After leaving the three-story building of the Thunder family, Leo took another walk around the town of Moon Lake, and then returned to the merchant station agreed with Morris.

As soon as they met, Leo found that Morris's face was full of bitterness, and he couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong?

"Shun lì, very smooth lì, and the goods are even hotter than before. Morris smiled bitterly and continued: "But ......"

Seeing his hesitation, Leo became more and more puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "But what?"

According to his guess, this matter is likely to have something to do with the Thunder family's inability to allocate manpower, and it may also affect his next trip.

Sure enough, Morris glanced left and right, and saw that there were many people around, so he lowered his voice and said, "Go in and say." ”

After a while, the two entered the guest room arranged by the merchant station.

Morris sighed and said, "There may be a war." ”

"That's really the case...... Leo's heart moved, but there was nothing on his face.

Morris sorted out his words and continued: "This matter was secretly told to me by an old friend of mine for many years, and it is still in the stage of blocking the news. ”

"You can also see that in places like the Western Exiles, people come and go, and they are all people who have no fixed home. If the news spreads and causes panic, it is likely that it will not be long before this place will become a dead land, so the Thunder family tried their best to control the spread of the news, if it weren't for the fact that my old friend has some status here, I'm afraid

I'm afraid it's hard to get news. ”

Leo didn't want to hear that, but he was patient and waited for the other party to continue.

Morris, who has been in business for many years and is very good at observing words and feelings, immediately saw Leo's thoughts, smiled helplessly, and said: "Here's the thing, news came from the west. The orc tribe displayed a full 2,000 of the most elite wolf cavalry on the border of the Western Exile Territory, threatening to wipe out the Western Exile Territory and kill them directly to the Kingdom of Urryn. ”

Before, Leo thought that there was going to be a war between the rulers of the Western Exiles, but he didn't expect that it would be the orcs further west who were going to send troops.

And he also learned from the "Epic of Deniga" that he had seen before that the orc wolf cavalry was so terrible in the all-out war between the orcs and humans.

Most of the orcs themselves are burly and powerful, and they are completely beyond the reach of ordinary human soldiers. And they raise the wolf. It is also several times larger than ordinary Steppenwolf, with sharp teeth sharper than sharp blades, which can penetrate iron armor in a single bit, tear enemies in half, and can cause natural oppressive force to warhorses, making them tremble. When orcs and wolves are combined, this advantage is further amplified.

It is clearly mentioned in the "Epic of Deniga" that at that time, the human coalition army arranged an army of 200,000 to surround the 5,000 wolf cavalry regiment of the great chief of the orc tribe.

And in order to annihilate this force. The human race paid a total of 100,000 people, and the ratio of battle losses reached 20 to 1. But even so, the orc chief was still under the protection of a hundred personal guards, and the penetration was a five-layer encirclement. Successfully broke through and escaped.

It is conceivable that even if the strength of the orc tribe is completely unable to speak with the same day as it was back then, the number of soldiers has been greatly reduced, but two thousand wolf cavalry. Wanting to sweep the western exile is not a big word.

Moreover, there is no shortage of auxiliaries and top powerhouses among the orcs.

The shaman's ancestral war song. The improvement on the battlefield is very significant, and it is obvious that the Great Chief himself is said to have reached the legendary realm, and his combat effectiveness is not inferior to the strongest person in the Western Exile Land, the city lord of Wind and Sand City, and the legendary blood guard "Bloody Guide" Ambonis.

Speaking of this, Morris's expression became more and more solemn: "Alas, if the forces of the Western Exile can be fully concentrated, there may be the strength of a battle. It's a pity that the other two legends have always been at odds with the 'Bloody Guide', and it is impossible for them to work together. ”

"But why did the orcs suddenly go mad and attack the Western Exiles?" Leo asked, analyzing the situation:

"It's a long route, and even if they can loot along the way, it's hard for other logistical supplies to keep up. And once the war starts, the rich will surely be the first to flee, leaving only the destitute and the poor with nothing to rob. Even if they can really hit the kingdom of Urien, it is full of strong cities, and the wolf cavalry is invincible in the field, so it may be difficult to attack the city. ”

"Who's to say it's not, these twitchy orcs. My friend said that it seemed that the youngest son of the orc chief had disappeared, and that they thought it was the people of the Western Exile who had done it. Morris said indignantly, "The orc laborers are indeed the best slaves, hard-working, and strong, but what slave trader would not be able to see the son of the orc chief? Besides, since he is the son of the chief, his strength will definitely not be too bad, how can he be captured by the slave traders? ”

For this kind of thing, Leo didn't have a good plan, so he could only try to comfort a few words, and then said his next plan.

Hearing that Leo was going to explore with the Thunder family, Morris asked with some concern, "It's very weird there, are you sure you want to go?"

Leo nodded and said, "Sure, in a place where the aura of death is strong, there is a high possibility of producing soul crystals, this is a material that I desperately need." ”

"Soul Diamond, what's that?" Miles didn't know much about magic.

If it was in Calente, Leo would never have been able to say it, but in the Western Exile, law and morality are worthless in the face of strength, and the power of the church cannot be extended here, or rather, the churches do not bother to pour their power here, so he has few scruples.

"The soul crystal diamond is the solid crystallization of the soul, a wonderful material, but because it involves the soul, it is difficult to buy in the outside world, I just walked around the Moon Lake, and I didn't find a seller, it seems that I can only get it myself. ”

"Crystallization of the soul......" Maurice was dumbfounded, as a native of the kingdom of Urien, he was naturally a believer in the sun god. And even though they were only the outermost shallow believers, they were still very surprised to hear about things involving souls.

Leo saw his fear, smiled, and explained, "This thing is only a solid surface of soul energy, and does not contain the consciousness of any original creature, otherwise it would not have been condensed into crystals. And I use it to improve my magic golem, not to study some evil soul magic. ”

"I see...... So that's ......" Morris finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really worried that Leo was a terrible necromancer. In this way, the notes that were sent back should never be shown to his son.

Leo was afraid that he would think too much, so he hurriedly continued: "The Thunder Family estimates that this operation will take about three days. If you have time, I hope you can wait for me a little before heading west. ”

Morris responded without hesitation: "No problem, even if it is a month, I will wait for you." Now that the situation is volatile, I'm going to take a good look here. Then decide what to do next. ”

............

The next day, after a comfortable night's rest at the merchant station, Leo got up early, packed up, and went out with the Valkyrie.

Walking down the street, there were few pedestrians, only occasionally encountering a few patrolling guards. However, they had no intention of asking at all, and they didn't even look at Leo more.

In the western exiles, where there was a lot of population movement, the duty of the guards was more to catch thieves. Stop the brawls, collect business taxes, and as for finding spies, that's not their business.

Not much. The fast Leo and the Valkyrie arrived at the town gate.

The walls of Moon Lake are low, and the gates are wooden, so they are basically not defensive. However, in order to show respect for the ruler here, Leo still gave up his plan to go directly over the past.

Meet Leo. The man who looked like the captain of the guard came over and asked in a solemn voice, "Are you Mr. Mars?"

"Yes, I'm Mars. Leo replied.

For the other party to know themselves. He wasn't surprised, it was obvious that the Thunder Family had already arranged this matter.

The captain of the guard immediately saluted, waved his hand, and said, "Open the gate and let Mr. Mars go!"

With his voice, the wooden door creaked open.

Leo nodded, and strode out of town.

At this time, the captain of the guard and the other guards said in unison: "I wish you success!

"Oh, I didn't expect this to be a happy thing. Leo waved his hand feeling good.

After a little further walking, they arrived at their intended location, where Demont and Charlotte were already waiting. But the girl didn't seem to wake up much, and had been in Hache for days.

And beside them, there stood ten riders in dark blue standard armor, all of them looking mighty and majestic, without saying a word, well-trained and powerful. You don't need to ask to know that this is the family cavalry squad that Demont said yesterday.

Seeing Leo, Demont smiled kindly and said, "Good morning, Mr. Mars, you came early. ”

"I always like to do things a little earlier, but it's still not as early as you. Leo said with the same smile.

After a few casual conversations, and some breakfast offered by Demont, it was not long before most of the others arrived, and waited until it was six o'clock in the morning for the half-elf longbow ranger to arrive swaying and humming country slang.

When Demont saw that the people had finally arrived, he said, "Is there any of you who can't ride a horse?"

The question went unanswered, because several of them were veterans of perennial adventures, and of course it was impossible not to ride horses, and even the only female, Gray Sativa, did not speak. It's Leo's equestrianism, but he thinks he shouldn't have a problem using it for travel.

Seeing that everyone could ride horses, Demont was relieved, and then said, "In this case, I will first tell you about the general itinerary. We first rode to the canyon gorge, which took about eight hours. We will then set up camp on the outskirts of the canyon for a preliminary tanso. After accumulating some information, we spent the night on the outskirts of the canyon before entering the pit the next day. ”

The strong man Tofman asked in a puzzled voice, "Why don't you go into the pit at night, isn't it a waste of time?" and I am very ...... at night."

Before he could finish speaking, the half-elf immediately sneered: "You pig, the negative energy is stronger at night, and the strength of the corpse witch will increase a lot, do you want to kill us all?"

"......" The strong man was speechless for a moment, and his face was flushed.

In fact, this can't be blamed for his loneliness, after all, people in the main material plane rarely have access to negative energy and necromantic creatures, and the strong man is not a knowledgeable mage, so it is normal to not know.

"And the nickname?" asked Alfalfa in a hoarse voice.

De Mon had made a plan overnight, and he had already made up his mind, so he immediately replied: "Then, we will adopt a standard formation, with me, Tofman and Iron Fist indifferently in the front row, in which I will advance and Tofman and Iron Fist will be in charge of the wings. ”

Such an arrangement made the rest of the people, including Kuo Kuo, secretly shout hello.

As the planner and convener of this operation, if he does not undertake the most dangerous pre-emptive task, then he will definitely attract the suspicion and vigilance of others. And a responsible leader can achieve good results in any action.

"Next, the mage Mr. Mars is in the center. After Demon finished speaking, he was worried that others would not understand, and added: "Everyone should have heard of the mage's ability, and Mr. Mars's methods are the most outstanding among the mages I have seen, so I arranged for him to be in the center, which can not only help the front, but also deal with the rear." In addition, Mr. Mars's magic puppet also remains in the center and is responsible for protection. ”

Originally, everyone still despised young Leo, but when Demont said this, their eyes when they looked at Leo changed for a while.

They had all passed the four elements in the three-story building, and they also knew that Demon had seen the whole process in a certain way, so Demon must have discovered something to say so.

What's more, Demon himself is in the most dangerous position to burst forward, unless he is crazy, he will entrust his fate to an unreliable person.

After a slight pause, Demont continued, "Down here is Charlotte, also in the center, in response to Mr. Mars. "Then there are Lady Alfalfa and Mr. Bug, who remain at the end of the line and are responsible for remote suppression on the left and right flanks. Do you have any comments on this arrangement?"

In the face of such a reasonable arrangement, of course, everyone has no opinion.

Tormont looked at the cavalry squad next to him and asked, "What about them, won't they follow us into the Death Tunnel?"

Demont shook his head and said: "Most of their combat power is concentrated on horseback, and without horses, their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced. So they would escort us to the entrance of the tunnel all the time, and then set up defenses to guard the door and pick us up at any time to leave. (To be continued......)