Chapter 18 One before and one after
In the dark forest, a red light flashed.
Hard, heavy black armor weaved through the trees, crawling on the ground, hiding itself in the bushes and grass, cautiously and cautiously observing the camp not far away, where hundreds of heavily armed soldiers were cleaning the grounds and setting up camp. Patrolling back and forth in the light of the fire, the bright red gaze of the black armor lingered on the tents for a moment, then quickly faded away, disappearing into the darkness again.
Yulian raised his eyebrows and looked at the geist warrior in front of him.
"Not a bandit?"
"Looks like it's supposed to be a regular army, Your Excellency. β
Standing in front of Yuren, the Spirit Warrior replied quietly. After gaining enough soul power, they not only change their appearance, but they are also able to speak. Although it is also very convenient to communicate will, it is good to use it when there is no way to communicate because it can only convey simple information, but it is still necessary to speak up to report complex situations.
"Regular Army, ........."
The corners of Yulian's mouth slightly provoked a smile. He turned his head to look at the forest in the distance, where he could faintly see the light of fire emerging from the forest, according to the report of the spirit warriors, there were hundreds of people in this group, but even so, they could be kept so quiet in the forest, it could be seen that their military discipline was strict, and it must not be those ordinary aristocratic private army.
"Is it the same purpose as ours?"
"In terms of direction, it should be so. β
Unlike the clumsy, frightening appearance, the sound that came from the dark helmet of the Spirit Warrior was as crisp and melodious as that of a yellow warbler coming out of the valley.
"Where's the flag?"
"I didn't see the flag. β
The Spirit Warrior shook his head.
"The only thing that can be confirmed is the silver armor worn by the soldiers, and the eagle carved on it. β
"Pale Eagle?"
Hearing this, Ofariel's eyes widened in surprise, unable to believe what he had heard.
"You know those guys?"
"Of course, sir. β
In the face of Yulian's inquiry, Ofariel looked nervous, and explained to Yulian with a hint of seriousness.
"The Pale Eagle is one of the three major knights of the Kingdom of West, they are directly under the orders of the royal family, they are powerful, and they are responsible for defending the royal city. Every soldier among them was a strong man of martial arts, especially the Duke of Barron, the head of the Pale Eagle Knights, who had become a high-ranking swordsman before my death, if I remember correctly, and it was already rumored at the time that this duke had a good chance of earning the title of 'Knight'........."
Although he felt that there were many things worth complaining about in Her Royal Highness the princess's words, Yu Lian thought for a moment and planned to solve the problem first. O'Faryl doesn't know much about combat, so I'm afraid it's hard to judge the true strength of the knight leader from her words, but since the other party can have the strength of a high-level swordsman at the age of thirty, it doesn't seem like a problem to become a knight......
"Just cut him?"
Julien's words to himself made Ofariel's face change dramatically.
"My lord, you don't want to ...............?"
"Just kidding, I don't plan on rebelling now. β
If a war is waged against the regular army of the royal family, then it is equivalent to declaring a rebellion, even if you have the idea of killing people and destroying all the other side. The disappearance of the royal army will also immediately attract the attention of the above, for Yu Lian, who does not want to be noticed at the moment, he naturally does not want to see a bunch of such and such people wandering around outside his territory all day long, although those people will definitely not suspect that Yu Lian, who has only a dozen warriors, will have this kind of suspicion, but unnecessary trouble, Yu Lian never wants to provoke.
In other words, will it be in the future?
O'Faryl felt a pang of distraction at the face of Julien's harmless smile, and she opened her mouth to say something, but quickly gave up her thoughtsβin vain anyway.
"Retreat, our target is the bandits, and we don't have time to play with these imps. β
After casually making a joke about O'Faryl, Yuren no longer had any intention of staying here. In fact, it was originally just an accident - in order to ensure that there would be no tail behind him, Yulian deliberately left two geist warriors to be responsible for interspersing in the rear in order to find clues. But I really didn't expect that the West Kingdom would have such a big courage to send the knights to encircle and suppress the bandits, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as quite a shame for these guys. Even in the war-torn era that Yulian once experienced, the bandits of the Twilight Forest were only in charge of the garrison, although there were many knights who traveled to and from the Twilight Forest at that time, but no one would have paid attention to these little thieves.
Sure enough, feng shui takes turns, even these thieves can mix up to let the Wang family send elite troops to come forward, if they are seen by their seniors, they will definitely burst into tears, and they can't be moved by themselves.........
Originally, he had planned to rest for the night before moving on, but after seeing the knights, Yuren changed his mind. You know, in the past ten days, they have eliminated several bandit gangs, and gradually approached the territory of the strongest bandit in the so-called gold trade route, "Moon Wolf Dallus", if Kelly didn't lie, then tomorrow evening, they should be able to reach each other's lair. Originally, Yulian planned to rest on the spot and set off after being fully prepared, but now he had obviously given up the policy of resting and chose to set off immediately. Although with Yulian's current strength, it is absolutely impossible to defeat even against the so-called "Moon Wolf", but due to the shortage of people on his side, even after devouring the soul, the strength of the Soul Warriors began to gradually appear, but after all, quality cannot replace quantity. If the information provided by Kelly is accurate, the number of this bandit group is nearly a hundred, even if the spirit warriors let go to kill, it will take a lot of time, and at the moment, this troublesome knight group is following behind them, although they should not have someone like Kelly who is familiar with the bandit route to lead the way, but judging from the fact that they can keep up with themselves in such a short time, these knights must have some way to travel so fast in the twilight forest.
Although he is also a nobleman of the kingdom, Yulian does not plan to meet with the other party, although there is also the problem of overstepping his authority that Ofariel is worried about, but it is more that Yuren does not want to expose his power in this situation, so he made up his mind to finish it as soon as possible, and then withdraw and go back to Twilight Castle, if he can stagger with these troublesome guys, then it will be better.
Even in the dark forest, Yuren's steps did not slow down, and with the help of the faint starlight in the sky, he walked as smoothly and flexibly as ever, shuttling through the forest. And those Soul Warriors also showed their unusual side at this moment, the heavy armor did not hinder the movement of the Soul Warriors at all, they stretched their arms, twisted their joints, dodged the branches and leaves that crisscrossed them, and even when facing the thick trunk in front of them, the Soul Warriors would bend their waists back at a right angle of ninety degrees, and at the same time keep walking through the narrow gap and continue to move forward.
Of these, the most relaxed is Ofariel. At this moment, she was leaning on the arms of a geist warrior, and she was held forward by the other party. After all, Her Royal Highness was not familiar with the way of action in the field, and if she was allowed to go alone, it would inevitably slow down everyone, and because of this, when marching, Yulian asked the Spirit Warrior to carry her forward in order to speed up.
At first, O'Fariel was quite resistant to Yuren's instructions, but she knew that now was not the time to show the girl's reserve, so she could only reluctantly accept it. Although it was very awkward for Ofaril to be held by this huge armor, when the geist evolved to be able to speak, he realized that it was a girl who was holding him, which finally made Ofaryl feel relieved.
At this moment, Ofariel was half-sitting on the body of the Spirit Warrior, staring at the constantly shuttling figure in front of him - most Spirit Warriors did not have the same nimble pace and agile body as Yuren, but the one holding herself was obviously different, she could not only keep up with Yuren's speed, but also protect Ofariel in her arms from any harm.
The girl blinked in confusion, then turned her head to look at the Spirit Warrior in front of her.
"Miss Judy, will this battle be dangerous?"
Originally, chatting during the action would be distracting, which was a very dangerous behavior, so Ofaril always remained silent, but then she realized that these so-called common senses were not common to these people at all. Both Yuren and the Wandering Warriors were accustomed to this way of acting, and even if they talked to each other, they would not be distracted and make mistakes, and in these days, everyone had encountered the bandit patrol more than once while chatting, but even so, they still did not commit any mistakes or mistakes. So Ofaril realized that his so-called common sense was not common at all in front of this group of people.
It is precisely because of this that she will open her mouth to talk to each other right now.
"Dangerous, why would Miss O'Faryl think it's dangerous?"
The crisp voice coming from the pitch-black helmet, no matter how you listen to it, can only remind people of a young and lively, rushing and jumping, full of youthful vitality, compared with the huge pitch-black armor in front of him, which is nearly two meters tall, it is really too contrasting.
"Because ..............."
Ofariel frowned, hesitantly arranging into words.
"Because, I heard that the bandit leader this time is a high-level swordsman, and he has a lot of power, right......... But Miss Judy, you guys, listening to what your adults say, it seems that you only have the strength of a mid-level swordsman at the moment?"
"That's true, that's right. β
Judy chuckled, flashed a branch stretching from the side, and continued to follow in Yuren's footsteps as she replied.
"Our current strength is only to be able to use the body protection aura, but after reaching the high-level swordsman, we can wrap our soul power around the weapon at will, and unleash more powerful and wide-ranging attacks. Moreover, high-level swordsmen do not only use ordinary soul power, some gifted swordsmen can even stimulate the 'caste' in their soul power, which is a tricky enemy. β
Although he didn't know much about Judy's statement, Ofariel was not ignorant of it. Before she died, when Offariel was fifteen years old, she had seen the Knight Captain of the Pale Eagle in the jousting arena, a young warrior who fought ten elite royal soldiers in the form of a high-ranking swordsman, and then knocked them all down unscathed in the shortest possible time. The so-called insiders watch the doorway, and the laymen see the excitement, although these spirit warriors are also very powerful, but compared to the scene that Ofaryl once remembered in his mind, they are still lacking.
If Yulian knew what O'Faryl was thinking now, he might only be able to sigh helplessly, women are really creatures who think by their feelings, you must know that the battle between swordsmen is not just as simple as number and speed time, if it is a warrior with the aura of body protection, but facing an ordinary warrior, not to mention ten, even if it is twenty, it can still be easily cleaned up. Knowing this, maybe Yuren shouldn't have let all the Spirit Warriors rush forward for the sake of efficiency, and if he only sent one or two people into battle, maybe Offariel wouldn't think so.
It's a pity that history doesn't have a maybe. Because of this, after listening to the Spirit Warrior's explanation, Offariel became even more worried.
"So, if that bandit leader is really a high-ranking swordsman, Miss Judy, how are you going to fight?"
Although Offariel was indeed worried, the other party's answer was beyond her expectations.
"You don't have to worry about that, Miss O'Fariel......... We don't need to deal with that high-level swordsman, he is your prey, and it is naturally up to your Excellency to deal with it. β
The Lord of these Spirit Warriors can only be one person.
"But, my lord, does he have such power?"
Hearing Judy's answer, O'Faryl's inner doubts deepened, and she couldn't help but glance at Yuren not far in front of her, in these days, they have experienced battles together, but O'Faryl can see very clearly, although these geist warriors have shown considerable combat effectiveness, but only Yuren has never fought at all. In the fight against the bandits, he, like Ofariel, was just a bystander. If Ofaril can only be a bystander because he has no combat ability, then Yuren's attitude is a bit intriguing. Although he was well aware of the boy's strange abilities, Ofariel still didn't believe that Yuren could defeat a high-ranking swordsman head-on.
"It seems that you don't know your Excellency. β
Hearing Ofariel's rhetorical question, Judy was not angry.
"Although a high-level swordsman is already a very powerful existence for ordinary people, for Your Excellency, it is nothing more than that......... In fact, the reason why Your Excellency wanted to take action personally this time was not only because we were not capable of dealing with him, but also because Your Excellency needed the soul power of that high-level swordsman to awaken his sword. β
"Sword?"
Hearing this, O'Faryl was stunned again. Speaking of which, Yuren does have a sword hanging from his waist, but what does this have to do with fighting a high-level swordsman?
"His sword doesn't hang properly around his waist........."
"You'll know when the time comes. β
In the face of Ofariel's inquiry, Judy only gave such an answer.
"Rather than let me tell you, you should see with your own eyes. I think that's why Your Excellency brought you out. β
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