Insects chirp at night, and the evening wind blows slowly.
The fighting on the battlefield during the day seemed to have long gone. Among the soldiers standing on the night watch on the city wall, the younger one couldn't help taking a long breath.
However, he coughed immediately.
The air mixed with the fishy smell of the sea still makes young people uncomfortable.
In fact, everyone in Navia City will not be used to the fishy smell of the sea.
Even if there are some sea merchants, most of them are suppressing the disgust in their hearts.
As for why
Look at those monsters in the sea.
Thinking of what happened during the day, the young man couldn't help shivering.
Although on the battlefield, it is still difficult for this young man to forget his fear, even a veteran of many battles cannot do it.
Ignoring death makes one brave and fearless.
But fear of death does not make a coward.
In the end, the one who needs to choose is still oneself.
others
Can't make any decisions for you.
"Roff, what are you thinking?"
The partner beside him asked in a low voice.
"Of course it was during the day."
"That adult is really powerful."
The young man answered.
"Yeah, if I'm one-tenth as powerful as that lord, I'm afraid I can easily pass the knight examination."
"Knight assessment..."
"well!"
Hearing the 'knight assessment' from his partner, the young man was immediately discouraged.
The knight assessment is held every two years and is open to all believers of Lady Thorn under the age of 25.
As long as you pass the test, you can become a member of the Thorn Temple Knights. Of course, you are not an official knight, but a knight apprentice.
But even so, there are very few passers.
Rove had participated in two assessments, and was rejected in the first preliminary test, and passed the preliminary test the second time, but was rejected again in the retest.
As for the upcoming third knight assessment, Rove didn't have any confidence.
Moreover, the young man couldn't help feeling depressed when he thought that this was his last chance.
Subconsciously, Rove turned his head and looked into the distance.
Whenever there is something unhappy, he always uses this way to escape.
Then, the young man was taken aback.
What does he see in the distance
Seems to be…
monster
But why is the sentry tower so quiet
The doubt in his heart did not make Rove hesitate, he shouted almost the next moment
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
…
The high-pitched shouts pierced the silence of the night, and the outpost of Aia suddenly boiled up. With a long sword in hand, Nelson, who was fully armed, was the first to rush out of the barracks. Behind him were the knights of the Temple of Thorns , Compared with ordinary soldiers, the reaction of these knights is undoubtedly faster.
The knights were divided into four teams, two teams went to the outer city wall, one team went to the inner city wall, and the last team went to the highest sentry tower.
As soon as they boarded the sentry tower, this group of knights saw the sentry fell to the ground and died.
The three sentries were without exception.
And go, the death is miserable, the flesh and blood of the whole body seems to be swallowed up, leaving only the skin and bones.
The leading knight did not hesitate, and sprinkled a holy water on the three corpses.
Before the holy water fell completely, the corpse suddenly opened its mouth.
Countless flies flew out like a cloud of black smoke, rushing towards the team of knights overwhelmingly.
Buzz buzz!
"careful!"
Amidst the dense noise, the leading knight immediately blocked the torch in his hand, and the flying insects were divided into two, half of which stayed in place to attack the knight team, and the other half flew towards the top of the city. , Straight towards... Rove.
Rove, who had never experienced such an attack, clenched his spear and torch tightly.
Although he didn't see clearly what happened on the sentry tower just now, he at least understood that the long guns alone couldn't deal with these flies.
Woo!
The flies and insects flying down on the head and face brought a gust of wind.
Although he has a torch in hand like the leading knight, Rove's strength is not the slightest difference from that leading knight.
Under the strong wind, the young man fell straight to the ground with unsteady footing.
The flies passed over the young man's head and landed on his partner behind him.
"Ah!"
Amidst the screams, when the young man looked back, the partner he was talking to just now was covered in flies. The young man frantically waved the torch, trying to disperse the flies, but it was useless , his partner became a mummy at a speed visible to the naked eye.
then
The flies flew to him again.
The torch was swung faster, but it was almost useless. The flies spread out again, and flew towards him in an enveloping manner.
It's over!
Rolf felt a chill all over his body.
He never thought that death would come so suddenly.
It never occurred to him that he would die like this.
"I'm not yet a knight..."
Rove murmured in a low voice.
Woo!
There was another sound of breaking through the air, and the young man felt dizzy. When he came back to his senses again, he realized that all the flies flying towards him were blown away and hit the hard city wall, turning into a puddle of mud.
And a black figure was standing in front of him.
"Since you have unfulfilled wishes, then pick up your weapons and move forward."
"Together with his share... together."
In the indifferent words, the black figure pointed to the soldiers who had already died and turned into mummified corpses.
After saying these words, Qin Ran looked outside Aiya's outpost.
As for why the young man was saved
First off.
Second pleasing to the eye.
The other party was willing to save the other party when his partner was in danger instead of running for his life, which made Qin Ran pleasing to his eyes.
"Master Ryan!"
"Thanks!"
Looking at the black figure, the young man blurted out his voice, but immediately fell silent. In the end, only thanks remained.
He didn't know what to say other than thank you.
Then he looked at his partner.
Sadness could not be restrained in his eyes.
How can war not kill people
It's nothing more than how much.
Can clearly know so.
He still felt the sadness.
He clenched the spear in his hand, stood up, and looked outside the city wall.
He wanted to fight for his partner... no, he wanted to fight with his partner, bent down, and took his partner's spear in his hand.
Then
Throw it at the monster rushing under the city wall.
He didn't know if it was right to do so.
I don't know what will happen if I do this.
But he knew that if he didn't do this, he... wouldn't feel at ease.
puff!
The spear that was infused with all the strength of the young man pierced the body of a charging monster.
The tip of the long spear was sunk in half, but it wasn't fatal at all to rough-skinned and thick-skinned monsters.
Instead, it fueled the ferocity of the monster.
It held its head up and roared at the city wall.
then…
The roaring stopped abruptly.
Not only the roar of this monster, but all the other monsters that kept roaring also stopped roaring.
Their bodies even stopped in place.
Outside the outpost of Aia, the monsters who charged at the moment before dawn seemed to have been hit by the hold spell, and they stood there motionless like puppets.
Their gazes all looked in one direction on the wall of Aia's outpost.
Or, to be precise, a location.
Qin Ran's location.
He stood at the head of the city, looking down at these monsters, and after a strange light flickered in his eyes, he turned and left slowly.
The turning figure moved the crow feather cloak, making a crisp sound.
It was like a signal.
after this crisp
Bang bang bang bang bang!
The heads of the monsters below the city exploded one after another.
Thousands of headless corpses all fell down.
The battlefield was silent.
People's eyes were all attracted by the leaving figure.
The night wind continued to blow, and the fluttering crow-feather cloaks rattled.
Unconsciously, under the night, there was a little more noise.