Chapter 299 Dirty Things in the Dark

"Dong, dong, dong..."

The hoofbeats of the horses faltered and the war horses neighed. Chu Ming led the knights in silver and black armor through the streets, attracting the attention of the citizens along the way.

Ten minutes later, the knights left the city of Sauron. As the reins twitched, blood appeared on the horses. A green wind appeared and lingered around everyone. The knights' advance speed suddenly accelerated.

"law…!"

With smoke and dust flying, the knights gradually entered the main road with few pedestrians and rushed towards the place where the battle was said to have happened half a year ago.

The knights ran all the way and saw almost no caravans. The only ones who came and went were the knights who went to the dark land to experience like them. As for the lone wolf knights, there were very few.

Ever since the boundaries of the Dark Land were pushed north of the Violet Kingdom, few knights from the Clinton Kingdom have seen the Dark Land and dark creatures.

The dark land appears near the city of Sauron. For the lone wolf knight, it is both an opportunity and full of unknown dangers.

The claws of dark creatures are sharper than ordinary creatures, and their fur has certain resistance to magic. Even the flesh and blood of dark creatures full of dark aura can be used to make bait, fuel, etc. It can be said that the whole body is full of treasures. Hunting a dark creature A living thing is worth much more than a beast.

But people are always vigilant when facing the unknown. Some cautious knights will not go to the dark land alone, but will form a small team and distribute items according to their strength.

Only a small number of knights who are desperate, need money urgently, or have confidence in their own strength will enter the dark place alone.

On horseback, Chu Ming asked Miguel to come to the front and temporarily lead the knights on his behalf. He took the opportunity to take out a map from the copper scroll on his waist.

This volume of map is a map drawn by the epic knights of the Brick family who delved into the dark place. After they submitted the map to the knights' jury, the magic printing workshop in the City of Sauron processed it overnight, and printed it with thick ink. The breath map was sent to the major families and mercenary guilds in the city, and distributed to the knights.

Chu Ming was distracted and looked down at the map. On the map, this newly born dark land was divided into three areas by the Knight Tribunal with different degrees of danger.

On the periphery of the dark land, dark creatures that often appear include chaotic deer, flaming horses, prairie black wolves and other dark creatures transformed from prairie native creatures. Their strength levels are not high, and most of them are in dark green. level, only a few can reach the blue level.

In the middle of the Dark Land, due to the legacy of the battle, there are often blasphemous creatures with a strong chaotic atmosphere or knights and mages transformed into gray mist that persists for many years.

In addition, the dark atmosphere in the middle area is relatively strong, and some black thorn forests have grown on some destroyed grasslands. If the knights accidentally break into it, they will not only face the risk of thorns scratching the leather armor at any time, but also Be wary of dark plants that can use the power of the wood element lurking in the Blackthorn Forest and some white-footed devil spiders that have nested inside.

The strength of dark creatures in the middle zone is generally at the dark blue level, but epic creatures often appear there.

In the core area of ​​the Dark Land, where the battle broke out between Princess Katie and the family of the Gray Mist Evil God, there is a pitted basin. After the rainwater poured in, dark swamps were formed on the pits, where the weeds were tall. There are several meters, and some smaller dark creatures like to hide in it and attack passing knights.

Moreover, these dark creatures are also very powerful. Most of them either possess special bloodline abilities or have epic powers.

According to Milissa, who has been to the Dark Land several times for experience, she and her family's knights had seen many epic three-star dark creatures inside when they were exterminating the overflowing dark creatures. If you are not confident enough in your own strength, , never step into the core area, it is full of dangers, and only the epic knight can barely protect himself.

If Chu Ming came alone, he would have to enter the core area to take a look. Although he could not defeat the epic three-star dark creatures, in terms of escape, the knight's running speed after Yunlei's strengthening was unmatched by other knights. of.

But now he has to bring a whole knight group inside. If he really encounters an epic three-star monster in the core area, even if he can escape, the knights of the knight group may not be able to escape.

So just in case, Chu Ming planned to lead the Knights to the middle area of ​​the Dark Land for training. As for whether to enter the core area, he would have to wait until he assessed the combat effectiveness of the Knights after they broke through.

…

The dark land filled with pitch-black color seemed to be right in front of them, but Chu Ming and others set out from the City of Sauron and advanced at full speed. It took them more than forty minutes to reach the outskirts of the dark land.

In front of the main road, a camp with dozens of wooden houses appeared in the area where the black fog was relatively thin. There were many tents inside. Knights were coming in and out, shouting loudly and wanting to trade items. There were merchants who purchased dark biological materials. , the alchemist who sells alchemical potions, the golem holding a long sword, the mysterious wizard and the wizard... and the most common knight in Sauron's city.

"It seems that the news of the dark place in Sauron's city has spread far, and there is an alchemist here."

After approaching the camp, Chu Ming gradually slowed down his horse's running speed and slowly stopped in front of the camp.

If you want to enter the dark place, you must obtain the permission of the Knight Tribunal. Just when Chu Ming was still thinking about how to find the Cloud Thunder Knight of the Brick family in the camp to obtain the permission, a joyful voice sounded in the noisy crowd, passed into his ears.

"Brother Ren, here!"

Chu Ming looked in the direction of the sound and saw Milisa wearing a pair of silver streamlined armor, waving to him in the crowd.

He ordered the knights to settle their horses and walked towards the woman.

Milisa also gave up arguing with the knights in the camp at this time and walked out to greet Chu Ming.

Chu Ming smiled and said: "Milissa, are you practicing here alone?"

Hearing this, the woman said regretfully: "Several members have left here, and the previous knight team has been disbanded. I am still looking for a new team."

After saying that, the woman looked curiously at the knights who were arranging things behind Chu Ming, and asked: "Brother Ren, did you bring the knights here to practice?"

She focused on the knights and glanced at the silver-black armor on the knights with confusion. She seemed to feel some changes in these knights.

Chu Ming smiled and replied: "They have made some breakthroughs recently. It is just right to bring them here to experience and get familiar with the new power."

Milisa looked directly at Chu Ming and suddenly suggested: "Brother Ren, how about I go in with you."

"I have been here for almost a month, and I am quite familiar with the dark place. If the knights have never seen dark creatures, they will be confused when they first start to deal with them..."

Before the woman finished speaking, she was interrupted by Chu Ming waving his hand. He chuckled and said: "Don't worry, they have already seen the dark beast tide when they were still in the Violet Principality, and they can deal with it easily."

"But since you want to enter the dark place with us, I very much welcome you to join. Anyway, I am not very familiar with the situation inside."

Milisa nodded and explained some precautions to Chu Ming when entering.

After all the knights were ready, Chu Ming waved his hand and led Milissa and the knights on foot into the depths of darkness.

After the group of people walked a few hundred meters inside, the thin black fog gradually became thicker, blocking the sunlight and making the light in the dark place extremely dim.

Along the way, Chu Ming found that there were many landmarks on the grass left by the knights when they explored the dark land. In this way, as long as there was a map, even if you lost your way inside, you could still find your way out through the landmarks.

Milisa followed Chu Ming closely. While she was wary of the dark depths with black mist floating around her, she asked Chu Ming: "Brother Ren, which area are you going to practice in?"

Chu Ming said without hesitation: "The middle zone."

Hearing this, the woman had a surprised expression on her face, "But there will be epic creatures in the middle area. They..."

She glanced at the knight behind her and whispered: "Isn't it a bit dangerous if we don't reach the epic level?"

Chu Ming shook his head, "Believe me, their power is definitely beyond your imagination."

Hearing what Chu Ming said, Milisa felt a strong curiosity in her heart, but she was embarrassed to ask, so she just said: "Then let's go to the grassland area in the middle zone. Compared with the black thorn forest, the grassland area is longer." It’s a lot safer. If something happens, other knights can come over quickly.”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, then I'll keep going west."

Under Milisa's leadership, Chu Ming and others crossed the landmark, casually solving a few eyeless chaotic deer along the way, and entered the middle zone smoothly.

The more people walked inside, the more frequently dark creatures appeared, and the strength of these dark creatures also changed greatly. Soon, they were blocked by a group of blasphemous black wolves with bone spurs on their faces.

"Bah..."

Bloody lights lit up in the darkness, and dozens of dark blue blasphemous black wolves surrounded the knights with their bodies covered with bone spurs and rotting flesh. They grinned and looked fierce, as if they would attack the knights at any time. .

"I don't remember any black wolves roaming here."

Milisa frowned, and she subconsciously put her hand on the hilt of the sword, trying to pull out the sword.

At this time, Chu Ming held down her arm.

"Brother Ren?"

Milisa looked at Chu Ming in confusion.

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Let's leave these little troubles to the knights."

As he spoke, he turned to the knight behind him and ordered: "Everyone is free to attack. I don't need to live."

The knights nodded cautiously. Their eyes were fixed on the dark creatures in front of them. Thinking of the friends they lost in the Thorn Flower County, their noses were sore for a moment, and their eyes were ignited with a burning hatred that could swallow the darkness.

Miguel yelled: "Brothers, kill these damn dark creatures!"

After the man finished speaking, he was the first to rush out.

The magic patterns on his body lit up quickly, and the golden fire burning on his body was dyed with the sharp edge of the golden element.

The fine steel sword in his hand glowed with dazzling light under the blessing of the ultimate power.

He waved his hands forward vigorously, and a black wolf that rushed towards him touched the sword body. It seemed to be melted by the high temperature. It was split in the middle of the head, and the body melted into two pieces, falling to the ground weakly.

The knights attacked the black wolves one after another. The golden flames burning on their bodies dispelled the surrounding darkness and reflected in the blood-red pupils of the black wolves, bringing them extreme fear.

However, these black wolves were smart and knew how powerful the knights were. The leader wolf howled, and the wolves surrounded Miguel regardless of anything. They seemed to want to kill the knight who went deep into the wolf pack first.

"Be careful."

Seeing this scene, Milisha couldn't help but exclaimed.

At this critical moment, Nathan, who did not participate in the battle, moved. He stretched out his palm and pressed it into the air. The invisible wave brought a rich blood-like red color and quickly swept towards the knights.

Dozens of glowing blood-colored stars lit up on Miguel's body. The blood-colored linkage, a set of blood-colored armor condensed on Miguel.

The black wolf's claws fell on him one after another. In just a moment, the newly condensed blood-colored armor withstood the tearing force of the claws and shattered.

However, the blood-red armor had completed its mission and bought some time for Miguel. He swung the long sword shining with golden light in his hand around his body, and the bone spurs on the six black wolves were broken and cut into two pieces and fell to the ground.

But the life of the dark creatures was too tenacious. Even if the body was broken into two pieces, it still did not die. They lay on the ground twitching, opening their big mouths full of disordered fangs, trying to bite off a piece of meat from Miguel's thigh.

The man looked indifferent, stepped out, stepped on the black wolf's head, and the metal boots directly crushed the head, and the red and white things splashed everywhere, and were soon burned up by the raging fire.

After Miguel escaped from the encirclement, other knights quickly responded and ruthlessly killed all these deep blue black wolves like cutting melons and vegetables.

During this time, a black wolf was too frightened and broke away from the control of the leader wolf. It wanted to escape into the depths of the darkness, but the knight shook his arm and the long sword with golden flames flew out of his hand, nailing it directly to the grass.

Gradually, the sound of the black wolf's wailing disappeared. Melissa looked at the knights standing around the black wolf's body, and suddenly felt a sense of strangeness in her heart.

Melissa had been in the mercenary guild for a long time. She originally thought that she had completely understood these knights, but today the madness of the knights when facing the dark creatures made her feel shocked.

And no matter what, these black wolves are also top hunters in the deep blue level. I didn't expect them to be solved so easily.

Thinking of this, Melissa's eyes revealed a touch of complex emotions.

Chu Ming glanced at the woman and smiled, "This is just a warm-up. These black wolves can't make them use their full strength."

In fact, even without relying on the power of burning will, Miguel and others are the top existences among the deep blue knights.

Although they can't challenge epics with deep blue strength like Chu Ming, it's still very easy to bully dark creatures below epic.

Each of them has the strength of other knights' leaders. It's conceivable how terrifying a knight team composed of such knights is.

Not to mention being invincible, at least in the Clinton Kingdom where there are many extraordinary knights, they are also top-level existences.

In the Clinton Kingdom, only the Brick family and the royal family have the capital to form an epic knight group above the Burning Knights. The top knight groups of other small families can't even compare with the Burning Knights.

Chu Ming walked in front of the crowd, looked at the crowd who were gradually calming down, and said lightly: "Keep your fiery hearts, but don't let hatred blind your reason."

"This is the last indulgence I give you. From now on, without my order, you are not allowed to attack dark creatures at will. I don't want anyone to lose their reason because of chasing dark creatures."

Miguel put the long sword into the scabbard, and he bowed respectfully to Chu Ming and said: "Captain, I understand."

The other knights also bowed their heads and said: "Yes, Captain."

Chu Ming stared at everyone for a long time before saying: "Very good, pack up the materials on the dark creatures and continue with me."

After that, he returned to Milisha and led the Knights to continue walking into the depths of darkness.

More than ten minutes later, they went deep into the middle area of ​​the dark land. The grass on the ground gradually became withered and yellow, and the black fog was gradually mixed with gray fog. Chu Ming felt a strange and chaotic atmosphere in it.

"Brother Ryan, wait a minute, there seem to be a lot of people over there."

Milissa pointed to the depths of the black fog and whispered, "In the dark land, there are often knights or knights who bully other weak transcendents and ask them to pay protection fees. Some knights will even kill for materials."

Chu Ming's mind moved, "Does the family not care?"

Milissa shook her head and said, "We, the Cloud Thunder Knights, have always maintained order in the dark land, but there is no law and morality here, and we are few in number, so it is difficult to control it."

"Even if a knight is missing in it, if there is no evidence that other knights took action, we will assume that the knight was killed by a dark creature."

"So if we encounter a knight in the dark land, we'd better investigate the situation, maintain order, and reduce the occurrence of such incidents."

"Of course, we'd better not expose the identity of the Cloud Thunder Knight, otherwise those guys with ulterior motives will run away when they see the lightning."

"Disguised as a knight with a large amount of dark biological materials, people with bad intentions will take the bait themselves."

Chu Ming suddenly realized and ordered the knights to fill the cloth bags with soil to disguise them as full of spoils.

…

In the depths of darkness, in front of the black thorn forest.

Puff!

The long sword tore through the armor, and blood gushed out of the knight's body. The knight's mouth was covered by someone, and with a click, his neck was twisted off.

After the murderer did all this, he threw the body on the ground like garbage.

A ray of fire rose from his fingertips, illuminating his scarred face.

He used the flame to light the tobacco in the pipe in his mouth and exhaled a long puff of white smoke.

In front of the man, there were knight corpses lying on the ground, and his knights were groping on the corpses.

After a while, a knight stepped forward and reported respectfully: "Report to Lord Soba, we found some antlers of chaos deer."

When Soba heard this, the scar on his face wrinkled directly, and he cursed: "A bunch of knights are useless. They have entered the middle area and only brought such a small thing. I wasted my time in vain."

The man was furious, and the knight in front of him lowered his head and dared not speak.

Suddenly, a knight rushed to Soba, "Sir, it seems that a knight group is approaching us."

"Hmm?" Soba took his pipe and raised his eyebrows, "Is it from the Brick family?"

The knight shook his head and said, "I haven't seen this knight group in the dark land. They should be from the city of Sauron. They are well-equipped and carry a lot of materials."

Sob's eyes paused, "What did you say, they carry a lot of materials?"

The knight nodded and said, "Yes... but they look very powerful. The two leading people have terrifying auras, and they seem to be epic."

"As for the knight team behind, I can't see it clearly, but they should be strong."

Sob's eyes condensed, pushed the knight away, and walked towards the direction where Chu Ming and the others were. He looked far away and saw dozens of vague figures in the black fog, one of whom seemed to be very familiar to him.

"Is that the female knight of the Brick family?!"

This female knight had been active in the core area of ​​the dark land before, but many looting knight groups that encountered her were unlucky and were directly captured by the knights' trial.

If this woman knew that they were killing knights here, she would definitely not let them go.

The man's face changed, and he instinctively wanted to retreat.

At this time, a heavy voice sounded next to him, and a knight who was more than two meters tall and looked like a little giant came over with a gloomy face.

"Didn't you notice that this woman's knight team was disbanded, and they now only have two epics."

"And we... have four."

Behind the iron tower giant, two knights with cold faces walked out of the black fog.

Soba was stunned, "Maer, what do you want to do?"

The giant sneered: "Don't you think this is an opportunity?"

"In the dark land, even if the epic dies, it is a very normal thing."

"We just need to kill them and feed the bodies to those monsters, and no one will know that it was us who did it."

Soba showed an incredible look on his face and cursed: "Maer, are you crazy?"

He Soba only wanted money, and he would definitely not touch such a risky thing. He was not stupid enough to do so.

Mal stared at the man and persuaded him: "They have a lot of precious materials. After this job..."

He was interrupted by Soba's sneer before he finished speaking, "Mal, I think you want to avenge your useless brother who was arrested and tried by the Knight Tribunal."

Mal was hurt by Soba, and his tone became cold.

"Sobah, either come with me to catch that woman, or die."

Sobah's face became uncertain. He looked at the two epic knights behind the man, only to see that they stared at him with cold eyes as if they were looking at a dead person.

He cursed in his heart: "I should have known that I shouldn't have cooperated with these guys. This is trouble."

Now the situation is stronger than the person, and Soba can only nod his head in agreement.

Seeing the man agree, Mal's tone became gentle, "Sobah, if the matter is successful, we will give you half of the materials."

"But if..." His tone became cold again, "If you dare to betray me halfway, I will be the first to drag you down with me."