Chapter 5 Parting
Little Richard slept for seven days, and only opened his eyes when the sun shone into the bedroom on the seventh day. The first thing he did when he woke up was to rush out of the bedroom and look for his mother all over the floor. When he saw his mother in the study, Richard immediately pounced on him, shouting, "Mom, guess what I got in the temple of the goddess of the moon?"
Elani turned around, gently patted Richard's head, and asked, "Let Mom guess, my Richard has always wanted to be a magician, so you must have gotten 'elemental affinity', didn't you?"
Richard froze suddenly, because it was a woman he had never seen before. However, he had his own way of identification, sniffed hard, and smelled an extremely familiar and friendly atmosphere, so he asked hesitantly: "Are you...... Mom?"
"My Richard, that's what mom is all about. Does Mommy look good?" asked Illani, smiling.
Little Richard nodded vigorously and said, "Mom is the best-looking!" In his mind, Mom was originally the most beautiful woman. What's more, now that Ilani has regained her original appearance, the beauty of the Silver Moon Elves is as handsome, but it is as famous as their magic and magic.
A boy's patience is always limited, and the boy's patience does not increase much, so little Richard did not wait for Illani to guess twice, and hurriedly said, "Mom, I have gained wisdom and truth!"
"Real?" said Elani, who was surprised, she knew the wisdom, but she had never heard of such an ability to be true in enlightenment.
Little Richard frowned, trying to explain with his newfound wisdom: "The truth is...... Well, the ability to understand the world more clearly. It seems to be improving, but it's not very useful now, it just allows me to see farther and hear better. ”
Illani snorted, put her arm around Richard's shoulder, and told him to cherish the abilities he had gained from enlightenment, and to remember what she had taught him. Her instructions were a little long-winded, and it took more than an hour to finish them, and so many words were repeated repeatedly, so that little Richard was secretly grimacing in protest. Little Richard was originally very intelligent, with an excellent memory, and improved his intelligence, so that he didn't need to say anything a second time.
Eventeny finally realized that she was too long-winded, so she smiled and asked, "My Richard, would you like to meet your father?"
Richard frowned hard, trying to think, but couldn't think of an answer. Before he could think clearly, Illani said, "You will soon be able to see your father, and the men he sent should be almost there, and they will take you to him." You have to be obedient on the way, remember?"
"Huh?" This was very unexpected news, Richard didn't know how to react at all, just nodded ignorantly, and then remembered one thing, and asked, "What about Mom, do you want to go with you?"
"No, mom isn't going. ”
"Then I'm not going either!" said Richard resolutely.
Elani smiled and said, "My Richard is going, because my mother has another wish that you need to help fulfill!"
Richard straightened his chest: "Don't worry, Mom! I've grown up, and I'll do it! Oh, what is my wish?"
Illani looked at Richard deeply and said slowly: "If one day in the future, my Richard becomes a real big man, then bury my mother in Dad's family cemetery, the highest level!"
Little Richard nodded vigorously. At this time, he did not understand the true meaning behind this wish and the difficulty of realizing it. But even if he knew, he wouldn't back down. The boys in the mountains are never short of courage.
The morning in Russelland had always been quiet and peaceful, but this morning was shattered. At first, the ground of the entire village began to shake inexplicably, and then the shaking turned into violent shaking. Even the most sluggish old man sensed that something was wrong, so he stepped out of the house and looked at the end of the road outside the village.
The wind in the mountains was still a little chilly, and when it blew past, even the bravest and strongest hunters couldn't help but shiver. Instead of feeling the temperature on the low side, they felt an irrepressible chill in their hearts, as if some irresistible disaster was about to happen. The earth was still shaking, and all the people in Russelan Village had stepped out of their homes and stood silently in the open space at the entrance of the village. From here, you can already see smoke and dust rising in the distance. In the forest, there are still ancient trees that roar and fall, and the birds in the forest have already flown high, and they don't even dare to linger on their nests, and fly directly to the mountains.
A demonic heavy knight rushed out of the forest!
The dark black full-body heavy armor has more than ten steel thorns erected, and the chest is carved with a hideous and terrifying devil's head, and the ** war horse is extremely strong, half a meter higher than the wild horse king that the mountain people have seen, the horse is covered with heavy horse armor, and the sharp steel thorns protruding from it show that it is not only used for defense. There is a two-handed giant sword hanging on the left rear side of the war horse, the style is a common horse chopping sword, and the unusual thing is that it is a full meter longer than the ordinary horse chopping sword, and it is much thicker. The murder weapon weighed at least 100 kilograms, and the power of wielding it was almost irresistible.
The mountain road with gravel as the base is under the iron hooves of the war horses. Everywhere the iron hooves of the war horse passed, the gravel flew and the earth splashed everywhere, leaving deep pits one after another, directly exposing the mud under the pedestal. Behind the knights, there was another group of twenty heavy cavalry, followed by nearly a hundred light cavalry. But even the light cavalry was dressed in well-made full-body chain mail, and more than half of the cavalry were also equipped with magic longbows with flashing light patterns, and they were extremely well-equipped. Such an army is enough to capture Baron Tucker's castle, but at this moment it is rushing at full speed towards the small village of Ruthran!
Everyone, including the village chief, turned pale. Hunters are brave, but even the bravest hunter knows that he cannot resist these knights armed to the teeth. The village chief even saw unusual signs from the knight's extraordinarily tall warhorse. The experience of the military told him that only a knight in costume would have such a tall war horse!
The heavily armed knight rushed into the village of Ruthran, and with a hard pull on his horse, the huge horseman stood up, his front hooves falling heavily, and two shallow pits in the ground. When the war horse stopped, the hot air from his nose had already rushed to the village chief's chest. The knight lifted the shield of his helmet, revealing a resolute, majestic face. He coldly swept over the villagers in the square and asked, "Who knows where Irani lives?"
The villagers looked at each other, and there was no woman named Elani in Russelan Village. The blacksmith and the village chief remembered something, but did not speak. The knight's face became even more gloomy, and he was just about to speak, when the door of the pharmacy not far away suddenly opened, and Elani walked out of it and asked lightly, "Did Gordon send you?"
The knight stared at Illani, his face changed suddenly, he suddenly jumped off his horse, and landed in front of Illani like a flying iron mountain, knelt down on one knee, took off his helmet, revealed his whole face, half-bowed his head, and said in a deep voice: "I am Mordred, the former knight of Lord Gordon, and I have come to pick up my wife back on the orders of my lord!"
Mordred had short dark red hair like steel needles, and although she knelt down in front of Illani, her momentum was uncontrollable, and the entire magic potion shop trembled gently under his majesty. Inside his massive body was a volcano that could erupt at any moment.
Illani's dress also fluttered, but she didn't retreat, she stood in the air flow with a calm expression, nodded, and said, "With you, then I'm relieved." ”
Mordred grinned and said, "Thank you, Madame, for the compliment." ”
Illani pulled Richard behind her, put his little hand in Mordred's palm, and said, "He's the one Gordon wants most." He called Richard ......" and after a pause, Illani said, "...... Richard Akmund. ”
Mordred looked at little Richard carefully, then closed his hand, shook it lightly on Richard's little hand, and said with a smile: "Mordred is willing to serve you!"
The knight looked up at Illani again and said, "Dear lady, your things have been packed, so let's set off." Lord Gordon must be anxious to see you!"
"I've got something very important, wait for me a while. With that, Illani walked into the magic potion shop and closed the door.
At this time, little Richard was looking at Mordred, and the bloodthirsty lion-like knight was also looking at him, the two looked at each other, small eyes stared at each other, and after a while, Mordred grinned again, not knowing what it was for.
But his smile suddenly froze on his face!
Flames erupted from every window of the magic potion shop without warning, and even burst through the roof, spitting flames directly into the air more than ten meters high! The flames were so violent and sudden that even Mordred didn't notice it!
The knight roared, and with a step, he had slammed into the apothecary, the walls of bluestone in front of him no different from cheese, and the raging flames could not inflict even the slightest damage on him. When he rushed into the pharmacy, he saw Illani sitting gracefully, flames spewing out from every part of her body, burning the room! Mordred was stunned, he wanted to save Illani, but he didn't expect that all the fire was erupting from her, she had already burned herself!
Seeing Mordred rushing into the flames, Elani smiled at him, and then completely turned into flames, burning, sublimating, and never leaving a trace in this world again.
Mordred stood silently, letting the flames lick her body. Elani's last smile was etched in his mind, so beautiful, so elegant, and so complex.
Little Richard screamed frantically, kicking and beating the hoplite who was holding him, trying to rush into the fire. But his efforts were in vain, and the flames were so fierce that in the blink of an eye, the entire pharmacy collapsed!
Mordred slowly walked out of the rubble, looked at little Richard who was crying hysterically, and was silent for a moment before saying, "You have a good mother." Go, I'll take you to your father. ”
The villagers of Russelan were also stunned by the sudden turn of events, who watched as the flames faded out and nothing but wisps of green smoke rose from the ruins, unable to believe that the pharmacy that had been with them for ten years had been with them a few minutes ago.
The hoplites lined up and slowly left the village of Russelland with Richard. Mordred and the hussars stayed, and he didn't bury Irani's thoughts, for she had completely turned into flames. Only a pure and crazy genius can burn himself completely, so Mordred is full of respect for this woman who has only met once.
Staring at the ruins, the corners of Mordred's mouth rose imperceptibly, and said in a voice so low that only he could hear: "This is the woman who is compatible with adults!"
Then a knight rode up to Mordred and asked, "My lord, what are the people of this village going to do?"
Mordred looked at the men, women, and children gathered in the square, stroked the beard with his upper lip as hard as iron, and said lightly: "There are many adult men, and adults don't want to see men living here." So, kill them all!"