"Warning: You are injured by the plague, causing 0 damage (33 of which have been resisted)."
"Warning: You are injured by the plague, causing 0 damage (31 of which have been resisted)."
"Warning: You are injured by the plague, causing 0 damage (40 of which have been resisted)."
Brando suddenly stopped and called up the battle log in the retina. A light green light screen appeared in front of him, and it was already covered with shocking system records.
He immediately raised his head. This place has entered the Queens District. This place is the busiest commercial area in Rušta on weekdays. There are dozens of the most famous chambers of commerce in the empire along both sides of the street. The majestic and majestic buildings are immersed at the moment. In the darkness and silence, every door and every window was closed tightly, and a layer of mist filled the streets.
"Mist?" Brando suddenly raised his hand and grabbed it, then opened the palm of his hand to reveal the corpses of a few flying insects.
"What's the matter, sir?" Behind him, Metissa and Hippamira also stopped, the latter asked curiously, watching his movements.
However, the little silver elf princess stared at the colorful flying insect corpse in Brando's hand, without saying a word, with a calm light in her eyes.
"Know?" Brando asked.
"This is a swarm of plague insects. They were born in the mist of the Gray Field, and the rancidity of devouring the corpses of the devil and the fallen souls multiplied," Medissa replied quietly: "I have seen them more than once. "
"This is a larva," Brando nodded. "It hasn't fully grown up yet. You should have seen an adult."
He squinted his eyes and looked at the dead street ahead. He knew where Medissa had dealt with these bugs; the plague swarms are the inhabitants of hell, and they live on rot. Usually, a group of people is from the same parent. Born, the female parent is a giant adult, and a group often has only one. Plague insects rarely leave the female parent too far, and they hardly migrate out of the gray light field.
There is one exception.
Among the twelve branches of the tree shepherd, the worm lords are all worm wizards for generations. This branch of the tree shepherd controls a huge swarm of plague insects. As early as the era of the war of the saints, the tree shepherd and the silver elves , Humans have fought against each other more than once, so Medissa should have seen these visitors from hell more than once at that time.
This generation of Gu Worm Lord Mayard was captured by the Empire decades ago and detained in the depths of an underground prison in Rusita, but even Andesa was alive and kicking outside not long ago. I want to come to this Gu Worm Lord. Will not be lonely.
"It seems that Her Majesty has more than one trouble for us."
"Are you going to fight, Lord Lord?" Medissa asked.
"First bless the defensive spells. These larvae will not cause us any trouble, but it's hard to say inside." Brando frowned. Every branch of the tree shepherd is difficult to entangle, and Andesa counts among them. The weak, although Mayad is not strong enough to go there, it is extremely difficult to deal with.
In the game, he had dealt with the Gu worm lord, so he felt tricky. This is the periphery of the plague fog. To the central area, the disease damage can reach more than 100 points per second. He is not good at praise. The baptist priest of the poem is simply unable to do anything.
Although the impact of magical damage on him is minimal, and even the disease damage in the central area may be completely resistant to him, it is difficult to say for Metisa and Hippamira.
He doesn't want to cause trouble at this time. His most urgent goal now is to go through Rusita to the west to meet other people, and confirm whether Akane has been rescued. If everything goes well, they can leave the empire directly. NS.
The channel to leave the empire has also been arranged long ago. The prince’s eldest son and the northern nobles will cooperate fully with him. They can cross the evergreen aisle, or bypass the Principality of Antobruo. This road is still safe-at least for now. Come so.
As for what happened in the imperial capital, in fact, it has nothing to do with him—and the Eruin people. Anyway, it is also a problem for Her Majesty.
He carefully looked at the thin mist, and thought that if he was lucky, he could go straight through the edge of the mist. However, Mayad’s element is the mist of the soul, not the mist of pure plague. It is easy to get lost in this mist, and it is easy to leave if you want to leave. It's not that easy.
Besides, the other party is a psychopath, I'm afraid he might not allow a few living people to leave unscathed from his plague fog.
It's just too late to go back now. Behind is the trade zone. Who knows if the Silver Queen will come after her.
Hippamira set up a defensive shield, but Metisa did not respond. Brando glanced at her and remembered that the Silver People was immune to disease. They also won the battle with the Gu Lord. More lose less.
"Silver's blood is really enviable." He couldn't help sighing.
"Lord Lord is not bad," Metisa smiled: "It's just a poor ghost underneath. How can Lord Lord envy you."
"Really, how can there be such a cute ghost?"
Metissa's eyes widened, her silver eyes seemed to be covered in a layer of mist, and Hippamira couldn't help giggling on the side.
The atmosphere eased a lot for a while, and the three of them also slowed down. The Queens district is a little more than two kilometers longer. The whole area is composed of a main street. Both sides of the street are magnificent shops and tall buildings, which are of the old times. The shrine of Kronu, the god of commerce, stands in the mist not far away. It has already become a monument-like building at this moment, commemorating the glory of the gods of the past.
Brando can almost see the gold patterns inlaid on the mottled exterior wall. Their brilliance is dim, and the past scenery is absent. The Temple of Flame is very generous and has not overthrown them. Of course, it also expresses the obedience to Martha and her. Our respect, in fact, in the countryside of the empire and many areas of Eruin, people still maintain their faith in the old gods, but they can no longer receive a response.
Without response and protection, there would be no priest. The temple of Kronu, the god of commerce, was like a mottled empty shell, silent for thousands of years in the mist.
In fact, this temple is not the only thing that is silent, the entire Queens area is shrouded in deathly silence, and only the footsteps of the remaining three people are humming in the sky above the stone street.
The more you go in, the thicker the fog becomes. From time to time, a bug hits Hippamira’s light shield, slamming into a pool of green water, flowing down the light curtain, scaring the lady priest to pale.
On the contrary, the little silver elf princess looked very calm, and walked forward almost without changing her face. Only at this time can people remember that she was once the highest commander of an army.
Although calculated according to the age of a human, she was only fourteen years old when she became famous, but she was a young girl with a cardamom age.
Brando hardly had any chances at this time. He knew that the silence was due to the fact that there was probably no living person in the Queens area. This was the area with the richest nightlife in the entire imperial capital, close to the noble area, in the evening to late night. It is often the most lively time, and there are even nobles sneaking out to experience life. Although it is not a horse-drawn carriage, at least it will not be empty.
You can’t see a corpse on the street, but you can see what happened before looking at the carriage slantingly parked on the side of the road or hitting the plane tree. There are no bones left.
Hippamilla looked dignified.
Brando was wondering where Sidney and Veronica went, whether it had anything to do with Mayard's sudden appearance.
At this moment, the mist in front of them suddenly buzzed to the two sides, and a fist-sized bug rushed toward his face. Brando reacted extremely fast, and he drew his sword without thinking about it. The sword light flashed, and the bug had already snapped. The click turned into two pieces and fell to the ground, and the six legs were still twitching.
When he lowered his head, he found that it looked a bit like some kind of beetle. It was dark and had six legs as sharp as a knife. Before he could even speak, Metisa on the side replied first: "This is an adult. We are already close to the mother. NS."
Being close to the mother's parent means that he is close to Mayad. Brando did not expect that instead of passing through the fog of plague from the edge, he walked to the center of the fog of plague.
But walking to this place, it means that the other party has found them, and to avoid it is to deceive himself. He simply does not retract the long sword in his hand, but raises his head and glances. There is a tall and majestic building in front of him. Brando thought about it. , I remembered that it was the headquarters of the patrol cavalry.
He took a moment to look at the light green light screen floating on his upper left. The damage on the battle record has risen to nearly 100, which is slightly weaker than what he has encountered before, but he wants to escape from the dungeon in this era. Mayad is not his strongest period.
"It looks like he is there waiting for us." He turned his head and said to Metisa and Hippamila.
"Well," the silver elf little princess nodded, "but it's a bit strange, my lord."
"What's the matter?" Brando knew that Medissa's experience was not worse than his own, or even more than his own, and he was not inferior to him in understanding of the shepherd, so he seemed to attach great importance to the latter's opinions.
"There are too few insect swarms," Metisa replied softly, "Even if Mayard consciously hides, there shouldn't be so few insects in the fog of plague. Besides, we only met an adult when we walked here. It's unusual."
Brando raised his eyebrows before he noticed this. He only fought with Mayad once in a limited opportunity, and he was not the main attacker at that time. At that time, the Graysius Knights with him were only responsible for containing the insects. It's just a group, the diamond force guild with the real main attack.
He recalled the experience of that battle. There were indeed swarms of insects in the mist, which was a bit different from the two or three sparse ones right now.
"What do you think?" Brando asked cautiously as they walked forward cautiously.
"I thought of a possibility," Medissa shook her head slightly, "but I don't dare to confirm it yet."
Brando saw her biting her lip, a thought flashed in her heart, and didn't ask any more.
The patrol cavalry headquarters in the mist is like a living creature. The towering fortress-like building is its back, and the city wall is its winding neck and spine. It curls up here, motionless, as if it is falling into a silent sleep. middle.
There were no signs of living in the fortress, and it was obvious that all of them were killed. Fortunately, there are still camps outside the city for patrol cavalry. The headquarters in the city usually has only one squadron of cavalry stationed on duty, but even so, this accident is still enough to shock the empire. , You must know that in the cavalry patrol in the imperial capital, noble children accounted for a large proportion.
The commander of the patrol cavalry is the Earl of the Empire, second only to the master of the extreme realm. If he was here when the accident happened, then the Cruz people would have even greater fun.
The three of them passed through the city gate all the way, the suspension bridge did not cause them any trouble, and then the deserted courtyard, the main entrance of the manor, the corridor, the spiral staircase, there was no one in the entire fortress, and there were not even many bugs. They only encountered a few attacks along the way. It was not so much a plague swarm as it was a few insects that remained here after the swarm.
But the thick fog of plague that enveloped this place told Brando that this is definitely the center of the plague swarm, not the place after the swarm passed.
They went all the way to the third and top level of the fortress. This is the center of the entire cavalry headquarters. In theory, the office of the Lord Earl should be here.
The internal structure of this type of military building is similar. Brando is quite familiar with the Cruze’s fortress. He quickly found the office of the Count’s office along the corridor. At the door of the office, he finally saw the only one on this trip. Several humans.
To be precise, several corpses.
Two of them were crawling in the corridor, facing down, wearing the uniforms of patrol cavalry, and their clothes were pale. Black blood seeped out from under them and penetrated into the thick carpet.
Another man leaned against the wall, his face was bloody, he couldn't see his facial features, as if a big hole was gnawed out by something, his dress was more gorgeous, earl windbreaker, gold-rimmed breeches, long boots, all over his body. They are all fragmentary decorations, and they also wear a breastplate that is extremely luxurious.
Unfortunately, this breastplate failed to save his life. There was a large hole on the left side of the breastplate, and dark red blood flowed from the middle of the breastplate. This should be a fatal injury.
The corpse tilted its head and leaned against the walnut parapet at the back, blood smeared across the wall, and his sabre scattered on the side. Brando confirmed the identity of the opponent when he saw the sabre.
Chi Falcon, proved that this man was the commander of the patrol cavalry, a certain earl of the empire.
Brando raised his hand, the sword flew from the ground and fell into his hand, then flashed, and then disappeared into the dimension hole.
Although the saber Chifalco of the commander of the Imperial Inspection Cavalry is not comparable to the holy swords like Harangea and Odyssey, it is also indispensable to pass on the ancient famous sword, otherwise it will not be passed on from generation to generation. He can There is no habit of leaving good things to the empires.
There were a few adult plague insects crawling around beside the body of the patrol cavalry commander. When Brando moved, they immediately spotted the strange intruder, hissing and rushing towards this side. But Brando hadn't done it yet, the lady priest next to her took a step forward, waving her hands in the mountains and rivers, a perfect home run, and directly knocked out the bugs.
The bug buzzed and hit the wall on one side, and then broke into a green juice.
Brando also frowned. He suddenly thought that these bugs hadn't actively attacked him before, but passively attacked them after he had alerted them. In fact, the closer to the female parent, the more cautious the plague swarms will be. They will madly attack all creatures close to this area, whether they are humans or animals.
This is not the behavior that the plague swarm should have.
He couldn't help turning his head subconsciously, but found that Medissa frowned deeply, looking thoughtfully at the direction of the Imperial Earl's office not far away.
There, there was only one wooden door that was broken in half in the thick fog.
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