Chapter 1707 Freak

Black pine forest.

Towering giant trees block the sun, and dense bushes and vines form walls. The life cycle entrenched in this land forms some kind of closed energy field, completely blocking the atmosphere outside the forest. After entering the mysterious jungle, everyone felt as if they had stepped into another world.

And this feeling doesn't seem to be an illusion.

"Is it foggy?" After the cart gradually slowed down and entered a stable state, Lily raised her head and looked behind her. What she saw was a strange thick fog - the thick fog entangled in the trees a hundred meters away. The mist was as thick as some kind of gray liquid, and the mist slowly floated with the breeze in the forest. Through it, it was almost impossible to see the outline of the green barrier of Greenway: you know, that magnificent barrier is It can be seen clearly from several kilometers away.

But now I can only vaguely see a strange shadow hiding behind the fog.

"It's strange...those imperial soldiers didn't chase after me..." After calming down, Charlemagne realized another unusual thing, "Something's wrong, they don't give up so easily..."

Vivian glanced at the prince: "Anyway, now we can finally determine who wants your lives."

"The Knights of the Black Sword directly obey the orders of Emperor Dragon. No one can control them except the emperor himself," Hao Ren continued, "And judging from their kill-without-discrimination attitude, they have obviously determined your identity. And you were ordered to come to hunt him down - where did you offend His Majesty the Emperor?"

"I don't know," Charlemagne answered simply. "To be honest, after arriving in Dragon Territory, the situation was completely out of my expectation and control. There was no news about anything that happened in this country before... I can no longer help you with intelligence."

Hao Ren curled his lips and looked in the direction of the other two caravans: the third caravan had switched forms, and the folded partition walls had not yet returned to their original shape, making it a "convertible car" with a circle of bunkers around it. ” so it’s easy to observe your surroundings. He saw that the guards on the other two caravans were safe and sound, and the shields on the cars were functioning well.

After realizing that these caravans were equipped with powerful shields, the guards quickly retracted their bodies inside the shields. Except for the first rash guy who leaned out to meet the enemy and was accidentally scratched by a spear. , everyone is safe and sound.

"I didn't expect these cars to be equipped with such powerful magic barriers," Evana said with some surprise, "Your 'World Tree Temple' seems to have very amazing technology."

"We have always mastered cutting-edge technology," Hao Ren waved his hand carelessly, "The key question now is what are you going to do next? The Black Sword Knight is chasing you, and the person behind the orders must be the Dragon Soul Emperor Berundin. Therefore, we definitely can’t go to the Imperial Capital—will you continue this ‘secret mission’?”

In Hao Ren's view, the development of the matter to this point is tantamount to the breakdown of diplomatic relations between the Dragon Soul Empire and Ysu. No matter what the reasons were for the Dragon Soul Emperor to attack the Charlemagne brothers and sisters, such an act of assassinating the royal family of a neighboring country It is tantamount to a declaration of war. In this case, any "secret envoy" mission is meaningless.

But Evana shook her head after pondering for a moment: "No, we must complete the mission."

"Huh?" This time, even Leah, who was squinting and immersed in studying, couldn't help but open her eyes and look over, "Are you kidding me! That Emperor Dragon wants to kill you, and you still plan to go to the imperial capital to find him? "

"No, let's go find Princess Constance," Evana said seriously, "cross the imperial capital and continue north to the six northern provinces..."

Hao Ren opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Charlemagne took the initiative to speak: "Sorry, our mission is very important. Of course, we have no position to ask you to continue with us. Our brothers and sisters have been taken care of by you along the way. I really can’t ask for more, everyone went their separate ways after leaving the black pine forest..."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I haven't spoken yet," Hao Ren immediately interrupted the other party with a wave of his hand, "You are going to the North to find that Princess Constance, right? No problem, for us who should we look for anyway? It’s all the same, let’s go to the north with you.”

This time it was Charlemagne's turn to be stunned. He looked at Hao Ren dumbfounded: "Is this... okay? Don't you also shoulder the mission of the World Tree Temple and must go to the imperial capital to find Emperor Dragon?"

"It doesn't matter, what we want to do doesn't necessarily have to find that Berrentine, or we don't necessarily have to find him first," Hao Ren laughed, "In fact, now I have no idea about that Constance The princess is no less curious than the Dragon Soul Emperor... maybe she can answer many of my questions."

"And one more thing," Vivian added lightly from the side, "With your own strength and the current situation where your whereabouts have been exposed, without our help, can you really reach the six northern provinces safely?"

A trace of imperceptible embarrassment flashed across Charlemagne's face, but he still nodded silently: "In this case...then I have no choice but to continue to bother you."

"It's just cooperation," Hao Ren smiled, but his eyes fell on the tall "corpse" covered with armor in the middle of the carriage, "Since there are no pursuers, let us now get to know these black sword knights. …”

When the topic came to this point, both Evanna and Charlemagne showed a look of nervousness and fear on their faces. The latter was relatively calm, but the former skipped two steps to the other side of the carriage and met the car that looked like it was already there. The lifeless "corpse" has opened enough distance.

"I still don't know how you killed this knight instantly," Charlemagne said in confusion. "I have seen other battles. Although your magic is weird, there are traces of it, but this knight But just now..."

"I didn't attack him," Leah raised her eyelids and said lazily, "I just destroyed his sword - and then he just fell here without moving."

Charlemagne was stunned.

The scene from the previous battle also reappeared in Hao Ren's mind: the black sword knight stepped into the carriage with two imperial soldiers to check the passengers, and ten murderous pursuers rushed behind the caravan, and a battle broke out. After Leia came to her senses immediately, the weapons that the Black Sword Knight and the two Imperial soldiers slashed at her decomposed themselves due to the divine power. Then the two Imperial soldiers were killed by Vivian and Lily, but the Black Sword Knight …

He was not attacked, he fell down on his own - after the mechanical sword turned into ashes.

Lily curiously followed Hao Ren to the "corpse". Looking at the motionless body without any scars, she couldn't help but poke it with her hand: "Landlady, do you think he is Because we destroyed the equipment he paid for with krypton gold, why did he die in a hurry?"

Hao Ren glanced up and down at the husky girl: "It's a little hot in the woods, but your intelligence won't deteriorate so badly, right?"

Lily's throat immediately made a threatening sound: "Oooh, ooh, ooh—"

Hao Ren ignored her at all, but put his hand on the side of the Black Sword Knight's helmet, looking for the buckle to open the armor: "Let me see what he looks like... I mean, this thing is really sealed. They usually have to wait for a while to eat..."

As he muttered, the buckle between the helmet and the visor was first fumbled, and then there was a soft click. The black steel visor bounced up slightly, revealing a narrow strip between the visor and the helmet. Narrow gap comes.

Hao Ren easily took off the opponent's face armor.

The face under the visor made almost everyone gasp.

Even Lily muttered: "I don't think I want to have dinner..."

What is shown under the visor is not the appearance that a human should have at all - it is a face that is completely deformed, stacked, and twisted. The facial features and muscles seem to have melted and flowed freely, forming a hideous and terrifying shape. Solidified on the collapsed and deformed skull, the position of the eyes are two sunken black holes, with a faint red light shining inside, and his mouth has degenerated into a small crack. Seeing this mouth, Hao Ren was stunned. One thing is certain: these black sword knights probably don't eat, at least not like normal humans...

Not only did they not eat, but they also used their faces to prevent others from eating.

Well, they didn't stop him intentionally. After all, it was Hao Ren who took off his mask in a desperate attempt to die.

"Is this the Black Sword Knight?!" Vivian suppressed the discomfort in her heart - although this face does look a bit bohemian, she has seen more than one ugly face in the past ten thousand years, so It was quick to adapt, "Is this the result of biochemical transformation? Or...magical transformation? Are all the ace warriors of the Dragon Empire such transformation freaks?"

"How could it be like this? It shouldn't be..." Evana frowned and came closer. Although her face was so pale that she was almost pale, she still suppressed the feeling of nausea and even a trace of inquiry. Xin began to examine the cause of the mutated face of the Black Sword Knight, "I have seen other Black Sword Knights before, and I have also seen their true faces... They are no different from normal people..."

Hao Ren was stunned: "Are the black sword knights you have seen the same as normal people?"

"Yes, the Black Sword Knights are just a special type of soldier. In the final analysis, they are just human beings," Evana nodded. "They can't live their lives wrapped in armor - naturally they have to reveal their true colors. of."

Lily touched her chin: "Maybe we just met the ugliest one..."

"Do you believe what you say?" Hao Ren rolled his eyes at her, "And no matter how you look at it, it's obviously not natural, okay? Who is born with such a deformity and can still join the army and fight with both civil and military skills? These eyes have become It’s a dark hole.”

At this time, the data terminal floated down from Hao Ren's shoulder: "Compared to these superficial mutations, this... changes within the organism are probably more surprising."

Evana and Charlemagne looked at the data terminal floating in the air curiously. They had been interested in this thing for a long time, an amazing "golem" that could move on its own and had high intelligence. This technology looked at the entire world. Lahirien had never heard of it, so the elf craftsmen and rune wizards would look forward to something similar when they were talking about business, but now there is a real one in front of them. How can this not make people pay attention?

But now is obviously not the time to investigate how much black technology the World Tree Temple has. The brother and sister quickly retracted their attention and listened intently to the scanning report of the data terminal.

The data terminal stopped at the Black Sword Knight's chest. After a static in-depth scan, it finally had a clear result: "Half of this guy's body is a mechanical structure, and the other half can hardly be said to be biological tissue."