Chapter 403: The War Hundred Years Ago

"I didn't expect to see you here, High Harper."

The job levels within the Harpers are divided from low to high: Sentinel, Qin Shadow, Beacon, Wisdom Owl, and finally the Senior Harper. The Senior Harper is already the highest-status position in the organization. Each one is A household legend, Sandra and Jonas are instantly recognizable.

At this time, they were walking quickly in front of Jaheira, and then performed a hidden ritual among harpists towards her.

"I am Sandra Kotokage, and this is Jonas Kotokage. We all grew up listening to your stories. We also heard that you have been active near Baldur's Gate. I didn't expect you to actually It's coming so fast. It took less than three days after the rescue message was sent out, but you were already in front of us."

Their tone was very exciting, but they obviously didn't know Master Jaheira's movements during this period. As a high-level Harper, her whereabouts have always been hidden. Except for some cronies who stayed in Baldur's Gate, others It's not even clear that she's been to hell.

However, Jaheira would not correct these meaningless misunderstandings. When the two people in front of him finally calmed down a little bit from the excitement of meeting the legendary hero, the master immediately asked.

"I did receive your call for help, but until now I still don't know what kind of threat you are facing."

"I hope to get more detailed reports from you, which will facilitate our subsequent investigation."

Master Jahila’s request was very reasonable. However, after hearing Master Jahila’s words, Sandra and Jonas could only look at each other helplessly again. Some of them did not know how to answer this question until they had passed. After five or six seconds, Sannas, who was more eloquent, responded to Jaheira first.

"We are also sorry about this, Master. I am ashamed to say it, but in fact, up to now, we have not really launched an investigation into the Shadow Curse Land."

"In fact, we only know that there seems to be some very serious changes there, but we still don't have clear information to confirm what this change is. After all, we don't actually have the ability to explore the Shadow Curse Land. , this period of time is just waiting for reinforcements.”

Master Jaheira could not help but frown again, but the master also knew that they could not be blamed for this matter. This area that was cursed by Shar as early as 100 years ago was indeed beyond the capabilities of ordinary Harpers, but since it has After clearly stating that a danger has been discovered, it should not be the current situation of not knowing what to do.

"There is no exact information. I don't blame you for this. After all, the danger level in this area is indeed beyond the scope of your handling. But you have told me very clearly that you have discovered the abnormal changes here, and you still It is deduced that there is some unknown source of danger here, but I want to know, if you don't even have the ability to explore the ghost cursed place, then who conveyed this information and why did he have the ability to convey this? information?"

"this……"

Sandra was speechless and choked for a moment, because she actually didn't quite understand this. After bringing the news, Marula returned to heaven without even having time to explain it carefully, and this left them missing a very important first step. hand information.

They could only deduce based on the wounds on Marula's body and the strange black mist attached to the wounds that he suffered fatal wounds in the Shadow Cursed Land, which led them to focus their suspicion here. .

"...We actually don't know much about this."

Jonas responded very embarrassedly, while Sandra spoke quickly before Jahira choked up speechlessly, trying to save the last bit of their image in Master Jahira's heart.

"Let me tell you the specific news, Master. The man who originally delivered this dangerous message was a good friend of mine. His name is Marula. Like us, he is also a harpist of the Kotokage level. "

Sandra took a deep breath.

"On the day that the accident occurred, he had been following the mission that had been carried out a hundred years ago and had been wandering around the periphery of this cursed land, carefully watching out for those dangerous creatures and preventing them from charging under his nose. out of the dense forest, or give early warning when danger is discovered, so as to prevent them from harming nearby villages and towns, and prevent him from entering the back seat of the small town of Leithwen.”

"But just three days ago, Marula suddenly withdrew from the Land of Shadows, and then came to Ur Village that afternoon and found me. Not only was he seriously injured at that time, but his spirit was also very obviously damaged. "

"At that time, his words were in confusion. After he found me, he kept repeating to me that he had encountered unparalleled danger. An unmatched powerful enemy had awakened in the darkness, and a terrifying consciousness roared in my ears. , he kept repeating these incomprehensible words. I wanted to temporarily stabilize his spirit and provide him with treatment, but he did not persist until the priest arrived, and returned to Heaven Mountain..."

Sandra had already explained all the causes, but Jaheira fell into silence after hearing these words. She recalled some very bad memories.

It was a war, a war that took place more than 100 years ago, against the Som family, and against Catheric Som!

There were many participants in that war, among which the three forces, the soldiers of the Flaming Fist, the rangers of the Harpers, and the druids of the Emerald Court, took on the main responsibility of that war.

That war was very long, but in the end, Master Jaheira, as the leader of the Harpers, defeated Kessik Thom together with the leaders of the other two forces, killed the crazy general, and ended the war.

Kessik Thom died, and the army of the Night Judges he assembled was also destroyed. From this aspect, it can be considered that they did win the war, but Kessik Thom used the power of Shar before his death to release the Shadow Curse to the entire land, completely destroying the natural spirits in this area, which made her, as a druid, and Halsin, who was the leader of the Emerald Court at the time, feel extremely heartbroken.

From this perspective, the war could be considered a failure. Jaheira was somewhat emotional after coming here, and after hearing what Sandra said, she had a very bad premonition.

That incomparable darkness...