557. War on the swamp
The boat is speeding away, and there are more and more green knights gathering on the water.
Because Edgar was manipulating the flames, the green knights didn't dare to approach.
They only kept riding on horseback, forming a huge encirclement in the distance, following the boat.
Although far away, these green knights did not stop attacking.
After continuing to attack the bottom of the ship to no avail, they chose to manipulate the current on the surface of the water to attack from a distance.
In their hands, the water either changed into spears and throws, or into whips.
These attacks, though frequent, were unable to bother the ship's passengers, either being vaporized by Edgar's flames or being held back by Sirein's manipulating currents.
The speed of the boat did not slow down, and Scott and Sawanna never made a move.
Seeing that the attack was not working, after some time, the Green Knights' attack slowed down and finally stopped.
But they never left, still maintaining the encirclement, maneuvering the horses formed by the convergence of the water.
"It's a rare sight."
Scott sat on the boat, holding [Magic Mirror] to look at the video he had just takenβ
The turquoise swamp stretches as far as the eye can see, and the mirror-like water reflects the blue sky and white clouds.
Dozens of knights on horseback galloped across the water, splashing and rippling.
Their bodies, along with the horses beneath them, are made of transparent currents of water that glisten in the sunlight.
And surrounded by these knights, a small wooden boat surrounded by fire sped like an arrow on the water.
The waves left behind by the stern of the boat are like a paintbrush leaving a long smear mark.
"Be careful." "They won't just let us go. β
Scott put away the [Magic Mirror] and observed the Green Knights who were far away.
"Are they ready to charge to the death?" He was a little skeptical, "Since they have wisdom, they will not give up their lives easily......"
Before he could finish his sentence, he found that the green knights were regrouping their formation.
The Green Knights who were surrounding the front of the boat and to the left and right slowed down, parallel to the Green Knights behind the boat.
Soon, they formed a phalanx of cavalry that was extremely wide.
"What do they want to do?" Scott was on guard.
"They're going to start speeding up," Sawana said. β
At this moment, Scott seemed to hear the neighing of a horse.
Then, the cavalry phalanx in the rear began to accelerate and charge, and the speed became faster and faster.
Edgar, who had been standing on the bow of the boat, flapped his wings and jumped up, leaping over the heads of Scott and Sawanna, and landing lightly on the stern.
By the time it folded its wings, the cavalry phalanx in the rear was getting closer and closer.
As the Green Knights continued to gallop, the otherwise calm waters of the swamp became choppy.
Soon, the waves swelled in front of the phalanx of knights, and the boat began to shake.
"Do they want to form a wave and overturn our ship?" Scott smiled.
At this time, the waves chasing the boat were already several stories high, and the entire cavalry phalanx seemed to have merged into the waves.
Edgar spreads his wings and is about to strike, but Scott stops him.
"Let Sirein take care of them." He said.
When fire and water meet, it will turn into fog, and when the time comes, not only will it obscure the vision, but the fog will also be used by the Green Knight.
Edgar obediently folded his wings, and the ring of fire that swirled around the boat disappeared.
Sirein nodded, jumped straight from the boat, and stood firmly above the water.
At this time, the boat also stopped.
"Armor protection!"
Scott waved his wand, and a huge spherical barrier of magic instantly formed, enveloping the entire ship.
Beyond the barrier of magic, Sirein stood above the water with his back to the stern, looking up at the rushing waves.
It threw up its head and let out a growl, and raised its hands.
The aqua blue magic visible to the naked eye instantly erupted from its body, spreading rapidly.
When the high tide came into contact with the magic, it was as if the pause button had been pressed, and it remained motionless.
As Sirein pressed down with both hands, the wave of several stories began to fall inch by inch.
When the water calms again, Scott removes the magic barrier.
When Sirein re-boarded the boat, the boat broke through the water again and sped forward.
"They didn't give up." Sawanna said.
Yes, the Green Knight did not give up.
Soon, the human form formed by the convergence of one stream after another resurfaced.
First the human body, then the horse's body, the neatly arranged phalanx of knights took shape again, still galloping behind the boat.
As if having learned their lesson, they no longer manipulated the current to form waves, but simply followed them from a distance.
"Do they have any other tricks?" Scott asked.
Sawanna shook her head, "I don't know, the descriptions of the Green Knight are not too detailed in the accounts I've read. β
"Maybe they've given up?"
Scott said in a relaxed tone, then frowned, denying his speculation.
"No, they want to gather more power."
As the boat sailed by, more and more Green Knights surfaced and joined the cavalry phalanx.
It didn't take long for the phalanx, which originally consisted of only a few dozen horsemen, to an army of hundreds of horsemen, and it was still increasing.
"Is it still possible to go on like this?"
Sawan stood up with a long wooden staff and looked behind her.
"Maybe we should eliminate some of them first."
"It's okay."
Scott was still seated.
"Just let me see how many of them can gather."
Sawanna sat down again.
"It seems that you haven't shown your real skills yet?"
She looked at Scott curiously.
"After all, they can only manipulate water." Scott laughed and said, "Just turn the water into ice, and they can't do anything." β
Sawanna nodded, "That's true, if you can freeze this swamp in an instant, we can even walk through it safely." β
With that, she smiled at Scott.
"Can you do it?"
"I can't do it." "But Ymir was able to do it. β
"Ymir?" Sawanna looked at Edgar and Sirein, "Is it the same as them?" β
Scott shook his head, "No, it's a giant alchemy doll I got from the secret realm, from the hands of an ancient wizard. β
Sawanna didn't ask much, "Since that's the case, then I'm relieved." β
Next, the two didn't speak again, and both quietly looked at the increasingly exaggerated number of cavalry phalanxes in the rear.
At this point, Scott had no way of counting the number of green knights on the water.
As far as the eye can see, the same figures, the army formed by the green knights already has the momentum of ten thousand galloping horses.
"Here we go." Sawanna reminded.
The surging tide is taking shape again, and the Green Knights are once again joining the wave.
This time, the waves are no longer just one, but one after the other, and each one is higher than the other.
The previously clear water has also become cloudy.
Heavy waves rolled forward one after another, easily affecting the boat's navigation.
At this time, the boat had begun to toss up and down in a very exaggerated way, like a helpless leaf.
Scott also extended his left hand.
Worn on the left index finger, the [Hewagmir Ring] shines with a pear-shaped icy blue gemstone.
Light, like flowing ice crystals, outlines a tall and majestic figure in the air.
The temperature around it drops rapidly.
The illusory figure turned from virtual to real, and Yumir, who was wearing a full set of ice armor, appeared.
When its feet touch the surface of the water, the surface of the water instantly freezes into ice.
Ice condenses extremely quickly, from the surface to the bottom, almost instantaneously.
Ymir's massive body stood safely on the ice.
Without any movement, the ice began to spread rapidly.
"Hoo ......"
Scott let out a white breath from his mouth.
The waves that came in the rear, one after another, had become stationary and completely turned into glaciers.
At this time, the boat was also frozen on the ice.
"Next, let Ymir send us there."
Scott stood up and directly dismissed the summons for Edgar and Sirein, watching their figures fade away.
Then, he jumped off the ship again, stood on the ice, and freed the frozen battle alchemy puppet, and also lifted the summons.
Ymir turned, knelt down on one knee, and slowly stretched out his right hand.
Scott greeted Sawanna and jumped into Ymir's palm.
When Sawana jumped up as well, Ymir carried them up to her shoulder.
Then, Ymir took a big stride in the direction Savana had indicated.
As it walked, the entire swamp became a glacier.
No more Green Knights came up.
"Originally, I was going to keep a hand."
On Ymir's shoulder, Scott said to Savanna.
He wasn't prepared to summon Ymir so early, but thought about using it as a killer weapon to take it by surprise.
"But those green knights are so annoying."
He didn't want to expend too much mana and stamina, and if he relied on Edgar and Sirein alone, although they could also take care of those green knights, they would be much slower.
Sawanna looked at Scott, then turned her head to look ahead, "Your heart isn't very calm. β
"Thanks for the reminder."
Scott took a deep breath.
The cold air passed through his respiratory tract and into his lungs, cooling his emotions gradually.
"I really should be calm."
He turned to look at Sawanna.
"You're much calmer than before."
Even when they met on Merlanne Island, Sawanna didn't change as much as she does now.
Sawanna whispered, "The practice of the druids requires me to be in touch with nature. β
Scott nodded.
This time, Savanna's magic did change a lot in his perception.
The nature of her magic is undoubtedly closer to nature, and if it is in an environment like a forest with magic power, even Scott's magic perception will not be easy to catch her magic fluctuations.
Out of curiosity, Scott added, "I've heard that because druids often need to transform into beasts, you still need to keep your wildness. β
"Are you curious?"
Savanna turned to look at him.
Suddenly, her eyes changed dramatically.
Her eyes were no longer as clear and ethereal as before, but like a beast, full of the wild aura of a predator.
At the same time, the nature of her magic has undergone some subtle changes, making it more difficult to distinguish.
"Oh......"
Scott let out a meaningless exclamation.
"That's it."
Savana blinked, returning to her original gaze.
Scott looked again at the swamp in front of him, where there was no end in sight.
Seeing that the road was still long, he turned to talk about forming the "Tower of Babel" by himself.
"Are you druids interested in participating in the ideals of the New World?"
Savana didn't answer.
She just gave Scott another strange look.
"I never thought that you would have to work hard for such a grand ideal one day."
Scott said, "It seems that you have seen very early on what kind of person I am. β
Sawanna nodded slightly.
"Smart, cunning, cold, selfish, confused."
Scott smiled absently.
"It seems that there are more bad things than good ones."
"To the average person, that's what you are." "Of course, when you face your friends, you behave differently. β
All Scott cared about was the last word she said.
"Confused?"
He thought about it for a moment.
"In the past, I just wanted to be the freest wizard and not be held back by anyone or anything, which may be a sign of confusion."
Sawanna smiled, "There are always things in this world that hold you back, and there will be more and more. β
"You're right."
Scott's tone became a lot more relaxed.
"Parents, relatives, friends, teachers...... All the while, the more I gained, the more I got involved, and I couldn't give it up. β
"I used to want to be free, too."
Sawana whispered.
"I even want to leave behind my druid identity and become a real wizard."
"But you still chose to take responsibility," Scott said. β
"I used to hate my grandfather, who forced me to become a priest, and I hated my relatives who had high hopes for me, and the pressure weighed me down."
At this, Sawanna laughed with relief.
"But when I actually became a priest and knew all the history of the druids, I knew what I had to do."
She raised her hand to stop Scott from speaking, and continued, "Do you know why I was crazy about you back then? β
Scott was a little embarrassed, "Exaggeration, you're not crazy. β
Sawanna smiled again, "That's because I'm not going crazy in front of you." β
"Uh......"
Scott didn't know how to respond.
But Sawanna had already taken matters into her own hands.
"Because you're like a gust of wind, you look so free."
"You're different from the other young wizards at Hogwarts, you don't want to be more constrained, and you always find a way to do what you want easily."
"You like that, I can't wait for you so much."
Scott whispered, "But you know, it's because of confusion. β
"That's something I figured out later." "I couldn't see that at the time. β
"It looks like we've all grown up," Scott said. β
"I don't like you like that anymore, but I want to thank you, for me, those likes are a sweet dream."
Savana held out her hand.
"Now, on behalf of the druids, I want to work with you to create a new world of magic."
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