Chapter 6: The Mystery of the Baby's Origins
After the battle, the corpses of the twenty little gnolls were piled up in front of everyone like a small mountain.
Fought with nearly a hundred gnolls, and not only did he not die, but he also killed a dozen...... Looking at this kind of feat, I am afraid that not many people in the kingdom army can do it.
Although Cen Bot had said that he didn't need a guard when he was recruited, it was just troublesome, but the adventurers really didn't expect the other party to be able to fight to this point.
"Tigermen plus druids, that's just a good fit." Arosel muttered, as if comparing the other to the wood elf druids in her home forest.
"What's suitable, the physical attributes after transformation are gone with ordinary animals, and races with high physical literacy and low intelligence perception are in conflict with the druids."
Theoretically, the physically weak but sensually developed race is the best candidate for a druid.
"Don't stay in the forest for too long, the gnolls won't go and return." The fox demon descending from the Shadow Path said vigilantly, "We'd better stay in a place with a good view from now on. ”
Hearing this, Chen nodded, turned around and left in the direction of the main road.
In this battle, he has demonstrated the ways in which several Prismari schools of magic are used, and it is time to practice further.
Don't look at the gnolls running away with a bunch of hyenas and wolves, but they are cunning and insidious, and they may find an opportunity to come back and sneak up on them.
But if not...... I'm afraid that a nearby village will suffer.
Thinking of this, Stein frowned, "Let's hurry as soon as possible and report the matter of the gnolls, I think the Star People will be happy to exterminate them." ”
But until then, they need to take evidence from these corpses, otherwise it will be unconvincing to say that there are nearly a hundred gnolls.
That being said, this "they" eventually became Stein alone.
Lebert is a noble spellcaster who doesn't do menial work, and Arosel takes care of the baby he saved, a rare half-elf baby.
As for Gaita, who is supposed to help, he searches for clues and valuable things at the scene of the bloody tragedy.
"Look at this piece of cloth torn from the clothes, with the coat of arms of the nobility on it, they are probably not the caravan we imagined, but members of some family."
Seeing this, the adventurers looked at each other, and they seemed to be in trouble.
"Show me it."
Stein took the clue that the halfling had found and looked at the coat of arms on the strip of cloth.
Immediately, his face turned dark, this coat of arms is not just a noble coat of arms, it is a symbol of the royal family of the Gajilan Kingdom!
"Royal?"
Hearing this, Arosel looked at the half-elf baby in her arms, and couldn't help but worry about the child's future.
The attitude of the human royal family towards half-bloods is very subtle, especially with elves.
If she read it correctly, this baby's elven blood comes from the Sun Elves, and they are the High Elves of the Elven family.
If a girl can still be a princess or something, she will be used for marriage in the future.
But...... She glanced at it, it was a boy, and I was afraid that it would be difficult for the Gajilan royal family to tolerate it.
If he is sent back to his own family, it will be difficult for him to grow up smoothly.
"The route of this convoy is from south to north, from Yanri Pass to the direction of Shelan Castle."
After thinking for a moment, Lebet deduced the baby's possible identity: "Do you remember the Iron Princess who sent an envoy to the Elven Kingdom a year ago?" ”
Hiss! If this is the child of the Iron Princess, it will be terrible!
Gajilan's royal family bears the blood of a red dragon, and Princess Meta Drakar, known for her steel, is the most gifted member of the royal family.
At the age of 10, she activated the Dragon's Bloodline and became a professional known as the Iron Bloodwrath.
※ A variant of the Bloodline Fury.
As a result, the princess has always been seen as a hope that the kingdom of Carlos will be defeated once and for all.
It's a pity that in order to learn the secret "spell" technique of the elves, and also for some exchange of interests in trade, the Iron Princess went to the elven kingdom in the south a year ago.
"Could it be that he is the son of Princess Meta?"
Such speculation arose in the hearts of the four at the same time.
Thanks to the presence of magic, this guess is easy to verify, and it only takes a prophet to cast "Detect Dragon's Blood" to discern it.
The question is after discernment?
Stein felt that there was nothing wrong with entrusting him to the royal family: "Princess Meta is so beloved by the king that she should not have mutilated this child. ”
However, Aroselle confronts this, using her own example to prove that half-elves do not have a complete personality in either human or elven society.
Geta is dedicated to searching for clues, while Lebet is too lazy to get involved in the human royal family.
In the end, the stalemate had no choice but to silence and leave the forest early to return to the road before the gnolls had returned......
……
"I almost thought the gnolls were back."
Hearing this, Stein's face was solemn, as if he had changed someone: "I've kept you waiting, let's keep going." ”
Although everyone except Gaita was exhausted from a battle, the caster consumed more than half of his resources.
But in order to avoid being attacked by the gnolls, he could only force himself to march to the next settlement as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the fight against the Gnolls didn't lead to nothing but a trouble.
In a limited amount of time, Gaita found a lot of belongings in the chaotic wreckage.
These elven and royal jewels further confirm their speculation about the identity of the half-elf baby.
In addition to this, there is even a rare magical item among these belongings - the Replica Scepter.
This sleek scepter, topped with two cabochon gemstones, amber and emerald green, has the effect of a "copy".
By pressing the emerald green gem and rolling the scepter across the flat surface, the text can be stored inside.
If you press the amber gem in reverse and roll the scepter across another plane, you will be able to duplicate the previously stored text.
There is no doubt that when Gaita found it, there was already a certain document stored inside.
As long as you don't re-press the Emerald gem and cover its contents, the Scepter will be able to keep duplicating its contents.
This thing was given to Xiao De, who contributed the most in theory.
"So you've tried to reproduce what's inside?"
Hearing about Lebet's introduction to the magical item, Chen began to be curious again.
"I've tried, and it's not something important, it's a story."
"Story?"
Lebe nodded: "Yes, the story, it's a parable of Gajilan. ”
He also wondered why it wasn't a family letter, nor an elven spell technique, but a story.
Considering that the move must have a deep meaning, Lebet copied it on paper.
"Can you show me?"
(End of chapter)