"Do you hear that? It's strange that there is a whistle in the crater! Lyudmila said with a suspicious face.

Tonya, Nikolai, Peter, and Bafra all heard the strange roar and turned their eyes to the Balle Pass, wondering what secrets were hidden in the heart of the smoky volcano.

"The whistle sounded...... How can there be a whistle in the crater......" Malik, the director of the commune, muttered to himself, his face suddenly turned pale: "Could it be that the 'flute of Balle' that the old people in the village often talk about?!" ”

Roland turned to look at Malik: "'The Flute of Balles'?" If I'm not mistaken, the weird noise we're hearing at this moment has been seen before? ”

Malik nodded heavily, "Your Royal Highness, the old people of Valle Village occasionally tell stories about the volcano on the other side of the swamp, the most commonly mentioned of which is the volcanic anomaly more than fifty years ago, the scene at that time was similar to now, the volcano that had been silent for many years suddenly rose with smoke, and the lake formed by the snow in the mountain pass disappeared overnight, and instead of the snow filling the crater, it was a thick red hot magma, and the people at that time believed that this natural disaster was caused by a monster entrenched in the belly of the volcano, And worship this monster as a demon god, and every time there is a loud sound from the mountain pass, people say that it is 'the monster of Balle Volcano playing the flute', and they believe that this flute is a warning, and if we do not hurry up and offer sacrifices, the monster will rush out of the volcano with the lava, scorching the swamp to the scorched earth and burning our farmland and villages to ashes. ”

"If it weren't for the 'Flute of Balles' again, I would have taken it as an interesting folklore, Malik, and you go on to say, how did people do it later, that they really sacrificed themselves to the monsters in the volcano?" Roland asked with interest.

"If the stories of the elders hadn't been filled with too much fiction, there would have been not only great sacrificial ceremonies, but more than one time." Malik looked serious.

"Wait! Allow me to interject, what is the sacrifice? Lyudmila couldn't help but ask, "Could it be a human sacrifice?" ”

Cultists who worship demons or evil gods often express their devotion by killing living beings as sacrifices to idols. Lyudmila also heard Roland tell a terrifying legend that happened in the "Eastern Universe": in a great river called "Tongtian" lived a cruel and evil legendary warlock, it is said that he was born in the "Shahua Fish Man" tribe, or it may be an ancient fish monster, its magic is so powerful that it can instantly freeze the river up to 800 miles wide, and is revered by the locals and is called the "King of Inspiration", and every year a pair of young boys and girls must be sacrificed for blood sacrifice to avoid the poison of this evil warlock...... The female ranger had to worry that the monsters in Balle Volcano had the same cruel fetishes, but Malik's answer relieved her.

"Human sacrifice? The old man in the village didn't say this, and he probably could prepare a few cows and sheep. ”

"For the poor countrymen, cattle and sheep are the most valuable assets in the family, and frequent sacrifices may not be affordable." Roland whispered.

"That's a lot of money, and if it weren't for a Druid lady passing by here who drove away the monsters of Balle Volcano, the local residents would have had to flee, and the valley village would not be what it is today." Malik sighed.

"Lady Druid......" Roland made eye contact with Tonya, and there was a hint of realization in his eyes.

Just now, Tonya had mentioned that Valentina was particularly interested in Balre, and that she had investigated volcanic activity fifty years ago, and had managed to seal the rift in the depths of the volcano that connected to the fire elemental plane. At that time, Roland guessed that it would not be only the fire bat, a low-elemental creature that broke into the main material realm through the rift in the plane, and now after listening to the legend told by Malik, it is not difficult to speculate that the monster that made the whistle sound is probably also from the fire elemental plane, entrenched in the Balle Pass, and enjoyed the treatment of the "Mountain King" who was sacrificed for a period of time.

I don't know if it was the cattle and sheep sacrificed by the villagers to satisfy the monster's appetite, or for some other reason, it did not go down the mountain to burn the farmland, nor did it kill the local villagers, and maintained a peaceful time, but then it was bumped into by Valentina, who had rushed to survey the volcano, and was driven back to the fire elemental plane after a fierce battle.

"Malik, did the Druid Lady leave anything behind after she drove the monster away?" Roland then asked.

Malik frowned and tried to remember, and smiled apologetically: "I really can't remember the details of the story, His Royal Highness can ask the old people in the village, such as Granny Martha, she is the oldest person in the valley village, and may still have an impression of the past that she experienced in person." ”

Roland gladly accepted his suggestion and asked Granny Martha to inquire about the legend of Balreux Volcano. In this era of extreme scarcity of material life, the average life expectancy in rural areas is less than 40 years old, and Granny Martha, who is over 60 years old, can already be called "high life".

The old woman was in good health, with good legs and feet, and had a good memory. It didn't take much effort to recall what happened when she was a little girl, and the content was similar to what Malik had just said, but the description of the monster was much more vivid and rich.

"Speaking of the monster of the Balle Volcano, although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I heard the elders in the village say that it is a red monster that is half dragon and half snake, soaked in magma, and the villagers call it the 'Lava Snake' and the 'Lord of the Volcano', but the children are more accustomed to calling it 'Yanlong Balle', so that later many young people mistakenly thought that there was a monster before the Balle Volcano, and the volcano was named after the monster......"

The old woman told the story with a lot of eloquence and color, and there was a lot of momentum out of control. Roland had to interrupt her and force her back to the point.

"Granny Martha, do you still have an impression of the Druid lady who drove away the 'Flame Dragon Balle' in the first place?"

"Oh! The beautiful lady, I remember of course, had hair as beautiful as golden ears of wheat......"

As soon as Roland heard this, he was convinced that the Druid lady must be the Golden Dragon's sister, and it seemed necessary to talk to her about the revival of Balreux.

"That beautiful Druid lady not only drove away the monster in the volcano, but also cast a spell to cool the boiling volcano, and she warned us before leaving that unless the monster was killed completely, it would sooner or later come back to wreak havoc, and possibly even cause a volcanic eruption, so we were advised to move away." "Fifty years ago, there were several villages at the foot of the mountain, and then they were persuaded by the Druids to settle in this valley across the swamp, transforming our valley from a small village with only a dozen families to a large village with hundreds of families. ”