But Lorenzo decided to sacrifice a knight to buy time for most people to retreat.

But Rann was not optimistic.

For from the very beginning, the first thing the witcher heard was the sound of the other areas above the high walls.

Those voices predate the mutation of the previous Knight Master in front of them.

The same sound of flesh being torn, blood spilling, and then an inhuman roar.

This is not just a change that happened to this person in front of you, it is estimated that there are already a lot of these things in the entire high-walled area.

Even if you retreat, you won't meet the same thing on the road?

So a solution to this monster had to be found.

But where is the weakness?

How exactly is it going to deal with it?

The Lordic knights were steadily retreating, but Lan En was still staring at the black mud snake group that was entangled with a knight not far away.

Before the structural weakness of the griffin's wings was discovered by witchers and mages.

A griffon that soars through the sky and swoops down from time to time to prey is simply not able to deal with.

Air combat is a realm that humanity does not dare to think of.

So an adult griffon, in those days, could easily harass a team of 100 and put them in a dilemma. And the griffons themselves come and go freely.

But after paying many people's lives, money, and research time.

It was understood that the skeletal structure of the griffin's wings was weak, and that if an arrow was nailed in the right place, or if it was damaged by other means, it would be difficult for the creature to fly again in a short time.

So the monster that was once able to contain a team of 100 people has reached the current era. As long as you have experience, a ten-person squad of ordinary people is completely enough to kill one head.

The monster knowledge of the witcher is something that has cost a lot of lives and a lot of information and academic reports to sum up.

In terms of the skills in the class of witcher, the weight of monster knowledge is far more important than most people think.

Monsters that have understood their weaknesses are not at the same level as monsters who don't know anything.

You can't use [Psionic Vision] to see through this kind of monster you have never seen before from a deeper perspective.

But Lan En didn't think he was at a loss.

It's too ugly to face an unintelligent beast and not be able to see through each other.

His eyes kept rolling over the monster's body, and Mentos offered more detailed computing support to analyze it.

Finally, when the knight of Lothric, who was ready to sacrifice, was knocked away by the horizontal bite of the snake's head and knocked the shield away, Lan's eyes suddenly lit up!

On the high walls of Lothric, the sky has been in the shadow of a 'bloody eclipse' lately, because of the constant patrols of soldiers.

Therefore, small lanterns with glass lanterns are placed at the base and corner of the wall. It was easy for the patrol soldiers to carry it, and the white candle burned quietly in the lantern.

In the fierce entanglement before, these lanterns have long been shattered.

All that remained was a puddle of wax, tears, and debris mixed together.

But in the moment just now, Lan En swept his eyes.

He instinctively realized that something was wrong, and then Mentos immediately locked onto the image he had just scanned.

It was a small flame burning quietly in a pool of wax tears.

It's not much bigger than a mung bean, and it's swaying as if it's on the verge of extinction.

But just now, when the tail of the black mud snake group swept slightly over the small flame, it suddenly retracted a little as if it was cramping!

The amplitude of the twitching was very small, and it was even more difficult to distinguish under the color of the other party's body like flowing black mud.

However, with the computing power of Mentos, it captures the picture, calculates the angle of light and shadow, and determines the distance and proximity, and its tail is indeed retracted!

"It should be afraid of fire, sir."

Mentos calmly reasoned, and Lane agreed.

So just as the black mud snake smashed through the shield of the knight of Lothric behind the cushion, ready to bite him off half in one bite.

"呲~"

An orange stream of Martian heat suddenly rushed from the side onto the massive body of the black mud snake!

"Shhh!!h

The inhuman roar sounded again, only this time, the emotion contained in it was not 'destructive desire and tyranny', but 'pain'!

Lan En held the Dharma Seal in his left hand, and the continuous sparks and heat currents were spewed out of the Dharma Seal. It was a variant of the [Ignifah Seal] that he had learned from the knowledge of the Wolf School.

It can continuously spew a scorching stream of mana, which can last until the Chaos Mana in the Demon Hunter's body is exhausted, or it can be actively stopped.

Unlike the previous monster roar, it immediately caught Lorenzo's attention.

The newly appointed chief knight immediately noticed that under the flames, the intractable monster seemed to be very flammable.

Obviously, the flames only hit one side of it, but in the blink of an eye, the whole monster was on fire.

And the terrifying and powerful black mud body twisted, as if it had endured too strong pain in the flames, and the irrepressible convulsions and wriths produced.

The writhing of the black mud snake also threw the flames on its body to other places in the surrounding area. Many small flames immediately erupted around.

Lorenzo made a quick decision.

Immediately rushed forward with a big sword.

The convulsions of the Black Mud Serpent in the flames caused it to be completely unable to attack, and Lan, Lorenzo, and the Lothric knight who had been selected as the cushion in this window immediately did it together!

Two of them had white afterimages on their bodies, and the intensity of their movements resounded in the air around them, and they were combat skills that used soul power.

Lan En, on the other hand, used the skill of swordsmanship, swiped his left hand, wrapped the flames around the knife, and then rushed forward and slashed!

[Heartless Flow: Flowing Fire Blade]!

Three attacks that were unscrupulous and unleashed with all their might fell on the monster that writhed and wailed in the flames in an instant.

The sound of "Zilala" sounded from the black mud and asphalt-like body, it was the sound of a weapon slashing in.

"Shhhhh

In the end, it's like the death of a real snake.

The Black Mud Serpent suddenly made a tense movement, and let out the most miserable roar yet.

The black mud that flowed endlessly all over the body slowed down at a speed visible to the naked eye.

As the flow of black mud slowed down, the entire black body turned into a stiff, grayish-white stone texture as if the cement was drying rapidly.

The weapon that was cut into it was a little difficult to pull out for a moment.

But fortunately, this sudden appearance of the monster is solved.

Lorenzo slammed his foot on the petrified monster and pulled his greatsword out.

"Is this thing afraid of fire? Well, it's good to know the weaknesses. ”

He was visibly relieved.

"yes, if it weren't for the way it looked like it was afraid of fire, it wouldn't be a good thing to deal with."

Lan En also shook his head and sighed, and drew the sword of the Lake Maiden without any hesitation, and helped the knight of Lothric beside him draw the spear he had just stabbed into.

"A coup d'état, a monster I've never seen before, I'm not surprised what has become of Lothric City now."

Lorenzo smiled wryly.

"Didn't I think you're still a sorcerer? But it doesn't matter, at this time, even a sorcerer doesn't have much to mind. You don't have to hide your identity. ”

Lan En nodded indifferently on the surface, but he didn't know if the 'Spellcaster' was a good or bad word in this world.

Sounds like a spellcaster like 'Spellcaster' isn't very popular in normal times?

But when this flame is about to be extinguished, even the rules that stabilize the world are collapsing, not to mention the prejudices of human society?

"I'll have to tell you first." Lann grabbed Lorenzo's arm and said earnestly to him. "I actually heard a lot of these monsters roaring, do you know what I mean?"

After the prince's coup d'état, this kind of monster suddenly appeared in the city of Losric, and no one should know that it was no coincidence.

Lorenzo's face changed at first, and one and a half eyebrows were twisted into a ball.

But then he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

"The royal family has fallen to this point, and the power that involves the [Abyss] is okay, we have found the weakness of this thing."

It's true that this monster that has never been seen before is difficult to deal with, and more than a dozen of their Lustric knights are even restrained in the face of it.

But when it gets caught in the fire, it struggles in the flames for a few seconds.

If the attack waves are properly distributed, a lit rocket or torch is thrown at it, so that it does not care about attack and defense, and then several knights attack with all their strength without any scruples.

A few seconds is enough time to kill it.

This is the importance of intelligence, and the dozen or so Lothric knights just now can only think about retreating. Now they are ready to take out this monster in a matter of seconds.

The knights are fully equipped, and in addition to their melee weapons, they are also equipped with knightly crossbows and crossbow arrows.

And in the towers of the high walls of Losric, there are also some armaments stored.

There's something called a 'flame kettle' that turns into an incendiary bomb when thrown out.

"Go to my church first." Priest Emma said at this point.

"The church is one of the passages that connects the inner city with the high walls, where my priesthood is also held."

"Anyway, it's definitely right to go there first."

Emma's idea of the officiating priest was approved by Lorenzo, and the opinion of the head of the knights was the opinion of the knights.

So a group of people began to be vigilant and prepared to go to the high-walled church, which belonged to the priest's administration.

And after a group of people left the field that had been raided by the sages, they really saw what had become of Lothric now.

Raise the power of the city, so that you can only see a sea of clouds when you look down from the high walls.

Many unstable buildings collapsed and were destroyed in the process.

And that's not even the worst.

The worst thing is the people in this city.

It seems that with the outbreak of the coup d'état, these people who were still somewhat normal and somewhat sane have all lost their minds.

They turned a deaf ear to the collapse of the building and the shouts of killing in the distance.

It's like being immersed in prayer, kneeling on the side of the road, folding your hands to heaven or prostrating yourself in worship.

It's just that Lan En even thought that he was wrong, and confirmed it several times.

These people are starting to grow roots on their bodies.

Resembles the roots of a plant.

And on those roots, there is a faint thick black liquid dripping.

There is something wrong with these falling objects that look like flakes of ash.

Lan En guessed.

Because a coup d'état should obviously not affect the physical state of the residents.

Rather, it was the same flake of ash that no one had seen on the road before the coup d'état.

No one has ever seen it, it suddenly appeared, and after it appeared, the situation of the inhabitants became like this

When these circumstances are combined, the problems and suspicions are too great.

Moreover, the roots and tendrils of those residents, the black droplets that fell down, looked very similar to the dirt on the wounds of the previous Knight Commander.

(End of chapter)