18. Chaser
Princess Saloki looked puzzled.
The carriage stopped again.
She looked sideways at Sean again, only to see that Sean's eyes had finally lit up with an excited look like a hunter staring at his prey.
"Cecilia, you and Shephaneo stay in the carriage." Sean spoke, "Give me support if necessary." …… But I guess not. ”
Cecilia nodded, and didn't say anything more, but the marshmallow next to her looked more excited, looking eager to try. Sean didn't pay much attention to this idiot, although it was okay to deal with some fighters who were not very strong with Marshmallow's current strength, but it was also a one-on-one situation, and in a situation like the current one, bringing this idiot out of the gang would only create more trouble.
"You'd better stay in here for me." Sean whispered.
As a result, Marshmallow snorted disdainfully, and there was a white mist in the air, and the mocking look in his eyes was particularly obvious.
Saloki. Xue Feng looked at this person and a dog with some curiosity, she felt that if she remembered correctly, when she was in the Tonis Fortress before, this man was obviously able to command the creature that looked like a monster, but why can't he command it now? But soon, Saloki knew the reason, because she saw that after the little girl gently patted Marshmallow's head, Marshmallow's eyes showed very humane helplessness and pleading, but after seeing Cecilia still have a straight face, the monster could only honestly walk back to the corner of the carriage, curled up and lay down to rest.
Then Sean opened the door of the carriage.
This specially modified and custom-made carriage has a very strong military style and atmosphere, because its doors are not open on the sides like the carriages used by the aristocracy. Instead, it opens directly at the back of the car, and the doors open inward. Outside the door, there is a pedal for standing, and in front of the pedal is a chest-high iron-clad solid wood guardrail, where possible hidden arrows can be blocked.
By this time, Rena and the elven guard had already dismounted from the carriage and were no longer sitting in the coachman's seat.
In particular, Rena also directly untied Blackstone's lasso.
The mutant emperor dragon flicked its tail frantically, its eyes had begun to glow red, and it already had a very obvious desire to attack. Rena, on the other hand, stood next to Blackstone, not riding on it, and certainly not trying to calm the manic dragon.
Strictly speaking. Rena's profession is not a true dragon knight today, as she does not have a dragon riding spear.
The so-called dragoon gun is a weapon that is deliberately distinguished from the dragon lance.
Like dragon spears, which are usually more than three meters long, they are a sharp weapon used by infantry regiments to deal with heavy cavalry. And dragoon guns. It is a special weapon for dragoons, like the dragoon spear of the ground dragoon. The length is usually two meters upwards. It usually doesn't exceed two meters five, but because of the special materials required for forging, dragoon guns are usually heavier than expected.
In in-game terms, it comes with a DUBUFF that reduces attack speed.
Of course, there is no doubt about the lethality.
And a dragon knight like Rena, because the Earth Dragon is a mutated Emperor Dragon. It belongs to a relatively special breed, so the dragoon gun she uses naturally needs to be tailor-made. Judging from Sean's eyes, if Rena wants to match the body shape of the mutant emperor dragon, then this dragon riding spear tailored for her needs at least ten kilograms of black crystal dragon iron. At present, this kind of thing is only produced in the Millennium Covenant Empire and the Kingdom of Satagastan, and even the dragoon spears forged by the Emilian Empire need to be purchased from these two countries.
However, in terms of forging techniques, the Millennial Covenant Empire is inferior to the Emiliad Empire, so the two empires usually use Dark Crystal Dragon Iron and Dragoon Spear as trade exchange resources. However, if you want to talk about the quality of the black crystal dragon iron and the forging skills of the dragon spear, it is the best in the Kingdom of Satagastan, but the Kingdom of Satagastan rarely conducts trade with foreign countries, so the occasional dragoon spear flowing from the Kingdom of Satagastan is a hot item.
Although Sean's deputy is an alchemy blacksmith, it is a pity that there is no blueprint for making a dragon horse in his production list, so even if he wants to make a dragon horse gun, he has no idea how to make a dragon horse gun. Of course, if he can get a dragoon gun to study, Sean thinks that he should be able to imitate a dragoon gun, after all, through today's conversation with Princess Saloki, Sean can already determine that he does not need to go completely according to the system in everything, he can completely do the forging work like a real blacksmith.
It's just that even if Sean has the confidence to create a dragon riding spear, he can't do anything without the Black Crystal Dragon Iron.
Moreover, ten kilograms of Black Crystal Dragon Iron, this is not a small amount.
You must know that the annual output of the Black Crystal Dragon Iron of the Millennium Covenant Empire is only a mere 500 kilograms.
Therefore, the current fighting method between Rena and Blackstone is still in a combat mode similar to that of the Warcraft: that is, Blackstone fights alone as an individual of Warcraft, rather than cooperating with Rena to attack.
After getting out of the carriage, Sean glanced around.
It was already nightfall, but it was not so dark that it was completely invisible, so Sean could still see the flying dust not far away, and with his life in the army during this time, he could easily tell that it was a force on a rapid march. However, because this place is relatively close to the fortress of Tonys, if there is a large number of troops active, it is easy to be regarded as some kind of hostile behavior, so the size of this force that is on the march is naturally not too large, according to Sean's estimate, it is about a hundred people.
However, the two points of being well-trained and well-equipped will never be able to escape.
Otherwise, it would not be possible to have such slight dust particles.
Although the Highland Elves are good at melee combat and do not have the amazing vision power of the Prairie Elves, even Sean can see this force, and it is certainly impossible for the Highland Elf guard not to see it. However, compared to the calm expressions on Sean and Rena's faces, the forehead of the highland elf guard was slightly sweaty, clearly showing a trace of panic in his heart.
However, Sean could understand the nervousness in the elven guard's heart at this time.
After all, this elven guard had just gone through a bloody battle. Although he has the strength of a golden powerhouse, but as a profession that turns to a defender, his offensive ability will naturally not be much stronger, which is a bit like Bannock - he is now William's chief of guard, although his personal strength is still only the peak of the upper silver, but under Sean's heavy spending regardless of the cost, he already has the ability to resist for a few minutes under the hands of the lower golden powerhouse.
In addition to this, Sean also equipped Bannock with a team of guards that can definitely be considered luxurious.
In addition to the weakness of the offensive ability, the most important thing is that the strength of this guard has not been completely recovered, so it is indeed difficult for a strong man to defend a carriage by himself. It's just that if it is replaced by driving a carriage and taking Princess Saloki to break out. Then there is no pressure on this, not to mention that this is only a force of about 100 people, even 300 people may not be able to stop this elven guard from absconding.
It's just that the enemy really only has a hundred or so people?
The answer is clearly no.
Because if there were really only these 100 or so troops, then Sean would not have gotten out of the carriage. Even made Cecilia and Xephanio ready for battle. Especially since the enemy army is still so far away from Sean's side, it is impossible for him to find the enemy's traces so powerfully.
Really intrigued Sean and got him out of the carriage. It is the murderous aura emitted by the enemy's strong man.
And there is more than one.
The rich murderous aura that permeated the surroundings. It was the real thing that forced Rena to stop the carriage. After all, Rena, who has personally been on the battlefield and commanded battles, still has some ways to do things like this kind of marching and fighting, so she naturally knows how terrible the attack will be once surrounded by the enemy forces behind her.
Standing beside the carriage, Sean once again looked around at the empty wilderness around him. But the mockery on his face was even more obvious, he didn't deliberately hide his voice, so the words he said were naturally enough for everyone around him to hear: "In these years, is the gold powerhouse so worthless?" ”
As if in response to Sean's words. In the wilderness not far from Sean, there was a sudden distortion of air.
This phenomenon made Sean's brows a little surprised.
He had thought that the attackers should be Assassins, because only then would they have such a strong and intense murderous aura, and at the same time know how to hide their form in such a wilderness where there is almost nothing.
But now, it is clear that this is not the case.
There are only two types of people in the Anthropocene realm who can distort a piece of space.
The first type is magicians who are good at space magic.
However, to be able to use space magic so skillfully, at least at the level of a magician, it is a true powerhouse of the Holy Domain. And in terms of the Duchy of Lane, which has not yet been upgraded, being able to hire a magician with the strength of the Golden Realm is enough to make many nobles envious, not to mention that even the Kingdom of Lane, which has completely taken over the territory and property of the Dabiang Kingdom, is only a dozen or so Sacred Realm powerhouses.
And they are all warrior-type Sanctuary powerhouses.
So the only thing left is another possibility.
Illusionist.
A very rare profession.
This profession also belongs to the classification of magicians in the strict sense, but few people develop in this area, even if it was in the game, the profession of illusionist was only cultivated by those big guilds or studios, and its purpose was naturally only to deal with certain occasions under special conditions.
Sean remembered that there was a copy in the game, and he had to have an illusionist to get through.
And that period was also the time when illusionists in the game were at their most popular.
It's just that when this copy is eliminated, the illusionist is in an awkward situation again. But it's a good thing that at least the players in the game have discovered the meaning of the illusionist's existence, which has given birth to many more classic tactical combinations. It's just that this kind of tactical coordination, without exception, requires the team to have a very high output ability, otherwise it is a burden to carry an illusionist who can be said to have no output ability.
At the moment, this illusionist is not very good in Sean's eyes.
Because of the really powerful illusionist. It is possible to completely blind a person's perception. Not to mention visual and sound deception, even the murderous aura can be concealed very well, at least if it is really an illusionist with the strength of the Golden Realm, then even if it can't be blinded by such a strong murderous aura in the end, it will not let Sean and the others discover it at this moment when the murderous aura emanates.
As the distorted air gradually recovered and revealed its original appearance, Sean's face also showed some interest.
Because in front of him, there were five men on horseback.
In addition to the person in the middle who was pale and emaciated, and knew that he was an illusionist at a glance, there was actually a young man who was also dressed as a magician among the four next to him. And the other three, without exception, are all melee professionals. However, looking at the weapons in their hands, it is obvious that they still have different biases, at least the one with the chopping knife makes Sean feel a strong sense of threat.
This is definitely a powerhouse at the pinnacle of gold.
Of the other four, the mage and the illusionist are both top-tier silver, and the other two melee pros are lower-rank gold.
Two high-ranking silver realm magicians. Coupled with the three powerhouses of the Golden Realm, they were able to come up with such a lineup in one go. And it only took one day before and after to be able to catch up with the whereabouts of Sean and others. Sean already knew who the Ryan nobleman was who had colluded with the Wind Breaker Tribe.
"With such a big battle, won't Flores feel distressed?" The corners of Sean's mouth were slightly raised, and the sneer could not be more obvious.
Hearing Sean's words, several riders were slightly stunned, but then the young magician smiled: "It turns out that Your Excellency thinks Lord Floris. ”
"Of course." Sean shrugged, "Seventh Legion Overseer. Floris. Marquis of Herman, de facto owner of Tonis Fortress. ”
Of course, Sean still hasn't said a word.
An old dog loyal to King Lane.
"Now that Your Excellency knows where we came from, I think the conversation between us will be much easier."
The young magician rolled over and dismounted. Although there is still a bit of pride on his face, this pride is more to maintain the pride of his own magician, at least until he completely finds out Sean's identity, he will not be too presumptuous. After all, not everyone can tell the identities and origins of these people as casually as Sean, and even dare to call Floris's name and identity, because if you don't have a certain strength or background identity, doing so is simply provoking the authority and dignity of a nobleman.
And Floris, now the de facto owner of the Tonis Fortress, and even the commander of the Seventh Legion has to obey him, so you can imagine how great the authority of this nobleman is.
Of course, a clever magician will not say anything at this time, but whether he will say something after returning is no one can guarantee.
Especially when he looked at the carriage behind Sean, he confirmed his suspicion even more, after all, there was only one person in the entire Tonis Fortress who had this kind of carriage.
"On the orders of Lord Floris, I am hunting down spies who have infiltrated our country from the Savages." The young magician continued, his eyes constantly sweeping over the elven guard, "These spies are very cunning, they are very good at disguise, so I hope your Excellency will cooperate, let's check it carefully to avoid unnecessary trouble." ”
Sean looked at the young magician with some amusement.
It has to be said that this magician is indeed very good at dealing with such disputes. His words have fully hinted that as long as Sean and the others cooperate with them to hand over the people of the Snow Wind Tribe, then they can act as if nothing happened, Sean and the others are just deceived and deceived by these two elves, and this kind of thing can naturally be covered up with the statement "those who don't know are not guilty".
So in the end, everyone is still happy.
But in fact, is it really a happy thing?
If Sean hadn't accepted the limited-time mission, then maybe he would have hesitated, after all, this Flores was only loyal to King Ryan, so he was a neutral in the true sense of the word, at least he wouldn't be hostile to a nobleman like Sean for no reason, and maybe he could try to win over an ally. But now, now that Sean has taken over this task, it means that his position and identity are no longer allowed to be changed.
Of course, he didn't expect that this escort mission would actually involve a powerful marquis.
Almost on his toes, he knew that if he refused to hand him over, then his relationship with the Marquis of Flores would definitely deteriorate, after all, the Marquis and the Breaking Wind Tribe had a common interest.
"Ugh." Sean sighed helplessly, "I said kid, you don't seem to understand the meaning of what I said earlier. ”
"What?" When the young magician heard Sean's words, his heart suddenly burst into a bad mood, but he suppressed the uneasiness when he saw that there were three other melee professionals standing beside him, and that the escort would arrive in a few minutes.
"What I mean by that was ......," Sean whispered, "if you all die here, won't that old fox of Flores feel pain?" As far as I know, whether it's a golden powerhouse or a magician, this is very valuable. ”
As soon as Sean's words came out, the atmosphere around him suddenly changed, and even the air completely froze.
The next moment, a cold light swept up! (To be continued......)