Act 114: The Black Forest Border (Part 1)
Act 114 Black Forest Frontier (2nd Update)
Brando understood Tamar's thoughts.
The Black Forest is a wild land that has never been cultivated, where few humans have set foot in it, the rules affected by chaos are renewed every once in a while, and the forest is full of strange lights, and there are treasures buried under the surface that humans can never imagine.
And because of the influence of the magic moon, the forest is not only full of all kinds of monsters, but also magical plants, and in some places the magic power gathers, and even forms a large open-air magic crystal mine - the stream flows with sparkling gems, and the fountain gushes out gold coins, which is not only described in poetry, but may also become a reality here.
The Black Forest is not only a forbidden area for civilization, but also an unknown treasure house in the eyes of mankind, but since the Second Holy War, many peoples on the continent have been exhausted by internal friction, and the magnificent scene of the historical pioneer knights pouring into the jungle can never be reproduced.
However, the bizarre legends of history have survived, and the legends say that the forests are rich in rare materials - moonlit rivers that bring the dead to life, the red veins of the earth that hide the blood of sages that can turn steel into gold, the dragon's graveyard with dragon bones that are more precious than diamonds, and the leaves that can be lit to produce heavenly illusions.
This qiē is the greatest treasure in the eyes of the alchemist, and as long as he obtains one of them, he can make a legendary item that is enough to leave a name for a lifetime. Every alchemist yearns for the Black Forest, but most who dare to enter it themselves are mostly killed.
This is another fact, the Black Forest is also the area with the highest concentration of monster nests.
"Master Tamar can actually entrust me directly," Brando shook his head, "Actually, I was negligent, forgetting that the Black Forest is the treasure house that every alchemist yearns for." ”
"Actually, I think Master Tamar also has his own concerns." Antitina suddenly smiled and replied.
"What do you mean?"
"Just ask Tia." A noble girl rarely sold a pass.
Brando immediately looked at Flo.
The elder sister of the wild elves turned her head expressionlessly and shouted at her sister, "Tia-"
"Sister?" The younger sister ran back quickly, but when she saw that her sister was not good-looking, she immediately kept her distance obediently and cautiously, and asked cautiously, "Is there anything wrong, sister?" ”
"Your Excellency wants to ask you questions." Flo replied.
"Your Excellency?" Tia turned her head and stared at Brando, looking at her sister who was much more terrifying than the one - in fact, she would rather be closer to the lord who often told her stories during her travels than Flo.
In this respect, Flo's sister deserves to be a failure enough.
"Tia, what did Master Tamar call you for?" Brando asked.
"Gather materials, lord"
Isn't that normal? Brando looked back at Antitina, and the aristocratic maiden smiled, and she bowed her chin at him, motioning for him to continue.
Brando was slightly stunned, thought for a moment and continued to ask, "There are those materials." ”
"That's what Master Tamar said," Tia began to recite with a shake of her head, but she was immediately glared at by Flo - the little girl's head shrank slightly, and she immediately became much more settled, so she muttered and whispered, "It should be easy to find secondary magic crystals in the forest, so collect as many as you can." Among them are moon crystals, gold crystals, ......"
"And magic plants, blood-spotted roses and whiptail flowers......"
"In terms of mineral deposits, it is of course the best to find open-pit Mithril Ore, but Holy Silver is also good, as well as Cold Iron, Nasr Raw Ore, ......"
"I heard that in the Black Forest there are springs that can keep people young forever, the wings of archangels, the poems of dragons, and the heart of gold......"
"Stop, stop" Seeing that Tia didn't seem to have the intention of finishing, Brando hurriedly stopped, this list of materials started to be fine, the more you go to the back, the more outrageous it becomes, and the spring water that keeps you young is already a legendary thing.
What archangel's wings, the dragon's poem, and the golden core are all artifact-level things, and that guy really regards the Black Forest as a treasure trove for dwarves, and as soon as he opens the door, he just needs to move things out.
If it were that good, humans would have flocked to it long ago, and you must know that although the Black Forest is pregnant with countless treasures, the danger is also equal.
The outskirts of the Black Forest are less dangerous and less mysterious, but the various mineral deposits and rare magical plants are also rare, so the second half of Tamar's list is clearly daydreaming.
However, Brando can understand Tamar's thoughts, after all, not everyone has the opportunity to enter the Black Forest and survive, let alone bring out something, and it is already a luxury to protect oneself in it.
It's not that lord who dares to throw the golden power in his hand into this bottomless abyss, after all, no one knows if he will lose his troops and won't even see a bubble after he loses his generals. Brando dared to do so because he was familiar with the area north of the Kalanga Mountains.
After all, he was once a player, and only a player could use his life to explore the Black Forest.
But the young man thought about it for a moment, and suddenly he had an idea. He was wrestling with his training plans for his awesome boys, and now that Tamar had this list, it was easy - he planned to spend most of his day on the road, and the rest of the time to follow the map.
He further thought that it would be a good idea to divide the group into three groups, one for him, one for Akane, and one for Kuran, and then after camping each day, the group would calculate the score according to their table and what they found, so that there would be competition between the groups and the spirit of cooperation among the same groups.
Brando gave himself a mental tick, and then he turned back to examine his awesome boys, but before he could hear a cry of surprise:
"Merial"
Brando could hear that it was Caglis's voice, and he turned around to see the young man dragging the red-robed Demon Duncan through the crowd and striding towards a young man who had disembarked from the carriage.
"Karglis? Y-Why are you here? The young man was a little confused at first, but then he was stunned, blinking at the familiar friend in front of him.
Brando's long blond hair, which was rare in the locality, and his eyes were as blue as the sea—more like the peoples of the North—but he was wearing a Cruz travel suit similar to Brando's, and the long sword on the belt had been confiscated, and he was slightly slender and slender, and more feminine than a woman with long hair hanging down her shoulders.
But even if she is a woman, she is also a young lady.
"I see," the young man reacted, opening his mouth slightly, "Your father was defeated, so you came with him." ”
Glis looked at his old friend and smiled unconcernedly.
"I thought you didn't come, but I didn't expect you to lose with Sir Mintai," said the young man, frowning slightly in his blue blue eyes, "You have taken refuge in them, Karglis?" ”
"Yes," Karglis nodded nonchalantly, "but then again, why are you here, Meria?" Of course, he knew where these young men came from, but he couldn't help but be surprised to see his friend here.
"I was captured by those mercenaries, I just passed around with my henchmen—" Meria blushed.
"You sneaked out, didn't you?" Karglis saw through his friend's predicament at a glance.
"I-I'm not."
"Okay, okay, we all know about you, don't pretend, don't worry, I'm here to protect you. But I have to say that you are playing big this time, my eldest lady, you are going to the Black Forest, are you ready? Karglis suddenly gloated.
"Don't call me that" Meria suddenly got angry and glared at him, but her eyes widened again: "I'm going to the Black Forest?" ”
"What do you think you're doing here?" Kargliss looked up at the woods, "Oh yes, I forgot to tell you, this is the border of the Black Forest-"
Meria's face turned pale and her body shook a little, but Karglis grabbed her: "What are you doing, isn't it the Black Forest?" Besides, I'm still here," he reminded in a low voice, gesturing at the mercenaries around him, signaling him not to move too much.
"I—how can I go to the Black Forest," Meria was a little overwhelmed: "Karglis, you need to help me." ”
"No, I think it's an opportunity, Merial." Karglis shook his head.
"What chance?" Meria was puzzled.
"Haven't you always wanted to get rid of that bastard father of yours, and this is an opportunity, I don't think my new lord will sell your father's account-" Karglis replied with a wicked laugh, suddenly thinking that this was a good idea.
"But what can I do if I stay here?" Meria still didn't understand: "Besides, I don't want to go to the Black Forest, there are monsters in the Black Forest, we will die"
Calglis lifted his forehead, and he lowered his voice, "My eldest lady, you are a reserve priest, as for being so timid—" He suddenly realized something vigilant, glanced left and right, and further lowered his voice and whispered something to Meria. Meria was confused at first, but soon her eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously.
Brando saw Calglis and the young man step aside, and the sound of the conversation grew quieter and quieter. But he didn't listen much, anyway, when he entered the Black Forest, these two sneaky guys couldn't make any waves, not to mention that he had time to slowly observe each other's details, but what made Brando a little curious was that Caglis's friends could only be nobles, and the temperament of that young man seemed to confirm this - but why were there nobles among these young people he recruited?
Brando was not so arrogant as to think that at this point, the gentry and nobles in the fir baronies would start to support him, unless they didn't want their heads, and it would be enough for Count Denel to settle the accounts in the future.
He turned back and looked at Antitina with a puzzled look: "Who are those people?" ”
"Nobleman, I heard that he is a child of the manor."
"Meaning more than one?" Brando felt that this situation was getting more and more strange, he didn't want to mix some unknown people in his Knights of the Guards, although the background of these manor children was quite clean, maybe the gentry around Fir City would not support him now, but he believed that the time was not far off.
It's just that the situation is still a little weird anyway.
Antitina nodded.
"How did they get here?"
"Sneaking it out on their own, that's what the mercenaries said." The aristocratic girl replied, "It seems that you have come here to admire you, my lord, and your reputation has already spread—"
"Interesting," Brando couldn't help but touch his cheek and asked a little shamelessly, "Am I that famous?" ”
Antitina looked up and gave him an angry look.
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