Chapter 45: Patrol (3)
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Just the disappearance of footprints can scare an expert assassin like this?
Worried that there was something wrong with the fog, Link secretly cast a requiem spell on Linde that could disarm the mental attack through physical contact, and sure enough, it worked, and he quickly regained his composure.
It doesn't seem to have any effect on me, so I don't know if it's the effect of physical enhancement, or the anti-toxicity of the children of nature?
The fog became thicker and thicker, and no one could be seen at all from a few meters away, completely dispelling Linde's idea of sneaking around. The fog was weird, and he didn't want to get lost.
"What now?"
"Wait for the sun to rise. ”
"What if the fog doesn't clear?"
"That's no ordinary fog. ”
Waiting until the spell slot was reset and the fog didn't clear, Link's heart sank.
Sure enough, it was a spell effect, and the red that Shen Qi saw before should be the blood that represented danger. If there is an enemy hidden in the fog, why are we not showing up? is because we are not affected by fear...... Or is it a relationship that doesn't use to move around?
After struggling for a while, Link activated the Divine Perception Technique, which could predict the past and the future.
He saw Linde running past him with a frightened face, flying past the stalagmites that soared into the sky, and there was a cliff in front of him, but Linde rushed straight over as if he didn't see it, and with a scream, the descendant really fell. After a long fall, the sound of flesh colliding with the ground made Link's scalp tingle for a while, and then the foreknowledge was over.
Because the picture he saw was too brief, it was impossible to tell if Linde had been manipulated or if there was some reason why he couldn't see the cliff in front of him.
The invisible, suspiciously magically formed fog and cliffs were connected together, and Link suddenly grabbed Linde and walked forward.
"What are you doing?"
"Don't move!"
Although he was a little confused, but under the influence of Lin Keyan's expression, Lin De stood still obediently.
Since it is a spell effect, the only way to dispel the fog is ...... Link stroked the feathers of the Wind Falcon, "Ney, please." ”
The falcon flapped its wings and came to a halt about five meters above Link's head, causing a whirlwind to blow and quickly disperse the fog.
"It's ......," Linde's eyes widened.
As the fog dissipated, so did the hills. They are still in Sword Blade Mountain, a few meters further is the cliff, the distance from the ground is hundreds of meters, and if they fall, they will definitely die.
Linde's face turned pale. If it hadn't been for Link's stopping, he might have fallen to pieces.
"What was going on?hallucination?or spell?orc?"
The question of almost talking to himself coincides with Link's thoughts.
"Even if there are any secrets that they don't want to be revealed, they can kill us directly, and then disguise themselves as encounters with orcs and outnumbered. Why bother so much? How could it be so coincidental that we were on patrol when we encountered a small force attacking the village?"
"You mean ......" Link was also suspicious.
"There must be a mole in Longyan Fort. The emblem's reaction led Lind to insist that someone must have deliberately leaked their whereabouts to the orcs.
Even if the fog was made by orcs, why would they go to the trouble of killing two insignificant scouts?
Link hadn't forgotten that Bishop Dawn had said that there was a traitor in Longyan Castle, could it be a person?
He stared at the landmark, which marked Hohenheim, and the truth might be hidden there. What should I do, do I want to use up the divine revelation as well? Cool down once a day, in case there is danger in the future......
Link was a little undecided.
Since the gods know everything in Edgar's setting, let the gods decide.
With the use of the Apocalypse, a large signpost appeared in the sky, pointing in the direction of Hohenheim.
Seeing Link walking towards the border with a resolute face, Linde couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"
"Go find the truth that the orcs are trying to hide. ”
Feeling that it was safer to stay with Link, and was afraid of encountering danger on the way back, Linde gave up the idea of persuading Link to return to Longyan Fort, and went back empty-handed, could the regiment commander listen to their words?
After walking north along the boundary marker for less than ten minutes, footsteps and voices could be heard in front of me.
Lynd and Link glanced at each other, and then quickly lurked in the shadows of the stalagmites.
A group of people sneakily approached with a few wooden carts, and when they saw Link, they were stunned at first, and then they all took out their weapons and rushed over.
Link aimed at the non-lethal limbs, and the arrows fell to the ground, and by the time they rushed in front of him, more than half of them were gone. Seeing that the situation was not right, the rest turned around and fled. Strictly speaking, these people are not even mercenaries, they can only be regarded as bluffing thugs.
Linde, who had been lurking, suddenly appeared and pounced on one of them. When Link stepped forward to see it, his brain was full of fat, and even if he was wearing a linen shirt, he couldn't hide his identity. Looking at the goods on the trolley, it was all grain, and the purpose of their coming here was self-evident.
"See what we've caught?" said Lind, pulling the merchant from the ground by the hem of his coat.
"I'm just a hired farmer...... I don't know anything......" the man tried to deny.
"Can a farmer grow so fat, are you insulting my intelligence?" Linde made a vicious gesture and punched the man, making him scream.
Extorting a confession is a technical job, and it is obvious that an assassin is more suitable, and Link only reminds him not to be too heavy and stands aside.
It didn't take long for the fat man to do it all, he was a merchant in the city of Nax, and exchanged grain for orcs and beast spirits unique to the Kaogo wilderness. It was Nax's mage who instructed him to do it, and Guò secretly exchanged food with the orcs to reduce the number of incursions to the border. In order to avoid being detected by Dragonrock Castle, they spread a mist barrier near the landmark, and if the patrolling scouts were not attracted by the orcs who deliberately attacked the outcast villages, they would turn into unlucky people who accidentally fell off the cliff. The plan worked, and the frequency and frequency of orc invasions of Hohenheim were greatly reduced, and for this achievement, Nax was honored by the Mage Council and named the town formerly known as the Rose after him.
The mystery is revealed, but there is still one thing Link can't figure out. What if the scouts report the orcs and Longyan Fort sends troops to clear them? Even if the Mist Enchantment can trap dozens or hundreds of people, so many people have fallen off the cliff and died, won't the secret of exchanging food with the orcs be exposed?
"Ha~ Longyan Fort will not offend Hohenheim for the sake of a few homeless villages, let alone send a large number of soldiers deep into the border. Now you know why the scouts of Longyan Fort never get enough of them. Linde shrugged, he had heard before he came that the scout loss rate of Longyan Fort was second only to the Northern Battlefield.
After a moment of silence, Link said a decision that surprised both Lindh and the merchant.
"What! We're going to stay and trade with the orcs?"
"Relying only on 'human evidence' not only can't convince the commander of Longyan Fort, but also bears the charge of slander, this guy only brings some gangsters who can't play a protective role at all to trade with orcs, relying not only on greed and money, he must have a strong enough backer behind him. Link's words froze the smirk on the merchant's face.
The ore and beast spirits that were exchanged for grain were all produced in the hinterland of Kaogo, and this alone was enough proof that the merchants of Naxs had a private deal with the orcs.
Footsteps can be heard in the direction of the landmark, and Link causes the Falcon to blow a small whirlwind, blowing away the small amount of blood that still lingers in the air. Linde put a dagger against the merchant's back, warning him to cooperate if he wanted to live.
Soon, the orcs came into their sight, and it was actually the same group that attacked the homeless village last night. Link also shot the leader of the team by the light of the fire in the building, and was impressed by the guy who only had one eye.
"Kurke, why did you only bring two guards today?" The merchant who used to hug each other only brought two of his men today, and the orc leader felt that something was not quite right.
"Captain Gul......" As soon as the merchant paused, he felt the dagger tip of his vest pierce into his flesh, and he forced his pain to pull out a smile, "This is my newly hired mercenary, one top ten." ”
Sensing that the momentum of those two people was indeed stronger than the previous waste, the orc captain gave his companion a cautious look.
Until the end of the exchange, the merchant Kurk did not expect anything to happen, and he could only watch the orcs leave with the grain on their backs.
"It's all good goods for enchantment~" Linde opened his pocket and picked and picked, grabbed a few spars of different colors and put them in his arms, and then half-pushed and half-pushed and half-took the merchant to the direction of Longyan Fort.
Fearing that the orcs would return, Link had the Wind Falcon follow and watch until he was sure they had indeed left the cliff.
"And only those muscular ones can climb up from the almost straight walls of Sword Blade Mountain, why don't they domesticate flying mounts, so that they can break through the limitations of geography?"
The merchant snorted coldly, mocking the Assassin's ignorance, "Kaogo doesn't have flying creatures. ”
"Then you can build an underground tunnel. ”
Link's footsteps stopped at this unintentional remark. He thought of the scenes he had seen with his divine sense, orcs, gnomes, and underground caverns, all of which were connected together, and Link came to a bold conclusion that the orcs might have to dig an underground tunnel that would go around Longyan Fort and lead to the interior. The project is huge, but not impossible.
Is it possible...... The commander of Longyan Fort was already aware of Nax's secret dealings with the orcs, and deliberately turned a blind eye to the merchants' private transactions to reduce the possibility of war with the orcs. The gods will not show me those pictures for no reason, this must be a warning! Once the orcs invade the inner 6, the balance between the species will also be upset, is this the so-called "main quest"?
As soon as Linde turned around, Link stood in the back.
"What are you doing standing alone?"
Link, who had caught up, didn't speak, and his heavy heart kept him silent until he returned to Longyan Castle.
PS: I heard that the 'instructions' in the introduction are very deadly, so I deleted them after thinking about it. By the way, do a little investigation.,I feel like the chapters so far are tight before and then loose.,Will it jump too fast at the beginning?Also,The time of the relaxed daily life is over.,From here, the plot begins to unfold in a direction that you can't imagine.。