Act 117 from the Lair (2nd Update)

"How?" Brando replied that this was indeed a problem. This wealth is so precious that it seems to give people a feeling that it is not safe to put it there.

They must continue deep into the forest to find the legendary Valhalla, but it is not reassuring to leave these eggs here, even if they are in the Black Forest.

"Little one," Curran said in a slow, heavy tone, "my advice is that you escort these eggs back to the realm at once. ”

Brando shook his head.

Curran stared at him, "What is there in the forest that is so attractive, even more valuable than these eggs?" ”

Brando thought for a moment, Valhalla's value was immeasurable, and it was really worth more than these eggs. But it didn't mean that these eggs could be given up, he thought for a moment and replied:

"I've figured out a way to leave someone here."

"Keep people?" The old man shook his head again and again: "Who?" This is the Black Forest. ”

"It is precisely because it is the Black Forest, I have thought that there will not be too many outsiders here, and there may be some monsters in the forest, but the breath of the five-headed snake lizard is still here, and low-level monsters will not rush in."

Brando replied, "As for high-level monsters, they all have their own territories, and they generally don't roam lightly. What's more, this is the outer edge of the Black Forest, and the five-headed snake lizard is already in the sky, and it can be said to be the top of the food chain here. ”

Kuran suddenly became alert: "You are talking to me so much, it can't be some intention, right?" ”

Brando smiled mysteriously.

"I said, I never thought I was in the same league as you, so you're not afraid that I'll run away with these eggs?" Kuran couldn't help but ask angrily: "Of course I can't take them all, but it's okay to take one or two." ”

"This is the Black Forest, Master Kuran." Brando smiled kindly: "Can you walk out without a druid leading the way?" ”

The old man was suddenly suffocated, and his eyebrows raised: "What, you still want to threaten me?" ”

The young lord hurriedly shook his head, and he replied with a smile, "Of course not, just joking with you. Actually, I've thought about it for a long time, I'm going to leave a small group of fire-clawed lizardmen here, they should be enough to guard against some beasts that rush in, not to mention that kind of thing is just in case. ”

Curran snorted: "That's good, don't joke about me, little one" But saying that, he was still a little faintly lost in his heart, and Brando's doing this showed that the young man still didn't believe him.

While the two were talking, suddenly a commotion from the depths of the cave interrupted their words, and Brando turned back in a daze, and then saw a young man stumbling out of that direction.

He recognized the young man as the third group, the men of Calglis, and at first he sent the third group down the cave to see if there was anything inside.

Did you find something?

Brando had guessed that the depths of the cave were connected to an underground river, and he had sent someone to take a look with the mindset that it would be foolproof - maybe there were some magical materials, such as fluorescent moss or something.

But he looked at the young man's panicked expression, and couldn't help but think that if there was really fluorescent moss underneath - then it would have to be at least the size of a football field to make this guy look like this.

He immediately gestured to silence the other party, and then asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Collar ...... Lord Lord...... "The young man shouted breathlessly, "Ka, Captain Karglis told you, you'd better come and see for yourself......"

Brando and Kuran glanced at each other, what was that guy Cagliss doing?

But he nodded anyway, motioning for the other party to lead the way, and then followed with the others. After leaving the five-headed lizard's lair, the underground cavern began to become narrow and elongated, and the surrounding walls could barely be seen in the darkness, and the surrounding walls were smooth, and there were indeed signs of running water.

But those traces are very old.

Brando looked at the floor and the walls on either side to make sure that there were no signs of any creature, at most small footprints, presumably from small rodents like mice, and were not threatening.

The top of the cave was devoid of any of the familiar signs, such as tentacles, mutant bats, or twisted throats that liked to lurk among stalactites.

They walked along the past underground river for several minutes, and there was a flash of fire in front of them, and in the light of the fire Brando saw Calglis and four other young men, as Merial and the other half of the third group were still on the ground, and in fact Karglis had set off with only half of the group.

Even so, of course, they were the best of the young people, so Brando could safely entrust them with the most dangerous work.

When Brando arrived, Calglis and the others were resting by the torches, and when they saw their lord appear, they immediately stood up and saluted:

"Lord Lord," Sir Mintai's lawless little son rubbed his hands together, as if with a troubled expression, "We've found something that can't be handled. ”

"Can't handle it?" Brando was stunned, he stopped and asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"How can I say it......" Karglis's expression was very strange, "I can't describe it in words." ”

Brando's expression made him wonder what kind of thing he had to do to make this young man who was not afraid of the sky and the earth show such a look as if he had seen the sky fall.

But he thought this guy had better not joke with himself, or he would know what the price of the joke was.

Of course, he had another ridiculous idea - he couldn't help but wonder if it was really a piece of fluorescent moss the size of a football field.

"Anyway, my lord, come and have a look." Karglis coughed and replied.

Then he stepped aside and reached out to lead Brando.

Brando nodded, and walked over with the other - what appeared to be the exit from the underground tunnel, and the young lord saw the light at the exit.

He was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that it was really fluorescent moss?

But when he reached the edge of the exit, the whole person froze, and he opened his mouth slightly, but he could not make a single sound.

Or it would be more appropriate to say that it was petrified, for a brilliant brilliance caught Brando's eyes, and it was like a terrifying magic light that immobilized him to make him motionless.

That's a crystal mine.

It's a magic crystal mine that can't be seen as far as the eye can see underground.

……

Fir collar -

Brando seemed to have really anticipated the old knight's intentions, and in the week since he left for the Black Forest, the whole south of Tonigel had been calm, and there seemed to be no sense of the atmosphere of the coming war.

Of course, life was not so good in the north, and Tajib and his clan tasted the sweetness of the plunder, so they attacked even more vigorously.

Although he had been ambushed by the old knight once or twice, for the most part it was painful for all the troops stationed in Pallas.

On the other side, in the city of fir, on this day, the charr found the master smith Berau. In fact, after Antitina left, the two were almost in charge of the administration and construction of the territory.

As for the Merchant, after sorting out and redrawing an account, she became idle. But as Brando expected, she seemed unusually disciplined, except that she ran to a fixed position at a bar every day and sat from the afternoon until after the sun went down-

According to her, this is where Brando used to be, and she wants to take a place for Brando.

For such a practice, others naturally turn a blind eye, as long as this eldest lady does not demolish Fir City, it is already thankful.

Of course, for Beru, it doesn't matter if she demolishes Fir City, as long as his forge is fine. As always, he crouched on the steps outside the workshop and took out his pipe and tried to light it, but he soon realized that no matter how hard he tried, none of the sparks he shot made would fall into the pipe.

There was even one that rolled around the edge of the pipe three times before it went out.

This is obviously not a normal thing.

So the old man looked up, and sure enough, he saw Charles standing not far away in a light purple robe and grinning, he snorted and muttered, "Damn wizard"

But he didn't dare say it out loud, he dared to confront Brando, but wizards are mysterious creatures, and God knows if they'll cast a spell on you while you're asleep?

Beru looked up and muttered, "Well, Lord Charles, why are you coming to me again?" Or is it just to play with me, the poor old man? ”

"Don't you dare," Charles hurriedly shrugged, "I'm here to discuss something with you, Master." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Your Excellency has given me an order."

"Huh?" Beru probably knew that the young wizard had some special way of contacting the lord.

"I mean—" Charles thought for a moment, and decided to state the matter in a more tactful way, so as not to frighten the old man when he spoke, "Master Berau, how likely do you think we are to open a path into the Black Forest?" ”

"Forge a path?" Beru was stunned: "I see, you want to get some resources from the Black Forest border?" It's a bit of a hassle, the investment may not make ends meet, there are not many good things on the edge of the Black Forest, but it takes a lot of investment to maintain such a road. ”

He thought for a moment: "Tonigel may not be able to support it. ”

"What if it's a death order?" Charles asked again.

"He's crazy" Beru suddenly realized that this wizard was the master's subordinate, and he hurriedly changed his words: "Then it depends on how much he wants to go into the Black Forest, I think, the distance of a day or two should not be a big problem." ”

"My lord means," Charles replied with a grin, "at least a week's journey." ”

"Impossible"