Lord of War

The world is changing every day.

No one knows what changes are taking place in the situation of the whole world. Except for a very lucky few people or parties involved, no one knows what every change in this world means.

Therefore, no one would know that just two months ago, an elf tribe on the border of the Silver Moon Forest Empire was destroyed. Similarly, no one knew that a very bright silver meteor fell on the North Continent a few days ago. Naturally, no one knows what is going on with forces like Fort Solomon and the Floating Library that have disappeared from the world for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

Since Earl Hecarom signed the magic contract and became Emily's magic pet... no, it was a magic entourage, Sean and Emily only stayed in Black Iron Castle for two days, and then returned to Dunma small town. Because they received news that the temple group from the Marz Cathedral had officially entered the Earl of Hecarom, and would arrive in the small town of Dunma in at most ten days.

This means that there is not much time left for Sean and Emily.

"You really don't want to go to the Marz Cathedral with me?" Emily looked at Sean who was about to leave, begging.

"No." Sean rebuffed straight away, "In the past two days, I have taught you everything I should teach you, so you must master these skills before the church group arrives."

"But, without your guidance, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn." Emily looked like a frightened deer, which was really pitiful.

"You have to learn if you can't learn it." Sean said in a deep voice, "Because if you don't master it as soon as possible, then you are likely to be found out that you are a bully, and the end waiting for you is death."

"What about you?" Emily asked.

"I'm going to the Northern Solitary Pagoda to do something." Sean had nothing to hide, and said directly, "We'll meet at the Great Cathedral of Marz when the time comes, and I'll find you. … The reason why the people from the church group came here so quickly is to ensure your safety. After meeting with you, your next journey will start to slow down, but I estimate that it will take two to three months. It's enough for you to arrive at the Great Cathedral of Marz, I hope you can delay the time."

"Delaying time?" Emily froze for a moment, "Why?"

"Because I'm not sure if I can finish it before you arrive at the Malz Cathedral, so you'd better delay it for four months." Sean said, "I will rush there within four months, by the time Regardless of whether I can succeed or not, I will definitely show up, you can rest assured."

"Okay." Emily nodded helplessly.

She finally knew that her beauty had no allure to Sean at all, and no matter what kind of disguise she made, it would be fruitless. At this moment, Sean must leave. She actually knew that it was probably related to the task of awakening her bloodline, but she still felt a little scared. It's not just because Sean can make her feel safe. In many cases, Sean's presence is like a kind of guarantee for her, as dependent and safe as her parents are by her side.

"Pay attention to yourself." Sean thought for a while, and then said.

For Emily, after all, it can be regarded as her first personal investment product, so Sean doesn't want this investment to fail. Because he has put in a lot of hard work and helped Emily solve a lot of troubles. If he still fails at this point,

Sean would really be so depressed that he vomited blood. If it wasn't for the fact that the soul contract hadn't been completely stabilized yet, Sean actually didn't want to leave, at least it would be safer for him to leave after seeing that Emily could really gain a firm foothold.

It's a pity that because of the soul contract, if Emily hasn't awakened her blood for a day, Sean can't really control him.

And Emily also knows a lot of his secrets, such as stealing divinity and being able to perform divine punishment. Once it is revealed, what awaits him is a series of pursuits. And it wasn't the Church of God of War's unilateral pursuit. I'm afraid that even the goddess of ice, snow and winter might not be able to keep him, let alone the Church of Life.

But this chicken rib is a huge treasure in Sean's eyes.

After reminding Emily of the things that Emily needs to pay attention to, Sean left the small town of Dunma directly and continued northward without any further stops.

Now his strength is still only at the level of high-ranking bronze, which makes Xiao En somewhat uncomfortable, because the level of strength is too low, and it is very inconvenient to do things in many cases. Even if he is indeed not weaker than the high-ranking silver now, he can only display a strong combat power for a few minutes after mobilizing all the hole cards as before. If he encounters an opponent that is too strong, Sean will change. It's very dangerous.

After leaving the small town of Dunma, Sean didn't go to Luofu City. His intuition told him that this direction was dangerous, but he didn't know why.

However, Sean still decided to act according to his instincts, so he chose to go east, intending to cross the Garuma Grassland and enter the Principality of North Lance. Anyway, the location of the North Tower will not move, and it doesn't mean that he must arrive as soon as possible if he wants to find someone, even if it is later, that's why he told Emily to let him wait as long as possible for four months , because it will take a week longer than normal to take the route of the Principality of North Lens, and it may take more than ten days to go back and forth.

After all, the magic circle teleportation also needs to rest.

Sean has always been a straightforward person, so after making a decision, he set off without the slightest hesitation.

Anyway, he only has one person. As for other reserves, he can put them in the storage ring, so he can move very fast with light clothes. Most people think that Xiao En only has the strength of the bronze level, and he doesn't carry any supplies on him. No matter how chaotic the law and order of the Northern Principality Federation, no one will come to trouble him alone. Of course, even if someone really will come to trouble him , Usually the strength will not be so strong.

However, when Sean left the small town of Dunma, he still felt something strange in his heart.

This kind of strangeness seemed to be receiving some kind of attention and surveillance, but because the distance was too far, Sean couldn't feel it too real. However, he has always been a very cautious person, so when he noticed this strangeness, Sean immediately became vigilant. It's just that this time, Xiao En noticed that the situation seemed to be very delicate, because there seemed to be an extraordinarily powerful aura permeating this kind of attention.

Along the way, Xiao En pretended not to notice anything abnormal, and still maintained his unhurried speed. He only stopped to let the horses rest when he passed a stream in the middle, and at the same time he took out the horse from the saddle. dry food bag.

The dry food bag is actually just a prop used by Sean to cover up. The food inside is actually not dry food, but some straw. The main purpose is to make the dry food bag look a little bigger, so that Sean can get out of the storage ring. Take out the dry food. He didn't want people to know that he had a storage ring, because it was not a good thing for a person at the bronze level to have such a high-level item, and it would easily attract some thoughtful people's ideas, which would cause a steady stream of troubles at that time.

So the necessary camouflage is naturally necessary for Sean who is very accustomed to walking in this world.

The horse is not a rare breed of horse, it is just a very ordinary short-footed horse, and it has no specialties except for its good foot strength. Moreover, the horse itself is also a bit old. Although old horses know the way, many businessmen like to use old horses for transportation, and adventurers and mercenaries also like to old horses. However, in terms of price, it is not as valuable as a young and strong horse. However, for the Northern Principality Federation, which has been in a state of fighting all year round, this short-legged horse also cost Sean more than a dozen gold coins.

In the Principality of the Void, a short-legged horse like this is only worth ten gold coins at most. This is the case when Sean is in a hurry to buy it. If he is willing to face down and negotiate, usually six or seven gold coins can be settled. After all, this type of horse is no different than a war horse, and the cost of domesticating a war horse is huge. Generally, when a horse is bought and sold, even if it is a large-scale transaction, it will not be less than 300 gold coins per horse. This is still relatively inferior to some war horses.

Like the war horses purchased by the Knights, that is the real big expense.

In the early years, when the Principality of the Void was not yet established, before the southern battlefield started, the largest military expenditure came from Reina's First Cavalry Regiment.

Sean gave the pony a little wash, then fed some soybeans to quickly replenish the horse's strength, and then continued on the road.

The sense of surveillance brought to Sean didn't subside, but became more intense, which made Sean not dare to stay here for too long. Because the current environment is not very suitable for fighting, the fighting environment that Xiao En needs now must be the kind with more obstacles, so that he can exert his greatest strength-when the strength is enough to despise everything, the strong often It is not to consider the advantages and disadvantages of the surrounding environment on itself.

But Xiao En only has the strength of the upper bronze now, so he has to take advantage of these environmental advantages. However, if the opponent is a strong man above the upper rank of gold, Xiao En feels that he should wash up and sleep, because the gap is too big. Now that Soul Requiem and Requiem are in a sealed state, Sean may not even be able to escape. No ability.

Soon, the sky gradually darkened.

After Xiao En looked around, he finally selected a resting place for the night.

It was near the edge of the forest, and the surrounding trees were sparse and not very lush. At least compared to the Dunma Forest, this piece of woods can't be called a forest at all. However, Xiao En took a fancy to this place because it looked relatively dark. In terms of the fighting skills he is good at, the environment of this forest is indeed very good.

Without much hesitation, after Sean tied the horse rope to a tree, Sean began to walk into the forest.

While picking up firewood on the ground, he gradually went deeper.

Whether it is an adventurer, a mercenary, or someone else, as long as they are resting in the wild, they will assign people to collect firewood and then build a bonfire. This is already a common sense of behavior. Because bonfires can not only keep warm, but also drive away wild animals. Although monsters are not afraid of bonfires, especially when they see fires, they will approach them. The rations of the mercenaries.

Experienced adventurers and mercenaries often use this method to lure the monsters to approach, saving them the time and trouble of hunting.

However, both mercenaries and adventurers have high requirements for visual judgment. If one accidentally makes a wrong judgment and attracts too high-level monsters, it is likely to bring disaster to the team. Therefore, teams of adventurers and mercenaries will often recruit a person with a certain knowledge of Warcraft to join the team, unless it is the kind of people who clearly want to explore ruins or other high-level areas, then it is possible to form a team with all strong people .

Like Emily's Rose Mercenary Corps, Mary was in charge of the identification and command of Warcraft knowledge before.

However, even if a single adventurer like Xiao En goes into the woods to collect firewood, he will definitely bring the horse with him, in order to prevent the horse from being eaten by a sudden ferocious or magical beast, or from being eaten by other people passing by. The mercenaries and adventurers were taken by hand. In other places, this kind of thing might not happen normally, but for the Northern Principality Federation, it is a symbol of luck to take advantage of it.

The mercenaries and adventurers of the Northern Principality Federation agree that if they can take away the things of other adventurers or mercenary groups during the journey, it is a symbol of the favor of the goddess of luck. Then, according to the custom, when they arrived in the next city, they would publicize this kind of luck in the tavern, and sell all the supplies they got by hand on the spot, and at the same time, according to the custom, they would also invite the people in the tavern to drink a round of ale.

Of course, for the mercenaries or adventurers who were taken by hand, this is not such luck.

So often once they find that their things are gone, they will rush to the next town destination as soon as possible, trying to redeem their things at a lower price from those guys who are taking sheep. This is actually an unwritten rule. Generally, if this happens, the people in the tavern will not rush to buy these things, unless they are really fancy or have conflicts with each other.

Of course, solving by force is also a way to get back what belongs to you.

However, this also has a premise, that is, this group of people has not entered the tavern to start the auction, and they will not be seen by others when they are successfully intercepted on the road.

The guy who destroys the favor of the goddess of luck is a sinner.

This will arouse the public outrage of adventurers and mercenaries, and the end is often not very good. Therefore, most adventurers and mercenaries who have to spend money to redeem their own things if they are smashed on the spot will often take revenge after the fact. As for whether they can succeed, that is another matter.

Sean tied the pony outside the forest, which was not something a skilled mercenary would do.

As Sean's intuition predicted, he was indeed being followed and monitored, and he was also two stalkers with extremely skilled tracking skills.

Hunters are not any special professions, they are hunters' changed professions, and their ranks belong to Tier 5 professions, but in fact, their real combat power is not much stronger than that of high-ranking bronzes, because what they are really good at is the layout Traps, hunting prey, and knowledge of Warcraft. Many adventurer teams or mercenary groups will hire one or two stalkers. In addition to providing a stable source of food for the team, they can also prevent the team from encountering too dangerous troubles and difficulties.

Especially in the event of misfortune, they can use clues to infer the specific number of people and the strength of the team that took their spoils.

This stalker is not young, they are all in their thirties.

The older hunters, in addition to proving that they can no longer have the hope of breaking through the realm, also prove that they have very rich experience and superb technology. The two of them followed Sean for a whole day like this, but they didn't notice at all given that Sean only had the strength of a high-ranking bronze. This shows that the skills of the two are indeed very superb.

But now, when they saw Xiao En's actions, the two hunters looked at each other and immediately took action.

Today's whole day of tracking has made them both realize that Sean is a very experienced adventurer, and his every move that seems random is actually full of deep meaning. It is even very possible that the two of them have been tracked. Otherwise, the horses would not be washed and fed with soybeans on the other side of the stream. That is a way to quickly clear the fatigue and restore energy of the horses. Generally, only those who have stayed in the army Will understand this little trick.

In Sean's situation, there was absolutely no need to hurry.

But Xiao En made such a move, which meant that he was in a hurry.

For the two stalkers, they knew that Sean was aware of being followed and monitored, but he didn't notice himself. But at this time, he tied the horse outside the forest and hid himself in the shadows. This is a very typical escape technique.

So the two hunters immediately followed into the woods.

And when they entered the forest, they saw the firewood thrown aside on the ground—there was a lot of firewood, and the traces scattered when it was thrown on the ground were also scattered. It was obvious that someone Suddenly throw the firewood to the side. Immediately afterwards, one of the hunters found a relatively deep footprint.

"He started running after dropping the firewood, this young man is very cunning!" A hunter checked the footprints on the ground and immediately got up and said, "Let's chase him, he shouldn't be able to run away." Far away, the traces on the ground are still obvious and clear."

After all, he ran up immediately.

However, the other hunter glanced at the ground a few more times, and it was these few glances that made his expression suddenly change: "Don't chase, it's a trap!"

But it was too late for the stalker, because a sword curtain as dark as an abyss suddenly completely enveloped the stalker who ran out.

(to be continued)