Seeing that the flame had sprayed in front of Du Wei, with a thought, he quickly fell down on the spot, and immediately felt a mass of heat waves rushing over his head, and the fiery flame almost brushed against Du Wei's scalp. As soon as the exclamation of Lao Yan and others came from behind, Du Wei already felt a black shadow in the flames rushing towards him, and he felt a pain in his left shoulder, and his sharp teeth had pierced him skin.
There was a low growl of a beast beside his ear, and Du Wei felt that something had picked up his body, and he was carried into the farmhouse like flying.
There was no light in the farmhouse. Du Wei was thrown on the ground. Enduring the drama on his shoulders, he looked up and saw that this small farmhouse was originally a place where hay was piled up. Between the haystacks one by one, A monster is lying in the middle.
The shape of this monster is very strange, about one meter, but it stands upright like a person, with long hair, short legs, and arms that are as long as the knees, just like an ape, only the arms are faintly visible under the ribs. There is also a layer of meat film, there are only three fingers on the palm, and a layer of film is connected between the fingers like a duck's paw, not so much a palm, but more like a small cattail fan.
The monster just stood among the haystacks, its body covered with fiery red long hairs, looking at Du Wei, it let out a strange cry of "Hehe". What's even more frightening is that it opened its mouth, revealing a long scarlet tongue like a hanged ghost, and the tongue was actually covered with dense thorns. Each spine is still slightly bent, and the length of the tongue is frightening. Just opening the mouth like this, the tip of the tongue is almost dragging on the ground.
Du Wei had never heard of this monster. Although he now knows a lot about the types of Warcraft, he has never seen this thing in any literature.
The poor Muse was lying on the ground in front of the monster, and one of the monster's feet stepped on Muse's body. The kid seemed to have fainted, lying there motionless.
Beside Du Wei, a gray-haired beast was staring at Du Wei with green eyes. Du Wei took a look and recognized this thing.
A fire raccoon. The fire raccoon is a medium-sized magical beast with fire attributes, swift movements and sharp teeth. And good at making holes, as big as a dog, with a keen sense of smell. Adult fire raccoons can spew flames to injure enemies, and when fleeing, they can also burrow into the ground to escape.
Seeing these two things clearly, Du Wei immediately reacted. It seems that the guess of the brothers in the Magic Academy was correct. There are indeed two monsters.
Fire Fox grinned at Du Wei, and Du Wei's blood still remained on its sharp teeth. Just now it bit Du Wei's shoulder and dragged Du Wei into the farmhouse. As soon as Du Wei stood upright, the thing immediately bowed its body, uttered a warning sound from its mouth, and made a posture of attacking at any time.
In a small space, facing two monsters... and he is still a magician who is not good at close combat. Of course Du Wei was very aware of his situation, so he was very careful not to act rashly, but quietly lay down on the ground so as not to cause the fire fox to attack. But praying in his heart, Lao Yan rushed in with his guards.
The monster that Du Wei couldn't name, suddenly raised his head to the sky and screamed a few times, and following the screams, the fire fox, who was about to start, seemed to be very afraid, and retreated a few steps in awe. Grinning at Du Wei again.
Seeing this scene in his eyes, Du Wei was even more shocked: It really is a high-level monster! Only high-level monsters can drive other monsters to be their subordinates.
The monster stepped on Muse and howled a few times at Du Wei. It pointed at Muse under its feet, and grinned. Du Wei was even more amazed in his heart: Is this thing trying to communicate with himself to express something
It's just that he doesn't know the animal language after all.
At this moment, there was a loud roar from outside the farmhouse, and the gate was opened with a sword. Holding a sword in both hands, Lao Yan had already bumped head-on into two guards, one of whom was a big fat man whom Du Wei accepted at the slave market in the imperial capital that day. This guy was huge, and he didn't walk through the door, but bumped directly from the wall. The farmhouse was originally made of wood, and a big hole was knocked out of the wall. Two guards rushed in, divided into triangles, and surrounded Du Wei and the fire raccoon.
Du Wei immediately shouted to Lao Yan: "Don't come here! Don't come here yet!"
The fire raccoon had already given up on Du Wei, turned around to face one of Du Wei's guards, and retreated step by step to the side of the monster. Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground, and then carefully looked at the monster stepping on Muse, he said slowly: "What... are you trying to tell me?"
Although Du Wei knows that all monsters that can evolve into advanced monsters have certain wisdom, but Du Wei is not sure that the other party can understand what he means.
Sure enough, the monster seemed to understand what Du Wei meant, and stretched out its paws again to point at the Muse on the ground, and then pointed at Du Wei's thick old smoke and others, bared its teeth, and pointed at the Muse again. , and then made a throat-slitting gesture.
"Good! Good!" Du Wei immediately raised his hands: "I understand! You want them to stay away, right? Yes! Don't hurt this kid! I'll tell my people to back off, okay?"
Du Wei gestured to Lao Yan again and again, Lao Yan understood, led the two guards back a few steps, and arrived at the door of the farmhouse.
"My lord, are you alright?" Old Yan said in a deep voice, "The wolf smoke has already risen, and they will be back soon."
Du Wei nodded: "I'm fine... Don't get too close... This guy doesn't seem to be very hostile."
As if the monster could understand Du Wei's words, it nodded repeatedly, pointed to the wound on Du Wei's shoulder, whined a few times, and pointed at itself with a hint of apology.
"Okay, monster... sir." Du Wei smiled wryly, he really didn't expect that he would talk to an animal one day: "You seem to understand my language... so how can you let go of my friend? "
The red-haired monster nodded repeatedly, jumped on the spot a few times, seemed to be holding something with both hands, and screamed a few times. After watching it for a long time, Du Wei realized that it was imitating the posture of riding a horse. Then the monster pointed to the outside of the farmhouse and jumped up and down again in a riding posture.
Du Wei frowned, and tentatively said, "You mean...there is someone riding a horse outside?"
The red-haired monster nodded again and again, then Zhi Zhi pointed at himself, uttered screams, and made a few bound postures.
"Well, are they here to catch you?" Du Wei smiled wryly.
The monster nodded again, and grimaced a few more times, looking very miserable.
Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't want to be arrested?"
Then Du Wei said with a sullen face: "I don't quite understand what you mean... I can let you go, and I won't let my people hurt you, but you have to let my friend go."
At this moment, the monster suddenly bowed and bowed to Du Weilian, with a pleading cry in its whine.
"You... are you asking me to let you go? Yes... ah, no, are you asking me to help you? Help me for what?" Du Wei struggled to guess what the monster meant.
Finally, after the monster repeated the posture of riding a horse, Du Wei understood: "Are you asking me to help you drive away those horsemen who came to catch you?"
"My lord, could it be talking about our cavalry?" Lao Yan asked behind Du Wei.
Du Wei thought for a while, then shook his head: "Probably not." His expression became serious, staring at the monster: "You can understand my language, why? Did you ever stay with humans?"
The red-haired monster immediately seemed to be terrified, trembling, and then suddenly became emotional, barking its teeth and screaming.
"Good! Good!" Du Wei hurriedly said loudly: "Don't hurt my friend! I will help you drive away the people who arrested you outside."
At this moment, Du Wei suddenly heard a whistling from outside, which was the early warning signal when Longbottom's cavalry encountered the enemy!
Then there was a faint sound of ping-pong-pong fighting, which was also mixed with the sound of rallying horns blown by Longbottom's subordinates...
Du Wei's face changed: "Someone is here? Lao Yan, go out and have a look!"
Lao Yan also had a gloomy expression. Hearing this, he turned around and ran out immediately, but Du Wei saw that the monster was trembling and looked very nervous.
Du Wei spread his hands: "Okay! Don't be afraid... I can protect you, but you must let go of my friend first!"
The monster shook its head again and again, but firmly stepped on Muse, pointing outside, as if to ask Du Wei to drive away those people first.
At this time, Muse woke up faintly, and suddenly found that she was stepped on by a monster with red hair all over her body. She immediately let out a sharp cry of horror, her face turned pale, and she almost fainted again. Du Wei hurriedly shouted: "Muse! If you want to live, don't move! Listen! Don't move! Obediently listen to me!"
After a while, Lao Yan and Longbottom both ran in. Longbottom's armor was already red, and he shouted to Du Wei as soon as he came in: "Boss, we have encountered an enemy! They are people from the grassland! There are about 3,000 of them, all of them are cavalry...Damn it, so A group of people ran to our place, and there was no news from the Northwest Army sentry posts in the Northwest Corridor!"
After speaking, Longbottom saw the monster, frowned and shouted, "Grandma, what is this?!"
"Shut up! Longbottom!" Du Wei shouted immediately, he didn't want to annoy the monster and let it hurt Muse. This monster is obviously a high-level monster. In the hands of a high-level monster, Muse is helpless. Look at the claws of this monster resting on Muse's back. If it is annoyed, as long as it exerts force, it can easily break Muse's heart!
Du Wei was also surprised.
People on the prairie? Three thousand cavalry
He was also shocked and angry in his heart, gritted his teeth and glanced at the monster, and said slowly: "I'll go out and see those people... I promise to help you, but you are absolutely not allowed to hurt this friend of mine! Do you understand?"
After getting the monster's nod, Du Wei had no choice but to say to Old Smoke, "You watch here!" Then he pulled Longbottom out of the farmhouse, and sent a hundred people to surround the farmhouse, and then he and Longbottom Barton walked to the intersection of the town.
Soushan's four teams all returned. Longbottom briefly said that after they saw the wolf smoke, they rushed back quickly, but when they got outside the town, they saw a large group of cavalry about to come in. They looked like aliens from the grassland, but the people in front were indiscriminate. , Inexplicably, there was a fight. The other party was very aggressive and rude, and he directly lit the knife without saying a word when they met. As a result, blood was seen during the first conflict. Fortunately, the people on Du Wei's side, Mali and Longbottom, were at the front. Relying on Longbottom's strong strength, Du Wei's side gained the upper hand. Five or six enemies died and a dozen were injured.
And Longbottom's subordinates were also having a hard time, and around twenty of them were injured. Fortunately, Du Wei's cavalry were well equipped, and their high-quality armor gave them an advantage in terms of defense, without fatal damage. However, Longbottom's face was gloomy, because several of his old men were seriously injured.
The other party had already retreated outside the town. Obviously, they were also very surprised that there were actually imperial troops here, and there seemed to be a lot of them.
Outside the town, Du Wei saw about a few hundred meters away, a brigade of prairie cavalry had surrounded the town.
This is the first time Du Wei has seen large-scale prairie cavalry. Looking at these guys from a distance, one can clearly feel a sturdy temperament immediately! The horses these people ride are tall horses, the best horses on the grassland.
Every cavalry on the horse is tall and tall, and many of them have big beards. All of them had thick white turbans on their heads. These people were not as well-equipped as the imperial cavalry. The lack of iron ore in the grassland made it impossible for them to equip cavalry armor. Everyone wore Leather armor, and the styles are messy, and even the colors are different. But these people are extremely skilled in handling horses, and they are not in a neat formation like the cavalry of the empire, they are scattered there, and from time to time there are small groups of cavalry riding slowly back and forth on both sides Running, everyone looked at Du Wei with an undisguised fierceness and eagerness to fight—like a pack of wolves.
Du Wei was surrounded by several cavalrymen and walked to the front, followed by several magic students behind him. Longbottom squinted his eyes at the prairie cavalry on the other side, and suddenly saw a spear among the other party's men and horses, and suddenly raised a big banner. The big banner was obviously made of a whole piece of animal skin. The markings seem to be very old, and even the fur seems to have almost fallen off, but the pattern on it makes people feel a little uncomfortable when they look at it.
This is impressively a skull drawn with blood.
I don’t know how this skull is drawn, but it’s lifelike after a few words, especially the eyes of the skull, but it seems to be alive, as if it’s a hallucination, people look at it, as if there will be an illusion: In these eyes, it seems that a faint and strange look can be felt!
As soon as Longbottom saw the large skull flag, his expression changed. He couldn't help but whispered: "Ah! It's the bloody skull flag!"
Even the two hundred and five generals changed color, and Du Wei felt a sudden in his heart: "What is the bloody skull flag?"
Longbottom's expression was very strange: "Damn... I have only seen the bloody skull flag once in all the years in the Northwest."
Then he explained: "Boss, those barbarians on the grassland have many tribes, but the largest tribe among them is the most powerful royal family. The royal family is the strongest tribe selected on the grassland. After winning the title of royal family, Being able to occupy the royal court and order other tribes on the grassland to obey their orders is almost like a king and emperor. However, even the flag of the royal court on the grassland is far less prestigious than the scarlet skull flag in the hearts of these barbarians High! There is a traditional rule on the prairie. Everyone must abide by it: People on the prairie, if they see the blood-red skull flag, they must immediately stop whatever they are doing, and prostrate themselves on the ground to face it, even if it is far away. Worship the blood-colored skull flag until the blood-colored skull flag is out of sight! This rule, even the patriarch of the royal family, that is, the king of the royal court, must abide by it! Otherwise, if you dare to disrespect the blood-colored skull flag, then No matter how powerful your tribe is, don't even think about continuing to secure your position as a royal family!"
Du Wei frowned: "So powerful?"
"There are magicians in our empire...the grasslands also have their magical powerhouses, their shamans. Our empire believes in gods, and the people on the grasslands believe in their ancestors, and they worship their ancestors. And shamans are people who communicate with ancestor spirits... Shamans usually have powerful spells and have a high status on the grassland. Tribal chiefs must respect shamans. On the grassland, except In addition to the prairie kings in Wang Ting, there is also the "Witch King", and the Witch King is the king of shamans and wizards. Because of the legends of these prairie people, all the prairie people today are created by a common ancestor. That is to say, the "Great Ancestor Spirit" they worship is the oldest and most powerful ancestor. And the Witch King, that is, among all the shamans, is the only one with the most powerful mana, who can be compared with the "Great Ancestor Spirit" "The shaman who communicates. On the grassland, the status of the witch king is far higher than that of the king, because the king will have a tribal joint meeting every few years. The strongest tribe will become the new royal family, and the chief of the tribe will become the new king." The king... But the Witch King remains the same! According to the legend, the Witch King has super powerful mana and a long lifespan... and the prestige of the Witch King on the grassland, I'm afraid you might not believe me!"
Du Wei also narrowed his eyes: "Tell me."
"Let's put it this way, even if it's an ordinary shaman, if he just ran to the home of any herdsman in a tribe and said to him, "The ancestors need your life now, and enshrine the lives of your whole family to the ancestors", then That herdsman would even pull out his scimitar without hesitation, kill the whole family, young and old, and then commit suicide!" Longbottom said with a wry smile: "Those guys on the grassland worship their ancestors to the point of perversion. It is difficult for people who have lived on the grassland to feel it. Also... You know the Northwest War more than 20 years ago! In that war, the magicians of the empire and the shamans on the grassland competed head-on Several times, but did not gain a clear upper hand. And the opponent's Witch King never made a move... And after that, there was a strange thing."
"What?"
"At the later stage of the war, it is said that the Witch King suddenly issued an order to let all the shamans withdraw from the battlefield and not continue to fight against the imperial army, because the Witch King claimed to have received a sign from his ancestors, and the war would inevitably be lost. You must not defy the destiny. At that time, the royal family refused to give up, but after losing the support of the shamans, they were unable to fight against the magicians of the empire. In the end, they were defeated. You know, in that war, the empire and the northwest grassland But the people on the prairie have no complaints about the order issued by the Witch King at the end of the war! No one questioned the order of the Witch King! Instead, the patriarch of the royal family who led the tribe to continue to fight , but after the war, he was killed by his own people who rebelled.”
Du Wei couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "So perverted!"
Longbottom sighed: "When I was in the northwest, I saw this bloody skull flag once. This is the flag representing the Witch King. That time I deliberately provoked a fight between the two tribes. Twenty thousand Many people were fighting on the grassland, and their eyes were red from killing... Suddenly someone came over with a blood-colored skull flag, and everyone on the battlefield was already red-eyed, but when those guys saw this flag, they seemed to be killed suddenly. As if by magic, everyone dropped their weapons as quickly as possible, even in the midst of a fight, without the slightest hesitation, dropped their weapons and fell to the ground... This is the most fucking weird thing I've ever seen in my life What happened! More than 20,000 soldiers who were bloodied all over their bodies, their flesh and blood flew everywhere, and there were many casualties, but suddenly they dropped their weapons and kowtowed devoutly on the ground, and prayed loudly. The shaman with the bloody skull flag announced that the Witch King Order, no fighting is allowed, and as a result, the two tribes absolutely dare not continue to pick on each other afterwards, they are even more obedient than kittens!"
At this moment, the opposing cavalry separated, and then three horses slowly ran towards Du Wei. A cavalryman running in the front held the bloody skull flag high in his hand, and behind them were two old men in colorful animal skin robes, each of them had long beards, their hair was clean-shaven, and their heads were There is no hair on it, but the long beard has carefully braided many small braids...
Such a weird shape made Du Wei feel very novel. However, Longbottom immediately grimaced: "These two guys are shamans!"
Shaman
Du Wei became interested and carefully observed the two bald old men, but apart from the colorful animal skin coats and the long beard and pigtails, he didn't see anything special about them.
The three of them rode their horses and came to a stop about twenty meters in front of Du Wei, but the one holding the bloody skull flag rode over alone. This is a sturdy knight on the grassland, tall and rude. , stared at Du Wei and Longbottom, and shouted loudly: "The people on the other side listen up! Don't stop before the bloody skull flag! Understand what will happen to those who disobey the Witch King!"
Longbottom sneered: "What are you! Which tribe are you from?"
The prairie man straightened his chest and said loudly: "I am the golden sword warrior of the royal family!"
"Royal family?" Longbottom sneered and said, "Royal family? Which tribe is the current royal family? Hmph, there are more and more rules! In the past, even the patriarch of the royal court was polite when meeting me. What are you! Let someone who is qualified to speak come over!"
The prairie warrior was furious: "Who are you! How dare you insult me!"
Longbottom sneered, and said loudly to one of his subordinates behind him: "Did you see that? They have the bloody skull flag again! Let me raise the flag that I used to have!"
An old Longbottom subordinate behind him laughed, took off his helmet and long sword, picked up two spears, one spear held the helmet, the other held the long sword, and held them high.
Sure enough, the prairie man's face immediately changed when he saw it! He stared at Longbottom with rounded eyes, and said in a more respectful tone, "You, are you Lord Mossack?"
"That's right! It's me!" Longbottom shouted, "Go back and find someone who is qualified to talk to me!"
The prairie man didn't dare to say anything, and took a deep look at Longbottom. Slowly said: "Since Lord Mossack has returned to the northwest, I'll go back and invite Lord Shaman to come and talk."
After speaking, he returned with a bloody banner.
Longbottom looked at Du Wei and said with a smile, "Boss, is my banner good? On the left is the long sword, and on the right is the helmet. On the grassland, the long sword represents war. The helmet is a symbol of friendship. Because on the grassland, good friends can Use your own helmet to fill the other party with wine to show enthusiasm and friendliness. My banner is displayed. It means: give you a choice, be my enemy or my friend!"
Du Wei nodded and said with a smile, "Very good choice."
At this time, the prairie man had already gone back and had a few words with the two shamans behind him. The two shamans glanced at each other and rode over.
"Excuse me, which one is Lord Mossack?" A bald old wizard on the left asked.
Facing the shaman, Longbottom's attitude was much more polite, and he even bowed slightly immediately: "I am Longbottom, this respected shaman, please tell me your purpose. I need a Explain why the army on the grassland appeared on the territory of the empire."
"Lord Mossack, first of all, I would like to pay tribute to you. You are a well-known figure on our grassland." The shaman said with a smile: "As for our coming here, we have obtained the permission of General Lu Gao of the Northwest Army. I It is a priest under the Witch King's throne, and the brave warriors who accompanied us were all sent by the patriarch of the royal family to protect us along the way. We came here by the Witch King's decree."
"Oh?" Longbottom was moved: "Is it a personal order from the Witch King?"
"Yes." The shaman's attitude seemed to be very friendly, but his tone was firm: "The favorite pet of the Witch King has been lost. It is a very precious beast. The Witch King ordered that no matter what, it must be Get it back. We searched for a long time before we found its trace, and now it is in this town, so please get out of the way with your people, we need to conduct a thorough search of this town."
The Witch King's pet
Du Wei immediately thought of the strange red-haired monster in the farmhouse.
But... Get out of the way and let the other party search
Du Wei looked at this seemingly polite wizard, and suddenly became angry!
This fucking is my territory! It's Lao Tzu's territory! You said you will check? In one official language: This is a fucking violation of sovereignty! You still have the attitude of showing off like an old man
Witch King? Is the Witch King amazing!