On the banks of the blue boundary river, by the wooden bridge that has fallen into disrepair1, there is a group of people and horses staying at this moment.

These men were tall and majestic, with straight backs, movements like the wind, looking strong and powerful, and with sharp blades hanging from their waists, but unlike the Templars, most of them had fleshy faces and raunchy beards, and it was evident from their murderous cold eyes and hideous expressions that they were almost none of them!

In fact, they are indeed all thieves in the green forest who crisscross the rivers and lakes of the Eastern Continent, and regard killing people and goods as idle green forest thieves!

"Old Helmsman Dong, you can't drive me away! Father told me to stay by your side and take care of you! A young man who looked to be in his twenties, with a slender and slender body and good facial features, knelt down in front of an old man and pleaded sincerely. He's probably the most decent-looking of all of them.

"Ziduo, your father's kindness is appreciated by the old man, but this curse taking trip is very dangerous after all, you are the only son of Brother Shouyi, how can the old man take you to the place of death?" The old man, who looked to be nearly sixty years old, but was still tall, with a straight back and bright eyes, comforted him softly, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but use his internal strength to forcibly help the young man named Ziduo up.

"But ......" Ziduo still wants to persuade again, although this old man is the chief scoop of the green forest in the four towns of Weiyuan, not only has been famous for a long time, has strong martial arts, but also started from scratch in his early years, and he founded a huge gang "Yiyun Society" in the extreme west of the empire, and was respected by the green forest heroes in the northwest as the "Ten Thousand Armies" Dong Helmsman, even in the green forest road of the entire empire, he is also a well-known figure!

However, he is now old and no longer has the courage of the past! If there are three long and two short ones on this trip, wouldn't their Qu family be guilty of a lot of sin?!

You must know that this old helmsman planned to wash his hands in the golden basin half a month ago, but it was their Weiyuan Palace's interrupted the handwashing banquet and dragged him into this muddy water!

"Nothing!" Dong Yanzhou shook his head categorically, "Ziduo, you don't have to have any apologies to the old man, this time the old man went to take the curse willingly!" ”

After that, he glanced back at the southeast direction where his homeland was located, and sighed meaningfully, and a little sigh and sadness appeared on his old face, which had been wrinkled.

"I, Dong Yanzhou, have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, although I inherited the love of the brothers on the rivers and lakes, and I was lucky enough to make a name for myself, but my family knows my own affairs, and in order to get everything today, I don't know how many people have been ruined and killed, and how many lives have died in vain under Jiuquan!"

He lowered his head and looked at his hands, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't know how much blood of innocent people are on my hands!" ”

"You ......" Qu Ziduo was a little unbearable in his heart, and just wanted to comfort him, but he didn't expect to be interrupted by Dong Yanzhou again.

"Ziduo, Ziduo!" Dong Yanzhou looked at him, with tears in his eyes, and said emotionally: "It's time for the old man to do something for the thousands of creatures in Seris!" If those madmen in the Western Continent (especially fanatics) are allowed to get the forbidden spell on the city, sooner or later the whole of my Celes Empire will fall into the sea of hellfire, and the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband! Even if I, Dong Yanzhou, am just a green forest bandit, I also understand this truth! ”

Hearing the heartfelt words of Old Helmsman Dong, Qu Ziduo lowered his head in shame. Their Qu family is the Weiyuan Domain King in the northwest of the Yongzhen Empire, and his father Qu Shouyi is one of the five generals of the Qu Wangfu. But at the time of the rise and fall of the world, their Qu family could not send troops to fight for the country in an upright manner, but asked for help from the people in the rivers and lakes, which was really disgraceful!

In fact, at this moment, in front of the impassioned old helmsman Dong, Qu Ziduo wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into!

Dong Yanzhou looked at his ashamed appearance, shook his head and smiled, and patted him on the shoulder, "Ziduo, you don't have to be like this, I know that your Qu family is in trouble." In fact, it's very rare that your father can send you into the mountains with me at such a time of great noise, but I still can't take you with me! ”

Qu Ziduo almost gritted his teeth! In the words that Dong Yanzhou said just now, in fact, he only heard two words!

Difficulty? What is the difficulty? Isn't it that those civil servants in the court are clamoring to cut the feudal domain? Pity their Qu family for the country to guard the west for a hundred years, conscientious, in the end, but they will end up! This is too unreasonable, right?!

"If it weren't for ......"

"Enough!" Dong Yanzhou immediately stopped him, and the old helmsman said earnestly: "Ziduo, the era of our martial artists is over, now let's be honest!" With that, he did not look back, but stretched out his hand to greet his men, and led his horse up to the wooden bridge.

Be honest? Isn't it just about being honest? On the cusp of this feudal cut, if their Qu family rashly led troops to rob the forbidden spell that had a great deal to do without asking for instructions, and spread it to the ears of the princes of the court and the central government, it would definitely become the excuse for the other party to attack their Qu family, right?

In fact, Qu Ziduo could even guess what kind of crime the other party would use to frame their Qu family, it was nothing more than "plotting to ban the curse and harboring different ambitions"!

As for the consequences of this forbidden spell falling into the hands of the madmen of the Western Continent? In the imperial capital tens of thousands of miles away, living a luxurious life of drunkenness and gold all day long, thinking about the invincibility of the empire in the world, and only racking their brains to think about how to fight for power and profit, the princes of the court and the central government will not worry!

"The big turban 2 is called a famous minister in vain, but it is not as knowledgeable as a reckless Jianghu person! It's hateful, I knew it was like this, it was better not to destroy Wushan at the beginning! ”

Qu Ziduo looked at the old helmsman Dong and his party who had crossed the wooden bridge, turned over on their horses, and disappeared with grief and indignation, and their fists were almost bloody!

However, he did not let his temperament follow.

At this moment, on the back of the galloping horse, Dong Yanzhou's eyes stared firmly into the distance, for him, this trip to seize the curse was actually only six words.

If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent! ――

"Your Excellency the Governor, they've all landed!"

The first mate, with a brown turban on his head, respectfully reported to the middle-aged man in front of him, who was also wrapped in a turban, but was much more gorgeously dressed and had a goatee on his chin.

"I see." Governor Ahsu Mende did not look back, but stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the blackened army of skeletons on the coastline a few hundred meters away, his eyes deep, not knowing what he was thinking.

The first mate bowed again, intending to retreat, but he didn't expect that at this time, Governor Mende asked a question.

"Moro, do you think I will be condemned by the Lord if I do this?"

First mate Moro was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood what His Excellency the Governor was referring to.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Lord is omniscient and omnipotent, and he will surely understand your troubles!"

"Really?" A wry smile appeared on Ahsu Mende's brown face.

In fact, with his country's poor naval and land combat capabilities, as the naval governor of the Brown Empire, this was indeed the only way he could think of to prevent the heretics of the Creator God Cult from obtaining the forbidden spell on the city. Despite striking an agreement with the Undead Kingdom3 on the Mediterranean island of Tanatos to land their legions on the western coastline of the Origin Mountains, it was not a glamorous thing to use their hands to destroy the forbidden spell.

However, who allowed their brown-clothed empire to lose the Battle of Archibald Plain five hundred years ago, not only lost the Holy City to the Creator Cultists, but also lost the land access to the Origin Mountains, and could not participate in the forbidden spell battle by land?

"Yes." "Once the brutal northern heretics have been given the forbidden spell against the city, then the countless pious people who dominate will be the first to bear the brunt, and in order to kill the hopes of the heretics to realize their ambitions, we should not hesitate to make a deal with the devil!" ”

"That's right, you're right." Governor Mende nodded, retracting his gaze.

By this time, the undead army had already completed its formation and marched towards the forest on the coast.

"Hope Alvin. Moon is a success, don't live up to his reputation as a lich! ”――

Note 1 Boundary River: A large river that divides the two continents of this world into two, it is located in the origin mountain range at the junction of the two continents, nearly a thousand miles long, roughly east-west, east to the endless ocean beyond the continent, west to the Mediterranean Sea between the two continents, and the Osan Straight Road has a roughly cross-shaped cross, at the intersection there is a wide wooden bridge, but due to the age, no one to maintain, the wooden bridge has been dilapidated, you need to dismount and walk to pass safely.

Note 2 Turban: Refers to the square scarf used by scribes to tie their hair, and generally refers to a disparaging term for scribes.

Note 3 Undead Kingdom: A kingdom founded by various undead races, located on the isolated island of Tanatos in the Mediterranean Sea.