Mercenaries Under the Sky

"When I just became a sacrificial apprentice, every Sunday, here can still be filled with devout believers. But ... to this day ... I haven't seen such a scene in 20 years." After the case , A thin male priest stood up, his gray hair drifted back along the man ’s shoulders, and his words were full of helplessness: "His Royal Highness, the last time I saw you, it was also ten years ago. Well, for ten years, you have never been here again. "

"You are ..." Averti asked hesitantly.

"You certainly don't remember me. In the past 20 years, the main hall of Zhu Yan has been replaced by three chief priests. It is normal for the nobles of the royal family to forget things. It is normal for them to remember." There is a considerable deviation between the tone and the language.

Averti and Hussain glanced at each other while kneeling down, their hands folded together, their thumbs pressed tightly against their eyebrows, and their foreheads tapped to the ground: "Compassionate Fire Shura, accept the prayers of believers, give The stray camel has the same navigation mark. Please ask the great sacrifice to show the power of the **** and save the dying empire again. "

Looking at the two Eudemons knights kneeling at their feet, the master of Zhu Yan's main hall did not say a word for a long time, and finally, it was a light and long sigh.

"How can a camel that has lost its eyes see God's revelation. Zhu Yan's hall has stood in the desert for thousands of years, and the Zoroastrian priests have accepted the worship of the children of the desert for thousands of years. For thousands of years, we have been doing what we should What to do now ... Just now, the priests who used their lives to save you are already the last power that Zhu Yan Hall can send. This is also the last payment for you by the last owner of this hall. It ’s a thin force. Maybe ... it wo n’t take long for them to disappear into the sea like sand. "

"Great priest, why do you say that?" Hussein asked in surprise when he heard the unknown in the words. However, as soon as the middle-aged aristocrat said something, he immediately knew he was wrong. Isn't the answer obvious? In the entire empire, the believers who still insist on worship and fasting are these middle-aged and old people. It is difficult for the new generation of young brown pupils to find faith in God ... maybe, but ... it is often For other gods. Just now, once the trainers outside the mountain called Tsunami completely occupied the city of Mumbai, maybe the royal family and some big nobles who were not willing to succumb to have a chance to survive ... The best destiny of the Zoroastrian priests who hold the Zhu Yan hall may be Just exile. Similar to this inter-faith expedition, the final result is all the simultaneous destruction of body and spirit and culture.

"Your Highness ... Zhu Yan's main hall has two secret ways that can lead directly to the outside of the city. You should escape from here as soon as possible." The tone of the priest is very plain-it is the kind of plain after seeing through life and death.

"Great priest, I must go back to the palace, and I will rescue my father!" In the dark palace, Affiti's not-so-loud voice was stubborn.

"There is no oasis, no lake, and the camel ’s perseverance has no meaning. I just learned that this time the rebellion was launched by a few power leaders in the Federation of Chiefs. Their tribal power united far more than your tribe, and, the city At least half of the defenders are from their tribe. Can you compete? There must be a green world outside the desert. As long as the humps of the tired camel are still towering, they will definitely get out of the trap of death. " His eyes shone helplessly.

"But, my lord, there is also a secret path in the royal palace. There is no place where your secret path communicates with the secret path of the royal palace. We can connect the father and the king through the secret path." His Royal Highness did not want to give up his last hope.

After listening to this sentence, the priest had a helpless wry smile on the face of the old skin: "Mystery? If there are 1,000 people who know it, is it still the Mystery? Every 10 years, change a king, change a tribe, sit there In terms of location, this mysterious way has long been useless. For the sake of necessary confidentiality, the secret path of the Temple of Fire was disconnected from the secret path of the palace 800 years ago.

Hearing this, the muscles of His Highness's face twitched. When he was only four or five years old, he knew that there were two secret ways in the royal palace, and when he was seven or eight years old, a child older than him took him to visit there, and the children even regarded them as their own. Game place. At that time, Shizi's father had not been recommended as a king by the Federation of Chiefs. Now when I think of it, even the children of several years know the "secret way" that they can even enter and leave freely. How come the enemy doesn't know? Perhaps, there are no nobles who do not know the two secret ways.

"Then ... what about my father and his family?" The so-called sons and daughters love each other, and at such a critical juncture, not only women can be indecisive.

"They will not have too big a thing. Even if they are not kings, the strength of your tribe can't be underestimated. They absolutely dare not attack the tens of thousands of people of the big tribe with killing." The big priest replied very positively, for the desert people, The chieftain family has the most demon in the tribe. The killing in the war of religion is understandable by the people. However, when the overall situation is stable, it will be slaughtered indiscriminately, which will commit public anger.

"Your Highness, let's go, our tribe still has at least ten thousand warriors, and there are more than ten of our friendly tribes. The camel that bears humiliation and travels tens of thousands of miles will eventually reach the fragrant oasis." Hussein half kneeled on the ground and begged Averti.

"Well, this kid is right, when is this? Don't cry like an old lady." Tayang said impatience in the tone of his voice, what did Luo Luo verbosely do? Will the enemy retreat on their own?

"Then ... Your high priest, let's go with me. Our tribe also wants your guidance, and our friendly tribe also hopes to regroup under the flames of the red flame under your breath."

"Ah ... Forget it, Shizi, I have been here since birth. In 66 years, I almost never left this hall. I also do n’t know that I left the altar hall of Vulcan, and the **** I worshipped. Where can I go? His Royal Highness used his supreme divine power to transform this place into a place suitable for the lives of my people. For a long time, the God Ze that His Royal Highness used to protect us, but ... some people have now betrayed him. I wo n’t, I do n’t think my partner will, let ’s go ... I ’ll put a blaze here for a while. Since the Vulcan Hall is going to die, there must always be a matchable sacrifice ... The flame will always bless you ... "

"Sacrifice to the Lord ..." The descendants of the two desert tribes kneeled at the same time, and in the dim, bright things were flowing smoothly.

"Let's go ... send away ..." The high priest slowly turned around and stumbled towards the dark place.

"Humph--" An extremely cold cold hum seemed to come from a far away place, and cut off the priest's words like a scimitar: "Go? Where to go?"

"Who? Get out!" Chi Aotian, standing like a mountain, heard the sound and kicked the black iron chair in front of him. Boom-Six people in the church weighing 230 pounds slammed on the door on the right side with a row of worship chairs ... the voice just squeezed from there.

The buzzing echo echoed in the hall, and the uneasy breath flowed silently among the priests. That door ... is ... the hall where the secret path of the Fire God Temple is located. Ordinary priests don't know the specific location of the secret path, probably the direction should be in that direction.

At this time, it is really a very wonderful feeling. Although everyone can't see what is behind the door, almost everyone seems to see a person standing behind the door. The face is ridiculous. laugh.

Chi Aotian quietly pulled out the black knight sword. Xinghan's long sword was just lost. This knight sword is already a spare sword. The young boy threw it like a black panther in the night, at this time ...

There was a sudden noise outside the hall, followed by cheers and thunder.

"Caught ..."

"Caught them!"

The door of the hall was opened from the outside, and then two young red-dressed priests ran in: "Sacrifice to the Lord, His Majesty the King ..."

"What's wrong! My ... my father ... what's the matter?" The desert nation's most important father and son are affectionate, and His Royal Highness has been unable to control his emotions.

"Your Majesty was captured by the heretics ... captured." The young priests could not speak nervously.

"Father!" Affiti forgot the secret story long ago, and rushed out like a lion. General Hussein hesitated and followed.

The others in the hall looked at each other in the dark for a while, and then immediately followed.

When I came over just now, I was in a hurry. Chi Aotian and others did not carefully observe the outlook of the main hall, so they had no time to pay attention.

In front of the main hall of Zhu Yan is a huge square, the size of the square can perfectly match the identity of His Royal Highness-200 meters long and wide, the square brick is all from the red sandstone of the flame mountain range north of Turpan, it seems that every piece of red The bricks are burning.

There is a huge statue in the middle of the square, which is the statue of Shura in the priesthood of the Fire God. The naked Shura hands up the olive branch burning the blazing fire. According to legend, the fire **** uses the olive branch to bring the fire from God Realm to the world The statue is 10 meters high. On the left and right sides of the Royal Highness of the God of Fire, there are two pillars slightly shorter than the statue of the God of Fire, one cyan and one purple, and each pillar bears a brazier with a diameter of one meter. There was no flame in the brazier at this time.

The west side of the square is full of soldiers. It seems that an invisible line is drawn on the square. All the rebels are standing on the side of the line. On the east side of the invisible line, dozens of people have fallen The rebels groaning constantly. Dozens of forest elves standing on the wall of the main hall are the most effective managers in maintaining order.

"Elder, then." Two or three elves said, taking one of the quiver behind them and throwing it to Qingluo, who had no short arrows behind.

After receiving the short arrow, Qingluo saw that a large group of people stood on the west side of the square, and among them, more than a dozen people were sturdyly tied.

"Sir Father!" Affiti's slightly curled little character was covered with tears. If it wasn't for Chi Aotian's pulling in time, the prince would have rushed past desperately.

At the center of the captive was a slender old man with lemon-colored hair and a red beard tilting forward. The old man immediately saw anger on his face, and the red beard was constantly blown by anger during the conversation: "Asshole! Look In the rebellion, you rushed into the city. Are you here to send filial piety ?! What are you crying for? I rarely give the tribe to you. In this way, are you children of God? You raise your head and look at the sky , Lord Husura is watching you! Put away your poor face! "

"Master Father ..."

"Don't cry, now you just might lose your father. If you don't cheer up, our tribe and our bloodline will be completely wiped out by these mean pagans!" The old man is Mudes, the 47th generation king of the desert empire .

"Vulcan sacrifice, I know you have the ability to take my son out of here, let the young camels leave, take away our fire, they will one day avenge us for us." His Majesty the king turned and just walked out Said the big priest in the hall.

"Humph ... I thought very well ..." Another cold laughter came from the hall ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ Hearing this laughter again, the elder elder Qingluo responded very quickly, looking for the sound quickly Three short arrows were fired, and the pale green air wave disappeared into the dark palace.

Hiss ... Boom ...

Immediately after the disappearance of the short arrow, the sound of arrow feathers penetrating into the body suddenly came from the hall. Immediately afterwards, it seemed that some kind of bird was shaking its wings. After a moment, two golden lights burst. In this dazzling light, the two sides outside the hall suddenly saw several humans with white wings behind them, and two of them were showing golden pentagrams ...

Ah ... what is this?

I ca n’t say that: After getting the simplified Chinese version, I found that I had made a very serious mistake. Here I apologize to my readers.

New World Press originally suggested that the number of words in each book should not exceed 200,000 words, and in order to make the first book more durable, I threw 280,000 words into the first volume at a stretch. After the last few adjustments, it was pressed to 26 Million words. Regarding the publishing price, I also suggested that the publishing house should not exceed 22 yuan. As a result ... In order to control costs, the first volume of mercenaries was printed very small.

sweat……

What's even more terrible is that I called the press and asked the publishing house why the words were so small. Other people's books were the same thickness, but the number of words was 290,000 words, which was quite large. As a result ... I was criticized. The publisher said: The number of words written in the book is completely different from the number of words used to calculate the manuscript fee. No matter how many words there are in each page of the book, all the words will be calculated.

I turned over the first volume of mercenaries, word count: 350 thousand words. Completely silent.

p.s.

The first volume of mercenaries has been distributed to wholesale markets across the country. Readers and friends who have not bought it can go to the book stand to buy it. If the book stand is not stocked, let them buy it.