Chapter 20: The King's Sword (1)

"Catherine, I'm back. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

When his feet set foot on the Lost Land again, the first thing Gu Shiyu wanted to say in his heart was it, and then he observed the terrain and discerned where he was teleported.

Behind it is a natural marble arch, thick and ancient, with ancient and mysterious texts engraved on it. It's just that the portal has lost its former luster and no longer flickers. The portal that used to be unobstructed in both directions, but now because it has lost its energy, it can only passively accept cultivators, and can no longer teleport in both directions. Because of this, it's been a long time since anyone has visited the portal again, surrounded by weeds and shrubs.

When Catherine came to the Lost Lands from Erathia, was the portal so desolate?

In fact, there is no road in the world, and when there are more people walking, there is a road, and when there are fewer people walking, the road is no longer a road.

On one side of the portal was a large black orb. I remember hearing the mentor of the Hero Guild say that this black obsidian ball is the seal of the portal.

The same runes are engraved on the obsidian. Gu Shiyu caressed the traces of history, and the runes flashed under his palm, and then eclipsed as his palm left.

Ressa, Gabriel, and Lucifer stood knee-deep in the weeds, looking at the mysterious orb in awe.

Where could this be? Dark Wood Forest, Divine Wood Forest, Dead Wood Forest, Red Wood Forest, Witch Forest, Oak Forest, Pine Forest?

This is difficult to fall into the valley when it rains. He could tell the ancient trees near the portal, all dark red or black.

This should be the Ironwood Tree. This magical tree, although not too large in diameter at breast height, is as hard as iron and will not deform and decay even after being soaked for a long time, making it an excellent material for shipbuilding.

Is this the Darkwood Forest? Isn't that where Sauron's Thieves' Guild is?

Gu Shiyu seemed to understand a little, the reason why Zoro chose to create the Thieves Guild in the Black Wood Forest may be to intercept and kill the cultivators from Erathia.

It's really a black wood. The familiar buildings of the past have now been destroyed by the war, and only the ruins of the eaves remain.

What about the dark temple on the hillside? Gu Shiyu looked around, and there were only some stone pillars and stones left in the temple.

The only ones who have the ability to destroy the Blackwood Forest are the Hero Guild led by the Mentor and Catherine's League of Legends. Walking through the woodland, they could see broken blades, arrows, and white bones from time to time.

It seems that he has only been away from the Lost Land for only a year, and a lot has already happened here.

From the Black Wood Forest to his own princess city, it is only ten days away. For this familiar land, Gu Shiyu knows where there are wisdom trees, where there are wisdom stones, where there are star shafts and other mysterious buildings. He took the three of them all the way to visit, and watched with satisfaction as they sat cross-legged on the ground and meditated.

Without the pursuers, everyone's mentality was much more relaxed. Renesa hummed a little song and busied around the campfire. Gabriel and Lucifer jumped, climbed, and ran through the woods, practicing their body and fighting skills.

What about Gu Shiyu, who is hunting in the forest.

He studied physical education at university and knew how to systematically train and develop the potential of the human body. Gabriel and Lucifer's comprehension ability is rarely matched, and as the intensity of training increases, the two of them eat an astonishing amount of food, and their former thin bodies like ribs are now bulging muscles and full of strength.

The rain of hares and squirrel valleys everywhere is no longer visible. He would love to shoot an elk, so that he could solve the food problem for two or three days once and for all.

"Gabriel, Lucifer,......" Ressa shouted all the way towards the woods, quite like a mother calling her child home for dinner.

A slender black figure swept past Ressa's back, leaning over the boiling kettle on the campfire and pouring some powder.

Who's going to be that?!

No one realized that this mysterious man was indeed too fast, as if a breeze passed by a burning campfire, and it was as if nothing had happened except for a few sparks that had been raised.

Gu Shiyu really hit an elk. He cut a shallow slit under the elk's belly, and used a knife to finely separate the muscle and fur, and when Gabriel and Lucifer came to help, Gu Shiyu cut off a large lump of leg meat, sliced it into thin slices and put it in the kettle.

"What a fragrant broth!" Renesa smacked her lips, "It would be nice to put some mushrooms." ”

"There are no mushrooms this season. Gu Shiyu tasted a salty and light taste with a wooden spoon, and the taste was just right.

When there was only a little scrap left in the kettle, all four of them lay unconscious on the ground.

The rain was the last to fall. When he noticed that Renesa and the others had collapsed to the ground, he knew something was wrong, and immediately shoved his fingers deep in his throat, wanting to vomit, but it was too late. He felt the world spin and fell to the campfire.

When he awoke, he found himself in a dungeon. The damp dungeon had mossy on the walls, and the light was dim, except for the light of the torches in the hallway. It is either in the middle of the mountain, or in the ground.

"Hey, hey, who are you, and why are you arresting me?!" he threw himself in front of the iron fence and shook it vigorously.

The iron fence is not thick, only the size of a thumb. With the strength of the past, the thumb-sized iron rod was bent with a single pull, but now it does not move.

Gu Shiyu's surprise is not trivial.

"Renesas, Gabriel, Lucifer, are you there?" Gu Shiyu shook the iron fence with all his might, trying to make a louder noise.

"Save it, this cell is built in the middle of the mountain, and even if you make a louder noise, no one will hear it. What's more, I only saw one dead dog thrown in, not a few. A yawn came from the next cell.

It was a dwarf with unkempt hair. As soon as he saw Gu Shiyu, his eyes immediately lit up, and he threw himself on the iron fence separating the two rooms and roared: "It turned out to be you kid!"

"Who are you, do I have a grudge against you?"

"I'm Crane, the Guardian of the Valley of Silence! Didn't you kid and that old fellow of Somra ever beat me up on the idea of a unicorn? haha, haha, the sky has eyes, the gods have spirits, you kid has finally repaid evil!"

Gu Shiyu blushed for a while. Unable to resist Ressa's pleas, he sneaks into the Valley of Silence to steal a small unicorn and give it to Ressa.

Did Crane remember this? He didn't notice himself when he stole the unicorn.

"I just remember that I asked you to borrow a unicorn to get around, but you chased you out for dozens of miles. Other than that, I don't seem to have offended you!" Gu Shiyu quibbled.

"If you hit me with the idea of a unicorn, that's the bad guy. ”

"I've heard that the people in prison are all bad people. If I'm the bad guy, so are you. ”

"Fart! Before you came to the Silent Forest, Gru the boy came to me and asked me to join him. I didn't say yes, but after a few days I was beaten and I came here. ”

"Ah?!Could it be that Gru locked you up?" Gu Shiyu was taken aback. If that's the case, you must have been killed by Gru too!

What about Rensa, Gabriel, and Lucifer? Why weren't they there? Could it be that Gru killed them?

Oh my...... Gu Shiyu didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Gru's suspicion is the greatest. In addition to this, Lady Grey is also suspicious. I'm sure Princess Catherine won't hit me with the idea of a unicorn. ”

What does Gru want to get by holding on to himself?

As the guardian of the Lost Lands, he certainly does not want the Lost Lands to be caught up in the war of various armies, and will try to prevent this from happening.

Did he already know that he was the Chosen One and wanted to stop himself from pulling out the King's Sword and breaking the seal of the portal?

What about Mrs. Grey? She and Sauron are in the same group, so she has to open the seal as soon as possible.

Crane was still yelling, "But I've been locked up for a year, and I've never seen that kid, so maybe he's forgotten about me." If one day he suddenly remembered it and came to me and asked me if I was loyal to him, I would say out loud, "your grandmother!"

"He's a daughter, why do you two brothers and sisters fight for power and hold on to pull me in?!" Crane spat out: "If I hadn't sworn allegiance to your mother, I would have scolded your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

Crane was escorting Gru and Lady Grey's mother to marry into the Lost Lands in order to marry the dwarves of Erie, and Gu Shiyu certainly knew about it.

"Hey, I said why don't you speak, kid? I finally found someone who could talk to me to relieve my boredom, who knew that he was mute!"

"Uh, I said do you want to go out?" asked Gu Shiyu.

"Who said they didn't want to?" Crane glared, "But I've seen a lot of people coming in and out, and they've all gone out dead." ”

"Have you been here for a year and haven't even gone out to let the wind go?"

"You only get one chance a year to let off steam. At the beginning of each year, the prison holds a running race. If you win, the warden will reward you with a recitation of a poem he wrote, and he will kill the bottom three on the spot. ”

"That means there are a lot of people in this dungeon?"

"Yes. The last time I competed, there were probably more than 100 people!"

"It seems that we are the more important prisoners, and we are being held in special prisons. You were not put to death, and you believe you were the champion. ”

"Listening to the warden's poems, I really want to die. Can that be called poetry? Donkeys will fall asleep when they hear it. ”

"Why don't you punch him, kill him and run away?"

"You can still kill people like this, and we're not much different from ordinary people now!"

"How so?"

"Have you ever heard of the Demon Curse? they added this to our food that will temporarily deprive you of your strength and magical abilities. ”

"Can't you just eat it?"

"You're talking about it. Crane snorted, "See how many days you can hold on without eating or drinking?" If I listened to you, I might have gone out too, but I was carried out dead to feed the wild dogs. ”

A person who does not eat food may survive many days, but without water, he or she can die in three or four days.

Gu Shiyu suddenly had an idea. He asked, "Crane, how many days are left until the next competition is held in prison?"

Crane ran to the wall, counting the scratches on the wall.

"There are still 10 days to go. If you want to hear the Warden's poetry, I'll give you this honor. ”

"Crane, I have a solution, but I can't do it alone, I need your cooperation. ”

"Tell me, what do you want me to do, I'll listen to you as long as I can get out!" said Crane.