Wizard From Afar

In the evening of the same day, the advancing team finally reached their last retreat under the blizzard-the guard tower that was completely destroyed during the raid.

In the cold winter wind, thick snow covered the tower below, but it still allows people to see what happened in the last remaining trace.

There is no wailing of crows, no smell of decay, the plasma has already been cold and dry, and the frozen bones are covered by snow-in the Land of Extreme North, all existence that has lost their lives will be covered in the wind and snow. The burial turned into nothingness, leaving only the cold body and the remaining wreckage.

There is also eternal silence.

Loren on horseback silently looked at the remaining broken wall in front of him. Brandon also gradually lost his smile on his face. Eyebrows raised silently, together Look at the purgatory in front of you, or... the ruins filled with corpses.

From the ruined and collapsed sentry tower, to the posture and "shape" of the dead soldiers, and the bones of the monsters that are entangled with them and cannot be separated...just looking at it makes people Chilling.

"We can rest here for one night, and we will continue north tomorrow morning, Your Royal Highness." Church Knight Nazer took the reins and stopped by Brandon's side:

"Right here, the last outpost of the Duanjieshan Fortress is also the empire’s closest stronghold to the north, where countless devout believers and warriors have visited, but because of a sudden attack and negligent deserter , Making it and hundreds of heroes into a burial ground!" While speaking, Naze didn’t forget to stare at Lu Sien beside the black hair wizard coldly. , The words are full of contempt and hatred.

The complexion slightly changed Lu Sien's face was expressionless, just silently lowered his gaze and tightened the rein in his hand.

"Let the soldiers clean up the surrounding ruins a little bit, and try not to disturb the bones of these fallen warriors." Brandon lightly sighed, directly ignoring the second half of Nazer's sentence:

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"If it doesn't work, we can just find an open space outside the guard tower to camp, or try to keep it as it is-until the winter is over, let the people in the fortress come and bring their corpses back to the south."

"Set up camp in a clearing?" Naze frowned: "Forgive me to speak bluntly, Your Highness. You may have forgotten that we are now in the north of Blunting Mountain, the monster is rampant; if we are attacked..."

"Once an attack occurs, before the monsters rush to me, Mirasis can fall from the sky and turn them into live roasted game. There is no need to worry about it."

"But if..."

Brandon waved his hand, with a lazy smile on the corner of his mouth: "If there are so many monsters that even giant dragons are helpless, I think one becomes a ruin. The watch towers can't save much of the situation-what do you think, Chief Knight Chief Nazer?"

"...yes, your majesty."

I was beaten twice in a row. Knight of the broken church was coldly snorted, nodded, and left the place, bringing two groups of soldiers to arrange the camp.

Until "driving him away", the smile on Brandon's face was slightly relaxed and then relieved, not forgetting to roll the eyes towards the back of the church Knight, so Loren couldn't help but twitch at the corners of his mouth. .

Looking at Brandon turning over and dismounting and handing the reins to the guards aside, Loren also took the opportunity to move towards the inside of the ruins of the sentry tower, looking around the surrounding broken walls.

Isaac seems to be more interested in the surrounding scenery, enjoying the sunset that is about to dip into the horizon in the distance; while Lu Sien, who sensed something, followed the black hair wizard quietly. Behind.

From the entrance of the guard tower, to the promenades, fences and poles on both sides, the open space in the center...Icy corpses are everywhere, entangled with each other.

The Legion soldier who fell on the horse-rejection stake and was pierced through his chest, still holding the broken long halberd tightly in his hands;

The youngster holding a bow was bitten off by the ice-worgen. , The arrow in his hand also pierced its eyes;

The trumpeter standing upright; only half of his body was frozen on the observation deck, reaching out to touch him no longer Horn;

The two Legion soldiers entangled and killed, together with their enemy's bones, blocked the gate of the inner fort in the sentry tower;

…………The black hair wizard squinted slightly Shuangtong, the scene in front of him seemed to reappear what happened that night, and the howling of the cold wind in his ears turned into a stern roar and the sound of fighting.

"Loren...Your Excellency?" The gray pupil standing behind didn't know whether he should interrupt or not. He tentatively stretched his head and looked towards the black hair wizard's expression:

"You are No... What did you find?"

Loren instinctively nodded, turned and looked towards the outside.

The first place where the battle took place was at the gate.

From the arrows remaining in the snow, it can be seen that the guards of the guard tower did not discover their existence until the monster approached, and they were unpredictable and unprepared.

The crossbowmen who rushed up temporarily hurriedly shot arrows at the enemy, but they did not have any effect; and they did not know how many enemies there were-because so far, the sentry towers have not been sent Any ranger who asks for help.

The monsters’ offensive was so fierce that they broke through the gate before the defenders in the tower reacted, leaving Legion soldiers and elite rangers to rely on the gate hole and surrounding fences to resist. Horse defense.

"Then they had to retreat to the central open space and resisted after rounds of offensives; at the same time, more monsters climbed up the wooden wall and slaughtered one side. Crossbowmen."

Mumbling to himself, Loren walked involuntarily to the central clearing, his eyes swept from the surrounding guardrails one by one-Lu Sien next to him saw his expression a little startled. .

The expression of the black hair wizard in front of him is as if he was at the moment when the raid happened.

Loren ignored him, lowered his head and continued to explore the remaining traces that were not completely buried by the ice and snow.

I don’t know for what reason, the outpost which has many opportunities for help has never sent out rangers to report to the rear. Almost all the fallen bones around are facing the gate, and none of them are escaping. Killed.

It's very weird, it's like...

"It's like they knew they couldn't escape, so they tried their best to delay time." black The hair wizard opened the mouth and said in a low voice.

"You mean...they didn't have it, but found that they could not escape?" Lu Sien, who was very hesitant, asked in disbelief:

"That Why is it... it’s impossible!"

"I don’t know why, but this is definitely one of the most probable conclusions." Loren shook the head: "I also encountered it before. It’s similar to an unimaginable situation, and my experience tells me that before I find the evidence, even if the facts are incredible, that is the last and only answer."

Glanced at the surprised gray pupil, Loren Reached out to the top of the tower: "And that trumpeter...is the best proof!"

"The trumpeter?" The remaining half of the body, the corpse that had been frozen in ice, was still reaching out to touch the horn that would never be touched.

"If it weren’t for the last despair, to the most irretrievable point, they would have time to send out Rangers, set fire beacons, or do whatever they have a chance to do, and inform the rear of the last time. News."

Loren looked at the trumpeter silently, with some respect in his eyes: "But he desperately wants to climb the tower to blow the horn, pinning all his hopes When I can let the incoming reinforcements hear...I think this can explain a lot."

Because this is the only possibility...?

Lusen guessed so.

"In short, there must have been many accidents in this raid, but it must have nothing to do with poor detection." Loren, who came back to his senses, shook his head: "And this is the last time the monsters appeared. If you continue to search, you will definitely find more lines..."

The half-talking Loren suddenly stopped, and Lu Sien turned his head curiously and saw him squatting halfway on the ground, fiddled with him. A bonfire in the corner.

"A little question." Loren, who turned his back to Lucien, opened the mouth and said softly, "Recently...have any rangers ever been here?"

"It shouldn't, what's the matter?"

"Nothing." Loren replied expressionlessly, the right hand has not been taken out of the campfire.

This campfire... is actually new.