Chapter 3 Chapter Three Ouch!Bad luck on Butterfly Mountain!

Pepe felt pain all over her body.Especially in the head, there were waves of dull pain, as if someone was beating her head like a drum.There was a constant sound of "boom, boom, boom" beside my ears, and my body was shaking up and down constantly. In the chaos, she opened her eyes.He looked around in a trance, only to see a dim color. "Are you awake?" A boy's face suddenly appeared in front of Pepe. Pepe's face was reflected in a pair of ridiculously large and slightly drooping black eyes. Although his black coat has a lot of rips and looks a bit "ragged", although his cheeks and skirts are covered with dust, although his expression looks distressed, as if he can't even do his own business It was resolved, but when Pepe saw him, he felt relieved for no reason.

"Where am I?" Pepe touched her head carefully, "My head... hurts so much." "In the carriage." The boy replied, "Your head is bagged." Ready to pack?Has anyone hit me yet? Inspired by this idea, Pepe suddenly remembered that after she ran out of the cave, she was hit in the back of the head by a group of silver-helmed warriors of unknown origin.Judging from the current situation, she has been kidnapped! Pepe's drowsy mind suddenly woke up.She stared nervously at the boy in front of her, but couldn't say a word. "What's wrong with you?" The boy looked at her suspiciously, "Why did your eyes open so wide suddenly? The pupils also shrank. Does your head hurt so much?"

Pepe leaned back and grabbed her longbow.Fortunately, her longbow and short sword were still where they were and had not been taken away. "Did you go with those people?" The boy froze for a moment, then scratched his head. "Yes and no, yes no. I didn't volunteer to help them steal your village's treasures." As soon as his hand was raised, Pepe immediately saw a triangular black pattern branded on the back of his hand, which looked very scary. Pepe remembered the situation in the cave. "Oh, you were captured by them?" "Yeah. They believed that I could break the seal of that dragon's tooth." The boy shook his head in frustration, "I'm really unlucky."

Pepe couldn't help but looked down at her chest, only to find that the Dragon's Fang was gone. "What are they trying to do with Dragon's Fang?" Pepe asked, "Doing something bad?" "Don't talk nonsense, little girl." The door of the carriage was opened, a gust of rain rolled in, and then a tall man came in with a bent body, and closed the door smoothly. He was not wearing a helmet, showing wet black and white hair.He looks about 27 or 8 years old, and he has a very kind feeling when he smiles. "Hello, little girl." He smiled at Pepe, "I have something to tell you."

"Are you..." Pepe's eyes slid to the blue cloak behind him, "Are you the leader of this group?" "Almost!" He sat down opposite Pepe, and cut directly to the topic, "Are you from the village of Arisdra? Since you can take out the dragon's tooth, you should know how to use it ,Right?" "Use Dragon's Tooth?" Pepe repeated his words, puzzled, "How to use it?" "Why, don't you want to talk now?" He suddenly patted Pepe's head with the iron gloved hand, and laughed heartily, "It's okay, little girl. Next, we will have a long We have been together for a long time, and we can communicate slowly. I believe you will be willing to cooperate with us in the end."

"A long time? Traveling together?" Pepe shrank nervously, and broke his head out. "What are you guys going to do?" "We are looking for the four great artifacts." The smile on his face disappeared, "Although we don't know how you took out the dragon's tooth, I believe that if you can take out the dragon's tooth, you should be able to Get the other three artifacts. So we have to take you. I hope you understand." "Is there any mistake! You kidnapped someone, and you hope that the kidnapped person will understand!" Pepe jumped up suddenly, "The dragon's tooth belongs to our Arisdra, return it to me immediately!"

"No." He said firmly, "I will return this thing to you one day, but not now." "Do you think I'm a fool?" Pepe's anger rose to the highest point, she drew out her dagger without thinking, and stabbed at the man's neck.She knew that under the protection of the armor, this sword could not hurt the opponent at all, and she just wanted to express her indignation. The man didn't dodge or dodge, he was still sitting there, looking at Pepe with a smile on his face. When the tip of the sword was still a long way from his throat, Pepe's arm suddenly stopped abruptly—it wasn't that she wanted to stop the attack, but was controlled by an invisible force. Her arm Can no longer stretch forward half a point.

"What... what's going on here?" Peipei pushed her right hand again, but the arm that belonged to her didn't move at all.But when she pulled her arm back, she retracted it obediently, "What happened!" "It's our 'magic seal'." He pointed at Pepe's shoulder with a smile, "Control your actions by influencing the nerves, and block all offensive actions." Pepe looked at her shoulder and found a black triangular pattern protruding from the skin.Exactly the same as the one in the boy's hand. "Do you understand now? You, you and you." He pointed to Pepe, and then to the boy who had been silent, "There is no choice. The little girl can help us get the other three sacred artifacts." , and as for you..." He looked at the boy, "You can provide us with a lot of magical help, so we won't let you go for the time being."

Just as he finished speaking, a man's low voice suddenly came from outside the carriage: "Captain, we have now reached the middle of the Bowknot Mountain Range. But we seem to have encountered a little problem." "Understood, I'll come." He stood up, opened the carriage door, looked back at Pepe and smiled, "Little girl, don't worry, we didn't intend to do anything bad. I can assure you .” After speaking, he stepped out of the carriage. Outside the carriage, between the gaps of the towering trees, the rain poured down like a bead curtain.On the mountain path, a group of silver-helmed warriors were fully armed, holding long swords, and staring from the depths of the forest.

A huge blue eye is also gazing at the group of warriors in the jungle. "What is this?" asked the captain, drawing his sword from its sheath. "Captain, it's a water monster." The deputy captain laughed dryly, "I wonder how the water monsters here in the Eastern Continent compare with ours? Judging from their size, they want to swallow three or two adults in their stomachs." Drown slowly, I'm afraid it won't be a problem." "Shut up! Be quiet!" the captain yelled angrily, "It's watching us now, wondering if we are hostile, can't you see it? You will irritate it if you make a sound suddenly!"

A bead of sweat dripped down the deputy captain's head. "Captain, the person who is yelling loudly now seems to be you." The water goblin did not let them continue their argument.There was an extremely loud sound of spraying water, accompanied by two streams of blue water shooting out from the bushes, heading straight for the warrior in front. "Be careful!" Bowknot mountain range, deep in the forest. Tall trees block the sun, but not the rain.The humid and sweltering temperature makes people feel like they are in an invisible steamer. The sweat all over the body overflows and mixes with the rain, clogging all the pores. Five or six people in white robes formed a circle, trapping one person in the middle.There was no wind at all, but their clothes seemed to be blown by a strong wind and fluttered violently.They all had the same jet-black mask on their faces, unable to see their facial expressions. "Hmph! We expected that you would pass by here." A person sneered and said, "The magic circle we set up here was not in vain." "Amin, throw in the towel. You can't beat so many of us." The other said slowly and gently.There is a gold border embroidered on his robe, and he seems to be the highest among these people, "Besides us, there are many monsters attracted by the magic circle here. Even if you escape from our siege, you will not be able to escape." This mountain of bowknots." The man surrounded by them did not answer.He took a step back with his left foot, held a long knife over two meters long in both hands, and aimed at the person who had just spoken. "Do you have to fight?" The person being targeted shook his head helplessly.As if they had received some order, the others pulled out their weapons at the same time, jumped up, and rushed at the person standing in the middle from all directions, the gleaming silver blades cut straight to the vitals. The white figure in the middle turned around on the spot, and swung the long knife in a half circle, temporarily avoiding the three people. At the same time, a green flame was released from the right hand, and instantly rolled towards the remaining few people. Those people retreated quickly, avoided the flames, and then rushed forward quickly.This time, what flashed on their weapons was no longer silver light, but a strange green light. The battle is in chaos.The white shadow shuttled back and forth, soundlessly, as fast as a ghost, making it impossible to catch their movements. "Do you have to die in battle to be willing? Why don't you understand that resistance is meaningless." The man with gold embroidered on his robe sighed, "As long as you obediently hand over that thing and go back with us, we will won't hurt anymore..." Suddenly, a strong white light pierced the sky and fell towards this side. "My lord priest! Over my head!" The man in the gold-rimmed white robe didn't turn his head, and waved his right hand vigorously at the white light. A bright red light flew out of his hand and met the white light.In an instant, the light was so bright that everyone had to raise their hands to cover their eyes.The person surrounded took the opportunity to jump up, skimmed over the top of the tree, and rushed down the mountain. After a short contact, the white light changed direction and bounced back to where it came from.The strong light also dissipated. "Master Priest, are you alright? The light just now... seems to be magic sword energy?" "That's right." The person known as the priest waved his hand, "Don't stay here, go and chase Amin!" "Does Amin still have help?" "How could I know this! But I can be sure that the person who can use that kind of sword must not be an ordinary person." The water monster's water column-like tentacles shuttled back and forth among the grass and trees, constantly attacking the group of silver-helmed warriors, driving them into a panic. "Damn it!" The captain slashed down with his sword, splitting the water column in front of him into two pieces.But the water demon immediately flipped its tentacles, put the lost part back into its body, and returned to its original state again, "Bastard, I didn't expect it to bounce off our 'magic sword energy'! If we continue to fight like this, we will definitely be finished!" " "Captain, send out the sword energy again!" The deputy captain not far away shouted loudly while waving his sword, "Let's restrain its tentacles, you aim at its eyes!" "Your head is filled with water! If I could do it again, would I not do it? That kind of technique can only be used once a day!" The captain squatted on the spot, and the tentacles of the water demon flew over his head and hit him The carriage behind.The powerful force smashed the walls of the carriage apart at once. Pepe and the boy in the carriage screamed at the same time.Frightened, Pepe's motor instincts were fully awakened, and she jumped on the spot, avoiding the second attack of the water demon very beautifully. But the water demon did not let her go.The jet of water that fell through the air circled out of nowhere, then circled back and attacked Pepe's back. Pepe didn't hesitate, and ran away.Relying on her extraordinary foot strength developed in the mountains, she dodged left and right among the trees.The water column turned left and right following her steps behind her, but it was always a little bit short, unable to touch her. "Tie, tie, tie...the leader of the kidnappers! Hurry up and find a way to protect me!" Pepe jumped up, grabbed a branch of a tree, made a somersault, and let the tentacles of the water demon brush past her feet. "The hostage is going to die!" "I'll do my best!" the captain yelled at her, "you run away first!" "Hey! Miss!" A boy's voice came from afar.Like Pepe, he ran quickly between the bushes, in the opposite direction to Pepe.For some reason, he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and the water jet of the water monster didn't attack him at all, "Come to my side!" The captain looked towards the source of the voice, and when he saw the big backpack on his back, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind, and he shouted loudly: "That's right! Aren't you a beast caresser? Quickly find a way to calm the water monster down." !" "It attacked after accepting the master's order! In this case, unless the master ordered to stop, it is impossible for it to settle down!" The boy waved at them, "Don't be afraid, as long as..." Before he could finish his sentence, water jets suddenly hit the group of people from two directions at the same time.Layers of water mist and the sound of huge water flow drowned out his figure and voice. All the samurai raised their shields high, ready to meet the huge plume of water falling from their heads. Just when the water jet was about to fall on their shields, everything suddenly stopped.The water column hangs above their heads and does not fall anymore. A white cold light quickly slid towards this side along the tentacles of the water demon from the depths of the jungle.The tentacles passed by the cold light formed a round strange icicle.If you look carefully into the depths of the jungle, you will find that the body of the water demon has also been completely frozen, turning into a big ice cube.And through its transparent body, one can see that the captain's sword energy that was bounced away just now has returned at some point, and has been deeply dissolved in it. Everyone was surprised to see this sudden change, and was a little dazed for a while. "Damn!" The captain was the first to shout happily, "The sword energy just hit! Ha, the water demon has frozen!" "Isn't it right? It was obviously bounced away by the water demon just now." "Why are you talking so much? Anyway, it turns out that it was hit!" The captain gave the vice-captain a hard look, and turned to Pepe, "Hey, are you two okay?" "I'm not well at all, I'm scared to death." Pepe jumped down from the tree and let out a long breath. "I'm fine." The boy who had just disappeared ran out of the jungle.Not only was he not injured, he didn't even look tired.Obviously, he was not hunted down by the water demon. The captain looked him up and down, and an unknown fire immediately burned up. "Is there any mistake! Why did the water monster attack us, but not you?" "The command given to this water monster by its owner seems to be 'block people who enter the attack range'. So as long as you get out of its attack range, you won't be attacked again. Why, don't you all know?" "You think we are all just like you, we are beast caretakers!" The captain's anger was at its peak, he stepped forward, and punched the boy on the head, "Why didn't you tell us earlier! So hard!" "Oh, it hurts! I told you!" The boy held the bulging bun like a meat bun, pleading with aggrieved face, "Didn't I tell you to go to my side? But you didn't listen to me .” "Why..." The captain was stunned for a moment, as if remembering something, a trace of shame flashed across his face, but he quickly covered it up, "Ah... yes, yes, we should take advantage of the time when the water monster freezes , smash it. Otherwise, after the magic effect is over and it recovers, we will be in trouble. Ha ha!" "Hey, captain, don't be sloppy." The deputy captain said with a smile, "If you make a mistake, you should admit it bravely. This is the way to be a human being." "You... keep talking, and I'll beat you into an idiot!" The captain viciously raised his saber, and slammed it down on the main body of the water demon—the big eyeball. The water demon that condensed into ice has no ability to protect itself.Under the continuous slashing of several long swords, it turned into a large pile of crushed ice.From its shattered body, a round golden thing popped out. "Hey, what is this?" Pepe walked over and picked it up. It's a round badge.A strange and treacherous pattern is carved on it. "It's a magic badge." The boy leaned over and looked at the pattern on it. "Someone used this thing to attract the little water demons around them and make them form a big guy." "So, the owner of the badge is the one who sent the water demon to attack us? Could it be... our enemy is here?" The deputy captain frowned and glanced at the captain. The captain gave him a hard push, "Arrest the owner of the badge and ask, won't you know everything?" "It's easy to say!" The deputy captain raised his voice and retorted, "The mountain is so big. How many of us want to search the mountain?" "What mountain are you searching for? It's there." The captain pointed to the jungle in the distance. A white figure walked out from under the shade of a bush with a long knife in his hand.His back was facing here, a golden totem was shining brightly, exactly the same as the pattern on the badge. "No way?" The deputy captain was almost dumbfounded, "Here comes the surrender!" "Hey! Brother over there!" The captain roared, pointing at the man with his long sword, "Did you send the water demon to attack us?" The man stopped and turned to this side.Against the backdrop of the snow-white cloak, his jet-black mask looked particularly strange.He rolled his eyes, looked at these people one by one, and then shook his head slightly. "Still saying it wasn't you?" The captain held up the golden coat of arms and shook it, "Then how do you explain this?" The man shook his head slightly again. The captain was about to say something more, but suddenly stopped.Everyone found that in the depths of the forest, a large group of guys dressed like the person in front of them were standing quietly in the shadows, watching from afar. All the silver helmets changed color on their faces. "There are still a lot of people." The captain's voice lowered involuntarily, "Are you here to rescue these two brats, or are you here for us?" The man shook his head again. "Are you doing anything else besides shaking your head?" In the jungle in the distance, the strange white-clothed leader is silently observing this group of silver-helmed warriors, speculating about their origins. "Master Priest, do you want to..." "Don't," the priest interrupted the other, "Those men in silver armor seem to be some kind of royal guard. And that boy in black is probably an adventurer. If we clear the door in front of them, we will be punished." Peek into the details." "Then there will be no survivors." "Idiot." The priest cursed in a low voice, "The 'magic sword energy' just now should have been emitted by one of these people. This person must have some origins. If he is killed, his master will not let it go. There is no reason Yes, why did you provoke such a powerful enemy?" "Then we..." "I had to withdraw." The priest stretched out his arms, and the wide sleeves of his robe spread out like the wings of a bat. "If we can catch Amin once, we can catch him a second time." A little golden light ball rose from his feet, hovered along his body, and sprinkled a little bit of golden light.With the sliding of the ball of light, his body gradually became transparent and luminous, and finally turned into a piece of golden light, which rose from the ground together with the light transformed by his companion, soared into the sky, and disappeared. Outside the grove, on a mountain path. Everyone saw the disappearance of the group of people in white, and for a moment, including the strange man in the same white robe, they all heaved a sigh of relief. "Hey, your companion is gone." The captain let out a long breath, "Are you planning to deal with all of us alone, or are you planning to obediently catch us all?" The man suddenly turned around, raised his head proudly facing the group of warriors, swung his long knife with one hand, and drew a half-arc in the air. This is without a doubt a declaration of war. "Hmph, courage is commendable." The captain strengthened his courage again by relying on the large number of people on his side, "Let's go!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man in white over there suddenly waved his empty hand vigorously.A cloud of rainbow-like light was thrown out of his hand, quickly slid forward, and then suddenly split into pieces—it split into countless colorful butterflies, surrounding the warriors and flying up and down. The warriors were taken aback, and their footsteps stopped involuntarily. At this moment, the man in white jumped up.The long knife kept spinning in his hand, then suddenly stopped, aimed at the group of desperate warriors, and chopped down. Those colorful butterflies suddenly flew into the air, flocked to the long knife, formed a second sharp edge in front of the blade, followed the long knife, and fell to the ground. An earth-shattering bang and a sun-like light swept over them at the same time. Pepe tightly covered her ears, and closed her eyes desperately, for fear that either her hearing or vision would be lost.She could feel the ground shaking under her feet.For a moment, she thought the world was about to turn upside down. After the loud noise, Pepe slowly opened his eyes, only to realize that he had fallen to the ground, covered in mud.Not far away, the group of warriors stared at the man in white dumbfounded, bewildered.The boy with the big eyes was also covered in muddy water very close to Pepe. The surrounding situation is not as bad as she imagined.All are alive and no one was injured.But there was a deep and long gap where the warriors stood just now.It could be seen that if they hadn't dodged the attack at the last moment, they would be doomed. The man in white stood not far away, with his long knife propped on the ground, his head slightly raised, as if waiting for something. He deliberately hit the ground instead of attacking us.In other words, he didn't want to kill us, he just wanted to show us how powerful he is. The captain thought secretly.That being said, there is only one possibility left, he is here to rescue these two brats.Judging from the situation, he probably won't be able to beat him, but if he just let him take these two brats away, it would be too... How can Her Royal Highness explain? The captain was hesitating, but the man became impatient, and suddenly raised his long knife, stabbing head-on through the gap in the captain's helmet. The captain yelled, took a lunge to the left, dodged the attack, and counterattacked with the sword. The man in white used the hilt to block the captain's sword, and then cut to the gap in the captain's knee part of the armor.If the captain hadn't shrunk quickly, this leg would have left him. "Bastard!" In anger, the captain turned his sword and cut at the man's neck. The man in white suddenly took a step forward, pushed aside Jianfeng, and got into the captain's arms.The sharp blade cut to the captain's waist from the side. The captain suddenly jumped forward, narrowly dodged a blow, and immediately galloped away.After just a few fights, he already understood that the subtlety of this person's martial arts was beyond his reach.At this time, there was no other choice but to escape. The white-clothed man paused for a moment, and then chased after him with a knife. The knife was as bright as an arrow, and the knife did not leave the captain's back.Although the warriors on the side wanted to help, but they were too fast to catch up anyway.If it weren't for the captain's excellent running quality, coupled with his nervousness in an emergency, he would run several times faster than usual, and there would be several transparent holes in his back. "Don't worry, buddy! I didn't say I won't let you go!" The captain yelled loudly while running, "Give me some time, let me think about it!" The man simply ignored his words.He raised his hand and wiped the knife against the captain's ear. "Oh my god! Why are you so terrific! Do you not understand what I'm saying?" It was another knife, and it was wiped against the neck. "Dude, dude, stop for a second and listen to me..." Before he finished speaking, a burst of cold breath came from the back of his head with the sound of breaking wind.This knife seems to have used enough force, intending to pierce the captain's helmet and head at the same time with one blow. "Stop! I'll let you go right away!" The captain was extremely terrified, and the dignity of all the warriors flew to the sky, shouting desperately, "We retreat immediately as a team!" While speaking, he held his head and jumped out violently in the other direction.Although his dodge ensured his own safety, it made the big-eyed boy who was standing in the same line as him unlucky—the long knife that couldn't catch up stabbed at the boy! "Oh my god!" the boy yelled, subconsciously crouching on the spot with his head in his arms. With a sound of "Duo", the long knife passed a few inches above his head and pierced into the tree trunk. Everything stands still for a moment. The man in white held a long knife in his hand, slowly pulled the blade out of the tree trunk, waved it casually, and supported the ground.Then, he swept his eyes over the group of warriors who hadn't recovered from the fright.He still didn't speak, but everyone felt the pride and arrogance of a winner in him. No one spoke.The warriors slowly put away their swords, moving very slowly, as if they couldn't bear the great sorrow of such inferior skills. At this moment, a strange noise suddenly came from the top of the tree. The man in white standing under the tree subconsciously looked up.But he still raised his head a bit slower, just as he adjusted the angle and angle, he found that he could no longer avoid the fateful blow - a purple hard-shelled fruit with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters pierced through the layers. A layer of leaves fell and hit him on the head without any mistakes. There was a muffled "bang".The man in white, with his knife in hand, fell face down in the mud in an elegant posture.Faintly, two or three small stars floated up on the back of his head, spinning continuously. There was silence all around.A gust of cold wind blew up two or three leaves. "Hey, are you okay?" The big-eyed boy who was closer instinctively stretched out his hand, trying to help him. The other party let out a weak groan, struggled to raise his hand, and pushed away the boy's hand.Then, he clenched the long knife tightly, supported the ground, and slowly stood up. The black mask seemed to have been smashed by the fruit, falling off his face with his movements.Then, everyone saw his face. Pale skin, long silver-white hair gleaming like satin, beautiful red lips tightly pursed, and under the slender willow eyebrows, those big eyes like ice and water revealed a man's resolute look—this man of unknown origin The strange white-clothed man turned out to be a beautiful girl! Everyone was stunned, staring blankly at this beautiful face, their masseter muscles unknowingly relaxed. The hatred of being hunted down just now disappeared from the captain's mind in an instant.Everything in his eyes disappeared in an instant, leaving only this heroic and beautiful girl.In a trance, he seemed to hear the call of Cupid, the trumpets from heaven, and finally even the music at the wedding ceremony. He felt that his heart was beating violently, and it seemed that it might pop out of his chest at any time. Such beautiful eyes.Such strong eyes seem somewhat similar to Her Royal Highness the Princess.This is the first time I've met such an incredible woman... Is this the so-called love at first sight? "Beauty..." he muttered to himself, "It's really a peerless beauty." The girl ignored his praise, frowned, and suddenly swung her long knife towards them. A strong wind flew out of her knife, passed through the rain, and hit her face. The cold wind woke up the warriors.The deputy captain was the first to react, took a step forward, nodded slightly to the girl, and said, "I was rude just now. We will abide by the agreement and return the hostage to you." After finishing speaking, he and another soldier crossed their eyes The captain, who almost turned into a heart shape, walked down the mountain without looking back. "Hey! Miss!" The captain struggled between the two of them, "May I ask your name? Are you interested in going to the coffee shop for a while? What are your hobbies? You..." The group of warriors in silver armor left. Only Pepe, the boy with big eyes, and this girl of unknown origin were left in the woods.She clutched her chest, panting violently.The slender and tall body was also shaking slightly non-stop, as if it might fall down at any time. After an unknown amount of time, Pepe spoke first and broke the silence: "Are you here to save us?" The girl turned around, stared at Pepe, and shook her head slowly. "No?" Pepe was slightly surprised, "Then, why did you come here? And why did you send the water demon to attack those soldiers?" The girl didn't answer, her expression seemed to be enduring some kind of great pain.Her beautiful eyes became moist, and a crystal clear teardrop rolled out and mixed with the rain on her face. Pepe and the boy with big eyes panicked at the same time.Pepe stepped forward and asked softly, "Why are you crying? Are you injured?" The girl didn't answer.Her eyes closed slowly, and her body fell forward limply. "What's wrong with you?" Pepe took a step forward, and it took a lot of effort to hug her body, which was much taller than her, and prevent her from falling into the mud.Only then did she realize that the girl's body was so hot, like a piece of iron, "Oh my God, she has a high fever!"