Lord of War

A gloomy cold wind was blowing. For the southern continent, winter was undoubtedly the coldest climate. Few people were willing to go out for a trek unless necessary. Even if the sun shines brightly on a sunny day, it still cannot dispel the chill in the cold winter.

Located in the marquis territory to which the Finnstein family belongs, there is a large mountain range in the southern mountainous area of ​​the territory that runs through the two territories.

Although this is a mountain forest area, but because of the relatively simple terrain structure, it is not suitable for training and fighting the Gray Wolf Blade, so naturally few people come here. Of course, there are a lot of problems on this mountain range. It is said that the activity of monsters is extremely high, but because the entire mountain range traverses two and a half territories, it has become a no-nonsense area. It has become a legendary place of smog and smog—not only monsters live here, but also many thieves and bandits also live here.

But today, this mountain range located in the territory of the Finnstein family ushered in a very unusual day.

A large number of soldiers carried out a carpet search in the mountains and forests almost in a diffuse manner, and a private soldier belonging to the Finnstein family could be seen searching along the way almost every ten meters or so.

The costumes of these soldiers are not the uniforms of the Gray Wolf Blade, but the costumes of a relatively inferior unit, which can be regarded as the permanent garrison of the Finnistine clan leader.

The several garrison troops located near the mountains have all been mobilized, and the combined strength is almost 2,000 people. Naturally, this number cannot be the standing force of the entire Marquis of the Finnstein family, but one-fifth is probably still counted. As for the other four-fifths, they have also received orders from Finnsteinburg Orders are coming in continuously.

At this time, somewhere in this section of the mountain forest, three men exuding a strong aura were standing in front of several corpses.

Except for one of these corpses that was directly turned into coke, two of the other three were beheaded in a straightforward way. The entire head was cut in half, which looked quite disgusting.

These four corpses were naturally the team that blocked Sean and Cecilia before. And the three men standing next to him exuding the aura of a strong man are naturally the reinforcements that this team is responsible for contacting.

It's a pity that they failed to persist until their own strongmen came to help them, and they all fell under Sean's sword and Cecilia's fire magic.

The strong smell of blood lingers here.

And a little farther away, there is still a ferocious monster lying there, which seems to be attracted by the smell of blood. It's just that before the monster had a full meal, it was already dealt with by the three strong men who rushed here.

A strong man squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand and lightly touched the blood on the ground, and then said, "The blood is still hot, the battle should have ended three minutes ago."

"Three minutes ago?" Another strong man frowned slightly, his tone a bit unbelievable, "We received the signal a few minutes ago?"

"Three minutes ago." The third strong man took the words, although his tone was calm, but his face was very solemn, "That is to say, these people issued an alarm message as soon as they discovered the Duke of the Void. But he was killed by the Duke of the Void within a single meeting?"

The last sentence was asked by the strong man who was squatting on the ground, and he slowly got up, then nodded and said, "That's the only way to explain it.

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Standing on the right side, the strong man with two slashing blades on his waist glanced around the environment that could be called a battlefield, his slightly frowning brow became tighter, and his tone changed from unbelievable to slightly shocking : "Two senior warriors with rich experience in actual combat, together with the long-range cooperation of a strong archer and a tracker, unexpectedly couldn't last for three minutes, and were completely killed in a single encounter. The strength of the Duke of the Void How strong is it?"

"I don't know how strong it is, but if we treat him as an ordinary low-ranking gold, then we will probably suffer a lot." He was dressed in light armor, but he was carrying a huge knight's spear with an exaggerated shape. Said in a deep voice, his face was still solemn, but his tone was no longer calm, "I heard that Northon died, and it was a miserable death. And there was also a Sebarok who was in charge of intercepting him. The Keqing powerhouse of the Si family also died in battle."

"Northton? Which Northon?" The strong man with the double blades on his waist turned his head and asked.

The hair was a bit messy, but the strong man with extremely sharp eyes shook his hands with blood on them, and then said with a sneer, "Are there many Northtons who are qualified to be mentioned from us?"

"Northton on the dark side of Ryan, one of the three famous powerhouses under Black Hawk." The man with the huge lance took the words softly.

"That shadow god of death?" The face of the strong man wearing double blades has become horrified, with a ghost-like expression, "Isn't he the one who claims to have a 100% mission completion rate in the dark side of Ryan? He will also miss it ..."

"And the price of missing is still very high." The man with the huge lance shook his head slightly, "It is also because the news that Northon and the guest of the Sebarox family died in battle spread, Decided to use this diversionary tactic to siege... But judging from the current situation, it is obvious that a team of only four people can't stop the lord, this is simply sending him to death."

"Where is the Black Eagle? Where is the master of the dark side of Ryan?"

"Injured." The man with extremely sharp eyes and body took off the bow and arrow on his back, as if he was adjusting the bowstring, his attitude was completely self-defeating.

"Injured?" The face of the man with the double blades on his waist became even uglier.

"It's hard to say whether he was injured or not, but there are indeed traces of the Black Hawk on the battlefield, but no trace of the Black Hawk was found on the battlefield, and of course no trace of the lord was found either....Master War Ghost sent the news When it was passed back, the people above guessed that both Black Eagle and the lord might be in a situation where both sides would suffer." The man holding the huge lance seems to be the captain of this team, and every time he speaks, he always speaks just right. Interspersed at the moment when the powder kegs of the other two strong men were about to be blown up, "However, judging from the current situation, the guesses of those above are probably wrong. ... If the lord is injured, it is impossible for only one Let's deal with these four people face to face."

"Where is Lord Zhangui now?" The man wearing the double blade asked in a deep voice.

"It seems that we are searching for the whereabouts of the black eagle." The man with the gun sighed, and said helplessly, "In this situation, you should also know that the three of us belong to three different families. The most important thing about our actions is that we all have to work together, if we can't trust each other, then even if the three of us meet that lord, I'm afraid the end will not be good."

Hearing the man with the lance speak, the other two strong men from two different families looked at each other. Although they didn't speak tit for tat again, the atmosphere between them was harmonious. A little bit.

None of these three powerhouses came from the Finlisting family, but from three different nobles. Although they are all high-ranking gold powerhouses, they still have some differences in strength after all, so there is a difference between the three. Except for the man with a relatively mild personality and the most powerful man holding a huge lance among the three, the other two strong men with almost the same strength naturally dislike each other.

The small quarrels and the mocking of each other along the way didn't stop, but it was always kept in a smaller situation.

Until now, after seeing these four corpses, this contradiction has a faint tendency to escalate. Of course, the main reason for this situation is the absolute strength brought by Xiao En's swift killing of the four low-ranking gold powerhouses, which deeply shocked them and made them feel a little scared. This kind of tit-for-tat that can't wait to vent your inner emotions.

But this kind of behavior is naturally very dangerous for a team that is not familiar with it.

Therefore, this man with a huge lance who acted as the temporary captain spoke to appease the two of them, and at the same time, he was able to persuade them openly and frankly. Fortunately, the other two strong men were not idiots, and they also knew the seriousness of the current situation, so they quickly cleared up their mentality and restored the attitude and courage that a strong man should have. No one who is a fool will be a fool.

Taking a deep breath, the expression of the sharp-eyed man softened a little, and he put the longbow back on his back before he said: "I have a piece of news to share, it will help us understand The specific strength of that lord forms a more intuitive impression."

The other two companions looked at the strong man.

The atmosphere was not as silent and suffocating as before, but instead revealed a somewhat relaxed atmosphere that was incompatible with the current environment.

"About the followers of the Duke of the Void." The man said, "After dividing them according to the battle plan last night, one of the teams responsible for chasing those followers is our Dovigo family. Even Master Dovigo Jr. was involved. But...they didn't find any traces of those followers. It was the branch of the Finnstein family who really found the traces of those followers. Pursue the team."

Speaking of which, this strong man also rarely showed a bit of fear: "That team is composed of Penrose and Donkey Kong..."

"The Immortal Spear and Donkey Kong of the Finnestine family? Isn't this the five powerful members of the Finnestine family?"

Immortal Gun, Penrose, and Donkey Kong were all well-known powerhouses in the aristocratic circle of the Principality of Ryan.

The former's spear skills are not said to be the best in the entire Principality of Ryan, but at least it is not a problem to rank in the top three among all the strong men who use guns in the Principality of Ryan. Of course, the so-called top three rankings of such strong men are actually no longer It's important, because the contest between them is likely to end in death because of a small detail. The reason why Penrose is called the Immortal Gun is because he has only lost one battle record so far, and the record of that failure was left by the gun saint of the Millennium Covenant Empire. It's a glorious defeat.

As for the latter King Kong, this person is born with supernatural power, and his stamina is also quite good. Few opponents in the same realm can defeat him. After all, even if it is a physical attrition battle, it will consume him just work. However, when he broke into the aristocratic circle and became a well-known strong figure, it was when he alone blocked an entire mountain army of the Kingdom of Hales in the assault war in the Hermes Mountains. force.

These two people are the five powerful members of the Finristine family who are as famous as War Ghost, Ferns, and Rob Nunn, and they are also the strongest combat power of the entire Finristine family. It can be said that the Finnstein family was able to securely occupy the eighth of the twelve seats of the upper nobles during the Principality of Ryan, but in fact it can be ranked in the top five, which comes from the strong personal strength of these five people.

"It's a well-known strong man in the Finnstein family." The man holding the longbow sighed, "But both of them have already died in battle.... Although they are among the five strong men in the Finnister family, The weakest one, but which side do you think is stronger than us?"

"If it's Penrose, then I still have some chances of winning. After all, he is only keen on spear skills, but if he is more proficient in combat skills with spear skills, he still has hope of winning." After thinking carefully, the armed man The strong man with double blades said in a deep voice, without arrogance or impetuosity, obviously he really thought so, "But if I face Donkey Kong, I don't think I have a chance of winning....not at all. "

"I think so too." The other strong man also nodded, expressing his approval of the statement of the double-bladed strong man.

Although Penrose ranks higher than Donkey Kong in the ranking of the internal powerhouses of the Finristine family, in actual combat, many strongmen in the Principality of Ryan would rather face Penrose than go Confront Donkey Kong. Because King Kong's combat power will be infinitely magnified in the actual combat situation of life and death. After all, the two natural advantages of strength and endurance are enough to crush many people.

"But both of them are dead." Looking at the two companions who were thinking seriously, the sharp-eyed man said a cruel truth for the two of them, "and not only these two, Even the entire formation of the Gray Wolf Blade was wiped out... and it was the three followers of the Duke of the Void that caused all of this."

"Hiss!" The other two strong men gasped.

"According to the evaluation, the personal strength of the newly promoted Valkyrie is probably infinitely close to the sanctuary." As if feeling that the news was not exciting enough, the man dropped another bombshell, "So not long ago, I received an emergency magic communication from the family, telling me that if I meet these people, I must not fight them head-on, if I can follow them, then I will follow them, and once I find that the other party has murderous intentions, then I must first Stay away from that Valkyrie for a while."

Hearing this, the faces of the other two strong men turned pale.

In fact, in the Principality of Ryan, except for a few families with strong backgrounds, no noble family has so many gold powerhouses. If it hadn't been for the annexation of the Darbion Kingdom this time, and taking advantage of the trend to accept the country's wandering powerhouses and guest officials who survived the collapse of the family, then even the old marquis nobles such as the Shabo family and the Evans family, the high-ranking gold powerhouse The number of people is only seven or eight people.

Although on the surface it seems that Ryan, who has now been promoted to a kingdom, already has many high-ranking gold powerhouses, but in fact, counting those gold powerhouses who have no family affiliation and liquidity, they are just over two hundred. It's just a few, which is not much at all for a country that is already the size of a second-class kingdom. If the gold powerhouses without families are not counted, all the gold powerhouses of the major noble families are combined, which is about 140 to 50 people. This number is scattered among dozens of nobles and nobles in the Kingdom of Ryan. A family is only one and a half.

This figure looks very pitiful.

Of course, this is because Ryan has not fully digested the background of the Darbion Kingdom. As long as there is more time to develop, then with Ryan's current kingdom structure, the number of real high-ranking gold powerhouses may be doubled again . But at present, Ryan lacks enough time, so the two old kingdoms, Hales Kingdom and Fascist Kingdom, dare to provoke and test Ryan now.

It is precisely because of this that those families whose background and strength are not as strong as the Finristing family, of course, must preserve their strength as much as possible.

It is also a matter of course that he will order the gold powerhouse of his family to save his life.

"The Duke of the Void who can have such followers, I don't think he is as simple as the information given to us by the Finnstein family." The man with the longbow said in a deep voice, "And, according to last night and Now..." The man casually pointed to several corpses around him, and then continued to say: "...In the situation, I think we must be careful even if we face that Duke of the Void. Kill him Northon, repelling the Black Hawk, and even reportedly killed a blood viscount before, I think we need to reassess and treat this strength."

The other two strong men looked at each other, and then the man with the huge lance nodded slightly: "I agree."

But at this moment, a weak and rapid beep sounded suddenly.

The man holding a huge lance was stunned for a moment, and then immediately took out a magic chip-like thing, and inserted it into a small metal box that he carried with him - this metal is somewhat like a pocket watch, but it is obviously larger than a pocket watch , but judging from the sense of weight in this strong man's hand, it is probably lighter than a pocket watch. And when the magic chip was inserted into the metal box, a special magical luster appeared on the metal box, as if the entire metal box had been activated by magic, and then the strong man put the small metal box together into my ears.

This small metal box is a magic communication device developed by the Magic Guild.

The man with the huge lance held the magical communication device by his ear for a few seconds, and his face changed slightly: "What's going on?...I see...we'll rush there immediately....I got it .”

After a while, the strong man put down his right hand holding the magic communication device, and at the same time took out the magic chip inserted into the groove inside. However, the color of this magic chip can be clearly seen to have faded a little. It is obvious that only one or two minutes of communication consumes a lot of magic power. After five or six minutes of communication, this magic chip will be completely turned into powder.

"What's going on?" The strong man with double blades on his waist asked eagerly.

"Another patrol team encountered the Duke of the Void..." The man with the huge lance seemed to tremble a little when he said this.

"Annihilated again?" The sharp-eyed strong man with a bow answered the question.

"I don't know yet." The man with the huge lance shook his head, and then said, "This is the news from ten seconds ago, and the logistics department asked us to rush there as quickly as possible....From the destination Come up and judge, it will take about five minutes for us to rush there, and the two nearby special forces have also rushed towards the destination. If we join forces with nine or even ten people, we should be able to defeat the Duke of the Void, right? ?”

The other two looked at each other, but neither spoke, because they seemed to have completely lost their confidence.

"No matter what, let's rush there first, we can't let the blood of our companions flow in vain!" Seeing that neither of the two companions spoke, the man with the huge lance took a deep breath, and forced himself to order , "Just now there has been news from the logistics department that Lord Ferns of the Finristen family has also come out of Fort Finristen. Our chances of winning are still very high. After all, Lord Ferns is far away from St. The Domain Boundary is not far away."

"This is a rare piece of good news." The man with the longbow showed a smile on his face, but it's unclear whether the smile was genuine or fake, "Hurry up first, this one There are several key parts of Warcraft that I want to deal with, which will also help me in the battle situation later."

"Okay, follow up as soon as possible." The man holding a huge lance glanced at the fellow, and he keenly noticed that the man's right hand was shaking slightly, so he reached out and patted his shoulder heavily, without saying anything What, but turned around and quickly left with the fellow who wore double blades on his waist.

After seeing the two people completely out of sight, this man who was trembling with his hands before and seemed to be in shock turned out to be a different person in an instant. Not only did his hands no longer tremble slightly, even his expression became abnormally calm . He just glanced at the direction in which the man with the huge lance and the man with the double blades were leaving, then he turned decisively and walked towards the fallen monster behind him, as if it was true as he said. He completely dismembered the monster, removed several key parts that seemed to be more valuable, and carefully put them away.

But after doing all this, he didn't immediately get up to catch up with his companions, but walked to a relatively secluded bush and wiped it with his hands stained with the blood of the monster. When he did this, his expression was extremely calm, and he didn't show any fluctuations in his mood, and the leaves he used to wipe were also unusually messy, as if he really only wanted to wipe the blood off his hands .

But this man obviously had a big water bag on his body. If he poured a little water out to wash his hands, it should be able to clean his hands faster than wiping indiscriminately like this, and it would not make his hands feel strange.

But what did this man think? In short, after a little treatment of the blood on his hands, this man turned around and chased in the direction where his previous companion left.

I don't know how long it took, when the aura of a strong man emanating from this mountain forest finally gradually disappeared, and the chirping of insects and birds resumed again, finally a soldier wearing the uniform of the Finnstein family's garrison appeared in front of him. here. He first checked the surrounding situation, and then turned his head to look at the place where the previous strong man reached out to wipe the blood. He stood quietly in front of the bush for a few seconds, and then nodded slightly.

"Have Ferns and War Ghost of the Finnestine family been dispatched?...It seems that the Finnestine family's hole cards are almost exhausted." (To be continued)【】