Lord of Hyranza

"What's going on here, where are Andrew and Gulitum?" Suldak asked the half-elf archer, his face was very ugly.

The cavalry battalion caused such a large number of casualties, which he could not accept anyway.

Samira sat on the box in the tent with a tired face, the broken hair on her head was wet with sweat, and it was wet on her forehead.

Magic lines appeared on the arm, which became thick and swollen.

It seems that in the case of physical exhaustion again, he forcibly used the power of the blood, causing the old injury to recur.

She took out a bundle of bandages, wrapped them around her swollen right arm, and said, "The two of them ran off to chase the colony of ghost-striped male ants..."

A wounded horseman limped in from outside.

Suldak took out the head of a soldier ant from the wooden box, and asked with a cold face, "How did you get ambushed by the ant colony?"

The wounded soldier felt the anger on his body and stood by the curtain of the tent, not daring to come in for a while.

Suldak beckoned to the cavalry and let him walk in a little bit.

Samira pointed to the opposite hillside and explained to Suldak: "They suddenly came out of a hole in the ground, and a lot of them came out at once. The place where they came out happened to be the resting area of ​​the horse herd. They were all tied to ground stakes, and there was no time to untie the reins, and all the cavalry were eating breakfast, so there was no time for everyone to deal with so many soldier ants popping up all at once."

The half-elf archer was a little depressed. It seemed that only holding an epic bow could give her the courage to speak. She continued:

"I asked everyone to give up their war horses and retreat to the two Thunder Rhinos, but this also made the cavalry lose their mobility, and the fighting power of the Ghost Pattern Soldiers is much stronger than I thought. We can't break out, we can only rely on Thunder Rhinos and They fight to the death."

"Then tell me, when did Andrew discover the queen ant?" Suldak said with a sigh.

The blessing of the 'Divine Blessed Body' fell on the wounded cavalryman, and he waved to the wounded soldier.

The wounded cavalry quickly got out of the tent.

Samira whispered and said: "Andrew and Gulitum found a group of ghost-striped male ants passing by the camp at dawn. At first, everyone didn't advocate chasing them, but seeing that it would be daytime soon, they felt that the ghost-striped red ants He probably wouldn’t choose to attack us during the day, so he led the elite cavalry and Gulitum to chase after us.”

"It wasn't until after dawn that these soldier ants came out of their burrows..."

Suldak rubbed his swollen forehead, and said, "It seems that we have met a smart ant queen. Maybe this ant queen has a very good IQ and underestimates the enemy."

In the evening, Andrew and Gulitum led a team of cavalry back from the hills and mountains.

When they saw the dilapidated appearance of the camp, they were shocked.

On the hillside, a group of wounded cavalrymen were digging a pit. It was impossible for the dead horses to just be abandoned in the wilderness.

As a cavalry, they would not eat these horse meat when there was enough food. All dead horses had to be buried on the spot, and those wounded that could not be healed were also killed on the spot.

It is impossible to transport all the dead cavalry back to Dodan Town, so they can only be burned on the spot, and the ashes are put into jars and brought back.

There are many bushes in the hills and mountains, and there is no shortage of firewood. After piles of firewood are piled up, they are all lit by Suldak himself. Now there are only a few embers left in these fire piles.

Under the evening wind, some sparks flew out continuously.

In front of each fire is a scroll of parchment, which will record the cavalry's achievements and glory in battle, and also record the scene of death in battle. In the future, this parchment and his property and pension in the cavalry battalion will be recorded. Send them back to the barren land of Hailansa together, and hand them over to his family.

Andrew led the horse strode to the front of the big tent, threw the reins in his hand to the cavalry beside him, got into the tent and asked:

"Has it been attacked by red ants?"

Suldak sat in the tent, lowered his head to treat Samira's arm injury.

Samira replied with a depressed face: "Well, not long after you left, a group of soldier ants came out of the hole in the ground."

She and Andrew were from Wojmara City, and both had experienced the siege of the hellhounds, and saw many of their companions die in battle.

Therefore, their emotions are less affected by such small losses.

Andrew blushed and shouted: "I'm so stupid! I just thought why these ghost-striped male ants have been leading us around in circles in the mountains. I thought they were going to take the opportunity to surround and kill us when their fighting power was exhausted. Thinking of suddenly attacking the camp... Really... the hills and mountains are full of mud, unlike the canyons where there are rocks everywhere, it is easy to dig holes here, this group of bloody red ants."

Gulitum, who was outside the tent, poked a big head with a steel helmet in, glanced at it and immediately shrank back.

He simply sat outside the tent, his huge body reflected a big shadow, and the good brother named Naohuaer chattered endlessly: "I told you to be careful, there is nothing wrong with being careful! You see What is in your head? A brain full of rot! You will be dumbfounded..."

"Shut up your stinky mouth, how did I know this would happen!" Gulitum immediately countered.

His good brother Naohua'er seemed to be covered by someone's mouth, and he couldn't speak at all.

"Do you know what is the most lethal way of death for an ogre mage?" Gulitham said viciously.

"Woo... what is it?"

"Die from talking too much!" Gullitum was in a bad mood, and even growled a little when he spoke.

Suldak paused and asked Andrew, "What did you gain today?"

"These ghost-striped drones slipped away very quickly and led us around in circles in the field. We chased them all day and killed eight ghost-striped drones." Andrew said, "By the way, boss, this time we In the valley of the Thorn Mountain Range, a hiding place of a local indigenous tribe was discovered, and it seems that a group of ghost-striped red ants also found it..."

"Oh?" Suldak knew that when he entered the hills and mountains, he would definitely meet the indigenous tribes, but he didn't expect it to be in such a situation.

After thinking about it, he said, "After this side is cleaned up, let's try to get in touch with them."

Chapter 822 What is our contract

Suldak found a hand-painted map in the half-collapsed camp. On this map, the entire Thorn Mountain Range and the Invercargill Warcraft Forest were impressively drawn. The Dodan Canyon appeared in the central area of ​​the Thorn Mountain Range.

To the south of the Thorn Mountains is a vast green grassland, while to the north of the Thorn Mountains is a belt of hilly mountains, and further north is the Invercargill Warcraft Forest and Dark Worm Valley, and further north is the unknown that no one has explored. area.

Perhaps in the Green Empire, there was a third-rank great mage or great swordsman who had set foot in that area.

But so far, no map or any information has come out.

The hand-painted map of Suldak is also based on the military map. The various adventure groups have added the information in the Warcraft Forest one by one, and many places are not detailed.

At the north exit of Dodan Canyon, Suldak corrected a few mistakes by himself.

Although this map is full of loopholes, it is the only map that Suldak can hold.

"Where are those ghost-striped drones?" Suldak stared at the map and asked Andrew.

Andrew hurried over, pointed to an area of ​​hills and mountains, and said with some uncertainty: "Oh...probably this area, the terrain on this map is a little different from the actual mountains, and I can't tell where they are. "

Suldak tapped his forehead in distress.

At this time, Gulitum, who was sitting outside the tent, stuck his head in again, and shouted to Suldak: "I can find them, and I remember the smell of meat on them. No matter where they go, I can take them away." They get out."

Only then did Suldak exhale a little, and stood beside the map and muttered, "I killed so many cavalrymen, how could it be possible for them to escape so easily..."

Lance lifted the curtain of the tent, just in time to hear Suldak's words.

He stood at the door with a look of surprise, and asked Suldak, "Dak, aren't you planning to bring these seriously wounded cavalry back to Dodan Town?"

Suldak walked up to Lance, invited him into the tent, put his arms around his shoulders and said, "You helped me send these wounded soldiers back to Dodan, and I want to kill that cunning ant queen. "

"Ah, why is it me?" Lance said with a bitter face, and then asked Suldak: "Well, even if I want to help you, how can I send them back to Dodan with so many seriously injured cavalrymen? "

Suldak said to Lance: "Of course I have my reasons for asking you for help. I know that Miss Colina is a water magician. If she is willing to help, I can do some routine treatment for these wounded soldiers along the way." Of course, if she would help me look after these wounded soldiers in Dodan for a while, I would be very grateful."

"How long?" Lance asked, frowning.

"Wait for me to come back!" Surdak replied.

Lance took a deep breath and said bravely, "No problem, I can promise you on behalf of Colina."

"Thank you." Surdak tapped Lance on the shoulder.

A cavalry squadron leader stood at the door of the tent and reported: "Boss, the carriage from Dodan Town is here."

When Suldak and Lance stepped out of the camp, they saw a group of four-wheeled carriages slowly approaching from the direction of Dodan Canyon under the night sky.

The surroundings of the camp were dimly lit, and Selena was sitting in the front truck.

The coachmen saw that the piles of bonfire ashes outside the camp had not been completely extinguished, and there were dead ghost-striped red ants everywhere, and no one cleaned them up at all, so they had a premonition that something was not right.

When they drove the carriage into the camp and saw that the camp was in a mess, with many wounded soldiers lying on the ground against the tents, the carriage drivers looked flustered.

They rushed over from Dodan Town, and originally planned to transport the soldier ant hard armor harvested by the cavalry back to Dodan Town, but seeing the current situation, the coachmen all came to Selina and asked her what to do next. manage.

Selena held the long skirt with one hand, stepped over the corpse of a ghost-striped soldier ant, and walked along the hill to the front of the tent.

Seeing that Suldak was wearing a dirty salamander leather armor and looked uninjured, he finally let go of his hanging heart, lowered his head and made a gesture of prayer, and whispered: "Oh, thank the Supreme One Dark Goddess!"

Regardless of the blood stains on Suldak's body, she stepped forward and hugged Suldak, and then she felt relieved.

Suldak put his arms around Selina's gentle shoulders, and said to her: "The top priority now is to organize these carriages to transport the wounded soldiers back to the barracks. The hard armor of these soldier ants is temporarily piled up here."

The hills and mountains at night are full of stars.

The night wind blew in, and some thin and rustling sounds could be heard in the distance, as if the ghost-striped red ants were constantly gnawing on something.

The tents on the hillside were full of wounded soldiers. Selina asked Suldak:

"Take them back to Dodan now?"

Suldak walked through the camp, checked the condition of the wounded cavalrymen and said:

"Yes, Lance and his magician friends will escort you all the way back to the barracks."

Selena asked: "Mage Lance and the others escorted us back to Dodan Town, that is to say...you still want to stay?"

Suldak nodded, with a serious expression on his face, and said firmly, "The other ant colonies can live longer, but we must kill that queen ant."

"Okay! Then be careful." Selena whispered.

She clenched her fists secretly and lowered her head so that no one could see the sly look in her eyes.

Unexpectedly, Suldak still wanted to exterminate the ghost ant colony. She wanted to stay this time, but she knew that Suldak would definitely not agree to what she said now.

Then Selena began to organize trucks to carry all the seriously injured cavalry into the carriage. A layer of felt was spread in the carriage of the four-wheeled truck, allowing more than ten cavalry to lie on it at the same time. Twenty four-wheeled carriages were almost full. wounded cavalry.

In addition to more than 200 wounded cavalry, Lance also put more than 60 jars filled with ashes in wooden boxes and placed them on the carriage.

During this period, Selena secretly ran to the back of the tent, folded her hands together and prayed to the goddess that the "goddess came" before she walked out as if nothing had happened.

The cavalry captain handed over the list of dead cavalry to Selina, who nodded slightly and put the list away.

The convoy did not rest on this side of the camp.

Under the sky full of stars, twenty four-wheeled carriages rushed back to Dodan Town overnight.

Suldak personally sent Selena to the carriage, and watched her disappear into the night in the carriage.

It was early in the morning when the convoy arrived in Duodan Town. Seeing so many wounded soldiers being sent back by carriage, the guards on the entire northern city wall were in an uproar. Everyone couldn't believe the scene before them.

The coachman who transported the wounded ran to Lance and asked for instructions on how to deal with the wounded.

Only then did Lance discover that Ms. Selena did not return to Dodan Town with the convoy. He came to ask how to deal with these wounded soldiers, but he didn't realize that Selena had actually left.

Fortunately, before Selena secretly left the convoy, she left a message to Lance, asking Lance to go to the barracks to find Adams, the temporary person in charge, after arriving in Dodan.

……

After the convoy had walked out for a long time, the cavalry in the camp only took a short rest and began to pack their bags in the dark.

Selena came out of the darkness and walked directly into the Suldak tent.

At this moment, her eyes showed a different look, her pupils changed into another color, her whole face was serious, she remained silent, exuding a faint coercion that did not belong to her.

When she saw Surdak, she just said briefly: "I want to stay and help you!"

He sat silently in the corner of the tent.

Suldak has recently experienced several times of "Goddess Descending", and he has become accustomed to it. He knows that Selina has not lost her sense of autonomy at this time, but only has a trace of divine will to share her body with her. This divine will can give She brings some unexpected benefits.

For example, the body has more dark element affinity, and the body has some stronger abilities.

In this state, Selina can cast 'Dark Fog' at night. This domain-type range magic can completely shield the perception of the ghost-striped red ants, and can almost perfectly suppress the ghost-striped queen.

Now that he has stayed, Suldak will not say anything more, but he feels that the dark goddess seems to be very enthusiastic, and the envoy under her opponent is too nice to say, but she is a little cold and not very talkative .

In fact, Suldak misunderstood the divine sense a bit. The divine sense descended by the Goddess of Darkness on Selina has no subjective consciousness or independent thinking. A powerful dark force.

Selena's mood has changed, mainly due to her own reasons. She feels that she is a dark apostle at this time, and of course she must maintain a little majesty.

Perhaps this divine thought can occasionally feed back some subtle emotions of the apostles, but this is a trivial matter.

……

The cavalry dismantled the half-collapsed tent of the barracks.

Andrew is reorganizing the remaining cavalry of the cavalry battalion outside the camp. Under the blessing of the 'Divine Blessed Body', these cavalry recovered quickly.

The two-headed ogre said that it wanted to go outside the camp to look for the smell of the ghost ant queen, but some cavalry heard exaggerated fighting sounds behind the hills outside the camp, and the cavalry who ran to investigate came back and said that the ogre was Hitting himself, it seems that there should be a little dispute between Gullitum and his good brother Brain.

Samira stood on the platform of Thunder Rhinoceros, and her whole body seemed to blend into the night, as if there were a pair of eyes on the heights that had been staring at the movement of the ground.

Suldak took Selina up to the Thunder Rhino of the second formation, pushed open the door of the wooden house, and saw Aphrodite in a black robe lying on the floor of the wooden house, her graceful figure appeared a little bit in the darkness. enchanting.

Suldak said a little speechlessly: "I didn't even summon you, how could you come here by yourself."