Ruan Xingzhu looked at the animal skins in front of her sweatingly, for fear of making a mistake and letting out the wrong ones. She had learned some words when she was at home, but after all, she didn't know much at a young age. Kui's family also learned a little bit, and it wasn't long before he was brought to Tianmen Town by Rongshi.
Now the bells and drums of Tianmen Town are ringing, and Xueling County and Zhenjing City are to be notified in order, so that the intercepting legions at the rear are ready to prepare, and the fighting forces from the capital city to assist can come as soon as possible.
At this time, the underground Cheng Deng opened again, and the teleportation gate lit up with white light. According to the magic array, it was another person coming from Zhenjing City. Of course, he saw the figure walking out of the teleportation gate clearly, and he immediately smiled, "Xiaoyou, I haven't seen you in so many years." I see you finally came back to see us."
"I came back just in time. The bells and drums are ringing. Brother Cheng, why did you come to see the portal? Is the teacher up there?" Qianyou returned to Tianmen Town.
He also learned about the beast tide, and it was said that Ding Kui was taken away by An Guogong and did not know when he would come back, so he gave a greeting to Lao Qiantou and rushed back to Tianmen Town to resist the beast tide.
"Your junior sister is watching the communication array, so I was sent down. The president should be up there. You should go and see your junior sister first. She should be very busy at this time." Cheng Deng was at Tianmen. We have been in town for many years, and we are old acquaintances with Qianyou.
"Ah, so my junior sister has been promoted to a robed magician. I want to congratulate her." Qianyou ran straight to the magic communication array with ease.
"Senior Brother Qian, you are here. What about Brother Kui and Brother Kui?" Ruan Xingzhu put all her worries behind when she saw Qian You. In her concept, Ding Kui and Qian You should be together.
"Haha, brother Kui will look for you when he sees his senior brother. Mr. An Guogong has taken his son on a trip. He can't be contacted in a short time. He didn't have time to notify you when something happened suddenly." Qian You didn't know Ding Kui yet. The engagement with Long Yan was kept very low-key by both parties, and not many people knew about it.
"Oh, Brother Kui won the knight championship?" In Ruan Xingzhu's eyes, Ding Kui is the most powerful.
"Well, he had a good chance, but he himself, oh, let's not talk about it, he got tenth place." Qian You didn't know how to explain.
"Xingzhu, have you passed on what I asked you to pass on? Qianyou, you haven't climbed up to the tower when you heard the drums. What are you talking about here with your junior sister?" A majestic voice came from behind the two senior brothers and sisters.
"Yeah." Ruan Xingzhu quickly looked back at the animal skin formation he had set up, then patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, I have passed it on. Teacher, please don't scare me."
Qianyou turned around and knelt on the ground, kowtowing to the sudden appearance of the figure, "Greetings to the master, I'm here to congratulate my junior sister. She is the fastest among the junior brothers to be promoted from a magic apprentice to a robed magician. She has great hope to become a magician in the future." Follow in the teacher’s footsteps.”
"Well, the vanguard of the beast tide is already twenty miles away and will arrive at Tianmen Town within half an hour. Xingzhu, please go directly to Guzhou's message board for information about the Tenth and Seventeenth Legions. Don't I asked someone to deliver it here and there." Rongci immediately took a look at the status of the communication array as soon as he came back.
"But, but, I don't know some words." Ruan Xingzhu lowered his head.
"That's right, I've even forgotten about this incident. After the beast tide is over, you should study hard for me." Rongci looked at Qianyou and said, "Get up, why are you still kneeling down? Anyway, you are not much more than me, so just stay here. I'll teach you, junior sister, to talk less about irrelevant things. Alright, I'm going to activate the protective formation. If you have anything important, just summon me."
Rongci is warning Qian You to talk less about Ding Kui.
Tianmen Town's protective formation consumes a large amount of magic cores and requires extremely strong magic power to activate. Only Rongzhi can accomplish this.
Brother and sister Qianyou and Ruan Xingzhu did not expect that the person they were talking about was in the magic tower.
Ding Kui was already waiting in the hall on the first floor of the magic tower before the bell rang. Magicians and companions kept pouring in. Finally, there were too many people. Gu Zhuangdian came back and saw everyone gathering outside the door.
Lei Feixiang was holding a small buckler in his left hand and a broad-backed sword in his right hand. Because he couldn't squeeze into the hall, he stood on tiptoe and kept looking outside the door.
"I'm here, I'm here!" Lei Feixiang saw Ding Kui coming out and waved his buckler desperately. He was worried that Ding Kui wouldn't see him, but in his heart he was afraid that Ding Kui would dump him.
"Does your shield cover your face?" Ding Kui looked at the round shield and couldn't help but complain.
"Hey, when using a shield, it's about accuracy rather than size. The bigger the shield, the slower it will be to swing, which will affect my flexibility. This shield is just right." Lei Feixiang also showed Ding Kui a few tricks. .
"It seems to make some sense." Ding Kui nodded.
At this time, Gu Zhuangdian also walked out of the gate and said to the dozens of people outside the gate: "Come to the city wall with me." After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the north of the town.
The town protection team had just been formed, with a total of eighteen magicians. Except for Ding Kui, they all had two or three companions.
Only Ding Kui has come to support Tianmen Town sporadically, and the others are members of the adventure group who were originally in the town. The magician guilds in nearby cities and counties are all organized, and they do not need to join the town protection team. They will be under the guidance of their respective presidents. Under his leadership, he assisted the defending army in fighting.
A wand-wielding magician who looked to be in his thirties smiled and said to Lei Feixiang: "Fat man, which magician is so courageous to let you be his companion?"
"It's me, how come? It takes courage to find him as a companion?" Ding Kui was very surprised.
"Haha, I can tell at a glance that you are new here. His body can attract the attention of wild beasts and monsters. It is very dangerous to stand with him in the beast tide. May the God of Dharma bless you." The magician's eyes said. It showed that it was indeed the case.
"Those beasts are too busy running for their lives to eat. Don't listen to their nonsense. Even if they do, they will bite me first and not attack you." Lei Feixiang whispered in Ding Kui's ear to defend himself.
Damn it, why didn't you think of this? Hey, you spend more time hanging out with animals and less time hanging out with beasts. What people say is obviously common sense.
Ding Kui didn't believe Lei Feixiang's explanation, but at this point, he was still a knight and wouldn't worry too much about the close proximity of wild beasts, so he said, "Just think of it as an exercise. Friends, please help me if you have the opportunity."
The people nearby smiled after hearing this, but didn't say anything. Every time the beast tide comes, people will die, and those who die are basically newcomers. On the battlefield, newcomers are just burdens, and no one is willing to carry an extra burden for themselves.
Gu Zhuangdian led the town protection team to the military camp in the north of the town. He briefly chatted with an officer and then led this motley army to climb the city wall.
The area the town guard is responsible for defending is the section of the city wall that connects to the mountains in the west. This section of the city wall, which is about 500 meters long, provides magical support to their eighteen magicians.
The distance between the two magicians is nearly thirty meters. Together with some archers from the Tianmen Fortress Division, the firepower is quite sufficient.
The east and west sections of the city wall are recessed. They are more than a kilometer away from the north city wall, with Tianmen Town to the east. The west city wall provides long-range attacks from the side, and is relatively less pressured by the beast tide.
Tianmen Town will not put all the long-range attack power on the city wall at once. Both magicians and archers need to be rotated. Generally, three rounds are prepared.
The town guard team is all level 4 or above combatants, and they are relatively powerful among the forces that Tianmen Town can mobilize, so it is up to them to withstand the first wave of attacks from the beast tide.
Because Ding Kui, a rookie, reported that he was an early-stage wand-wielding magician, he was placed close to the west city wall. The area he was responsible for attacking overlapped with a section of the west city wall, so it was considered an area with a high error tolerance.
The city walls were not only guarded by guards, soldiers in heavy armor filled the open space between the magicians, and there was also a squadron of archers waiting at their leisure.
When the war drums sounded, the army entered a battle-ready state. Although the city wall was full of people, no one spoke. Except for the occasional sound of armor clashing, the only thing that could be heard was the breathing of himself and the people around him.
Affected by the surrounding environment, Ding Kui gradually became nervous. This was his first time on the battlefield, and he was about to face a real life-and-death fight. Beasts and monsters with low IQs are much more ferocious than humans.
They were nervous after killing someone for the first time. The more flesh and blood they saw, the more excited they were. Thinking of these things, Ding Kui couldn't calm down.
Perhaps sensing the change in Ding Kui's breathing, Lei Feixiang turned around and patted his chest, signaling to Ding Kui that he was safe.
After an unknown amount of time, the sun slowly rose above their heads. Before Ding Kui and the others could see anything directly in front of them, bugles sounded from the northern city wall.
"Attention, check the armor and weapons one last time." The officer on the city wall loudly reminded his subordinates.
A sound of "coaxing" came from the ground, and a large swath of blue light gushed out from the roots of the city wall, quickly spreading all over the city wall. Looking from the outside, Tianmen Town looked a hazy green.
Gu Zhuangdian flew to the top of the town protection team and shouted loudly: "Master Rong has activated the protective array, and the beast tide has begun to attack the city. The town protection team should pay attention, give priority to killing large beasts, and do not use control types first.
magic."
The protective formation in Tianmen Town mainly prevents earth magic, prevents the city wall from being collapsed by monsters, prevents magic such as ground stabbing, prevents tunnels from being dug underground, etc. It also has the effect of reinforcing the city wall and smoothing the surface of the city wall.
Soon, a black mass of all kinds of wild beasts appeared, crowding the 500-meter-wide front. Running at the front were wild beasts such as bears, rhinos, elephants, and tigers.
There are many wild beasts that Ding Kui doesn't know. They all run together according to race. It's not like a tiger has jumped into a herd of rhinos. They have a strong sense of community.
"Seventh Squadron, pay attention, load armor-piercing arrows." The squadron leader commanding the archers shouted.
Ding Kui held the magic wand tightly with both hands and raised it unconsciously above his head. People around him knew that he was a newbie and did not feel that his weird behavior was particularly unreasonable. People often show some abnormal behaviors when they are nervous.