Chapter 382: The Way of Dusk
"I really didn't expect that we came all the way to this ghost place, and in the end we were looking for someone."
Riding on his horse and looking at the canyon ahead, Carter touched his beard and showed a helpless expression. Two days had passed since the previous conflict, and the clergy from the surrounding dioceses had answered the call to Glowa. The Templars wasted no time in dividing them into six squads, four of which were responsible for going deep into the Wild West, while the other two were responsible for finding people in the Ice City, just as Bishop Hegel had told Jenn.
And maybe it was the impact of the previous "duel", or maybe it was planned for a long time, basically the nobles were assigned to the sixth squad, including Carter and his men, Barty and the half-elf killer Noan, in addition to them, there were five paladins and two priests and three mages in this squad. The leader of the team was a paladin named Jossen, who came from the Knights of Light Winged Wings, and was polite and not arrogant. It can be seen that this Jossen is more capable of being a person than Leiden. In fact, when he took over as the team leader, he also discussed with Jenn, after all, the real legend-level power in this team is him, Jenn, Carter and Noan (Tinidel too, but most people don't know the strength of this eldest lady), and they must always be prepared and planned. However, the other three did not object to this paladin as the leader, and Carter and Noan were no strangers to this as they had traveled with the paladin. Jenn said he had no interest in this kind of boring struggle for power, so the leader of the team was finally decided.
Although on the surface, this team has the most mixed ingredients. But in terms of strength, this team is the strongest of the six. There are a total of five legendary realms, and Carter's subordinates and the rest of the clerics are all strong men of the Knights of the Silver Cup and the Archbishop class. To know that in the Klein Continent. A powerhouse in the Legendary Realm is enough to destroy a medium-sized city. If such a team is thrown out, it can be said that it can run rampant on the main plane and is not afraid of anything.
However, this is also in the main plane, where there are as many legends as dogs and demigods in the lower realm, and this bit of power is at most the elite level of cannon fodder. You must know that in the demon army, every commander has the power of the legendary realm, and every demon war is fought in hundreds of thousands at least............
Of course, if the forces of the lower realms are really gathered, it is more than enough to destroy the main plane ten times or eight times. But in fact, the demons are not very concerned about this kind of thing. First, the struggle for power and profit between the demon kings in the lower realm is also very serious, and secondly, the main position has a level suppression in the face of other dimensional creatures. Whether it is the Sky Divine Kingdom or the powerful inhabitants of the Abyss Purgatory, entering the main plane will require a lot of strength to maintain their existence, and their power level will also be reduced. Unless you enter the main plane directly with a deity like Jenn -- but once you die, it will really be a rhythm of deletion and retraining.
In fact, the so-called extermination of human beings by the demon race is a slogan in Jenn's view, which is in the same vein as the so-called freedom, democracy, justice and so on in his previous life, what overthrows the dictatorship and liberates the people's rights, to put it bluntly, isn't it just to find a pretext to fight hostile forces, weaken the enemy country, and then grab gold, banknotes and resources? Democracy and freedom are nothing but lofty excuses to fool those idiots who collaborate with the enemy and betray the country. And for Jenn, it's the same, what exterminates humans to rule the world is fake, and it's true to find an excuse to kill people and rush to experience and wait to be promoted to the top and become a demon king. Look at the five sons of the demon kings now, except for Klein, a fool who still takes this broken slogan seriously. Which of the other four, including Jenn, isn't having fun? What good is it for them to kill all the humans? On the contrary, keeping these interesting toys is the most meaningful thing to spend time in a long life.
"What's so bad about that? Mr. Carter? ”
Sitting leisurely on the back of the carriage, Jenn yawned and looked at Carter beside him.
"I think it's easier to accomplish a mission with a clear goal than to go deep into the Wild West. You see. Our mission is simple, to find the young lady in the Ice City. Then leave......... Simple and convenient. Clear. Isn't it? ”
"That's just as well."
Hear Jenn's answer. Carter nodded.
In fact, what Jenn said was also true, and to be honest, if he was allowed to go deep into the Western Wilderness, then Jenn would definitely not do it. Because then the script is much more troublesome. Of course, he can also perform a script that "encounters a terrible demon and destroys all the troops, and only himself escapes", but this is not a movie, and the credibility is too far away. But if you return without any reason, it will also raise suspicion. Now that the Templar Order had given them this task, Jenn was really relieved, so that he didn't have to think about the rationality of those scripts anymore, as long as he completed the task that was not too troublesome in his hands.
As he spoke, Jenn looked in front of him, and saw that in front of him, a tall canyon covered half of the sky, and between the towering canyons, a path loomed. However, although it looks very cramped, after several generations of repairs, this dusk post road has no problem accommodating a convoy of dozens of people.
Jenn's team consisted of nearly thirty people, including three wagons, and the other two wagons were used to stack supplies except for Jenn's own. After all, even paladins have to eat and drink, and no one knows what the situation is in the western wilderness, whether the contents can be eaten, whether the water can be drunk, and whether there is poison or not, are all problems. So the best solution is to bring your own food. Except for the carriage, everyone else rode horses, except for the two priests who sat in the second carriage, closing their eyes all the way.
The group soon followed the dusk post road into the Frost Canyon, on weekdays, there would always be bandits in the vicinity, but now looking at the desolate scene around it, it is naturally impossible to encounter any more bandits. It's no wonder that so long has passed since the mutation in the western wilderness, and those bandits naturally don't dare to wander around in such a place anymore. What's more, Jenn and his party seem to be bad to mess with, unless they are stupid enough to provoke them.
"Just through the Frost Canyon, are we going to enter the Wild West?"
Just as Jenn and Carter were chatting without a word, Barty also cautiously interjected next to him. Unlike several others, he was not a decorated nobleman, but a descendant. As for why he accepted the Templar's invitation to venture this time, Barty didn't say, and Jenn wasn't sure. But looking at his appearance, it is obvious that this young man's family is not in a good situation at the moment, so he will come here to work hard.
"That's right, boy."
Hearing Barty's inquiry, Carter laughed and nodded. Then he reached out and gestured forward.
"Passing through the Frost Canyon, we'll go straight into the Wild West, and I've heard that from there it's eternal night, and I don't know what the hell is going to do it. But I think it must be a very good guy. ”
"Isn't it amazing?"
Hearing Carter's answer, the young man in the wide alchemy robe couldn't help but tremble, and then asked softly. Carter nodded in response to his inquiry.
"It must be very powerful, you see, the Templar Order sent out all the elites this time, and in my memory, even when the dark elves attacked the surface fifteen years ago, the Templar Order didn't send so many people. I don't know who it is this time, but I heard those paladins say that it was probably a dark ritual performed by a demon king. ”
"Demon King ............"
Hearing this, Barty's face became even paler, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva tremblingly, and his face was full of panic.
"Don't stick to a rigid face!"
Looking at Barty's expression, Carter laughed and reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
"It's not for us to deal with that demon king, you listen to the bishop in the back, our mission is to go to the Ice City to find someone. As soon as we find someone, then we will get out of that place immediately. You don't have to worry about dealing with any demon king, cultists, or something, how about it? So you can rest assured. ”
"Ah, that's what I said."
Hearing this, Barty let out a long sigh and put his mind at ease. Seeing his appearance, Jenn just chuckled and didn't say much
"But even so, we can't be careless."
At this moment, another voice came, and then I saw a blonde paladin riding a snow-white war horse and come to everyone's side. He is the leader of this squad, Jossen, the Knights of Light. I saw that he first smiled politely at everyone and nodded, and then spoke.
"While it's true that we don't need to go too far into the wilderness, the Ice City is also full of dangers. At least as far as the Templar Order has gotten, there are no fewer monsters entrenched in the Ice City than in other places. ”
Hearing this, Carter nodded, but the next moment, he quickly looked at Qiao Sen with a solemn face.
"That's right, but then again, Knight Josson. I've heard that the people who went into the Wild West before were crazy, what if we had this happening to us? I don't know if it's some kind of curse or some kind of disease, but in the face of such a thing, our swords probably won't be of much use. ”
"Rest assured, Mr. Carter."
Hearing Carter's inquiry, Jossen smiled slightly.
"The Templar Order has made all the preparations this time, and I am confident that we will be able to accomplish our mission successfully."
With that, he looked up and looked ahead.
"Look, ahead, it's the Wild West."
Hearing Qiao Sen's words, everyone couldn't help but raise their heads and look ahead -- only to see that in the gap in the canyon, darkness had quietly arrived. (To be continued......)