Lord of Hyranza

Andrew, Samira, and Gulitham had already made preparations before departure and were waiting in the yard of the security station.

A hunter wearing a leather robe and carrying a hunting bow and spear was also standing among them. There were several deep wrinkles on his dark face, and he looked a bit wretched when he smiled and squinted his eyes. His hands were covered with calluses. When Suldak rode his horse into the yard, he quickly dodged backwards.

Suldak jumped off his horse and glanced at the hunter, suddenly feeling that he looked familiar.

Under Suldak's gaze, the hunter straightened his waist unnaturally, and instantly his body was a lot taller, almost as tall as Andrew, but his figure was a little thinner.

"Have I met you?" Suldak asked the hunter.

"Carol, the militia battalion, reports to Lord Baron Suldak!" the hunter immediately puffed up his chest and said loudly.

Hearing what the hunter said, Suldak remembered that there was indeed such a person in the roster of the militia battalion. Suldak clearly remembered that when he first came to Wall Village, he bowed his waist , holding an arm that could not move, it was the injured arm that Surdak had the deepest impression on him.

"Um, I remember your right arm was injured..." Suldak said.

Carol quickly pulled up his sleeves, and a scar like a giant red earthworm appeared on his right arm, which looked hideous and terrifying. He grinned bitterly and explained, "Master Baron, the arm injury was caused during hunting this spring. , At that time, a group of us met a violent earth bear that had just woken up in the Pagros Mountains. This life was almost lost in the forest. At that time, I couldn’t do anything. I heard that you don’t mind being disabled, so I came to sign up with you. I have been receiving public food from you for more than three months, and recuperated at home by the way. Now I’m almost better, otherwise I can’t Let’s go to the mountain and autumn hunting with others, a group of us met a group of magicians on the edge of Pagros Mountain, and others were watching them in the forest area over there, I’m here to send you a letter.”

"How many adventure groups are there on Paglos Mountain?" Suldak asked.

"There are many. The area is actually much larger than I imagined. Stretching hundreds of miles to the north is the Pagolos Mountain. There are high-level monsters entrenched in the mountain, and many of them are cunning monsters who have fought against the powerful empire. Dangerous beasts, ordinary adventure groups dare not mess with them at all, these adventure groups can only wander around the fringe areas, and will not rashly go deep..." Carol explained to Suldak.

"How many people are there in the team of magicians you saw?" Suldak asked again.

Carol replied: "More than half of the team of more than a dozen people are riding magic scorpions, and there are some strange guys who have completely wrapped themselves in sackcloth. They fly to high altitudes from time to time to determine their orientation. It’s just that I’m not very familiar with that mountain forest, so I didn’t walk fast.”

Chapter 572 Mountain Giants

Suldak led the members of the security team, the native warrior Andrew, the half-elf archer Samira, and the ogre Gulitum, to leave Wall Village together, and under the leadership of the militiaman Carol, they entered the barren land at night.

Aphrodite stayed in Wall Village as usual.

The barren land outside the Pagros Pass is a long and narrow area. The southernmost foothills of Pagros Mountain are like antlers that go deep into the barren land. The top of the antlers is Pustule Mountain. Billowing flames are burning all year round, and volcanic ash almost covers a radius of tens of kilometers.

The closest road to the Pagros Mountains is the road to Bump Mountain.

However, this road is very difficult, and few adventure groups choose to go here. This road is basically covered by a thick layer of volcanic ash. Horses walking on volcanic ash are like walking in a difficult desert, and the sky Volcanic ash is flying everywhere in the middle, making it difficult for people to breathe smoothly. People who are not familiar with this place dare not take this road at all. Once the horse's leg is broken by a crack in the rock halfway, it will fall into death.

Therefore, many foreign adventure groups who enter the adventure village through the barren land will choose to make a detour, bypassing the area covered by the volcanic ash of the pustule mountain, which will also double the distance virtually.

For the villagers in the barren land, it is not difficult to cross the pustule mountain. The four-wheeled carriage of Wall Village almost opened up a smooth road between the pustule mountain and Wall village.Suldak's group only covered the muzzle and nose of the war horse with a mask, and then marched towards the pustule mountain overnight.

As long as you pass the pustule mountain, the brown barren mountains will gradually return to green, which is the northern edge of the barren land.

Once you enter the Pagros Mountains, you leave the Bena Province.

The villagers here in the barren land seldom go to the mountains to make a living. Even if they have to store some mountain goods for the winter in autumn, the villagers living here only dare to live in the outermost forests of the mountains. Only some experienced hunters dare to enter Papa. The depths of Gloss Mountain.

There are some rare high-level monsters living in that mountain. The materials on these monsters are extremely precious, so even if everyone knows that there are dangers everywhere, there are always some hunters and adventurers who enter Pagros Mountain every year and die in Pagros every year. There are definitely not a few hunters and adventure groups in the mountains.

It took Suerdak and his party more than two days to arrive at the foot of Pustule Mountain, which already belonged to his territory.

When passing by the Lava River Sulfur Mine, Suldak went to inspect the camp of the Sulfur Mine. Because of the Harvest Festival, Luke, who was guarding the Sulfur Mine, led [-] Kobold slaves back. Wall Village is currently on vacation in Wall Village, and the sulfur mine camp is empty.

Before leaving, Luke had already hidden the sulfur mines and food that he couldn't take away, and there was nothing on the camp side except for a few roofless houses built with stone slabs.

Carol saw the boundary markers around Pustule Mountain, and was very puzzled by the choice of General Surdak's territory in Pustbag Mountain. However, when he saw that there were sulfur mines hidden near the lava river here, he said very regretfully: "Before When Pustule Mountain was still in the land of no man, why didn't anyone find out that there was a sulfur mine here..."

……

Suldak and his party continued to march northward from the sulfur mine on Pubbag Mountain.

When they entered the southernmost foothills of the Paglos Mountains, more than 1000 knights from the guard camps of Hailansa City and Bena City, and the Intelligence Agency of Bena City just arrived at Wall Village.

A large number of knights marched into the barren land.

The knights were divided into several long thin lines in the vast barren land, like winding centipedes crawling among the mountains.

There is nothing on the barren land, so the High Lansa City Military Supplies Department is responsible for the logistics supply of the coalition forces, from the most basic materials such as horse fodder, marching rations, weapons, armor and tents, to magic scrolls, fire scale bombs, and bed crossbows. Waiting for magic consumables and expensive ordnance to be prepared, when the group of knights left the city, there was already a steady stream of material resources being transported to the barren land.

Apparently, the anger of Grand Duke Newman made the people of the Bena City Guard Battalion and the Intelligence Agency finally realize that if this matter is not handled properly, they may be transferred to Handanar County in the Warsaw plane at any time to participate in the fight against evil forces. The plane war of ghosts is the last nightmare they want to see, and no one dares to take it lightly.

However, in this operation, the high-level coalition forces in the two cities actually dragged out two bed crossbows, which seemed a bit exaggerated.

You must know that what they are hunting is only a team of more than 20 magicians. To deal with magicians, there is a high probability that the heavy bed crossbow will not be used.

The coalition forces of the two cities dispatched nearly a thousand knights. The main reason was that they were worried that Dark Moon Gate would also prepare a large number of cavalry in the rear.

The dark moon gate organization is best at creating temporary portals. As long as they are given enough time, they can evacuate a city in the shortest time regardless of the cost. This is the most terrifying thing about the dark moon gate organization. place.

In addition to these more than 1000 knights, the Allied Forces of the Two Cities also has a squadron of swordsmen constructed by Bena who are also on their way to Hailansa City.

The Great Knight of Glenn originally planned to join the Knights of the Guard Battalion in Hailansa City, and then enter the barren land together, but he did not expect the news of the Dark Moon Gate magician to come from the barren land so soon. It was only then that he had to make a decisive decision and decided to abandon the Constructed Swordsman Squadron, and all the coalition forces entered the barren land.

……

That night, Aphrodite summoned Suldak back to Vol village.

Suldak's security team had entered the Pagros Mountains at this time. He drew the marching routes of the Knights' coalition army and the mages' army on two parchment maps of the barren land, and then asked Aphrodite to separate the two The parchment map was handed over to Selena, who then handed it to the village chief Brett, and the village chief Brett handed it over to Lance of the Magician Corps and Karl of the Knights of the Guard Battalion.

Although the magician group set off half a day later than the knights of the guard battalion, more than 20 elite magicians from the Law Enforcement Group of the Hailansa Magical Union and the Magical Union of Bena City arrived at Wall Village one step faster than the knights of the two cities. In one step, he got a clearly marked map from Village Chief Bright.

The mages rode magic handles and directly climbed over the Oak Ridge into the barren land. Although the high-level commanded the mage group and the knights of the two cities to cooperate with each other, the commanders of the two sides did not plan to join forces.

The magician group is also led by a great magician sent by the Bena Magic Union, whose level is half a level higher than that of the commander of the Knights of the Two Cities Alliance, Grand Knight Glenn.

After Lance got the map, the magician group entered the barren land first according to the map route left by Suldak.

By the time the coalition of knights from the two cities arrived at Wall Village, the magician group had already swarmed away.

The Grand Knight of Glenn did not delay in Wall Village, but only rested for half the night.

At dawn the next morning, he led more than 1000 knights and set off again.

Before leaving, Grand Knight Glenn tentatively designated Wall Village as a material transfer point.

……

The southern slopes of the Pagros Mountains near Pustule Mountain are covered with bare rocks, and they look desolate at first glance.

But as long as you walk a little further, you will see an endless green mountain range, and even the foot of the mountain is a lush grassland.

However, the villagers in the barren land would rather hide in the ravines of the barren land than build a village at the foot of Pagros Mountain. The main reason is that there are often monsters here. Possesses the power to destroy small villages.

When he reached the edge of the Pagros Mountains, Carol became more cautious. He was very familiar with the surrounding environment, and he led the security team through the woodland with ease, looking for the marks left in the forest while walking, and walked gradually. Into the depths of the Pagros Mountains.

I also encountered other adventure groups on the way, and both sides maintained vigilance.

Although some adventure groups were willing to exchange information with each other, Suldak didn't give those adventure maps any chance to get close, and they didn't need the information of those adventure maps, so naturally they wouldn't waste time on them.

Carol became more careful the deeper he went into Paglos Mountain.

Suldak was a little puzzled. Such a lush mountain was rich in monster resources. Since the lords would go to develop other planes, why didn't anyone lead the Construct Knights to occupy this mountain?

Along the way, he didn’t encounter any of the tough monsters that Carol described. The ferocious monsters such as the Earth Violent Bear, Nightsaber, Jungle Saber-toothed Tiger, and Great Demon Ape couldn’t find any traces. This disappointed Gullitum somewhat. .

But the security team was very lucky to meet the blue ice deer herd, but the blue ice deer were very alert, seeing Suldak's team from a distance, they quickly got into the jungle.

It wasn't until the dawn of the fourth day that Carol finally found his companion in charge of stalking in the Pagros Mountains. The companion was covered with camouflage made of green branches, hiding behind an umbrella-shaped giant almost 30 meters high. At the top of the tree, if Carol hadn't found the mark under the tree, he wouldn't have been able to find this companion at all.

The hunter slid down from the tree, and Carol asked quickly, "Where are they?"

The hunter pointed to the front: "It's in the mountains ahead, they've been here for two days, and every once in a while there will be magicians riding out to patrol. The trees here have a good view. I'm hiding here."

As he spoke, he led a group of people forward.

"How did they stop here for so long?" Carol asked strangely.

"Isn't there a mountain giant in the ruins of the mountain in front... They are organizing a hunt for that big guy."

The young hunter smiled "hehe", revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

The war horse and the ogre, Gullitum, were left in a dense forest. Gullitum's target was too big, and he would be spotted by the patrolling magician if he went any further, so he stayed behind.

Suldak, Andrew, and Samira also followed Carol's example and wrapped some branches and leaves around their bodies, carefully climbed up the mountain in front, and hid behind a crevice in the cliff. valley.

There are ruins at the bottom of the circular valley in front of you, hidden among the green dense forests.

Now, that woodland is full of fallen trees.

On the battlefield, a mountain giant with a height of more than 20 meters is holding a log more than [-] meters long in each hand, constantly stepping on the boulders among the ruins, panting and chasing the magicians who are riding the magic handle.

More than [-] magicians rode magic scorpions around the ruins, throwing fire bombs and lightning at the mountain giant from time to time...

Chapter 573

Surdak and his party hid behind a crevice in the cliff at the top of the mountain.

This is an excellent observation spot found by Carol's fellow hunters. A dense oleander leaf hides everyone, and even the patrolling magicians can't see Suldak when they look down from the sky. A hiding place for a group of people.

The valley in front of me presents a complete circular outline, even though it is covered by dense forest, it can still be seen very clearly.

The mountain giant is more than 20 meters tall, its body is as huge as a small hill, and its height is almost equivalent to a five-story building.

He waved the two giant trees in his hands, and the ruins below the valley suddenly flew away, and no one dared to approach within a hundred meters around him, and countless trees fell to the surroundings.

The mountain giant's body was covered with mottled rock armor, and those fireballs that were not much bigger than a coconut fell on him, just like the mountain giant struck a match, and the weak fluorescence could not cause any harm to him.

A series of lightning bolts fell, turned into countless electric arcs and penetrated into the mountain giant's body, and then flowed into the ground along his body.

Looking at the flies flying randomly above his head, Shan Ling let out an irritable roar.

It violently threw the giant log out of the hand of a dark moon gate magician who was galloping in the air while riding a magic scorpion. The giant tree roared past the magician's feet with a strong wind, frightening the magician. The trousers under the teacher's robe were wet.

The roaring giant tree brought a gust of wind that made him do somersaults three times in the air before he managed to stabilize his figure.

At this moment, transparent mana masks lit up on the bodies of the other magicians who were riding the handle of the magic scorpion.

Under the refraction of sunlight, those egg-shaped masks are particularly dazzling.

"How long has this level of fighting been going on?" Suldak shrank back from behind the boulder and asked the hunter beside him in a low voice.

Overhead, a magician from the Dark Moon Gate whizzed past on a magic scorpion handle.

Samira retracted the fully drawn alloy bow and stared at the gradually receding figure in the sky.

Just now she had the opportunity to shoot down the sorcerer with an arrow, but she held back at the last moment. She knew in her heart that once she did so, the whereabouts of the security team would be exposed. She took two deep breaths , calmed down silently.

"It's almost two days and two nights." The hunter felt the murderous aura emanating from Samira's body, and moved his body to the side of the stone wall.

Andrew leaned against a rock wall that had been washed clean by the rain, adjusted the branches and leaves above his head, and asked, "What do you think those magicians are doing?"

"Maybe they want to exhaust the mountain giant's physical strength." Samira guessed.

Carol shook his head at the side at this time, and said in a low voice: "It's useless for them to do this. It is the son of Gaia, the goddess of the earth. As long as your feet don't leave the earth, the power of the earth will flow continuously along your feet. Feet injected into its body, it is the master of this mountain, we hunt here, never dare to approach this area, this is the first time for me to come here.”

Samira squatted on a fragrant tree and looked down through the leaves. After a while, she pointed to the ruins below and said to Suldak:

"Look over there, they seem to be setting up a magic circle. Why are the costumes of those magicians different from those in the sky?"

Under the cover of thick leaves, Suldak looked in the direction Samira was pointing at. Sure enough, in the gap between the dense forest and the ruins, several magicians could be seen laying metal rune plates on the open space. The magic circle seems to be made up of nearly a hundred metal rune plates, and there are seven obsidian circular pillars on the edge of the magic circle, each of which is engraved with a strange rune.

The magic robes worn by the magicians are all black with dark gold stripes, but the style is almost the same as the magic robes of Cyrus Hickok, Marion, and Samaya, the magicians of the Black Magic Retreat.

"The people who arranged the magic circle should be the magicians of the Black Magic Priory." Suldak said in an affirmative tone.

Facing the magic spells of the Dark Moon Gate mages, the mountain giant angrily trampled down a large area of ​​trees around the valley, moved huge boulders from the ruins, and threw them violently at the mages flying in the air. The individual is huge, and the group of magicians are like flies that land on the watermelon rind, and they all scatter with a 'buzz'...

Near the edge of the ruins, seven magicians from the Black Magic Retreat stood under the obsidian pillars. As they chanted the blunt spell, the obsidian pillars slowly released magic power, and the runes on the stone pillars followed one after another. Lights up, and slowly rises a hideous ghost head in the center of the magic circle, with its mouth wide open.

The sound of spells kept ringing, and a pale arm stretched out from the ghost's head.

The moment that arm stretched out, the ghost head in the center of the magic circle was smashed by a huge force, and the arm was instantly stained with purple blood, and a four-meter-high blood-red torturer broke the evil The head of the ghost crawled out of the door, and Xing Mo's neck was covered with a huge shackle, and his body was full of muscles. He got out of the door of the evil ghost, burning with black flames, and roared while looking at the mountain giant on the battlefield.

In front of the mountain giant, Xing Mo, who was covered in black flames, just reached the mountain giant's knees.

A lavender hexagram circle emerged from under the feet of a magician.

'Sleeping Cloud'

A cloud of faint smoke condensed in the air and did not disperse. As the wind enveloped the body of the mountain giant, the body of the mountain giant swayed as if drunk. Slammed towards the magician.

Xing Mo quickly jumped away, protecting the magician from the boulder.

The mountain giant finally lowered his head, took a serious look at the Hell Punisher and the black mage, raised his hut-like big foot with no expression on his face, and stomped hard on the Punisher. Without hiding, he raised his hands up and faced the mountain giant's feet.

At this time, the magician next to Xing Mo chanted the incantation again, and a larger magic pattern circle emerged.

Suldak could even feel that the magical elements around him became active.

A huge stalagmite burst out of the ground in an instant, and the sharp tip of the stalagmite pierced the sole of the mountain giant's foot. Unexpectedly, the mountain giant was not afraid of the stalagmite at all, and stepped on it together with the stalagmite and Xingmo, and the stalagmite instantly split into a pile of rubble. .

Xing Mo supported the soles of the mountain giant's feet with both hands, but it only lasted for a few seconds before it exploded with a bang, and countless black flames wrapped around the mountain giant's feet and burned violently.

Who would have thought that the Hell Punisher, who had at least level three monster strength, would be crushed into pieces of paper with just one foot in front of the mountain giant.