In order to cover us, or several other teams with the same mission as us, the human kingdom launched a feint attack on the Demon King's army.
Ironically, if you can find the world of Olavia and go to the planet where I once lived, you may be able to learn all this from the natives there-the war that later became known as the Battle of Dawn, and almost everyone Everyone believed that this was the beginning of the human counterattack against the Demon King's army.
Until I left that world, people expressed the highest respect for the soldiers and generals who died in that war, and their reverence was even higher than that of the royal family.
This is not too much, and those who have not lived in that dark age will never understand what a hopeless situation it was.
Humans have lost more than 90% of their territory, and other demihumans are even more miserable. There are many alien races like Gewei who have lost their homes. Only the goblins live in space cracks due to the favorable location and most of their people. was spared.
At first, I thought that the alliance of elves against the Demon King's army was the last resistance of the high-level human beings.
In fact, it's not just me, even the team leader thinks so, and he also said that if the Fairy King agrees to the alliance, so that the final battle against the Demon King's army really starts, then they will definitely join the battle.
This is the bottom line of being a human being.
The day before the operation, I had an unexpected guest.
The princess of the human kingdom, and the one who summoned me to this world.
Unlike her domineering father, the princess is a very kind girl. I can’t remember her name clearly. It seems to be Domier or something. She has long honey-colored curly hair and a very beautiful appearance. The eyes were amber and matched the curly hair.
She has a good reputation among the people, and seems to have been guilty of calling me, an "ordinary person", into this world facing destruction.
For this reason, she is also the only person in the palace who often chats with me. She also raised objections when I was kicked out of the palace, but it was obviously useless...
If I guess with a slightly malicious idea, maybe it was because she was too close to me, and the king couldn't tolerate his daughter having anything to do with a waste, so he expelled me from the palace.
Closer to home, this time he and she brought me an unbelievable news.
The text in the letter paper that was sealed by magic is not an alliance letter seeking alliance with the goblins to jointly resist and repel the Demon King's army.
It is a letter of willingness to dedicate all the resources, treasures and other human beings in the hands of humans to the Fairy King, and only asks that the Fairy King can bring the royal family and nobles on the attached list to the fairyland where the fairies live and avoid wars.
When I said this, even the princess who had never shown an angry face in front of me frowned slightly, obviously very dissatisfied.
- Under the instigation of those big nobles who are greedy for life and afraid of death, her father, the last king of mankind, actually did this kind of thing that is equivalent to losing power and humiliating the country.
It's impossible to go on like this.
The future of mankind should not be destroyed in the hands of a group of people who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
Realizing this, Her Royal Highness secretly visited my little mercenary's house and told the whole story, because I was the only mercenary she knew and trusted.
After she unlocked the magic on the letterhead and tampered with the content to be the Allied Anti-Demon King Army, she solemnly handed over the letterhead and her token to me again.
Crossing the area under the jurisdiction of the Demon King's Army is a near-death act, but she firmly believes that I can do it, and if other messengers also do this, with tokens sitting in the post, then the credibility of the letter in my hand is obviously higher.
Of course, she didn't intend to sit back and enjoy the benefits.
The next day, when we arrived at the barracks, we found out that the princess had launched a pre-war mobilization in front of the entire army.
I asked the people in the barracks, and only then did I know that the princess actually came to the battle line in person, fighting bloody battles with everyone as a front-line commander.
Regardless of whether the speech was useful or not, this alone has an amazing effect on improving the morale of the army.
I can't remember exactly what she said, but there is one sentence that still impressed me.
"Even if they tear my body apart, drink my blood, chew my bones, and make my existence disappear in this world, they still cannot destroy my courage as a human being. My soul will guide you Keep going!"
Courage is contagious, and when the first hero stands up, there will be no shortage of heroes on the battlefield.
Yes, she violated the feint attack strategy set by those shrunken turtles, and really led the army to fight against the Demon King's army. This made the feint attack that would have been infamous for thousands of years become the well-known Battle of Dawn.
That is where it all began, the last line of defense of human dignity, and the origin of human courage.
What's interesting is that not only Olavia, but in my subsequent career, I have encountered similar situations in many worlds. When human beings are cornered, they will burst out with unimaginable courage and strength.
Okay, I know I'm off topic, so let's go back to who I was at that time.
As messengers, we will naturally not be dragged into the battlefield by a large force.
The princess arranged a dragon carriage for us, intending to bypass the main battlefield and sneak in from the side. Not only us, but other messengers also seem to have their own arrangements. In short, I feel that the princes and ministers seem to have come up with all kinds of methods, just to get a letter to the Fairy King.
The war was very fierce... No, considering the gap between humans and those monsters, it would be better to describe it as tragic, just like a meat grinder, laying layers of flesh and internal organs on the ground.
Even if we didn't officially go to the battlefield, but just bypassed it from one side, the tragedy and shock were unforgettable.
At the beginning, it was a young man who helped us drive the dragon car. I had seen him beside the princess, and he should be the princess' guard.
The princess went to the battlefield in person, but instead of strengthening her own guards, she assigned her guards to us. It can be seen that she has placed her hopes on me.
When passing through the enemy's defense line, we saw many demon kings rushing to the front line: there are monsters that are similar to red skin goblins but are actually much stronger, and there are terrifying hells as high as three or four floors Demons, as well as terrifying beholders and the Warlord's Great Balrog like a flaming tornado soaring into the sky.
Obviously the situation is overwhelmingly unfavorable, but for some reason, I feel that the thin front line can withstand the onslaught of these monsters.
Later facts also proved that I was not mistaken, the power of determination is indeed terrifying.
Although we were careful enough, we were still discovered by the enemy in the process of sneaking across the defense line.
It was a monster called a butcher. Its body seemed to be stitched together from many corpses. But unlike ordinary stitch monsters, the butcher was calmer and crueler, and more resistant to magic. .
I didn't notice at all that we were being watched by this monster. Instead, the young guard noticed it. He pushed me sitting next to him into the carriage, but he himself was chained by the butcher. The hook was hooked.
The barb the size of a child's wrist pierced the guard's lung, and I saw blood bubbles from his nose and mouth.
"Must... finish the princess's..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was dragged off the dragon cart by the butcher, and fell into the smoke and dust raised by the dragon cart.
At that moment, I really wanted to turn around and beat the butcher.
But reason told me that without a pastor, the young man was hopeless. And the butcher is very strong, I am definitely not an opponent by myself.
Don't show that expression. At that time, I was just an ordinary person. Even though I had some talent for swordsmanship, I only mastered one kind of personal sword skill called Jackdaw's Counterattack.
Even with Gewei's help, more demon kings must have gathered by the time the butcher was defeated, and it would be difficult to leave by then.
In fact, it is not so easy to escape even if you are driving a dragon chariot.
Fortunately, my partner was very powerful at that time. Her shooting magic was accurate and ruthless. Although she couldn't cause too much damage to the enemies of the Demon King's army, damage to the ankles, eyes and other vital points made them gradually lose their ability to chase.
After completely escaping the enemy's pursuit, in order to prevent the sudden death of the dragon rider who ran for three hours - although this cold-blooded creature can burst out with considerable strength, its durability is very poor, and it is easy to die if it does not get a timely rest. Sudden death - I deliberately let it rest for a while, and then continued at a slightly slower speed.
In the area occupied by the Demon King Army, neither Gewei nor I dared to sleep in the open. In the end, we simply took turns driving the dragon carriage and resting in the carriage alternately.
In the end, I only slept for three hours. Gewei took a little longer, of course I did it on purpose, because a stable mental state is more important for a magician than a warrior.
When the horizon was slightly lit, we also entered the grassland area.
I thought the crisis was temporarily lifted, but the truth is not that simple.
A huge ghost harrier began to appear in the sky. It is a hellish creature that looks a bit like a manta ray on Earth. Its wingspan is more than seven meters long. It is the most disgusting spy and eyeliner of the Demon Army. It can fly to It conducts reconnaissance at high altitudes, and can also prey on owl eagles trained by humans for reconnaissance.
In addition, I have seen two-headed hounds in the grass more than once.
There is no doubt that the enemy has realized that someone has sneaked into their control area and is digging three feet to find us.
During this period, we also passed a place that was once a human city—almost no human habitation can be seen there, and all humans have been raised as livestock.
In addition, some mercenaries who performed the same mission as us were also arrested and hung on the city wall after being brutally concocted.
For them, it would be a happier thing to die under torture, otherwise they would have to watch themselves being eaten into a skeleton by those hell birds, and finally they could die in that desperate pain... Those from hell The bird seems to have some kind of ability, it can eat a person even if there is only one head left within a certain period of time, and it will not kill the other person.
We have also encountered deserters. The infiltration mission is not suitable for everyone. It causes great psychological pressure on people and can easily drive people crazy.
When people's rationality breaks down, they naturally want to flee back to the little remaining territory of human beings.
It's a pity that according to the news I learned in the future, none of those who became deserters could escape the defense line of the Demon King's army.
Although it's actually not that bad...
As we continue to move forward, the probability of encountering enemies gradually increases. Probably they have already learned about our destination from the captured mercenaries.
Sometimes in order to move forward quickly, you have to fight with the enemies you encounter, especially although Ge Wei's camouflage magic can fool the eyes of ghost harriers, but it is difficult to fool the two-headed hound known for its sense of smell, this kind of monster It is said to be a lower subspecies of Cerberus, and it is very troublesome to deal with.
The worst time, I could only confront three two-headed hounds alone; you must know that my swordsmanship jackdaw counterattack is only effective when one-on-one, one-on-three is simply unfavorable to the extreme.
Of course, in the end, at the cost of my injuries, I tried my best to solve them. In this bloody battle, I grew faster than I expected.
If I had to say it, it was probably the most dangerous time in my life, even when I faced the Demon King later, it wasn't that bad.
On the third day of infiltrating into the area occupied by the Demon King Army, Gewei and I were in a terrible state.
Due to lack of sleep, I was in a half-dream and half-awake state; Gewei was always in a trance because of excessive spellcasting, let alone chanting magic, and couldn't even concentrate.
Even a novice like me knows that the situation is not good if it goes on like this: regardless of the caster, even a swordsman like me, when the spirit is abnormal, it is easy to have flaws in the battle-a small trance is enough to ruin the battle. my fragile life.
If this continues, the next encounter will be the end of our lives.
So when we found a small lake, we decided to take a break.
I grilled fish on the shore while the girl bathed in the lake.
During this period of time, because of the running-in of the battle, my relationship with her became better, or more tacitly understood.
At the same time, their understanding of each other is deeper than when they were in the mercenary group.
I used to think that Ge Wei was a lively and cheerful girl, but in reality she was not. She would occasionally stare at the sky in a daze. The side face still makes people feel that a girl is very sad. Even if I hadn't asked her why, I could probably guess that she was feeling sad for her hometown that had fallen to the Demon King's army.
In addition, she is also very gentle. Although she is a little subtle in cooking and eating, it is the type that is very regular but not very delicious, but she is very good at sewing. She sewed my leather lining for me Well... rather, I was a little surprised that I would carry a needle and thread when performing such a task.
Of course, being lively and cheerful is not pretending. When she saw the sunrise on the grassland for the first time, she was as excited as a five or six-year-old girl, and even specially woke me up to watch the sunrise together; When I met groundhogs, I would dig them out to see if they could be used as food reserves... Of course, she didn't let me roast them and try them, but let them go.
What we talked about the most on the road was Gewei's hometown, the once glorious country of the white elves, and the stories of Gewei's childhood.
She has always used a singing tone to tell about the beauty of the white elf's country built in the forest, the artistic name created by the white elf's ancestors, and then she will share it with me stupidly She didn't shy away from embarrassing things when she was a child.
Whenever that time, I will quietly listen to her talk. To be honest, I kind of like that feeling.
I once thought that I fell in love with the other party, but soon I realized that it was not "love", but pure liking. If I had to say it, it was at most the intimacy of friends because of the suspension bridge effect.
"Xu, help me tie my hair?"
The drenched girl was wearing her spare clothes, which were made of some silk-like snow-white cloth from the former White Elf Kingdom. In addition, there were no bras or other underwear in the different world, and now it was quite wet because of being soaked in water. Some subtle meanings.
But the girl didn't mind showing me her back and her equally wet hair.
"Why not blow dry with magic?"
I say.
"Because it is necessary to save magic power and relax the mind at the same time, so as to prepare for the next battle!"
The girl said naturally.
Her hair is of good quality, and unlike humans, elves' hair seems to be a little thinner. Even after it is tied up, it doesn't feel like a big bunch, but has a slender and lively feeling. When she moves It's especially noticeable when you wake up.
Of course I know what she means.
In fact, it seems that white elves cannot let anyone other than their parents and spouse touch their ears. But when I was braiding my hair just now, I bumped into it several times, and Ge Wei didn't respond to it.
"Xu."
"What's wrong?"
"From now on, can you keep braiding my hair?"
There are days when I hate myself so much for being so sane that I can only put it lightly when faced with a girl's advances.
By the way, the technique of braiding your hair, Jasmine, was also learned at that time.
Eh? Why are you angry
Well, anyway, let's skip this paragraph and move on.
After that, as we approached the Fairy Kingdom, we also encountered several waves of enemies that needed to be fought one after another, but the battles were relatively easy.
It wasn't until we were about to leave the area occupied by the Demon King Army that we encountered a difficult guy in the true sense.
That's right, it was the butcher I met near the front line before.
We fought and retreated, and fled to the goblin's territory, but the enemy still chased us.
During the period, Gewei and I were almost killed by it several times. The feeling of shooting hooks from the dark at any time is really disgusting. It should be the most difficult period of time.
At the same time, because of the butcher's pressure, our ability to pay attention and think about the surroundings has dropped a lot, and we didn't even realize what it means for this guy to be able to chase into the territory that is theoretically under the jurisdiction of the goblins.
Here I have to mention Olavia's Fairy Kingdom a little bit.
Before the invasion of the Demon King Army, the kingdom of fairies was called Immortal Kingdom or Dreamland. In fact, only about one-tenth of it was on the planet Olavia, and the remaining part was in a space attached to the planet Olavia. In the crevice.
That's why the kingdom of goblins is regarded as the most mysterious place, and there are even legends such as the fountain of youth.
In addition, some goblins like to collect treasures very much, so the saying that there are gold and silver treasures all over the goblin country is also very marketable.
It is probably because of this that the human nobles feel that they can get the protection of the Fairy King as long as they donate their treasures.
The hub connecting Fairy Fairy Kingdom and Planet Olavia is the tree hole of a giant tree called Sirius Tree.
I was really happy at that time when that incredible tree appeared in my field of vision.
But soon I realized that as long as there are butchers watching, there is no way for us to enter the kingdom of goblins.
"Gewei, listen to me..."
"I want to stay in the Queen's Palace."
Before I could finish speaking, Ge Wei interrupted my words and took away my lines by the way.
"There's no way to hand over the work of the queen to the caster, don't be willful at this time!"
As long as she can hold back the butcher and create a little free time, Ge Wei will be able to enter the fairyland.
And as a white elf, he has a certain friendship with the goblins themselves, so it is the best choice for Gewei to negotiate.
"Xu, how long can you hold the butcher?"
"five minutes."
I estimated the comparison of combat effectiveness and said a relatively conservative figure.
This is something I can only do if I risk my life.
"I can hold it for five hours."
I will never forget Ge Wei's eyes at that time, they were eyes full of determination.
She said, "It's better for the two of you to go back and compare prices together than to make up your mind to die."
"But, the enemy is a butcher..."
I don't believe Gewei's five-hour statement.
"Don't underestimate the white elf's secret technique! I just didn't intend to waste the casting materials of the secret technique before... If this is the case now, it shouldn't matter if you waste a little bit, right?"
She smiled slyly: "Believe me, before I get your answer, I won't die so easily."
Now that I've covered this point, I can't continue to question anything.
So after we got ready, Gewei used a portable magic field to fight against the butcher, and I took advantage of that opportunity to use the quest items given by the king to open the door to the fairyland.
Then, I saw a messy fairyland that seemed to have been ravaged just now.
— Our only reinforcements were routed by the enemy before we could call for help.