The Bizarre Adventure of the Warhammer Elves

Chapter 283 Ancient Blood

Author: Bamboo Basket Frame Water

Chapter 283 Ancient Blood

Upon hearing the news of the arrival of reinforcements, Robb curiously stood up from the fire and looked towards the plains in the distance, but then he frowned and asked Ed:

"Father, are those the reinforcements from the Amber family? Why don't they seem to be many in number?"

Although there was still some distance from their camp, Robb could still see the approximate number of those troops, which was less than a hundred people!

What's more, unlike the wealthy southern territories, not even the Stark family in the northern territories can equip them with plate armor, so they can only choose paneled leather armor, which is more convenient to mass-produce.

Although Robb could not clearly see the specific situation of the Amber family army in the distance, he could still distinguish that only the leading nobles were wearing armor, and the rest were unarmored soldiers.

Can an army like this really defeat those marauding plate knights?

"Regardless of the small number of them, after all, the Amber family needs to deal with the increasingly frequent savage raids, and it is impossible to really send the main army to assist us."

Ed seemed to see the slight disdain in Robb's eyes, and then scolded him seriously:

"Don't underestimate the Amber family. The giant soldiers are all good at defeating many, and they loyally responded to my call. This alone is enough to be rewarded.

If it weren't for loyal ministers like the Amber family willing to support the Stark family, we would have perished in one winter after another!"

After hearing Ed's severe criticism, Robb put away the slight disgust and disdain in his eyes, and turned to seriously look at the red giant flag from far to near:

"Don't worry, father, if they really respond faithfully to the call of the Stark family, then there will always be a place for them at my wine table in the future!"

"That's true."

Seeing that his eldest son had understood what he meant, Ed nodded with satisfaction, and then walked towards Amber's army in the distance.

Ciri and Robb followed closely behind, ready to take a good look at these comrades who would fight alongside them.

At the forefront of Amber's army, a young noble with a strong physique was riding on a thin horse. His tall figure made Robb worried about the thin pony under his crotch.

After seeing everyone coming to greet him, the young noble hurriedly jumped off his horse, and then shouted to Ed in a rough voice:

"Dear Duke Stark, do you still remember me? I even offered you a glass of wine at the last Winterfell banquet!"

"I remember you. You are the 'Little Jon' of the Amber family. Your father has proposed to me several times that he wants you to be Robb's knight. It seems that he hasn't asked your opinion yet?"

"Hahaha, if I can really serve as a knight of the Stark family, it would be an honor for me!"

Looking at this sturdy young man, a smile appeared on Ed's face, and then he patted the other person on the shoulder and asked:

"How is your father doing lately? I heard that he was injured while chasing the savages some time ago. How is he doing now?"

"Eh... don't mention it. Those dirty and despicable savages have gone crazy and started crossing the Great Wall more and more frequently. I don't know what those night watchmen are doing to eat!"

At the mention of wildlings, a terrifying ferocity appeared on Little Jon's face, obviously full of resentment towards those who hurt his father.

Obviously the duty of the Night Watch is to protect the Great Wall, but as a result, savage robberies have been happening recently. This is simply a serious dereliction of duty!

"I really don't know what those night watchmen do for a living, but they actually sent us a letter asking for help. How shameless."

Hearing Little Jon complaining about the Night's Watch, Eddard's mind suddenly flashed back to the letter he had received a few months ago, which was a request for help from the Commander of the Night's Watch.

In that letter, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jeor Mormont, described in a very anxious tone a terrifying threat of hundreds of thousands of wildlings about to move south.

Although Ed did not believe that you would really pose such a threat, considering the character of Commander-in-Chief Geo, he finally sent a lot of food and city defense equipment that the Night Watch desperately needed.

But now it seems that the Night Watchman's distress letter has been sent to all the northern lords.

Is it true that digging into the Great Wall was threatened by hundreds of thousands of savages?

'It seems that next time when that boy Bun Yang comes back, I will ask him about the wildlings.'

Thinking of this, Ed secretly wrote down the things about the Night Watch in his mind, and then asked Little Jon, who was still cursing:

"You should also know about those Nori Village raiders, right? Are you ready to fight those plate knights?"

When this matter was mentioned, Little Jon immediately became interested, then patted the military pickaxe on his waist and said confidently:

"Don't worry, Duke Ed. Even though our Hearth City warriors are a little poorly equipped, we are ready to fight against the plate knights.

In order to be able to support you in your battle, I even carried a few crossbows from my family’s collection on my father’s back, they will definitely come in handy!”

Ed turned his attention to the infantry of the Amber family. Sure enough, he saw a few elite warriors holding crossbows in the crowd, so he said with satisfaction:

"Great, then our next battle should be much easier. Next, let's go to Nori Village to observe the situation there."

"As you command, Lord Eddard."

In this way, this 'huge army' of 500 soldiers finally began to move towards Nori Village, ready for battle at any time.

...Half an hour later, Nori Village

Thick black smoke filled the sky over the entire village, and countless crows arriving at the village smelling the smell of corpses were squawking, as if they were in a bloody red hell.

Even a thousand-year-old weirwood tree at the entrance of the village had a large number of ice spines pierced into the tree that exuded cold air, and the red sap oozing from the weirwood tree was as terrifying as the blood flowing out.

The few male survivors were looking desperately at the ruined houses, and the pain in their eyes was self-evident.

Winter is approaching, and this village is the shelter they rely on for survival. Once they lose this village, they will have to rely on their bodies to face the terrifying cold and direwolves.

"How could this be possible...those plunderers are so cruel!"

Robb stared blankly at the ruins of Nori Village. He had never experienced a war and had no idea why the looters did what they did.

It is clear that all we need to do is take away the money and food of the innocent villagers, so why take human lives?

Ed was focusing on the lifeless weirwood tree at the entrance of the village, and after hearing Robb's murmur, he said with relief:

"This is the cruel reality. Those bad guys who make a living by robbing will not show mercy to you just because you are unarmed. The only thing we can do now is to avenge the dead!"

After saying that, Ed patted the war horse on his crotch and came to a villager with dull eyes, and asked patiently in a gentle tone:

"I am Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell. What is going on here?"

"Lord Ed, you have to make the decision for us!"

Hearing Ed's inquiry, the villagers slowly came to their senses. Their trembling bodies immediately fell to their knees on the ground, crying and explaining to Ed:

"Just a few hours ago, more than thirty knights wearing skeleton-like armor entered our village and asked us if we had seen any 'ancient blood'.

We had no idea what the ancient blood he was talking about was, so the knights asked us to gather all the young girls in the village.

At that time, our village chief did not agree to the other party's request, so those knights began to arrest our female villagers, and when we resisted, they massacred the villagers!"

After hearing what this villager said, even other surrounding villagers cried loudly and kept telling Ed the tragic experiences of their families.

Some of the agitated people even questioned Ed, angrily accusing them of why they hadn't arrived at the village earlier to stop those terrible intruders.

Ciri looked blankly at the angry villagers around her. Although their fierce words were insulting Duke Ed, they pierced into her heart like sharp knives.

Ancient Blood...what a familiar word.

The reason why Ciri is able to travel through various different worlds to avoid the pursuit of the Wild Hunt relies on the ancient blood flowing in her body!

The blood of the ancients, in layman's terms, is a kind of ability that allows the successor to break through the barriers between different worlds and continuously shuttle between various different worlds.

This power originally originated from the elves of Ain El. [Elven Sage Avallac'h] used magic to transform the elves' genes and created the 'ancient blood' that could save the fate of the elves!

It's just that the female elf who inherited the ancient blood is a love brain. Rather than saving the fate of her own people, she wants to elope with the male human she likes.

Since then, the bloodline of the 'Ancient Blood' has begun to flow among hybrids, but only female descendants are qualified to inherit the power of this bloodline.

And Ciri is a hybrid descendant who has inherited the ‘Ancient Blood’, and is also the ‘perfect individual’ closest to Avallac’h’s expectation:

Compared to her ancestors, the ancient blood in Ciri's body can not only lead her to teleport to other worlds, but can even transcend time and predict the known past and unknown future!

(Tzeentch's ecstasy)

Because of this, the Wild Hunt is so eager to get her. After all, whether she is used as the key to open the portal or kept in the clan as a fertility machine, she can strengthen the strength of the elves.

And the culprit who caused this horrific catastrophe was undoubtedly herself!

"What's wrong, Xili? Your face has been ugly since the beginning. What happened?"

Roderick next to him noticed the pale-faced Ciri and thought that the other party was frightened by the tragic scene of dead bodies everywhere, so he came to the other party and comforted him:

"Don't worry, Duke Ed will never allow such thugs to act recklessly in his territory. Any evil will be punished by God!"

"Um……"

While Ciri was perfunctory about Roderick's confident speech, she jumped off the saddle and walked towards the weirwood not far away that was pierced by ice thorns.

For some reason, she always felt that this dead tree with a weird face carved on it was emitting some weird power, as if it was tempting her to move forward.

Buzz buzz~

At this moment, Shirley suddenly felt the Cat School's 'Demon Hunter Badge' on her chest begin to shake violently, so she quickly pulled out the steel sword from her waist and shouted:

"Everyone, be careful!"

The Witcher Badge has the function of sensing the surrounding magical environment, and the fact that the badge can react so violently means that there are only two possibilities:

These ice spikes are made by magic!

And the mage who released the ice spike is still nearby!

Upon hearing Ciri's warning, Robb and Jon Snow reacted immediately, quickly pulled out the weapons on their waists, and chose to believe Ciri unconditionally.

Most of the Stark soldiers who had come into contact with Ciri also looked around cautiously. After getting along with each other for this period of time, they did not believe that Ciri was a person who was aimless.

Everyone looked around nervously, but apart from an empty dark forest and burning houses, they didn't see anything strange at all.

Seeing this, Xion couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then mocked Ciri who was still vigilant in the distance:

"What's going on, Ms. Xili, did you see any scary bugs? Why..."

Dong~dong~dong~

As soon as he finished speaking, there were waves of roaring footsteps in the woods, instantly making Xion shut up like a stinky rat whose tail was stepped on.

Shiri began to retreat slowly, and at the same time shouted to everyone anxiously:

"Be careful, these 'terrible bugs' are big guys, I suggest you lure them to an open area and then fight them!"

"Ms. Xili, what is that thing and why is there such a loud movement?"

"It's the ice element!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw three giant blue and white figures with a height of three meters slowly walking out of the forest and walking towards Nori Village.

The bodies made of a mixture of ice and mud are covered with sharp ice spikes, and dead branches and leaves are mixed in the elemental bodies that make up the bodies, making these monsters look full of ferocity and power.

Looking at the hundreds of northern soldiers in front of them, the ice elements showed no fear at all. Instead, they tilted their heads slightly, and then opened their mouths full of ice spikes:

Roar--

A low yet loud roar emanated from the body of the magic element, which immediately frightened the onlookers Nori villagers into fleeing the village.

Facing these sudden appearance of monsters, both Duke Ed and the soldiers from the North showed a hint of panic in their eyes, obviously they did not expect such a situation to occur.

Jon came to Shiri's side cautiously, looked at the ice element walking towards here not far away, and couldn't help but ask:

"Ciri, what exactly are these monsters called 'ice elements' and how should we fight them?"

Looking at the mortal steel sword in his hand, Jon En would not be so naive as to think that he could use this kind of thing to break through the opponent's defense.

Ciri looked resolutely at the ice element not far away, looked at the Stark soldiers around her who were all focusing on her, gritted her teeth and shouted:

"It's better to chop their joints with a sword than to stand there and wait for death!"

After saying that, he waved the steel sword in his hand and rushed towards an ice element trying to get close to him.

As a passing ancient blood who is often pursued by the Wild Hunt, Ciri knows very well that these ice elements are definitely traps left by the Wild Hunt!

In the past, Ciri would not have taken these ice elements seriously at all. She could easily defeat the opponent with the power of ancient blood.

However, once she uses the power of the ancient blood, the Wild Hunt will immediately sense her location, and everyone present will die!

"Geralt, if it were you, what would you do..."

(End of chapter)