Chapter 420: Chase and Escape
"Click."
Looking at the broken crystal ball in front of him, Duck raised his brow in surprise, he stared blankly at the crystal ball in front of him, as if he couldn't believe what he saw in his eyes, but he couldn't ignore it, this fact was so clear that he couldn't even find any excuse.
Vulture lost?
Duck didn't want to believe it, but it was. As Rhodes had predicted, there was always some way for the undead to determine each other's life and death. And now, the vulture's lifestone shattered under his eyelids, which made Duck feel a trace of anxiety——— and fear like never before.
This is a rare thing for the undead, but at this moment, Duck is truly terrified. Because this is a big trouble for Dark, now the poor necromancer has even begun to tremble faintly, as long as the thought of the adult above to learn that he has lost the list of bones, and even caused the vulture to die, then his good life will be over.
It's no wonder that Duck is so nervous, after all, this mission is a very heavy courage for him. Within the Night Dragon Country, the four major families have been competing with each other for a long time, and with the emergence of the new successor of the Dark Dragon Soul, the current Night Dragon Country is undergoing unprecedented changes, and the power struggle and power struggle between the old and new gate lords and nobles are all things that are happening in this country.
Darker is a member of the Barend family, the "Soul Chaser", one of the four major families of the Night Dragon Kingdom, which is the pillar of the Night Dragon Kingdom, and most of the members of the family are necromancers, lichs, and death knights. The Barende family used to be the head of the four great families of the Night Dragon Nation, but now. Their position has loosened somewhat, and although it has not yet reached the point of precariousness, it is not as secure as before.
The current Barend family is facing internal and external troubles, within the four major families. Wanting to replace it, the "Blood Countess" and the "Fallen Angel" who won the title of the first family have been eyeing each other, but the weakest of the four families, the "master" family, has been favored by the dark dragon this time, and has suddenly become the most powerful competitor of the "Soul Chaser" family. And this is just the internal struggle of the four major families, and if you look outside, there are still many newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, and the emerging forces are also delusional about pulling this powerful first family off the horse and replacing it.
In this case. "Soul Chaser" Barend naturally did not tie his hands and captured, the Barend family has been able to maintain its position within the Night Dragon Kingdom relying on a strong history, loyalty, and merit——— yes. Merit is the foundation of the Barend family. After all, in a country of death. Death Knights, Lichs, and Necromancers are among the main legions in battle, and it is because of this that they are able to master the foundations of the Night Dragon Nation. Not like the vampires who hide in the dark. Aside from intelligence and assassination, those guys are useless. Although the humans led by Garcia the "Master" have the largest number of supporters in the Night Dragon Nation, those fragile living cannot fight like the undead legions. They may be able to bring a vibrant life to the empire, but they are sustainable. As for the "fallen angels", a group of apostate betrayers, it is impossible to become a magnitude in their delusions.
Not long since. The Barends are so glorious, but now, they too must fight to show their abilities to the new emperor.
It was in this context that Duck was sent here in the hope that he would be able to make a mark here and become a cornerstone of the rise of the Barend family. But now. Duck feels that this is a wonderful future. It's getting farther and farther away from me.
You must know that due to the sensitive identity of the Principality of Moon, there has always been a special person in charge here. And this time, in order to achieve the goal, the Barend family even carried out some means, which reluctantly inserted Dark, his own person, into this place. What he had to do was simple, he would accept the work of his predecessors, continue to develop his eyeline in the Duchy of Moon, and then obtain information. Of course, the most important thing is not to let the people of the Duchy of Moon find out that in a country ruled by angels——— necromancers are more than just unpopular.
Darker has always been very cautious, and frankly speaking, his strength is not weak, in a country where strength is the basis of the hierarchy to be able to sit in this position, Dark's own strength should not be underestimated, he is the same as the vulture, has a master-level strength, and is also a necromancer who has stepped into the inner ring, within the Barend family, Duck is still a very loyal "genius" figure, and it is precisely because of his caution that the Barend family finally sent him here.
However, just because a casting genius is not a political acumen, Duck can reach the master level in a matter of decades, and those difficult and obscure necromancy spells are as simple as a schoolboy's subject to them. But he really doesn't know much about this kind of work, and there are many times when experience can be made up for with time. However, some things are not so simple.
It's like this time when he clashed with his own eyeliner, in other words, Duck is a typical person with a high IQ and low emotional intelligence, who doesn't know other people's minds at all. Not to mention, he had only just left the Night Dragon Kingdom for a short time, and for Dark, those fragile living were just some "lowly bugs" who didn't deserve his attention at all. They just need to be like dogs and do what they ask them to do.
Because of this, after Duck found out that he had caught such a valuable target as the daughter of the city lord of Eagle City, he decisively abandoned the unlucky eyeliner, and tried to convert Natasha into his heartfelt subordinate——— for Dark, a city lord's daughter is obviously more valuable than an ordinary officer general, and he didn't care at all what the guy who was abandoned by himself thought, just a bug, since he had found a bug more valuable than it, So this bug just needs to be thrown away, so why care what it thinks?
But Darker didn't expect it. It was this bug that bit itself hard. It's no wonder, after all, the other party is just an ordinary human being, and his life is limited. He had sold his soul for the sake of an infinite life, even if it was false, and now, when he found that his choice did not bring him the results he wanted, he would not be so willing to give up.
So he took advantage of Duck's ritual and led his men to launch a surprise attack on Duck, which eventually forced Duck to interrupt the ritual to deal with this pesky bastard. Although he managed to stop the idiot of that idiot. But Duck didn't expect that in the end, his efforts would fall short, and the woman would actually take advantage of the chaos to run away!!
This is for Dark. It is an absolutely unacceptable failure. Luckily, as a necromancer, he had lost the ability to get carried away by anger, so Duck used necromancy to control the general who tried to betray him. He ordered his men to arrest Natasha and Grundy, and he took the opportunity to send Vulture and the others from another place to avoid everyone's eyes and ears in an attempt to reclaim the Bone List.
For Dark, the plan should have been foolproof, but now, he has found out. My plan has completely failed!!
Not only did those stupid humans fail to accomplish their mission, but even the vultures led the elite troops without ——— to fight here, and Dark's head immediately grew big. The identity of the vulture is not simple, he is one of the most respected and praised death knights in the Barend family, and in fact, the Barend family also knows that Dowdack lacks experience. That's why the vulture was sent to assist, hoping that he would be able to stand alone as soon as possible.
But now......... The list of bones was taken. The vultures were killed, and a whole elite was also killed, which made Duck a little frightened, those two people definitely did not have such strength, otherwise, there would be no need for them to run away at all. But why would such a thing happen to you?
Who exactly did they meet?
Duck didn't know anything about this, after all, the life stone could only reflect life and death, but it couldn't transmit the situation at that time, which also made Duck a little panicked, could it be that his actions had been detected by the Duchy of Moon? If that's the case, under the encirclement and suppression of those war angels, your life will be sad!
With this thought, Darke was quite entangled at the moment, although it stands to reason that he should now make a decisive attack, recapture the list of bones, and then quickly leave this land of right and wrong. But now Dark's heart is quite complicated, because he knows very well that even if he regains the list of bones, then returning to the family, he will still inevitably die, after all, his own negligence caused the death of the vulture, which will obviously make the death knights within the family dissatisfied with him, and although he is a genius necromancer, he is ......... Faced with such a situation, even a genius can't keep him.
"Damn!!"
Thinking of this, Duck slammed his fist on the table, he gritted his teeth, his mind went blank, and now Duck was not thinking about how to contribute to the family............... Let's get past the difficulties in front of us first.
Thinking of this, Duck raised his head with a dark face, and he stared at the crystal ball fragment in front of him, and after a moment, the necromancer gritted his teeth, and then he waved his hand. Soon, the wind howled, and the figure of the necromancer also disappeared completely in this violent gust of wind.
And at this time, after running all the way, Rod and the others finally came to Hobbit Village before sunset.
The only inhabited part of the White River Valley, where many caravans and travelers rested, this village is a little different from the rest of the valley in that it is built on the hillside of the valley, and the river that flows down the river gives birth to the villagers, and their houses are not made of wood like in other places. On the contrary, the houses in Hobbit Village are all caves dug out of the river valley, which are warm in winter and cool in summer, but they are very suitable for human habitation.
It's just that Hobbit Village has been a bit deserted lately, and it hasn't yet reached the peak trading season, so there aren't many people coming here, which makes the originally lively village seem relatively calm, but for those villagers who have lived there for generations, it gives them a rare calm.
But this calm was quickly broken.
"Phew."
The door of the tavern was rudely pushed open, which made the tavern owner, who was originally lying on the table and taking a nap, startled, and he subconsciously raised his head and looked at the door. I saw that there were five dusty travelers standing. They looked a little tired, and they all looked a little anxious. What attracted the boss's attention even more was that there were several very beautiful girls among them. Stand at the forefront. is a person in a black aristocratic dress, with flat shoulder-length short hair, and looks quite like a beautiful girl from the outside, but "she" is too masculine, and it is really unpredictable. Not to mention the indifference on the other party's face at the moment, it was as cold as an ice sculpture, which made it difficult to look at directly.
The pink ponytail girl to the left of the man was the most laid-back of all, looking around from time to time. Looking left and right, it is as leisurely as if you have come out on a trip. However, her ears and the tail that kept shaking behind her still revealed her identity, but even so, the girl's beauty still made people feel excited.
And the one who followed behind the fox-eared girl. It's a blonde girl in tight white leather armor. Her two big eyes are always moving, giving people a feeling of vitality and vitality. But what caught the eye more was not the pretty and lovely face of the blonde girl, but her slender thighs ——— her wonderful curves were perfectly revealed, which immediately attracted the attention of the few men in the tavern. There were even people who looked at the white skin and swallowed involuntarily.
Compared with these three people, the latter two people were much inferior, their clothes were a little shabby, and their faces were very flustered, and they even looked like fugitives who had escaped from somewhere.
I have to say that such a combination is indeed very eye-catching. However, the boss still restrained his pitiful curiosity, sitting here for business, he had long known that he didn't ask what he shouldn't ask, didn't want to think about it, and since the other party came to the store, it didn't matter who they were. Just treat yourself as a guest. Thinking of this, the boss quickly stood up. came to these five people.
"Welcome to Harvest Fruits, what do you need? We have barbecue, bread, cheese and special products of green vine jam, if you are tired, we have comfortable rooms and bathrooms for you to wash away, at this time there are very few guests to stay at the hotel, I can prepare comfortable rooms for you, of course, I can guarantee that the price is also fair........."
However, before the boss could finish speaking, Rod stretched out his hand and interrupted the other party's speech.
"I'm sorry, we're in a hurry, and please prepare us dinner, of course, there's no need to waste time, and as for the room, we don't want it. And ............" Saying this, Rhodes paused, he frowned, then turned his head and looked at Anne, who was pitifully tugging at the corners of his clothes, and sighed helplessly.
"Twenty portions of bread and roast."
"Twenty copies?"
Hearing this, the tavernkeeper's eyes widened in surprise, he looked at the five people in surprise, and finally said nothing, nodded and planned to leave. And at this time, Rod stopped him again.
"By the way, I would like to ask, are there any carriages or horses for rent here? We want to hit the road as soon as we can. Of course, money is not an issue. ”
"This ..............."
Hearing Rod's question, the tavern owner couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, he thought for a moment, and then replied helplessly.
"I'm very sorry, this guest, but recently there are no passenger carriages in our village, only wagons......... I'm afraid there's no way to .........."
"It doesn't matter if the van is there, I hope you can put me in touch with one, and we'll leave as soon as we get dinner."
"Okay, I'll go and prepare."
Although there was some doubt in his heart, the shopkeeper nodded, and then quickly turned to leave. And it was only at this time that Rod breathed a sigh of relief, and he silently glanced at the somewhat deserted hotel, and then walked to the table and sat down. And at this time, the others also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Whew......!!"
Anne threw the salute and shield beside her with one hand, and then sat down on the chair, lying motionless on the table like a cat.
"It's so exhausting, Anne has never run this far..............."
Although the other people did not speak, judging from their expressions, everyone thought the same.
After a fire destroyed the carriage, Rhodes hurried non-stop, although they did not run all the way in order to maintain their strength, but even a marathon did not run like this. Both Rod and Anne have strong physiques, so it's no problem to travel like this, and Seven Love itself is a beast, so naturally they don't care about this kind of wild march. On the contrary, it was bitter for Grandi and Natasha, these two people had never had such experience, and it was even more difficult to follow Rhodes and others over the mountains and mountains, if it weren't for the fact that there was a necromancer behind them who was likely to pounce at any time, these two people would have been paralyzed to the ground from exhaustion. And now, the last thing that supported them was gone, and like Anne, Natasha and Grundy were almost on the table.
"Mr. Rowe, Mr. Rohdes......... I thought, let's rest for the night before we go......... This is a village, there are so many people, and there are militiamen, that necromancer shouldn't bother us............"
Natasha was so tired that she couldn't even speak, and she now felt like she couldn't even feel her feet, as if there were two sticks under her. And Glandi, as a man, although he didn't open his mouth to beg for mercy, but looking at his iron face, he also knew that this guy had reached the limit.
"Nope."
Although Natasha's request was reasonable, Rhodes still rejected the request mercilessly. This girl didn't understand the horrors of necromancers at all, and if he could, Rhodes would rather fight a necromancer alone in the middle of the desert than face a necromancer in a densely populated place. Rather than being an obstacle, the number of people is an obstacle to the necromancer, but rather a helping hand. If Rhodes and the others really spend the night here, then once the necromancer comes to the door, they will have to face not only the necromancer alone, but also the corpses of the villagers who have turned into the dead............ This is definitely not a good situation for Rod.
Of course, Rhodes is also human, and he naturally understands that Natasha and Grundy can't walk anymore at the moment, but .........
"You can rest in the carriage for a while, at least, you won't have to walk for a while."
“………………………… Well, Mr. Rhodes. ”
Hearing Rod's words, Natasha and Grandi looked at each other helplessly, and nodded, although the wagon was not as comfortable as the passenger carriage, it was hard and uncomfortable, but now, it was rare for them to have a place to rest, as long as they could stop walking, what was it...............
Just when everyone was hurrying to rest, suddenly, the door of the tavern was pushed open again, and then there was a bustling noise, and several people dressed as mercenaries walked in, obviously, these mercenaries also noticed Rhodes and his party sitting in the tavern, and immediately whistled at them excitedly. However, Rod didn't pay attention to the reaction of these mercenaries, and Annie, who had always been lively, was so tired that she didn't even want to move anymore, so naturally she didn't respond to the mercenaries' accosting. On the contrary, Qilian turned around and winked at them, and this action immediately caused a cheer from the mercenaries over there.
But at this time, among these mercenaries, a cold voice suddenly sounded.
"Huh?"
Hearing this voice, the mercenaries, who were still excited just now, immediately closed their mouths obediently, and then they quickly separated a way, and then, I saw a woman wearing a mask walking out of it and coming to Rhodes and the others.
"I didn't expect to see you here, Mr. Rhodes."
Then, she spoke.
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