From Demon Hunter to Lord of the Empire

Chapter 31: The Blochlons

A quarter of an hour later, the assembly of twelve troops was completed.

In addition to these soldiers, there was a young man of about twenty years old, who seemed to be hired townspeople. Lan En looked at it and found that this person was six points similar to the mayor of the town.

Lane turned to look at the mayor with an inquiring gaze, and the mayor explained, “This is my grandson, Levin. ”

Lane frowned, he hated people who were careful regardless of the occasion, especially when the situation was critical: “I want someone with experience.” ”

“Levin hunted near the forest, chopped firewood with the villagers, and patrolled with the guards. He is the most knowledgeable of the forest among young people. Even counting the old people who have lived here for decades, Levine’s knowledge of the forest ranks second. ”

“Who is the first? ”

“Me. ”

The old mayor’s tone was flat and the content was confident.

Lane thought for a moment and asked, “What about his father?” ”

“I was killed by that monster while patrolling with soldiers the other day. ”

Rann looked at the youth in the queue, his standing tall and determined.

Lane was silent for a moment: “You know that I am not wandering around the forest, I am going to lead a team into the forest, and may even conflict with people from other countries.” Most likely fatal. ”

The old mayor nodded: “I know, that’s why I let Levin join you, this is his obligation, and he also took the initiative to ask for it.” We Blochlons may be different from other places you know. The old man can’t ride a horse with legs and feet, and if I were twenty years younger, I would hand over the mayor of the town to someone to take over and become the one who follows you. ”

Lane turned around and asked solemnly, “Haven’t asked for your name yet?” ”

The old mayor bent down and saluted: “You are my lord, please do not honor me.” I’m Luca Blot. ”

“I remember your name, Luca Blot. Lan turned to the group and shouted, “Go!” ”

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Blochlon, where the plants are wild and luxuriant, are immediately absorbed by young birch, alder, horn, raspberry, juniper and ferns, and beneath their branches and leaves are dead branches and decaying trunks, as well as the dying remains of the oldest trees.

Under the remains of the trees, from time to time, you can see the flesh and blood bones crawling with flesh-eating ants.

“Lord Count, a body has been found in front. A scout rode up to report.

Lane stepped forward to see that it was a young man, who looked to be no more than about fifteen years old.

It is the appearance of a normal fifteen-year-old boy, not Lan’s bizarre physique that has been strengthened by the system. The boy looked at least a head shorter than Lann and was thin.

He lay on his back, his legs wide apart, and his stiff expression froze on his face, looking like he was terrified. An arrow passed through his eye, through the eye socket, deep into his skull. The arrow feathers are made of pheasant plumes and painted bright yellow, which stands out in the grass.

“Lord Count. Ace led the scout effortlessly to find another identical arrow nearby, stuck in a pine tree six steps behind the corpse.

“Levin. Lane turned back and greeted, “Observe the scene and tell us who the enemy is.” Your grandfather said you are the one who knows the forest best in town, let me see what you are capable of. ”

Levin observed the scene for a moment and reported categorically, “It’s a tree spirit.” ”

“The boy strayed into the forest, and the tree spirit fired his first arrow at him as a warning, trying to drive him out of the forest. ”

He pointed to the arrow on the ground, and then to the arrow in the corpse’s eye socket.

“‘Get out of Blochlon,’ the dryad usually shouts. But the boy, apparently frightened and panicked, ran towards the depths of the forest, and had a second arrow. ”

Sward leaned in and frowned, “But this is just a child.” ”

As soon as the words fell, he was hammered by Ace. The arrow attendant glanced covertly in Rann’s direction, it was a completely different fifteen years old.

Levine crouched down and pulled out the arrow for the corpse, closing his eyes: “This is the tree spirit, even if you are just fifteen years old, driven by fear, panicked, run into the forest; Even if you are seventy years old, old and weak, you are driven out of the house and taken away from food, so you have to come out to collect firewood; Even if you are only six years old, you are attracted by the flowers blooming in the glades.

You’ll soon hear ‘Get out of Blochlon’, followed by ‘Swoosh! ”Bang! ’。 ”

The grandson, the mayor who volunteered, showed an astonishing understanding of the forest and tree spirits.

Ace was very interested in the dryad’s arrow, and he looked at the pheasant arrow that was shot as a warning, and asked, “I heard that the dryad and the people of Brochlon are feuds, but I didn’t expect them to give a warning before killing.” ”

Levin shook his head: “Dryads are not madmen, or they are maniacs who can communicate. As long as we don’t go into their bottom line and exercise restraint near the forest, everyone can be at peace. ”

“Let’s not step into the forest yet. Lane thought for a moment and said, “We can’t look aimlessly, it’s too easy to have irreconcilable conflicts with the tree spirits.”

Search the neighborhood first to see if there are any traces of the convoy and find out which direction the princess entered the forest. ”

“Yes! ”

The team of twelve people could not be spread too widely, but fortunately, the area that needed to be searched was not large, and Sintra itself provided a route of action for this time, just follow the perimeter of the route.

But what Lane didn’t expect was that the princess’s clues were not found, but something else appeared first.

Soldiers of Verdon.

A scout rode back on horseback to report their unexpected discovery to Rann, and when Rann followed them, he saw soldiers on both sides confronting.

It was an elite soldier that could be seen at a glance. Wearing conical helmets, chain mail and dark gray tunics, they kept a distance from Rann’s soldiers, neither of whom had yet drawn their weapons.

Compared with the other party, the equipment of these town guards of Lan looked much shabby. Although they maintained a uniform standard, they were only wrapped in leather armor. But this is also a rare elite soldier among the soldiers of the small town.

Many times, the combat effectiveness of a unit can be seen by looking at the equipment. It is very simple to reason that well-equipped troops have stronger combat effectiveness, and units that are not strong in combat effectiveness are not qualified to be equipped with good equipment.

Lann stared closely, and saw that the chain armor of the soldier opposite was embroidered with a black and gold checkered coat of arms representing the royal family of Verdon. This is the Wang Family Forbidden Army, appearing in this border realm. It may be because after staying here for a while, their armor has shown varying degrees of wear.

As far as the eye can see, there is also a standard squad on the opposite side, forming an organized twelve people. On Ran’s side, in addition to the twelve scouts, there were Rann himself plus three attendants, as well as Levin.

(End of chapter)