Act XLVI. Prepare for battle
The winter nights were long and lonely, and by the time the morning stars twinkled in the east and the three moons faded away, Verahir's men had already packed their belongings, extinguished the bonfires that had burned all night, and were ready to go. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Roughly comparing with the game map in his mind, Shiloh guessed that they should be on the border of the territory of the fog dragon Arnoll Lund, and in less than half an hour to travel to the towering World Tree Bud, they would be able to reach the center of the dense fog and face the gold-level boss-level monster.
"So, Mr. Shiloh, are you going to crusade against the legendary god of fog?"
Seeing that the Asterians did not seem to have any intention of retreating, William spoke to Hiloh.
"Yes, because in the next battle, we need to rely on the terrain advantage here to occupy the commanding heights, so we must crusade against the fog dragon Arnoll Lund here, that is, the god of fog in your mouth, it dominates the monsters in this forest, and it is a gold-level monster."
"So, can we go together?"
William leaned closer to Shiloh and whispered.
"This ......"
Shiloh pretended to be embarrassed and said hesitantly.
"We wanted to let you leave the Misty Forest and return to Charandel, after all, the next battle may be extremely dangerous, and General Strass may not be able to take care of you......"
"It's okay, we have this trusty Mr. Gerson to protect us."
William replied in confusion, gesturing at Gerson, who was holding a giant axe.
"The contract is still there, and we still have an employment relationship, Mr. Gerson."
"I don't need you to remind me, I know!"
Gerson didn't seem to be in a good mood, after all, he had lost so many of his comrades, and even if he could get a good reward, for him, the lives of his comrades could not be bought with any amount of money. But now, under the constraints of the contract, he can only obey the orders of the Eld dwarf in front of him, Gerson secretly swore in his heart that after returning to Charandel, he must let the arrogant William in front of him. There is a good look in the distant mountains.
"Mr. Gerson, you have lost a lot of brothers, and now you have injuries on your body, it is better to stay here with Mr. William, after all, the fog dragon Arnoll Lund is a gold-level monster, even if you have silver strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to protect yourself easily."
Shiloh seemed to be very intimate to persuade Gerson.
But in the middle of speaking, the expression on Gerson's face changed, and he raised an eyebrow, looked directly at Shiloh, and interrupted Shiloh in a resentful tone.
"What do you think of me, I'm Elan. Gerson is the leader of the famous Skylark Mercenary Regiment, how can he be timid because of this little thing, you just said that the god of fog is the ruler of this forest, right, then the attack we encountered yesterday was most likely done by this guy, even if it is to avenge the dead brothers, I will kill this guy. ”
Gerson has a natural leadership temperament, and of course he is quite righteous towards the mercenaries in his regiment, and Shiloh only provoked him to choose to follow them towards Trasil, the sprout of the World Tree.
In fact, Gerson's best choice is to leave this forest directly to the east, but in that case, they may be attacked by monsters halfway, although Gerson's strength is not a trouble to deal with, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not encounter such a powerful monster as before, at that time it will be unlucky, Gerson is based on this consideration, so he chose to follow the Astel people.
Of course, from Shiloh's point of view, he knew that there were no more than silver monsters in this forest except for the Fog Dragon, and the bronze-level beasts were no match for the leader of the Skylark Mercenary Regiment, and if Gerson chose to retreat directly, he would be able to leave this forest by evening at most.
Taking advantage of the asymmetry of information, he successfully persuaded the silver-level warrior to join his crusade army, and by the way, increased the chances of contact with William and them.
"Mr. William, since you are going to follow, we can't help it, just explain first, the next battle is quite dangerous, I hope you can protect yourself."
He said to William, paused, and continued to speak, as if remembering something.
"Well, since your goal is the Tears of the Mist, then if you succeed in the crusade against the Mist Dragon, this material can also be given to you."
"Really, Mr. Shiloh?"
William seemed a little hard to believe Shiloh's words, because for him, the priest of Astre had only saved himself and Luluan, and now he had made a promise to give them the spoils of the crusade against the monsters, and the clever El knew that this could not be explained by kindness alone.
"I can vouch for it, I wonder what Mr. William thinks?"
Princess Elyfils said that she had heard of Shiloh's plan and knew that what to do now was to put the other party at ease.
"Since the princess of Astor has said so, then I no longer doubt it."
A deal had been made between the conversations, and William thought for a moment before asking again.
"I wonder if Mr. Shiloh needs our help?"
Equivalent exchange is a common law in all worlds, and William guessed that the other party might want some of Charandel's technology, or maybe it was the relevant literature of the Sage's Legacy that he talked about yesterday, but Shiloh just smiled and shook his head.
"Let's wait until we get back from victory, now is not the time to talk about this kind of gossip."
It's not time yet, Shiloh thought.
If he rashly said his true intentions at this time, then this William. I'm afraid Yuanshan will have to weigh whether this Tear of Fog is important, or his position in Charander's country is important.
Shiloh had not heard of the nobles with the surname Far Mountain in the capital of Charandel Greenwich in his previous life, so it is very likely that the two siblings were the heirs of a certain lord of Charandel, and the family that could easily take out 100,000 gold coins was not much in Charandel, and a little investigation might be able to know their background.
But in any case, they, or the family forces behind them, may not have much say in the Chalandel Supreme Council, so it is actually quite risky to say that Chalandr will come forward to contain Wendland, and if it is attacked by political opponents, it is likely to incur greater danger.
Therefore, Shiloh is now trying to make William realize that Astelle is not without investment value through a series of actions, at least, to show Aster's will in front of William, and at the same time, Shiloh also wants to know more information about the Sage's legacy, if he is not mistaken, the inheritance he got is likely to be one of the Sage's relics.
"Pretending to be mysterious, don't you just want money?"
On the side, Luluan scoffed at Shiloh's actions, she didn't seem to like Shiloh very much from the beginning of the meeting, although the young man in front of her seemed to be quite reliable, but Luluan just couldn't change her opinion of him, after all, when they met for the first time, Shiloh's treacherous performance left a deep impression on Luluan.
"Luluan, pay attention to the image."
Although William is rough, he also understands the importance of etiquette, the Asters are their saviors, and Shiloh is obviously the existence of this group of people after Her Royal Highness and the Ranger General, and has a deeper meaning to Her Royal Highness, so he stopped his sister's rudeness.
"It's okay, I don't care too much about other people's opinions."
Shiloh smiled, and Vera Hill beside him had already taken a step.
"There's no time for small talk, let's go."
"Then let's talk as we go."
Shiloh motioned for William to come along, and he himself followed the Ranger General's pace.