dark moon

Chapter 163 Nightmare Beast

The withered yellow weeds shivered in the cold. The late autumn sunshine weakly shone on the ground, spreading the last bit of warmth to the world. The autumn wind rolled up the dry leaves, and the earth was desolate.

Several wild giant rats dragged their half-meter-long bodies and crawled out of the nest vigilantly. Although these big guys were huge, they were as timid as their distant relatives. As long as they left the nest, every step was cautious, and they were slightly cautious. If there is any disturbance, they will crawl back into their nests, and it will be difficult to see their shadows again within a few days.

"Squeak," the giant wild rat screamed in a low voice, rummaging through the soil for treasures, plump grass seeds, ripe fruits, plump tubers, and undecomposed corpses. These are all delicacies for the winter.

The giant rats shuttled happily among the withered grass, making happy cries from time to time, and the grass trembled. This was the last carnival before winter came.

"Squeak." The movements of the rats suddenly stopped. All the giant rats raised their upper bodies and squatted on the ground at the same time. Their ears kept shaking, and their two shining little eyes stared in the same direction. The next moment, the rats suddenly Scattered, the giant rats ran away frantically, trying their best to get back into their nests.

"Boom", the huge horse's hooves burst through the air and stepped on the giant rat that was trailing behind. The giant rat's fat body couldn't even stop it for a moment. It exploded under the horse's hooves like a balloon filled with water, and the blood and debris burst. The meat splashed everywhere as the horse's hooves lifted up, adding a bit of blood to the late autumn wilderness.

The ground is roaring and trembling. The half-meter-long giant rat is no different from an ant trying to block the road in front of the iron cavalry. The black horse, black armor, and black weapons, the four knights carry a faint smell of blood, like a A black whirlwind roared past.

The black knights can be regarded as armed to the teeth, with scales all over their bodies, closed helmets, long lances, big swords and heavy shields on their backs, and even their mounts are covered with black metal armor, two The eyes were exposed from behind the neck visor, and the bloodshot eyes looked particularly ferocious.

Of course, these are not ordinary horses. With such heavy equipment, ordinary horses would have fallen down a long time ago. Strictly speaking, they are not even considered horses, but should be classified as monsters. , is the hybrid offspring of a horse and a hoofed leopard in ancient times. It is an omnivorous monster and likes to move in groups under the leadership of a leader. It has an extremely fierce personality.

Every knight dreams of owning his own Wind Splitting Beast. Unfortunately, these flesh-eating and blood-drinking behemoths are not so easy to control. Tryers who don’t overestimate their abilities will instead become the delicacies of the Wind Splitting Beast. Only those who are powerful enough will Only a knight can gain the loyalty of the Windbreaker, just like the four black knights in front of him.

"Woo", the long sound of the horn sounded from the queue of knights, and the knights lined up in a square formation, two in front and two behind, looked at the smoke column rising in the distance, and suddenly blew a signal to communicate.A few seconds later, the sound of the horn with the same sound quality responded. Hearing the order from the horn, the four knights turned their horses' heads without slowing down. go.

In the face of the speed of the split wind beast, a few kilometers is just a short distance. Soon, a small team appeared in front of the four knights.

A very standard convoy.

Two carriages were driving in the middle of the team. The carriages were of course just ordinary horses, nothing special. What was really special was the carriage being pulled.

It's like two moving fortresses.

The appearance of the two carriages is exactly the same. Not only the structure and material, but also the paint, texture, pattern, and even the stains left during driving are exactly the same. They are just like a pair of perfect replicas.

The surface of the carriage is made of heavy gray fir. This kind of wood is often used to build camps. It has no other characteristics. The biggest advantage is that it is strong. The interior of other woods is made of long straight wood fibers, and gray fir The wood fibers are made up of countless fiber bundles that are twisted and intertwined. Whether it is a penetrating weapon or a bludgeoning weapon, it is difficult to damage the wood. Even if it does cause damage, it will only be damaged in a small and limited area. As for the overall impact on the carriage.

The inner layer of the carriage is made of soft chestnut wood. Soft chestnut wood is soft and light. Although it is not strong, its biggest advantage is that it can effectively absorb impact. If a fight occurs, even if the outer gray fir wood is damaged Even if damaged, soft chestnut wood can also absorb the aftermath of the impact and protect the safety of passengers in the car.

This is not perfect. In fact, there is a metal plate sandwiched between the two layers of wood, which is invisible to the naked eye. If someone really tries to attack the carriage, after breaking through the protection of the gray fir wood, he will definitely be in the metal plate. Itama was shocked. After all, it was hard for normal people to imagine that someone would build a carriage as strong as a fortress.

The structure and material of the six sides of the carriage are the same, only the chassis of the carriage has a square area with a side length of two meters at a corner.Only here is made of ordinary wood. Usually, debris is placed here. Once in trouble, passengers inside can destroy this place and use this gap as an escape passage to escape from the car.

Such a solid carriage would be difficult for them to break even if it were besieged by an army or a group of monsters. How could it be possible for them to be besieged? The location of the carriage was an area tightly defended by the guards.There are actually only six knights escorting the convoy, but with them, the safety of the convoy is more reliable than being surrounded by thousands of troops.

Dark Knight Dark and Tulip Knight Marlene are two of the five most powerful people in the mercenary group. They protect the convoy one after another. No matter how many enemies approach from any direction, they cannot escape from them. warning range.

Iris Knight and Rock Heart Knight are among the forty silver-level high-level knights in the mercenary group. The two sword and shield knights are good at defense. In the mercenary group, these two huge tower shields are a symbol of safety and stability. As long as their tower shields are still upright, it means that the mercenary group has not failed.

Wind Wolf Knight, Thorn Knight, Bronze Rank, these forty bronze knights are called retinue knights within the mercenary group. In fact, they are all full-time knights. In the army's cavalry regiment, they can serve as the captain of a full squad of at least 30 people. , but in the Dark Mercenary Group, it is only the most basic level of combat effectiveness, which shows how powerful the mercenary group is.

The convoy that received the signal deliberately slowed down slightly, and its formation also adjusted during the march. It was not until the four people who were out for reconnaissance were recalled and were only a few dozen meters away from the convoy that a whistle sounded in the convoy.

"Northern Wind, Crescent Moon, Spike Fang, Scorpion Stinger, quickly return to the team, Iris, Wind Wolf, Thorn, follow me." The Turtle Knight was wrapped in a lavender full-body armor, and his usually lazy voice became capable and powerful. The wind-splitting beast under the seat raised its front hooves and hissed loudly, then rushed out against the oncoming autumn wind. Its target was the distant horizon, in the direction of the rising smoke column.The three knights whose names were called had already adjusted their positions and followed Marian's back closely.

The four returning knights did not need any command at all and re-completed the formation within a few seconds. The strongest Beifeng was at the front of the team. Crescent Moon replaced the Iris Knight as another high-level knight. Wolf Fang He and Scorpion Sting naturally replaced his teammates who were also followers. All his movements were orderly, as if they had been in contact with each other countless times and were as skilled as they were.

"Ta", there was a soft sound, and Duck, who had been guarding the rear of the team, suddenly jumped up on his horse. As if it had escaped the shackles of gravity, the mount drew an arc in the air and landed lightly on the top of the car in the front row. Obviously the armor of both men and horses weighed more than 1000 kilograms in total, but when it fell on the carriage, it was as light as a fallen leaf.

No doubt this was because of Duck's mount.

The Dark Knight Dark Shadu, the wife of Hades, the Lord of the Night Sky, the darling of the Night Lady Semia, was even once teased as the illegitimate son of Semia. Of course, his mount will not be a mortal thing.

Dark's mount is the Nightmare Beast, a magical beast that most people have only heard of in legends.In mythology, Lady Night rides the Chariot of Night across the sky every night, rushing to the underworld to meet her lover, and the one who drives the Chariot of Night is the Nightmare Beast.

The Nightmare Beast's whole body is covered with ferocious black bone plates. Its two red eyes are not entities, but are made of pure energy. Whenever its head moves, the red energy will drag out a faint afterimage, as if in a nightmare. Staring eyes.

Its body is also quite strange, the body covered by the bone plate is also out of the scope of the entity, and the light green soul light seeps out from the gap of the bone plate, making the nightmare beast seem to be in the dense green mist at any time.

The most amazing thing is its four hooves. The four hooves of the nightmare beast are burning with green flames all day long. There is no doubt that this is the soul fire from the Styx. These bone-cold flames have no effect on the entity. Lethality, but once it steps on the dead, the undead will howl and be driven into the depths of the Styx, and there is no possibility of recovery.

Nightmare beasts can be regarded as the ultimate mounts that all knights dream of. Not only do they have a shocking appearance, but they can also ignore gravity to a certain extent. Although they cannot fly in the wind, they can run lightly even if they are carrying heavy equipment. Jumping, rock walls, treetops, swamps, ignoring the load, ignoring the terrain, no terrain can stop the nightmare beast's charge.

In recorded history, the Nightmare Beast has only appeared five times in the mortal world. Dak is the sixth Nightmare Beast Knight. Each generation of Nightmare Beast Knight is a strong man whose reputation spreads all over the world. Of course, Dak is not the same. Exception, although there is still a little gap compared to other nightmare knights, given time, he can definitely stand proudly among the strong.

However, that is a matter for the future. In any case, the most important thing is to handle the task at hand.

"Da", he landed gently on the roof of the carriage, looking down from a high position and alert to the surroundings. Duck's eyes were fixed on the smoke column in the distance: "Report on the enemy."

(End of this chapter)