"Your Highness," the old knight approached and lowered his voice, "Time is running out."
"I know," Veronica also lowered her voice. She knows that her knights are all brave, but no matter how brave they are, they still have hearts. In this case, she should try her best to avoid damaging morale. They will attack in half an hour, and the battle flag has only the last two charges left."
The old knight hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking: "Can we really find that mountain?"
"Do you believe me?" Veronica asked softly.
The old knight was stunned, and replied almost subconsciously: "Of course..."
"But I dare not be so confident. Sir Morian, you were my swordsmanship instructor when I was six years old, so I have nothing to hide from you. The thing about the Holy Mountain is that I read it from an ancient book that is already incomplete. What I found was only a few short sentences, a sketch that was better than nothing, and the book was so tattered that it was almost unrecognizable, so it might even be just a collection of heroic stories written by some whimsical bard, and then it was written by me. One of my ancestors hoarded it out of curiosity—so I can't believe myself that we actually found the mountain."
When the old knight heard what Her Royal Highness said, he didn't show much shock or disappointment. He just sighed softly, as if he knew the answer a long time ago.
Veronica was a little surprised: "Sir Morian, you..."
"Your Highness, as you said, I have known you since you were six years old," the old knight shook his head, "You can hide the truth from those boys, but you can't hide it from your teacher. But even if the mountain doesn't Whether it exists or not, in this case, people really need a hope."
Veronica sighed softly: "But there is always a moment when illusory hopes are shattered."
The old knight raised his eyebrows: "Veronica, this dejected look is not you."
The princess knight was a little dazed for a moment. She couldn't remember how many years she hadn't heard her swordsmanship teacher call her name so directly, and her tone was so severe.
"Don't give up hope so quickly," the old knight frowned, but still spoke in a slow tone, "As you said, even if the source of the record is not so reliable, at least there is such a record, the Holy Mountain may really exist , fate will favor the warriors of the kingdom."
Veronica nodded silently, her eyes seemed a little firm.
And she couldn't help but recall the afternoon when she broke into the old scholar's library many years ago and found those yellowed pages in a pile of dusty ancient books. She can't remember many things about her girlhood, but perhaps she was very keen on knowledge about secret lands and adventures since she was a child. The words about the holy mountain "Kasuan" are still fresh in her memory:
Going forward from the west of the kingdom, through the shadow forest, you can see the most striking "Hill of the Unknown Knight" in the barren wilderness between the arches formed by the twisted twin boulders. In the direction of the unknown knight's eyes, there are layers of fog and chaos. In the depths of the city, the holy mountain "Kassuan" stands on the earth forever, and the ancient temple of Kasuan was built on the top of the mountain. That is a great palace that existed in the last generation. It carries the power of the goddess. It was there in the past and it is still in the present. retreat...
Veronica chewed these words silently, re-firming her belief in the existence of the Holy Mountain in her heart, but at this moment, she suddenly felt the light around her shake violently.
The old knight reacted almost instantly. He immediately pulled out the long sword at his waist. The magic sword forged by the Talos court shone with azure blue light in the darkness, and the knight shouted like thunder: "Draw the sword! Chaos is coming!!"
The well-trained knights responded immediately, a sound of steel rubbing sounded from all around, the reflection of the long sword seemed to bring a chill, and at the same time, each of them crushed the white crystal that had been hanging on the saddle belt of the mount: the crystal was broken , released a thin mist of light, under the shroud of light mist, those war horses that were teetering a second ago immediately regained their spirits, neighing with high fighting spirit.
However, the Morian knight sighed slightly: These military horses that accompanied the soldiers for a long time could no longer survive the next battle.
While the knights were preparing for battle, the golden battle flag in the hands of the flag bearer flashed for the last time, and then the rune thread on the magic cloth shot out a flash of lightning, accompanied by crackling mana overload, the battle The faint light emitted by the flag finally went out.
The light of the battle flag went out, and the surrounding immediately fell into a deeper darkness, but another light source quickly lit up the battlefield: the knights activated the lighting crystals on their bodies one after another, while Morian and Veronica lightly chanted spells, and instantly they were on the battlefield. Several floating magic light spheres are created around him.
However, this form of magical light cannot disperse the evil servants condensed in the fog. Veronica heard a sour scream coming from behind, and she turned around immediately, and the knight sword in her hand brought a The white light split a wolf-shaped shadow monster in half.
Under the illumination of all kinds of magical light, what happened in the mist can be seen at a glance. One after another shadows are continuously condensed from the darkness. Some of them are like various beasts, some are similar to human shapes, and some are not It was simply an indescribable mass of black patches—these strange and strange servants of chaos made piercing screams, and after losing the suppression of the golden battle flag, they began to attack the defense line formed by the knights frantically!
The Morian knight swung his sword and decapitated a humanoid monster. The monster's head flew high, howling in the air, and its body fell to the ground convulsingly, turning into gray-white dust in a blink of an eye. The old knight didn't even look at the monster he killed. He just commanded the soldiers loudly: "Protect the bannermen! The banner can still be activated! Gordon, Roland, don't leave the queue too far, be careful of being swallowed by chaos! "
The long sword in Veronica's hand was flying, slashing and killing the monsters that kept rushing under the sword, and at the same time, the other hand was still forming various spells, providing assistance to the team with instant low-level magic: she is not A real magic swordsman, so the spells that can be cast at this moment are quite limited. While constantly repelling the attacks of monsters, the knight princess was also nervously observing the pale golden battle flag in the hands of the banner bearer: the rune silk thread of the golden battle flag was shimmering in the dark, which indicated that the flag had begun to be full of vitality. Yes, but whether the Cavaliers can hold on before the flag is lit is completely unknown.
What's more important is that the mounts—the war horses have already inhaled the crystal dust. These loyal companions can only hold on for a while. After the dust effect is over, even if the battle flag is lit again, these people may not be able to move forward very far.
After quick consideration, Veronica made up her mind. She held up her long sword and swung it in a certain direction: "Knights, break out in that direction! Full speed!"
"The direction of the blade!"
The knights roared in unison, turned their horses' heads under the guidance of the princess, and rushed into the vast darkness without hesitation. In front of them was an army of monsters constantly gathering.
This small team began to run across the barren wilderness, and the charge in the dark made people think of the last attack of the legendary holy knights in the ancient holy war. However, at this time Veronica and Morian The knights have no time to feel epic: they become the spearheads of the knight order, shouldering the important task of opening a way out in the monster army!
Two magic swords fluttered up and down, and the monsters in the dark chaos kept turning into ashes. However, at the end of the team, a young knight finally couldn't resist the exhaustion and pain accumulated in the past few days. The scimitar sliced across his chest, and fell heavily from the horse's back.
Before his comrades could even come to the rescue, the young soldier had already rolled to the ground, he was quickly swallowed by the darkness, and there was only one cry: "Aiken, take care of me..."
A flash of light came from the darkness, and the dying souls of men were consumed by Chaos.
Veronica also saw this scene from the corner of her eyes, but she couldn't stop at all, she could only raise her head and continue to focus on the enemy in front of her.
And at this time, a hazy and extremely majestic shadow came into her eyes as if it suddenly appeared.
A black mountain.
Holy Mount Kasuan.
The mist and darkness blocked the view, so that Veronica saw the mountain when it was close in front of her eyes, and the knights behind her also saw it, and immediately someone shouted in surprise: "It's the holy mountain! The holy mountain that Her Royal Highness said is just ahead!"
Immediately, the morale of the knights was greatly shaken, as if the appearance of this mountain instantly dispelled the surrounding enemies, but Veronica turned her gaze to the top of the mountain, and her heart gradually began to sink.
She has already seen the building on the top of the mountain, the Kasuan Temple that "brilliantly shines and dispels evil" according to ancient books, but the situation there is completely different from what she expected: the whole hall is shrouded in darkness Against the background of the sky, only half of the temple remained as if it had been destroyed by a huge force, and only a very faint light of order surrounded the damaged holy land.
That light was not even much brighter than the golden battle flag just now.
Even the great miracles left by the previous generation are almost completely destroyed by Chaos now, and the records in the ancient books are nothing more than the demagogic words left by a third-rate scholar who likes to exaggerate.
Knight Morian also noticed this, and he immediately approached Veronica: "Your Highness..."
"Go on," said the knight princess in a deep voice, "at least there is still light there."
Morian paused slightly and nodded.
And just when the old knight and the princess had prepared the worst for the prospect, an accident that no one expected happened.
I saw a grand explosion of unknown reasons suddenly occurred among the monsters on the flanks of the knight order. A group of bright blue flames exploded, and a dozen Chaos servants were instantly reduced to ashes!
"Boom boom boom!!"
Continuous explosions sounded from all directions, and the nearby monsters were wiped out in pieces in the big explosion, and a strange man appeared in Veronica's eyes: the other party rushed down from the holy mountain, and kept throwing it out with both hands. A bright little ball of light came out, and every little ball of light hit the ground was an explosion that shook the mountains, and the man's loud shout came from her ear:
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, humanitarian care is coming!!" (To be continued~^~)