rune hunter

Chapter 49 The Eve of the Great War
When Tiana rode her horse like a whirlwind and rushed to the north gate, she encountered the broken soldiers retreating from the direction of Red Stone Ridge.

Last night, the kobold geomancer Apache withdrew his tribe from the Red Stone Ridge and hid it in the nearby mountains.The mercenaries who aimed to hunt kobolds suffered a lot, and they also stopped their banners and set up camp that night.Out of some uncomfortable intuitions and considerations, Antonio sent another 300-strong city defense force to Hongshiling early this morning to take over the work of the mercenary group to clean up the mine.

However, the total number of mercenaries and soldiers who have fled back now is less than two hundred, and all of them have no morale, fear on their faces, and panic.

"First, a lot of small insects flew out from the ground, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth... The captain ordered us to light the smoke to drive away the insects... Then there was an earthquake."

The face of the soldier who ran back first was blackened by smoke, and the armor on his body was corroded and pitted.He gulped down a whole bag of water before slowly recovering.

"The mercenaries said that the kobolds came out yesterday after the earthquake, so we were on alert. No one expected...that thing would emerge from the ground...I don't know what the hell it is, The [-] or so people in the two teams were eaten by it at once!"

"You said you ate it?" Tiana couldn't help frowning: "What kind of creature is it?"

"It's just a mouth, a big mouth that can swallow even a giant dragon. It overturned half of the mining field!" The soldier waved his arms and gestured vigorously to the limit of what he could express.

"It's a worm cavity..." The girl's eyes became more serious.

"We were all terrified and didn't know what to do. The captain told us to run first, and we must pass the news back. He brought a team of people to the rear..."

Having said this, the soldiers were already blushing.Running away as a soldier is a shame that cannot be washed away. He threw away the water bag and picked up his sword and said loudly: "Respected lady, please report the news to the lord, I want to go back and fight with the captain!"

"I think the lord is more willing to hear your own description." Tiana patted the soldier's shoulder, then turned her head and said to the other soldiers who were ashamed: "Please don't disappoint the sacrifice of your comrades and waste your life at will. Istaren still needs you. Get out of the city gate now and rest where you are and wait for orders. It is very likely that your combat power will be needed here soon!"

She held the badge token of the White Lion family in her hand, and the soldiers bowed to express their obedience, but the merchants who were still stopped outside the city became restless.

"What happened? Those soldiers seem to have lost the battle. Is there a war nearby?"

"I was bitten by a bug! Help! Help!"

"Let us in! Do you want us to die outside?"

Climbing up to the city wall, looking at the emotionally shouting caravan members below, Tiana turned her head and said to Marivian, "His Royal Highness, please release a barrier to drive away evil from your nuns and sisters."

"Expelling the evil enchantment can't dispel the evil thoughts in people's hearts." The elderly nun Katyusha stood behind Marivian and said in a low voice, but she still raised her hand and made a signal gesture. The other Maple Leaf nuns on the city wall Immediately bowed his head and sang a hymn.

Tiana glanced at Katyusha in surprise, and the latter turned her head away unwilling to communicate with the girl.Obviously, she is the main person in charge of the Sisters of the Temple of Life this time, but her status is not as noble as Mary Wei'an.After Tiana showed up last night, the young lord seemed to have lost interest in Maryvian.Although none of the parties minded it, it was not so pleasant to the senior executives of the White Lion Family and the Temple of Life who were discussing the issue of marriage.

Now this nun's attitude is just indifferent. If she heard the profane remarks made by the magician girl last night, she might directly smash the big barrier with red eyes.

"Look! What are those nuns doing to us? They want to kill us!" Someone in the crowded crowd suddenly shouted loudly, and then, a crossbow arrow shot through the air and shot straight at one of the chanting Sister Maple Leaf.

Katyusha's eyes changed, and she quickly crossed her hands in her sleeves. With a soft drink, she released a magical shield on the targeted nun.

Almost at the same time, another "protective arrow" magic also stood in front of the nun.The crossbow was bounced away in mid-air as if it had hit a wall.

While the crowd's attention was all attracted by the crossbow arrows, a thin figure slowly retreated to the end of the convoy, trying to slip away in the chaos.But before he could disappear, Sister Maple Leaf's enchantment to repel evil had already unfolded, and he screamed and black smoke billowed from his body.

"Curse the believers!" Tiana's eyes were fixed, and she threw out the spell she had prepared in her hand.A radiant javelin spanned tens of meters, nailing the black-smoky figure to the ground.After the first shot hit, the girl did not relax at all, and immediately began to prepare for the second spell.

Just as the cursed believer was pinned down, another woman who was dressed almost the same as him rushed out of the crowd after him, and ran away into the distance.Smoke was also coming from her body, but it was not so obvious. It should be because she had not joined the Cursed Sect for a long time.

Everything is happening so quickly that many people don't realize what's going on.The Cultists of the Curse rushed out like wild beasts. Just when she thought she was going to escape and ascend to heaven, the flashing javelin stuck in the first person was suddenly pulled out and turned into a sharp arrow and shot into her back. , A cloud of blood exploded right through his chest.

As soon as the two solicitors died, the emotional businessman suddenly fell silent.

"The Sect of the Damned?" Mary Weian nodded thoughtfully.

"They are the culprits of the Cursed Sect, who believe in evil gods and spread the plague everywhere." Tiana turned her head and sneered. She had been entangled with the Damned Sect in the north for three full months. It can be said well.

"Don't worry, there is absolutely no possibility for us to collude with such evil people." Marivian leaned over the city wall and carefully examined the corpses of the Cultists of the Curse, then whispered next to Tiana.She also seemed reluctant to divulge the conversation between the three of them.

"I hope so, Your Highness Holy Sister." The coldness in Tiana's eyes has not diminished in the slightest: "I have seen with my own eyes the noble High Priest Lucien and this group of ghouls having a good time with each other and colluding with each other."

"Life and death are inherently opposed, and there has never been a way to compromise since ancient times." Mary Wei An was not angry, but her tone finally brought some seriousness.She said to the older nun who was beside her: "Sister Katyusha, you will obey Sister Tiana's dispatch from today. She is the Chosen One of Light and has the same status as our generation. You must not slack off."

The two girls trembled at the same time when they heard the words. Katyusha stared at Tiana with monster-like eyes, and Tiana also stared at Marivian with monster-like eyes.

"How can there be a voter dressed as a magician?" Katyusha who was too shocked subconsciously blurted out what was in her heart.

"My identity is a magician, that's all." Tiana withdrew her astonished gaze, collected herself, and changed the subject pretending to be calm: "Let the city gate guards let those people in outside, Then keep them in isolation, Sister Katyusha, please cure the patients in the incubation period as soon as possible.”

"This is what I should do, Sister Tiana." Katyusha nodded and agreed. Although she was extremely curious about the girl's true identity, since she didn't want to talk about it, she was embarrassed to ask.But in the heart, the fire of gossip in a woman's nature began to burn.

Just as she was about to retreat, she suddenly asked with some hesitation: "If you let them enter the city rashly, what if there are spies from the Cursed Sect?"

"Now is not the time to think about those miscellaneous fish. We are about to face even bigger troubles." Tiana said worriedly, her eyes had already passed the two corpses and looked to the horizon farther away.

The horns in the barracks in the city have been sounded three times, and the Lion's Mane Knights are ready to go.All the troops of the White Lion Clan are gathering for orders.

And under the city of Istaron, at the edge of the forest twenty miles away, ominous shadows can already be seen surging, rushing like a wave.

(End of this chapter)