"Say, you can be a tavern singing and telling a story when we don't exist for a while."

"Don't tell me that you people have been wandering for more than ten years, and you can't even bear such a small scene, what do you say?"

Colly raised his glass.

Kestrel couldn't help but take a big sip of wine, not knowing whether to numb himself or take the opportunity to summon up a little courage:

"Okay...... More than ten years ago, our hometown was affected by the war in some parts of the Griffin Empire. Many of the elves chose to leave, and we decided to go to war. ”

"The sooner wars and conflicts end, the better it will be for us. If everyone leaves the forest realms, they may be assigned to other races after the war ends. ”

"I mean, non-elven races, at least that's what we thought at the beginning."

"Look at the present, the artisans of the Griffon Empire are developing unusually fast, and we are considered inferior when we wear national costumes in the city. If you want to blend in with the city, you either have to wear gold and silver, gemstone jewelry, or you have to wear uncomfortable gowns that hinder movement...... Learn all kinds of incomprehensible etiquette habits. ”

In his old memories, Colly had never seen a foreign race, and only brutes and half-blooded pointy-eared elves occasionally appeared in his life.

Werewolves, birdmen, and rabbit people are almost never present, and the Griffon Empire deliberately diverts these different races.

There are many poor people who have no money and no vehicles, some of whom do not even have a map, and many of them have never left their hometowns in their lives.

Colley waited for the other party to continue explaining.

Kestrel continued: "It's sad to lose your home, you can't live on fruit trees and hunting without territory, everything costs money, and you can't even maintain traditional living customs. ”

"The Winged Bird Mercenary Regiment isn't the first mercenary group we've ever mixed with, and certainly not the last. But in the past ten years, there should be no mercenary group whose treatment and team atmosphere can make me as unforgettable as the Winged Bird Mercenary Group. ”

"As long as you are a relatively experienced warrior, after joining the mercenary group, you may be selected and promoted to the elite, equipped with new armor, sophisticated weapons, and even lizard and bird battle mounts. These are things that are often only owned by the elite of the tribe, and we immediately realized that this was a good opportunity, so we met them in the tavern. ”

Ke Li under the hood showed his eyes: "You mean, the Winged Bird Mercenary Group was very rich from the beginning?" ”

Kestrels: "Yes, I think this is the basis for the fame of the Winged Bird Mercenary Group, at that time the war had not spread, and many people were lucky, thinking that the small fights between the lords would always end because the knight lord cherished his life, but they were very resolute. ”

"In the words of the Orientals, this is called a strong soldier, the Winged Bird Mercenary Regiment has prepared all kinds of war materials needed for the war in advance, whether it is the mercenary camp or the quality of the equipment, it can greatly increase people's confidence in combat, and when others are still eating roasted seeds, our food is as good as a noble banquet."

"In the face of the bandits and mobs with chopping axes and rough wooden bows, our battles have always been unscathed, fighting and becoming famous, with little to no risk, glory seems to come as easily, but that's not true."

Kestrel took a moment to explain how they intervened in the war, how they talked to the noble lords, how they fought on the battlefield, how they were teased by the noble lords, and how their morale collapsed after losing on the battlefield and the various situations in which there were internal problems.

It is not an easy task to lead a team, the number of people in the early stage of development is certainly not much, and it is normal to rely on equipment advantages to stabilize the mentality, identity to gain favor, and benefit ownership to divert pressure.

Once the number of team members exploded and different voices emerged from within, Ilaud's management skills were exposed.

Kestrels: "A master of the elven clan once said that there is no shortage of geniuses in this world, and many geniuses are just blinded by unrealistic cameras and obsessions that have been longing, and their potential and time are wasted. ”

"Ilaud...... I think he is a genius who can unite different races, but he is so immersed in the shame of a down-and-out aristocracy that he never really accepts himself or others, he deceives many people, and he deceives himself, thinking that he can really achieve his ideals. ”

"At first, we thought that Ilaud was rich, but then we learned that Ilaud had been trading with the Ancients."

"There is no merit compared to the direct recognition of materials and identity, wealth, power, strength, prestige, as long as you kill people like crazy in war, the Ancient Order will provide us with the supplies we need, even extraordinary items such as potions."

"Some people go crazy immediately after drinking the potion, some people drink the potion and the whole body simply splits and becomes a disgusting deformation, and the practice of the Ancients is to kill them and use a special secret method to recover the ingredients of the potion and make new potions to continue to distribute as rewards."

Speaking of this, the kestrel looked frightened, and the nightmare of the past pierced his eyes like the roots of his thoughts:

"In order to win, strength is needed, and the price of extraordinary strength is far beyond the imagination and expectations of ordinary warriors. Sometimes I can't help but wonder if those people are still the same people after drinking the potion. ”

"For example, after the death of Darling the Extraordinary, his body was refined and extracted, and the Extraordinary One who took this potion replayed Darling, trying to use the method of playing to dig out the extraordinary characteristics, he looked like Darling, and like some kind of stitched monster, which shocked me immensely."

"Until one day, I saw the agent who was connected to Ilaud and began to talk cordially with some of the members, but not by the original names of the members, I doubted...... The Ancients hold terrifying secrets, and certain monsters are beginning to awaken within us. ”

Ke Li finally couldn't help but ask, "Do you drink whatever he gives?" Do you continue to drink even if you have a problem? ”

Kestrels: "Yuelan and I have approached Ilaud more than once, and he always rejects us and avoids us for various reasons. ”

"He said that even if he is a member of the patriarch, he can't do anything without strength, either get out of the mercenary group as soon as possible, or accept the rules of the mercenary group, he will never give the power of management and decision-making to others, and he is the only one who speaks in the entire mercenary group."

"At that moment I knew that we had turned our backs on the faith of the natural forest, that there was neither honor nor victory, that our prayers would no longer be answered by the gods, and that the elves who had lost their homes were destined to wander forever."

Kestrel took another sip of wine and continued: "The Ancient Order is suspected of holding the taboo of resurrecting the dead, cleverly mixing certain things in potions, giving them to unsuspecting adventurers, and once they are not suitable enough to awaken, they will find a way to kill these people for recycling. ”

"And the war ...... The best executioners and meat grinders, I suspect that the Ancients are the instigators and promoters of war, but there is no evidence, and those joints always come and go without saying goodbye, and it is impossible to catch up with flashes and teleportations by running and hooking alone. ”

"They are the highest, they are the supreme, and the residues of potions that leak from their fingers are enough to make the eyes of those who seek fame and power go crazy. Immortality and immortality, infinite power, fame and fortune. And we have nothing but caged birds that cry and beg for food. ”

Ke Li thought seriously, combined with the strange situation of the human face on the stone wall of the sewer, there was a high probability that the kestrel's statement was true.

Are all those stone-walled faces sleeping souls?

Will they come with the Old One and then resurrect directly from the elect?

This is very weird, the ancient and the tower path does not seem to be completely incompatible, at least in terms of fancy killing and deception, the two have a considerable area of overlap, in fact, they can cooperate to kill people and take what they need.

But there is a clear struggle between the two. The Tower Path is spreading cards, conveying a seemingly safe resistance, even reaching out to the Ancients' partners. Behind the tower is an unknown sacrificial ritual, and the ultimate goal is that the cloud and mountain fog shroud cannot be seen.

The ancients are more brutal selection and sacrifice, unqualified mercenaries are directly killed, and everyone is drawn into nightmares, seemingly ruthless and unrighteous crazy warmongers, behind which they actually hold the taboo of resurrecting the dead? Is it just that you want to resurrect monsters?

Referencing the remnant states of Ilaud and Arromig, the power of the Elder Evil God's Descendant Seed, fits these descriptions.

And because the Tower Path is stealthy, it plays a positive role on the surface, and these people will be even more difficult to do in the shadows.

"It's really hard to deal with." Ke Li, who was hooded and covered his face, didn't have much expression, "I came to you today, on the one hand, to confirm whether you are an extremist member of a pagan organization, and on the other hand, to know your status and why you want to spread the story. ”

"Don't lie to me about this, filthy thoughts will live on because they are not forgotten, and when you spread the story, the runaway will also have a certain degree of resonance, leading to the gathering of negative consciousness and the increase of filth, so what is the reason for you to do this?"

Kestrel was taken aback and quickly explained: "We don't know the whereabouts of our companions, and we want to rely on stories to find people, so we haven't thought about it so much." ”

"Aren't bards just playing and singing stories? Some of the poems that mock the lord are also written like this! ”

Colley: "Aren't you extraordinary? ”

Kestrels: "We should count ...... It's not a normal extraordinary, we have gained a certain amount of strength in the immersion, but we don't have a complete sequence and promotion path, so we can only be counted as half an extraordinary person at most. ”

No wonder the employment price is just like that, it turns out that I don't have the strength to dare to shout too high.

Just like the crystal forged by the characteristics of the gem man, it is not a serious gem, and it is a derivative of some extraordinary power.

Enzo is a canned food promoter who deliberately lowers the price to get closer to each other, and his real intentions are very suspicious.

Colley: "When the Arromig returned to the snowy region, Ilaud went to stop them, causing them all to die, what happened?" ”

Kestrels: "Aromig is the chosen one, and the Ancients want to reclaim him, so maybe Ilaud will go." At that time, Ilaud was no longer a human, just a monster stitched together, and we didn't have the ability to command it. ”

Ke Li changed his words: "Okay, as long as you go through a mind cleansing, you can get rid of suspicion." ”

Kestrel breathed a sigh of relief and glanced towards the door of the tavern, which was out of reach, and the taste of being interrogated was not pleasant:

"To church or where? We have no faith and are not allowed to worship the god of the spirits. ”

"Take the crystal, and give it to you." Colly simply and bluntly confirmed the other party's entanglement of thoughts.

There are indeed some remnants of the defilement, which may have been unconsciously affected by the out-of-control substance, and are relatively within the reach of the living.

Instead of speaking in a hurry, Colley asked Enzo and Flanders, "What do you think about the resurrection?" ”

Flanders put down his empty wine glass: "Resurrection has always been an extraordinary taboo, and it is also a legendary miracle, and many extraordinary people who have been digested by magic potions and turned into monsters are such examples. ”

"Born races of legends, demigods, and myths have long lifespans, and mortals seek extraordinary powers, try to kill them, and play them, and then because their power spirals out of control, they are resurrected in the living."

"I don't see any benefit other than the death of the two and turning into a monster, and I feel that life should go out of its own way, rather than blindly digesting and playing."

Enzo said approvingly, "Yes, if a person's mental state is completely out of control, then they can't be called human." The forcible resurrection is just a substitute, not the original person at all. ”

"These terrifying self-touching are often the beginning of trouble. It's hard to imagine that I have a good friend who has died, and I extract his soul and properties and feed it to others, and when he fails to resurrect from his madness, I will have to hack him to death and do it again...... I suspect that the Ancients aren't in a normal state of mind, otherwise they wouldn't have done this disgusting thing. ”

"Otherwise, the ancients should more or less respect the feelings of the dead, instead of reshuffling the cards and crumpling them into a piece of if they don't meet expectations."

"It seems that this group of people needs to be put on a bounty wanted first to raise the public's awareness of the crisis, and I will go to Wayne to talk about it later."

"How so? Just don't drink strange potions of unknown origin and suspicious formulas, and you don't know how messy the camp is. ”

"Find a few more people to figure it out."

The kestrel did not dare to interject, allowing the extraordinary people around him to make all kinds of dangerous hypothetical remarks.

Ke Li saw that there was no more information, so he pretended to say, "Okay, it seems that you are free from suspicion." ”

"I have a job to hire you to take an archaeologist to retrace the footsteps of the Winged Bird Mercenary Regiment in this area of Mammothhorn, this is a dangerous thing, you may run into members of the Ancient Order who have rushed to hear the news, or you may not have anything."

The kestrel finally had a chance to reach out and wipe his sweat: "Acceptable hire, may I ask who this archaeologist is?" ”

Enzo and Flanders left first, they were close to Mammoth Horn, and they had to go to Wayne and the club to get the information.

Colly had no choice but to take the two elves to find Mary: she had already gone back and put her equipment away, and now she didn't have a chance to practice.

As a result, when the two elves saw Mary, their expressions changed drastically on the spot, and they muttered helplessly:

"Why this weird woman...... Ah no, sir, we will accept your entrustment, please rest assured. ”

Ke Li asked unexpectedly and curiously, "Huh?" What did she do, you knew each other before? ”

Kestrel said expressionlessly, "She's the kind of weirdo who wants to peel off other people's clothes and hair, and take a magnifying glass to see their private parts." ”