Act 3 Letterhead (Double Quest for the Next Monthly Pass, First Update)

As Brando opened his mouth to mention Funia, the door to the room was suddenly pushed open without warning. The young lord's mouth paused, and he was slightly annoyed in his heart who was so rude. He turned his head, and his eyes reflected the most distinctive of the three faces outside the door—the man's face under dark skin had rock-like edges, and his pale eyebrows were sunken and his eyes were light gray; The braids were tied up in bunches and drooped behind his head and landed on a bearskin coat, "Sir, you can't at this time—" The mercenary at the door, who had been forced to retreat into the house, stopped abruptly, and he looked back at the young lord with an apologetic expression, "My lord, they. ”

Brando waved his hand at him, signaling that it was nothing. Then he looked up at the other man, and the tall druid stood motionless by the door, and he recognized this druid as Andrew, one of the elders of the Deadwood Council; The two people behind him are called Red and Ram, and they are both young people in the forest.

The mercenary closed the door as he exited, and the room fell silent.

Andrew looked at the furnishings of the room with the sharp eyes of a hawk falcon, because the night of battle had just passed, and the room had not yet had time to be rearranged, so it maintained the original dark and reddish style favored by Baron Grudin, except that there seemed to be some pungent smell on the thick carpet that made the druid elder frown.

When the guards left, Antitina finally stood up a little angrily, "What are you doing" Although she was petite, she still looked at the other party without showing weakness and asked: "How can you break in so casually"

Brando sighed when he heard this, and thought to himself, these guys who spend all day in the company of wild beasts really don't know how to deal with people in the civilized world. But he stopped Antitina and saw Funya behind the three druids—every time he saw the little girl's long, waterfall-like green hair that seemed to be a newborn vine, he couldn't help but feel a fresh, amazing feeling—and Funya hid behind the three druids who were as tall as bear men, and smiled shyly at him. Brando's expression softened a little, and he spoke:

"So, what's going on?"

He could already confirm that these druids were here for Funia. The druids of the forest are a special force in the Amber Sword, who keep their agreement with Nya ((1)) and live in the Black Forest beyond the borders of civilization. In addition to recording the effects of the Magic Moon on animals in the Wild Regions, it also monitors the growth of the Black Forest ((2)). However, in some areas, the druids have a good relationship with the local population, and occasionally come out of the forest to warn the locals of the invasion of monsters. But it's just that the druids of the Deadwood Council certainly don't belong to this category, and they must have something going on in the forest when they appear here - only what would have something to do with a little girl like Funia?

"Lord Viscount," replied Andruid stiffly, "we have come to take Funia. ”

Brando wasn't surprised, "What do you mean?" He asked, looking at Phunia. But the little girl avoided his gaze and nodded her head—something strange to him.

"So," Brando looked at the three druids, "what are you doing with me?" ”

"That's your lord," the young man who had been standing behind Andrew interjected, "and although we consulted Miss Funia, her father, and the Elder of the Green Village, Miss Funia insisted on getting permission from the adults before leaving. ”

"Is that so?" Brando looked down at Funia.

"That's right," replied Funia, whispering, "Brother Brando." ”

The young lord looked at her, and then at Andrew's group. He thought about it for a moment, feeling more and more strange, "So what the hell is going on," he simply frowned and asked, "You might as well say it directly." ”

"Miss Funia has asked us to make an alliance with you, Lord Viscount," Andrew's pale gray gaze fell on him, unchanged, as if he were looking at a link in the entire archaic aristocratic system of Eruin. He spoke, "Because it is said that you got into trouble to save her," Andrew said in a stiff Cruz word for word, "We thought about it, it's not unacceptable, but there are a few conditions-"

"Wait," Brando frowned, and he interrupted with a wave of his hand, "I'm not interested in human trafficking, you'd better tell me what the hell this is all about." ”

There was silence in the room, causing Antitina and Flo to look back at him.

The three druids looked at each other before Andrew spoke, "All right, Lord Viscount." This matter starts with the reason why the three of us left the forest this time, because the prophecy of the Sage appeared in the forest," Brando raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, but he continued to listen patiently. Elder Druid continued, "It is mentioned in the Revelation that there is a little girl who will inherit the will of Lord Nia and will be born in this land. He paused, "...... And we think this little girl is Funya. ”

"Apocalypse?" Brando replied softly - in Vaynd's world, although God is incarnated as a law, he also has the will to influence the world. When this will intervenes in the history of mortals, an oracle will be sent down, which is the prophecy of the Holy One. But he glanced at Phunia and first thought if the druids were lying to him, but the druids would never joke in the name of the god of the forest, unless they were impostors - but they certainly weren't, and the druids' spells couldn't hide Brando's eyes.

The news surprised him a little, if Funia was born at the behest of her, then she was not the chosen one. Brando then thought of Grudin's actions against Funia, and perhaps the spirits of Mardara had learned something from the apocalypse. Further, perhaps the Baron also got the news from those skeletons, so that the previous puzzle could be explained, and it seemed that the connection between Count Denel and Mardala was not as simple as using each other...... From this oracle, the possibility of a deeper alliance cannot be ruled out. But an oracle involving the spirits of both druids and Madara's undead is probably more than just a nya.

Brando couldn't help but think that the goddess of the forest and the undead were at odds with each other, and that Topimadala could only be the dragon of darkness.

In this way, things get complicated.

"How can you be sure, the man mentioned in the oracle," Brando asked seriously, "is it Funya?" ”

"My lord, we have the means to confirm." Red replied.

"Means?"

Andrew nodded, and he immediately bowed his head and bent down to Funia, "Miss Funia, can you please turn around?" "The tall druid made a deferential look to a little girl who was less than half his height, and bent over like a heavy bear, which was quite funny. But Funia nodded obediently, and she turned, and thrust her long hair behind the pretty little ears with her hand behind the prettyly shaped ears and parted the back of her head - so that Brando could see that there was a beautiful pattern on the back of her snow-white neck.

It is a leaf-like pattern, derived from a thumb-sized emerald in the center, forming veins. When Brando saw the pattern, he almost didn't get up from his chair immediately, "Nia's holy pattern" he shouted, his hand tightly held on to the table, and subconsciously blurted out: "Martha is above, daughter of the forest"

Andrew nodded to Funia, and the little girl let her long hair hang down again, and she turned around and smiled shyly. But the tall druid's face was grim, and he looked at Brando, "Lord Lord," Andrew began, "You know this legend?" ”

"You mean the saint of the woods?" Brando managed to calm himself down, and he nodded, "I forgot to introduce myself - I'm not Viscount Gunstin, that's just the identity I used to deceive Grudin." You can call me Brando, I'm a Knight of the Highlands, and the Mr. Charles you've seen before is my wizard's servant," he paused, "Actually, I've learned a lot since I was a mentor, and the legend of the Saintess of the Woods was heard at that time......"

Brando's half-truths and half-truths were told about the cliché, and the three druids did not disagree, but had a sudden taste. The wizards were so knowledgeable that they were the best excuse for Brando to hide his identity, and Charles would never help him debunk the lie anyway. But when they heard the young lord continue, their faces suddenly changed: "The Holy Maiden of the Forest is the Initiator of Valhalla—"

"Valhalla, you say?" Andrew almost took a step to twist Brando's collar, but he took a step to realize that the unremarkable-looking young man sitting in his chair was actually a terrifying gold-level warrior. He was stunned for a moment, then stopped and asked, "My lord, you said that Valhalla has something to do with the Holy Maiden of the Forest?" The fantasy country that only exists in legends? ”

"You don't know?" Brando was stunned. The Lady of the Forest is the chosen one of Nyya, the daughter of the forest. The only inheritor of Valhalla's bloodline, who had considerable ties to this group of druids, could hardly believe that they would know anything about it. But he still shook his head: "Valhalla is not only in the legend, on the contrary, it has always existed in this forest. He looked up, "But I'm curious that you've been living in this forest all this time and don't know it." ”

The druids looked at each other, and they whispered to each other for a brief moment before calming down. "The existence of Valhalla has always been a legend in this region, and rumors say that this dusty country was one of the first few places of protection left by Lord Martha," Ram said. Legend has it that Valhalla has a 'primordial fire' that can be rekindled to turn the Black Forest south of Tonigel into a place of order," he swallowed, "This will bring to an end the work of our Deadwood Council's many druids for generations, and we will be able to give an account to Lord Nya." ”

"So," Brando glanced at them, "that's what 'Apocalypse' is all about. ”

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(1): The goddess of the forest

(2): A kind of wilderness. The Black Forest is a vast forest outside of civilization on the border of Vajnd. Spread across the borders of southern Eruin to St. Osor, the Knights of Grace and even Elranta, humans have learned to explore and carve out new places of protection in the Black Forest long before the Dark Ages.