Vol 3 Chapter 25: Winter rain

"This way, they will be killed." The girl's emerald green eyes filled with icy waves-when she realized that the other party could also use the power of destruction, she turned back into a murderous, ruthless prayer man .
"Even if the spirit of the undead is strong, it is absolutely impossible to rely on that semi-suspended technique to fight against the true prayers." The goddess said to Oluha at the end, with an unpleasant command tone, "Hurry to protect them , Protect those death knights. "
"Of course I know ..." The elf girl was going to refute, but a sudden impact invaded her consciousness along the gem staff. Then, the dizziness of the world turned Oluha to kneel to the ground.
"Oluha?" Roland anxiously called into the elves' ears, and Alberta, who was standing far away, ran over. Although it's not clear how bad his face is now, he can roughly understand just by looking at the worried eyes of a few people around him.
No, you can't just fall down like this. The elf gritted his teeth and tried to stand up. At this time, you must cheer up ... I volunteered to fight, and I must be Roland's help, not everyone's burden. I ... even without the power of the gods, I cannot lose to Shi Fan.
Absolutely not possible ~!
"It's okay, don't worry." Oluha barely squeezed a smile, then staggered to get out of the embrace of the youth.
Before the elf stood up, however, the second wave of cascading waves had smashed into the flanks of the fleet, and the boat on the farthest edge broke apart like an egg. Almost at the same time, a more severe nausea caught all of Oluha's consciousness, making the elves' body tremble uncontrollably. Despite the cold winter, large cold sweat kept dripping down her forehead. .
"What to do ..." Roland suddenly panicked.
"It is the backwash of willpower. Oluha is the manipulator and source of the consciousness net, so the impact of the death knight on her is also passed on to her." Shi Fan calmly judged, "because it has always been a person's relationship She probably has n’t experienced any prayer training and was eroded by prayer forces for the first time, so she lacks resistance. "
"Is there a solution?" The youth asked eagerly.
"Well, I can take over." The dark-haired girl nodded, then leaned down and took the scepter of the elves.
"Don't ..." Oluha tried to resist, but couldn't hold out at all.
"Don't worry, if it is Shifan, there will be no problem. You should take a good rest now and never touch the consciousness net again." Roland stared at the elf prayer with a concerned eye. But he didn't know it at all, but the gentle words he spoke were cruel to the girl in his arms.
"You haven't learned the principle of the consciousness network. Can you directly enter the actual combat application?" The commander of the Undead Army looked at the end with a little anxiety.
Shi Fan did not answer immediately, but carefully capped the slender scepter in his hand, and finally nodded his head in the attitude of an expert: "No problem, this is a better system than I expected. It is quite convenient to operate and can be sufficient Use your strengths. "
Along with the silver bell-like words of the black-haired girl, the transcendent walls of the undead body once again emerged, but this time it was no longer a fragile blue, but a dark gold with a metallic texture. And when Shifan slowly raised the gem scepter, all the whirlpools on the sea suddenly disappeared, and the death knights who had been swallowed up by the ocean surface again ~!
The invisible but qualitative power not only stopped the enemy's prayers at the bottom of the sea, but also turned into a strong barrier, opening a wide path for the knights of Ishtoli.
The prayers hidden in the Black Sail Fleet also noticed this change. Under the control of the will of the mysterious enemy, the third giant wave rushed to the command ship where Shi Fan was located.
However, the fierce tide had just begun to rise and was immediately shattered-as if an invisible huge hammer slammed on it. The tens of meters of water wall collapsed in a split second and then turned into a burst. Harmless torrential rain fell. The girl's short hair flew up against the sea breeze in the splashing water drops, and it looked like a flowing cloud of rainbow, attracting everyone's attention.
"It's amazing." Alsace also praised it quite rarely.
"There are more than one prayer among the enemies, maybe two to three. Although this level of pressure can already be regarded as an outstanding prayer, it does not pose a great threat to me."
"May wish to attack directly." Shi Fan reached the simplest conclusion. The girl's emerald pupil brightened quickly, as if two silver fires had passed away. With the end of the goddess's will to destroy, the water surface around a black sail battleship suddenly rippled. The next moment, a sharp ice blade pierced from below, penetrating the trembling sea and the enemy's warship. .
A huge ice sword like a mountain peak lifted a large ship into the air, and the deck cut off by the waist could not withstand such an outrageous torque. It soon disintegrated with the hull. The only evidence that it ever existed was only those heads and tails that fell to the sea Debris.
Shi Fan consciously locked the second battleship. This time, when the signs of attack appeared from the sea, the enemy's prayers immediately blessed the target with a dark blue defensive enchantment.
But it was completely useless-the blade of ice directly penetrated the defensive enchantment together with the battleship. The sailors on the Black Sail Fleet could only watch desperately that their comrades were taken to a height of tens of meters, and fell into the cold ocean with the broken hull, and finally swallowed up by the relentless vortex.
The dark-haired girl did not intend to pause, and then started attacking the third ship.
When the fifth ship was destroyed, both the undead and the apostate knew that the war would not be reversed. For the death knights, the new combat system can now be comfortably tested, and for the commanders of the Black Sail Fleet, the only option is to retreat.
"Do you want to chase?"
"No, it's not necessary." Richard shrugged, and then asked again, "But if the answer is yes ... can you destroy all the forty battleships and the prayers above?"
"Yes, as long as Mobadi is not on the ship." Shi Fan replied lightly, looking at the enemy that Cangjie retreated.
"It looks like the next fight will be boring." Arthas pouted. "If there are any fools going to fight us."
"It is indeed the end of Ishtoli, and even the head of the group can say that." With the help of Roland, Oluha finally stood up. The elf girl smiled pale, "I'm fine, then let me stop the operation of the consciousness network."
She said, reaching out, trying to get back the scepter of gems.
"Wait ..." Shi Fan immediately stopped and stopped, but it was too late. When Oluha's finger touched the scepter, a dazzling silver light burst from the gem, and then the elf girl fell weakly to the ground.
After a while, Oluha's consciousness finally emerged from the layers of darkness. The girl opened her eyes stupidly, and the first thing she saw was the one she was thinking about.
"How do you feel?" Roland asked quietly.
"Well, it's much better, and my head doesn't hurt." The elf sat up slowly from the bed, staring at the youth with aqua eyes, and after a long time, she turned her attention to herself-she was lying on her back In the well-equipped tent, the magical beacon light shined softly overhead, and the sound of rain came intermittently from the outside.
"here is?"
"The North Lorendan continent. We have landed and are now stationed in the forest in Ministe." The youth replied, "Richard intends to negotiate with the rulers here before taking further action."
The elf lowered his head and tried to let the hair hide his expression.
Oluha, born and raised in Lorendan, knows everything about this land. Ministe is a landlocked country. Even from the border, it is at least 400 kilometers from the coastline. Based on the death knight's marching speed, I am afraid that I have been unconscious for two full days.
"It's okay? Your face is pale." Roland looked at the other side with anxiety, "Would you like to sleep a little longer?"
"Am I useless?" The elf asked in a trembling voice.
"Why do you have this idea?" The young man froze and answered with a bitter smile, "Everyone has a time of failure? Remember the time when we first met? At that time, I was simply a stumbling block, even if It is now that all thanks to the dark eagle instinct and Shifan's prayer skills can he survive in Yunyao-level battles. "
"What's more, because you have not been trained in prayer confrontation, you will not be able to bear it when you are attacked. Wait until after ..."
"No, it's not like that!" Oluha whispered, but clearly refuted, "Although the impact from the enemy did make me dizzy, I would not be unconscious for so long."
"It was because I touched the scepter that it was like this ..." Oluha clenched his fist in the quilt subconsciously. "At that time, the power of Shifan's prayer had filled the entire consciousness net. But they want to regain control of the terminal. As a result, they cannot lose consciousness for such a long time because they cannot bear the huge power from the end. "
"It's too much for me, I don't know anything about it." The elf laughed coldly.
"Although she knew that Roland didn't lie because she didn't want me to be depressed," the girl looked up, and looked at the dark eagle that lost her memory, with helplessness and sadness in her eyes. "But after all, I'm also a prayer and I won't even comatose The reasons are confused. "
"Well, mortals can't be compared with the power of the end." Roland tried to comfort each other, "even if ... it is really because of the inability to bear the power of Shifan ..."
"I don't need this kind of comfort ~!" The elf shouted suddenly in a fierce tone, but she regretted it as soon as she said it.
"Sorry." The young blonde sighed softly.
"Sorry, it's me who is wayward." The girl lowered her head again, avoiding the other's eyes.
Silence then dominated the space.
Obviously there was a lot to say, but the elves couldn't say a word; Roland's eyes were full of concern, but Oluha felt very far away-just as long ago.
Roland Streve, who lost his lover, looked at him with this look. Eyes full of tenderness and worry, careful voices, but Oluha knew that he could not find the key to the youth's heart, and that he could not be a youth who gave up everything to protect, and he could only watch his back from a distance.
"Sleep." The elf girl's words broke the silence, and with the magic sound, Roland closed her eyes quickly.
"I like you," whispered, and kissed Roland's cheek gently.
The girl slowly stood up, then opened the tent curtain and walked out of the barracks. Light rain was falling in Ministe's silent winter forest. The dark clouds at night obscured the moonlight, and the surrounding was dim dark and cold air.
As usual, Alberta was standing guard at the door.
"Come with me." The elven princess who lost her country ordered it. The unexpected words flashed a bit of surprise in the eyes of the magic swordsman, but he didn't ask much, just nodded silently, and then passed the umbrella: "Be careful to catch cold."
The two went one after the other, avoiding the death knight's main camp and the magic circle of the Lich, and then walked into the shadow of the intertwined trees.
"I obviously liked him first, why did it become this way?" Oluha put away her umbrella and just walked in the icy rain line that was getting stronger.
This time, the always harsh Elf Swordsman did not stop her waywardness.
"Although Roland is very gentle to me now, but I think that person is so far away from me. Probably ... can't hold it anymore?" The girl turned to herself, letting rain slide down her cheek, "Now, what should I do?"
"Alberta?" The elf asked suddenly. "Do you do anything for me?"
The swordsman paused, then nodded: "Yes."
"Then, try to make me fall in love with you." Oluha's voice trembled uncontrollably. "Because there is no other way, because there is no place to go back ... if not do that ..."
"No, what am I talking about?" The girl finally covered her face and sobbed in a low voice. "Even if I do that, I always only like Roland. There is no way to give up, even if the other person is not me, Even if the other person loses his memory, I still like Roland the most. "
For the first time, Alberta's expression brought hesitation and helplessness. The Elven Swordsman tried to say something, but it was impossible to say. He tried to hug the girl, but the body instinctively resisted this idea.
What's more, even if comforted and embraced? She was not the one who gave the girl freedom, so she could never give her the love she wanted.
What the ... what to do? Across the cold rain, the loyal guard asked himself silently.
"Ah, what a sad and beautiful scene crying in the rain by a girl who was broken by Playboy ~! But how sad it is!" Suddenly, a voice passed through the forest and pierced into two People's ears. Obviously cynical ridicule, but with inexplicable fear and oppression.
Time froze for a moment, and Oluha and Alberta turned back uncontrollably.
The humid air changed its odor and became hot and scorching. Under the action of some wonderful force, the vertical rain curtain began to bend, and fell to the sides in a curve. Then, from the yellow night, a tall man with red hair and red eyes walked out unhurriedly.
"Forget about that stupid thing and let your uncle come to comfort you." The fiery man said with a terrible smile.
Encounter with beings that must never meet.
It took several seconds before the magic swordsman finally recovered from the shock. The spirit pressed down the fear in his heart, pulled out the long sword at the waist as fast as possible, and made several wind blades at the terrible enemy.
But it is useless at all-just like the distorted rain, an invisible force field completely deviates from the original direction of the magic wind blade, and cannot even shake the opponent's hair.
"Well, let me do a demonstration." The master of the flame said, raising his right hand.
His voice did not fall, and a dazzling white line had radiated from his fingertips, so fast that Oluha and Alberta could not even close their eyes. A sharp explosion came from behind the two, and with that sound, a hot blast of wind was blowing against the back, causing the elf girl's hair to jump wildly.
When the dazzling halo spread from the field of vision, the fiery red light had wiped away the silent night.
Oluha quickly turned back. The first thing that caught her eyes was the crimson forest. Hundreds of big trees on the line were all destroyed by this terrible power. More on the two sides were burning. The flames licked the falling rain, causing mist Slowly rises. The next moment, when the girl turned her attention to her companion for many years, her pupils suddenly shrank.
"Don't ..." She covered her mouth subconsciously, her voice shaking with uncontrollable trembling.
Alberta had a small round hole in the abdomen. At first glance, it might be just a minor injury, but a long string of intestines and internal organs spilling behind the magic swordsman ruthlessly denied that naive thought— — Yan Long's random blow penetrated the poor elf.
It is irreparable. A cold voice floated from the girl's heart.
"This?" Alberta shook his head, then lowered his head, staring at the smokey opening with a loose look. "Is this ... me?"
"Why is the energy enough to destroy the entire forest to drill only a small hole of five or six calibers in your body? Is this an exclamation point or a period in your mind? Is your head full of question marks?" Meluke Dick spoke like a classic line, like "there is only one answer ..."
No ... I can't let Oluha ... stand up, stand up ~! Even if you wave another sword, even if you can block her ~!
"It's the transfer of momentum!" Yan Long concluded in a dignified tone.
"Although the power of 'Cang Si' is huge, the cross section of the laser beam is too small, so when you are penetrated, you do not receive much momentum, so the body is preserved. The woods behind are not so lucky, not only absorb Full momentum and an explosion due to the high heat generated by friction. "
I must protect Oluha, that is my responsibility ~! The elf tried to stand up, but he couldn't help it at all. His nerves were all burned out, his blood was all evaporated, his vision gradually blurred, and darkness quickly surrounded the whole body, depriving the elf Everything feels.
The last scene freezed in the magic swordsman's memory, only the girl crying.
"I'm sorry ..." Alberta's mouth squirmed and closed her eyes forever.
"Well, I said, are you guys listening?" Melodyk couldn't help sighing, a bitch's expression that couldn't be taught, "Hurry up and remember what I said just now, but I will take it next time. Yes ~! "
Oluha ignored the ridicule of the other party, but just carefully laid the companion's body flat. Then, the moment the prayer man turned around, a huge ice blade suddenly emerged from the void and shot directly at the cruel murderer who killed Alberta.
It is useless, and the mystery of prayer appears pale and weak in the presence of the power of the flame master. The ice blade immediately shattered as soon as it hit the transparent defensive enchantment, and a drizzle of ice debris scattered with the wind.
But Oluha didn't care at all. The angry prayer just silently ordered the ice blades to be chopped one by one. Each of her attacks was a question. Her consciousness was full of anger, and the prayer technique just desperately put these anger Dumping the exit.
Melody Dick shrugged casually, stepping on the debris of ice, approaching the elven girl step by step. For the flame master, he can easily solve the tiny mortal in front of him with only one hand raise, but Yan Long unexpectedly gives up this choice.
The forest of Ministe does not have much elemental power. It is a fairly normal material field. Although you have forcibly intervened in this world, it can last for more than an hour. If you release the bond and restore the form of the elemental king, I am afraid If you support at most 30 seconds, you will be hit back to the spirit world, right?
In this case, let alone the end of the goddess who owns the Fire Phoenix, even the death knights like cockroaches are too late.
So, I can only take that one. Although the process is a bit verbose, Yan Long believes that it is quite in line with aesthetic standards.
"Kill me." The elf prayer raised his head, staring straight at the tall red-haired man without fear. There was only anger and sadness in his eyes. "There is no place to go anyway."
"Don't be so arrogant." The King of Elements licked his lips with a smile. "The body of a beautiful girl is very useful."
The words seemed to contain endless magic, and Oluha's consciousness quickly sank into darkness. Then, the girl fell softly into the arms of Yan Long.
The roaring hot wind and soaring flames made the Ice Crown Knights enter into a combat state at an instant, but when Roland and the Death Knights arrived at the scene, the mysterious enemy had already left, leaving only the burning flame.
"Alberta ~ !?" The young man first saw the elf lying on the ground. He rushed forward, but stopped at a distance of one meter. The sight in his eyes told the visitor that there was nothing at all. Room for redemption.
"Already ... dead?" Roland had a strong ominous premonition.
"A strong element of fire remains around," Shi Fan muttered thoughtfully, "I'm afraid it was Melody."
"... Yan Longmei Lucidic? No wonder the whistle didn't respond, and it was probably wiped out." Richard's expression was calmer than usual. "Shifan, can you detect the enemy's current position?"
"I can't feel it." The goddess shook her head at the end. "The other party has left."
"Let ’s leave like that? What about Oluha? Where is she?" Silently, Roland couldn't help asking this long-awaited question.
No one can answer. The chief of the undead army and the head of the knight looked at each other tacitly, but before they had time to work out a search plan, the flames that swallowed the forest suddenly flowed like a river, pouring into the same point. in.
"The guy is back again?" Arthas glanced at the sight, passing an imperceptible gleam in his eyes. "Very well, I just have a bill to account with him."
Facing the unknown unknown enemy, the death knight did not panic, but arranged an attack array at the first time, some of which formed an adult wall in front of Shi Fan, and the other occupied the best attack position. The undead took out their compound longbows and pointed the powerful magic power to the target, only waiting for an order.
The cold fire burning in the eyes of the deceased and the condensing red flame reflected each other, and the air was so tight that it almost boiled.
A long few minutes passed, and the flame finally took shape, but it was not a dragon with two wings, but a high-level fire element, Yvrit, like a giant. The fire giant glanced at the undead waiting in front of him, and then asked in an arrogant tone: "Who is Roland Streve?"
"I." The callee replied coldly, pointing Frost's sword's edge at Evelitt.
"The monarch asked me to send a message to you. If you want to see that elf girl again, go to the misty forest. He will be waiting for you in the capital of the elf kingdom, Blaenas."
"What are you talking about ?!" The young man paused for a moment.
"Although there is no clear deadline, my king's patience is quite limited." The tone of the high-level fire element is quite disdainful. "Small mortal, no matter what stupid thing you plan to do, it's better to be faster."
"However, even if you do arrive, you still have to surrender to the majesty of the king of flames, Meluketic." Yvrit took it for granted, and then disappeared into the air with the surrounding flames, Not even a half-ignition star was left.
It's a fairly obvious pitfall. No, even if there is no ambush, there is no chance of winning against the flame master.
It's just that in the dark eagle's heart that has lost memory, there is no branch of the second choice at all-definitely going to see Oluha, even if it must be at the cost of life ~! The determined youth recovered his calmness and returned the icy sword to his sheath.
However, when Roland's eyes touched the dark-haired girl next to her, a wave surged in her pupils.
Knowing that there is no winning battle, it would be too selfish to let Shi Fan go together. In this way, not only her, but also the death knights will be destroyed. Oluha was captured because of the Dark Eagle, so ... only Roland Strevef was required to fight alone.
Besides, for the knight of goddess and the end of the goddess, there are more important goals that must be achieved?
"Very good, so you don't need to waste time searching. Immediately, we will go to Blaenas and finish the knot with Melody." Arthas' voice pulled Roland from thinking. Back to reality.
"Well?" The youth wondered if he heard it wrong. "What did you say?"
"Prayers to save us," the head of the Ice Crown Knight replied unpleasantly, "what the are you doing?"
"But the opponent is the king of the elements, that Melodyk that can command all the flames!" Roland couldn't help but refute, "Even if the death knight is as powerful as possible, the opponent is not an opponent that can be solved with a sword. Such an attack It used to be death ~! "
"First of all, fighting is not something that can be calculated by adding, subtracting, or subtracting." Richard couldn't help smiling, "Second, it was an unquestionable choice for the Ice Crown Knights because Oluha It has become one of us. In the end, if Ishtoli, who is eager to achieve perfection, escapes even this kind of thing, then he is not qualified to achieve his dream. "
"Really?" Roland stared at the ice-blue pupil of the other side.
"Yes, for Olin who can hear the goddess's song, and the dark eagle closest to Ishtoli, this choice should be understood more."
The Lich patted the young man's shoulder. The cold breath passed down the palm of his hand to the living person's skin. There was a wonderful sense of familiarity, "So we must go."
"Let's go." The dark-haired girl nodded to the youth.
"Maybe dead." The final guardian still stood still.
"Well, but it's not just you who want to save Oluha." The iceberg beauty looked up and approached her companion. "If the goddess' ultimate power can be used to save people, no matter what the opponent's existence is, I It must not escape. "
"..." The blond young man bowed his head.
"What's more, if you leave you alone, you will really die." Shi Fan accused politely, "Why put all the responsibility on your shoulders?"
It's not just the end of everything, it's the prayers that save lives, so must we prove it by action? Roland stared at the dark-haired girl with a sudden realization, and suddenly felt that the refusal he had just made was stupid.
"I'm sorry." The dark eagle who lost her memory apologized seriously, and then took a deep breath as determined, "Let's go together, Shifan. I need your strength to rescue Oluha."