Hearing that the monster broke through the defense line of Layton Town, the first thing the bearded man cared about was whether the holy lake was attacked. After all, the group of stone giants had already rushed to the shore of the lake. Although no one knows exactly how those stone bumps plan to attack a lake, it is clear that they cannot be allowed to move forward. The captain of the knight had a strange expression on his face when he heard the bearded man: "This...we don't understand what's going on, the ultimate goal of the stone giants is a mystery, they seem to be gathering towards the holy lake aimlessly. , but did nothing when they got together—just wandered around the Twisted Woodlands and the beach."
"Didn't you try to pollute the lake?" The bearded man was very surprised. He couldn't imagine what those monsters could do besides destroying the water when they gathered by the holy lake. "The sanctuary in the center of the lake is alright?"
"It's all right," the knight captain shrugged. "The sanctuary in the center of the lake has not been affected at all. But the rector of Girton thinks that no matter what these stone giants want to do, they can't just let them gather like this, so he sent We're cleaning them up all over the place."
The bearded man nodded, indicating that he had no problem going forward.
At this time, more horseshoes sounded from the forest, and the other cavaliers gathered by the signal flare just now had gathered. Hao Ren saw the light of the torches in the Twisted Forest floating around like a swarm of fireflies converging into a river. I was surprised by the number of these cavaliers. It seems that in order to clear the stone giants who broke through the defense line, the Beinz Parish really invested a considerable amount of troops.
The captain of the knights admitted frankly that the area around the holy lake is not safe now, and the entire Beinz Parish can be said to be full of battlefields, so he suggested that everyone withdraw from the Twisted Woods to Layton Town overnight to return the orb to its place as soon as possible. Of course there are still plenty of monsters in the Twisting Woodlands, but it's not a big problem now compared to the wandering stone giants. The four ascetic monks were also eager to escort the orb, so they agreed immediately.
Hao Ren and the others rode on the military horses brought by the knights (except Yzaks), and went straight to Layton Town along the official road in the Twisted Woods, escorted by the Church Knights and Kingdom Knights along the way. Others along the way were fine, and the girl Becky was really excited. She was just a little mercenary, and she had never been so beautiful in her life. At this time, surrounded by a group of knights, she seemed to feel that she had saved the world. Becky rode her horse and ran at the front of the team, trying her best to adjust her posture with a straight face and look majestic. It wasn't until after running for two hours that she suddenly remembered that no one was looking at her with a straight face in the middle of the night, so she slowed down her horse in desperation to keep pace with the captain of the knight, and asked loudly: "There will be a welcome banquet when I go back. Will it be? Will there be horse riding parade? Will the canonization ceremony be back to the royal city?"
The captain of the knight looked at Becky with a strange expression, and after a long pause, he turned around: "I didn't know!" Then he smacked his lips again, without lowering his voice at all: "Tsk tsk, mercenary... really is a guy who only cares about money, you You should pray a lot. Let the holy thoughts of the goddess wash your mind."
Betsy didn't feel annoyed at all, but cheered even more happily: "I'm going to be rich!!"
Hao Ren was observing the surrounding cavaliers along the way. The Twisted Woods official road is a long road, passing through several cavalry patrol spots in the middle, so the cavaliers guarding the horses on both sides had changed two or three times. Calling people, he found that 80% of these knights were members of the Church Knights wearing blouses, and the Kingdom Knights only had a few teams, and they just wandered outside every time, not only not serving as the main force. It was even a bit like a forced foil, which made him a little concerned: "Why are church knights here to kill the stone giants? Isn't the Kingdom Knights the main force here?"
The knight captain replied casually: "Marshal Ophra's soldiers are mainly deployed outside the Layton Line and patrolling the Dragon's Back Mountain Range. They are responsible for cleaning up the monsters that have just split from the mountain and preventing monsters from invading the inland. They are in charge of commanding the mercenaries on the outside. Layton’s line of defense is an important place of the church, and our church knights should be the main force. Don’t worry, the church knights are enough to guard this holy place, and our firm belief is the guarantee of all of this.”
The other party really deserves to be a priestly warrior who believes in the goddess, and he will go around his own beliefs as he talks. Hao Ren nodded when he heard the knight captain's explanation. What the other party said made sense. It's not surprising that the two knights set up two layers of defense lines according to their own nature.
After this trip, there was nothing to say all the way, and a large number of knights masters escorted them. Hao Ren and the others didn't encounter any monsters in the Twisted Woodland either. By the time they walked out of the forest and arrived at the valley where Layton Town was located, it was already early morning the next day.
With the rising sun. In the morning, the first ray of sunlight shines on the earth from the gap in the Longji Mountains, waking up this mysterious holy land with a long history from the not so peaceful night of yesterday. The brilliance emitted by the protective barrier in Layton Town can be seen from a long distance, and the members of the Knights obviously breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the brilliance. The battle here has lasted for half a month. During the middle, the defense line was broken, the troops were attacked, the outpost was destroyed, and even the entire cavalry team was removed. The soldiers standing here have gone through many battles, and they are all Tired and under tremendous mental pressure, the brilliance emanating from the fortress in Layton Town was one of the biggest motivations for them to continue fighting.
The horse team slowed down. Hao Ren observed the surroundings as he walked. He noticed that traces of the fierce battle could be seen everywhere in this area: Huge stone pits and burnt bushes could be seen everywhere on the outer edge of the Twisted Woodland. I saw many temporary fortifications piled up of fine steel and huge stones. Almost all of these fortifications were injured, and I don’t know how many times they have been destroyed and rebuilt. Protective slates engraved with runes can also be seen everywhere along the road. They were supposed to set up magic barriers to resist the stone giants, but now that the magic power has been exhausted and the runes have been broken, these slates can only be used to prove failures one after another. Of course, there is also a lot of evidence at the scene to prove that the progress of the stone giants is also not very smooth: piles of lifeless black boulders are scattered around the woodland, and some of the black boulders still have traces of being cut and excavated. The soldiers simply dragged these enemy remains back as building materials.
The captain of the knight sighed: "I don't know when these monsters will be killed... The rector has been studying the secrets of the Dragon's Back Mountain Range, but until now he still doesn't know how the stone giant split down."
While talking, they had already arrived at the entrance of Layton Town, and the towering and somewhat dilapidated fortress walls appeared in front of everyone.
"...It looks like it was a tough battle before," Y'zaks couldn't help muttering after seeing the situation in Layton Town, "The stone giant passed through the town directly?!"
Layton Town is a "town" in name, but in fact it is the largest military fortress on the border of the Blood Lake of Beinz. It has extremely thick walls and solid buildings in the city, but now the fortress has obviously suffered heavy damage. Everyone can see that there are several shockingly huge gaps on its outer wall, and even the city gate has disappeared in the direction of the twisted woodland, leaving only a broken hole nearly 100 meters wide. Holes, broken wall bricks and rubble have not been cleaned up, and groups of soldiers are patrolling nervously inside and outside the city walls, and the atmosphere of imminent battle is lingering everywhere.
Hao Ren could directly see the current situation in Layton Town. Collapsed houses could be seen everywhere.
Speaking of what happened that day, the Cavalier Captain seemed to still have lingering fears: "Yeah, I couldn't believe that we were able to keep the town later. At that time, the highest peak of the Longji Mountains cracked, and soon there were hundreds of rocks The giant rushed down from the avenue and the nearby mountain road. At that time, half of the defenders of the town were entangled with the monster in the north. There was no time to come back. The stone giant quickly smashed the outer barrier... and then ran directly through the town into the twisted woodland."
In the end, the knight captain opened his hands to everyone: "In the end, thanks to Marshal Ovra, who led the reinforcements that just came from the interior of the kingdom, and cut off the stone giant from behind, we were able to save the town under the leadership of the rector of Girton. Come down. But as you can see, it's pretty badly damaged."
At this time, the soldiers who were patrolling the entrance of the town had noticed that the large troops returned early, and a strong man like an officer ran over on horseback: "What happened?"
The knight captain looked solemn: "Quickly inform the rector that the orb of the temple has returned!"
(In the last half of this month, if you have nothing to do, ask for a monthly pass. Check to see if you have a monthly pass!) (To be continued~^~)