Chapter 69 Pursuit and Escape (Part 2)
Joel originally planned to leave the dungeon as fast as possible, but found that the original road had been blocked by monsters with small size, blue and black stripes, and the mucus would frost. He could hear the disgusting sound of their chewing bodies from afar.
In desperation, Joel had to go around the long road. Fortunately, the thing with redstone on his head did not catch up. It seemed that Joel had been wandering around in the maze-like dungeon for a long time. Although he was almost caught up several times, Joel still escaped the risk and saw that he escaped from the thing's hands.
After a long walk around, Joel passed through the corridor where the monsters were first attacked. The ceiling was still in the dark, and white frost was everywhere, and the monsters were also lying here and there. However, these monsters did not take the initiative to attack Joel. They just raised their heads and looked at Joel with the eyes of the black hole after they noticed the fire. However, Joel, who had the blessing of the "Ring of Snakes", had already stayed away from them before they reacted.
Then he walked through the hall where he fought against the Black Knight, which was much safer.
The Black Knight, who was roughly nailed to the ground by many weapons, also made a sound when Joel approached, as if he was still struggling. However, they could only move their hands and feet, so Joel didn't care about them, but just left the hall and walked up the stairs entering the deep tomb.
There was also a dead silence in the deep tomb, but what Joel did not expect was that part of the deep tomb had collapsed, obviously because of the previous earthquake. Many sarcophagus were pressed under the gravel and soil, the walls were cracked, and many passages were blocked. Joel walked around for a long time and found that the exit was not blocked.
He continued to walk up and found that the ceiling of the stairs leaving the deep tomb was also cracked, and the stairs were covered with sand and gravel. Perhaps as long as there was another earthquake, even here would collapse. At that time, it would be troublesome to leave the dungeon. Joel couldn't help but worry about the Alps and others who were still in the dungeon.
Then he couldn't help but think gloomyly, but maybe it would be better if it collapsed? Isn't the thing that chased him blocked down there too?
When he arrived at the tomb where the restroom girl lived, he turned around and repeatedly confirmed that the thing had not caught up. He then continued to walk towards the exit. He was about to leave the ground. Joel couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and finally could breathe a normal air. Then his mood immediately became melancholy again, not knowing how Hemi and Simoken were doing.
For some reason, Joel always felt very uneasy in his heart, so he couldn't help but speed up and forced himself to trot.
When Joel passed through the tomb, he found that the situation here was also extremely bad. The earthquake caused a large area to collapse, and many corpses and sarcophagus were pressed down below. When he saw this, Joel frowned and couldn't help but wonder if the blind old woman was also pressed under these gravels.
Then as he approached the exit of the tomb, he slowed down because he didn't know what was waiting for him outside the exit. Perhaps the monster had broken through the walls and the church square had turned into ruins?
However, even if he was uneasy, Joel dared not delay because he didn't know when that thing would catch up with him. The thing's movements were extremely fast. Even in the snake ring where the time flowed far faster than the outside of the ring, the thing's movements had never slowed down at all, and were even more agile than many mercenaries Joel had seen.
So Joel couldn't help but guess that the speed of time passing was faster than reality on that thing. Joel just happened to master the snake ring so he could keep up with their speed, otherwise Joel might have died under his sharp blade.
After several fights with him, Joel was sure that it would be difficult for him to kill that thing. When the thing was stinging in his black sword, it only sparked when it was wrapped in a thin layer of iron. There was no scratch left.
After this confirmation, Joel just wanted to stay away from that thing immediately, but that thing was as lacking as a maggot on the horns and could not be shaken off no matter what. Joel must have just barely thrown away him now, and the thing would definitely catch up again, but Joel now has no way to deal with him, which makes Joel feel quite depressed.
With such a heavy mood, Joel walked up the stairs, and the murals on both sides of the corridor had already cracked a lot. Joel finally glanced at the cracked skull pattern on the mural, then put away the torch and pushed open the heavy iron door.
The door creaked and thought, the harsh sound of the door shaft was like a whistle blowing in the dark.
"Who is there?" Someone held the torch and looked in the direction of the iron gate, then approached the gate with his weapon.
At this moment, Joel had already hid under the fruit tree of the goddess of fertility on the side. He noticed that the man was holding a harpoon, and his rough clothing, tattoos on his hands and sloppy beard all looked at his identity, Haimin.
Why did the seamen be in the church square? Joel looked at the square with doubt. At this moment, there were people everywhere, some of them sat on the ground, some were paced back and forth, and there were benches brought out from the church at the entrance of the church. Obviously, some big figures were sitting there, the brazier was brought to their side, and guards stood on both sides of them.
Joel also noticed that everyone in the church square was holding weapons and looked at the north uneasy. Jon also looked to the north. At the edge of the wall of the church square, the flames surprised Joel.
Although he also learned some plans from Anthony about the Duke of Golden Falls, he did not expect that it would be so exaggerated that the firelight ignited the sky.
Just as Joel was thinking about where to go to find Hemi and Simoken, someone rushed into the church square on horseback, and went to the "big man" at the entrance of the church. Some seamen and guards wanted to come forward to stop him, but the riders did not slow down. Joel also heard his roar. Although he was not sure what he was calling, Joel immediately stepped back when he saw those who wanted to come forward to stop the horse and heard the man's roar.
After the horseman approached, the person sitting on the bench also stood up. Joel frowned, then looked behind him uneasy, and after confirming that the thing had not come out of the tomb, Joel accelerated his pace and leaned against the wall to the south.
He felt that he needed to go over and overhear and see their conversation, because at this moment, Joel had no idea what the situation was in the city. If he had no idea of finding Hemi, things would have been a lot of trouble. No matter what he could hear, Joel felt it was necessary to do so.
Because of the ring of snakes, someone heard Joel's movements. When he looked at him, he would only see a flash of darkness and pale light. They would only think that they had read it wrong or heard it wrong.
However, Joel did not cross the stone bridge because there was a brazier next to the stone bridge, and there were still people sitting on the bridge. So Joel had to find an opportunity to climb up the narrow Zeng Wall. Naturally, people stood on the wall, but Joel didn't care about so much at this moment. He put on a mask and walked through the wall like a ghost.
The people standing on the wall had warning horns in their hands. In order not to let them find out, Joel could only get close and quickly knock him out. He knocked three people out in total, and the last one saw Joel early and almost screamed. Fortunately, Joel slammed his head with the hardwood stick taken out of his "backpack" before he made a sound - because he was wearing chain mail and cotton armor - the guard let out a dull hum and then fell down.
The extinguished flames above the wall and the muffled groans of the last guard attracted the attention of the people below the wall, but at this moment, Joel had already walked down the stairs of the wall and hid again in the shadows behind the corner of the wall and the fruit tree.
In any case, Joel finally came to the back of the fruit tree near the gate of the church. A guard stood opposite Joel through the fruit tree, and Joel also heard the voice of one of the people.
"...Go and tell Mr. Mdoff immediately! Let him cooperate with him with all his strength!" A thick voice shouted, his voice so loud that Joel could hear it clearly. And Joel also tried his best to control the snake ring and make the time flow inside and outside the ring close, so that their conversation would be clear,
"Oh! Be careful to tell our young master not to be so angry that he wants to kill the dragon!" Another voice said more like the voice of a nobleman. Joel looked at them and found that these words were said by an obese nobleman. Joel frowned.
"We don't have more duke heirs to waste it." Joel saw the fat man rubbing his frown.
And the serious man who came off the horse, wearing iron armor and a yellow cloak, said to the fat man coldly: "Please pay attention to your wording, Lord Fujie."
And the other bald man, strong and grey bearded man, shouted at the entourage beside him with a thick voice: "Why don't you go quickly?!"
At this time, the fat nobleman with a goatee looked at the man in armor and asked in confusion: "But Captain Guard, is what you are talking about true?"
"What are you referring to? Lord Fujie?" The man in armor stood up stiffly.
"Don't pretend to be stupid, Pavre," the bald man sat on the bench again. He spread his hands and leaned against the top of the chair back. "It's about that 'saint'!"
Joel's heart sank suddenly. He noticed the fat nobleman frowned and looked at the bald man, obviously not expecting that the other party also noticed this.
"Yes, yes, yes, two sirs," Pavre nodded, and then replied in a stiff tone, "The demon dragon is indeed chasing the saint."
Joel's hand holding the hilt of the "silent" sword around his waist couldn't help but exert a little force. The pain from the wound on his hand made him very irritated.
"Oh, that's really bad." Lord Fojie shook his head and sighed. The flesh on his face shook slightly with him. "This is a church! Our conversation just now must have been known by the church! If the Saint is in trouble, our Duke will definitely be guilty by the church! We must find a way to protect the Saint's safety! In this way, Lord Pavre, I will immediately ask my guards to tell the soldiers of Linle Town that we must keep the Saint's safety!"
After hearing his words, Master Badong, who was sitting on the bench, sneered: "Hmph, it turns out that Lord Fujie is so pious!"
"This is natural." As if Master Fujie had not heard the sarcasm of Master Badong, he asked Pavre again, "Captain Guard, is this saint who was once the saint who was kidnapped from Lengshi Town in the northern border by a mercenary?"
But it was not Pavre who answered him, but Master Badong sitting on the chair. He smiled and said loudly, "Why, can Lord Fujie also have the same crooked mind as the hunting spear barbarian in the north?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lord Fujie then frowned and looked at Master Badong with dissatisfaction, "Besides, Master Badong, you have two sons, right? The Duke also has only one daughter! If that daughter married to Linle Town, will your two sons be able to watch with gaze?"
After hearing Lord Fujie's words, Master Badong did not speak back, but just turned his head away and snorted softly.
However, Pavre just bowed stiffly to the two lords, and then said, "The situation is critical at this moment, and I can't be the one who can do this. The two lords should go to the Duke personally after the war. I'll leave first."
"Hey..." Lord Fujie seemed to want to say something, but Pavre had turned around and took a step.
At this moment, someone rushed towards them quickly, and Joel also heard the man shouting: "Old people!Old people! Not good! Emergency!"
Pavre, who heard his shouting, also stopped and turned half of his body to look at him.
"What's wrong?" Lord Fujie also put away his smooth appearance just now, revealing the seriousness that the lord should have, "Why are you so embarrassed?"
The guard who arrived immediately knelt down on one knee. Joel noticed that he had disappeared from his helmet and a lot of armor. Obviously, he was going to come back to send orders urgently, so he took off his armor.
"Report, report to Lord!" The guard gasped, his lips chapped, "No, no! A group of mobs are rushing towards Jin Falls!"
"What?!" Mr. Badong, who was sitting on the bench, also quickly stood up, "What are the women in charge of the southern city doing?! I knew that the mercenaries who didn't carry a hand can't be trusted!"
"Note your wording, sir." What is surprising is that Lord Fujie is more calm at this moment. "The Ghost Sword Brigade is famous in the kingdom and even the principality. Obviously something unexpected happened. But no matter what, you must take people to the inner castle to support immediately!"
"Support? Where did the line guards go? Can't they stop the mobs?" Master Badong asked with a frown.
"The guards of the defense line have been evacuated," the captain Pavlei replied in a deep voice, "In order to deal with the magic dragon, we must concentrate our troops, so there is a gap in the defense line. If those mobs can repel the Ghost Sword Brigade, they will probably be able to easily break through the defense line!"
"Captain Pavleguard!" Lord Fowjie turned around at this moment, and then took something from his belt. Joel was too far away to see clearly, but he saw Lord Fowjie handed the thing to Pavlegu, "Take this to find the soldiers of Linle Town, and they will listen to your call! Take the soldiers back to the inner castle and rescue the Duke!"
Captain Pavle was stunned when he looked at the things in his hand, and then immediately knelt down on one knee at Lord Fujie: "Thank you sir!"
Then he stood up and left. Lord Fujie also turned around and looked at Master Badong. At this moment, he showed a smooth smile again: "It seems that the saint can only be given to Master Badong this time, and the men in Langshi Town must be well protected!"
His words made the bald Master Badong stunned.
The guards standing against the tree heard something behind them, and held the torch around the tree and looked around, but found nothing.
...
"Does go! Dos go!" Brees shouted at the soldiers and guards who were fleeing with their armor and abandoned by the roar of the demon dragon, "Don't block us! Don't block us if you don't want to die! Dragon is chasing us! Dos go!!!"
Brees was almost desperate, and his cloak was thrown away, with a burning sensation on his head, because his hair was almost ignited by the flames that had been ignited. The demon dragon sprayed a yellow dragon breath with a stinking smell of sulfur at them. The scorching flames caused the two houses that had been ignited to collapse, and molten rocks flowed out between the cracks of the walls, the stone bricks broke, and the five Iron Chain Knights' mercenaries were instantly burned to ashes, leaving only molten armor and weapons.
Although the terrifying dragon breath was extremely hot, it made people feel scared. Even Brees felt his legs trembling. There was nothing he could do. Brees, who was so scared that he pulled the corners of his mouth, thought so, that was impossible!
Although the soldiers were frightened and fled when they saw the demon dragon burning with yellow flames and dripping with lava, they were no longer the same as the Knights of the Iron Chain. When Bris turned around to see the demon dragon, he quickly glanced at everyone behind him, and none of them had the fighting spirit or courage left on their faces.
They were as frightened as refugees who fled. Why am I not? Bris thought in despair.
They had already removed their heavy armor. That thing could not resist the sharp claws, teeth or flames of the demon dragon, and would only become a burden for them to die early. In fact, Brees is also a player who likes to read books. Although he cannot reach the level of "Adam Scholar", he has still heard many stories about "Slaying Dragons".
That was the most nonsense story I've ever heard! Brees roared in his heart, if next time - whether it's not this character - I'll hear a bard singing a story about the "Dragon Slaying Hero" in the tavern, I'll drag him into the uninhabited alley after he left the tavern drunk and drag him into the alley where no one was going to break his front teeth and ribs!
The roar of the demon dragon shook Bris's panic and random thoughts to pieces. He looked up at the strong man who ran away with the saint in his arms. The guy was simply a beast, with a strong body like a barbarian, but he was actually a human race character! He had left the members of the Iron Chain Knights behind him and moved quickly through the burning city.
The guy was looking for the monster. Brees gritted his teeth and thought that they had passed by countless monsters, and those monsters rushed towards them, but soon they were pressed to the ground by the burning terrifying existence because they were blocking the front of the demon dragon, and they pulled off its little head.
The magic dragon moves quickly. It can easily jump onto the roof of a stone house, spread its deformed wings and roar at them, or directly use its heavy bodies to smash the burning wooden house. In short, even the ruins cannot be spared wherever it goes.
Just after Brees was in danger of life and felt the scorching heat and yellow flames behind him approaching, he almost gave up.
I was so tired that I could no longer run. Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it if I die. I won’t run away.
Thinking of this, Brees gasped and heard it, and then he heard the sound of something slashing through the night sky. He turned around in despair, thinking that it might be the magic dragon jumping from the house and jumping towards him. If he really died like this, he might be able to brag about others for a while.
However, after he raised his head, he found that the sound of breaking through the air was made by the demon dragon from time to time, and he also heard the roar of something. He was very familiar with the sound, which was the roar of the monster.
Then he saw something that made a sound of breaking through the air, and a round dark night passed by above his head, and then the magic dragon lying on the stone house spreading its wings.
boom--!!!
The large scattered dust, the splashing stones, the wailing of the monsters and the roar of the demon dragon made many escapees stand in place.
It was after Briss tasted the smell of smoke and dust that he noticed that his chin was almost dislocated.
What happened? His mind was in chaos.
Then he felt the slight vibration of the ground.
He knew where this tremor came from. Then he felt the vibration again.
Then the roar of the monster king resounded through the night sky.
Chapter completed!