"So, where exactly are we?"
After taking control of the conversation, Sophie began to ask for the information he wanted. He realized that he had changed a little. In the past, he could only speak so confidently in the game and easily grasp the rhythm of the conversation.
Perhaps it was because he thought of this place as the world of The Amber Sword.
His experience in the game was enough to make him treat these young people as if they were really children. He naturally exuded a confident temperament.
This confidence unconsciously affected the others. Whether it was Freya or the others, they gradually felt a little different. Consciously or unconsciously, the focus of the conversation shifted to Sophie.
Not far away, a few young people also raised their heads and looked over.
"This is the Red Pine Forest, don't move." The ponytailed girl took a breath and tried to calm herself down.
Sophie raised his head in surprise. As expected of the future Valkyrie, she learned to adjust her emotions so quickly. But in his opinion, she was still a little immature.
"Red Pine Forest?"
"Wait, why are you here?" Sophie was surprised again. He remembered this place was called "Dwarf Valley" in the game. It was the habitat of level 14 brown bears. But this place was south of Bucce, and the Bucce militia had no reason to appear in this direction.
"We came to find you."
"We are looking for the Roman lady, she is a friend of Big Sis."
"And the Roman is a member of the third team." Everyone's voices were all at once.
"You defeated Madara's advance force?" Sophie looked at Freya. This was the question he was most concerned about.
"How is that possible!" The girl looked at him in confusion. Her expression was as if to say how could he ask such a stupid question. "The guards covered the villagers and evacuated from the north. We were separated from everyone. And there were more and more monsters on the road, so we could only go south. Besides, I was worried about the Roman … "
"So that's why you came here?" Sophie felt her heart sink.
The girl nodded her head naturally, her long ponytail bobbing up and down.
Freya immediately felt a little strange. This young man wasn't Captain Marden, so why did she have a feeling that she was inferior in front of him?
Sophie couldn't help but smack her forehead. She didn't know if she should say that these youngsters were naive or ignorant. They couldn't even protect themselves, yet they still wanted to save others.
No, perhaps it should be said that he was kind-hearted.
However, there was no need for unnecessary kindness on the battlefield. That would only harm oneself.
Sophie fell silent. In fact, she could not help but vomit blood in her heart. He set fire to his grandfather's house to warn the village, but he didn't expect that history would follow its original path — no, it would repeat itself.
Lord Marsha, what kind of joke are you trying to pull? What kind of joke is this?
He sighed in his heart. What he could change was still too little. The inertia of history was not something that could be stopped with just a little bit of strength. Indeed, he had to become stronger, but before that, he had to survive.
"Captain Marden, oh Captain Marden, it seems that even I can't save you."
Why would the Roman's Black Rose Madara attack the border before the celebration of the Eternal Death in May? Such an obvious premeditated plan. If there was a counterattack, there must be a demon behind it.
Sophie's hopes were all dashed, making him feel a little empty. He had fought so hard before, but in the end, he found that history had not changed at all. This kind of blow was really depressing.
But after all, it was only the strength of a normal person, and he had already done his best.
"Brando!"
He was in a bad mood, but a surprised voice sounded in his ear. It was as happy as a lark. Sophie turned around and saw the merchant girl with a face of disbelief and surprise appear on the side of the forest. There was also a girl wearing a gray leather armor beside her. It must be this girl who went to inform her.
The Roman came to his side like a gust of wind and stared at him cautiously, as if she was afraid that he would suddenly disappear.
"I knew it, Brendel, you'll be fine." She sighed in relief and said happily.
"That's right, Brando. Freya didn't let me go back to Bucce, I … "Then the merchant girl hurriedly explained, as if she was afraid that he would be angry.
Sophie then noticed that there were still two glistening tear stains on her face, and couldn't help but feel his heart soften.
"It's okay, I'm fine now." He replied softly.
"Really?"
"Really." Sophie nodded.
"Roman, don't touch him, Mr. Brando is seriously injured." Freya couldn't help but frown. Did these two know how serious the injury was? Didn't they almost die?
"It's okay." Although she said that, Roman stuck out her tongue and stood back.
Sophie smiled. The merchant girl had such a temper. The young man looked at the two beautiful girls standing side by side, and couldn't help but feel that it was pleasing to the eye.
He suddenly realized that it wasn't that there hadn't been any change, but the change was in another way. From the moment he came to this world, the world had already changed.
If he didn't cross over, perhaps the merchant girl and Brando would have already met with misfortune. The bandits of Madara didn't have the heart to show mercy to the fairer sex.
He looked at the others, and the young people who were with Freya. In that war, how many of them were able to survive?
Sophie remembered clearly that in that war, less than ten percent of the militia and guards at the border survived.
But now that he was here, perhaps history should have changed. He didn't know more, but at least the people around him should have been saved. These young people were the seeds of the kingdom's future …
Sophie would never allow history to repeat itself.
"Alright, back to the main topic. Do you know how serious the situation is now? "Then the young man exhaled, trying to make himself look less uncomfortable. To be honest, what he needed the most now was rest, but the current situation obviously didn't allow it.
He looked at the others, Freya and the young militia were stunned.
Only Roman winked playfully.
"Eh?" The ponytailed girl asked, puzzled.
Sophie coughed twice weakly and asked, "I mean, what are you going to do next? If I'm not wrong, Madara's undead must have controlled the path, right? "
The surroundings quieted down.
"You, how did you know?" Freya was slightly stunned and looked at him in surprise.
Of course I know, not only do I know, I've experienced it myself. Sophie answered in his heart. But the shocked gazes around him still made him feel a little proud.
It was good to be a prophet.
But this little pride couldn't hide the worry in his heart. Madara's attack in April was swift and comprehensive, he had to build a more comprehensive plan to protect himself.
And these young people.
The enemy Bucce was facing was the flank of Madara's army, and the commander of that army was the famous' Black Lord 'Incirsta. Although he was still a young man in his early twenties, it was from this war that this future general gradually showed his talent.
But what did he have? At this moment in history, he was just a nameless person.
But Sophie understood that the only advantage he had now was his foresight. Indeed, this advantage could save his life in the following series of encounters, but he had to grasp the opportunity well.
He only had two chances.
One was to pass through the relatively safe Valley of Sharp Stones. He remembered clearly that it would only be on the 17th day when Incirsta's deputy 'Cyclops' Tarkus would control this area.
But the distance was too far, and he was worried that he wouldn't be able to break through before the enemy completed the encirclement. Unless there were horses, but where was he to find horses for ten men?
So there was only one way left, and that was to break through the River of Daggers before the two squadrons led by 'Ghoul' Wesar and 'White Knight' Ebdon surrounded him.
Until the end of April, there was only a skeleton squad led by a necromancer stationed there.
He couldn't help but touch the cold ring on his index finger. As long as he had the Ring of the Wind Empress, wouldn't it be easy to break through the defense line formed by eleven skeleton soldiers and a necromancer?
But before that, he had to make everyone in this militia squad listen to his orders. This was also the reason why he had been so aggressive from the start.
Sophie looked at everyone again.
"This is a logical conjecture, as long as you have a bit of military knowledge, you will come to this conclusion. Sealing off the main road is to cut off communication and open up a path for your army. The next step is to use Bucce as the center to eliminate the remnants of Erouine's forces. "He tried to make it sound as serious as possible based on his own experience. Then he paused for a moment, and said with a heavy tone, "That's us."
Silence, only the sound of the others breathing could be heard.
"So, what do you plan to do now?" Sophie asked weakly.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay.
There were more than ten skeleton soldiers guarding the main road to Bucce, they couldn't just kill their way out, right? Although they had a youthful confidence that these enemies were nothing, but when it came to a life and death battle, they were still a little anxious.
Freya had a worried expression, she didn't think so much when she made the decision. Although they were militia, in the end they were just a group of inexperienced youths.
Although the ponytailed girl didn't say anything, her helplessness was written all over her face.
Everyone's gaze had already landed on Sophie. Sophie's experience made him seem more stable than everyone here, this kind of impression was often imperceptible, and in times of crisis, he made people feel more reliable.
"Brando?" Roman also asked.
Sophie turned his head, and used a faint smile to signal her to be at ease.
"We have to prepare for the worst." Then he turned his head to look at these people, intending to dispel their naivety.
This wasn't the first time he did this. In the guild, the newbies who went to the battlefield for the first time always had an optimistic attitude, and once they suffered a blow, they would fall into a state of helplessness, so they would quickly crumble in front of an experienced team.
In fact, the gap between players wasn't as big as imagined, the key was the mentality.
And these old players were responsible for giving the newbies a heads-up beforehand.
"Prepare for the worst?"
Sophie was about to speak, but suddenly there was a sparse sound from the forest. Everyone looked in that direction at the same time, and only Freya frowned slightly. She asked in the direction of the shrub: "Jonah Sen?"
"It's me, Captain Freya."
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
But Sophie quietly waved his hand at the ponytailed girl, indicating the latter to be more vigilant. Freya saw his gesture and was slightly startled, but she immediately reacted. Erouine's militia training didn't allow them to leave their posts at will.
And Sophie absolutely trusted the military training of Erouine's militia. Although these young people were naive, it didn't mean that they would forget the basic rules of daily training.
There was no room for any negligence on the battlefield.
"What happened, Johnson?" Freya asked as she put her hand on the hilt of her sword.
"I'm sorry, Big Sister, I, I was caught …"
Ou Shinan parted to both sides with a swooshing sound, and two people walked out from behind. The first one was a pale young man with his hands raised high with a sad face.
And a lich followed closely behind, pointing at the back of the young man's head with its fingertips, while looking at the others with the flickering green flames in its eye sockets.
"Hehe, I caught a group of little mice."
Everyone was stunned.
"Johnson!"
"How could you —"
Then there was a sound of disbelief.
— —
[Note]:
Unyielding, the first awakened ability is called the Bloodline Ability. It's not something every character has, or rather, the protagonist doesn't realize it.
There are two main abilities of Unyielding:
First, Stubbornness, it ignores all physical attacks during the duration, unless the person is beheaded or the heart is damaged. Also, Willpower is increased to 10 OZ. This will cause the creature to be able to stay awake for five minutes after being fatally injured, even if it stops breathing.
Second, Self-healing, it strengthens the body's self-recovery ability, but this ability only works after the injury is stable.
The Bloodline Ability will gradually strengthen as the character gets stronger, thus showing more characteristics.
(PS. Looks like the dream of the third update will be shattered again. Also, I noticed that many brothers don't read the notifications, because the effect of the noon update isn't good, so the normal update will be at 12 AM and 6 PM.)
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