Holm's horrified eyes turned on Dearlando, then on Kenda, "Help me, help me, help me, what the hell believes you!"

"Hey, I just saved your little life, don't thank me, forget it, what kind of attitude do you have!" Diarlando shook his finger dissatisfiedly.

"How do I know that monster wasn't brought on by you? "Holm is so young, he has never seen such a strange thing when he is so old, and he was frightened for a while, and his logic was a little confused.

Dearlandor swooped up to Holm, knocked him on the head, and said, "It doesn't take any effort for me to kill you, is it necessary for me to do such a troublesome thing?"

The young city lord saw Dierlando coming, but before he could even retreat, he was knocked hard, and he shrank with his head in his arms and screamed in pain. Fortunately, Dearlando's men showed mercy and didn't knock him out again.

Holm touched the newly popping bag on his head, and suddenly realized that Deirlando's words and deeds were a little like that of a low-level mercenary. Looking at Kenda, who was smiling and silent, he suddenly realized: "I know, you two have known each other for a long time! You must be Martin Fury, the Eagle Winged Knight!"

"Poof!" Kenda, who was on guard, suddenly couldn't help laughing, causing Deirlando to turn his head and glare at him, "Am I that short!"

"You're not?" Holm looked at Dearlando suspiciously.

"Okay...... I am. Deirlando sighed in frustration, then pointed to the monster on the Kenda gun and said, "That thing should have come for you, and the few attacks on the caravan that you have here should have something to do with this monster." Do you know who wants you to die?"

"Think I'm dead?...... Holm looked down for a moment and shook his head, "I don't remember offending anyone." And this is a forbidden place in the fort, and people from outside don't know how to get in. By the way, how did you two get in?!" Holm suddenly remembered that the two people in front of him were standing on this so-called forbidden land.

"It's not that hard to keep track of you. And what's going on with this forbidden land?Why didn't anyone know about this place before?What the hell is this?weishenmeWhere is your mother's body?" Diarlando simply threw the question over in one breath, and when he was done, he crossed his hands and waited for Home's answer.

Although Holm did not know about Dearlandor and Kenda, the deeds of the Totem Knights were famous throughout the country, and he knew that they were noble men who strictly followed the rules of knighthood. So he hesitated a little, but still told the truth.

"Truth be told, this cave was a natural formation, less than sixty years after its discovery, and is said to have been discovered by accident by my grandfather during a renovation of the castle. Holm pointed to a place at the top of the cave and said, "That's the real entrance, and you have to go through where my father lived." ”

"At first, they thought it was just a cavity in a mountain, or a mine left over from previous excavations, but when they found this huge lead ore tree, they started to think it was strange. Originally, my grandfather used to dig and mine Jihua and sell it, but then a lot of things happened, so he gave up mining Jihua. ”

"What do you mean?" asked Dearlando, raising an eyebrow, curious.

"The rocks here are very easy to collapse, and the slightest knock can cause the rocks to fall, and the paths on this hole are constantly digging and collapsing, and many workers are dead. And there is always something strange in the excavated lead ore, and many people claim to see ghosts running out of the ore when the ore is melted. ”

Holm gently patted a thick lead branch above his head with his hand, and the vibration spread rapidly along the metal, spreading to the walls of the cave around him, causing a new round of rock peeling. Dearlando and Kenda glanced at each other when they heard the word "ghost".

"It is said that when I first discovered it, I couldn't see the main trunk in the middle, but then it became what it is today because of the continuous landslides. However, in the end, it was because of the discovery of Jihua that mining stopped completely. ”

Holm pointed to the hollow of the tree where he had just knelt, and couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness on his face. "It is said that the cave was discovered by excavation workers after a very large landslide. At first, the workers only found that the food placed in the hole would not spoil and would taste better. ”

"When it was reported, my grandfather tested it with a lot of things, and he even slept here himself. It is recorded that the cave cured his leg pain from an early fracture. With a sad sigh, Holm added, "Unfortunately, this is only a rumor, and its miraculous effect did not cure my mother's illness." ”

"Weishenme didn't report this discovery?" Kenda raised the crucial question for Diarlando, who, as courtiers, had an obligation to report such a matter to the king.

"I don't know the specifics, it seems that my grandfather's friend Angsai Knight said that he would investigate it first and then report it. It was later discovered that it was impossible to mine, and that if it was forcibly mined, it could lead to the collapse of the castle. Grandpa decided to seal this place off and there was no need to report it. Holm didn't realize how much of a problem such a concealment and failure to report was, and honestly explained it clearly.

"The knight of Onsay is the bearded man we saw today?" said Dearlando, gesturing his hand to the beard. "Is he that old?"

"No, no, it's not Uncle Luda, it's his father, the former Knight of Honsai. Holm hastened to deny, "Their family has been our retainers for generations, and has always been very loyal, and he has always taken good care of me, and we are like family." ”

"Knights of Angsai......" Kenda muttered as he thought back to how he felt about this man today, he was strong and capable, not tall, and although he looked rough and sturdy, he didn't look like a heroic man, and he seemed to be greedy for money. Is it because they don't want to increase the taxes they pay, so they deliberately conceal it and don't report it?

"My mother was already frail, after giving birth to me, she was bedridden for many years, Zuihou was even weaker and couldn't get out of bed, and her father, Zuihou, who loved her deeply, couldn't bear to see her mother suffer, so he opened this place that had been closed for many years and moved her mother to the cave to recuperate. Holm saw Diarlandor motioning for him to continue, and fell back into his memory.

"At first, my mother's condition really improved, and I came to visit her every day, and I could see that my mother became healthier and more energetic every day. But one day, my father suddenly told me that my mother was gone...... The servants who served found her early in the morning...... Stopped breathing. Home's voice grew choked and had to stop.

Dearlando patted the sad young man in front of him soothingly, and he could fully understand his pain in his heart. Diarlando's own biological mother was attacked and killed when he was less than a month old, and his later adoptive mother also died earlier, which can be regarded as the same fate as Home.

While the two were still immersed in the sadness of the past, Kenda suddenly walked over, pulled Dearrando and whispered, "Someone is coming, let's avoid it first." ”

Diarlando listened closely, and sure enough, he heard the faint sound of footsteps echoing from the top of the cave. All three of them jumped on the branch at once, and ran to the rift where they had come and went. By the time Holm Zuihou climbed up the gap, the footsteps were already very close.

There was a screeching sound, and it seemed as if a heavy metal door that had not been opened in a long time had been pushed open. The sound of mechanical footsteps sounded, slow and heavy, as if the walking man had some thoughts.

Both Diarlando and Kenda lay behind the gap, holding their breath as the man came into sight, only Holm was sure in his heart who the man was.

"Father......" As the man swirled along the walkway on the rock wall, he finally came to an angle that could be seen in front of the rift - the man was indeed Count Gangdasai Grude.

The Earl of Grude, who is over forty years old, is well-maintained and diligent in exercising, and his figure is very good, and he usually stands there with a sense of upright and majesty. But at this moment, he seemed to be a lot older, and he walked slowly down the narrow path with his depressed hunched back.

He walked to the hollow of the lead mining tree with great thought, and rested his forehead against the mouth of the hole, as if lost in thought. Because of the distance and the back, the three of them could not see the Count's expression, but judging from the emotions revealed by his body posture, the Count seemed to be sad and a little guilty.

After a while, the Count straightened up, stretched out his hand to open the sand curtain, stooped down and seemed to kiss the man in the cave, and then saw him reach out and take something out of the hole.

"Stop!" Holm jumped out with a whoosh, so sudden that neither Dearlando nor Kenda could stop it.

In order not to be exposed, neither of them went out, but shrank into the cave, so as not to be seen by Count Grude.

"Father, what are you doing! That is the ring you gave to your mother, that is the promise you made to her, are you going to cruelly take it from her today?" Holm jumped off the gap, shouting excitedly as he ran. He could see clearly that what Count Grude had taken out of the cave was the family ring that his mother had worn for many years. He never imagined that one day he would see his father take the ring off his mother's finger.

Count Grude had a complicated look on his face, he had long known that his only son would often sneak over to worship his deceased mother, but he didn't expect that his actions today would be just hit by his son.

Holm saw that the ring that his mother had been carrying for so long was now in a fine jewelry box, as if he was going to give it to someone else, and finally understood what his father was doing.

"You're going to give this Grud Ring to that witch of unknown origin?"

"Presumptuous!" Count Gruod's angry rebuke and loud slap rang out at the same time, echoing through the empty cavern.