Thales jumped down from the black coffin and stared blankly at everything in front of him.
The flying ashes are gone, and no flesh and blood remain.
The stumps all over the ground gradually shrank, turned to dust, and merged into the snow under the moonlight.
it's over?
Giza - the Blood Magician, that madman...
Just disappeared?
The tentacles of the hydra loosened and shrank, and both Katerina and Serena fell to the ground, coughing violently.
From the jungle on one side, Ada helped Rolf, who had an earthy face, come out.
"There are at least hundreds of those branches," Ada said with lingering fear: "Why did they suddenly wither..."
But Ada was stunned immediately, pointed at the female warrior exaggeratedly and shouted: "Ah! Weird woman, you are here!"
The female warrior put the shield back on her back and laughed: "I haven't seen you for many years, forgetful Ada!"
Ada's face suddenly darkened.
The female warrior pulled out the two-handed sword and waved it twice with one hand, shaking off the blood on it. Her face was calm but her eyes were sharp.
She immediately turned around and looked at Thales.
Thales also looked curiously at the man who suddenly appeared to save his life.
There is no doubt that she is a soldier - Thales told himself.
The armor all over her body is covered with bloodstains left by the magician, but she has a calm and determined aura, which does not appear embarrassed at all. Instead, it makes people feel that she has experienced hundreds of battles.
She has neatly shaved short brown hair, but there is no need to describe her heroic appearance too much, because when she appears, the aura full of iron-blooded fighting spirit makes you only notice her warrior side and forget about her.
Pure appearance.
They stared at each other for a few seconds.
The female warrior suddenly grinned, boldly thrust the sword in both hands upside down on the ground, and knelt down on one knee.
"So you are Thales, boy - my highness?"
"Yes, I am Thales Bright Star," Thales smiled: "Thank you..."
Thales had a strange feeling. Although he knelt down on one knee towards the prince, Gilbert was full of politeness and respect, and Yodel gave him a sense of trust. However, the female warrior in front of him was full of energy.
It turns out to be a kind of casual and unrestrained.
The female warrior's next actions confirmed his suspicion.
Because she actually raised her hands covered in blood with iron gloves on, and rubbed the hair of the second prince of the Kingdom of Stars twice!
"Well done, kid!" She laughed loudly, her voice sharp and sharp: "Many of my recruits might have been frightened to death if they encountered that situation!"
Thales was rubbed until stars appeared in his eyes. He felt the greasy blood on his hands and said awkwardly: "Um, this lady..."
The female warrior laughed and interrupted him:
"I am Sonia Satherley, little lord," Sonia's words did not contain the consciousness of "little lord" at all. She was in a good mood and even hit Thales on the shoulder to make the weak latter
Violent coughing:
"The Broken Dragon Fortress is temporarily guarding the border between the two countries!"
Thales came back to his senses: "Ah!"
"You, you are the 'Flower of the Fortress'?"
Although he was well prepared when he went on the mission, he was still a little excited when he actually saw Sonia.
Flowers of the Fortress.
During the course at Mindis Hall, Gilbert would occasionally explain to him the current situation of the Star Kingdom, such as the most famous "Three Star Commanders".
In the disaster of the Year of Blood, although Xingchen suffered heavy losses, it also gained talents in many fields from this nightmare, such as government affairs and diplomacy, military affairs and war.
It was against this background that many royalists and new aristocrats transformed from unknown pawns to pillars of the stars - Gilbert Castle, the "Cunning Fox", is one such example.
And among the blood and fire, facing the battlefields of Exeter, the Western Wasteland Orcs and Desolate Bones, and the Southwest Rebels, many young people from civilian backgrounds rose up and received titles.
King Kessel has expanded the royal standing army since the Year of Blood, and has recruited many civilians and young people into it to guard the four sides of the kingdom.
These people are basically soldiers who have been washed away by the war and have shown great glory on the battlefield.
Twelve years have passed, and their fortunes have been different, but three of them have always stood firm, withstood the test of time, and grown into military commanders capable of taking charge of their own affairs - the "Three Commanders of the Stars" who are famous throughout the kingdom.
.
The subjects of the kingdom gave them respective resounding nicknames, and even their original names were rarely mentioned:
The Wrath of the Kingdom.
Wings of Legend.
Flowers of the Fortress.
Among them, the flower of the fortress, Lord Sonia Satherley, set foot on the historical stage of the Star Kingdom when she accompanied Duke John to conquer the southwest rebels.
Since the Year of Blood, she has led the royal family's standing army and has always guarded the bitter cold north, alert to every move of the northern dragon.
Many people in Stars believe that if the flower of the fortress continues to bloom in Broken Dragon Fortress, then the North of Stars will remain erect.
Of course, there are also many noble ladies in the royal capital who are always talking behind their backs: She behaves like a man in every move, and she deserves to be the sword-wielding lady who cannot get married until she is in her thirties.
And now, the legendary Fortress Flower herself is standing in front of Thales.
"Ha, Alaka will definitely regret not bringing troops out to rescue you," Sonia knocked on her shield proudly: "I was the first among the three to seal the magic master..."
But the next moment, Thales saw Sonia's expression change!
"What's wrong?" Thales asked in surprise.
"No!" Sonia clenched her fists tightly, raised her shield, and looked around warily: "She is not sealed!"
"boom!"
Before Thales could react, Sonia suddenly picked him up and jumped up from the ground, avoiding a bloody tentacle coming out of the ground!
Thales looked at the tentacles in front of him in disbelief: Hasn't Giza been...
The tentacle suddenly split into dozens of small tentacles, and Thales felt that at the moment it split, his whole body had lost all feeling, as if he had been anesthetized!
This is...the feeling of having your body controlled?
Thales let go of Sonia's arm tremblingly.
But the latter didn't seem to be affected at all. He stretched out his arms and hugged him tighter!
Sonia gritted her teeth, roared and took off the two-handed sword from her back, swung it with one arm, drew a magnificent sword light, and chopped off countless small tentacles in the blink of an eye!
Several of them rolled towards their original place - the black coffin in the dark night!
Many tentacles that had just touched the black coffin shrank and withered like they had just touched the supreme shield, and then turned into fly ash.
But more tentacles rolled up the black coffin "as if they were dead". Between the withering and the succession, they actually lifted the black coffin despite the corrosion of the legendary anti-demon armed forces!
"Black coffin!" Cortrina saw this scene in the distance, and the queen yelled anxiously: "Can't let her take it away!"
Sonia remained as calm as before, with the wind rushing under her feet, holding Thales in her left hand, and throwing the big knife far away like a boomerang with her right hand!
"Crack!"
Cut off the tentacles wrapped around the black coffin.
"Boom!"
The black coffin fell to the ground again.
Sonia stepped on the steps, quickly jumped onto the black coffin, put down Thales, took off the shield behind her, and looked at her eyes warily - two tentacles stretched out from the darkness in front of her again.
"impossible!"
Thales saw the situation in front of him clearly and screamed in surprise.
Under the protection of two tentacles, Gisa Trilman still looked like a naked girl covered in blood, appearing in front of them with a smile on her face.
Thales was shocked, but Sonia calmly stepped forward with her shield, protecting him behind her.
Sonia frowned.
Thales was stunned.
How did she...
Nothing happened at all?
Didn't Serena tell him that the legendary anti-magic weapons can deal with magicians?
He clearly remembered that when Yoder sealed Asheida, he only stabbed her in the back with an unexpected blow, causing Asheida to burst into white light and disappear without a trace.
Yoder and Morat both called that... a seal?
Thales thought he had some knowledge about the weaknesses of magicians...
However, the Giza in front of me is...
Why?
"Why, do you think it's strange?" Giza chuckled: "Why doesn't the legendary anti-demon force work on me?"
Sonia suddenly raised her hand to stop Ada and Katerina who were about to rush forward:
"Back off!" she shouted loudly, as if she had the authority to order a prohibition.
Ada and the Queen stopped abruptly.
Sonia stared at Giza in front of her with solemn eyes.
"About you, I have heard two legends from the secret department."
Sonia looked at Giza with a determined expression:
"1. The more enemies the blood magician faces, the stronger the destructive power and vitality will be, because the enemies will become your nutrients."
"To deal with you, the biggest misunderstanding is that 'the more people, the better,' which will only make you stronger as you fight... The best way is to have an extreme master who is dexterous and fast enough to carry the legendary anti-magic weapon, and fight with
You fight alone in a dead land with no living creatures."
Giza's smile faded a little.
Secret science.
It's still just as annoying as it was hundreds of years ago.
"Good choice," Gisa nodded with a curved mouth: "No wonder I feel that there are many humans a few hundred meters away - did you leave all the human hands there and come here alone?"
Sonia snorted: "It seems that your detection ability is also very strong."
The next moment, two tentacles suddenly thrust out towards Sonia!
At the same time, more than a dozen tree roots burst out from the ground and lashed out at Sonia and Thales!
An attack with no blind spots.
The wave surged into Thales's limbs, and he was about to evade it.
But at that moment, he only felt another force blooming in Sonia's body!
I saw her spinning around, using the inertia of her body to the extreme in an incredible way, and the shield in her hand hit the tentacles hard!
"bump!"
Slap Giza's tentacles into ash.
The female warrior let go of her hand during the spin, and with miraculous skill, she quickly grabbed the edge of the shield in mid-air, using it as a sharp blade. She then spun around and slashed out, majestically slashing the attack from under her feet.
More than a dozen tree roots were all chopped to pieces.
"Tsk! La!"
Sonia stood on the ground unscathed and counterattacked with no blind spots, completely crushing the blood magician's attack.
Thales looked at Sonia in shock.
The fluctuations in his body had already surged into his eyes, and he only saw a compelling colorless energy filling Sonia's body.
That is something completely different from the dazzling light in the magician's body and the vigorous flesh and blood in the vampire's body.
This is the first time he has used this kind of fluctuating vision to observe normal humans other than magicians and vampires.
"A good response, rare even among humans in the extreme." Giza nodded appreciatively: "There is also the familiar supernatural power - one of the four original supernatural powers, famous for taking advantage of the situation.
Glacier Melt' bar."
"It is now called the Power of Termination," Sonia said disdainfully: "To commemorate us, we beat the shit out of you more than six hundred years ago."
Thales suddenly understood.
It turns out that the colorless energy in Sonia's body...is the power of termination?
"I didn't know you could control trees." Sonia exhaled and observed her surroundings vigilantly: "There are so many surprises for me."
"Why, in your understanding, only the red liquid in animals can be called blood?" Gisa smiled softly.
"About your second legend, it's a bit unbelievable," Sonia moved her wrist carefully: "Until today."
In Giza's smile, she spit out the legend word for word: "The legendary anti-demon armed force cannot seal the blood magician?"
Thales looked at the Blood Magician in shock.
Unable to seal?
Then...couldn't no one control her?
How was the Endgame won?
"Impossible!" Katerina exclaimed: "The legendary anti-magic force is the nemesis of disaster - those who know the truth are taught this!"
There was silence for a while.
Giza first showed a smile, and then sighed:
"The legendary anti-magic force - the end of the magician, the nemesis of disaster, can make us irreversible with just a light touch."
"Is it."
I saw Giza looking calm and authentic:
"Lebra, Arik, and even the 'Brothers of Truth' are terribly afraid of that weapon, and will never let anyone get close to them again - this is how Lebra was sealed."
But the next moment, Giza chuckled with a deep chill:
"But I'm the only exception."
"A magician who relies on his 'physical form' to fight."
Thales was shocked.
He felt that these terms that he could not understand at the moment should be the knowledge that he would learn in the future.
Even if it's not for the sake of becoming a magician, even if it's just for myself.
Giza continued to smile and said:
"He is also one of the only two magic masters who is not afraid of close combat with the legendary anti-demon armed forces."
"I will not refuse even close harm... People who come close to me are often close to their own death."
Thales frowned slightly: The only two who are not afraid of close combat?
Who is the other one?
It turns out... there is such a big difference between a magician and a magician?
Curiosity and fear about magicians simultaneously tortured Thales, making him extremely hesitant.
Giza smiled and said: "Even if the legendary anti-demon weapon hits my physical form, the damage will only be insignificant flesh and blood, and it is impossible to seal me."
Thales frowned.
No.
Something is wrong.
He was puzzled until Sonia raised her eyebrows and hummed confidently: "Really?"
She took a step forward, as if she had found the enemy's weakness, and raised her supreme shield towards the magician.
"Then what were you running for just now?"
"In other words...what was hidden during the time you disappeared?"
Giza's expression changed.
Thales also reacted.
Yes, the shield was still effective against Giza's flesh and blood just now - after she turned into ashes for the first time, it lasted for a while before reappearing.
During that time, whether she was healing, recovering, escaping or hiding, it all meant...
She is by no means without weaknesses!
"The reason why the legendary anti-magic weapons are so rare and precious that all countries compete with each other," Sonia said calmly: "Not only because it can seal the magician, but also because each legendary anti-magic weapon has its own unique and powerful
Ability that allows the user to transform himself in battle."
Thales took a breath.
Legendary anti-demon force.
Unique and powerful abilities?
He looked at the dark coffin at his feet.
I think of Yoder's gray dagger again - what abilities does that sword have?
Thales suddenly realized that the color of the dagger and the gray shield in Sonia's hand were so similar?
Gisa pursed her lips, and the tentacles under her body trembled uneasily.
I saw Sonia knocking on the Supreme Shield: "You probably haven't seen it before - in the latter part of the End War, when you started to run for your lives, it and the Supreme Sword were made together, so you also
Wouldn’t understand its capabilities.”
Giza finally changed its color.
"That's what they told me when I received the shield," Sonia snorted softly: "The name of the Supreme Shield's ability is full of the personal characteristics of Queen Black Orchid."
The blood magician's face became more and more serious.
Thales felt that Sonia had found her weakness.
The female warrior grinned and smiled happily: "The name of its ability is..."
"'The Hunt.'"
The next moment, the cold-faced magician seemed to have remembered the most terrifying thing and waved his hand violently!
"boom!"
A flood of sound erupted!
Under everyone's vigilant gaze, the huge tentacles instantly dissipated into blood and severed limbs.
And then disappeared into the air.
Giza disappeared into the darkness and looked deeply at Thales with a pair of eyes.
Leave a faint word:
"We'll see you again."
Thales was so excited.
There is a chilling indifference to Giza's words:
"I will never let you suffer."
Thales looked pale and felt worried.
【I will never let you suffer】
Damn it.
etc.
He suddenly woke up.
Blood Magician...
Scared away?
"She's gone." Sonia said quietly:
"What a pity," she knocked on her shield regretfully, "I really want to pursue him."
Thales took a deep breath.
"Selena!"
Thales turned his head and saw Katerina gritting her teeth and staring at an empty corner:
"She ran away!"
The sound of horse hooves came.
Putilai, Waiya, and Jenard, escorted by a group of cavalry, came to them.
Thales felt a little relieved when he saw them.
However, it seems that there are not many private soldiers left in Canxing.
This night.
It's over again.
The cavalry came in front and nodded to Sonia one after another.
The leader was a female swordsman with a cold face. When her eyes glanced at Thales, the latter only felt a chill.
Did I offend her?
Thales rubbed his head inexplicably.
At this moment, a call filled with complex emotions sounded.
"team leader!"
Sonia shuddered and turned her head to look at the person who spoke.
Thales was stunned.
Could it be that...she who uses the shield is really "Captain of the Stars"?
Under everyone's surprised gazes, the thirty-year-old veteran, Gennard, dismounted his horse.
He shrank slightly, walked slowly to the female warrior, and looked at Sonia with excitement but trepidation and shame:
"team leader……"
His lips trembled, but he could not speak.
"I……"
Jenard lowered his head deeply and gritted his teeth.
"I……"
Sonia looked at the veteran with a complicated expression.
"Jenard."
But the female warrior took a deep breath.
She raised her eyes, her eyes full of momentum.
"Look at me, soldier!"
Sonia shouted.
The old soldier jumped up and stood up straight in an instant.
He took a deep breath and looked directly at Sonia.
After a few seconds, Jennard swallowed his saliva and took a deep breath.
"I'm back."
The veteran said firmly.
Sonia studied him carefully.
For a while.
She immediately punched Genard on the shoulder and showed a restrained smile:
"Return to the team."
Jennard was shocked.
He gritted his teeth and held back tears.
The veteran shouted with all his strength:
"yes!"
"With all due respect, Your Highness." Sonia turned her head and looked at Thales, who was being carefully inspected by Wyatt for any damage.
She frowned, but then sighed deeply: "Although you have experienced a lot today, you still have to rush to Broken Dragon Fortress as soon as possible."
Thales was a little confused, but nodded anyway.
Only the experienced deputy Putilai behind him pressed his wound, but his expression changed.
"Your Excellency Lord Satherley," he asked solemnly.
"What happened?"
Everyone was silent for a second.
Sonia frowned and then looked directly at Thales.
"The Grand Duke of the Black Sands of Exeter, Charmaine Lombard, had sent small groups of troops several times a day ago to cross the border between the two countries without any scruples."
Sonia's face was expressionless, but her eyes were solemn and she replied:
"They began to clear the area around Broken Dragon Fortress, especially the relief roads from Cold Castle and Gu Lao Tower."