As dusk fell, fiery clouds blanketed the sky. Evelyn sat beside him, tossing her golden hair behind her ear, and together they gazed at the shimmering sea, like two salted fish with dreams in their hearts.
Guardian Knight?
"Demon King!"
The swordsman narrowed his eyes, as if a bad memory had been stirred up. His face darkened as he stared at Xiao Han, making the latter feel like he had a thorn in his side.
Immediately realizing his rudeness, he composed himself, leaned against the frost-covered city wall, and let out a cold snort.
"The Demon King... you killed him?"
The horned helmet warrior looked stunned, finding the information unbelievable.
"No, he ran away. I swear in the name of the Goddess of Night, the Demon King was indeed defeated by us."
Xiao Han's face was solemn, his eyes showing a hint of regret and even a trace of resentment: "If it weren't for Brian's desperate rescue, I wouldn't have been able to deliver the final blow and completely drive them away. But for this victory, we paid a heavy price. Only one of the nine guardian knights survived. Damn demons!"
The horned helmet warrior paused for a moment, observing Xiao Han's eyes. He felt genuine sorrow for his fallen comrade, but the weight of information contained in those words was immense.
If the Demon King were killed, he would definitely be the first to disbelieve it.
Although the newly born demon king is relatively weak, his potential is undoubtedly enormous. He has many ways to protect himself. The four demon kings who dominated the Central Plains were all patient and waited until they made a name for themselves.
If they are driven away, this person's identity as a suspected sage will undoubtedly be confirmed.
Currently, this sage, despite his injuries, attempted to pursue the remnants of the demon race, but was ambushed and relentlessly chased, leading to this scene.
But when the Allied forces wanted to obtain more intelligence through the wolf riders, Xiao Han planned to return to the city to take care of the "Guardian Knight," but was persuaded to stay by the Allied forces.
Firstly, it was to help the duchy make connections with wise men and, incidentally, to find out their true purpose in coming to the North.
Secondly, taking advantage of the sage's "severely injured" state and inability to use his full strength, they secretly harbored evil intentions. If they killed him, there might be rich spoils of war. Therefore, the wolf riders were to be silenced to prevent the spread of the news.
To safeguard their maximum interests, the Allied forces lavishly entertained the group, but secretly plotted to eliminate them.
But Xiao Han would not allow them to use the excuse of cleaning up the battlefield to send his men out into the wind and snow to collect the spoils of war from Silverlight City and take them over to the Duchy.
The Allied forces also dispatched elite knights to assist them in cleaning, which also served as a covert surveillance mission.
"This armor is well-made from fine iron, but it abandons magical patterns and focuses on physical defense, making it immune to heavy hammer blows."
Khrushchev stripped half a piece of armor from the corpse lying in the snow. His face was grim. He glanced at the Allied knight beside him, then quickly looked away.
"It would be dangerous if it fell into the hands of the duchy. The little fox has clearly not embarked on the path to gold."
Blood Raven spoke in a low voice, his deep eyes watching the city lord enter Giant City at the invitation of a group of powerful figures, his eyes flashing.
"It's not necessarily dangerous. Didn't you notice that the city lord deliberately lured the people of Silverlight City here and into Giant City? That was part of his plan."
Khrush looked around, walked to Blood Raven's side, and helped him remove the corpse's leg guards, his hands stained with blood.
The wolf cavalry under his command went to collect spoils of war and deliver them to the allied forces of the three kingdoms, giving him the illusion of working for free.
"Are the results out yet? Is he really a sage?"
In a room, the horned helmet warrior secretly approached an old man who was skilled in divination. After the great battle, the old man had secretly deduced the identity of the wolf riders.
The old man nodded, then shook his head.
“I started tracing the clues from the enemy cavalry. They arrived a few months ago, and the city lord they were in suffered heavy losses due to the invasion of the demons.”
"After he revealed his identity, he was called a sage by everyone, but in reality he only received a part of the inheritance. Although he concealed some things in the conversation, his credibility is still very high."
The old man spoke slowly, his brows slightly furrowed, which gradually made the horned helmet warriors think about seizing the sage's inheritance.
Behind every sage is a powerful force protecting them, but this person is young and a fox-person. The guardian knight might have made it up on the spot, and that method of summoning temple phantoms was just a lucky acquisition of the sage's legacy.
"The God of Harvest has instructed us to exterminate the demon race, and has hinted that it is highly likely that the Demon King has secretly entered the Main Plane with a specific purpose."
"If this continues, the fifth great demon king of Norse mythology will be born. Therefore, this sage not only provides clues but is also a great help in dealing with the demon king."
The old man pondered for a moment and then said.
He did not recommend seizing the other party's sage legacy, but rather to first extract all its value and then seize the sage legacy, thus dedicating oneself to the duchy.
After Priest Bren's tragic death, he was dispatched to provide the Allied forces with clues and to pursue the demons.
The Allied forces have three near-Gold level combatants: a horned helmet warrior, a swordsman, and a lightning mage. However, for support, they have a healer and this old fortune teller.
Diviners, who deduce the cause and effect of their enemies based on the traces left behind, are a rare support profession.
However, incorrect clues can lead to wrong answers during the deduction process.
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"The base of the allied forces of the three kingdoms, Giant City."
In a tidy room, Xiao Han was invited in to wait for the results of the allied leaders' discussions.
In reality, he was imprisoned, and a magic circle was operating in the room. Forcibly breaking the circle would inevitably worsen the relationship between the two sides.
"On the surface, there are three half-step gold-level combatants. The other side also has magic cannons. One round of cannon fire severely injured the Golden-winged Beetle. This is the result of being weakened during the Snow Disaster. The damage is much greater than that of Count Shap's alchemical cannons."
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