above the ring

Chapter 45 Lakeside Forest and College Gate Town
Along the path outside Elis Church, all the way down from the edge of the cliff lake, is the outpost once controlled by the cuckoo knights. This is the place where the cuckoo knights used to guard against the soldiers of Stonewell City.

But now, because the cuckoo knights suffered heavy losses in the northern war, the soldiers here were transferred to the north to garrison. Outpost towards the north.

A horse with horns and a wandering knight sitting on it shared the red fruit, and passed through the heavily guarded outpost without haste. The knights, soldiers and Stormhawks stationed here knew each other. The knights in ragged cloaks, they turned a deaf ear and kept their eyes straight, faithfully performing their duties as guards.

None of the soldiers here wore silver sun badges. Compared with the current Windscrew Fort, the outpost faced Lake Lienia, and there were more people coming and going here.

Pass through the post and go down the slope to Lake Lienia.

Torret likes Roa fruit very much, and Lear also likes Roa fruit very much.

This sweet and juicy fruit can be seen everywhere in the borderlands, and it also grows on the shore of Lake Lienia.

The red fruit is not very big, it is very similar to the sand fruit in reality, but the fruit is sweet and crisp, and it tastes very refreshing.

In the south of Lienia, there are many aquatic forests that form a forest that stretches for thousands of miles. The wandering merchant Liu Lie is on the edge of entering the forest, selling nearby specialties.

Martian butterflies dance around the flames in groups, and the crackling sound of the bonfire reflects the tranquility of the lakeside forest.

There are not many new items in Liulie's products. Except for a set of stargazer costumes that are said to be stored here by his friends, he only sells some common materials.

But he also sells a kind of bamboo hat woven from the aquatic plants of Lake Lienia, 50 runes each, which has no defensive ability and is not very good-looking, but it complements Lear's mottled and rusted armor and the iconic ragged cloak, So Lear bought the bamboo hat.

Wearing it, with a plant like foxtail in his mouth, he lay on his back on Torret's broad back. In the world of Western-style swords and magic, he actually created the atmosphere of a martial arts man.

Since you can cosplay the demeanor of a hero in such an illogical way, why not do a full set of dramas?
Right now, Lear is about to come to Liu Lie's kettle. The material of his kettle is similar to a fired pottery bottle, but the pottery fired in the junction must be different from the reality.

There are quite a few such kettles, but the styles of those kettles that he doesn't use are also very distinctive, and there are all kinds of strange shapes.

"Well, when I was young, I learned a few crafts. At that time, I heard the teacher who made the kettle talk about it. I thought this thing could be regarded as a work of art. I was still very precious, but now, alas. Only now do I know that it is worthless. , Guest, if you want that, just take it away, it’s useless to me except to add some water.”

In the borderland, everyone has their own unbearable past, even the wandering traders who fled.

Lear picked out one of the jugs that looked the most like a gourd, filled it with water, and prepared to use it as a wine gourd.

After getting acquainted with Liu Lie, Li Er pretended to be inadvertent and touched the blessing point next to him.

【Lienia Lakeside (East)】

Then, a new guiding picture appeared in Lear's mind again.

"A ruined town half submerged under the lake, you can see the sons of platinum with frog heads everywhere, they are dressed in coarse clothes, sitting or standing. In the white and gray of the whole world, the golden phantom golden tree stands quietly, A wounded girl leans against the ruins not far away, fighting the sleepiness that will eventually kill her."

That is the image of the town in front of the academy.

The girl who was deliberately highlighted in the picture should be the maid that Diaros Khosrow was looking for righteously in the round table hall.

The time progress of the game is very fast. By the time the player arrives here, the girl has already died, but if it is more in line with the realistic time progress, then the girl should have just arrived in the town in front of the academy.

if she's not dead
Then do you want to save her?

Calculating the time, it doesn't seem to be a problem to save this girl and go to Letina again. Well, let's go.

Therefore, Lear, with the idea of ​​saving all sentient beings and righteous characters first, rode on Torret, riding the waves, and galloped towards the town in front of the academy.

Although the fog here is not as thick as the Ningmgfu fog forest, it is sparse and full of fairy air. The forest is dotted with luminous blue-green pyroxenes, and the swaying and dancing fireflies make the place even more dreamy and misty.

This made Lear feel more like a hero.

"In Pingming, the water is foggy and cold, and it is on Kema Lake."

The sound of Torret's horseshoe stepping on the water disturbed the tranquility of the lake, mournful cries and black and yellow cursed souls flew out of the dark corners, and the fairy-like forest turned into a terrifying scene in just a moment. Devil's forbidden place.

It's just that the flying speed of the cursed soul was not as fast as Torret's. It didn't take long for Lear to rush out of the forest and came to the place called Laska Ruins in the forest.

Perhaps it is precisely because of its remote location that this is a rare and well-preserved ruin.

But after he just looked at it hastily, he didn't miss it at all, and ran straight to the north.

The only thing that can stop him is the map of the boundary markers in the forest. The content of the map is the east and south of Lake Lienia.

Head north, away from the season of royal ghosts.

The wind is blowing in the waterway, and there is no need to talk about the pictures of the past.

Through the forest, there is the endless Lienia Lake. Under the seemingly calm lake, there are lands of different depths hidden, and under the lakes in those deep water areas, powerful shrimp kings and crab kings are lurking There.

Of course, the strange big octopuses who like to live in shallow water are also huge and frightening.

If you want to cross this lake, you must be very familiar with the waterway under your feet, but Torret is a spirit horse, and it has a very special ability. The horse's hooves are the same on the water and the ground. In the water, it's actually suspended there.

This is a horse that walks in the spirit world and the junction. Its life experience has always been a mystery, but just by this, it can be seen that it is extraordinary.

So, as long as you don't care about the huge creatures living in deep and shallow water, just go all the way north.

However, in the face of the sudden attack of huge creatures under the water, it still depends on Torret's operation.

The double jump of the Lingma and the light and flexible landing and changing direction are all relied on by Lear.

If you can't avoid it, it's a big deal, just chop it up, and eat braised prawns tonight.

Perhaps those huge creatures heard Lear's heartfelt voice, and the journey was safe and sound, and soon, one person and one horse came to the town in front of the college gate.

On the boundary marker of Menqian Town, Lear got a map of Lake Lienia and information about this land.

This is the first time that Lear perceives the message that happened on this land. Maybe it is because the battle here is too fierce, or maybe it is the purest wish of the Platinum Sons that makes those thoughts turn into the message on the boundary marker. As if listening to the voice of history, Lear sensed what happened in this land.

The ruins of Menqian Town are the ruins left by the battle between the second generation of Platinum Sons and the Cuckoo Knights. This place has experienced countless factional wars in Lienia.

The first time was when the large army of the Kalia royal family was imprisoned after Queen Reinara, and the two sides broke up. When members of the Kalia royal family led troops to attack the college, they launched a protracted battle in the town in front of the college.

In the early days of the war, it was basically a contest between the Platinum Sons of the academy and the large army of the Kalia royal family. The battle was very fierce, and the academy also took the lives of the Platinum Sons and used them as cannon fodder.

Later, the cuckoo knights joined the battle. They first defended the Academy of Magic, and then worked with the magicians of the academy to design and kill the "Kallia Hero Knights" who were famous for the royal family of Kalia. Almost all the knights who wrestled their arms face to face fell into this civil strife.

Afterwards, the army of the royal family of Kalia was beaten back steadily, and had to retreat to the Kalia Fortress in the northwest of Lake Lienia—there, belonging to the royal family of Kalia, was supposed to be under the guard of the knight Luo Lei. Under the protection of the tower, the sons of Platinum, who lived a fairly good life, were also pushed to the battlefield by the remaining dignitaries of the royal family.

The conquests between the Kalia royal family and the Academy of Magic caused them all to suffer heavy losses, which gave the cuckoo knight a loophole.

The ambitious cuckoo knights divided into two groups and continued to go north all the way, attacking the city of Kalia in the name of helping the Magic Academy-there, the cuckoo knights who threatened to flatten the city and feared death suffered heavy losses.

The other part occupies the town in front of the college and the Pelum Church, occupying the only two roads out of the Real Lucaria Academy of Magic, and blocking these two places to death by setting up checkpoints .

The cuckoo knights deployed heavy guards. On the surface, they said it was for the safety of the academy, as if they were wearing a pair of pants with the academy, but in fact they also changed directions to prevent the magic academy from connecting with the outside world.

The senior management of the college thought that the cuckoo knights would not make progress. After all, they have always been fighting against Kalia, Reynara's tyranny and tyranny, and even wanted to make "Cuckoo" who had fallen into madness and studied taboos non-stop. The Queen of Birth of Magic" kills.

And in that era, Lienia's regime was orthodox, and there had always been only two, one was the Royal Family of Kalia, and the other was the Academy of Lucaria.

From the perspective of the academy's senior management, the Cuckoo Knight's chanting of such a rebellious slogan seems to be a mortal enemy with the Kalia royal family, and as long as they want to gain a foothold in Lienia, they must rely on the orthodoxy of the academy. status.

Therefore, in order to witness the friendship with the cuckoo knights, they built the "cuckoo church" inside the college.

This is still their honeymoon period.

But the good times didn't last long. When the news came that the cuckoo knights who attacked the Kalia royal family suffered a fiasco. It was an extremely tough nut to crack, so they finally set their sights on the Rhea Lucaria Academy of Magic.

One day, they openly declared that they were "loyal" to the royal family of Kalia, and actively withdrew their troops from the Kalia Fortress in the north, physically blocked the entrance and exit roads of the academy with army soldiers, and then launched a more bloody attack on the Magic Academy. war.

Thus, at the entrance of the town in front of the college gate and the south gate of the Magic Academy, the second defense battle started here.

In this battle, the cuckoo knights have an absolute advantage. They have developed a large shield that can resist pyroxene and star magic, and they even have a powerful magic weapon.

Because of the previous honeymoon period, they were still very familiar with the terrain inside the Magic Academy. Therefore, the cuckoos broke into the interior of the Magic Academy all the way, and they almost broke into the big library of the academy.

At this time, the Academy of Magic had strong enemies inside and no reinforcements outside, and it was almost in a deadlock.

But the arrogance of the Cuckoo Knight's attack on the big library finally angered a certain existence.

In front of the gate of the big library is the most tragic battle of the cuckoo knights invading the academy, and it is also the battle that declares cuckoo from prosperity to decline.

The dying academy got help from a demigod who "look up and see down". She sent the last dedicated Kalia hero knight, taught the magicians of the academy how to use the puppet soldiers, and sent the volcano The notorious war machine "Iron Maiden" in the mansion, together with the magicians of the academy, temporarily repelled the invading cuckoo knight.

Of course, the above are all speculations by Lear, and the messages left by the foolish second-generation Platinum Sons on the boundary marker are rather vague about these major events, but they really hate the evil deeds of the cuckoo knight.

These cuckoo knights don't regard the Platinum Sons as human beings at all, and even kill the so-called "leaders" among the Platinum Sons, and use their blood as pots to show the so-called "filth" contained in the blood of the Platinum Sons .

At this time, because of the war, most of the platinum sons of the Kalia royal family were taken away by the guard knight Loretta, and they went north to the forbidden area to find the legendary "sister" who could accept them. The Land of the Sacred Tree".

This legend has a long history. The "Torina water lilies" that bloom everywhere in Lienia, and the giant crabs that have evolved powerful hypnotic power due to the strange substances produced during the growth of water lilies, all show that this legend has a long history. popularity here.

Thus, a miraculous phenomenon was born.

Whether it is the "Platinum Son of the Academy" who was regarded as an abandoned child of the academy, or the remaining "Platinum Sons of Kalia" of the Kalia royal family, they all gathered together because of this legend.

They are either frustrated or abandoned, some have suffered humiliation, and others have lost their families.

They pinned their hopes on the group of platinum sons who went north to the holy tree, and on the knight Loretta who existed in their hearts like the Virgin, and gathered together.

Loretta led the Platinum Sons to complete a magnificent "Exodus". Just when they wanted to liberate more Platinum Sons, those Platinum Sons who remained in place and were still oppressed were killed by another force. eyeing.

The establishment of the Rose Church was silent and there was no movement.

Even, no one person or force has discovered the existence of this church. The cuckoo, the college, and even the royal family of Kalia have not discovered that this church has been established on the land of Lienia.

So, at some point, the "Platinum Sons of Academy" who were hunted and expelled by the cuckoo knights and the remaining "Platinum Sons of Kalia" joined together, and a leader-like figure seemed to be born among them. Therefore, even though their equipment is still messy , the strength is still weak, but relying on the huge number and the firm will to hate, he stabbed the cuckoo knight who attacked the Magic Academy in the town in front of the academy.
This is the third battle in front of the academy. The cuckoo knight, who is famous for his treachery, finally reaped the consequences and was overwhelmed by a large number of platinum sons. A large number of soldiers and knights were dragged to a mysterious place to perform a terrible sacrifice. ceremony.

It was a ceremony of blood and flesh, a ceremony of offering wounds and blood to a certain god.

Of course, this also relieved the college in disguise. The college immediately decided to open the seal and close the gate of the college in order to preserve the existing strength of the college and keep the war out of the college.

Then, it's time in the game.

Lear knew that that force was the underground Blood Dynasty, the Menggewen Dynasty.

But to the dismay of the blood nobles underground, the sons of platinum with low intelligence and simple temperament actually lost their extreme and hatred emotions after their revenge, and became as kind, simple and stupid as before.

Among them, only a few bloodthirsty, bloodthirsty guys who were dazzled by hatred took the initiative to carry out blood transformation, but most of the remaining platinum sons stayed where they were, and a few more stupid guys were abducted and deceived. Underground, many of them are difficult to transform into Sons of Blood Platinum.
This reminded Lear of the platinum son who sat on the cliff where the soul was refreshed and looked very demented.

And more sons of platinum returned to the ruins of the town in front of the college, built small sheds around the ruins, and set up a small camp outside the forest in the south of the college. They would not build villages because of innate reasons I will not get sick, so I live in poverty.

Even so, they simply hope to live a good and happy life instead of participating in terrible wars.

But they had to take up arms and fight to the end for the platinum sons named "family" and to protect their hard-won short peaceful life.

Lear raised his head and looked at the Platinum Sons stationed around the town in front of the academy.

The golden phantom golden tree is particularly eye-catching.

After turning around several ruins, Lear found the girl in the guiding picture.

Her injuries are already very serious.

Lear took out the red Dettol bottle and poured her a large amount of Dettol. The silver on her wound was preventing her from recovering.

But those silver powers were not so stubborn, but very sparse. Lear poured a lot of red dew, and finally saved the girl's life.

Although her soft skin has healed, the scars on the armor and the blood that once spewed out are still eye-catching, and the girl took a deep look at the man who forcibly poured her liquid, and fell into a deep sleep like deathly silence go.

Her breathing was so small that it was almost inaudible, and even her pulse was so small that it could be ignored.

But Lear was sure that she was not dead yet.

This is the negative effect of the "sleep" power. If one's own strength is insufficient, or if no outsider wakes it up with a special method, the person who has been recruited will fall into an eternal sleep until the body dries up and dies.

"Well"

Lear looked at the sky.

He felt he was in a hurry.

It shouldn't be a big deal for the girl to lie in this position, just come back here before Diaros arrives.

Moreover, Lear also knew who the people who attacked the girl were, and he was not in a hurry to find them. The most urgent thing was to deal with the matter in Baijin Village.

Fighting wits and courage with Sir Baizhi is very exhausting.

However, this is the first time Lear has seen someone who has been sleeping, and she is still a good-looking girl. It would be a pity if those silly platinum sons found out to make up the knife during Lear's absence. up.

So, Lear raised his head and saw the little eagle flying high in the sky.

This little eagle has been hovering above Lear ever since he left the forest by the lake.

It might be a good thing to entrust the young girl to the care of the Storm Eagle who understands humanity.

At the very least, the Son of Platinum will not be as hostile to the animal-like eaglets as he is to humans.

Next, it's time to focus on more important things.

Lear looked to the south of Lake Lienia.

PS: Change first and then change.

(End of this chapter)