Chapter 26 Chapter 22 Choosing a Path

Ahuayi gathered his army at the mountain pass. Generally speaking, it was a beautiful battle and took back most of the human prisoners of war. Of course, it would have been more perfect if he hadn't been beaten by the black knight.He was very worried that the spread of this news would affect his reputation as the head of the Royal Knights, and none of the farmers who were determined to participate in this operation were recalled to the army.At this time, he saw the silver armor knight wandering out from the mountain, looking very leisurely. "Have you met that black knight too? It's terrible..." Ahuayi very much hoped that the silver knight would also have the glorious experience of being knocked down, so that he would feel less ashamed.

"Oh, I see. I left a mark on the back of his neck. Next time you see him, you can ask him to show you." The silver armored knight said lightly, right in front of Ahuayi. walked over.He still had the sword in its scabbard, having snuck it back after the Black Knight passed by. Ahuayi's eyes widened in shock, although he couldn't understand why this powerful knight would let the black knight go to make trouble for him, but after thinking about it again and again, he believed that it was because the black knight ran too fast and he couldn't catch up .So he willingly followed the Silver Knight's horse like a cavalier.

Kant stopped his horse and looked at the rescued mercenary group on the side of the road, but he didn't see Yundi's shadow, which made him feel sad. Reed and the others were bickering, when they suddenly saw a knight on a tall white horse in shining armor running towards him, and suddenly pulled the horse away.He was puzzled, he felt that the battle armor seemed to have been seen somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while. "Hey, you! Prisoners of war, come to the city with us!" shouted a peasant warrior over there. "Prisoner group? How dare you call us that? Farmer group! The lowest level of troops, the recruiting fee is only two yuan a guy..." Reed jumped up and replied, "We can go wherever we want!"

"Want to fight, boy, who rescued you? How about trying a cheap hoe?" The farmers raised their sticks and surrounded them. "Wait," Kant rode over, "I've seen you guys before? Haven't I?" Udinburg that night "With your extraordinary martial arts skills, would you like to go with me to participate in the upcoming Olapedro Xinghan Knights Tournament? I heard that even the Jinxingzhou Knights from the far side of the Fuss Mountains will come. With his power, he might be able to ascend to the position of paladin." Ahuayi said to Kant. "Paladin?"

"King Ayigu wants to choose a knight, and he and the church can be canonized as a paladin, as the general of the army, just like back then..." "Like the paladins of King Fankdel back then?" Kant sneered dully behind his visor, "I doubt whether today's paladins can reproduce the glory of the past, but I'm sure that Ayigu will never have Fankdel." The valor and genius of King Del." "Legends are just legends. Maybe the magic of the paladins back then has been exaggerated a hundred times in the stories. No one wants to be always shrouded in a huge shadow for three hundred years, right? We need to create today's hero."

I heard that King Ayigu has a fat body and a cunning smile. It is hard to imagine that a real knight is willing to serve him.Kant thought so.Yundi's whereabouts were unknown, which also made him feel heavy and unable to fly to Olapede. But the devil's soul is sleeping in his body, if he goes to the dungeon to find Yundi, the devil's soul will wake up. Why am I not a real paladin?If you can break into an evil dungeon and rescue a beautiful girl, someone will do it even if you sell your soul to the devil, right?Although he couldn't understand the pain of fighting against the evil in his body all day long, could the paladin ten years later understand the pain of being weak and helpless while watching everything happen but being unable to do anything?

The desire to go to the dungeon to find Yundi may be just the voice of the devil in his body. "Yes, Knight Ahuayi, you are right. I think I should go to Olapede." The silver armored knight raised his head on the horse and said. "However, before that, I have a more important thing to do...Maybe I won't be able to come back until very late." ... "You can't go to the dungeon!" Moments later, in another house, the desperate mercenary group tried to stop Kant, "If, as you said, the devil is sleeping in your body. Once you are forced to use his power , he will wake up and take the opportunity to dominate your body." Reed said, "And don't expect us to follow you, no matter how much money you pay."

"Also, if it's what you see from the future, then you should go to the knight's tournament now, as long as the prophecy is correct, then the paladin will be you. Don't give up this opportunity." Saitan said. "But how is it possible? My rotten body is almost unable to lift a sword. And the power of the devil king in my body cannot be used." "Maybe... once in a while... nothing... anything..." Reed snorted. "If I can't even save a woman, what good is it for me to be a paladin?" "It's useless? Then you can become the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces. With such an army, you can save whoever you want!" Reed said.

"But Yundi was already dead by then!" "Hey... I have nothing to say," Reed said, "Go, go, go to the dungeon, you really think you are an invincible dragon-slaying knight." "I don't know... I don't know if it's right or wrong... But I know... I can't stop myself." "Abandoning my future as a paladin and bringing the demon king's soul back to the dungeon?" "Okay! I don't know!" Kant hugged his head furiously. "Of course you don't know," Reed sneered. "The most important thing is, do you know where the entrance to the dungeon is? Those hidden entrances, no one knows where they are, and they are guarded by terrifying demon troops."

Kant stopped talking, he was silent for a long time... Is it really an unchangeable destiny to become a paladin? The huge underground city of Cantusti In the dark guardian temple. "Everyone understands in their hearts that it is completely impossible to achieve the mission with only the 60,000 troops and more than 10,000 flying dragon troops now." Huayou Bingsi said seriously. The other three were silent.Everyone understands this fact, but no one is willing to say it in front of the generals who are determined to fight to the death. "My Idel tribe has experienced many years of war, and now there are about 8 million people. Three million of them live in Cantusti, centered on the Lake of Fire, and more than two million undead tribes on the outskirts of the city. Others live scattered in various places underground. There are no more than tens of thousands, at least a few hundred people, our clan is going to go on an expedition to return to the ground, how will these clansmen be taken away?"

"You can send a secret letter to the underground cities and villages, and let them form their own teams. When the Cantusti expedition begins, when the undead army is attracted by our main army, they will choose their own way to exit back to the ground." Lu Hua Meiya said, but after she said the words, she also felt a little inappropriate.Even if these small groups of people got out of the ground, didn't they fall into the roundup of the ground people? Huayou Bingsi looked at the three of them and said, "I think it's the opposite." Zigzarit nodded secretly, but Yan Tecrida lowered his head and sighed. "We sent people to send letters to the tribesmen everywhere, let them choose their own exits and rush to the ground first, and wait for the undead army to round up and disperse the troops, then we will launch an incident in Cantusti!" Huayou Bingsi insisted Said. The four of them knew in their hearts that doing so would be too cruel to the people outside the city, but it was a good way to break out of the siege in order to preserve the main force.Sacrificing some individuals for the sake of the main body is something that the demons take for granted, so although everyone sighs in their hearts, no one objects. "But I'm afraid that at that time, the high priest wants us to send out magic soldiers to hunt him down again." Lu Huameiya said worriedly. "Then unless he wants to do favors and let all these demons scatter and escape from the ground." Zigzarit laughed. "That's just giving favors to the human race. The demons scattered out of the ground, but they haven't become the hunting targets of the human race." Lu Huameiya said angrily. "But the High Priest would never take such a risk," Yan Tecrida said, "What's more, with the demon clans followed by demon soldiers, it's unknown who will hunt and who will be hunted by then." "That's right, the High Priest would never take this risk, but he will soon realize that this is not an isolated turmoil, so he will turn his troops back to Cantusti." Huayou Bingsi said. "So the timing of launching an expedition is very important. When there is an uprising in various places, the city of Kantusti must be as if sleeping, and no movement will be seen. But once the undead army is dispersed, the millions of people in the entire city will be like lightning. Start." Zigzarit stood up and walked to the map, "But which exit should we choose as the end point?" "Why don't you choose the Lim Keyi Road of the Demon King Kaqiyunde back then. It is extremely wide and can accommodate millions of people to march without any problem. The exit is blocked by rocks. I have sent someone to investigate the ground above the exit. However, it is still in ruins, and the human race regards it as an ancient battlefield, and there are no people at all. It is also closer to our final destination, the Liaolei Grassland where our ancestors originated." Lu Huameiya stood up and walked to the map said before. "However, the road from Kantusti to the exit of Rimkey is full of undead settlements, and many undead camps have been built in the passage, blocking the passage like cancerous tumors. Although it is the shortest route, it is also the most resistant Will we be able to fight the route?" Yang Tekrida asked worriedly. "The road where the undead tribes live is not the same as the road where the undead army gathers. We happened to kill them all the way. The undead tribes are not driven by the ghost mages, but they are just walking corpses." Lu Huameiya said, "Five thousand demon troops can kill Make a way." "But once the ghast mages come, every undead will become a warrior, not to mention the ghasts move like the wind, they will come as soon as they say it." Zigzarit said. Lu Huameiya stopped talking, and only looked at Huayou Bingsi again. Huayou Bingsi was sitting in front of the map, staring intently, as if he could not hear their dispute at all. The three of them walked over and watched his eyes slowly move across the map, low valleys, underground mountains, dangerous canyons... "You actually... want to leave like this?" Zigzalit was amazed. Huayou Bingsi looked up at the generals, and pointed to the map: "There are a few points we must consider. It is impossible to choose a dangerous and difficult road for an expedition of three million people. In fact, the broad and easy road There is only one road, which is the Limu Keyi Passage dug by the Demon King in order to set out on the ground. From Kantusti to the entrance of the Limu Keyi Passage, there are two main roads, which wind around the Panwu Mountain Pillar. On both sides, there are Alikan Road and Suhuada Road. On Alikan Road, there is a gathering place of nearly 300,000 undead tribes—the Lost Wasteland. But there is a section of Suhuada Road that is very dangerous. If I choose, I will go from Alikan It is better to break through the Lost Wasteland in one go, rather than letting a large group of people block the dangerous road." "Well, please continue." Zigzarit nodded slightly, but his face was gloomy. "The second point is that everyone knows that it is extremely conservative for us to only calculate the combat power of the demon army. In fact, our clan is martial and powerful, and at least half of the three million people in Cantusti can fight. At critical moments, everyone is Soldiers, this kind of power is powerful. But it is necessary to have good organization and command, otherwise there will be conflicts and internal chaos. If ten thousand officers can command the clansmen by area and divide them into teams of three hundred, The effect will be much better. But we are currently seriously short of officers. These days, we have dispatched nearly 10,000 soldiers and generals to various places in the city to establish an establishment. , but the discipline and command staff are very troublesome, and it has already attracted the attention of the undead in the city." At this moment Zigzarit frowned even tighter.Jan Tekrida leaned forward and asked, "Do we really want the three million people in the city to form one road? I thought such a huge team would be too difficult to command. Only by dividing into five roads can we hope to manage it." Huayou Bingsi set his sights on Zigzalit. Zigzarit stood up, looked around the generals, and said in a low voice like a bell, "But there is only one suitable path... and we only have 60,000 real troops. We must not disperse any more, or we will be defeated one by one." "I think we should believe in the combat power of the clansmen. As long as the battlefield unfolds, every civilian is a good fighter. Otherwise, even if the front team breaks through to Hot Spring Pass, the rear team is still congested in Cantusti. I've never fought before!" The usually calm Yan Tecrida was also a little excited. "We can divide our troops into five groups, but I still say that, the army must not be divided! The assault force of 60,000 is already very small. Then it means that we will abandon the 2.4 million clansmen of the four groups and let them distract the enemy. , We only brought 600,000 people out of customs?" Zigzarit tapped the map on the stone wall heavily, and cracks appeared on the hard black stone wall. "I understand..." Yang Tekrida sat down. He understood that Zigzarit was no longer discussing the advantages and disadvantages of strategy, but could no longer tolerate leaving more people behind. Mood, what else can he say? Huayou Bingsi understood that it is indeed better strategically to divide the army into five groups. At least the hundreds of thousands of people in the main force can have greater hope and march faster.But as a demon general, in order to win, he repeatedly discarded his own clansmen like a burden, so what is that?Perhaps what Zigzarit thought in his heart was that if he couldn't break through together, he would die together. In the end, how many people will see the sun again, maybe none of them?Huayou Bingsi suddenly remembered the dazzling sunlight on the snow mountain, he should have looked at it more... The sun shines again on the pine forest in the high mountains, and the needles turn golden. The wind grows in the shade of the canyon, revealing its huge shape from the falling of the dense forest branches and leaves.Kant and Ahuayi rode their horses and walked on the mountain path, followed by the entourage of the Royal Knights, Reed, Xitan, Amos, and the desperate mercenary group composed of the mage Aristine. "Turning around this mountain, we will see our great capital soon!" Ahuayi held up his whip, feeling excited to go home. Those beautiful girls in the city really haven't seen each other for a long time. Kant didn't speak. During the dozens of days of the trip, he said very little, because he didn't want the head of the Royal Knights around him to see that he was just a country warrior with wooden swords.Ahuayi was in awe of this silent knight, thinking that there must be a deep and dignified expression behind his never-removable silver visor.Moreover, the group of attendants who appeared behind Kant could also see that each of them had extraordinary abilities, which made him believe even more that this knight had a lot of background, maybe he was a knight of honor from a certain kingdom.After several questions were blocked by silence, he wisely stopped asking. Behind them, the warriors of the desolate mercenary group also had doubts in their hearts. Everyone was thinking about their own concerns, and they were confused but full of hope for the future. This journey was filled with endless reveries and plans. Just as the sun was setting, they turned a mountain bend.Suddenly the mountains in front of them stretched out to both sides, like a gate suddenly opened, and a vast plain under the sunset appeared in front of them.The city of Erapped is like a golden castle on the beach, shining on the plain.Without the obstruction of the mountains, the strong wind on the plain rushed towards them, and the future soldiers in the team cheered against the wind. Ahuayi couldn't hide the smile on his face, but when he turned his head to look, he saw the silver knight staring blankly at the city below the mountain, still showing no excitement. Thousands of feet below them, riots in demon villages were going on.Residents of the Idel tribe in the outlying underground villages began to burn the villages, and swarmed into the countless huge gaps between the rocks.They climbed up the underground mountains, groped in the huge rock walls, and dug through ancient and abandoned passages, all with only one purpose: to go up. Lu Huameiya led the Flying Dragon Army to inspect the vast underground country, and could always see many tribesmen standing on the top of the tall stone pillars, crying sadly at the dome that was still out of reach.She knew that these millions of people were like ant colonies looking for light separately. Most of them would get lost in the endless underground holes and rocky peaks. With the pursuit of the human race, the hunting of the dwarves and elves.A huge shadow was pressing on her heart like a thick rock formation above her head, but it was impossible for her to rescue them. The four generals had already made a clear strategy. As long as one tenth of the eight million Idels came out of the ground, It is victory, and all the strength of the army must be used to defend the three million tribesmen of Cantusti City on the big impact on the ground.The magic army must play the role of not knowing and trying to restore order.Because behind the flying dragon army, there are always bone dragon knights of the undead clan following and monitoring.Luhua Meiya always holds her sword tightly, thinking that as long as that moment comes, she will immediately turn around and dismantle those "firewood sticks" into pieces, and she will let them know what a real dragon knight is. The undead tribe was caught off guard by the mass exile of the demons. Since most undead have no thought and self-will, they can only act under the call of the ghost mage, so the ghost mages under the high priest had to disperse and rush in all directions to drive the undead Stop the escape of the demons.The time the four generals had been waiting for finally arrived. Cantusti Dark Guardian Temple Huayou Bingsi was pointing at the map and giving a speech: "According to the information sent back by Lu Huamei's flying dragon army, among the 300 ghost masters under the high priest, more than 240 have rushed to the various places underground. In addition, most of the ghast mages with medium and low mana are scattered everywhere. Generally, a high-level ghast mage can drive nearly ten thousand undead troops. That is to say, the power that the high priest can mobilize immediately At most one million, with the legion's assault ability, even an army of more than 100,000 undead troops can break through. We just want to rush through the gaps of these undead army before they gather at lightning speed, and then It will be very difficult for any power to stop us..." At this time, there was a report from the magic general outside: "General Dake Zhaowu has returned from the ground." The three generals walked to the side hall of the Guardian Temple, Dake Zhaowu and Ruo Ruo were already waiting there. Seeing the three generals walking in, they knelt down on one knee and saluted.Dake Zhaowu hadn't spoken yet, but if he raised his head first, he caught sight of Huayou Bingsi. "Ah? We seem to have met somewhere? Are you really the legendary leader of the Leizhen Army, Huayou Bingqisi? You won't blame me for the several battles on the ground, right? ?” An arrogant guy, an ignorant boy who relied on the power of the high priest to run amok.Huayou Bingsi thought to himself, frowned, and before he could answer, Zigzarit had already walked over, and kicked Ruo far away with a flying kick. If he quickly got up and fell to his knees, although he often received training beside the high priest, he was still a soldier of the Seraph Legion after all, and there was no soldier in the Seraph Legion who was not afraid of Zigzarit.Although he dared to make fun of Huayou Bingsi, Zigzalit dared not even raise his head when he got angry. "You have been with the high priest for a long time, have you forgotten the rules of the demon warrior?" Zigzarit roared, raised the belt on the scabbard, and hit his head and face, "Who allows you to call The name of the legion commander?" If the corner of his mouth was bleeding, he didn't even dare to raise his hand to stop him. He was so excited when he came back from the ground, and all the generals in the army, including Zigzalit, were usually very polite to him, so he forgot the rules for a while. Now seeing Zigzalit Ritter got angry, he was just ashamed and afraid in his heart, more uncomfortable than the pain on his face and body, he just gritted his teeth and said nothing, because when he was punished, no matter whether he begged for mercy or cried out for pain, he would only be beaten worse. But Zigzarit was merciless and hit hard, the strength in his hand was enough to break the rock.Even though he was an elite fighter, he felt that his bones were splitting and his internal organs seemed to be shattered. He clenched his teeth tightly, but blood kept gushing out of his mouth. Zigzarit was in a complicated mood. Youngsters like Ruo and Don't have outstanding talents. They were originally the future generals of the magic army, but they were taken by the high priest to train them personally, just like the fire crystals in the lava being thrown into the sludge , can no longer be entrusted with important tasks.In order not to let the high priest see his thoughts, he has been refraining from admonishing them.Now this whip seems to want to blow away the smudges in the young man's heart, hoping that he can wake up and take up the mission in the upcoming expedition. When Zigzarit punished his subordinates, no one dared to dissuade him. Huayou Bingsi and Yang Tekrida also knew his feelings, and they only sighed secretly in their hearts.Darke summoned Takeshi to see the army commander so angry that he lowered his head even more.Zigzarit dropped the whip only when he was tired from the beating. If he shook his body and fell forward suddenly, the blood from his mouth sprayed all over the floor, he would have passed out long ago. Yang Tekrida was secretly worried, fearing that if he woke up and remembered Zigzalit's revenge, the boy would not go to see the high priest but the army commander when he went back underground, which meant that he had not forgotten his roots, but this whip would only I was afraid that he would really beat him to the side of the high priest.Yang Tekrida has always led troops generously, and he couldn't understand Zigzarit's way of leading troops, but if he would have personal grudges because of this whip, he would not have been able to stay in the Seraph long ago.If he doesn't leave, Zigzarit will also beat him away. There is absolutely no room for a soldier with a wavering mind in his army. Zigzarit didn't care about what happened on the ground, and walked up to Dake Zhaowu and asked, "How?" Dake Zhaowu hurriedly said: "I have brought back the night walker, and it is Yustina, the daughter of the Dark Earl Huaerjin." "The daughter of the Dark Earl Huaerjin? The family that changed Huayou Bingsi's physique?" Zigzarit looked back at Huayou Bingsi, "I think you will be able to restore your body soon. strength and majesty." Yang Tekrida also smiled at Huayou Bingsi, Huayou Bingsi with human physique is always not used to. "It is said that people of this family blood will become necromancers after being killed? If Huaerjin has been killed by humans, where is his undead now?" Zigzarit asked. "What are you worried about?" Huayou Bingsi asked. "Such a family with special power is very useful to us, I don't want them to fall to the side of the high priest." "I understand what you mean." Dak Zhaowu said, "I will arrange her well. In addition... we also brought back a prisoner, a female mage."