Chapter 1 The Trap
Under the starry sky, two horses galloped over the endless sunlight grassland.
It is still half a day away from the Ming and Su realm, but the horse has begun to decrease
Speed, the terrain here is dominated by hills, and the undulating ground makes it difficult for horses to run.
"I said, just let these two horses rest. The horse was exhausted. Do you want to walk to Mingsu? It's less than half the way?" Although he was riding on the horse, for the old mage who never exercised outdoors, running wildly could be enough for him. He resisted the disgust. Gulid persuaded Moya, who was parallel to him.
"..." Looking at the horses that were already foaming at the mouth, they would be exhausted if they didn't rest. Looking around, there was no village at all. If you really stayed in the wilderness overnight, there would be only the woods in front of you.
Looking at Gulid, he was also a knight, looking so tired. It was obviously a horse running, so why did he breathe?
"Okay, we'll be sleeping in that wood today." The Luso wasteland at night is very dangerous, and all kinds of night-walking monsters will come out to find food, including the most dangerous one - the "Undead."
From the northern part of the desert, although the undead army of Death Territory was blocked by the Great Swamp and Mount Gilkut, it would still cross the desert from Crescent Canyon to the Sunlight Plain.
These monsters lurk underground during the day, and at night they will come out to wander in groups, killing all the living creatures they see. Even monsters of the Dark Clan dare not provoke the Undead Clan. Therefore, at night, all humans will stop moving. If they are on the road, they will gather in the forest. They are protected by the earth. The forest refuses to approach corrupt deaths, so the only exception is the Black Forest. This forest that has experienced the Great Dark War is corroded by the dark aura and is completely abandoned by the goddess of earth. Even the evil undead mage can be unobstructed.
Just as the horses were slowed down, they turned a few times from the small hill on the right and then turned over twenty people. They were both men and women, all dressed in gorgeous clothes, probably the nobles of Mingsu. From the prey hanging on the horses, we can tell that they should have hunted on the border.
There are many species at the border between Sunlight Plain and Ming and Suzhou. Many nobles like to come here during the day to vent their vigorous energy. It seems that they are too deep and missed the time and cannot go back.
"Look, there is a wood in front." One of the beautiful blonde women pointed to the woods not far ahead. Woodlands on hills are often used as camps for passing business trips; "Maybe we will find passers-by there, and they usually hire mercenaries, which are safer to be together."
"We want to stay overnight with the civilians? It's too slandering our identity. We are all nobles in the imperial capital. How can we rest in the same place with the civilians?" Another red-haired woman disagreed with her companions. When she saw Moya and Gulid, she shouted; "Hey, the people in front of us will stop!"
"Sarah, what are you going to do?" The blonde woman didn't know why she stopped the two travelers.
"Melia, these two civilians are going to rest in the woods, how could I be with these people..." Before the noble woman named Sarah had finished speaking, a caravan ran out from behind the hill where they came out.
Following a group of ogres.
"It's an ogre!!" After seeing the ogre, the nobles also began to gallop. Several young men in light armor turned their horses to stop the ogres from killing and running for their lives.
The smell of ogre scared the horses. Several nobles who were thrown to the ground and had no time to escape were immediately torn into half by the ogres who arrived. The colorful intestines and redness mixed with brain and blood formed a disgusting picture.
At this time, more than a dozen dragon cavalrymen ran out of the woods and killed all the ogres who followed the nobles.
Gulid, who couldn't stand it, asked Moya to give him a helping hand, but she just watched coldly without any action.
"I am not a sympathetic cultist, why do you do such a stupid thing?" Ignoring the cry for help behind me, Moya planned to continue to move towards the woods.
"Help, high priest!!" A merchant who was suppressed by a horse could not escape discovered that the saddle of Moya was riding was made of Merritt. After careful identification, he finally saw the face of Moya's pocket.
After the siege in the morning, the caravan immediately set off from Meili, but unexpectedly, they were attacked by a large number of ogres not far from the border of Ming and Su. Most of the mercenaries were killed and injured. After two hours of escape, they finally met Moya.
"His priest Sa, I am Merry's merchant... Please save me..." He took out the badge of Merry's merchant alliance, and the merchant seemed to have encountered a savior, and he shouted for help desperately.
Just as several ogres were about to end the life crisis of the poor businessman with a blow, Moya raised his left hand and an invisible pressure came from the ring of suffering. The ogres who were already slaughtering humans ran away in fear.
"It's late, go to the woods in front to rest."
"Thank you..." Looking at the black-robed priest who was leaving, the merchant thanked him with gratitude, and the remaining mercenaries and merchants hurriedly followed Moya.
When she came outside the woods, Moya frowned. She felt a peaceful atmosphere in the woods. "It's such an annoying smell...you go in, just wait until dawn to get on the road. There are also many people here, and it should be safe for you to be with them."
"Your Excellency, do you still have to go to the night road?" The rescued merchant quickly asked, thinking that it was the safest to be with the high priest of the night elves.
"You still have to leave, this horse is really not good." Gulid would not miss this opportunity. The dragon cavalry might be Mingsu's soldiers. If he asks them for help, he might be able to counter this night priest. Both priests and mages are not good at close attacks. As long as the high priest who can capture the night elves, there will be more than 300 mages who asked Meri to be imprisoned, so that he can have the face to go back and face His Majesty's punishment.
"Hmph... Gulid, the provocation is useless to me. Don't expect the members of the Light Church in the woods to save you, their strength can't fight against me. However... in order to dispel your idea of running away, we'll spend the night here tonight. Unfortunately, the horse's foot strength is too poor, and your humanity will attract some unnecessary trouble. If I weren't afraid that no one would complain to me about Sirs' cowardly escape, I wouldn't want to take you on the road."
After cleaning up the ogres who had run to the woods, the dragon cavalry was surprised to find that the merchant who was originally going to rescue had arrived at the woods safely.
"Captain..." Seeing Moya walking at the front of the team, a dragon cavalry was about to speak when he was organized by the captain wearing red armor.
"Nothing to say anything, there is only one target, wait and see." The cavalry captain made a way and let the merchant who had just returned from the brink of death enter.
After entering, the merchants found that there were many people gathered here, two caravans that were no less than their own, and there were groups of robbers in groups of three or five. Apart from the nobles who had entered before, there were about a hundred dragoons on the central ground. They all sat quietly on the grass and rested. Except for the burning bonfires, there was no sound in the whole woods.
Golden Tree...
After seeing that the badge hanging on the shield of the back seat of the Earth Dragon was not Mingsu's double lion seal but a lush tree, Moya and Gulid's faces changed.
The former is surprised, the latter is excited.
It is the Dragon Knights of the Holy Empire. Although it is not known which regiment it is, its strength is above the Ming Su's dragon cavalry.
The Knights of Abdullah, what are they doing here?
Looking at the soldiers wearing silver armor without any trace, Moya finally chose to rest near the outside of the forest. After tied the horses to the tree trunk, she sat down on the spot, ignored the eyes of others and began to close her eyes to rest.
After running for an afternoon, she was also very tired.
He ordered his subordinates to take turns to serve night outside. When the Red Armor Knight returned to the team's camp, he and the four priests with their hoods were discussing what they were doing. Feeling those constantly looking at the eyes, Moya secretly began to gather all the magic power in his body.
"Hello!"
Suddenly, a very rude voice interrupted Moya's meditation. She opened her eyes and saw that it was the Red Magic woman who had blocked her way before.
"Show me your bracelet." He reached out his hand arrogantly, and Sarah waited for the other party to present the thing respectfully. When she turned around, she saw the woman in black robe easily scaring away the terrifying ogre with something similar to a bracelet on her hand. She naturally had the idea of getting this thing, but she waited for a long time but didn't get a response.
"I asked you something, did you hear it?" The female nobleman's voice burst out and immediately woke up the businessman who had already fallen asleep.
This time, Moya simply closed her eyes and ignored her. She had no energy to get involved with these nobles. The most important thing now is to observe the movements of the dragon cavalry.
"You untouchable...ah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
Seeing that the other party simply closed his eyes, Sarah picked up the whip and greeted the woman in black who dared to despise her. However, before she could touch her, she was knocked away by an invisible force and fell heavily on the grass not far away.
"Sarah!" A young male nobleman quickly helped up the red-haired woman with a blue nose and asked if she was injured.
"Ah! My face... she dared to cut my face..." Sarah stood up with the help of her companions and found that her face was cut by a sharp stone on the ground. Her expression changed drastically and pulled the man beside her; "Yalu, kill her!!"
"Sarah...this isn't great."
"I don't care. Anyway, this is not Mingsu, and killing a civilian is nothing great." Pointing to Moya, who was calm and composed, Sarah willfully ask for her companions.
"Forget it, Sarah. At most I'll ask her to reimburse you for a gift, the law strictly prohibited by the murder empire... and there are so many people here..." Taking into account the many people watching, the noble young man Yalu had to whisper a little advice.
"Okay, I want the bracelet on her hand! And whip twenty whips as punishment for despising the nobles."
"Hey..." The bandits watched the absurd scene with a good show, and they had already recognized her identity as Moya entered the woods.
A super wanted criminal a year ago, the current Dark Night High Priest. In Luso, few criminals wandering in the darkness do not know this legendary figure.
At present, a Ming Su nobleman shouted at her. Wouldn't this be a dead end?
"You want this thing, you can." Raising your left hand, letting Sarah look carefully, the five skulls whispered gloomy and hoarsely, as if the strange sound of ghosts crying made everyone feel chilling on their backs.
"Then let's change your life."
"What are you talking about?" Sarah insisted on calming herself. After seeing that they were five interconnected rings, she wanted even more. Although she looked a little weird, she overcame her fear of it when she returned to the imperial capital.
"Okay, come here, if you can take it off my hand, I'll give it to you."
After hearing what the woman in black robe said, Sarah walked forward happily, and was about to touch the ring that exuded a cold air, but was pulled away by a powerful arm.
"What are you doing?!"
Unhappily shook off the Red Armor Knight's hand, Sarah didn't understand why he wanted to stop him from getting the ring.
"Don't touch that evil thing, it will kill you, ma'am." A priest in white stood up; "As long as you touch that thing, your vitality will be absorbed immediately."
"You... lied to me..." She said this, but Sarah was still scared. The priest would not lie. She looked back at the woman, but she nodded.
"I said that you don't believe it if you want to exchange your life for it." No longer paying attention to the idiot woman, Moya calmly stood up to face the priest who spoke. "I didn't expect that we will meet again so soon, Eruson. If you are here, will the other people come too? Lantoya, Sue, and His Highness Prince Ryan?"
Remove the hood that covered his face, and it turns out that everyone who should have returned to the Free Mercenary Group of the Southern Continent should have returned to the Southern Continent.
"Long time no see, Lord Moya Fasci Truth, or we should call you Princess Eve Miria." Ryan's words made Moya's smirk froze immediately.
"It's not easy to get you fooled, thanks to Sistale's help. Otherwise, it would be impossible for us to go deep into Merri and the Night City, let alone capture the war priest with two magical artifacts." Ryan's words destroyed Moya's confidence one after another; "We have been waiting here for a full month in order to wait for you to come."
No, Sistaer...he is the traitor...how is this possible...
"Do you think the Blood Covenant really cannot be lifted? The High Priest Shayak has told us that as long as there is the 'goddess' and then the high spell of light-based 'redemption' can completely eradicate the blood alliance in Sistaer's body."
This is impossible...Sisthal... His hesitant and dodging eyes flashed back in his mind before leaving.
"No!!!!"
Even you...you want to betray me?
"It's now!!" Eruson issued an order. Hundreds of dragoons threw out their spears at the same time. They accurately nailed a triangular magic circle on the ground, trapping Moya, who was about to launch magic, firmly in the barrier.
"Forbidden Magic Formation..."
not good!!
The accumulated magic power was immediately absorbed, and Moya sat down dejectedly, she was exhausted, and she smiled bitterly when she saw the Chinese medicine bottle in the priestess Rantoya's hand.
Moonlight Grass... I thought so thoughtful... I even prepared this thing...
The merchants, bandits, nobles and Gulid were stunned by this sudden change.
"Please don't panic. This is a fugitive pursued by the Church of Light. Let's rest."
Under the comfort of the Dragoons, everyone returned to their original resting place, but they all widened their eyes to see how these Dragoons would deal with the woman in black robe.
No one noticed that a bandit quietly let the black hawk off his shoulder.
Chapter completed!