Calm down and think on the bright side, although I can't control it anymore, at least I still have a vest outside——
...I'm going to demolish the Hall of Valor.
——4E, 201, Frost Moon, 6th, 18:10——
Forests, wastelands, villages, after each "teleport", the "Hall of Valor" that is far away in the horizon but right in front of you becomes clearer. When Arthur "teleports" again and arrives in a city, the "Hall of Valor" becomes clearer.
The surrounding red light has illuminated half of the sky - or should we say dense fog?
Who killed this time? After Arthur crossed the "boundary", he looked around for something that could still move. After all, based on previous experiences, the enemies in this fog were all "creatures" that team members had killed.
, due to various reasons, there was no Kingdom of God or Annihilation to go to, so he was captured, transformed and controlled by "Alduin".
The shape and layout of this city are different from any city Arthur has ever seen. The houses inside are not as rough as ordinary Nord buildings that can be built with just three logs, nor are they as thick and artistic as dwarves or elves.
They are built with a mixture of stone and wood. After ensuring the practicality and beauty of the ground floor, the tops of almost all the houses stand high and point to the sky, as if they are proud of themselves and as if they are fighting against something.
"Woof! The human architectural style of the dragon empire?" said a certain demon god's dog. It recognized these buildings before Arthur, who had only seen them in dreams: "So this is what Alduin brought from ancient times.
It’s a building.”
"If it were intact, it might be of great archaeological value, but now..." Zela frowned as she looked at the city buildings.
Those buildings were entangled with countless twisted tree roots and trunks, protruding from the doors and windows, and then breaking through the roof or walls to protrude again. Each house seemed to be covered with vines, but it was more miserable visually.
"...It's me this time." Emil raised his fingers and walked between the roots and branches of the trees. The appearance of the "tree spirit" is similar to that of a human, but its trunk is entirely made of wood. When reduced to ashes, the "tree spirit" looks even more...
Like some energy-saving dead trees, they walk freely among the trunks, stopping at certain places from time to time to trim the trunks.
"It doesn't feel like it. They have obviously discovered us, but they turned a blind eye. They seem to think that taking care of those trees is the most important thing." Arthur drew his sword and looked around warily: "I think there should be other enemies——
"
Whoosh—Clang!
Because Arthur was busy guarding the enemies on the ground around him, he ignored the top of his head. He didn't react until a giant sword broke through the thick fog and stabbed directly at his head. He rolled away in embarrassment, and then heard Emil fighting hard with the enemy.
One note.
"[Comrade-Comrades-Regiment-]" The thick fog around it slightly faded, revealing the true appearance of the enemy falling from the sky. It was a giant heavily armored warrior floating in the air, wearing armor that was so thick that it looked bloated, and a round shield in his left hand.
, the giant sword in the right hand, with a pair of dry bat-like wings behind it.
"The armed vampire king?" Arthur stood up and felt quite surprised: "Vampires are not living things, right?"
"I have studied the transformation ritual of the Vampire Lord. Before the transformation is successful, the transformed person will be called a 'cursor'. If it is interrupted at this time, it will become a complete monster and can pass through
Absorbing other nearby vampires to increase its own size. Although it will eventually collapse due to the inability to control the power within the body, it will definitely cause serious damage before that - by the way, when have you ever interrupted this ritual?" Ze
While providing Emil with spell support, La turned to look at Arthur.
"That seems to be the case." Arthur thought of the weird vampire king at Treva Watchtower.
During the conversation, the Cursed One was forced back a few steps by Emil, then spread its wings and rose into the air. Although its face could not be seen, it was certain that its gaze was firmly fixed on Arthur through the helmet.
"[Comrades Group!]" A volley attack that was exactly the same as before.
"Baron! Attack with all your strength!" Arthur was preparing to dodge the attack and then seek a chance to counterattack. Suddenly he heard Lydia's low shout and judged that she seemed to be planning to block the attack for him, so he swung his sword vigorously and galloped away.
The coming Cursed Ones started to attack.
Choke—chock!
At this moment, it seemed that even time had slowed down. Before the two giant swords were about to collide, Lydia rushed directly between the two, swung the shield in her hand violently, and bounced the cursed one's sword back, causing it to
It immediately turned into a state where the door was wide open, and then rolled dangerously to avoid Arthur's attack, and then watched the "Sword of Oath and Victory" cut the "Bound One" in half and turn it into ashes.
"Lydia! This is too dangerous! As a baron, I order you not to do this in the future!" Arthur also broke out in a cold sweat after killing the Cursed Binder. Who would have thought that he would always be guarding him with a shield?
Lydia, who always strives for a stable impression in everything, can do such a thrilling move.
"I will follow your orders, Baron." Lydia said with a low eyebrow.
Seeing her attitude of obviously wanting to do it again, Arthur felt a headache: the last member of this team who didn't need to worry about also disappeared...
When the ashes of the Cursed One were scattered, the expected flaming spiral sword descended from the sky and immobilized it, but the "incarnation of Jegrag" did not appear.
"Obviously, there is more than one thing like this," Zeira looked around: "If nothing else, the 'thing' that turns the city into this is our goal."
"Anyway, let's take a short rest and head to the city center." Arthur sighed and sat down by the campfire.
——20:24——
"I feel like I don't understand what's going on here at all..."
After a short rest, the adventure team continued deeper into the city controlled by plants. As they got closer to the center, the number of ash creatures began to increase, but they ignored anyone in the team and focused on killing each other.
Judging from the appearance of the three warring parties, they are a group of strange-looking human mercenaries with equally strange-looking wolves, and another group of weird mages wearing robes with black mist all over their bodies, plus five or six more on the battlefield.
A strange giant that goes on a rampage and kicks everyone it encounters.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaae those heretics!”
The members of the adventure team looked at each other for a while, and then collectively looked at Zella.
"Look what I did? If I was the one who killed him, I would definitely not deny it, but I really have no impression at all." The female mage's eyes widened and her pointed ears twitched.
"Hmm... so to speak?" Arthur began to think.
"Wow! The mage is so powerful," Babas concluded: "He can kill so many people unintentionally."
"Oh..." Zera gathered a spinning ball of thunder in the palm of her hand: "I just invented a spell called 'Unintentional', do you want to try it?"
"Thank you Buminwang!" Babas ran away directly.
"Anyway, we have to clear out these 'ash creatures'," Zera said, scattering the electric ball in his hand: "I can cast a wide-area spell, but it should be of no use to those giants, and it will attract them in advance.
Attention."
"Oh, you can rest assured, I am professional at beating big guys." Arthur patted his breastplate and said confidently.
Although the others did not speak, they nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Zeira opened her hands toward the sky, and a shining thunder circle appeared above her and began to spin.
At the same time, the fierce battle in the town square stopped instantly. Whether they were mercenaries, pagans or giants, they all turned to look this way.
"Hey, this is different from what we promised." Even with Arthur's courage, his eyelids jumped in fright.
"We can only accept the challenge." As if to comment on Lydia's words, the ash monsters started moving again, and as expected, they rushed straight towards Zella.
"How dare you say you didn't do it?!" Forget about one ash giant, how about a group of them? Even if the size is half the size of the previous one, it's enough! Arthur didn't have time to think too much, he transformed into a giant dragon and rushed out:
"[Protect Zeira and watch out for those who slip through the net!——Fus Ro Dah!]"
"It's really not me!" Zeira shouted with all her strength, even while accumulating power, and then a second parallel thunder circle appeared.
"Baron! There are too many enemies!" Even though Arthur blocked all the giants by himself, the number of mercenaries and pagans was so large that just three people and one dog couldn't stop them, even with the help of terrain.
The advantage is that it reduces the contact area and can kill one with each hit: "Do you want to consider letting Miss Sophie also transform-"
"[No - if you eat too much of these things, they will become like them. This is how the giant dragon transformed before!]" Arthur fought with several giants, and when he took the time, he turned around and swept his tail to let out a dragon roar.
Reduce pressure on peers.
"Damn it..." In a state of confusion, Lydia gritted her teeth and seemed ready to use some trick, but suddenly she saw a gap in the ash monster in front of her like a tide, and then, a man riding a strange black horse appeared.
The girl in white jumped out of the fault out of thin air.
"Successful positioning -" the girl shouted in a cheerful voice: "Gifts are being distributed! Reindeer!"
"Ouch!" "It hurts!" "Where is this?" "Ain Boyorn?" "I'm here." "Lily! Can you be more reliable!" "Hehehehe~ (Heart)"
A group of people named "Gifts" wearing white clothes very similar to the girls were thrown out of the void by the black horse and formed a circle to protect Zella.
Although they seemed to be unclear about the situation, they immediately jumped into the battle very efficiently, greatly reducing the pressure on the members of the adventure team except Arthur.
"It's terrible." "...Oh, that's terrible." Sophie and Emil had almost opposite reactions after seeing the dark horse.
"How is it, Zella? Are you satisfied with the gift I brought?" The girl rode a black horse and walked to Zella who continued to guide the spell. She tilted her head and asked.
"Wait until I finish this, and then I'll find you to settle the score." As Zela spoke intermittently, the ring of thunder and lightning was superimposed to three layers, and dazzling lightning began to flash in the middle.
"[Remember to remind me to stay away before you throw the spell]!" Arthur's voice came from afar.
