It is flanked by an increasingly solid and neat brown-green forest wall, which is supported by rows of thick trunks, and is made up of shrubs on the outside, with bright roses dotted on the walls.

Roses are the background color of this rose forest.

The forest wall is very high, and the dense rose thorns prevent the possibility of climbing and climbing.

As for the use of fire, oh! My old man—you wouldn't want that. If you set fire to the forest, you will enter the dungeon of the Io Kingdom, and in the Rose Forest, a small spark may burn the entire rose forest along the ubiquitous rose, and the people in the forest will never survive. Of course, players can waste a resurrection opportunity.

As for the players who have run out of resurrection opportunities and the locals of World One, they are dust and dust.

Zhu Yaotang walked in front, and the forest walls on both sides had compressed the road into one, and they could only move forward or backward.

Ahead, there is the deeper part of the Rose Grove.

On the way to the Rose Grove, the Bishop of the Church of Light, Dino Norman, explained to them in detail the rules of this Rose Showdown. As in the past, this Rose Duel, becoming the last Rose Knight is the winner.

But as is customary, there are also small changes to the Rose Duel this time. After a bargain between Bishop Dino Norman and the Imperial Minister Nelly Khalifa, the trigger for this rose duel is a special rose, a white rose that is extremely rare in World One.

The two of them placed the rose together on a shrine in the center of the Rose Grove, the only place in the entire Rose Grove that was not covered by a shade of trees. The Rose Knight who walks out of the Rose Forest must have the White Rose in his hand, which is a token. Only by holding it in your hand will it be recognized.

According to legend, it was also the final dueling ground between the two brothers of the first king and the first pope of the kingdom of Io, where they pierced each other's hearts with their blades and embraced each other to their deaths.

Whether the legend is true or not is unknown, but every generation of Rose Knights who have emerged from the Battle of the Roses has been secretive about the altar in the end. They keep their lips shut in the face of curious inquirers who want to find out.

Ning He stepped on the wooden road step by step, and the soil under his feet was already covered by these intricately twisted and developed root systems. Ning He lowered his head step by step and carefully stepped on it to prevent himself from tripping over these tree roots.

He didn't know how these trees grew like this, his brow furrowed slightly, and the deeper he went, the more strange he felt, everything here seemed to be not natural.

He slashed at the forest wall on one side with his sword, the sword of Douglas Adams, the former knight of the king, and the handsome young man with blond hair had not yet withdrawn the sword.

Ning He guessed that he might have forgotten, perhaps, because he didn't want to hold the sword.

He remembered that Douglas had told him about the origin of the sword, which had been given to him by King Jeffrey Ramsay of the Kingdom of Io on the occasion of his knighthood of the King. As a knight of the king, he was supposed to be loyal to the king and became the king's blade, but now he jumped to the side of the pope and participated in this struggle to organize his brother's marriage.

Honor is not there, brothers are on the wall.

Ning He didn't know if there would be pain in his heart, and if there would be remorse.

At this moment, just as Ning He and Zhu Yaotang were approaching the depths, Douglas, who was approaching the center of the Rose Forest from the other side, met an unexpected person.

Kaitarn Adams.

His own brother, first in line to the Adams family, and the soon-to-be son-in-law of Duke Hobbes.

The two teams met unexpectedly, and Douglas looked at his brother and his team in slight surprise. And his older brother, Kaitahn, looked at him with a spring breeze on his face.

Behind Douglas, more than a dozen soldiers instantly drew their swords and pulled out a formation around Douglas. On the other side, the same was true on the Kaitahn side, and before the two approached to greet each other, the people on both sides were already looking at each other as enemies, and the sabre rattling.

In the rose forest, there is a smell of gunsmoke, which is about to erupt.

Kaitahn stood still and paused for a moment, then whispered a few words of advice to the knight, who was not riding beside him, and walked towards Douglas alone.

Douglas was silent for a moment, then said to the priest beside him, "You wait here, I'll go see my brother." ”

The priest's face showed nervousness, and he took Douglas's hand with a hand hidden in his sleeve robe, and said in a low voice: "Look for an opportunity, solve it as soon as possible, and solve it as soon as possible." On the bright side, he nodded slightly.

Something cold passed down the clergyman's sleeve to his hand, and Douglas felt a pang in his heart, and he shook it slightly, it was a lumpy object with a complex structure, and he didn't think what it was for a moment.

The priest didn't explain, and the hand in his robe grabbed one of Douglas's fingers and shoved it in front of something a half-moon under the square.

"Crossbow, trigger."

The priest withdrew and staggered past the blonde knight.

Douglas's hand trembled slightly, and his hand holding the crossbow was a little stiff at this point.

At this time, he was also wearing a robe with wide sleeves, so no one knew what he was holding in his hands, and under his wide robe was a close-fitting armor tailored for him by the Church of Light, with amazing defensive power.

He walked towards the oncoming Kaitarn with heavy steps, and the two proud sons of the younger generation of the Io Kingdom stopped at a distance of three steps.

Kaitarn Adams and Douglas Adams have similar appearances, the same long flowing blond hair, three-dimensional and handsome facial features, but compared with his younger brother, Kaitahn has an indescribable mature temperament, this temperament can clearly distinguish who is the elder brother and who is the younger brother when the two are on the same stage.

Kaitahn smiled, "Long time no see, my dear brother, the pride of the Addams family." ”

Douglas's voice was a little low, and his gaze was a little evasive, not daring to look at the person in front of him: "Brother." ”

Kaitarn said: "When our brothers see each other, why do we cry with a sad face?" ”

"I'm sorry ......"

Kaitahn was slightly stunned, he looked at the church soldiers who were waiting not far behind his brother, he shook his head with a dumb smile, "There is no such thing as being sorry, it's just that we have chosen different paths. It's just that what I didn't expect was that you would choose to be religious, and in the history of the Addams family, there were no believers in the God of Light. ”

"Maybe I'm the first."

The corners of Douglas's mouth were bitter, and he looked up at his brother.

"Maybe." With a noncommittal slight, Keitane continued, "Now that you've made your choice, keep going. Born as the heir of the Addams family, you should have long understood that honor is a rose with thorns, and what we have to do is the majestic goshawk on the family crest. ”

"Brother......" Douglas said in silence, "your behavior... Does Father know? ”

Kaitahn nodded slightly, "He knows, but he is not involved, everything is my own opinion." ”

"Haven't we the Addams family always been neutral? Why do you meddle in this thing in the Kingdom? ”

It is not wrong to say that it is a bad fact, the battle for the royal power and clerical power of the Io Kingdom has been going on since the founding of the country, and the bones of many people and families involved in it have not survived, and they have been swallowed up in the long river of history.

Kaitarn asked with a slight surprise, "What about you?" And why are you involved? ”

"I ......"

"Bang!"

I was forced, and I never said five words again. I don't know if it was nervousness or trembling fingers, the trigger of the crossbow machine hidden in Douglas's sleeve robe was accidentally pulled by him, and a dull sound came out, and a short but powerful crossbow arrow was shot deep into the earth, only the tail was slightly exposed.

Douglas opened his mouth slightly, his brain went blank, and this young man, who had experienced the test of life and death, was frightened by the movement of his hands.

"Ahh

A sigh sounded, and Kaitarn looked at his brother with a frightened expression, speechless for a moment, he didn't know what to say, his body had already reflexively begun to accumulate strength, preparing for what might happen next.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally ended with another heavy sigh from Kaitarn, who slowly turned around and walked towards his team.

Kaitahn's voice was a little melancholy and low, and he said softly, "You are the pride of the Addams family, my dear brother. ”

Douglas watched Keitane's departure in a daze, and it wasn't until Kaitahn led the team deeper into the Rose Grove that he was pulled back to his senses by the rebuking voice of the priest who approached him.

The corners of his mouth became even more bitter.

"Let's go."

The priest respectfully replied, "Yes." ”

Douglas was the first to move forward, and the crossbow machine was already thrown to the ground by him, and the crossbow machine was smashed with a heavy kick.

......

"Uncle, why did you stop?"

Ning He's pace slowed down, they had been walking on this road for a while, and the forest walls on both sides were constantly compressing, so that the path they could walk became narrower and narrower, and now there was only one position left.

The two of them were one in front of the other, and Zhu Yaotang was in front. At this moment, Zhu Yaotang stopped and asked Ning He.

Zhu Yaotang didn't reply, and after he stopped for a few seconds, the hand holding the sword changed his posture and walked forward again.

After a few steps, the forest wall disappeared, and in front of them was a small semi-circular square, and the passage they walked out of was one of many passages in the arc separated by the forest wall, and on the opposite side was a parallel forest wall, which was split from the middle, revealing a deep path that led to the depths.

Zhu Yaotang muttered, "I see. ”

Ning He walked up to him and asked, "Uncle, what do you know?" ”

Zhu Yaotang sneered: "I was curious about how this rose duel allowed us to fight in a forest before I came in, but now I have a clue when I come here." ”

Ning He glanced at the few passages beside him, and the only passage on the forest wall opposite, and said with a slight chill in his heart: "You mean, let us break through and advance?" ”

Zhu Yaotang glanced at him and said, "Good metaphor, it should be like this." But... What if we walked straight in? ”

As he spoke, the bearded uncle had his sword crossed his chest and walked towards the only passage on the forest wall opposite.

Ning He was stunned for a moment and followed.