Act 4 Letterhead (Double Request for the Next Commuter Pass, Second Update)

"Wait a minute," Andrew interrupted Brando, seeing him talking, "My lord, what do you mean by Valhalla being in this forest all along?" ”

"Just like the face of it." Brando replied.

Elder Druid shook his head, "No way," he affirmed, "If Valhalla was in the forest, we wouldn't have been unaware of it—" Andrew suddenly became alert, realizing if Brando was playing tricks on him, since they had only come for Funia. But without noticing, he said so much, and some of them even related to the core content of the oracle of Niya. He paused for a moment and stiffly stopped: "My lord, let's go back to the original topic."

But Brando shook his head, "We've been getting down to business," he replied, "and since Funia has left the decision on this matter to me, you can't convince me that you won't take her out of this territory." He saw Andrew's eyebrows raised and wanted to speak, but he interrupted the other party and said, "There is no need to say anything superfluous, I don't know much less about your druids than you know about yourself." Brando said coldly, "Melting into the stone or the forest trace technique, either I have a way to catch you out, you can give it a try." ”

Andrew gave up his intention to forcibly take Phunia when he heard Brando say those two spells. Mortals have a very shallow understanding of druids, but the young man in front of him is obviously an exception, and if he calls out his thoughts, it must not be empty words and threats. He hesitated for a moment and replied, "Then what do you mean, my lord?" Our words have been made clear, and I think you should be able to believe what we say, and even swear in the name of Lord Nia that we have no intention of harming Miss Funia, but are taking her to complete the necessary rituals to become a druid. ”

"You don't want to light the fire in Valhalla?" Brando asked.

All three druids were choked.

"What the hell are you trying to say, sir?" The young man named Red behind Andrew had been eager to try, and at this moment he finally spoke, "Of course we want to ignite the fire in Valhalla, which is one of our main goals in monitoring the effects of magic on the natural boundaries in Hesse. The druids believe in Masa-sama the same, and that's what we've always kept. He replied, "But with all due respect, I don't quite understand what you mean. ”

"I mean it very simply," Brando replied, "Valhalla has always been in the forest," he looked at Phnia and suddenly reacted, "I see, you guys have a misunderstanding. In fact, the so-called opening of the Holy Maiden in the forest is not to light the fire, but to open some of Valhalla's abilities. The young man paused at this point, leaned back in his chair for a long time, looked playful, and replied with his index fingers crossed, "Let's make a deal." ”

"What deal?"

"Help me find Valhalla, and I'll light the fire for you—" Brando replied word for word.

"So you're the natural lord of Valhalla as a pioneer knight?" Andrew glanced at the young man, and for the first time realized what the other man really thought: "Actually, this is not unavoidable, we druids don't have a ** for power," he replied, "I still have to say again, Valhalla is not in the forest, it is just a legend." ”

Brando shook his head, "Well, in other words, I don't want you to help me find Valhalla," he replied, "I want you to go deep into the forest and help me find a ruin." ”

"Ruins?"

Are there relics in the forest?

Red suddenly whispered, "Elder, last time we found that ruin on the periphery of the Ring of Wind?" ”

Andrew suddenly reacted, he raised his head to stare at Brando, and asked, "Are you sure that ruin is Valhalla?" But I have seen it with my own eyes, but it is nothing more than a fragmented ruin, and it is normal for humans to go deep into the Black Forest several times, and it is not uncommon for humans to leave behind the ruins of the town. However, we have thoroughly searched the area where the ruins are located, and have not found anything related to the fire. ”

Brando listened and checked it in his head. He asked, "Are you talking about the Ring of the Wind, the monsoon walkway that surrounds the Kalanga Mountains?" ”

The Druid Elder was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"That's right," Brando replied affirmatively. The Valhalla, as he knew it, was built on the monsoon walkway of the Kalanga Mountains, so the abundant summer rain from the Dead Moon Inland Sea allowed the crops in the territory to flourish. But that's not the point, Brando held back the excitement in his heart, "How long ago did you discover that ruin?" ”

Andrew was infected by his seriousness, and couldn't help but be stern: "It was almost three years ago. ”

"Can you still confirm the direction?"

"It's hard to say," Andrew shook his head, "in fact, the discovery of that ruin was also an accident, when we went deep along the Kalanga Mountains to investigate the ecology of the deep Black Forest. And now if we want to find that place, I'm afraid we'll have to send an expedition again to confirm it, but with a general direction, it won't take much time," he looked up, "Your Excellency wants to go with you?" ”

Brando shook his head. "No, I don't have the time now," he replied, "and the deal is so done, you send someone to find this place, and let me know as soon as there is definite news—" He looked at the three druids. The deal was actually in his favor, but Brando knew that the druids never thought of it that way, and that these guys living in the Black Forest were so interested in fame and fortune that they had to find out what they were interested in.

And the fire of Valhalla is a temptation that cannot be refused for these druids.

Andrew and the two young men behind him nodded as expected, and in their opinion, Brando's mention was equally beneficial to them. Antitina had been listening to their conversation, though, and it had been hard for her to interject. But at this point she finally found room to speak, and when Andrew answered Brando's mention, she immediately spoke: "You took Funia, but her relatives in Green Village are now in the Barony of the Firs. And let the revenge of the Count of Denel come here at any moment, haven't you considered this? ”

Andrew glanced at the noble daughter, and the other party's alarmism made him frown: "Don't worry, Lord Lord." When I return to the council, you'll have the help of the druids, but as we said before, we have one condition. ”

Brando looked at Funia, who nodded. "Say it." He asked.

"Our duty is limited to defending your power in the fir barony," the druid looked at the young man, as if to see the ambition in his eyes—he knew that the young man's intentions might be much more than that. However, Andrew was reluctant to let the druids be tied to Brando's chariot, so he reminded: "We won't be helping anything else. ”

He was waiting for the expected bargain, but Brando nodded instead: "The druid has always been neutral, I'm very satisfied to be able to say this, so be it." He thought for a moment and added, "But add that the scope of the defense also includes Valhalla." ”

Andrew was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Inevitably." ”

Brando laughed in his heart, thinking that these guys had been stupid after staying in the forest for a long time. Although the old man had a much better grasp of the human heart than the likes of Grudin, it was still no more than that, and the druids anticipated his plans and ignored the ambitions of the other nobles. It's like Tonigel's shape at this moment - so that Count Denel will not give up, and war is inevitable. What's more, even if the war is over, other nobles will also peek into such a legendary territory as Valhalla. People's hearts are greedy and greedy, so once he ties his interests together, it is only a matter of time before he boards the chariot.

Brando knew that if he wanted to save the crumbling Eruin from his doom, he would have to fight against the astonishing inertia of history. Tonigel's druids were an opportunity, part of a plan he had already calculated, a step forward after which history changed forever, no matter how big or small.

But when he thought of this, he still stopped, looked at Funia and asked, "Funia, becoming a druid is not an easy matter. Although you are the one chosen by the goddess Nya, the fate of man is still in his own hands, and you can learn a lot even if you stay here," he paused, his voice softened, "So you still want to go with Andrew and them?" ”

His words made everyone look at him in surprise, especially Andrew and the others, in the hearts of the three druids, Brando was no different from Eru because of other nobles, but this moment was slightly different.

But Funia hesitated, and nodded. "I'm going, Brother Brando." She replied.

"Why?" Floro glanced at the three Andrew suspiciously, she didn't know as much about the druids as Brando - in fact, she was very annoyed by Brando's behavior of handing over Funia like that, but she couldn't refute it because of her identity. "Aren't you good here, Funia, why are you going to the forest?"

Funia lifted a small face and looked at Antitina, "Because of Sister Antitina." She replied earnestly.

"Me?" The aristocratic daughter was stunned.

"What Sister Antitina said to her father, you can't rely on yourself," replied the little girl crisply, "Brother Brando is very good to me, but I can't accept it with peace of mind." Uncle Andrew said that when I become a druid, I will have the ability to look at them. She paused and breathed a sigh of relief: "When the time comes, I will have the ability to protect the people in the village." ”

Brando's eyes softened.

"Well said." He replied.

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