The blizzard had been falling for two days, and the third day had begun to subside, and on the morning of the fourth day, Fang Yu finally met Her Royal Highness the silver princess of Visland. She stood in the snow, carrying the sick Akane on her back, her armor covered with a thick fur coat, her face still red from the cold.

The two men were escorted by lumberjacks to the platform. The big cat man first put down the hanging basket and picked up the mountain girl, and then dropped the soft ladder and let the latter climb up as well.

Sylvid walked over and put her hand on the pale forehead of the mountain maiden, and Sophie looked at her a little nervously. Seeing her look, the ship's master couldn't help but smile lightly, shook her head, and said that it was no big deal, as long as she had a good rest for a while.

Sophie breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her heartily, "Thank you, Sylvid." The two had known each other since they were underground in Fenris, but when they actually saw each other, Sophie was shocked by each other's beauty and temperament.

Sylvid only grinned, "You're welcome." ”

Attila and Alyssa take Akane to the infirmary. Sophie watched the figures of the three disappear below the deck before retracting her gaze and said to Fang Yu and Sylvid on the side: "Find a secret room, I have something to show you." Only then did Fang Yu notice that she was still carrying a bag of things in her hand, wrapped in an old blanket.

"Let's go to the captain's quarters." Sylvid took the initiative.

"Captain?" Sophie looked at Fang Plover a little amusedly.

Fang Yuan's face turned red, the reason why he was reluctant to ask for the captain's room was because of this reason: "Don't ...... Don't care too much, it's just that everyone calls it that......" Fortunately, Sophie didn't mean to embarrass him, just smiled: "...... Looks like you're quite prestigious, huh? ”

Fang Yu coughed heavily.

However, he quietly stepped down and asked Sylvid in the back, "When will you know how to heal?" Sylvide's eyes were crooked like crescent moons, and she shook her head, "What did the captain say?" ”

"Before that?"

Sylvid laughed and glanced ahead: "Miss Sophie cares about it, Akane just has a low-grade fever, there are medicines on the platform, and Attila can also cure diseases, what is the problem?" ”

Fang Yu looked at her, dare to love that this is just a legendary placebo? And it also seems to be effective for people who are not sick.

However, the cunning of the ship's officer, he had already learned it.

The three of them walked through the locker to the workshop, and Sophie glanced at the place, a little surprised. Although she had seen the pictures of this platform before, it was another thing to see it with her own eyes - such a fully functional platform was rare in Silver Westland.

It's not a big space, but it's comfortable, and the workshop has all the size and tools to fix it firmly. There are also wall cabinets and hooks on the wall, hanging large and small parts, which are easily accessible.

One side of the workshop led to the captain's quarters, which were covered with a thick carpet, and the cabinets and desks were filled with rows of books, and the brass heating pipes ran through the room, and the warmth made the ice edges on the girl's eyebrows melt.

There is a small flower bed on the desk, and in the harsh winter, there is still a bunch of emerald green vines, which is pleasing to the eye. Sophie walked over and stroked the rows of spine on the bookshelf with her hand, feeling a little envious in her heart.

Of course, it's not that Silver Veslan doesn't have enough money, but that he can't use it, because Silver Vislan has a serious floating ship.

But she suddenly felt that such a platform also had a certain practicality, at least cheap - Silver Vislan had a floating ship as well, but only the elite team was eligible to enjoy it, and it had nothing to do with her youth team.

"You're in a good place." Sophie complimented heartily.

Fang Yu was a little flattered to be praised by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Silver Visland, but he hadn't forgotten his business yet, and couldn't help asking, "What do you want to show us?" ”

"It's this thing."

Sophie opened the cloth bag and threw the contents in her hand to the ground. Fang Yu heard the sound of metal colliding, only to find that inside the blanket was a pile of tattered armor, including a breastplate, a helmet, a waist armor, skirt plates and foot guards, it should be a full-body armor.

"What is this?"

Fang Yu asked. He saw the magic guide path on the inside of the armor, and the sockets where the different components were mounted, and realized that it was just an ordinary magic guide armor, and it wasn't some valuable antique—or an ancient artifact.

Sophie clapped her hands and took a breath before describing what happened that night to the two of them.

After listening to her words, Fang Yu couldn't help but pause: "You said you were attacked by an armor?" ”

He reached out and flicked the empty breastplate on the blanket, which was almost rusty, and made a worrying rustling sound as if it were about to fall apart. The front of the cuirass has a relief of a phoenix, and apart from being particularly tattered, it doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.

It's hard to imagine it being combined with the other components of the armor to stand up and attack people.

"Not really," Sophie replied, "to be exact, it staggered to me, and fell." And then nothing happened. ”

"That's it?"

Sophie nodded.

She thought for a moment and added, "You might think I'm making a bit of a fuss?" But then I checked around the cave, and there was no one else there, so how could this armor make it through a blizzard alone? ”

"Even if it's a prank, would you do it in such a bad weather?"

It is indeed very suspicious, in the forests around the Great Creek Valley, even adventurers are rare in the wilderness, let alone in the harsh winter, it is even more inaccessible, how can anyone come here to play pranks.

Fang Yu carefully inspected the armor, there were some magic structures inside, but they were only necessary components for ordinary magic armor to transmit and use magic power. This is not a construct-body armor, as it has neither a drive-through structure nor a power core.

"Could it be the Binding Spirit?" He asked.

"I'm a paladin." Sophie glared at him.

Fang Yu slapped his head, only to realize that he had asked a stupid question, if it was an undead, the other party should have detected it clearly a long time ago, how could he come to ask them?

"But I recognize the emblem on this armor," he replied, "this is the armor of the Dulun City Guard, and the phoenix is the emblem of Dulun, and the owner of this armor may be a knight captain, because ordinary people cannot afford such full-body magic guide armor." ”

"There's a name on the neck guard, but it's so rusty that I can't see it clearly."

"I can fix that." Isn't it just rust removal, an alchemist's trick.

Fang Plover walked to the closet, took out a bottle from the second compartment, shook it, poured the translucent liquid inside onto the armor, and took the knife from Sylvid's hand on the side, and scraped it lightly, revealing a bright metallic color under the rust.

Sophie watched the two work together from the sidelines, and couldn't help but feel a little envious when she thought of herself and Akane.

And after scratching the metal, there is still a shallow layer of inscription on it, and you can vaguely see the letters on it: 'Rochele-Maudcais'. "Mordkaith," Sophie's eyes twinkled, "I've heard the name of this family." ”

"The Phoenix Family," Sylvid had replied on her behalf, "Mordkaith is the Ishurian word for 'immortal bird', and this family is the founder of Dulun and still controls the vast majority of power in Phoenix City. ”

The so-called Phoenix City is naturally another name for Dulun, and the aborigines prefer this title to Dulun, but the other two can also understand it.

"A member of the Phoenix family, and at the same time holding a position in the city guard." Sophie replied: "I'm afraid this person's identity is not simple. ”

Sylvide bowed her head in approval.

Fang Yu stood up, looking at this armor and always felt a little strange. "I always thought this armor was a little familiar," he asked the ship's officer, "have we seen anything like it anywhere?" ”

Sylvid thought for a moment before recalling, and replied, "It must be under Doriffin, and Azure and Attila have seen exactly the same thing. ”

Fang Yu also remembered that armor, it was indeed somewhat similar, but it was older. Thinking of that, he couldn't help but think of Momiji and Diktor, who hadn't been in contact with each other for months since one went back to Tapolis and the other to Elpahim.

However, they didn't actually have much means to get in touch, especially after his communication crystal was damaged, he added Momiji, but the other party hasn't replied since he went to Charter City.

In addition, Dickt gave him a letter of introduction, addressed to Sir Robin. But in the time of Golland, the latter seemed to be busy with some affairs between the court, and never took the opportunity to meet them, so the letter of introduction did not actually come in handy—

He retracted his thoughts and looked at this armor, if it was only once, it could be said to be a coincidence, but the appearance of this kind of thing one after another made it a little suspicious.

And the last time this thing appeared in Dorifin, that place was deeply influenced by the Dragon Cult, of course, there is no evidence of any relationship between the underground armor and the Dragon Worship, but the possibility is not ruled out.

He looked at Sophie: "Did you find anything else at that time?" ”

"Other discoveries?" Sophie frowned and thought for a moment: "There seems to be some ...... But I wasn't quite sure, I felt some strange sounds in the midst of the blizzard, like footsteps, but also like whispers, as if calling someone's name......"

"Call whom?"

"I don't know."

Fang Plover and Sylvid exchanged glances, and Attila heard the call at the time, which was why Dickett thought the armor was an evil object and brought it back to the Craftsman's Guild to be examined.

I just don't know if there was a result later.

He crouched down again to inspect the place where the rust had been removed, and behind the luster of the metal under the rust layer, there was a faint layer of magic patterns, which were exactly the same as the armor they had seen before.

But that was by no means a trace left by the magic guide technology, the magic guide path was clearly visible, and it would never leave such a colored light similar to oil stains.

"Have you ever seen this?" Sophie couldn't help but ask.

"Yes," Fang Yu nodded without raising his head, "But we don't know exactly what this is, only that it may be an evil thing." ”

"Evil thing," Sophie frowned, "it's a possibility." "There are thousands of monsters in Aitalia, from living to dead, but most of them are documented in various literatures.

Only evil things, those hidden existences, can be separated from the cognition of ordinary people. They may be a gift from a dark deity, or they may simply be a fallacy of divine power—a divine iniquity.

This kind of thing is always creepy, and even though it is the Elector, Sophie can't help but ask, "What should we do with this thing?" ”

Fang Yu was about to answer, but there was a knock on the door outside.

Luo Yu's voice came from outside the door: "Captain, we have arrived at Fort Tulip in front, but there is a little problem, and the other party will not let us pass." ”

Fang Yu was slightly stunned.

Fort Tulip is just a pass in the southern part of the Great Creek Valley, and the Dulun City Guards stationed here are not guarded against humans, but from winter wolves and undead in the northern forests.

However, since there had been no major events for many years, and the envisioned winter wolves and undead had never gone south, the garrison here became smaller and smaller, and finally only a team of more than ten people remained, and an elderly knight commander was stationed here.

And since most of the caravans from the north had to pass through this place, Fang Yu had also inquired about this place before, and he had never heard that the garrison would embarrass the merchant travelers, and at best ask for a little bribe and tolls.

This small amount of money shouldn't be a big deal for their team, right?

And this kind of thing is usually handled by Sky Blue and Miss Attila, both of whom are very reliable in negotiations, and there should be no problems. He turned around and thought that the other party was also a branch of the Dulun City Guard, so he whispered to Sylvid on the side:

"Put away the armor first, let's go out and have a look."

The ship's lady nodded slightly.

……

Back on deck, Fang Yu glanced down the platform, only to realize that the situation was more troublesome than he had imagined.

He had heard that there was only a small group of soldiers stationed here, plus an old knight, but the impression of the old and sick disappeared at first sight; There was only a small group of men who stopped Mr. Graystone, but there were far more than a dozen people patrolling the castle not far away.

And there are cavalry -

He saw two heavy cavalrymen with a spear on their backs, looking warily over the mountain road - the magic armor of this heavy knight's equipment, and the chain spear that could be shot, it could be said that they were the standard equipment of the Kaulin-Ishurian heavy cavalry.

This is clearly the regular army.

What's going on?

Fang Yu was slightly stunned when he saw this scene.

Otherwise, it was true, that the tulip castle was actually a small fortress not far away, and the battlements were not very high, and even a little low—not as large as the castle of Ai Ger, which they had seen, and which was a barracks building, which also roughly doubled as the residence and office of the old knight.

The castle stands on the mountainside, just stuck in the mountain road, and below is a mountain stream that is not deep, but it is not easy to pass through it directly. What's more, if you really pass the pass, most of the Dulun in the back will not have to go again.

But with so many soldiers, looking solemn, is there something going on in the Great Creek Valley in the north?

But they went all the way south, and they didn't find anything abnormal, right?

Sky Blue was grumbling as she climbed up from under the rope ladder. When Fang Yu saw her, he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I don't know," Sky Blue shook her head, "they said the road was closed and we were forbidden to pass, but they didn't tell us why." ”

"The road is closed?" Fang Yu thought to himself that there was no way to close the road for no reason, even if it was because of a blizzard, but it would not suddenly send so many troops to this small fortress.

"Those insatiable fellows," said Parker, hanging from the side of the ship, cried out, "I guess it must be the reason why the money is in place." ”

"Less," Sky Blue glanced at the Paparal, "they don't want money at all—"

"What about Miss Attila?" Fang Yu asked again.

"Below," replied Skyblue, "she wanted to see if she could convince the other party." ”

Fang Yu looked down and found the elf girl among the city guards. The latter seemed to be negotiating something with the other side, but the soldiers were visibly impatient and were pointing their spears at Mr. Graystone.

He looked like he insisted on letting them go.

Fang Yu frowned, obviously feeling a strong hostility from these soldiers. It's strange, it's normal for two warring sides to be hostile to each other, but why would these soldiers be hostile to them?

Below Attila seemed to feel this too, and she could only sigh when she saw this, and walked back to climb the rope ladder.

"What's wrong?" At this time, Sylvid and Sophie also walked out from behind, and the latter couldn't help but whisper when she saw this scene.

Fang Yu was reaching out and pulling Miss Elf up from below. Attila let out a light breath before she said to the others, "I don't know, but we are not the only ones who have been stopped here, some caravans and adventurers have also stopped in front. ”

"They don't seem to allow anyone from the north to pass through."

"How is that possible?"

"So what do we do?" The box asked.

"Maybe you can take a detour," Sophie thought for a moment, "I know of a trail that leads south of the Great Gorge, but to get to the Ash Mountains will have to take a detour." ”

But Attila shook her head. "If Miss Sophie knew the way, the locals would know better, and what if there was a garrison there?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

Tianlan glanced down, frowned, and said, "Why don't we leave this place first?" ”

Her proposal was unanimously agreed, and although I don't know where the hostility of the soldiers below came from, it was true that staying in this place did not give people a sense of security.

It's just that Attila was about to go down again to make Mr. Greystone turn around, when the big cat man behind everyone suddenly sighed softly.

It was the tallest, and naturally it could see clearly, but before the big cat could speak, Baggins, who was in charge of looking at the wind in front, had already turned around and said to them: "Someone is coming." ”

Hearing this, Fang Yu walked to the side of the boat, looked out, and found that sure enough, a person in the costume of a clerk separated the soldiers and walked to this side.

The other party walked under the platform, raised his head and asked, "Are you going to Dulun?" ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, and subconsciously looked at Fang Yuan.

Fang Yu pondered for a moment before nodding - he thought to himself that through the Tulip Castle, the only destination was Dulun, and the team that arrived at this place would of course go to Dulun.

I don't know what the other party means by asking more.

Unexpectedly, the clerk shouted, "If you want to pass through this place, it's not impossible, but our commander wants to see you—"

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