The Sosa she was referring to was her third child, a teenager who had just turned fifteen. After Randall Jeffrey's death, the viscountess was grief-stricken, but she quickly remembered her power within the Jeffrey family-

In a knightly family like Jeffrey, who is based on martial arts, the succession of the title is not passed down from generation to generation, but the strongest of the younger generation is selected from all the branches.

This is the difference between most of the nobles of the northern frontier and the nobles of the southern kingdom.

The snow of the outside world reflected the sun, the air was fresh, and the vision was bright - in the tavern hall of "The Wolf and the Whistle", the waitress returned to the side of the counter and looked at the last two guests.

Joko left the table, and he walked over to the counter.

"Accommodation."

"Didn't you—didn't you rush here to join the quest?"

As if missing her husband and children at home, the ordinary-looking middle-aged waitress was a little out of her mind, and it wasn't until Choco stood in front of her that she came back to her senses.

"No, we're just passing through."

The wild mage does not change his face when he lies, and it is his usual style to plan and then act. What's more, he firmly believed that even if he and his companion Dwarf Tobu acted alone, they would have enough confidence to win this lucrative mission reward.

Crucially, he never liked to hang out with too many people.

……

One by one, the mercenaries in the Ampton mines turned around and left, and they didn't know that they had escaped at this time-

The bandits removed the bodies of the previous two groups of mercenaries and threw them into the valley near the mine, where they had already frozen to the ground like stones in the cold winter when the snow began to fall—

Hungry vultures and gray wolves may find them, leaving behind a pile of scattered bones.

Pick up trouble at the door, kill it or bury it.

These were the harsh words that Gross threw out when he met the first group of mercenaries, and in fact, they did.

This time, however, Gross has reversed his attitude.

The murderous bandit leader has changed sex?

Gross, who has experienced the plot and cultural background of the game "Strife", naturally does not have such a bodhisattva heart, he is only thinking about the future.

Stewart, a middle-aged man with a dark complexion and a look like a down-and-out farmer, stood in front of him.

A pair of ancient eyes looked at him without waves, and did not speak. Although he has never spoken much, it is very unusual for him to be silent in such a situation.

Gross knew that this man had many doubts in his heart, and he suddenly smiled - according to the self-consistent logic of the tasks in the game, even if the current time does not correspond to the time when the task started, those rewards will never change much because of this.

This was confirmed as early as a month ago in Karthas, when he rescued Eve, the daughter of merchant Ignati Woods, from the hands of the "Dragon's Brotherhood".

The inheritance of [Warrior Steel Heart], when I think of this, Gross's heart can't help but be hot.

"You came here to join this mission, and you must have been very embarrassed at hand."

Gross said.

Stewart remained silent, seemingly hesitating for a moment, and nodded.

"Because of his wife's illness, all of Rael has been used to buy holy water?"

Hesitantly, he continued to nod.

Stewart stared at the young bandit leader who called himself "Gross," and he tried to remember the well-defined face of the young man who knew everything about him, and looked like an old friend.

But most of his old friends were about his age, and there was no such young guy at all.

If you calculate according to time, at that time, this young man was just a child with snot bubbles.

The same question, Stewart blurted out again, "Who are you?" ”

Gross did not answer.

It's not that he doesn't want to answer, it's just that the traverser's ability to predict the development of things is by no means something that can be explained clearly in a few words-

This is Gross's biggest secret, and he has long decided to keep these things in his heart forever, even if he is a companion of the bandits, even if he is a mage who is getting closer and closer, he will not say a word or two.

"I once heard your story, the master swordsman of the Boomer mercenaries, a warrior from the Tatos hills, Mr. Stewart 'Black Barrier'."

Groston paused, and the bandit companions were still behind him, and he noticed the rusty iron armor on the man, and the broad, black, heavy, two-handed sword in his scabbard—

He still remembered that this two-handed greatsword belonging to the "Black Barrier" Stewart, unlike ordinary weapons, it was made of black steel in the Andventor region of the Malwee Allied Nation, and it was extremely heavy, and it had the characteristics of being strong and demon-breaking.

These two characteristics, sturdy and easy to understand, are literal, which is also the origin of the title "Black Barrier", this sword is also called "shield sword" in the game;

And demon breaking means that the barrier of all elements can be broken - in front of this weapon, the mage's mana shield is completely useless.

He is also a member of the Mithril Hermit Society, the inheritor of Gross's current school of inauguration, Warrior Steelheart.

"Your wife's illness is not what you think, in fact, it is a chronic plague from the spirits of the undead of Diel."

Gross finally threw a bombshell, only to see the man's face change - his dark face flashed a red tide of excitement, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Radiant.

"Are those necromancers doing it?"

He asked, and Gross stood beside him, noticing that his body was trembling slightly. He had loved his wife for more than a decade, and Gross was shocked and then angry when he suddenly said the news.

"Not exactly, to be exact, a lich apothecary's methods."

"But I used holy water—"

Stewart knew that the Holy Radiance Church and the Dil undead were natural mortal enemies, and the holy water had a great restraining effect on the undead, but Gross just looked at him silently with a sympathetic look, "Could it be that those holy waters are fake?" ”

"The holy water is real, but the potion that spreads the chronic plague is a new product."

"But ......"

"Do you remember the name of the priest that your wife came into contact with?"

"Martí Enks, this priest is kind, kind, and has a good reputation......"

Gross smiled, and unconsciously, the two of them were a little closer, "Perhaps, all this is just a cover for hypocrisy." ”

In the previous game, this task required the player to find evidence, but as a time-traveler, Gross didn't mind telling Stuart some truths first-

"You mean ......"

"I don't know if you've paid close attention, but this priest's left little finger is missing half a finger."