Blade and Poetry

I really didn't have the skills to make paper birds. I didn't know how many pieces of paper I destroyed on the way, so I just started running with my own feet.The maze of the city of the earth seems to have been affected by the death of the king, and there are fewer ways to mislead people. So, half relying on memory and half relying on breath, I plunged into the maze of the city of the sky at dawn .

It was at this time that I received a flood of butterfly books.They jumped on the back of my hand in various colors. I first picked the most familiar black and blue ones, and opened them in order, and they were indeed written by Odd.These butterfly books roughly explain a few points:

Odd had already captured a blue spark, replaced Lando out of the cage, and returned to Sky City to join the guards.A total of four fire seeds have been obtained in the city. They deduced that the key to opening the lampshade was on the feather clothes, and decided not to do the time-consuming smashing work, and waited until the end to open them together.

But in addition to these, there is a more bad news in the final butterfly book:

"Bo Wei and Huai Sang have reached a cooperation at some point, and they are the first to besiege the Sky City with the coalition forces, and they have already reached the city."

Odd guessed that I have not heard back, it should be that the Die Shu could not pass through the two city-states.At the end of the Butterfly Book, he attached their new discovery in the maze - a secret path and a method to open it.

I took another look at other people's butterfly books, and found that the content was roughly similar, so I followed Aude's instructions and walked around the maze underground for several times before I finally saw a little light above my head.I climbed up and used all my strength to lift off the thing covering the exit.My head came out of a gap in the slate, and in front of me was the familiar, vertically upward staircase.I dragged my legs and ran up the exit of the stairs in one breath, and stepped into the city building we first stepped into in Yu Town.

To my surprise, there wasn't a single swordsman upstairs, only eight or nine magicians gathered around the altar, and they didn't say a word when they saw me.Among them was Odgo, who I saw sweating profusely, with his right hand resting on the altar like the others, and his eyes fixed on the base of it.

Suddenly there was a movement from my side, and I saw a little flower and bird turning in through the window.When he saw me, he yelled, "Vicente! That's great, go help them!"

I knew I couldn't talk too much at this time, so I squeezed in from the middle of the magician, and put all the magic power in my right hand and stuck it on the altar.I immediately felt a strong suction; there seemed to be an insatiable vortex in the altar, intending to swallow all the sources of magic power.And we are pulling it, like going through a long tug-of-war, waiting for the vortex to be filled, or to catch its slack moment.

Perhaps at this critical moment, my joining became the last straw that broke the camel's back.The bottom of the white altar suddenly released a dazzling light, and the magic power several times stronger than before surged up in the opposite direction, and everyone's faces were covered in the depth of the light at this moment.

I vaguely guessed what was about to appear, but I didn't expect it to spread along my arms and finally wrap around my body.

"I didn't expect Yuyi to choose you." Ode relaxed with the others, rubbing his wrists. "Then we'll be able to order the lampshades to open."

"Or a total of four fire seeds?"

"That's right." Ode's expression became serious. "The combination of Huaisang and Bowei was beyond our expectations, and judging from the numbers, Huaisang was desperate and did not leave many people in the city. We withdrew before we could find all the fire seeds in our maze."

"That's enough. I have three here, and I have two more." I smiled wryly, "But be careful when ordering them to open all at once—I'm afraid they will use their means to light the lamps. Bowei has very good archers."

Only then did I dare to look at Lan Duo who had been standing aside for a long time.She kept looking at me with her eyes wide open, but she didn't say a word, and didn't interrupt our conversation.

"Sorry." I said to her. "Coleman is temporarily sacrificed."

I haven't seen Lan Duo shed tears, but I always feel that she loves to cry; such a cute girl probably makes people feel soft and heartbroken when she cries.But at this moment, she just bit her lips tightly, as if she simply swallowed what she wanted to say, and then nodded slightly.

Everyone was silent for a few seconds, then I briefly told them the outline of the matter, and at the same time confirmed the additional use of the feather.But it was a pity that, according to them, the distance between the city wall and the maze was too wide, and it was difficult for Yuyi's order to have any effect.

"Bowei has learned a lesson there, so he should have received information from the survivors, right? Even if people haven't arrived, Dieshu can still be sent out in the maze of the sky."

"It doesn't matter, even if they read the riddles now, they should realize the importance of Yuyi." I said. "Didn't they try to go around our backs and sneak in?"

"We put scouts in the rear. Their large forces are exhausted in front of our eyes, and they can't make any big moves."

"Then," I said, "we'll go around their backs."

I heard someone take a breath.

"You mean to take the initiative to annihilate them?" Ord asked me.

"Yes," I said, "I don't think we can just fill in the fire. Although we are the dominant side defending the city, we are at a disadvantage in numbers and cannot maintain this high-vigilance defense state at all times—the city wall has magic power for the city. The obstacles are smaller, and if you are not careful, you will attack the fish that slipped through the net. We are more exhausted than them, as long as there is no result from Huai Sang, filling the fire will not be the end."

After I finished my thoughts and we finalized the next action steps, several people in our building rushed outside to convey the plan to the city guards outside the building.

Different from the bare towers of the city of the earth, the design of the skydome is more complicated. In addition to the city lights hanging from the hexagons of the roof, there is also a wide platform on the top, which can be jumped from the window of our place. There.It is said that the outer city wall surrounding the whole city is not as wide as its description shows.It is also hexagonal, slightly shorter than the platform, and within ten steps from the tower.

Standing on a high place and looking out, I found that there were obviously more intruders outside. A big hole had been blown out at the upper end of the hexagonal corner of the city wall, and most of the people gathered there.It can be seen from here that the light spheres of various colors have been accumulated in the hands of those magicians and have not been released for a long time.Odd said they were accumulating power—the so-called Huaisang feature.

But Bowei's swordsmen stuck closer, constantly looking for opportunities to come in through the gap, and were constantly driven down by the city guards.

This seems to be a moment when the Eastern and Western Academy let go of their past.The knives of the knives formed a line of defense, smashing away the flying magic beams one after another.The mages formed a large formation, and the formation spread vertically up the city wall, throwing several wall climbers who intended to steal in to the sky.Most of them were scarred and their clothes were wrinkled, but they were still facing the enemy, stubbornly continuing to resist.

The leader is Minnelli, who recommended himself to defend the city.She has a sharp hand, and her black hair is tied high, fluttering back and forth with the movement of her swinging the knife.Every time she slashes, even if she doesn't cut anything, there will still be several wounds on the intruders outside the gap due to her sword soul and wind blade.With her heavy and vigorous strokes, the crowd outside seemed to be swept away for a while.

I put on my feather robe and looked into the distance, whispered a few tentative commands, and found that the effect of the feather robe was indeed restricted by the terrain.Fortunately, after I changed the term several times, there were some inconspicuous changes farther outside the city wall.

I immediately changed my location according to the plan, wearing a feather robe, hiding behind the building and waiting.There is no one on this side, even our scouts have withdrawn.

I waited for a long time, and heard the shouts of killing belonging to Hoftas gradually decrease, while the horns belonging to the enemy became louder and louder.The pool of stagnant water belonging to the battle seemed to have been ignited, approaching the city violently from outside the city.At this moment, I heard the cheers of the enemy again.

At the same time, a butterfly with gentle color flew over and landed on my hand.

I jerked from crouching to standing, trying to maintain my composure, stretched out my right hand, and repeated the command I'd made it work earlier.

——"Split out a team of six or seven people who are good at large-scale attacks, go out of the city through secret passages, and hit their backs." Against the suspicious eyes of everyone, I picked up a waste map on the ground, and put it in a corner. Write and draw, "People in the city must first show weakness, show fatigue, and make the illusion of being unable to resist, let them immerse themselves in their own passion and fighting spirit, and ignore our intention to slowly withdraw people. I will release something similar to The order of 'Let the obscuring clouds spread towards the city wall' is to cover the team's round-the-back operation."

The light of the butterfly has withdrawn.I jumped on the top of the city tower covered with city lights and watched the fog gradually thicken outside the city wall.It seems that the besieger has noticed this, and keeps looking back, whispering to the people around him.Out of their field of vision, in the area separated by a wall, the counterattacks that popped out had become thinner, but they slowed down their offensive somewhat suspiciously, and the light balls were stored in their hands again, waiting to be thrown out after being filled with magic power.

——"The reason for the cover is not to expose the real number of the team—to make them think that our reinforcements have returned from Huaisang, and they are about to face the situation of being attacked from both sides."

In the thick fog behind the enemy, accompanied by the whimper of another horn, several gray figures gradually appeared indistinctly.They haven't completely rushed out of the mist, but their attack has already reached their front feet one step ahead.A splendid rain of light exploded above the coalition forces, and a wave of prism-shaped light arrows overflowed towards them, as if the advance of the magic circle from all directions made them temporarily confused.The fog in front of them hindered the accuracy of their spells; they were unconsciously drawn closer together.Compared with the unknown and possibly energetic enemies behind them, it seems more appropriate to retreat in front of them; but at this time they are hesitant.The swordsman was swinging his sword aimlessly, while the magician kept the light ball in his hand.

——"Their instinct may make them want to rush into the city immediately. But they have no door to go, and the towering city wall is a hurdle between their instinct and reason. The gap is not big enough, not enough Let them ignore: even if the enemy on the other side is in decline, the city they have not entered represents also unknown dangers."

The swordsmen among the besiegers were guarding their backs. At this moment, the magicians noticed my presence and all turned to me.Their hands were raised high, and they stretched out in my direction full of vigilance, but because the distance to the top of the building was too far, no one made the first attack outside the city.

I raised the wide sleeve of the white feather coat, took out a folded paper from inside, whistled, and the structure of the paper bird unfolded in my hands.I stepped onto it, pinched its white neck, jumped off the roof of the building directly on it, swooped down to the position of the coalition forces, and opened my hand to throw down the attack runes that everyone had prepared for me.

——"But the sudden close distance always makes people hesitate for a few seconds. If Yuyi fails to attract their attack, what should we do?"

- "Make sure 'absolutely' is not the most important thing, as long as they have a little bit of instinct to follow, our plan will work. So, if there is no leader of the attack, we go to the instinct - we give them a .”

Suddenly, a voice came from the gray area outside the city: "Kill the king! He's right there!"

Dozens of light clusters flew out of their hands in an instant and rushed towards my flying direction.One jumped forward a little bit, and those behind it followed its track and rushed forward.At this time, I was already very close to the height of the city wall, and the first light group narrowly passed the left wing of the paper bird.The internal balance structure of the bird was impregnated with foreign magic, and it was completely destroyed in an instant. The wings drooped down, and I fell vertically at high speed.In the process of falling, I tried my best to lean back and watched the burning light above fly by like a galaxy.

I rolled heavily to the ground, and the paper bird had turned into a pile of ashes that I put under my body.I didn't take this opportunity to turn over and stand up, but continued to roll to the side along the planned path.

Some trailing light clusters failed to squeeze into the gap, but still rubbed against the wall near it, forming a huge muffled sound.The corner of the city wall, which had already become unstable during the confrontation, could no longer support it, and a crack cracked down along the leak.The crack split into more and smaller cracks, like a branch growing in an instant, extending to the side.After a burst of bangs, that part of the wall completely collapsed—this time there was not only a gap in the city wall, but also a big hole like a door, which was stuck in the corner of the wall, forming two Ridiculously wide arc.

Facing the emptiness in front of them, the coalition forces paused for a moment.The magic explosion behind them was even louder, and it seemed that there were more footsteps approaching, and it was impossible to distinguish whether it was from the enemy or from themselves in the thick fog.The mist itself is like an unnamed spell, and it is far more aggressive, terrifying and intense than a corner of the city wall that is not guarded at this time.

They rushed in through the big hole in the city wall, pushing.

——"In addition to the team around the back, we have to send out a group of people."

——"I kind of understand what you mean. It's hard to think like this without showing weakness. What is the job of this group of people this time?"

—"Trap," I said, "trap in the ground."

Those valiant besiegers drove straight in at the last moment, but they had not gained more space to display their hands and feet after they scattered, and they would not have time to rush to the tower in the future, but they were empty at the next moment.

Their eyes met those of others; their bodies sinking into the pit, their eyes looking up at the ambush behind the city wall.

After they all stepped in, our people detonated the array behind the corner of the city wall, destroying several joints used for support in the pit, and the covering on the surface collapsed one after another, dragging them to the ground.

Countless accumulated mana and strong wind slashed by countless blades all fell on the heads of the intruders who had fallen into the trap.

——"Let them feel that these are decisions they made under selective circumstances, not from our guidance, and then walk step by step to the big meal we prepared."

The lampshade had been ordered to be opened in the chaos, and five red tinders were belatedly put into the city lamp by the people waiting in the tower.

There are so many coalition forces in the academy, we can't wipe them all out for a while, we just use the terrain to trap them at the bottom of the pit with all our strength, slowly consuming their lives.They have not given up resistance under such a disadvantage.We fought hard, and the magic on both sides was running dry.

Everyone was vaguely looking forward to the arrival of some news that would break the situation.

In fact, it's a black and white option:

Is it Hoftas or Huaisang?

The fog has lifted.Through the big hole in the wall, we can see that someone is running towards us.One person—only one person—running fast, arms flailing, legs that seemed to move faster than winged stirrups.

That is not enemy reinforcements, nor ours; come is a messenger.

He rushed in, dripping with sweat, yelling intermittently: "We're going to win!—we've taken three lights at Huaisang, and they've lost more men than us—we're going to win I'll run first—"

He was too tired to say the next words, he tilted his feet and fell to the ground.

"It's Hoftas." I heard Odd's excited voice say next to me. "It's us!"

All of us quickened our hands at this moment.The wrist that was originally tired and drooping seems to be able to be lifted higher at this time; the magic power that was originally exhausted seems to be able to be squeezed out again at this time.We shouted silently and pressed against the offensive of the coalition forces.We continued this battle mechanically but with high fighting spirit, until at a certain moment, time seemed to be stopped - we maintained the current state and were teleported outside Yu Town, the swordsman squeezed the magician, and the magician squeezed The swordsman; outside the small door, there are still people who maintain an attacking posture and haven't woken up for a while.