The Forest of Sighs is not simply the name of a forest, but a general term that specifically refers to a murderous place located within the Millennium Covenant Empire.

This vast forest is located in the eastern part of the Empire, between the Black Soil and the eastern part of the Empire. In the hearts of the people of the Millennial Covenant Empire, they have never regarded the black soil land east of the Forest of Sighs as part of their empire's territory, even if they are from the eastern frontier of the empire, they only recognize the land within three hundred miles west of the Forest of Sighs as the territory of the empire.

It's not that these people of the thousand-year-old empire are willing to give up their land, but that this land is not a place where ordinary people can set foot in it.

Infected by the land of black soil, coupled with the fact that the thousand-year-old Covenant Empire has wanted to recover this land of black soil for countless years, the undead creatures gathered in the Forest of Sighs have reached an extremely exaggerated level. In the mouths of the inhabitants of the eastern frontier of the thousand-year-old empire, there is a legend that the proximity of any living person will disturb these undead who sleep in the bottom of the forest of sighs, and then they will tear open the earth, climb out of the abyss, and pull all the living into the world of the dead.

However, although the legend has a certain amount of exaggeration, it is not nonsense. It's just that in front of a strong man with a certain strength, the undead creatures are not invincible, at least those skeletons in the Sigh Forest are not enough to become a force that can stop a team composed of magicians, dragon knights, and many strong people.

A sharp sword light swept up.

Although this sword light seems to be sharp, it actually falls in the eyes of people who really know swordsmanship. It can be easily seen that the power contained under this sword light is not big enough. In a bloody battle on a frontal battlefield, this sword light will be forcibly blocked or parried by the enemy because it lacks sufficient threat. Of course, to say the merits. In fact, it is not nothing, at least some agility can still be seen in the refracted light and shadow after the sword light flies.

After the sword light swept by, a skeleton of bones was completely shattered and scattered on the black ground.

If you think that this will solve the enemy, then these scattered bones will definitely give unforgettable surprises to those who ignore them.

The bones that had been shattered by the sword had no obvious signs of shattering, only a pale white mark—a skeleton that had been revived by an undead infection. As long as it's not the lowest-level skeleton soldier, but a slightly more advanced skeleton soldier or skeleton warrior, the bones on their body will basically become as hard as an iron weapon. It is said that the more advanced the skeleton monster. The harder the bones will be—but there's no more advanced monster than the Skeleton Warrior in the Land of Sighs.

The bones scattered on the ground began to shake slightly, as if guided by a magnetic force, and began to gradually attract other bones.

But not until the bones come together again. A long sword pierced directly into the skull of the side - in a clashing sound of gold and iron. The hard skull could not resist the sword's stabbing at all.

As if some soul was crying, many bone fragments, including this skull, all turned into a piece of bone powder in an instant, smearing the black earth with a little snow-white trace.

Melly pulled out the sword that had stabbed into the ground with too much force, then turned her head to look around.

The threats around her had been completely dismantled—while she was dealing with the skeleton warrior, her three companions were not idle. Or rather, except for Lucinda. Outside of Courtville, Elisa. Omerah and Rilista. William showed their superior strength and easily solved the goals they each needed to solve.

Skeleton Warrior. is a high-level reinforcement for the Skeleton Soldier. Compared to the skeleton soldier whose bones are perfected, but whose weapons are still rusty and broken, the skeleton warrior not only has a white and dusty luster throughout his bones. Even the weapon was a much more elaborate-looking machete, and there was even an extra wooden shield covered with iron. In terms of offensive and defensive capabilities, skeleton warriors are much better than skeleton soldiers.

If skeleton warriors were to be formed in groups, this kind of undead creature whose individual strength was only of the fourth order would exert a terrifying combat power that was even more terrifying than the fifth order, or even reached the sixth order. The most conventional way to deal with skeleton warriors is to use the tactics of cutting and separating, so that these skeleton warriors cannot form a group, so as to gain a group advantage, and can only maintain weak individual strength.

At least, with the strength of the four-member mercenary group of Relista, it would not be a problem for a single person to deal with a dozen or so skeleton warriors.

After solving the troubles of these dozens of skeleton warriors, the foursome gathered together again.

"I'm a little tired." The first to speak was Melly.

This young female swordsman did not focus on strength and stamina, but instead took the route that required more skill - commonly known as the light swordsman. Compared to the fast swordsman, the light swordsman's attack speed is not fast; Compared with the swordsman of the mediocre route, he is not known for his strength and endurance; At that time, the reason why the light swordsman was not eliminated from the branch of the swordsman school was because this kind of swordsman had very good technical skills and breakthrough ability.

However, it is precisely because the two attributes of strength and endurance are not outstanding that the light swordsman is not good at protracted combat.

"We've been on the road for a long time, and it's really not easy for Melly." Lucinda, who knew Melly's situation, spoke, and at the same time took out a few small test tubes from her body, and began to mix them on the spot, and finally took out a test tube containing pink liquid and handed it to Melly, "Drink it, it can speed up your physical recovery." ”

Merli frowned, clearly repulsed by the potion. It's just that after hesitating for a long time, Melli still took the test tube, and then raised her head with a generous expression and drank the liquid in the test tube. In an instant, all of Melly's exposed skin glowed pink, and a large amount of white mist rose from the pores, a strange phenomenon that lasted for about four or five seconds, and then everything was back to normal.

And Melly. The tiredness on his face was completely gone, replaced by a look of energy, as if he had slept well.

"If not, it smells like stinky water in the drain. I'd love to eat this for dinner. Melly handed the tube back to Lucinda, and then hurriedly took out the water bag and began to rinse her mouth, but even after several rinses, Melly was still sick to her stomach.

"It's not good to eat, this thing just squeezes your potential." Lucinda put the tube away and said, "When the effect is over, you'll be very tired. …… But we're almost at the end of our day's task anyway. You just have to rest well at night, and tomorrow will be fine. ”

"Ugh." Melli sighed, a little helpless. "Commander, how long are we going to carry out this kind of reconnaissance mission?"

"Until you find your target." Eliza. Omera, the petite mercenary leader, spoke, "This was supposed to be the operation. We don't need to enter the Forest of Sighs. But the target suddenly deviated from direction and entered the Forest of Sighs, so we had to keep up. …… Anyway, our task is to find the location of the target as soon as possible, and then report back to Miss Cecilia. ”

"Okay." Melly muttered something.

"Just think of it as a trial." Rilista said in a deep voice, "We originally took refuge in Grand Duke Sean in order to hone ourselves and break through the shackles of the Sanctuary. Now this kind of opportunity can be regarded as a new training. ”

Eliza. Omeira pondered for a moment, and then her eyes lit up. Laughing: "I see." It is worthy of the sister of Master William who sees the problem so thoroughly. I'm still wondering why Miss Cecilia had arranged for us to conduct a search in front of enemy lines. You didn't object. ”

Rilista snorted, and began to explore further.

Eliza. Naturally, Omerah followed quickly.

Only Mellie, who still hadn't figured out the situation: "What's going on?" ”

Lucinda sighed helplessly, and then explained, "The skeletons in the Forest of Sighs are innumerable, and they can almost be said to be endless. Therefore, Miss Cecilia arranged for us to leave the main force and go alone, not only for us to investigate, but also for us to know how to make trade-offs. …… Here, blindly relying on force to solve the enemy is not the way to win, we must learn how to better retain physical strength and combat effectiveness. ”

"Oh." Melly answered.

But Lucinda looked at Melly, obviously not expecting this guy to understand what she had just said.

However, this time, the speed of this small team of four-person mercenaries has increased significantly, and the frequency of battles has also decreased. Of course, it is more of a tactical change, they are no longer limited to relying on the strength of the golden powerhouse to crush the road, but begin to make detours and breakthroughs, so that under the same endurance limit, they can advance farther.

Located at a distance of about four or five hundred meters behind Ruilista and the others, Cecilia felt that the frequency of battles in the front team was getting lower and lower, and the distance between herself and other strong people gradually began to widen, and the corners of Cecilia's mouth raised slightly.

"Oh, comprehension is not bad." Angel on the side also felt this change, so she opened her mouth and commented, "I originally thought it would take at least another three or four days to do it, but I didn't expect that it was only the third day that I had already begun to know how to be flexible." …… But with their forward tone, the back is the trouble. ”

Hearing Angel's voice, Cecilia's rarely raised corners of her mouth quickly disappeared, and her face became not very good-looking.

Angel could certainly sense Cecilia's mood changes, but she didn't care. The strength of the two sides is almost the same, and the final result of the real fight is that no one can help anyone, but at present, Angel can still occupy a slight advantage by relying on the strength realm higher than Cecilia, so from a certain instinct, she likes Cecilia to find trouble for herself, so that she can win some superiority.

But it's a pity that Cecilia is such a shrewd person, how can she fall for Angel.

"Is your intelligence really correct?" Cecilia asked in a deep voice.

"Of course." Angel replied, her tone full of pride, "I don't know exactly what the situation is with Laice, and I don't understand why that team suddenly diverted into the Forest of Sighs. But what I'm sure of is that the special team that secretly transferred Laice did get in. …… Judging by the available intelligence, because we changed course very quickly. Therefore, the other party is probably only about three days ahead of us, and considering the special environment of the rest and sighing forest in the middle, if there is no mistake in the route, we will be able to catch up with the other party tomorrow or the day after tomorrow at most. ”

Although Cecilia didn't like Angel very much, she knew that Angel's information was very accurate, at least much more accurate than the information that could be obtained in the Void Realm, after all, this was the Thousand-Year Covenant Empire. It's Angel's territory. So after listening to Angel's analysis at this time, Cecilia didn't say anything to refute it, but was thinking about the next rescue operation. How can I get Laice out of it without any damage?

"I think we'd better talk about how to rescue Laice."

"I think what we should be talking about now is how to rescue Laice."

Cecilia and Angel said in unison—albeit slightly different in structure, but they both meant the same thing. In a way. Angel and Cecilia should be considered "heart-to-heart".

It's just that. The two of them were obviously very unhappy with this tacit understanding, so they snorted at the same time. However, when they found that this expression of disdain and tone were the same, the two of them were even more unhappy in their hearts, so they said at the same time: "Don't learn from me! ”

There was silence.

"Haha, you two are so fun." Rena saw that the two Peugeot beauties were glaring at each other, so she started laughing, "Okay, okay, don't pretend to be a sculpture." Let's quickly study how to save people. …… This forest is so cold that it always makes me want to sleep. ”

Because of the awakening of the dragon blood in the body. Naturally, Rena began to become a little lethargic. However, perhaps due to the particularity of the dragon's bloodline, even when Rena was sleeping, the fighting energy in her body was still growing and condensing, which made her strength in a state where she could improve all the time. Perhaps this is the reason why Rena's strength has grown so amazingly among all Sean's followers - of course, Rena, as the person concerned, doesn't know too well.

Looking at Rena yawning and rubbing her eyes, Cecilia and Angel both looked defeated.

However, as they also have royal and aristocratic blood, and have the name of genius, Cecilia and Angel both have their own pride, and at this time, Rena's words are used as steps down, which is also in line with the two of them. Therefore, the two sides who don't like each other naturally let go of their prejudices temporarily, and then began to discuss how to rescue Laice without injury.

As for the result of this rescue operation, these two people did not think about it.

After all, in addition to Cecilia and Angel, two beings who are enough to make ordinary Sanctuary powerhouses fearful, their team also has a super powerhouse and a powerhouse who can almost reach the peak of legend at full firepower - the combination of these four people alone is enough to make even a ninth-level army dare not act rashly. Therefore, the result of the rescue operation was not seen by Cecilia and Angel at all, and their only concern was whether the enemy would kill Laice if the situation was not good.

But as they were discussing, Kokire snorted suddenly, and then turned his head abruptly to look in the direction of the road where they had come.

"What's wrong?" Cecilia was keenly aware of the change in Kokire, and hurriedly asked.

Kokire stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction he was looking, and said, "People." ”

"You're saying there's a skeleton warrior chasing after us?" In fact, no one but Sean was able to have a smooth conversation with Kokire, so Cecilia had to guess.

Kokire thought for a moment, then shook his head, and spoke again, "Live." ”

"Living?" Angel has also been in contact with Kokilei these days, and although she doesn't know the specific strength of Kokilei, Kokilei does exude a terrifying aura that makes her feel dangerous and desperate.

Kokire hesitated, but this time instead of shaking his head, he nodded.

Cecilia and Angel both looked at each other, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes.

Sighing about the situation in the forest, under Angel's introduction, Cecilia and the others also had an obvious understanding. Under normal circumstances, even the Imperial Army would not be willing to approach, let alone go deeper, to this forest. And even the bravest soldiers of the empire are reluctant to enter the forest, it is conceivable that ordinary people will not enter this forest, and there are no treasures worth digging and exploring in the forest, and adventurers and mercenaries will naturally not enter here.

"How many people, can you know?" Angel asked, her voice a little hurried.

Kou Jilei shook his head, and only stingily spat out one word: "Many." ”

"It looks like there should be quite a few of them." Cecilia also said in a deep voice, "Can you judge the strength of these people?" ”

"Weak." This time, Kokire didn't hesitate in the slightest.

"How's that for us?" To be on the safe side, Angel asked more.

This time, however, Korquire didn't answer immediately, but thought for a moment before pointing at Cecilia and Rena.

But Angel and Cecilia have already seen it: the gap between the strength of these enemies and the strength of Cecilia and Angel is like Cecilia and Rena, and there is a big gap in between. However, even so, these enemies are a certain threat - just as Cecilia and Angel can bring a little damage to Rena if they fight Reyna to the end.

"It doesn't seem to be as simple as we thought." Cecilia's brow furrowed slightly, and her voice became cold. (To be continued......)