Chapter 663: The Holy Salamina Repelling the Flames
Earlier, Elcid had broken into the enemy line without permission, and it would be a bit bad if the ghouls in front of him retreated to encircle Elcid. For the sake of the safety of this companion, Caludia didn't care about leaving with the caravan behind her, and quickly pursued the other three Silver Saint Seiyas.
The saint seiya was not afraid of danger, but the guards and civilians in the rear did not have the courage to continue to follow, God knows how many of these undead were left behind, and after the carriage passed through, they could only follow and leave immediately with the wounded, and the only thing they could do was to pray for these brave holy warriors.
It's just that after Caludia and the others left, among the civilians who took up arms to fight, a young man looked at the Saint Seiya in the distance with a meaningful gaze.
Along the way, I saw the ghouls' stumps and severed arms lying everywhere, and among them there was a human corpse dressed as a guard who was split in two by the holy sword, but the wounds on this corpse still had a lot of ghoul bite marks, apparently the guard was killed by the ghoul and stood up again to become a member of the undead, and then unfortunately met Elcid and finally rested under the holy sword.
"The undead~ This kind of dead person standing up alive is really a headache?" Caludia snorted.
Even if it is a pluto fighter who serves the Hades, but the Hades fighter is still a living person from beginning to end, but all in front of him are the real 'living dead' who can make the undead crawl out of the cemetery again, and the dead kill the living to create more dead, and this source of evil may also be very powerful.
In a flash, Caludia also sped up, Elcid's idea may be right, although his group accepted the task of going to the grassland inhabited by orcs to find the children of the stars who fell from the sky, but in the face of these dead, they should indeed be eliminated, otherwise letting the dead continue to kill will make the whole world be enveloped in tombstones and the breath of death.
Following the traces left behind by the undead, Caludia finally met Elcid. It seems that the goat is still intact~ Well, it can't be said to be absolutely intact, at least the luster of the golden robe has become a little dull, and the ground near Elcid seems to have been turned over by a giant with a hoe.
"Elcid, are you alright?" After landing, Caludia looked around, and there seemed to be no enemies left other than the destroyed undead.
"It's a pity that it escaped. ”
Looking at his right arm, Elcid replied in response.
Although he tried his best to stop it, he still let the commander of the undead escape. Elcid frowned and recalled the battle just now, the undead knight on the dark warhorse, unlike the ghouls and skeletons that showed carrion, the undead commander he saw was like the living except for the too pale skin and the pupils that also burned with dark blue soul fire.
Not only his appearance, but also his strength, swordsmanship, and self-consciousness are not much different from those of the living, and although he wants to cut him off his horse and let his lost soul regain rest, Elcid does underestimate the strength of the other party at first, and the ominous weapon in the hand of the death knight can compete with the speed of the holy sword. And in the competition of strength, it is almost equal to the Saint Seiya, and the most important thing is that as an undead, the opponent has no physical limitations, and almost every blow will burst out to confront himself with all his strength.
But it's a pity that the strength of the Golden Saint Seiya should not be underestimated, although the opponent's weapon is indeed very strong, but Elcid's holy sword is still superior, and the speed of the sword in his hand can be faster than wielding the sword, even if there are other undead around the death knight to besiege Elcid, but in the sixth move, Elcid still took the opponent's right eye first. In the ninth move, the weapon in the hand of the Death Knight was slashed by the Holy Sword.
And it was here that the Death Knight finally chose to retreat.
In order to get rid of Elcid, the Death Knight condensed the death coil directly in his hands. Countless resentful spirits and the aura of death gradually turned into a black tide and flew towards Elcid, corrupting everything in its path, and even the air turned into a deadly poisonous mist.
Caught off guard, Elcid could only temporarily avoid the edge to dodge this blow, although he held his breath in time and did not inhale the poisonous mist, but there were still some aftermath of the death entanglement that hit the body, and fortunately, the golden holy clothes blocked the power of the death entanglement. But the Death Knight took advantage of this opportunity to direct the ghouls to besiege him. By the time Elcid had eliminated the ghouls, he had already fled with some of the skeleton cavalry.
The Holy Clothes are not a dead thing made of metal, and the Saint Seiya, whether it is the weakest bronze or the strongest gold, knows that the Holy Clothes also have their own life and resonate with the wearer in order to exert their full strength.
Elcid looked at the Sacred Clothes, and the color of the Sacred Clothes that had blocked the entanglement of death had dimmed. Apparently it was caused by the corrosion of that evil force, but the situation was not very serious, and the Holy Clothes had life that could automatically heal the injury, but it would take a little time.
"That's not done, let's go back, I don't know if the other party really retreated or fake, and once it is attacked in the forest, it will be troublesome. ”
Caludia said as she pointed to the sky, a gesture that was apparently a reminder that it was too early for Elcid, and that if the sun went down, it would be dangerous to have no undead in a dark forest.
The group that had returned the same way quickly returned to the intersection, and in addition to the stumps and severed arms all over the ground, the motorcade and the guards and civilians responsible for the aftermath had already left.
The five people who were puzzled for a moment took out the map and continued to move along the road according to the cities marked on the map, but it didn't take long for Elcid and Caludia and others to finally meet the comers, and the defenders in the city finally felt at this time, and the cavalry led by the cavalry saw the five people wearing holy clothes and immediately waved their hands to signal the team to stop.
"Are you the five paladins who were in charge of breaking off the caravan just now?"
Soon a female knight riding a silver horse walked to the front, wearing a fiery red armor, when the helmet was removed, a fiery red hair suddenly revealed, the female who looked only in her early twenties had dignified facial features giving people a heroic beauty, and the red eyes that were also like flames were looking at Elcid and the others with a cautious gaze, especially when she saw the holy clothes, a strange light flashed in the eyes of the female knight.
Elcid also stared intently at the female knight, and in Elcid's eyes, the female knight in front of him gave people a feeling as if it was a raging flame.
Eventually, Elcid withdrew his gaze and nodded, "Yes, but we're not holy warriors, we're just travelers. ”
"Traveler?"
A tall male knight behind the female knight walked out on horseback and looked at Elcid with a smirk: "According to the caravan guards and civilians who escaped, you are all warriors with great strength, and I am really curious that a warrior as powerful as you will become a traveler." ”
"Hey~ Do we need others to ask us when we come out to relax?" Caludia didn't speak so formally, but looked at each other with a 'what do you want' gaze.
"Alright, Kars, your tone is too serious. ”
After the female knight with fiery red hair like a burning flame spoke, the male knight named Kars said with some awe: "I'm sorry Lord Paladin, it's just that the situation in various countries has been unstable these days, and the Holy See in the east has also sent many spies to infiltrate, so it is indeed necessary to carefully investigate suspicious people." ”
"Their actions have proven their innocence, and their willingness to stay and fight against the undead in the face of the undead should be praised rather than doubted!"
"I'm sorry, your Excellency┉┉" Eventually, Kars had to step aside.
Paladin!?
Elcid couldn't help but look at this beautiful girl who was not very old, this was the legendary holy warrior who served the gods, and the previous guards had mistaken herself as a saint seiya and her.
By the way, the paladin girl also asked her group if they were holy warriors before, this question was obviously asked knowingly, if her group answered 'yes' at that time, then maybe now the female knight will not help her group speak but help arrest these suspicious people who pretend to be holy warriors, regardless of whether she has helped the caravan get out of trouble before.
"My name is Firin, and I am a paladin who serves the god of fire, Pasimon, and on behalf of the Knights, I thank you for your bravery. ”
Compared to the knight named Kars, the paladin named Filin was obviously much better: "Those undead don't seem to be chasing after you, if your destination is also Qom City, then please come with us, and you will be rewarded for your heroic actions when you arrive in the city." ”
Elcid gave Caludia a look, although he didn't want to have anything to do with the state and religious forces on the mainland, but now he had to accompany this knight order.
And neither Kars nor Fihrin had no intention of continuing to pursue the undead, after all, it was getting late, and it was wise to chase the undead in the middle of the night, and along the way, from the caravan guards and Elcid and others, the paladin Filine probably knew the number of these undead, and she was not worried about ghouls and skeleton soldiers Firin, and the only thing that made people pay a little attention was the death knight in charge of the commander. Messages from the front have proven that these undead were members of the Knights of the Kingdom of Balleka, and after their unfortunate deaths in a battle against the undead, these knights were resurrected by the masterminds behind the manipulation of the undead and given new powers to be very powerful enemies.
And this undead ranger is too deep into the interior and has completely cut off contact with the army, and now they can't attack the towns on a large scale, they can only find an opportunity to attack small caravans like today, but they can't continue to let it go, they must immediately contact the neighboring territories early tomorrow morning to conduct a large-scale search, and these undead must be exterminated before they spread.
While Fireen was talking to Elcid and the others, the Saint Seiya and the others finally arrived at their destination, the border city of Qom, the Kingdom of Córdoba. (To be continued.) )