Dark clouds gathered in the north, and it was pitch black in the direction of Ampelsel Port. But outside the port, there was a spark of fire, as if lava was flowing all over the ground. This is the characteristic of the Devil's Scorched Land, and the portal is obviously
It connects the River of Sulfur and Eruin, showing overlapping scenes on both sides.
In the Scorched Land, the transformed portal exudes a scarlet color and is clearly visible from this direction, like agate scattered on a velvet black carpet.
The scene was like the end of the world, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath. After hearing Her Royal Highness the Princess' question, Brando was lowering his head to think about countermeasures. But at this time, the 'dark clouds' in the sky suddenly changed their direction like a roar. The princess and others
The man was slightly startled, feeling something was wrong in his heart. The knights couldn't help but look at each other, and then subconsciously turned their attention to the young lord beside them.
After all, none of them have actually seen the creatures of Jorgendigan, and the most knowledgeable person here is undoubtedly the lord from Tonigel.
Only then did Brando come back to his senses. He raised his head and noticed the changes in the sky. His face suddenly changed and he shouted: "Quick, cover the reflective things on your body with a cloak."
Harpies have an extremely wide field of vision and are very sensitive to light. They also like to collect shiny gadgets to decorate their nests, similar to their winged counterparts. For the same reason, they are obsessed with dozens of
They can easily detect weak reflections from miles away, which makes them excellent scouts. Apparently someone's armor reflected lightning and lightning caught their attention before. It was also his negligence that he forgot to mention it to others.
I think it was because I saw Qiao Gendigang's army before and I was temporarily distracted.
Everyone hurriedly wrapped the armor with cloaks and tightened the collar ties. But it seemed a little late. They raised their heads and saw that a few "dark clouds" in the northern sky had begun to move southward.
, those strange creatures with pairs of wings spread out in groups in the sky, and in the blink of an eye, they were overwhelming.
Brando turned around and saw that everyone's faces had completely lost their color. Princess Griffin was no exception. There were only seventeen of them in total, but there were thousands of harpies across from them.
Demon.
Even a knight subconsciously wanted to pull out his sword. Brando was startled and rushed over to hold down the opponent's hand. "Don't move! They haven't found us yet!" He shouted loudly, fearing that someone would pull it out in a panic.
When the sword is drawn, once the blade's reflection is released, it's too late.
"Quickly. Find a place to hide!"
Brando is very aware of the habits of harpies. These cautious creatures must have attracted attention and came to check. They like to move in groups, but they may not have actually discovered them. After all, this place is still more than ten miles away.
Harpies may not be able to detect subtle movements under the forest.
But the knights had long lost their mind, and Brando's words became their only life-saving straw. They retreated behind the black pine forest and found a place to hide. Brando took the princess and hid under a huge rock.
This gray-white rock stretches across the top of the mountain, and is covered with moist moss below.
Brando first placed the princess inside, and then guarded the entrance of the cave. He raised his head and found Count Odin hiding behind a rock opposite him, shouting at him:
"horse!"
Brando then remembered that everyone's horses were still at the foot of the mountain, and they were suddenly as big as one and two, but it was obviously unrealistic to rush down the mountain now. He could only hope that Martha would be there to prevent the harpy from discovering those horses.
Within a few minutes, the harpy was already roaring over.
The sound of flapping wings passed overhead, making people understand that the winged creatures were close at hand. His heart was pounding, but Brando did not dare to look out. He turned around and saw Griffin
The princess was sitting aside and looking at him. Although she looked a little nervous, her eyes looked very calm when she looked at him.
"Don't worry." He mouthed to her.
Princess Griffin nodded slightly and placed one hand on the hilt of her sword.
He raised his head again and saw that Count Odin across from him was also pale. The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He must have been no better. He dared to fight Williams, but that was because he had Trishman's deck in hand.
, but now there are seventeen people facing a thousand harpies, and there are ten times that number in the distance, even drowning him.
Fortunately, although harpies are very sensitive to light, their eyesight is extremely average. Moreover, they are very cautious creatures and will definitely not descend below the tree canopy for inspection.
Brando, who knew this in his heart, felt a little more at ease.
But it was at this moment that a throbbing flashed through his heart. It was like his heart suddenly beating suddenly, feeling like someone was peeking into his secret.
Others were okay, but Brando, who had no idea how experienced he was, immediately realized what this was - magic! Detection magic! He was sure that there was a pair of malicious eyes looking at this place through the crystal ball, and from
The demon sorcerers wearing blood-red robes under the Sulfur River are the best at this.
The face of the princess next to her turned pale, and her weak body trembled, as if she had sensed something. Brando subconsciously felt something bad, and immediately reminded her: "Quick, don't think about anything you are most worried about now.
!Think about what to eat tonight, that disgusting carrot stew or oatmeal!"
The half-elf girl's silver eyes looked at him with confusion.
"This is the devil's spell, black magic. It will affect your mind and see the answers it wants to know through your mind. The more afraid you are and the more negative emotions accumulate, the more it can see you.
The most fearful thing now is that it will expose our position!"
"But I don't hate eating carrot stew." Princess Griffin replied a little aggrievedly.
"...This is impossible." Brando was stunned.
But regardless of whether it was possible or not, just when the two of them felt a little more at ease, a scream suddenly came from the distant rain curtain. Someone was discovered, and Brando felt a chill. He should have told everyone to hide together, after all.
He is the only one here who has experience in evading scrying spells.
"Mr. Brando." Her Royal Highness the Princess shouted in a low voice.
Brando's hand clenched the hilt of the Earth Sword for a moment. Do you want to rush out now? The Harpy is just a monster in the upper reaches of Silver. The knights he brought are all at the level of Peak Silver. At this time
If you rush out, you might still be able to save the other person's life.
But what should Her Royal Highness do? If he takes action, can he lead these people to fight a way out among thousands of harpies?
Brando was completely unsure.
But he immediately felt cold fingers pressing on the back of his hand. "Mr. Brando, I understand what you think. Thank you," Princess Griffin said softly: "But no matter what, please do not violate our ideals.
and pursuit. This is the value of our existence.”
She nodded to him.
Brando's heart moved slightly.
He suddenly understood why he ignored Otales when she warned him to be careful of the princess. Because Princess Griffith never changed, if she had chosen to compromise, she would not have broken with the royal party in the first place. Between ideals and
In the face of reality, she has always been the Holy White Princess. Brando has never seen a person who can combine wisdom and firm belief.
Players in Eruin had never seen it before.
He made up his mind at once. He raised his sword and rushed out. He was met by a harpy that immediately rushed towards him from the sky - the blood-red eyes on her beautiful female head flashed with malicious light, and she opened her sharp claws like
It was eight knives that were scraped at him.
Brando didn't panic, pursed his lips and took a step back. He pulled out the Earth Sword with both hands and swiped upwards. The blade immediately cut off a pair of claws from the opponent. The harpy monster who lost her balance screamed and fell backwards.
, hit his head on the trunk of a black pine tree and his brain burst.
Only then did Brando see clearly that the knight who had been captured was in a terrible situation. He was being besieged by seven or eight harpies. Without even thinking about it, he raised his hand and fired a wind bomb in that direction.
The wind bullets whirled across the treetops and hit the two harpies, tearing each other's wings to pieces and showering them with blood.
The sudden attack frightened the harpies, and they scattered with strange screams. The knight finally found a chance to breathe. He turned back and glanced at Brando gratefully.
"You shouldn't have come out, Lord." He smiled.
"I don't want to be a coward like those Yankees. Are you a royal party?" Brando saw that the other party should be a Lantonilan.
"Exactly."
Brando nodded and shouted: "I heard that the royal party never abandons its companions. In that case, why don't everyone listen to my order and face the enemy head-on. Today we will fight our way out, and these monsters can't stop us!"
The knights were so excited that they couldn't help but agreed loudly. They drew their swords one after another and quickly gathered together.
Now everyone was exposed to the sight of the harpies, who screamed in the sky, but the power of Brando's wind bomb made these cautious creatures dare not try again for a while.
Brando then reached out to help Her Royal Highness. In his impression, this strong princess would definitely stand up on her own. But this time, Princess Griffin handed her hand to him, smiled politely at him, and then
Use his strength to stand beside him.
"Thank you, Mr. Brando." She said softly.
Brando heard unreserved trust from these words.
The harpies began their second round of attacks, and they fell like raindrops. Brando quickly led the knights back. Behind them was a dense forest, and the canopy of the black pine forest naturally blocked the harpies' attack.
.
However, sooner or later they will attack them through the layers of branches. Brando knows that he has to find a way to get back to the horse at the foot of the mountain. Harpies are good at fighting in the sky. Their specialty is flexibility, but in speed
They are not outstanding in terms of endurance and endurance, so we have to find a way to get rid of them.
At this time, several harpies had descended from the canopy. Brando looked up and saw that the claws of these monsters were sharp and sharp. They clung to the trunk of the tree and jumped forward, which was no better than flying.
Slowly, it reached their heads in a few seconds.
This scene was very similar to the scene when he first fought against these flat-haired beasts in the wetland forest near Graywind Port. He subconsciously shouted: "Shoot them down and try to shoot them in the back!"
The knights immediately took off the short bows or four-arm crossbows from their waists and aimed at the monsters. The harpies were frighteningly flexible. They circled left and right between the tree trunks, and almost all the crossbow bolts they fired missed.
However, the knights soon discovered the trick. They found that the harpy liked to stretch a distance behind when dodging. With Brando's reminder, the knights in the second round of shooting first calculated an advance amount behind these monsters.
, this time more than half of the harpies were hit by arrows.
The knights were immediately excited: "Lord, how do you know?"
"Knowledge is power. All the answers in the world are in books." Brando said smoothly.
This sentence sounded like an inscrutable wizard, and the knights suddenly showed a look of awe. However, this sentence also reminded Her Royal Highness the Princess on the side of the knowledge that Lee Woods once taught her, 'Wisdom is sharper than the sword.
"All are hidden in books" is an old proverb of the Cruz people. It is said that the mages all admire the same idea.
Her hand was tightly held by Brando, and she kept running forward, but her heart was very quiet. She thought that Mr. Knight was indeed a Danilian, so he highly respected the knowledge of the Highland Wizard.
At this time, Brando noticed that the experience points of the harpies killed by the knights were also counted on his head, each with 60 experience points. This was obviously the data after calculating the team penalty and level penalty.
, but the harpies he killed alone only had about 90 experience points.
This bit of experience is just a drop in the bucket for him at the moment, but the key is to further prove his previous speculation about team formation. It seems that anyone who is in the alliance is considered to be on the same team with him, but he doesn't know the upper limit of the distance.
The group of people had passed through half of the forest at this moment, and more and more harpies were climbing down from the tree trunks in all directions. So much so that they did not dare to stop and rest for a while. If they slowed down a little, they would be surrounded.
Due to a moment of negligence, two knights had already been dragged out. The fate that awaited them can be imagined.
Seeing that the end of the woods is approaching, there is an open space outside, which is hundreds of meters wide. When passing there, the harpies will obviously launch the most violent siege on them. In fact, Brando already has some harpies.
Waiting to hover in the sky over there.
"Brando. What to do next?" Apparently Count Odin also noticed the embarrassing situation that followed. But Brando looked around and was at a loss for a moment. Almost none of the cards in his hand were applicable, and some lacked elements.
, the black wolf has also been summoned once, and only the concealment cloak of Punic, the king of giants, on him can escape this disaster.
But Punic's cloak of concealment can only accommodate ten people, not to mention it only lasts less than five minutes.
"Everyone, hand in hand, rush together! Be careful not to be dragged out!" Brando activated the conflict halo, and the light yellow halo circle immediately spread out from around his body. Most of the knights recognized this Templar's signature
Skills, you can immediately understand what he wants to do.
Now it seems that the only option is to bite the bullet and rush out.
Brando looked outside the forest and decided to cast a water mist spell or a similar spell first. Anyway, he has the elementalist level, and the water mist spell is just a second-level spell, which is not difficult for him. The only trouble is that he
While running and still wearing armor, the chance of spell failure was frighteningly high. Brando tried three times in a row before finally casting the spell.
The water mist spell actually just creates a confusing water mist. This spell is extremely effective in preventing the enemy's precise long-range strikes. Brando wanted to use this spell to prevent the harpy from exerting its numerical advantage. But there was no such thing.
Thinking of the moment he released the spell, an unexpected scene happened——
What appeared in the open space was not water mist, but a dark cloud. This dark cloud seemed to cover the entire hillside in the blink of an eye, and the surrounding area was suddenly plunged into pitch black.
"What's going on?" The knights suddenly fell into panic, and Brando was also startled. This was not a water mist technique. Fortunately, this was not the first time he fought in the dark - in the game
If you have to fight against Madara's Corpse Witch for a long time, you have to be prepared to deal with all kinds of dark spells - Brando behaved quite calmly and subconsciously grabbed the hand of Her Royal Highness to ensure that the wizard who cast the spell was not directed at him.
Come to the most important target around you, and at the same time hold your breath to listen to the sounds around you.
The rain was pattering in the distance, but within the rain curtain was the same panicked croak of the harpy.
It seems that the visitor is not an enemy.
At least not a demon warlock.
He was slightly relieved, but at this moment, he felt an old voice coming from his heart: "Please follow me. My king, ignore the dangers around you and go north. I will wait for you over there.
.”
Brando was slightly startled, "Who are you and how can I trust you?" He asked subconsciously in his heart.
"Use your heart to feel it. The darkness has no secrets in front of you. You should be able to feel that I have no ill intentions."
Brando took a breath. He really didn't have a premonition of danger. The other party obviously took action to help him in such a situation, but everything was still cautious. He hesitated for a moment. Then he looked at all the people around him.
The man said: "Everyone listen to me, hold hands and follow me."
Then he reached out and grabbed Count Odin on the other side. Everyone held hands together. Brando didn't know which direction the north was, but he vaguely felt that one direction was safer, so he subconsciously headed in that direction.
Walk over step by step.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, the screams of the harpy in the darkness became farther and farther away.
Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this moment. After all, no one wanted to die if they could avoid death. Therefore, the knights couldn't help but be inexplicably grateful to Brando for leading them to escape.
"Mr. Brando," Princess Griffin's voice came from behind, "Is this your spell?"
"No. I don't know either." Brando replied. Because in fact, he really didn't know. He had already opened the spiritual connection in his heart and started to contact Charles on the other side. God knows if this is another trap. He must
In case.
"Char, you damn guy, did you hear that..."
…
In the pine forest, the cadets have temporarily set up a camp to shelter from the rain. A wooden wall made of felled pine wood and a waterproof canvas propped up on both sides form a simple tent. In the tent, Macaro of the Royal Party
The others and Overwell are locked in a cold war.
It almost seems as if the royal party is about to break with the princess's party again, but those who have been here know that it is just a disagreement over the next battle plan.
Overwell supported Brando's view and believed that it would be better to separate defense zones with the Northern Alliance for the time being. Macaro, on the other hand, could not trust the northern nobles at all. In his opinion, the Northern Alliance could serve as the main frontal force and resist the Cruz people.
The devil's attack. And they attacked the devil from the flank——
The parchment map that had been drawn countless times was now placed on the wooden table. A bonfire was burning not far away, and Antitina was chatting quietly with Count Delphiri of Yanbao. The two of them had questions about the nobles.
She was not interested in the battle plan; Delphiri looked down on the royal party, and Antitina only had absolute trust in Brando, and naturally looked down upon the proposals of the nobles.
However, the tired look on the face of the noble daughter was very obvious, and she just suppressed a yawn.
Macaro seems to be a natural enemy of Overwell. The two have different opinions on the future of the Royal Party, and now they have differences on how to cooperate with the Northern Alliance. But fortunately, they both still know the current situation.
, at least there was no big fight, otherwise the cunning fox and lone wolf of the kingdom might have to fight here again.
Some of the older generation of courtiers in the kingdom may still remember the joy of the last duel, which was when the two were young; but at that time it was for the girl they loved, but this time it was for ideals and beliefs.
And just when they were about to speak again, Charles walked in from the outside. He glanced at everyone in the tent and said:
"The Lord is in trouble."
Everyone was stunned.
"Well, it's actually like this. Her Royal Highness the Princess and the Lord were discovered by the harpy of Jorgendigang, and are currently under siege by the demon army." Charles had to explain again.
"What did you say!?"
…
(PS: 6000 words. I said that there was a small bug yesterday. I changed the fourth chapter of the game into the third chapter. Here I will talk about the first four chapters of Amber Sword, which are Chapter 1, the Empire where all things are born.
; Talking about the rise of Madala. Chapter 2, War and Chaos; describing the war between the temples; Chapter 3, ancient heritage; talking about the excavation of the stone slabs and the beginning of the Slate War; Chapter 4, Eternal Darkness; talking about
is the beginning of the Great Demon Tide Era.)()
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