Lily panted lightly, and her breath condensed into clouds of white mist in the somewhat cold air. She nimbly shuttled through the forest, jumping over mounds and shrubs, and avoiding the air roots descending from above her head. Eskar transformed.
As a small white falcon, she led the way for her - and her companions in the exploration team.
The early morning in the forest should have been silent, but at this time, it completely changed its appearance. The demon army that escaped from the cage was hesitant at first, but after discovering the smell of fresh creatures, the violence and murderous nature derived from the bloodline suddenly disappeared.
occupy most of their thinking.
They shouted obscure and vicious words in Abyssal, and scattered aimlessly, attacking any creature other than demons in sight. The forest also suffered - the weather in late autumn was relatively dry, and these days
There was no rainfall during this time. The high temperature on the surface of the Babu Demon and the scorching spear tip of the Hill Demon easily ignited the dead trees, and further spread into a fire that swept through the entire forest.
The billowing smoke rose upwards along with the burning smell, turning the otherwise clear blue sky into a layer of haze.
The exploration team carefully avoided the fire area and headed towards the west side of the forest. Even in the areas where the fire had not yet started, the corpses of beasts could still be seen everywhere, mixed with a small number of humans, all of which had been eaten to pieces by the demons.
The stench of burning grease mixed with the diffuse dust and smoke made it almost impossible to breathe. Lily felt a little dizzy. She covered her mouth and nose with one hand and tried to move forward to follow the flight path of the white falcon.
A wisp of refreshing breeze suddenly surrounded her, driving away the boredom in her mind. She turned her face to the side, expressed her gratitude to Yuffie with her eyes, and continued running wordlessly.
Almost all the sporadic demons encountered on the way were killed by her, Amberley and Bell on the spot. The occasional berserker demons they encountered were also restricted in their movements by Yuffie, Eskar or Yudina. In Alphonse
Burned to ashes under the spell. However, compared to the demons spread throughout the forest, their number is still too small. The same goes for the Erna warriors staying nearby.
After about an hour's journey, they met Shireen Feil again. The commander of the Elna people cast spells to protect the surrounding forests from demons; at the same time, he arranged for his subordinates to go to various places to explore the situation and try their best
Control the spread of forest fires.
About a hundred Elna people camped next to her, half of them were members of the Golden Lily Knights, and the rest were natural messengers, nearby sentries, and a small number of wizards. Almost all of them were injured, some of whom were relatively minor.
Members are trying to care for the seriously injured; a few people are lying motionless on the ground and appear to have lost consciousness or life.
From time to time, groups of three or five people would return from outside and mix in with the wounded.
Yuffie said hello to Shireenfeel, and took Lin with her to join in taking care of the injured. Lily approached Shireenfell and briefly described to this person everything she had experienced after Eskar delivered the message.
A silver-haired commander. Then, from the mouth of the silver-haired woman, she learned the overall situation that happened here in the previous hour.
The Mystery Lock suddenly collapsed, and a large number of demons appeared in the El Continent, which obviously exceeded everyone's expectations.
The Lily Knights scattered throughout the forest hurriedly responded to the challenge, barely repelling the demon's attack - lower-level demons who lacked leadership would most likely choose to flee when they encountered an opponent who could compete with or severely injure them. For them, compared to
Glory and victory, your own life is more important.
However, despite the huge disparity in numbers, the Knights still paid the price of seven knights being killed and dozens of knights injured. This did not include the knights who were far away from the camp and had not yet... or could not return.
In response, Yudina knelt down on one knee with a face filled with guilt, and apologized to Shireenfel and the wizard leader Ises.
"It was my lack of thinking that opened a new secret lock internally, which weakened the strength of the original secret lock and caused this disaster." He said solemnly, "I am willing to take all responsibility for this."
Amberley and Eskar, who had returned to human form, looked at each other worriedly. Although Lily felt that she had done nothing wrong, she was still a little concerned about the sacrifice of the Elna people, so she stood aside and said nothing.
"Don't throw the responsibility on yourself carelessly." Shillenfeel sighed softly, "Issei, what do you think is the chance that the Mystic Lock can withstand the explosion even if we don't use that method to trap the Balrog?
"
"Not more than half." Issei replied calmly, "I just observed a huge tide in the fire elemental world - that guy Hart probably used himself as a fuse to move the fire elemental world under his jurisdiction.
The power was triggered in one breath... He is simply a model of Daotouqing." He shook his head and said with some dissatisfaction on his expression, but it was not directed at the exploration team. "To be honest, you didn't die in that explosion. It can only be said that you were lucky enough.
That’s all.”
"You heard me." Shireen Feil gently patted Wizard Erna on the shoulder, "You did a great job. Facing a Balrog and an Abyss Lord, you not only escaped unscathed, but also helped to stop them.
The invasion of the Abyss Lords... Of course, so is Hart. Otherwise, the trouble we face will be many times greater than it is now."
"But... I still feel bad." Lily shook her head and looked at Shireen Feier, "Even if it was an unintentional mistake, what else can we do to help?"
"If you are willing, that would be great." The woman with long silver hair nodded slightly, "There are many things that need to be done...and there is only one step to take and one step to watch."
After obtaining the consent of the others, all members of the Lilino Regiment stayed here temporarily, doing their best to eliminate the subsequent impact of this disaster.
Shireenfel summoned all the nearby Elna people with fighting ability to try their best to destroy the nearby demons and prevent them from spreading to other areas. At the same time, she sent messengers as soon as possible to notify the surrounding countries to defend against the invasion of demons.
"It's a pity that there are still a few people." At dinner four days later, Shireen Feier sighed softly, "There are only a thousand or so Elna people living nearby, and the mobile units that are closer are basically stationed at the border.
There is no way to complete the transfer quickly. Faced with tens of thousands
The devil, this is just a drop in the bucket." She brushed the long hair from her ears, with some worry on her eyebrows, "The messengers who went to the Kingdom of Mellon and the Theocracy of Saint Leon have brought back replies from the two countries. But the messengers who went to Southern Austria
The messenger from the Lun Empire...has yet to return."
"Sounds a little bad?" Lily commented while chewing bread and dried meat, "Yuffie, what do you think?"
The pink girl shook her head slightly, her expression thoughtful. During this period, she healed many injured and even dying people, and she gained a high reputation among the Elna people. But other than that, she did not
She did not participate in any more actions to expel demons. Lily felt that she might be hiding something, but she could not get any results out of her.
"Maybe something bad has just begun." The girl looked into the darkness in the distance and whispered softly.