Act 189: Final Hour (5)

The forest was quiet, and Brando rarely heard the sound as he lifted the clumps of vines as he walked through the trees, and sometimes even the birds rarely flew over their heads. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.info on Aishang Novel Network

Looking ahead from the direction he was now in, behind the stacked leaves was an open basin vista, a dense forest like a dazzling biyù lying in the midst of the mountains, the terrain gradually lowering towards the center, forming an inward.

Further afield, in the center of the basin was the magnificent tree, whose roots expanded in all directions, forming a mountain-like undulation, the nearest of which stretched in this direction to less than a mile.

Andesa and her accomplices should have already arrived there, he didn't dare to get too close, the withered lord was half a druid after all, and had many advantages in any forest.

He led the two women along a road - traces of the road that had been lost to time could still be seen in the grass, although it had long been lost to time - but the artificially carved stone slabs scattered in the dense forest silently told the story of the past.

Brando looked up, and all that was left was the dense aerial roots hanging from the towering trees and the thick bushes beneath his feet, the gray-green plants clinging to the waxy white rocks on either side of the road, and only occasionally through the cracks in the roots could there be traces of words on the flat side of the rock.

But it's all eroded to the point where it can't be seen.

If Brando is not mistaken, those words should belong to the people of silver. Of course, it is not an ancient elven language or a wizarding language, and the ancient people who lived in Valhalla should have long been annihilated in the long river of history, and there is not a single word about who they really are.

However, Brando guesses that the Silver People may be inextricably linked to the Children of the Forest, and that Eruin now has their legacy throughout the South.

But for some reason, even the Silver Elves have no description of Valhalla's past, in fact, the Silver Elves and Valhalla almost have a common place of origin; Brando also asked the Silver Elf Princess, but the answer he got was not what he originally knew.

As Medisa had said, Valhalla was supposed to be much older than the Silver Elves, and that the Silver Elves, the Mist Elves, and the Moon Elves, along with their common Elven King, Ting Alfheim, appeared in the era dominated by the Dark Dragons after the split of the World Tree.

And Valhalla was already a legend long before the history of the Battle of Dusk. In the current Vaughnde, the Dragon of Dusk has long been an ethereal symbol, and most ordinary people know about this big devil, but they also know that it is dead.

The story of that myth -

Only the Templar monks and players know a bit about Hún's forces, but they are only dealing with cultists acting in the name of Twilight.

Not to mention that the battle between heaven and earth in the Holy Covenant, even the battle with the dark sage, is an unattainable history.

Not to mention the legends that existed at the same time as the Dragon of Dusk, such as Valhalla, such as the azure knight and the epic of the sky, have long been the songs and stories of yín's poets.

"If I'm not mistaken, those are words, right?"

Faina asked behind him, since the noble daughter didn't dare to go back alone, she simply relied on Brando. She could see that although Brando was not submissive to her like the other aristocratic youths, and always had trouble with her, at least he wouldn't really do anything to her.

"Won't you see for yourself?" Brando replied angrily.

"But I remember that the last time the Eruin opened up the wilderness was fifty-three years ago, it was Baron Rumman from the House of Vieiro, and he was also the last pioneer knight of Eruin. The book says that before that there was a real Black Forest south of Denel, the Borderlands, where no civilization had ever owned...... But if these are really words, and prove that there was once a civilization here, then the ring of the trade winds is the land that once declined, not the natural Black Forest. Isn't that wrong in the book? ”

"You don't look at me like that, my Imperial Chronicles subject is excellent, and I have even won Feng? Master Hain's commendation! Facing Brando's gaze, the nobleman's daughter replied a little uncomfortably......

"Is it the dwarven master who claims to be able to interpret the Poetry of the Firmament?" Brando asked.

"Is it part of the interpretation, and in addition to von? Although Master Hain is a dwarf, he has become a citizen of the Empire. Faina lifted her chin a little smugly, unconsciously revealing her identity tag.

"But doesn't he know that the Druids lived in the Black Forest five hundred years before the Eruins, so what does it mean that south of the Denel is borderland?" Brando scoffed.

"Hey! That, that doesn't count, the druids don't have a need for land! ”

"Yes, would the Cruz dare to use this as an excuse to expel all the druids on their borders? Isn't the territory of the empire expanded again, and congratulations! ”

"Y-you-"

Compared to this, what really caused Brando's displeasure was that the chronicles of the empire in Faina's mouth actually included the history of Eruin, which is why the daughter knew so much about Eruin's past.

The people of the Empire never regarded Eruin as an independent country, in fact, he knew very well that in the eyes of the Cruz Empire, especially the nobles who held imperial political views, Eruin was more of an overseas domain of the Empire.

It's this arrogance that makes every Eruin player unbearable.

Of course, Brando was not going to be overwhelmed by a girl who didn't know anything, he just stepped back on the noble daughter's newly cocked tail to prevent her from getting carried away. Then the young lord looked back at the lush green forest.

The road in the forest does not exist on its own.

The road had always been meant to connect the rest of the 'city' that had been in the forest, and although Brando didn't know that the road led to that area, it didn't take long for them to realize it.

After parting the heavy bushes, the road led to a remnant abandoned in the woodland, and the first thing that greeted them was the tall rock-heaped buildings, which stood silently in the clearing, surrounded by a quiet green.

But no sooner had Brando emerged from a bush than he felt Phonia pull her hand.

He immediately shrank back in alarm, and then asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"There are bad guys." The girl looked at him and replied with a mouth shape.

"Where?"

Funia pointed outside, and Brando followed her hand to see that she was now referring to the tallest building in the ruins. Brando looked over and immediately noticed the anomaly.

The bunch of plants on the roof of that building seemed odd.

Brando gasped suddenly—for it wasn't a plant at all, it was Andresa. That woman was so well hidden, and it was hard for her half-druid talent to melt into the woods.

It's just a pity that this time her opponent is the daughter of the forest, Funia, who is favored by the goddess Nya-

But even so, Brando was still scared into a cold sweat, and now he realized that it was a wise choice not to send Funia back, and the benefits of fighting in the forest with the help of the daughter of the forest goddess were simply too much.

"Shh Brando immediately gestured to Faina, who was following behind.

Then he looked out again, it was supposed to be a bazaar, which Brando recognized from the circular layout, the tallest building was undoubtedly the temple of the god of trade, which must have been quite prosperous in the days when the gods still existed in the past.

And at this moment Andesa was standing on the roof of that temple.

You have to know that as a proper cultist, you have never had a good opinion of any god, and you don't need to have the most basic respect - although the gods of Vaughnd have blessed humanity throughout history before the War of the Sages.

Fayna also saw Andelsa, and she was startled: "Why is she here?" The aristocratic daughter hurriedly looked at Brando and asked with a mouth shape.

"If you have a bit of intelligence, you know she's looking for us." Brando replied with a gesticule.

The girl took a breath and complained, "It's all your fault, so I said we should turn back!" ”

Brando glanced at the woman angrily, thinking that I didn't stop you from leaving. However, he didn't bother to pay attention to the eldest sister's tempered fellow, and simply replied with a mouth shape:

"I'm sorry, I can't understand such a complicated mute language."

Faina froze.

However, unlike the eldest sister, who was worried and uneasy, Brando felt that this was an opportunity, and if Andessa had been in front, he really couldn't find any chance to reach the core area of Valhalla first, since the other party had stopped.

Then it was his chance to compete for the first move.

Brando looked around, he didn't see the woman's companion, but it was supposed to be in the bazaar. He looked out and noticed the exit on the other side of the bazaar, and it dawned on him why Andesa had chosen to stop at this place.

For there was a high wall in the place where he was now—the wall was made of the same stone as these buildings, and was also covered with vines and roots, and most of it was submerged in the canopy, so that it could not be noticed from a distance.

But Brando, as he looked closely at the barricade, couldn't help but gasp.

If he guessed correctly, the tall wall must have encircled the direction of the World Tree, and its two ends were connected to the two mountain-like roots of the World Tree, forming a natural arc of protection.

Behind that wall, there were several inner walls, which were supposed to be fan-shaped cities, and the idea of building a fortress under the World Tree with huge roots was extremely ingenious.

If Brando was the lord at this moment, he would be extremely satisfied, but now he only felt bitter when he saw this scene.

Because the only exit from the wall is at the other end of the bazaar.

If nothing else, Andesa should be monitoring that direction, although this woman doesn't understand what this place is for, but it is obviously not too simple-minded to be one of the twelve shepherds of the shepherd.

At least her current judgment is the most accurate, and if it weren't for Funia, I'm afraid he would have been revealed by this woman at this moment.

However, history has no ifs, and now that Brando has appeared in Andesa first, then he has at least some hope of defeating the other side.

But how do you get through the bazaar?

Brando had some headaches.

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