The night in the forest is not quiet at all. In the deep darkness, there are whispers of various elves, which is very mysterious. Maybe because he couldn't settle down, Diao Si didn't sleep well that night. After waking up in the middle of the night, he went over to replace the two soldiers standing guard and let them rest.
Resting against a big tree like this, Diao Si always felt a little uneasy, as if someone was hiding in the dark and watching him. This is not a feeling of danger, but there seems to be a mysterious power deep in the forest.
This large forest is located in the west of the Blazing Empire, facing the sea to the west, bordering the original Empire of Light and the Empire of Light to the south, and reaching the mountains of the plateau to the north. The entire area is comparable to the Sabei Desert.
In such a large forest, Diao Si has only been active in two edge locations: Green Hidden City and the current location. He still knows nothing about what is inside it.
It started to dawn. After a brief tidying up and eating something, Diao Si was ready for everyone to set off. There was still a long way to go from where they were now to the point where they parted ways.
Marching in such a dense forest, you are almost isolated from the outside world. The leafy bushes are like the ceiling of a building, and even Diao Si's refraction magic is not easy to work.
This has certain advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the march is concealed and will not be easily discovered by the enemy; the disadvantage is that it is impossible to know the situation outside and it is not easy to grasp the overall environmental situation.
"Great Emperor, should you tell us that this little flower demon is your old friend?" The person who spoke was Lei Ji. This girl must have seen something, but from her words, it seemed that she was interested in Diao Si. This old friend is not so resistant.
Diao Si glanced at her, then at Xiao Yan, who was a little shy, and then responded: "When I was still in Luyin City, Xiaoyan was always taking care of me, but when I became the emperor, I returned to Luyin City again. When we arrived in the city, she was no longer there..."
Diao Si briefly introduced some of his past, and Hao Qi over there also came over, but she didn't say anything and just listened to some of Diao Si's stories.
Lei Ji and Hao Qi have no hostility toward Xiao Yan. Maybe in their view, such an elf-like creature is not threatening to them. They still only keep an eye on each other.
Diao Si then introduced Lei Ji and Hao Qi to Xiao Yan. He had no objections to Diao Si's woman, Xiao Yan, and went over to greet them politely. Her humility made it easier for Lei Ji and Hao Qi to accept it. .
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yan suddenly ran out, which did not make Lei Ji and Hao Qi have any objections. Xiao Yan, who was so generous and considerate, became their role model. Under Xiao Yan's influence, they no longer had tit-for-tat confrontations. What did he say.
As we set off, with Mida and the others walking and chatting, everyone slowly regained the atmosphere of the past. The shadow of the defeat slowly dissipated, and the mood of the wounded began to improve.
However, they had only been walking like this for a while, when suddenly there came the urgent and moaning sounds of some flower demons from behind: "Zi Yan... Zi Yan..."
Diao Si and Xiaoyan immediately greeted her. It was a flower demon with a hanging ornament around her neck, but she seemed to be dying, and there were obvious signs of being burned on her body.
"Huang Fen... Huang Fen, what's going on? Did something happen?" Xiaoyan immediately treated her. Huang Fen's body was already damaged. It was very difficult for her to be able to fly here like this. Simple.
Huang Fen couldn't even speak. She just pointed in the direction she flew over and soon fell down. She was already dead, leaving nothing to say but pointing in the direction she flew from.
Could it be because she flew here to hunt, encountered some creature, was hunted down and then escaped here? Only then did Diao Si examine the injuries on her body. This injury was not something that ordinary creatures could create.
"It's magic damage." Diao Si said this. Zhan Wei and the mages immediately gathered around and saw obvious burns on Huang Fen's body. This should be damage caused by electric shock magic.
"That's the road we just passed. How could such magic appear? Is it possible that someone is following us?" Zhan Wei said with confusion on his face.
Xiaoyan even covered her mouth and said in fear: "It's my kingdom. Something must have happened to the kingdom. It was me who harmed the kingdom..."
Diao Si looked at the direction of Huang Fen's finger. Xiaoyan's words were not wrong. It seemed that Huang Fen had indeed flown over from the kingdom. But how could something happen to their kingdom? Even if they kill each other, how can we explain Huang Fen's injuries
"Xiaoyan, please stop thinking about it. This may be just a trivial matter." Diao Si comforted her, then turned to Zhanwei and said to her: "Captain, please pick two mages to go with us to see if anything is wrong. Come and report to me immediately, don’t do anything without permission.”
"No, something happened to my kingdom. I must go back immediately. I will go back with them. I want to save my people..." Xiaoyan said and was about to fly.
Diao Sicai suddenly took her hand, and then persuaded her: "Xiaoyan, don't be so nervous, can't you just let them go? If there is really any danger, I will send a team to help your tribe."
After speaking, Diao Si signaled Zhanwei to take action immediately, but Xiaoyan struggled to go back as if she had collapsed: "No, something happened to my kingdom. I must rush back immediately. I have already lost my home, and I can no longer accept this." This is the second time.
Xiaoyan could no longer listen to Diao Si's words, but Diao Si was rushing back to the imperial city to send troops to the Sabei Empire, and he really didn't want to stay any longer. But if Xiaoyan is taken away by force, if something happens to her kingdom, she may never forgive Diao Si.
There was really no other way. After hesitation, Diao Si decided to lead the troops back in person and said to Zhan Wei: "Captain, the plan has changed. You are responsible for bringing these wounded back to the imperial city first. I will catch up with your team then." ”
Zhan Wei was a little reluctant after hearing this, because she was not injured and she wanted to continue fighting. But since it was Diao Si's order, she had to obey.
Then Diao Si walked over and grabbed her staff. This was to prepare for the possible battle next, because no matter how bad the weapon was, it was better than nothing. Anyway, Zhan Wei was unlikely to encounter the enemy on the way back to the imperial city. .
When he turned around and was about to take action, Diao Si remembered something again, and then said to Zhan Wei and the wounded: "You must be careful when you return to the imperial city. You are not allowed to mention the situation of our Western Expedition to anyone. You can only You were told that we were still going to fight, but you were sent back because you were injured, do you know?"
Diao Si said this because he was worried that the people in the Imperial City would cause trouble because of his defeat. After all, he could not effectively control everyone in the Imperial City yet. Since he became the Chizhi Emperor, they have already caused trouble. Many times.
Then Diao Si led his team and Xiao Yan and quickly hurried back to the flower demon's kingdom. They weren't that far away now, so it wouldn't take long to get back to that familiar area.
But it's strange. When you get so close, you don't feel anything unusual in the flower demon's kingdom. It's just very quiet, amazingly quiet. There is no sound of the flower demon moving at all, and not a single flower demon can be seen.
It's so strange. What's going on? They had only been away for one night, where had the flower demons gone? Not only Diao Si, but also everyone was curious, and consciously scattered around to look for those flower demons.
No, there was nothing left. Those flower demons left very cleanly, leaving no corpses or any traces of the battle. This seems to be quite familiar, it is the looting tribes that Diao Si and the others found before.
What is this all about? Who could be so powerful that he could eliminate all the flower demons in one night? This is not an ability that the Sabei Empire has, nor is it something that the Dragon Clan can do...
Diao Si continued to observe, and finally found a sign with a dragon head that he had seen on another flower demon's building. He had already seen this sign in the previous tribe. (To be continued)