The territory of the Todaloch family is the island of Udvik. Their family's round shield emblem depicts the earliest 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 they are also descendants of the hero Hemdall, Todaloch is not a family directly established by the hero's six sons - after all, the hero only has six children, and there are seven major families in the archipelago.
Todaloch was a family founded by various side branches, so it rarely participated in the political affairs of the islands and almost never ran for the king of Skellige, always wandering on the sidelines.
However, due to the outstanding iron smelting technology and forging skills comparable to those of the dwarves of the Todaloch family, the other six major families of the archipelago could never ignore their existence; that is why, although the Todaloch family has never produced a leader of the archipelago, it still has considerable family power, and the wealth gained by other families from fighting and looting will inevitably flow into the Todaloch family and become their foundation.
Unfortunately, facts have proven that wealth cannot be converted into combat power, and forged weapons cannot kill enemies by themselves. After all, a forged steel hammer is not as good as a murderous war hammer.
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Yuna Hoznot had never seen so many sirens as today, they almost covered the blue sky; Yuna had never seen a monster as tall as the ice giant, it was almost as tall as her family's castle.
The solid stone house was not much stronger 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.
What's more, that damn monster can actually use weapons!
Yuna couldn't help trembling when she thought of the giant oak stick that was as tall as the castle - where in the world could there be such a tall oak tree that could be made into such a huge stick?
With a whoosh, a flying Hekna spotted the smaller blonde girl. Monsters always like to pick on lone, weaker prey. It swooped down with a leap in the air like a snake.
"Ms. Yuna!" A loyal Iron Guard sacrificed himself to knock Yuna away, filling the defensive vacuum left by the negligence in the battle. The Siren's sharp teeth were blocked by the tempered steel, and the Iron Guard used an ax to split the monster's skull.
However, more sirens soon surrounded the iron guard, grabbed him and flew up, then loosened their claws in the sky, allowing the heavy iron block wrapped in flesh and blood to freely fall towards the thick earth - no matter how hard the armor was, it could not withstand such an attack.
The short scream stopped abruptly, and Yuna's face turned even pale.
"Miss Yuna, please run away quickly. You are the only hope of the Todaloch family now!" More guards surrounded Yuna, fighting to defend the bloodline of the head of the family, and retreated to the edge of the island.
"No, father is not dead yet. I saw with my own eyes that the ice giant took him away. The monster did not kill my father. We have to save him." Yuna screamed, "Master Fetov has gone back to find reinforcements. The bloodline of the Todaloch family must not abandon Udvik Island! The islanders must not be defeated by monsters!"
Yuna anxiously looked repeatedly at the place where Fetov left, but she could not see the movement she expected.
"Hold this point! This is the location of Master Fetov's portal! If we retreat now, we will be unprepared and exposed to the monster's claws when the reinforcements arrive!"
Yuna stepped forward and tried to boost morale.
More monsters discovered the humans gathered here. Even though they were fighting and retreating, they did not leave the monsters' sight at this time.
They gathered together.
There are more and more monsters, and fewer and fewer guards around; there are more and more screams in the air, and fewer and fewer shouts of killing on the ground.
Just when Yuna felt that she could no longer hold on, finally—
With a loud bang, an exaggeratedly large portal opened in the air. The wind blew violently, even blowing up the snow on the ground and creating a small storm.
The warriors holding indigo long shields were the first to come out of the portal. They seemed to have experience in teleportation and reacted quickly, waving their weapons and fighting side by side with the round shield guards of the Todaloch family, chopping off the siren claws that were stuck on them.
The next person to come out was the Iron Crown King, East, who was protected by the guards. The first thing he saw when he walked out of the portal was Yuna. He immediately drew the long sword from his waist and personally joined the battle. Together with his guards, they formed a formation and rushed over here.
But when East was halfway there, a bright emerald light suddenly lit up on his body, and a golden spot lit up next to him, stealing the attention of everyone in the room.
Unlike the others who were surprised, Easter and his guards were obviously used to this ball of light. Easter, wearing a bright emerald outfit, continued to move forward with his guards, leaving the human-shaped ball of light behind.
…
The bright light gradually faded, allowing the viewer to clearly see the obscured scene within, and a blond knight on a tall black horse emerged from it.
It was Lann and Black Wind - because he didn't want to experience the dizziness of passing through the teleportation array, the Duke of Cintra directly used his [Teleport] with East as the positioning point.
At the first moment of landing, Lann concentrated his mind again, and four balls of light condensed and formed around him again, from which the figures of Geralt, Kolgrim, Cohen, and Gede appeared.
It is still [Teleport], but this time it teleports teammates to your side.
Gede, who was experiencing teleportation for the first time, was filled with amazement, while the other three had obviously adapted to this method.
"I'm beginning to understand why warlocks regard portals as a symbol of 'senior' status, and I'm beginning to like this tactic." Kolgrim muttered to himself, then he looked up and took a breath at the sight of the sirens all over the sky.
"Oh my god... there must be hundreds of sirens here... there are also scavengers on the ground! Are all the monsters from the entire island gathered here?"
Geralt quickly scanned the battlefield. "At least we didn't see any ice giants. We're lucky."
As soon as he finished speaking, the white-haired demon hunter drew out the wolf-head silver sword behind him, and together with Coen, he used the seals to join the battle. Using the [Igni Seal] that created fire and the [Alder Seal] that raised a storm, they skillfully knocked the swooping sea monsters from mid-air to the ground, allowing the human soldiers to easily harvest them.
The fight began as soon as they landed.
Kolgrim sighed and swam into the crowd and monsters. Except for Letho, none of the Snake Clan members were very good at this kind of frontal group battle.
However, the venom of the Snake Demon Hunter can still play a huge role. From time to time, he will scoop up a handful of blood from the group of Corruption Demons, and then escape far away. The injured Corruption Demon can only walk a dozen steps, and then begin to swell and tremble strangely, exploding like a delayed bomb, knocking over the monster companions around him and creating opportunities for other Skellige soldiers.
The most exaggerated one was Gede. Unlike other demon hunters who were only assisting, he roared and golden light appeared on his body. Then he brandished a big sword that was longer than other demon hunters and rushed into the group of corrosive demons.
These monsters that exploded after death made ordinary people avoid them, but they didn't seem to have much effect on him. He relied on his experience to skillfully shuttle among the monsters. Occasionally, he was affected by the explosions, which only caused ripples on his [Quen Seal] but did not hurt him at all.
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The demon hunters' special response measures immediately relieved the pressure on the soldiers.
But after all, they were only four "people" and could not play a decisive role in turning the tide of the battle. However, their help greatly relieved the pressure on the soldiers and created space and time for the support soldiers to enter the battlefield, so that they would not be in a hurry to face the monster group as soon as they landed, which would increase losses.
Soldiers continued to emerge from the portal, and finally stopped when there were about 500 of them. The last one to come out was Fetov, who quickly appeared beside East and looked at the battlefield in front of him seriously.
"If this continues, there will be too many unnecessary casualties. Ground troops are at a huge disadvantage against such flying monsters, even with the help of demon hunters."
"The demon hunter's tactics against the sirens are correct. We need to learn from them." Fetov took a deep breath. "I need about half a quarter of an hour to prepare the spell and create a storm that is strong enough to cover the entire battlefield to shoot down all the sirens and create an opportunity for the soldiers. During this time, I need your people to protect me."
East looked at the battlefield, approved of Fetov's tactics, and turned around and shouted, "Halma, Caris!"
The young men of the Clet family immediately stepped forward. With the help of the druid, Kratz returned to the family to gather soldiers, but still sent his son and daughter to help.
This was the first time for the brother and sister to be on such a large battlefield, and their faces were flushed with excitement. Although they looked immature, East knew that the two young men who inherited the blood of Kratz were both trustworthy warriors.
"Take forty of you and follow Master Fetov. We must not let him get hurt!" Easter said loudly, and then ordered his adjutant to blow the horn.
"The rest of you, form a shield circle to protect the members of the Todaloch family. If the ice giant is not here, we will wipe out these monsters!"
“Woo——”
The dull horn sound attracted the attention of all creatures on the battlefield, which was the effect that East wanted. By making the monsters come towards the army, the other civilians and others affected by the disaster on the island would be safer.
In the sky, an individual that was obviously larger than the other sirens also noticed this place. Its wings were three times longer and wider than a normal siren, and the blade-like bone spurs at the tip of its tail were comparable to a heavy axe.
"Hiss!" A sharp cry sounded in the air, even drowning out the sound of the horn for a moment. All the sirens gathered together immediately as if they had heard an order. Their bright scales reflected the sun, forming a luminous storm in the air, sweeping towards the Skellige formation.
The unusual siren immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Caris's face turned slightly pale. "Isn't this the giant sea monster 'Melucine' from Spiekeroog Island? I heard that the local villagers believe it is a demigod and even set up a wild religion of priests. How did it get to Udvik Island?"
"I don't know..." Halma tightened the axe in his hand, "I once heard that there is a horn that can make the sirens in the sky fall to the ground as long as it is blown... I really hope I have it in my hand now."
Fear rose in the hearts of the brother and sister, but they reacted very quickly. After a brief moment of unconsciousness, they immediately shouted and ordered the guards around them to put up shields, surrounding Fetov like a reef, compressing the space between them as much as possible, hoping to survive this storm of sea monsters.
On the other side of the battlefield, Lann also noticed the situation here.
"Milva!"
Upon hearing this, the female attendant carrying a longbow immediately rode her horse to the side of the lord of oaths, raised the longbow and aimed at the target without being told.
The bow in Milva's hand was almost as tall as she was, and the bowstring was unprecedentedly long. After the upgrade of her [Follower] panel, her strength had gradually surpassed the level of ordinary people. The archers in the barracks would be so shaken that they couldn't aim at the target even if they pulled half of her bow, not to mention fully stringing it.
Lan pointed at the huge sea monster Melusin in the sky and asked, "Can we defeat it?"
Milma aimed for two breaths and shook his head guiltily: "It's swinging too fast in the air, and there are too many sirens around it as obstacles. I need to wait for an opportunity."
The female shooter needed a suitable opportunity, but she knew that Lann's original intention in asking her was to stop the monster from gathering the sirens to launch a concentrated attack on the soldiers. This was obviously not an opportunity to "wait for the opportunity".
"Sir, your archery skills are much better than mine. Perhaps you can..."
"No, Milva, you are the best archer among us." Lann patted the female archer on the shoulder and encouraged her, "It's okay, I will create opportunities for you."
The maid shuddered, and before she could react to Lan's words, the golden-haired sworn master beside her had already glowed with an emerald light and disappeared, leaving only the black horse paddling the soil impatiently with its hind hooves.
A golden light flashed, and Lan appeared in front of Halma and Caris. He looked at Fetov who was preparing for the ceremony and asked, "What are you doing?"
Halma was frightened by Lann's sudden appearance, but Caris reacted very quickly: "Master Fetov is preparing to change the weather and use strong winds to knock down all the sirens, but the ritual takes time, we are guarding..."
Lann nodded to show that he understood. They had not discussed tactics beforehand, so they did not know what the druid master was planning.
"Don't bother, I'll do it." He said firmly.
Then Lann's golden light flashed again, and he appeared beside Easter: "Tell the outermost soldiers to change to a defensive posture, raise their shields and don't let the formation be broken by the Corruptors. Tell the archers to prepare, but don't shoot yet, to prevent their posture from being disrupted. After the storm, it's time to counterattack."
East was stunned for a moment, and pointed at the long-winged monsters in front of him that had almost been twisted into a bunch of siren pillars: "Storm? You mean them?"
Lann shook his head and raised his left hand, where chaotic energy gathered: "No, I mean this."
“I hold the storm in the palm of my hand.”
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The noise like the bats from a deep cave surrounded the entire battlefield. The winged monsters changed their flying formation once again, transforming into a dark cloud-like shape, and rushed towards the Skellige formation with overwhelming momentum.
Melusin, a gigantic monster regarded as a demigod by the ignorant villagers, hid among the sirens. As the commander, he gathered almost all the sirens in the archipelago and formed this terrifying monster aggregate.
There are hundreds of monsters, and their power is no less than that of a natural disaster. They are powerful enough to completely destroy a village, a town, or even an island in the blink of an eye.
Under the command of Easter's horn, the outermost soldiers held up their shields, and the tail ends of the Tursek family's unique long shields were pressed into the ground. The soldiers tried their best to shrink their bodies and wait for the impact to come.
They trusted East, the brave sea knight, the king of the islands who had returned to the throne. However, facing a scene that seemed like a natural disaster, the roar that could not be suppressed even by the sound of the horn echoed in their ears, and there were sporadic attacks from the front by the Corruption Demons, all of which still magnified the fear in the hearts of the soldiers.
Some people's hands began to tremble. Some people's breathing began to quicken.
"Renalug." Some soldiers silently recited Skellige's battle cry to give themselves courage, "Renalug."
The next second, the soldier who was silently chanting a battle cry and suppressing his fear suddenly felt a golden light flashing in the corner of his vision. As a shield guard, he was driven by curiosity and did something that a veteran soldier should never do - sticking his head out of the shield's defense range.
As far as the eye can see, there is the back of a knight.
He was at the front of the team, standing in front of himself as the shield guard.
He had a tall and strong body, bright white blond hair that was brighter than the sun, and a ferocious griffin that turned into his cloak and made a loud noise.
He looked directly at the dark cloud formed by the Sirens, raised his left hand, and made a strange gesture.
[Alder Seal·Bone-piercing·Magic Explosion]
[Mana: 4826/5200] → [Mana: 100/5200]
Almost consumed!
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 rest of the magic power into this seal.
He himself was also very curious about how powerful this blow would be.
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The races that have lived on snow-capped mountains and Iceland all year round have a certain resistance to natural disasters, but this does not mean that they can ignore natural disasters.
In fact, rather than resistance, what they have learned in their long lives is hiding.
Be aware of wind pressure trends and temperature changes in advance, and then respond, seek benefits and avoid harm, preserve yourself, and continue the race.
However, the human in front of the sirens now faced a group of "disaster" monsters, but he exuded the aura of a real "natural disaster" without any warning.
As if connected to another dimension where there was only fierce wind, a huge amount of wind roared out from the raised palm, mixed with ice crystals colder than the winter, and turned into a furious dragon, which crashed into the formation of the sirens with terrifying power.
The huge pressure turned the wind into a sharp blade, and any small stone swept into it would become a heavy hammer. The "Siren Cloud" that had just roared fiercely collided head-on with the roaring wind dragon, and in less than a blink of an eye, it melted away like a dead tree.
The first siren that came into contact didn't even let out a scream, but was directly turned into fist-sized ice crystals. In the next moment, it was torn into even smaller pieces of gravel, which turned into cannonballs to shoot down the sirens behind it.
The sirens at the back continued to be swept up and became part of the gale, pushing back violently until they penetrated the entire formation.
With a loud "boom", the Siren Cloud was completely dispersed.
Gede was the only person at the scene who saw the whole process clearly. He held up the unique [Quinn] seal to block the wind pressure that was like a heavy fist for him, so that he would not be unable to open his eyes like other people.
First, countless blood-red cubes of ice fell at his feet and on his head, causing ripples on the golden protective seal; then the struggling mermaid fell down like raindrops, flopping on the ground like a fish that had come ashore.
Lann's attack swept almost all the sea monsters, completely disrupting the wind flow on the battlefield and forming a low-altitude no-fly zone. Except for the dozens of sea monsters that were in the sky from the beginning and could not even be touched by arrows, the rest all lost their ability to fight and became fish on the chopping board...
No, there is one exception: a siren.
The one that was regarded as a demigod by the fishermen was Melusine.
It should have been the most affected due to its wingspan, but this monster was indeed very intelligent. When it sensed the change in the wind, it immediately folded its wings and curled up into a ball. It relied on its solid scales to sway and ram in the storm. Although it was bleeding, it managed to save its life.
It spread its wings again at the last moment before landing. Although there was still some wind left, making its flight shaky, it was enough for it to soar into the sky again and leave the battlefield.
“Hiss!”
A sharp and piercing voice was heard. The siren who was turning around and trying to escape in mid-air suddenly stopped when she heard the voice of her leader. She turned back and hesitated, wavering in fear between Lann and Melusine, not knowing whether she should overcome her inner fear to save her leader.
"call out--"
A long arrow pierced through the turbulent wind, and the hesitant sirens fled hurriedly in all directions.
Melusin, hovering in the air, fell to the ground with a thud, and the metal arrow savagely tore its wings apart.
Milva nocked the second arrow on her longbow.
In order to cherish the opportunity that Lann had created with great difficulty, she did not shoot the opponent's vital points with her first arrow for safety reasons, because the female archer was not sure whether the metal arrow could penetrate the opponent's scales at this distance.
After shooting down the opponent, there is plenty of time to slowly deal with the opponent.
However, Milva's second arrow was not shot because her companion had already got there first.
Black Wind trotted past, his silky mane fluttering in the wind, and his entire body was like a chariot, driving across the battlefield, knocking Melusin, who had lost the ability to fly, into the air for the last time;
House followed closely, holding a lion-headed sword that flashed with silver light, and swung his entire upper body like a windmill, using the momentum to drive the sharp blade into Melusine's neck.
The huge impact force made the sword servant's hands slightly numb, but he still exerted all his strength again and pried hard, and the ferocious snake head soared into the sky.
When it landed on the ground, the snake head turned into an extremely beautiful head, rolled a few times, and then stopped moving.
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