boy and bone

At noon, a lush mangrove grows densely along the seemingly endless coastline.The quiet and deep forest is seldom visited by people. The huge forest is like a group of guards who are always loyal and always standing on the coast, silently guarding under the clear sky and the edge of the blue sea.

But now, there is no news of the peace of the past.Outside the forest, a lot of people gradually gathered.

The knights who had been scorched by the scorching sun above their heads and the steaming ground under their feet for a whole morning waited here for a long time. The sweat had already soaked the linen clothes they wore, and the arms outside the short sleeves were well-proportioned and strong. , the condensed heat beads slowly slid down along the skin texture, as if every slightly open pore on their bodies was silently clamoring for their intolerance to the unique summer heat, but their figures did not waver, straight and neat There is no trace of decadence, but there is no difference in the tenacity and vitality revealed in each different face.

"The Knights of the Mordo Clan came to report." The leader of the knights who were waiting outside the forest said, and he gave the knight's etiquette to the patrol team who had just arrived and was in charge of guiding.

The patrol captain replied with the same courtesy: "Thanks to the Mordo clan for their reinforcements. You have worked so hard to come here."

"Friends and neighbors, we should." The head of the Knights nodded.

On the other side, there is also a group of knights that is neatly formed but is completely different from the other team in terms of the color of their clothes. Their leader has a sloppy chin with a circle of green and black stubble. This leader is familiar with him. The patrol team was busy greeting the head of another knight order, so they took the initiative to strike up a conversation: "Hey, Mordo's."

The head of Mordo turned around, and the other party was also the head of a formal knight order, but because he didn't know the other party's clan and he was not good at speaking, it was difficult for two knight orders of different clans to stand face to face all afternoon. No communication whatsoever.

"Hello. I'm from Xifenli." The bearded leader who took the initiative to strike up a conversation extended a friendly hand.

Head Mordo also shook hands: "Hello."

The patrol captain originally planned to visit the two knight groups one by one, but when he saw the other party coming, he actively said, "Thanks to the Sifenli clan..."

"You don't need to say polite words." Head Sifenli smiled and hooked up with Head Mordo, who had just known each other for less than five seconds, regardless of his willingness: "Go in later, our two families need to take care of each other. "

Under the shade of a nearby tree, dozens of people wrapped in pitch-black robes were sitting scattered around. Some of them seemed to be waiting impatiently, and yelled to this side: "I've been waiting for a fucking day, I'm going to hurry up!" It’s dry, when will it go into the woods?”

Before the patrol captain could explain, someone around them laughed and said, "Why are you in a hurry, anyway, if you enter, you will die."

"I haven't entered yet, so it doesn't mean who died." The person who asked the question before replied, and then he approached the patrol team: "Hey, what is the thing in the forest? The reward said it was a large beast. an exact description."

The patrol captain didn't know what kind of face the questioner had under his robe.The black silk robes worn by this group of loose riders are uniformly prescribed curse armor, and of course they also have a certain resistance to other demon attacks.The wide hats of these hoods have been equipped with mist-type runes from the beginning of manufacture, which will make the users of the hoods only need to cover their heads with the hats, and their faces and facial features will be covered in fog, and they will no longer be able to recognized by outsiders.He could only judge from the interrogator's voice that it should be a young man, fledgling and green.

The captain of the patrol team said: "Please be safe and calm. Because that monster is not a native species in our Fujin Coast Forest, it suddenly appeared in the forest a few days ago, and anyone who has seen the monster in the forest None of them survived, so we can't be sure what it looked like."

"Is that a curse?" asked the young loose rider.

The patrol captain said strictly: "We are not sure. But as far as the harm it causes is comparable to that of a medium cursed monster."

There was a moment of silence under the robe, and there was no answer.

Seeing this, the other casual riders who were enjoying the shade with him just now teased, "Why, kid, maybe it's a curse and you're afraid?"

The loose rider in front of the patrol captain retorted: "I was thinking that if the people in the forest were not cursed, their bounty was set so high, wouldn't it be a loss?"

"Hahahaha, if you have the leisure to think about whether others are losing or not, you should think about whether you can come out alive. It looks like a young man who just ran out of the house looking for excitement." The others laughed.

At this time, there was a sound of horseshoes from a distance, and the ground trembled slightly.

A group of people riding dark red horses galloped towards here with thick iron hoofs, and finally stopped at the place where the most people gathered, as if to show off their power, this group of people also wrapped in black robes The people did not dismount after stopping, but let the horses' heads push each other anxiously, and the horseshoes scratched the ground from time to time.

Someone on the horse yelled in a low voice: "City patrol, can you enter the forest now? We are in a hurry."

The captain of the patrol team raised his head, even he needs to show a friendly attitude towards the notorious Black Cavalry, after all, now they have something to ask for, and they can't let go of anyone who can help them deal with the monster crisis.

"If it is convenient, please report the knight rank of your knight order." The patrol captain said.

The person who rode at the forefront tightened the reins, and the tone under the robe was not friendly: "The first-class black cavalry, directly under the bounty guild, ranked 18st in the world bounty guild, [-] people will be sent for this trip, Except for me, everyone is a Silver Snake, I am at the Golden Ape level, what else do you want to know."

The captain of the patrol found the team members who were in charge of registering the list of rewards. The team members in charge of registration hurriedly wrote down the notes while listening to the introduction of the black knight on horseback, and then he submitted the report to the captain.The captain of the patrol team looked at his brows tightly furrowed, and said: "The reward is marked to enter the forest today, but we just made a rough count, and now there are two teams of knights waiting to enter the forest, 83 loose knights, plus you and The other three black cavalry regiments have more than 200 members, of which only five are at the Golden Ape level, less than 50 are at the Silver Snake level, and almost all of the rest are at the Moon Bear level. Such strength may not be enough Dealing with the monsters in the woods. We decided to wait another day to see if anyone else showed up to join the bounty."

The man on horseback laughed loudly: "As long as the person who accepts the reward kills the monster and survives, he will be able to share the reward. "

"We are a serious black cavalry group. We cannot violate the agreement, and we cannot kill competitors for the bounty. Your patrol team has recruited so many people, and invisibly divided up most of our property. It is too much." Black riding a horse ride the road.

The captain said: "I'm sorry, but we put the safety of the residents of our city first. In order to completely eliminate the monster's invasion, we hope that the more people we have, the better. If we inadvertently hurt the interests of individuals or groups, we would like to apologize to you all." , but we will not change our strategy, and we will not let it go easily without sufficient strength. Besides, I believe that the more people who come for reinforcements, the better the chances of survival for each warrior present will be increased."

The leader of the black cavalry sneered: "Ha... don't use these high-sounding words to show how noble you are, and how vulgar we black cavalry who came here for money are. Let me tell you, I don't even have a high-level demon envoy. Put it in my eyes... a monster by the sea is too fishy for me to pick my teeth with its shell..."

The captain warned the other party's pride: "You don't know the horror of the monster in the forest. It will not be easier to deal with than any high-level magician. Many people have died here."

The horse under the leader of the black cavalry let out a snort of heat, and at the same time said disdainfully under the tunic: "That means they are all idiots."

But after a while, the head of the Knights of the Sifenli Clan came together with the head of Mordo, and the head of the Sifenli said: "Captain, we also have other tasks arranged by the clan, give us the commission of Fujindu We don't have much time, we can't stay in Fujindu for too long, so my wish is to enter the forest as soon as possible."

The patrol captain hesitated.

Captain Mordo added on the side: "The knight level is indeed the criterion for judging strength, but experience cannot be ignored. A knight of the silver snake level who has experienced many battles may not be better than a golden ape knight in actual combat." Poor. I think the manpower gathered here is enough. To be honest, I even think that today, even if only our two clan knight orders can solve the disaster in a very short time.”

The leader of the black cavalry smiled and said: "Don't talk too much, be careful to cry in the woods."

Captain Xifenli blew a whistle, but his eyes were serious: "This black riding brother is a bit uneducated."

Captain Mordo didn't care. He slightly raised his head towards the black horse on horseback and said, "I hope we can all put the safety of the territory and innocent people first, and cooperate happily."

The leader of the black cavalry snorted and signaled.

The captain of the patrol seemed to think that the words of the leader of the Knights made sense. He looked at the nearly 200 people gathered in the dark and seemed to be able to use it. Perhaps it was the loss of his men before that made the captain of the patrol feel uneasy and lost. Regarding the objective measurement of strength, the captain pondered for a moment, finally agreed, and said to the recorders around him: "Notify and let go."

"Let go!——" The patrolmen guarding the outskirts of the forest were ordered to insert their sabers into the soil on the ground. After a while, the transparent air in front of them twisted, as if they could see a layer of transparent A thin film hangs over the entire forest.After monsters appeared in the Floating Gold Fog Forest, in order to ensure the safety of the residents around the fog forest, the patrol team set up protective barriers at the edge of the forest in time. The barriers will trap monsters with a magic level lower than the barrier, so that they cannot escape At the same time, people outside can't trespass by mistake.

But now, the patrol team only temporarily opened a small gap in the protective barrier on one side of the edge of the forest to allow the knights who accepted the bounty commission to pass through unimpeded.

After receiving the order to enter the forest, the men and horses of the two teams of knights dressed up immediately. They all put on black silk robes and black silk gloves on their hands. Now, the people gathered at the entrance of the barrier are all It was so dark that no one could tell who it was, just like a unified legion. However, if you look closely, you can still see slight differences. For example, the clan knights and the black knights both wear clan totems or black knight emblems on their arms. The colors of the armbands and armbands are also inconsistent, while the scattered riders are even more varied. Some have armbands on their arms, some have eye-catching patterns printed on the back, and some have nothing at all. Anyway, scattered riders are doing it alone. , I don’t know anyone other than myself, so I don’t need to distinguish who is my own.

Watching this group of nearly 200 bounty knights rushing into the gap in the barrier, the patrol captain couldn't help praying for them in his heart, hoping that they could clean up the monsters that fell from the forest.

Outside the forest, the noisy place just now gradually became deserted. The captain of the patrol team raised his hand when he saw this, and was about to order his team members to close the gap in the barrier again.

"Wait a minute!" A man in a black robe hurried over.

The patrol leader heard the voice under the robe sound familiar but still couldn't remember who it was, he was suspicious, and said: "Scattered riders go over there to register the magic characteristics on the nameplate, and then report your level. "

The ferret handed over his ordinary pass to the recorder. He was still studying at the knight academy. There was neither a knight nameplate nor a black rider nameplate, but fortunately, these kinds of nameplates were no different from ordinary residents' passes in appearance. Ferrets only used Some misty runes concealed the real name information engraved on the pass, and handed it in directly. He secretly beat a drum in his heart, hoping to get away with it.

The recorder is a serious and responsible person, and he can tell something is wrong at a glance: "You are a passport, not a nameplate."

"Yeah." After being discovered, the ferret pretended to be calm and said: "I left in a hurry and didn't bring a nameplate, and the pass also has my magic characteristics that can be used universally."

"This is different. Although the magic feature is unique to the individual, the bounty registration cannot use the pass. You need to show your nameplate, that is, your knight status. Without the verification of knight status, the bounty is allocated Time will not be recognized."

"But I can use it directly in other places, why can't it work here?" Ferret said nonsense.

The patrol leader saw that the registration had not been completed for a long time, and the barrier was always open. He was a little anxious, so he stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

The recorder reported truthfully.

The ferret watched from the side. Fortunately, the mist rune under the hood was used, otherwise his silly face, which couldn't control his facial expressions when he lied, would have exposed the truth of his intention to fish in troubled waters.

After listening, the patrol captain asked: "What is your cavalry class?"

"Silver Snake." The ferret said brazenly, forgive him, he also wanted to get tuition money.

There are five classes of knights, one is the holy deer, the second is the golden ape, the third is the silver snake, the fourth is the moon bear, and the fifth is the black sheep.From one to five, high to low.The Black Sheep rank is after graduation from the Knight Academy, the academy will directly award Black Sheep Knights to those who pass the various assessments, and the rest will go up to the Golden Ape Knight rank. Twice the knight audition process progressively increases the ranks obtained.The highest-ranking Holy Deer Knight went through a separate promotion procedure. Only the Golden Ape Knight was eligible to be selected as the Holy Deer Knight, so it was also classified as the top of the fifth rank of knights.

And the ferret, he's not even the lowest black sheep of the cavaliers, because he hasn't graduated yet.And the reason why he dared to talk nonsense was because the riders were all engraved on the nameplate. He relied on the fact that he did not have a knight nameplate, and the patrol team had no way of verifying it. If the level is too low, the employer will not match it. If the level is too high, the employer is afraid that the employer will expect too much, so it can't go up or down. The silver snake level of nature preference is the best choice for ferrets.

Sure enough, the captain of the patrol team had been thinking that the Silver Snake Knight should also be good at dealing with that monster after listening to the words of the Mordo Knight Commander.After hearing about the level of the latecomer, the captain thought he couldn't miss the Silver Snake Cavalry, and said: "Register him, but since you don't have a knight nameplate, you can only get what you should have when the bounty is issued. One-tenth of the amount received."

One tenth... The ferret hesitated for a moment, at worst he would use the time of vacation to pick up a few more reward lists to make up for it, and said, "Yes."

"I wish you all the best, God bless." The patrol captain returned his pass to him.

With sweaty palms, the ferret hurriedly took the pass and walked into the forest.

Watching the last man in a robe go into the forest, the patrol captain raised his hand again, and was about to give an order, when another voice came from a distance: "Wait a minute." Ya pushed into the shade under the tree.

He stepped forward: "May I ask how to enter the Fujinwu Forest? There are barriers in other places, so it is impossible."

Seeing this, the patrol captain looked Man Man up and down to see if he had any armor on him, and said, "What are you doing here?"

"My cousin wants to relax in the Fujin Fog Forest. He heard that the scenery here is very good." Man said.

"Sorry, now is not a good time to relax. There are monsters inside, but don't worry, we have issued a high reward, and many people are already working on this matter. They will definitely be able to clear the danger in the foggy forest." The patrol captain After a pause, he put on a relaxed smile again: "It's not too late for you to come back to relax in a few days. The Fujinwu Forest is indeed a very beautiful place. My suggestion is that you should choose the early morning time, when the sun is broken. Scattered in the morning mist, like gold floating in the air, the floating gold fog forest at that time is the real floating gold fog forest."

"A reward?" Man caught a key word and said, "You mean a reward? How much is the reward?"

"...One hundred thousand miran."

"Is the time limit for accepting orders expired now?" Man asked.

"……No."

"Okay, count me in." Man took out a nameplate tied with a thin chain from his pocket and put it in the hands of the patrol captain. The captain picked up the nameplate and examined it carefully. It turned out to be a golden ape.But looking at the young man in front of him, it is rare to see a silver snake at his age, and the golden ape is even rarer.The patrol captain has only heard of a few people who became Golden Ape Knights in their 30s and [-]s in the Holy Deer Palace, which is known as the Temple of Knights, but they were all honed from childhood, and the people in front of them looked pampered and fair. Scarred skin looks like a person who has not endured hardship, how could he be a golden ape.

The patrol captain said: "Is this fake?"

He said nonchalantly, "You can test it as you please."

But after a while, the recorder came back with the nameplate: "The inspection did not find any abnormalities, it is true."

There was a smile on his face, but he was thinking secretly: Of course, he bought it from the black market for [-] miron, how could it be found out.

"Please come in." Although the patrol captain still had doubts, since the inspection had passed, he had no reason to stop him.

Man was not in a hurry and said: "Wait a minute." He turned around and said to Rhea under the shade of the tree: "There are monsters in Fujinwu Forest, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. They are sending someone to deal with it. I will send you back to the hotel first."

"You send me off first? Then what are you going to do later?" Rhea asked.

Man smiled and said, "You forgot, I'm a man with a career."

Rhea was puzzled for a while, then he reacted and said in surprise: "Are you still pretending to be a black knight?"

"Hush! How can I be fake if I have this strength." Man motioned him to whisper.

Rhea worried: "If your father finds out, he will definitely..."

Man threatened: "You should worry about yourself. If your father finds out that you are sick and run away from home, he will 'definitely'."

"..." Ruiya blinked her faint dark green eyes, and said, "Then I will go with you."

Man immediately vetoed: "Nonsense. There are monsters worth 12 miran in the forest, and killing a high-level magician is only [-]. It's not a joke."

Rhea was very indifferent, as if deliberately picking a thorn, and said: "What are you worried about? Your ability can't even protect a child?"

Man Fan laughed: "The aggressive method is useless."

Rhea changed her face abruptly, and put on a pitiful expression and begged: "Just take a look, I have never seen monsters outside of books, and I have never seen a scene of knights hunting monsters. I am going to die ……Full."

Man never accepted this set again: "Change the line, Little Duke Rhea."

Rhea saw that this person was immune to all kinds of poisons, so she showed a bright smile like an angel and said, "If you leave me alone in the hotel, I will jump from the window, and I will write a letter before that." The posthumous letter was mailed to Fort Isakel, and it stated that Man Guilanzhi took me out of the city with bad intentions, and finally caused me to fall to my death. Anyway, I am going to die after all. I don’t care what the way of death is. Don’t Forget, I ran away from home, you are an accomplice."

"..." Man was speechless, in vain of his wise life, to be blackmailed by a little devil.

When the patrol saw Man pushing a weak and sick boy approaching the forest, he immediately stopped him: "The forest is dangerous, and no one else is allowed to enter."

"I'm also a black knight." Ruiya opened her mouth first, and gestured for Man to add a few words with her eyes. Man said helplessly: "Yes, he is a black knight. He lost his nameplate. Can he register with his pass?"

There are also teenage children who are forced to make a living as black riders early and live by "picking up" rewards.Although the field of black knights sounds dangerous, the rewards are not all bloody. There are also some rewards for doing chores that will be kept by these 'low-level' black knights. These little black knights rely on this kind of selection , There is not much chores to get food and clothing.Even so, the little black knight has to accept the rules of this industry just like adults when he enters this industry field, that is, good or bad, if he accepts a commission that he can't bear, even if he dies because of it, he can't blame anyone.

Seeing that the boy didn't seem to be forced at all, the captain of the patrol team couldn't stop him. He waved his hand and let the two go into the forest. conscience."

Holding back his cursing, he couldn't return his words, so he could only take back his nameplate and Rhea's pass from the patrol captain before entering the forest, and said, "Okay, thank you."

Even if the patrol captain couldn't bear it, he was powerless. In order to stop the chaos in the black knight's domain, he watched the two leave and wished them good luck.The captain raised his hand, and when he was about to give an order, he suddenly subconsciously glanced at the deserted surroundings: "Will no one come again?"

He waited for a while, and seeing that no one else was coming here, he calmly ordered: "The barrier is repaired."

The invisible gap on the barrier slowly closed, and finally sealed off the entire forest like a cage.