Act XXVIII. The Bronze Key
"Smack——!
The sparkling blade of ice struck the mast with a strong wind, blasting through the sky of broken ice and sawdust. But Rout was quick to react, leaping from the mast beam long before he dodged the blow.
Then Brando heard a series of swishing cables breaking, and he watched as the cables tied to the crossbar began to bounce off one by one from where the ice blades had struck, and then the huge sails fell from the mast with the sound of a white flag being lowered, enveloping everyone on deck.
White Mist let out a low roar, and her hair stood up like pins and needles, and she was about to launch a second attack, but at this moment Brando groped under the sail and grabbed her.
"Don't be impulsive, Lady White Mist!" He shouted.
"Get out of the way, I'm going to have to kill this damn bug today!" The white mist let out a series of low growls.
This adjective seems to infuriate the arrogant elven gentleman in mid-air, "Who do you say is the mosquito!" Rout replied angrily. He clenched his hands weakly, and an elemental sword that burned with fire appeared in his hand.
"I'm talking about bed bugs!"
"Enough, you two!" Brando lifted the canvas and rescued Miss Elf from the cable, and when he looked up to see the flaming sword in Root's hand, he finally became angry.
This is no joke, although his sword will not hurt the people on the ship, but the boat will probably not be saved.
Brando said angrily: "White Mist, you are the saint of ancient witches, and Mr. Root, you are a family member of Fusedus, please show at least your bearing!" ”
Of course, he was not just a mouth cannon, the power of the law of space instantly diffused, and the white mist directly snorted and the magic gathered around his body dissipated, and the fire element in Lute's hand was torn apart. It is no longer possible to maintain the shape of the longsword.
"It's ...... The power of Jin Yan! He couldn't help but look surprised.
The white mist pursed her lips, and she didn't know whether she was violently subdued by Brando, or moved by the word 'bearing' in Brando's mouth, she snorted lightly, jumped to the mast base on the side, and didn't bother with the others.
"I'm so sorry." Brando had time to apologize to Miss Leprechaun on the side. The latter's hair was a little messy, and she just straightened it with a calm face, then glanced at Brando, shook her head and replied, "It's okay." ”
Soon the other Tirmoths climbed out from under the sails, and most of the wise men from the various groups shook their heads in response to Brando's apology.
Only the seafolk of Rouss seemed slightly unhappy—for the ship was theirs—but they didn't come out either.
Rout flew in the air for a while, making sure that the white mist was no longer paying attention to him before flying back and landing on the mast. He frowned and felt a little annoyed, in fact he didn't think he was a troublemaker—he swore in the name of the Golden Flame, and he didn't feel that anything he had just said was wrong in the slightest—at least he thought so.
So he was very angry that he was being attacked. Originally, he moved his mouth and wanted to fight back at Bai Mist, but he looked at Brando, who was angry, and finally endured it.
After a long period of confusion on the ship before it was reorganized, the Tirmoths rolled up the canvas and withdrew it into the bilge, while Brando looked up at the leprechaun and asked him, "Mr. Root, shall I call you that?" ”
"You can just call me Root, or whatever you want." The goblin replied, "Because you're a member of the Flame Blade, it's okay to call me whatever you want." ”
Brando was a little speechless. I'd love to explain that this was a polite question, rather than really having to seriously discuss what I wanted to call him.
He thought for a moment before he said, "Then Lute, I'm very concerned about the previous question, you said that there are seven elemental orbs, which means that the natural orbs are real?" ”
In fact, ever since Sidney told him about the significance of the Elemental Orb at the time of East Mez. He had always been interested in the subject, and the power of the Flame Orb and the Dark Orb in his body had shown an extremely high level of power in the Battle of Rusta, and he was very suspicious that this power might have something to do with the legendary power of existence, or even the method of the people of Black Iron to truly perfect their bodies.
But unfortunately, since he felt the power of the Flame Orb in the Cold Dew Manor, Odefus's will seemed to fall into a deep sleep again, and no matter how much he mobilized, he could no longer urge it to move the slightest. In addition to being able to wield the power of the Flame Blade. He could no longer feel the existence of the flame orb in his body.
So now he is desperate to know about Yiqiē related to it.
To Brando's question, Root nodded, "Because that was never a legend." ”
Brando nodded, not questioning, nor asking the question of where the Orb of Nature should be born if there is no natural plane in this world. Because such a question is even more nonsense than asking why the elves know the names of other kindreds, although there are only four worlds in the elemental barrier, namely the Storm Stopping Mountain, the Stone Pivot, the Scorching River and the Shallow Sea, but light, darkness and natural elements have their own rich places, and in the most original world of these three elements, there is nothing strange about the existence and birth of natural orbs.
"You said they were the keys?" Brando asked, "But I've never heard of it, what are they's the keys, Root?" ”
"There's a secret involved—"
"If it's inconvenient," Brando hurriedly said, "we can skip the topic." ”
"No," the goblin shook his head earnestly, "I mean, it's a secret, but if Mr. Brando wants to know, I'll tell you too." ”
"Why do you say that?" Brando was a little strange, he always felt that this little goblin was a little inexplicably close to himself, when he used the power of the law to interrupt the opponent's spell before, he felt that the other party's power level was not much lower than his own, but he was unusually obedient.
Root thought for a moment before replying, "Probably because you are a dependant of the Flame Blade, I feel that I can't hide anything from you - the Fire Scepter Odysphes is the supreme thing of the Fire Elemental Realm, although I don't know if you have the ability to inherit the Golden Flame Will, but I will examine you." ”
Brando had just had a little affection for this little goblin, and at this moment he was suddenly a little embarrassed by the word "investigation". He smiled bitterly, "Well, as you wish—then please go ahead and talk about the seven orbs—or the scepter, I've heard similar things, but not as sure as you say." ”
"That's the seven scepters," replied Rutter affirmatively, his voice singing a light song, as common to the elves, "and they are not just scepters, but are made as keys, which are called 'Bronze Keys' in the Poetry of the Firmament." ”
"Keys?" Brando recalled the name 'Bronze Key', and he quickly remembered a legend that was part of the mountain folk legend, known to mortals as the Arcane Epic, which told the story of a mortal hero.
This hero is not well-known in Vainde, but he is the greatest hero of the mountain people, because he is the first king of the mountain people. Legend has it that he opened the treasure of Wallach, the treasure of the mountains, and established the kingdom of the mountain people with extraordinary wealth.
Most of the mountain people of this era have inherited the memories of that era, even the mountain people like Akane, who are far away from their homeland.
In the midst of that history, the glorious kingdom was ruined by greed, and the hero eventually fell into old age, and legend has it that he was cursed by the gods and sunk into the ground with his treasure. For a long time afterward, the Empire, mountain people, and even foreign adventurers searched for a treasure trove about the king of the mountain people more than once, but found nothing.
Brando clearly remembers that the key he used to open the door to the treasure was mentioned in the epic, and it was described as follows-
A copper spoon covered in rust.
Patina, which is patina, is often used to describe history in the form of borrowing, so its meaning is often not understood superficially. Cangzhi's poem says that this is a bronze key, which is likely to be a metaphor for its secret connection with the word 'bronze'.
"Is it the epic of Aochen?" He asked.
The leprechaun nodded.
Brando's sudden realization is that in the previous life, like most players, he had studied the epic of the sky in depth, after all, this is a complete record of the endless secrets of Vaind's long history, although the mortal gains are only fragments, but it is also worth the time.
It was also thanks to the fact that he was able to understand Root's words so quickly.
"Those keys are just used to open the treasure house of Aochen?" He asked again.
This sounds ridiculous, Aochen's epic is just a fragment of the history of the mountain people, and its level is obviously not as good as the myth of the level of the elemental scepter.
The Sword of the Earth, Harangeah, is one of the most important legends of the Earth Temple, but it is only a part of the Scepter of the Earth.
But Root still nodded: "Aochen's treasury is only part of this legend, he only got the Dark Orb. ”
"I see," Brando nodded, "and what happens if you collect all seven keys?" ”
"I don't know," the leprechaun shook his head dryly, and replied with a straight face, "There is only one legend that the gods buried their secrets here—and that was a gate, and behind the door was the secret that brought the gods back to the world. ”
Let the gods return to the earth.
Brando's heart tightened at once.
…… (To be continued......)