"Treasure hunting?" It's the first time Alex has heard, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Minter hurriedly told the whole story: "It was when I was a child, my grandfather took me out on a trip, I once went to the elf forest, when my grandfather wanted to help the elves destroy the snow monsters, I stayed in Phantom Town to play with my friends At that time, a group of strange mercenaries came to the town, sneaky, and asked around about things, the half-elves felt that they were not good people, and asked them to leave, so they captured my friend and two elves, and killed one of the elves, when my grandfather and the elves caught them, They said that they were told that the elves had a long history and a lot of treasures, and that they had come in search of treasures."

"What treasure?" Father Riddle shook his head, "Elves are a race that admires nature, and what they consider to be treasures will never be gold and silver jewelry that humans like."

"That's right! That's why we find it strange! Minter continued, "But at that time, because of the death of an elf and the constant disturbance of people, the elven queen decided to close the elven forest and not allow humans to enter!" My grandfather had no choice but to leave with me, but when we crossed the Celestial Blade to reach the northern mountains of Noga, we found that another mercenary was planning to hunt for treasure in the Elven Forest! ”

Alex also heard something was wrong at this time: "You mean... Someone is spreading rumors in human society that there is treasure in the Elven Forest? ”

Minji nodded: "My grandfather felt that there was a problem, so he followed the clues and found that someone deliberately spread this rumor to the mercenaries, we followed that person all the way to Nomonka, and saw him connecting with others My grandfather heard their conversation, that person was responsible for closing the elven forest to the outside world, and the person who connected with him was responsible for persuading the Illuminati Sect to open the passage, and there was also an accomplice in Mengli We didn't understand what they meant at the time, now in retrospect, what those two people said should have meant to persuade Van A to open the border, Let foreigners come and go freely, right? And in Monri—" he tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Later, we went to Monli, only to know that the original gang overlord, the underground duke, had died, several factions were in chaos, and new forces were constantly emerging..."

Alex narrowed his eyes: "Monri... Since the opening of the borders of Van A, the anti-temple situation has been the worst there, and one of the bishops who went to inspect and was almost assassinated, and the person who did these things is said to have something to do with the local gangs."

Fr. Riddle was also thoughtful: "So... The people who led the opposition to the temple in Encore seem to have moved from Monri only a few years ago, and most of the people he instigated were not long-term residents of Encore... In fact, in recent years, I have heard that the lords of several territories in Weisha have become more and more aggressive towards the civilians under their control, so many people have fled to settle in the Encore area, and the land disputes between them and the local residents have never stopped."

Minter clapped his hands: "That's right!" I've seen them storm the temple in Monri, some of them are really suspicious, and when I was in the Oasis of Entertainment, I once saw a list of people who led and participated in the turmoil, and Esparo was a lackey of the Demon Domain, and this incident was definitely deliberately planned by them! ”

He stood up abruptly and walked around the room, his mind racing: "Esparo also made a plan, ostensibly for Prince Nogamario and his faction, but in fact it is very likely that it is just a plan, the plan is written to cause a conflict between Van and A, so that it can stand by in the war, Esparo also proposed that he has contacted his aunt Rosalyn, who is a saint in the Central Holy See, and the other party promised to help him, and he also said that he could consider poisoning Princess Diana and stirring up discord between the two countries..." He suddenly remembered his colleague Uncle Luma: "By the way, after my colleague found out about this, he set off to report to the princess, haven't you seen him?!" ”

After the closure of the country, Uncle Luma never came back, according to the speculation of Mallory, it is likely that he is lurking in the territory of Van A, just in case, but there is no reason why he should not report the matter to the princess, right? Also, why didn't my colleague who brought the transcript of the plan back to East never hear Mallory mention it?

Mint felt a slight premonition in his heart, and at the same time, he remembered that there was one more thing mentioned in the Esparo land plan: "Esparo once mentioned... The Heddas also have a good family in East, who are not involved in that political reckoning and are willing to help them... I don't know which family it is? ”

Alex's face changed slightly, and he asked, "What do you say this colleague looks like?" ”

"Oh," Minter came to his senses, "Uncle Luma is almost fifty years old, medium-sized, swarthy, with a small flat head, a short beard on his face, and his left foot is slightly lame, but he is very agile."

Alex had some impressions: "I once met such a person, when he was outside the temple and asked to see Her Royal Highness, but the princess has never liked to see outsiders, so the deacon in the temple came to see him, this is the summer time, I was in a hurry to leave, so I didn't pay attention to the later events, but after that, I didn't see him again, when she visited the princess, she didn't mention this person, I thought he was not important."

Minte's heart sank slightly: "That Miss Rosalyn... Isn't it in a temple with a princess? Will... Was she the one who prevented Uncle Luma from seeing the princess? "It may even be unscrupulous

"I don't know about this, but your colleague should be wary if he knows her identity, right?" Alex lowered his head and thought for a while, then sorted things out again: "Now it seems that Heda's family Esparo is probably the real culprit behind the poisoning of the teacher!" He somehow persuaded Rosalyn to poison her, and at the same time let people make trouble in the border towns, and after many monks and bishops were killed, Van Ah closed the country, so that if he could deal with the magic of Warcraft, no one could use it."

Minter continued: "And for the Elven Forest, he also used the same means, so that the Elven Queen decided to block the forest without the threat of the Fountain of Life, let alone the Demon Domain!" ”

Father Riddle sighed: "If Van Ah had not opened the border, there would not have been a subsequent conflict, they thought so thoughtfully, it is a pity that no one found out that this was a trap, and their plan finally succeeded."

Minter snorted coldly: "We humans are not stupid, even if there is no Van Ah and the Elven Forest, don't we stop them now?" I think Ori's high walls can definitely block those monsters! When the time comes, set a big fire and burn them all..."His eyes suddenly widened, thinking that there was a river under the city wall here, and it was impossible to burn it at all, could it just keep the demonic beasts out?

Alex glanced at him with mocking eyes, he was angry in his heart, and glared back: "Don't be complacent, you arrived here before me, do you know what the magicians in Shaonan plan to do?" ”

"Stupid, even if I once went to the Magic Capital to study, I'm only a foreigner, how could they tell me?"

Minter was a little disappointed, but soon his questions had a chance to be answered

It was just after dark, and people were still having dinner, when suddenly a bell rang from the city wall, and the soldiers shouted, "The monster is coming!" ”

Everyone took action, and Minter and Alex also ran up the wall and came to Vassi: "How's the situation?!" ”

Vasily handed over the telescope in his hand: "It's less than four kilometers away from us" He turned around and instructed his subordinates to assist the Shaonan soldiers in attacking with bows and arrows

Minter took the telescope and looked ahead, and sure enough, he saw that on the west bank of the Barrow River, there was a black crow object moving in this direction, the sky was drowsy, but by the dim moonlight, he could vaguely see a lot of that kind of thing, and couldn't help but be surprised: "How can there be so many?!" There are only a few dozen of them we have encountered in Sico! ”

"There are a lot of demonic beasts in this batch, they are not comparable to the ones before, they should have come directly from the Demon Realm across the desert, different from those transported by carriage from Siko" Vasily frowned, his attention attracted by the shadow under the city walls, "What is that?" Are there still residents nearby who haven't been evacuated?! ”

Mint hurriedly looked down, and sure enough, he found that there were more than a dozen civilians under the city wall holding a small boat and wanted to come in, and the soldiers were already releasing the gate, but after hesitating for a moment, an officer ordered to let them go, and the soldiers then suspended the action of closing the gate and called the people outside: "Move faster!" The Monster is coming in! ”

Hearing this, the civilians hurriedly sped up the action of holding the boat, and just as their ship was approaching the harbor hole, Alex's face suddenly changed: "Don't let them in!" Those are living corpses! ”

Minter was shocked and hurriedly shouted to the soldiers under the city: "Get them out, they are not alive!" ”

The soldiers were stunned when they heard this, and as soon as they hit their hands, the "civilians" suddenly quickened their movements, drove into the hole, and threw four or five soldiers into the water with a wave of the oars

Alex waved his hand, and a tree trunk flew from not far away, knocking the living corpse out of the harbor cave directlyJust as he wanted to do it again, suddenly a hot wind came from the direction of the town, and a red flame the size of a door panel rushed straight over, burning all the living corpses to ashes, even the boat they were on, and then another cloud of silver-white light was sent, which froze the surface of that piece of water into ice, and then split into small pieces, and flew out of the harbor cave with a hula, and the surviving soldiers immediately closed the gate, Only then did he rescue his companion who had fallen into the water

Minter and Alex had only time to look at the magicians, and it turned out to be two white-bearded old magicians in their sixties, one in crimson robes and the other in dark green, both standing solemnly on the bow of a small boat with no oars, and they were rapidly approaching the city wall

When they got to the wall, they didn't immediately climb the steps, but beckoned to Alex first: "Young man, come and clean the waters here so that they don't get polluted."

Alex hurried down, and Minter was drawn to the sound on the other side

The monsters were approaching, and their claws could already be seen, and after the dam closed the gates, the water level of the river gradually rose, overflowing the grass on the riverbankWhen the monsters came to the riverbank, which was less than a hundred meters away from the city wall, the water had already reached their feet, and the monsters hesitated, but quickly continued to move on

Minter swallowed as he looked at the three or four times more demonic beasts than he had ever seen, then turned to look at the commander of Shaonan, wondering how he was going to deal with these enemies

(I have something to go out today, and I'm so tired when I come back, I can't turn my brain, there's only so much, I'm sorry, I'll make it up tomorrow...) ）