Mythical Card Master: Start with the Knight

"Master...where should we go?"

The little maid hugged him and urged nervously with a trembling voice.

A wave of memories came to mind, and Chu Ming's thoughts surged. He pointed in the direction behind the hotel and said, "Let's leave from the stables behind the hotel. There may still be horses trapped in the stables there."

Irina sniffed and nodded. She hugged Chu Ming and carefully stretched out her head to look into the corridor of the room.

Faint screams rang out from the room, and the entire corridor was covered with dragging bloodstains, left by Chu Ming's two escorts. There were many items and tattered clothes left by travelers on the wooden boards, and even some wooden doors were directly damaged. It was smashed, leaving only bloody bedding and some body parts inside.

The little maid walked nervously along the wooden corridor, her steps gentle, for fear of making a big noise and attracting dark creatures.

She looked around the surrounding rooms, and when she saw the pieces of meat left in the broken rooms, her face turned pale.

"Young...Master, I'm scared."

Chu Ming withdrew his gaze from the room and comforted: "Irina is not afraid, they are just some wild beasts."

"Attention, there is movement in the front room. Throw the gold coin necklace at your feet over and have a look."

Irina opened her mouth and was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't hear what Chu Ming said, she believed Chu Ming.

The little maid stopped, squatted down a little, put down the hammer, and threw the bloody gold necklace left in the corridor onto the wooden board in the front corridor.

Boom...gurgling... The gold necklace made a sound when it hit the floor, but its quality didn't seem to be very good. With just one hit, the gold coin with holes on it fell out and rolled towards the stair guardrail at the end of the corridor.

Irina's forehead was covered with sweat. She stared at the room in front of her in panic for a while. After seeing no movement inside, she breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed her tense body a little, "Master, it's not dangerous..."

Before the little girl finished speaking, there was a bang, and the wooden wall in front suddenly shattered, and a hound spitting black flames jumped out. It stared at Chu Ming and Chu Ming with its bloody and fierce eyes, as if it wanted to eat them alive. .

In an instant, Irina turned pale with fright and was about to scream.

"Shh!"

Chu Ming covered her mouth with his left hand, and at the risk of being burned by the black flames, he stretched out his right hand and strangled the Black Fire Hound by the neck.

"Roar...howl..."

The black fire hound struggled desperately in Chu Ming's hands. A huge force came from Chu Ming's palm. The black flames on the hound's body became hotter and hotter, burning his palm into a charred black blur.

"You're the one I've been waiting for!"

Chu Ming's expression did not change due to the pain. He stared closely at the Black Fire Hound, and his mental power quickly connected to form a spell model in his mind.

Lightning flashes!

This spell is the only thunder spell that Chu Ming knows. He has been practicing it for five years. Even if the lightning flash is mainly used to confuse the enemy with flash and secondary damage, it can still shine with a different brilliance in his hands.

Sizzle! !

Purple thunder light flashed, intertwined with the pitch-black flames, and instantly spread throughout the body of the Black Fire Hound. It howled a few times, and its body temperature rose rapidly. The smell of burning and meat was emitted, and its hair was burned by the thunder fire. ash.

When Chu Ming put down the hound in his hand, the dark creature was lying on the ground twisted, and the dark flames on its body were extinguishing.

The black fire hound could not be destroyed by the long-range damage of lightning flash alone, so he could only risk letting Irina lure it out and kill it with lightning flash at close range.

Although the Black Fire Hound died in the thunder and lightning, Chu Ming also felt uncomfortable. At this time, his palms were charred black, and red flesh was faintly exposed on the charred skin.

"Master, I shouldn't have said anything."

Irina looked at the injury on Chu Ming's hand, her nose that had stopped sobbing began to twitch again, and her eyes were filled with crystal tears.

"Ahem, you did a good job."

Of course Chu Ming would not reveal the fact that he used the two of them as bait, otherwise he would definitely scare the little maid.

He looked at the charred palm and frowned slightly. He could feel the burning pain from the wound and the crawling itching of the flesh.

Chu Ming's mind moved, and a simple spell model was constructed in his mind. A flash of green light appeared on his palm, and the granules on it squirmed, the charred skin fell off, and the wound temporarily scabbed.

He didn't know what dark creatures were waiting for him under the hotel. Chu Ming didn't dare to spend too much mental energy to avoid getting into the embarrassing situation of being unable to resist the dark creatures, so he simply treated the wound.

Putting down his palm, Chu Ming looked at Irina, "Keep walking, let's go out through the back door. There shouldn't be that many dark creatures there."

Irina sniffed, nodded, picked up the hammer, and walked carefully downstairs to the hotel with Chu Ming in her arms.

Along the way, the hotel rooms were empty, with only messy clothes left inside, as if some travelers had escaped in advance.

After Chu and Ming went downstairs, they carefully hid their figures by the guardrail of the stairs. While several dark creatures downstairs were still eating the bloody corpses, Irina quietly moved to the back door of the hotel.

She put Chu Ming down on the floor, carefully opened the back door of the hotel, and cautiously stuck her little head out.

"Master, it seems there are no monsters here."

"Let's go check out the stables."

"Um."

Irina carefully walked out of the back door with Chu Ming in her arms, and slowly walked towards the stables in the backyard.

But before they could get close to the stable, a sound of biting came from behind the stable door, and the smell of blood wafted out.

Chu and Ming huddled in the corner and looked over quietly. They saw that most of the horses in the stables had disappeared. They seemed to have been taken away by the fleeing travelers. The only two horses left in the stables did not escape the darkness. The creature's claws gradually turned into a corpse amidst the tragic screams.

Irina looked at Chu Ming with confused eyes, "Master, what should we do?"

Chu Ming thought for a while and looked at the attic of the wooden building behind the hotel. "Let's go up and take a look. Maybe going out of the city at this time is not a good choice."

Irina swallowed, overcame her inner fear, and walked toward the wooden building with Chu Ming in her arms.

Fortunately, the place was not visited by dark creatures yet. The two of them entered the attic smoothly and climbed to the tiled roof of the wooden building through the skylight after much effort.

Thump thump thump…

Irina walked carefully on the tile roof covered with dust and wild plants, and Chu Ming's vision circled around.

According to his observation, there seemed to be many dark creatures coming in the direction of the city gate. If the two of them fled towards the city gate, they would be surrounded by a tide of beasts, and the situation they would face would be even more desperate than being trapped in a hotel. .

If you don't escape to the city gate, where else can you go... The whole town has become a bloody purgatory. You can see many human corpses on the streets, as well as the corpses of some other races. On the corners of the streets, other houses Screams could be heard from time to time in the shop.

After thinking for a while, Chu Ming turned his attention to the city.

If he remembered correctly, there was a mercenary guild near Erken Street, and they had their own mercenary group.

This town is named Bakr, named after a mage. However, after the death of this mage, the town of Bakr also declined a lot. It is estimated that the largest force in the town now is the mercenary guild stationed there. mercenary group.

If the location of the mercenary group could be found, they might be able to escape from Beker Town with the help of mercenary cavalry.

But if he guesses wrong, and if the mercenary group has escaped from Beker Town long ago, then his next actions will be in vain, and will also put himself in a certain death situation.

Chu Ming hesitated for a moment, then felt relieved when he thought that he still had four writings that he had not used yet.

Even if the writing fails due to this action, he can still make a new choice again. It only takes a month to recover the number of writings at a time, and the price is not unbearable.

But... Chu Ming moved his eyes and focused on Irina.

I'm afraid he will take this timid little maid with him on an adventure this time.

"Young...Master, what's wrong?"

Seeing Chu Ming staring at her, the little girl's blood-stained face showed a look of fear. She thought she had offended something she shouldn't have.

Chu Ming came back to his senses and shook his head, "It's okay. There are more and more dark creatures in the town. It is estimated that this hotel will be surrounded by dark creatures in a while. Let's leave here first. You follow my command. We Be careful and go to the alley opposite first."

He pointed toward a dark alley in the street behind the hotel.

Although the chance of encountering dark creatures there is not small, as long as they can deal with the dark creatures inside, they can walk down the relatively safe alley to Erken Street.

"Okay, Master, let me help you go down."

The little maid nodded trustingly, hugged Chu Ming and walked down the wooden building, then secretly ran out through the back door.

"Roar……"

The bodies of several dark creatures that were munching on corpses suddenly froze, and turned their heads to look at Chu Ming and the two men who were sneaking around.

Irina was startled, her calves flew quickly, she panted and hugged Chu Ming and ran quickly into the alley. They walked around in a few big circles. The crazy beast barking behind them gradually disappeared. The little maid stopped and said tiredly. Panting.

"Irina, let's take a rest first."

"Okay, Master."

The little maid put Chu Ming down and squatted in the alley to rest.

After a while, when her breath gradually stabilized, she picked up Chu Ming and walked through the alley according to the instructions.

In fact, Chu Ming was not familiar with the streets of Beker. The reason why he was able to find his way to the mercenary guild now was entirely because Renn had been to the mercenary guild before. At that time, he went to the mercenary guild just to announce the search for the Thorn Flower. As a result, as soon as he returned, the town of Beker was attacked by dark creatures.

This time the wave of dark beasts came in force and were able to enter the town of Beker, which is located in the hinterland of Thorn Flower County. It must be that some changes happened in the Violet Principality that he didn't know about.

However, accidents and other incidents are not something he should consider now, at least he has to wait until he escapes from Beker Town.

Secretly hiding his worries in his heart, Chu Ming was alert to the corners around the alley where dark creatures might appear, ready to fight back at any time.

Irina walked around the alley for half an hour. During this period, they also encountered many dark creatures. They could even see monsters such as ogres mixing into the beast tide and destroying the streets.

The strength of the ogres is at least at the blue level. Chu Ming and the two of them cannot afford to offend them. Chu Ming will only take action when encountering those dark creatures that are really unavoidable.

Just by solving five dark creatures in the alley, Chu Ming's mental power was consumed by more than half. Faced with this bad situation, he became more and more cautious.

However, with Irina on his behalf, his strong body with the physique of a knight has also recovered a lot, and he can barely walk on the ground.

After walking for a few more minutes, the two squatted under a tall tower in the alley.

Suddenly Irina's eyes lit up and she pointed not far outside the alley, "Master, look, there seems to be someone there!"

Chu Ming was stunned and looked in the direction of the girl's finger. At the end of the alley, there was a mercenary knight wearing dark brown leather armor and a steel gauntlet on his right arm, who was tenaciously resisting the attack of the dark creature.

Irina helped Chu Ming get up and gradually approached the alley. The sound of sword blades chopping, the sound of metal colliding, the sound of flesh and blood tearing... countless noisy sounds gradually came over, and the scene of the knights fighting against the beast tide appeared in front of them. .

On the street, horse-repelling stakes were wrapped with barbed wires to block both sides of the street. At the entrance of the mercenary guild in the middle, mercenary cavalry raised their spears and stabbed at the surging beast tide.

Chu Ming moved his eyes and looked at the mercenary guild behind the iron fence. There was a faint wailing sound among the noise. Inside, he saw a dozen knights lying on the ground receiving treatment.

In the mercenary guild, a knight holding a long sword and covered in dim armor looked solemn and silent for a long time while looking at the surging beast tide.

This knight's name is Miguel Cominhos. He was originally a blue magic knight serving a mage in the Violet King's City. However, that mage never came back to the King's City after an outing.

Without the protection of the mage, he had no choice but to return to his hometown of Beker Town to start a mercenary business. As a result, his mercenary group grew bigger and bigger, and even opened a mercenary group on the bustling streets of Erken a few years ago. They formed a mercenary guild. While their guild was engaged in mercenary work, they also provided job opportunities for other wandering mercenary knights.

Originally, he thought that this kind of development would continue, and that one day he would even be able to spread mercenary guilds all over the Violet Principality.

However, reality soon gave this man a heavy blow. The dark beasts attacked the town of Beker without warning. They not only destroyed the place, but also kicked Miguel Cominhos' ideals to the ground. , trampled to pieces.

Facing the terrifying tide of dark beasts, not to mention protecting the mercenary guild, even the survival of him and these mercenary knights has become a problem.

Miguel withdrew his gaze from the surging beast tide and shifted to the servants who were cleaning up at the guild gate. He solemnly asked the butler who was directing the servants: "How long will it take to pack everything away?"

The white-haired old butler wiped the sweat from his forehead due to anxiety, and hurriedly said: "Sir, give me a few more minutes."

Miguel shook his head and said decisively: "I don't want the remaining supplies. Gather the carriage team quickly. Let's leave now."

"Sir, wait!!"

The old butler's eyes suddenly shrank and he pointed in the direction of the beast tide, "There seems to be something there?!"

Miguel quickly turned his head to look at the beast tide. When he saw a black light gushing out from inside, his face suddenly changed and he shouted anxiously: "All knights leave the horse-rejecting pile immediately!"

After the man finished speaking, the knights quickly retreated. Only a few knights were still stunned and did not react.

The next second, boom! ! A violent explosion sounded, the wooden piles were blown into pieces, and the iron wires flew everywhere. The dark creatures and knights at the center of the explosion were unable to react. Their bodies were covered with blood and flesh, and they hit the wall or hit the sharp door of the mercenary guild. on the guardrail.

Miguel stared at the black figure in the pit and uttered a few words, "Blue-level dark creature."

Miguel would not be so naive as to think that relying on the horse-blocking stakes would be able to block the tide of dark beasts forever.

These horse-repelling stakes are somewhat useful for some ordinary horses or humans, but for dark creatures, they are just pebbles on the road.

The reason why they were able to withstand the tide of dark beasts just now was all because of the mercenary cavalry who kept attacking on the side. If they were not there, these horse-resistance stakes would not be able to hold on at all, and they would be crushed by the surging tide of beasts in just a few seconds. Residue debris.

Once they encounter powerful blue-level dark creatures, this weak line of defense will soon be broken through, and they will face the tide of dark beasts.

Miguel waved his hands and shouted angrily: "Quick, get on the horse first, go first if you can!"

After saying this, in order to buy time for the carriage team to leave, the man and the mercenary group blocked the door of the mercenary guild and started fighting at close range with the dark creatures.

Miguel's eyes kept searching among the beasts, and he soon discovered the figure that caused the magic explosion - it was an ogre contaminated by darkness, but strangely, this ogre was not as tall as the average , unlike the extremely strong ogre, its body is extremely thin, with only its right hand swollen and emitting a mysterious and deadly purple light.

The man's eyes were solemn, and he swept the sword in his hand hard. The head of the dark creature fell to the ground and was thrown away. He stepped on the corpse and jumped towards the dark ogre.

Like a knife cutting through tofu, Miguel easily cut off the ogre's swollen hand.

Unexpectedly, things would be so easy. The man was stunned for a moment. The next second he saw the flesh and blood of the giant hand that fell on the ground squirming, and it actually condensed another aura of the dark ogre that would not fall into the original body!

"What?!"

Miguel's expression changed drastically. He finally figured out why this ogre was so thin, and he backed away crazily.

But it was obviously too late at this time. The two ogres roared, chanting strange syllables in their mouths, and their fists appeared with traces of magic marks and struck Miguel.

If Miguel, a blue ogre, could still handle it, he would even be confident that he could kill the ogre within dozens of rounds.

But now he is facing two, which is beyond his strength!

boom! !

Two pairs of magic-marked fists struck the sword. Miguel grunted, vomited blood and stepped back.

But the ogre refused to give in and attacked the man with punches continuously.

"Is God going to kill me?!"

The man looked desperate and waved his sword in an attempt to fight back.

As soon as Miguel took action, his long sword was hit hard by the magic pattern. His expression changed. He thought he would be repelled.

But the strange thing is that he actually resisted the heavy punch attack, and a red light still appeared on his body.