Click, click, a string of horses' hooves sounded, and it was heard far away in the empty sea of bones. One rode from the west and went east.

It was a tall knight, clad in iron armor, but inside its helmet was a skull, and a faint blue fire shot out of its eye sockets. The steed under it was not a "horse" in the usual sense of the word, but a skeleton horse with only bones left. The man and his horse followed a vaguely recognizable path, sometimes having to slow down so that the horse's hooves would not sink into the bones.

Suddenly, two ghost wolves pounced out of the white bones on both sides of the road, and the broken bones flew wildly, it seemed that they had been in ambush for a long time! Without the slightest hesitation, the knight pulled the reins, and the skeleton horse neighed and leaped up, and the ghost wolf merely grazed under the horse's belly. But this was not the end of the story, the white bones in front of him exploded and flew away, and a giant dog with a red body pounced on it! It's Frankie, the ghost hound!

The skeleton horse screamed and was dragged down by biting his neck bone. The knight was caught off guard and crushed under the horse, and one of his leg bones was crushed. But it sprang up resolutely, balanced with a few small jumps on one foot, drew its sword from the scabbard at its waist, and was about to slash at Frankie, first a dagger from behind, then an axe and a shield, and the poor knight fell in an instant, without even saying a word.

"What, Necro Knight is so weak? Or the ace class of necromantic creatures? Qingyi crawled out of hiding and said disdainfully.

"This isn't a necromantic knight at all, it's just a herald!" Undoubtedly smashing his cane, Robert snorted and pointed at the corpse: "No spear, no shield, this is to lighten the load." Frankie, go search for it. ”

Frankie let go of the skeleton horse and whispered. Because Qingyi obeyed Robert's words, and Frankie obeyed Qingyi's words, it was natural that Frankie also obeyed Robert's words. [Battlefield Cleaning] is really a good thing, and there is a high chance that you can find anything you want to find, such as the letter in front of you. The letter paper is snow-white, at least the aristocracy can afford it in Saramonroe, and it has a hint of extravagant floral fragrance.

"Lord Zeno:"

"Thank you very much for your candour, and if I can, I hope to have a joint military operation with you to eradicate this guy in the middle of the Sea of Bones. Please be sure to tell me when you are moving. ”

"You are faithful, Plato"

Qingyi nodded: "Very good, it seems that a person named Zeno and the Elven Death Sacrifice are ready to join forces." As he spoke, he tore up the letter.

"Thank you, God of Souls, you've found a treasure." Robert stroked Frankie, and his metacarpal bones were covered in foul-smelling slime. "Without Frankie's outstanding sense of smell, this herald would bring you down."

"I just wondered why it was discovered. I don't remember having been in contact with them. ”

"Don't forget, Schroeder Bray has seen you. A person who only pursues profits, of course, understands how much a piece of news can be worth. Let's go back, we'll have to discuss what to do. ”

"Hmm!" Qingyi looked at the skeleton horse standing aggrievedly on the side, and was happy: "I'll also try to be a necromantic knight, hey!" ”

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Compared to the other works of Master Patra, the nest was very rudimentary, a fence made of white bones and a movable wooden baffle, but Frankie was quite satisfied ("I'm honored!"). Frangius Road). Since the stables had not yet been established, the skeleton horses were pitifully cowered in a corner of the nest, while a few ghost wolves were very presumptuous.

In the half-built City Lord's Mansion, all the high-level NPCs under Qingyi gathered together to discuss the upcoming battle. Originally, Frankie said that he was not good at giving advice, and he wanted to sneak away, but he was dragged to the corner by Qingyi to listen, and he was as pitiful as a skeleton horse, like a child daughter-in-law.

"It is estimated that Zeno learned of our existence and sent a herald so that Plato, the Sacrifice of the Dead, could also get information about us. As you can imagine, both Zeno and Plato want our lives at the moment, and we are in danger. ”

Qingyi sat at the head of the long table, holding a scepter, and looked at everyone very seriously: "From the fact that Zeno first sought out allies to help, it can be seen that he is a cautious and cautious person, and will only wait for the news brought back by the herald before making the next move. And Plato is the same, he wants to make an appointment with Zeno, first, because he is afraid that this is false news, and if he sends troops casually, he will fall into Zeno's trap; Second, he was reluctant to strike first, because he was afraid of losing his troops. ”

"Their battle was likely to be successful, but Frankie managed to intercept the herald, preventing Plato's reply from reaching Zeno. In this way, there is an information asymmetry between the two. Zeno was waiting for a reply, and Plato was waiting for a move, and neither of them would take the initiative to attack me for a while. ”

"I thought they would send heralds again." Frankie whispered.

"That's right, so it's up to you to intercept it. Prevent a single herald from leaving the middle of the Sea of Bones at all costs, can you do it? ”

"Yes!" Promising not to say a word more, Frankie nodded, his eyes bloodshot.

"It's just stalling for time." Qingyi turned to Master Patra and said solemnly: "Master, you must speed up your progress, except for the group of ghost wolves led by Frangi, you can mobilize all the troops at will, even my four summons!" All I ask you is to build the walls first! ”

"Decay understood." Master Patra nodded.

"Strom."

"Ah, yes!" The named alchemist hurriedly stood up, and then sat down again with a blushing face: "Your Majesty, please command!" ”

"Usually I pay the least attention to you, so I don't know what you can do. In short, you just do your best! I hope that when I get back, you will come up with something that will please me! ”

"Yes! Yes...... Your Majesty, are you going out? Strunm asked, confused.

Frankie was also anxious: "Master, do you want to leave the four guards behind and go out alone?" I don't promise! ”

"My orders, will anyone dare to disobey them?" Qingyi coldly glanced at several subordinates, and everyone was silent: "When I'm not here, everything listens to Robert." End of meeting. ”