Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 185 The number one loser

In the deep shadow forest, a team was walking with torches in hand, like a long winding snake.

The leading few people were a combination that was impossible to put together no matter how hard you tried - a frail-looking old man with a white beard, a young girl with a childish face, a handsome young man riding a tall horse, and incredibly burly pandamen and orcs.

"I thought it was just a change in the environment, but I didn't expect the temperature in here to become as hot as spring." The lord was only wearing a thin short-sleeved linen shirt.

The temperature inside the shadow forest was much higher than he had imagined, so he involuntarily took off his coat and hung it on the horse's back.

"Yes, many soldiers couldn't stand the sudden huge temperature change." Maisha had taken off the clergy robe and was wearing tight leather armor and breeches underneath, which clearly outlined her figure.

As the only woman in the team, she would naturally attract the occasional glances from those hot-blooded soldiers of the Thorn Legion.

As for the barbarians and pandas, they disdain to even look at them. To them, only those with big arms and waists are good-looking, while those like Maisha who are skinny and bony are terribly ugly.

"Only magic can change the weather of an area. This forest must have been cast under a very advanced spell." Fu Jin, the spellcaster, gave his opinion.

"And one thing is very interesting. My snowbird can't fly into the sky. Once it reaches the sky above this forest, there will be an invisible wall that prevents it from flying further up."

Only the white of Fu Jin's pupils remained, but as he finished speaking, his pupils turned golden again.

"This means that if there is no acquaintance to lead the way, anyone will get lost in this forest." Fu Jin was a little worried: "And we don't know how big this forest is."

"Don't we still have Knight Sikai? He is an old acquaintance and often travels back and forth between the elves' tribes." Levi patted the shoulder of the middle-aged knight who was riding side by side with him.

"I'm right, Sikai." The lord said with a smile.

"Ahem, Sir, although I am very touched that you can trust me so much, to be honest, in the past, when I led the caravan to the outside of Shadow Forest, I only needed to give the agreed slogan, and the tree people in the Shadow Forest would lead us through the Shadow Forest." Sikai said a little embarrassedly: "In other words, I am not 100% sure that I can find the correct route."

"Oh my god, why didn't you say so earlier!"

The lord was speechless.

It was a pity that he had such great trust in Sikai.

“But no matter what, I’m the only one among our group who can pass through Shadow Forest. I’m the only one who can lead the way.” Sikai blinked his eyes, looking very innocent.

Things have come to this point, and the lord has no choice but to use the mule as a horse.

A few of them were bragging and chatting, but they were all tense and kept looking around, trying to find the enemies hiding behind the thick trees.

"There is a situation!"

Suddenly the little old man Fu Jin spoke nervously.

"Through Snowbird, I found a lot of bodies a hundred steps ahead!"

Levi made a gesture, and the marching team immediately stopped as the messengers waved their flags one after another, quietly waiting for the next order.

As the commander of the vanguard army, he was also temporarily in charge of the one thousand infantry squads of the Thorn Legion.

Seeing a huge tree collapsed in front of him, blocking his view, Levi pointed in that direction with his whip.

"Zat took ten brothers to check out the situation."

Zat, who was wearing a horned helmet, waved his hand, and ten fully armed orcs followed him and moved forward cautiously.

"Boss, no problem." Zat quickly waved his hand to give a signal.

He rode his horse over, stood on the ridge, and looked at the corpse in the valley in front of him, frowning slightly.

The inside was filled with corpses of various wild people, including bugbears, lizardmen, pig-headed men...

Most of them had sunken chests or were entangled by vines on the ground. Their faces were ashen, and they were obviously strangled to death. There had been an ambush here, and these people who had been ambushed in the wilderness stayed here forever.

"It's the tree magic of the tree people. They can control tree roots and vines at will as weapons of attack." Sikai gave his own judgment after taking a look.

But this was just a minor incident, and the team quickly bypassed the pile of corpses and continued forward.

Along the way, more and more corpses appeared in everyone's sight. Most of them were shot by arrows, or hit by something heavy, causing their bodies to collapse.

The good news is that these bodies prove that they are on the right track.

The bad news is that they only saw corpses in the wilderness along the way, but no elves or tree people.

This is very strange. If the elves had the upper hand, it would be normal for them to have extra energy to collect the bodies of their companions, but they are at a disadvantage.

Logically speaking, there is absolutely no extra energy to collect the bodies of compatriots who died in the war.

Click~
Suddenly, a barely audible sound came from behind a tree not far away.

But no one noticed, or perhaps the sound of the burning torches was enough to cover up the already small sound.

Levi lightly kicked Zat, who was holding the leash in front of him, on the back, and the guy turned his head with a puzzled look.

The lord gave it a look, and it immediately understood, slowed down, and disappeared into the crowd.

Even though this idiot is usually not very serious, at least he has followed the lord for the longest time.

Whenever the lord farts, it can guess the saltiness of it and praise it against its conscience, which can be said to be a perfect display of the image of the lord's number one lackey.

Panda in front also turned his head. Levi looked at it, and everything was said without words.

"Catch him alive for me!"

Soon, a sound of fighting was heard from the left rear, accompanied by Zat's roar.

This caused a small commotion among the entire group, but it soon calmed down.

"This……"

Sikai and the others turned around, looking confused.

The Lord simply nodded and smiled, with a humble manner that everything was under control, "It's just a few mice. I don't know how long they have been following us."

Faced with several people who suddenly realized and showed admiration, the lord felt as happy as if he had eaten mung bean cake in summer.

"The boss is a few elves!"

Not long after, Zat and several orc guards came over, escorting several elves wearing leather armor and with golden hair.

"Let me go! You damned invaders!"

The leading elf had his hands firmly grasped by Zat, and no matter how he struggled it was useless, so he could only shout in anger.

"Is this a drow?" the Lord asked uncertainly.

But when Sikai, who was standing by, saw the elf's appearance clearly, he screamed.

"..."

(End of this chapter)