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Fenne, the centurion of the Guards, walked briskly down the five-step corridor, and in the study at the end, Count Seniore was writing a letter. Nearly thirty years old, Servis was the second son of the Duke of Essonne and lord of the satellite city of Valolet.

Hearing that the cavalry had been missing for many days had been found in the Hill of Bones, Esson's face sank as the number two man.

This cavalry was specially set up to recruit people from other worlds, and the personnel were selected from the homeless outcasts and mercenaries to ensure that they could blame Cronberg in the event of an accident. Because Grantham had the largest battle in ten years, Captain Fawkes led people west to find the Otherworlders, Befast was relatively close to the Pillar of the Earth, and it was the area where the Otherworlders appeared the most, but he didn't expect it to be gone, and Servis could only send Centurion Fern to lead the Guards to search the border in the name of patrolling.

"The Lich killed?"

The centurion paused for a few seconds, then shook his head hesitantly.

"Isn't it?" Seeing the centurion's solemn face, Servis inserted the quill back into the inkwell, "Why don't you continue?"

"You'd better see for yourself. ”

As soon as he stepped into the council chamber, Servis saw charred corpses on the ground, curled up, and although they had become unrecognizable, the armor they were wearing was intact.

He took the halberd from the hand of the guard standing guard and poked it, it was carbonized from the inside out, and a large piece of broken night fell at the slightest touch.

With the possibility of stuffing a charred corpse into his armor was almost nil, Cervis asked Fern to give him a detailed account of what had happened to the corpse.

"Following the horseshoe prints, we found Fawkes in the Valley of Bones, and the horses were all there, only the people became like this. The lich entrenched there was also annihilated, and the robes were stuck in the ashes with a wooden stick that read "Traitor". The words were not so much a flame burning. It's more like a flash of lightning. Fern was impressed by that scene, Fawkes led a rabble, he himself was only an expert swordsman, and it was reasonable that he would be killed after failing the mission, but the lich of the joint was also annihilated, which was a bit unbelievable.

Generally speaking. Liches have life boxes, and even if their bodies are destroyed, they don't die instantly. In the pile of ashes, Fern found a ring encrusted with dark crystals, apparently a precious magic item, the gem shattered, and the powerful spell engraved on it had been destroyed. The Lich was also a well-known mage in Hohenheim before his transformation, and it was unheard of for both the body and the lifebox to be destroyed at the same time.

"Lightning......" Servis paced back and forth. "Could it be ......?"

In fact, Centurion Fern had the same guess in his heart. After the Battle of Grantham, the Children of Nature, who had not appeared for a long time, suddenly became the most concerned figure of various forces, especially since the Pillar of the Wind was located in Crumberg's territory, which was easy to reminisce.

"Nothing but traitors?"

"It's gone. ”

Sevis's face was cloudy, and the last time the Child of Nature was seen was when the Wind Lord Hel went to the Pillar of Earth to temporarily replace the Guardian, and made a brief stop in the Dawn Sect when he returned to Aiden. This led to speculation from all walks of life at the time. After the defeat of the Northern Campaign, the Pillar sealed off the Guarded Lands. Elves and druids, creatures that have been closely associated with nature since ancient times, seemed to disappear overnight, and the alliance of nature became a term that only appeared in history books.

"Lord Earl, does the appearance of the Child of Nature mean that the League of Nature will reappear?"

Servis shook his head, "The gods' decision." Is it beyond the reach of us mortals? ”

As a politician with no magical talents, Servis believed in Malik, the god of intrigue and secrecy, and without warning, there are two possibilities for this: one, it has nothing to do with him. Just a fortuitous event. Second, the implication is too deep, and Malik has given up on him.

The semi-annual teleportation is coming, and in the worst-case scenario, Cervis asked Fern to screen it strictly, report any suspicious person as soon as it appears, and repeatedly tell him not to act rashly, the divine punishment of the Child of Nature will defeat both the Deathrider Lord and the Vampire Queen.

On the other hand, Link and Finn were in a group of refugees and rushed to the nearest teleportation point.

Vaolet was just one of three satellite cities in Hohenheim before it was launched, and it was originally the domain of Esson, but the city returned to Esson's rule after the invasion of the undead. It can also be said that it was a concession from Hohenheim's alliance with the princes, and the area and its property that belonged to the three princes were returned to their original owners.

As a former satellite city, Diolet still retains a portal that can teleport directly to the floating city of Hohenheim. Because it is a large city, in addition to the protection of the Pillars of the Earth, there is also a magical barrier set up by mages to isolate the undead, and refugees flock to these three satellite cities every day.

Link, who gave up riding and chose to walk again, finally cleared his ears this time. Probably frightened by his previous actions, Finn didn't complain as much as he had before. However, their silence did not last long, and the next day, they were confronted by a group of refugees and caravans from the southeast, claiming to be refugees and caravans who had escaped from the underground, and a small number of mercenaries were mixed in, and the previously safe underground passages were also occupied by the undead.

Among them, there was one bard who stood out in particular, and I heard that he was a well-known adventurer. As a half-elf and human descendant, he looks to be in his early thirties, but in fact he is more than two hundred years old, a veritable old man. The offspring born of the union of elves and humans cannot last the elves for thousands of years, and three hundred is the limit.

The self-proclaimed Orlando bard is erudite and fluent in many languages, and takes the initiative to strike up a conversation after seeing Link's appearance. After switching three languages in succession, hearing the not-so-standard Chinese, Link and Finn both turned their gaze to the half-elf, and Orlando used exaggerated body movements to indicate that the language he had learned years ago had finally come in handy.

"Aren't you two afraid of any danger when you go on the road alone? Recently, there is a team on the border that specializes in plundering people from other worlds, and I heard that it is the private soldier of a certain nobleman. "Because few people can understand, Orlando doesn't have to keep his voice down.

"We're coming from the west. Finn remembered the knights he had killed by Link.

"If you're going to Valolet, it seems like you're going to the end of the road. Orlando glanced at Link.

"It's just going in the wrong direction. Finn began to worry that the familiar guy was in league with the knights.

The half-elf turned around and jumped to Vaolet. Because it is a satellite city of mages, only mages and nobles can be allowed to enter directly, Orlando said in a very helpless tone. Most of this team can't make it into the city, and if the two of them don't have a skill, it's best to consider going somewhere else.

"The range of a skill is ......," Finn subconsciously touched his forehead. He has an invitation, he doesn't have anything, what if he gets stuck outside?

Orlando crossed his fingers, blacksmiths, tanners, tailors...... Various craftsmen are counted, as well as scholars, alchemists, inscriptions, and other professions related to mages.

Watch Finn's demeanor relax. Orlando rolled his eyes, "You two are scholars, aren't you?"

Finn immediately leaned over to Link, glaring at the half-elf with a wary expression. No matter how scared he was deep down, Link knew him better than anyone else.

"Hey, hey, hey~ Don't be nervous, young man. Of all the otherworldly people I've seen, mages and scholars are the most base, and of course, I mean the number of survivors. "Actually, Orlando is the seal of wisdom from Finn's small actions, as for the other one. The position of the back of the hand is even more obvious, he first saw Link's mark before deciding to come over to talk, but unfortunately the target hasn't said a word so far, hasn't he learned the language here?

From the chattering half-elves, Link learns that Vaolet was once part of Hohenheim, and that after the launch of Mage City, the three satellite cities that had been left on the ground erected magical barriers, allowing only caravans, mages, nobles, and craftsmen to enter. Only healthy women and children will be selected for the incompetent civilian population, and young adults will not be able to enter even if they are willing to do dirty work. Tents were set up near the three satellite cities, and only those who really couldn't do it chose to go to Fort Watch or Grantham.

And even if it is a special group of people who can enter Vaolet, not all of them have the opportunity to go to Hohenheim, as a city of mages, only mages are allowed to enter, the only special column. There are only the elect of the God of knowledge who has the seal of wisdom. Expulsion is a special case, and the portal to Hohenheim is only opened once every six months. The apprentices stranded in Vaolet are all working hard to get in.

Orlando's introduction made Finn yearn listen to it, and his biggest wish to go to Hohenheim was to learn spells, and in such troubled times, the weak had no right to live at all.

"What's Hohenheim like? I've heard it's more prosperous than any human city. ”

"That's nature. Hohenheim was built in the Golden Age, with the Edgar Ring as the architectural pattern, divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower. As early as the beginning of the Silver Age, it was a metropolis with 100,000 people. The entire city is spherical, and the top level is the 'secret realm', an area for high-level mages, which only allows mages above the master level to enter. The mages above the Enlightenment are all divided into the middle level of 'seeking', and the population base here is not too large compared to the lower level. As it expanded year by year, the population of Hohenheim swelled to 200,000 during the most glorious rebellion of the princes, making it the most populous city ever recorded. ”

"Two hundred thousand, isn't it too exaggerated......" Although Finn lived in a small mountain village, he had also heard Rono say that the population of ordinary towns is maintained between a few thousand and tens of thousands, and the population of large cities is only tens of thousands, like Aiden is also because it is the capital of the United Kingdom, and the back of Mount Horacio is not disturbed by the undead, and the people and nobles are rushing there. Hohenheim is just a place where mages gather, and there can be so many people...... "Wait, how many of these 200,000 are mages?"

Orlando held out a finger: "Less than ten thousand." ”

"The rest of ......"

"Merchants, craftsmen, aristocrats, commoners. The mage is not engaged in productive labor, behind the luxury is a large amount of labor, and the only ones that can really be called Hohenheim are the upper and middle floors, and the lower level of Woolet and the other two satellite cities are the lower ones I mentioned earlier. ”

No wonder the lower level has no name, Finn thought of a more realistic question, since Hohenheim only allowed mages to enter, what about the other areas after it lifts off?

"What can I do, return it to the original territory jurisdiction, take our current destination Vaolet, it is now under the territory of Essonne, and the lord of the city, Count Senior, is the second son of the Duke of Esson. ”

Finn was soon told by Orlando to let his guard down, telling him where he lived and how he wanted to go to Hohenheim.

Orlando, who had a heart to speak, didn't say a word about Link, just knocked on the side. He was so interested in Link because one night a few days ago, Avga, the bard's god of music and song and dance, had shown him an oracle of unknown meaning. The goddess of love and beauty pointed to the northwest and motioned for Orlando to go.

On the third day of the journey, Grantham Fortress was besieged by the undead, and the news of the death of Alex, the commander of Dragonrock Fort, and the appearance of the Children of Nature spread throughout Big 6 with the help of the Communication Stone.

Orlando realizes that Evgar's oracle is related to the Child of Nature. Originally, she was an elf, and the children of nature had a close relationship with the elves.

Orlando was at first suspicious when he saw the Seal of Wisdom on Link's hand as he followed the refugees all the way north, but when Finn revealed that they were from Grantham Fortress, he was sure that one of the two men must be a child of nature. More likely, the older one has not spoken, because the Weaver of Life cannot be prophesied. The gods also gave only vague instructions.

In order to get close to these two people, Orlando uses otherworldly language as a starting point, which is less suspicious than the old-fashioned rescue scene, and at most he will think about finding out the news or trying to enter the city as a scholar. However, he still missed a little, Link got the inspiration from Bray, and Gonzalez as an example, and felt that the deliberate approach of the half-elf might have something to do with the gods, after all. Malik, the god of shadows, is also the presiding god of the bard.

Knowing that Finn could speak the lingua franca, Orlando advised him to stop using otherworldly languages. easy to get into trouble,

"Is music a skill?" Hearing a lot of the half-elfs say, Finn was skeptical that he would be able to enter Vaolet.

"Hey~ I can do more than just sing. Orlando boasted that he also had four classes: Swordsman, Ranger, Lauter, and Alchemy, and that there was always one that could be chosen. As everyone knows, Link frowned when he listened to it, four part-time jobs, two of which were related to Malik. Could it be a spy sent by the God of Shadows?

Frightened by the ubiquitous Malik in the illusion, Link has no good feelings about related professions.

There was a cheer from ahead, and Orlando moved his pointed ears to say why the people were cheering, "Woolet has arrived." ”

"Why is there nothing on the horizon?" Finn looked into the distance. There is only a row of dense groves of groves on the endless plains.

"There is an enchantment, of course it can't be seen. See that wood? Diolet is in the middle of the woods. Orlando glanced at Link again, noticing his squinting, and was even more sure that this was what he was looking for.

Sensing the gaze beside him, Link didn't want to bring this trouble to the city, so he gradually slowed down the degree of his front feet.

Unbeknownst to Finn, Orlando was aware of it almost as Link slowed down. Separated by a person, Link struck the back of the half-elf's neck with a quick shot in order to stun him. Of course, Link is not 100% sure that he will succeed, elves are naturally agile species, and his own movements that ordinary people can't see are clearly recognizable in their eyes.

Because the other party did not have the intention of killing, Orlando did not return fire with a weapon, but just staggered a position to avoid Link's attack.

Link didn't stop there, and was short and swept away. This time, his degree was faster, and with the help of the wind elemental, the people around him were not aware of Link's actions.

Orlando's complexion changed slightly, and it was impossible for humans to reach such a degree, and he was really a child of nature. Relying on the elf's acumen, he dodged Link's attack again, and if he added more, he would not be able to dodge.

By the time Finn sensed something was wrong, the second round had ended, and the two people who were originally next to him suddenly flashed away.

"What do you want to do?" Finn lowered his voice, considering that the Chinese half-elf could also understand.

"You should ask him why he deliberately approached us. Link squinted at Orlando, and thought to himself that if he was sent by the God of Shadows, he should be able to fool himself perfectly by conspiring with the enchantment. Am I guessing wrong?

"We can talk about it. Orlando raised his hands to show that he had no ill intentions.

The three of them gradually broke away from the large group, and because they were about to reach their destination, many people were not interested in paying attention to those who were left behind.

"That's ......" Orlan changed his cynical attitude and said with a straight face, "I received a prophecy many years ago, I will suffer from displacement because of my bloodline, and only the bearer of the Seal of Wisdom from another world can allow me to completely solve the problems caused by bloodline. ”

Half-elves are neither accepted by elves nor integrated into humans. Orlando's words are not necessarily false, if he follows the instructions of the gods to approach him, he can indeed solve the problem of bloodline, and since the divine power can regenerate life, it can also change the race. Having been a half-elf in the illusion once, Link doesn't want to repeat the mistake of the past, insisting that Orlando show his true intentions or kill him.

"The main god of the bard is not just the one that the night elves worship. "Publicly chanting the name of the gods increases the chances of being spied on," and Orlando plucked the mandolin in his hand, the strings bouncing out a beautiful melody.

The god of music and song and dance?Link vaguely remembers that he had read the literature about the main god of the elves in the illusion, and it seemed that he was called Evja, and the god of the forest, Rorian, was brother and sister. (To be continued!)