Chapter 235: The Relics of the Ancients (Part I)
The climate in the mountains is getting worse and worse, especially in winter, when living in the depths of the mountains is almost isolated, which makes the entire revolutionary army very uncomfortable.
I've been holding my breath for a long time, but I don't have a place to vent......
The outside was blocked too tightly by the lords of Oro City, and even notices were posted in various towns, asking the residents to help find the whereabouts of the revolutionary army, and for a while, there were still more than a hundred people left in the revolutionary army, and they did not dare to go out of the mountains at all, so they could only stay in it passively.
In terms of food, there are some wild beasts in the mountains and forests that can be hunted, but the taste is not so good.
What really made the revolutionary army unbearable was the cold with the arrival of winter, and the aimless desperate waiting...... The news of the call for help has been sent, but now the base area in the north is in the midst of the war, and I don't know if it can reach the reinforcements smoothly, and if it is cut off in the middle or the eagle flies out and can't find reinforcements, there will be no news.
The coldness and loneliness, especially the suppressed mood and endless waiting, were the last straws that really crushed the revolutionary army camp......
As the leader of the current revolutionary army, Cuba is suffering from festering on his face every day, and there are almost no imaginary medicines in the camp that can only rely on magic to relieve pain, but the iron filings have already been buried deep in the flesh of half of his face, and if he wants to take it all out, he may have to cut off a lot of meat.
Now he looks very struck by the bandage that covers half of his face, and it feels like Cuba's personality has completely changed since that day.
The firewood is ajar......
Tazmi dragged in with the venison he had caught today.
"That's the portion for today, though it's not much. But it's enough for us to eat for a few days!"
The revolutionary army camp is located in the deep mountains, and there are almost no people in this area, and ordinary people can't enter such a deep forest, so it has become a place for animals to inhabit, if it is just about food, this should not be a problem to live in the forest for more than ten years, not to mention that there are only more than 100 people left in the current revolutionary army ranks, and the food consumed every day is not much!
"Captain, is he better?" asked Gibek, who was sitting on the other side.
The two of them, including Dusty, were all survivors of death at the Earl's Court, and although the Night Raid team had killed two of them, the remaining three still had to keep going, and it was just a long waiting period.
"No, he says his face hurts and itches every night...... I don't dare to grasp it with my hands, but every time I can't help it, I will cut the flesh on my face with a knife, I'm afraid that if he continues like this, I'm afraid that his spirit will collapse first. Tazmi said.
Dusty on the other side snorted dissatisfiedly.
"It's the same Count of Vigel, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have died, so many brothers would have been trapped in this deserted mountain. ”
Speaking of Count Sean Wigel, the other two also gritted their teeth.
"Rest assured, sooner or later we will get this account back, and he and his lackeys will pay the price for the death of the brethren!" said Tazmi angrily.
However, when it comes to Count Vigel, Dusty, he can't help but think of what the other party said at that time......
"What has Ulysses been doing lately?"
"He's been helping the leader heal his face injury, and he seems to be using his alchemy recently!"
"Alchemy?" asked Dusty and Jibek curiously.
"yes, he's an alchemist, don't you know?" said Tazmi, who looked strange.
Ulysses was an elite member of a certain branch of the revolutionary army when he was in the northern camp, not counting the former companions of any of the three in front of him, but only a colleague of the revolutionary army, and at that time, I heard that the other party was a very capable person on the side of the northern branch, and the local nobles and imperial soldiers were played by him several times.
"Ulysses' branch must have been very close to Borg's side at the time. ”
"Sort of, anyway, they were the first people to cooperate with the Borgs, and they seem to be the first intermediaries to introduce the leaders of our revolutionary army to the Borgs. Tazmi said.
In the original night raid team, Tazmi was originally in charge of intelligence, so he had heard a lot of things, and even now he was responsible for hunting daily food while everyone was recuperating from injuries.
The bonfire surrounded by the three of them suddenly exploded with a few cores......
After a short silence,
"What's wrong, Dusty, are you suspicious of Ulysses?" said Gerbek, who seemed to be aware of the thoughts of his longtime companion.
"It's not...... I just thought it was weird, I heard that there were a lot of cultists on the Borg's side. ”
The so-called cultists are just those religious elements that the Basharan Empire is unwilling to recognize, and the belief of the entire Basharan Empire is very weak, after all, it is an economic power and believes in the interests of seeing is believing, so the status of the priest in Basharan may not be as high as that of a polymath.
"There are a lot of religions over there, but most of them don't want to show it and don't believe it, but in the past year, there have been incidents of rebellion among the followers of the ancient gods in this area, so even the believers on the Borg's side have been reveling...... But it doesn't seem like much, and we don't go against the Christians!" said Gibek.
Dusty didn't speak, just silently remembered what Count Vigel and Oz had said.
"Leave that alone...... Master Ulysses is said to be able to use the equivalent exchange of alchemy to evoke the life of nature to fight for us, saying that this is the only way for us to fight in the future. ”
"Oh~ I remembered. No wonder the trees moved in those days...... I thought I was dazzled!" said Gibek.
Alchemist?!!
Dusty remembers his past as a profession, and doesn't seem to have heard any cult-related stories......
Either that, Count Sean Wiggle was lying to himself that day, trying to separate the members of the Revolutionary Army.
During this time, there were many topics about the Count's insidiousness, and they became the object of daily curses in the camp of the revolutionary army......
..................
And at this moment in the room in Cuba, bursts of magic spells flickered in the dim light.
"Is this possible?"
"At least it's worth trying, if the ritual is successful, we can restore your body with the power of the legendary ancients, and maybe even stronger! Many people think that the Lovecra pendant has been lost for a long time, but it has never really disappeared, because the pendant is alive too. Ulysses said.
"A living pendant?"
Cuba is even more confused.
Ulysses has occasionally come to visit him since his injury, and is secretly building a team that can be fought out using his great alchemy.
If the reinforcements don't receive news for a long time, then at least ensure that this group of people can survive.
Or ...... yourself
Able to live.
"There's a lot going on, and we'll talk about it slowly in the future, but the most important thing now is to set up what you need and summon the Lovekra Pendant!"
"Then everything is up to you, Master Ulysses. Cuba said.