In this world, there is a race called halflings.
They look similar to humans, but are shorter, basically only half the height of normal humans, so they are called halflings.
And it is precisely because they are petite and look harmless to humans and animals without much deterrence that they are able to survive at least in this chaotic and dangerous world, in the cracks of troubled times where big countries are strife, wars and entanglements are constant. Hundreds of years.
If you think about it carefully, a group of small and seemingly harmless races are destined to be ignored by both allies and enemies. They are not taken seriously and are still dispensable. As long as we exist, we can naturally make both ends meet and live well.
Coincidentally, on the way Annie followed Edkin and the four of them toward the eternal wilderness, there happened to be a halfling town, and because of Holgai's insistence, a few people went to the halfling town. After staying in the town for a long time, I was able to meet Holgai's ex-husband, a halfling dwarf named 'Maralamine', a strange uncle who was almost the same height as Anne.
That's right!
The ex-husband of the barbarian female warrior Holgai, who was so tall that she could knock Edkin down with one punch, was such a halfling!
And it is said that Holgai had a direct falling out with his tribe in order to be with the halfling Malamin?
It's a pity that the marriage that was not favored by the parents and the tribe did not last.
Sure enough, the combination of two people, one big and one small, soon fell apart due to various reasons, such as Holgai neglecting his family, drinking all day long, beating people, not making a legitimate living, liking robbery, and often going out for ten days and half a month without coming back, etc. It fell through.
Later, Holgay met the widowed Edkin and raised Kira together. Then they went to Colin Castle's vault to steal treasures, and were finally imprisoned together. Then they escaped together and prepared to go to Neverwinter City. The city lord Fuch's revenge and other things happened.
As for all the things that happened to the barbarian aunt Holgai, after Anne learned about it, she only felt that the other party deserved it and deserved it!
Anyway, from Annie's point of view, only Edkin, the uncle who also doesn't learn well and likes to give up on himself, can get along with the other party?
Of course, that kind of thing doesn't matter.
The important thing is that this time, Holgai passed by the halfling town and made a special trip to visit the Malamin. The process was not very pleasant, especially after he found out that Malamin had found a new love a year ago. And after the other party is also a female barbarian like her?
It was a big man named 'Gwen', who was even thicker than Holgay and weighed at least several times as much as the Malamin halfling. He didn't look very outstanding, but he was stronger than Holgay in many aspects. Ergai should be better, such as: taking care of his family, not drinking, not hitting others, having a legitimate business, never robbing, never going out and not coming back for ten days and a half, etc.?
Anyway!
That chubby savage woman seemed to outsmart Holga no matter how she competed.
Moreover, the other party also took the initiative to bring roasted marinated goose to entertain Anne and others who had been waiting outside the house, making his reputation with Anne almost instantly surpass that of Hall, who had been staying with her for several days. Guys, this made Anne feel even more that someone really deserved to be dumped?
Fortunately, the very unpleasant experience for the barbarian female warrior Holgai only lasted half a day. After a little repair and chatting with Namaramin, she did not accept the dinner from Namaramin. After only finding a cane that she had left in the house, she angrily dragged Anne, Edkin, Simon and Doric to set off.
Because the halfling town is not far from the barbarian reindeer tribe territory, and similarly, it is not far from the war site a hundred years ago, that is, the eternal wilderness burying ground in the south of Nesmai, and given that they want to What she was doing was the 'evil' thing of digging up graves, looking for corpses and questioning them, so she successfully convinced Edkin and others on the grounds that it was better to act at night and to cover up people's eyes.
However, Annie still felt that the other party definitely didn't want to stay in that halfling town and get hurt, so he had to leave in a hurry?
Because when the other party got back on the horse, he said angrily that he must bring down Fuch, so that the reindeer tribe and that Malamin would treat him differently?
But no matter what, after a few hours of journey, Annie, Uncle Edkin, Aunt Holgay, Miss Doric, and the rookie warlock Simon finally arrived at the huge 'moon' in the sky and other When the ring appeared in the night sky, they successfully arrived at their destination—the mass graves located south of Nesmai.
"arrive!"
Holgai, who was leading the way in the dark, suddenly stretched out his hand to signal and stopped.
"This is it."
"call!"
"It's late at night, the environment here is really not very pleasant..."
Looking at the chaotic cemetery with many tombstones and crooked tombstones in front of him under the moonlight at night, looking at this silent place full of death, even though he is a barbarian with the same big nerves and body, Holgai still feels like he is surrounded by It was a bit cool and I had goosebumps all over my body.
"Hello!"
"Little Annie, are you afraid?"
"Later, we are going to dig up graves and ask questions about the dead!"
"If you are afraid, don't follow me in."
With that said, while Holgai turned over and dismounted, he even thoughtfully tried to persuade Anne, who was sitting boredly on Tibbers' shoulders and dangling her feet.
"Cut~!"
(ˉ▽￣~)~~
"What's there to be afraid of?"
ヾ(=ω=)o
"I have seen more undead, and I have long been used to it!"
()
Unfortunately, Anne didn't buy it. Instead, she turned her head away with disdain, saying that this kind of small scene was not a problem for her at all.
"Just keep going!"
(=ω｀=)
And that is indeed the case.
For Annie, undead skeletons and the like were nothing but smelly, dirty, disgusting, and affecting her mood and appetite.
"Just don't be afraid!"
Seeing that Anne insisted on going, Holgai was not very insistent.
"but……"
"Are you sure you've seen the undead?"
"I've never seen it before!"
But she seemed to not quite believe what Anne said, because she herself had never seen such evil things as the undead, so she couldn't imagine that the "accustomed to" kind of words would come out of a little girl's mouth. Incredible wording.
"If you don't believe me, throw me down!"
()
Anne didn't want to explain.
After all, once explained, it would have to start with the first time she went to the world of Azeroth, and then she would also have to explain that she was accidentally trapped in the land of fire, and that she met Shannok, the leader who led the way. With the help of the other party, Si stole Big Screw's home, and then was summoned to Quel'Thalas to meet Sylvanas's sister.
And those things were troublesome just thinking about them, and she didn't want to bring them up again!
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Holgai!"
"Hey!"
"You have also seen that there are so many graves here, who should we go to ask?"
However, the eager Edkin didn't care so much. He just turned over and dismounted and quickly picked up the tools while urging Holgai to ask.
"do not ask me!"
"I wasn't born yet at that time, how would I know?"
"But many of my relatives..."
"Well, are they my grandfather's relatives?"
"Many of them died in that war. Look at those tombstones. The ones that are more broken and older should be the ones."
"correct!"
“Should the tombstone have a name and approximate time of death?”
Seeing that Anne insisted on following him, Holgay didn't say much. He just answered Edkin's questions, arranged his things and tied the horse's reins before walking forward and answering casually. .
"Name and approximate time of death?"
"Old tombstone?"
"All right!"
Hearing this, Edkin nodded to express his understanding.
"Simon!"
"Get the tools!"
"Doric, this way!"
"The tombstone over there is too new, it must not be!"
Then, he took the lead and headed deeper into the place that was originally a holy land for barbarians but was now being led by Holgai to dig.
Because he could see that most of the tombstones outside were new or semi-new. They probably died not long ago, so it was useless to ask. It would be better to go inside and look.
"Okay, okay!"
"Hello!"
"Slow down, wait for me, I don't like this kind of place."
After the druid girl dismounted and looked around, although she was a little reluctant, she still stumbled and followed in the direction of Edkin.
"dislike?"
Edkin, who was leading the way, was a little surprised. Then, while continuing to lead the way, he turned back and asked jokingly:
"But!"
"You are a tiefling. With dark vision and a legacy from hell, would you care about a place like this?"
Tieflings are derived from human blood. Although they are still roughly in human form, they have devil's blood flowing in their bodies. In addition to horns growing on their heads, they also have a thick tail four to five feet long behind them.
Although Doric did not see a tail behind him, Edkin knew that the other party must have one, but it should be hidden in his trouser pocket?
But regardless of whether he had a tail or not, Edkin only knew that it was unreasonable for a son of the devil like a tiefling to be afraid of the undead.
"why not?"
"Not all tieflings choose the path of evil!"
"At least, I chose to join the Green Leisure Garden!"
"I don't like this kind of place anyway!"
Doric, who knew what Edgin meant, didn't explain much. He just shook his head and continued to follow.
"Hello!"
"Annie, hurry up and follow!"
At this time, while urging Anne to hurry up, Holgai couldn't help complaining with some dissatisfaction:
"I said!"
"Can't you just come down and walk by yourself?"
"Your Tibbers has trampled on a lot of tombstones!"
Although it was Holgai who took the initiative to bring outsiders to dig the graves of her ancestors, she still hoped to cause less damage if possible.
After all, although these people are dead, they are still her ancestors, or at least they were?
She didn't want to see the terrible situation of a certain bear dragging his fat and tall body all the way here, and then trampling and destroying countless graves and tombstones.
"cannot!"
()
"This place is too dirty and stinky, so people don't want to come down and leave on their own!"
o(^｀)o
Unfortunately, Anne, who was sitting on Tibbs' shoulder, had no intention of obeying at all. She just continued to sit there majestically and ordered Tibbs to move forward, regardless of the crushed or trampled tombstones.
"you……"
Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, and considering that he was no match for the bear, Holgai simply ignored it.
"never mind."
"whatever!"
Thinking about it carefully, she was able to personally lead people to dig her ancestral graves. In comparison, a certain bear just trampled and damaged the tombstones, which was really nothing.
In this way, under the moonlit night, in the darkness, a group of five people and a bear stumbled forward in this barbarian holy land in the south of Nesmai, in this burial skirt mass grave, and walked a long way. After more than ten minutes, Edkin, who was leading the way, finally stopped.
"arrive!"
"This should be the one..."
"There are so many!"
"The tombstones in this area look like they are about a hundred years old. They must be here!"
“Without further ado, let’s dig!”
So, after looking around and feeling that it should be about the same, Edkin, Holgai, Doric and Simon started digging hard.
Then……
About ten minutes later, when a grave was dug and the coffin was opened, it was discovered that the bones lying inside were indeed the bones of a warrior. Simon, the rookie warlock, hurriedly stole the corpse that he had stolen from the vault of Colin Castle more than two years ago. The priest token was taken out.
"Everyone remember!"
"Later, I am going to recite the spell on this priest's token. Once the dead is resurrected, we can ask it five questions. After asking it, it will die completely and never be resurrected, so don't waste the opportunity! "
"do you understand?"
"Okay, you all give way!"
So, after clearly explaining the precautions, and with Anne's curiosity and the watching and anticipation of the other three people around him, Simon successfully resurrected the first corpse that was dug out.
Unfortunately……
Perhaps due to inexperience or too much excitement, in the midst of the commotion, the talkative Edkin and the quarreling Simon, Doric, Holgay and others inexplicably finished asking the five undead people. A question, but before they could come to their senses or get any meaningful answer, the resurrected undead suddenly lay back down again and never moved again?
"Hello!"
"What is this?"
"Simon!"
"Your spell seems a bit ineffective!"
Upon seeing this and seeing the skeleton unresponsive, Edkin, of course, habitually blamed the problem on Simon, the 'chief' spellcaster of the team.
"I told you so!"
"There are only five questions. It can answer any five of our questions unconditionally. Who told you to talk nonsense?"
Although he was very angry, Simon had no other choice. He just picked up the shovel and walked to another grave next to him in frustration, and motioned to Edkin to continue digging.
"It can't be revived!"
"continue!"
"Come here and dig the next one!"
Fortunately, there are enough corpses here and the token is not disposable. As long as they have enough mana, they can keep asking until they get a satisfactory answer.
Therefore, Simon is not very worried about what Edkin and others did just now.
"All right!"
"continue!"
"Holgai, it seems we need to dig more of your ancestral graves."
Edkin took the shovel in frustration and started digging with Simon, not forgetting to apologize to the barbarian female warrior Holden.
"I don't care!"
"As long as you don't go out and tell people that I was involved!"
Holgai was quite open-minded, and he didn't feel any burden at all. Moreover, he was digging fast and hard, and he could do as much as the other three.
soon!
Another ten minutes later.
The second grave was dug, and this time Edkin and others finally did not mess around. Instead, Edkin went to ask specifically. After asking the five questions, after the undead lay back down again, I finally got a little clue about the 'Dharma-Breaking Helmet'.
Of course, just a little bit, not much.
Anyway, after the undead asked five questions and lay down again, Edkin and others only knew that the war a hundred years ago was indeed fought for the helmet. The helmet was on the battlefield at that time. is unknown.
So, they had to cheer up and prepare to dig out the third one...
"etc!"
(°ー°〃)
However, at this time, Annie became impatient and stopped the four people.
Anne has roughly figured out the method of this group of people, but their efficiency is too low. It takes almost half an hour to dig and ask questions. Depending on the situation, it is estimated that if they don't dig more than ten or twenty graves, they will definitely not be complete. information, but in that case, it would be over in one night, and she was not willing to spend so long in this poor place!
"How long will it take you to dig one by one like this?"
(O ^~^ O)
"Bring it here!"
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
With that said, Annie sighed and asked Tibbers to pat his head and let him come forward. Then, regardless of the astonishment on the face of the rookie warlock Simon, he leaned over and took the 'Priest Token' from the opponent's pistol. He snatched it over, and then directly recited the incantation above in a crisp voice.
Regardless of whether these people believe it or not, she is really the most, most, most, most, most, most... the most powerful super arcane mage. Anyway, that simple spell will definitely not be able to stop her. , so she was ready to help these idiots.
However……
Anne had just finished reciting the spell when the whole cemetery shook.
"??"
"Simon, what did she do?"
"have no idea!"
"But I have a bad feeling!"
"What a coincidence!"
"I have it too!!"
Amid the panic among Edkin, Simon, Holgai and the druid girl Doric, something terrible happened.
because……
All they saw was that in the darkness, with the howling wind and the shrill wails, the countless tombstones in this cemetery were swaying and toppling in the frightening shaking. broken?
Next!
Withered and pale skeleton arms or skeleton heads with bright green eyes suddenly broke through the soil and struggled to get out.
Then……
They actually began to drag the broken body still wearing rusty armor in unison, wearing a helmet with several corroded holes, trembling with the shaky steps, sideways shining with soul fire. The scary head steadily and silently gathered towards the five people.
"!!"
"Damn it!"
"W-what is this?"
"Hello!"
"They won't attack us, right?"
"It's hard to say..."
"Simon?"
"do not ask me!"
"How did I know this would happen? It wasn't me!"
So, after the initial shock, Edkin, Holgay, Simon and Doric instantly became extremely nervous, and subconsciously dropped their shovels, picked up weapons, and gathered together to prepare for defense.
but……
The scene of hundreds of skeletons surrounding them was really a bit too scary, because that situation was completely different from the two they had just resurrected!
"Annie?"
"What did you just do?"
So, of course, they all turned around and asked loudly at the instigator.
"don’t worry!"
(゜▽＾*)
"The mana they just exerted may have been a little too much..."
(-)
"But this is so nice!"
(ψ｀▽′)o
"Look, you can ask whatever you want, you don't have to dig them out one by one!"
()hey-hey!
Although there was a slight situation, Anne didn't think there was any problem or danger. Thinking that everything was under control, she waved her hand indifferently before throwing the token back. He gave it to Simon and said this with pride.
"ha!"
"It seems like they really won't attack us..."
"Very good!"
"Well done!"
After waiting in fear for a long time, and seeing that the skeletons were really just surrounding the five of them and looking at them eagerly, without launching an attack, Edkin reluctantly relaxed and excitedly Thumbs up to Anne.
"Little Annie, I kind of believe you are the arcane archmage. You are much more useful than Simon!"
"Don't say anything, I'll ask!"
Because it is indeed much faster for the skeletons to gather around and wait to answer questions than to dig them up one by one and then resurrect them one by one!
But…..
Soon, Edkin couldn't be happier.
Because, he just asked a dozen skeletons and dozens of questions, and he probably got a complete chain of information and evidence, and knew the approximate whereabouts of the 'Dharma-Breaking Helmet'.
But!
There are at least several hundred skeletons left, and they are just surrounding them eagerly, waiting for him to ask. Judging from their posture, it seems that they have not finished asking questions on the order of 'hundreds times five'. , they will never let them go?
"Annie!"
"What should we do now?"
"You won't let us really finish the questions one by one, right?"
After trying it, they found that they wanted to leave, but the undead people blocked their way with evil eyes and prevented everyone from leaving. Edkin soon discovered the problem and exclaimed to Anne with some uncertainty. .
"this……"
(**;)
"Maybe... probably... maybe it's like that?"
(^～^;)ゞ
Anne said that she just recited the token, so how did she know there were such side effects?
"Isn't it just asking questions?"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"I don't care, you can figure it out yourself!"
(lll￢▽￢)
Allowing herself to talk to hundreds of undead and ask questions, such a boring and troublesome thing, Anne felt that it would take most of the night to finish it, and she obviously didn't want to do that!
so……
"goodbye!!"
-
==()
Annie, who realized that she had both helped and filled in the mess, didn't even think about it. She just pulled Tibbers' head and let him jump. She easily jumped out of the circle surrounded by hundreds of undead, and then left as if running away. This stinky place just ignores those four unlucky guys.
"Simon!"
"What are we going to do?"
"I have no idea!"
"However, I can see that the power to resurrect them is a bit too strong. We'd better ask them questions one by one, otherwise, something terrible may happen!"
"!!"
"Something terrible?"
"Can you be more specific?"
"have no idea!"
"I don't want to try it anyway!"
"That……"
"Shall we ask them questions?"
"That's all."
"Then what's the question?"
"We have already asked all the questions we should ask..."
"No matter what it is, just ask!"
"All right……"
"that!"
"Everyone, I don't like them very much. I'm going to find Annie. I'll leave this place to you?"
After saying that, when Edkin, Simon and Holgai had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask the hundreds of undead questions to make them die again, the druid girl Doric saw After it was clear that there was no danger, he turned into a bat without any sense of loyalty, and then flew out of the circle of undead in the direction Annie had just left without looking back.
"don't want!"
"Doric!"
"Come back quickly!"
"No!!"
"It will go faster if there are more people asking!"
"Doric?"
"..."
Unfortunately, Doric had no intention of flying back. Instead, he flew faster and disappeared into the darkness in the distance in the blink of an eye.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The remaining three people, Edkin, Holgai and Simon, looked at each other in disbelief for a while. Then, looking at the terrifying eyes and horrifyingly decaying bodies of the undead around them, they had no choice but to avoid and escape. The three of them, who had no choice but to escape, had no choice but to divide into three directions under the threatening gazes and empty expressions of the undead. They began to accept the queue of the dead and asked them questions one by one.
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(^o^)Monthly ticket~.
