As soon as the troll left the camp, he began to chant incantations under the escort of the berserker, and with a wave of his hands, a sour mist appeared out of thin air, enveloping all the ferocious boars. Under the corrosion of the acid mist, ten ferocious wild boars roared in pain, and nearly half of them turned into magical energy before they could break out of the range of the acid mist. As soon as the rest rushed in front of the trolls, they were all cut down.

This troll sacrifice surprised Richard a little, he was able to release sixth-level magic, and he was also a member of the high-level sacrifice during the Troll Empire. But since the troll sacrifice was exposed to Richard, Richard was not prepared to let him cast magic again.

First, Richard used the same acid mist technique to envelop all trolls, including the troll sacrifices. The same acid mist technique, released in Richard's hands, was twice as large as the opponent's, and the lethality in the acid mist was also increased by half. Even so, the trolls are tenacious, and the berserker is able to survive under the acid mist for a long time. However, the Troll Sacrifice did not have the strong physique of a berserker, and under the continuous damage of the acid mist, he would roar in pain from time to time, but he could no longer release a full high-level magic.

The acid mist finally cleared, and the troll priest was about to chant the incantation when another fireball flew in. After the wave of fire, the new magic of the troll sacrifice was just halfway recited, and suddenly no sound came out. It turned out that Richard had cast two silences in a row, the first one failed, and the latter succeeded in interrupting the casting of the sacrifice. And then another acid mist, covering all the trolls underneath.

Until he was stabbed down by a crimson sword, the troll priest failed to release a second level 6 magic.

The battle is over. After the battle, more than 20 trolls were captured alive, and the number killed was three times as many as those captured alive. Richard's side suffered only three humanoid warriors and one grenadier.

Richard first made his rounds around the camp of trolls. The architecture of the camp is similar to that of Jubwal, but much more rudimentary. The camp was walled with boulders, and only in a few places was a covered stone hut that appeared to be inhabited only by priests and high-ranking berserkers. Ordinary red-capped trolls with no intelligence sleep directly in the outer courtyard. In the central stone house, Richard saw a small stone rhinoceros, which could sense a faint aura of divinity from the stone statue, which seemed to be the Holy Spirit worshipped by this tribe of trolls. In front of the rhinoceros statue, a stone basin is placed, filled with charcoal, and still bubbling with an eerie pale blue flame. At the bottom of the charcoal basin, there was actually a thick layer of dark red liquid, which looked like the blood of some kind of creature.

A wooden mask hangs from the wall, and on a shelf on the wall are some unknown herbs and animal bones. It seems that this is where the troll priests live. In the corner, Richard unexpectedly found several stone tablets engraved with troll writing, both old and new, and the latest one was recently inscribed, apparently by the hand of a troll sacrifice. The troll language on these tablets was much simpler, and Richard was able to understand what was on them.

On one of the oldest tablets, there are three passages:

"We managed to escape from Jubwal to the Valley of Rest. There is still the last water source and the forest, may the immortal forest give us plenty of food.

Zouka no longer answers our calls. Evil spirits are always tempting us, and we need to find a new Holy Spirit and a source of water.

Half of the forest is dead, and there is even less water. We must kill all those who are tempted by evil spirits. They drink the same amount of water. ”

It was a heavy stone tablet, carved many years ago, and although it was small, it made Richard feel the despair of the troll who carved the words.

The second slab is even more inscribed.

"We have found a new Holy Spirit, the great Qom. The rhino god is willing to protect us, and under its will, the evil spirits have reined in their minions. But there are still people who are tempted.

Under the guidance of Qom, we found another spring. Now I finally don't have to kill weak children. But the old trolls still need to leave. ”

The next few stone slabs still tell the history of this tribe. After Qom became the guardian spirit, the tribe was finally out of danger of extinction, they had water, and they were able to resist the temptations of evil spirits, although not so effectively. Then one year, a river that had been dry for an unknown amount of time suddenly had water again!

The whole of Jubwal gradually came to life again, the forest began to come to life, and the earth became green. On this stone tablet, a sketchy map was also carved to show this river of life.

Richard compared the sketch map with the map he remembered, and found that the river originated in the Pale Heights, crossed the entire Jubvar region, and finally disappeared into a river in the Bloodstained Lands. The river is not big, but the area through which it flows is very important.

But on the next stone slab, only one thing is mentioned, that is, the royal family of the original troll empire, the Bloodfang Tribe, finally couldn't resist the temptation of evil spirits, and the entire tribe completely degenerated and didn't know where to go.

On the latest slate, there is only a brief passage about the troll sacrifice called the Blood Fall, who wants to go to Jubvar to retrieve the three holy weapons of the former troll empire, but all the warriors sent to the ruins of Jubvar are gone. Eventually, the priest discovered that strange creatures were at work in Jubwal. So he established an outpost in this ruin, near Djubwal, and built the temple of Qom, preparing to rely on Qom's power to penetrate deeper into Jubwal little by little.

After reading these stone slabs, Richard only felt heavy in his heart. That's a burden that has been built up over a long period of time. When what may be thousands of years of history is condensed on a few stone slabs, each notch condenses the power of countless times and years.

Richard moved the slab out of the temple and prepared to show it to quicksand. Also, he felt the need to talk to the troll priest. Evil spirits, the missing troll royalty, and Jubwal's anomalies all seem to be linked. Thinking of the faint undead aura that has always permeated the Troll Capital made Richard feel a little uneasy.

In the courtyard, Quicksand is directing several humanoid warriors to dig up a stone tablet that is half-buried in the dirt, and then have them clear the floating soil. This stele is identical to many of the steles in the ruins of Jubwal, except for the inscriptions on it.

In the center of the camp, the troll captives were bound and guarded by humanoid warriors. Trolls are extremely vigorous, and as long as they don't cut off injuries such as hands and feet, any serious injuries can recover on their own after a period of time without the need for special treatment. Not far away, Richard's little unicorn was spinning around restlessly, digging through the earth with its hooves. Its beautiful silver hooves trampled on the ground, but they could tear through thick stone slabs. Io was standing beside the unicorn, stroking its mane, and the brilliance of divine power in his hand kept flashing, soothing it. The unicorn turns a blind eye to berserkers and troll sacrifices, but only glares at a few unintelligent trolls. If it hadn't been for the fact that I'm pressing it, it would have pounced on it long ago.

Richard walked into the courtyard and saw this scene, his brows furrowed slightly, and he gave a stern order to the unicorn in his consciousness. Eventually, the unicorn, the brood creator, suppressed the bloodline instinct and finally quieted down.

When Io saw the slate in Richard's hand, his eyes lit up, and he said, "The troll slate, show me, there should be a lot of useful things recorded on it." ”

Richard handed the tablet to Io and said, "The most mentioned thing above is the evil spirit, I don't know what it is." In addition, I always feel the breath of the undead in Jubvar, could it be that this place is occupied by some high-level undead?"

Io flipped through the slate and said, "This is normal. Troll cities like this often have a huge burial chamber. If it is long enough, the undead aura will accumulate to a certain extent, and it will awaken those carefully kept corpses. And trolls have a unique way of keeping their souls, so they can easily become undead. ”

"You know a lot. Richard gave a rare compliment.

"Born that way. "The battle priest doesn't know what modesty is.

Richard then took the troll priest to a separate room to prepare for interrogation. Quicksand and Io were also present. After Richard blessed everyone with a fluent language, he sat down opposite the troll sacrifice and said, "Noble sacrifice, I think we can talk to each other." I'm curious to know what evil spirits are and what happened inside Jubvar. If you want your people to live, you'd better tell me everything you know. ”

The Troll Priest raised his head, glanced at Richard with somewhat cloudy eyes, and said in a voice like the roar of a wild beast, "Do you want a troll's artifact?"

Richard smiled and said, "Hallows? Not necessarily. I don't even know what your artifacts are. What works for you trolls, doesn't necessarily work for me. But I'm interested in what happened in Jubwari. ”

The Troll Priest was silent for a moment before sweeping over Richard, Quicksand, and Io with a strange gaze, and said, "How can I trust you, Marauders from another world?"

This time, not only Richard, but even quicksand was surprised. Richard's face turned straight and asked, "How do you know we're from an alien plane?"

The Troll Priest sighed and said, "This is the secret of our high-level sacrifice lineage. Before Jubvar ruined Miè and Zuca fell into a deep sleep, the great Zuca left one last prophecy and asked us to pass it on in the sacrificial room, but not to leave any words. The prophecy was that thousands of years later, when the river of life flowed again, marauders from the Otherworldly Plane would set foot on the land of Jubvar. They came for the Three Sacred Vessels, which was the source of destruction and the beginning of hope. The Marauder's Sacred Beast is the end of the evil spirit, and Jubvar will be resurrected. ”

Richard and Quicksand looked at each other, and then Quicksand said, "Hell!"

Io also looked at the unicorn in the courtyard with a strange face.