Chapter 244 The storm is in the palm of my hand.
The territory of the Todaloch family is Udvik Island. Their family's buckler coat of arms depicts the earliest wind blower used by the islanders, with flying flames lingering on it.
The family emblems of the other six major families in the archipelago are almost all related to mountains, seas, and blood. Only the Todaloch family is different because they are a family of blacksmiths.
Although he is also a descendant of the hero Hamdor, Todaloch is not a family directly founded by the six sons of the hero - after all, the hero only has six children, while the archipelago has seven major families.
Todaloch is a family established by various branches, so it rarely participates in the political affairs of the islands, and almost never runs for the king of Skellige. It has always been on the fringes.
However, because of the Todaloch family's outstanding iron smelting technology and forging skills comparable to those of dwarves, the other six major families in the archipelago cannot ignore their existence; therefore, although the Todaloch family has never been the leader of the archipelago, it has There is still a lot of family power, and the wealth gained from the fighting and plundering of other families will inevitably flow into the Todaloch family and become their heritage.
Unfortunately, current facts have proven that wealth cannot be converted into combat power, and weapons forged cannot kill enemies by themselves. After all, a wrought iron hammer is not as good as a murderous war hammer.
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Yuna Hoznot has never seen so many sea monsters today, they almost cover the blue sky; Yuna has never seen such a tall monster like the ice giant, which is almost as tall as her family's castle. Generally high.
The solid stone house is no harder than paper under its fist.
Even the most powerful man in his mind—his father, Harold Hoznot, the patriarch of the Todaloch family—disappeared into that palm.
Moreover, that damn monster can actually use weapons!
When Yuna recalled the giant oak stick as tall as the castle, she couldn't help but tremble - how could such a tall oak tree in the world be able to make such a huge wooden stick?
With a "whoosh" sound, a Hekena flying in the sky discovered the smaller blond girl. Monsters always like to pick lone, thinner prey to attack. It looks like a snake, leaping in mid-air and then swooping down.
"Miss Yuna!" A loyal iron guard knocked Yuna away at the risk of his own life, filling the defensive vacuum exposed due to negligence in the battle. The Kraken's sharp teeth were blocked by the hardened steel, and the Iron Guard used his ax to split open the monster's head.
However, more sea monsters surrounded the iron guard immediately. After grabbing him, they spread their wings and flew up. Then they released their claws at high altitude, letting the heavy iron body wrapped in flesh and blood move towards the thick earth. Free fall motion - no matter how hard the armor is, it can't stop such an attack.
The short scream stopped suddenly, and Yuna's face turned pale again.
"Miss Yuna, run away quickly. You are the Todaloch family's only hope now!" More iron guards surrounded Yuna, desperately protecting the family leader's bloodline, and retreated towards the edge of the island.
"No, father is not dead yet. I watched the ice giant take him away with my own eyes. The monster did not kill father. We have to save him." Yuna screamed, "Master Fetov has gone back to look for reinforcements. The blood of the Todaloch family will never abandon Udvik Island! The islanders will never be defeated by monsters!"
Yuna repeatedly looked anxiously at the place where Fetov left, but she couldn't wait. The movement that I expected.
"Hold this point! This is the positioning point of Master Fetov's portal! If we retreat now, when reinforcements arrive later, we will be unprepared and exposed to the monster's claws!" Yuna stood up and tried
to Boost morale.
More monsters discovered the humans gathered here. Even if they fought and retreated, they did not leave the sight of the monsters at this time.
They gathered.
There are more and more monsters, and there are fewer and fewer iron guards around them; more and more screams are heard in the air, and fewer and fewer shouts of killing are heard on the ground.
Just when Yuna felt like she couldn't hold on any longer, finally -
"Boom", an exaggeratedly large portal opened in mid-air. The wind was so strong that it even stirred up the snow on the ground and caused a small storm.
The warriors holding indigo blue shields were the first to come out of the teleportation gate. They seemed to have experience in teleportation. They quickly reacted and waved their weapons, fighting side by side with the Todaloch family's round-shielded iron guards. They would stick to them. The siren's claws on his body were chopped into pieces.
Then came out the iron-crowned king, East, who was protected by the escort. The first time he walked out of the portal, he saw Yuna. He immediately pulled out the sword from his waist and jumped into the battle himself, forming a formation with his escort and heading towards them.
But East had only walked halfway when a bright emerald light immediately lit up on his body, and a golden spot lit up around him, taking away the attention of the entire audience.
Unlike the surprised looks of others, East and his escorts were obviously not surprised by this group of light. East just continued to move forward wearing a bright emerald color and the escort, leaving the human-shaped light spot behind.
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The bright light gradually extinguished, allowing people to clearly see the blocked scene inside, and a blond knight riding a tall black horse emerged from it.
It was Lan En and Black Wind - because he did not want to experience the dizziness of passing through the teleportation array, the Duke of Cintra directly used East as the anchor point to cast his [Teleportation].
At the first moment of landing, Lann concentrated his energy again, and four light groups formed around him again, and the figures of Geralt, Kolgrim, Korn, and Ged appeared from them.
It's still [Teleport], but this time it's to teleport teammates to you.
Gede was amazed when he experienced teleportation for the first time, while the other three people had obviously adapted to this method.
"I'm starting to understand why warlocks use portals as a sign of 'seniority', and I'm starting to like this tactic." Kolgrim murmured to himself, then he raised his head and looked at the sky The Siren took a breath of cold air.
"Oh my god... there must be hundreds of sea monsters here... and there are rotten demons on the ground! Have all the monsters on the island gathered here?"
Geralt quickly scanned the battlefield: "At least I didn't look. You're lucky to have reached the Ice Giant."
As soon as he finished speaking, the white-haired demon hunter pulled out the wolf-headed silver sword from behind, and worked with Cohen to use the seal to join the battle group, and used the flame-making [Yig] The Seal of Ni and the Seal of Alder, which stirred up a storm, skillfully knocked down the Kraken that swooped down in mid-air, allowing the human soldiers to harvest easily.
The fight begins as soon as you land.
Kolgrim sighed and swam into the crowd and monsters. Except for Leisuo, the Snake Sect was not very good at this kind of frontal group battle battlefield.
However, the venom of the snake sect demon hunter can still play a huge role. From time to time, he will bring a handful of blood among the rotting demons, and then escape far away; and the injured rotting demon can especially walk a dozen steps, and then start It expanded and shook strangely, exploding like a delayed bomb, overturning the monster companions around it, creating an opportunity for other Skellige soldiers to take advantage of.
The most exaggerated one is Gede. Unlike other demon hunters who only acted as assistants, he roared and his body glowed with golden light. Then he swung a sword that was longer than other demon hunters and jumped into the group of rotten demons.
These monsters that explode after death make ordinary people avoid them, but they don't seem to have much impact on him. He relied on his experience to skillfully shuttle among the monsters. Occasionally, he was affected by the explosion, which only caused ripples on his [Quen's Seal], but did not hurt him at all.
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The demon hunter's special response measures suddenly relieved the pressure on the soldiers.
But in the end, they were just four "people" and could not play a decisive role in turning the tide of the war. However, their help greatly relieved the pressure on the soldiers, and also created space and time for the supporting soldiers to enter, so that they would not have to face the monster group in a hurry as soon as they landed, which would only increase losses.
Soldiers came out of the portal in a steady stream, and finally stopped when there were about five hundred people. The last one to come out was Fetov, who quickly appeared beside East and looked seriously at the battlefield in front of him.
"If this continues, there will be too many unnecessary casualties. The ground troops will be too disadvantaged to deal with such flying monsters, even with the help of demon hunters." "The tactics used by demon hunters to deal with sea monsters are correct. We must learn from them
. ." Fetov took a deep breath, "I need about half a quarter of an hour to prepare the spell, set off a storm enough to cover the entire battlefield, shoot down all these sea monsters, and create opportunities for the soldiers. I need your help during this time. People protect me."
East looked at the battlefield, recognized Fetov's tactics, turned around and shouted: "Halma, Keris!"
The young people of the Klett family immediately stood up. Kratz returned to his family to gather soldiers with the help of druids, but still sent his sons and daughters to help.
It was the first time for this brother and sister to visit such a large battlefield in person, and their faces were flushed with excitement. Although their faces were green, East knew that the two young men who inherited the blood of Kratz were both trustworthy warriors.
"You bring forty people to follow Master Fetov, and you must not let him get hurt at all!" East shouted, and then ordered his adjutant to blow the horn.
"Others form a shield formation to protect the members of the Todaloch family. If the ice giant is not here, we will wipe out all these monsters!" "
Woo--"
The dull horn sound attracted the attention of all creatures on the battlefield. Power, this is also the effect East wants. Let the monsters all move towards the military formation, and other disaster-stricken civilians and other people on the island will be safer.
In the sky, an individual that was obviously larger than other sea monsters also noticed this. Its wings were three times as long and wide as a normal sea monster, and the sharp bone spur at the tip of the snake's tail was comparable to a heavy axe.
"Hiss!" A sharp cry sounded in the air, even covering the sound of the horn for a moment. All the sea monsters immediately gathered together as if they had heard the order. Their bright scales reflected the sun, forming a luminous storm in mid-air, sweeping towards Skellig's formation.
The unusual sea monster immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Caris's face turned pale slightly: "This...isn't this the giant sea monster 'Melusin' on Spikerug Island? I heard that the local villagers thought it was a demigod and even established a special priesthood. Wild religion. How did it come to Udvik Island?"
"I don't know..." Halma tightened the ax in her hand, "I once heard that there is a horn that can make the sea monsters in the sky just blow. Landing... I really wish I could have it in my hands now."
Fear arose in the hearts of the brother and sister, but their reactions were extremely fast. After a brief moment of confusion, they immediately yelled and ordered the guards around them to put up their shields, surrounding Fetov like a reef, compressing the space between each other as much as possible, hoping to survive the storm composed of the sea monster.
On the other side of the battlefield, Lann also noticed the situation here.
"Milva!" Upon hearing this, the female attendant carrying a long bow immediately rode her horse to the Lord's side and set up the long bow to aim at the target without any instructions.
The bow in Milva's hand was almost as tall as her own, and the string was unprecedentedly long. Now that she has been upgraded on the [Follower] panel, her strength has gradually surpassed the level of ordinary people. The archers in the military camp can't even aim at the target when they get her bow, let alone the full string.
Lan pointed at Melusin, the giant sea monster in the sky, and asked, "Can you knock it down?"
Mir took aim at the giant sea monster Melusin, and shook his head guiltily: "It swung too fast in the air, and there were too many around it. The Kraken serves as an obstacle. I need to wait for an opportunity."
The female shooter needed a proper time, but she knew that Lan's intention in asking her was to prevent the monster from gathering the Krakens to launch a concentrated offensive against the soldiers, which was obviously not possible. A "wait for the moment" occasion.
"Sir, your archery skills are much better than mine. Maybe you can..." "
No, Milva, you are the strongest archer among us." Lann patted the female archer on the shoulder and encouraged, "It doesn't matter, I will create an opportunity for you."
The female attendant trembled all over. Before she could react to Lan En's words, the Lord Jin Swearer beside her had lit up an emerald light and disappeared, leaving only the black horse. It scratched the soil with its hind hooves impatiently.
In a flash of golden light, Lan appeared in front of Halma and Keris. He looked at Fetov who was preparing for the ceremony and asked, "What are you doing?"
Halma was startled by Lan's sudden appearance. Caris's reaction was very quick: "Master Fetov is preparing to change the weather and use strong winds to knock down all these sea monsters, but the ceremony takes time, and we are guarding..."
Lan nodded to understand. They had not discussed tactics beforehand, so they did not know what the Druid Master was planning.
"No need to go to such trouble, I'll do it." He said decisively.
Then Lann's golden light flashed again and appeared next to East: "Let the outermost soldiers change to a defensive posture, raise their shields and don't let the formation be rushed away by the carrion demon; let the archers prepare, but first Don't draw your bow to prevent your posture from being disrupted. After the storm, it's time to counterattack."
East was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the winged monsters ahead that had almost been "twisted" into a bunch of siren pillars: "Storm? You? Do you mean them?"
Lann shook his head and raised his left hand, where the chaotic energy condensed: "No, I mean this."
"The storm is in the palm of my hand."
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Like the noisy surrounding of the cave demon bats Covering the entire battlefield, the winged monsters once again changed their flying formation, transformed into a dark cloud-like form, and rushed towards the Skellig formation with overwhelming momentum.
The giant monster Melusin, who was regarded as a demi-god by the ignorant villagers, was hidden among the sea monsters. As the commander, he gathered almost all the sea monsters in the archipelago into this terrifying aggregation of monsters.
Hundreds of monsters are no less powerful than natural disasters. They are enough to completely destroy a village, a town, or even a small island in a matter of seconds.
Under the command of East's horn, the outermost soldiers raised their shields high. The tail end of the Tursek family's unique long shield was pressed into the earth. The soldiers tightened their bodies as much as possible and waited for the impact.
They put their trust in Easter, the brave knight of the sea and the restored King of the Isles. However, faced with a scene that was like a natural disaster, the screams that could not be suppressed even by the horns echoed in the ears, and sporadic attacks of rotten demons continued ahead, all of which still amplified the fear in the hearts of the soldiers.
Someone's hands started to shake. Someone's breathing started to quicken.
"Reinalug." A soldier silently recited Skellig's war cry in his mind to embolden himself, "Reinalug."
The next second, the soldier who suppressed fear by silently reciting the war cry suddenly felt a golden light flashing in the corner of his sight. . As a shield guard, he was driven by curiosity and did something a veteran should never do - sticking his head out of the shield's defensive range.
Wherever he looked, he saw the back of a knight.
He was at the front of the team, blocking himself as a shield guard.
He has a tall and strong body, bright white blond hair that is more dazzling than the sun, and a ferocious large griffon turns into his cloak.
He looked directly at the dark clouds composed of sirens, raised his left hand, and made a strange gesture.
[Seal of Alder·Bearing·Magic Explosion]
[Mana Value: 4826/5200] → [Mana Value: 100/5200]
is almost exhausted!
Lann had never tried to release such a huge amount of magic power at once. Except for the bottom line of not letting himself pass out due to overdraft, he put all the other magic power into this seal.
He himself was also curious about how powerful this blow could be.
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Races that live in snowy mountains and Iceland all year round have a certain degree of resistance to natural disasters, but this does not mean that they can ignore natural disasters.
In fact, instead of resisting, they have learned more in their long lives - hiding.
Be aware of the trend of wind pressure in advance, notice the change of temperature in advance, and then respond to it, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, preserve yourself, and continue the race.
However, the human being in front of the sirens now faced a "disaster"-like cluster of monsters, but he was emitting the aura of a real "natural disaster" without any warning.
As if connected to another dimension with only strong wind, a huge amount of storm roared out from the raised palm, mixed with ice crystals that were colder than winter, turning into a furious dragon, carrying a terrifying force. The force crashed into the formation of the sea monsters.
The huge pressure turns the wind into a sharp blade, and any small stone swept in will turn into a heavy hammer. The "Kraine Cloud" that was roaring ferociously just now collided head-on with the roaring wind dragon, and in less than a blink of an eye, it was shattered like decay.
The sea monster that first came into contact did not even scream, but turned directly into fist-sized ice crystals. In the next moment, it was torn into finer pieces of gravel, and turned into cannonballs to continue to shoot down the sea monster behind it.
The Kraken behind continued to be coerced into becoming a member of the strong wind, pushing back arbitrarily until it penetrated the entire formation.
With a "boom", the Siren's cloud was completely dispersed.
Gede was the only person at the scene who saw the whole process clearly. He supported the unique [Quen] seal to block the wind pressure like a heavy punch, so that he would not be able to open his eyes like the others.
First, countless blood-colored ice cubes fell at his feet and on top of his head, causing the golden protective seal to ripple; then came the struggling female siren that fluttered down like raindrops, fluttering on the ground as if it was ashore. fish.
Lann's attack swept away almost all the Kraken, completely disrupting the flow of wind on the battlefield and forming a low-altitude no-fly zone. Except for the dozens of sea monsters that were high in the sky at the beginning and could not even be touched by arrows, the rest had all lost their fighting ability and became meat on the chopping board... No, there was an exception for
one sea monster.
On the other side, Melusine is regarded as a demigod by the fishermen.
With the largest wingspan, it should have been affected the most, but this monster's intelligence is indeed extraordinary. When it sensed the change in the wind flow, it immediately folded its wings and curled up into a ball. With its solid scales, it was swaying and hammering in the storm. Although it was dripping with blood, it saved one life.
It spread its wings again at the last moment when it landed. Although there was still wind and the flight was shaky, it was enough for it to soar into the sky again and leave the battlefield.
"Hiss!"
A sharp and harsh voice sounded. The sea monster turned around and wanted to flee in mid-air. Hearing the leader's voice, the sea monster suddenly stopped, turned around and hesitated, swaying between Lan and Melusin in panic, not knowing what to do. You shouldn't overcome your inner fears to save your leader.
"Wha—"
A long arrow penetrated the chaotic wind current. The sea monsters who were still hesitating hurriedly fled in all directions.
Melusin, who was hovering in mid-air, suddenly landed on the ground, and the metal arrows brutally tore off its wings.
Milva cocked a second arrow on her longbow.
In order to cherish the opportunity Lan En finally created, her first arrow did not hit the vital point out of insurance, because the female archer was not sure whether the metal arrow could penetrate the opponent's scales at this distance.
After shooting the opponent down, there is plenty of time to slowly refine the opponent.
However, Milva's second arrow was not fired because her companions had already reached the target first.
The black wind passed by with hoofs, and the silk-like mane fluttered in the wind. The whole body was like a chariot driving through the battlefield, and Melusine, who had lost the ability to fly, was knocked into the air for the last time; House followed closely, holding his hand
. The lion-headed sword drew silver light, swaying the entire upper body like a windmill, and used the momentum to dig the sharp blade into Melusin's neck.
The huge impact made the Sword Attendant's hands feel slightly numb, but he still exerted all his strength and pried hard, and the ferocious snake head rose into the sky.
When it landed on the ground, the snake head turned into an extremely beautiful head, rolled a few times, and stopped moving.
(End of chapter)