Fang Plover drew a red line on the map with a quill.
The howling wind outside the window is passing through the empty wooden window lattice, shaking the lamps on the ceiling, making the light in the room unstable. In the dark and distant space, the screaming sound echoes ethereally, like a witch nagging
Whisper.
He put down his pen and looked at everyone sitting there. The changing light reflected more than a dozen faces with different expressions. Everyone turned their eyes here, including men and women, tall and short, and
He didn't know most of them.
"Let me introduce myself first. Although you may have heard some things about me - good or bad, but there are more or less exaggerated elements. My name is Ed, and this is me and us.
The adventurous group is called the Seven Sea Brigade. It comes from Dorifin, it also comes from Fenris, and it has also been to Istania, as you know."
"So, is it the Dragon Alchemist?" At this time, a tall and thin lady joked with a smile.
Fang Plover nodded.
The path to fame for most chosen people is accompanied by a variety of nicknames and titles, some positive and some negative. Ye Hua was once called the 'Elfendor Web Spinner'
', used to describe the meticulousness of this Ranger King. Another person who also received a similar title was Kun who was later named the 'Omniscient One'.
As well as Odin's title of 'Reckless Man', and today's 'Sea Witch' Mia, the latter is probably one of the titles he is most familiar with. However, the dragon is the most powerful creature in Aitaria, and any
Most of the titles related to dragons are first-rate, especially dragon slayer, which is almost always accompanied by the Ten Kings.
But his 'Dragon Alchemist' has some ironic meaning. Well-intentioned discussants use it to express that he once fought off the shadow of Nicol Bolas, but those with malicious intentions use this term.
Most of them express a kind of naked sarcasm of overestimating one's abilities.
Although this title was mentioned less and less after the Van Reich incident, when it was occasionally brought out, it was still enough to make him feel a little embarrassed.
But this is becoming increasingly rare.
Hongye glanced at him in surprise.
Among so many people, except for the people from the Seven Seas Brigade, she was the only one who had probably known about the other party's disgraceful appearance. But compared with the recognition at this moment, the big boy in front of her was much more mature and calm than before.
She almost didn't recognize it.
'He must not have been able to introduce himself in front of everyone so comfortably in the past -' she couldn't help but think.
It had a somewhat different meaning, and she had only seen that kind of aura in Miss Yugudora, the president, and a few other people in the past.
It’s calmness and calm——
This kind of calmness also affected other people, causing everyone to calm down involuntarily and look in this direction. Of course, people understood that the one who was defeated in that battle was just the shadow of the Dragon Witch, but so what?
Because how many people can do such a thing?
Especially, considering that the other party was just a newcomer at the time, how long did it take from the Dawn Star incident to Van Rik?
"How come this guy has become stronger again? How high is he?" Hongye couldn't help but feel a little flustered. Although she may have realized this a long time ago, it was just an analysis of the video after all, and it was far from being able to put oneself in someone's shoes at the moment.
strong.
Calmness is almost always based on the strength behind her. She thought that she had grown a lot in the past few days. Although she was not necessarily as good as the other party, she would not be dragged down too far. But at the moment, it seemed that she had a faint feeling that she had grown up.
You can't see through the other person's feelings.
The look Fang Yu showed made the tall and thin lady look at him and was slightly startled. "My name is Zhuo Zhuo Qihua," the tall and thin lady immediately smiled and replied, "I am from the North Wind Howl Adventure Group.
Captain."
Fang Plover nodded slightly and looked at the others.
In the center of the room is a long table. Everyone at this table has an origin. They are Free Chosen, or former members of the Free Guild like Tapolis, or even the original members.
Residents, adventurers, and freedom knights of Malland.
They come to this place for various purposes, either for justice and compassion in their hearts, to respond to the call of the goddess, or simply to fight and resist. They simply can't get along with the Alliance and can't stand the Crow's Claw Temple.
After all, they all ended up here.
Everyone has different ideas, but for the time being there is a relatively consistent purpose and a common enemy.
"At this moment, the enemy is far stronger than us on the opposite side of us."
Fang Yu lowered his head, silently stared at the red line on the map, and said.
"The rangers discovered that the Gray Knights from Gula Port were stationed in the forest to the north. There were about three to four thousand people, as well as an equal number of mercenaries. The Gray Knights from Charter City and Elpaxin were stationed in the forest to the north.
To the east of us, the number is almost the same."
"And as for us..."
The firelight was falling on one side of Hongye's face, and the shadow climbed along the curve of the bridge of her nose. She turned her head sideways, staring at the conspicuous red line and the mountains marked with gray lines below, and whispered: "The redeemed is about
There are a thousand people, I have more than 600 people here, and there are about hundreds of others who are coming to support us one after another. Together, there are about 2,000 people."
"That is to say," Miss Nightingale tossed the dagger in her hand and continued to answer: "Even if we don't count the people of Flor's descendants and the Rainbow Alliance, the number of people in the Crow's Claw Temple is almost the same as ours.
ten times."
"But it's far more than that," she added: "Compared to its power in the entire northern territory, this is just a drop in the bucket. The temple has been rooted in this place for a long time, not to mention that they have been here for a long time.
With the connivance of some people, it has already grown into a behemoth."
"Indeed," Miss Nightingale agreed with her leader's words: "In front of them, we are really an insignificant force."
"Isn't this a bit alarmist? I don't think they can deploy more troops. They have to take care of the army in the north, right?" someone asked.
People whispered: "Yes, they have invested too much attention on us, aren't they afraid that Nicol Bolas's army will benefit from it?"
The leader of the redeemed who stood behind Fang Plover clasped his hands, twisted his body when he heard these words, and looked in this direction with some evil intentions.
But Alyssa shook her head slightly: "There is such a possibility, but it does not rule out that they regard us as a greater threat than the northern army out of selfish motives or because they are too blind - especially when we have
Under circumstances where it is possible to gain an advantage.”
"Being prepared for a rainy day, we need to imagine the worst possible scenario. And do you really believe that the temple will promise to use all the benefits obtained in this land to fight against that 'prophecy'?"
Everyone looked at each other. Of course they didn't believe in the Crow's Claw Temple, otherwise they wouldn't have appeared here. The greed shown by the Temple in this process was what aroused the flames of resistance in people's hearts.
"You can do evil things in the name of justice, that's true." The knight from Marland nodded."
"And it's not just that," Alyssa said again: "Don't forget the Guild Alliance, and the Super Competitive Alliance -"
But people couldn't help but be a little silent.
They came to this place because of their temporary passion and dissatisfaction with the ruling group in the north, the Super Competitive Alliance and the Grand Guild. Before arriving, they actually didn't think too much. Maybe the enemy was several times their number.
, but this is Aitaria, and the worst possible outcome is death, but you can always get a chance for the refugees.
This is the justice in people's hearts and their understanding of sacrifice. But the reality of the dark clouds made these kind people breathless for a moment. They looked at each other, and Alisa looked a little cold.
In his words, I seemed to hear a passage from the past.
In the fascinating history of Covenant Mountain, why did countless people choose the same way? They threw themselves into the war to protect the weak and the righteous side. For a time, it seemed as if the whole world was responding to the call from
Because of the support and positive voices, as the new generation of electors, perhaps few of the people sitting here participated in the struggle at that time, but they also witnessed the glory of the community.
Many people may even come to the world behind the star gate because they are pursuing the emotions in their hearts in the past. And this is one of the reasons why they are here now.
But what was the outcome of that struggle?
Silence is the self-evident answer at this moment.
The electors of the past launched that mighty struggle with the passion in their hearts, but the passion could only last for a short time. In the long-term struggle, in the face of constant divisions and setbacks, the hope of the past finally came to an end.
It turned into weakness bit by bit. Some people sitting here may still remember that after the final defeat, people cried like children. Some chose to leave, and some fell silent.
The names of the past also disappeared one by one.
That period of history collapsed and fell into a dark abyss.
Just like this moment——
But someone punched the wooden table hard and said angrily with a loud noise: "So what? We came to this place with no intention of completely defeating those people, but are we just going to be in despair?"
Just walk away and leave a joke to the world?"
"Even if there are still heroes on the earth, let alone this is Etalia," the man said loudly: "Isn't it just Xinghui? At worst, I will put my life on this place and be kicked back to the star gate.
.But I must also teach those people a lesson and send the refugees to a safe place——"
Amidst the silence, people gradually started talking.
That's right.
How many people have been heroes?
What people fear is not dying or leaving, but losing the meaning of self-realization and being needed.
"This reminds me of the battle on Covenant Mountain," someone whispered: "I didn't expect that one day I would have such a moment. Thinking about it carefully, that is the purpose of my coming to this world... I almost forgot
.”
"yes."
"Who doesn't want to be a dazzling person, but most people are just ordinary people."
"I once thought I was chasing a dream, but in the end dreams are not that easy to come true." People shook their heads with a wry smile, "But we are not willing to be depressed. If it is just for a living, why do we come to this world?
?”
"Then give it a try, no matter whether you win or lose -"
People remember Covenant Mountain, and maybe one day they will remember what happened here too.
A glimmer of starlight gradually appeared in people's heavy gazes. Although they actually knew in their hearts, how much attention they paid to the first world? Perhaps before long, people would gradually forget everything that happened here.
But a not too high voice rang out, gradually covering everyone's voice:
"Give it a go, win or lose - that sounds very courageous."
"But, everyone, that's not everything I want."
Everyone was stunned and turned to look in the direction from which the sound came. Fang Plover was standing by the wooden table, silently watching these brave people and gently shaking his head.
There, the young man's eyes looked a little calm - it seemed that he was the same him all along, the one who boasted so much in front of Miss Scarpet, the one who refused the invitation of the Sea Witch and went to the second place beyond his means.
world, and promised to find Sir Ma Wei.
He said: "A hundred covenant mountains actually have no meaning."
"But it only takes one victory to shake something that seems indestructible on the surface..."
Everyone was silent.
The room became eerily quiet.
In the past, the Battle of Covenant Mountain was majestic, but what was the result? How could they achieve what even the forerunners could not achieve?
In fact, they came to this place just to make a weak voice, or rather, just unwilling to bow their heads easily. People need an opportunity to fight, and now this opportunity has appeared. As for where it will lead them , that actually doesn’t matter anymore.
But now this young man actually tells them that they need a victory?
Why don't they understand this?
This is easy to say, but the key is, how should they win?
But there was no confusion in Fang Yu's eyes. He just looked at everyone with clear eyes and answered word by word:
"Just because people couldn't do things in the past doesn't mean we can't do it either."
"At least on this battlefield, the chance of victory always exists, and I can even definitely seize this opportunity, but..."
He paused slightly for a moment.
"I need your help-"
Fang Plover's voice is not loud.
But it was enough to make Hongye on the side open his mouth slightly and look in this direction in disbelief.
Even Miss Nightingale looked at him a little off guard, a gleam of surprise flashed in her dark eyes - she didn't care about the meaning of this sentence, but she seemed to have never seen him like this before. The other party was so confident that she had never seen before.
No, it's not that there isn't.
It just reminded her of those fragments of memories on Fenris Island.
That's probably why she joined the team...
Ai Xiaoxiao also dropped the wooden cup in her hand to the ground with an "oops" and hurriedly picked it up again: Is my eldest cousin an arrogant person? But she never thinks so, she only feels that sometimes she is a little arrogant. It's just embarrassingly cute.
Tianlan glanced around guiltily, wondering if her previous prank spell had released the wrong person - she stretched out her hand and poked the Papalar's thigh, which made the latter jump with an ouch. Three feet high.
Among all the people, only Miss Ship Officer rested her chin on her hands, raised her eyebrows and looked thoughtfully in this direction.
After a long silence, people seemed to finally come to their senses.
The tall and thin lady frowned and asked:
"What kind of help do you need?"
Fang Yu replied: "Unconditional trust."
"Unconditional trust?"
Fang Yu nodded, his gaze passing through everyone, silently staring at the dark cold wind behind the window.
Of course, what he pictured in his mind at that moment was not just a Crow Claw Temple.
That was all he had been thinking about. What exactly was he pursuing when he came to this world? The alliance obstructed him time and time again, and the party that protected the vested interests bullied the weak. The history of Covenant Mountain was just repeating itself round after round.
As for what justice is, he actually already has the answer in his mind.
He just asked himself if he was really ready?
And that would be a step he had never really taken.
He turned his gaze and looked at everyone:
"I need you to take the initiative."
"Leave Gray Owl Town and attack the Gray Knight army stationed in the forest."
Leave the fortifications and take the initiative to attack an enemy ten times your size?
Everyone gasped, what kind of crazy idea is this?
…
In the darkness, the cold wind cut everyone's face like a knife.
Fang Plover stood on top of the city, as straight as a javelin, with his head lowered, silently staring at the dark crystal in his hand.
After the three goddesses appeared, there was no update on the community for several hours. A snowstorm seemed to have obscured the sources of information on both sides. Everyone was speculating on what the outcome of this confrontation would be.
But there is no doubt that the number of garrisons from the Crow Claw Temple in several directions of Gula Port has far exceeded the strength of the redeemed and refugees in Gray Owl Town at this moment.
What's more, in the news in the community, most people have not received first-hand information about Tapolis and the support of the Free Chosen——
Of course, Fang Yu did not intend to make it public. He only raised his head and silently stared at the dark space between the sky and the earth. The biting cold wind was sweeping the snow foam across the battlements, and it seemed that the light of the communication crystal in his hand was exactly
The only dark red fluorescent light in the darkness.
He listened quietly to every firm and indifferent farewell sound coming from the crystal.
Those are the brave soldiers, cherishing each other at the last moment before leaving:
"Blackbo," probably because he was not used to using the communication crystal, the voice of the leader of the redeemed seemed a little dry and rustling when it came out: "As you can see, the redeemed are ready.
Set off--"
"I am Hongye," Hongye's voice came out after a moment: "I think you should have heard of me, the general leader of the seventh column of the Tapolis Oak Knights, Tapolis is already in place."
There was a low discussion among the people. There is no doubt about the reputation of Tapolis in the North. At least before it fell apart, it was the largest Free Chosen Guild in the entire North. After it was broken into pieces, not only did it not stop there,
But disappeared, under the leadership of the general leaders of each column, it grew stronger and stronger, making the name become more legendary——
Among them, the seventh column led by Hongye and the third column led by Zifeiyu are particularly outstanding. There is also the 'Silver Coin Lady' whose name is only known but not seen, but a few people have heard of her name——
Yugudora. According to some legends, she is as greedy as a giant dragon. In other legends, the latter is one of the top selectors in the north, even as good as the elites of the big guilds.
"It turns out she is Hongye."
"'The Magic Constructor of Heerland', the seventh column of Tapolis has gained quite a reputation under her leadership. Even I have heard some related rumors in Elpaxin."
"I didn't expect this to be the 'Magic Constructor of Heerlan'. He looks not much older than the Dragon Alchemist."
People were whispering.
Until the voice of the tall and thin lady came: "Zhuo Zhuo Qi Hua, North Wind Howl Adventure Group - Mr. Leader, I can entrust my team to you."
Fang Plover nodded slightly.
Then one voice came from the communication crystal.
"Sirisha, the Gray Rhino Adventure Group is ready."
"This is Amu. The former Poetry Free Guild has arrived at the preset position."
"Rock core..."
"Grigel..."
Amid these firm answers, Fang Plover pulled down his goggles, and a piece of silver light flew out from under his fluttering clothes and gradually blended into the night.
In the midst of the storm and snow, where no one could see, the war in the north began.