Chapter 7: The City of the Damned
"Can't get in?" This not only aroused Erdongjie's interest, but also pricked up the ears of the people around him.
"Well, it is recorded in the book that the elves are a rare race with a long history of existence, and because they don't participate much in continental battles, they have continued. And the Elven royal family is the most noble bloodline of the elven race. After everyone got acquainted, Izzo not only spoke sharply, but also stopped being timid.
"And because they have been around for a long time, they have always considered themselves to be a noble race on the mainland, and they basically do not deal with the outside world, and they do not welcome outsiders to visit, and besides, the place where they live is surrounded by a mysterious forest, and it is impossible for anyone who enters that forest to come out unless they are guided by elves..."
"Oh~ that's why you said that place is inaccessible. Er Dongjie suddenly realized, but he was very curious about this race that had only heard of his name and had not seen his face, not only him, but also Guan Haibo and Wang Guoqing.
"So, do you know where that forest is?"
"Warrior-sama want to go?" Izo was a little worried.
"Well, I want to go and see, do you think, if we can get the help of the elf clan, won't our strength be stronger?" Er Dongjie felt like a strange uncle who coaxed the little girl, "And Zuozuo, didn't I tell you, just call me Brother Jie, that is your uncle, that is Uncle Wang, you know, call the warrior again, we are all going to be angry!"
Looking at Er Dongjie's intimate attitude towards Izuo, the rest of the guards, including Yi Yi, were all envious. Except for Guan Haibo and Wang Guoqing, who looked unhappy on the side.
"Uncle You, Zuozuo, just tell me to take care of my brother, don't listen to him. Guan Haibo pushed Er Dongjie away, squatted down and said to Izzo with a smile.
"En", unexpectedly, Izzo listened to Haibo's words.
"And me, I'm Brother Qing, don't call uncle!" Wang Guoqing also came up and said.
"Yes", Izzo nodded obediently.
"In the record, that forest is probably to the south of the demons, and it should not be far from the route we planned. Just the exact location cannot be determined. Izzo truthfully told the three of them what he knew.
Er Dongjie looked at Guan Haibo and Wang Guoqing when he heard this, Guan Haibo shrugged his shoulders and said that it didn't matter; Wang Guoqing saw that the two of them had no opinion, so he naturally didn't say anything anymore, after all, he was actually quite interested in the elf clan.
Of the three, only Erdongjie has a task related to the elves, and it seems that this task is not simple. After all, the elf royal family alone gives people a very noble feeling, and he also needs his kidneys, so the difficulty of this task can be imagined, so Er Dongjie was very moved by Guan Haibo and Wang Guoqing's statement that they would go together, and they had to endure hardships together, this is to accompany him to complete the task.
Now that you have a short-term goal, you just have to work towards it. The group couldn't help but quicken their pace in a wasteland of black soil.
"Hey, it looks like I'm going to have to sleep out again today..." Er Dongjie looked at the gradually darkening sky, sighed helplessly, even if he quickened his pace, he didn't find any place to stay, only dry branches and endless black and red earth.
As soon as Er Dongjie said this, Guan Haibo and Wang Guoqing also had a bitter face.
Compared with the guards who have long been accustomed to sleeping in the open, the three of them are really not suitable for this kind of wild sleeping. Especially Erdongjie, he is the kind of person who can't sleep without a quilt, so much so that he couldn't sleep at all the other night, and even though things have improved recently, he still hopes to find a place where he can sleep peacefully.
Er Dongjie sat under the dry stump, the rather handsome bright silver spear was casually inserted into the ground by him, and his hands rested on the back of his head as the guards roasted dry food. Since entering the exiled land, he has hardly eaten meat again, and every day he eats the black, unknown dry food.
It's not that Er Dongjie and the three of them are putting up a fight, but that many things are being done by the guards in a hurry, and the three of them are not allowed to interfere at all. Although the guards also wanted to improve the food for the warriors, they basically didn't encounter any creatures that could be used as food along the way, except for some monsters they had never seen before.
Looking at the busy guards, Er Dongjie felt a little unreal. A few days ago, he was a college student who was eating and waiting for death, but now he has become a warrior who wants to save the human race.
Er Dongjie, who was thinking about it, couldn't help but look at Yi Yi, who was dressed in white, and she didn't do anything, standing aside.
This is a maverick woman, and at all times, she always seems to be on the edge of the group, neither close nor distant. No matter what others are doing, she is always on the lookout, silent, and cherishes words like gold. However, the more she did this, the more curious the three of them became.
"Zozo, come. Erdonjie beckoned to Izo.
"What's the matter, Brother Jie. Izzo was blushing from the roasted dry food. Seeing Er Dongjie waving, he sat down next to Er Dongjie with dry food, broke off half of the dry food and handed it to him.
Er Dongjie took the dry food and rubbed her little head lovingly. Izzo, on the other hand, was like a lazy kitten, squinting and seeming to enjoy the gesture.
"Do you know your sister Yiyi?" asked Erdongjie, chewing on the soft dry food.
Iza looked at the figure standing not far away and shook his head.
"Before escorting Her Royal Highness to the Valley of the Gods, I had never seen Sister Yiyi. ”
"Her Royal Highness?" Er Dongjie was stunned, it was the first time he had heard the title of Her Royal Highness in so many days.
Guan Haibo and Wang Guoqing also came over when they heard this, since the three of them came to this other world, the only people they saw were the few remaining guards in front of them, and they had never heard of Her Royal Highness.
"Well, Her Royal Highness the princess of the Wang Guan Xiao family only came after entering the pillar in the Valley of the Gods, Brother Jie. However, Her Royal Highness has not come out since she entered. Sister Yi Yi said that Her Royal Highness would not come out again. "Iza doesn't actually know about the Divine Revelation Array, only that escorting Her Royal Highness to the Valley of the Gods can usher in warriors. After Izzo finished speaking, her mood was a little low, after all, she admired Her Royal Highness very much.
The three of them were also smart people, and they heard the clues from Izuo's words. The arrival of the three of them must have something to do with the three princesses, and now that the princesses have not appeared again, so most likely something has happened. When the three of them thought of this, they couldn't help but feel that there was another responsibility, and they had to work hard with the efforts of the three princesses.
Erdonjie noticed Izzo's lonely expression and touched her head comfortingly. Because of her topic, Er Dongjie didn't have the idea of continuing to explore Yiyi, and silently ate dry food.
Nothing was said all night
Er Dongjie, who hadn't slept well, stood up with a silver gun under two dark circles under his eyes, rubbed his numb buttocks, and looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky.
Today's weather is not good, a little dreary, there is not a trace of wind in the air, Erdongjie estimates that it may rain, so today we must find a place to shelter from the rain.
Now Er Dongjie and his party, counting the three of them, there are only a few people in total. Wanting to travel quickly won't slow them down.
The guards brought out by the Xiao family are now only Yi Yi and Yi Zuo, and the housekeeper's guards are two men and one woman in addition to the turban man Qibu; the older man is called Guan He, and the younger one is called Guan Zhong, they are a pair of brothers, and the woman is called Rou Yun; the three of them have fought all the way to the present, and their strength naturally does not need to be said.
As for the Wang family's guards, there was only one one-armed woman named Wang Cai left, and the other arm was cut off by the monster that attacked after entering the exiled land.
Although their small group is small in number, they still have strength. On the bright side, it should be Yiyi and Izzo's strength, the housekeeper guard is second, the Wang family's guard is again, and the three warriors are the bottom.
The three of them didn't seem to know anything other than the basic martial arts they got from the stone statue of the Guardian God Valley, which once made the three of them suspect that they were fake warriors.
"Brother Jie, at our current speed, we should be able to enter the realm of the Cursed City today. Izzo wiped the sweat from his little face and said to Erdongjie.
This dreary weather made everyone in a hurry sweat, even Yi Yi, who was as cold as frost, could see a lot of crystal beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. Sweat sticks to his clothes, making Er Dongjie uncomfortable for a while, and he really wants to find a place to take a shower.
"Well, that's fine, as long as we enter the city, we can have a place to rest, and maybe find a place to wipe our bodies. ”
"Brother Jie, let's not go into the city..." Iza stopped talking.
Er Dongjie couldn't deny what he said, he still held the mentality that the three of them were the protagonists, and naturally there would be a halo of the protagonist. In his opinion, it was like the three of them exploring the game world in a team, and there was an inexplicable sense of substitution.
"It's okay, we're here. Erdongjie said casually.
"But..."
"Rest assured, since this place is uninhabited, the City of the Damned is obviously an empty city, and we won't have anything to do with it for one night. ”
The rain, at nightfall, was still falling. Fortunately, Erdongjie and his party were in a particularly fast hurry today, and they finally arrived at the realm of the Cursed City before it rained.
Erdongjie stood under the eaves of a fairly well-preserved dwelling house, looking through the rain curtain in the direction of the City of the Damned. In the rain and fog, a rough outline could be seen dimly, even if he guessed that it might be dilapidated, but this hazy outline still frightened him.
The high walls, behind which are the buildings that rise in steps, are huge and magnificent, giving the illusion of majestic mountain peaks falling from the sky in the rain.
But... For some reason, the Cursed City under the shroud of this rainy night gave Erdonjie a creepy feeling, a feeling like a terrifying beast staring at them, a hairy feeling that came from the bottom of his heart, and dispelled his previous desire to explore the inner city.
"Let's rest early today, and we'll leave tomorrow at dawn. Er Dongjie suppressed the uneasiness in his heart.
"Arrange tonight's vigil, everyone pay attention. After Er Dongjie finished speaking, he took out a piece of cloth and went to the inner room to wipe himself.
"Yes. ”
The inner city of the City of the Damned, in a well-kept room
"Wow"
In the hallway, there was a rush of footsteps.
"General, our spies in the outer city have found a fire coming from a civilian house. An orc dressed as a sergeant walked into the room and said.
"Huh?"
In front of the desk in the room, the orc who was looking at the book under the lamp put down the scroll in his hand, looked at the reporter with interest, and motioned for him to continue.