Paladin

Gao Shan was alone, desperately resisting the giant dam hundreds of times his volume.

Hugo stopped suddenly, he gasped for breath, and the icy rainstorm hit his face and shoulders directly. After a long time, he suddenly roared: "Who is still here? Who is willing to follow me?!"

He dropped the long sword in his hand, turned around and ran suddenly, he moved with difficulty in the waist-high water, and when he came to the side of Gao Shan, he saw the brothers of the Knights Templar following behind him.

All 23 paladins followed him back.

Hugo was short of breath, and only had time to see the familiar eyes of several brothers. His mind was blank, and he only heard himself shouting loudly: "rashingar!"

Paladin orders forbid!

They immediately erected their large knight shields and firmly pressed against the ice crystal dam. They were close and fearless.

Hugo yelled angrily: "Establish the shield! - For those who love us, and for those who hate us - defend the front line!"

The holy light rose from the ground, and an illusory golden shield gathered in front of the paladin team, sweeping away the decline of the ice crystal dam.

The dam is directly supported by a strong force, the flood peak of the Agate River is constantly impacting, and the giant river flows over the top of the dam and pounces downward.

Several figures standing under the dam were submerged by the huge waves.

……

The terrifying flood slammed in the torrential rain for an unknown period of time. Above the sky, the mage's tiny figure fell into the river at an unknown moment.

The most terrifying first wave of flood peak was blocked by the dam, and under the influence of the spell, it was diverted to the mountains; but the continuous torrent of water still hit the channel of the Agate River, and the ice created by the spell The dam was unable to support alone, and was finally completely defeated.

The subsequent flood rushed into the Agate River, and the remaining flood water spread outward, and finally dissipated in the middle reaches of the Agate River. Most of the power of this unprecedented flood was directed to the uninhabited permafrost.

Dozens of tiny human beings who supported the ice dam through the first flood peak disappeared in the huge waves.

Shortly after.

The phoenix carried Evan to fly over the raging flood. He killed the culprit of all this, Cariser, and prevented a bigger storm from brewing, but when he solved the source of the disaster, it was too late to save these people.

He rode a phoenix to patrol the vast ocean, and rescued hundreds of highlanders and Xuefeng soldiers who were affected, as well as Hugo and several other paladins, but he never saw Gaoshan and Hewitt.

The flood quickly stopped spreading, but the cold wind in Nestor Province began to blow again, the accumulated ice water began to cool down rapidly, and the water surface gradually began to freeze.But above the sky, just as the thunderclouds dissipated, heavy snow followed.

This cold and barren permafrost has always treated the suffering people so cruelly.

From the second day on, Evan knew that he had to hurry up to search and rescue the survivors. Those who survived the flood would soon freeze to death in the ice and snow due to the low temperature.

On the third day, Gao Shan miraculously survived again. When he struggled to climb to the temporary camp, he even dragged a seriously injured and unconscious paladin.

The survivors built a camp with the remaining supplies, and the camps of the highlanders and paladins could not be separated this time.Hugo led several lightly injured paladins to treat the wounded.

And Evan stayed up all night, and together with his phoenix, patrolled the country for several days and nights.

On the fourth day, the water level began to drop, and the chances of the remaining missing people still surviving became very slim.

In the next few days, Evan rescued two comatose highlanders and five paladins—in the harshest environment, the paladin's strong physical fitness and willpower saved their precious lives. Also supported them until the arrival of rescue.

After a few days, no one came back.

Hugo insisted on calling the paladin team. Of the 23 brothers he brought out from the holy city of Corunna, there are now 11 left.The flood washed everything away and they didn't leave a name tag behind.

After the flood gradually receded, the war horses were found one after another, and the few remaining paladins silently tied the remaining relics to these war horses that had lost their owners.

When they came, they lined up neatly, but now they each lead two horses, still silent and reliable, and lined up neatly in front of Hugo.

The Knights Templar is one of the most powerful armies on the continent.

The death rate of knights is always high, and so is the paladin.Just the latter's death, often not on the battlefield.

For those who love them, and for the people who hate them.

……

Hewitt never showed up, and Evan flew across the land on the back of Phoenix day and night, waiting from full of hope to almost despair.

He found the demon Louis, which seemed to have lost its vitality. A small black mass that was alive and kicking in the past was now lifeless, lying in Evan's arms.

Evan had no way of explaining to anyone who he was obsessed with.

Hewitt is a mage.

Even if he is dead, he cannot publicly announce his identity.He played a vital role in the rescue of this disaster, but except for Evan, no one even knew his name, as if this person never existed.

A few days later, the young Phoenix was more difficult to support than Evan.

After waking up, it forcibly transformed into an adult body, experienced many difficult battles, and expended a lot of physical strength to fight against the ice and snow. Now it finally restrained the flames, changed back to its original juvenile form, and curled up on Evan's shoulder to sleep caught.

Evan was also extremely exhausted, and was persuaded by Hugo to take a rest in the camp.

But he couldn't sleep, just closed his eyes in vain.His eye sockets were black and blue. Hugo had never seen such a tired look on him, so he could only persuade him to take a rest, and said: "We will continue to search for survivors, and we will not give up until the last moment." any hope."

"But you... don't know him." Evan sighed hoarsely, raising his hands to cover his eyes, "This guy... likes to hide from people, loves to wear a hood, always puts his hands in his sleeves, too lazy to die..."

When he said this, he suddenly stopped talking, and there was no sound for a long, long time, as if he had fallen into sleep.

Hugo sighed silently, added some firewood to the stove in the tent for him, and then walked out of the seal.

Outside the tent, heavy snow drifted down again silently.

inside the tent.

"It's hard to speak well, arrogant and vicious..." Evan opened his eyes blankly, and said to himself, "Everything is done with a confident look, and it's normal to hold on and refuse to admit defeat. Forget it, you are easily shy, and you will die if you confess your love to me and then kiss me. You always abuse that ugly and cute monster in his house, and you will never learn to speak softly and treat people softly..."

Evan stretched out his hand, stroked the demon spirit placed by his side, felt its cold temperature, and asked in a low voice, "Where is your master?"

The demon was silent.

Evan murmured: "We have to find him quickly. Back then at the seaside in Emden, Hewitt refused to go into the sea at all. He was afraid of the water and would die... Wearing such thick clothes here , still afraid of the cold..."

"You are obviously... afraid of water and cold..."

Evan's hands gradually tightened, he was short of breath, turned over after a long time, and finally choked up and lost his voice.

……

The next day, they saw a miracle again.

A highlander returns with a paladin on his back.

Evan fell into a coma for nearly a day, struggled to get up, and recognized the highlander:

He was the captive of the Snow Wind Sect captured by Evan not long ago.

During the flood that day, he was lucky enough not to be washed away, and after surviving, he has been trying to return to the army.He had witnessed paladins propping up the dam, and encountered a wounded paladin afterward.

In the early morning of this day, the highlander was found lying in the snow, motionless like the paladin he was carrying. At first people thought he was dead, but later Hugo found that he was still breathing, so he immediately cast a spell on him. save.

Immediately upon waking, the Highlander asked, "Where's the paladin? Is he all right?"

They knew that he was asking about the paladin he carried back, and they looked at each other for a long time.

The highlander captives looked miserable. From their expressions, we knew that the paladin was dead.

"He has been away... for nearly two days." Evan said in a harsh voice, "He died of the cold."

The highlander took a deep breath for a long time, and said in a low voice: "When he left me the healing magic... I should have known... I should have known..."

He gritted his teeth and endured, his eyes filled with tears.

He walked in the heavy snow for several days and nights, surviving with snow water and a small bag of dry food, which has almost exceeded the limit of human beings. In the end, he was almost unconscious, and he didn't even know that the person behind him had already died.But it was precisely because of the weight of the paladin behind him that he was constantly exhausted and maintained enough body temperature to survive the cold.

Evan couldn't bear it and didn't say any more.

In the ice and snow, countless corpses were parked in one place, because the temperature was extremely low, and they would not rot immediately.

Hugo will bring the remains of the paladins back to the holy capital, and he just stays quietly at this moment.

Gao Shan was sitting outside the tent, keeping watch over the corpses. When he saw Evan, he would say stupidly, "Why are you fighting? They say I'm stupid... I don't understand anything, but why are you fighting?"

Evan put his hand on his shoulder, and after a while, he said, "It's not because you're stupid..."

"They're not stupid, why are they fighting?" Gao Shan stammered and asked.

Evan was speechless.

They stood in the snow for a while, and the young phoenix on Evan's shoulder woke up from a deep sleep and honked behind them.

Evan looked back and saw the highlander captive moving slowly over with a cane.

When he walked to the tent, he saw the remains of the paladin quietly parked there; he watched in silence for a long time, then suddenly dropped his crutches and fell to his knees in the snow.

Evan sighed softly, turned his face away, and couldn't bear to continue watching.

Gao Shan beside him was taken aback and asked, "You...what's the matter with you?"

The highlander captive was silent for a long time, and replied: "I did something wrong."

Gao Shan said again: "I know! You shouldn't fight. Are you here to apologize to him?"

The highlander knelt in the snow, lowered his head, and his breathing became more and more rapid. He bent down, pressed his forehead tightly against the snow, trembling with pain, and let out a low growl like weeping.

After a long while, he said hoarsely: "He was seriously injured for supporting the dam, and later he saved me with divine magic. I carried him out, but he...he died on my back. The last thing he said In a word, he asked me why I hated them... He asked me why... I hated them."