Watching Curt bury the mandrake subspecies that attacked them back in the ground with a steady smile, Frick somehow suddenly had the idea of going for a walk in the nearby wasteland. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Was it a thirst for knowledge, or was it a little bit of nature inherited from his father? Flick didn't know how to describe it, but it came into being, and it swelled at an unexpected rate—perhaps he was subconsciously convinced that Curt would be able to protect him in that environment.

"Don't you understand how dangerous it is, I don't want to wander around the moors this season, because it's like putting a noose around my neck. ”

Not surprisingly, Curt only shrugged his shoulders after hearing his words, and immediately rejected Frick's request without hesitation: "If you want to go to a nearby town, I won't stop you—but I'll be willing to be your guide and escort, and take you to the town's tavern for a drink." But please spare me for an adventure in that dangerous wasteland, and even if I don't care about my name, I'm not stupid enough to run to the end of my life. ”

He was now finally able to understand why some of his predecessors were so obsessed with the end of the North, and it was impossible to clearly understand what existed in the most inhospitable corner of the empire's territory from books or the exploration reports of his predecessors. It was as if the longer a person stayed here, the deeper the appearance of the vast world at the northern end would penetrate into his heart, which was incomparably vast and contained attractive magic.

Thankfully, although Curt Leinster was reluctant to take him into the nearby wilderness, he was happy to tell Flick about it. They found a random place to sit in a corner of the greenhouse, and the old manservant who managed it had already made a pot of hot tea and brought it to him on a small cart.

The young man with Leonster's family name may not be a good sorcerer, but he is a great explorer and a good person to talk to. Prior to Flick's arrival, he was in charge of the Raven Society's investigation of the nearby wilderness.

"Although I said that the wilderness near the manor is a dangerous place, there are still people who have been able to find their way through the heart of the wilderness and come back alive. "In fact, there are several fixed paths in the gap between the quagmire, and only those who are very agile can walk through them, and it is a natural labyrinth, and there are many attackers lurking. ”

Whoever has made their way through the trap-like quagmire to the center of the wasteland will see almost no trace of modern civilization. Because in the depths of that wilderness, there are ancient ruins of different eras scattered everywhere, and even the remains of ancient people can be found.

In addition to the surveys and gatherings commissioned by the Raven Society, Curt often wanders alone in the wilderness near the manor, looking for forgotten things. But he will only choose days when the weather is clear and the visibility is good to go to the wilderness, because this is the safest time there.

With his status, he certainly didn't need to be an adventurer for money and glory, so exploring the ancient ruins scattered across the wasteland was entirely an act of personal interest. It might be fair to say that it's a good thing that Curt didn't become an adventurer, because those who explore the Northlands would never be happy to see someone so wonderful become their peers.

Frick has a hard time defining Curt's role in the Leinster family - in fact, his "self" is like most of the noble children everywhere, addicted to things that bring excitement to ordinary lives. But this similarity is only based on the premise that he does not take into account the results he has achieved, and you must know that a large part of the research results achieved by the Raven Society are related to him.

Wizards are not short of mobility, but when it comes to venturing into the wilderness, a skilled swordsman is often more suitable than a researcher.

Curt is the head of the Raven Society's quest to explore the surrounding wasteland, but he prefers to refer to his actions as walks rather than words like "adventure." This was due to the fact that almost all of the land around the manor belonged to the Leinster family, and all he did was patrol his territory.

Over the years, Curt has discovered many ruins scattered across the wilderness. About half of them were built by forgotten people, most of them have collapsed to the point where only a perimeter remains, and their owners are long gone.

Curt is not a sociologist, nor is he an archaeologist, but it is no surprise that he was able to find the relics of outliers in the most barren lands of the northern part of the empire. There are always those who study forbidden knowledge that is not accepted by the world, and this land is perfect for them.

Just by looking at the relics left behind in the ruins, he could imagine that these people had been forced to accept a place that no one wanted to live in, and that the excessive magic of this land and the anomalously distributed elemental pollution of this land may have been the footprints left by these heretical philosophers.

"Of course, the legacy of our predecessors will provide us with valuable lessons, and the treasures of this land are not only the knowledge of these heretics. ”

Curt laughed and said, "Did you notice a hill on the edge of the moor when you came? it was the densest place of peat bogs, and the hill had become almost an island completely enclosed by an impassable mire. It's not a good time to visit, but if you can set foot on the nearby dirt slopes at the turn of spring and summer, you'll find that this is where rare plants grow. ”

He half-jokingly introduced to Frick that the mine-like subspecies of mandrake was the native product of that hill, and Frick couldn't help but shudder when he recalled the sharp and terrifying roar just now. Although he was very interested in the fields dotted with green trees, he didn't want to walk on the vast fields with a plant lying at his feet.

In fact, in addition to the ones that Curt just mentioned, ancient ruins from different periods can often be found nearby, from the mythological era to the Middle Ages. But those places had been turned over a long time ago by nearby herders or later adventurers, and there was nothing of value left.

And in the depths of the "island" hill he just mentioned, there were still the remains of stone buildings scattered all over the steep slopes, and at least twenty ruins were left in the barren grass. It was the residence of an unknown ancient people, as if to tell them that there were many people living in this wasteland.

The group had already left the nearby hill before it was cut off by peat bogs, as no bones of any inhabitants had been found nearby. No one seems to have visited since they left, so when the Crow Society's magicians cleaned up the fallen stones, they could still find a small amount of what was left.

There is no doubt that the ruins are collapsed huts, built around the time of the transition between the Age of Mythology and the Dark Ages, almost the size of a medium-sized town. After the ruins have been thoroughly cleaned up, you can even see the stoves and beds they once used.

Curt was the first discoverer of the ruins, and when he saw the grey rock huts on the steep slopes of a hidden valley, he almost forgot his time. Perhaps it was more natural for a barbarian, clad in animal skins and covered with thick hair, to stand there with a spear in hand.

The land near the ruins is still being excavated, and the trenches on the nearby hills are the traces of excavations, and some of the ancient relics that Frick saw when he came were transferred to the mansion from the excavated ruins. After months of work, the sorcerers eventually discovered that the unknown people had once herded a lizard-like domestic animal on the slopes of these hills, and that they had used copper and iron as tools.

In addition, the sorcerers in charge of the excavation also discovered the tombs of the people built in the foothills, but only some pottery urns filled with ashes were buried there. Curt noted that the people had a custom of building monuments of thick stone pillars, which may have marked the location of their temples.

"So you were hiding in this corner, I thought you had slipped into town again. ”

Just as Curt and Frick were chatting, a girl's crisp voice froze his smile: "So there are guests invited by my father - good morning, I'm Lizzie Leonster, although I don't want to, but I'm also the sister of this unscrupulous guy in front of you." ”

She glanced at Frick lightly, and then turned her gaze to Curt as if she didn't care at all, and he had been talking to Frick for some reason, and his wandering eyes seemed to be thinking about what excuse he should find to bluff the current situation.

She didn't seem to care about revealing her identity, but some of the words made Flick quite concerned - she seemed to refer to Sir Urles Lyonster as her father. Curt always referred to Sir Leinster as the old raven, so Frick once thought that he was actually a child of some branch of the Leinster family, but according to the young girl named Lizzie, he also seemed to be the son of Sir Leonster.

However, Lizzie Lyernst didn't give Frick a chance to ask questions, she just leaned into Curt's ear and said something, and forcibly pulled him out of the greenhouse. Curt, who was led by a girl who was a lot shorter than himself, couldn't even resist except to give Frick an apologetic look.