Crystal Palace from Infinite Anime

Looking south from Gale Fortress, you can see the sea, because Gale Fortress itself is built on a cliff facing the sea, and its west and south sides are very close to the sea.

But at this time, Faros was not going to take Lin Zhiyu to see the sea. Instead, he pointed to a high ground southeast of the fortress, right next to the sea.

On that high ground, there is a ruin.

Because the ruins were not too far from Gale Fortress, and Gale Fortress was at a higher altitude and had a wider view, Lin Zhiyu and Faros could vaguely see many gray-white creatures moving on the ruins.

Although he couldn't see the details, Lin Zhiyu knew immediately that the gray-white creatures were Corrupted Followers. He remembered that in the Galid area of ​​the game, there was indeed a ruin full of Corrupted Followers, which was as creepy as a hive.

"See that place? It used to be a large post station, but now it's become a stronghold of corrupt followers. These beasts are multiplying in number, and have even begun openly patrolling the main road and attacking passers-by."

"Even when Bertolos led his troops to reinforce Gale Fortress, he was attacked by those beasts."

"If we continue to let them grow stronger, the connection between Gale Fortress and Red Lion City will be completely cut off! Therefore, we have decided to send troops to destroy them. However, Gale Fortress cannot be lost. One of our three knights must stay behind to take charge. Unfortunately, I couldn't win over Bertolos and Orson, otherwise I would have personally slaughtered those beasts without a single survivor!"

The "Orson" mentioned by Bertolos here is the name of the Red Lion Knight who uses the longbow.

I learned that Bertolos and Orson were going to lead troops to wipe out the corrupt relatives entrenched in the ruins of the post station.

Lin Zhiyu thought for a moment and then said to Farrow:

"Let me help you too! The ruins of the post station are right next to the main road. I have to pass through there to get to Red Lion City and face the threat of those corrupt followers. So, it's only right that I contribute to this matter. Besides, you're already short-handed, and a little extra help can minimize the potential losses."

If someone else asked Farrows for help, he would most likely refuse outright because, in his opinion, this was their own business and outsiders should not be involved.

But he had to admit that what Lin Zhiyu said made sense. Moreover, he knew Lin Zhiyu's strength. When he was fighting with the dogs outside the city, he saw with his own eyes how Lin Zhiyu easily killed those big wild dogs and even big crows.

It is no exaggeration to say that any one of the three knights of Gale Fortress alone would probably not be a match for Lin Zhiyu!

After considering it over and over again, Faros finally accepted Lin Zhiyu's proposal and told Lin Zhiyu that he could leave his female relatives in Gale Fortress and let them take care of them. Then he took Lin Zhiyu down the city wall and told Bertolos and Orson that Lin Zhiyu would also accompany them to help in the battle.

Since Fallows thought that Lin Zhiyu could participate in this operation, Bertolos and Orson thought about it and did not refuse Lin Zhiyu.

At this time, Uehara Rin was still on the city wall holding Theresa.

Theresa faintly heard Faros's voice below saying that Lin Zhiyu was going to follow the troops somewhere, so she shouted Lin Zhiyu's name from above.

Lin Zhiyu stood beside the three knights and shrugged helplessly. Then, under the understanding gaze of the three knights, he ran back to the city wall and came to Uehara Rin. He put his palm on Uehara Rin's plump chest and rubbed Theresa's little head that was pressed against Uehara Rin's chest.

Rin Uehara didn't know whether Lin Zhiyu did it accidentally or on purpose, so he simply put Theresa down and let Lin Zhiyu squat beside Theresa and communicate with her.

As soon as Theresa escaped from Uehara Rin's embrace, she stepped forward and hugged Lin Zhiyu tightly, asking Lin Zhiyu in a lost tone, "Brother, don't you want Theresa anymore?"

It seems that every child, when they are young, will have a situation where they think that adults don’t want them anymore.

Thinking of Bayonetta, the most coquettish girl in the history of games, who now looks like such a sticky little bug, Lin Zhiyu reached out and rubbed Theresa's head again with amusement.

Then he put his hands under Theresa's armpits, lifted her up, and said to her, "Brother will be out for a while, and I promise to be back before dark."

It was the first time that Theresa was lifted up like this by Lin Zhiyu, and she felt a little happy, but her happiness only lasted for a moment.

"Well, Mom told Theresa the same thing, but Theresa never saw Mom again." The little girl said pitifully with a pout.

"Don't worry, Theresa! I promise to be back before dark!" Lin Zhiyu said to Theresa in a stern tone, then he leaned his head forward, pressed his big forehead against Theresa's small forehead, and his nose was against Theresa's, looking into her eyes at close range.

Theresa blinked and said slowly:

"Then, then brother must come back and not abandon Theresa!"

"Thérèse is my little darling. How could I bear to abandon her?" Lin Zhiyu smiled happily. After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but kissed the little girl's chubby and tender face hard.

"Ugh! Brother, your saliva is all over Theresa's face!" Theresa complained to Lin Zhiyu with a look of disgust but a smile on her face. While speaking, she turned her head away intentionally or unintentionally, and faced Lin Zhiyu with the other cheek that had not been kissed by Lin Zhiyu.

So Lin Zhiyu gently kissed the other half of the little girl's face.

Finally, Lin Zhiyu asked Uehara Rin and Li Meifeng to take good care of Theresa. After handing Theresa over to Uehara Rin, he set off with Bertolos and Orson and left Gale Fortress.

at the same time.

South of the ruins of the post occupied by the corrupt followers.

Laura, who promised to bring back animal bones for the wandering merchant, ran into trouble.

And it's a big trouble.

"Wow!"

The guardrails on both sides of the wide road were directly smashed by a big wild dog.

Following closely behind this big wild dog, several more big wild dogs rushed into the road and chased the madly fleeing Laura.

"Roar!"

The bloodthirsty beast let out a terrifying roar.

Laura, bow in hand, ran at her fastest speed, knowing that on the flat road, her two legs would not be able to outrun the four-legged beasts behind her.

So she did not run all the way along the road, but ran from the field on the right side of the road, across the road and then to the field on the left side of the road, and then used the scattered boulders in the field, or the giant spores growing wildly, to block the dogs behind her from chasing her.

Her movements were so agile that she seemed like a parkour master on the scarlet wilderness. Compared with her, the group of wild dogs charging behind her seemed so clumsy.

However, Laura was unable to shake off the big wild dogs.

The long run made her muscles tired and her lungs felt like they were on fire.

"No, if I continue like this I will surely die, but if I turn around and fight back I will also have no chance of winning."

Laura ran while thinking of a solution.

But the situation seems so hopeless that there is no way to break the deadlock!

Is it possible that the only way left for her is death?

Just as she was thinking about this, Laura suddenly saw a huge creature lying on a piece of open ground not far ahead! It was bigger than the several wild dogs behind her combined!

Gray and white with scarlet scales, a ferocious head, huge wings, and claws that were wider than her entire body...

That turned out to be...

It turned out to be a giant dragon!

Seeing this scene, a look of horror flashed in Laura's eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

She should be shocked and horrified.

After all, that is the legendary dragon!

But what can a dragon do in the face of death?

She had even thought it through in an instant.

If there were a few big wild dogs behind her, she wouldn't be afraid that the giant dragon in front would still chase her.

Then she would go straight to the dragon to see whether she would be killed first by the dragon, or the several big wild dogs behind her that were bigger and easier to target would be killed first by the dragon!

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Chapter 11: Fire Gives Power

On the side of a desolate road.

It has long been a ruin of the post station with broken walls.

A hundred-man army, led by two Red Lion Knights and consisting of a large number of soldiers and Red Lion soldiers, quietly climbed the slope near the ruins.

Lin Zhiyu is also in this team.

At this time, he stood on a high place, looked down at the ruins, and found that there were indeed a large number of corrupt followers gathered here.

Most of these insects that serve corruption are lying on the ground with their tails raised high, as if this is their resting posture.

Perhaps they thought that there were fellow tribesmen patrolling the road outside, so these corrupt followers in the ruins were very lax.

However, those corrupt followers who were patrolling the avenue sporadically had already died under Orson's gravity arrows and had no chance to issue a warning.

"Let me use the gravity arrow rain to clean up the brains of these beasts first, then everyone rush in, throw the fire pots, and burn this place to ashes!" Orson said to the soldiers behind him, holding the longbow in his hand.

In the ruins, closer to the slope, several corrupt followers seemed to have heard what Orson had just said, and they were squirming and trying to get up from the ground.

At this time, Orson pulled a big arrow from the quiver, put it on the bowstring, and threw it back.

"Whoosh!"

The big arrow flashing with purple electric light split into countless small arrows the moment it left the bowstring, and then fell densely in the ruins, especially in the places where the insects were most concentrated.

Many corrupt relatives were lying on the ground to rest, and before they could react, they were pierced through the bodies by arrows falling from the sky and nailed to the ground.

"Now! Attack!"

Bertolos pointed the broadhead in his hand at the ruins below and let out a loud shout.

The red lions who received the order immediately jumped down the slope and rushed into the ruins. They let out hoarse war roars with their dry throats and waved their weapons to kill the corrupt followers who survived the gravity rain of arrows.

The battle began, and a large number of corrupt followers soon rushed out from deeper into the ruins.

Pertolos stood on the slope and shouted, "Throw!"

The Red Lion soldiers, carrying fire pots with them, immediately threw the fire pots at the large number of corrupt followers who rushed out from the depths of the ruins.

Wow! Wow! Wow!

A large number of fire pots either smashed onto the ground and broken walls, or smashed onto the tough shells of the corrupt followers, and then shattered.

Boom boom boom!

A series of explosions followed, and the power of the flames instantly covered most of the ruins. Some corrupt followers were burned by the flames and dropped their halberds, emitting unpleasant screams.

Although they were in the same ruins covered by flames as these corrupt followers, the soldiers of the Red Lion Legion were not afraid of the blazing flames around them at all.

They rushed towards the corrupt followers who were already in chaos in the flames and explosions. On the way, they waved their weapons and passed through the surrounding flames. Then, the weapons in their hands seemed to be enchanted by fire and continued to burn with flames.

A large number of soldiers followed the Red Lion soldiers and charged forward. Although they could not perform similar actions, they were members of the Red Lion Legion after all. They often dealt with fire and had a high resistance to heat, so even when they were jumping in the flames, their movements did not slow down at all.

However, those corrupt followers instinctively wanted to retreat to a place not covered by the flames.

With their formation already disrupted, these insects naturally could not withstand the fierce attack of the red lions after hesitating for a while, and were killed one after another.

But it was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

Just as they finished slaying one group of corrupted followers, another would immediately appear from the other side. These insects weren't completely defenseless; they stood up, weapons raised, and spewed out countless gray-white silk threads.

No matter whether they were tall Red Lion soldiers or relatively thin soldiers, once they were hit by the silk, their armor and bodies would be penetrated, and they would fall to the ground powerlessly.

Osen occupied the high ground, constantly drawing his bow and shooting arrows, providing remote support to the Red Lions fighting in the ruins. Wherever his arrows struck, the corrupted followers fell. But these ugly insects seemed endless to kill, and their numbers could not be suppressed.

The battle was at a stalemate, and Bertolos said to Lin Zhiyu, "Let's go too!"

Then he turned around and rode on the horse, with flames burning on the tip of the broad-headed spear in his hand, and then he spurred his horse to charge!

"Today, each of us is an arsonist." Lin Zhiyu's eyes focused, and he stimulated the power of fire to ignite the blade of the sword in his hand. Then he rushed into the ruins of the post station shrouded in flames, fighting side by side with the Red Lions.

As Lin Zhiyu and Bertolos officially joined the battle, the corrupt followers gradually couldn't hold on.

They also tried to capture the leader first. Taking advantage of their numerous legs, they quickly crawled up to Lin Zhiyu and attacked him, but Lin Zhiyu was even faster, and with a single backhand strike, he sliced ​​the insect in two!

A corrupt follower hid in the corner, quietly locked onto Lin Zhiyu, and suddenly sprayed out a large amount of silk.

Whoosh! The insect silk, as swift as an arrow, hit Lin Zhiyu's body in an instant.

But it only made a few holes in the denim jacket that Lin Zhiyu was wearing, but failed to pierce Lin Zhiyu's skin.

"Die!" Lin Zhiyu turned his head to look at the corrupt follower who attacked him, raised his hand and shot out a flaming arrow from his palm.

At the same time, a gravity arrow came flying through the air.

In the blink of an eye, the force of gravity and fire simultaneously crushed and penetrated the insect's ugly head.

Seeing this, Lin Zhiyu turned around and looked at Orson on the slope behind him.

The latter nodded slightly to Lin Zhiyu.

At the same time, Bertolos rode back and forth on horseback, as if he was in an empty space. Even the most powerful silk thread of the corrupt followers could hardly hit him, a high-speed moving target on horseback, or he could use the broadhead gun in his hand to block the silk thread.

In the ruins of the post station where the fire continued to burn, the red lions who fought bravely seemed to have their blood boiling under the scorching heat, and they became more and more courageous as the battle went on.

The corrupt followers gradually collapsed, but they could not even escape. No matter how fast they were, they could not outrun Lin Zhiyu, nor could they outrun the warhorse that Bertolos rode, and they could not escape Orson's arrows.

Until the last corrupt follower fell in the flames.

"The Red Lion! Long live!"

Bertolos pulled the reins, causing the centaur under him to stand up, and raised the flame-enchanted broadhead in his hand high, letting out an inspiring roar.