Seeing that the flames had sprayed in front of Du Wei, with a thought in his mind, he quickly threw himself down on the spot, and then he felt a heat wave rushing past his head, and the blazing flames almost brushed Du Wei's scalp.
As soon as the exclamations from Lao Yan and others behind him came over, Du Wei already felt a black shadow rushing toward him in the flames. He felt a pain in his left shoulder, and the sharp teeth had pierced him.
skin.
There was a low roar of a beast in his ears, and Du Wei felt that his body had been picked up by something, and then he was carried into the farmhouse like flying.
There were no lights in the farmhouse. Du Wei was thrown to the ground. He endured the severe pain in his shoulder before he looked up and saw that in this small farmhouse, there were originally piles of hay, between the haystacks.
, a monster is lying in the middle.
This monster has a very weird appearance. It is about one meter tall, but it is as upright as a human. It has hair all over its body, its legs are very short, and its arms are as long as the knees. It is like an ape, but its arms are faintly visible under the ribs.
There is also a layer of fleshy membrane on the palm. There are only three fingers on the palm, and a membrane is connected between the fingers like a duck's paw. It is more like a small cattail fan than a palm.
This monster just stood among the haystacks, with its body covered with long fiery red hair. It looked at Du Wei and let out a strange cry of "Hehe". What's even more terrifying is that it opened its mouth and exposed itself like a hanged ghost.
Such a long scarlet tongue is actually covered with dense thorns. Each thorn is slightly curved. The length of the tongue is very scary. With the mouth open like this, the tip of the tongue is almost dragged on.
The ground.
Du Wei had never heard of the appearance of this monster. Although he now knew a lot about the types of monsters, he had never seen this thing in any literature.
The poor Muse was lying in front of the monster. One of the monster's feet stepped on the Muse. The boy seemed to have fainted and lay there motionless.
Next to Du Wei, a gray-haired beast was staring at Du Wei with its green eyes. Du Wei recognized this thing after just one glance.
A fire beaver. The fire beaver is a medium-sized magical beast with fire attributes, fast movements, sharp teeth, and is good at digging holes. It is as big as a dog and has a keen sense of smell. An adult fire beaver can spit out flames to damage the enemy and escape.
When you are in the ground, you can also burrow into the ground and escape.
After seeing these two things clearly, Du Wei immediately reacted. It seemed that the guess of the two brothers among the magic students was correct: there were indeed two Warcraft!
The fire beaver bared its teeth at Du Wei, with Du Wei's blood still on its sharp teeth. Just now, it had bitten Du Wei's shoulder and carried Du Wei into the farmhouse. Du Wei had just stood up straight.
This thing immediately arched its body, uttered a warning sound, and made a posture ready to attack at any time.
Facing two magical beasts in a small space... and he was not good at close combat as a magician. Of course, Du Wei knew his situation very well. So he was very careful not to act rashly, but lay quietly.
On the ground, in order not to provoke an attack from the fire fox. But praying in his heart, Lao Yan rushed in with his guards outside.
The monster that Du Wei couldn't name, suddenly looked up to the sky and whined a few times. Then with this cry, the fire fox, which was about to move, seemed to be afraid, and took a few steps back in fear. No longer
He bared his teeth at Du Wei.
Du Wei saw this scene in his eyes and was even more shocked in his heart: It was indeed a high-level monster! Only high-level monsters can command other monsters to be their subordinates.
The monster stepped on the Muse and roared several times at Du Wei. It pointed at the Muse under its feet and bared its teeth. Du Wei was even more surprised: Could this thing be trying to
What does it mean to communicate with yourself?
It's just that he doesn't know the language of beasts after all.
At this moment, a loud roar came from outside the farmhouse, and the door was opened with a sword. Lao Yan, holding a sword in both hands, had already rushed in. Two guards. One of them was Du Wei who was in the slave market of the Imperial Capital that day.
I took in a fat man who was born with no feeling of pain. This guy had a huge body. He didn't use the door, but crashed in through the wall. This farmhouse was originally made of wood, and a big hole was opened in the wall. Two guards
He rushed in, divided into triangles, and surrounded Du Wei and the fire fox.
Du Wei immediately shouted to Lao Yan: "Don't come over! Don't come over yet!"
The fire raccoon had given up on Du Wei, turned to one of Du Wei's guards, and retreated step by step to the monster. Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground, and then looked carefully
Stepping on the monster that was Muse, he slowly said: "What...are you trying to tell me?"
Although Du Wei knew that any magical beast that could evolve into a high-level monster must have certain intelligence. However, Du Wei was not sure that the other party could understand what he meant.
Sure enough, the monster seemed to understand what Du Wei meant. He stretched out his claws and pointed at the Muse on the ground again, then pointed at Lao Yan and others behind Du Wei, grinned, pointed at the Muse again, and then did
made a gesture of slitting his throat.
"Okay! Okay!" Du Wei immediately raised his hands: "I understand! You told them not to pass, right? Okay! Don't hurt this kid! I'll tell my people to step back, okay?"
Du Wei made gestures to Lao Yan repeatedly. Lao Yan understood and led the two guards back a few steps to the door of the farmhouse.
"Sir, are you okay?" Lao Yan said solemnly: "The smoke has risen, and they will be back soon."
Du Wei nodded: "I'm fine...don't get too close...this guy doesn't seem to have any strong hostility."
The monster seemed to understand Du Wei's words. It nodded repeatedly, pointed at the wound on Du Wei's shoulder, whined a few times, as if with a hint of apology, and then pointed at itself.
"Okay, Mr. Warcraft..." Du Wei smiled bitterly. He really didn't expect that one day he would talk to an animal: "You seem to be able to understand my language... Then how can you let go of this friend of mine?"
?”
But the red-haired monster shook its head repeatedly. It jumped on the spot a few times, its hands seemed to be holding something, and it screamed a few times. After Du Wei watched it for a long time, he realized that it was imitating the posture of riding a horse.
Then the monster pointed outside the farmhouse and jumped up and down again in a riding posture.
Du Wei frowned and asked tentatively: "You mean... there are people on horseback coming outside?"
The red-haired monster nodded repeatedly, then pointed at himself, let out screams, and made several more tied postures.
"Well, are they here to arrest you?" Du Wei smiled bitterly.
The monster nodded again and made a few grimaces like a grin, looking very miserable.
Du Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "You don't want to be caught?"
Then Du Wei said with a stern face: "I don't quite understand what you mean... I can let you go, and I won't let my people hurt you. But you must let my friends go."
At this moment, the monster suddenly bent down and bowed to Du Wei, its whining cry implying pleading.
"You...are you asking me to let you go? Okay...ah, no, you are asking me to help you? Help you for what?" Du Wei struggled to guess what this monster meant.
Finally, after the monster repeated the riding posture, Du Wei understood: "Are you asking me to help you drive away those people who came to catch you on horseback?"
"Sir, is it talking about our cavalry?" Lao Yan asked from behind Du Wei.
Du Wei thought for a while and shook his head: "Probably not." His expression became serious. He stared at the monster: "You can understand my language, why? Have you ever been with humans?"
The red-haired monster immediately seemed to be very frightened, and its body was trembling. Then it suddenly became excited, baring its teeth and barking.
"Okay! Okay!" Du Wei quickly shouted: "Don't hurt my friends! I'll help you get rid of the people outside who are arresting you."
At this moment, Du Wei suddenly heard a whistle faintly coming from outside in the distance. It was an early warning signal for Longbottom's cavalry to encounter the enemy!
Then there was a faint sound of fighting and fighting. It was also mixed with the sound of Longbottom's men blowing their rallying horns...
Du Wei's expression changed: "Is someone coming? Lao Yan, go out and take a look!"
Lao Yan also had a gloomy face, and after hearing this, he immediately turned around and ran out. But Du Wei saw that the monster was trembling and looked very nervous.
Du Wei spread his hands: "Okay! Don't be afraid... I can protect you, but you must let go of my friends first!"
The monster shook his head repeatedly, but stepped on the muse and pointed outside, as if he wanted Du Wei to drive away those people first.
At this time, Muse woke up faintly, and suddenly found himself being stepped on by a monster with red hair. He immediately let out a sharp scream of horror, turned pale, and almost fainted again. Du Wei quickly said loudly: "
Muse! If you want to live, don't move! Listen! Don't move! Listen to me!"
After a while, both Lao Yan and Longbottom ran in. Longbottom's armor was already red. As soon as he came in, he shouted to Duwei: "Boss, we have encountered an enemy! They are people from the grassland! There are probably some
More than three thousand, all of them are cavalry... Damn it, such a group of people came to our place, and no news came from the sentry posts of the Northwest Army in the northwest corridor!"
After saying that, Longbottom saw the monster, frowned and shouted: "Grandma, what is this?!"
"Shut up! Longbottom!" Duwei shouted immediately. He didn't want to offend this monster and let it hurt Muse. This monster is obviously a high-level Warcraft. In the hands of a high-level Warcraft, Muse is a kid.
It has no resistance. Look at this monster's claws on the back of the muse. If you mess with it, it can easily scratch the heart of the muse with just a little force!
Du Wei was also surprised.
People on the grassland? Three thousand cavalry?
He was frightened and angry, gritted his teeth, glanced at the monster, and said slowly: "I'm going out to see those people... I promise to help you, but you must not hurt this friend of mine! Do you understand!"
After getting the monster's nod, Du Wei had no choice but to say to Lao Yan: "You watch here!" Then he pulled Longbottom out of the farmhouse and sent a hundred people to surround the farmhouse. Only then did he and Longbottom
Barton walked to the intersection of the town.
All the four teams searching the mountain came back. Longbottom said briefly that they hurried back after seeing the smoke. As a result, when they walked outside the town, they saw a large group of cavalry about to come in. They looked like they were dressed on the grassland.
As a result, the people in front of us got into a fight indiscriminately and inexplicably. The other party was very defensive and rude. He just showed the knife without saying a word. As a result, during the first conflict,
There was blood. Fortunately, Du Wei's side had many men, and Longbottom was at the front. Relying on Longbottom's strength, Du Wei's side gained the upper hand. Five or six of the enemy were killed and a dozen were injured.
Longbottom's men also had a hard time, with more than 20 injured. Fortunately, Du Wei's cavalry had better equipment and high-quality armor, which gave them an advantage in defense and no fatal injuries. However, Longbottom's face was gloomy.
, because several of his old subordinates were seriously injured.
The other party had retreated outside the town, and they were obviously surprised that there were actually imperial troops here. And there seemed to be quite a few of them.
Outside the town, Du Wei saw that about a few hundred meters away, large groups of prairie cavalry had surrounded the town.'
This is the first time Du Wei has seen a large-scale prairie cavalry. Looking at these guys from a distance, he can immediately feel the fierce temperament! The horses these people ride are all tall horses, which are from the prairie.
The best horse.
Every knight on the horse is tall, and many of them have big beards. And all of them have thick white turbans on their heads. These people are not as well-equipped as the imperial cavalry.
, the lack of iron ore in the grassland prevents them from equipping knights' armor. Everyone wears leather armor, and the styles are messy, and even the colors are different. However, these people are extremely skilled in controlling horses, and they are not lined up like the empire's cavalry.
The neat queues seemed to be scattered there, and from time to time there were small groups of cavalry running slowly back and forth on both sides. Everyone looked at Du Wei with a kind of look in their eyes.
The unabashed fierceness and eager fighting spirit are like a pack of wolves.
Du Wei was surrounded by several cavalry and walked to the front. Behind him were several magic students. Longbottom squinted at the prairie cavalry and suddenly saw a spear among the other party's troops.
Suddenly he picked up a big sword. The big sword was obviously made from a whole piece of animal skin. The original striped animal skin seemed to be very old, and even the hair seemed to have fallen off, but the pattern on the sword was different.
When people look at it, they can't help but feel a little uncomfortable in their hearts.
This is clearly a skull drawn with blood.
I don’t know how this skull was drawn, but after just a few strokes, it seems lifelike. Especially the pair of eyes on the skull, but they seem to be alive, as if they are an illusion. When people look at them, they seem to have an illusion:
There seems to be a faint and strange look in these eyes!
As soon as Longbottom saw the skull flag, his expression changed. He couldn't help but whisper: "Ah! It's the bloody skull flag!"
Even this 250-year-old general changed his color, and Du Wei suddenly thought: "What is the bloody skull and crossbones flag?"
Longbottom's expression was very strange: "Damn... I have only seen the bloody skull and crossbones flag once in all my years in the northwest."
Then he explained: "Boss, those barbarians on the grassland have many tribes, but the largest tribe among them is the most powerful royal family. The royal family is the strongest tribe elected on the grassland. After winning the title of royal family,
Being able to occupy the royal court and command other tribes on the grassland to obey his orders is almost the same as a king and emperor. However, even the flag of the royal court on the grassland is far less prestigious than this bloody skull and crossbones flag in the hearts of these barbarians.
Gao! There is a traditional rule on the grassland that everyone must abide by: if people on the grassland see the bloody skull and crossbones flag, they must immediately stop whatever they are doing, even if they are far away, and kneel on the ground to face it.
Worship the bloody skull and crossbones flag until the bloody skull and crossbones flag is out of sight! Even the leader of the royal family, that is, the king of the royal court, must abide by this rule! Otherwise, if you dare to disrespect the bloody skull and crossbones flag, then
No matter how powerful your tribe is, you can’t continue to maintain your position as a royal family!”
Du Wei frowned: "So powerful?"
"Our empire has magicians... The grasslands also have their magical and powerful men, their shamans. Our empire believes in gods. But the people on these grasslands believe in their ancestors, and they worship their ancestors.
.And shamans are people who communicate with ancestral spirits... Shamans usually have very powerful spells and have a high status on the grassland. The chiefs of the tribe must respect the shaman very much. On the grassland
, in addition to the prairie kings in the royal court, there is also the 'Witch King'. The Witch King is the king of shamans. Because of these legends of the prairie people, all the prairie people today were created by a common ancestor.
The 'Great Ancestor Spirit' they worship is the oldest and most powerful ancestor. And the Witch King is the only one with the most powerful magic power among all shamans. He can compete with the 'Great Ancestor Spirit'.
A shaman who communicates with spirits. On the grassland, the status of the shaman king is much higher than that of the king, because the king holds a tribal joint conference every few years. The strongest tribe becomes the new royal family, and the chief of the tribe becomes the new king.
...But the Witch King remains unchanged! According to legend, the Witch King possesses super powerful magic power and has a long lifespan... And the prestige of the Witch King on the grassland, I'm afraid you may not believe it even if I tell you!
"
Du Wei also narrowed his eyes: "Tell me about it."
"Let's put it this way. Even if you are an ordinary shaman, if you just go to the house of any herdsman in a tribe and say to him, 'The ancestors need your life now, dedicate the lives of your whole family to the ancestors', then
That herdsman would even pull out his machete without hesitation, kill the whole family, and then commit suicide!" Longbottom smiled bitterly and said: "Those guys on the grassland worship their ancestors to the point of perversion. No.
It is difficult for people who have lived on the grassland to feel this. And... you know the Northwest War more than 20 years ago, right? During that war, the magicians of the empire and the shamans on the grassland faced each other head-on.
After several contests, we did not gain a clear upper hand. And the other side's Witch King never made a move...and then, something strange happened."
"What?"
"In the later stages of the war, it is said that the Witch King suddenly issued an order for all shamans to withdraw from the battlefield and not to continue fighting against the imperial army. Because the Witch King claimed to have received an apparition from his ancestors, the war was bound to be lost.
You must not disobey the destiny. And the royal family at that time refused to give up. However, after losing the support of the shamans, they were unable to fight against the magicians of the empire, and were defeated in the end. As you know, in that war, the empire and the northwest grasslands
The people formed a bloody feud! But the people on these grasslands had no complaints about the order given by the Witch King at the end of the war! No one questioned the Witch King’s order! On the contrary, the leader of the royal family led the tribe to continue the fight.
, but after the war, his own people resisted and were killed.”
Du Wei couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "So perverted!"
Longbottom sighed: "When I was in the northwest, I also saw this bloody skull flag once. This is the flag representing the Witch King. That time I deliberately provoked a fight between the two tribes. Twenty thousand
Many people were fighting on the grassland, and their eyes were red from the killing... Suddenly someone came over holding a bloody skull and crossbones flag. Everyone on the battlefield was already red-eyed, but when those guys saw this flag, they seemed to suddenly
As if they were under magic, everyone dropped their weapons as quickly as possible. Even in the middle of the fight, they didn't hesitate at all. They dropped their weapons and fell to the ground... This is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.
What a weird thing! More than 20,000 soldiers were killed and their bodies were covered with blood. Their flesh and blood were everywhere, and they were all dead and injured. Suddenly, they dropped their weapons and lay on the ground, kowtowing devoutly and praying loudly. The shaman who brought the bloody skull flag announced
The Witch King ordered not to fight, but the two tribes actually withdrew their troops. During the years when I was in the northwest, these two tribes would never dare to continue to find fault with each other afterwards. They were better behaved than kittens!
"
At this moment, the opponent's cavalry separated, and then three horses slowly ran towards Du Wei. The cavalry running at the front was holding the bloody skull flag high in his hand, and the two behind him were
The old men in colorful animal skin robes all have long beards, their hair is cleanly shaved, and there is not a single hair on their heads, but their long beards have many small whips carefully braided...
Such a weird shape made Du Wei feel very novel. But Longbottom immediately looked serious: "These two guys are shamans!"
Shaman?
Du Wei became interested and observed the two bald old men carefully, but apart from the colorful animal skin coats and the long beards and whips, he didn't see anything special about them.
The three of them rode their horses and stopped about 20 meters in front of Duwei. The one holding the bloody skull flag came over on horseback. He was a fierce knight on the grassland. He was tall and rude in appearance.
, stared at Du Wei and Longbottom, and shouted loudly: "The people on the other side have listened! No one can stop you in front of the bloody skull flag! What will happen to those who disobey the Witch King? You understand!"
Longbottom sneered: "Who are you! Which tribe are you from?"
The grassland man puffed up his chest and said loudly: "I am a golden sword warrior from the royal family!"
"Royal clan?" Longbottom sneered: "Royal clan? Which tribe is the royal clan now? Humph, they are becoming more and more unruly! In the past, even the clan leader of the Royal Court was polite when meeting me, who do you think you are!"
Let someone who is qualified to speak come over!"
The prairie warrior was furious: "Who are you! How dare you insult me!"
Longbottom sneered and said loudly to a subordinate behind him: "Did you see it? They have a bloody skull and crossbones flag! Bring up the flag I used back then!"
An old subordinate of Longbottom behind him laughed, took off his helmet and sword, and picked up two spears. One spear carried the helmet, and the other spear carried the sword, and raised it high.
Sure enough, the face of this grassland man changed immediately when he saw it! He looked at Longbottom with wide eyes, and his tone was much more respectful: "You...are you Lord Mossack?"
"That's right! It's me!" Longbottom shouted: "Go back and find someone who is qualified to talk to me!"
This prairie man did not dare to say anything. He took a deep look at Longbottom and said slowly: "Since Lord Mossack has returned to the northwest, I will go back and invite Lord Shaman to come and talk."
After saying that, he went back holding the bloody flag.
Longbottom looked at Du Wei and said with a smile: "Boss, my flag is pretty good, right? The left is a long sword and the right is a helmet. On the grassland, the long sword represents war. And the helmet is a symbol of friendship, because on the grassland, good friends can
Use your own helmet to serve wine to the opponent to show your enthusiasm and friendship. When I put up this flag, it means: giving you a choice. Be my enemy or my friend!"
Du Wei nodded and said with a smile: "A very good choice."
At this time, the prairie man had gone back and said a few words to the two shamans behind him. The two shamans looked at each other and then rode over.
"Excuse me, who is Lord Mossack?" A bald old wizard on the left spoke.
Facing the shaman, Longbottom's attitude was much more polite. He even bowed slightly immediately: "I am Longbottom. This respected shaman. Please tell me why you are here. I need someone."
Explain why the army on the grassland appears in the territory of the empire."
"Master Mossak. First of all, I would like to express my respect to you. You are a famous figure on our grassland." The shaman smiled and said: "As for us coming here, we got permission from General Lu Gao of the Northwest Army.
I am a priest under the Witch King, and these brave warriors accompanying me were sent by the royal clan chief to protect us along the way. We came here in compliance with the Witch King's decree."
"Oh?" Longbottom was moved: "Did the Witch King personally give the order?"
"Yes." The shaman's attitude seemed to be very kind, but his tone was firm: "The Witch King's favorite pet is lost. It is a very precious monster. The Witch King has ordered that no matter what, he must
Get it back. We searched for a long time before we found its traces, and now it is in this town, so please get out of your way and your people, we need to conduct a thorough search of this town."
The Witch King's pet?
Duwei immediately thought of the strange red-haired monster in the farmhouse.
But... get out of the way and let the other party search?
Du Wei looked at this seemingly polite wizard and suddenly became angry!
This is my fucking territory! This is my territory! If you say you want to investigate, you will investigate? Use an official language: This is a fucking violation of sovereignty! And you still have the attitude of showing off your power like an uncle?