West of blood skeleton Valley, wasteland.
In the cold wind, the desolate ice field was broken by the sound of heavy footsteps. Hundreds of heavily armed light infantry and church Knights trudged through the snow, and both men and horses began to show fatigue; But they still gritted their teeth and looked at the ice sheet further away with almost fanatical eyes.
This is the third day after departure. After a big battle in front of the gentle slope of the blood skeleton Valley, they did not make any repair. Under the command of Brandon de sallion, they set off towards the West and harshest wasteland of the blood skeleton Valley to find the place where the last Ranger disappeared.
"Stop!"
Naze, the church Knight walking in the front, suddenly raised his right arm, motioned the team behind him to stop moving, and his firm cheeks were blue - not because of the cold winter wind or any physical fatigue, which was not worth mentioning for the chief knight.
What really silenced him was the bones of another Ranger who had fallen in the snow and was already frozen.
Beside the Rangers were the remains of two ice werewolves, clutching the long halberd with only wooden poles in his hands, and there was almost nothing left on his body except clothes - obviously, when he broke through, the Rangers had dropped all the burden that could reduce weight, but still could not escape the pursuit of demons.
This is not the first one on the way west from blood skeleton valley.
Nazer, the church knight, could not bear to close his eyes. What echoed in his mind was the scene of the search team that had been attacked, dispersed and evacuated after the tragic defeat, and finally chased and hunted by each other.
In the past, the rangers who went north had encountered similar situations of being besieged, but those who were hunted like prey were unprecedented - what did they find so that these invading demons would wipe out everyone at all costs and spare no one alive?!
Nazer did not know that all he could do was to continue to advance westward along the bones, look for clues with his soldiers and church knights, and search for the surviving Rangers - although the hope was very slim.
"Knight Naze." a church Knight behind him came forward, glanced at the queue in the snowstorm behind him, and then said in a deep voice: "two more soldiers fainted, and six wounded soldiers' wounds deteriorated. I'm afraid it's difficult to continue."
"How far is it from the intelligence destination?" nazer asked without changing his face.
"One day or so." the church Knight replied truthfully.
"What about their own opinion?"
"The comatose are still awake, and the six wounded soldiers beg to continue to follow the team - in the current snowstorm, this is almost tantamount to killing them."
"Move on, we don't have time to delay." the church Knight Naze said decisively, "the unconscious get on the stretcher, and the wounded find someone to help. If we can't, we'll throw down some baggage."
"Knight nazer..."
"This is the order of his highness Brandon de sallion, which he promised at the fortress of duanjie mountain!" Naze turned and glanced at the soldiers and church knights who were still in the snow:
"His highness Brandon promised you that everyone would live as long as possible before he died when he was at the fortress of duanjie mountain, and you all heard it!
I'm the Knight Chief of the Church of broken boundary mountain, but now I'm also a subordinate of his highness Brandon, so I'm executing his orders now, not those of his highness connord.
So you should all live as long as possible, and then go back with your highness; this is not cowardice, cowardice or weakness - because today is definitely not the day for you to die to the Holy Cross.
We will certainly find the invading demons and catch their tails! We will also avenge paoze, the brother of the search team; but before that, everyone must live tenaciously! "
The troops in the snowstorm were still silent, and the silent soldiers did not speak; Just silently set up the wounded, bit his teeth and carried the comatose robe on the stretcher.
"Knight Commander." the church Knight suddenly said, "just now a soldier from his highness Brandon's guard came. It's their leading force. The rest are on the way to us."
"Coming towards us?" nazer frowned. "What happened?"
"I don't know, but it's said that there was an avalanche in the east of blood skeleton Valley, and the guard soldiers almost died!" the church Knight bowed his head: "moreover, it's not just them who came to meet."
As soon as the voice of the church Knight fell, a thunderous noise suddenly came from the snow covered sky; Naze suddenly looked up, and a huge should have approached his eyes.
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"Boom --!!!"
Snow and rocks rolled down from the top of the mountain, and the whole cliff trembled constantly in the loud sound echoing in the mountains!
The sudden loud noise made the black haired wizard have no time to think. He immediately hid behind the rock wall, and the dark pupils suddenly contracted.
Almost for the first time, Loren immediately thought of a guard knight who was probably still alive and pursued himself!
Was it just an accident, or was he found out again?!
The roar continued, and the whole mountain trembled in the avalanche. The expressionless black haired wizard clenched the "bright silver" around his waist and held his breath to keep himself as calm as possible.
At present, his physical condition has not fully recovered. If he confronts with the guard knight, opening the "valve" is his only choice.
However, master corona has already told him the consequences of doing so - using the "valve" in the north is like lighting a torch in a dark forest, and the evil gods lurking in the shadow can find themselves almost immediately!
The rotten corpse demons outside the cave also seemed not to be aware of the arrival of the avalanche. Several demons standing beside the mountain wall were instantly buried in the collapsed rocks and snow, and the remnants were constantly shaking violently. One by one, they fell from the cliff into the bottomless glacier crack.
"Boom --!!!"
The tremor and sound in my ears still didn't stop, just like the roar of the mountain; The black haired wizard who clutched the hilt of the sword kept sweating in his palm and stared at the snow blocking the cave with an expressionless face.
"Really ready?"
It was clearly a worried tone, but Asriel's expression revealed some excitement: "once the valve is opened, dear Loren, you have no chance to look back."
"I've never had that kind of 'opportunity'." the murmuring black haired wizard gradually focused his blurred vision:
"I will never regret my choice!"
The helpless smile of the young "mature" turned into a black feather eagle in a burst of black smoke and landed steadily beside Lauren.
"Boom --!!!"
In the sound of cracking, the blocked snow collapsed instantly. When the black haired wizard looked up again, the whole cave was completely exposed;
Damn it... This is not an ordinary bad luck!
Or did you use up all your good luck before?!
At the same time, perhaps because of the loud noise, the rotten corpse demons outside the cave have not noticed the black haired wizard behind them, "panicked" to avoid the falling rocks and avalanches, and the roar of ice crack is also covered up in the sound of collapse.
This is a good opportunity!
Lying low and taking light steps, Loren held the bright silver and approached from behind bit by bit, trying not to make any noise.
"Ah, ah, ah --!!!"
The sudden scream made the black haired wizard's footsteps suddenly stagnate - not only scared, but also because the sound was very familiar, like
Turning his head rigidly, Lauren, whose eyebrows were almost together, saw a guy who was still "fluttering" in the snow, as if he were performing drowning.
"Help, I don't want to die, I don't want to die --!" Isaac Grantham in the snowdrift was extremely embarrassed, and shouted desperately, shaking all over.
The next second, Isaac, who found himself still alive, raised his head like a ferret, and two equally surprised people looked at each other:
"Alas? Lauren, why are you here? I remember you're not..."
"Isaac, get down --!!!"