Chapter 54 There Will Always Be Heroes
Min's answer made Jiang Qiu realize that when the matter was a foregone conclusion, he should not blame, but find a way to solve the problem.
Jiang Qiu said in a deep voice: "Come with me." β
Then he looked at Min, "You come with me too." β
Min smiled: "What about me?" I thought you would say that man and beast are not one race after all, and that even after a brief period of peace, we will eventually go to the opposite side, which is a clichΓ©. β
Jiang Qiu shook his head, "I didn't think about it that much. β
"Then what are you pulling me for?"
"Emergency food."
The concise answer made Min stunned for a moment, he laughed, he didn't refute, and he never threatened Jiang Qiu, Min was always like a gentle buffalo, honestly following behind a few people.
A few people descended the mountain very quickly, and more than a hundred hunters who were greedy for money and thirsty saw this scene, and first guessed that these people had gone the highest and farthest, and wanted to come to a lot of treasures, this palace built by orcs really has indescribable beauty and majesty.
But these people only hesitated for a moment, and they actually gave up on intercepting Jiang Qiu, but went into the new palace, collected priceless jade, and simply smashed those that could not be taken.
As everyone knows, at the top of the palace, more and more white bones slowly revive with the sound of the bell, and some white bone skeletons have begun to descend the mountain, completing the last task that can be done in the world.
That's killing.
Use killing to verify people's hearts and human nature.
After all, the three little girls couldn't keep up with Jiang Qiu's physical strength, one of them counted as one, and Jiang Qiu was lifted to Min's cow's back with one hand, and Min didn't mind, her broad back was very comfortable to sit on.
Liu Ye asked, "Master, what are we going to do next?" Where to go? β
Jiang Qiu looked in one direction, wiped his face, and restored his true appearance, "Isn't Bingmen here?" Send you over, no matter what, Bingmen obeys the orders of the board, obeys your father, no matter how proud they are, they are also a lackey under the board, and they will definitely protect you. β
"What about you? Master, what do you want to do? β
This is not the first time that someone has asked Jiang Qiu, what do you want to do, what is your purpose, Jiang Qiu's answer is always the same, "I want to become stronger, through immoral and illegal means, to make myself stronger, so I can't let you see my not so good side." β
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The palace of the orcs is built on the mountain, huge and magnificent, but at this moment, there is a cyan mist that begins to fill, and with the fog gradually enveloping the official road, there are more than 100 white skeletons sitting on horseback, they hold the reins in one hand, screaming wildly, as if they have seen a large number of prey.
The hunter team formed by more than ten people glanced at each other, smiled, and didn't care, and greeted them, only fifty meters apart, the group of white bone skeletons rode horses and scattered, not caring at all that the sea of flowers was trampled by the horses' hooves, but circled around the various roads of the palace.
Jiang Qiu noticed this scene for the first time through the shared vision of the crows in the sky, and after the little girls like Liu Ye were warned, they were silent for a moment, and they also sat on Min's back.
The frowns are furrowed on a hot summer day, and these white skeletons seem to have great intelligence.
Some of the hunters who heard the movement came from Broken Slope City, although they had seen a lot of orcs, and the rumors and stories of the Thousand Islands Plain only existed in legends for them, and this was the first time they had seen an unbelievable scene in their lives.
Liu Ye, Little Tiger Tooth, and Long Legs, the three students from Xusheng Academy, had fear and panic between their eyebrows, but they adjusted their mentality back in a very short time.
At this moment, there were smart people in the crowd, and with the help of more than ten people killing the skeletons, they ran out of the palace and rode a speedboat to the waterway, and went straight to the broken slope city.
Liu Ye looked at the few people who were speeding out, and couldn't help but praise, "In the chaos, I can report to Broken Slope City for help in the first time, I underestimate these hunters." β
Hearing this, Jiang Qiu shook his head and asked Min to stop at the gate of the palace for the time being, and below was the steps with the statue of Jiaolong, "The reaction is very fast, but in the final analysis, it doesn't have much effect, and even I don't think they can run out." β
Liu Ye and the two little girls next to her were shocked when they heard this.
Jiang Qiu didn't explain too much, looking at the isolated island dotted with broken stars floating on the water, the speedboat drew an arc along the river, and said: "If the big array has not been opened, there is still hope for these people to report the news, but now at the gate of the Orc Palace, will a few of them be let go by the scheming beasts?" β
Unlike the long legs, which will change Jiang Qiu's perception of him because of some of his behaviors, Liu Ye said that he looked down on Jiang Qiu, but because Liu Demon personally said that Jiang Qiu was a good kid, Liu Ye respected Jiang Qiu very much at many times, and naturally trusted him very much.
When the three of them heard this, their faces were full of worry.
The people who ran out reacted very quickly, but because of this, they were also doomed to a tragic end.
The sun rises overhead, the sun shines directly on the ground, and there is a faint mist on the water surface because of the high temperature, and there is no wind or waves.
The speedboat rowed across the water to break the calm, and as the three speedboats were about to disappear from view, a ball of fire rose on the surface of the river, and there was no more speedboat roar.
After some time, the water began to roll, and dozens of crocodiles more than five meters long swam from the explosion and began to occupy the waters near the palace, wantonly slaughtering ordinary people who were still playing in the water.
And at the top of the mountain, you can already see the bones of the white bone knights dragging the bones of more than ten people, rubbing all the way, and not letting out a burst of arrogant laughter, as the white bone knights more and more, they began to drive the hunters who were still in the palace, driving them to one place, sharp feathered arrows pierced their chests, and the bullets also knocked the white bone knights off their horses.
But exchanging human lives for the already dead Bone Knight, this deal is not a good deal at all.
Jiang Qiu has seen a lot of this bloody picture.
At the beginning, in order to protect his younger brother, he killed with human traffickers, and even almost died, he had seen dead people when he was young, and he had killed people with his own hands, he was not moved, but turned around silently, patted Min's horns, and left the palace with a few people.
The more than 200 people who stayed outside the palace also panicked at this time, and jumped into the river in a panic, trying to get away from the palace, but no one could guarantee that they could defeat the huge five-meter-long crocodile in the water.
In the end, there were only more than 70 people who successfully went ashore away from the palace.
These people, under the influence of fear and the huddle heating gene engraved in the bones of human beings, gathered together and set off towards the desert island in the distance, while the white bone cavalry composed of more than 100 people followed them unhurriedly, as if they wanted to play a game of cat and mouse.
Gradually at night, the people who landed on the island chose a flat sandy area to set up camp, and began to use what they had at hand to light a fire, build a simple fence, and someone from the army of Broken Slope City temporarily became the leader, and arranged for people to take turns to stand guard.
But everyone looked at the dark water, at the lonely island that stood like a giant beast, facing the danger that was close at hand, thinking that once they fell asleep, they might never wake up again, and fearing that the White Bone Knight would attack the camp, and almost no one would be able to sleep peacefully.
Jiang Qiu didn't know the Bone Knights, and he couldn't find out their thoughts from Min's mouth, but Jiang Qiu was familiar with the art of war and knew the enemy's behavior very well.
No matter what kind of enemy, when facing a crowd of people with a high concentration of spirit, they will like to drag and drain people's spirits, so they will only choose to attack at the moment before the sun is about to rise, Jiang Qiu will comfortably lean on Min's soft cow belly, ready to sleep well, so as to meet the bloody battle tomorrow morning.
In a trance, a cold wind blew, blowing a strand of hair onto Jiang Qiu's face, and when he woke up, he found that the three little girls were sleeping next to him, looking around, his pupils were cringing, because he found that the guy who stood up to act as the temporary leader had disappeared.
Jiang Qiu pinched his hands and used the shadow technique that he had never used since entering the Thousand Islands Plain, turning himself into a black shadow, coming to the top of the tallest tree, and looking towards the edge of several fires with the help of dim starlight, at the edge of the safe range illuminated by the flames, a slightly thin figure was quietly stepping.
The sorcerer can invoke the qi in his body to strengthen a special organ, so Jiang Qiu's vision will not be affected much in the dark night, and it is estimated that few people will find him except him.
Under the light of fire and starlight, the thin figure had a lonely, bleak, but heroic image.
Jiang Qiu looked at that place silently, thoughtful.
Then he returned to Min's side, squinted slightly, and listened to the breeze.
At the deepest and most frightening moment of the night, several terrible screams suddenly sounded northeast of the camp, as well as the sound of violent rolling of the water...... The crowd, who couldn't sleep peacefully, was startled and looked blankly.
Jiang Qiu first patted Liu Ye's head, signaling her to continue sleeping, with his own presence, at the same time, he mobilized his qi to strengthen his ears, until he heard a footstep in the distance, and saw a figure quietly blending into it through the crowd, he smiled, and then continued to sleep.
In the dream, he thought that among the test questions given by the dragon beasts and the answers given by humans, at least the first multiple-choice question should be correct.
There will always be unsung heroes who stand up to protect everyone.
No one dared to investigate at night, of course, there were also stories like Jiang Qiu who knew what happened at night, but pretended not to know because of personal factors.
Until the next morning, the people in the camp found that the white knight who was following everyone was gone, and the huge crocodile in the river had disappeared without a trace.
But before they could rejoice, the people heard the arrogant and terrifying laughter of the Bone Knights.
The group of white bone knights stepped on the morning sun again, but this time they vigilantly distanced themselves, and they were no longer as arrogant as last night.
Each knight carried a human head around his waist, and I don't know how many people lost their lives overnight because of this 'exam'.
The man who acted as the leader pursed his lips, his slightly pale face with obvious sorrow, and in the face of the faint sound of fear coming from nowhere in the crowd, he could only forcibly suppress the dissent of the crowd, and retreated in the direction of Broken Slope City with this team of less than 100 people.
As for where the White Bone Knights came from, why they killed humans, and why the orcs gathered together, no one knew the answer except Jiang Qiu and his party.
In the days that followed, these Bone Knights continued to follow the team, but they seemed much more cautious, harassing but not attacking, and attacking at night on a small scale without gathering forces to strike in all directions, making everyone miserable, and they had been unable to sleep peacefully for several days, coupled with the lack of fresh water and food, there were already people left behind.
The palace is located in the north of the Thousand Islands Plain, three hundred and fifty miles away from the southernmost city of Broken Slope, and can be reached in a day by boat or speedboat, but now they can only walk along the shallow part of the river, island by island.
If the islanders are unwilling to evacuate with the large army, they will be mercilessly strangled by the White Bone Knight. But they were willing to leave with the troops, but it slowed down the escape speed of the crowd and increased the redundancy of the team, which was not good news for everyone.
There's an interesting part of that.
On the first day, a group of crocodiles could be seen helping the Bone Knights hunt humans, but on the second day, the orcs immediately turned away from the Bone Knights when they found that the Bone Knights did not seem to be on their side, but were carrying out an indiscriminate cleansing of the Thousand Islands Plain.
Nowadays, the people of the Thousand Islands Plain can only gather their strength in Broken Slope City and think about it in the long run.
However, these bone knights seem to be particularly good at psychological warfare, and for several days, as long as this group of people goes to the island to replenish fresh water and food, they will strangle the lone ones in groups of three.
The number of bone knights around them gathered and scattered, more or less, but in general, their number was constantly increasing, and there were also infantry with shields, I really don't know which dynasty and which generation they were, holding cold weapons against humans, so these people all have a belief in their hearts.
Just get to Broken Slope City and blast them with spears and cannons!
But before that, not everyone could be like Jiang Qiu, fearless, ordinary people were still the vast majority, and death was still the factor they feared the most, which also made the hearts of these people begin to weaken.