Shadow Covenant

Chapter 152 "Cecile"

The cat in Cecil's arms also barked just right to prove its presence, and those vertical pupils looked at the traveler on the left side of the road ahead without blinking, as if very surprised.

"That's right, Your Highness Cecil, I just heard from the local residents about the sightings of the man-eating apes. This is why Green Brook Town is under martial law."

Woody told the young master in front of him in detail about the information he heard and some guesses he had sorted out.

"Then you mean you want me to take action? To stop this lurking threat?"

There was no joy or anger in this female voice with silver eyes, but when she said this, she seemed to want to better see the person in front of her, she chose to put down the hood, revealing her smooth and smooth forehead, but It is worth mentioning that this Northland mage with a good face and slightly older age has a few particularly conspicuous silver stripes on his silver hair, just like the skin of a zebra. Extra eye-catching.

And Woody was slightly surprised when he saw the face of this mage, because although he didn't know the spellcaster in front of him, he had never heard of it.

But from her appearance marks, he saw that she was definitely not a human being, but an extremely rare "silver-fronted race" known for elegance and wisdom among the blood of dragons.

The silver-fronted race, as the name suggests, is a humanoid creature bred after the combination of silver dragons and humans.

It is said that the origin legend of the silver-fronted tribe was originally because some silver dragons liked the form of humanoid creatures, and found that when they could communicate with humans, they shared many of the same pleasures in daily life.

Therefore, some silver dragons who pursued love successfully sneaked into the human community without knowing their identities in some human communities.

And because one of the more common physical traits that show their draconic heritage is a silver streak or sheen on their hair - most humans with silver dragon bloodlines are collectively known as the Silverfronts.

"Meow!"

But before Woody could answer, the cat in Cecil's arms was extremely excited, and seemed to break free from her arms, as if the originally soft position had become rock-like, making it restless.

"I didn't say that, I just thought that taking action might make us less trouble along the way. After all, caravans and town guards, no matter which force they face alone against the tribe of man-eating apes, are not as happy as the two sides working together , Anyway, it can’t be avoided, why not just once and for all, so that they don’t dare to fight back?”

"Of course, if necessary, I will also go to the battlefield to meet the enemy. I heard that the weapons of the man-eating apes are better than humans. I still want to see it."

Woody tried his best to use words carefully to ensure that none of the words could touch the mage's sensitive and suspicious heart. Even though she was of silver dragon blood and came from the Thousand Towers Society, Woody couldn't guarantee that people from the good camp would not make extreme moves. thing.

After all, in the history of the vast land of Asenland, there are good kings who slaughtered the city, and there are towering dragons who choose to eat soil and never harm living beings. The so-called law and chaos, good and evil are just weighing the hearts ruler.

Hearing Woody's words, the silver-fronted female mage frowned and remained silent for a while, then shook her head and said.

"The intelligence of the man-eating apes is not low, what's more, there must be a spellcaster as the leader in their tribe, and they will definitely not choose to attack when we are here. They will not attack rashly in Green Brook Town, and I don't have much time to stay in the town. Here, you should understand."

Obviously, the implication is that it is meaningless to procrastinate, but she never thought that Woody's words gave her a new direction.

"But I said, if there is a way to make them go out together?"

Woody said without any worries, his fingers inadvertently brushed the surface of the dimensional ring, and the shrine placed inside contained a ray of divinity from the spider goddess of the bottomless abyss.

As a senior player in the previous life, Woody understood that if he took this thing out to lure the two-headed baboon, it would undoubtedly be the most touching dessert.

The essence of abyssal creatures is fusion and absorption. In this remote plane where divinity and power transmission are extremely difficult, if Dimo ​​Gogan can obtain the divinity of the Spider Goddess and absorb the divine power contained in it, then for Dimo As far as Gao Gen is concerned, it can be regarded as a dose of Shiquan Dabu Tang.

It is possible that the steps of waking up and descending would have to be done a long time in advance. If he sensed it, he would definitely spare no effort to attack this town.

"Oh?"

Cecil was slightly surprised by Woody's words. After all, even she couldn't think of how to trick this group of difficult man-eating apes out of the forest, even if she was a spellcaster.

But thinking of the blessing from that person on him, it became clear, and he didn't question the authenticity of it.

Instead, she began to think seriously about the possibility of this plan. Although she saw the human town in danger, if it really hindered the process, then she could only reluctantly give up. After all, the world is so big, and countless sufferings are happening at the same time. How could she save tens of millions of people in the mainland? What's more, she is not kind enough to that level, she just can't bear it.

Everyone has a code of conduct in everyone's heart, and Cecil's current code of conduct is that as long as it does not hinder her travel speed, she can do anything, including annihilating a tribe of man-eating apes who don't know what to do. The self-confidence of the caster is also the conceit of being a member of the elite mages of the Thousand Towers Society.

At this moment, the cat in Cecil's arms also started to move.

--"Meow meow meow."

Accompanied by bursts of meowing cats.

Its little fluffy paw has been plucking at the noble mage of the silver-fronted tribe in front of him non-stop, and seems to be urging her to agree quickly. Woody looked sideways and sighed slightly.

This magic pet's desire to fight is too strong.

"Okay, I agree, but if they don't come the day after tomorrow, then I will leave here directly with the business group, and leave them a few scrolls at most."

Cecil comforted the cat, then looked at the dead night town around him, and said with a sigh.

"Since we want to unite, let's visit the baron here now."

"Of course, I just found out that the baron's manor is at the northernmost part of the town. It is the largest and tallest, with three houses and a huge garden composed of two semicircular flower beds."

Woody nodded without the slightest hesitation, and pointed to the street leading to the baron's manor at the corner.

Along the way, Cecil was not idle.

She was more decisive than Woody imagined. After she made the choice, she no longer regretted or procrastinated. Instead, she began to pay more attention to the plan this time than Woody, including how to deploy troops and defensive measures.

After about ten minutes' journey, Woody, Cecil, and the few guards came to the outside of the baron's manor. Inside the garden, there were still blooming tulip gardens that only bloomed in winter. Under the bonfire at night, they looked extraordinarily beautiful. If there is one more ray of moonlight in the sky, the whole garden will add a holy color.

There are town guards in leather armor at the gate, and there are even two archers standing on the four corner towers of the wall. The bonfire that has not been extinguished overnight illuminates the surrounding darkness.

--"who!"

Seeing Woody, Cecil and others approaching, the guard shouted first.

"The master of the Angry Winter Merchant Group, come to discuss matters with you, Baron Cam."

Obviously, the Nudong Merchant Group did not avoid this route. As soon as the name of the Merchant Group was mentioned, the guards looked at each other and were slightly surprised. After all, they did not know that the leader of the Nudong Merchant Group was a slim and beautiful girl. But under the pressure of the four guards around her, they didn't take a second look, but said very cautiously after hearing the Nudong Merchant Group.

"Okay, this guest who came from afar, I will inform our Lord Baron now."

But what Woody and Cecil didn't expect was that not long after, when they saw the chubby baron welcoming us with a smile on his face, when they planned to inform the sole lord of Green Brook Town, the face of the baron was greasy, The baron, who was in his early thirties, showed a nonchalant smile and said with a smile.

"No need, no need, those man-eating apes won't make a difference. The reinforcements I requested are already on their way. You don't have to worry. I will protect you for the safety of Green Creek."

"Play with confidence, enjoy with peace of mind!"

The baron's smile was full of enthusiasm and friendliness, and he even wanted to invite Woody and Cecil to his manor to rest, but they declined repeatedly.

After coming out, Cecil said with a smile.

"It seems that I don't need to take action. Green Brook Town is quite reliable."

The mage spends most of his time in the laboratory and books. It is normal to not need to maintain real travel and interpersonal relationships, but Woody feels that she is wrong this time and is a little too dependent.

So, in front of Cecil, he took out a bag.

"Folding space?"

Cecil naturally saw that this was a dimensional bag specially used to store living things.

"Yes."

Woody nodded naturally and said yes, after receiving the gift from his aunt Susan, he would not be stingy with some gold coins if he had money, and he happily bought a night crow with bright feathers in the secret magic store.

Although he is not a spellcaster, he can directly use the "eyes of crows" to capture the surrounding information with the wise eyes of this familiar night crow.

Just now, he clearly felt that this lord, he was lying!

……

"Keep your eyes open. Those beasts are always staring at us. When you relax, think about the relatives behind us, think about the young children in your family! Think about the tragedy in Karen Town!"

"We'll be safe when the reinforcements from Lord Viscount Horne and the adventurer's guild are accepted!"

"Everyone hold on!"

On the top of the city wall, a middle-aged soldier in half armor stood in a log trench and shouted loudly to the people around him. A note on ape combat.

These combat matters are also summed up when fighting them.

As the captain of the guard of Green Brook Town, he has already fought against the man-eating apes, winning and losing each other. He even captured a man-eating ape warrior who seemed to be of high status. In the town dungeon.

Faced with an indeterminate number of orangutan tribes, Green Creek Town certainly cannot afford the loss of known combat power, so as early as a week ago, it began to hide in the town, waiting for rescue.

For example, when fighting man-eating apes, the first point of attention is not to fight in a complex environment, otherwise the green and brown camouflage painted on it is enough for you to spend a day in the woods. You may not be able to find them, but you have to Suffered from various sneak attacks, traps and ambushes.

And the second is that you must not show your head at will. When you know that there are man-eating apes in the forest, you will only be used as a target. Although the bows in their hands are not made of fine iron, they are definitely not inferior to the Lizardmen's war bows, especially in terms of stability and durability, are higher than monster lizardmen with the same archer specialization.

Of course, in order to boost morale, he also played up the cruelty of the man-eating apes in various ways.

For example, Karen Town mentioned earlier, where half of their residents disappeared, and half of the residents turned into bloodshot bones lying on the land they regarded as a safe home, letting the mosquitoes and flies bites.

In many stories, when given the opportunity to seize a remote town and slaughter its inhabitants, a tribe of apes would not hesitate to agree.The apes' stealth was so great that most villages in the jungle didn't realize they were being attacked by a group of apes until the battle was settled, and half the village died in their beds, never having a chance to wake up and raise the alarm.

Once resistance rose in a village, the apes often subdued the remaining victims, not killing them, but serving as ingredients for a victory dinner, which typically did not survive 48 hours.

Captives are usually kept in cages close to the feast, and the orangutans enjoy listening to their wailing and trembling as they watch their own kin being eaten.

Speaking of this, many militiamen turned pale, but when they thought of what the captain said, as long as the group of man-eating apes were prevented from entering the town in the dark, there would be nothing to be afraid of, so when the crowd gathered around, their courage returned, and Get excited again and don't dare to take it lightly.

Just as the middle-aged man was about to go down the wall to other city walls and continue to preach, a man ran over from the small town yelling.

It was Lynn, the mayor of the town and the steward of the baron's manor.

"Captain Page, Mayor Cam invites you to go to the manor to discuss matters."

His voice was very small at the moment, and at the same time he said in a low voice.

"Master said, let you avoid the group of foreign business travelers first, and let them not reveal too much about what happened around..."

What they didn't notice was that at some time, a black bird with crow-colored feathers was standing on a tall branch near the wall of the town, tilting its head and staring at them without blinking. .

Ga~
Just in the distance, the small town stretches to the bottom of the hill, and in the distance, in the dense forest shrouded in darkness, a flock of birds suddenly fly up, covering the road not far from the town that passes through the Whispering Forest and merges in the direction of Qianfanhai. Green Creek River, the sound of the turbulent water.

(End of this chapter)