In the ruins of the ancient city of Valdia, a little girl finally arrived here at noon the next day after receiving the correct instructions from the old man in the small castle, and came to this ancient ruin that is said to be hiding the legendary Holy Gladiator Gulisa.
However, it is said that it is a ruin, the huge castle is not too broken. Apart from the two bridges built on the lake that have been destroyed for many years, the overall building looks relatively intact. As for why no one occupied this place, it is unknown.
"look!"
"We're here, it's here!"
"It's been here!"
Gniel jumped off the dragon's back, and ignored Matthew, who was also jumping down and catching Aimeda, hugging him, just walked forward on his own, pointing to the huge fortress in front that had not collapsed after hundreds of years of wind and rain.
The two or three days of flight really made him very troubled, and made him make up his mind to never yearn for or envy those boring dragon knights again!
"It's really not easy..."
Looking at the familiar castle in front of him, Gniel sighed again.
Although there was that huge dragon mount used as a means of transportation for everyone, Gniel seemed to be no faster than rushing over directly from the ground. The reason was of course because of some bad little girl flying around randomly and pointing in the direction.
"That's Baldia?"
"But……"
"How come it looks empty?"
At this time, Sonia, who was also curious and longing for the Holy Sword, walked to Gnier's side, and frowned and exclaimed at the ruins of the ancient city of Baldia that had seen the silent past.
"Of course!"
"Matthew, I, and Aimeda, have been here before, there is nothing here!"
"There are no terrible monsters, no guardians, no treasures, and even less of a sacred sword."
"But there are many traces of battle and destruction inside. Maybe it was because the ancient people searched many times, and even the guardians had been killed long ago?"
Gniel said carelessly with his head in his arms, and turned to look at the giant dragon behind him who was lying on the ground and snatching the time to rest.
Only this time, a bad little girl mage not only made the four of them have extremely poor experience and impression of flying, but also tossed the originally strong sub-adult dragon very hard. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so tired like a native dog that he would lie down and not want to move anymore when he dared to fall to the ground.
However, Gneil's mood became a little worse when he thought of taking it to fly high to drink the northwest wind when he left later.
"Let's go!"
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"Is there a holy sword? Let's go in and take a look?"
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It would be better if there were no monsters or guardians inside. Anyway, Annie didn't want to play with those messy things like the last time she went to the Holy Mine Dier and then get what she wanted!
only……
I don’t know if those uncles from the Imperial Army and Alvin from Kalsas had thought of a way to pull out the fake “stone staff”?
Annie thought about that kind of fun thing, but she felt a little tempted to laugh, but that was the secret that belonged only to her, so she definitely didn't dare to take it out and share it with others.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
“Not even when you go in!”
Gniel obviously had no hope. After all, they were not the first people to come here. This place had been visited by countless people. Hundreds of years have passed, and valuable things have long been hollowed out. If there were really a holy sword, how could it be their turn?
"If people say there is, there is!"
o(^')o
As he said that, Anne Bento walked forward first.
The reason why she was so sure was of course because she felt that there was indeed a seal inside, and that kind of magic fluctuations would not be wrong. Since the seal was still there, it means that the holy sword was still there, so there would definitely be no mistake.
"Hello!"
"Anne, wait!"
"The bridge in front is broken, we need to find a boat first..."
"All right!"
Aimeda, who was behind, was about to persuade her, but she soon couldn't speak.
At this time, she was already shocked to see: In front, under the influence of some magic of Anne, one of the two damaged cross-lake bridges automatically floated from the bottom of the lake, blocks of bridge bricks and stones that had been soaked for hundreds of years. Then, they were like life, and they instantly formed a new bridge again?
"Is there any other problem?"
(*^▽^*)
Annie turned around and asked to everyone behind her with a cute smile.
"Let's go!"
"Aimeda, why don't you think about it? Annie has even cleaned up the dragon, so how could she be stumped by a broken bridge?"
"That broken iron piece is on the throne, if the Holy Sword was then?"
As he said that, Gniel Benton first stepped on the wet bridge that had been repaired and walked into the fortress of the ancient Kingdom of Baldia.
It's his second time now, and he's very familiar with it!
...
When Anne's five men and one bear had already begun to enter the ancient city of Valdia, at the fortress of an imperial border fortress in the south, Alvin and others who marched out of the deep mountains suddenly attacked an imperial border fortress with severely scarce troops, and defeated the Imperial soldiers who were caught off guard and seriously lacking troops, and were about to be wiped out.
This is actually not a big blame for the Imperial Army. After all, the empire's large legions are now launching a comprehensive offensive against Kalsas. The main forces of the major corps have been sent to the front line. At this time, they are also in a decisive battle with Kalsas' main force. Strictly speaking, this place is already considered a rear. There are only three or five hundred imperial soldiers on duty in this fortress. How could they have thought that a Kalsas legion would suddenly appear in the deep mountains and forests, and the other side is all elite?
So, in less than an hour, the imperial defenders were completely confused.
Not only did they suffer heavy losses, they lost all the exterior walls and corridors of the fortress, but they were easily attacked by the enemy to the core of the fortress, with only dozens of people remaining trapped in the last fortress hall.
At this moment, inside the fortress, a bald imperial commander walked to a strong middle-aged man with a sad face and persuaded him earnestly:
"General Vargas!"
"We have a serious shortage of troops here. We just can't come if reinforcements don't have more than half a day. It's not a good idea to continue fighting with the elite Karthas here!"
"Besides, Madame Alyssa is about to give birth, and I can't lose you at this time!"
"You can leave the secret passage quickly, we are begging you!"
That's right!
At this moment, trapped here and about to be defeated, there are one of the four generals of the empire, the supreme commander of the Flame Dragon Corps, General Vargas, the bald legion commander in the name of "strong generals"!
Because Kalsas's surprise came too suddenly, Vargas, who had asked for leave from the front line to retreat from the emperor and was planning to return to the imperial capital to visit his family, only rested here for a night. The next day, before he had time to leave, he was blocked by the enemy.
"No!"
"Sorum!"
"I'm Vargas, I will never leave you to run first!"
"If you want to leave, you will leave first. I'll help you stop them here!!"
Vargas stubbornly rejected the plea of ​​his loyal subordinate, waved his hand and said in an unquestionable tone.
“…”
Hearing his general say this, the bald empire commander Solum was both moved, anxious and sad, and didn't know what to say.
They knew the character of the commander of their Yanlong Corps. The other party looked like a reckless man, but he was a delicate and stubborn guy. He loved soldiers very much on weekdays and was willing to share the joys and sorrows with them, the soldiers at the bottom, and it was not so easy to persuade them to leave.
Moreover, even if they want to use strength, no one can suppress the other party and take it away. Therefore, he can do nothing except worry and move.
"General!"
"Sir Vargas!"
"We are begging you, you should go quickly and return to Madame Alissa, she needs you more than we do!"
"We swear that even if we bet on our lives, we will never let them pass here!"
Sorum begged again.
The secret passage leads to the outer wall of the fortress at the back, where there are some enemies. If there is only one or two people, you should not be discovered as long as you are careful. However, if everyone escapes together, you will definitely be discovered. At that time, without the protection of the fortress and no one here to attract the attention of the enemy, they are afraid that they will die faster!
"Okay!"
"No need to say more."
"Only cowards will escape on the battlefield, and I, Vargas, never retreated on the battlefield, and I would never drill that dog hole!"
"But……"
"General!"
"No, but!"
"Hmph!"
"We have been together for so many years, but I don't believe it. Can those Kalsas's miscellaneous parts take my Vargas' life here?"
"go!"
"Prepare for the battle!"
“…”
"Go quickly!"
"I guess, their new round of impact is coming soon. You should be careful of their mage later, and try to let our last battle mage restrain him!"
"If that happens, we may have a chance?"
Vargas rejected his subordinates' plea and said it lightly.
Then, without waiting for the other party to say anything, he walked forward with his giant axe, preparing to see if the enemy who rushed from the passage to the last hall of the fortress could take away the bald head on his neck.
“…”
"yes……"
Looking at the tall and strong back that walked to the front in silence, Solum felt sad and had to grit his teeth and respond, and then picked up his battle axe and followed him resolutely.
"By the way!"
"General, your child..."
"You said, would you be a bald man?"
Since he could not persuade him to leave, the imperial commander Sorum also gave up.
Then, with a sudden change of the subject, he wanted to use his general's impending child to touch the other party's stubborn heart and see if he could change his mind.
"ah?"
"I don't know now."
"But, I think he will be a bastard with sparse hair at that time, and in the future, he will definitely be like me, a strong bald head?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
As he was talking, Vargas looked like he had thought of something funny and laughed.
“…”
“…”
However, what he didn't know was that when he heard his words, the soldiers behind him felt a little sad.
At the same time, they also tightly clamped the weapons and shields in their hands, and made sure to do everything to protect their general later, and try their best to block the enemy rushing in, and then try their best to make their general survive and go back to visit the child who is about to be born.
In this way, the last hall deep in the fortress gradually became quiet, and no one spoke anymore, but they thought about their own affairs and waited for the arrival of the last battle.
However!
After half an hour, there was still no movement outside...
"strangeness……"
"Sorum, where is the enemy?"
"It's been so long, it's up to them to attack, right?"
Vargas, who hadn't said anything at the moment, suddenly became impatient and asked with some confusion and anxiety.
“!!”
"Open the door!"
"I'll go out and have a look!"
"remember!"
"When I come back, I will knock twice!"
Sorum, the commander of the empire, also felt something was wrong, so he hurriedly said something and asked the soldiers guarding the door to open the door.
He wanted to go out and see what was going on outside.
"Sorum!"
"careful!"
Vargas did not stop him. After all, in this case, someone always needed to go out and see.
"Don't worry, General!"
"I know!"
After saying that, while the soldiers quietly opened the door of the fortress hall, when a gap that could allow him to pass through was opened, Sorum rushed out quickly. Then, the imperial soldiers quickly closed the two thick doors and pushed the crossbar to prevent the enemy from hitting the door.
Even though they knew that it might not be of great use, and the enemy's spell or a sword energy could blow it up, they still chose to do that, just to stop the enemy's attack speed for a while, even if it was only a short time.
More than ten minutes passed...
Dear! Dear!
While everyone was waiting a little impatiently and worried about Solum who volunteered to go out, two urgent secrets suddenly rang out outside the door.
So Vargas waved his hand, and the imperial soldiers hurriedly took down the crossbar facing the gate and struggled to open the heavy gate. Then they saw Sorum running in sweating profusely.
"No need to close it anymore!"
"General!"
"Good news!"
"The enemy retreated!!"
Sorum first asked the soldiers guarding the gate not to close the door again, and then said loudly with such excitement.
"ah?"
"Have you retreated?"
"But, why?!"
Vargas was stunned and instantly widened his two big copper bell eyes on his bald head.
You know, when the war reaches this point, the opponent only needs one attack to kill himself and the last dozens of imperial soldiers around him who were almost injured, and receive the supreme honor of annihilation of the commander of the Imperial Flame Dragon Corps. That doesn't take much time, but why did the opponent run away at this time?
"have no idea!"
"I just ran to the city wall to see it, and I found that the elite Kalsas were heading towards the ancient city of Valdia."
"And they walked very quickly and in a hurry, and I almost didn't see their tails!"
Sorum didn't know why, but he just excitedly told what he saw.
Anyway, he only knew that their General Vargas would no longer have to die here with their useless guys, and would soon go back to visit his wife who was about to give birth.
"The ancient city of Valdia?"
“!!”
"No, it's the Holy Sword..."
"The man who just fought with us wore weird hair accessories on his head, right?"
Vargas seemed to remember some important information, and then hurriedly asked Sorum.
"It seems?"
"By the way!"
"It seems that Princess Shirley of Karlsas is wearing it too?"
After catching his bald head, the Imperial Commander Solum thought for a while and said with some uncertainty.
"Oops!"
"They were indeed heading for the Holy Sword!"
"Is it possible..."
"It's that guy Leon, are they already doing it?"
Vargas began to guess suspiciously.
However, no matter how much he guessed, it was useless, because now there were only dozens of defeated generals left here. They could not do anything except sending people to inform the empire and the major legions of infiltration of enemy troops.
Chapter completed!