Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 435 Home stolen

Li Wei and his group, along with Tokai and the surviving Sith warriors, instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes from the blinding white light that flashed by for a moment.

The lord squinted, looking at the huge patch of light that was being swallowed up by the black mist again in the direction of Wirtz Castle. The vigor on his face instantly froze, replaced by astonishment.

"Holy crap?!" Li Wei blurted out, his voice trembling.
"Did those stupid demons really open the box?"

Grand Master Faen's face turned deathly pale. He understood better than Li Wei what that light meant; it was terrifying holy energy capable of instantly annihilating top-tier experts.

Such terrifying holy light can probably only be compared to the twelve saints of the Holy Light Church.

His gaze toward Li Wei was instantly filled with horror and disbelief: "Lord Li Wei, was that the gift you had those two demons deliver? What exactly did you put in it?"

Of all those present, only the Lord of High Cliff Fortress had cultivated the "Holy Words Manual" and possessed extremely profound Holy Light cultivation. Considering the other party's previous actions, it wasn't difficult to guess the truth of the matter.

Sersne's black, vertical pupils narrowed to slits, and with her dragon instincts, she sensed the threat of death from the remaining radiance.

The lord scratched his head, the slight melancholy on his face instantly replaced by obvious smugness:

"Well, a little surprise. Theoretically, it should have been a big deal, but who knew these fellow Abyss folks would be so honest and actually open the box to check the goods in front of everyone."

He clicked his tongue in amazement, "The effect seems to exceed expectations."

Seeing his experience points surge dramatically, bringing him close to leveling up, Li Wei knew that he had likely killed the demon lord of Wirtz City. Even if the demon lord wasn't dead, at least a hundred thousand demons had perished.

It seems his artificial holy light boy is working quite well; he can make a few more to keep as backups.

It's more than just exceeding the standard!
The swordsmen and knights who watched as the dragon knight handed a small box to the two demons looked up at the sky, hoping that one day the thing wouldn't fall off their heads.

Everyone was stunned, having only truly witnessed the power and irrationality of the strong in their lifetime.

……

Outside Wirtz, Bernard and a group of officers watched the city from a high point. They witnessed firsthand the holy light that tore through the black mist and pierced the heavens and earth. They were all deeply shocked by the vast, ocean-like elemental power, and no one spoke for a long time.

“It must have been Li Wei who did it! Did he encounter some powerful enemy?” Lia, dressed in riding breeches and tight leather armor, with her long hair tied in a high ponytail, looked heroic and spoke with certainty.

Wirtz was shrouded in black mist, and no one knew what was happening inside; they could only guess based on the limited information they had.

“Only Lord Li Wei possesses such a strong Holy Light cultivation.” Bernard silently touched the communication crystal in his hand: “Even His Holiness the current Pope of the Holy Light Church is as naive as a beginner compared to him.”

In fact, Bernard hadn't thought things through. Logically speaking, the Holy Light Church couldn't possibly ignore the fact that this Lord of High Cliff Fortress possessed such strong Holy Light cultivation. They would give him whatever he wanted, whether it was beautiful women or high status, just to bind him to the Holy Light Church.

However, so far, we haven't seen this Lord of High Cliff Fortress hold any position in the Holy Light Church, but Her Highness the Holy Maiden seems to be quite close to him.

……

The battlefield instantly fell into an eerie silence.

The once ferocious and roaring demon army, pressing forward step by step, was frozen as if by an invisible cold current. The massive bodies of the several Balor Fire Demons that had been aggressively approaching were stiffened in place, their burning whips hanging limply. The arrogant look of looking down on everything in their scarlet eyes had vanished, leaving only deep horror and a trace of bewilderment.

The aura of the Blood War Lord Balta has completely vanished!

That attack just now completely killed their lord.

Demons aren't fools; on the contrary, the higher the rank, the greater their intelligence. Therefore, the Balrogs hesitated. Clearly, these humans before them were not so easily dealt with, especially since several of them exuded an aura that made them wary. Now, their demon lord was also dead.
So, after careful consideration, they lashed their long whips at the demon that resembled a giant monster, and the demon immediately picked up an unknown, enormous bull horn and blew on it.

As the sound of horns echoed through the thick fog, all the demons retreated into its depths like a tide, leaving only pairs of scarlet eyes watching the crowd.

In reality, Balrog is the marshal in charge of the demon army. As long as these guys don't die, the demon army will hardly ever collapse.

"Damn it, they ran away already?" The lord was furious as he watched the demons vanish in an instant.

These are all valuable experience packs.

The others, however, did not share the same mindset as the lord, and all breathed a sigh of relief.

So, with no demons to stop them, the group returned along the same path and soon arrived at their original location.

After some testing, it was indeed impossible to go out directly, but by grabbing the iron chain left behind, it was as if they were crossing water, and they arrived safely in the outside world.

In response, everyone showered the lord with endless compliments on his foresight.

"call--!"

As soon as they stepped out of the suffocating fog, breathed in the fresh air filled with the scent of grass and trees, and looked at the bright sunshine in the sky, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, like drowning people who had been rescued.

The tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and many people even collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, feeling incredibly relieved to have survived the ordeal.

Archmage Faen walked up to Li Wei, his tone full of curiosity: "Lord Li Wei, what exactly is inside that box? Such a terrifying burst of holy energy is no ordinary holy artifact! Even the holy artifacts treasured by the Holy See might not be able to release such power instantly!"

He recalled the white light that purified everything and still felt a tremor deep in his soul.

The methods of this Lord of Gaoyabao are simply unbelievable.

"Oh, that?" The lord smiled slightly, pushed up his non-existent glasses, and adopted the air of a wise and learned scholar.
"It's nothing much. It's just that, based on a certain theory, we supercritically compressed holy light elements to create an energy core, and then wrapped it with a directional constraint field and triggering mechanism. Simply put, you can think of it as a large-scale holy light missile."

Of course, I personally prefer to call this move "the artificial holy light boy."

Grand Master Faen was completely bewildered. He could understand the words individually, but put them together, they just sounded ridiculous.

He felt that his centuries-old magical knowledge was collapsing.

Only the barbarians secretly sneered, thinking that their leader was spouting high-sounding nonsense to deceive people and show off his erudition. In reality, he was just like them, a complete illiterate who had never attended a single class, and probably didn't even understand these things himself.

The people in Wirtz were all rescued, so the entire expeditionary force began to besiege Wirtz, waiting for all the forces to coordinate before they could completely eliminate these demons.

Just as smoke began to rise from the camp of the Gaoyabao regiment, as they began to cook their meal.

Leah opened the tent flap and rushed to Levi, looking him up and down. She breathed a sigh of relief only after confirming that he was unharmed, but her eyes were filled with equally intense concern and curiosity: "Levi, that beam of light was terrifying. It dispelled the thick fog in the entire Wirtz for quite a while. What were you doing in there?"

"Nothing much, I just led my men to rescue General Tokai as usual." The lord said somewhat perfunctorily, focusing on finishing his food. "You must have caused this commotion, right? Did you encounter some powerful enemy?" Lia sat down next to the lord and snatched the half-eaten white bread from his hand, which was covered in honey syrup.

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't do it?" The lord looked helplessly at the other person eating bread and blinked.

"Keep pretending." Lia rolled her eyes. "Ansuna told me everything a long time ago, and it's probably already spread throughout the entire expeditionary force. She said that you defeated millions of demons with a single move and made them afraid to attack, and that you destroyed the entire inner fortress of Wirtz."

"How could you spread this around about that little wench? I was just about to talk to you about it myself," the lord said, somewhat indignantly.

The reason he didn't tell Leah immediately was because he was still mentally preparing how to embellish his glorious achievements.

The result is that now I only feel bland and uninteresting.

"It's nothing, you can tell me about it now," Leah said with a smile.

"Forget it, I'm not in the mood." The lord, being a straight man, decisively refused.

Since someone has already said it, he's too lazy to waste his breath.

This behavior also caused someone to secretly grit their teeth.

"Darling!" Heather rushed in from outside, causing a ripple of blue waves.

"What's the rush?" The lord pulled her into his arms, looking puzzled.

Lia, standing to the side, pretended not to see anything; after all, it was no longer unusual for this lord to have several wives.

"Tina called to say that High Cliff Fortress is in imminent danger." The drow elf's face lost its usual leisurely expression, replaced by a panicked look like that of a little rabbit.

"What? My house was burgled?"

"I've seen a ghost! What on earth is going on?!"

The lord's thunderous voice rang out, making everyone's eardrums ache.

……

The entire Gaoyabao Brigade camp was placed under martial law. The barbarians themselves replaced the rabbit-men guards, their sharp eyes scanning everything. Anyone with ill intentions who approached would be immediately given a beating before being dragged away for interrogation.

However, this tense atmosphere quickly dissipated.

Because, in the Lord's eyes, the more they did this, the more people would think that something terrible had happened to the High Cliff Fortress Brigade.

With just one hundred pulses, the entire Gaoyabao Brigade returned to its previous state.

"Tina, tell me in detail, what exactly happened?"

Looking at the white-haired girl opposite the alchemy communication disk, the lord calmly asked.

But everyone knew how much anger the lord was hiding in his heart at that moment.

“A group of frost giants emerged from the bottom of Emerald Lake, the former home of the frogmen. They are heading south, and we don’t know where they are going.” Tina looked at the furious Levi and comforted him, “Darling, don’t worry too much. High Cliff Fortress is not currently on their route, so it may not affect High Cliff Fortress.”

"It's all Heather's fault. I hadn't even finished speaking when she rushed over to tell you."

Heather, standing to the side, pouted, her face full of resentment.

You can't blame her. She was still asleep when the communication suddenly started. In her drowsy state, she only heard that frost giants were going to attack High Cliff Fortress.

Anything involving giants is a serious matter, which is why she rushed over immediately.

"Phew, that's good, that's good." Levi patted Heather's little hand to comfort her, and then asked, "How many frost giants are there in total?"

Giants are top-tier magical creatures, born with control over elemental power. If there are only a few, they shouldn't pose much of a threat to High Cliff Fortress now, but if their numbers increase, it's hard to say.

Tina's image became clear on the communication disk. She sorted through it and said calmly, "According to Hogg's report, the number is close to a thousand. They are huge, covered in frost, and create extremely violent snowstorms wherever they go. It's so cold in High Cliff Fortress that even the barbarians are wearing wool coats."

Li Wei frowned, his fingers unconsciously tapping the table, making a soft clattering sound.

Nearly a thousand frost giants—this is no joke.

A single frost giant is enough to rival an elite squad. Their innate icy breath and terrifying brute strength, combined with their mastery of cold magic, make them nothing short of a moving calamity.

The walls of Gaoyabao might not be much stronger than paper compared to them.

The unusually harsh weather in the wilderness in recent years is most likely due to the influence of these guys.

After all, it's not surprising that so many frost giants gathered together could influence the weather.

This also solves the mystery of why the weather in the wilderness is cold.

"I've seen the undead!" the lord cursed again, scratching his head in frustration. "The bottom of Emerald Cold Lake? Haven't the frogmen lived here for thousands of years? If there was anything, they would have found it long ago. How come there's still such a large group of ancient relics hiding here?"

"Later, the frogmen investigated and found that a spatial rift had appeared at the bottom of the lake. They must have come through this rift," Tina said.

The atmosphere inside the tent was heavy.

Leah frowned, looking worried: "How could a spatial rift suddenly appear?"

"Have you informed Flina and His Majesty Harland?" the lord continued to ask.

Such a major undertaking could not be left to Gaoyabao to bear alone.

“That’s exactly what I was worried about.” Tina’s face finally showed a hint of worry: “Duke Frena did respond to us, but the letter sent to Gonda has received no response at all, as if it had sunk without a trace.”

"If it were just the North and us, we probably wouldn't be able to stop so many frost giants."

(End of this chapter)