Chapter 242 Chapter 212 Bloody Skull Flag

Seeing that the flame had sprayed in front of Du Wei, with a thought, he quickly fell down on the spot, and immediately felt a mass of heat waves rushing over his head, and the fiery flame almost brushed against Du Wei's scalp.As soon as the exclamation of Lao Yan and others behind him came, Du Wei already felt a black shadow rushing towards him in the flames, and he felt a pain in his left shoulder, and his sharp teeth had pierced him skin. There was a low growl of a beast beside his ear, and Du Wei felt that something had picked up his body, and he was carried into the farmhouse like flying.

There was no light in the farmhouse. Du Wei was thrown on the ground. Enduring the severe pain in his shoulder, he looked up and saw that this small farmhouse was originally a place full of hay. , a monster is lying in the middle. The shape of this monster is very strange. It is about one meter high, but it stands upright like a human being. It has long hair all over its body, its legs are short, and its arms are as long as the knees. It looks like an ape. There is also a layer of fleshy membrane, there are only three fingers on the palm, and there is a layer of membrane between the fingers like a duck's paw, not so much the palm, but more like a small cattail fan.

The monster just stood among the haystacks, its body covered with fiery red long hairs, looking at Du Wei, it let out a strange cry of "Hehe".What's even more frightening is that it opened its mouth, revealing a long scarlet tongue like a hanged ghost. The tongue was actually covered with dense thorns, and each thorn was slightly curved. The length of the tongue was very large. It's scary, with his mouth open like this, the tip of his tongue almost touches the ground. Du Wei had never heard of this monster.Although he now knows a lot about the types of Warcraft, he has never seen this thing in any literature.

The poor Muse was lying in front of the monster, and one of the monster's feet stepped on Muse's body. The kid seemed to have fainted, lying there motionless. Beside Du Wei, a gray-haired beast was staring at Du Wei with green eyes. Du Wei recognized this thing after one glance. A fire raccoon.The fire raccoon is a medium-sized magical beast with fire attributes, swift movements, sharp teeth, and good at making holes.It is about the size of a dog and has a keen sense of smell.Adult fire raccoons can spew flames to injure enemies, and when fleeing, they can also burrow into the ground to escape.

After seeing these two things clearly, Du Wei immediately realized that the guess of the brothers among the magic students was correct: there really are two monsters! The fire fox grinned at Du Wei, and Du Wei's blood still remained on its sharp teeth. It was the one who bit Du Wei's shoulder and dragged Du Wei into the farmhouse just now.As soon as Du Wei stood upright, the thing immediately bowed its body, uttered a warning sound from its mouth, and made a posture of attacking at any time. In a small space, facing two monsters... and he is a magician who is not good at close combat.Of course Du Wei was very aware of his situation, so he was very careful not to act rashly, but quietly lay down on the ground so as not to cause the fire raccoon to attack.But praying in his heart, Lao Yan rushed in with his guards.

The monster that Du Wei couldn't name suddenly raised his head to the sky and whimpered a few times, and following the screams, the Fire Fox, who was about to move, seemed to be very afraid, and retreated a few steps in awe, no longer Grinning at Du Wei. Seeing this scene in his eyes, Du Wei was even more shocked: It really is a high-level monster!Only high-level monsters can drive other monsters to be their subordinates. The monster stepped on Muse and howled a few times at Du Wei. It pointed at Muse under its feet, and then grinned.Du Wei was even more amazed in his heart: Is this thing trying to communicate with himself to express something?

It's just that he doesn't know the animal language after all. At this moment, there was a loud roar from outside the farmhouse, the door was opened by a sword, and Lao Yan was holding a sword in both hands and had already rammed in. Two guards, one of them was Du Wei who was at the slave market in the imperial capital that day. The accepted one was a big fat man who was naturally pain-free. This guy had a huge body. He didn't go through the door, but directly crashed in through the wall. The farmhouse was originally made of wood, and a big hole was knocked out in the wall. Two guards He rushed in, divided into triangles, and surrounded Du Wei and the fire raccoon.

Du Wei immediately shouted to Lao Yan: "Don't come here! Don't come here yet!" The fire raccoon had already given up on Du Wei, turned around to face one of Du Wei's guards, and retreated step by step to the side of the monster.Du Wei heaved a sigh of relief, got up from the ground, and then carefully looked at the monster stepping on Muse, he said slowly: "You... what do you want to tell me?" Although Du Wei knew that all monsters that could evolve into advanced ones had certain wisdom.But Du Wei was not sure that the other party could understand what he meant.

Sure enough, the monster seemed to understand what Du Wei meant, and stretched out its paws again to point at the Muse on the ground, and then pointed at Lao Yan and the others behind Du Wei, bared its teeth, pointed at the Muse again, and then did made a throat-slitting gesture. "Okay! Okay!" Du Wei immediately raised his hands: "I understand! You are telling them not to pass by, right? Yes! Don't hurt this kid! I will tell my people to back off, okay?" Du Wei made gestures to Lao Yan again and again, and Lao Yan understood, and led the two guards back a few steps to the door of the farmhouse.

"My lord, are you alright?" Old Yan said in a deep voice, "The wolf smoke has already risen, and they will be back soon." Du Wei nodded: "I'm fine...don't get too close...this guy doesn't seem to be very hostile." The monster seemed to understand Du Wei's words, nodded repeatedly, pointed to the wound on Du Wei's shoulder, whined a few times, seemed to have a hint of apology, and then pointed to himself. "Okay. Warcraft...Mr.." Du Wei smiled wryly. He really didn't expect that he would talk to an animal one day: "You seem to understand my language...then how on earth can you let go of this friend of mine? ?”

The red-haired monster shook its head again and again, jumped on the spot a few times, seemed to be holding something in its hands, and barked a few times. After watching it for a long time, Du Wei realized that it was imitating the posture of riding a horse.Then the monster pointed to the outside of the farmhouse and jumped around again in a riding position. Du Wei frowned, and tentatively said, "You mean...there is someone riding a horse outside?" The red-haired monster nodded again and again, then pointed at itself, let out screams, and made a few tied postures. "Well, are they here to catch you?" Du Wei smiled wryly. The monster nodded again, and grimaced a few more times, looking very miserable. Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't want to be arrested?" Then Du Wei said with a serious face, "I don't quite understand what you mean... I can let you go, and I won't let my people hurt you, but you have to let my friend go." At this moment, the monster suddenly bowed and bowed to Du Weilian, with a pleading cry in its whine. "You...are you asking me to let you go? Yes...ah, no, are you asking me to help you? Help you for what?" Du Wei struggled to guess what the monster meant. Finally, after the monster repeated the posture of riding a horse, Du Wei understood: "Are you asking me to help you drive away those horsemen who came to catch you?" "My lord, could it be talking about our cavalry?" Lao Yan asked behind Du Wei. Du Wei thought for a while, then shook his head: "Probably not." His expression became serious, staring at the monster: "You can understand my language, why? Did you ever stay with humans?" The red-haired monster immediately seemed to be terrified, trembling, and then suddenly became emotional, baring its teeth and barking. "Good! Good!" Du Wei hurriedly said loudly: "Don't hurt my friend! I will help you drive away the people who arrested you outside." At this moment, Du Wei suddenly heard a whistle from outside, and it was the early warning signal when Longbottom's cavalry encountered the enemy! Then there was a faint sound of ping-pong-pong fighting, mixed with the sound of rallying horns blown by Longbottom's subordinates... Du Wei's face changed: "Someone is here? Lao Yan, go out and have a look!" Lao Yan also had a gloomy expression, and immediately turned around and ran out after hearing the words.But Du Wei saw that the monster was already trembling, looking very nervous. Du Wei spread his hands: "Okay! Don't be afraid... I can protect you, but you must let go of my friend first!" The monster shook its head again and again, but firmly stepped on Muse, pointing outside, as if to ask Du Wei to drive away those people first. At this time, Muse woke up faintly, and suddenly found that she was stepped on by a monster with red hair all over her body. She immediately let out a sharp cry of horror, her face turned pale, and she almost fainted again.Du Wei hurriedly shouted: "Muse! If you want to live, don't move! Listen! Don't move! Obediently listen to me!" After a while, Lao Yan and Longbottom both ran in. Longbottom's armor was already red, and he shouted to Du Wei as soon as he came in: "Boss, we have encountered an enemy! They are people from the grassland! There must be some More than 3,000, all of them are cavalry...Damn it, such a group of people came to our place, and there was no news from the Northwest Army sentry posts in the Northwest Corridor!" After speaking, Longbottom saw the monster, frowned and shouted, "Grandma, what is this?!" "Shut up! Longbottom!" Du Wei shouted immediately.He didn't want to annoy the monster and let it hurt the Muse.This monster is obviously a high-level monster. In the hands of a high-level monster, Muse is helpless.Look at the claws of this monster resting on Muse's back. If you mess with it, as long as it exerts its strength, it can easily break Muse's heart! Du Wei was also surprised. People on the prairie?Three thousand cavalry? He was also shocked and angry in his heart, he gritted his teeth and glanced at the monster, and said slowly: "I'll go out and see those people...I promise to help you, but you are absolutely not allowed to hurt this friend of mine! Do you understand!" After getting the monster's nod, Du Wei had no choice but to say to Old Smoke, "You watch here!" Then he pulled Longbottom out of the farmhouse, and sent a hundred people to surround the farmhouse, and then he and Longbottom Barton walked to the intersection of the town. All four teams from Search Mountain came back. Longbottom briefly said that they rushed back quickly after seeing the wolf smoke. As a result, when they walked outside the town, they saw the cavalry from the brigade about to come in. However, the people in front of me started fighting indiscriminately, and the other party was very aggressive and rude, and they directly pointed their knives at the meeting without saying a word. As a result, during the first conflict, They saw blood. Fortunately, Longbottom was in the front of Du Wei's side. With Longbottom's strength, Du Wei's side gained the upper hand.The enemy killed five or six and wounded a dozen or so. And Longbottom's subordinates were also having a hard time, with more than 20 injuries. Fortunately, Du Wei's cavalry were well equipped, and the high-quality armor allowed them to take advantage of the defensive power without fatal damage. However, Longbottom's face was gloomy. , because several of his old subordinates were seriously injured. The other party had already retreated outside the town. Obviously, they were also very surprised that there were actually imperial troops here.And there seems to be a lot of them. Outside the town, Du Wei saw about a few hundred meters away, a brigade of prairie cavalry had surrounded the town. This is the first time for Du Wei to see large-scale prairie cavalry. Looking at these guys from a distance, he can immediately feel a sturdy temperament!The horses these people ride are tall horses, the best horses on the grassland. Every knight on the horse is tall and tall, and many of them have big beards.And uniformly, all of them had thick white headscarves wrapped around their heads.These people are not as well-equipped as the cavalry of the empire. The lack of iron ore in the grassland makes them unable to equip knight armor. Everyone wears leather armor, and the styles are messy, and even the colors are different, but these people control the horses very well. Skillful, and not like the imperial cavalry lined up in a neat formation, it seems to be scattered there, and from time to time there are small groups of small groups of small groups of cavalry running slowly back and forth on both sides, everyone looks at Du Wei's eyes here are full of undisguised sternness and eagerness to fight - just like a pack of wolves. Du Wei was surrounded by several cavalrymen and walked to the front, followed by several magic students behind him.Longbottom squinted his eyes at the prairie cavalry on the other side, and suddenly saw a spear among the other party's men and horses, and suddenly provoked a big spear. The big spear was obviously made of a whole piece of animal skin. The striped animal skin seems to be very old, and even the fur seems to have almost fallen off, but the pattern on it makes people feel a little uncomfortable when they look at it. This is impressively a skull drawn with blood. I don’t know how the skull is drawn, but it’s lifelike after a few words, especially the eyes of the skull, but it seems to be alive, as if it’s an illusion, people look at it, as if there will be an illusion: In these eyes, it seems that a faint and strange look can be felt! Longbottom's face changed when he saw the skeleton fighting fiercely. He couldn't help but whispered, "Ah! It's the bloody skull flag!" Even the two hundred and five generals changed color, and Du Wei felt a sudden in his heart: "What is the bloody skull flag?" Longbottom's expression was very strange: "Damn... I have only seen the bloody skull flag once in all the years in the Northwest." Then he explained: "Boss, those barbarians on the grassland have many tribes, but the largest tribe among them is the most powerful royal family. The royal family is the strongest tribe elected on the grassland. After winning the title of royal family, they will Being able to occupy the royal court and order other tribes on the grassland to obey their orders is almost like a king. However, even the flag of the royal court on the grassland is far less prestigious than the bloody skull flag in the hearts of these barbarians High! There is a traditional rule on the grassland that everyone must abide by: People on the grassland, if they see the bloody skull flag, they must immediately stop whatever they are doing, and prostrate themselves on the ground to face it, even if it is far away. Worship the blood-colored skull flag until the blood-colored skull flag is out of sight! This rule, even the patriarch of the royal family, that is, the king of the royal court, must abide by it! Otherwise, if you dare to disrespect the blood-colored skull flag, then No matter how powerful your tribe is, don't even think about continuing to secure your position as a royal family!" Du Wei frowned: "So powerful?" "There are magicians in our empire... There are also their magical powerhouses on the grassland, they are their shamans. Our empire believes in gods, and these people on the grassland believe in their ancestors, and they worship their ancestors .And shamans are people who communicate with the ancestors... Shamans usually have very powerful spells and have a high status on the grassland. The chiefs of the tribe must respect the shamans very much. On the grassland , in addition to the prairie king of Wang Ting, there is also the 'Witch King', and the Witch King is the king of shaman wizards. Because of the legends of these prairie people, all the prairie people today are created by a common ancestor The "Great Ancestor Spirit" they worship is the oldest and most powerful ancestor. The Witch King, that is, among all the shamans, is the only one with the most powerful mana, who can compete with the "Great Ancestor Spirit". A shaman who communicates with ancestor spirits. On the grassland, the status of the witch king is far higher than that of the king, because the king holds a tribal union meeting every few years. The strongest tribe becomes the new royal family, and the chief of the tribe becomes the new king. The King of the King... But the Witch King remains the same! According to legend, the Witch King has super powerful mana and a long lifespan... And the prestige of the Witch King on the grassland, I'm afraid you may not believe it Woolen cloth!" Du Wei also narrowed his eyes: "Tell me." "Let's put it this way, even if it's an ordinary shaman, if he just ran to the home of any herdsman in a tribe and said to him, 'the ancestors need your life now, and enshrine the lives of your whole family to the ancestors', then That herdsman would even pull out his scimitar without hesitation, kill the whole family, young and old, and then commit suicide!" Longbottom said with a wry smile: "Those guys on the grassland worship their ancestors to the point of perversion. It is difficult for people who have lived on the grassland to feel it. Also... you know the Northwest War more than 20 years ago, right? In that war, the magicians of the empire and the shamans on the grassland faced each other After a few fights, I didn't gain a clear upper hand. And the opponent's Witch King never made a move... And after that, there was a strange thing." "what?" "At the later stage of the war, it is said that the Witch King suddenly issued an order to let all the shamans withdraw from the battlefield and not continue to fight against the imperial army, because the Witch King claimed to have received a sign from his ancestors, and the war would inevitably be lost. You must not defy the destiny. The royal family at that time refused to give up, but after losing the support of the shamans, they were unable to fight against the magicians of the empire. In the end, they were defeated. As you know, in that war, the empire and the northwest grassland But the people on the grassland had no complaints about the order issued by the Witch King at the end of the war! No one questioned the order of the Witch King! On the contrary, the patriarch of the royal family who led the tribe to continue to fight , but after the war, he was killed by his own people who rebelled.” Du Wei couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "So perverted!" Longbottom sighed: "When I was in the northwest, I saw this bloody skull flag once. It was the flag representing the Witch King. That time I deliberately provoked a fight between the two tribes. Twenty thousand Many people were fighting on the grassland, and their eyes were red from killing... Suddenly someone came over holding a blood-colored skull flag, and everyone on the battlefield was already red-eyed, but when those guys saw this flag, it seemed like they were all over the place suddenly. As if by magic, everyone dropped their weapons as quickly as possible. Even in the midst of a fight, they didn't hesitate at all. They dropped their weapons and prostrated themselves on the ground... This is the worst thing I've ever seen with this quilt. What a weird thing! More than 20,000 soldiers who were bloodied all over their bodies, their flesh and blood flying everywhere, suddenly dropped their weapons and kowtowed devoutly on the ground, and prayed loudly. The shaman who brought the bloody skull flag announced The Witch King ordered that no fights be allowed, but the two tribes actually withdrew their troops. During the years I was in the northwest, these two tribes never dared to pick on each other afterwards. They were even more obedient than kittens! " At this moment, the opposing cavalry separated, and then three horses slowly ran towards Du Wei.A cavalryman running in the front held the bloody skull flag high in his hand, and behind them were two old men wearing colorful animal skin robes, each of them had long beards, their hair was clean-shaven, and their heads were clean. There is not a single hair on it, but the long beard has carefully braided many small whips... Such a weird shape made Du Wei feel very novel.However, Longbottom immediately grimaced: "These two guys are shamans!" Shaman? Du Wei became interested and carefully observed the two bald old men, but apart from the colorful animal skin coats and the long beard and whip, he didn't see anything special about them. The three of them rode their horses and came to a stop about 20 meters in front of Du Wei, but the one holding the bloody skull flag came riding alone. This is a sturdy knight on the grassland, tall and rude. , stared at Du Wei and Longbottom, and shouted loudly: "The people on the other side listen up! Don't stop before the bloody skull flag! Understand what will happen to those who disobey the Witch King!" Longbottom sneered: "What are you! Which tribe are you from?" The prairie man straightened his chest and said loudly: "I am the golden sword warrior of the royal family!" "Royal family?" Longbottom sneered, "Royal family? Which tribe is the current royal family? Hmph, it's getting more and more unruly! In the past, even the patriarch of the royal court was polite when he met me. What are you! Let someone who is qualified to speak come over!" The prairie warrior was furious: "Who are you! How dare you insult me!" Longbottom sneered, and said loudly to one of his subordinates behind him: "Did you see that? They have the blood-colored skull flag! Let me raise the flag that I had back then!" An old Longbottom subordinate behind him laughed, took off his helmet and long sword, picked up two spears, one spear held the helmet, the other held the long sword, and held them up high. Sure enough, the prairie man's face immediately changed when he saw it!He stared at Longbottom with rounded eyes, and said in a more respectful tone, "You, are you Lord Mossack?" "That's right! It's me!" Longbottom shouted, "Go back and find someone who is qualified to talk to me!" The prairie man didn't dare to say anything more. He took a deep look at Longbottom and said slowly, "Since Lord Mossack has returned to the northwest, I'll go back and ask Lord Shaman to come and talk." After speaking, he returned with a bloody banner. Longbottom looked at Du Wei and said with a smile, "Boss, is my banner good? On the left is the long sword, and on the right is the helmet. On the grassland, the long sword represents war. And the helmet is a symbol of friendship, because on the grassland, good friends can Use your own helmet to fill the other party with wine to show enthusiasm and friendliness. When I play this banner, it means: give you a choice, be my enemy or my friend!" Du Wei nodded and said with a smile, "Very good choice." At this time, the prairie man had gone back and talked to the two shamans behind him. The two shamans glanced at each other, and then rode over. "Excuse me, which one is Lord Mossack?" A bald old wizard on the left asked. Facing the shaman, Longbottom's attitude was much more polite, and he even bowed slightly immediately: "I am Longbottom, this respected shaman, please tell me why you are here. I need a Explain, why the army of the steppe appeared on the territory of the empire." "Master Mossack, first of all, I would like to express my respect to you, you are a well-known figure on our grassland." The shaman said with a smile: "As for our coming here, we have obtained the permission of General Lu Gao of the Northwest Army. I am a priest under the Witch King's throne, and the brave warriors accompanying me were sent by the patriarch of the royal family to protect us along the way. We came here by the Witch King's decree." "Oh?" Longbottom was moved: "Is it a personal order from the Witch King?" "Yes." The shaman's attitude seemed to be very friendly, but his tone was firm: "The favorite pet of the Witch King has been lost. It is a very precious beast. The Witch King ordered that no matter what, it must be Get it back. We searched for a long time before we found its trace, and now it is in this town, so please get out of the way with your people, we need to conduct a thorough search of this town." The Witch King's pet? Du Wei immediately thought of the strange red-haired monster in the farmhouse. But... Get out of the way and let the other party search? Du Wei looked at this seemingly polite wizard, and suddenly became angry! This fucking is my territory!It's Lao Tzu's territory!You said you will check?In one official language: This is a fucking violation of sovereignty!You still have the attitude of showing off like an old man? Witch King?Is the Witch King amazing!