Chapter 572: Surprise
When he arrived in the village, Jeno did not immediately go to the temple, but inquired about the whereabouts of the Imero Stone in the tavern at the foot of the mountain.
Although the Emero Stone was carved from a fossilized lizard egg unearthed in the Sea of the Ghetto, there was no need for them to wander around the desert aimlessly.
However, it was disappointing that over the course of several days, he asked hundreds of passers-by one after another, but no one could provide any new information about the Imero Stone.
The clues about Ahri's background are broken again.
Ahri had long been accustomed to this, and if it was really that easy to find, then wouldn't her centuries-old search become a joke?
However, Jeno told Ahri not to give up, and perhaps the well-informed priests in the temple could answer her questions.
The next day, Jeno took the horns of Woddar to the temple to pay tribute.
The priest was overjoyed to learn that Jeno had killed a Vodand, and told him a lot about it, saying that it was a great honor, and that the village at the foot of the mountain was often attacked by such beasts, but there were fewer and fewer people who could solve the problem for them.
Jeno always felt that there was some origin between the forest fire that was ignited by the alchemy fire and Vodida, so he asked about the origin of Vodand.
"Woddar is not a native of the Nystaran Forest, but suddenly appeared one day, at an uncertain time, but it was already there when Noxus invaded Garin."
The priest, a middle-aged woman wrapped in a veil and wearing a robe, told Jeno.
"Could this be some kind of alchemy experiment caused by a mutation? While I was hunting for Vodjar, I found the wreckage of an alchemy jar blasted open in the forest. ”
This was difficult for the priestess to understand, so Jeno explained to her what alchemy was, and the Ionians always classified the incomprehensible as magic, and after understanding it, she bluntly denounced it as a magic that offended all spirits.
"But that's already an established fact, and I wonder what that forest fire was like more than a decade ago?" Jeno interrupted the priest's chatter.
"Fire? There are many theories about the cause of the fire. Some say that Noxus caused the war to spread into the forest when it invaded the area; It is also said that it was the Norwegian army that encountered the resistance of the forest during the landing, so it was set on fire; There is also a theory that Noxus created a fire with his own hands in order to deal with the demon who crawled out of the well. But one thing remains constant, no matter what, the fire is inseparable from Noxus. ”
As if remembering something, the priest said to Jeno again: "The demon in the well has helped us repel the army of Noxus, although it has caused unprecedented blood in this land, but the demon's predecessor is one of the members of the guardian arrow, if you want to know more, I can introduce you to Chimera, she is the mother of the hunter Valmao, she has come to the temple almost every day for more than ten years to pray, hoping to dispel the demon in his son's heart." ”
The priestess spoke with emotion, as if the scene was still vivid.
"No need." Jeno shook his head, "Is the demon gone?" ”
"Left."
Jano nodded, he knew.
Valmao and Kaye, two human souls residing in the body of the demon Varus who resides in the well.
At that time, Kaye was mortally wounded and dying in order to repel the Noxians who invaded the temple.
And in order to save him, his spirit rhino Valmao resolutely jumped into the well sealed with the bow of the Darkspawn in his arms, creating the three-in-one Varus.
Valmao's mother, Chimira, even had a few conversations with Varus, and rescued several Ionians from the red-eyed Varus.
Now that I think about it, this mother must have been over half a hundred years old, and she climbed such a long mountain to the temple every day to pray for her son, so it was obviously a little inappropriate for Jeno to bother the other party over a few topics he was already familiar with.
And Varus is gone, so he doesn't need to focus on him now, he should still try to figure out Ahri's background and the fire that burned down Niko's hometown.
Eventually, he asked about the origin of the Imero Stone, but unfortunately the priest was also unable to give him the answer he wanted.
Jeno went down the mountain in a huff, but he noticed something different from the chase games of several children.
He had heard from the few words they had come to know that they seemed to be following a strange man who didn't look like anything else.
So Jeno quietly walked behind the children, looked in the direction they were pointing, and was surprised to find a figure he was very familiar with in the alley in front of him.
Although the white coat was replaced by the traditional Ionian costume, and the shiny bald head was covered with a hat, the pair of yin owl eyes and thin side face were something that Jeno would never forget.
Sinjid!
How did he end up here?
Without thinking, Jeno rushed over, trying to force Sinjid into a no-man's alley to subdue him.
Sinjid also spotted Jeno who was chasing him, and immediately turned around and ran into the alley, which was exactly what he wanted.
When Jeno chased around a corner, he found a pile of test tube fragments on the ground, and colored chemical gases were emitting, and it was Sinjid who smashed an alchemy test tube here to stop him from pursuing.
Jeno looked at Sinjid, who was ten meters away, and then at the few children who were chasing behind him out of curiosity, gritted his teeth and quickly collected the fragments of the test tube, and then continued to chase Sinjid.
Sinjid couldn't outrun Jeno and was soon overtaken.
Seeing that Jeno had approached, Sinjid took out a test tube again and wanted to throw it at Jeno's feet and break it, but was restrained by Jeno with his strength.
"Stop polluting the land, you accomplice!" Jeno approached Sinjid from behind and pressed him against the wall, knocking his hat off, and his tall hooked nose came into close contact with the wall, causing him to bleed from the nose.
"I'm old, I don't run, I can't run." Nosebleeds trickled down from his nostrils, and Sinjid was out of breath for a moment, panting for a moment.
"Say, why are you here!" Jeno asked sharply.
"Because this is Baron Takeda's hometown, we fled here from Zu'an." Sinjid said hoarsely, his mouth flushed.
"Takeda Saito? Where is he now! "Jeno naturally remembered Takeda Saito, the alchemy baron who joined forces with Ergart to subvert Zuan, and secretly created a large number of highly toxic alchemy potions in the depths of Zuan, indirectly harming the Ionians who lost one of his arms.
"Tell you I'm still alive?" Singild's gloomy gaze swept over again, and he looked gloomily at Jeno.
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