Act 198 Stone Chips

However, with the end of the pioneering era, fewer and fewer people crossed the Xena Forest to go to the Great Glacier. In the first two centuries of the First Era, there were still sporadic adventurers who would try their luck, but as the number of missing people increased, Over time, the large glaciers, together with the heather hills, gradually became synonymous with the Dead Land. [There are almost all the books you want to read. It is more stable and updates faster than ordinary websites. It is full text and has no ads. ]

In Duke Schoffman's memory, the last time adventurers appeared in Far Eagle Castle was around the time of the Croaking Frog. After that, no one came here, and Far Eagle Castle gradually became an unvisited place. Desolate border areas.

Therefore, he was inevitably curious about what those elves were going to the east for, and whether it was related to the legendary treasure buried in the great glacier.

With such curiosity, he ordered people to monitor the entrance of the forest day and night to see when the elves would come back.

But no one expected that the elves had been away for three months, and there was no news from then on. The Ten Cities area spent a short summer and began to enter the late autumn season when everything is bleak. Before the snowfall, both beasts and humans must stock up. Food, and the residents of Far Eagle Castle had to prepare for the annual festival, and various mundane affairs began to become busy, so he naturally forgot about this matter.

After all, no matter whether the elves were wiped out in the Great Glacier or what treasures they brought back from there, it actually has nothing to do with the residents of Far Eagle Castle. Although Duke Schoffman is the owner of this place, he has nothing to do with wild things. There was nothing the elves could do - especially since the temple did not show an obvious attitude.

Just like this, on the night before the Winter Festival, without anyone expecting it, the hunter he sent to Xena Forest suddenly appeared outside the gate of Far Eagle Castle as if he was crazy, and shouted:

He saw an army of ghosts.

Naturally, no one believed this lie at first, but the hunter refused to take another step closer to the forest. He swore firmly and shouted at everyone as if he was on the verge of a mental breakdown. (Yelling about a pale army of ghosts or something like that.

Far Eagle Castle is not big, and there are not many residents. Naturally, if something like this happened, it would quickly reach the ears of the Duke. Different from the attitude of ordinary people, after he heard what happened to this unlucky young man, he immediately remembered the ancient legend about his family.

The ancestors in the forest——

According to legend, the ancestors of Far Eagle Castle received gifts from the ancestors in the forest. Only then were they able to establish a foothold on this land, establish this territory, and thus become the nobles of the Ten Cities area passed down from generation to generation.

But there are not many written records about that legend in the family. He only heard about it once from his grandfather before he knew about it.

Although the legend sounds a bit like a fairy tale, it is said that the ancestor who built Far Eagle Castle once lost his way in the forest. He had hallucinations while being hungry and cold, and saw the ancestors in the forest. They led him to a forest of cypress trees that were full of trees. There he entertained him and gave him a fire and a piece of stone.

Later, the ancestors returned to Far Eagle Castle and relied on this fire to establish today's territory.

That fire is still preserved in the sanctuary of Far Eagle Castle, shining on this wild land for thousands of years. As for the piece of stone, it is said that during a winter hunting, because of the presence of Far Eagle Castle at that time, The owner of the family died unexpectedly and stayed deep in the forest forever.

It was also from that era that the Xena Forest in winter became a restricted area for Far Eagle Fort.

Descendants of Far Eagle Castle. I have always believed that the stone piece was the lucky charm of Far Eagle Castle, because since the stone piece was lost, the family began to decline, and the pioneer knights and adventurers no longer appeared on this land.

The once-prosperous Far Eagle Castle fell into trouble.

Duke Schoffman himself is a devout church believer, and has always kept a distance from the ancestor spirits in the forest and these mysterious legends, but in his heart, he also believes that the missing stone fragment and the Far Eagle Castle There is a special connection between the rise and fall of China.

However, he had a different view from his grandfather and parents. He believed that the piece of stone was a sacred object given to the family by the sage Faenzan, because the family accidentally lost the sacred object. That's why he was punished like this.

Like the ancestors of his family, he has always had the idea of ​​​​finding the piece of stone back.

The scene that the young hunter described that night he saw was undoubtedly like an opportunity, igniting the long-cherished wish of the old Duke.

In the young hunter's description, the army he saw advancing in the mist was very similar to the legend that had been passed down from generation to generation in the family.

The ancestors in the forest appeared again.

So, is that stone piece going back to Far Eagle Castle again?

Duke Schoffman inevitably had this thought in his mind. Although almost everyone did not recommend that they enter the Scheena Forest in winter, there was no way he would wait until the snow melted in spring.

He thought that this might be a test given to him by Saint Faenzan. If he did not have the courage to accept this test, the Far Eagle Castle family might never miss that piece of stone.

With such a firm idea, he led the knights and several experienced hunters near Far Eagle Castle to the forest. However, after entering this mysterious forest, Duke Schoffman inevitably began to feel uneasy. stand up.

After all, there are so many legends about it. Even in that sycamore forest, there are not only good legends about it. Many people disappeared in the forest in search of it and never came back. People often hear rumors about those people. It was sealed on the cedar tree and became a human face on it.

Although Duke Schoffman has always dismissed the rumors of these country farmers, once he really went deep into this eerily quiet forest, those weird legends couldn't stop popping up in everyone's mind.reads ;.

For a long time after Piris entered the forest, there was no sound from the forest. The voices of the two hounds were also swallowed up by the forest. The silence made everyone feel chills, as if something was coming to them all the time. Watching them from behind.

Duke Schoffmann took off his mink gloves and couldn't bear the lonely environment. He was about to order the knights to do something, but at this time, he suddenly heard a whistle.

The sudden sound scared him so much that he almost fell off his horse, but at this moment, he heard a cheer from his knights.

He quickly looked up and saw Piris coming out of the woods.

"What took so long?" Duke Schoffman asked very dissatisfied.

"We encountered some trouble," Piris replied: "There is a man in the woods. His condition is not very good. I spent some time helping him, otherwise I don't know if he can survive."

"one person?"

"Yes, he doesn't seem to be a local. He kept claiming that he wanted to see you before he fell into coma, sir."

"He wants to see me, does he know me?" Duke Schoffman was slightly stunned.

"No, he said he wanted to see the highest officer here, but we don't have any officers here. I think he should be talking about you," Piris replied. As he spoke, he pulled something out of his arms: " He also gave me this thing, and I didn’t know what it was.”

Duke Schoffman's eyes narrowed slightly.

He saw that what the old hunter was holding was clearly a piece of brown stone.

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The smoke that filled the sky over Fenhotos Strait finally dissipated after the last ray of sunlight disappeared into the horizon.

Under the will of the Holy Sword to annihilate, the undead who lost their fighting spirit did not resist for too long. The low-level undead were the first to betray the will of Bromando Black Rose, abandoning their original master and leaving - and when When the black knight who resisted the most resolutely was completely swallowed up by the wolves, there was no longer any suspense on the battlefield.

About half an hour later, Brando once again met the Supreme Being of Madala.

The other party's situation is obviously not very good.

When he passed through the wolves, he saw Her Majesty the Queen being surrounded by several undead lords with surnames in history, trapped in the center of the wolves.

Among these undead lords are the famous Black Plague Lord Fasat and the Pale King Gaudo. Both of them have dealt with the Eruin people in history. Among them, Fasat Brando also fought against them head-on, and the Pale King King Gaudo was still active on the battlefield until the Second Age. During the Battle of Alkhash, it was directly opposite the coalition forces.

Brando knew that both of them were loyal believers in the mercury staff. One was transformed by a high-level corpse witch, and the other was wrapped in withered bones under a black armor. It looked like he should be wearing the same armor as Kabasi. Same race.

At this moment, they were standing on the left and right beside Her Majesty the Queen, each holding a weapon, and they obviously had no intention of giving up resistance.

Among these two people, the Black Plague Lord once caused a horrific massacre in Winomar. It and its necromancers directly transformed the entire Eruin people in Winomar into undead. Brando once After witnessing that tragedy, I naturally had no intention of letting this guy go.

But at this moment, he didn't even look at the hateful-looking guy, and directly focused his eyes on Her Majesty the Queen.

The woman still maintained a cold and arrogant expression. She stared at him equally coldly, as if she had no consciousness of being a loser at all, her eyes were arrogant and firm.

Brando was silent for a while, then said calmly: "Her Majesty the Queen, I think we have to talk."

"What do you want to talk about, human?"

"About Eruin and Madara."

A deep light flashed in the woman's black eyes: "The Holy Sword is destroyed in your hands, how do you plan to treat Madara?"

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