(Principal Chapter ꔷPart 1)
In the 256th year of the Alchemy Year of the Duchy of Valentino, on the fifth day of the Dark Moon...
The Fire Moon is the month with the fewest days among the twelve months of the year, with only seven days.
The next "Dark Moon" will last for thirty days - this is a regular number of days in a month.
The wonder of the "Devil Sea Tide" in the sky will also visit the Valentino continent starting from today.
In the Holy City of Grancis, Celis and Halluja's original schedule was postponed for four days due to official business.
On the first day of this month, I heard that Alex returned to Grancis from another town and heard that the Demon Lord and his men appeared in the desert not far from here and destroyed most of the ruins of the Eagle Palace.
This was a good opportunity. The Marquis decided to return to Grancis immediately, request support from other knights from the guild, and send more manpower to attack the Demon Lord as soon as possible.
In addition, this time, the Adventurer's Guild also joined the crusade. Despite their reputation, their reputation among knights is not very good, mostly because of the adventurers' utilitarian approach and attitude.
But the Knights Guild did not obstruct it after all.
However, the two guilds did not reach a unanimous consensus on cooperation and instead acted separately. In fact, there is no shortage of outstanding warriors in the Adventurer's Guild, but not every one of them has justice in mind, and more of them are monster hunters who only live for bounties.
The word "neutral" accurately describes the overall nature of this organization.
According to some insiders like the old knights, it might be more appropriate to describe their behavior as "profit-seeking".
The above remarks, including the remarks about the Adventurer's Guild, are all information Celis heard from the local Knights Guild.
He received the order to join the team that defeated the Demon Lord and headed to the ruins. Before leaving, he promised Haluja that in order to prevent her from being harassed, he would leave a guest room in the guild so that she could stay away from the harassers until the day they left together.
Celis thought that he might be able to meet Filsa in the ruins. He had revealed that his next destination was that place a few days ago.
If two people work together, they should be able to solve the task at hand very well.
However, when the Knights Guild's crusade team arrived at the ruins, the place was completely in ruins, and the enemy had already left here. After three days, the search was still fruitless, and Selis did not see Firsa.
After coming back, I briefly explained the situation to Halluja and prepared to set off the next day.
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Today is a nice, sunny day to go out.
The first day of the dream trip - the first day that had been delayed for several days, Haluja set foot on the lush green grass in the wild for the first time. He was so excited that he often deviated from the original path and ran away to chase the eye-catching people. of beautiful butterflies that grow in the wild.
Celis sighed, she was really an innocent little girl, although she didn't seem to admit it herself.
The figure of his companion in front of him seemed to overlap with the impression of someone in his memory in a trance.
Complex emotions mixed with sadness surged up for no reason. He stared at the sky, eyes narrowed, recalling the man's sun-colored hair in his memory.
Yes, he had been accompanied by someone in his past travel life.
It's just that until now, it has become a past that I don't want people to know.
Alas, on such a happy day, why should we deliberately think about the unhappy things in the past?
He promised himself in his heart that he would protect the girl in front of him this time.
Speaking of which, isn't there anyone who can take Hallucia out to play? The family's access control is really strict.
Eh, no, then why can she get her family's permission to go on a long trip?
"Hey - have you and your family made it clear about this trip?"
"Of course!" Hallujah squatted aside, stroking the petals of the flowers with his fingers, and continued without taking his eyes away from his hands: "The relatives agreed without even thinking."
After hearing the reply, he felt something was wrong.
Why didn't she use "family" instead of "relatives"?
Is it because there is no difference between family members and relatives, or is it because relatives are not equal to family members?
"Oh. Don't lie to me. I have to bear a lot of responsibility. I will send you back."
As soon as he heard "send you back", Halluga immediately glared at his companion with resentful eyes like a child, but in less than half a second, he changed his eyes to begging for mercy, "No, I just came out...you are kidding me." Bar?"
Celis spread his hands and put on a posture and expression that said "I really can't do anything to you."
Finally, Hallujah secretly picked a bright yellow wild flower, regained his playful mood, and returned to the original road.
The girl stepped onto the road paved with stones, and her high-heeled shoes made a rhythmic sound accompanying her steps and singing.
The clothes she wears are so trendy.
The girl is not tall, but her figure is well developed.
The dark and mysterious main color perfectly contrasts with the girl's fair skin. She even wears black hand socks and foot socks. The dress makes the girl look precocious.
Girls really know how to dress up. Selys watched silently behind her, hearing her complaints about Filsa.
"If I listen to my brother and take a boat to Snowva, I'm afraid I will be swallowed up by the storm... Did he do it on purpose?"
"What? Storm?"
Celis remembered that a few days ago, the official celestial observation agency in the principality issued an early warning that several strong storms would sweep across the western sea area of the Valentino continent.
"And then my brother left the Holy City before us!"
Firza did not contact the two of them, and left Grancis in a hurry without even saying goodbye.
"Right now, he must be enjoying their world while performing his mission."
"This..." The companion couldn't laugh or cry, and was speechless.
The girl was still chattering and complaining. Just when she said she was tired and was about to remain silent, she looked into the distance and noticed a trace of thick smoke rising inexplicably over there, which was very obvious under the blue sky.
"Look, what happened over there?"
The starting point of the smoke was not far from its original route.
So Celis and Halluja decided to speed up and go over to see what was going on.
The source of the thick smoke was a pile of burning hay, and the vicious burning smell was very pungent. The haystack is almost as tall as a person, and is surrounded by seven or eight middle-aged civilians holding spears.
They were residents from a nearby town, gathering in panic.
"Doing this...should be able to drive them away, right?" a resident said timidly.
Another responded, "You still have to be careful, there is not just one of them."
"Mayor! It seems that two adventurers are coming over. We can ask them for help!"
The middle-aged man in a gray shirt was called the mayor. He hesitated, "Adventurers... I wonder how much bounty they will collect."
"But...no one can help us anymore!"
The mayor nodded affirmatively.
A tall and tall young man in dragoon attire, and a girl who is a head shorter than him beside him.
These two figures gradually came into view, making them look happy as if they had met the savior.
Let’s not talk about the girl with short black hair who still has a childish look on her face.
The aura of the young man in front of him and the majestic purple-black armor on his body showed that he should be a capable adventurer.
His weapon is a short spear more than one meter long that is tied to his waist. He should be a warrior who is good at close combat.
Judging from his bright eyes and righteousness, he doesn't seem to be the kind of adventurer who only pursues profit...
As for the girl next to him...she doesn't look like a magician...in short, she is just an adventurer.
"What happened?" the young man asked.
The group of people who set fire to the haystacks were residents from the town of Lafrem. Just three nights ago, the people in their town were attacked by monsters, killing and injuring dozens of people.
Although there is a knight's guild in name in the town, it is in name only. Generally speaking, there are very few knights who come to Laiframe to hang out in their free time. Most of them gather in the Holy Capital, and only after accepting tasks related to Laifram can they Will visit this little place.
Marquis Alex, the leader of the Obsidian Knights, and another knight once visited Frame, but they left after not staying for more than a day. What a coincidence, the monster attacked ferociously the night after they all left the town.
Lavreme was originally a peaceful town that had never been infested by monsters.
"Well...as for the bounty...we will try our best to pay it when the time comes. If the money is not enough, we still have many specialties here..."
The mayor begged humbly, promising to spend all his money as long as he could deal with those monsters.
"What?" Celis asked in shock before he could react.
The mayor thought that his words had made him unhappy, so he rubbed his hands and apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, we are not rich when we come to Frame, so..."
Selis smiled in relief and said, "I think you have misunderstood. I am not an adventurer, but a knight who belongs to the "Silver Wing Knights". As for the bounty, I can't accept it, but I will try my best to help you deal with the monsters no matter what. "
After listening to Celis' explanation, they eliminated their original uneasiness, secretly thanked the gods for giving the town a savior, and quickly thanked them.
"However, I need to understand some things before helping you..."
When Celis asked where the monster came from, everyone unanimously pointed to the special area not far to the south.
He looked over there. In that meadow area that was completely different from the grassland I was in, there was a kind of herbaceous plant with slender leaf tips growing all over the ground. It should be a kind of grass by visual inspection, but the growth momentum showed an unusual denseness and color. Green, about one meter high.
It is simply an endless stretch of high grassland. The sea of emerald green grass meets the blue sky, and the horizon is covered. He thought to himself.
"What does the monster look like?"
The residents were gesticulating wildly, and based on the information they gave about the demon's appearance, Celis roughly understood its main features.
He speculated that it should be a kind of demon called "Man-Faced Demon".
As the name suggests, they have a human-like face and thick black hair. This type of demon has very well-developed limbs and sharp claws. It can walk on flat ground with both feet and crawl along walls, and its jumping ability is very strong.
Another obvious feature is that they all have a huge hard horn on their backs, and their skin is mostly dark in color such as red or brown.
"They often hide inside and attack residents." One person added.
"I have a general understanding. I hope you will not get close to this high grassland before I deal with them." Then he looked back at his companions, "Then you-"
Halluja interrupted with a smile: "Of course I will follow you."
"Okay. But, do you know martial arts or magic?" Celis hoped that she could only know a little bit of self-defense martial arts.
"Yes, a little bit."
"Liar. Where are your weapons?" Celis exposed it.
"Hehe, I'm sorry..."
"Come on..." Celis had already seen through her lie. She didn't know how to fight at all, and leaving her here with strangers wasn't very reassuring, so she decided, "You have to follow. .”
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The residents who came to Frem watched the two of them leave and stayed at their original place. Celis put on his helmet and carefully inspected his weapons.
After being fully prepared, the two quickly got into the gaps between the tall grass and submerged their bodies half in the middle of the grassland sea.
There is a huge horn on the back of the Man-Faced Demon. Even in this tall meadow more than one meter high, there should still be a little bit of the tip sticking out, making it easy to identify.
Selis looked back worriedly from time to time to see if Halluga was playful again and wandered far away from the original path, but found that he had been following closely behind him calmly.
It turns out that she also knows how dangerous this mission is.
"Will we step on something? Such as snakes, earthworms, etc." My companion asked timidly.
"Oh, don't worry. The armor I'm wearing will generate a stream of holy breath nearby, which can drive away some small animals and even some low-level monsters."
"Then can you drive away those human-faced demons?"
Celis smiled and shook his head, "No, if you release the holy breath too strongly here, you will faint!"
He groped forward with his hands and continued to move forward. He stepped on the mud at the next step, but luckily he pulled his foot away before sinking.
He reminded his companions behind: "Although it eliminates the worry of stepping on monsters, you still have to be careful where you step. The meadow is full of mud."
Halluja nodded to express that she understood and would be more careful. At the same time, she told Selis not to worry about herself too much, so that she could find and kill the monster as soon as possible.
In fact, Celis wanted to quietly release the magic power and spread it everywhere, so as to lure the demons to come forward on their own initiative, so that they could be easily eliminated in one fell swoop.
In the past, dragoons used this tactic to annihilate demons, and it was very efficient.
But now that there are unarmed companions following behind, it will be difficult to deal with a group battle, and when faced with fighting while protecting companions, Halluga's safety should be the priority.
But you can't entirely blame your companion, because the two of them were in a sea of meadows. If it were somewhere else, Sellis might have it easier.
If the fire magic he is good at is released, this continuous grassland will turn into a sea of fire. The fire will get out of control and hurt innocent people. Therefore, Celis could only fight with short guns.
"Hey, Sai..."
"What's wrong?" Hearing his companion calling him, Celis turned his head sharply.
At that moment, my ears caught the "rustling" sound coming from the left and right;
Within the field of vision of his eyes, there were two protruding horn tips on the sea of grass, moving rapidly.
Harujia actually discovered the demon's presence before he did.
Celis pulled out a short gun from his waist, preparing to fight at the next moment.
Purple holy breath filled the air as the gun was unsheathed, playing a protective role and lingering around the two of them.
"careful."
Halluja nodded and stood close behind Selis.
Waves of demonic breath came over, and Celis raised his gun.
"But you don't need to be too nervous. It seems that there are only a few human-faced monsters." He said confidently, calculating the distance between the nearest monster and himself, and stabbed it at the right moment.
The cut grass tips flew out immediately, and at the same time, a dark green liquid splashed in the grass.
The tip of the spear hit the monster. Selis didn't really like staring at this kind of monster that looked somewhat similar to a human face, so he didn't use his gun to pick it out of the grass. After the gun head shook violently a few times, there was no more movement.
The demonic breath of this human-faced demon dissipated into the air together with the breath of life.
He successfully assassinated the first monster entrenched around him.
The rest of the Man-Faced Demons hid in one place, no longer showing the tips of their horns. Celis and Hallujah had no choice but to move on.
"The aura of the Man-Faced Demon is really difficult to distinguish from that of humans, and I don't have the special ability to identify demons - "magic perception" like Felsa. ” Celis thought secretly in his heart.
"Ah——" His companion's voiceless cry caught Selis's attention.
Halluja fell a few meters behind, surrounded by several human-faced demons that had half of their bodies exposed from the grass.
"This... what kind of monster is this?"
The monster that appeared in front of the girl had a human face that was twisted with sadness. It was simply a demon transformed from a real human being.
This face was so frightening that Haluja couldn't move and forgot to run away.
The monster jumped into the air and pounced on the girl.
There were several meters away from the girl, and it was too late for Celis to rush over, so he threw away the short gun in his hand. Above the girl, the swift spear pierced the head from the face and landed with the monster.
Selis used the sharp horn on his right shoulder armor to push away another man-faced demon that was quietly lurking behind the girl.
He protected Hallujah with his body.
The short spear stabbed the head of the monster lying aside. He moved closer and slowly recovered his weapon.
Muffled roars came from all directions. Selis followed every move of each monster, not forgetting the companions behind him.
The group of human-faced demons were also waiting for the moment when Selis was negligent, and all pounced on him.
Selis stepped on the monster's corpse, pulled out the short spear with all his strength, and used the remaining strength to make another forward slash.
At the same moment, the swarm of monsters surrounding the two people began to jump up and attack, their swarming figures blocking the sunlight above their heads.
The tip of the weapon with purple brilliance jumped rapidly. Even faster than swinging a long sword, making it impossible to discern the trajectory. After a few moves, all the human-faced demons fell into the grass with fatal scars.
All the demon breath disappeared. Selis is still not sure whether all the monsters have been killed.
But at the very least, everyone living nearby has died under his own gun blade.
"You...you are so amazing..." Haluja was in shock, hiding tightly behind him and weakly praised.
Celis looked around with vigilant eyes to confirm the situation. The sea of grass fell into a deathly silence.
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"I killed eight Man-Faced Demons in the meadow. If they haven't been wiped out yet - the rest should not dare to come near this place anymore. However, I still suggest that you ask the Knights Guild for help in a few days. Destroy the monsters."
The townspeople thanked them one after another and invited them to come to Frame to rest for a night before setting off again the next day.
"But... if you want to go to Flame, you have to go back to the Holy City to get to Flame."
"Well, in this case, today's journey will be in vain."
Celis has no intention of coming to Flame, and Halluga also has the same idea. After explaining the matter, he declined the kindness of the townspeople and continued on his original journey.
After completing the temporary task of killing monsters, it was already afternoon. Although the afternoon sun was still strong, the faint sound of gurgling water from the creek was heard at this moment, which gave Hallujah the illusion of feeling cool. In two hours, the "Devil Sea Tide" will appear and night will fall.
"Selis..."
Hallujah seemed to be calling his companions in a pleading tone.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"I……"
"Are you feeling sick, or are you just tired?"
"Gugu——" Waves of hunger signals came from the girl's belly, which was the timely answer for her.
She smiled sheepishly.
Celis laughed twice, "It turns out that I have been traveling for so long. I have dry food here..."
He said it normally, hesitated for a moment, and then immediately changed his words: "How about..."
He gestured with his eyes to a gurgling creek not far away.
Hungry children are the most sensitive to food. Halluja immediately understood and his eyes became bright: "You mean... you want to eat fish?"
He nodded.
"But, what tools are you going to use to catch fish?"
Celis pulled out the spear slanted on his lower back.
"However, you need to wash it carefully before use. I'm afraid you will find it dirty. How about... you go to the lower reaches of the stream and wash it until you think it is clean, and I go to the upstream side to prepare it. How about... ?”
Halluja was happy to accept his suggestion for his own benefit. He took the short spear in his hand and felt extremely heavy. At the same time, he had the feeling of "killing a pig with a bull's knife."
The gun blade was still stained with some ink-colored contaminants.
But she would definitely clean the tip of the spear that was stained with monster blood a hundred times.
"Be careful with the tip of the blade!" Celis warned carefully and walked towards the upper reaches of the stream.
Haluja moved the heavy short spear to the creek with almost the strength and posture of carrying it. At the same time, he thought to himself, Selis is really powerful. When facing monsters, he can actually carry this heavy spear. It's not like a decent weapon can be swung without any hindrance.
However, can this gun really be used as a harpoon?
Halluja inserted the dirty gun blade into the river and let the flowing water wash it away.
The length of the gun blade accounts for almost a quarter of the entire gun, about thirty centimeters long, and is marked with dark red lines.
The tip of the gun looks very sharp - when Celis was confronting the monster just now, he knocked down the huge monster with one blow and left a long scar, which is a good proof of this. Hallujia didn't dare to touch it directly with his hands.
To avoid getting wet, she took off her socks and carefully wiped the stains off the gun blade with a rag.
Unexpectedly, with a little rubbing, half of the remaining traces on it were gone. She repeated this several times until the blade was polished and looked like new.
She was very satisfied with her cleaning work and even naively felt that she had a talent for doing housework...
Hallujah called Celis over and returned the clean spear to its owner with a sense of accomplishment.
At this time, Celis took off the armor on his upper body, wore a white short shirt, and was sweating profusely. He gratefully took the short gun and looked at the "harpoon" in his hand again with satisfaction.
Halluja noticed the dark red mark engraved on his arm. Although the shape of the pattern was a bit scary, she couldn't help her curiosity and asked: "What is the mark engraved on your arm...?"
"This is a mark called a 'emblem'. Celis replied briefly without explaining too much, "Okay, night is coming, and I should prepare the ingredients for dinner." "
Celis asked her to take a rest under the shade of a nearby tree, and he went to the nearby river to carry out his "fishing" operation.
Although the sun doesn't seem to want to set in the west yet, because this month is already the dark moon, the night will set early.
He planned to complete this task before it got dark.
Selis took off his combat boots and stepped into the river.
On the river, his lower body remained motionless, holding a gun in one hand and hunched over his waist, staring intently at the movements of the fish in the river.
Ignoring the eyes that were constantly following the fish in the river, he looked like a statue standing in the river.
Due to the refraction of light, the fish swimming on the river surface seen by the naked eye are virtual images, and the angle of deviation must be calculated accurately when taking action.
River fish are small and swim very fast, which makes aiming more difficult. However, none of this is a problem for experienced fishermen.
There are two keys to accurately spearing fish—
First, calculate the deviation angle caused by light refraction;
Second, predict the swimming trajectory of the fish. Once you get more experience with spear fishing, it becomes easy to understand and becomes simple.
A relatively large catfish swam by his feet, and Celis stabbed the gun into the water with almost no splash, but a weak wave of water inevitably arose in the river.
The other river fish that were disturbed by the waves dispersed in panic, but the catfish that had no time to escape was pierced through the abdomen by the tip of the spear from the head to the fish, and was unable to move.
This river fish is very fierce and keeps beating to get rid of the sharp weapon that is stabbing it. Selis lifted his prize from the river and threw it onto the grass beside the river.
He continued his work without stopping for a moment.
Halluja went to rest under a nearby big tree. She felt a little tired at the end of the day, so she quickly closed her eyes as soon as she sat down.
She closed her eyes at this time not just because of fatigue, but more because of the strange sight of the upcoming "dark night and the sun appearing in the sky together".
This is a period of time that exists between the arrival of the tide of the Demonic Sea and the real sunset.
When one imagines a golden sun shining dazzlingly in the night sky, this landscape seems to herald the coming of the end of the world, which always makes people feel uneasy and may even give rise to sourceless fear.
Hallujah, like some people, hates this kind of gap time. In order to avoid it and not want to see it, she developed a habit of falling asleep just before the tide of the Demonic Sea came.
In this quiet, undisturbed moment, not far from the big tree, in the thick grass where no one noticed, a pair of looming eyes were closely monitoring the sleeping girl.
He hid his aura so cleverly that no one could detect his presence.
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Until dark, Selis had gained a lot of loot from the river, harvesting a total of seven fat river fish, including four catfish, two grass carp, and even an eel.
He found a pile of hard branches nearby, and specially selected two of them that were relatively straight and without branches for skewering fish.
He carefully cleaned each fish, removed the scales and gills, and skewered them with branches.
After all, he is not a professional chef, so Celis does not know how to remove the internal organs of the fish without damaging the body.
So when eating, you can only remind your companions to be careful not to eat dirty things into their stomachs.
As for the source of fire, this was easier for Selis. Don't talk about lighting a bonfire, even if it is burning a big tree to ashes.
It was easy for him who was good at fire magic.
But the current situation does not warrant the use of fire magic to be so exaggerated.
I did not carry any spices with me. He is not like someone who has an assistant carrying various items for him.
But from a certain point on, he became accustomed to performing missions alone in the wild. For him, there are only three necessities in the outdoors-weapons, water and food.
This wasn't a camping trip, he just wanted to make an ordinary dinner. Therefore, there is no need to prepare too carefully, as long as the food can fill the stomach and replenish the energy required for activities.
Although he thought so, the work at hand was handled so meticulously.
At this time, he was squatting by the bonfire, holding two skewers of fish in each hand, hanging them some distance away from the flames, and began to bake them.
Other fish skewers are placed on piles of clean branches to prevent them from touching the soil and grass.
The fire is not very strong, and it will probably take a while to cook the raw fish on hand.
Celis looked at the fire and gradually recalled the time when he went on a mission for the first time and went deep into the dense forest.
The purpose of that mission was to kill a huge monster like a dragon somewhere in the dense forest.
Yes, then as now, he was with a companion of the opposite sex. The man claimed to be Celis's assistant, but he often helped more and more, always messing up things.
However, at the last moment of the mission, the female assistant chose to sacrifice herself to save Celis' life.
And she was trapped in a cave together with the ferocious and huge dragon-shaped monster, and her life and death were uncertain until now. Celis knew in her heart that she was no longer in this world.
From then on, he refused to perform missions with anyone except for collective actions prescribed by the regiment.
However, he occasionally resolves incidents with Filsa. Only this friend knows his past.
Celis took a deep breath and realized that he was distracted while grilling the fish. But luckily, the color of the fish is just starting to change.
Soon, the fish skewers in hand were carefully baked, and the color of the skin turned into a mouth-watering golden yellow.
He picked up the fish body with a branch and found that the fish bones were no longer stuck to the fish meat - this showed that the fish skewers had been grilled and became the first dish made in the wild today, and they were ready to be tasted in the mouth.
When Halluja woke up, he found that he had been asleep for two full hours with a feeling of hunger.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, the tide had receded from the sky, and the time was entering true evening. She rubbed her eyes dimly and saw a small fire not far away, with light smoke rising above it, and the fragrance was even more assailed to her nostrils.
When Celis saw Halluja coming over, he didn't need to ask how hungry she was, and directly handed her a skewer of freshly grilled fish with an attractive aroma.
She sighed and carefully put the fish meat into her mouth.
"Okay, it's delicious!"
Haluja naturally likes to eat fish the most, especially these river fish that are grilled to a golden color and are rarely seen in big towns.
"By the way, be careful not to eat the fish internal organs!" Celis reminded with a smile.
The wild river fish tastes delicious, and Haluja put the whole grilled fish into his stomach in a short time, licking his lips playfully, looking like he still had more to say.
"Don't be anxious... there are many more. Alas, you really look like a child." However, he did not say the last half of the sentence, otherwise he would receive another look from his companions.
"It's really, really delicious!" Halujia kept praising his companion's grilled fish skills while chewing.
For outdoor life, she felt that this level of cooking was top-notch.
"Haha, in fact, my cooking level is only enough to prevent vomiting in my mouth. Compared to Filsa, it is still far behind."
"What? My brother actually knows how to cook?" Haluja spat out tiny fish bones to the side and asked in disbelief.
"Of course, don't you know, his skills are among the best among our knights. However, he is not a cook, and he goes out to perform tasks all year round and does not stay at the headquarters, so few people can taste his skills.
Even I only got a taste of his craftsmanship during that mission where we occasionally got together and worked together in the Magic Martial Arts Academy. "
Unexpectedly, Halujia was more interested in the Magic Martial Arts Academy, "Magic Martial Arts Academy! What kind of mission was that time? Can you tell me about it?"
Because of this topic that connected all three people, Celis and Halluja gradually became familiar with each other.
He still had a very clear impression of the time when he and Filsa returned to his alma mater and performed a mission together.
It was the third month after the two people completed their studies and left the academy.
One night, a dimensional crack appeared in the sky above the Magic Martial Arts Academy in the far north, and a large amount of floods and monsters poured out from it.
The academy is located on a mountain. In order to prevent the residents of Snow City below the mountain from being invaded by unknown monsters, the instructors deployed closed barriers overnight and tightly surrounded the academy to prevent a drop of water or a monster from falling to the foot of the mountain.
The amount of water pouring out of the cracks is astonishing, enough to cover the towns at the foot of the mountain. In terms of floods, the consequences are unimaginable.
Because of the existence of the barrier, the far north has become a "Venice" - a water academy. The vast ocean even completely submerged the first floor of the teaching building. There was water, water, water everywhere.
Fortunately, there are not many students in the academy, and most of them are outstanding students who will soon become magicians or magic swordsmen.
Therefore, rather than worrying about the safety of students, it is better to say that this is a good internship opportunity given to them.
Students go out to hunt monsters during the day;
At night, they went to the second floor of the teaching building, which was not flooded, to rest collectively.
By that time Selis and Firsa had finished their studies.
In order to solve this strange incident as soon as possible, the principal decided not to seek help from outsiders, but called back the two graduates for help.
"It sounds so interesting!" Halluja was very interested in this and yearned for the adventurous "water park".
"When you learn that there is a terrifying "sea dragon" swimming under four meters of water, you will no longer think so..."
Some students found a piece of green scales as big as a fan near the teaching building where they were resting, and speculated about the existence of sea dragon monsters.
This is very dangerous. Celis and Felsa received an emergency order from the principal to eradicate this dangerous monster in the shortest possible time.
"That night, in order to prepare for battle and replenish physical strength and energy, your brother - Filsa proposed to go fishing in the water and then roast it and eat it. Well, it seems that you and him have one thing in common - they are both Foodie.”
"Okay, okay, don't worry about this and continue talking..." Halujia urged after eating the last string of fish.
Incredibly, the fish that emerged from the dimensional rift were edible.
It is estimated that the water comes from a certain river or a certain sea area.
It was then that Celis tasted Firsa's superb cooking skills for the first time, and he also ate grilled fish.
But that's when Firsa got some spice from his assistant.
The superb craftsmanship and unique seasonings make the grilled fish very delicious and turn it into a delicacy that Salis has endless aftertaste to this day.
Later, he discovered that Firsa had known that Selis' magical martial arts skills could not be released in water, and also knew that he was not good at working in water.
So while he was fishing, he went deep into the water to detect the situation. So on the second day, everyone was able to lure Hai Long out so easily.
"After a whole day of fighting, and with the help of powerful magic teachers, Firsa and I dragged the body of Hai Long ashore. The incident has come to an end."
"You are all so awesome... I really want to see a water park like this, but it's a pity that I'm not familiar with water. Well, no matter what, whether there is a water park in Monster Academy or not, I'm going to book it!"
Halluga promised confidently.
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There was a rustling sound from behind Hallujah. Selis was alert and grabbed the weapon lying beside him.
The figures of several running people came into view.
It turned out to be the townspeople from Lavram today.
Judging from their panic, it didn't look like something good had happened.
"Knight! Finally we found you..."
The townspeople followed the direction of the light from the bonfire and made great efforts to find the two men.
Celis put down the half-eaten cooked catfish and asked seriously what happened.
"Human-Faced Demons...they..."
Sailis was surprised, "Are they here to attack you again?"
"No, this is not the case ..." Another towner explained.
Just as the magic sea tide just retreated and the moon appeared from the night, a terrible change in Frem.
A male pedestrian who was walking on the night and seemed to be normal suddenly shouted at the moon without expectations, and his body began to expand violently.
Several people on the road at the time witnessed the process of his own eyes from alive humans to vicious people.
In the end, this passersby only left a human face, covered with brown fur, and made a shocking roar from the mouth of the long and full -fledged teeth.
No one else had time to escape, and this magical humans began to attack the surroundings.
Until now, several people have caused several casualties.
"Human beings actually become human beings?" For the first time, Selis heard such incredible things, but it sounded not false.
He ordered to the town people: "Let the towns who come to Frem hid all the churches or other safe places, I will go now!"
He turned his head and told Halujia again: "This operation is more dangerous, so stay here and wait for me to come back."
The companion nodded obediently.
"Rest assured, we will be optimistic about this little girl! As for Freham ... please ask you!" One of them seemed to be injured and lost his strength to kneel down, supported by the people next to it.
He said this and asked.
"Uncle, take a good rest here!"
Selisliso wore a helmet and a war armor to let a person lead him and rush to the attacked town at the fastest running speed.
After a minute, when he arrived at the door of the town, he looked at the top of the tallest building in the town. There was a weird figure, shaking in the moon. It is eating something excitedly.
"Just ... it's it!"
Another middle -aged towns running out of the road and informing: "Knights, all nearby residents have been evacuated!"
"Okay, I know, and I also ask you to hide in other safe places, I'm going to hunt it!"
Selis waved his short gun skillfully with his hands, the gun rotated in both palms, and the shadow was left.
There was a purple whirlwind raised in front of everyone. After this gust of gusts, the figure of the Dragon Cavalry disappeared from the same place.
They looked up, and the rapid figure of the Dragon Cavalry passed the roof long ago to chase the prey.
Today is not because of negligence, but because the human face is lurking in the town to wait for human beings.
Damn, if you leave one more heart, spend more strength, come here to see Frem, maybe you can still detect their traces.
The man under the moon noticed that someone jumped on the roof and chased, then stopped eating, threw it towards the chase, and then turned sensitively and jumped off the building.
Cylis moved sideways and avoided the thrown object.
The human body was eaten by the face, and it passed by. Make Selis's heart tight. The sacred dragon's magic on his body became stronger and surrounded by himself.
It also jumped down from the high place. After reaching the ground, the deep purple Selis's figure walked on the straight avenue, chasing the four -legged monsters in front of him like a dragon.
On both sides of the street, there are many corpses that have been eaten by monsters.
It must be beheaded as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause more casualties.
The target demon disappeared from the corner in front. Selis went to the place where it was missing, stepped down, and looked around at a wary.
The magic on the left suddenly appeared, and Selis raised his guns as a defensive posture to resist the sudden fierce bite.
What can make the Dragon Cavalry caught off guard is that the violent and encouragement of the magic of encouraging the dragon cavalry again-
Another man was demon, holding his shoulders with both paws, and his sharp teeth bite towards his face. Selis's helmet was giggled.
The struggling Selis shouted a spell.
"Magic, release-"
The emblem on the arm should be brightened by the wishes of the owner, reflecting the mark of a dragon head through the dark purple arm armor.
For a moment, the magic of inflammation that burst out from the dragon cavalry's body, swallowed the two monsters of the body instantly, and burned them for a moment that could no longer move and fell on the ground.
On the original street road facing the front of the Dragon Cavalry, there were three other people's faces, and a dull roar was screaming, climbing approaching.
However, another thing surprised him -the corpse lying on the ground before seeing a few less?
What do these people ... do you come from?
A bad premonition came out of Selis. Before the monsters were collectively attacked, the gun was launched.
He escaped the claws that came on the face, sideways, and lifted the blade to cut off the monster's throat accurately. At this time, he noticed a gust of wind next to him.
He kicked the monster in front of him, and jumped away from his strength. He cleverly avoided the collision of another face demon.
After his toes landed, he immediately turned to apply a spines in the rear, and the monster turned and raised his wrist to make a resistant posture.
But the sharp gun blade with a powerful magic finally passed through the wrist, stabbed the heart of the monster to seize his life.
Behind him, there was a magic. The Dragon Cavalry raised the spear, turned to sweep, waved the blade sharply, and cut off the monster that was almost one meter away from himself.
The streets that were reflected by the moonlight were dyed with a piece of red brown blood.
Selis's eyes were dark, and his body was overwhelmed by unknown weight. At the moment he was negligent, the next person was demonstrated from the roof of the roof.
From the gap of the helmet, I saw this demon's face -like face, which was bitten and couldn't be broken.
Suddenly was shocked that this demon was the human body that had just been eaten by human beings!
In other words, anyone who has been bitten by a person -faced demon will ...
Oops! Selis shouted secretly in his heart that there was a person who is currently more dangerous than him!
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"Uncle, you seem to be seriously injured ..."
In the grass outside the town, Halu Jia held his knees and sat on the grass and waited for Selis to return. Occasionally, she glanced at a middle -aged town people who were standing next to herself, protecting her, bowing her waist, showing a look of extremely painful, so she asked with concern.
"It's okay ... My shoulder was just bitten by a person."
"Didn't he bleed?"
"I have stopped. But I'm a little hungry now ..."
After speaking, he stood up and became as if it's okay, recruiting another companion of several meters.
When the companion was impatient, he asked what was happening, and he opened his mouth without saying a word, biting it on his companion's face.
"Ah!" Haru Jia screamed out of the shock.
The injured middle -aged man suddenly yelled at the moon, and his skin gradually became dark and scrambled. In a blink of an eye, he completely demonized the adult demon.
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If the town people who were being protected by Halujia were bitten by human beings ... then Halujia ... she is now dangerous!
Must save Halujia as soon as possible! However, he couldn't just sprinkle this group of evil monsters in the town.
According to their own observations, the residents seem to have all hid in a safe place.
As a result, Selis couldn't make a cruel decision.
The human face will bite humans and turn them into their own kind. Therefore, it is dangerous to keep this town.
The Cavaliers' Association cannot rush over to deal with it in the fastest time.
To hurry up, the monsters that exist in the town will be destroyed in one fell swoop.
Then go back to rescue Halujia.
With a sound of "Dang Dang", in order to better implement the strategy that I just decided, the Dragon Cavalry dropped the weapon. At this moment, several nearby people were waiting for the opportunity to rush.
The Dragon Cavalry chanted the spell slowly.
"Yanlong's emblem -please respond to my call."
The dragon head mark on the arm lit up again until it turned from dark red to pure white. The Dragon Cavalry continued to release the magic of inflammation and transformed into a dazzling red glory.
The surrounding scenery was surrounded by a fire.
…
Since then, no one knows what happened in the town.
Just looking at it from a distance, in the center of Frem, a dragon quickly raised a tens of meters high by the tens of meters high.
Below the dragon's body, the burning sea spreads at the fastest speed.
The flames of the bear swallow the entire town without leaving a living mouth -if there are still living creatures in the town. Either human face demon, or humans who are about to be demonized adults.
With the roar of Yanlong, the burning fire light illuminated half of the night sky, and everything in the range should be ravaged to ashes.
Yan Long raised the flames of the flames, glaring at the sea of fire, and the burning shadow of the sorrowful devil who made a sorrowful demon, without mercy.
The fire gradually dimmed from the night sky. From the town, the remaining thick smoke, Selis panting.
After spending more than half of his magic, he did his best to run out of the small door where the town was destroyed by the flames, and galloping in the original direction.
Please! Halujia, don't be okay! If she has any three or two shorts, she will not forgive herself if she entrusts her to herself, and even herself will not forgive herself.
The pace across the original grassland and returned to the place where he and Halujia met the town people.
The girl has fainted. Before her, a few had long -awaited demons. Their throat was accurately cut off by a sharp weapon, and they turned their breath.
Fortunately, the girl is not a big deal, and there is no wound caused by the demon. Selis was relieved.
He shouted Halujia, hoping to wake her up.
Selis took her to the river and poured water into her mouth. After a few cough, the weak girl finally opened her eyes.
"Selis ..."
As soon as Halu Jia woke up, he shouted the name of his companion with crying, holding it tightly.
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(Under the principality chapter)
At the same time at the same time, General Carele, the same latitude, was enjoying the journey of sailing comfortably.
The emblem of the time in the hallucination implies that he wants to go to the other side of the sea to find the incomplete emblem.
After careful consideration, Corolso planned the journey route.
A few days ago, he boarded the regular magic cruise ship and departed from the west port coast of Van Lunnano. The goal was to cross the ocean, reach the north of the mainland, and go to Snoova, a north.
The shipbuilding may encounter the risk of severe storms, with emergency transportation tasks, and go to the destination.
The stars in the sky are bright, listed on the night, as generally arranged like a grand chess array, each "chess piece" is clearly visible.
In addition to watching the stars purely, the captain who knows the astronomical theory can also use it as a symbol of at night, even more reliable than a compass.
There are many people on the spacious deck.
The sailors kept working overtime, and seemed to be in a good mood because of the hard work on hand.
In contrast, passengers watch the stars casually on the deck, and enjoy the salty sea breeze that enjoyed.
Carele's dress is very different from them, not only that, the passengers of regular knights are very scarce.
Most passengers are the adventurers from Santu.
Of course, a small part is the aristocracy who caught up with the cruise ship because of emergency affairs.
However, these noble people disdain to get along with the adventurers, but gather together on a table, drinking their own expensive red wine, and talk about elegant topics.
Therefore, Caresso is now seeing a phenomenon of "gathered by class, people to be divided into groups".
There was a loud noise. Carele was taken aback. After turning around, it turned out that the group of sailors, put the heavy objects in the hands that were handled together onto the deck, sitting down and resting.
It was an artistic work carefully carved with superiors. The theme performance was probably a knight galloping on the sand field, and his mount was a rare holy pill dragon mount.
Carele looked from the bottom up.
The whole body of the Holy pterosaur is not obviously covered with dragon scales, which is very strange. Unlike any kind of dragon species recorded in the history books;
Single -footed land, support the entire dragon body and the people on it;
Open the sharp wings of the swords, showing the trend of thorns;
The intensive dragon head looked up at the front, as if she was crying. Riding on the back of the dragon is a knight with a unique mask covering his eyes with only his eyes and holding a sword with his left hand.
Carele found that the people on the ride of the statue of the British ride were very familiar.
Although I have only seen one side on the tower against the times, it has been a few months now, and the impression has long been blurred. However, after seeing this statue today, I completely remembered the appearance of that person.
It's strange, that person is actually carved as a statue to commemorate?
"Brex, what is the character engraved with this statue?" Carerey asked with curiosity to sit on the deck with curiosity.
"Huhu, look at the name, huh, there are written by the base, huh." The sailor panting and answered.
Carele squatted down to observe. The base of the statue is a quadrilateral platform, and one of the four sides really has the full name of the characters on the top of the character, as well as the name given by him.
"Elfangs 利 Tanliel, Pioneer of Van Lunnano ..."
This string of letters is carved with gold carefully, and it is estimated that the statue of this hero is valuable.
It turned out to be Alfangz ... then, the existence of this statue is said.
But that's not the most surprising Carele.
It was the statue of this Alfangs and the devil boy that time, and it looks too much! The hero of the statue was holding a saber with his left hand, and the young man who saw that time was the same.
"It's really Alfang? It's the founding ..." Carele still asked unbelievablely.
"Yes, that person is that person." The sailor replied indifferently, unlike Careser, it seems that he did not admire the hero on the statue.
If this is really the respect of Alfang Siqing ... then he and the teenager who met the demon's interest on the tower against the time, no matter which aspect, it was too similar.
The stone statue is simply carved according to his appearance characteristics!
"It's too much ..." Except for this sentence, Carele didn't sigh anymore.
"Maybe you can still see the dead soul in the" Dead Sea "! "The sailor joked, until he glanced by other walks, and immediately realized his mistakes, so he quickly apologized to the guests:" Sorry, I should not mention those bad things to you ... "
"Undead Sea" is one of the legend of the seas ghosts legendary of the sailors. It is said that there is an isolated island in the dark waters that exist in the Western Sea, and there is a precious treasure buried in the islands.
Although the sailors and other crew members are very interested in the treasure, they also have the dream of discovering the treasure every night.
But passengers don't think so, they just want a happy and safe maritime sailing.
Treasures are not more important than life.
Caresso did not respond to the sailor's apology, and it could even be said to ignore his existence. He thought about leaving himself just now, causing the sailor to think that the guest was angry.
At this time, the beautiful starry sky was blinded, and there was a thick mist from the sea.
Caresso, who was thinking, found that the wooden floor under his feet began to tremble, and a mansion of mania was rushing. He had a bad feeling.
On the fourth night of the magic cruise ship sailing in the sea, it encountered a storm.
The wind helps the waves, the evil is scary.
The crew handed down the work on hand anxiously and settled the objects on the deck, including the heavy statue.
The sailors who were still restingly immediately moved up and worked hard. This is doubtful that they all cover up and hide their frightened look.
At the same time, Carele also heard the biggest cabin and the passengers in the dinner were began to make a commotion.
The sudden wind and rain made them feel less peaceful.
"Didn't you say it a long time ago, there will be risk of being storm when you take this boat. What are the passengers who are still turbulent!"
One of the impatient sailors whispered.
In order to prevent the wind and rain from wet clothes, Carele returned to the cabin of the gathering crowd.
He happened to meet the captain of the cruise ship appeared in the cabin. He was about half a hundred, and the large and majestic captain hat showed the status of the middle -aged man on the boat.
The captain came forward to soothe the passengers and said with a sedative voice that their cruise ship deliberately designed to sail safely in the storm.
I do n’t know how many times they have encountered than now, and passengers do n’t need to worry about it, and they will soon get rid of the storm.
Most passengers felt that what he said sounded realized, and believed that the captain's words were quiet.
But Carey didn't seem to believe it. When I returned to the cabin before, I occasionally heard a few crew members complaining in whispering ——
Although the ship is very stable, the cargo that is loaded seems to have exceeded a lot.
The drugs that are ready to be transported to the north have not accounted for much loads.
But in addition to this, there is a bunch of passengers, such as the excess heavy objects such as the statue of the Alfangus.
These goods have caused the ship to eat deep water, and have been swinging and bumpy in the water.
Caressi also thinks the same -it is the goods that take over too much but have no practical effects that will make this navigation more dangerous.
The sailor who was not interested in Elfins just met, it is estimated that it was not because he did not worship and admire this ancient hero.
And just disgusting the statue of the cargo cargo.
He leaned silently by the window and watched the wind and rain outside the window.
For safety reasons, the crew let the ship mock in the center of the sea and put down the anchor.
Even if there are more worries now, it doesn't have much effect.
Whether worry, complaints, or praying will not stop the wind and rain immediately.
Instead, it will bring a greater burden to your heart.
So he planned to return to his cabin to rest a little.
Before leaving, he told the sailor that if there was any need to help, please knock on the door. The sailor was grateful, and he waved his hand warmly and sent him away.
Back in the room, Caresso lay on the bed and closed his eyes in his swing. When I opened it again, I found that after two hours, I also found that the cruise ship was far from the storm.
Caress also heard the crews who had occasionally walked outside the cabin.
After the wind and rain, the air was particularly fresh, so the wake -up Carele was ready to breathe on the deck of the bow.
The sea surface returned to peace, and the night sky was reproduced, but the stars had disappeared without a trace.
There is still a short time when the time becomes bright during the sky.
The pure night sky is particularly beautiful, it is estimated that it has gone through the storm.
There is an old saying in Van Lun Tieno- "The rainbow after the wind and rain is extremely gorgeous." Now it seems that General Careye must also create a modern proverb in improvisation according to his own experience- "The night sky after the storm is extremely pure and beautiful."
The unknown danger is quietly approaching.
When he enjoyed the sea breeze like other passengers, he felt a violent shock like other passengers.
The hull seemed to be hit by hard objects. Carele looked like the sea in front, and found that there were no objects such as iceberg hindering the cruise ship to march.
What is going on?
Suddenly, the sight became inclined, and the second time came from the feet, and the more severe shocks than the last time. Carele grabbed the railing tightly before falling. Several actions were not as agile as his agile passengers, but they dropped the water.
At the same time, several people started to scream.
There are neither waves nor hindrance. What is going on in this shock?
When I was thinking about it, Carele vaguely heard a weird cry from the sea outside the railing.
The magic was surrounded by the cruise ship.
Before he could find out, another screaming passenger was dragged away by a tentacle and dragged into the water. Soon, there was a piece of red floating on the sea.
Carele pulled out the holy sword and was ready to meet.
A large number of fish frog monsters jumped from the sea and climbed into the deck along the hull's periphery.
The mutant monster with developed limbs "Sea Demon", actually hit the cruise ship while at this time!
"This is on the boat, but you cannot release the power of the badge with great destructive power ... so you can only remove one by one!"
General Caress released the holyness of the Thunder and blessed himself, and was rushed into the gathering of the cluster. While killing the monster, he also tried to protect the hull and try not to be damaged.
He concentrated on dealing with the sea demon entangled on the bow. He thought that there should be other adventurers in other places, so don't worry.
He will continue to approach the cabin's sea demon to fly one by one and stay in the most dense cabin of the crowd.
The general who cope with the monster was easy to be free. It didn't take long for the monsters that could be seen in front of them beheaded Qingguang. After the enemy was annihilated, he was relieved.
Suddenly, his feet slipped, and Carele, who was still standing, fell on the railing. The deck is tilted at a large angle, and the entire ship's head is like it.
Caresso screamed secretly, speculating according to this situation.
Has the stern destroying the water and sinking into the water?
There was a scream in the cabin.
A huge bombardment from the stern confirmed Carele's guess.
He took the first step and wanted to rush back to the cabin to rescue the passengers. However, the shock wave caused by blasting from his feet, he did not have time to react, and he threw it out of the ship and fell into the sea.
The adventurer was killed by a large number of sea devils, and the stern part was not kept, and it was completely destroyed under the crazy attack of the sea demon.
The cabin full of passengers has long become a place for sea demon foraging prey.
The struggling Caresso in the sea, witnessing the moment when the cruise ship that crawled with a severe explosion occurred, was transformed into the wreckage fragments into the sea in the dark thick smoke.
Before this, I didn't see any passenger jumping to the sea to escape. It is estimated that they had been killed by the sea demon. Except for Caresso, no living person survived from the attack.
Carele, who couldn't swim, struggled in the sea.
It didn't take long for it to be exhausted, the limbs were cramps, and gradually lost their consciousness.
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I do n’t know how long time I have passed, and I do n’t know how long I have been asleep. It is estimated that I have already come to hell.
No, Carele feels that he should be promoted to heaven ...
Careser, who is conscious, is full of ridiculous thoughts.
Until the sound of the waves impacted the sound of sand, the taste of the seawater stimulated the nose and throat.
He opened his eyes and found that he was leaning and stranding on the beach, holding his hands tightly Holy Sword Bell Gred.
After Caresso fainted in the sea, due to the protection of the Holy Sword, he was lucky to pick up his life in the sea, and drifted on the beach of an island with the waves.
The sky is dark and dim, and the sun is not seen without seeing the sun.
The islands that are on the islands are filled with shallow white mist, which is a bit appalling.
Carele thought, perhaps some measures to take some measures so that the passing vessels found that there were living people here for help.
He could only wait for the rescue slowly.
Carele took a lap for the entire island and found that it was very small. He estimated that it was almost twice as bad as the area of the cruise ship he had taken before.
He wandered for a long time, and found that the sky above his head was still dark.
