23. Family
In the wilderness, a horse-drawn carriage was rumbling and galloping.
It wasn't an ordinary horse pulling the cart, but an earth-walking dragon that had mutated twice.
If someone who doesn't know sees this carriage, their first reaction must be to think that the people in this carriage are definitely fleeing for their lives. Because although the carriage looks quite large, it is obviously specially modified and custom-made, but nearly a quarter of the second half has been completely cut off, revealing the inside of the carriage, and of course, the most important thing is that the carriage is running too fast.
This carriage is naturally Sean and others.
This time, Sean had no intention of hiding his tracks at all, although he did not command the black stone at first, but he was at least able to ask Cecilia to help, and this way of using one thing to one thing was vividly demonstrated in Sean. So in the end, through the situation of "knowing the reason", Kuroishi finally recognized the danger of Rena, so this run was naturally going all out.
In addition, as one of the creatures with the most powerful endurance, running for a day and a night in a row is nothing to Blackstone, so now Sean and the others have officially entered the vanilla plain. The trip that originally took two days was completed by Sean in just one day and half a night, and the next question was how to find the hidden Snow Wind Guard in this vast prairie.
The Vanilla Plains is a grassland located in the northeast of the North Wind Territory, which has been directly under the territory of the Lane royal family since the founding of the Lane Empire, and is one of the most resourceful territories in the territory occupied by the Lane royal family. Of course, in the material output of the entire territory, the Vanilla Plains can barely squeeze into the top five, because it is rich in a special medicinal material called "vanilla", which is a special material for a variety of alchemical potions. And this alchemical potion is also a major trade material in the Duchy of Lane.
Vanilla Plains, from which it gets its name.
Originally, anyone who wanted to enter and leave the North Wind Territory would definitely encounter a certain degree of scrutiny, especially since there was a force of the Duchy of Lane stationed on the Vanilla Plains for a long time. But this time, it coincided with the national celebration of the promotion of the principality, and a large number of people poured into the North Wind Territory, even if the North Wind Territory wanted to censor it no matter how much it wanted, it could only be powerless, so the Ryan royal family simply relaxed the censorship directly, so that the security situation in the North Wind Territory deteriorated by three percent in an instant.
It's just that in this case, the Lane royal family just turned a blind eye. As a result, many people prefer to deliberately detour. They will not choose to pass through the North Wind Collar, and now the people who dare to go straight through the North Wind Collar are either strong enough, or the background is amazing enough, or they are simply in groups or protected by guards. Even if it's an adventurer and a mercenary group, if it's not strong enough or in company with others. Nor will they choose to pass through the North Wind Collar.
After all, the current North Wind Collar is too dangerous.
But this time, Sean and the others hurried straight to the vanilla plain overnight. But he didn't encounter any bandits who stood in the way and robbed them at all. Originally, Sean was even ready to kill people with thunder. As a result, he didn't expect that no horse thieves and bandits dared to make trouble, although Sean was a little puzzled, but he was still very happy in his heart, after all, if it was a crushing slaughter with a knife in his hand, it would be a waste of time after all.
It's just that after entering the vanilla plain, everyone is a little dazed.
The Snowwind Guards are the strongest force of the Snowwind Tribe. At the same level as the Sword Dancer Escort of the Wind Breaker Tribe, these two forces are not the attributes of the army, and should be more of a mercenary group in the strict sense, so they are relative to the army of thousands of people at every turn. The number of these two troops is naturally very rare, and Sean guesses that it is only about twenty or thirty people.
However, although the scale is small, the strength is absolutely undoubted.
Like the subordinates brought out by the Sword Dancer Commander who fought with Sean that day, they must all be members of the Sword Dancer Escort Team, and those people are all gold-level strength. It's just that for a third-class tribe, the number of gold-level powerhouses can't be so large, so even though the Snow Wind Guards can be on par with the Sword Dancer Guards, Sean feels that this Snow Wind Guard lurking on the vanilla plain can have five to seven people, and being led by a golden powerhouse can already be regarded as attaching great importance to Saloqi.
After all, these two forces are generally only used in some of the more important local skirmishes, and at other times are basically used to ensure the safety of the members of the Elder Group of the Tribe. Even if Saloqi. No matter how important the princess Snow Wind is to the entire tribe, it can even directly affect the life and death of the Snow Wind Tribe, but Sean still doesn't think how many people can come.
Of course, he didn't ask Saloqi, and Quandang took this as a small surprise.
After a day and a night of running, Sean finally stopped Blackstone from running. Although the endurance of the Earth Walking Dragon is excellent, if he really rushes like this, if he encounters any accidents, Blackstone will not be able to participate in the battle, which is definitely not good news for Sean. Moreover, at this time, there was only one day left before the three-day deadline, and Sean did not want to fail the mission due to laxity at this last moment.
After all, at this time, Sean's quest panel did not show that the quest was successful.
It's just that whenever Sean sees the words "escort the target to the designated location" on the mission requirements, Sean always feels particularly weird. Because when he stepped into the Vanilla Plain, Sean had repeatedly asked Saloki, but Saloki said that he didn't know the specific location, only that he said that the meeting point of the Vanilla Plains was in an area southeast of the Vanilla Plains.
When he stopped to rest, Blackstone was reluctant at first, but after Sean took out a large amount of meat from the spatial storage ring, he still managed to attract Blackstone's attention and reluctantly agreed to stop and rest, but the meat side was exploited by marshmallows a lot. And when Saloki saw Sean take out a large amount of food from the space storage ring, her eyes were even brighter and surprisingly bright.
However, Sean is a little accustomed to this kind of reaction.
In the game, many NPCs would show such expressions when they saw the player's backpack, after all, space storage was too rare for NPCs. Sean even remembers a player who made a fortune as a result: the player sold his Newborn backpack directly to a noble NPC for a large payment, and then used the reward to leave most players far behind. Successfully won multiple first kill records.
This player is none other than his guild leader, known as Foxy.
Thinking of the president, Sean couldn't help but look up at the starry sky.
The night sky is as clear as clear water, which is not common even in games. Although compared to the era of the Earth Federation, the starry sky in the game is enough to make people miraculously beautiful, but Sean still feels that it is not as good as the real night sky in front of him.
Here, he could see the shining stars, and the bright yellow full moon that was missing only a small horn.
This is Sean's first night viewing.
But I don't know what the road is about, Sean only feels that the original depression and troubles in his heart have completely disappeared in an instant, and suddenly there is a sense of grandeur like the sea and the sky. He suddenly understood. For the sake of the big guys, they always liked to stand on a high place overlooking the whole land, especially the president he was in the first place.
Sean admires the president known as the Cunning Fox very much, because there are really few people who can do what he does: even if he is his rival, he has to admit that his president is indeed a very respectable opponent. But that's exactly what happened. So in the end, all the enemies of the president joined forces, which led to the subsequent Utopia Burning Incident. In those most difficult and difficult years. Void Wings almost disbanded.
But because of this, Sean had the pleasure of having a candlestick night talk with his president.
He always remembered the last sentence of that night that was enough to make more than ninety percent of the game's gamers look up.
"The banner of the void will never fall. Even if I fall, the flame of the void will still be passed on, and it will be ignited again to light up the sky. ”
Sean clenched his fists. In a low but extremely firm tone, he said, "I will definitely ignite the flame of the void in this world and let it shine in this sky. I will definitely rebuild the utopia and make it the most powerful territory in the Southern Continent and even in the entire Miracle Continent. Let the entire world remember the name Void Wings! ”
Sean's faith has never been abandoned by him.
A strip of jerky suddenly leaned out from the side and lay in front of Sean.
Sean was stunned for a moment, and when he turned his head, he saw that it was Cecily who came over and handed him the jerky in his hand. Cecilia smiled slightly when she saw Sean's somewhat stunned look, her smile was quiet and sweet, with a strong affinity, which had nothing to do with her beauty, but from the kind of temperament that was unique to her.
Phoenix, as the spirit of a hundred beasts, the strongest holy beast before the Dusk Age, they have more than just a awe-inspiring and powerful momentum. Before the phoenix is not angry, the aura emitted by them is very affinity, even in the game, the phoenix is one of the few beast-level creatures that never actively attack the player, even if you are living in front of its lair, it will not attack you.
"Thank you." Sean reached out and took the jerky, then chuckled in acknowledgement.
"Do you and I still need to be polite?" Cecilia brushed the hair that fell down her left cheek, her smile was still there, and then she sat down next to Sean, "I think if it were you, it would be okay." ”
"What can be?" Sean was a little confused.
"Let the entire world remember the name of the Void Wings!" Cecilia suppressed the smile on her face and said with a serious face.
"Did you hear it all?" Sean was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what he was talking about, but when Cecilia said this, he was a little shy, and his face was slightly red.
"Although I don't know what your past is, and I don't know what you want to do, don't say that you want to rebuild your utopia and restore your family, even if you are going to be an enemy of the entire world, I will definitely be on your side." Cecilia nodded, indicating that she had indeed heard what Sean had just said, but it was clear that she had misunderstood what Sean meant.
Void has always been synonymous with chaos and disorientation.
Especially for magicians, the void is not a good thing. Especially in the void, there are many powerful creatures that even the top powerhouses of the human race dare not provoke easily, if these creatures are allowed to enter the material realm, it will be a catastrophe for the main plane at all. Therefore, words like Sean's "to ignite the fire of the void" or something can simply be treated as a heretic.
Heretics, just look at the situation when demons and devils appear, and you will know that this is basically the street rat of the entire world, where they go and are beaten.
So in some ways, Cecilia is not wrong when she says "the enemy of the whole world".
"I think you may have misunderstood." Sean laughed silently and reached out and patted Cecilia's head, "When I say Void Tinder, I don't mean the Void in your magician's terminology. It's my family flag and my faith. …… So, I don't need to be enemies of the people of the whole world, but I probably need to be enemies of two or three extremely powerful behemoths. ”
"Behemoth, how behemoth?" When hearing Sean say that he misunderstood. Cecilia's rare face flushed slightly, and she lowered her head shyly. It's just that in this way, her charm value will naturally soar even more. So much so that even Sean lost his mind for a moment. But soon, she adjusted her mentality and asked again, so much so that she missed the moment when Sean lost his mind just now: "Is it as strong as an empire?" ”
"Well, it's a behemoth like the Seven Great Empires." Sean nodded, "I'm going to rebuild Utopia." It can't get around the thousand-year Covenant Empire, and it may even involve a lot of other troubles. ”
Sean wasn't actually there when Utopia was first built, but he knew how difficult the task was. At that time, it was the entire elite group led by his president who went out, and it took more than three months to finally complete this task, so as to gain control of Utopia, of course, the part of the negotiation with the Millennium Covenant Empire was the responsibility of the acting president of the guild. So what the overall situation is, Sean really doesn't know, but now Sean knows that he wants to reach an agreement with the Millennium Covenant Empire through diplomatic means, which is probably a bit difficult, of course, it is just a little difficult.
If it really doesn't work, it's a big deal to fight.
But if war could be avoided, Sean hoped it could be avoided.
"The Millennial Covenant Empire, indeed...... It's tricky. Cecilia pondered for a moment before replying, for even she really didn't have anything to do.
After all, this is an empire.
But soon, Cecilia came back to her senses: "In this case, there is only one thousand-year alliance empire, why say two or three?" ”
"Because there's still the St. Joels Empire." Sean smiled, "Maybe the Maggie Empire will get involved." So, do you think it's two or three? ”
"For what St. Joles ...... for"
Cecilia's words had just spoken, and then she stopped, because she already knew that there was no need to ask the rest of the words, and the answer was in her heart. This answer made her heart very touched and happy, but instinctively, she didn't want Sean to do this at all, because the geography of the Duchy of Rumber doomed the country to choose only one of the two empires, and it was probably impossible to restore complete independence as before.
Of course, Cecilia knows better that with Sean's personality and attitude, he will never lean towards either side of the two empires, so the final situation may evolve into a joint attack by the two empires.
"Unnecessary ......"
"What's the point?" Sean reached out and gently hugged Cecilia, "You're my family." ”
Cecilia's eyes darkened slightly when she heard the word "family", but she soon closed her eyes and leaned closer into Sean's arms. She does like the term "family", but it is not the "family" that Sean said, but "family" in another sense. It's just that looking at Sean's appearance, Cecilia knows that she doesn't need to expect Sean, a fool, to understand, and for Cecilia, as long as she can be by Sean's side like this, it will be enough.
A tear flowed from the corner of Cecilia's left eye.
And not far away, looking at these two people, Saloki. Xue Feng, but there was a little doubt in his eyes.
Although Sean's introduction to her is that Cecilia is his sister, Saloki always feels that the two are not similar at all, especially Cecilia's attitude towards Sean is not at all like his sister's reaction. However, as much as she wanted to ask about it, she finally held back this curiosity, because she saw the indifference on Shefanio's face, which she was obviously accustomed to, and some words were not suitable for her to ask.
On this night, there were no assassinations, no conspiracy, and no fighting.
Everything was so calm that it felt unbelievably good.
When they woke up the next day, everyone felt unusually full of spirits. It's just that Sean also knows that today will be the highlight of this limited-time mission, because he must arrive at the meeting point required by the mission before nightfall, otherwise this mission will be considered a failure, even if Saloqi. It doesn't make sense for Princess Snowwind to be alive.
What's more, there will definitely be no one who wants Saloki. Princess Snow Wind was able to live.
And this person has also appeared in front of Sean and others. (To be continued......)