Serious Witch's Travel Book

However, only a group of recruits were responsible for the execution. The long-term fear of the orcs in Upper Germany made them lack the courage to hold on firmly. Although they could still rely on a tight formation to maintain their combat effectiveness, the orcs, who had an advantage in numbers, had begun to form an attack here. Surrounded, as the human formation began to shrink, it took about a quarter of an hour to be disrupted.

Marianne made a very bold decision: she rushed straight at some guys who looked like officers, shouted loudly, and crashed into the orcs all the way.Her audacity surprised the orcs, but the gray-skinned thugs were no idiot. They tried to attack the nun's steed directly, and even risked a shoulder butt after getting close a few times.

"O sublime Holy Spirit, keep evil spirits at bay!"

Marianne raised her sword and roared at those enemies who dared to approach her.

A scorching breath was brewing in her body, and she had never felt so powerful before.

It was the holy power from the heavens, but not all of it; her body felt the sacred tolerance and the burning of the fire at the same time, as if the two forces were tearing her left and right, up and down, back and forth, and wanted to divide her into countless parts. .

But this division is not painful, and her power has become more aggressive because of the dispute.

She used a short prayer to activate "Breaking Evil Magic Barriers", and the holy blessing exploded as the horse trampled on the ground, and the golden light spread out in all directions with her as the center, knocking down and knocking back dozens of feet in an instant. Several orc warriors inside.

"Stay where you are and hold the line!"

She hoped Tullus had told these men exactly what she wanted: she didn't need an army to go into the forest, she just needed to make it hard for the orcs to get out of here easily.

After chopping off the heads of the two poor people, Marianne stabilized the horse again and ran towards the west again.

The eastern part of this battlefield is a mountainous area, the western part is a rushing river, and beyond the river is another mountain. The entire forest is surrounded by a relatively narrow mountain pass. This is one of the favorable conditions for the establishment of Pine Candle Castle.The orcs couldn't deploy quickly, and although Marianne had seen the commanders in the rear start ordering troops who couldn't immediately enter the front line to detour to both sides, it still took some time for them to suppress the right flank of the imperial army.

In order to avoid the large army of orcs, she turned to move to the rear of the orc line.

The Franks did not have many horses. These tall, wide and fat orcs could hardly adapt to ponies and ordinary war horses. The main means they used to create shocks were domesticated wild animals and giant wolves. War horses are inherently intimidating, so when the wolf tamers started chasing the nun with their oversized pets, Marianne was immediately in trouble.

War horses don't understand the threat of swords, guns, axes, and axes, but even specially trained desensitized war horses will still be unable to move an inch in the face of terrifying beasts.

She avoided the two gray-white giant wolves that were rushing towards her, gritted her teeth, and slapped the horse's buttocks with the spine of her sword. The horse suffered from pain, and drove her madly towards the west side, knocking down several wolves along the way. The guy who wanted to stop her didn't stop until the river.

"Time to stop, human!"

While reining in the reins, Marianne felt the sound of strong wind reverberating from her side. She subconsciously raised her head and fell backwards. Immediately afterwards, a hatchet swept across the line of her neck from mid-air and flew towards the middle of the river. .

"Ouch-"

The gray wolf rushed up again, and the horse was frightened, and Marianne was thrown from the horse's back. She recognized the direction in mid-air, and then barely stabilized her feet before landing, bent her knees, and did not fall.

The one who stopped her was an animal trainer holding a spear. After driving away the horses, the two wolves returned to his side. They stared at Marian, and on the hillside not far behind him, Marian saw There were several tents, and those tents were placed behind the lush bushes, but she could just glimpse them from the angle at this moment.

"Clovis—!"

She immediately noticed the shaman who was not very strong but was surrounded by a dozen orc warriors.

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Sure enough, fighting is not as fun as fighting with goblins!From now on, I will only write about goblin fights!

Chapter 69 052. The Power of the Dragon

"I want a reason!"

The suppressed anger broke out at this moment.

If there was anyone present who hated Clovis of Frank, the first heir to the chieftain of the Axe clan, it was Marianne herself.

She knew that the empire had decided to cede the province of Lower Germania to the barbarians, and she herself did not support it. After all, Upper and Lower Germania now guards the only coastal corridor in the northern part of the Black Forest. If the barbarians do not want to migrate from the Black Forest, The route for their invasion of the empire can only be chosen from upper and lower Germania.

But Marianne has no political power, and it is difficult for her to influence the decision of the Gaul court. The Senate has its own statement. They believe that ceding Lower Germany to the Frankish tribes will allow the barbarians to join the civilized society, making it easier to inspire them, just like It was the same as when the holy Caesar naturalized the Celts - once the barbarians began to get used to the civilized society of the empire, they would be separated from other barbarians, and in order to protect their own vested interests, they would treat their former "kind" They turned against each other.

This method is not the first time the empire has used it, with success and failure, but generally it works.

For a border region like Gaul, where the situation is bad and it is facing enemies on both sides, extraordinary measures are not impossible. Clovis' father, Hilderik, the current chief of the Frankish tribe, is a rare orc pacifist, and he prefers to Through trade and cultural exchanges, his tribe surpassed other northern tribes who settled in Denmark and Norway in terms of survival competition. For this reason, he was even willing to accept the empire's recruitment and become a natural buffer force for the empire to block the northern corridor of the Black Forest.

But his son thought otherwise.

Clovis wanted more than his father, and instead of his father's conservative attitude of waiting for the empire to bestow, he began to demand benefits directly from the empire.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the question about elves.

The Celts converted to the empire for many years, but because most of the elves themselves lacked vigor, they did not become very powerful. The invasion of the Franks made the empire decide to abandon the Celtic clans in exchange for a new vassal. The Senate even decided to Selling out a provincial governor, Druid "Guardian of the Holy Land" in exchange for a new ally, Marianne didn't know what the elders who made this decision thought. For her personally, this was a huge scandal and shame.

Especially... the arch druid still had an affair with her.

She came here as a witness of the church, hoping to bring peace and stability to the empire, not a new war.

She didn't know what to do with Ms. Silver Oak, but she could only say that thanks to an accident on their way, her old friend saved her life.Unexpectedly, there was such a slight mistake, but what was ushered in was a premeditated attack-the orcs came prepared, and Marianne had no doubts, even if Adelia was secretly executed, Chloe Wei will also brazenly invade the Upper Germanic provinces.

It literally slapped her in the face as a witness.

The anger in her heart was like throwing a fire into a closed oil pipe when she saw Clovis at the first sight. The head nun turned over and got up from the ground, and she stood upright against the giant wolf rushing towards her. With a thrust of the sword, the huge monster wolf hit her weapon like a bull. It almost toppled Marianne, but the anger made her hold her ground, and the blade of the great sword pierced the wolf. In its throat, a section of blood mixed with red and white protruded from the back of its neck.

"Stand up and fight me!"

She stepped back and drew out her sword, her voice was terrifying, but her steps were not reckless.

The wolf tamer blocked her, and she could see that the orc in front of her was not an easy person: he was not outstanding in height, and his physique seemed thinner among the orcs who were as small as a mountain, but his eyes were full of calmness. And fortitude, Marianne's anger and strength did not affect it, he staggered his feet, lowered his waist, and aimed the spear point at Marianne.

The spear seemed not to be made of iron, but was polished from a large black stone, but Marianne did not dare to underestimate this weapon at all. A faint light was shining on its palm-sized pointed end, and the entwined Among the several decorative gems and bones on the spear shaft, there is also something faintly tumbling like an airflow... It is obviously a valuable magic weapon.

"Get out of the way, I issue the order in the name of the Governor of Gaul, the chief executive of the region, and the prime minister of the empire."

When she left Paris, His Royal Highness Placidia did give her such powers.

There should be disagreements among the Franks. Marianne didn't believe that the highly popular chief would be completely unable to control the thoughts of these clan members. Facing her reprimand, the orc standing in front of her did relax slightly. But then he tightened his grip on the spear in his hand: "You killed my wolf, and you will pay for it."

His Greek was a little jerky, but it was clearly at a communicable level.Marian approached him with a sword in both hands, while continuing to press: "Clovis has betrayed our covenant, and now I only want his life, and you can leave with your clan."

Although the hunter's attire made the orc look a bit sloppy, the opponent's clothes and armor were far more refined than ordinary orc officers, he couldn't be just an ordinary officer, since he can serve as a guard in close quarters, he must have quite a lot of experience. high status.

"...The Frostfang Clan." The orc raised the tip of the spear slightly, and he grasped it like a sword, pointing coldly at the nun's eyebrows: "Nadval, accept the challenge."

Marianne didn't want such a reply, she quickly glanced at Clovis standing on the hill, the young but high-ranking orc shaman was lowering his eyes, looking down at her with contempt, he even He didn't make any answer to Marian's reprimand, but the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth couldn't be smoothed away.

His attitude made Marianne furious, but the angrier he became, the more calm and calm the nun's mind became.

Can't get entangled here any longer.

Marianne frowned. She saw a lot of figures chasing after the horses. If she was overwhelmed by anger and couldn't rush to Clovis quickly, she might not be able to indulge her extreme emotions to support herself. easy.

After taking three deep breaths, Marianne held back instead.

"Save your head for now, coward!"

From a distance, she cursed viciously at the orc chief on the hillside: "Sooner or later, I will hang your bones on the gate of the empire's frontier!"

Her swearing was rewarded with a few silent gestures, and the Clovis protectors parted a few and started walking toward her.

Urgent...

Marianne suddenly stepped forward and ran further north along the river beach.

This kind of inexplicable behavior made the opponent who was close at hand give up on her, because that direction was clearly the direction that the orcs had just passed by, and she would only be more dangerous if she went there.

Marian's footsteps were fast, and she threw off other orcs who were also chasing her with their legs. She followed the changes in the "wind" in the sky and searched for the "junction point".

The shouts of killing on the front line of the battlefield gradually moved away from her, and her physical strength began to decline due to the continuous running. Finally, she found what Nista Lisa called "combination" in a not-so-special forest glade. point".

This is something that mortals can't see at all, and it shouldn't be here.

The mother dragon claimed that she deflected the wind of magic element. In fact, this may be true, because compared with when Marianne began to see the long red river, the trajectory of the "wind" in the sky did change significantly. The change of the river of light—this red light river should have crossed the river beach in the south of Pine Candle Castle and headed east all the way. Nistalyssa should have really made some efforts to appear in such a northerly position.

How did she do it?Use your own wings to fan the wind?

Marianne had no time to think so much.

Standing in front of the place she was looking for, Marian was rather at a loss: the so-called "joint point" is not a real thing, it is an area where the wind of magic element is closest to the ground, the red spot she saw The torrent hangs low in this small open space to the extent that it almost touches the bushes in the forest, and the dense red is like a strange mist floating in front of a dozen steps away. As a nun of Marianne, it is simply The breeding place of evil spirits and ghosts that should be avoided the most.

She slowed down her pace and took a few breaths, and the orc pursuers soon appeared in a position she could see. These lingering guys were not much slower than Marian. In desperation, Marian With a single stroke, he resolutely plunged into the crimson patch.

There was no real tactile sensation, and no poisonous miasma that made it difficult for her to breathe. The nun didn't feel any special feeling at the first time. The only abnormal feeling she could say was that the temperature in the vicinity had risen significantly, which was obviously because the weather was getting colder. In October of this year, she actually felt a little dry and hot in this red mist, as if she had returned to early summer.

These are all small problems, the real problem is, how can she... "destroy" this joint?

She got the instructions when the female dragon beat her to death. Marianne didn't ask in detail at all. She only subjectively felt that there should be something more obvious nearby, such as a crystal, a manic mana ghost. Nothing, but she didn't see anything, and it was even more peaceful in this place than in other parts of the forest.

In desperation, Marian raised the "sun halo" in the red mist: "Light of the heavens, please destroy this evil illusion!"

The churning power burst out from her body, poured into the big white sword along her hands, and then turned into bright rays of light and shot in all directions.

No response.

Marianne started to get a little anxious, because she had already seen more than a dozen orcs appearing a hundred paces away, and she wasn't sure if she could handle so many orcs. If she tried her life this time, it would be suicidal The behavior of the attack can only be exchanged for a joke-like ending, so even if she sacrificed, it would be a shame to the family and the monastery.

She began to walk anxiously in this small open space, trying to find any clues for her to decipher this witchcraft, but until the orcs had already chased her, she was still at a loss.

"Come on, you gray-skinned monsters!"

Annoyed, Marianne began to taunt the pursuers, and she quickly fought with the orcs. After killing two of them, she was surrounded by the remaining dozen elite orcs.

These extremely tall savages blocked all her escape routes, and the human wall they formed made Marianne even unable to see the outside scene... She was very anxious because she could no longer hear the sound of the battlefield, and she didn't know those who depended on her What is the situation of the soldiers and the officers who trust her at this moment? Marianne wants to bring them victory and give them a chance to live, but now it seems... everything is in vain.

"Atreza, please help me!"

She swung her two-handed sword, forcing back the orcs who were about to approach.

She wanted to try to kill one or two more people, so that she could loosen the encirclement, so she poured half of her holy power into the holy sword, and the gale it created took away four pursuers in one go her life, but that's it--excessive use of explosive power made her arms hurt as if they were about to be broken. She can't use this kind of power again. If she insists on doing it, she must Can't hold his own sword.

Atresa, please help me—

The inescapable stalemate, the means of hope that are on the verge of shattering, everything seriously affects the nun's performance.

She was eager to break out and find a way to destroy this joint, because the negative emotions became open and close. The swordsmanship quickly suffered bad results: an orc with a wooden stick hit her on the side of the neck, and the violent impact made her All of a sudden, her eyes were full of gold stars, and after staggering and rushing for a few steps, she fell to the ground like a bird shot down by a slingshot.

Atresa, please help me...

How she wished to see the angel descending here.

Don't people worship the Holy Spirit and put their hope in it because they want help when they need it?

The nuns told her that serving the gods should not be expected in return, but if it was useless to believe, why should people believe in them?

She has already been considered a favored person, even though this favor is what she bought with her piety, chastity and fertility... She only wants more favors, not blame and abandonment, which is wrong ?

She didn't... willingly go to be defiled by the dragon.

She couldn't stand up anymore, a few orcs were talking nonsense in front of her, and someone dragged her up, as if planning to carry her back.

Marian swung her sword wildly a few times, and in a trance she found herself thrown up, and then she saw a huge figure fly by from low in the sky, while the orcs who grabbed her let out a horrified cry and fled in all directions. , an unusually large corpse was thrown to the ground, and several trees were knocked down one after another before stopping.

Is it... an ogre?

Marianne used her sore arms to prop up her upper body. All she could see was a bloody, half-bitten corpse of a troll, and...

Standing behind the broken corpse, the terrifying red dragon was staring at him.

Section 70 053. Destroy

The rain wet her hair.

Facing dragons is a very frightening thing. Marianne didn't take it seriously before, but now she takes it seriously.

"Stand up, mortal."

This should be Nista Lisa without a doubt.

Marian doesn't know how to identify dragons, just like she can't tell the difference between cats and dogs... Ah, it's getting too far, in fact, in the final analysis, as a species that has only seen one, it should be said that she has no The experience of "distinguishment".

But besides Nista Lisa, who else has been active around here recently?

"I thought telling you this was enough for you to get it done, but it turns out..."

Those orcs stood there when they saw her. After witnessing the red dragon slaughtering their compatriots a few days ago, it is rare for them not to run away immediately. Nista Lisa appreciates this Savages, so she pressed them into patties one by one—or flopped a few steps after them and pressed them into patties.

These barbarian warriors, who were difficult for Marian to deal with, were as fragile as toys in her hands.

After tossing all the savages to death, she didn't leave here immediately, but returned to the so-called joint point. Marianne wanted to get up, and she saw the red dragon start to inhale hard—the red all over her body The dense mist entered her body through the nostrils while she was absorbing it, and the originally slightly thick mist quickly became very thin. However, as the red dragon stopped his behavior in satisfaction and patted the ground twice After that, the mist was quickly replenished from the "river" above the ground, and it became full again in the blink of an eye.

"You should suck a little too, it's very, very satisfying. Hiccup."

The dragon's face couldn't express much, but Marian could clearly see that the evil female dragon was smiling when she spoke—she even hiccupped, and a few wisps of blood-red magic fire It spewed out between the teeth, and Marian sat back on the ground in fright, and took a few steps back.

Suddenly, Marianne heard a sharp sound of horns.