From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 145 Everyone Praises the Redanian Soldiers' Spirit of Sacrifice

Xia Ni grabbed Lan En's steady arm to keep herself from shaking with the hull, stretched her neck and was still observing the dragonfly monster.

"Is this really a mutant creature that has been polluted for a long time? It's really big, no matter what shape it's in, it's not 'natural'. It has four pairs of pincers... The claws are very sharp, and there are head and side limbs suitable for grasping ..."

The dragonfly rolled in the water, then jumped up again, and grabbed another Redanian soldier with "head and side limbs suitable for grasping".

At the same time, the water surface turned violently, and more dragonfly monsters appeared.

"One, two, three, four." Lan said in a deep voice, "This is a small group, and these Redanian soldiers can't feed them enough."

Four huge worm-shaped monsters with a length of more than four meters swam around the transport ship, causing the people on the deck to cry out in despair.

"Don't worry, they will never damage this ship." The captain shouted, "All sailors, take up your weapons, I want more ropes and harpoons!"

Then the captain staggered to Lann's side and said in a low voice: "Lord Lannister, Zoltan is my best friend, and I have always been honored that you were able to choose my ship through his introduction. It's just me I need your help now, please."

As the captain's voice fell, the system prompt sounded at the right time:

[Discovery Mission - Happy Journey:
Uncontrolled chemical waste, wanton environmental destruction and pollution have created the monster of the deep water. Humans created it, and it hopes that humans will continue to nurture it.Although you are just a passing demon hunter, you are still involved in it. Go to save the passengers on the ship, and at the same time save yourself. 】

Lann had nothing to do with it, and this ship was their only hope of survival on the untenable waters of the delta.What's more, there are other unexpected gains from fighting against these insectoid creatures on the transport ship.

Lan looked around and shouted loudly: "Everyone, I am Lan Lannister Ray Allen, the lion of Cintra, the hereditary earl, the knight of the fairy of the lake! I brought all these around soldiers, a full forty heavily armed Sintra warriors!"

All the people on the ship were immediately attracted by Lane. Among them were merchants, poets, scholars, and noble family members. Many people with outstanding eyesight had already noticed the well-trained soldiers on the ship. Small.

"The monsters in the water killed the soldiers of Redania, but we will not let them hurt you any more. The people of Cintra will protect you!"

"Please also maintain order and get back below the deck as soon as possible, so that our soldiers can fight without distractions."

Lane emphasized the words "Sintra" and "protection", regardless of whether the passengers listened or not, he immediately ordered the soldiers to organize refuge management for them.

The passengers had nothing to do, and it was too late for someone to protect them, so they ran back gratefully.Under the organization of Sintra soldiers, the deck was cleared in just a dozen breaths.

However, a few scholars, painters and bards dressed up like to join in the fun and were unwilling to leave.After confirming that they would not run around, Lan let it go. These were actually the group of people he really wanted to protect.

During this period, the Redanian soldiers who had dived before were all dead, and the four dragonfly monsters barely ate half-fed and were still wandering around the transport ship.

The sailors threw a few harpoons down, and Milwa also tried to shoot a few arrows, but there were screams and screams of pain from under the water surface, but it seemed that they did not cause any substantial damage, and instead angered them.

Lane tied a rope around his waist and tied the other end to the mast to prevent himself from wobbling and falling into the water.

"My lord, the enemies are all underwater, and the bows and arrows are too lethal. Those sailors can't shoot the harpoon correctly, what should we do?"

Lan looked around, not to mention his own cavalry, it is estimated that Skellige's sailors would find it difficult to encounter these monsters in the water.

He thought for a while, pondered for a moment, and said: "Dragonfly monsters are not monsters but naturally derived creatures, with the most basic biological instincts. There is no need to kill all four of them, as long as we kill two or even one of them, they will be destroyed." will leave."

After Lan En finished speaking, he turned his palms and took out a blue alchemy glass metal tube from the [Inventory], the cold color seemed to make people feel chills just by looking at it.

[North Wind]: Alchemy bomb, which can freeze the enemy after exploding, has extra damage to the attack of the frozen enemy, and has a certain chance of instant death.

"We need to lure out a dragonfly monster in a while, I will freeze it, and then you will attack together, it's as simple as that."

House nodded, and then asked: "Then where should we go to find bait to lure them, there is no..."

House's words came suddenly, followed by thoughtfulness.

Then everyone's eyes slowly gathered on the triangular-eyed Captain Redania.

The soldier was so frightened that he cried on the spot: "No, no, count, my lord, I'm still useful, I still know a lot of information, I'm still useful!"

Lan En was expressionless. He turned his head to look at those people who were still on the deck. Except for his own group, those merchants, poets and scholars all turned their heads very sensiblely.

How can someone who dares to run around in this world and still have the guts to stay on deck in danger be a fool?
Not to mention that Lane and the others did this to drive away the dragonfly monster and save everyone on the ship, including them.

The soldier wanted to say something more, when the familiar hand suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, with a familiar white light emitting from it.

[Yakeshi Fayin] scored twice.

"Who told you to come to me, did he say anything else?"

"It's a sorcerer named Liens who is looking for information about you. He gave us a sum of money, saying that a demon hunter will be on this boat, and he hopes we can catch it back."

"That's all, no other news?"

The triangular-eyed captain nodded.

Lan En sneered: "Is this 'a lot of information'?"

With a "plop", the triangular-eyed team leader was thrown into the water, and the cold and foul-smelling water instantly woke him up. He was thrashing about in a panic, and then he felt the turbulent water flow around him.

There are already monsters circling around him!

Lan turned back and said to the bards and merchants: "This Redanian soldier was indignant because of the sacrifice of his comrades. He chose to jump off the ship to create opportunities for us. He has no name. Please call him 'Redania' directly. Nia soldiers'."

The bards and merchants nodded together, and the scholars seemed a little arrogant and disdainful, but no one refuted.

"What a brave soldier." The captain had long been disgusted with this group of greedy villains who demanded nothing but had official background protection, but at this moment he took off his hat to pay tribute to him.

Zoltan pursed his lips, watching what looked like a rotten log surface on the surface of the water: "I wish he could swim faster."

The surface of the water exploded again, and the monster with many limbs, with soldiers in its mouth, stuck its upper body out of the water, and as its jaws closed, Captain Redania let out a short scream.

The onlookers screamed "Oh hoo", several scholars turned their heads unnaturally, and then turned their heads back under the influence of curiosity.

The soldiers held longbows and harpoons in their hands, ready to fight.

Lane had already thrown the [North Wind] in his hand when the dragonfly monster rushed out of the water, and the ice-blue bomb was flying in mid-air, mixed with the screams of Redania's team leader, and it was still one meter away from the dragonfly monster. The place quietly shattered.

As if there was an extremely cold wind blowing from the extreme north, the entire surface of the lake was covered with ice in an instant, and the sudden drop in temperature made the people present shiver unavoidably even though they were far away.

Half of the dragonfly monster that was still outside was frozen into an ice sculpture on the spot, and even a small piece of water was frozen together.

"Fire arrows!"

Forty Sintra cavalrymen loosened their longbows together, and the muffled sound of the strong bowstrings could be heard endlessly, and countless black shadows flew across the air rapidly.

With a sound of "boom", the dragonfly monster ice sculpture in mid-air disintegrated into a large block of ice in an instant, and fell down with a plop. Slowly sink to the bottom.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, another dragonfly suddenly rushed out of the water. It jumped far higher and fiercer than all the previous dragonfly. way to attack.

Could it be that the dragonfly monster in the water before was just like the Redania team leader Ran and the others ran down, just a decoy, just a cover-up?

This is a four-meter-long insect-like monster. When it shrouded the heads of everyone, it could even temporarily block the sunlight. At this moment, everyone could clearly smell the stench on its body and look at its hideous and disgusting body surface.

And right in front of it attacking at this moment is - Lane.

"Lord Earl!" House uttered a short scream in horror.

But Lan En's pupils shrank slightly, and his reaction was far faster than that of everyone on the deck. Although it was too late to draw out his sword or even raise his hand, it was enough to reflexively make a handprint.

A yellow light flashed on Lan En's body, and [Quen's Seal] was on his upper body. Considering the opponent's huge body, Lan En spent far more mana than usual.

The strong wind from the dragonfly's pounce made Lan's long hair rattle violently, and within a blink of an eye, its huge body collided with Lan's body.

In the eyes of everyone, the visual effect is as if a giant lifted a barge and hit a person.

With a "boom", the [Quen's Seal] on Lan's body exploded, and a billowing air burst out in all directions. The dragonfly's forward posture suddenly stopped, and it landed straight on the boat. The huge sound shocked everyone. They all trembled, and almost collapsed the entire deck at once.

【Burst Shield】

Lann flew out under the force of the impact. For a moment, it seemed that countless hands pulled him back and floated backward. It seemed that he had a strong momentum, but he did not suffer any damage. He hit two rolling horses on the ground. stood up again.

"I'm fine." Lann shouted quickly, stopping the attendants and soldiers who wanted to rush up. He pointed at the dragonfly monster on the deck. Although this huge insectoid creature had ten legs, they were all broken, flat and thin. , suitable for paddling, but now it is obviously numb.

"on!"

Lann shook his head and took the lead. It is not easy to use fire on a boat, so he swung his left hand and performed the third [Yakeshi Sign] today.

The dragonfly monster, which was still roaring loudly, suddenly lost its voice, and then countless harpoons and swords fell on its head together, and then everyone jumped away together.

The giant worm, which had already lost half of its head, was still struggling and screaming on the deck with its tenacious vitality, smashing the deck, and the fan-shaped tail whipped up strong winds to keep everyone from approaching.

It screamed for a full 5 minutes before it calmed down. Lan looked around the boat, and the other two dragonfly monsters had long since disappeared.

[Mission - Happy Journey - Completed]

(End of this chapter)