Chapter 10: The Land of the Dead

"Hey, wake up!"

In his sleep, Sifo suddenly heard a slightly familiar voice, and then a cold chill permeated his whole body, as if he was standing naked in the middle of a blizzard.

"Ahh

Qin Lun dropped the basin and looked at the president of the Hulan Chamber of Commerce who was swinging on the bed with an expressionless face. He was in a bad mood for some reason, and he knew very well that Hill and Rand were watching a joke not far behind him, after all, his impatient frizzy appearance was not usually seen.

"You ...... Who are you? Sifer's eyes slowly became focused, and although he had been drunk before, as soon as he sobered up, he immediately realized that he was in trouble.

He was not a shrewd man, and he usually had an old butler to support him, so he didn't have much experience in the world, but after all, he had made several trade trips between Tesser and Baldur's Gate, and he had seen some of the world.

"You guys, the ...... I'll pay back the boss's wine, but it's a little bit of a stretch these days. Sifo rubbed his arms together and muttered under his breath. His whole body was drenched with cold water, and as soon as the temperature came at night, he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Wipe it clean first!" Qin Lun glanced at him, threw a towel over, and at the same time wiped it on his face, removing the disguise of the phantom leather suit, and said lightly, "Take a closer look, do you still know me?" ”

"You, you're ...... Philar Moonlight! As soon as Sifer wiped his face halfway, the movement of his hand froze, his eyes slowly widened, and he jumped up like an electric shock, "You're really alive, you, you know me...... No, Elistin ...... And Idria......"

Halfway through his speech, Seaver's throat seemed to be choked. His mouth opened and closed tremblingly, but he couldn't speak, his face was bloodshot and red, and his eyes slowly moistened, as if he would cry out the next moment.

Qin Lun looked at him, his expression softened, he patted his back gently, and said softly, "Don't worry, speak slowly!" ”

"Wow~~" Sifo suddenly hugged Qin Lun hard, grinning dryly, tears streaming down his face, "Steward Mason is dead, old Mason is dead......"

Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and an old gentleman who was always neat and polite appeared in his mind, Mason Hulan, the old housekeeper of the Hulan family. The last time they entered Torrell, they had dealt with this old man, and he was a shrewd and sophisticated aristocratic butler, and he was also the greatest wealth of the Hulan family.

"What about Elistin? What the hell happened to you? Qin Lun frowned slightly, he didn't care about the life and death of that old butler, he just wanted to know the current situation of the elf druid as soon as possible.

"Qin Lun, let him eat something first!" Hill brought over a bowl of hot soup and handed it to Seaver.

The little nobleman drank the hot soup, the cold on his body gradually dissipated, and his mood calmed down a lot, and slowly began to tell what happened to them a month ago.

In fact, a month ago it was the second time that the Hulan Chamber of Commerce had made a trip between Teser and Baldur's Gate. The first time was when the Sun Elf envoys met them, when the Chamber of Commerce mercenaries were forcibly recruited by the Amam Guard to solve the problem of the Valley of the Dead.

In the Valley of the Dead, the combined team of Lost-Fortress, led by Kelly and Robin, is besieged by the Death Knights and the Undead. Qin Lun or Joey teleported to the Tower of Dulag with Elistin and a few people, and few of the apostles and characters left behind survived, and the combined team of the Lost-Fortress also suffered a catastrophe.

However, the Hulan Chamber of Commerce took this opportunity to climb the Am's Guard, and they escorted them out of the border and arrived at Baldur's Gate safely. Of course, the apostles' distress in the Valley of the Dead had nothing to do with the Hulan Chamber of Commerce, after all, it was their own decision, and Sifo Hulan and the others just took advantage of the east wind.

That smooth business trip brought back to life the Hulan family, whose financial resources were close to exhaustion. As the journey was already familiar, after returning to Tateel, the old butler persuaded Seaver Hulan to set out again, and make as many trips as possible to Baldur's Gate while the Amguard still had a little favor.

Sifer, though not shrewd, listened to the old butler, and within two months they made another trade trip. That is, a month before Qin Lun entered Torrell, the Hulan Chamber of Commerce arrived at the Gate of Bode for the second time.

The trade of the Chamber of Commerce was still going well this time, and all the special products brought from Tesel were sold. Just as they were about to leave Baldur's Gate, the City Council delivered bad news to their caravanserais.

There appear to be some tribes of trolls migrating in the Troll Hills to the northeast of Baldur's Gate, and while it is unlikely that they will enter the human settlements of Baldur's Gate, it is possible that they will pass through the Land of the Dead, thus threatening a section of the river south of the Land of Death bordering the River Chongsa.

The city council conveyed the news to the Hulan Chamber of Commerce, hoping that they would be diverted or stay at Baldur's Gate for a while.

However, the news sparked Siever's curiosity. Perhaps it was the events of the Valley of the Dead on the last trade trip that made Sifo yearn for the adventure stories experienced by Qin Lun and the others, and he actually had the idea of going to the land of death.

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Once upon a time, the continent of Faren was a primeval land almost entirely covered by dense forests, and the elves called it Faeron, meaning the only land.

At that time, there were large expanses of vast forests that led directly to the interior along the coast of Sword Bay, among which the supreme forest in the northern part of the continent and the great forest of Keldomo covering the entire central and southern part of the country were the most famous.

The Supreme Forest was home to the first Sun Elf settlements to migrate from the Elven plane of Fairlir, while the Great Forest of Keldomo is home to numerous Moon Elves, Green Elves, and other small groups of Elves.

Over the course of a long period of time, the elves have survived the most difficult stages of development at first.

However, at that time, the elves of the Feron Continent were not dominant, and the protagonists of the ruling continent were the descendants of giants with Titan blood, and the ancient dragon, a huge intelligent lizard.

More than 13,000 years ago, the first dragon war broke out between giants and dragons. The northern part of the Great Forest of Keldomo was destroyed by the Dragon Flame, and the Great Forest of Keldomo separated off into another large forest, known as the Forest of the Dragon.

In the end of this battle of destruction, the giants were defeated, and the dragons suffered heavy losses. At that time, the king of Kaildoma, the Moon Elf King Tesser, killed the two ancient red dragons of the Dragon Mountain Range and saved a large number of people.

Later generations called the Great Forest of Heator, located in present-day Amm and Tesser, as the Great Forest of Heather, and Tesser, who was also revered as the King of Keldomomer, the first recorded dragon slayer in history.

After the First Dragon War, the Dragon's Forest under the name of the dragon included the area of present-day Baldur's Gate, although it was actually much larger than the area that Baldur's Gate now controls.

In ancient times, the Dragon Forest stretched to the south of the High Forest to the north, the shores of Sword Bay to the west, the Sunset Mountains to the east where the dragons live, and the Cloud Mountains of Amm to the south.

(The northern foot of the Yunwu Mountain Area is the tower of Durag that Qin Lun had transmitted at the beginning, and book friends who want to see the map of Faeron can go to Lao Yu's Sina Weibo, where there is a large map, and the Weibo account is gluttonous _ layman, with an underline in the middle.) )

The vast Dragon Forest was once again divided into several small forests during the five Crown Wars launched by the elves in the future. It now includes the Troll Roaring Forest to the north of Baldur's Gate, the Cloak Forest and the Sharp Tooth Forest to the south, the small Dragon Forest to the east, and the riparian forest connected by the River Chongsa.

The Land of the Dead mentioned by Sifo Hulan is the heart of the original Dragonforest, which has endured numerous elven civil wars, underground wars between Drow and dwarves, and border wars against trolls and wilderness races during the rise of humanity.

The Land of Death is just a few days east of Baldur's Gate. This is the center of the shores of Sword Bay, with the three human powerhouses of Am, Tessel, and Karlinsan to the south and the Moon Elven Court to the south, and the world's spine of Waterdeep, Winterfell, the Silver Moon Alliance, and the Shield Dwarves to the north.

Before the Sun Elves migrated to Comanso, it was a necessary passage for the Supreme Forest to go south, and it can be described as a strategic point within a strategic location. Year after year, it has become a battlefield for countless kingdoms, and a place like the Land of the Dead should have become a barren land of all things long ago.

However, the Land of the Dead is different, it is too close to the ocean, and there is a large river in the north and south. (Meandering River to the north, Okina River to the south)

Warm ocean monsoons and rains have turned it into a swamp and a forbidden area for life hundreds of miles in diameter. Even now, no one can say exactly what lies inside this patch of aquatic banyan trees and mudflats.

The date when the center of the Dragon Forest became a place of death is no longer verifiable. All people know is that before the rise of the great human cities of Baldur's Gate, Am, and Waterdeep, it was already a swamp.

Since ancient times, countless adventurers and expeditions have ventured deep into this swamp in the hope of rewarding them. In fact, a few of them did have a harvest, and the Land of the Dead produced all kinds of magic crystal ores, rare medicinal herbs, and even the world's rare swamp gems.

However, more adventurers have paid with their lives in this forbidden area, and even the most powerful legendary classes dare not go too far into the land of the dead. In the history of Baldur's Gate, there has only been one person who has crossed the land of the dead from east to west, and that is the founder of Baldur's Gate, the legendary pirate Bodan.

However, Bodean did not leave a single word about the land of death before he disappeared, and few people still know what lies in the depths of this forbidden area of life.

"You actually want to go to the land of death to find death, do you really think that the three-legged cat kung fu you learned in the noble academy is invincible in the world?" Qin Lun looked at Sifer with idiot eyes, "What about Elistin and Idria, these two women don't have common sense, and they won't follow you to break into the forbidden area of life, right?" ”

"I never wanted to go deep into the land of the dead, I just wanted to walk around the border and go back and brag to my friends." Sifer said with a sad face.

"As for Elistine, they ......," Siever's face showed a strange look, "the reason why they will accompany me is not to rely on me." This one...... They're here to find you. ”

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