"Indeed, if it weren't for the fact that I now knew about the conspiracy of the Servant of God, I am afraid that no one would have thought about it in that direction. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Catherine asked, "But, Elder, haven't you thought about exploring the Elder's death for nearly forty years?"

"I know what you're trying to know, you suspect that the movement in the Forbidden Land started forty years ago, right? Odin smiled bitterly: "But it's a pity, organizing people to go deep into the core of the Death Forest is basically no different from organizing people to die together, and no one will do it unless it is absolutely necessary." However, although there are some doubts about the death of the elder, these doubts cannot explain anything without knowing the existence of the Divine Servant, and they are not enough to make the guild pay such a big price to go on an expedition. And the most important point is that the elder has already organized an adventurous team before, and all the people involved are very good talents in the guild. I don't know if you've noticed it over the years, among the adventurers in the guild, there is a fault line among the adventurers of the legendary level, well, it can't be said that there is a complete fault, but among the adventurers of the legendary level, the number of people who are about sixty years old in the guild is very small, not retired, even if they retire, the guild will also record it, just like there are many eighty or ninety-year-old old generation of legendary adventurers in the records, but in the records of the guild, there are no adventurers in their sixties at all, don't you think it's strange that there is such a special phenomenon?"

"I thought it was just that there were fewer legends promoted during that time. Catherine's eyes widened, and she said in surprise, "Is it because of the Elder's expedition?

"Let's put it this way, before the expedition, there were a total of fourteen Legendary Adventurers registered in the guild who were of human race, accounting for a quarter of the number of Legendary Rank Professionals in the human world at that time, and all the other races combined, there were only thirty-two Legendary Rank Professionals. But after I took over as President, only six of the fourteen were still alive, which meant that eight of the Guild's elites were lost in the expedition, causing five of the top Gold Adventure Groups to fall to the Silver level, and four of them quickly declined. Odin recalled the past, and said with some fear: "After that, not only the strength of the human side in the guild was seriously damaged, but also the overall strength of the guild had a great impact, and it was not completely impossible to launch another expedition at this time, but once the expedition went wrong again, the price I needed to pay was probably not something I could bear." It wasn't until ten years later, when a new generation of Legendary-level adventurers grew, that the power of the various races in the guild returned to its original balance. Moreover, at that time I had more serious problems to solve, and I simply did not have the energy to organize another expedition. ”

"Balance the power of the various races in the guild, cultivate potential newcomers, and do their best to fill the void left by the dead. Catherine pondered, "Is there anything more important?, ah, I see, to hide the truth." ”

"Well, that's the most important thing, at least for the guild. Odin sighed and said, "It was a nightmare for me to appease all the relatives and team members of the deceased, and to make them accept the fact that the deceased was dead without letting them know the truth." Oh, and on the elf side, I also spent a lot of energy and gave up a lot of benefits, but fortunately, Her Majesty the Queen mediated it, and finally completely covered up the truth. ”

"Why hide it?" Catherine asked puzzled, "Since it's so troublesome, wouldn't it be nice to make the news public?" ”

"Our adventurers are not the same as mercenaries, mercenaries exist for large-scale conflicts, for mercenaries, the death of high-level people in the mission can be regarded as glory as the death of soldiers on the battlefield, so that if Kara dies in battle, Free City will never hide it, but will publicize it. But adventurers are different, adventurers' tasks are not war, we need to do things that are more special than mercenaries, such as protection, exploration, lurking, targeted strikes, and other tasks, only to complete the tasks alive is valuable. Odin explained, "If you were a client, would you still believe in the strength of this guild as you did before when you knew that even the leader of the Adventurer's Guild would die so easily in the mission?"

"Well, I'm afraid I'll be suspicious. Catherine smiled bitterly: "No wonder you kept the news so tight, I didn't know the truth until now." ”

"By the time I've solved everything, it's been a long time. Odin sighed and said, "At that time, I thought that such a long time was enough for all clues to be annihilated, and there was no point in organizing an expedition again, so I didn't continue to investigate further. I have to say that I regret it now, and if I had made up my mind to continue the investigation at that time, maybe everyone would not be as passive as they are now. ”

"It's useless to regret, and I'm afraid it's useless for you to continue investigating, unless you can also ignore the soul shock of the Forbidden Land. Pannis's voice came from behind the trio, and it was low, not at all bantering. As soon as Catherine turned around, she saw a straight-faced Pannis, and then, she couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Whether it is from the expression or the language, Pannis is very serious, but as long as he sees his state, I am afraid that no one can be serious. On his right hand, he was biting a smooth skull, and one could actually read strong dissatisfaction from the blue soul fire that was beating in the eye socket of the skull, and as for the skeleton outside the skull, it hung on his left leg, shaking as he walked, showing a resolute determination not to let go. Behind him, Anne's slightly transparent body grabbed his hair as a swing, swinging in the air, and from time to time happily swinging her hair and tossing a few times in the air. As for the others, they also gathered around, but the smile on their faces could not be concealed in any way.

"Alas. Catherine sighed, covered her face and said helplessly: "I don't object at all to you occasionally pretending to be serious, but can you please pretend to be dedicated, don't hang so many ornaments on your body." The way you are now, combined with the tone of your voice, will only have the opposite effect. ”

"You two fools, you told me to come down quickly, but you didn't listen. Pannis's seriousness immediately couldn't be maintained, he jumped up on the spot and shook his bitten right hand hard, and wailed: "The bite hurts me to death, you are a fawn, not a puppy, come down for me." (To be continued.) )