Chapter 226: The Past
Lying quietly on the roof of his house, Roger lazily basking in the sun, playing with the goat wood carving in his hand, fell into deep thought.
After returning from Yingzhou, Alice, who successfully returned to Sikeld, sent the leaves of the World Tree to the mercenary king as soon as possible. At the moment when he watched the mercenary king take the leaves of the World Tree, Roger finally waited for the prompt that the task was completed.
The powerful vitality exuded by the leaves of the World Tree directly repaired all the secret injuries of the Mercenary King, and even the curse was easily dispelled. Under the nourishment of the huge vitality, the mercenary king has completely recovered to his peak state. Even because of the nourishment of the body and mind by the leaves of the World Tree, the lifespan of the Mercenary King may have been extended a lot.
After all, even Roger and his party, who were standing beside the Mercenary King at that time, were nourished by the huge breath of life that escaped from the Mercenary King, and they all recovered to their best state one by one.
Roger, who is most sensitive to the power of nature, even has an additional [Blessing of the World Tree: The effect of nature-based healing magic is doubled, and the remaining time is 72 hours. ] tips.
The demigod-level mercenary Wang Lance, who is in full state, may be the person who is most likely to successfully ascend to the god throne in the main plane now. With such a strong man in charge, it is definitely able to ensure the smooth inheritance of the bloodline of the royal family of Gelaru.
To be honest, if all this had been done and the task had still not been completed, Roger would definitely have lodged a strong protest against the god of beauty and the god of war through the goddess of nature.
Fortunately, there is still a little bit of guarantee for the beauty god's discipline, and this oracle task with a difficulty of up to S-level was finally completed by Roger.
And the reward that Meishen said that would definitely satisfy Roger also came as scheduled.
That's a blank of a dynastic weapon and ten bottles of the Fountain of Immortality!
In the face of these rewards. Roger was really satisfied.
You know, compared to the extremely precious spring of immortality. The blank of a dignified dynastic weapon is just a small addition! After all, there are still many ways to obtain dynastic weapons, just like Alice obtained the Demon Breaking Sword from the hands of the God of War. Roger, who is a child of nature, can of course also find a nature goddess to order one.
However, the Spring of Immortality, which has become extinct in the main plane, is definitely the most precious treasure that mortals have no way to reach.
Ageless spring water, as the name suggests, is a magical spring that can make people immortal with just one bottle. This is definitely a priceless good thing, not to mention that the beauty god gave ten bottles at once!
With only two bottles, it is estimated that you will be able to buy the weak Lion Principality. Of course, the premise is that you can't be robbed halfway by others.
Even for Luna, who was born into the Elven royal family, the value of this fountain of immortality was quite high. After all, elves only live long, not "immortal". Not to mention Roger, who was originally just an ordinary human.
Although Roger has become a dragon knight, the dragon power obtained through the dragon knight covenant is not without flaws. Once the dragon companion is dead. The Dragon Knight Covenant will naturally lose its effectiveness, and the benefits that the Dragon Knight has gained from their dragon partners will naturally be "returned".
Many dragon knights die of old age quickly because of the death of their dragon partners.
The strength of the platinum dragon Kisara is not weak, but Roger really does not have the confidence to guarantee that Kisara will survive the demon disaster. After all, in every demonic disaster, the dragon knights always charge ahead, and the death rate is naturally quite high.
Roger has a lot of hole cards that can ensure that he survives to the end, but as a member of the dragon knight who is a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of the demons, Roger and Kisara will definitely face the siege of the demon powerhouse, whether Kisara can survive to the end. It's really hard to say.
But the Ageless Spring Water is different, as long as he drinks a bottle, Roger can instantly have a lifespan far beyond the elven royal family, and his physical state can always be maintained in the state of his youth.
However, considering his and Luna's age. Roger didn't drink it right away. When Luna is an adult, it's too late for the two of them to drink together.
So since getting this thing, Roger has decided. Until the calamity comes, these fountains of immortality will not have a chance to see the sun.
But. It is precisely because of these fountains of immortality that Roger really understands. Why is it that the beauty god who can be called the first cautious eye in the heavenly realm has never dared to provoke it. As long as the beauty god threw a bottle of immortal spring water into the Church of the Gods, I am afraid it would be enough for all the gods to drink a pot.
The goddess of local tyrants, everyone can't afford to be hurt......
In addition to the reward of the beauty god, Roger has also gained a lot in the mercenary kingdom and Yingzhou over the past few days.
The series of fierce battles, especially the final assault on Edo Castle, raised his hero level to fifteen in one fell swoop, and in addition to the increase in mana and knowledge, Roger also raised his defense and enlightenment to the master level. The later you go, the more Campaign XP you'll need to level up your hero. With Master Enlightenment, Roger's hero level increase rate can be maintained at a fast level.
The hero level of Tuna and others has also increased accordingly, but for them, the various strategic treasures captured from the battlefield that can effectively make up for their shortcomings are the most important.
Tuna obtains a Ring of Haste, one of the strategic artifacts captured from Yasumasa Kamihara, which can increase the movement speed of her troops and effectively compensate for the minor shortcomings of earth elemental creatures.
The rabbit received a [Moonlight Blade], a strategic artifact that does not provide much attack bonus, but it is a rare off-hand weapon, which is quite suitable for rabbits who like to use dual weapons.
Kerr somewhat casually brought the [Coral Staff] and [Glitter Pearl] seized from the Fishman Hero, and there were actually a lot of things suitable for her, but they were all given to Wendy by Kerr.
Wendy was overjoyed with the two strategic treasures [Titan Helmet] and [Titan Warframe] that Roger had captured from the Edo Castle Castle Tower. This armor was originally placed in a corner of the castle tower in the open, and Roger thought it was an ornament, but he found these two strategic treasures hidden in that set of Yingzhou armor through the hint of the [Eye of True Knowledge].
But. In addition to the two strategic treasures of the Titan series that fell into Wendy's hands, the rest of the strategic treasures such as [Sextant], [Divination Solitaire] and so on. is not as good as Roger himself, so on the contrary, Roger himself did not obtain any new strategic treasures.
Besides. Roger and Alice also occupy the inner city that originally belonged to the Shimazu family, and Sakurahime also established a mermaid city there. The two have already negotiated that the commercial income obtained from this Yingzhou City will be directly divided equally. But on the issue of the garrison heroes of the two alchemy cities, both of them made a difficulty.
Roger's side soon decided that Xiao Ming would be stationed in the Mermaid City, because after Sakurahime's successful revenge, a considerable number of Yingzhou people were unwilling to leave their hometown, so they stayed in that inner city. In addition to garrisoning the Mermaid City, the main task of Gong Xiaoming is to take care of these old courtiers of the Oda family.
And Alice's side has been picking left and right for a long time. It was decided that Soster from Old Man Simon's family would go to garrison. In fact, Sost's strength is a little weaker, but the inner city and the mermaid city are guarded by a sea dragon, which is actually enough to ensure safety. That's why Alice, who couldn't find a suitable candidate, agreed to let Sost, who was better at internal affairs than leading troops to fight, go there.
With a variety of specialties from the Three Great Seas and Yingzhou, it is conceivable that this Yingzhou city will soon become a trading city no less than the commercial capital of Sikerd. And in addition to the long distance that will make many small merchants choose to abandon this trade route, the unique sea specialty can definitely attract a large number of merchants. By that time, Alice and Roger will definitely be able to make a lot of money in this port city.
However, even with such a big gain. But since discovering the goat wood carving of the Goats in the Tokugawa family's old tortoise, Roger's mood has not been good.
Although he has been pretending to be nothing on the surface, except for Luna, who has a heart and soul with him and already knows all the reasons, Sakurahime and the others have actually seen something more or less. It's just that they don't know what's wrong.
And after noticing that so many days had passed, Roger's mood had never improved, Sakurahime, Aisha, and Sayuri finally got together.
"You found out too, right? So what happened to him, big brother? Aisha frowned and asked, "I remember." When I was in Edo Castle, my eldest brother asked me to leave with the leaves of the World Tree. Obviously it's fine, did something happen later? ”
"This. Doesn't everyone know what happened next? Sakurahime smiled bitterly: "Roger, he led us all the way to the top, and after killing a monk and the general of the Tokugawa family, he escaped with us. Because of the revenge, I was sad at that time, and I didn't notice that something was wrong. ”
"I remember!" Sayuri interjected abruptly: "After I received the order to gather that day, I rushed to the top floor as fast as I could, and I saw that the adults were collecting all kinds of valuables everywhere. When he found a wooden carving of a goat from the old turtle of the Tokugawa family, his face turned very ugly, and I was startled. ”
"Wait, goat wood carving? Sister Sayuri, are you sure it's a goat? Aisha's eyes widened suddenly, and she asked again and again.
"I'm sure of that!" Sayuri nodded, "After I called the adult twice, the adult threw several magic seals on the wooden carving, and then put it in his arms. ”
"If that's right, it should be a token of the Yang Ming Sect, but how could that kind of thing appear on the Daimyo of Yingzhou?" Aisha's expression was a little surprised: "Moreover, the Yang Ming Sect should have been completely wiped out by the eldest brother back then, why did it suddenly appear again?" ”
"Sheep Singing Sect? What's going on here? Can you talk about it? Sakurahime asked with some curiosity, and Sayuri's eyes widened.
"If that is really a token of the Yang Ming Sect, then it's no wonder that Big Brother is so sullen now." Aisha nodded with a wry smile, "The Sheep Song Sect, which used to belong to a branch of the Druid line, advocating primitiveness and wildness, and then that lineage was all degraded because of the temptation of the devil. ”
"Fallen?"
"Isn't it!"
Sakurahime and Sayuri exclaimed in unison.
Aisha nodded with a heavy face: "That's right, they are all degenerate, and that is the first time I have seen my big brother lose his temper." Well, I'll start at the beginning. ”
"I remember when I was still in the Eastern Tribe, me, Mom, Annie, Hawke, Garon, and Big Brother used to play together because they were all the same age. But as you know, none of us have elven blood, except for Hawke. So even among the eastern tribes, sometimes they are bullied by other people. ”
"At that time, it was the eldest brother who stepped forward to protect us every time. Although he is a child of nature, perhaps in order to protect the eldest brother, the Great Elder did not reveal the identity of the eldest brother, so everyone just regarded the eldest brother as an ordinary apprentice accepted by the Great Elder. There are still quite a lot of such apprentices among the Eastern tribes, but the Terran druids like the eldest brother are still the first, so the eldest brother can be regarded as having a small reputation among the Eastern tribes, but that's it. ”
"It's been three years now. That day, I was taken from the tribes of the East by some druids. When she said this, Elsa's face became a little ugly, but she quickly regained her composure: "After all, this is not the first time I have been caught, in addition to trying to leave some small marks, I am trying to observe those druids as much as possible." ”
"Druids worship nature, so many druids use wooden or bone weapons and the like, but there is a wild druid, but they don't even use weapons, not even leather armor or anything, and rely entirely on natural transformation to fight. That's right, that's the druid lineage known to everyone as Fauvism. ”
"It was these Fauvist druids who took me. Those druids were going to sacrifice me to the goddess of nature. ”
"Wait!" Sakurahime interrupted Aisha's words abruptly, "Sacrifice is also a method used by demons, right?" Would the goddess of nature really ask the druids to offer sacrifices? And is it still a human sacrifice? ”
"Yes, those druids are nothing more than degenerates under the guise of the goddess of nature." Aisha smiled bitterly and said, "And those Fauvist druids formed an evil organization at that time, and its name is the Sheep Song Sect!" (To be continued.) )
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