When she got out of the cave, the masked woman disappeared, and even the people at the door didn't notice her, so it seemed that there should be another secret passage, but apparently she didn't want Tuga to know. Tuga beckoned to the crowd, rested a little in the village, and prepared to continue delivering the letter. When Tuga left the village, the masked woman suddenly appeared again, startling Mama Chamanid and the others, Tuga wanted to talk a few words, but who knew that she just quickly admonished Tuga to flip it over, and then patted the horse away.

Returning the same way, he encountered a lot of bandits, but Tuga didn't give the bandits a chance to gather calmly this time, and single-handedly killed the small group of bandits who seemed to be trying to harass them and fled. In the end, the bandits all fled, for fear that if they were not careful, an arrow would fly from the sky and kill them. Returning to Palaven, Tuga finally finished venting and went to the palace to meet King Haraus, who was so arrogant that he compared the dark Ones to a hungry farmer who could kill a large area with a single sneeze.

Tuga had no intention of making a fool of himself with the nobles, and left the king's inner fort with a sneer, but was stopped at the city gate......

He was stopped by the court scholar Tangier, a visionary figure rarely seen in Swadia. He told Tuga some secrets and told him to visit the famous scholar Trapp in Azgode. After a little thought, Tuga decided to take this proposal, after all, he also wanted to know more about the dark forces, after all, he could be said to be on the opposite side of the dark forces, and it was necessary to understand his enemies.

The road was relatively calm, and the caravan marched quickly, and in order to speed up, Tuga bought some carts and horses, plus the newly hired knights could bring some people, and ran from Paraven to Azgoth in only half a day, if it were not for the delay of a little time when passing through a certain village, in order to save some miserable villagers who had just been sacked, he could have been faster.

A seemingly prosperous village, well-equipped and populous, but it can't hide the depressing atmosphere, and it seems that it has undergone some not-so-good changes not long ago. As Tuga was about to enter the village, he saw a disorganized team confronting a dark horse knight. It seems that the enemy judged that something was wrong, and thought that Tuga and the others were here to support the Dark Horse Knights, so they went straight to war. Seeing the crossbow arrows shooting towards his team, Tuga immediately counterattacked, who knew that as soon as he took out his bow and arrows and prepared to shoot, a whole team of nearly 100 people on the opposite side was all shocked to death by the 'qi' released by the dark horse knight in this short period of time.

Tuga was completely stunned, because he had also comprehended the 'Qi Strike', so he was even more surprised than the average person, and he could see that it was a means of 'Qi Attack'. Compared to this dark horse knight, his 'qi attack' is simply the level of a baby. He estimated that even Kai would be far from this level of rebellion.

"Head, let's get out of here!" Mama Tea whispered to Tuga.

"Yes, head, hurry, I'll turn the carriage and horses around first. Manid chimed in.

"Shut up, stand down for fear of death, Theon, don't move, wait for me to ask about the situation. Although Tuga was also a little apprehensive, he was still ready to step forward.

"Tuga, I'm with you. Sain didn't listen to the command and just patted his horse to follow.

"I'll go too. When Jamila saw that someone was taking the lead, she followed, and by the way, she also despised Manid and Mama Cha.

Mama Cha and Manid briefly looked at each other, the former silently following, the latter sighing and staying where he was. Tuga wasn't very close to the Dark Horse Knight, and with what he had just observed, he stopped outside the range of the knight's 'Qi Strike' and greeted the other side: "Greetings to Tuga, respected knight, can you tell me what's going on here?"

The dark horse knight shook off the blood on the knife and slowly looked up at Tuga, a pair of shining eyes with a terrifying light, and directly fixed all the people who followed Tuga in front of him. The knight put a fold on his lips and said, "Tuga, interesting name, before I tell you anything, I can tell you my name, Finreal." ”

"Hello, Mr. Finreal, please forgive me for my faux pas. These are my men, and we came to visit the scholar Trapp. Tuga said with a salute.

"I just killed a bunch of damn grain conscripts, and they've done a lot of bad things along the way. Finreal put away his weapon as he spoke, then looked at Tuga with a smile.

"These bastards deserve punishment, I've heard about it when I pass through a village on the way. Tuga said indignantly.

Finreal put away part of his smile and said easily but firmly, "Death is the best punishment. ”

"I have a better way than to kill them, and no matter what, I'm going to let these bastards and scum experience the same pain first. Tuga was suddenly a little surprised that he could be so angry.

Finreal gave Tuga a meaningful look, then turned to leave. Tuga and the others naturally did not dare to stop them, and after a moment of silence, Manid began to collect the equipment and seizures of the grain collection team, and sighed: "These people are just acting on orders, and there is no one to collect the corpses when they die here." ”

"Aren't you the one who collected the corpses? Let's go, visit our scholars, it's been a long time coming. Tuga sighed and walked into the village, only to meet the village chief with a group of people.

Knowing from the village chief that Trapp was dead, Tuga had to give up, and although he felt a little strange about Trapp's death, he had no heart to investigate the matter. Beckoning Manid to return the capture of the convoy to the villagers, Tuga was about to leave, but the village chief stopped him and gave him a thick book, saying that it was Trapp's relics.

Take this Calradia encyclopedia and look through the first volume carefully, it turns out that this thing is basically equivalent to an encyclopedic dictionary, and if you encounter words you don't understand when reading a book, allusions, etc., you just need to look up this book, and you can immediately get the answer you want. It's a pity that it's only half of it, and if you can read the whole set, your knowledge level will definitely be greatly improved, and you may even find a detailed description of the dark ones.

Even Tuga found a description of the star horn in the book: in the eight hundred and fifty-seventh year of the continental calendar, darkness arose, enveloping the earth, like the dark forces of the sky, launched a holy war against Calradia, for a time of blood and pestle, life and soul were devastated, the god king Xingchen in order to save the world, cut off his little thumb to make a horn, the horn turned into a meteor and fell from the sky, and fell on the fleeing Leon, under the guidance of the horn, Leon escaped countless fatal killings, got countless opportunities, and finally defeated the dark forces and became a generation of holy kings......

With the help of the encyclopedia, Tuga finally discovered the wonder of the star's horn, on a starry night, if the horn is placed in an open place, it will absorb the light of the starry sky, and then form a beautiful stardust cloud above the horn, and when the time comes, the stardust will be written inside, and that night, Tuga sees the guide for the first time: 'Camp in the desert near the lake in the southwest, when the stars shine and the horn sounds, the hero's will will reappear. ’

"Mama tea, bring the map. "When I got back to the temporary station, the first thing Tuga did was to look at the map.

"Head, why are you in such a hurry?" everyone is discussing whether or not to go back to the valley......" Mama Cha and Manid were drinking and eating meat by the fire, chatting.

"I'll tell you to go and get the map, and I'll talk about the rest later. Tuga was a little impatient and urged Mama Tea.

Mama Tea was a little upset when she saw Tuga, so she immediately stood up and ran to get the map.

"Head, what's wrong?" Manid asked, seeing that something was wrong, as he stood up.

Tuga walked over to the fire and sat down, and said, "It's okay, you go on." ”

At this time, Mama Tea had already taken the map, and Tuga took it and began to look it up.

"Southwest, lake, well, it should be here, desert, damn, this map is not marked!" Tuga muttered to himself as he searched for it on the map.

"Manid, Mama Tea, are you two familiar with the terrain of the country of Rhodok?"

"Head, I know some. Mama Tea spoke first.

"The whole of Calradia is in my trade routes. Manid said slowly, a little narcissistically.

"Then who of you knows of any place that meets the following conditions, the desert in the southwest near the lake. Tuga said seriously.

"The lakes in the southwest, well, are in the east of Djerkhala, but there are forests in the vicinity because of the abundance of water, and there are no deserts at all. If you want a desert, outside of Viruga, there will be a large desert. Manid thought for a moment and said to Tuga, the positive Mama Tea was still meditating.

"And where is the desert boundary closest to the lake?" asked Tuga again.

Manid continued: "It's hard to say the border, wait, it seems that there is a village I have been to, and the scenery is more unique, right at the border, and it is just south of the lake. ”

"I know, head, Imer, that place is called Imer, I ...... back then" Mama Tea always seized the opportunity to complete a rush answer.

Tuga waved his hand to stop Mama Tea from talking about his glorious history. Said to Manid, "Mama Tea is right?"

"Yes, there is also a nearby village closer to the lake, nicknamed Surrender Village, where it is said that there are often some strange villagers. (There is a description of the bug online)," Manid said

"Surrender village, but I see that there is only one village of Serindir on the map that matches what you said. Tuga frowned and looked at the map.

"Serindil is the current name, originally called surrender in the ancient Calradian language. Manid patiently explained.

"Does Emer have any peculiar nicknames?Forget it, let's not dwell on these questions, tomorrow we will go back to the valley, I feel that the next journey is a bit dangerous, I wonder how the three recruits trained in the valley are doing?" Tuga put away the map and ended this short chat.

The next day, the group hurried to the Hidden Valley, and on the way they encountered some dark pilgrims, and Tuga, who was keen to rescue the women, naturally did not let them go. However, after this killing, Tuga had a sense of foreboding, as if he was being targeted by something, but he didn't find any dangerous enemies when he looked around.

Back in the valley, the three Hu Cong stepped forward one by one to meet Tuga, and Tuga directly asked the three of them to pull the recruits out for review. It's a pity that the combat effectiveness is not satisfactory, and only Ryan's female crossbowman team shows a relatively high level. Wolf's infantry and Pygmeier's cavalry were very average. Given his deep understanding of long-range attacks, Tuga decided to take Worf and Pigmeier, as well as all the trained recruits. Leaving Ryan to continue training crossbowmen, Tuga's men and horses have exceeded 1,000 (1,000 is equivalent to 10 in the game, which is tentatively set at 1 to 10 in the game, after all, the number of people in the game is too small. The recruits who initially followed Tuga are now at least squad leaders.

Now Tuga has more than 500 infantry, more than 300 cavalry, and about 300 qualified long-range marksmen. Almost all of the infantry is equipped with ranged weapons. Compared to the vast majority of mercenary groups on the continent with only a few hundred people, Tuga's strength is already very strong. Even some serious aristocratic minor lords were far from being Tuga's opponents, and those nobles with only a few dozen knightly vassals under their command were estimated to be unable to withstand Tuga's charge. Of course, even if he has the strength to do this, Tuga will not dare to do this, even if he builds a castle, he will inevitably face the declaration of war by the lord state. What's more, the castle is not so easy to take, in this turbulent era, those nobles who do not build castles well have long been wiped out.

With a large group of men, Tuga set off again, destined for Imer.

When passing by Paravin, Tuga wanted to find some bandits to kill at the edge of the forest, but the bandits disappeared collectively when they saw the group, especially after discovering Tuga's banner. Tuga had no choice but to hand over the large team to Sain, and he led a small group of elite cavalry into the jungle without flags. The bandits were fooled, and the teams approached like moths to the flames, and then they were annihilated one by one. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and soon the bandits disappeared again. Tuga had no choice but to return to the main army with the booty.

After Paravin rested for a while and received a large bounty for the annihilation of the bandits, the team continued to set off, passing near the surrender village, Tuga took advantage of the team's rest time to run over to take a look.

The sparkling lake is surrounded by lush trees, small buildings around the lake, and country roads. Fishing boat dock, smoke filling. Chickens and dogs frolicking, grape orchards...... What a harmonious picture of the countryside. The surrender village is so beautiful, Tuga was ready to take a good look along the lake, but unfortunately Mama Cha ran over and called him away, and it turned out that the team had already set off.

It was still evening when they came to Imer, Tuga decided to set up camp here, and the group was busy for most of the day to finally get the camp tent ready, eat and drink well and prepare for bed, Tuga was playing with the star horn while thinking about how to use this thing, suddenly, the horn made a loud blowing sound, and Tuga was so frightened that Tuga hurriedly threw it away. After a moment of shock, Tuga slowly stepped forward to pick it up, and after a closer inspection, he didn't find anything unusual. Then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: the stars were shining, and the trumpets were sounding......