The elves did recognize the symbol, like an hourglass that had been placed horizontally, without its base on either side. He had only seen it for the first time a few months ago - on the slab he had found in the necromancer's entrails.

It was lying heavily in his pocket.

He didn't understand the meaning. Maybe it wasn't some sign of evil, maybe it was the only account of the ancient elves about that god, maybe it was ......

No matter how much he tried to comfort himself, a strong sense of foreboding still lingered in his heart.

"I've seen ...... In some ancient account, there is no explanation of what it means, or what it represents. He finally replied.

In other words, we still don't know anything. Fili withdrew his hand and looked at the simple black symbol. He didn't feel anything before, but now he suddenly felt a little awkward.

Maybe it's better to wipe it off secretly.

"Why are you here?" the elf asked.

"To build a magnificent temple for Nesses—I don't know if this was the priest's request, or if his followers were desperate to express their piety. ”

That was another headache for Fili, who had wanted to take Eric away in the name of spreading the word about the power of Nessher to more people, but the guy seemed to have dedicated all his love and passion for Ni'or to his new god, and insisted on following the others here to build the temple. After hearing that believers from other places would be here, and that even the priest of Nesses might be present, he followed, hoping to hear from the missing companions.

The plague had struck more than one village, and he had reason to believe that others had lost their memories as well, and that was already the best-case scenario. The paladins were still young, and Eric was even leaving the Collins Temple for the first time, and if something did happen, Sean Fletscher would probably silently send Filly to some remote temple for the rest of his life - that seemed like a good thing, but he didn't want to go back to face their loved ones with the news of anyone's death.

"You're going to build a temple in an abandoned elven city?" Noway couldn't understand the choice.

"Actually, it's built on the outside, and we're just coming in...... Uh, borrow some materials. Fili suddenly understood the reason for the displeasure on the elf's face, "Anyway, you don't want this city either......"

"I don't think that God, whoever he is, will be used by you from a ruined city...... borrowed materials to build his temple and rejoiced. The elf commented with an unhappy look, "That's obviously insincere." ”

"Hey, it's none of my business, remember?" Fili raised his hands, indicating his innocence, he had enough trouble, and he didn't want to take on the wrath of an elf for no reason, "I have to say, I've done my best to stop them from tearing this city apart." ”

The first time he saw the city, he was just as struck by the elven artifact, and even if it was to perish, it should only be destroyed by time, not brutally smashed to pieces by humans. But in fact, it was already desecrated by another race before humans discovered it.

The location originally chosen by the Anktanians for the temple of Nesses was not this basin. When they entered the mountains to mine stone, they accidentally caught a goblin. For their own freedom, the goblin led them to the lair where its people were hiding. To their surprise, the small, filthy nest in the col was made of carefully polished granite and marble blocks, some of which were extremely finely patterned.

The inquisitive Anktanians drove the goblins to a city that had been quietly hidden in the mountains for more than a thousand years, believing it to be a divine guide - in the eyes of the Anktanians, it would be a waste that even the gods would not allow to have a large pile of ready-made materials in such a city that no one wanted.

The goblins refused to enter at first, crying that the city was haunted. That's why they only steal bricks from outside the city walls and build their nests far away instead of living here. The people stayed here for one night without incident, believing that it was just an excuse for the goblins to avoid their work, or that they were blessed by the gods.

"Haunted?" Ed couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"We've been here for three days, and nothing strange has happened except for a lynx - oh, don't stare at me, though the Anktanians were tempted to catch it, but it fled - and maybe the ghosts just don't like goblins. ”

"That's not a reason to treat them as slaves. Ed said unhappily.

Fili scratched his head: "...... Do you have any friends among those goblins, the one you bought from Cam?" he had burrowed into the Windwhispering Forest before Ed and the others, trying to verify the rumors about the Silver Fang Dwarves and the Ice Dragons. The story of "Ed Singhal bought a goblin" was told to him later by his companions. No one knows where the goblin went, but no one seems to care.

This sentence definitely touched something he shouldn't have touched, and Ed was like a little hedgehog with spikes all over his body in an instant, ready to rush over and poke him all over his face with blood.

“...... We can also discuss this issue at another time. The elf used the patience he had honed for hundreds of years to try to keep the conversation going.

"Nothing to discuss. Ed said indignantly, "Whether it's a missing paladin or a god, it has nothing to do with us. We'll leave here tomorrow morning!"

Until then, even if the elves were unwilling to help, he would definitely find a way to let the goblins goblins goblin.

Filly shrugged unexpectedly, "I've been wondering how to drag you into the water, but you're right, it's none of your business. ”

There was no expected entanglement of dead skin, but Ed didn't know how to deal with it. Naturally, he turned to Norvi for help, but the elf just looked back at him, as if waiting for him to make a decision.

“...... Why did you run out alone? Did you spot us?" said Ed stiffly, with an inopportune question.

Filly was also a little confused, not knowing if the question had another meaning: "It's just...... I've got to take a breather out of this mess. ”

He stood up and patted his ass: "I have to go." More people will come tomorrow and I advise you to leave as soon as possible. By the way, tell the dark-haired girl that her mushroom soup is the most delicious thing I've ever tasted - it doesn't even need a bit of meat foam in it!"

He grinned, gave Norway and Edby a thumbs up, and turned away.

As he stepped out into the snowstorm outside the door, Ed, who had been crouching on the ground, jumped up and poked his head out of the door to look at the figure that staggered away.

is still an unhurried stride, but a little lonely in the casualness.

"Wait!" He didn't know how the word popped up on its own.

Fili didn't just turn back—he ran back happily.

"How?" The way his eyes lit up made Ed feel like he had been deceived, but he didn't have time to swallow the sentence back:

"We can help you. ”.

The shadow rested in mid-air, overlooking the city beneath its feet.

It loved the location. Even if I have seen it for more than a thousand years, I still like it when I see that its once bustling streets are no longer set foot on, and that the homes that were once carefully cared for are crumbling day by day and overgrown with weeds.

Besides, it doesn't have many options either.

He also loves the critters who decide to make it their place a place to live. It knew that a brown bear was sleeping in the storeroom that had once been stuffed with food at the Blue Bell Hotel, that the litter of little foxes in the garden of the Linfield family was still alive and healthy, that a pack of wolves had been around the eastern wall but had chosen to leave because of the arrival of humans—it didn't like goblins or humans who came uninvited, thinking that they had been abandoned and forgotten and could destroy at will, but it had a hard time stopping them. It can only hope that they will leave as soon as possible after getting what they want, or after discovering that they can't get what they want, as people who have been here a long time ago have done.

It should probably remind the other animals to leave as soon as possible. Especially the litter of white foxes.

It also saw the elf, a descendant of the Sunstrider, finally returning to his ancient homeland. That made it happy, but also melancholy. The elf's indomitable will is a powerful barrier, and it cannot communicate with him in any way.

It looked down at his dazzling blonde hair, but saw ominous shadows.

It fluttered and lingered for a long time, and finally let out a silent sigh and disappeared into the void.

There's nothing it can do about it.