Lord of War

The Forest of Sighs is not just a name for a forest, but a general term for a ferocious place located in the Millennium Covenant Empire.

The area of ​​this forest is extremely vast. It is located in the eastern part of the empire, straddling the land of the black soil and the eastern land of the empire. In the hearts of the people of the Millennium Covenant Empire, they never regard the land of black soil east of the Forest of Sighs as part of their empire's territory. The land is the empire territory.

It's not that the people of the thousand-year empire are willing to give up their land with good intentions, but that this land is not a place where ordinary people can set foot.

Infected by the land of black soil, coupled with various reasons that the Millennium Covenant Empire has wanted to recover this land of black soil for countless years, the number of undead creatures gathered in the Forest of Sighs has reached an extremely exaggerated level. Among the residents of the Eastern Frontier of the Millennium Empire, there is a legend passed down from generation to generation: the approach of any living person will startle these undead sleeping in the bottom of the Forest of Sighs, and then they will tear open the earth and climb out of the abyss out, pulling all the living into the world of the dead.

However, although the legend contains a certain amount of exaggeration, it is not nonsense. It's just that undead creatures are not invincible in front of strong men with certain strength. At least those skeletons in the sighing forest are not enough to stop a team composed of mages, dragon knights and many strong men. the power of.

A sharp sword light swept up obliquely.

Although this sword light looks fierce, in fact, in the eyes of people who really understand swordsmanship, they can easily see that the power contained in this sword light is not strong enough. If it is in a bloody battle on the frontal battlefield, this sword light will be forcibly blocked or parried by the enemy because it lacks enough threat. Of course, in terms of advantages, it is not without, at least you can still see some agility in the refracted light and shadow after the sword light flies by.

After the sword light passed by, a bone frame was completely shattered and scattered on the black ground.

If you think this is the way to deal with the enemy, then these scattered bones will definitely bring unforgettable surprises to those who ignore them.

The bones shattered by the sharp sword have no obvious broken marks on them, only a pale mark-skeletons that have been revived by the infection of the undead, as long as they are not the lowest-level skeleton soldiers, but slightly higher-level skeleton soldiers or Skeleton warriors and the like, basically the bones on their bodies will become as hard as iron weapons. It is said that the more advanced the skeleton monster, the harder the bones will be—but in the Land of Sighs, there is obviously no monster higher than the skeleton warrior.

The bones scattered on the ground began to vibrate slightly, as if guided by magnetic force, it began to gradually attract other bones.

But before these bones reunited, a long sword pierced directly into the skull beside it—with the friction sound of metal and iron clashing, this hard skull could not block the stabbing of the sword at all. hit.

It was as if some soul was crying, and the many bone fragments including this skull were all turned into a piece of bone meal in an instant, smearing a little white trace on the black earth.

Melly pulled out the sharp sword that had pierced into the ground due to excessive force, then turned her head and glanced around.

The surrounding threats have been completely eliminated—while she was dealing with the skeleton warrior, her three companions were not idle either. In other words, besides Lucinda Courtwell, Alisa O'Meara and Rilista William have shown their extraordinary strength,

It is easy to solve their respective goals that need to be solved.

Skeleton Warrior is an advanced reinforcement of Skeleton Soldiers. Compared with the skeleton soldiers whose bones are perfect but whose weapons are still rusty and broken knives, the skeleton soldiers not only show a white and dusty luster throughout the skeleton, but even the weapon is a machete that looks much more refined , and even an extra cowhide wooden shield wrapped in iron. In terms of offensive and defensive capabilities, skeleton soldiers are much better than skeleton soldiers.

If the skeleton warriors were to gather in groups, this undead creature whose individual strength was only at the fourth level would display a terrifying combat power that was even more terrifying than that of the fifth level, or even reach the sixth level. For this reason, the most common method to deal with skeleton warriors is to adopt the attack tactics of cutting and separating, so that these skeleton warriors cannot form a group, so as to gain an advantage in the group, and can only maintain weak individual strength.

At least, with the strength of the four-member mercenary group of Rilista, it is not a problem for one person to deal with a dozen skeleton warriors alone.

After solving the troubles of these dozens of skeleton warriors, the group of four gathered together again.

"I'm a little tired." Mellie was the first to speak.

This young female swordsman does not focus on strength and endurance. On the contrary, she takes a route that requires more skill—that is, the commonly known light swordsman. Compared with the fast swordsman, the light swordsman's attack speed is not fast; and compared with the middle-of-the-road swordsman, he is not known for his strength and endurance; the reason why the light swordsman was not eliminated from the branch of the swordsman genre at that time , it is because this kind of swordsman has very excellent martial arts ability and breakthrough ability.

However, it is precisely because the two attributes of strength and endurance are not outstanding that light swordsmen are not good at protracted battles.

"We've been moving forward for half a day, and it's really not easy for Melly." Lucinda, who knew about Melly's situation, said, and at the same time took out a few small test tubes from her body, and began to prepare them on the spot. Finally, he took out a test tube containing a pink liquid and handed it to Melly, "Drink it, it will speed up your physical recovery."

Melly frowned, obviously a little bit against this potion. However, after hesitating for a long time, Melly still took the test tube, then raised her head with a generous expression on her face and drank the liquid in the test tube in one gulp. In an instant, all of Melly's exposed skin turned pink, and a large amount of white mist rose from the pores. This strange phenomenon lasted for about four or five seconds, and then Everything is back to normal.

As for Melly, the exhausted look on her face completely disappeared, replaced by a look of energy, as if she had slept soundly.

"If it weren't for the smell, it would be like the stinky water in the sewer. I would really like to eat this." Mellie handed the test tube back to Lucinda, and then hurriedly took out the water bag and began to rinse her mouth, but even after rinsing It still made Mellie sick to her stomach several times.

"You can't eat it as a meal. This thing just squeezes your potential." Lucinda put away the test tube, and then said, "After the drug's effect time is over, you will feel very tired....But anyway, we will soon Today's task has been reached, as long as you have a good rest at night, tomorrow will be fine."

"Sigh." Mellie sighed, feeling a little helpless, "Captain, how long are we going to carry out this kind of investigation mission?"

"Until we find the target." Alisa O'Meara, the head of the petite mercenary group, said, "We didn't need to enter the Forest of Sighs for this operation, but the target suddenly deviated The direction entered the Forest of Sighs, so we had no choice but to keep up....Anyway, our task is to find the location of the target as soon as possible, and then report to Miss Cecilia."

"Okay." Melly muttered something.

"Take this as a trial." Rilista said in a deep voice, "We originally took refuge in Grand Duke Xiao En just to hone ourselves and break through the shackles of the sanctuary. Now this kind of opportunity should be regarded as a Just a new workout."

Alisa O'Meara pondered for a moment, then her eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "I see. As expected of that Lord William's sister, she sees the problem so thoroughly. I'm still wondering why Cecilia The young lady arranged for us to conduct a search in front of the enemy, but you didn't object."

Rilista snorted, and then continued to explore the way forward.

Alisa O'Meara naturally followed quickly.

Only Melly, some still didn't understand the situation: "What's going on?"

Lucinda sighed helplessly, and then explained: "There are countless skeletons in the Forest of Sighs, and it can be said that they are almost inexhaustible. So Miss Cecilia arranged for us to leave the main force and go alone. It is not only for us to carry out reconnaissance, but also for us to know how to make trade-offs...Here, blindly relying on force to deal with the enemy is not the way to win, we must learn how to better preserve our physical strength and combat effectiveness."

"Oh." Melly replied.

But Lucinda obviously didn't expect this guy to understand what she just said when she saw Melly's appearance.

But this time, the advance speed of this small four-person mercenary team has increased significantly, and the frequency of battles has also decreased. Of course, it is more of a tactical change. They are no longer limited to relying on the strength of the gold powerhouse to open the way, but start to make detours and advances. In this way, under the same endurance limit, The distance they advanced was even further.

Located about 400 to 500 meters behind Rilista and the others, Cecilia felt that the frequency of battles in the front team was getting lower and lower, and the distance from her own and other strong players gradually began to widen. The corners of Celia's mouth raised slightly.

"Oh, the comprehension ability is not bad." Angel on the side also felt this change, so she made a comment, "I thought it would take at least three or four more days, but I didn't expect it to be the third Tian has already begun to know how to adapt... But with their forward tone, the trouble will be in the future."

Hearing Angel's voice, Cecilia's rarely raised mouth corners quickly disappeared, and her complexion became uneasy.

Angel could of course be keenly aware of Cecilia's emotional changes, but she didn't care. The strength of the two sides is almost the same, and the final result of the fight is that no one can do anything about it. However, Angel is still able to occupy a slight advantage because her strength is higher than Cecilia's level, so from a certain instinct, she is I like that Cecilia makes trouble for herself so that she can gain some sense of superiority.

But it's a pity, how could such a shrewd person as Cecilia be fooled by Angel.

"Is your information really correct?" Cecilia asked in a deep voice.

"Of course." Angel responded, her tone full of pride, "Although I don't know the specifics of Lais' situation, and I don't understand why that team suddenly diverted into the Forest of Sighing, but I can be sure that that team The special team that secretly transferred Leiss indeed entered here... Judging from the existing information, because we changed the route very quickly, the other party is probably only about three days ahead of us. Considering the halfway Rest and sigh the special environment of the forest, if there is no mistake in the route, we will be able to catch up to each other tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at most."

Although Cecilia doesn't like Angel very much, she knows that Angel's information is very accurate, at least much more accurate than what can be obtained from the Void Realm. After all, this is the Millennium Covenant Empire and Angel's territory. So after listening to Angel's analysis at this time, Cecilia didn't open her mouth to refute anything, but was thinking about how to rescue Leis without damage in the next rescue operation.

"I think we should discuss how to rescue Reis."

"I think what we should discuss now is how to rescue Reis."

Cecilia and Angel spoke in unison—although the sentence patterns were slightly different, the meaning they expressed was the same. In a way, Angel and Cecilia should be regarded as "heart-to-heart".

However, these two people were obviously very unhappy with this tacit understanding, so they both snorted at the same time. But when they found that the expression and tone of disdain were exactly the same, the two of them became even more upset, so they said at the same time: "Don't imitate me!"

There was a silence.

"Haha, you two are really fun." Seeing the two beautiful beauties staring at each other, Ruina laughed, "Okay, okay, don't pretend to be a sculpture, let's study how to save people. ...this forest is so cold and cold, it always makes me want to sleep."

Because of the awakening of the dragon's blood in her body, Rui Na naturally began to become a little lethargic. However, it may be due to the particularity of the dragon's bloodline. Even when Rui Na is sleeping, the battle energy in her body is still continuously growing and condensing, which makes her strength in a constant state. A state that can be improved at any moment. Perhaps this is the reason why Rena's strength has grown astonishingly among all Sean's followers—of course, Rena, who is the person involved, doesn't know it very well.

Seeing Rina yawning and rubbing her eyes, both Cecilia and Angel looked defeated.

However, both Cecilia and Angel possess the arrogance that belongs to them as they also have the blood of the royal family, and also have the name of genius. At this time, using Rena's words as a step down is also in line with their wishes. . Therefore, the two parties who disliked each other naturally let go of their prejudices temporarily, and then began to discuss how to rescue Reis "without injury".

As for the result of this rescue operation, the two of them never even thought about it.

After all, in addition to Cecilia and Angel, who are enough to make ordinary sanctuary powerhouses daunting, their team also has a super strong man and a strong man who can almost reach the peak of legend when he is fully fired. The combination of these four people alone is enough to make even a ninth-level army dare not act rashly. Therefore, the result of the rescue operation was not noticed by Cecilia and Angel at all. The only thing they worried about was whether the enemy would kill Leis if the situation was not good.

But when they were discussing, Kozilek suddenly sniffled, and then suddenly turned his head to look at the direction of the road when they all came.

"What's wrong?" Cecilia keenly noticed the changes in Kozilek, so she hurriedly asked.

Kozilek pointed his finger at the direction he was looking at, and said, "People."

"You mean, there are skeleton warriors chasing after us?" In fact, no one except Sean could have a fluent conversation with Kozilek, so Cecilia could only guess.

Kozilek thought for a while, then shook his head, and said again: "Live."

"A living person?" Angel had also been in contact with Kozilek these days. Although she didn't know Kozilek's specific strength, Kozilek did exude a terrifying aura that made her feel dangerous and hopeless.

Kozilek hesitated for a moment, but this time instead of shaking his head, he nodded.

Cecilia and Angel looked at each other, and there was a hint of surprise in their eyes.

With Angel's introduction, Cecilia and the others also had a clear understanding of the situation in the Forest of Sighs. Under normal circumstances, even the imperial army would not be willing to approach this forest, let alone go deep. And even the bravest soldiers of the empire are unwilling to enter the forest, and it is conceivable that ordinary people will not enter this forest, and there are no treasures or relics worth digging in the forest, so adventurers and mercenaries are naturally even more reluctant will enter here.

"How many people are there, can you know?" Angel asked, her voice a little hurried.

Kozilek shook his head, only willing to say one word miserly: "Many."

"It seems that there should be a lot of people." Cecilia also said in a deep voice, "Can you judge the strength of these people?"

"Weak." This time, Kozilek didn't hesitate at all.

"Compared to us, how is it?" Angel asked an extra question just to be on the safe side.

But this time, Kozilek didn't answer immediately, but after thinking for a while, he pointed at Cecilia and Rina.

But Angel and Cecilia have already seen clearly: the strength gap between these enemies and Cecilia and Angel, just like Cecilia and Rena, there is a big gap between them. It's just that even so, these enemies are still threatening to a certain extent-just like Cecilia and Angel, if they desperately fight Reina to the end, they can also bring a little harm to Rena.

"It seems that things are not as simple as we imagined." Cecilia frowned slightly, and her voice became indifferent. ╰☆╮ ╰☆╮(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)