Black pine forest.Towering giant trees block out the sun, dense bushes and vines form a wall, and the cycle of life entrenched in this land forms a kind of closed energy field, completely blocking the breath outside the forest, and after stepping into this mysterious jungle, everyone feels as if they have stepped into another world.And this feeling does not seem to be delusional."
Foggy?"
When the cart had slowed down and stabilized, Lily looked behind her, and what she saw was a strange fog - the fog was a thick gray liquid that seemed to be some kind of gray liquid between the trees a hundred meters away, and the fog drifted slowly with the forest breeze, and it was almost impossible to see the outline of the Greenway's green barrier: you know, the magnificent barrier could be clearly seen from miles away.But now I could only dimly see an eerie shadow hiding behind the fog."
Strange......
The Imperial soldiers didn't chase after them......"
Charlemagne calmed down but realized something else unusual, "No, they don't give up so easily......
Vivien glanced at the prince, "Anyway, now we can finally determine who wants your life." ”"The Black Sword Knights are directly under the orders of the Emperor Dragon, and no one can summon them except the Emperor himself," Hao Ren took over, "and judging by their attitude of killing, it is clear that they have already identified your identity and are ordered to come after you—how did you offend that Emperor?"
”"I don't know," Charlemagne replied simply, "to be honest, the situation has been completely out of my control since I came to Dragon, and nothing has happened in this country before......
I can't help with intelligence. ”Hao Ren pursed his lips and looked in the direction of the other two caravans: the third caravan had changed shapes, and the folded partition walls had not yet returned to their original shape, which made it an "open-top car" surrounded by a circle of cover, so it was easy to observe the surroundings.He saw that the guards in the other two caravans were safe and sound, and the shields on the cars were working well.Realizing that the caravan had a powerful shield, the guards shrank into the shield in time, and everyone was unharmed, except for a reckless creature who leaned out to meet the enemy and was accidentally cut by a spear."
I didn't expect these cars to be equipped with such a powerful magic barrier," Avena said with some surprise, "You 'World Tree Temple' seem to have mastered very remarkable technology." ”"We've always mastered cutting-edge technology," Hao Ren waved his hand absently, "Now the key question is what are you going to do next?"
The Black Sword Knight is chasing you, and it must be the Dragon Soul Emperor Berendin who is behind the order, so the imperial capital will definitely not be able to go - will your 'secret mission' continue this time?
”In Hao Ren's view, the development of things to this point is equivalent to the breakdown of relations between the Dragon's Empire and the Isu Empire, no matter what reason the Dragon Soul Emperor wants to attack the Charlemagne brothers and sisters, this kind of assassination of the royal family of the neighboring country is tantamount to a declaration of war, in this case, any "secret mission" mission is meaningless.But Avenna shook her head after a moment of silence, "No, we have to complete our mission. ”"Huh?"
This time, even Leah, who was squinting and obsessed with studying, couldn't help but open her eyes and look over, "Are you kidding!"
That Emperor Dragons wants to kill you, and you're going to go to the Imperial Capital to find him?
”"No, let's go find the Empress Constance," Avanna said very seriously, "Cross the imperial capital and continue north, to the six northern provinces......"
Hao Ren opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Charlemagne had already taken the initiative to speak: "I'm sorry, our mission is very important.Of course, we have no position to ask you to continue with us, our brothers and sisters have been taken care of by you along the way, we really can't ask for more, everyone will ...... after leaving the black pine forest" "Wait a minute, I haven't spoken yet," Hao Ren immediately waved his hand to interrupt the other party, "You are going to the north to find that Princess Constance, right?"
No problem, it's the same for us anyway, so let's go to the north with you. ”This time it was Charlemagne's turn to be stunned, and he looked at Hao Ren dumbfounded: "That's it......
Can it also be?
Aren't you also on the mission of the World Tree Temple, and you must go to the Imperial Capital to find the Emperor Dragon?
”"Don't worry, we don't necessarily have to find that Berendine for what we have to do, or we don't have to go to him first," Hao Ren laughed, "In fact, I'm no less curious about that Constance Empress than I am about the Dragon Soul Emperor right now......
Maybe she'll answer a lot of my questions. ”"And one more thing," Vivien added faintly beside her, "With your own strength and the fact that your whereabouts have been exposed, without our help, would you really be able to reach the six northern provinces safely?"
”An imperceptible hint of embarrassment flashed on Charlemagne's face, but he nodded silently: "That's it......
Then I have to keep bothering. ”"It's just cooperation," Hao Ren smiled, but his eyes fell on the tall armored "corpse" in the middle of the carriage, "Since there are no pursuers, let's get to know these black sword knights now......"
The topic was introduced here, Avenna and Charlemagne showed a trace of nervousness and fear on their faces at the same time, the latter was quite calm, but the former jumped directly and jumped two steps to the other side of the carriage, and pulled away enough distance from the "corpse" that seemed to have lost its vitality."
I still don't know how you killed this knight in an instant," Charlemagne said confusedly, "I've seen the rest of the battles, and your magic is strange, but there are still some traces of it, but this knight was ...... just now" "I didn't make a move on him," Leah said lazily, raising her eyelids, "I just destroyed his sword—and then he just fell here without moving." ”Charlemagne was stunned.The scene from the previous battle also resurfaced in Hao Ren's mind: the black sword knight and two imperial soldiers stepped into the carriage to check the passengers, and ten murderous pursuers rushed behind the caravan, and after the battle broke out, Leah came back to her senses as soon as possible, and the weapons that the black sword knight and the two imperial soldiers slashed at her then disintegrated themselves due to the divine power, and then the two imperial soldiers were killed by Vivian and Lily, but the black sword knight ......
He wasn't attacked, he fell on his own - after the mechanical sword turned to flying ashes.Lily curiously followed Hao Ren to the side of the "corpse", looking at this body without the slightest scar but motionless, she couldn't help but poke with her hand: "Landlord landlord, did you say that he died in a hurry because we broke his equipment obtained from kryptonite?"
”Hao Ren glanced up and down at the husky girl: "It's a little hot in this forest, but your intelligence is not so seriously degraded, right?"
”Lily's throat immediately made a threatening voice: "Woo woo woo-" Hao Ren didn't pay attention to her at all, but put his hand on the side of the black sword knight's helmet, looking for the clasp that opened the armor: "Let me see what he looks like......
Anyway, this thing is really tightly sealed, they usually have to take it apart for a while......"
As he muttered, the clasp between the helmet and the visor was first groped, and then with a soft click, the black steel visor bounced slightly, revealing a narrow gap between the visor and the helmet.Hao Ren took off the other party's face armor with his hand.The face under the visor made almost everyone gasp.Even Lily muttered, "I don't think I want to have dinner...... and the appearance under the visor was not what a human should have at all—it was a completely deformed, stacked, distorted face, with features and muscles that formed a hideous and terrifying form like melted wax flowing freely, and froze on the collapsed and deformed skull, the eyes were located in two sunken black holes, which shimmered with a faint red light, and his mouth had degenerated into a small crack, Seeing this mouth, Hao Ren can be sure of one thing: these black sword knights usually don't eat, at least not like normal humans......
Not only do they not eat, but they also use their faces to prevent others from eating.Well, they didn't deliberately stop it, after all, it was Hao Ren who took off the mask by himself."
This is the Black Sword Knight?!"
Vivien suppressed the discomfort in her heart - although this face was indeed a little debauched, but the curiosity she had seen in the past 10,000 years was more than an ugly face, so she adapted quickly, "This is the result of biochemical transformation?"
Or rather......
Magical transformation?
The ace warriors of the Dragon Empire are all such modified freaks?
”"How could this be, shouldn't it......"
Avanna frowned and moved closer, although her face was almost pale, she still forcibly suppressed the feeling of nausea and nausea, and even began to check the cause of the formation of the mutated face of the Black Sword Knight with a hint of inquiry, "I have seen other Black Sword Knights, and I have seen their true faces......
There is no difference from normal people......"
Hao Ren was stunned: "The black sword knight you have seen is the same as a normal person?"
”"Yes, the Black Sword Knight is just a special class, and after all, it's just a human," Avena nodded, "They can't live in armor for the rest of their lives—they have to show their true faces." ”Lily touched her chin: "Maybe we just met the ugliest one......"
"Do you believe it yourself when you say this," Hao Ren glanced at her, "And no matter how you look at it, it's obviously not naturally formed, okay, who is congenitally deformed, who can still join the army and fight in both civil and military affairs, these eyes have become black holes." ”At this time, the data terminal floated down from Hao Ren's shoulder: "Compared to these superficial mutations, this ......
The changes in living organisms are perhaps even more surprising. ”Avenna and Charlemagne looked curiously at the data terminal floating in the air, they had been interested in this thing for a long time, an amazing "magic puppet" that could move on its own and had a high intelligence, this technology had never been heard of in the whole of Rahrain, and when the elven craftsmen and rune wizards were blowing each other in business, they would look forward to something similar, but now there was a real one in front of them, how could this not be noticed?
It's just that now is obviously not the time to investigate how many black technologies there are in the World Tree Temple, and the brother and sister quickly retracted their attention and listened intently to the scanning report of the data terminal.The data terminal stopped on the Black Sword Knight's chest, and after a static in-depth scan, it finally had a clear result: "Half of this guy's body is mechanical, and the other half is hardly biological tissue." ”