The mage arrives

After making a decision, everyone dispersed.However, Gordon did not leave immediately, but left alone with Falia after everyone left, and told about the black dragon.

After listening to what Gordon said, Ms. Bishop frowned tightly, rubbing her temples with both hands and walking around in the tent. After a long time, she said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Keep the matter of the black dragon a secret, You are right. With demons chasing after you, if you let those people know that there is such a dangerous potential enemy, it will be difficult to maintain people's hearts and morale. I can't do anything about this, I can only rely on you Two."

After finishing speaking, she waved her hand to let Gordon and Faliya leave, ready to go.

Knowing that there are demons chasing desperately behind them, the team's forward speed has increased a lot today.However, due to the loss of many mounts during the breakout, and the fact that there are all kinds of old and weak women and children in the team, no matter how fast they are, it is impossible to exceed the demon's marching speed.

The only sustenance is to delay the time as much as possible and wait for the reinforcements sent from the Far Frost Province to arrive.

Hurrying all the way, when night fell the next day, the human team finally reached a mountain depression.The wide and verdant Siwanan Canyon quickly converges into a narrow pass here, and the front is an endless, narrow and winding grassland.The shoulder-length blue-yellow weeds twisted their bodies in the evening wind, making a rattling sound, and the surroundings were so quiet that there was no noise, which made people tremble inwardly.

After another day of tedious marching, the lush grass finally disappeared.The terrain ahead was like a pocket, and the cliffs on both sides suddenly separated to form a small open plain.In the history books, this place is called the Folding Sword Plain.

The investigation team led by Gordon soon knew the origin of the name.All around were scattered fragments of broken and damaged weapons and armor.Inserted upside down or half hidden in the ground.After countless winds, frosts, rains and snows, the originally shining and sharp steel that killed people has already corroded and lost its original brilliance.Gordon even suspected that with just a light touch, these weapons would immediately turn into a handful of rust powder and disappear with the wind.

This is where the battle broke out between the Sidin Kingdom and the pursuers.The silver dragon Donabelis and the black dragon Timodaros fought bloody all the way, from the sky to the earth, and finally in the black spider cave near the folding sword plain.It was only then that the winner was decided.

Stepping on the thin winter night moonlight, Gordon continued to move forward. When he passed a dark and deep fork road on the left, he suddenly felt an unusual breath, and the silver dragon staff in his hand trembled slightly.

Faria and Gordon glanced at each other.The fang of Donabelis behind her also showed a strange shape.The sword body wrapped in rough cloth made a low beep, as if it was ready for battle.

"If the guess is correct. This branch road will lead all the way to the Black Spider Cave. It is also the lair where Timodaros sleeps." Gordon said in a low voice.

Faliya nodded, remained calm, and said nothing.

Although Zhejian Plain is called "plain", it is a large plain like Changxia Plain, which has millions of people and dozens of cities, large and small, known as the empire's granary.There is no comparison at all, it is more appropriate to call it a canyon clearing.After galloping for an hour, the scouting team led by Gordon came to the other side of the plain.

Only this narrow pass.Only let Gordon advance 300 meters.

"This is really unexpected trouble." Gordon looked at the road completely blocked by boulders and mud, and smiled wryly.And the other people beside him all had ugly faces.

"Sir Polivich, is there any record of this landslide?" Gordon asked.

Sir Polivich, who is known as the know-it-all on the ancient road, could only shake his head helplessly at this time, showing an expression that was about to cry: "Sir Freeman, I can only regret to say that this was an accident. After nearly a thousand years In the past few years, we are the first group of people who re-entered the ancient road, what happened on this isolated road, there is no way to know."

The history buff raised his head and frowned, thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his voice and said: "That's right! In 589, which was named the year of the earthquake by astrologers, there was a major earthquake in the Cold Mist Mountains. The landslide in front should have been formed at that time."

"Even if we found the reason, what's there to be happy about? The road ahead is blocked, and we have nowhere to go." Barbarian warrior Bernie said angrily.

As soon as he spoke, everyone's mood sank to the bottom of the valley.

Everyone knows what they will face next.

Humans have nowhere to escape, so they can only fight to the death with the devil.

When the investigation team told the news to Ms. Bishop, the strong warrior who successfully led more than 1000 humans escaped from the devil's pursuit and came to this day, just nodded with a blank expression, and said a word: "Stay where you are." One hour, after a battle meeting is held, immediately start building fortifications. Men, women, old and young, regardless of high or low, must contribute!"

This time, it can be said that the combat meeting held under the atmosphere of despair ended soon.Because there is nothing to argue about, everyone knows what can and should be done.However, due to the difference in personal willpower, everyone's performance at the meeting is also different.

Donne is still the kind of slutty nobleman who I can do if the sky falls, but when he folded his arms and listened to the side, his eyes sparkled with wisdom, as if he was thinking about something.

Viscount Curtis and the three Lambattoni brothers, nobles who were born as warriors, complained about their bad luck, but their faces were as firm as steel. They listened carefully to the orders from Ms. own opinion.

Gordon knew that these fighters, who had inherited the fine military traditions since the founding of Freyton, would fight to the last moment, and would always pursue victory and honor before the fire of life was extinguished.

As for nobles like Viscount Angelo, although they are pampered and pampered, they still have a devout belief in the dragon god, so although his face is a bit ugly, even after he learned that the road was blocked and unable to move forward, his hands have been shaking.But at any rate, he took over the task assigned by Ms. Bishop without flinching.

The irony is that Earl Thompson, who was trying to compete with Ms. Bishop for the limelight before, did not participate in the combat meeting at all this time.He and the few nobles who walked closest disappeared to unknown places.

According to estimates, the demon army will arrive at the folding sword plain in the second half of the night, around four o'clock in the morning.If you are lucky, you can withstand the first wave of attacks and usher in the dawn.Then humanity will once again be able to gain a daytime respite.

During yesterday's march, Ms. Bishop had already received a message from the Winter Claw Legion, the garrison in Farfrost Province.The vanguard of the reinforcements has arrived at the hunting camp burned to the ground by the demons.If you take a quick march, you will be able to join them in a maximum of two days.

The news was like a stimulant.Let this group of demoralized fugitives feel refreshed, as if they saw the hope of leaving this stretch of mountains alive.

But under the attack of the devil.two days.But a very, very long time.

However, there is also some good news that is better than nothing, which can increase the probability of the human side winning.

The place where Ms. Bishop chose to build her line of defense was a gourd mouth-like terrain.Demons have to pass through a relatively wide plain and enter a narrow pass before they can attack humans.The narrow terrain makes it impossible for the demons to deploy large forces.In this way, their quantitative advantage will be greatly reduced.

And at the end of the combat meeting, Donn had an expression of reluctance.He took out a strange khaki staff from his dimensional bag.

"This is the Architect's Staff, which stores five Earthquake spells, ten Stone Shaper spells, five Advanced Stone Shaper spells, ten Stone Wall spells, ten Turn Stones into Mud, and ten Turn Mudstones .With it, we can build a strong fortification in a very short time."

Gordon estimated that this staff, which stores so many spells, is worth at least [-] gold coins, and it is extremely difficult to make.I'm afraid Dorne kept this staff for later building castles or mage towers himself.Now at a critical juncture, he has to contribute, and it must be quite painful.

However, these pre-war preparations have nothing to do with Gordon.He and Faliya had another thing to do—tonight was the time they agreed to meet with Sepulstin.

"You and Falia go quickly. I hope you two can come back as soon as possible, maybe there is still time to help." Before leaving, Ms. Bishop said.

"If all goes well, after we complete the task of killing the black dragon, we may be able to bring you an unexpected reinforcement." Gordon said.

"What do you mean? Could it be the undead from the Sidin Kingdom? I remember that there are only 48 Thunder Guards in your mouth. They don't seem to be of much help in the face of the demon army." Ms. Bishop laughed at herself. , "You are not worried that I, an old woman, will not be able to survive, so you tell me some nice lies to comfort me?"

"Of course not. Although I'm not [-]% sure about this matter, I'm definitely not lying to you." Gordon raised the silver dragon staff, touched his chest, and performed a mage salute, "Anyway, please wait for our good news. "

"I wish you good luck. May Bahamut's wings dispel the darkness for you." Ms. Bishop patted Gordon and Faria's shoulders respectively.

After saying goodbye to Ms. Bishop, Gordon found his sister Xiona again.He took out a few bottles of magic potion from the dimensional bag and handed it to her: "Sister, I have something very important, and it can even be said to be related to the life and death of more than 1000 people. I want to leave it to you."

Seeing Gordon's serious expression, Xiona nodded involuntarily.

"Brother, if you have anything to say, I will try my best."

Looking at his sister's eyes like black pearls, Gordon said: "You must pay attention to Burdisso Baratheon. He is very likely to be a spy of the devil. Now the war is imminent, if he secretly destroys, and the devil If the inside should cooperate with the outside, the consequences would be disastrous."

Gordon pointed to a milky white magic potion in Xiona's hand, and said: "This mechanical mind potion, you have to take special care of it. There is a very powerful succubus in the demon army. You know, the succubus is a manipulator. The master of the heart, maybe she will give Burdisso some mental spell-like items or abilities. Be careful."

"Understood, brother." Xiona nodded vigorously.

Gordon took out a few spell scrolls and handed them to Xiona: "You give these scrolls to Bivis. These days he has been in charge of monitoring Burdisso, so he should have a clearer understanding of that guy. You can let him Help from the side. That should be all right."

After saying goodbye to their sister, Gordon and Faria quietly left the large group on foot.Go back the way you came.

Once again, the two came to the fork in the road they had just passed by, and the chilly wind blowing from the darkness made them shrank their necks involuntarily.

"Two, finally here."

A dark green shadow emerged from the rock wall ahead, and then floated in front of Gordon.

"Master Cyprustin."

Immediately afterwards, a total of 48 fully armed Leixi Guard soldiers also appeared in the night one by one.Although he knew that they were comrades in arms fighting side by side with him, but in this empty night, meeting so many undead all at once made Gordon feel a little nervous.

"Your situation is a bit bad." The old mage looked into the distance.At the pass of Zhejian Plain, there is a brightly lit and hot scene at this time.After a short rest, almost all hands were mobilized to build fortifications.Prepare for the attack of demons.

"You already know."

The ghosts of Cyprus Ding and the Leixi Guard have lived on the ancient road for nearly a thousand years.I must know that the way out has long been blocked by the earthquake.

"So what if I know? Even if I tell you this information. Can you still turn your horse's head and return? At that pass, it is the best terrain for defensive warfare. You have no choice but to fight the demons there, the best It's possible to win."

Cyprus Ding touched his long beard habitually, and said to Gordon: "The time here is also very urgent. According to my calculations, the black dragon is likely to wake up in the middle of the night. We also have to hurry up."

"It's all piled up together." Gordon sighed.Can't help complaining.

"Okay, young man, take the things you ordered first." Cyprus Ding snapped his fingers and summoned a lighting ball.He pointed to a withered tree trunk not far away.on the side of the trunk.Neatly stacked six huge three-meter-long metal arrows.

"By the way, what about Harford and Fallohide?" Gordon asked.The halfling brothers worked tirelessly to help him forge six huge silver dragonsteel arrows, and he had to thank them personally.

Gordon's words made the faces of Sepulstin and the Leixi guards darken.After a while of silence, the old mage said with a touch of sadness: "The little man has been summoned by the dragon god and entered the kingdom of God..."

Gordon's expression changed.Although they only got together for a short night, he still had a good impression of the halfling brother who shared the same body.Unexpectedly, such a thing happened after the two of them hadn't seen each other for a few days.

But something happened to the halfling's body that night when the Fang of Donabelis was being made.They have lived for nearly 1000 years. Even though they use various spells to prolong their lives, they are not gods and cannot live forever. Their physical condition is like a candle in the wind, which will go out at any time.

The halfling brother's death made Gordon a little sad, but not surprised.

"I've noticed that Harford and Fallohide's health is deteriorating, but they still insisted on making these six arrows for you. I hope you can make good use of them," Saipustin said.

Gordon nodded silently, walked over, and then used the shrinking technique to shrink the six huge silver dragon steel arrows to a normal size.

After putting these arrows into the quiver prepared in advance, Gordon said: "Let's go."

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"Stop! Rest...for an hour!" Barlow Balrog raised his hand and made a stop gesture. Following his order, the demon army that kept surging forward like dark red waves immediately stood up.I am not very familiar with the timing method of the main material world, so when Barlow said "one hour", he paused slightly.

At this time, the army of demons had already entered the entrance of the Folding Sword Plain, and some demons with a keen sense of smell could already smell the human scent that drifted away with the night wind.They snorted, their scarlet mouths opened wide, dripping with foul-smelling saliva.

After the Balrog Grondar gave the order to rest, he took out an iron pot with a fishy smell from his waist pocket.It put the iron pot on the ground, and then chanted a spell in Abyssal language.

After a while, with the syllables full of magic power floating in the air, the iron pot glowed strangely, and countless pieces of meat and bones stained with wet blood spewed out from the mouth of the pot and scattered to the ground.

"Enjoy, my soldiers! After your stomach is full, you will tear up the enemy for me!" Grondal raised his hand, and the hungry demons immediately rushed forward, enjoying the fresh and delicious food provided by the iron pot. bloody food.

This iron pot is a magic item specially made by the demon lord Dimodo for this military operation in the main material world. Its main function is to provide food for the demons to maintain their combat effectiveness.

In the abyss, demons have almost no concept of "logistics".The source of food for demons is usually defeated enemies or even weak and injured comrades.The demon commander is used to this kind of thing, and he doesn't find it strange.The number of anti-demons is huge, even if they kill each other, it doesn't matter.

However, due to the limitation of the space barrier, the number of demons entering the main material world this time is limited, so the issue of logistics and supplies must be considered.The humans and other beasts killed along the way were a drop in the bucket for a demon with a huge appetite.

Originally bearing the restraining power brought by the plane, if the appetite cannot be satisfied, the combat effectiveness of this demon army really cannot be guaranteed.

This iron pot filled with bloody, fishy food can be used three times in total.This is the second time that Barlow Balrog is used.After a rapid march and before launching an attack, it is the basic quality of a commander to let the soldiers under his command have a full meal and reach their best condition.

"I didn't expect this big stupid man to command well now." The succubus who was standing not far from the Balrog Grondal said in his heart. (To be continued..)