Section 21: The secret that rots in the heart

William rushed back to the home of the frustrated with Mi Sha'er in his arms, but found Phinea sitting in the hall comfortably tasting fresh deer steaks, but Yasuna was nowhere to be seen, he gently put the little girl on the chair and asked in a low voice, "Phinea, where is Yasuna?"

Phinea licked her oily lips with her tongue and said, "Mom, oh, she went out, saying she was going outside to see the excitement." I heard that there was a big event in the city, and many people went with me, William, can I go out and watch the excitement for a while?"

"No," William directly ignored the look of disappointment on Phinea's face, "I'm optimistic about Mi Sha'er here, I'll go find Yasuna and come back." Be careful, we might have to run away again. After instructing Phinea, William pulled his legs and ran out.

The destruction of the Moonbridge is to Silvermoon City what the Statue of Liberty is to the United States, and the Arc de Triomphe is to France, the destruction of this iconic thing is enough to make the whole country crazy about it, not to mention that the Moonbridge is also related to the integrity of Silvermoon City's most important defensive barrier - the Lost Lock. Although William did not know how serious the consequences of the destruction of the Moon Bridge were, it could be seen from the troops moving back and forth on the street that the problem was definitely not a small problem. The biggest trouble was that William suspected that the female city lord already knew that he had done it, and as a younger sister, she had already learned about the horn of Cole from her sister Heeron, and she happened to pass by there at the time, so everything was self-evident.

The only good news is that although there are frequent movements of the City Guard on the streets, none of the teams have gone specifically to the homes of the frustrated, but it is only a matter of time before they find out there. William walked along the avenue through the Plaza of the Moon, searching for Yasuna, but was nowhere to be found.

When William passed by an alley, he met an acquaintance - Tim the Short, this poor guy who had been turned into a toad by Leila and made the "cat and cat" bite off a leg, at this time the legs and feet were intact, but the appearance was much more embarrassed, he was screaming and being pressed to the ground by a group of five big and three thick armored guards, and there was a mage next to him from time to time to make up a healing spell to ensure that his small body could withstand the heavy punches of the guards.

Tim, who was lying on the ground, immediately recognized William as soon as he looked up, and he screamed, "Ahh Ah—it's him, it's the human, it's the gold he gave me. In order to divert the attention of the guards and prevent himself from being beaten, Tim simply betrayed William on the spot.

The armor-clad guards punched the dwarf Tim a few more times, turning him into a hunched prawn, and then ignored him, and the long swords of the armorless guards in iron armor were not unsheathed, and they only surrounded William with their bare hands, and they regarded William as an ordinary street smuggler. The mage behind him warned loudly, "Boy, you have violated the prohibition of the Supreme Lady Erastro by selling Neshriel gold without permission, please come with us." ”

Hearing the mage's warning, William secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that he was not here for himself to destroy the Moon Bridge, but now that Yasuna has not been found, it is not too noticeable. William dispersed the idea of preparing to kill him, but there was no pause in his hand, he staggered to let go of a guard who pounced, and slashed at the back of his neck with a palm knife, easily knocking him unconscious, and then his right foot flew up and poked, and the rapid movement of his right foot actually brought up several phantoms, and the remaining three guards fell to the ground with a muffled grunt almost at the same time.

The mage who was left behind didn't have time to cast a spell, like a goose looking at William in a daze, the changes in front of him were too fast, making him feel like he was dreaming. The mage wanted to cast a spell to knock down the enemy in front of him, and he wanted to turn around and flee far away, the two thoughts collided in his mind like lightning, but they were always indistinguishable, and the poor guy could only stand there and be at a loss.

William kicked up an unconscious guard and knocked the mage to the ground, and the mage who was knocked down came to his senses, and the heavy guard on his body could not break free, so he could only lie on the ground and scream loudly: "Mr. Xian, please don't kill me, it is not a big sin to trade Nessera gold coins privately, and you will be imprisoned for a few days at most and fined some money." But it would be different if we were killed, and Madame Erastro would not spare any of the murderers who had harmed the enforcers. For the sake of my family not to be sad about the loss of a loved one, and for your sake, please don't hurt us. ”,

Hearing this, William smiled and said, "Hehe, your eloquence is good, and you actually persuaded me." But I need you to answer a question. As he spoke, he looked at the short man beside him who was shivering on the ground.

The mage chief breathed a sigh of relief and said with a shuddering smile, "As long as it doesn't involve the secrets of Silvermoon City and Lady Erastro, I will definitely answer truthfully." ”

William pointed at Tim and asked, "How did you find him?"

The mage replied, "It's an easy question, but Milner, the waiter of the Staghorns, has reported to us that this halfling-dwarf hybrid has swindled several foreign guests out of coins and defrauded the tavern with fake gold Nesserel coins. Therefore"

William pretended to say, "I see, I understand. To tell you the truth, I'm one of those outsiders, and the liars of Silvermoon City are really annoying, so I thought this was a pure land of civilization. ”

When the mage heard this, he hurriedly distinguished, "Compared to other cities, Silver Moon City is definitely the least liars and the mildest. Rest assured, sir, we will definitely help you recover your defrauded property. ”

William shook his head and smiled, "No need, I don't care about that thing yet, and I'm leaving soon." By the way, I have a companion who has gone apart, a beautiful woman with waist-length blue hair, she should be easy to recognize, I don't know if you have seen it?"

The mage's eyes lit up and he said, "Sir, are you talking about a woman wearing a snow-white winter wolf skin coat and exuding a piercing coldness?"

William smiled, "What? Have you seen her?"

The mage nodded again and again, "Yes sir, we met near the dock on the south side just now. To tell you the truth, that companion of yours is really beautiful, but the cold on his body is too heavy, he must be an existence with a special bloodline."

"Hehe, the cold on her body is a bit heavy, and she always likes to run around, which really breaks my brain. However, thank you very much for your help. William put on a paternalistic headache at the right time, which greatly increased the mage's favor for him.

The mage smiled and pointed to his companion who was pressing on him, "Sir, can you help me move my companion away?"

William smiled secretly in his heart: I hit the sea of qi and the giant que, although it will not be fatal if I control the force, but in a short period of time, I will not have the strength to move the air. He gently lifted the unconscious guard Goth to free the mage from the pressure, the mage struggled to get up, but found that he had no strength at all, he looked at William next to him in panic, and wanted to shout loudly.

William patted the mage's side neck and smiled, "Let's sleep here for a while, and you'll be fine when you wake up." He gave him a cold glare at the trembling dwarf Tim who was lying next to him, and turned to stride away. It wasn't until William turned the alley and disappeared that Tim dared to get up from the ground, he secretly looked around, and then slowly approached the sleeping mage, and the few magic gold coins that he finally got were on the mage, and Tim was really unwilling to give up.

The so-called people die for money, birds die for food, ancient and modern, just as Tim was searching for the mage, several angry cries suddenly sounded from the sky: "Damn bastard, oh my God, what have you done?" Tim reflexively looked up, and immediately his body and mind were cold and his face was dead, and several elven knights on Pegasus descended from the sky, each holding a crossbow and glaring at Tim.

Tim fell to the ground and screamed, "No, I didn't do it, I really didn't do it, Tim just wanted to get his gold back"

William didn't know what happened in the alley after he left, at this time he was hurrying to the dock by the Raven River, when he found Yasuna, he found that the leader of the frost giants was holding a large wooden box and arguing with people, William hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What happened to Yasuna?"

Yasuna looked back and saw William, and said happily: "William, you came just in time, a few days ago, Hillen asked me to come here to receive a wooden box, but this person asked me for money. ”

A middle-aged man with a weathered face stepped forward and said, "Sir, we are just a cargo ship responsible for transportation, and we all live on the freight of escorting, if we don't charge freight, how can we support our family?" ”

William, who was in a hurry, gave the middle-aged man a gold coin and said, "The goods will be deposited with you first, and we will pick them up later." Yasuna, let's go. He grabbed Yasuna and hurried back. The middle-aged man behind him held the gold coin and shouted: "Sir, sir, you gave too much" Unfortunately, William, who had already run away, ignored it, he could only shake his head and tell the sailor to move the box back. ,

Yasuna, who was dragged away by William, asked, "William, what happened, why are you so flustered?"

William smiled bitterly: "Of course it's a big deal, **annoying." We're afraid we won't be able to stay in Silvermoon City any longer. ”

Yasuna exclaimed: "Big deal?**annoying?I heard that the Moon Bridge in Silvermoon City was destroyed just now, could it be that you did it? God, you wouldn't have taken Mi Sha'er to the Moon Bridge, right?" William didn't have the heart to explain, so he could only smile bitterly again.

Yasuna said, "Didn't Shiren tell you that you must not take Mi Sha'er to the Moon Bridge?" William shook his head and said no.

Yasuna muttered to herself, "Strange. Others don't know, Hiren should know that Cole's Horn must not be allowed to get close to the Moon Bridge, what the hell is she thinking"

William stopped abruptly and startled the unprepared Yasuna: "What do you mean?

Yasuna turned her head to look around, pulled William to a secluded corner and said, "Only Hiren and I know about this matter, and now I will tell you, but you must not reveal it to the fourth person." ”

William said impatiently, "What the hell is going on?"

Yasuna whispered, "The abilities of the Kohl's horn are vague and unpredictable many times, but when faced with the power of the true gods, it definitely works. If it is just an ordinary magic bridge, Cole's Horn may not react, but the Moon Bridge is built with the divine power of the magical goddess Mystra, and once it gets close to Cole's Horn, it will definitely be destroyed. Originally, this secret was only known to me and Hillen, and we tried it several times before we were completely sure, listen to William, you must not take Mi Sha'er into any temple in the future, because it will definitely be a disaster, and you don't want to be hunted down by all the believers in the world, right?"

William scolded in a low voice, "Why didn't you tell me about this kind of thing earlier?"

Yasuna said aggrievedly: "How can this kind of secret with too terrifying influence be easily said, if it weren't for the incident of the Moon Bridge, I would definitely rot it in my heart forever." Besides, I thought Sheren had told you not to go up to the Moon Bridge?"

William snorted heavily, "Then what do you say to do now?"

Yasuna said with a solemn face: "The impact of the destruction of the Moon Bridge is too great, this girl will definitely go crazy, even if Hiren is her own sister, she may not be able to stop it, not to mention that Hiren is not here." We had no choice but to get out of the city. ”

William stomped his foot hatefully and said angrily: "Alas, it's really fucking bad luck, I can't imagine that I will get into trouble wherever I go, is it true that Lao Tzu is really a broom star, and his life will not be successful?"

As she spoke, a straight line of fire suddenly rose from the sky, dragging a long tail flame straight towards the supreme palace of Silvermoon City, and Yasuna exclaimed, "Is Erastro's flame chariot Hiren, why did she run back?"

William's face was cloudy and uncertain, looking at the long-lasting line of fire in the sky, and he was silent for a long time before he said coldly: "Let's go back, find a way to get out of the city first." ”

Yasuna said uncertainly, "Do you want to wait any longer, maybe Shiren will have a way to convince Erastro?"

William said as he walked: "No, as you said just now, Helen may not be able to stop it, and I don't want to pin my hopes on uncertain speculation." After all, this is someone else's territory, so it's better for us to leave early. ”

Yasuna squinted her eyes and smiled: "Okay, everything is up to you"

The two quietly bypassed several patrolling guards and quickly rushed to the home of the frustrated, but William couldn't hide the bitterness in his heart: Could it be that my escape path will not be repeated again?