Chapter 860: What I Saw and Heard on the Road
Leonard really didn't have much courage, and the slightest danger would make him hesitate to think about it for a long time, but at the same time, it also meant that the mercenary leader was a rather stable person, and it was impossible to make any rash moves. Therefore, in the eastern continent, where there is basically no knowledge of it and there are demons eyeing it, it is only fitting that many unruly adventurers are put under the command of Leonard.
It turns out that Leonard did exactly that, too. Due to the presence of a large army of demons nearby, the mercenary leader decisively set up a defense in place, and sent many scouts to investigate the surroundings. Although he had made contact with the representatives of the Ming Empire in the Eastern Continent, the two sides had not reached any verbal agreement, and he did not have the slightest intention of risking being turned around by the demon to save the other city.
So now, a Ming Empire army and adventurers have formed a demon army sandwiched in the middle, neither the Ming army nor the adventurers have enough strength to defeat the demon alone, and the bat wings do not have enough strength to deal with the enemies on both sides at the same time, so the three parties have fallen into an embarrassing situation of being unable to move.
Whoever moves first loses - at least on the adventurer's side, including Leonard, the command of the mercenary presidents thinks so.
Except for a beautiful blonde girl who is not afraid of heaven and earth, whether it is Longtan Tiger's Den or the castle of the Great Demon King, he still dares to go in and write the words "Come here" with a grease pen on the wall, and is never afraid of being fined.
On the first day of teleportation, despite the events of Icarus's greeting of the demons, the ensuing head-to-head battle between the armored forces of the two sides, and the fact that representatives of the Ming Empire took the initiative to come to the door to meet, Locklep excited the people of the Western Continent when he reported it, Leonard was not as enthusiastic as the others. Because the mercenary president knows. The next day, the key was to give various orders to the large army and try to formally organize this group of free and loose adventurers, otherwise the more than 30,000 people would be nothing more than a plate of scattered sand at best.
However, Leonard is not very worried about this, after all, there is the respected Bixia of the Berea Empire. Both adventurers and mercenaries have great respect for her. As long as the little queen takes the lead and plays an exemplary role, then everything will be solved.
Thinking of this, Leonard paced into the tent of the conductor's tent almost as he danced in the morning sun the next day.
The only female leader of the command layer composed of more than a dozen mercenary presidents had already arrived first, and when she saw Leonard walk in, she raised her hand to greet him with a little pain: "Yo, Lord Commander, you are here." The good news is that half an hour ago, at dawn, Queen Elysia left the camp with her team and Her Highness Locklip as a news reporter. Went to explore in the direction of the city of the Ming Empire. Because they happened to yujian me when they were leaving, this is the explanation by the way, and if they hadn't met, I'm afraid no one would know where this nonsensical little queen was going to play. Saying. What's wrong with you!?"
Leonard, who was in tears with black lines on his face, raised his hand lightly and shook it: "Please leave me alone, I just feel that I am too stupid to have expectations for that little queen who has always been off the line and has no score." β
"Well, it's not like that, is it?"
"Otherwise, what else can I do? I took my brother and sister and a few friends to play an adventure game with Fang Xiangshang, where the demon army is located, normal people wouldn't do this, right!?In case they have three long and two short, the strongest empire in the Western Continent will collapse in an instant! Are these people really members of the royal family?" Leonard said desperately as he pounded the carpet with tears in his eyes, "My dear Queen Bixia." Do you dare to be more detached from common sense?!"
"Yikes. In a sense, it is precisely because her behavior is always out of common sense that this has created her various legendary deeds, right?"
After being silent for a long time, Leonard stood up and wiped his face casually and said seriously: "What you said is very reasonable, but I always think that Bixia just likes to lose her temperament." β
"Helloββ!!" Alicia, who was hurrying through the rugged mountains and forests, suddenly sneezed hard for no apparent reason.
"Sister, do you have a cold?" Imrith next to her hurriedly asked with concern, "Did Ise not sleep well last night, and wrapped all the futon on her side to make you cold?"
The sisters slept in the same tent last night. That's why little Ace asked. Incidentally, Locklip expressed all sorts of strong envy and jealousy for Alicia's overbearing behavior of her precious sister, in order to get the opportunity to share a bed with her youngest sister from the blonde girl. The undisciplined creator god even bribed the little queen to create an incident in which Elijah got into the tent that night and gently and sweetly snapped her - but Alicia was unmoved, and did not hesitate to reject the tearful sister god on the grounds that she was too young to be overthrown.
After reaching out and touching Imrith's head dotingly, Alicia denied in all seriousness, "No, little Ise." You sleep cutely and don't grab a sheet with me. And I didn't have a cold, it must have been Locklipp's guy who was speaking ill of me behind my back. β
"Hey, hey, I'm really right behind you, but I didn't say anything bad!" Locklip's voice rang out decisively in the back, "And you won't sneeze when you say bad things from such a close distance, right?"
"Well, that's right. Alicia nodded earnestly, "Then you didn't say it, but thought it in your heart." β
β...... Weishenme has to just stare at me? Maybe those ministers in Mangla are complaining about a beautiful little queen who ignores the government all day long?" Locklip said with his right hand on his chest, "As a queen, she left all her affairs and went to the academy to play Shura with the main palace where she stayed naturally, not to mention, she didn't even plan to go back during the winter vacation, but took her friends to the Eastern Continent for a leisurely outing, even the most temperamental courtiers in the world will complain about this, right!?"
When the blonde girl heard this, she immediately turned her head and said with a straight face: "Weishenme wants to complain, as a boss, it is natural for you to be lazy on the side by abandoning your work to your subordinates, right?"
The creator god then grabbed the camera lens and made a sympathetic expression: "Mangla guys. Do you all hear that? This girl has reached the pinnacle of power, and it is time to stand up so that she will not be completely exploited to death in the future! It's been so hard for you to defend the capital for so long, and you're going to go on strike starting tomorrow, I approve it!"
His Royal Highness in front of the camera suddenly let out a terrible scream like killing a pig, and his handsome face was distorted, but he was kicked away on the spot by Alicia who rushed up and flew up.
"Do you guys dare to be a little nervous?" Siggs, who was in charge of exploring the path in front, finally couldn't help but turn around and said angrily, "In this kind of place where you may collide with the demon head-on at any time, you continue to show off your daily life without discipline?
While arranging the dress that had just been messed up, Alicia said with a faint relief, "It's okay. Uncle Siggs. With Icarus here, any dangerous individuals who try to get within five hundred meters of us will be spotted by her immediately, so rest assured. β
"All the dangerous people?"
"Hmm. All dangerous elements. The little queen nodded vigorously and said firmly.
So the one-eyed handsome uncle resolutely stretched out his hand and pointed to the top of Alicia's head: "So that means that the colorful poisonous spider with a black background pattern above your head does not belong to the so-called dangerous elements?"
A second later, the screams of horror from Elysia's sweet voice rang out in the forest.
Looking at the blonde girl who decisively got into Ilya's arms next to her in search of security, Locklip pursed his lips very unhappily, but did not do anything like asking the other party for trouble.
Because nearby, Imrith was clenching her hands into fists, looking at the two of them with embarrassment and rather excitement. As a model brother, how can the sister control god go over to disturb them?
"Chill, calm down. Ellie. Ilya gently patted the girl on the back and comforted, "It's winter, where are the spiders in the woods?"
Reminded by this, the little queen also immediately realized that she had been smashed, and hurriedly left the boy's arms, and looked angrily at Siggs - this thing had already seen that the situation was not good, and he slipped forward to do a serious way to explore.
Locklip waited for the team to regain composure, coughed and faced the camera, and said, "All in all, we have now entered the vicinity of the location of the predicted demon army, and it is not surprising that we can indeed run into the enemy at any time." And as you can see, the village we just passed through has been completely destroyed like the city, and it is believed that if these bat wings succeed in landing on the Western Continent. They will do the same thing.
In addition to demons, there is also a city in the Ming Empire. Before the adventurers arrive. The city was under onslaught from the demons, and now it happened to be in the middle of it with us. We have reason to believe that the representatives of the Ming Empire who came to meet yesterday set off from there, will we be pleasantly surprised to see my dear little sister Alicia today?"
"I don't think he'll be surprised at all. Hearing this, Alicia took over and said, "You must know that there is a demonic army between us and the Ming army, although we have the home advantage of local battles, it is not easy for Old Man Lin Feiyun to lead more than ten elite men through the enemy's line to our camp. This in itself is not only a greeting from the host to the guests, but also an alternative demonstration against us. And there must be coming, yesterday Icarus has found the specific location of the city, after Lin Feiyun came to say hello, we should also find a way to break through the demon's line and show their faces to them in the spirit of politeness. β
Before that, you have to beat the demons...... The mercury lamp next to him was about to sigh something, when he heard Icarus, who was holding him, suddenly said in a deep voice: "The enemy's patrol, a level 4 warrior, twelve level 3 warriors, two level 3 mages, and more than forty low-level monsters, are walking towards us from four hundred and fifty meters away. β
"Tsk, I also deliberately chose the rugged mountain path, I didn't expect the bat's wings to be patrolled here. Alicia couldn't help but put her hand on her forehead and said, "Everyone. To avoid trouble, let's find a place to hide first. β
"Woo oh, you chose to avoid the battle when you met the enemy?" Locklip immediately stirred up in a strange voice behind him, "Is it really appropriate to be so passive in front of all the people in the Western Continent?"
"Get out. The old lady just didn't want to accidentally stab the hornet's nest and cause more trouble after killing this wave of miscellaneous soldiers. The blonde girl replied unusually fiercely as she mobilized her friends to find a hiding place, "Do you know how the mid-laner who started to swim after pushing the line showed off the innocent assistant who was eye-catching in the river on the other side, and then took away his head, and then hid in the small dragon pit and returned to the city? I don't want to repeat that mistake. β
"Well, my dear little sister, I understand what happened to that little dragon......" Locklip wiped his forehead in a cold sweat and puzzled.
"Will I tell you that the jungler is blind, and then kicked the dragon while beating the opponent's midlaner?"
"Well, it seems that yesterday the author was very angry after being shown off...... This doesn't count. Locklip continued to sigh with a slightly speechless face. "But you're right, we're here to visit the Ming Empire, not to trouble the demons. There's no need to make a fuss here. β
"I found a small steep slope in the distance where you could hide underneath it. Poison Island Tsuneko hurried back and beckoned, "Don't hide in the woods, the bushes are not very lush now." β
Alicia nodded, and led the group to the bottom of the steep slope that the purple-haired royal sister had spoken. By the way, I also took out a lot of shrubs from the bracelet or something to cover it. In this way, the other party will not be able to find it even if he looks down.
"Where did you get these shrubs from?" asked the mercury lamp, whispering silently after the crowd had set up their disguises, "I don't remember you having any interest in raising flowers and growing plants." β
Actually, I had exchanged it from the system on the fly, and I knew I couldn't say that!, so Alicia raised her index finger and whispered, "It's all just in case." β
"Well, for example?"
"Ilya finally can't help but want to bump into little Ace when I'm XXOO like last time......"
The sound of footsteps from afar and near interrupted the blonde girl's performance and caused the chairman to stop the action of reaching out the feather fan. Everyone hurriedly shrank up quietly with a bated voice, and quietly looked up without daring to take a breath.
Through the bushes, you can faintly see many tall figures swaying in the sunlight on the steep slope, and you can hear the sound of monsters spewing from time to time. The rumbling footsteps shook the ground slightly, accompanied by the metallic sound of iron armor rubbing.
An ugly green-skinned head poked out from the top of the steep slope, and everyone's hearts jumped in shock.
However, the demon only glanced at it cursorely, and then retracted its head.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing. There were a few monsters that kept going down the steep slope, so I wanted to see if there was any situation. But nothing was found. β
"Leave it alone. Even if there were human civilians hiding in the mountains, we wouldn't have the skills to catch them and have fun. Keep up with the team!"
"Yes, Captain. β
The demons didn't stop long, and soon left the steep slope and disappeared into the distance.
The crowd returned to the mountain trail under the leadership of Alicia.
"Looks like the demon is going to make a big move. The blonde girl looked in the direction in which the enemy had disappeared, and the direction in which they had come, and muttered, "What is the other party going to do without even stopping to search for something suspicious?"
"To scout the adventurers' team?" Ilya guessed, scratching her head uncertainly, "just like the other squads are scouting the demons." β
"If it's scouting, this team is probably too big. Mercury Lamp immediately shook his head and answered, "I think they are more like they are on some kind of combat mission, for example, an all-army raid?"
"No way. Alicia shook her head on the spot and denied, "If we launch a surprise attack while we are not on a firm foothold, then the other party will definitely have to send all the troops, so wouldn't it be tantamount to showing the chrysanthemum defenseless in front of the Ming Empire's army?" β
Imrith obviously didn't understand, tilted her head and wondered, "Sister, what does the so-called old method mean?"
"Use a large number of cannon fodder to launch a surprise attack on our troops from all sides, and then analyze the composition, combat strength and morale of the team through our response. Alicia pinched her hair and pouted a little painfully, "But this is also convenient for us, because the enemy's attention is all focused on the camp, and the patrol and vigilance around will naturally drop a lot." Let's seize this opportunity to hurry forward and try to reach the city of the Ming Empire before lunch. I want the other party to treat us to a big dinner!"
Poison Island looked at the direction of the camp and hesitated: "But, but Queen Bixia, don't we have to worry about the camp?"
"Of course not. Alicia curled her lips and said, "If Leonard can't even stop this level of attack, then there is no need for him to continue to be the commander-in-chief of the adventurers." (To be continued......)
PS: I have a cold, my head is dizzy...... οΌQAQοΌ