Mercenaries and Adventurers

Knight Lanisha heard the other party's words and immediately performed a knight's salute: "I have met Knight Delis. Forgive me, what is the purpose of your sudden visit here with your companions?"

Knight Delis walked around this small stronghold and said, "This should be my question to you. What are you and your men doing in this ruins right now?"

"Ruins? That's right. This is a forward supply base for me to fight against the northern wolves that harass villages and roads. I have another stronghold like this, right on the edge of Lake Wumi." Seeing Knight Dai Lisi didn't believe it With a look on her face, Lanissa Knight explained in detail: "The main reason is that we cannot know the location of the den where the northern wolf raises its cubs in the forest, so my men and I have to repeatedly patrol the forest or look for clues. "

She pointed to the unwashed blood stains on her armor: "This blood is left over from killing a large number of young wolves."

"Wolf of the North." He murmured in a low voice. Knight Delis squinted his eyes and glanced at Knight Lanessa thoughtfully: "Is this your excuse? If so, then you can't A stronghold has been established on this ruins."

Knight Lanisa was a little unhappy, and she immediately asked: "Why? What is there here? There is obviously nothing. If you just live for a short period of time in winter, there should be no problem, right?"

Knight Delis was a little unhappy. She curled her lips and then looked up the rock passage.

There, following the sound of footsteps, a tall knight dressed somewhat similar to Knight Delis was walking slowly.

"I've calmed Nak down. It's windy up there, and he likes it very much." The voice was rich, and you could tell it was a male knight: "So, what is going on with these people?"

Knight Lanisha introduced herself to the new male knight again, their identity and mission.

"Crunt against the Northern Wolf? Those little guys have nothing to conquer." The male knight was a little unconcerned. For a combat knight with his skill and equipment, the so-called Northern Wolf was just one arrow per arrow.

Obviously, this knight was carrying a full-metal knight's bow on his back that was a full circle smaller than him. The huge bow naturally had to be matched with larger bows and arrows. His special bows and arrows were all mounted on the griffin.

"Your Excellency, Knight, those northern wolves have been continuously attacking villagers and business travelers southward in recent years. This has greatly affected the production and life in my fiefdom, and has also hindered the development of the entire northern Kendall County. "Lanisha Knight declared righteously.

"Okay, okay, what you said makes sense. Little girl, even so, this place is not the place you and your men should come. It is very dangerous here, and staying here is not good for you and your people." As the two griffin knights spoke, they walked to the fire and sat down as if there was no one around. They took out a piece of dry and hard animal meat from the leather storage bag around their waists and placed it on the stone next to the fire to roast. .

Knight Lanessa was not to be outdone. She waved to the hunters behind her to disperse them. Then she came to the side of the two griffin knights and asked: "It's still the same question, why? After I have a stronghold here, I believe It will take less than a month to find the dens of other northern wolves. After killing those young wolves, I believe that their wolf king will not be able to sit still and will definitely come out for revenge. When the time comes, I will catch them all!"

The two griffin knights looked at each other and exchanged glances. After sitting down, the male griffon knight also lifted the hood of his helmet, revealing a face that was clearly of the eastern race of the empire.

The people from the eastern part of the empire have brown skin, are tall, and always have a smile on their face, and they look quite good-looking. It's just that the griffin knight's face is obviously injured. I don't know how it was left. There are some signs of corrosion and recovery on the smaller half of the face.

Knight Delis chuckled and said: "Good girl, the problem is not what northern wolves you are dealing with. Pfft, forgive me, why do you call those little wolves northern wolves? This is not very northern, either?"

Knight Lanisa's face turned red. After nagging for a while, she reluctantly explained: "It was the villagers who started it. After all, the wolves came from the north of Wumi Lake."

Knight Delis waved his hand: "Okay, no matter what those animals are called, we actually don't care. If you establish a stronghold elsewhere in the forest, we don't care, and we even welcome you. But."

Another male griffin knight took over the words: "But it doesn't work here. This is an early stronghold belonging to the alien race. They used their power to raise this place from the earth as a bridgehead for the invasion of your kingdom."

"Don't you always patrol the border of the kingdom? How could they establish a stronghold here? I've seen the map. It's still far away from the border?"

"Little girl, our enemies have too much patience and perseverance compared to us humans." The male griffon knight pointed to the ground with his finger: "They dug down from outside the border, and then dug all the way from the ground to here, completely bypassing It has passed the scope of the monuments erected by the gods."

Lanissa Knight was silent for a moment.

After a while, the old hunters cut up the wild boar, used some of the pig bones and put them into the iron pot they carried to make soup, while some of the fine meat was put on wooden plates and brought over for the three knights to eat.

The wild boar meat was penetrated by slender wooden branches, and when I touched the crushed coarse salt, it looked okay.

In order not to disturb the conversation of the three knights, the hunters did not hesitate to waste wood, raised another fire on the other side of the stronghold, and began to cook bone soup.

"We hunted a wild boar. Let's eat some of the meat first. After all, it's such a cold day, but this is all we can take out." Knight Lanisa took the wooden plate handed to him by the old hunter, and then put The meat skewers stacked on top were divided into three parts and handed over to the other two gryphon knights.

Unexpectedly, the two knights each took only a third of it and started roasting it. The other fine meat fell off the branches and was all handed over to Knight Delis, who returned to the top of the rocky mountain above the rock passage.

"Ah, don't worry about it. She went to feed some to her griffons. Although the griffins have a relatively fixed food, they will still eat it if the rider feeds it." The male griffon knight chuckled and began to hold out meat skewers instead. He and Dailys Knight grilled.

Knight Lanisa nodded: "I haven't asked for your name yet?"

Unexpectedly, the knight waved his hand: "Hey, I'm just a nobody. I don't care about my name. Unlike Dai Lisi who comes from a big family, I'm just an ordinary person."

Speaking of this, Knight Lanisha told the story of the so-called alien invasion stronghold under their feet.

"I just heard that after all, it was only a few years ago that I was transferred to the Kendall Northern Knights." This griffon knight from the eastern part of the empire seemed to be talkative: "The one who discovered this place was the group's accompanying magic. Master, you know that no matter who it is, the amount of magical power required to make such a huge rock rise from the ground is not a small amount. So it was the magicians who discovered it first."

"After that, we urgently coordinated with the surrounding knight teams, and then, with the cooperation of the griffin knights, we surrounded this place." He pointed to the weapon cuts left on the rocks around him: "Look at these, can you Thinking about how fierce the battle was at that time. After all, not all alien races like to give up their living space to humans in vain. They always have to try to take it back."

"But this land was promised to our king by the gods. His majesty the king deserves such a reward for his contribution." Knight Lanisa said immediately and firmly.

"Hoho, little girl, that's what you said. But if the aliens succeeded at that time, the map of your country will definitely change. When your country was first established, that was a realistic result that you could only admit even if you pinched your nose. "The griffin knight turned the meat skewers and said: "I have seen many wars with my own eyes, although I did not participate in them. Many times, the two parties in the dispute won not win based on how many reasons you have, but the final victory. Strength and results win.”

"In short, they were driven back underground, and a priest who was the Lord of Rivers and Lakes who traveled here performed a miracle and poured the water from the distant lake into the underground passage of this stronghold."

"All drowned?" Knight Lanissa immediately thought of the result of this move.

"Of course, otherwise why do you think those aliens don't use this place anymore? They are afraid of water and can't swim." The Griffin Knight shrugged.

Knight Lanisa had an idea: "So according to you, isn't there no danger at all here? Although there may have been tragic battles decades ago, but look at it, after so many years, there is nothing left here except the remains on the rocks. Are there any other mottled marks? Those alien races no longer use this place, so it’s okay for us to live here temporarily!”

"Hmph, you're talking lightly. When we flew through the sky before, we clearly discovered that there were some unusual situations here. At that time, we thought it was ice crystal reflection or some natural mysterious phenomenon. But not long ago, Dai and I Liz saw an unusual glow here in the distance again! Maybe it was the ghosts who died in the war, or some dangerous forest monsters, or something more dangerous."

The Griffin Knight looked at Knight Lanissa's slender arms and legs, and then looked at the hunters: "I'm not speaking directly, but none of you may be able to handle those things. I just heard that you and Delisa seemed There are some connections, so it’s better to leave here early. To deal with those whining little animals, you can try to raise more hounds and use hounds to find the hiding animals’ nests.”

Knight Lanisa was a little angry. She closed her eyes and pursed her lips, wanting to say that she was quite capable. She and her men had defeated a huge monster before. But when I thought that no matter what I said, the other party would definitely not believe it, so I kept silent.

Sulking.

At this time, Kil, who was feeding the horses, came over hesitantly and seemed to have something to say.

Breathing, Knight Lanisa looked at Kil and spoke to him: "What's wrong with Kil? If you have anything to say, just tell me. I'm listening."

Kil first smiled awkwardly, and then saluted the two knights: "Master knights, there is something I need to explain."

He didn't pay attention to the very young guy Kil at first. The griffin knight was concentrating on grilling meat skewers. But he heard that Kil used "lord knights" with a plural word added, so he looked at Kil, wondering what the young man wanted to say to him.

"It's like this. I think something I did before may have caused a misunderstanding among the gryphon knights of the Knights." Kil said with a sigh.

"Misunderstand?"

"Misunderstand?"

The two looked at each other, stopped what they were doing, and then said in unison: "What misunderstanding?"

Kil took off the hunting buckle of the long sword from his waist and held the long sword in his hand: "Lord Knight Lanisa, you know that you rewarded me for my contribution in the last job and allowed me to have I have the opportunity to reforge my sword."

"I know, I didn't expect you to be quite rich." Knight Lanisa returned.

"Yes, I had some good luck. When I dealt with the bandits, I got two valuable treasures and sold them for some money directly in Bingxun Pass in the south where there are more merchants. Then I recommended the magic materials to me by the craftsmen. Bought them all.”

"It's all added to your sword?" Knight Lanisa was also a little surprised.

"Five kinds were added to the six kinds. So, my long sword has some special abilities." When Kil said this, Knight Lanessa was not stupid, and immediately thought of the next thing, and then She glanced at the gryphon knight across the fire and remembered what the other person said before.

"I understand!" She looked at the gryphon knight opposite: "Kiel's long sword has the blessing ability of the Church of the Sun God. You seemed to have seen the light from his sword in the air before!"

The male griffin knight raised his eyebrows.

At the same time, Dales Griffin Knight also returned after feeding the griffin snacks: "What else do you say? Do you know what the abnormal luminous objects we saw before are?"

"Yes, look." After saying that, Knight Lanisa grabbed the sword in Kir's hand and pulled it out.

However, after the long sword was unsheathed, it only revealed the reforged gray blade. Just by looking at the smooth sword body, experienced knights can tell that this is a weapon that they can use equally well.

"The long sword is good, but what next?" Knight Delis crossed his arms and asked calmly. Next to him, the male griffin knight shrugged and kept moving the kebab in his hand while watching.

Knight Lanisa blushed, and she tapped the sword blade with her fingers. As a result, in addition to the steady echo, the sword blade not only did not emit the white light she expected, but the sword blade did not even vibrate at all.

Kil touched his nose, stretched out his hand in embarrassment and said, "Sir Knight, only I can use the special ability of the long sword. This was mentioned in the instructions issued by the church."

"Here you go, take it." Knight Lanisa shut her mouth tightly, put the long sword in her hand, moved her right hand from the hilt to the sword body, and handed the hilt of the long sword to Kil.

Kil nodded slightly, then stretched out his right hand to hold the hilt of the sword.

As soon as Kil held the hilt of the long sword, the whole long sword suddenly changed from ordinary to something different.

First, the white light quickly lit up from the church blessing prayer on the sword, and then the white light spread to the entire sword body in an instant. The gray sword body immediately disappeared and turned into a strange weapon that emitted bursts of white light.

At the same time, the hilt of the sword held by Kil also emitted a cyan light that seemed to be able to penetrate matter and nourish life. Even the weighted metal bead at the end of the sword's hilt glowed like a silvery white light like the full moon.

Everyone in the stronghold was attracted by this weapon. This was not the first time that the hunters saw the power of Kil's weapon. Even at this time, the weapon was far less bright than before. After all, the light released before could temporarily blind everyone.

The other three had different reactions.

Knight Lanisa squinted her eyes and muttered something like, 'The Church of the Sun God really has some abilities'.

The male griffin knight was shocked: "What is this? A magic weapon?"

His companion, Knight Delis, explained: "It is a blessed weapon from the Church of Gods. Hey, it just looks good. How can there be magic weapons that are practical and versatile." As she said that, she stroked the one on her waist with one hand. A huge ruby ​​staff with a short wooden handle.

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After showing it off, Kil quickly restrained the light of the sword. The three knights looked at each other, and it was Knight Delis who raised a new question: "The last time we came here, we saw the light from the top of here."

Kil quickly explained: "This kind of weapon can release all the power of the weapon at once, but the consequence is that you have to find an open place to charge according to the sun. After all, it is the blessing of the Church of the Sun God, so the documentation says so." When I came here with my companions before, we were attacked by northern wolves on the road. The situation was urgent, so I released the blessing ability with full power. After that, I moved on the road for several days until the construction of the stronghold here was completed. I went out at that time Before hunting, I inserted my long sword upside down in the middle of the top platform."

The male gryphon rider looked up at the clouds in the sky, and everyone looked up at the heavy clouds above them that might snow at any time: "Can the sun shine in this weather?"

Keir shrugged: "I tried it randomly at the time, and it turned out that it seems that it can be used anywhere where the sky can be seen during the day, regardless of whether it is blocked by clouds or not."

The two gryphon riders could understand Kiel's explanation. After all, they often flew above the clouds on gryphons, knowing that no matter how heavy the rain or snow was under the clouds, or the dark clouds were covering the sky.

It's always the same above the clouds, it's always sunny.

Finally, Knight Delis asked: "But until we came here, we saw something shining on the top in the distance?"

Kil scratched his head: "I followed my companions back to the stronghold just a moment ago, and then I went straight up to take off the sword. Then when I came back, I heard the flapping of the gryphon's wings and the return of Knight Lanisa."

The three knights all raised their eyebrows and looked at each other.

Kil knew they didn't believe it. After all, there are no such coincidences in life: "There should still be the dent left by me inserting the sword upside down on the top and the ice and snow that fixed the sword from falling to the ground."

As soon as Kil finished speaking, Knight Delis slapped his forehead: "I saw those things. When I fed Nack just now, I found those traces. It seems that you are not lying. Damn it, we have been here for the past two days. It’s all wasted!”

The male griffin knight shrugged and concentrated on grilling the meat skewers in his hand: "Don't be upset, try my craftsmanship, at least you can eat these skewers in this remote place. It's not the worst. result."

Rolling his eyes, Knight Delis sat on the tree stump chair: "I would rather go back carrying the heads of a few dwarves than tell the captain that the two of us traveled in vain."