Chapter 65: The Valley on a Moonlit Night
Although the old mercenary Odkin's face was full of weather, and even his sideburns had turned gray, looking at his nimble skills in the dense woods, no one could only praise him, and he couldn't imagine why the old mercenary's old body was so flexible. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zachary also lamented in his heart that he was lucky to have such an experienced and agile guide who was familiar with his surroundings to lead the way, and they could avoid many dangers along the way, and their speed would be greatly improved.
Sure enough, when the moon god Phoebes had just revealed her cold and noble face in the sky, the old mercenary Odkin had already taken them to the vicinity of the valley where the passage was sealed.
Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, Odkin led Zachary and them to a hill, and following the direction pointed by the old mercenary, Zachary looked through the shaggy canopy and saw a valley surrounded by several hills, revealing only a gap in darkness.
Odkin didn't know how many times he had told them about the dangers of this nameless valley today, but Joanna looked carefully at the valley, which seemed quiet in the moonlight, and could not tell from the surface of this valley what kind of danger was hidden in it, so that these mercenaries, who were known for their audacity, did not dare to approach this place.
But no matter how you look at it, Joanna thinks that this is just an ordinary small valley, such a valley, they have seen on the way to I don't know how many, there is no difference at all.
"Is there anything different about this valley, why don't the mercenaries in the town want to come here, and you have to come?" Walking up to Zackery, Joanna asked quietly.
However, the night in the Andes was extremely quiet, and Joanna's whispered voice was still heard by those around her, and both Amy and Raphael couldn't help but pricked up their ears curiously and waited for Zachary's answer.
Retracting his gaze at the silent woods opposite, Zachary had a solemn look in his eyes, "There's an altar in the valley. ”
"What, how is it possible, how can there be an altar here!" Joanna let out an exclamation of surprise as she covered her mouth with her little hands, and turned her head in surprise to scan the valley in the night.
Apparently Joanna wasn't the only one who was so surprised, Raphael and Amy both looked at the valley not far away in disbelief, while Oldkin frowned at Zachary.
"Boy, where did you get this news, I've never heard of any altars around Santos, let alone how could there be monsters next to the sacred altars." The old mercenary said he had been in the area around Santos for almost decades and had never heard of such rumors.
"Because this altar was not built to worship the gods." Zachary said lightly, but these words made several people around him look incredulous.
The altar has long been prescribed by the gods that it can only be built for the gods, and you must get the permission of the gods for the construction of each altar, so the altars known to ordinary people in the Faisal continent are basically the places where the gods of the civilized continent look at.
However, what Joanna didn't know was that there really was an altar built here that was not built for the gods, because this altar was originally built to seal the portals in the valley, not to worship the gods like ordinary altars.
But it's no wonder that Joanna doesn't believe it, unlike the world in his previous life, the altar in Zachary's previous life is probably more symbolic and cultural than the original intention of sacrifice, because there are no gods in his world at all, and science is the right way.
But the Faisal continent is different, there are really gods on the Faisal continent, these gods may be just a human being, an orc, an elf, or even an animal before becoming gods, but after becoming gods, they completely take off their mortal womb and become another high-level creature, and the existence of these gods also affects the lives of creatures on the continent all the time.
Just like the situation that Zachary encountered before, a blessing from Ms. Ian made it very easy for him to achieve his goal, you must know that Zachary was ready to startle the snake at the beginning, after all, when the cavalry reconnaissance is generally found by the other party, it will basically be discovered by the other party.
So Zachary, who knew this very well, didn't care about the look on Joanna's face, but just looked at the valley solemnly and explained: "You don't have to wonder if this altar was built to worship the demon god, because when this altar was built, it was approved by the gods. ”
Zachary's explanation made Joanna's suspicions in their hearts immediately turn into great curiosity, and even the old mercenary Odkin, who had seen a lot, turned his head to look at Zachary with great curiosity and sighed: "Boy, I never thought that there would be an altar in this valley that we didn't know existed. ”
"But, boy, since this altar is allowed by the gods, how can it be abandoned, I have lived in the neighborhood for so many years, and I have never seen anyone come out of here, and the priest who serves the altar also asks for food."
"Elder, this altar was indeed abandoned hundreds of years ago, as for the reason, you who live here should be very clear, the altar leaked a trace of demonic energy, and these demonic qi made the creatures in the valley demonize monsters at the same time, but also made those priests turn their backs on their belief in their gods, so this altar was also abandoned."
"Demonic energy, boy, I heard you say this, this altar should be built to seal something, compared to something that needs to be sealed with an altar, it is definitely not a good thing, so what is the purpose of your coming here, to break the seal?"
As a veteran mercenary who has experienced countless ups and downs, as soon as Zachary's words fell, Odkin grabbed a few important words and deduced conjectures close to the truth. And this conjecture in his heart also made the old mercenary instantly pull out the weapon on his waist and warily face Zachary.
Although Zachary's speech and demeanor made Odkin feel good about him during this day, and thought he was a good young man, but when it came to the issue of the faction, that was another matter, and the old mercenary would never tolerate a person from the evil camp standing by his side.
Although they didn't know what Zachary was here for, after seeing the old mercenary draw his weapon against his commander, Joanna and the others still chose to trust their commander without hesitation, and raised their weapons to face Odkin.
"Put away your weapons." After waving his hand to Joanna behind him to show that it didn't matter, Zachary bowed to Oldkin with a respectful face, "Elder, please don't doubt my camp, I don't have the idea of defecting to the group of madmen in the Western Continent, my life will be dedicated to protecting the good, but I did come here for a reason why I had to come." ”
Seeing Zachary's sincere expression, Odkin hesitated for a moment but put away the weapon in his hand, he chose to believe this young man he was optimistic about.
"Hopefully, you can live up to what you just said."