rune hunter

Chapter 113 The Flame Hound
One day before, El was an idler with nothing to do, but now he has become a general commanding thousands of horses.But in terms of combat effectiveness, it can be said that this is the most elite unit in Istaron, but in fact it is a collection of all kinds.His subordinates include the black knights of the monitoring force, the cavalry of the city defense army, the hunters of the mountain people, the guards of the outposts, and the priests of the temple of life, as well as the loli knight who does not obey the command, the middle-aged archer who believes in superstition and prophecy, and the kobold land There is only one divination master.

By the way, there is also hidden in the team a rare magic ore equivalent to the worth of a holy nun.

The problem that caused El a headache is not limited to this. If the current strength of this army is [-], the damned crow's mouth of the kobold has discounted this value by at least [-]%.

Although Ahmed entrusted El with the responsibility of leading the army, the deterrence brought by his identity is actually more convincing than El, the nominal commander.Because of this, when he spread the kobold's inexplicable prophecy, everyone in the entire army became suspicious, and morale dropped significantly.

There's nothing El can do about it, and as Ahmed said, if that prophecy is at least partially true, it's hard to be too cautious now.It would be great if the prophecy was false. Whether you have lost money or not is nothing more than a matter of worrying for a while.

Lord Pross, please take back these troubled children!El shouted in his heart, and reluctantly embarked on the return journey.

What made him even more helpless was that such a simple wish could not be realized.When they returned to the place where they fought the bandit group for the first time, they lost the trace of Pros and his party who stayed here.

"Lord Pross didn't leave a message, maybe something happened in the city." Pallanti carefully checked the trees near the temporary camp, his face full of confusion.According to the usual practice of the black knight, if he temporarily leaves due to an accident, he will leave some secret symbols to record information for his own people to understand the situation.

The bonfire in the camp was still warm, and there were no signs of new battles nearby. Judging by common sense, Pross should have been forced to leave due to a very urgent situation, without leaving any information in time.

"No, if something really happened in the city, we should be able to see the smoke." Timmy stroked his chin and pondered: "Besides, if something really happened in the city, Lord Pross should wait for us to come back."

"Plos has a cautious personality. Under normal circumstances, such mistakes will never occur, so let's not act rashly." Ahmed said calmly, and then he turned around and shouted: "Apache, come and help us predict..."

"Do you think I'm a magic stick on the street? Archer!" The kobold geomancer hiding in the pack horse's basket barked angrily.

"Enough! Shut up!" the tireless Al shouted, and everyone fell silent.

Both Ahmed and Pallanti actually have the ability to command an army to fight, but neither of them has the experience of serving as a general, and they belong to different troops, so it is inevitable to be biased when considering the issue.

El didn't have this kind of ability, but he at least had his own opinion and a certain degree of decisiveness. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Pross appointed him as the commander.

"Judging from the traces on the ground, Lord Pross should have gone in that direction." El bowed his head and observed carefully for a moment, then stretched out his finger and pointed into the darkness: "What is that place over there? I remember that Istaron is to the south. "

"There is nothing over there." Pallanti shook his head and said, "When the landwalkers invaded, several villages and outposts in the north were destroyed, and there are no travelers from the north on the commercial road these days."

"It must have been the battlefield at that time." El nodded. He had personally participated in that war, and he still had a deep impression of that land.After Pallanti's suggestion, a relevant map soon appeared in his mind.

The battle between humans and landwalkers was carried out along the road from Eastalen to Red Stone Ridge. Pross ran to that road at this time. Could it be that something happened to Red Stone Ridge?
"Is the Red Stone Ridge on...over there?" El twirled his fingers according to the memory, and Pallanti nodded.

"If I were you, I would definitely not go that way, that is the place of death." Apache, who was hiding aside, whispered in a voice that everyone could hear.

"Shut up, magic stick!" El cursed angrily, and he also had some vague guesses in his heart, which could alert Pross to an emergency situation, and maybe there was something wrong with the underground passage in Red Stone Ridge.Although this conjecture is not very reliable, but he really can't think of any other possibility.

"Since Master Pross left from this direction, let's catch up in this direction. The bonfire is not cold, they should not have gone far." El said to the others.

I hope I'm overthinking it, even if Pross's injury worsens and he has to go back to the city, it's better than an accident in Hongshiling.El slandered inwardly.A tribe of kobolds and an army of landwalkers have emerged from that underground passage, and God knows what the hell will come up.

However, when a person is unlucky, drinking cold water will clog his teeth.Even though Al was praying secretly in his heart, 10 minutes after setting off, he encountered the last thing he wanted to encounter.

"Report sir! We found traces of small-scale wild beasts in the jungle due east, and the preliminary judgment is that it is very likely to be the Landwalker reconnaissance force!" The report from the left-wing scout made El roll his eyes. He was really afraid of something. What is coming.

"Team speed up, infantry on horseback, use our mobility to get rid of them." Al ordered to deputy captain Timmy.At this time, there was a new commotion on the left wing. Pallanti returned to El with the corpse of a wild beast that had been pierced through the head. The pungent green insect blood made the surrounding knights frown.

"Sir, I heard that you participated in that war. Haven't we reached a truce with the Landwalker?" Pallanti threw the body on the ground and asked suspiciously.

"It's not quite right, this thing doesn't seem to be Langaria's subordinate." El didn't care about pursuing Pallanti's crime of attacking again without authorization, and stared at the corpse of the beast with a solemn expression.

In terms of understanding of Landwalkers, El has a deeper understanding than most of the people of Istaren.In addition to the experience of escaping under the eyes of Langarlia and shopping with Mantes scouts, he also has a senior sister with rich theoretical knowledge by his side.Even now, there is a little thing with the blood of the landwalker royal family hidden in his arms.

The beast in front of me looks very similar to Langaria's scouting force, the Swift Wolf, but its blood has a pungent smell, which seems a bit like sulfur from a crater.If there is a magician present, it can be judged that this kind of beast may have some kind of flame ability.

El didn't know much about the specific knowledge, but he also knew that the way to distinguish the landwalker was not the appearance but the blood.The overall style of Langaria's troops tends to be agile, in other words, they are good at mobile combat, which is quite similar to the army he is now commanding.But the blood of the beast in front of him is full of violent elements, giving people a completely different feeling.

"Apache, come and take a look at this corpse." El slapped his head, and suddenly remembered that there was a real professional hiding beside him, the kobold Apache, who also belonged to the underground race, must be better than himself for groundwalkers. deeper understanding.

"What are you looking at? You can smell that stench from 800 meters away. It's the flame hound of His Highness Langa Akalian." The kobold wailed weakly: "I told you to walk slowly, you have to rush Hurry up, run into trouble now!"

"Langa... what lotus?" El gasped, another earth princess?Your Highness of the golden rank!Have your brains been trapped by the door!What are they doing on the ground one by one?
"Landwalker's reconnaissance troops have appeared here. Could it be that the troops staying at Red Stone Ridge have been defeated?" Ahmed had just returned from the deep mountains, so he was not clear about the post-war deployment, but due to years of war Experience, immediately thought of the most critical issues.

"Anyway, let's find Master Pross first." El shook his head, there was no other choice at this time.

(End of this chapter)