What was in the Black Forest? That was a secret in itself.
… …
Rather than saying that Elder Wydd had found adventurers, it was more accurate to say that he had found their corpses. More than thirty corpses were strewn all over the forest. The corpses were dressed in light gray robes with silver armor underneath.
Brando lifted the robes of the corpses and saw the crimson flame symbol on the silver armor. As expected, these were the guards of the Holy Cathedral. In fact, he had already noticed this when he entered the forest with Quinn and the Centaur Elder Wydd.
The swords scattered on the ground were also Cruz's style, but only the guards of the Holy Cathedral would be so ostentatious with their swords. If it were any other human army, he would have seen more or less battle axes or other standard weapons.
Lifting his outer robe, he was now certain of this.
"They are the gray-robed soldiers of the Holy Cathedral of Fire." He straightened up and said to Quinn and Elder Wydd. "I wonder if there are any flame guards."
"They probably didn't encounter wolves, but it's strange to see more than thirty corpses neatly placed here." Elder Wydd said.
"Yes, if the Holy Cathedral had kept the corpses, they wouldn't have left their companions' corpses exposed in the wilderness. Even if they didn't have time, they would still have buried them. They knew that there were wolves in the forest. "
Brando walked to the next corpse and lifted the robes. "Another soldier monk."
"More importantly, there are no signs of a fight." Quinn said. The occasional cries of the owls in the forest made his ears twitch. "It's as if they just fell asleep. There are no obvious wounds on their bodies."
"Are they all the same?"
"They are all the same."
Brando finished examining the first three corpses. He then looked up and across the forest to the other side. There were more than thirty corpses lying on the ground or leaning against the trees. They were more or less in the same posture as when they were alive.
Their eyes were closed and their weapons were not far from them. It was as if they had really fallen asleep.
However, their pale and lifeless skin proved that they were dead people who had lost all signs of life.
This scene was extremely strange.
The Centaur Elder Wydd and the Tree Elf Leader Quinn did not make a sound. They were not surprised by the strange situation. No one could understand the Dark Forest. The deeper one ventured into the forest, the more it was like a giant nightmare that could silently enter one's dreams and take one's life.
However, Brando's thoughts were different from theirs.
"It's just that I don't know if his life was taken away in an instant or if he had experienced something before. What was the cause of all this? Is it a wolf? "
Brando walked silently among the corpses, not daring to jump to conclusions. However, compared to the helplessness of the two natives, Brando had already found some clues from the state of the corpses.
After all, the experience of a level 130 Warrior was not for nothing.
Regardless of whether it was Wade or Quinn, both of them had to address him as their senior.
Brando suddenly stopped beside a corpse. He squatted down and saw that the soldier monk was holding a golden amulet tightly in his hand. He forcefully pulled the amulet out of the monk's hand. At the same time, he confirmed the time of death. The body was slightly stiff and the fingers were cold, no different from a wax figure.
Brando then placed his hand on the monk's chest. There was still a trace of warmth. It seemed that the Holy Cathedral had just passed by. However, those people were one step ahead of him, which surprised Brando. This meant that the Holy Cathedral of Fire also knew about the Druids' plan and made use of them.
"Hmph, these powerful forces are really good at gathering information." Brando could not help but think.
However, he also knew that the Druids' plan was to hide from small forces like the Golden Mane Toquinin and Erouine. The wizards of Buga, the Holy Cathedral, and the people of Cruz had probably already guessed the outcome of tonight's operation.
In other words, they were probably heading deeper into the Ring of Clouds.
Brando raised his head and looked at the corpse in the forest. Was it really that easy to enter the Loop of Trade Winds? No matter how powerful these giants were, they probably would not have guessed that he had already experienced it before.
The deeper he went into this world, the more Brando felt that the players were once superior.
He then raised the amulet and looked at it. In the middle of the amulet was a diamond-shaped amethyst. The amethyst had been blown up by the runaway magic. It was rumored that amethyst could ward off evil spirits, so it was often used to make amulets to ward off evil spirits.
The fact that the soldier monk died with this amulet in his hand meant that he was already aware of the danger.
Then, his life wouldn't have been taken away in an instant.
Brando immediately came to this conclusion. He then habitually wanted to keep the amulet in his bag, thinking that it could still be used. The items used by the Holy Cathedral were generally not bad.
However, he quickly reacted. After all, this was not a game. If he touched the belongings of the dead, who knew if the two behind him would throw their halberds at him.
Centaurs and Tree Elves respected the dead and the spirits the most.
Brando put the amulet back into the hand of the dead soldier. It was not worth the risk since it was not a good item. In fact, Brando could already feel the gazes of Wydd and Quinn on him.
He stood up and said with certainty, "These soldier monks were left behind to cover the rear."
"Cover the rear?" The Centaur Elder was stunned. He saw the young human walking between the corpses and occasionally squatting down to examine them. At first, he was slightly disdainful. Corpses would leave behind information, but only veterans, professional hunters, and professional priests who had walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood would be able to read the information.
Wydd himself was an expert in this field. As a veteran warrior, he could easily distinguish whether the wounds were caused by blades, bites, or the effects of some kind of magic. However, when faced with such strange corpses, he was helpless.
That young man walked around the corpses twice and could tell that they were left behind to cover the rear?
That was probably just a guess.
The Centaur Elder could not help but frown. As a commander, it was irresponsible to jump to conclusions so easily. He turned to look at the Tree Elves beside him. Quinn was also frowning, but the Tree Elves shook their heads at him, indicating for him to calm down.
"Hmph, these indecisive tree stumps." The Centaur Elder, Wydd, was dissatisfied.
Brando did not seem to notice Wydd's indifference. He walked to the other side and observed the battlefield. Then he confirmed a direction and pointed in that direction. "It seems that the people from the Holy Cathedral came from that direction. It's similar to ours."
Wydd was stunned. Quinn was also slightly surprised. When they found the corpses, they had ordered their men to search the area carefully. The Druids were experts in this field. It did not take long for them to determine the direction the humans had entered and left from based on the fallen vegetation in the forest.
Brando's judgment was almost the same as theirs.
"What? You don't believe me? " Brando looked at their shocked expressions. "You just have to search in that direction. There should be many traces left behind in the forest."
"No," Quinn asked. "We just want to know how you know."
"Well …" Brando thought that the Holy Cathedral had been using this kind of formation since the beginning of the game. This formation with four guards in the middle was modified by the players and became the most popular formation in the game. It was flexible and flexible, and there was enough time to react in case of an emergency.
However, as the commander, he was very familiar with this kind of formation. Brando walked to the side of a tree. "The Holy Cathedral entered the forest from this direction. The left wing swept through the forest. The scouts first discovered the enemy and then alerted the others here."
He looked up and saw a corpse on the top of the tree.
He then took two steps to the left. This corpse was the furthest away from the encampment. "The enemy was too fast. There was no time to react, so the first to face the enemy was the Gray Knight on the periphery — the Holy Cathedral's scouts."
He lifted his robe and saw the insignia of the Gray Knight.
"Scarlet!" Brendel turned around and shouted: "Come over here, go over there." He pointed to a position and said to Scarlet. The red-haired girl was originally standing beside Amandina and was observing the situation from afar, but she could not help but be startled when she heard the order.
But as Brando's follower, her duty was to obey. Even though she did not understand, she still walked over.
Brando used his hand to draw a circle around the position of the Gray Knight. He then looked at Wyld and Quinn: "The Gray Knight surrounded them in a semicircle with a wide distance. Their mission in this formation was to stall for time. These are the elites of the Holy Cathedral. They are well-trained and are well aware of this."
"But there was no battle." Brando gestured for Scarlet to come over. She walked past the six corpses of the Gray Knight. "They fell."
"The last Gray Knight must have been scared out of his wits. He began to turn around here." Brando looked at the traces of broken vegetation at his feet. He then raised his head and looked in another direction: "He ran in that direction, but he was caught. There was no battle, and he fell down dead."
Brando said as he looked at the corpse.
"The enemy is strong." Brando gestured for Scarlet to continue walking into the forest. "The left wing guards were prepared to face the enemy. The Holy Cathedral's decision was to have them cover the rear. They then left in that direction."
He pointed outside the forest as if he had seen the situation with his own eyes.
Wade and Quinn turned their heads back at the same time, and their expressions changed. Brendel had guessed correctly again. At this time, everyone heard a series of footsteps coming from outside the forest. The centaur elder and the tree elf leader turned around nervously. But they saw Erouine's men.
It seemed to be a guy called Count Audine.
In fact, Brando had ordered the troops to stop halfway up the mountain. Count Audine was really impatient, so he came up to check on the situation. But when he came up, he was shocked.
The forest was littered with corpses.
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