A small two-story main castle, with two "mouth" walls built of stones outside, knights and wizards live in the center of the castle, and samurai and planters live in the cloak under the wall, once an enemy comes to attack, the samurai can quickly climb the wall along the roof to defend against the enemy, and the knights who live on the second floor of the castle are directly condescending.

As the Rees and their warriors were about to leave Deciduous Castle, Herman bribed them with Power Stones to help transport the first planters in order to relieve the pressure.

There were two thousand one hundred and fifty-eight planters in the castle, and after a night of consideration, William of Hermann Jean and another knight with eighty warriors, plus the two Rees and their twenty warriors, escorted the first batch of three hundred and fifty-eight people out.

William was unhappy that he had to go back and forth just after he arrived, but he left early in the morning with someone, because he could not destroy his cousin's prestige.

After sending off the first batch of growers, Herman arranged for everyone to perform their duties in an orderly manner. The knights had no task yet, but it was morning, and they had to train, so they all left the castle and went to the clearing ahead. Herman stood at the head of the city, looking at the energy fluctuations emitted by their bodies when they cultivated, and he could vaguely guess the level of the accommodating method of these people's cultivation.

"You seem pretty comfortable with these things?" A faint camellia wafted from his side, and the witch man had not yet arrived, and the fragrance had arrived.

"Of course, I've always been the class leader since I was a child!" Herman said with some pride.

"What?" The witch asked.

Herman duly diverted the subject, "Hehe, I mean, this kind of thing will be done in the same way. ”

Claire smiled charmingly: "Are you saying that you were born to dictate what people do?" ”

"Well, that's not what I meant." Herman decided to change the subject, "How did Lord Holt come out on such a cold day?" ”

The wizard's body was far inferior to that of the knight, and the others were all dressed in single clothes, except for Claire, who wrapped herself in a thick cotton fur like a bear, and spoke with a white breath.

Claire said, "I want to know what you're going to do. Last night I was worried that the Vault Dweller would come and attack at night, and I didn't dare to sleep all night, but who knew that no one would come. Are you going to be proactive or reactive? ”

Herman turned his head to look over, Claire's fair face really had shallow dark circles, and the whole person was very lazy and sleepy. secretly praised the beauty in his heart, and then said his plan: "Take the initiative in the early stage, and passively defend in the later stage." Before the Knights' army retreats here, I plan to take the initiative to find the lone wanderers, no matter how strong these guys are, they will definitely not be able to withstand our siege, and clean them up as much as possible; And when the army can't withstand the pressure or the number of wandering Vault Dwellers gradually increases, we can defend the city. There was a well in the castle, and there was food in the cellar on the first floor, and as long as the walls did not collapse, it was enough for us to last a year and a half. ”

"It's worthy of being the captain, it's really thoughtful!" She complimented, then added.

"And will you take me with you when you go out? To be honest, I'm still a long way from being able to redeem the Blood Traceability Elixir, and I'm currently short of contribution points. Claire looked at him brightly, "Just staying in the castle, I can't make up a battle for a month or two, I don't want to do this." ”

Although Claire is a wizard in the army, she is also a vulnerable awakener, so long before the team started, Hawkins emphasized in public that he should try to avoid letting wizards go out to fight in the field, and he should do his best to protect the wizards in dangerous situations. Don't look at Claire's transcendent status, but it's not easy for her to leave this castle.

(That's what you're for!) ）

Herman was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you have any other attack magic besides that vine magic?" What about cast speed? "The last time he fought in the mines, he saw that Claire was able to summon three thorn vines to attack werewolves, which was very powerful, and if her other magic also had such strength, he would definitely be happy to take her with him.

Unexpectedly, Claire's face turned ashamed when she heard this, and her little pink face suddenly looked like she was drunk, with a different style. I only heard her say embarrassedly: "The touch of the ghost vine can only work quickly in the forest, and the other attack magic can only be instantaneous in the forest, otherwise it will take at least half a minute for each of them." In addition, the only ones that will be able to do so are the secondary magic Ride the Wind and the Level 1 Talisman Charm...... But the contribution value I really need, for the sake of my old comrades, please! ”

Claire blushed and folded her hands, embarrassed.

"Uh......" Herman wanted to tell her no, but looking at the blonde girl's longing eyes, her strong and powerful heart trembled inexplicably as if it had been shocked, and the ghost almost relented and agreed, "Okay, I can take you out, but you have to obey orders." ”

"Of course, yes!" Claire cheered, happily spun around in place, the whole person was like a drunken bear, so cute that it couldn't be.

Herman was also choking on his breath and felt like he had been electrocuted again.

After lunch, Herman called Barron, Moore, and Grace.

He said to the three, "We don't know how long we're going to be here and we can't stay in the castle all the time. In addition to the hillside behind, the terrain of the rest around Deciduous Castle also needs to be figured out, so I'm going to take someone to scout, which of the three of you wants to stay and watch the house? ”

"Captain, I'll go." Grace was the first to say.

Barron also said quickly, "I'm going too." ”

Seeing this, Moore smiled and said, "Then I'm lazy with this old man." ”

"Okay, Barron, Grace, each of us will bring a small group of samurai to follow, if you run into a lone wanderer, kill if you can, kill if you can't, don't chase after it, the future will be long, you know?" Herman instructed.

Barron nodded, and Grace replied, "Yes." Moore laughed while smoking on the side, after these days of getting along, everyone found out that the captain of his own squad seemed to be cold, but he was really a very verbose person, and he wished that everything would be arranged for you, like a nanny.

Not to mention the secret slander of everyone, Barron and Grace, who had been aggrieved for a long time, immediately picked up the people and horses and ran out of the city, and ran away without a trace.

Herman also ordered the people to leave, and when he looked up, he met Claire's gaze coldly, and the witch's eyes were full of complaints, as if to say, how can you go back on your word?

Herman had no choice but to beckon to her, "Come down, let's go together." ”

Claire turned her anger into joy and jumped downstairs.

An hour later, when the trail came to an end, a dense chestnut forest blocked the horses' path, and Herman and Claire dismounted and walked on foot with the men up the mountain.

Unlike Barron and Grace, who plunged headlong into the plains, Herman wanted to see what was going on in the mountains behind the castle. The terrain is higher and there are dense forests. It's winter now, but once everything grows in spring and summer, it's no problem to hide a few hundred people inside, but he has to figure out the terrain behind the hillside.

The mountains and forests are no better than the plains, and the snow is extremely deep, which is quite torturous for the weaker witches, and Herman has no choice but to squat down and carry her on his back.

"I said that I was just here to explore the way, why do I have to follow. It's cold and dry, so why bother to come and suffer. ”

Claire blushed, leaned on his shoulder and said, "What if you meet the Vault Dweller?" I can't let the contribution value in hand fly. ”

"It's not that easy." Herman smiled: "Besides, I don't know who will become the contribution value." ”

"Hmph, you ......" Claire was about to fight back, her face suddenly changed, her mental power sensed something unusual, and hurriedly said, "Be careful, there are enemies in the distance." ”

Herman followed the direction of her finger, and sure enough, on the mountain, she saw an ancient Pompeii fire cat that was as red as a fire and a sturdy trampling lizard with green scales that could harness the wind element anywhere, and on the back of the treading lizard, officially its owner, a Vault Dweller from the underground!

Herman's eyes sharpened, staring at the other party's figure, and slowly put Claire down. The rest of the samurai also drew their knightly swords at their waists and became vigilant.

"Holt-sama, is there an ambush around?" He asked in a deep voice.

Claire closed her eyes, her spiritual power spread around, and quickly replied, "Not within three hundred meters." "The range of her spiritual power limit exploration is three hundred meters, as long as the other party is not covered by a gifted wizard, even the earth knight cannot hide under her spiritual power.

Hearing such an answer, Herman raised his hand: "Press up." The warriors rushed up and rushed towards the man.

But the other party was not afraid, smiled contemptuously, and urged the green lizard under his crotch to take the initiative to rush towards the samurai.

Seeing this, Herman looked left and right for a while, but did not find the enemy, so he said to Claire: "Can you stay here and see the situation to assist us?" ”

Claire nodded, "As long as I'm in the forest, I'm not as fragile as you think." Go ahead. ”

Seeing this, Herman drew his sword and rushed towards the Vault Dweller. There was a thin layer of blood light on the other party's body, it was obvious that this was a powerhouse at the level of a source knight, and it was not at all that ten warriors could deal with it, if it weren't for him, these people would be killed all of them if they were only one of them.

Although the ten warriors could not fight against the Knights of the Source, they were the support of Herman to defend the city.

As Herman mobilized his fighting spirit, he jumped out of the waist-deep snow, stepped on the trunk of the tree and moved forward with the strength of an ape, and soon overtook the warriors who were struggling to move through the snow.

Only then did Herman see the other party's appearance clearly, his gray face seemed to have not been washed for many years, and a scar from the center of his eyebrows to the corners of his mouth made the enemy look even more ferocious.

(At least in the skeletal containment method, this tread lizard is not harmless to humans and animals as imagined!) ）

After approaching the enemy, Herman quickly judged this.

(Let's test it.) ）

As soon as his gaze froze, Herman stepped heavily on the trunk of the tree, and the whole person rushed towards the opponent like a cannonball, and the sword had already pierced out while the person was still in the air.

"Sure enough, the reckless men on the surface like to go it alone!" The other party said this sentence with ridicule, and pulled out a strange sharp blade from behind his waist that looked like a knife but not a knife, and seemed to be a hook. He saw him jump up from the back of the moss-stepping lizard, and also slash at Herman with a sharp blade.

The blood light on the Vault Dweller's body instantly enveloped the strange weapon, and it bounced away at Herman's knight's sword.

After standing still, Herman frowned slightly, because the sword in his hand was already missing a gap, which was not broken by collision, but the other party's blood-red fighting spirit, which was strangely corrosive.

I saw that the other party took a few steps back, shook his numb hand, and grinned: "What a lot of strength, are you cultivating the bones and tendons of your hands?" ”

"Your blood-colored vindictiveness is not bad." Herman was noncommittal.

"Thanks for the compliment." The Vault Dweller didn't care about Herman's evasion, and said with a smile. It's just that he was still thanking him one second, and the next second he was already waving his weapon and rushing up again.

Herman glanced behind him, and then stabbed out with a sword, although he didn't know any sword fighting skills, but swordsmanship was a basic course for the Knights, and they had been learning it since they were in the reserves, so they didn't show any fear. I said before that I wasn't good at weapons, but it was only comparative.

Although Herman's swordsmanship is good, the opponent's blood-colored fighting spirit is really strange, even if Herman has protected it with his fighting energy, it is still corroded quickly, and a few breaths have been broken.

Click!

Eventually, the scarred knight's sword was overwhelmed and slashed by the Vault Dweller, leaving a deep wound in Herman's waist with a bone-deep wound that spurted out with a single brush.

Herman's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly covered his wounds and jumped towards the warriors behind him.

Seeing that his opponent had lost his weapon and was wounded, the Vault Dweller was willing to let go of this opportunity, although a trace of doubt flashed in his mind during the pursuit, and he didn't know why Herman didn't use his fighting skills, but Herman's young and excessive face was extremely deceptive, and this Vault Dweller only thought that he was a hairy boy who went to war for the first time.

"Shh

The Vault Dweller put his hand to his mouth and blew it violently, and the moss-stepping lizard, who was watching from a high place, immediately ran up to him in a gust of wind and lifted him, and in an instant the man and beast caught up with Herman.

Without a weapon, Herman was unable to resist, and in a hurry, he was hit in the back a few more times, and his back was suddenly blurred, and his steps staggered.

It's time for the killer.

"you, rookie!"

The moss lizard stopped beside Herman, the Vault Dweller's eyes on his back were cold, and the blood-colored fighting energy all over his body poured into the right hand holding the blade, his right hand trembled like the wind, and in just one second, hundreds of stabs were stabbed, his right hand was like a ball of blood-colored daisies blooming, when the petals fell off his hands, each petal would be the deadliest weapon.

C-rank fighting skill - Wild Blue Ten Thousand Blades!

With a shake of the Vault Dweller's right hand, hundreds of blood-colored qi shot out like a rain of swords to bury Herman. The samurai behind him were terrified, and for a moment they stopped in place, not knowing what to do.

At this time, he saw that Herman, who was tired of running for his life, stared at him, suddenly straightened up his rickety body, let go of the hands covering the wounds, and the wounds on his waist had already healed as before.

"Impossible, how can you resist my Fire Owl Demon Flame!" The Vault Dweller's pupils shook in disbelief.

Herman ignored it, clenched his fists with both hands, and the fist was instantly filled with black flames, only to see him use his fighting qi to punch out, and the fatal ten thousand blades were directly scattered by a punch, turning into a ball of blood-colored energy floating in the air.

The most difficult thing for the Vault Dweller is not himself, but the treadmill. So after a single punch to break up the rain of swords, Herman set his sights on the green lizard, ready to deal with it first.

Just as he was about to use his fist to directly break the front leg of the treading lizard, Claire's natural voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Winding!"

A thick vine emerged from the snow in an instant, wrapping the big lizard into a knot.

Herman grinned when he saw this, and said, "I'll tell you why your bloody fighting spirit doesn't work for me. ”

The next moment, a black light erupted from his body, and he pounced on the Vault Dweller like a cheetah.