"What a close call."
Watching the cavalry all around disappearing towards the distant horizon, Duan Qing, who was smiling and shaking his hands, put away his exaggerated farewell gesture with a relaxed expression. The slightly cool autumn wind also followed the Qingling Adventure Group.
The figures of several people slowly gathering together passed by their forlorn-looking backs: "Huh... I feel like my heart is going to jump out."
"Next time if you encounter this kind of thing again, remember to tell me in advance." Behind him, Gedman's equally tired voice sounded: "At least let me be mentally prepared - I thought it was true just now
I’m going to fight these full-level high-level soldiers to the death.”
"Obviously I'm the busiest one, okay? I have to sneak out before they notice, and then sneak back before they notice." Xue Ling Huan Bing also pointed to her chest:
"Fortunately, you didn't run too far and were blocked on the street by the Hulun guards. Otherwise, it might have been too late."
"It's too late, no matter what, it's too late." Duan Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Do you really think that Naxia is a vegetarian? How can she hide in the Hulun tribe for so long?
time, he must have his own way of concealing his whereabouts."
"What?" Xue Ling Huan Bing, who crossed her arms, looked at the other party sideways: "Didn't you hide her just now? We bought you so much time in vain?"
"No way, I managed to put the invisible potion into her hand." Duan Qing hurriedly patted his chest, and put on a look and posture that was asking for credit and reward: "Although the method and principle of light and shadow refraction are very
It’s simple, and the magic fluctuations produced are also very obvious, but the tricks used to hide Hu Mobei’s eyes should be enough. In order to prevent there being an expert in their team, I deliberately only let him in - "
"Did you just say that you handed it to her with your own hands?" Duan Qing was interrupted, and Gedman looked at the gray-robed magician's face with strange eyes: "Don't say that the entire tent was surrounded.
I didn't notice anyone sneaking into or outside the tent, how did you get in?"
"Well, of course I used some methods that only I know." Scratching his cheek, Duan Qing tried to brush off the problem with a dry smile: "Although the level is not enough, but the simple
It’s easy to build and reproduce a magic circle—well.”
Duan Qing, who stopped speaking and noticed something, suddenly turned his head. The weak and slender figure belonging to Naxia then appeared in front of Duan Qing and others under the twilight.
, the action of lifting the door curtain also revealed a hint of disappointment that was difficult to conceal: "I...did I cause you trouble again?"
"If this kind of thing can really be called trouble." Duan Qing, who shrugged his shoulders and walked forward first, also showed his kind smile: "Don't worry, things are much more troublesome than what you are now.
Our adventure group has gone through this countless times in the past. Instead of worrying about our ability to continue to provide you with shelter, it would be more practical to find out how the Hulun people got the news."
"Yes, how did they know this news? And they still named it so accurately? Could it be that there is a spy who is tipping the other party off?"
"Sure enough, it is adhering to the glorious tradition of 'whoever is not blaming the other', but I think it is unlikely. If I say it, I think the driver who racked his brains to throw the blame to us is more likely.
After all, he left this burden to us without any abnormality for so long, anyone would feel uneasy——"
"That, that."
A cowardly voice sounded weakly in the ears of several players who had just wanted to discuss it, accompanied by Nasia's extremely pale face clinging to the edge of the tent: "As expected, you should let go
Let me go, it’s too dangerous for me to stay here..."
"It's not that we don't respect your own thoughts and choices, but are you sure you can survive if you run out alone?" Duan Qing stopped the extremely heated discussion and looked at the other party toward the depths of the grassland as the dusk deepened.
Pointing, "And it's at such a critical moment?"
"..." Nasia closed her mouth tightly and looked into the depths of the dusk with a heavy gaze as she didn't know what she was thinking. "What time is it now?"
"Looking at the sky, it's probably six or seven o'clock, right?" Gedman, who was looking at the sky, then replied casually: "If you're asking about the date, today is March 20, 796 in the New Calendar.
——”
"There's no time."
Holding her hands on her chest, the pitiful black-haired girl suddenly closed her eyes and let out a low cry: "Ma, will it start soon? Without the obstruction of the storm, those 'tide of beasts'——"
"The time of the beast tide will be advanced. The people of the Hulun tribe have already said this." Duan Qing suppressed the other party's excited expression and then covered the shadow of his body in front of the tent: "Those who are ready to move
, my companions and I have seen a lot in the past period of time, but we don’t know how long they are willing to give us for the final attack."
"No matter when they appear, the Hulun people will not stop taking action." She folded her arms, showing a look of panic and fear, and Naxia's expression became trembling along with her words.
He said a lot: "They, they must have prepared everything a long time ago, no matter whether the beast tide will appear this time -"
"They're all going to start that plan."
The faint sound of the horn came faintly from the twilight horizon, and the darkness carrying the sound of the wind seemed to become a little closer as these words fell. The quiet atmosphere also accompanied Duan Qing and the other people as they looked at each other.
Expressions suddenly appeared around the tent, and even the sense of crisis and tension that had not completely dissipated a moment ago dissipated a lot at this moment: "This, this is -"
"The signal to start the attack."
Her weak eyes became firm and sharp. Nasia opened her eyes and stared straight at the direction where the horn came from: "It's the west. The first thing they plan to clean up is the east."
"In order to be prepared?" Duan Qing slowly shook his head, and his slightly calm voice followed his steps and started to move in that direction: "But even so, it should not be far from the Endless Sea.
This distance and range, and this scale—"
"This is not easy. Let's go and take a look and we will find out." After interrupting the gray-robed magician, Xue Ling Huan Bing waved his hand and walked forward: "Anyway, we have accepted the mission.
people."
"If something really goes wrong, we still have time to react."
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Just like a sign before the approaching storm, the bright starry sky that should have been all over the grassland was now shrouded in dark clouds. The collision of swords and the roar of wild beasts also followed the arrival and approach of this darkness. In the gray robe
The magician was gradually approaching from the depths of the grassland. Already, you could see the rows of cavalry and the unique wind-winged flags of the Hulun tribe appearing under the black sky. The hurried movements of Duan Qing and Xueling Huanbing.
The pace also slowed down a bit, and the uniform neighing of war horses followed the sudden loud shouts, and they rushed out towards the end of the line of sight illuminated by torches: "Libei Army!
attack!"
"Kill everyone! Kill everything in front of you!"
"Chinese army listens to the order! The second wave of charge is handed over to you, the interval is fifty, and the time is twenty!"
"Join the Bull Run Formation! Get ready—"
The rumbling sound of horse hoofs trampled in front of Duan Qing's eyes for the second time, and some of them rushed forward like wild bulls. The heavy armor and sharp swords were also carrying the black torrent across.
It showed boundless momentum with its faster and faster speed, and soon collided with the deep twilight darkness ahead. Unable to tell what was hidden in that darkness, Duan Qing stared at his eyes for a long time as he walked closer.
The ground did not make a sound of its own. It was not until the roars and shouts of killing from the distance were mixed and chaotic again, and the sound of horse hooves began to be mixed with some mourning, that the center of the defense line formed by the long line of cavalry was once again
A new shout rang out: "Hu Ke Dan!"
"exist!"
"superior!"
"As you command!"
After a brief conversation, there was the back of the burly warrior who had just fought against Xue Ling Huan Bing a moment ago. Already wearing armor and in battle, he also disappeared into the rolling waves with another group of cavalry who suddenly rushed out of the battle line.
In the torrent, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was looking at the back figure, couldn't help but touch the hilt of the sword at his waist. His move to move forward was stopped by a soft shout: "Who! Dare to intrude into Hulun?"
Clan position?”
"I, we are-"
"Let them come over."
The calm voice then interrupted the soldiers who were about to surround him and Duan Qing's hurried explanation. Hu Mobei's figure wearing the same armor, holding the reins, also walked slowly from not far away: "They are now
They are our colleagues and comrades-in-arms."
"I'm glad you didn't give in, but rushed here as quickly as possible."
He pushed back three or two cavalrymen who were also heavily armored and looked down at Duan Qing with some kindness in his eyes: "I wonder if you have the sincerity and confidence now to show us
Show your strength?"
"Our strength has been demonstrated in past missions." Shaking his head, Duan Qing replied calmly: "And judging from the current battle, the addition of us soldiers and generals will probably be enough."
I can only get an evaluation of 'a drop in the bucket'."
"Indeed, it is difficult for adventurers who lack training to be useful in such a battle." Nodding his head, Hu Mobei turned to the end of the dark front and whispered: "If cooperation cannot have the effect,
, rushing into battle will probably only cost you your lives... Okay, just stand aside and watch for a while."
"The front of the three armies in Libei is impregnable, at least today it will never collapse." He pointed at the countless cavalry that stretched side by side like the Great Wall to the ends of the twilight on the left and right, and there was a sense of confidence in his answer.
: "As long as you don't cross this line, you are safe now, just feel free to act."
"This is probably the limit of the safe zone that the system has demarcated for us." He quietly nodded to Xue Ling Huan Bing, and then Duan Qing replied with a dry laugh: "Uh, let's forget it, we and Li Bei
Everyone in the army is not very familiar with us now. Without the luck of getting to know the elder, God knows if they will immediately regard us as enemies and kill us."
"This is indeed a problem." Hu Mobei held his chin and nodded. Looking at Duan Qing from a distance, Hu Mobei lowered his head and thought for a while before pointing in another direction: "Let's do this."
"Didn't you already send a teammate to participate in our defense mission? You can join him first."
The restlessness caused ripples in the grassland for a moment with the sight of Humobei leading the people back to the military formation. The wind that vaguely blew through the surroundings carried a bit of blood smell, and along the way of Hulun
Duan Qing, who was instructed by the clan elders, then led Xue Ling Huan Bing towards the formation on one side, and soon discovered the figure of Chao Ri Dongsheng sandwiched in the formation: "Hey, the one-armed God of War, looks like he's doing pretty well.
.”
"Of course, this scene makes my blood boil." Asahi Dongsheng, who pinned the long knife behind his back and stared at the battle formation ahead, shook his short hedgehog hair at Duan Qing and others upon hearing the sound.
: "Sure enough, I am still the most suitable for such a battlefield. I am simply in the right place!"
"Hmph, I knew you would say that." As the cavalry around him looked back vaguely, Duan Qing unconsciously let out a low laugh: "So, how was the result today? Did you bring back a few heads?"
"Killing? Our enemies are not simple creatures like humans." He greeted the surrounding Hulun warriors casually, shook his head, Chao Ri Dongsheng put away his sword and walked towards Duan Qing and others: "What we have to deal with is...
Beast! The most primitive, wildest, and most violent enemy in grassland nature! You should—"
"How about it?"
As the distance got closer, the conversation between the two people relaxed instantly, and the content of the conversation between Duan Qing and Asahi Dongsheng also changed in an instant: "Have you noticed anything unusual?"
"Apart from the content of the mission that surprised us before, we haven't found anything else worth seeing yet." Asahi Dongsheng, holding his throat, replied quietly: "But there are still abnormalities."
"Oh? What is it?"
"They still carry something similar to the Wind Stone."
Quietly pointing to his chest, Chao Ri Dongsheng stretched out his hand and gestured towards the Hulun cavalry standing in front.
"And everyone brought it."
This chapter has been completed!