"Your Highness," the old knight came closer and said in a low voice, "time is running out."
"I know." Veronica also lowered her voice. She knew that her knights were brave, but no matter how brave they were, they still had a human heart. In this case, she had to avoid damaging their morale as much as possible. "They will attack in about half an hour, and the war flag only has the last two charges left."
The old knight hesitated for a moment, but he still could not help but ask, "Can we really find the mountain?"
"Do you believe me?" Veronica asked softly.
The old knight was stunned for a moment, and almost subconsciously replied, "Of course …"
"But I dare not be so confident. Sir Morian, you have been my swordsmanship teacher since I was six years old, so I have nothing to hide from you. I found the information about the Holy Mountain in an incomplete ancient book. There were only a few short sentences and a sketch that was better than nothing. The book was so tattered that it could even be a collection of heroic stories written by some whimsical bard, and then one of my ancestors collected it out of curiosity. So I can't believe that we can really find the mountain. "
The old knight did not show much shock or disappointment when he heard what the princess said. He just sighed softly as if he already knew the answer.
Veronica was a little surprised. "Sir Morian, you …"
"Your Highness, as you said, I have known you since you were six years old." The old knight shook his head. "You can hide it from the boys, but you can't hide it from your teacher. But even if the mountain does not exist, in this case, people do need hope. "
Veronica sighed softly. "But illusory hope will always be shattered."
The old knight raised his eyebrows. "Veronica, this is not you."
The princess was a little stunned for a moment. She could not remember how many years it had been since she heard her swordsmanship teacher call her name so directly, and with such a stern tone.
"Don't give up so quickly." The old knight frowned, but he still softened his tone. "As you said, even if the source of the record is not so reliable, at least there is such a record. The Holy Mountain may really exist, and fate will bless the kingdom's warriors."
Veronica nodded silently, and her eyes seemed to be slightly firm.
She couldn't help but recall the afternoon when she broke into the old scholar's library and found those yellowed pages in a pile of dusty old books. She couldn't remember many things from her teenage years, but perhaps she had been particularly keen on the knowledge of mystical realms and adventures since she was a child. The words about the Holy Mountain "Cassouin" were still fresh in her memory.
Moving forward from the west of the kingdom, through the Shadow Forest, between the arches formed by twisted twin boulders, one could see the most striking Hill of the Unknown Knight in the wilderness. In the direction of the unknown knight's gaze, in the depths of layers of fog and chaos, the sacred mountain Cassouin stood tall on the land since ancient times, and the ancient Cassouin Temple was built on the top of the mountain. It was a great temple that had existed since the previous era. It carried the power of the Goddess. It existed in the past, and it still existed in the present. It was as eternal as the earth. The brilliance of the temple far surpassed any Tower of Flames. Wherever the brilliance shrouded, the Chaos would retreat …
Veronica silently chewed on these words, and her heart re-affirmed her belief in the existence of the Holy Mountain. At this moment, she suddenly felt the light around her tremble violently.
The old knight reacted almost instantaneously. He immediately pulled out the longsword at his waist. The magic sword forged by the court of Taros glowed blue in the darkness. The knight's voice was like rolling thunder. "Draw your sword! The Chaos is attacking! "
The well-trained knights responded immediately. The sound of steel scraping rang from all around, and the reflection of the longsword seemed to bring a chill. At the same time, each of them crushed the white crystal hanging on the saddle belt of their mounts. The crystal broke and released a thin mist of light. Under the cover of the mist of light, the horses, who were on the verge of collapse a second ago, immediately regained their spirits and neighed in high spirits.
But Morian sighed slightly: these horses that had accompanied the warriors for a long time would not last until the next battle.
As the knights completed their battle preparations, the golden battle flag in the hands of the standard-bearer also flickered for the last time. Then the rune threads on the magic cloth burst out with electric light. With the crackling of magic energy overload, the faint light released by the battle flag finally went out.
As the light of the battle flag went out, the surroundings immediately plunged into deeper darkness. But another light source quickly lit up the battlefield: the knights activated the illumination crystals on their bodies. Morian and Veronica chanted softly and instantly created a few floating magic light balls around them.
But this form of magic light could not dispel the evil servants condensed in the fog. Veronica heard a piercing howl coming from behind her. She immediately turned around, and the knight's sword in her hand brought out a white light and split a wolf-shaped shadow monster in half in the air.
Under the illumination of all kinds of magic light, everything that happened in the fog could be seen at a glance. One shadow after another condensed from the darkness. Some of them looked like various kinds of beasts, some were almost humanoid, and some were simply indescribable black spots. These strange servants of Chaos let out ear-piercing howls. After losing the suppression of the golden battle flag, they began to madly attack the knights' line of defense!
Morian swung his sword and beheaded a humanoid monster. The monster's head flew high into the air, letting out a shrill howl in the air. Its body twitched and fell to the ground, turning into gray dust in the blink of an eye. The old knight did not even look at the monster that he had killed. He just commanded the soldiers loudly, "Protect the standard-bearer! The battle flag can still be activated! Gordon, Roland, don't stray too far from the formation. Be careful not to be swallowed by the Chaos! "
Veronica's sword swung and slashed the monsters that kept coming at her. At the same time, her other hand was constantly making various kinds of seals, using instantaneous low-level magic to provide support to the team. She was not a real magic swordsman, so the spells that she could cast at the moment were quite limited. While constantly repelling the monsters, the knight princess nervously observed the pale golden battle flag in the hands of the standard-bearer. The rune threads of the golden battle flag were glimmering in the darkness, which meant that the flag had begun to charge. But before the flag was lit up, it was completely unknown whether the knights could hold on.
More importantly, the mounts — the warhorses had already absorbed the crystal dust, and these loyal companions could only hold on for a while. When the dust effect was over, even if the battle flag was lit up again, these people would probably not be able to go far.
After a quick consideration, Veronica made up her mind. She raised her sword and swung it down in a certain direction. "Knights, break in that direction! Full speed! "
"Wherever the blade points!"
The knights roared in unison. Under the guidance of the princess, they turned their horses around and charged into the darkness without hesitation. In front of them was the ever-gathering army of monsters.
The small team began to gallop in the wilderness. The charge in the darkness reminded people of the legendary last attack of the holy knights in the ancient sacred war. But at this time, Veronica and Morian had no time to lament about the epic: they had become the vanguard of the knights, shouldering the heavy responsibility of opening a way out of the army of monsters!
Two magic swords flew up and down, and the monsters in the darkness and chaos were constantly turned into ashes. However, at the end of the team, a young knight finally could not resist the fatigue and pain that accumulated over the days. He was slashed in the chest by a scimitar from the darkness, and fell heavily from the back of the warhorse.
His comrades did not even have time to rescue him before the young warrior had already rolled to the ground. He was quickly swallowed by the darkness, and only a cry came. "Aiken, take care of me …"
There was a flash of light in the darkness, and the dying soul of the human was swallowed by the Chaos.
Veronica also saw this scene from the corner of her eye, but she could not stop at all. She could only look up and continue to focus on the enemy in front of her.
And it was at this moment that a hazy, extremely majestic shadow seemed to suddenly appear in front of her.
A black mountain.
The Sacred Mountain, Cassouin.
The fog and darkness hindered her vision so that when the mountain was right in front of her, Veronica saw it. The knights behind her also saw it, and immediately someone shouted in surprise. "It's the Sacred Mountain! The Sacred Mountain that Her Royal Highness mentioned is in front! "
Suddenly the morale of the knights was boosted, as if the appearance of the mountain had instantly dispersed the surrounding enemies. But when Veronica looked at the top of the mountain, her heart gradually began to sink.
She had already seen the building on the top of the mountain, the Cassouin Temple, which was recorded in the ancient book as "shining and dispelling evil." However, the situation there was completely different from what she had expected: the entire temple was shrouded in a dark sky, and only half of the temple remained as if it had been destroyed by a great force. Over the damaged holy land, there was only a very faint Light of Order.
The light was not much brighter than the Golden War Flag.
Even if it was a great miracle left by the previous generation, it was now almost completely destroyed by the Chaos. The records in the ancient book were just the words of a third-rate scholar who liked to exaggerate.
Morian also noticed this, and he immediately moved closer to Veronica. "Your Royal Highness …"
"Keep moving," the knight princess said in a deep voice. "At least there is still light there."
Morian paused for a moment and nodded.
And just when the old knight and the princess had already prepared for the worst, an unexpected accident happened.
There was a sudden explosion of unknown cause among the monsters on the flank of the knights. A bright and dazzling bright blue flame burst out, and a dozen Servants of Chaos instantly turned into ashes!
Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions rang from all directions, and the monsters nearby were reduced to ashes in the big explosion. A strange man appeared in Veronica's eyes. The man was running down the sacred mountain, throwing out small bright light balls with both hands. Each light ball caused an earth-shattering explosion when it hit the ground. Veronica heard the man's loud voice shouting in her ears: "You're not dead yet!"
"Get out of the way, get out of the way! Humanitarian care is coming!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
