Lord of Hyranza

The sun was shining brightly, the sky was blue, and the mountains were covered with pure white snow. Surdak came out of the red pine forest on horseback, and his eyes suddenly opened up.

A group of young nobles who rode at the front galloped and chased each other in the snow, which suddenly broke the dullness of the team walking through the red pine forest. Karl also ran out of the team on horseback and rushed to a car. At the window of the magic caravan, the window of the carriage was pushed open from the inside, and Mrs. Christie's happy and angry face was exposed through the window.

Miss Brenda was unable to participate in the winter hunting this time because of her health.

Llewellyn could only honestly stay in the team and chat with Suldak and Byrd tax officer. Byrd tax officer liked a hunting leather suit, and the palm-wide belt could not tighten his beer belly. It seems to be recalling the great achievements in the hunting field 20 years ago, and telling Surdak how an arrow shot through a thousand-pound wild boar. The wild boar was covered with tree oil, as if it had a layer of armor. A pair of tusks are a foot long.

Baron Llewellyn listened with relish, and occasionally interjected to ask the Byrd tax collector about the details of the hunt.

"It's a pity that in recent years, it's hard to see such a big wild boar on the outskirts of Hailansa, but the forest gray wolf is multiplying more and more." Bird tax collector rode on horseback, breathing white gas from his mouth, even if Even riding this horse, he was also a little out of breath.

Suldak recalled the experience of being hijacked by the black magician a few days ago. He was followed by a group of forest gray wolves in the red pine forest with Daci Christie on his back. Those two nights were really fresh in his memory, so he was quite happy. He said with emotion: "I met a group of forest gray wolves in the red pine forest a few days ago, and they followed them all the way to the outside of the village before retreating quietly."

The Byrd tax officer wiped the frost and snow from the stubble, and introduced to the two people: "These forest gray wolves were not at the top of the food chain. In the past, there were first-order monster rock tigers living here. They specialize in predation. Forest gray wolves make their living, but besides the precious leather, these rock tigers also give birth to magic-weave spirit bones. They are also first-order monsters, which attract demon hunters to the southern area of ​​Mount Pagolos. As the rock tigers gradually disappear , the forest gray wolf population here is multiplying more and more, until now, it has almost occupied the entire red pine forest."

His finger points to the large pine forest among the distant mountains.

The team walked on the edge of the bushes. Along the road, you can almost see patches of red fruits, which are still hanging on the branches in clusters after being frozen by frost and snow. The sour soup beef stewed with this kind of red fruits is also a characteristic of Hailansa City. dishes.

Suldak originally wanted to hunt sand wolves in the hunting ground in order to obtain some primary sacrifices, but now that his leg injury has healed, there is no need for primary sacrifices, and the hunting mood is not so urgent. Now I heard that there are rocks here. Tiger haunted, and there was some curiosity in my heart.

"Can you find traces of rock tigers at the hunting ground?" Surdak asked curiously.

Bird tax collector shook his head lightly, and said: "It has disappeared completely for a long time, and now occasionally some sand wolves are used to pass through the barren land to come to this woodland. Those sand wolves will not hunt forest gray wolves. On the contrary, sometimes there will be some strings left behind, and because of the blood power of the sand wolf, this kind of gray wolf will mostly become the wolf king of the wolf pack, and sometimes it will be promoted to a first-level monster."

Llewellyn looked around curiously, and saw no trace of wolves among the snow-covered mountains, so he asked, "Why didn't we meet any gray wolves along the way?"

Bird Tax Officer laughed and replied: "There are so many people in our team, and there are so many young nobles and guards in the team. Those forest gray wolves are not fools. How could they seek their own death? They must be lurking in the In the dark, as long as someone in our team is alone, within a quarter of an hour, we will definitely meet those gray wolves, and I can guarantee that there will definitely be more than a group."

Baron Llewellyn couldn't help touching the sword on his waist when he heard what Bird Tax Officer said, and asked nervously, "Is it really so scary, Bird Tax Officer?"

Bird Tax Officer patted his greasy stomach and said with certainty: "My territory is here, of course I know it very well!"

"Okay, how long do we have to go?" Baron Llewellyn awkwardly touched his inner thigh, which was already a little sore from being worn on the horse's back, and his stomach also protested, but he still seemed to be walking. endless road.

Bird tax collector looked at the surrounding scenery, and said to Baron Llewellyn: "Cross the mountain in front of you and you will be there."

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A group of people arrived at the residence of the winter hunting ground at noon. It turned out to be a manor built near a lake. This glacial lake covering an area of ​​nearly four hectares was covered with a thick layer of white snow. In the oak and fir forests, since the number of hunters in this winter far exceeds the previous ones, the villa of the Christie family simply cannot accommodate so many people. Therefore, the three manors around the hunting ground have also become temporary residences for entertaining these hunters.

There are a total of three manors around this icy lake. In addition to the manor built by the Christie family for vacations, the lakeside villa of Bird tax collector, and the manor of the Goss family.

Arrived at the hunting ground, but did not see any ferocious prey. Some young nobles were a little impatient, and wanted to go for a stroll in the forest together, but were stopped by experienced nobles. After the group allocated their residences, Su Erdak followed Bird tax collector to his lakeside villa.

Originally, the three manors were separated by a certain distance, and they could only look at each other across the lake, but at this time the lake was frozen very hard. Bird tax collector led Carl, Suldak, and Baron Llewellyn across the ice. It took about 10 minutes to arrive at tax collector Byrd's lakeside villa, accompanied by Carl's lover, Mrs. Christie, and several other young nobles that Suldak was not very familiar with.

Bird Tax Officer's lakeside villa is a two-story attic. Although it looks a bit old, it still looks like it has been renovated.

This villa is built by mountains and rivers, with rolling mountains behind it, it looks like a location with great scenery.

When everyone came to the villa, the servants in Bird’s tax collector’s house had already cleaned the villa in advance and lit a fire in the fireplace. Everyone walked into the villa and immediately felt that the room was as warm as spring. Bird’s tax collector’s house The housekeeper thoughtfully divided Karl and Mrs. Christie into two adjacent rooms, while Suldak was in the guest room on the side of the lake.

The original plan was that after everyone settled down, they would return to the Christie family's manor for lunch, and then take a walk in the woods in the afternoon to familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain, but because everyone rode for nearly half a day , are already exhausted, and the butler of Bird Tax Officer also prepared barbecue steaks, Bird Tax Officer suggested that everyone might as well have lunch here, take a rest and go to Christie Manor to meet up.

By the time everyone returned to the Christie Manor in their hunting clothes, some young nobles had already started marching into the back mountain woodland. Darcy Christie was wearing a thorntail crystal lion leather armor and a white cloak, and several The young nobleman was waiting by the lake on a horse. From a distance, Suldak saw Leonard who was beaming and chatting with Darcy Christie, and beside him was Miss Fanny with a sharp voice. Except for these guests Besides, Miss Hoyle was actually by Darcy's side.

Seeing Suldak rushing over through the frozen lake, Dacie Christie waved at Suldak and signaled him to go over.

The meeting between Suldak and Leonard swordsman was a bit embarrassing. Leonard never expected that Miss Darcy Christie, who was originally a deadly enemy with Hathaway, would become friends with Suldak. Leonard couldn't figure out the reasoning. He stared at Dacie Christie with wide eyes, hoping to get some understandable answer from her, such as why it was due to family pressure, or why He was setting a trap to make this hateful Suldak fall into the abyss of eternal doom, but seeing how familiar Daxi and Suldak were, these conjectures became unreasonable.

Leonard couldn't figure out how Cole Norton couldn't even keep Darcy Christie after losing Hathaway. He wanted to write a letter to his good friend Cole Norton at night , Tell me in detail what he saw and heard in Hailansa City.

"Aren't you going to hunt sand wolves? You can look north through this golden oak forest. There are often sand wolves there, but you'd better form a reliable team. Those sand wolves are not like forest gray wolves." That's easy to deal with." When Darcy Christie spoke, she liked to lift her white chin and show off her snow-white neck, just like a proud swan.

Leonard was secretly delighted, it turned out that Darcy dug a hole here...

Then he was worried about gain and loss, and worried that Suldak would see through Daxi's trick, so he was not willing to look for those sand wolves at all.

Because in his opinion, encountering a pack of sand wolves in the wild without the company of a Constructed Knight or a professional demon hunter is simply asking for death, and he is not going to give any warning to Suldak.

"Okay, I will take the time to try my luck. If you find any traces of Yanhu, please let me know."

When Suldak spoke, he showed a very careless look. He really didn't want to go through this oak forest. There was snow everywhere in the forest. Once Gu Bolaima stepped into the snow pit accidentally It is easy to break his legs. He has lost interest in sand wolves now, and there are five devil antelope heads in his backpack, which are enough to deal with any emergencies.

However, Suldak didn't want to mix with Dacie Christie's team. Leonard's hostile eyes made the whole team look at Suldak warily. Suldak planned to surround Karl with him. It's fine to walk around the lake casually, so he waved to Daqian, motioning him to go around the lake.

Of course, Darcy Christie couldn't leave her classmates who came from afar, so she had to watch Suldak turn and leave.

Seeing Aunt Mrs. Christie and Squadron Captain Karl getting together very sweetly, Dacie Christie's hair was full of black lines, and her mood became a little irritable. She didn't want to have any intersection with Aunt Mrs. Christie's circle of friends, but However, Karl and Suldak are good friends...

Bird Tax Collector looked at Miss Hoyle with a melancholy face, his eyes were a little dazed, and Suldak was also a little speechless. At the age of Bird Tax Collector, it was more than enough to be Miss Hoyle's father, and he even put on a face Looks like Brother Pig, although Miss Hoyle has been a bit miserable recently, but no matter how miserable she is, she is still a Viches who has inherited a large territory.

Suldak saw someone digging into the ice cave with a big iron spear on the icy lake, who seemed to be preparing to catch fish, so he rode over to watch the fun, leaving Karl and Mrs. Christie far behind. I don't want to get close to the two of them and become the most annoying person.

Baron Llewellyn and Tax Collector Byrd stayed behind, and went into the dense oak forest with Dacie Christie and his party to look for prey in the forest.

When the red magic flare was lit in the sky deep in the oak forest, Suldak was pulling up No.11 whitetail fish on the ice surface. The fat and round whitetail fish was pulled out of the water and fluttered in the snow on the ice surface After a few strokes, it will be frozen hard in no time.

Some guards guarding near the manor also saw the distress signal in the depths of the oak forest. Everyone immediately put down their work and rode their horses towards the direction of the magic flare.Suldak didn't expect someone to send a distress signal, so he didn't have time to deal with the whitetail fish, so he whistled to the Gu Bolai horse by the lake, and ran to the horse quickly.

Suldak rode his horse and broke into the oak forest together with other guards who went to support. The inside of the oak forest was not as dense as it looked from the outside. Be careful of the tree roots hidden under the snow and the rotten wood lying in the forest. Fortunately, someone rode by on horseback. Suldak only needs to follow the horse's hoof prints to find the safest path.

When we arrived at the scene of the dense forest, we happened to see a group of young nobles surrounding five glazed beasts. These cats, which are significantly larger than snow leopards, are much more ferocious than leopards, because their fur looks full of radiance. , especially in the snow, it looks more crystal clear, so it is called the glazed beast by the imperial people. The glazed beast belongs to the second-level monster. Because its leather has a certain concealment effect in the snow, generally speaking, assassins and thieves like it very much. Light leather armor made of this kind of leather, so the leather of glazed beasts is also very valuable.

Suldak didn't expect to see the glazed beast in the suburbs of Hailansa, and someone seemed to be injured at the scene. With the guards of the Christie family arriving one after another, the young nobles and the guards were gradually fighting against the glazed beast. gained the upper hand...

Chapter 382 Night Fog

When Suldak and the guards of the Christie family rushed to the depths of the oak forest, the scene was already under control. A group of young nobles surrounded five ferocious and swift glazed beasts in the glade. Darcy Christie and Leonard and his group were also involved. They seemed to be one step ahead of Suldak and the others. Dacie Christie held a sword in both hands and continuously attacked a glazed beast from the front.

Two young nobles guarded her left and right sides, preventing the glazed beast from injuring Daqian with its counter attack before it died.

The glazed beast's movements were as fast as lightning, and its body appeared and disappeared in the snow, but it was found by Dacie Christie repeatedly when it was hiding. At this time, it was covered with scars, and blood was everywhere on the snow.

The other four glazed beasts were also entangled by the nobles. They realized that the situation was not good and wanted to retreat, but the surrounding oak trees were full of young nobles holding bows. The way they escape will be filled with feather arrows, which will force them to stop or change their path, and the young nobles who catch up from behind will catch up and fight again.

Although these glazed beasts belong to the second-level monsters, they are best at concealment and ambush. Once they lose these two fighting methods, they can only fight with fangs and claws and instinct. For the nobles who graduated from here, hunting glazed beasts can just show their strength.

As more and more people rushed over and built a human wall-like encirclement at the outermost periphery, it became even more difficult for the five glazed beasts to escape.

Dacie Christie had told these guards that they were not allowed to act unless they were in a critical situation, so everyone could only watch the show from the sidelines. Suldak looked at the blood-stained glazed beast fleeing in embarrassment in the snow, and also No mood to come forward to help.

In any form of hunting, the hunter is on the cruel side, and Surdak hopes that this kind of fighting scene will end as soon as possible.

In the mountain forest, once the sun sets, the sky will quickly darken. The hunting activity finally ended at dusk. The guards from the Christie Manor have already blown the assembled horns in the forest, calling to the people in the oak forest. The young nobles came out of the forest.

Dacie Christie looked hearty. An adult male glazed beast died under her sword. This was to be recorded in the trophy list. It was regarded as a recognition of her own ability. Swordsman Leonard on the side also participated In this battle, his leather armor was even stained with some glass beast blood. At this time, his shortness of breath had not yet calmed down. He was excitedly discussing something with Darcy Christie, while Miss Fanny on the side had a terrified expression on her face. He looked at Leonard with admiration, but held a certain amount of hostility towards Darcy Christie.

It wasn't until the battle was over that Miss Hoyle, Miss Fanny and others came out from the opposite oak forest. They were just witnesses to the hunt. Miss Hoyle seemed a little excited. She ran behind Darcy, curiously Look at the shiny glazed beast.

The guards in Christie Manor stepped forward and helped Dacie Christie carry the glazed beast.

The other teams are also sorting out their trophies. The five glazed beasts gave this winter hunting an excellent start. At least when they returned to Hailansa City, everyone had something to show off.

"Let's go, if you don't go, it will be dark." Karl stood behind Suldak, patted his shoulder and said.

Mrs. Christie stood beside Karl as she walked towards Miss Hoyle. Llewellyn and Collector Byrd were also in the crowd.

"Tsk tsk, you can still see glazed beasts here..." Suldak sighed in admiration.

"Since I can remember, there has never been such a big cat in the suburbs of Hailansa City. We are really lucky." Carl said with a sneer.

"You mean these glazed beasts were deliberately arranged?" Suldak asked in surprise.

"I didn't say that..." Although he categorically denied it, the information revealed in his eyes clearly felt that these glazed beasts might be freed.

Several young nobles were slightly injured during this hunt, and the young noble who was injured the most was a wound cut on his arm by the sharp claws of the glazed beast, but he had been properly bandaged at this time.

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At dusk, a thin layer of mist suddenly floated in the oak forest.

At the beginning, it was like a wisp of green smoke, slowly gathering into a green veil, until the fog completely covered the distant mountain scenery, and Suldak and Karl realized that something was wrong. The guards also noticed that something was a little strange. They had already started to approach Dacie Christie slowly. In times of danger, the first people they protected were naturally members of the Christie family.

"Why is it foggy?" Suldak stretched out his hand and felt a biting coldness in the air. At first he thought it was because the temperature in the forest dropped suddenly after the sun went down, but now he suddenly Feeling a little abnormal, he asked Carl, "How can there be fog in this season?"

"I don't know, it's never happened to me," Carl said.

After speaking, he walked towards Mrs. Christie.

Once you lose your sense of direction in such a thick fog and are not familiar with the surrounding environment at all, that is the worst.

Suldak took the reins of Gu Bolai's horse and walked over, but the old horse was obviously restless at this time. It resisted Suldak, and kept trampling on the horse's hooves hard, hitting the ground. The snow splashed everywhere, and seemed to want to leave here quickly.

"Be quiet, old man!" Suldak comforted the mane on the neck of Guberai's horse with his hands, and followed Karl firmly.

However, he still took out the dwarven chain shield from his magic pocket and carried it behind his back.When fighting like this, he can hold the shield in his hand as quickly as possible. As a shield warrior who came out of the infantry regiment, only with the sword and shield in his hand can he feel safe in his heart.

He also wanted to try to condense the 'halo of power' under his feet, but unfortunately he had just learned this knight skill, and he was a little nervous, which made him forget how to operate the sacred breath in his body.

Seeing Karl approaching from the fog, the panic on Mrs. Christie's face disappeared, and she waved to Karl excitedly.

Behind Karl was Suldak who was leading the horse. Seeing Suldak, Dacie Christie's eyes also brightened slightly, and she nodded to Suldak a little reservedly.

Under the heavy fog, the temperature plummeted.

The winter clothes worn by the ladies seemed a bit flimsy, especially Miss Hoyle, Mrs. Christie, and Miss Fanny were all shivering in the thick fog, and their faces were even covered with a layer of hoarfrost, as if they had been covered with heavy cream. opera dancers with makeup.

The knights and men are also very cold, but their physique is better than that of women after all. Karl took off his cloak and wrapped it thoughtfully around Mrs. Christie, which moved Mrs. Christie. With her niece beside her, she might throw herself into Carl's arms and give her a passionate kiss.

In fact, Leonard also wanted to show off by giving up his cloak to Dacie Christie, but at the moment Dacie Christie's gaze did not communicate with him, Dacie instead glanced at Suldak at the side.Miss Fanny took the opportunity to gently tug on Leonard's arm, and looked at Leonard proudly. The look clearly wanted Leonard to show a gentleman's demeanor, and Leonard couldn't do it no matter how reluctant he was. To show it, he could only put the cloak on Miss Fanny against the severe cold.

Suldak felt Dacie Christie's expectant eyes, but he did not take off the cloak on his body, but took out a thick fur cloak from his magic pouch, and stuffed it directly into Dacie Christie. The fur cloak was prepared for himself before he returned to Wall Village. He couldn't wear such a heavy and thick cloak for hunting, so he put this cloak in his magic pocket.

Dacie Christie was so angry that she gave Suldak a hard look. Of course, she didn't lack cold clothes, she just wanted Suldak to show off at this time.

Miss Hoyle's face was pale with cold, and the young nobles beside her had no intention of giving up the cloak to her.

Tax Collector Byrd was hesitating whether to take off his cloak and pass it over. Before he could put his thoughts into action, Darcy Christie wrapped Miss Hoyle tightly with a thick fur cloak, And said to the two guards around him: "The task of the two of you is to take care of Hoyle!"

Two guards immediately guarded Miss Hoyle's left and right sides. It seemed that Darcy and Hoyle, the cousins, still had a good relationship.

Under the heavy fog, everyone did not continue to stay in the oak forest, nor did they have time to reorganize and gather. Instead, they formed several teams on the spot and walked towards the frozen lake along the direction in memory. Such a heavy fog, No one was riding a horse, and occasionally they could see other teams who were also groping forward more than ten meters away.

"Everyone, try not to get separated. It's easy to get lost in such a thick fog. Let's take care of each other!"

A rough voice shouted in the mist not far away.

The voice was strong and powerful, giving the other teams who were a little flustered in the fog regained some confidence.

That strong voice wanted everyone to get together, but Darcy Christie, who had a lot of guards, was obviously not in the mood. She kept walking towards the manor beside the frozen lake, as if she didn't intend to take care of other people , Just like in the hills and grasslands of Handanal County, she didn't care about Hathaway and Beatrice at the time.

"what!"

There was a scream in the distance, and the sound spread far away.

People from the surrounding teams asked loudly, "What happened?"

Someone in the fog yelled loudly with a crying voice: "Someone in our team has been attacked!"

Although Darcy Christie was a little reluctant, she saw that the guards around her were looking at her expectantly, waiting for her to give the order to rush to the rescue. At this time, it was not good to leave directly with a group of guards, so she asked: "Where are you?"

When Dacie Christie led everyone to rush over, I saw a group of people gathered together, and there were some small teams approaching. Dacie Christie separated from the crowd and walked in. Suldak followed behind, clearly seeing some There was still a trace of panic on the face of the man, and he saw that the leather armor on the chest of the young nobleman who was surrounded had a big cut. If there was no armor piece on his neck to prevent throat cutting, he might have been decapitated at this moment. Everywhere fell to the ground.

Even so, his leather armor was cut with a half-foot-long wound, and the collar of the leather armor was cut, and it was only a little bit cut to the throat.

His body was covered with blood, and he didn't know whether he was scared or lost too much blood, and his eyes full of fear kept looking around.

"Mowen, who hurt you, the beast or the robber?" Dacie Christie walked over, looked at the young noble with a serious face, and called out his name.

The young nobleman woke up from his panic and explained to Darcy Christie: "I didn't see anything, I just felt a white light flash before my eyes, and it was hidden in the mist... It was the Nightmare Knight, It must be the Nightmare Knight..."

"If it's really a Nightmare Knight, I'm afraid you will be split into two pieces at this moment. The magic blade in their hands won't be able to split even the sub-dragon scale." Karl took half of the sub-dragon scale in his hand and weighed it twice. Said to the young nobleman.

Someone was already treating the young nobleman's wound, so Suldak didn't push forward.

The young nobleman had a submissive look on his face and lacked confidence, so he could only say: "Maybe! I only saw a white shadow."

"Everyone get together as much as possible, and evacuate from this oak forest as soon as possible." A strong man led a group of people over from the fog, and said in a deep voice as he walked. Someone in their team seemed to be injured, but their mental state was still there. Yes, the most rare thing is that under the leadership of a strong man, the fighting spirit of the team members is high.

Just as everyone continued to grope forward, a white sickle appeared out of thin air at the edge of the team. The sickle slashed across the neck of a nobleman. The nobleman hurriedly backed away, but unexpectedly, the white sickle twisted , Like tarsal maggots rubbed on the neck of the young nobleman, his head rolled to the ground like a rotten cabbage, and he stood there for 5 seconds before he fell heavily on the ground.

No one thought that the raiders would dare to sneak up on the young nobles in full view.

The strong man ran over at the first time, and found that there was no possibility of treatment, so he cursed: "Damn it, what the hell is this?"

Carl, who was standing in the crowd, walked up with a serious face. Whenever there is a homicide outside Hailansa City, the Guard Battalion Response Squadron is required to intervene in the investigation.

Therefore, Karl was obliged to do so. He and Suldak squatted beside the headless corpse, sighed and said, "The roles of hunter and prey have changed. Could it be another glazed beast?"

Seeing the neat cut marks, the head was clearly cut off by a sharp blade, Suldak shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like that."

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