The Silver Elf Princess pondered for a moment and immediately estimated the distance.
"Then there's no need to waste any more time, my lord. A quarter of an hour is enough for the tireless undead to walk a mile. Beyond this range, even if we explore the edge of the forest, it won't be of much use."
Brando nodded and said to the Prime Minister's daughter, "Delfien, let the skeleton soldiers enter the forest, and we'll follow. Keep an eye on the sailors and don't let them act alone."
The Prime Minister's daughter nodded. She knew that Brando wanted her to keep an eye on the sailors of the Phantom Chariot not because he was worried about what they could do, but rather because he wanted to protect them.
As a noble, her lord was a little too soft-hearted, she couldn't help but think, but she wouldn't say it out loud.
The orders were quickly passed down layer by layer. In fact, the emotionless and tireless undead were much more efficient at carrying out orders than intelligent creatures. The factor that originally limited their distance was also eliminated because of the new organization provided by Brendel, and this undead squad seemed to have taken on a new look.
This was also the most frightening thing about the forces of the Dead Moon. Their low-level soldiers hardly needed training and were the best professional soldiers. Although they were dull, dullness was not necessarily not an advantage.
The sailors were somewhat resistant to entering the Crystal Forest. Sailors at sea were the most superstitious group of people in this era, because the unpredictable weather easily made them revere nature. They believed that the storms at sea were the wrath of the God of Storms, that the fog was produced by the singing of the Sirens, and that they believed in sea monsters and almost all mysterious powers.
But little did they know that there was no such god as the God of Storms in Wohnde. The one in charge of the department of winds and storms was the Goddess of the North Wind, who had fallen long ago in the last era.
However, these gossip did not affect Brando. He knew that the complaints of these sailors represented the views of the people behind them. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Third Elder of the Phantom Chariot to find him.
He had nothing to say to this guy, and only told him, "Let Fang Qi come to me."
The Third Elder was infuriated by Brando's rudeness, but there was nothing he could do. Just as Brando had said, they were in the same boat. Compared to Brando, they were even more clueless about this mysterious fog.
"My Lord, do you need that person?" Metisha looked doubtfully at the Third Elder who was walking away. She knew that her Lord was not an impolite noble. He must have his reasons for treating these people like this.
"Let Delfien tell you," Brando replied.
Metisha turned around. Delfien had already lowered her head and whispered in her ear, "It's related to that. Opening the Jadeite Mystery requires the blood of the supreme bloodline of the Nine Phoenixes. As far as I know, the supreme bloodline of the Nine Phoenixes has already split into the Ghost Chariot and the Jade Phoenix. I can't guarantee that Miss Delfien or Fang Qi can open the gate to the Stagnation Realm."
After saying that, she blew a breath into Metisha's pointed ear.
The Silver Elf Princess shuddered. She turned around and glared at the woman angrily.
While the two were still whispering, Brando had already stopped.
He stopped in front of a huge cluster of crystals and looked to the side. While everyone was still wondering what he was looking at, Brando suddenly raised his hand and slashed in that direction.
Before anyone could react, the light beside the cluster of crystals was distorted. The spatial ripples caused by Brando's hand hit the spot where the light was distorted. There was a sharp cry, and a strange crystal creature was sent flying. It crashed heavily into the cluster of crystals on the other side. After that cluster of crystals was shattered, it flew back five or six meters before it landed on the ground.
"Strange creature!"
"Crystal Cluster!" Phoenix Huo and Metisha shouted at the same time.
"Wait a minute, I didn't feel its presence at all." The Silver Elf Princess was the first to react. Her silver eyes looked at Brando in surprise. "My lord?"
"It was as if this thing didn't exist before. It was as if it appeared out of thin air." Brando also reacted. "If it wasn't for you, Young Master Brando, even I wouldn't have noticed it."
"Those are parallel beasts," Phoenix Huo said. "They are the eyes and ears of the army of strange creatures. They will hide in the spatial gaps parallel to our world. Teacher, how did you find them?"
Brando shook his head. He could only find them because of his Dark Perception ability. No matter how well the Crystal Cluster was hidden, it could not deceive the flow of magic. This was the power of Dark Perception. Otherwise, he would not have been so excited when he first obtained this attribute.
"Follow me." The appearance of the Crystal Cluster made his premonition come true. He raised his hand and said to the others.
But at this time, Delfien suddenly looked at the shining amethyst in her hand. She raised her head and said to Brando, "My lord, Incirsta said that the skeleton soldiers on the left wing went out."
"What went out?"
"It means that they went out of the forest. There is a large plain in front of them. There is no fog there."
"How is it possible? How can this forest be so thin? We haven't even walked a mile deep yet." Na Xin cried out. "Is this forest in the shape of a belt?"
"No." Brando shook his head as if he was not surprised by Delfien's words. "This is not a forest."
"This is not a forest?"
Brando stepped on the ground. "I have seen this crystallized land before. Metisha, do you remember?"
The Silver Elf Princess frowned slightly, but her eyes suddenly lit up. "The Deadly Frost Forest!" She shouted in a low voice.
While the two of them were talking, a strange sound suddenly came from the sky. The sound was like something passing over their heads, making a whistling sound.
This sound quickly turned into a deafening sound. Everyone saw a burning meteor falling from the sky, falling straight into the crystal forest.
"Get down!" Na Xin only had time to give a warning before the air current mixed with countless sharp crystal shards hit her face.
Except for Brando and Frank, almost everyone was thrown to the ground. Brando reached out and pulled Delfien into his arms. At the same time, he threw Halran Gaia in front of Hipamira. A grey light screen immediately blocked the shockwave.
Frank protected Magadal, Mr. Liu stood in front of Phoenix Flame, and Metisha was able to protect herself. She carefully stood behind Brando, the Mistress of the White Mist on her shoulder.
The roar and the rising clouds lasted for a long time. When Na Xin got up from the ground, she felt a burning pain on her face. She touched it with her hand and could not help but suck in a breath of cold air. There were a few cuts on her face, and it was full of blood. Fortunately, it was not a serious injury.
She looked up and saw that after the smoke dissipated, only Brando, Frank, and Metisha were still standing. Besides them, there was also Delfien in Brando's arms. She coughed softly and quietly got out of the latter's arms.
"What is that?"
Na Xin suddenly saw the scene in front of her and could not help but be shocked.
The place where the forest used to be had now turned into a large crater. In the depths of the crater, there was a meteor lying there quietly. The meteor was burning with flames, and the mottled surface was falling off, revealing a crystal that was emitting a bright light.
"Somir Crystal."
Brando threw a blanket on her head.
"Wrap your head. Don't expose the wound. Be careful of the Crystallization Disease."
Although Na Xin did not know what the Crystallization Disease was, at least she knew that Brando would not joke with her at this time. She hurriedly wrapped her face with the blanket, ignoring the tearing pain on her face.
Fortunately, she was also a fugitive in the underworld. She could still endure this pain.
Brando looked up at this time.
Just a moment later, Frank and Metisha also looked up.
"Count," Incirsta's shout came from behind, probably because the communication crystal had lost its function, "Something is coming from the sky. I lost a group of skeleton soldiers."
As soon as the voice fell.
Seven or eight black shadows had already arrived side by side. They tore through the fog and swept over the heads of Brando and the others. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared on the other side of the fog.
"Flying monsters!"
Although it was only for a moment, Phoenix Huo, who was half-kneeling on the ground, also saw what those things were. She anxiously shouted in a low voice, "How is it possible? We have never heard of flying monsters!"
"Be careful, there are more behind!" Incirsta, on the other hand, was hopping mad. He saw the Phantom Chariot's sailors crawling up from the ground, seemingly trying to escape, but there was still a platoon of skeleton soldiers behind them. If they were separated by these people, it would not be good.
It was a headache for him to deal with these useless humans who were more of a hindrance than a help.
One row, two rows, three rows, four rows of Crystal Clusters in a formation pierced through the fog and appeared above everyone's heads.
Unlike the Crystal Clusters that were in charge of scouting earlier, they almost immediately began to hover in the air and then attacked the humans near the Somir Crystal below.
Phoenix Huo, Hipamira, and Metisha almost instantly bounced up from the ground, each of them unsheathed their weapons. Frank also took a step back to protect his granddaughter, a long sword in his hand.
Brando looked up.
He stretched out his hand, and a translucent curtain wall immediately appeared above everyone's heads. Then, he pushed it forward, and the Spatial Wall immediately moved forward. The Crystal Clusters that were diving down had no time to dodge and directly crashed into the wall.
There was a continuous sound of glass shattering, and it was as if there was a rain of crystals above everyone's heads. Countless crystal fragments fell and formed a layer on the ground.
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