Fang Plover walked to the bow of the ship and looked down. The fish-shaped hull of the sailboat was slowly parting the clouds. The flying clouds dispersed, and a piece of charred land was exposed below the gap in the clouds. The broken walls of the city were scattered like silent embers in the vast desolation.
At the end of the field of vision, the outline of the city wall can still be vaguely seen in the north, outlining this town where nearly 200,000 people once lived, and its lost prosperity buried under the ruins.
The gloomy sky in the north heralds an upcoming storm, which may bring the entire winter and blizzards, hiding all uneasiness under the vast snow.
There were faint black spots moving on the ground, probably people. The Spear of the Silver Forest had a station nearby. Fang Plover didn't know if they were those people.
The community says that the two major alliances in the north are working intensively to integrate new forces, but the details are unknown.
Unlike other information that is readily available, there are generally few channels for the outside world to understand the internal affairs of professional guilds.
"Are you here? Jita discovered something before. You'd better ask her," Luo Hao was busy with the sailor's work at the bow of the ship. While wrapping the cable around the pulley, he said to him, "It seems like something is following. us."
"What's our altitude now?"
"One thousand five hundred, no, around one thousand three hundred, above the clouds. The airflow changes greatly, and the wind speed is about seven meters."
Fang Plover looked away from the outside. The lingering feeling seemed to be back again, as if there was a gaze staring at them: "Have you never asked her?"
"Jita doesn't seem to dare to talk to me."
Fang Plover shook his head. Their scholar lady was indeed quite naive.
He picked up the speaking tube hanging on the mast and said, "Jita?"
May's voice came from over there: "Mr. Ed?"
Fang Yu didn't expect that she was also in the magic cabin. He was slightly surprised and said, "Can you help me ask Jita what she found?"
Mei covered the sound tube with her hand, turned around, then turned around again, let go of her hand and replied quietly: "Jita said that the wind element detector found several anomalies of unknown significance. , has been following us since last night."
"Last night?" Fang Yu was a little surprised, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"They didn't follow us all the time. At first, they were just a few flickering clutters. Miss Jita once thought they were just creatures in the sea of clouds."
Luo Hao interrupted at this time:
"I think they are really creatures of the sea of clouds. I suspect that the ones following us are dragon beasts, the kind that can fly."
Fang Yu looked at him: "Why do you see it?"
"Box and I have observed dragon beasts a few times, but we flew very high and they didn't notice us."
Fang Plover leaned out of the side of the ship, looked outside, and asked, "What direction are they coming from?"
"To the southwest of us, behind us." Mei held the microphone in her small hand.
At this time, a scream suddenly came from over there.
That was Kitta's voice.
"What's wrong!?" Fang Plover asked quickly.
Mei Yi didn't answer for a moment. Just when Fang Yu and Luo Hao looked at each other and planned to go down and take a look, the anxious voice of Miss Scholar came from the microphone:
"Brother Ed, the wind element reaction in the south has become stronger."
"Does that mean they're approaching us?"
Jita nodded quickly over there: "It's to speed up the approach, regiment, regiment leader."
She blushed a little. She called her by the wrong name just now in a hurry. In formal occasions, she usually forced herself to use formal titles.
But Fang Yu obviously didn't care about this, because he heard Luo Hao next to him suddenly yelled: "Look behind you!"
Fang Plover immediately turned around and saw the fat man flying up to the side of the ship in one swift step. He grabbed the rope net and jumped up with an incredibly dexterous movement. He looked like a gorilla, hanging his body outside the ship. He was holding the cable in one hand and looking toward the stern of the ship.
There was a low but noisy sound coming from that direction——
And the depression is just because the distance is too far.
Fang Plover soon saw a dark shadow floating under the clouds in that direction. Thousands of black spots densely gathered together, like a flowing black cloud.
But those are not black clouds, they are just a flock of birds - to be precise, countless ravens - these messengers of doom according to folklore in Aitaria, are making croaking screams at this moment.
The sharp screams gathered together and seemed to resound through the sky at that moment.
The crows flew above the clouds and quickly approached the Seven Seas Traveler. The sight of these winged flat-haired creatures occupying most of the sky was terrifying enough for ordinary people - just like the end of the doomsday in the great prophecy. Come, the judgment comes.
The vision in Luo Hao's pupils was almost completely submerged by this black sky-covering sky. He couldn't help but open his mouth wide and said a bit exaggeratedly: "No, is there a mistake!?"
Fang Yu also had the same thought in his mind.
This is really hell.
But legends are just legends after all. When thousands of ravens pass by from left to right, up and down the Seven Seas Traveler, the scene is still shocking enough.
There was a constant flapping sound overhead, as these black birds were flapping the sailboat's masts and cables. Luo Hao immediately jumped off the rope net and rolled back to the deck. Fortunately, he moved quickly enough. Almost the next moment, a black storm blew over.
The rope net was also knocked to pieces——
More ravens crashed into the sails and fell down with flapping wings. The deck was soon filled with ravens, making it almost impossible to stand. There were even some ravens that simply hit the deck like stones, making a loud bang and turning into a ball of flying black feathers and blood.
"What the hell is this!?"
Fang Plover then heard Parker screaming below deck.
The Seven Seas Traveler's wind element detector can only detect creatures with wind element ether, and ordinary birds are not included in this list, but this does not look like migration, not to mention that ravens are not migratory birds.
Is there something driving them away?
Fang Yu didn't have time to think more, so he rushed forward and grabbed Luo Hao on the ground, then dragged the latter towards the cabin door. However, this time he almost dislocated his hand, and Fang Lung almost fell to the ground. He couldn't help but curse in his heart:
"This fat guy from the military is getting heavier again!"
"I'm wearing double chain armor underneath." Luo Hao was a little embarrassed.
"Are you crazy enough to wear armor on a boat?"
"Be prepared for the danger and sleep with your armor on. This is the basic quality of an iron guard."
"Fuck you."
Although the two of them talked about going back and forth, Fang Lu still dragged Luo Hao back to the inner cabin and closed the door with a bang. There were several muffled sounds immediately behind him, the cabin door shook, and several more ravens bumped into it.
Fang Yu held the door with one hand and locked it, then turned around and let out a sigh of relief. But Luo Hao had already climbed up from the ground, walked down the stairs, and walked to the porthole of the utility room. He pressed his hand on the porthole and looked outside. He couldn't help but gasped:
"Look outside."
Fang Plover could actually see the scenery beyond several portholes in this direction.
More and more crows are rising into the sky from the direction of Charter City, like a few dark clouds rising from the ground.
Nicol Bolas's dragon flames reduced this place to ashes more than half a year ago, leaving countless animal carcasses in the scorched woods. For humans, this is a doomsday scene, but for the raven, it is an out-and-out feast.
I don't know how many of their kind are gathered in this area at this moment. You only need to look at the countless black spots to see it.
The movement in the sky obviously attracted the attention of the people on the ground. They gathered into several streams of people and were rushing towards Charter City. Only a few small shadows were left on the empty land, pointing in this direction.
But Fang Piao didn't care about those who stayed, he was more concerned about the actions of those who were obviously the guild's selectors - judging from the other party's appearance, it seemed that this was not the first time that this situation had happened in this place.
So what kind of power is behind these ravens that take off into the air, driving them to do such a thing?
There were muffled sounds from outside the ship from time to time, which were the sounds of ravens hitting the deck and hull. Even if they were shattered into pieces, they would not be able to cause any damage to the Seven Seas Traveler.
But the dull sounds sounded one after another, which still made Fang Yu feel a little depressed. There must be a deeper reason behind any crazy behavior.
What's more, the uneasiness that lingered before has not dissipated until now.
"Go to the magic cabin and have a look." He walked down the stairs and said to Luo Hao.
But Luo Hao pointed to the porthole and looked back at him: "You'd better come and take a look at this."
"what?"
"Look at those people down there."
Fang Yu was about to say that he had noticed it a long time ago - but suddenly, he stopped and fixed his gaze in that direction. Looking in the direction of Luo Hao's hand, on the other side of the teams that were retreating into Charter City - something new seemed to appear on the horizon.
Fang Plover could see clearly that they were a group of dragon beasts, and there were quite a few of them. They appeared from the southwest of the ship like a torrent emerging from the horizon.
"Captain, southwest."
Jita changed to a communication device at this time, and a weak voice came out from the communication crystal.
Fang Yu pressed the communication crystal and replied: "I saw it."
"There are also in the air." Luo Hao suddenly reminded him from the side.
Fang Plover nodded and probably saw black spots flying from the southwest. There were about dozens of them - flying dragon beasts are called half-dragons - they are actually two different genus from the well-known flying dragons. category.
They are neither dragons nor beasts. They look a bit like a fin whale with huge fleshy wings. They have a total of two pairs of upper and lower wings, slender trapezoidal, without scales or claws. They have long nerve bundles on their bodies, which stretch out from the abdomen like tentacles and drag behind them.
But these flying creatures all have a huge mouth full of fangs. They have no vision and rely on their perception of the elements to move.
So they have another name - blind dragon.
But these blind dragons are not easy people. Fang Plover has never dealt with such dragon beasts, but he has seen some videos of Charter City. The biggest trouble that the military and the major guilds encountered during that war was these flying dragon beasts.
To deal with them, the military even dispatched a group of dragon knights.
"But they don't seem to be coming." At this time, Luo Hao spoke again, with a hint of curiosity in his voice.
Fang Plover actually noticed this.
The blind dragon that appeared in the southwest sky was parallel to the direction they were traveling, heading towards Charter City along with the army of dragon beasts below.
Are they going to attack Charter City?
Fang Yu was slightly startled when he saw this, but Charter City had long been reduced to ruins. He couldn't figure out what the other party's purpose was in attacking the ruins? Maybe someone from the ruins? But the people of Silver Forest Spear shouldn't be that stupid, right? What's the value of sticking to a ruin?
He looked at it for a while, and suddenly discovered that the other party's target did not seem to be Charter City, because Charter City was not on the route of the dragon beast army. If they didn't plan to turn around, the ruins of that city would probably pass by.
What do these scions of Nicol Bolas plan to do?
In other words, what is the purpose of the will commanding this army behind the scenes?
He was suddenly startled and realized something. Does the army of dragon beasts he saw here carry the will of Nicol Bolas—no, Ms. Misu?
So it means that the Dragon Witch still exists, is it because Mazak and Lynn Lucius haven't found her yet, or is it because they have failed? Fang Yu couldn't help but think of the way Mazak held Jia Lapea, and always felt that the last dragon slayer in the world should not fail so easily.
Garapea once drank the blood of Nicol Bolas. According to the power of the holy sword, it should be able to defeat the opponent again.
"Is there something among those dragon beasts?"
At this time, Luo Hao on the side suddenly said something strange.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, then came back from his thoughts and looked at the other party: "What did you say?"
"I don't know if I saw it wrong," Luo Hao reached out and rubbed his eyebrows: "Or is it just an illusion, I seem to have seen a woman."
"A woman?"
These words made Fang Yu's heart skip a beat.
But he instinctively felt unbelievable. The direction from the Seven Seas Traveler to the dragon beast army was not close at all. From the opponent's perspective, the Seven Seas Traveler should be just a small black dot in the sky.
And when they looked in that direction, they could only see the black army of dragon beasts, and it was difficult to distinguish the individuals among them. Under such circumstances, how could one see a 'woman' in this dark tide?
However, Fang Yu suddenly understood in his heart, if that 'woman' really existed, who it would be.
He had been lucky enough to fight side by side with the opponent in that dream.
And those cold words seemed to still linger in his ears:
"You will regret it."
Does he regret it?
It seems not.
Traveling south from Fenris, she defeated another shadow of Nicol Bolas, and even met her original soul - a descendant of a dragon slayer named Everiel, Shjod's lover. Although there were some twists and turns, everything went smoothly.
The vicious curse of the past seemed to have become a phantom.
But at this moment, that gloomy feeling seemed to come back all of a sudden.
Fang Yu looked in that direction, and a subtle thought suddenly occurred in his heart. The two are obviously far apart. After all, looking from the Seven Seas Traveler, the army appearing on the horizon is just a thin line.
But on this line, he seemed to see very clearly, as if his field of vision was suddenly zoomed in, allowing him to see those ugly and deformed creatures, the monsters transformed by Nicol Bolas, her offspring and minions. .
And among those towering monsters, there was clearly a woman standing.
She was turning around.
And who is that somewhat serious, familiar face if not Ms. Misu?
But at this moment, her face was covered with shocking dark patterns——
At that moment, Fang Yu's heart was shocked, and he suddenly realized something. The idea seemed to appear naturally in his mind - she was here to find them.
He involuntarily took a step back, picked up the communication crystal and shouted: "Jita, please turn Miss Sylvide around!"
But it's a little late.
Fang Yu saw the lady suddenly raise her head towards them, her golden gaze seemed to transcend the limitations of space, directly crossing the distance of more than ten kilometers - through the porthole, falling on his face.
Those scorching eyes were like two sharp swords, directly piercing through his spiritual defense.
Before Fang Yu finished speaking, his voice suddenly turned into a sharp scream. He couldn't even tell whether the scream was coming from him or not. He only felt a stinging pain in his heart.
He seemed to be spinning, and fell to his knees on the ground. When he looked down, the emblem Anloser gave him seemed to have melted, rolling down his robe drop by drop, turning into a silver liquid, and then solidifying again. On deck.
And when he raised his head again, he found that the golden gaze lingered in his inner world, like two stars in a dark world, shining with dazzling light.
But the light didn't have any warmth at all, it only stared at him coldly.
Fang Plover's eyes were dark, as if he had returned to the time of Traveler's Rest, staring at the shadow of death under the dragon's wings.
"You will regret it."
"Ed, you shouldn't have come back."
That voice echoed in the empty world of consciousness, hoarse and low, full of magnetism.
The shock that these words brought to Fang Piao was no different from the moment he saw the dragon witch for the first time.
He opened his mouth involuntarily: "M-Ms. Misu...?"
He was answered with a sneer.
Then he saw the giant dragon raising its claws and extending a sharp claw toward him. A beam of golden flame shot out from the tip of the dragon's claw and hit his chest.
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