Chapter 18: The Rise of the Undead (4)
"Damn, they must be coming for me! Hurry up and pack your luggage, they must be well prepared, we have to avoid it!" After the old man finished speaking, he began to panic and pack the dangerous alchemy potion on the table. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The young man raised his eyebrows, feeling understandable about the old man's order, although the old madman chose to build a magic tower on the side of the road because he was troublesome, but the decision was at least wise, people living in the dark world knew that they should never face the Templars, otherwise they would definitely be injured.
"Forget it, just take the notes and go. The old man casually put his experimental notes in his pocket and hurried out of the room.
The two ran outside the magic tower, and the old man threw a strange potion bottle at the magic tower, like a flame like hellfire, which instantly pounced out at the same time as the potion bottle shattered, enveloping the entire magic tower in the blink of an eye with the power of devouring all things.
"It's a pity, it's a pity. The old man turned around with tears in the corners of his eyes, and pulled the robe on his body in the cold autumn wind, his rickety back added a bit of gloom, and the young man followed behind him with a large wooden box on his back.
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"Stop!" Ao Xingfeng pulled the reins tightly and stopped suddenly, and the limbs of the horse under Ao Xingfeng's crotch dragged out several long marks on the ground due to inertia.
"Phew!" the Templars hurriedly stopped, but fortunately, the quality of the Templars was excellent, and even in such an emergency, there were no collisions or anything like that, but the formation was slightly chaotic.
"Captain Ao Knight?" Ma Lin looked at Ao Xingfeng suspiciously, not knowing why he was doing this.
"Just now, there was a sudden violent fluctuation of magic in front of me. Ao Xingfeng stared ahead, his sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through the obstacles in front of him, pointing directly to the place where the fluctuations came from.
"Huh?" At that moment, the white mist that had been surrounding everyone disappeared.
Without saying a word, Tarot and Duolun took the Templars with them, and surrounded Ao Xingfeng in the middle, no matter what the situation was, in short, protecting the Holy Envoy was the first priority.
However, they waited for a long time, and there was no movement except for the cold wind that blew.
"Move slowly and be wary of the wind and grass around you. Ao Xingfeng ordered, and the team slowly advanced in a round diamond shape, and Ao Xingfeng and several people from the Holy Sword Adventure Group were in the center of the diamond shape.
Ao Xingfeng and they walked along the path for about a few minutes, a tall tower with blue flames appeared in their eyes, even if they were far away, everyone could still feel the heat of the flames, and bursts of heat waves hit them, dispelling the cold of late autumn.
Tarot and Duolun looked at Ao Xingfeng, waiting for Ao Xingfeng's instructions.
"Let's all go over and have a look and pay attention to the unexpected. At this time, Ao Xingfeng's right hand was already on the dark tight, and the violent magic fluctuations emitted by the blue flame made him feel uneasy, but he couldn't just leave it alone, he had to go and see what was going on.
Walked out of the path into the woods, walked for a while, the burning magic tower was fully revealed, in front of it was a large piece of bubbling green pulp, the smell was very pungent like sulfuric acid, a small stone bridge across the green pulp will be the magic tower is located on the island, and Ao Xingfeng and others are connected.
"This is ....." Although Ao Xingfeng was puzzled, he had not relaxed his vigilance for a long time.
"It should have been the Dark Mage, who ran away after noticing us, and this flame should be the means used by the Dark Mage to destroy his deeds. Tarot looked at the tower and said, "This is a common situation among the Templars, and the hunt for dark mages will result in only burning ashes and a mess.
"I'm afraid that this black mage is conducting a very evil experiment, and this forest must have been affected by the experiment to become like this. After speaking, Tarot looked at Ao Xingfeng, waiting for his next command.
"Now that the culprit of the forest mutation and the magic fluctuation just now has been found, let's continue on our way, and try to reach Hesk City before it gets dark. After speaking, Ao Xingfeng pulled the horse and turned around and took a step first.
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Things always went against what people expected, and although Ao Xingfeng and the others hurried up, they did not rush to the city of Hesk until the sun had completely set and a new moon was high in the sky.
"How so!" Marin's eyes widened as he looked at the ruins in the distance.
After walking out of the forest, the view was wide, and the tall walls that should have appeared in front of them were now reduced to a pile of wreckage, just like Pompeii, which seemed to have been destroyed for a long time, and the wreckage was crawling with mossy vines.
"Is this what the undead did?" Ao Xingfeng was equally shocked, and the changes in things were far beyond people's calculations.
Ao Xingfeng and the others walked slowly towards the ruins of Hesk City, surrounded by broken stone walls, bluestone-paved streets were torn apart, and there was no trace of humanity in the ruins.
"Well, Marin, where is the nearest city from here?" asked Ao Xingfeng, jumping off his horse and sitting on a boulder on the ground.
"In addition to Pompeii, even the nearest city of Astma is two months away.....," Marin said as he walked up to Ao Xingfeng, sweating.
"Captain Ao, are we going to camp here?" asked Tarot as he walked over.
"Going to the outside of the ruins, near the forest, there is always something uncomfortable about the ruins. Ao Xingfeng got up and patted the dust on his pants, preparing to walk out of the ruins with Tarot and the others.
"Hey, Templars over there!" Just then, a male cry was heard in the distance.
"What person!?" Tarot and Duolun instantly drew their weapons and protected Ao Xingfeng behind them.
"Don't be nervous, you don't seem to know what's going on in this world, do you?" I guess you're the Templars stationed in the oasis in the lake, right?" A 2.3-meter-tall red-haired man walked over, his armor clanging as he moved, holding a huge halberd in his hand, and the ground shook faintly with every step he took.
"Don't come any closer, give your name. "If such a big man suddenly attacks at close range, Tarot and Duolun are afraid that they will be in danger, so Ao Xingfeng said.
"Hahahaha, Lao Tzu Xing will not change his name or surname, Glock Crimson Lion Hector is also!" Glock's rugged and heroic voice sounded in the empty ruins, far away. Tarot and Duolun only felt a little dizzy in front of such a voice, and the weapons in their hands couldn't help but tremble.
"So, Glock, what are you doing?" asked Ao Xingfeng calmly as if he was completely unaffected.
"Oh, you're the boss of the Templars, aren't you? I saw you wandering around the ruins for a long time, wondering if you didn't know where Novoheysk was, or if you didn't even know what was going on in the outside world, so I came here to take you on a ride. Glock carried a huge sword halberd, the armor on his body was full of sword marks, and the whole person exuded very strong male hormones all the time, even if his language was full of good intentions, but it gave people the feeling of being full of aggression.
"It's the Knight, don't call me a bandit. But as you said, we really don't know much about what's going on in the outside world, what do you mean by Novoheysk?" asked Ao Xingfeng, holding his hands.
"You Templars are just too rigid about these rules, and since Lao Tzu has introduced himself, aren't you going to report your name?" Glock asked, looking at Ao Xingfeng, not taking the two Templars in front of him hostile to him in his eyes at all.
"My name is Ao Xingfeng, can I explain Novoheysk City now?" Ao Xingfeng frowned and said, although Glock's statement was friendly, his attitude was really unpleasant.
"Let's talk as we go, Novoheysk City is not far from here, and it's not a good place to talk, not to mention that these two brothers have been vigilant that I'm tired too, aren't they? After saying that, Glock turned and left, not afraid to expose his back to Tarot and Doron, who were hostile to him, after all, the Templars would never use such a trick behind their backs, and he was not worried.
"Captain Ao, it's okay for you to be fine, we heard the noise just now and were worried about whether you had encountered an enemy, who is that person?" Marin, who was about to set up camp after walking out of the ruins, ran over with a group of Templars, looked at Glock's back, and asked.
"It's okay, everyone clean up, we don't have to set up camp, it seems that there is a new city built by the Hesks around here. Ao Xingfeng said.
A large group of Templars followed behind a large man, leaving the ruins of Heske and heading southwest towards the woods.