Volume III Adriel 143: The Defector

On the eve of a certain battle, the great general, who was feared by those in power, betrayed the expectations of the people and the royal family and nobles, and chose to "flee".

No one knows where he ended up.

All you remember is that after his disappearance, the hostile neighbors withdrew their troops for unknown reasons, peace came again between the two powers, and the countdown to the next war began.

The royal family hated his defection, and ordered that all documents containing his deeds be collected and burned in public; They also banned all theatrical performances promoting the general's great deeds, and arrested batch after batch of ordinary people who dared to speak out against him.

The Kingdom of Adriel could not be more sensitive to the "raising of the flag", and those in power do not want their country to be thrown into chaos once again.

"The people above issued a directive forbidding us to commemorate him." Passers-by all put on a helpless look, "Forgetting is a common thing." ”

Originally, the other party was a figure who was high above and active in various legends compiled by the people, and few ordinary people knew his true information, and the people spread all the stories from hearsay.

As soon as the ban was issued, people spontaneously used various pronouns to help them talk about the characters they were forbidden to talk about, and over time, no one could accurately describe what the other party was like in the initial rumors.

The royal family has achieved their goal.

Fang Nuo touched his neck to make sure that his voice could hold on for as long as he could hold on, and then motioned to the people around him to explain the connection between Pietro's actions and what they had said.

That self-cooked man, was he stimulated?

That's why you are looking for and interrogating gray-haired humans everywhere?

However, when it comes to "silver-white hair", Fang Nuo can't help but think of a person.

It can't be her...... Fang Nuo shook his head slightly, denying the idea.

"Pietro believes in their great generals the most." A member of the Veterans' Guild in the crowd sighed, "He has always believed that if he had been on the battlefield at that time, he would have led them to victory." ”

"Are you sure that human wasn't sold by his employer?" At a moment, a picture flashed in the snow-white beast's vision, and then, as if he couldn't block what he wanted to say, he whispered it.

Silver-blue ropes rushed up from behind him, weaving a tight mask over his face, pretending that the "disrespectful" words did not come from his mouth.

"Employer?" How could he suddenly come up with such a word?

Generals and those in power, no matter how you think about it, should be the relationship between "courtiers" and "kings".

It seems that he subconsciously believes that there is a "mercenary relationship" between the erased general and the current king of Adriel.

That is, the general was not very loyal to his king, but chose to assist the other party based on interests.

"If I think so, it means that I should have known that human being before 'since I can remember'."

It had become an ingrained opinion, and even if his memory was washed once, it would not be able to eradicate the thought from his mind.

"Did you just say something very rebellious?" The "Guild Street" was bustling with activity every day, and right now, there was a lot of noise around them, and the people standing closest to Fang Nuo couldn't hear what he had just said for a while.

Even if he heard it, he probably wouldn't believe it.

Humans use their brilliant brain-making abilities to make the most plausible explanation for what they overhear.

"Cure your ears." Fang Nuo cleared his throat, intending to find an opportunity to join the Veterans Guild for a while.

It would be nice if he could take advantage of the flaws in his transformation ability and squeeze more information out of that human's mouth.

As an admirer of a defected general, Pietro couldn't remember anything like the passers-by around him.

Seeing the tired faces of the newcomers who were surrounded by the group, the group of passers-by who came up first consciously evacuated the people who came after, and then someone put his hand on Fang Nuo's shoulder and asked him if he wanted to go into a certain guild to rest for a while.

The demon beast's intuition told Fang Nuo that he must not agree to the "kindness" of these guys.

"You're fooling new faces again!" In the end, it was the owner of the second-hand store who stood up and blocked the encounter for the wrongdoer who had bought his goods not long ago.

"If you follow in, no matter which guild you enter, you will definitely be forced to apply for a card, buy some useless door-to-door packages, or be pulled into some inexplicable weak chicken team as a human sandbag."

The shopkeeper, though he looked old, was well acquainted with the methods of fraud that were in vogue in those days, and was familiar with the temperament of the acquaintances who frequented the streets, and was not afraid to offend them.

Ignoring the protests of passers-by who had not yet left, he instructed the regular who had come out with him to escort Fang Nuo to a place where he would not be easily entangled, and kindly took out a simple map of "Guild Street" and stuffed it into Fang Nuo's hand as a gift from the astrolabe.

Fang Nuo patted the place on his shoulder that had just been rubbed and touched, and then expressed his gratitude to the warm-hearted human.

Then, as if flying, he scurried from one crowd to another, trying to "hide himself in the forest".

However, before he could get far down the street, he almost ran into a sign that was not in place.

The shape of the sign is similar to the board on which the map is hung in the mountain village, but why is it inserted in the middle of the road?

The people around seem to be accustomed to its presence and consciously avoid it when passing by, but what is the purpose of setting up such a sign in the middle of such a crowded street? Waiting for an absent-minded passerby to bump into it?

Looking closely, Fang Nuo found that it was plastered with all kinds of task lists and wanted notices, some of which were stacked on top of each other, and they were very old.

The papers on which the tasks were written on the top were also printed with different numbers of golden stars, with at least a dozen of them at the largest.

Fang Nuo soon realized that the stars might represent the danger level of the mission, or the richness of the rewards.

The two can sometimes be confused.

"But, in the middle of the road? Why bother? The little beast who had just entered the big city still hadn't figured it out, and he looked around and noticed that there were many humans like himself, who would stop near the sign.

But more passers-by still choose to ignore him and go their own way.

"This sign." Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from beside him, "It's for drainage." ”

"There are also identical signs in the halls of the major guilds." The self-acquainted human who had previously disappeared from Fang Nuo's field of vision with a lonely back, "White-haired Control" Pietro, as if sensing his embarrassment, reappeared beside him.

The silver-blue rope that covered Fang Nuo's face instantly withdrew from his face, straightening into a sharp thorn form, pointing directly at the human in front of him who had met for the second time.

If Fang Nuo was now in the form of a demon beast, it is estimated that the hair on his whole body would have exploded.

"Ahh Obviously, the human didn't expect to meet an "acquaintance" either.

Fang Nuo's face suddenly changed to an expression like "I dare to say 'you again' and kill you", but he wasn't sure if the other party could see it.

After all, with his current human face, it was difficult to even make a smiling face.

"Don't mention 'fate' to me." Fang Nuo silently threatened humanity.

They were originally creatures with language barriers, and they were able to communicate before, all thanks to Fang Nuo's hard work in learning a different language.

Now they look at each other and don't say a word to each other, which is just a return to the essence of these two creatures.

"Are you...... Ahem, is it the first time you've come to our street? In the end, Pietro took the initiative to speak, breaking the current embarrassing situation, "Brother Gezi? ”

Fang Nuo nodded.

"Uh......" Both of them were embarrassed by this "reunion" in a short period of time, "Then you, do you lack a tour guide?" ”

Petro volunteered to take Funor, a "new face", through the streets.

"I can take you around every guild." He said, "Don't worry about being deceived, if they force them to buy and sell, I will let them see how powerful the sergeant major under General Ilan is!" ”

Fang Nuo: Yes...... Wait a minute?!

Who?

"Ylang-ylang" has a variety of expressions in human language, some of which have similar pronunciations, while others have little in common, and it is difficult to associate them with the corresponding words.

However, as far as Fang Nuo knew, a human from the kingdom of Adriel was supposed to use the same words and language as the familiar guy in front of him.

In Adriel's lingua franca, there is no difference between the pronunciation of "ylang" and "ylang...... They can even be written about each other.

Fang Nuo immediately got goosebumps.

The absurd associations that were denied by myself not long ago were really confirmed so quickly?

Out of fear of a fate, he couldn't wait to find out the general's gender from Pietro.

"General Ilan is so wise and powerful, he ......" was a bunch of flattery that lacked reference value.

Luckily, Adriel's pronouns were gender-sensitive, and Pietro and the group of passers-by before used "he" when referring to the general, suggesting that the human and the witch of the mountain village just happened to have the same name.

And they all happen to have silver hair......

There is also a difference between silver hair and silver hair, although the hair that the witch has been hiding under the hood is also more silvery-white......

But that woman was a prisoner of the cold hell, and it shouldn't have anything to do with the "war hero who shook the lord".

"Time shouldn't be right." Fang Nuo patted his chest, "How many years has it been since the war that the hero defected to?" ”

He has never been sure about time, because since he can remember, he has not satisfied the unit of "year" by using this identity in real time, but it feels like he has lived for a long time.

"I have a collection of newspaper clippings brought out of the barracks." The humans around me said to themselves, "Do you want to see it?" I kept them in a private room in the guild. ”

"Well, you go get it." After thinking too much about things, Fang Nuo couldn't help but feel a little headache, waved his hand, and said perfunctorily, "I'll wait for you here." ”