Chapter 170: Initiation (2)
"What the hell is going on?" Ryan jumped up when he heard the bad news, almost overturning the entire table, and Vivien and Adela on the side were also shocked, and the three of them all set their eyes on Barbara, and Barbara opened her mouth to tell the whole story: " That's right, tonight I was in charge of the night patrol, I led the team out from the north gate as usual, and when I was detouring to the west gate, I happened to meet Letoz and his party escorting several seriously injured dwarves, those dwarves had already died on the way, and one fell into a serious coma, but according to Letots, the dwarf had mentioned before he fell into a coma that His Majesty Reynolds was under siege, and hoped that we would rush to the rescue immediately."
Ryan knew that the Letoz Department of the Randem Archer Legion had been ordered to rotate the defense area from the western frontier stationed in Cassano, and that direction was also the only way to the dwarven country, so it was not unusual for Reynolds's guards to be discovered and escorted by them, but didn't Reynolds bring dozens of guards with him when he returned to Black Rock City, and he himself was a high-level warrior, so it was indeed a bit surprising that he would lose so much under the ambush of the Undead Legion.
Reynolds is the dwarven king, and the guards around him are all the most elite rock defenders among the dwarves, each of them is armed with a sharp axe and a giant shield, although the attack power is not outstanding, but the defense power is second to none in the entire continent, with so many rock defenders to protect Reynolds, there will actually be bad news brought by Barbara, obviously Reynolds and his party are definitely not ordinary undead.
"Where are they? Take me there at once. Ryan decisively gave the order, now Reynolds's life and death are unknown, he must figure out the specific situation in the shortest possible time, and then make the most appropriate choice, maybe there will be an irreparable tragedy in a few seconds at night, which is the last thing Ryan wants to see.
"It's at the ambulance station to the west. Before Barbara could finish speaking, she saw a cloud of white light surging up from Ryan's body, and then Ryan activated this teleportation magic and left the room.
A dazzling flash of light flashed, and Ryan appeared at the ambulance on the western outskirts of Tekken Castle. Now the permanent population of Tekken Castle is increasing, in order to prevent the outbreak of plague and other infectious diseases here, it has avoided the recurrence of the New Year's tragedy in the imperial capital, any residents who are suspected of being infected with serious diseases or warriors who are injured in the fight against the undead will be placed in such an ambulance, and the Church of Light in Tekken Castle also has a small church here, more than four-fifths of the priests of the Church of Light Cassano are stationed here, it can be said that this is the second safest place in the entire Cassano, and the first safe place is Lane's side。
"What people!" The guards who were ordered to patrol saw Ryan, and immediately clenched the spear in his hand and issued a loud warning, but when the dazzling light disappeared, they immediately recognized the identity of the man in front of them, so this team of guards hurriedly raised the spear, but still clenched the weapon in his hand according to the rules of the army, and just saluted Ryan, which is a common etiquette on the battlefield, and the soldiers cannot be allowed to put down their weapons because of non-combat factors at any time.
Ryan nodded in return, he thought about it, and felt that Letots and Barbara already knew about this matter, and arranged people here, and they must invite the most powerful bishop of the Church of Light in Cassano, so he asked, "Where is Bishop Quincy?"
"Bishop Quincy's third tent in the North Side is supposed to be personally treating the wounded that Lord Lettoz brought back. The leader of the patrol team replied, holding back his excitement.
"Good. Ryan casually agreed, his body became blurry again, and he disappeared in front of the patrol almost in the blink of an eye, seeing this group of ordinary Cassano warriors stunned, although they had heard countless deeds about Ryan, but it was the first time they had seen Ryan release such a magical magic.
Ryan teleported to the front of the third tent in the North Sector accurately, and Letoz, who was waiting outside, immediately greeted him and whispered to Ryan, it turned out that the three dwarves had been discovered by the windswept shooters who had been ordered to patrol the frontier in the evening, and by the time the patrolling windswept shooters brought them to Letoz, one had already died.
The Rock Defenders who followed Reynolds could barely speak a few human lingua franca, and Letoz had learned some dwarven languages more or less due to the presence of many dwarves and orcs in Cassano, and although it was still difficult to communicate directly, he could still understand the simple vocabulary. When Letoz heard a few key words from the mouths of the two half-unconscious dwarves, such as "Your Majesty", "Danger", "Undead", and "Encirclement", he guessed what was probably happening, and naturally rushed back to Tekken Castle as soon as possible.
"Bishop Quincy has come to his aid, but one of the dwarves was so badly wounded that he died on the way we came. In the end, this one remained unconscious, hoping that Bishop Quincy could save him. Lettoz gave Ryan a succinct account of what had happened, and finally added, "My lord, the injuries on the two dwarves who died...... Something seems wrong, and I suspect they may have contracted some undead plague or been cursed with evil, you see?"
Ryan nodded, but did not say anything, he thought for a while, and instructed Letoz: "All the brothers who have come into contact with these dwarves, for the time being, be wronged for a while, and observe carefully for a few days." In addition, the northern district was immediately locked down to avoid possible contagion. ”
"Yes, my lord," Lettoz replied immediately, and then explained, "As soon as I arrived here, I quarantined the entire North District, and there were no sick people here, and it did not affect the recovery of the wounded soldiers. I've also tightened the security of the area, prohibiting anyone from approaching, and blocking information as much as possible to avoid causing panic among the residents of Cassano. ”
Ryan nodded with satisfaction, although Letoz's behavior was a bit excessive, but it was very well arranged, if Ryan did it himself, it was almost enough to do this, it seems that this excellent archer from the former hunter tribe has gradually grown into a qualified commander, maybe he should be given a chance to be alone.
"Well, you can arrange these, I'll go and see first. Ryan patted Letoz on the shoulder, walked into the tent, he stretched out a hand and lifted the curtain on half of the tent, but then stopped, turned to look at Letoz and said, "Speaking of which, we've known each other for five or six years, right? ”
After Lane said this, he entered the tent, leaving a surprised look on Letoz, with his experience, he could naturally hear the importance of himself in Lane's words, obviously after a period of time test, Ryan has completely trusted himself, and intends to really entrust Letoz, how can this not make Letoz happy?
Ryan quietly walked into the tent and saw Bishop Quincy standing by the bed contemplating the spell. Quincy was not very old, only 35 years old this year, and in fact he had only become bishop in the last few months, and before that he was just an inconspicuous clergyman in the Basilica of San Nepiro in the imperial capital. Due to the stratagem of the undead legion, there was a split within the Imperial Capital Church of Light, and those cardinals who went to Seker City naturally died or became undead, and the 12 cardinal positions of the Church of Light were vacant a lot, and Red promoted newcomers to his heart's content with the support of strong support, because the opposing voices almost all died in Seker City or were secretly suppressed by Victor and others, so no one dared to make stumbling blocks engage in conspiracy in the whole process, no longer seniority, no power exchange and compromise, only with piety or not and the strength of light magic is the only truth testedIn the end, 8 people from the entire Church of Light who were truly devout and devoted to the gods were selected to fill the vacancy of the cardinal, and at the same time, a full 17 additional bishops were promoted, which was the first time in 200 years that the Basilica of San Nebiro in the imperial capital had such a grand event, and this pious Quincy priest became one of the lucky ones.
Ryan didn't bother Quincy with the spell, he just took a few gentle steps and observed the dwarf lying on the bed from the side. Ryan had seen the outfits of the Dwarven Rock Defenders, all dressed in black iron armor forged with dwarven craftsmanship, strong enough to resist powerful attacks, and unafraid of magical damage due to the characteristics of black iron. When facing a small group of dwarven rock defenders, even if you use 5,000 Wind Archer to attack in turn, you may not be able to win them, and you can definitely be called the title of "the strongest defense".
But now one of the dwarven rock defenders was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, the black iron armor on his body had been taken off, and only the close-fitting clothing remained, and the exposed skin seemed to tell the story of what kind of hard battle this dwarven rock defender had experienced, his arms, thighs, There were all kinds of scars on the chest and other places, although they no longer bled after treatment, but they showed varying degrees of decay, and a foul-smelling yellow pus seeped out of these scars, filling the whole room with a pungent smell.
Ryan recognized the scars at a glance, What does pus and decaying skin mean, it is corroded by the poison of the undead corpses, and the influence of evil curses, which can destroy the whole body of the black iron armor outside and severely damage the bodies of these rock defenders, obviously the undead legion they encountered definitely has a strong strength, maybe more powerful than the giant skeleton used in the Cassano battlefield this time, maybe it is the dark rune knights who caused the New Year's tragedy in the imperial capital last time, but this is just Ryan's conjecture, he has to repeatedly check the tattered dwarf armor to finally determine。 Of course, if Bishop Quincy can save the dwarf, then it would be best for him to do it himself.