my age of magic

Chapter 1344 148. Bridge of Sunfury

When our team left the Cracked Stone Cemetery, it happened to be raining lightly in the sky, but fortunately, the rain was not too heavy.

With the approval of the ancient war tree Aniyuddin, the dryads in the forest became very friendly. They opened up a tree-lined path for us, and the horseshoes stepped on the soft moss, splashing patches of brown mud.

The knights wore rainproof cloaks, but did not wear hoods. The rain dripped from the turquoise leaves, and a faint mist rose from the dense forest in the distance.

The victory in the Cracked Stone Cemetery allowed the knights of the Northern Wind Legion to harvest nearly [-] black magic crystals. Although the knights walked through the forest, although they looked a little tired, their faces were filled with the joy of victory.

We plan to return to the valley camp next to the river to rest for one night, and then we will head to another place called 'Bridge of Sunfury'. According to the information provided to us by the ancient war tree Anyuddin, in Numerous spider warriors have been found in the forest surrounding the Bridge of Rage.

After chasing all the way from the green valley jungle to the southern forest, they just ushered in a victory in the cracked stone cemetery, and the morale of the construction knights was high.

In order for the two Constructed Knights led by Zack and Ernestine to successfully recover Thunder Pillar City and Anglos City, I want to contain as many Nebru spiders as possible in the southern forest.

In fact, after forming an alliance with the ancient tree clan in the Black Forest, it is equivalent to giving us countless pairs of eyes and countless ears, and when facing the same number of spider warriors, our Construct Knights have Absolute odds.

Riding a horse across the tree-lined road in the rain is actually not a very good experience. The raindrops dripping from the trees always want to get into the collar, making the whole person look wet. The sky is misty, the gray clouds are constantly rolling, and these days without enjoying the sunshine, I feel that my whole body is going to be moldy.

Behind them was a group of constructed knights. The knights did not feel bad because of the rain. The constructed knights of the North Wind Legion have always maintained good military discipline. No one whispered to each other on the march. Only the war horse snorted from time to time, and the horse's hooves trampled on the moss full of moisture, quietly marching on the tree-lined road.

The knights' magic pattern armor exuded a faint magical light, and the knight's spear stained with faint black and purple blood was hung on the saddle bridge, and the horse was covered with black and dull armor, shuttling through the dark tree-lined road , a trace of drizzle fell head-on, and the scenery in the forest in the distance was hidden in the faint rain and fog.

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On the way back, we took a short break in an oak forest.

The knights set up canopies between the trees, and there were no retinues to follow them. These trivial matters during the march needed to be done by the constructed knights themselves. They led the horses into the canopies, and removed the horses The heavy armor on the body makes the horse relax for a while.

The natives of the Gilda tribe came up and built a temporary tree house for me on an old tree.

The tree house is not very big, but it is enough for me and Katerina, Morayal, Koni, and Puyaka to hide in it from the rain.

The branches of the logs used to build the tree house are still wet.

It is not so much a tree house as it is a pavilion with a canopy.

Those of us sat around on a high platform made of logs. Although the rainy weather on the Hierro plane did not feel much coolness, a bonfire was lit in the center of the wooden platform in the pavilion, and a piece of Gathering Fire was placed in the middle. On the magic rune board, a blue flame sprang out from the center of the rune board. I took off the rain cloak and hung it aside, leaned closer to the campfire, and tried to dry the magic robe on my body that could almost squeeze out water.

Katerina took off the 'Earth Shield' magic pattern structure and the emperor squid leather armor battle skirt to hang on the pillars of the tree house. She only wore the tight-fitting Wurm light leather armor magic pattern structure, and the two short daggers clearly Bundled on her round thighs, her red eyes still showed a trace of murderous intent. The recent consecutive battles have made her strength improve a little bit, which made her a little uncontrollable at certain times. .

She keenly sensed my concern eyes, and gave me a gentle smile back.

Koni and Pujaka are aboriginal people who were born and raised in this forest. They have long been accustomed to the rainy weather here. At this time, they carefully took off the thorntail crystal lion leather armor and hung it on the railing of the wooden house. A few plantain leaves spread out on the stage, sitting next to the campfire in a wet bust and tight shorts, holding two peeled twigs, each with a piece of toasted wheat cake, the firelight Reflecting on the faces of the two girls, they were flushed.

The two of them were whispering something in the indigenous language, as if they were talking about the battle in the cracked stone cemetery, and maybe there were other things mixed in, as if they were still talking about some topics about the indigenous warriors of the Jarawa tribe, but it was too much I can't understand the native language of the people, and I have no idea what they are talking about.

Morayal was sitting on my left side. She stretched out her hands to gather her wet short shoulder-length hair together. When she raised her hands, her body outlined a graceful curve.

There was a faint smile in her delicate eyes, as if she was more confident than before after being promoted to the twelfth level magician.

"Jijia, do you know what I saw when I was promoted to a twelfth-level magician in the valley of the Cracked Stone Cemetery?" Morayal looked at the rain curtain outside the wooden house and said to me.

"What did you see? Let me guess."

I put the ice cubes in the glass, which jingle melodiously against the sides of the glass, and fill a glass of amber golden cider.

Immediately, I also began to recall the scene when Morayal was promoted. To be honest, I happened to be talking with the ancient war tree Aniyuddin at that time. At that time, I was sure that her path to promotion was safe, so I didn't pay attention to what she saw afterwards.

I put my hand on my forehead, and while lowering my head to recall the scene in the valley, I said to her: "At that time, you were in the promotion process, and your whole body exuded a strong magical atmosphere of wood elements, and your whole skin It becomes green... I heard that if the wood element affinity reaches a certain level, you can see the spirit of the wood element living in the elemental world. Have you seen the spirit of the wood element and had a brief chat with it? communication?"

"Haha, I really want to see the spirit of the wood element. Moraes said that my elemental affinity is still far behind!" Morayal couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard me say this.

Then she straightened her hair again, looked at me and said with a straight face: "In that valley, I saw some history about the Cracked Stone Cemetery, perhaps it can be said that the ancient war tree Aniyuddin continued to fight against the Black Forest The story of the sealing circle."

I didn't find what Morayal said in that valley, so I suddenly became interested and asked her:
"You mean, Anyudin has always wanted to break free from the shackles of the sealing circle in the Black Forest?"

The ancient war tree in the cracked stone cemetery seems to know a lot of secrets about this black forest. It was only the first time we met. We were testing each other, so we didn't get more information from it.

"Well, that's right." Morayal asked me, "Do you know how the Cracked Stone Cemetery came about?"

I handed her the golden cider with ice in my hand, and said to her, "Isn't this a name given to the natives of Yero? It probably means the literal meaning."

At this time, the indigenous maid Pujaka handed us a few pieces of toasted wheat cakes cut into triangles. The wheat cakes were baked golden and crispy by them. The biscuits are extremely crispy and sweet. The way of eating baked wheat cakes with maple syrup was thought up by the indigenous people, but it is a very good taste experience.

Morayaer stretched out two fingers to pinch a triangular wheat cake, put it on his mouth gracefully and took a small bite, and then said to me: "It is said that before the World Tree set up this sealing circle, in the Black Forest The Ancient War Trees have their own territory, and they lead a group of dryads to wander in the territory. They are called the guardians of the forest. Later, there was a scuffle between the Ancient War Trees, and after the World Tree returned, , set up a large sealing circle in the Black Forest, and imprison all living real ancient trees and dryads in place."

I know this history on the Hierro plane, so I nodded to her, expecting her to continue talking.

Morayal continued: "Since the day when the sealing circle existed, Anyudin and the dryads here have been trying to break free from the shackles. The well-developed root system was pulled out to restore the previous ability to move, but there was no way to do this under the shackles of the sealing circle, so they made some bold attempts against the sealing circle."

Unexpectedly, since the ancient war tree Aniyuddin has such a violent heart, for the ancient tree family whose life seems to never end, the mood of irritability is the most unsuitable for them.

I couldn't help the curiosity in my heart, and asked Morayal: "I really want to know what kind of attempts this ancient war tree Mr. Aniyuddin has made next?"

Morayal smiled, stuffed a piece of toasted wheatbread into his mouth, and took another piece from Pujaka's hand, and then said: "Including cutting off the tree roots to break free from the shackles of the banning circle, or Let the indigenous believers of Yero try to destroy the Magic Hub that seals the magic circle, but they all failed, so there was a cracked stone cemetery later."

I widened my eyes, stared at Morayal and asked, "Could it be that the cracked stone cemetery is also a means of resistance they made against the sealing circle?"

"Yes, the stone forest in the Cracked Stone Cemetery was dug out deliberately by the dryads. Although the dryads cannot move, they have the ability to dig, so they spent hundreds of years digging themselves out of the soil , The original appearance of this stone forest was actually a ridge, and they dug up the whole mountain until only a few thousand stone forests were left, and they thought that they could break free by doing so." Morayal said, gesturing with his hands.

It's hard to believe that the stone forests in the Cracked Stone Cemetery were dug out. No wonder those pillar mountains are so unstable.

But it looks like Anyuddin and his Dryads must have failed, or they wouldn't have stayed in the Stonecrack.

"But then the tree spirits discovered that once the roots left the pillar mountain, the magical power on their bodies would slowly disappear, turning into an ordinary giant tree and dying. The plan of the tree spirits to break free from the shackles of the banning circle failed in the end. , but the strange landscape of the Cracked Stone Cemetery has been preserved." Morayal said to me.

"This... oh no, this ancient war tree, Mr. Aniyuddin, really has a character." I couldn't help but praise.

"..."

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When we returned to the valley camp, [-] knight followers were guarding the camp nervously. Seeing us returning in triumph, the followers ran out of the camp cheering, and the whole valley was immersed in a sea of ​​joy.

As the vanguard battalion, Kalanzo and her orc warriors are already on their way to the Bridge of Sunfury.

We did not continue to rest at the valley camp. After dismantling the camp, we continued to march south with the constructed knights. When our team walked out of the valley, we happened to see a group of indigenous warriors from the Jarawa tribe rushing up. , in their hands there are only some basic wooden spears, wooden shields and wooden bows. The indigenous warriors are wearing bark armor with green leaves growing on their bodies. A young leader of the Jarawa tribe is running in front, excited He ran up to me and said a lot to me.

I looked puzzled at Puyaka, who was following behind me. Puyaka shrugged his shoulders and said in a low voice: "The leader of the Jarawa tribe said that he wants to go with us to kill Nibu Lu spider man."

At this time, I saw some young Jarawa indigenous warriors walking out of the dense forest behind the indigenous leader.

When these native warriors came up, they ignored my existence and saluted respectfully to Morayal who was standing beside me.

I hesitated for a moment, but didn't immediately agree.

To be honest, apart from serving as cannon fodder on the battlefield, these indigenous warriors can only help us clean up the battlefield occasionally, or block the giant spider's footsteps behind us.

The indigenous fighters simply don't have the ability to fight against the strength of those Nebulu spiders, and their addition will make my team look too bloated, and of course these indigenous fighters cannot stop eating and drinking, once they are included in the team , I will also provide them with a military supply.

Originally, the military supplies were very tight in the recent period. If they were distributed to the indigenous people, the supplies would be even more stretched.

Although the supplies in the imperial capital were well prepared under Alia's preparations, how to transport them all into the plane of Yero has always been a big problem.

Under the expectation of the native leaders of the Gilda tribe and the native leaders of the Galawa tribe, I rejected these indigenous warriors of the Galawa tribe.

(End of this chapter)