Mythic Card Master: Start with a Knight

Chapter 171 The southern border fell and the royal capital was trapped

Half a month passed in a hurry, and the development of the Dark Land had entered a feverish stage. Almost every day, five or six epic creatures would die in their hands.

Wherever they passed, there was a piece of scorched earth, the black mist became thinner, and the sun was able to shine into the forest.

In order to prevent the fleeing dark creatures from converging into the Eagle Horn Territory, the witch riders on the border have already made preparations, killing more than a hundred dark creatures that hit the border every day.

Up to now, there are actually not many ordinary creatures left, and most of the dark creatures left behind are epic creatures, which are hard nuts to crack and take a lot of time.

Chu Ming and the others first started from the depths of the dark forest, near the Tianzhu Mountain Range, and finally gradually cleared a separation zone to completely isolate the dark land they want to develop.

In this way, there will be no dark creatures emerging from the depths continuously.

……

In the forest, there was a smell of burning. Chu Ming and the others teamed up to kill the three epic creatures, and sat on the ground to rest for a while.

Edel rummaged through the bag, as if he found something, he said to Chu Ming: "Nalend, our dry food has been exhausted, it's time to go back to the camp to replenish it."

Chu Ming nodded and stood up, "Then let's go back first. According to the current progress, this area can be cleared in less than a month. Let's go back for a few days to rectify, and try to clean up the entire dark area next time." The forest is burned clean."

After finishing speaking, he made a casual move, and the Demon Skeleton Dragon Vine rose from the ground, and he stepped on the body of the Dragon Vine.

Everyone nodded, packed up their things, and walked up.

The dragon vine swam, overwhelmed the black tree, and walked out of the forest.

A few hours later, the black mist gradually thinned, and the sun gradually shone in. This relieved the nerves of the few people who were tense in the dark environment, and their brows relaxed.

After a while, the camp appeared in front of everyone, and the Demon Skeleton Dragon Vine swam out from the vigilant eyes of the knights.

"It's Lord Narende, Master Edel, and all your lords!"

The knights were stunned for a moment, with excited expressions on their faces.

The witchcraft was cancelled, the Demon Skeleton Dragon Vine gradually disappeared, and everyone fell to the ground.

Edel asked a knight with a smile, "Sauron, during my absence, nothing happened in the territory, right?"

The knight named Sauron nodded, but hesitation soon appeared on his face, "With wizards and wizards here, the black wizard's several temptations have been repelled, and the territory is safe and sound."

"But bad news came from the southern border..."

Speaking, the knight put a letter into Edel's hand.

"My lord Earl asked me to give this to you. Your lord has already set off for the capital a few days ago."

Hearing this, Edel felt an ominous premonition in his heart. He opened the letter and read it in front of Chu Ming and others.

"Dear Edel, when you read this letter, I should be on my way to the capital."

"A few days ago, there was bad news from the royal capital. The distortion plague spread by the black wizard in the southern border has changed, and it can actually infect some weaker knights."

"At the same time, the Truth Society is attacking the towns in the southern border frantically. I'm afraid the southern border really can't hold on this time."

"This news was a month ago, and it has only been reported here in the past few days. The situation in the southern border may be worse than I thought."

"Tonight I will set off to lead the Cavaliers to the capital for support. Edel, please guard the territory and wait for me to return. I hope everything is fine."

"Pen to paper, Burrett Coutts."

After reading the letter, Edel's face changed, and he stood in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

But Chu Ming just glanced at him, took a deep breath, and said, "Edel, I think I have to go to the capital."

"Isabel is still in the capital, I don't worry, I want to go there and see for myself."

Edel held the letter and raised his head suddenly, struggling inwardly.

Seeming to see the hesitation in Edel's heart, Chu Ming said: "The territory has grown, and the cleaning of the Dark Land will soon be over. I don't think you need to worry."

As he said that, Chu Ming turned his head to look at the three of Alun, "I'll ask you guys on the territory, and there is also the development of the dark land."

Allen nodded cautiously, "Don't worry, Narende, leave the territory to us."

Chu Ming let out a breath slowly, regardless of Edel, directly rode on the horse, and ran towards the direction of the wizard's hut.

Although he seems to be very calm on the surface now, in fact, when he thinks that Isabel's situation has not been understood yet, he will feel palpitations and uneasiness in his heart.

Quickly running back from the border, Chu Ming returned to the laboratory and saw Poli standing on the shelf.

Chu Ming took a breath, quickly took off the copper scroll, opened the letter and read it again.

"Dear Mr. Wizard, are you doing something very powerful again today?"

"Let me tell you a little secret. In fact, I have already broken through the epic. How about it, am I also very good?"

"When I see bad guys in the future, I will punch you one by one, and no one is allowed to hurt you, hehe."

"Isabel is well and well in the capital now, don't worry about it, maybe I will go find you soon."

"Pick it up, Isabel."

When seeing Isabel break through the epic level, Chu Ming couldn't help showing a smile on his face, but the more he looked behind, the more solemn his face became.

Isabel is not truly free in the church, at least she would be rejected if she came to the Earl to seek him out.

If Isabel can really come to the Earl of Coutts to find him, it means that the situation in the southern border is really not optimistic. Maybe even the Church of Life is planning to move out of the capital.

Thinking of this, Chu Ming felt a little anxious, quickly took the necessary items, and hurried out.

As soon as he opened the door, he suddenly saw Edel standing outside, seemingly waiting for him.

Edel said: "My father is going to the capital just like that, I don't feel relieved, let's go there together."

Chu Ming just nodded and didn't say anything.

He waved his hand forward, and the Demon Skeleton Dragon Vine broke through the ground, quietly overlooking the two of them.

"Let's go."

Chu Ming and Edel climbed onto the back of the Demon Skeleton Dragon Vine.

With a long whistle, Longteng climbed up the mountain.

Ten minutes later, the two climbed over the mountains and looked to the south. Afterwards, Longteng continued to move forward.

……

late at night.

In Wangdu Life Church, bursts of painful wailing came from inside.

On the ground, the knights were covered with abnormal tissues, and they were already unable to move.

Ever since the knights of the capital went out to support the defeat of the Earl of the South, they fled back like this.

The priests were busy running among the patients, and with bursts of light shining on, the pain on the knight's face eased a lot, but the deformed tissues on his body remained unchanged.

Among the patients, Isabel's hands were shining brightly. Unlike the knight, the deformed tissue on this patient's body was receding at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then turned into a puddle of pus and flowed out.

The patient's ugly face relaxed, and he fell into a deep sleep exhaustedly.

Isabel wiped off her sweat and was about to take a rest when the knights beside her started howling.

"My lord, please help me."

"help me……"

The girl looked at the howling knights around her, feeling a little overwhelmed.

In fact, she has been overloaded with magic spells for several days in a row, and her spirit has already reached the limit, but there are too many deformed patients, and she can't keep up with it at all.

Just when the girl didn't know what to do, Maria walked over with a blank expression and pulled her out.

"Isabel, you should rest."

"But……"

Looking at those wailing people, a trace of unbearableness flashed in her eyes.

She knew that if these people didn't get treatment tonight, they wouldn't be able to live tomorrow.

Maria stroked her head, "Isabel, you can't save everyone, you should take care of yourself, think about your Mr. Wizard, he should still be waiting for you in the north."

Hearing this, the girl raised her head, finally nodded, and walked towards the attic.

As soon as Isabel left, there was a loud noise from the deformed crowd.

"Master Saint... Please help me!"

"Damn it, my father is Earl Blanc, you can't do this!"

"Church of Life! You hypocrites!"

There were insults and shouts one after another, and these knights lost their former calmness and demeanor in the face of death.

Maria looked calmly, silently watching the group of struggling knights.

Since the Distortion Plague has mutated, the effect of magic on the distortion has also weakened a lot. They have tried their best, but they still can't save these people.

Although the magic spell released by Isabel still has an effect on the distortion disease, she will never allow Isabel to sacrifice herself to save others.

This is also her selfishness.

Maria stood quietly on the spot, and the knight's insults were gradually aimed at her alone, saying all kinds of ugly things.

After a while, she glanced at the busy priests around her, and said, "Come back, they are hopeless, save your energy to save others."

"Pastor Maria..."

Several priests looked up at Maria, with confusion in their eyes.

Maria continued: "If there is an accident, all the responsibility will be on my shoulders."

The priests looked at each other in blank dismay, and stopped the magic in their hands in a daze.

This move obviously angered the knights, they shouted and cursed angrily, trying to hold the priests back.

The priests were taken aback and left the deformed patient one after another.

"You stinky bitch!"

"I don't want to die!"

"I won't let you go!"

Under the watchful eyes of the priest, these deformed patients quickly swelled into balloons and burst, blood and pus flowed out, leaving an unpleasant smell at the scene.

After watching this scene, Maria gave some instructions, turned and walked into the church.

Inside the church, High Priest Lysa opened his eyes from the candlelight.

The old man said slowly, "Thank you, Maria."

Maria shook her head, "High Priest, according to the current trend, the black wizards of the Truth Society will soon be able to expand their influence to the vicinity of the royal capital."

"By then, more and more people will be infected by the aberration plague, and the church will almost be unable to support it."

"Should we retreat..."

High Priest Lysa stepped across the candlelight and sighed, "Silly boy, where else can we go?"

Maria hesitated, and said softly: "Perhaps we can go to the Earl of Coutts. Lord Narende has already built a wizard tower there, and according to Isabel, there are already five epic figures there."

High Priest Lysa smiled and said, "Narend is indeed a genius, but he still needs more time to grow."

"One more day that Life Church persists here will buy him one more day."

Upon hearing this, Maria hurriedly asked, "What about Isabel?"

The old man was silent for a while, and said: "Isabel shouldn't stay here with us. After Earl Burrett's knight team arrives in the capital, I will ask him to take Isabel to Earl Coutts."

Maria breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "High Priest, I have no other questions."

High Priest Lysa looked into her unwavering eyes, "Son, what about you, where are you going?"

"I'll be right here with you."

Hearing this answer, the old man didn't speak, but shook his head silently.

……

three days later.

The bad news came again. According to the description of the knight who fled back to the capital, the southern border had been completely fallen, and the civilians were infected with the distortion disease and turned into pus.

The entire southern border has been reduced to a barren desert, only some dark wizards and dark creatures are active.

And the black wizards of the Truth Society are still marching northward, heading towards the capital.

In the church, Rebecca was lying on the ground covered in injuries.

Without the Crystal Staff, she is not strong enough to fight against the Society of Truth with epic wizards.

After that, she led a group of escaped knights and priests all the way north and returned to the capital.

"Pastor Rebecca, how are you doing? Are you feeling better?"

Isabel withdrew the magic spell and looked at Rebecca who was lying on the ground.

Rebecca shook her head, "Your Highness Isabel, I'm fine."

The girl healed her wound and asked, "How is the southern border?"

Rebecca said with a wry smile: "The southern border has completely fallen."

"The Truth Society sent more than a dozen epic wizards. We are no match for them, so we can only flee back here."

When Isabel heard this, her small face wrinkled.

After treating Rebecca, she walked into the depths of the church and saw High Priest Lysa talking with the guard sent by the royal family.

After waiting for a long time, Isabel couldn't bear the exhaustion and lay down on the chair.

After the guard left the church in a hurry, High Priest Lysa set his sights on Isabel who was dozing off on the row of chairs.

The old man asked kindly, "Isabel, what's wrong?"

The girl opened her slightly dazed eyes, and after regaining consciousness, she stood up and took the old man's wrinkled hand, "Grandma High Priest, shall we take everyone to retreat?"

The old man stroked her golden hair, "Why do you suddenly have such an idea?"

Isabel lowered her head and said, "The dark wizards are coming soon, but we can't beat them."

"How could it be?" The old man smiled and said, "Trust us."

The girl wrinkled her nose and said seriously: "Grandma High Priest, I'm already an epic, and when the black wizard comes, I will definitely protect you."

Upon hearing this, High Priest Lysa sighed.

Isabel is the priest with the best divine talent she has ever seen, and she has broken through to the epic level in just a few years.

If it weren't for Chu Ming, Isabel would be the youngest Epic she had ever seen.

Gently stroking the girl's forehead, High Priest Lysa smiled and said, "Then I will leave it to Isabel."

"Ok!"

……

Ten days passed in a hurry, and Burrett and some other northern counts finally arrived at the capital with the cavaliers.

And outside the city walls of the capital, many black wizards have gathered. They are hiding in the wild forest outside the capital, and they don't know what they are planning.

After Buret entered the capital, he first went up to the city wall to observe the situation. He looked into the wild forest and looked back after a while.

"Burrett, how about it."

Suddenly, an old voice sounded from beside him. An old man with white hair, a crown on his head, and gorgeous clothes looked at him.

Burrett's heart sank, he squatted on the ground, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

The old man in front of him was named William Stelman, and he was the current king of the Fengyang Empire-Sterman XVI.

The old man sighed and helped Burrett up, "Brett, when the empire is in danger, if you can come here, how can I not welcome you?"

Burrett solemnly said: "Your Majesty is serious, I should do this."

William nodded, and said seriously: "At this moment of life and death, Burrett, are you willing to take up the heavy responsibility and fight to protect the royal capital?"

Burrett froze for a moment, suddenly realized something, couldn't help but secretly scolded the old man in his heart.

Long before he came to the capital, he had heard that William Stelman planned to abandon the capital and fled.

It's just that Burrett hesitated for a long time when he thought of William's heroic demeanor when he was young and expelled the black wizard, and decided to trust the old king once.

Now it seems that the rumors are not rumors, the royal family really wanted to run away, and wanted to make him a scapegoat.

After all, at such a critical juncture, the more concentrated the power, the better. The royal family actually wants to disperse power to a border earl who hasn't come to the capital once in decades.

Burrett sighed inwardly, no matter how reluctant he was, he could only temporarily agree to William Stelman.

He looked at the old man and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I will do whatever I want."

"good very good."

The old man patted him on the shoulder in relief, "From today onwards, you are the commander of the Dawn Legion, and you can transfer all knights in the capital except the royal knights."

Hearing this, Burrett showed "grateful", "Thank you for your Majesty's trust."

William smiled cheerfully and asked politely, "Burrett, do you need any help?"

Burrett's eyes moved, and he sighed, "It would be great if His Majesty could provide you with the best spiritual crystal, then I would be more confident in dealing with the dark wizard."

The corner of the old king's mouth twitched, and he said perfunctorily, "Borett, knights can't use these things."

Burrett said seriously, "Your Majesty, there happens to be a wizard in the cavaliers I brought."

"In order to defend the king's capital, no matter what the price is, I will not hesitate."

Seeing that Burrett used the guard king as an excuse, the old king knew that his crystal stock could not be kept, so he sighed secretly, and verbally agreed to Burrett, intending to stabilize him first.

Of course, Burrett wasn't so easy to fool, so he said that he asked the old king to give him 300 yuan in advance for the best crystal before he was willing to give up.

The faces of the two are friendly, but in fact they have their own ghosts in their hearts.

After arguing with the old king, Burrett waited for the 300 yuan top-quality crystal, and walked down worriedly holding the box.

If he loses to the black wizard, he will definitely run away, and it is impossible to stay here to die for a few words of William.

Moreover, he has to find a way to send this box of top-quality crystals back to Chu Ming. Maybe a few epic wizards will be born in the territory.

But before that, he had to find out the wizarding forces in the capital and the number of priests of the Church of Life in order to prepare for the next battle.

Sitting in the carriage, Burrett first visited all the wizard towers in the capital, and after receiving the superficial obedience of the wizards, when night came, he came to the Church of Life.

Burrett got out of the carriage and looked at the priests who were busy going to and fro in the church, his heart moved slightly.

"Narend has a lot to do with the saint of the church... Maybe I should help."

Thinking, Burrett walked into the church, led by the pastor, and met High Priest Lysa.

High Priest Lysa smiled and said, "Earl Burrett, I didn't expect us to meet again."

Burrett bowed to the old man and said, "I'm here for the dark wizard."

The man chatted, and soon he was talking about the authority entrusted to him by William Stallman.

Upon hearing this, High Priest Lysa did not express any opinion, but her eyes became much deeper.

The two chatted for a while, and Burrett learned about the number of pastors in the church.

When he heard that the pastor of the church had been dragged down by the patient, his eyes became gloomy again.

The two chatted to the end, and they were not in a good mood. Just when Burrett wanted to offer to help the church, High Priest Lysa suddenly asked, "Earl Burrett, when are you going to run?"

"Ahem?!" Burrett, who had a serious face just now, was suddenly choked by this direct sentence, "High Priest Lysa, do you think I am this kind of person?"

High Priest Lysa shook her head lightly, "No, I just want to ask you to take Isabel with you when you leave."

Burrett froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "The other purpose of my coming here is to protect Saintess Isabel and escort her back to the Earldom."

"High Priest Lysa, don't worry, even if I lose in the end, I will retreat with the church."

　In order to protect the data, the chapters are combined today, and there will be a chapter of [-] words in the future

　　
　
(End of this chapter)