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The journey began again, and the five of them walked out of the Garden of Alandiel.

The trail stretched to the south, and a nameless stream came into view, where everyone happened to fill their own kettles. This also means that the village of Tree Bottom may not be far away.

"Klinos!" Abel asked with interest, "Can you conjure water?"

"Unfortunately I can't, but I know how to turn the water away. Clinos said, "Alchemists have a way of turning urine into water, which probably fits the theme of turning you into water." ”

"During the war, we found four dying deserters covered in wounds in a hut. When there is no water, they survive on their own urine. Augerst said.

These words choked Serena on a mouthful of water and coughed for a long time.

"What's really interesting is that the deserters are Rant and Tours. After taking off their armor, they became close friends. "I didn't report them, I found them a village to live in," Ogst said. This is probably a rare reward in the wars they participated in. ”

"There's no good old man like you in the stories I've heard. "One year there was very little precipitation in Demorah, and the water in the Canais River was surprisingly low. Malaria was raging in the city, and some people said that the plague was a problem with the river, and the price of clean water immediately rose to sky-high prices. The poor could not afford to drink the clean water made by the alchemists, and were tormented to death by thirst and disease. Later, when the rainy season came, the water of the Canais River did not rise. Because the dam upstream has stored all the water until the dam can no longer hold any more water, the people of Demorah can draw water from the rushing Canais River. That year, many people died, and the orphans and poor people in the slums were dying. ”

"Alright, don't let your spoiled story continue. Klinos said.

Abel still had a lot of questions to ask, that is, why the dam did not release water, and why the soldiers could be reconciled when they were dying, and why not the truce at the beginning?

"I also know a story about water. "It has been said that water is the will of God," said Abner. They flow throughout the realm, watching the world as the eyes of God, but they do not participate in any right or wrong. They also flow in the human body, so that God will know what you do. Sometimes the wrath of the gods is manifested with water, such as in the ocean between Midangael and Midan Mogul, and the flood that flooded the western continent. ”

So you'd better be careful with your words, because God is listening. Serena said this, deliberately lengthening her voice. But Ebner didn't quite understand the mockery and didn't notice it in the slightest.

"Thank you for the reminder, that's what I want to say. Abner said.

The group continued on the road and noticed it after a while. It turned out that the vague path was much wider, there were more forks and road signs, and the traces of wheels were becoming more and more obvious. The trees on both sides of the road began to regularize, and there were no longer crooked trunks in the middle of the road.

Turning a sparsely wooded corner, the group caught a glimpse of the marker of the village at the bottom of the tree. The largest banyan tree in the Empire, though its trunk is large enough for a person to make a tunnel through. But compared to its more atmospheric canopy, it pales in comparison. Just this one tree is needed to provide shade to the entire square. From a distance, most castles don't have such a large body.

When you are under a tree, you will feel like you are in a lush forest, but the forest only casts the shadow cast by this tree. Any celebration in the village will be held under this banyan tree, even if it is a feast of tens of thousands of people, this giant tree can accommodate it.

The expedition stopped to look at what could hardly be called a tree.

"With such a beautiful landscape, this must be a developed place. Abner said.

This is not the case, although the size of the village of Tree Bottom is larger than that of Geldo. But it's not a strategic location, or a source of strategic resources. It is enough to call the size of the town, which has been ignored by the empire because of its unimportant status. Augerst said.

This is not entirely true, the village of Tree Bottom still contributes a lot of tax and food to the empire. On the eve of the Civil War, the Battlemages of Tours burned all the farmland with flames to combat Rant's supply of food and grass. The sneak attack was very successful, as there were not many troops stationed here. Klinos said.

"If I were a commander, I don't think it would be a good idea to be here. The mountain road was too narrow, making the march slow and not having too many defenders. The terrain is not advantageous, and it is impossible to build a wall for farmland. During the rebellion of the states, although Shudi Village became a perfect logistics center, it still did not become a prosperous city, but lost a lot of people due to the war. Everyone only thinks of it as a goose that lays golden eggs, and when one day it doesn't lay eggs anymore, people don't even want to disemboweled it. Gold, food, troops, all from such villages. "The soldiers on the battlefield were almost all civilians who had been armed with pitchforks a few days before, and in the blink of an eye they had to go to war for the king," said Ogast. At all times, villages and towns are the ultimate victims of these tricks. ”

"Pitchforks are also lethal weapons, believe me, I've seen them. Serena said nonchalantly.

After saying that, the group continued the road in front of them, and soon saw the houses in the village of tree bottom and the farmland at the foot of the mountain.

Serena went into the village to find a suitable buyer for the sapphires, and she went to quite a few places. Taverns, grocery stores, remote streets. It's just that there is no Demorah-like snake standing against the wall in a hooded cloak. It seems that this is a small village that no one cares about, and the only people who live here are the peasants, the peasants who have not yet returned from the war.

Once Serena saw a man in black, smoking a sepiolite pipe in the corner of the tavern, and went up and asked in black. It turned out that the man was just an ordinary guest, and the sepiolite pipe was collected from the corpse of the soldier. Serena didn't give up, but still looked around for clues to the local underworld.

Augst, on the other hand, relied on his wandering experience and quickly found the local bulletin board.

The almost rotten wooden shelves were still covered with confetti from the previous announcement, the waterproofing on the top of the bulletin board was not very good, the handwriting on many of the papers was blurry and illegible, and the cracked wooden planks had broken many of these unattended notices.

It's all inconsequential, some looking for their dogs, some of the new laws of the Empire, some of which are advertisements for laundries. There's not much really to do with the bounty, and not much if you include the bounty for lost pets.

Ogast didn't want to go as a blacksmith's apprentice or look for a dog in the woods. However, he was interested in the laundry, and he couldn't remember the last time he washed his underwear.

Glance at the information on the bulletin board.

Finally, he found an announcement offering a 200 gold reward:

Bounty on the Wraith of the Tree Bottom Village