Standing on a tall maroon horse, Catherine was dressed in bright silver and exquisite armor, which further enhanced her graceful lines and light body.
Although Catherine's body looks very slender and even a little weak from the outside, when she wears a full set of fine steel armor and wields a sword to attack the enemy, she will immediately transform into a mighty lion, killing decisively.
Even better than those male knights.
Therefore, when she frowned and a look of sadness appeared on her face, the apprentice knights following her became increasingly confused.
"Lady Catherine, what are you worried about?" A young trainee knight asked boldly: "Those remnants of witches have been forced into the jungle near Black Mountain City by us. As long as we search patiently, we will definitely find them.
Found it in the hiding place. Seeing that the situation is very good, why are you still worried?"
Catherine shook her head in confusion.
"You have never witnessed the ferocity of wizards from other worlds, and you have no idea of the terrifying power they possess. I...I..." At this point, Catherine couldn't help but shudder slightly, as if she remembered something terrible.
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"You mean...the battle in Hakans City!" the trainee knight asked tentatively.
As Catherine's bodyguards, they naturally had some knowledge of the brutal wars she had experienced.
According to legend, Catherine was originally a member of the Holy Light Chapel in Hakans City. When it fell into the clutches of a wizard, Catherine, as a trainee knight, dared to step forward and rescued dozens of companions from the terrible wizard.
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It was precisely because of this experience that after the disaster in Hakans City, the top Paladins dispatched her to the south to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the witches. Apparently, Catherine was not intimidated by the ferocity of the witches, but instead exploded
With 120,000 courage, he managed to survive to the end in a brutal battle against a second-level witch, and killed the second-level witch with his own hands.
And it was in that battle that she received abundant Holy Light feedback and became a Black Iron Knight in one fell swoop!
Speaking of Catherine's experience, everyone present was familiar with it, so they all understood her sentimentality. Anyone whose familiar companions and friends were killed in a battle would become as melancholy and determined as she was.
"Don't talk about me..." Catherine quickly got rid of her sentimentality: "Tell me about the recent news of witches! What is happening to the group of monsters that appeared in the northern part of the empire now?"
Another young trainee knight with an equally immature face said fiercely: "I know this. Those monsters are really scary. They have a terrifying plague infection effect. Ordinary people can't resist their attacks at all. But fortunately, these two
The Holy Knights were near the epidemic area where the monsters broke out, and they took action in time to block them in the Red Cloud Terrace. I heard that the two Holy Knights took turns and killed nearly half of the monsters, so that the terrible monsters were not let down.
The epidemic spreads!"
"What about... that demon hiding under the Gonzas volcano?" At this point, Catherine's body trembled slightly, as if she didn't even dare to mention the demon's name.
"I don't know! In order to investigate the fighting situation of those demons, the northern branch lost another elite team. Unfortunately, even so, they could not find the whereabouts of those demons. However, since those terrible plague monsters appeared in Hongyun
On the platform, I'm afraid those demons won't be far away. The reason why the two holy knights are keeping a close eye there may be because of this."
Catherine shook her head in confusion.
"Holy Knight, you should not give up here! I always have a feeling that the outbreak of plague monsters in the north is just a means used by the other party. And their real target... is most likely ours!"
"Where are we?" Several trainee knights looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt a little incredible: "You mean, that terrible demon will come here to join the witches?"
"I don't know, I really don't know. My mind is very confused right now. I always feel that I can sense some danger vaguely, but I can't tell the source of the danger. I..."
While Catherine was struggling in distress, tall dust clouds suddenly rose on the gray dirt road in the distance. Several fast horses rushed into the military camp with shouts and rushed towards the central tent. Their shouts could not be heard clearly from a distance.
What, but wherever they passed, a large number of paladins and imperial warriors came out of the camp, looking like they were talking and gearing up.
"It's the team that went to the north to investigate!" A trainee knight took a look and carefully identified it, and suddenly said excitedly: "They suddenly came back, they must have some valuable information!"
No one spoke to him anymore. A group of people galloped down the high slope and quickly rushed to the central tent.
When they arrived at the center of the camp, a large number of paladins had gathered around the tent. Those who came first were talking about it, and then they asked around, and Catherine soon figured out the reason why they were so excited.
The lair of the remnants of the witch has been found!
Not surprisingly, the witch's lair is hidden deep in the poisonous swamp as expected.
The Paladin team sent to investigate near the Poison Swamp was lucky enough to capture a level 1 witch who was trying to escape there from another area, and knew the exact location of the witch's lair from her mouth.
And more importantly, the remnants of the witches seem to want to abandon the lair and are desperately trying to summon nearby witches to join them. It is said that they plan to abandon this place and flee to the north to join forces with the plague monsters who are causing trouble there.
After hearing such important information, the three golden knights sitting in the central tent did not dare to delay. While sending people to Blackwater City to ask the four golden knights there to come over for support, they quickly summoned and dispatched the paladins to prepare for the gathering.
The strongest team plows the enemy's holes.
The enemy wants to escape from the poisonous swamp, huh, it is simply a wishful thinking!
Somehow, seeing the many companions around her gearing up and preparing to complete the battle, Catherine felt inexplicably frightened in her heart.
But there are three to four hundred black iron knights like her here. Under the dispatch and command of the three golden knights, there is no room for her to come forward and make suggestions.
Poison Swamp is also a well-known dangerous place near Black Mountain City!
It is located in a low basin, about seven or eight miles wide from north to south, and about eleven or twelve miles long from east to west. It is full of foul-smelling mud and terrifying swamps full of puddles.
Misty pine flowers grow everywhere in the basin, which produces a large amount of poisonous gas in the humid environment. Coupled with the closed area, the poisonous gas has nowhere to spread, so a terrible swamp poisonous fog is formed above the swamp.
It is precisely because it is so scary that the locals near Black Mountain City almost never dare to go even half a step closer to the Poisonous Land Swamp. Only during the short few days in June every year, the scorching sun can penetrate the forest and shine into the Poisonous Land Swamp.
Dispel the poisonous fog there.
Taking advantage of such a great opportunity, local mountain people dare to break into it to pick some exotic flowers and plants that are not available outside. Therefore, only the older mountain people can have a little idea of the topography inside.
Therefore, the assembled team of Paladins sent a message to Black Mountain City, asking them to try their best to recruit old medicine farmers who had been in the poisonous swamp.
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Poison Swamp.
Even on a bright day, the basin where the Poison Land Swamp is located is still filled with a thick fog that makes it difficult to see even one's fingers.
There is no wind.
The fog is like a thick layer of gauze, firmly covering the basin, hiding everything inside in a dark place where no one knows.
Stepping into the poisonous swamp, the place is full of gurgling and bubbling mud pools and swamps. There is a thin layer of aquatic plants growing on the smelly and soft mud, making it difficult to distinguish where is the solid mud and where is.
Soft mud.
It is difficult to travel in the forests and mountains. While a large number of imperial warriors are still trekking through the majestic mountains, the elite paladins who have replaced their light mail armor have blocked several necessary places from the poisonous swamp to the outside world.
Standing on a high mountain col, overlooking the vast white poisonous swamp through the leafy forest, everyone was feeling excited and anxious, not knowing which way the next battle would develop.
However, we have the absolute initiative. As long as we break down the defenses around the witch's lair, what tricks can the few remaining witches do?
A temporary battle camp was set up near the entrance of the basin.
A team of more than 370 Paladins gathered here, quietly waiting for the high-ranking commanders to issue battle orders. As for the remaining more than 400 trainee knights, they led the Empire soldiers to firmly control the surrounding areas.
There are several dangerous terrains.
The poisonous mist in the poisonous swamp was not something that ordinary people could withstand, so the imperial soldiers and trainee knights were left outside. The nearly 400 paladins were divided into more than 20 combat teams.
, led by the summoned local medicine farmers, they went deep into the swamp to clean out the last witch's lair.
Catherine's team, which consisted of fifteen people, was led by two silver knights. They lit torches one after another and slowly followed an old but strong medicine farmer to the edge of the swamp.
Before entering, the old medicine farmer rolled some red beans he had fiddled with from nowhere into a piece of cloth and tied it under his nose. Then he walked into the swamp with a long wooden stick, one step at a time.
There are no fixed routes at all in the Poison Land Swamp, so every step you take requires using a wooden stick to explore the voids under the water plants, so walking is extremely slow. (To be continued)