"I hear you're inquiring about His Majesty Elbert. ”

After the funeral, when saying goodbye to the villagers, Will, who had buried his grief in his heart, approached Charlotte with undried tears.

"Yes. Charlotte replied, and immediately explained, "Don't get me wrong, I'm friends with Elbert, and I swear I'll never hurt his life." ”

"I believe you, Master Mage. Will maintained the utmost respect and trust in Charlotte, "Actually, I am a shameful deserter, my lord. After that defeat, I left His Majesty Elbert and chose to return to the mountain village. However, as far as I know, His Majesty intends to go north to Erossa, and I have heard that there are nobles there who support him. Well, they called that big man the Uncrowned King of the North. If their plans to go north hadn't changed, they should now be near the town cluster in the Grohl Heights. His Majesty intends to head north from there to the Calvi Grand Canyon. ”

That big man was Charlotte's father, Lawrence, the Grand Duke of Erossa. Charlotte immediately realized that Elbert was planning to go to Erosa, which was also in line with his initial judgment.

"The lighthouse has not found any trace of Elbert. Green, who had been avoiding suspicion on the other side, saw that the two were finished talking, and also walked over to add, "At least not when I tracked Will." ”

"It also means that he is safe for the time being. Charlotte nodded, "Thanks! This news is important to me. ”

"And I think as long as that majesty doesn't make mistakes, he'll be safe for a long time. Green said again.

"Oh?" said Charlotte, who was about to leave, curious, "why do you say that?"

"You should know about General Zenas's appointment as Vice-President and Generalissimo of the Council of Elders of Valcam, right?"

Charlotte nodded, "I've heard of it, is there something wrong?"

"Not really. Speaking of this, Green showed a hesitant expression, "I don't know what to say, but not long after General Zenas went to Arad, the council sent a new corps commander to take over our first legion, and the new corps commander brought many of his own descendants, and gradually replaced some key positions. ”

Charlotte suddenly thought of Norrick, the scarred man she had seen not long ago, who seemed to have chosen to return home shortly after Zenas was appointed generalissimo. Is there something hidden in this?

He thought of the hapless Python gang boss Lacey, who had been waiting for Judson's orders, or for the soaring Judson to pull him along. But the ending was tragic, for Judson's plan, Lacey, who offended many squires and wealthy businessmen, was forgotten by the former upline.

- Is that really a simple forget?!

"You mean to say......" Charlotte realized, "what's going on here?"

"I don't know. Green shook his head, "As you can see, I'm just an ordinary junior officer, and I don't know much about the high-ranking things. However, some conspiracy theories do prevail in the Legion. Although the people who spread the rumors were soon caught, the people who discussed the matter in private were repeatedly banned. ”

- If that's the case, then maybe Zenas didn't take off, but ......

Charlotte frowned and nodded, and as he flipped the Destiny Coins, he replied thoughtfully, "I see, thank you for the information." ”

"No thanks. Green and Will looked at each other and shrugged, "Anyway, none of this will have anything to do with us in the future." ”

"I wish you all the best. Charlotte said goodbye to the others, "Although this is frustrating, if it really gets to the point where you can't hold on, you can come to Icewind Castle to find me." With the badge I gave you yesterday. ”

Will and Green nodded solemnly, "Thank you, and I wish you all the best on your journey!"

After that funeral, Charlotte said goodbye to the villagers in a rare sunny day. They continued north, following the information provided by Will to the town clusters of the Groll Heights.

The Grolle Plateau is not very far from this nameless mountain village, but the mountain roads are rough and difficult, which adds some difficulties to the journey. In addition, there are still many ghouls and some demons entrenched nearby, with the mentality of providing some help to Will and Green, Charlotte and the others will try their best to cut down the roots once they discover the evil power.

By the time we arrived at the Grohl Heights, it was already three days later.

The Grohl Heights are located in the middle of the San Lorenzo Empire, and are part of the north-central region under the direct jurisdiction of the Clegghorn family. The terrain is quite high, and although it is high, it is also a fertile land suitable for farming.

Because it was located in the middle of the empire, was rich in grain, and was the only way for the direct domain to intersect with the major nobles of the north, this highland was like a starry cluster of large and small towns to meet the needs of caravans.

However, now that the war is raging, nearly half of these towns, large and small, have been abandoned. Along the way, Charlotte's apprentice has seen several towns like ghosts, except for some former townspeople who can't get by, most of the rest of the shops have closed.

The land that was once known as the town cluster of the Grohl Heights is no longer worthy of its name, not only are most of the towns uninhabited and ghostly, but even the once fertile soil is untended and overgrown with weeds. In short, from the bones, there is a dilapidated and declining poor sour appearance, like a grassland under the sunset, depressed and heavy.

The situation did not improve until we arrived in the largest town in the Grohl Heights. Perhaps it's because the rest of the town is so unpopular, but it makes the town more prosperous than usual. When Charlotte and the others came, even though the sun had gradually sunk in the west, there was still a lot of traffic at the city gate, and it was a prosperous atmosphere.

This is in stark contrast to the dilapidated situation along the way, which makes people feel a lot of emotion.

When entering the city, although the few people who deliberately changed their appearance were not troubled by the city guards, they also paid a lot of money to enter the city as merchants. So much so that as soon as she entered the city, Lolita, who first saw Scrooge's appearance, scolded angrily.

"Why don't they go out into the wilderness to rob them?"

Depending on the grain situation, the peasants had to pay one to five coppers, and the merchants could pay a higher amount, starting with one silver coin depending on the value of the goods. This caused some weak merchants to complain, and they complained that all the money earned from the trade was handed over to the group of black-hearted ghosts.

Charlotte is known as the Strange Thing Dealer, and how do those uneducated city guards know what the hell the strange thing merchant is! In this way, you can not only extort a little more, but also go to have fun at night in addition to the offering. But Charlotte is not a fool, she knows the truth that wealth is not exposed, and after some good talk, the three of them paid a total of five silver coins to enter the city.

Five silver coins! Even now, when prices are soaring, it is enough for a family of three to live tightly for a month, but such a large sum of money is actually only a capitation fee for entering the city. As Lolita said, what a bunch of vampires who are even more excessive than Verita!

Others suck blood, but they knock on the marrow!

Lolita was babbling indignantly when Vivien's voice disrupted her rhythm. She turned her head to see her teacher also swaying from a half-thought state, looking at the wanted notice that Vivien was referring to.

I saw that the heads of Elbert and Neham were painted on it.