Quadruple split

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Game time PM13:15

Northern Misha County, Dagger Sheath Bridge

A rather large team was marching slowly, with more than a hundred Paladins riding horses at the front of the team. Their armors were covered with blood stains, and some of them still had obvious injuries. Although their bodies were Still as straight as a javelin, but including the Paladins walking on foot at the end of the team, each of them had a trace of unconcealable exhaustion on their faces.

This is the fifteenth day since they followed Her Majesty the Holy Lady to leave Mida City. For half a month, this team has been cycling through the process of 'annihilating mutants, rescuing civilians, escorting civilians, and annihilating mutants'. In addition, , they also liberated two cities that, like Mida City, had been transformed into a large number of mutants out of thin air, and used those two places as bases for several days. Under the leadership of Xia Lian, the knights continued to go out of the city to nearby places. Villages and towns searched for survivors. Although in most cases they ended up finding ruins and a large number of corpses, they also saved hundreds of living lives and killed more than a thousand animals in the process. There was no chance of saving them. monster.

They constantly dedicate manpower to escort civilians, protect the city, and maintain order. Less than half of the original force of more than 400 people is now left. Among them, 100 paladins are stationed in Glen City and Sprout City. The threat there has never been eliminated. After all, Xia Lian no longer had the energy to use high-level magic to create a land of divine favors as before, so she had to try her best to alleviate the conditions of those infected by the plague and leave some paladins behind just in case.

As for the remaining one hundred paladins, some of them are escorting civilians to the nearest city on the way, and some are maintaining the strongest local armed forces and blockades, villages and towns where there are suspected survivors, and rice. Dacheng's contact, and the rest of the people...

All died in battle.

Although Xia Lian has crushing combat power, it is difficult for this elf saint with the backlash of divine power to perform too many magical spells, so even if she can still kill seven or eight mutants with one cross and launch a fearless charge It can create a bloody path, but after all, it is just a powerful super soldier, and there will always be times when it cannot be taken care of.

She seems to be powerful without any blind spots, but it is far from being comparable to her before.

You must know that in the heyday of Xialian Bamboo Leaf, even just throwing out a condensed light arrow was enough to blow up at least two digits of mutants. A single [Prayer of Group Healing] could kill most of the warriors in a short time. All the skin wounds have healed. It is no exaggeration to say that even if the tens of thousands of mutants in Misha County are gathered together, as long as Xia Lian is given enough time, she can even wipe out all those things alone.

But that's all based on the fact that she has never been attacked by the Dark Goddess...

However, the reality is that when Xia Lian is fine, there is only plague. As soon as Xia Lian is in trouble, those mutants appear. No matter from any angle, it is a very bad coincidence.

[Is it really just a coincidence? First, several sources of plague disappeared inexplicably, then the Dark Goddess came when I was using my great magic, and finally those mutants suddenly appeared when I was almost disabled. Is all this really just a coincidence...]

Xia Lian, who was walking in the middle of the line with dozens of refugees, tugged at her ears and thought with some distress. She was holding the very weighty Star Gold Cross in one hand, and holding a watch in her other hand. The little elf girl who came up was about twenty or thirty years old. There was a hideous wound on the latter's little hand. Although the bleeding had been stopped, it still made the sleeping child moan frequently like she was dreaming.

Xia Lian sighed, used a holy healing technique that had almost no effect to try to make the girl in her arms sleep more comfortably, and then continued her thinking...

No matter how she thought about it, she felt that this series of events was not simple.

Therefore, based on Her Royal Highness the Saint’s thoughts, we can draw the following three conclusions:

First, Xia Lian is a very keen person.

Second, there are indeed many bad events in this world that are caused by accidents, and their severity is even much worse than various planned, organized, and premeditated malignant events.

Third, it would be very uncomfortable without a script.

Back to business...

A few minutes later, a female knight who was sent out to investigate the situation half an hour ago returned to the team. She dismounted and quickly ran to Xia Lian. She said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, as before, there are no knights nearby. Signs of mutant activity.”

"Still not?" Xia Lian was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't help but worry. Their returning team had not encountered an enemy for more than half a day, and this result often meant that there was a large-scale gathering of mutants nearby. Phenomenon, this is not good news. You must know that there are dozens of civilians in this team who were rescued along the way. Once they encounter a large number of mutants, no one is confident that they can take care of everyone in every aspect.

But there is another possibility...

That is, the nearby mutants are attacking the city!

And the closest city to here is Mida City!

"I understand." Xia Lian suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and nodded to the female knight in front of her: "Let everyone increase the speed a little and distribute the war horses to the civilians who are weak. We will try our best to rush before dark. Go back to Mida City and organize some more people to guard the team, and report back immediately if you encounter enemies."

"yes!"

The female knight gave a simple salute, and then ran back to the front of the team to deliver the order.

Xia Lian, on the other hand, looked towards the direction of Mida City and silently prayed for the people in the city and her disciples.

…

Game time PM14:10

Meda City, Holy Union Chapel, Motan's Room

"Are you sure?"

Mo Tan held the table with both hands and looked down at the map above. He asked without raising his head, "Are you really sure?"

Yuying, who was leaning against the window, nodded solemnly: "I'm sure."

Mo Tan knocked on the table lightly, raised his head and confirmed more seriously: "Are you really sure?"

Yuying nodded even more seriously: "I'm very sure."

Mo Tan's eyes widened: "You really really really..."

"Okay, you've confirmed it many times." Yu Chen, who was standing across the table, interrupted Mo Tan, spread his hands and said, "There should be no more mistakes."

The latter took a long breath, then picked up the quill at hand and drew a big circle on the top of the map, then sat down on the chair: "We succeeded."

"Strictly speaking, you should have succeeded." Yuying curled her lips, walked to Yuchen and looked down at the densely marked map of the north on the table. She shrugged and said, "Successfully rescued in such a short time. More than a thousand civilians were killed, and all mutants were eliminated, centered on Meda City and Hofer City, extending to the blockade of Dodiao Town in the north, Blackwater Lake in the east, and Coldridge Village in the west, and almost created a safe area. Once you get out of here, you can put on a good show in front of us."

Mo Tan shook his head and smiled: "Haven't you already helped me pretend, and this is not my alone's credit in the first place, whether it's Yu Chen and Luna who have been helping treat those civilians, or who are responsible for communicating with everyone It’s up to you to contact the players, you’ve been very busy during this period.”

Yuchen shrank his shoulders in embarrassment: "The main reason is that I can't be of much use elsewhere..."

Yuying nodded with peace of mind: "Well, it was quite hard for me, mainly because it was difficult to teach people to fool those knights at the beginning. Later, everyone became proficient in the business, and those paladins also adapted to 'Lord Taylor' Arrangements are less worrying."

"But then again..."

Yuchen wrung his fingers uneasily and whispered: "Isn't it a little bad that we keep hiding this from Mr. Taylor? Until now, he still thinks that the knights are just performing the same mission as before."

"Then there's no other way." Yu Ying rolled her eyes and laughed dryly: "It was already enough that he was unwilling to arrange for those players to follow him, but if he were to know that Hei Fan was using even those healthy civilians, Oh...hehe, it will definitely be endless."

"But I didn't expect that we could hide it from Lord Taylor for so long." Mo Tan smiled and fiddled with the chess pieces on the table: "Whether it's the extra civilians and NPCs I arranged to go in, or the unauthorized changes in the route, It’s incredible that these things about the reorganized personnel were not discovered..."

Yu Ying chuckled: "Those knights are not big talkers, and other players have also said that it is a 'secret arrangement'. As long as it succeeds, no one will think too much about it. The Paladins of this world will not stand here." After giving credit, I took the initiative to go to the leaders to claim credit. Of course, the most important thing is that every time everyone returns, Her Highness the Saint will ask Taylor to talk about life and faith, so she has not cheated on her until now~"

Mo Tan was stunned: "Talk about life and faith?"

Yuchen smiled lightly: "Try to attract attention as much as possible. I think this should be of some help."

"Okay, it really helped a lot." Mo Tan gave a thumbs up, stretched on the spot, and then looked at the map in front of him again. He knocked a few times on the three chess pieces gathered together, and rushed Yuying asked: "How are the three teams going to the Dagger Sheath Bridge?"

The female assassin opened the friend list and took a look, then spread her hands and said, "It's not a big problem. They sent me a message half an hour ago saying that they had completed the rendezvous and started to return, and they haven't contacted me since then, so it should be smooth."

"That's good." Mo Tan nodded slightly, picked up the teacup on the table, took a few sips, and said with a chuckle: "The area should be completely safe now. Let's go back and count the low-level people recruited from Hofer City. Professionals and civilians, next I plan to expand the security area in the south, but before that we have to say hello to Mr. Taylor, otherwise we will be a little too unkind..."

Yu Ying's eyes widened: "Aren't you kind? You did all the dirty work yourself and you gave the credit to others. In such a short period of time, you almost eliminated the threat of mutants in the north and saved so many people." Life aside, the Paladins' battle losses have been completely controlled. How deep does Taylor have to be in his head to think you are unkind?"

"That's not what you said." Mo Tan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "And the north of Misha County is originally the safest place. Yuchen and the others were nearby when they first arrived, and they rushed over after hearing the news. There are only a few people, and most of the civilians who are likely to transform into mutants are concentrated around the cities of Hofer and Mida. Moreover, Hofer City was later completely purified, so there are not many small groups of monsters left. It is not difficult to achieve this level with the cheating communication capabilities of us players. The focus is on the central and southern areas. Where Xia Lian and the others are located is the real danger zone..."

At this moment, Yuying, who was holding a small dagger and trying to cut her nails in the game, suddenly exclaimed: "Wait a minute! The three teams in the south seem to have encountered something!"

"What's going on?" Without saying a word, Mo Tan directly injected a ray of magic power into the three chess pieces in front of him, turning the hazy white light on them into deep red. Then he quickly raised his head to look at Yu Ying: "Please tell me the details. Well, what happened? Logically speaking, there should be no mutants on their way back. Are they wandering over from the south? How many are there specifically?"

Yu Ying was stunned (communicating with a certain player) for about 1.5 seconds, and then shook her head with a bit of laughter: "No, they did not encounter mutants."

"Huh?" Mo Tan blinked and said in confusion: "Then the situation you just mentioned is..."

"They met the saint." Yu Ying smacked her lips and reached out to pat the three alchemy chess pieces in front of Mo Tan: "Xia Lian Zhuye and more than a hundred holy knights are back."

Yuchen opened his mouth into an O shape in surprise: "Sister Saint is back?!"

Mo Tan was also shocked: "So many people died!?"

"No!" Yu Chen glared at Mo Tan nonchalantly and muttered: "You were not online last time when the Holy Knights from Sister Saint's side came back. It is said that a hundred Holy Knights were left behind in the two buildings to the south. We're in town, well, I forgot to mention it later...I'm sorry."

Mo Tan immediately shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay, I was just shocked."

Boom, boom, boom!

Yuying patted the table: "I haven't finished speaking yet!"

Mo Tan: "Huh?"

"The three paladins who led the team have basically told Saint Xia Lian about the recent results of the battle." Yu Ying chuckled and lowered her voice: "Guess what?"

"What's wrong?"

"Her Royal Highness the Saint is very, very happy. She is happily running to the city right now, ready to praise our Commander Taylor. Do you think the latter, who has been deceived by the alliance, will be very confused by then? ah?"

"Fuck!!"

…

ten minutes ago

North of Dagger Sheath Bridge, in the nameless plain

Xia Lian stared blankly at the female knight in front of her, her whole body frozen in place as if she had been cast into petrification.

After a while, Her Royal Highness the Saint's exclamation suddenly sounded.

"What are you talking about?! A team composed of paladins, low-level professionals and even civilians, less than one-fifth of our size, is protecting more than a hundred refugees returning to Mida City?! My # ￥% @, who @#￥%\u0026amp;* came up with the idea! Quick, double the warning range, let’s hurry up and join those % # !!”

Chapter 240: End