Act I. Winter
After entering the Moon of the Running Wolf, winter seems to come to this world in an instant. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The autumn wind, which was originally just a bleak autumn, has now brought a goosebump-inducing chill, and a thin layer of hoarfrost has formed on the grass and leaves in the early morning, and the golden yellow of the wheat fields has already been harvested, leaving only the straw pile, like a stone monument.
"Lazy Turnips" is located at the junction of wheat fields and forests, where several peasant houses gather, this small shop in the territory of Byron Weis, because of its excellent location, right on the road connecting Regios and Byron Weis, so it is in an endless stream and business is very popular.
The tavern owner was a middle-aged man with a big belly, bald, with a face full of flesh, and the flesh on his body was layered on top of each other, almost squeezing out the fat.
It's afternoon, the time of the mercenaries gags, the tavern is doing good business, almost full, these knife-licking mercenaries are drinking and singing loudly, after all, no one knows if this will be their last lunch.
Rosen, on the other hand, sat in an inconspicuous corner of the tavern, ordered an ale, but did not move at all.
This is of course, because as a modern person who has crossed into this other world, Rosen has actually become a skeleton, although he is good at swordsmanship, but after all, he is an undead vein hostile to humans.
He was no longer the onion knight suit he had been, and Lawson had been searching the Baron Aatrox's mansion for a while before he got a new set of iron armor.
This suit of armor fits better than the previous one, and Lawson is already tall, and with this set of slim armor, he looks like a knight with extraordinary status.
It's just that at this time, in Rosen's eyes, the system menu with silver and white characters is prompting him to the most important thing at the moment.
[Mission: In-depth investigation]
[Description: Go to Byron Weiss City and investigate matters related to the cultists]
[Reward: 2000 Souls]
[Time limit: 20 days]
[Failure: Enters a weakened state, reducing all abilities by 99%]
That's right, ten days have passed since the time limit of the mission, but Lawson has not yet entered the city of Byron Weiss, but chooses to investigate intelligence in the surrounding area first to improve his strength by the way.
During the day, Lawson would find a place where he would not be easily disturbed to meditate and rest, evolve swordsmanship in his head, or search for information near taverns like this one and bulletin boards where mercenaries exchange information.
At night, he would choose to practice his swordsmanship in the depths of the forest, and find some beasts to practice his newly developed swordsmanship.
With the assistance of the sword soul, Rosen's swordsmanship has improved rapidly, the Templar swordsmanship has reached the twelfth level, and the wolf swordsmanship has also improved by one level, according to Rosen's feelings, if this is placed on ordinary people, it will take at least half a year to a year, and it must be a situation with a relatively high level of understanding.
Feeling that his strength could faintly touch the barrier of the bronze midstream, what Rosen needed now was an opponent who was on a par like the Winter Wolf Lord to stimulate his potential in battle and improve his strength.
Thinking of this, Rosen became more and more suspicious of this seemingly harmless system, because he clearly remembered that when he directly invested his soul to strengthen his sword skills, he actually directly broke through the barrier of the peak of black iron and advanced to bronze, which didn't feel like a process of changing from weak to strong at all, but more like recovering his strength.
Thinking that the origin of his body was not yet known, Rosen secretly wondered if he could use any means to circumvent the tasks of the system, and not always let it lead him.
According to the information obtained in the past few days, Regios fell into a slight state of confusion after that, which was mainly caused by Baron Aatrox's private soldiers, these usually dog-fighting guys immediately turned into roving bandits after discovering that the Baron was dead, and the secret vault of Baron Aatrox's house was almost swept away, and there were even many magical items in it.
Lawson himself had caught a lot, but due to time constraints, he only searched the room, and the most valuable of them were probably the three rings that stored magic in Zelas.
As for the news of Gascoigne and Grantia, Rosen didn't hear much, and for a relatively larger city like Byron Weis, Bunagien and Reggios were equivalent to a subsidiary town, and naturally no one cared.
He only knew that the aristocratic daughter who yearned for adventure seemed to have improved her elemental affinity a lot because of the ignition of the fire, and she had awakened the talent of a mage, and she would probably follow a certain mage to learn magic in the future.
Leaving his thoughts about Grantia behind, Rosen turned his attention to the hall.
It's no different from the usual noise, but Rosen's keen sense can capture something different.
He noticed in the corner that three hooded men were whispering something, and although the sound was extremely subtle, it could not hide from Rosen's hearing.
"Young master, we have to go to Byron Weiss as soon as possible, Regios's property can only be abandoned. ”
"I know, but the pursuers on Regious's side ......"
"Brother, can we get to Byron Weiss tonight?"
"Sophia, don't worry, I'll protect you. ”
"We'll be on our way later, young master. ”
......
Of the three people who spoke, one of them was obviously not at the peak of his strength, the other two were even younger, and one of them was even a young girl, judging by the content of the conversation, it seemed that the rich children and guards who had fled from Regios to Byron Weis.
There are actually many such people, and as soon as Baron Aatrox's power fell, many families who relied on money to establish themselves in Regios were also killed, but Rosen's focus was not actually this.
For he noticed that on the other side, there were five men dressed as guards, staring at the three men with malicious eyes.
This must be Regios's wandering private soldiers, these guys are not much different from the bandits now, relying on their little strength and weapons, bullying the people, but no one can afford to hire mercenaries to eradicate them, and mercenaries, they will not do the work without money.
Rosen had witnessed many of these situations before, he was not a virgin, so there was no need to bother with such things, but this time was different.
Because among those five people, he clearly sensed a trace of familiarity.
It was the chaotic aura peculiar to cultists.
Rosen didn't know if it was because of the fact that there were cultists in them, or because of the magic items left in the Baron's Mansion, but in any case, since he had to investigate the cultists, he couldn't let them go.
I was still waiting for those people to leave the tavern, but I saw a well-dressed clerk walk into the tavern, and the originally noisy hall suddenly became even more boiling.
PS: Thank you Gongsun for being disease-free, drunk and dreaming of the reward~
PS2: A new volume, a new beginning, because of the outline to be organized, so the writing is relatively slow, plus more to remember to be left after the Qingming Festival, and now I still owe three more, I hope you readers understand~