if the forest is calling me. In my dreams, I often dream of a large forest, very similar to this place. Looks like this should be it!"
"I hope your instincts are right!" York sighed.
"Tanan, York, don't you think this place is too different from the surroundings, the thick fog of the dark canopy has no effect on this forest at all, and it is still very bright here. Gu Shiyu couldn't help but say.
"That means that the owner of this forest has a very powerful ability, strong enough to destroy you and me!"
"I'm sure this master won't embarrass us...... Because like her, we're fighting the darkness!"
"Raphael!" called Lady Abigail......
There was no echo in the waist-high grass.
"Where have they gone? I saw them just now!" said Mrs. Biguel, crying.