Chapter 21 Entrusting the Future
"Everyone's searched for me!" A group of masked men and black cloaks filled the valley, the leader of the group holding a brown staff. These are the shadowmage forces who have come to hunt down Geraint and Prince Joshua in the name of Parsa.
"Hear me clearly, don't let go of any corner. The leader of the troops shouted, "Lord Parsa has said that whoever can bring back His Royal Highness the Prince will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins." As for that traitor to Geraint, it's best if he can be captured alive, and if he still wants to continue to resist, I'll kill him. ”
"There's someone out there ......" Joshua was just trying to say something when Geraint's mouth was covered.
"Your Royal Highness, don't speak up now. Geraint heard a noise outside in the cave and knew that Parsa had sent men to hunt him down. Although he has regained some physical strength now, he will undoubtedly hit a stone with an egg to fight against so many people. All he could do now was try to hide himself.
"Report to your lordship, we have searched all the surrounding areas and found no trace of the fugitives. Several of the Shadow Force mages in charge of the search reported to the man in charge.
"Are you sure you're doing a good search?" shouted the leader of the Shadow Mage's forces, "since you don't see them in this area, then look up there for me to see if there are any caves like that are suitable for people to hide." ”
Hearing that the search force was about to march up the mountain, Geraint's mood suddenly became tense. "Your Royal Highness, the enemy is about to discover the cave where we are hiding, and I will carry you out of here now. ”
"These are the bad guys who killed my mother and my sisters, right?" Joshua was still sobbing.
"Your Royal Highness Prince, hurry up and get on my back, I'll carry you on my back. Geraint kept her body in a half-squatting position, "I, Geraint, will never let them hurt you in the slightest." ”
"Uncle Geraint, I can go myself. You seem to be hurt, and I can't drag you down any longer. At this time, Joshua suddenly stopped his tears, "I am the son of the Holy King Roy, the prince of the kingdom of Reims, I must be strong." ”
"Alright Prince, now I'll go and see what's going on outside the cave!" said Geraint, running to the entrance of the cave and poking his head out. The reason why Geraint is known as the first knight of the Golden Dragon Knights is not only because of his bravery, but also because of his combat intelligence, he is also often praised by Byron. When he entered the valley, he first chose this long, narrow cave near the top of the mountain as a hiding place. In this way, you can not only observe the movement in the valley from a high position, but also have an additional direction to choose when escaping. Another point is that in such a narrow cave, the hidden person can grasp the various movements in the valley to the greatest extent possible, and can clearly hear the echoes.
When Geraint walked out of the cave, there was a steep slope not much in front of him, and there was a forest on each side of the slope with a gentle slope, and a river in front of him, although it was not as steep as a cliff, but the slope was relatively sharp. Geraint lay on the ground, observing the shadowmages. I saw a large group of shadow mages searching around the woods in the direction of the cave. Geraint observed that the enemy was approaching the cave from the woods in two directions, forming a close circle. So he hurried back to the cave and said to Joshua, "Your Royal Highness, come quickly, come to my back at once." ”
"Geraint, I can walk on my own!" Joshua didn't know how bad the situation was outside.
"Your Royal Highness, the enemy has blocked all the roads down the mountain on both sides, and we can only climb down from the steeper position in front of us. As soon as Jaylant grabbed Joshua, he ran outside.
The two came to the steep slope, and Geraint Xiangxia looked over, and the number of people searching for them was increasing. "It's really high here. Joshua Xiangxia glanced at it and couldn't help but be scared.
"So Joshua, you better hurry up and climb on my back, and I'll carry you down from here. Geraint said, picking Joshua up with one hand. When Joshua climbed on his back, he began to turn his back and slowly climb down the hillside.
"Look, there's a cave up ahead...... "At this point, the shadow mages seemed to have discovered something.
"There's a cave! Quick, let's fence the mouth of the cave first, and let the leader come and have a look. A magician shouted.
Hearing this, Geraint was very glad to hear this, which provided him and His Royal Highness the Prince with enough time to escape. So he calmed himself down and carried Joshua on his back.
"My lord, after our search, we found a new hole in it. "The leader of the Shadow Mage's army received a report from his subordinates and hurried to the cave together.
The Shadow Mage Force is a mysterious unit of the Black Dragon Knights under Parsa's command, often sent on top-secret missions such as sabotage, assassination, and beheading. Moreover, the true identity of the leader of the Shadow Mage Force is known to no one other than Parsa and King Roy, including the leaders of the other four knight orders. The leader of the Shadow Mages almost never shows up, and every time he goes on a mission, he is tightly wrapped and hides himself in a costume.
"Haven't any of you ever been in the cave?" the Shadow Leader shouted to his men.
"Chief, this cave looks very long and narrow, and the entrance is very large, but the height is very low. If someone were to lay in ambush inside, we would have suffered heavy losses if we rushed in like this. A magician reported to the leader.
"A bunch of cowards, if there are any people in them, it's just a badly injured man and a child, and look at you people who scare the hell out of you. The Shadow Leader was furious, "You're still a member of the Shadow Force. If I send you to the rear of the enemy, I can't imagine what the result will be. ”
"My lord, weren't you here just now, and we didn't dare to claim it on our own. The magician who had just reported the message smiled at the Shadow Leader.
"Well, you can call me into the cave first. The Shadow Leader commanded his men.
"Listen, the people in the cave, you are surrounded by us, come out and surrender quickly!" several magicians shouted into the cave. However, there was no reaction in the cave, only the voices of the shadow mages shouting just now echoed.
"There's no one in the cave, let's go, you guys come in with me to have a look." The Shadow Leader led his men into the cave.
"My lord, this is also empty, shall we look elsewhere?"
"Well, let's go to the top of the hill and have a look, if they get away. Mistress Parsa will not spare us. The leader shouted.
"Look, my lord, there's someone down there!" Suddenly, a magician glanced down, and saw two figures, one large and one small, the larger of which was climbing with the smaller one on his back.
"Sure enough, it's that guy from Geraint, and the prince is in his hands. Quick, don't let him run!" shouted the Shadow Leader.
However, in their desperation, the shadow mages did not hear what the chief was saying, but only sensed that he was anxious and angry. So they used a magic attack directly at Geraint.
"Not good!" shouted Geraint. At the same time as Prince Joshua, he was struck by the magic of the Shadow Force, and as soon as his hands were released, he fell straight down the mountainside. Due to the strong currents on the river, when they fall into the water, they disappear in an instant.
"A bunch of idiots, who let you attack?" the Shadow Leader furious, "Lord Parsa wants us to take you alive." Now that they're all swept away by the river, how can I explain to the archmage?"
On the side of the Holy Light Temple, after a hard battle with Bai Ao and Schroeder, Byron felt that his body was gradually losing his body, and he fell to the ground on one knee. He barely supported his body with the holy wall in his hand. Although Bai Ao and Schroeder have always kept each other in their confrontation with them, under the repeated attacks of the two knight leaders, Byron was still hit hard after all.
"I thought it was going to be a lot of fun, but we had actually violated chivalry. This is a disgrace to me, Byron, you are worthy of being a true warrior of the kingdom of Reims. Bai Ao put the sword in his hand on the ground, and watched the exhausted Byron frown.
"Ecbertor, you cunning fellow!" Schroeder turned his head to look at the mage of the Black Dragon Knights, and then said to Bai Ao, "We didn't decide the winner today, but we will have a good fight in the future." ”
"Always available. Bai Ao looked at Schroeder with disdain, "But the final winner will definitely be me." ”
"Byron, the leader of the rebels, has fallen, and the men will go up with me and capture them alive. Ecbertor shouted and motioned for his men to rush over and arrest Byron and the others.
"We, the Knights of the Golden Dragon, will never become captives of Parsa. Byron slowly stood up and took out a golden dragon badge from his waist, which was a symbol of the core members of the Golden Dragon Knights, "You all have your badges on you, right?"
"Yes, Lord Byron. Fanny, Kevin, and Lana pulled out the Golden Dragon Knight badge together.
"Let's live and die with this Holy Light Temple!" Byron slowly walked to the magic array located in the center of the Holy Light Temple, which had the source of holy light, "Let's stand together on the four directions of the magic array and aim the badge at the source of holy light!"
"Byron, what do you want to do?" exclaimed Ekbeldo.
"You haven't forgotten the flames of our Golden Dragon Knights, have you?" Byron sneered, "Although we are defeated, our spirit lives on. Lord Bai, Lord Schroeder, I, Byron and our Golden Dragon Knights, will always be loyal to this country, you are all the pillars of the kingdom of Reims, hurry up and leave! ”
"Stop, Byron!" cried Ecbertdo.
The Flame of Fire is the strongest meaning of the Golden Dragon Knights, and as long as four people with the Golden Dragon Knight Badge gather, they can use the Holy Light Liliang to create powerful flames. Of course, those who can control the badge are also the most high-ranking members of the Golden Dragon Knights. As the badge reflected a dazzling light under the illumination of the source of holy light, the entire hall of holy light began to shake violently.
"Byron, you madman. Ekberdo yelled, "This place is about to fall, everyone run." ”
"Would you rather die than give in?" The people in the Holy Light Hall who participated in the encirclement and suppression hurriedly fled outside the hall, but Bai Ao was very calm and glanced at Byron from a distance. Watching the pillars in the Temple of Light shatter one by one, Byron felt calmer than he had ever felt before: "That's all we can do, the future is entrusted to you, Geraint......"