On the way back to Sand Mountain, Talos finally couldn't help but ask, "What happened to Horn the astrologer, and why did it become like that?"

To this day, the disgusting monsters that looked like lizards and large tadpoles still lingered in Talos's mind, and made him feel a little itchy in his throat, as if he could cough one out at any moment.

Dolores and Mural looked at each other and proposed, "I'll come first, how about you add later?"

"Good idea. ”

Snowy Naga organized the language a little and said, "It all started in the last century, when Horn was one of the three students of Blind Theseus, the pride of the Frank family, and at least three legendary mages of the Council of the Nine Rings had expectations for his future, believing that he would be promoted to legend before the age of forty. ”

For human beings, being able to become a legend before the age of forty is definitely a talent and a promising future.

Speaking of age, though, Talos was a little flustered, and it was a bit difficult to tell age from Horn's distorted body.

Later, Horn somewhere he got some information—I guess it's a codex or other source of the battle between the god of history and order and the god of knights—claiming that the god of history did not die at the hands of the god of order and knights, but that the god of reptiles had attacked him. ”

The arrogance was too much, Talos thought—he did a good job of this, and although he would be complacent about his rapid promotion to the third rank, he would never be carried away by joy and shake out the most fundamental soul fire and soul—the gods should not be used as after-dinner pastime for ordinary people or professionals, let alone publicly make remarks about the cause of the gods' deaths.

As a soul fire holder, once his act of desecrating souls and collecting beliefs is revealed, he will definitely be denounced as the greatest heresy by the Order and the Knight Temple, at least on a par with the necromancers of the Spider Sect, and is wanted by all the churches, temple priests, paladins in the world, and even implicates the Neptune family.

However, as long as he is well concealed and not known to any of the temple priests, then he is still the son of the six-armed Naga, the Black Sea Lord Sandra, and the future prince of Gorgon.

"It is said that in private, Horn described the battle between Order and the God of Knight and the God of History many years ago as a unilateral robbery with the aim of seizing the priesthood, and the God of Reptiles took advantage of the heavy damage suffered by the God of History to seek benefits. ”

The god of reptiles is a god who uses [reptile] as a priesthood and has weak divine power.

In view of the particularity of his priesthood, the reptilian god does not have much market among the nine major races such as Naga, humans, and orcs, and the main believers are reptilian monsters, the most famous of which are three kinds, the transformation dragon, the heavy armor dragon, and the fire insect.

Among them, the Morphing Dragon and the Heavy Ankylosaurus are the descendants of the giant dragon to solve physiological problems, and the fire worm is a giant worm-like monster, like a giant earthworm that is magnified many times, and its wisdom is no different from that of ordinary people.

It is worth mentioning that in recent years, the priests of the reptilian god have been constantly lobbying dragonborns with high intelligence to join the faith, and it is said that this weak divine power also wants to include the dragon clan that has lost the protection of its own gods into the scope of believers, after all, according to his teachings, dragons are also reptilian creatures, and he should be preferred as a faith, rather than the six primordial gods.

This view offended the dragons, both metal and five-colored, and made them hostile to the reptilian gods.

The haughty and unscrupulous Five-Colored Dragons are even more dismissive of the Dragonborn, even killing the Dragonborn, who have transferred their faith to the reptilian gods, even though they have never looked down on the descendants that their ancestors had inadvertently left behind.

His remarks quickly caught the attention of the Temple of Order and Knighthood and the Temple of the Reptilian Shaman, and he was labeled a heretic. ”

"I see. Combined with the mutation on Horn's body, Talos guessed, "It seems that the last one to shoot should be the Reptile Shaman's Temple?"

"Not bad. At that time, the Temple of Order and Knights rebuked Horn as a heretic, the evidence was conclusive, Blind Medcius, the Frank family and the Council of the Nine Rings could not refute it, and the Frank family removed Horn from the first time and deprived him of his surname. ”

Dolores said and looked at Mural, waiting for her to add more.

"He was dying when I picked him up, and his body turned into a reptilian nest because of a curse. Mural recalled, "Mother saved him, and in return, he needed to make three prophecies for Sand Mountain, and I used the second one just now. ”

"Horn shouldn't have been promoted to legend at the time, right?" Dolores asked, as if thinking of something.

"Yes. ”

"It doesn't seem that simple. Dolores chuckled and said meaningfully.

After her reminder, Talos suddenly realized that there was something strange about it.

According to Dolores, it was a matter of the last century that Horn offended the Order and the Temple of Knights and the Temple of the Reptile Shaman because of his blasphemous remarks, at least 25 years ago.

The curse planted many years ago has not expired to this day, and it continues to work on a legendary mage, even if it was the Pope or Totem Shaman of the Reptilian Shaman Temple (also of the Fifth Order, similar to a cardinal) who personally attacked it at the time, the curse should have disappeared with the resistance of the legendary mage Horn.

But it didn't, not only that, Horn had spawned tens of thousands of creeping monsters in the caves, and Talos could have imagined the pain and humiliation.

A look of horror flashed in his eyes, and Talos couldn't help but give birth to a bold idea, could it be that it also involves the god of reptiles, otherwise it is also a fifth order, who can torture Horn to this point?

Mural did not respond positively to Dolores's words, but smiled meaningfully in the same way: "Let it be over, the rest is not something we can discuss casually." ”

They had only seen the last person they had seen a few minutes ago who had been punished for not holding back their mouths.

Talos was thoughtful, and it seemed that it really had something to do with the reptilian god.

Moreover, judging from Horn's reaction and expression after hearing the Frost Crown just now, he seemed to be quite interested in this treasure left by Urban I.

Speaking of which, Talos suddenly remembered a detail that he hadn't cared about before, the time of the fall of the god of history was not much different from the death of Urban I at the hands of the epic knight Albert, it seemed to be in the seventh year of the collapse and fall of the ancient Sardin dynasty and the establishment of the Golden Empire.

Something almost connected, but before Talos could catch it, it flashed.

A brief summary of the topography of the Southern Andes makes it easy to conclude that the west is characterized by a high mountain system that runs through the continent, and the eastern part of the country is characterized by plains in the north and plateaus in the south.

Now, Talos and his party are passing through the Rocky Mountains, into the boundary between the plains and the plateau, the Caspi Sea.

Known as the world's largest inland lake, the Caspi Sea is so vast that if it hadn't been known in advance, Talos would have thought that he had come to the sea and entered the western ocean.

Although they knew in advance the possible location of the black dragon Marcas, it had been five days since Horn made his prediction, and it was still difficult to find Marcus before the other forces.

"If only we could get in touch with Mr. Horn and ask him to give us another prophecy. Talos said with great regret.

A legendary mage who specializes in prophecy faction spells has seen how efficient Talos is at finding people, and it is no exaggeration to say that if there is no anti-prophecy spell on his body, he will be found in a few minutes, like a human satellite.

"Then I'm afraid we'll have to prepare a huge sum of money first. ”

Dolores said that she wore a lake-green dress, fresh and natural, and that Mural stood to the left of Talos and was wrapped in a light veil.

"My little friend brings me interesting news, or can find clues about the black dragon Marcas. ”

The one who spoke was an older male four-armed naga, dressed in a loose sand mountain robe.

He is a desert druid named Tynan who worships the Earth Dragon, and along with another Grand Knight, Adelaide, he is tasked with keeping Talos, Dolores, and Mural safe, and assisting in obtaining the treasure Frost Crown.

"What-"

Before Talos could fully articulate the problem, a short blue arrow burst through the water.

"Humph!" Adelaide held a pointed spear in her hand, easily blocking the short arrow, the iconic weapon that reminded her of a creature, "Frogman?"

Tynan was unconcerned about the attack he had just received: "Yes, there is a well-trained group of frogmen in the Caspi Sea, heading east. ”

"To the east?" Talos reacted immediately, "Isn't that the direction in which the Black Dragon Marcus is heading, and besides, how could the frogmen who live in the rainforest region climb over Mount Loki and come here?"

"I think that's exactly what helps us. ”

Before more short arrows could be fired, Tynan took a wand from the Spatial Ring that looked like dead wood and threw it into the sparkling lake, sinking in an instant.

After about ten seconds, the otherwise calm surface of the lake continued to roll, and the Deadwood Wand swelled many times, growing countless branches, and a group of creatures that Talos had never seen before, like a giant tree growing out of the Caspi Sea, it was very spectacular.

These creatures resemble giant frogs walking semi-upright, with round and large heads, long and strong legs, covered in large, bulging muscles, which can easily help their owners jump from one tree to another 10 feet away in the lush rainforest.

They are the frogmen in the mouth of southern Thailand, and like the snake people, they belong to the minority of the orcs, and they are endemic to the southern Andes.

Unlike their distant relatives in Ilibu, the Rakshasa Lionmen, Minotaurs, and Gnolls (who together form the Orc Empire and believe in the orc gods led by the Steppe Father and the Lord of War) and the Harpys, Centaurs, and Lizardmen (who together form the United Emirate of Burundi and believe in primordial gods), the frogmen primarily believe in the goddess of the plague.

This goddess, who has [poison] and [disease] as her priesthood, is very unpopular with ordinary people, and no one is naturally willing to be associated with poison or disease, but she is loved by some assassins, thieves and other special professions, as well as all frogmen.

Frogmen themselves are highly poisonous, and they are good at using poison, their skin is a very bright and eye-catching combination of blue, red, purple, etc., and it is said that the brighter the skin color, the purer the blood.

If one day you encounter a frogman with extremely colorful skin, there is a good chance that it will be a poison priest, destiny warlock, or epic knight who has reached the fifth order.

Woohoo!

Several frogmen struggled as they shot poison darts from their mouths and shot at Talos and his party.

As famous as the frogmen's muscular legs are their tongues, which are as powerful as a third hand, and can reach up to four feet in length, which is why the frogmen's heads and necks are so thick.

The branches became tighter and tighter, and soon several frogmen began to roll their eyes and gasp.

Tynan ignored this, and only asked in a tortured tone, "What is the purpose of your frogmen coming to the Caspihai?"

The frogmen continued to struggle, ignoring Tynan's question.

Mural put away the smile on his face, changed his treatment of Talos's gentle gentleman, and looked at the frogman condescendingly: "Listen, I'll give you three choices." First, tell me your purpose and let you go, second, start with the weakest and kill until you are willing to tell me your purpose, and third, all die here. ”

"Three choices, you choose one. ”

What a simple and crude approach, Talos thought.

At this time, it was revealed that their team did not have the limitations of orthodox mages, and if there was a high-level mage who was good at the psychic faction or the prophecy faction, he could use spells to read the memories of frogmen, or detect their thoughts.

"We're just a group of ordinary adventurers, going to the Caspi Sea in search of a medicinal herb to complete the mission. ”

"It seems that you are choosing the second option, Tynan, and they will leave it to you. ”

"As you wish, Your Highness. ”

The branches wrapped around one of the frogmen tightened so that the frogmen stuck out their long, thick tongues, and then fell silent as the other frogmen struggled to prove that they were mere adventurers.

Apparently a Naga who was strict with Mural's ideas, after killing a frogman, he set out to find the two weakest frogmen.

Eventually, his gaze moved back and forth between the two frogmen: "Sorry, your skin tones don't look very gorgeous, so let's come along." ”

The dry but unusually tough branches wriggled like vines, squeezing the gas out of the two frogmen's chests bit by bit.

"Wait...... Wait a minute...... I said......"

One of the frogmen, who was greeting the arrival of the Grim Reaper, chose to tell Mural the truth.

Mural made a color, and Tynan understood, and the branches shrank sharply, sending another frogman who had not chosen to surrender to Hades.

"Now, tell me everything you know. ”