Roland returned to the center of the camp, the blood on the ground was still there, and the tragic scene of the fierce battle last night could be vaguely seen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It was already dark and the campfire was still burning. Vigraf stood at the fire and prayed that Valkyrie would bring the souls of his comrades who had died last night back to the Garden of Joseph, and that Kord's Valhalla would have a place for them to enjoy a never-ending feast in the heavens.

After a few moments, Vigraf ended his prayers, extinguished the campfire, took out the ashes of his comrades, and sealed them in the horns of the ox according to the custom of the Northland hill people, so that he could return to Kitland and hand them over to the families of the martyrs.

Roland discovers that Viglaf has only four companions left with him, and that the rest of the mercenaries have died in the fierce battle last night. The loss of so many comrades, Vigraf and the surviving mercenaries did not show any sadness, in the minds of these brave and fierce Northland men, it is not sad to die in battle, but a noble honor, this is their belief.

Viglaf handed over his comrades' relics to his men for safekeeping, turned to Roland and said, "Mr. Knight, you have come just in time, and I hope to get your understanding for something. ”

Roland nodded, signaling that if he had something to say, he might as well speak directly.

"As you can see, last night's bloody battle cost me a lot of my brothers, Uncle Mikhail also lost a lot of my fellows, and now we are seriously understaffed, if we continue along the original route, we will pass through areas infested with bandits, those guys are like hyenas who bully the weak and fear the hard, and we dare not come out to harass when we are in order, and now we have suffered heavy losses, they are like sharks that smell blood, and they are likely to swarm around and bite wildly, which will make our situation even more dangerous."

"So you're going to change your route?" Roland heard what he meant.

Viglav nodded, and continued, "Uncle Mikhail sent a letter to the headquarters of the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce in Baiou Harbor with the 'Communication Stone', reporting what happened to us last night, and requesting that the headquarters send someone to support as soon as possible. Just now, the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce replied, let's go to the White Dragon Canyon, not far from here, to meet the delegation led by Victoria Yamabo, and then go to Kitland together. ”

"Victoria Yangbo......" Roland groaned and looked up to ask him, "This honorable sea elf lady is the sister of the 'Storm Lord' Lyuboff Yangbo, and the vice president of the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce in Baigull Harbor?" ”

"Ms. Victoria is not only the vice president of the Yangbo Chamber of Commerce, but also the head of the 'Pearl Knights' of the White Gull Port Coast Guard, known as the 'Pearl Knights'." Vigraf explained.

Although Roland is not from the Northland, he has also heard of the reputation of this "Pearl Knight", and he has a good strength, and considering that this woman is of noble birth, as the princess of the sea elf clan, she must be accompanied by bodyguards when she goes out, and the caravan walks with her, and her safety is guaranteed.

"If Mr. Roland is not in a hurry, he can simply go to the White Dragon Canyon with us, and go on the road together after meeting with the Pearl Knight, so that we can take care of it."

Roland thought about it for a while, and agreed to the proposal because he thought it was a good one.

"By the way, you just said that the Pearl Knight led a delegation to Kitland, can you tell us what the nature of the visit was?"

Roland suddenly remembered that Harbor of White Gull had frequent trade with Kitland City, and that the Yanbo sisters had a good personal relationship with the Beowulf couple, and that Victoria Yanbo would not shoulder a special diplomatic mission during her visit to Kitland, and she did not know if it would conflict with her own plans.

"The Pearl Knight led a team to visit, nominally to watch the upcoming tournament, but according to the people around her, the Pearl Knight himself also wants to form a team to participate in the tournament and is eager to win the championship trophy."

Vigraf's answer sent a stone to Roland's heart. It seems that this female knight is quite competitive and aggressive, and people with this personality usually do not have too deep scheming and are relatively easy to deal with.

"Is there anything else Mr. Roland is up to?" Vigraf asked.

"It's a little bit of a thing, or something strange to show you, to be exact." Roland took out a cast-iron plaque from a small cloth bag, carved with a strange pattern—a pitch-black iron glove clenched into a fist, and six arrows in his palm.

Vigraf took the iron card, his face changed dramatically after just one glance, and he suddenly looked up at Roland: "Where did this come from?!" ”

"I found it from the troll shaman." Roland stared into Vigraf's eyes and asked softly, "Do you know what the insignia on this iron plate represents?" ”

Vigraf nodded with difficulty.

"This is the evil emblem of the 'hand holding the arrow' and the believers of the 'war scourge'!"

Roland couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, he had an ominous premonition when he saw this iron plate, and it turned out that as expected, Lucia, who was full of disasters, was destined to become a place of strife.

"War scourge" is the nickname of the "tyrannical god" Hexsto, this evil god is also known as the "evil fighter", "hell herald", in charge of tyranny, war, slaughter and conflict, and the "god of killing" Eresnu, the "dragon goddess" Tiamat, the "orc god" Guush, the "god of death" Naraku, is one of the most powerful and brutal gods in the Varestian universe, the "god of courage" Heryonis's old enemy, ironically - these two opposing gods are also half-brothers.

"Obviously, the trolls who attacked us last night weren't rogue gangsters, at least their leader was a follower of Hexstow, Vigraf, what do you think about this?"

The young dragon totem warrior's face was solemn: "Mr. Roland, please forgive my pessimistic premonition, the Troll Clan has long been reduced to vassals of the 'War Scourge Fortress', if their raid last night was on orders, then this order can only come from Grande, who is the leader of all the War Scourge Believers in the Northlands." ”

"War-torn fortress?" Roland was unfamiliar with the organization.

"This is a new force rising in the Lucia Mountains, they occupy the territory of the former orc royal court, and rebuild the castle on the ruins, they have their own faction, and their power has expanded rapidly in recent years."

After listening to Vigraf, Roland gained a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the ******** in the north.

The vast snowfields block north-south traffic, and intelligence updates often fail to keep up with the change in form. In the eyes of the nobles of the Fort of Atonement, the northern mountains are nothing more than three major forces - the Dragon's Eye, the Kitland Fortress, and the Orc Horde.

In fact, this traditional notion is outdated. As early as two years ago, the orc tribe was driven down the mountain by the "Dragon's Eye", and the resulting power vacuum was filled by another group of newly rising bandits, the "Hexstov Believers", and occupied the original Orc King City as a base camp, renamed it the "War Fortress". (To be continued.) )