"Have you seen the latest post?" Luo Hao put a roll of cable on the side of the ship and turned around to ask. Snowflakes have accumulated a thin layer on the side of the ship. In the distance are foggy villages and forests, with only a few white smokes, and the sound of church bells at noon can be heard in the distance.
"Which one?" Fang Yu stopped what he was doing and asked.
"The one on the forum in Gula area, someone is missing again. In addition, a dragon beast attacked the village, right in this area."
"Didn't Nicol Bolas take the drake away?"
Luo Hao shook his head: "Who knows, few people can clearly explain the situation north of Talen."
Fang Yu asked again: "But I heard that among the missing people this time, there are selected ones?"
"There are three, and all three of them still have remaining starlight. It is still being verified at Stargate Port, but it has already spread among the selectors, causing varying degrees of panic... Even the community ban can't stop it. , I don’t know when the restrictions will be lifted.”
Fang Yu widened his eyes slightly. All three of them had remaining starlight but were not resurrected. This could be said to have encountered the Dead Zone, but if no one could be found at the Stargate Port, wouldn't it mean that the Chosen One was there? Is it really possible to die in Etalia?
This news was absolutely subversive, and it was difficult for him to accept it for a while, not to mention ordinary people.
"...You mean, it's possible for the Chosen One to...stay in Aitalia?"
"The only way to stay in Aitaria is to die here," Luo Hao said calmly: "Have I not said this before? Such things are common. The Stargate Port has been keeping the lid on. Seven years ago That time..."
"Okay, okay." Fang Yu quickly interrupted him. He had already heard the bizarre story told by the other party at least ten times about the Chosen Ones dying all over the floor and covering the Stargate Port. He had also seen such rumors in the community, but they were obviously full of loopholes.
However, he looked at the fat man with curiosity, "Aren't you afraid?"
"What are you afraid of?" Luo Hao looked indifferent. "Why do you think I didn't want to come here originally, but now that I'm here, I still take the military route. What else should I do, become a deserter? It's not necessarily possible to stay. The chance of death is one in tens of millions, but if you go back, it will really be a social death."
"...You are really open-minded."
Fang Plover looked into the distance. The forests and villages were covered with snow, and there were still some human traces around - probably the team of selectors. He didn't quite believe that something like that would happen. The disappearance was probably due to other factors, because wasn't he also 'missing'?
Let the news fly for a while.
He heard footsteps behind him, turned around and saw Luo Yu walking over.
"Uncle and aunt, have they finished reading?"
Luo Yu nodded.
Although his mother promised to give them a year, it did not mean that the other party was completely relieved and let it go. Luo Yu's parents will stay here for about a week, and during this time they will conduct an inspection of the Seven Seas Brigade as expected.
The adventure group's biggest capital is the Seven Seas Traveler, so the two of them naturally want to visit this ship. Fang Yu actually intended to do this - if this could give Luo Yu's parents some confidence, although there were many secrets on the Seven Seas Traveler, those things were not visible on the surface.
"You designed the magic pipe network on the ship yourself?"
Luo Yu's father walked silently around the deck, returned to them, and asked.
"Not entirely, uncle," Fang Plover replied: "Three master craftsmen also helped us a lot. We just provided design ideas."
"At least the design idea is yours?"
"Yes."
"It's a good boat." Luo Yu's father nodded.
At this time, the lady also came over and said calmly: "It's satisfactory, but this ship can't go to the second world."
She paused and then added: "I appreciate people who keep their word, and I hope you will keep your word."
Fang Yu nodded quickly: "Let's see you off, Auntie."
"No need, do more useful things."
With these words, the lady walked over the gangway and got off the ship.
After his wife got off the boat, Luo Yu's father patted his son on the shoulder, gave them a silent look, nodded lightly, and then also got off the boat.
"Auntie is really resolute."
Fang Plover watched the two people walking farther and farther in the snow.
Luo Yu turned around and looked at everyone apologetically, "Sorry, I..."
"There's nothing to apologize for," Fang Yu said with a carefree smile, "They are the elders, so they should be stricter. But uncle seems to appreciate our boat, which is good news."
"Actually, my dad is also an alchemist," Luo Yu suddenly replied, "Once."
Fang Yu looked in that direction in confusion, and suddenly understood where Luo Yu's interest in alchemy came from.
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There were only eleven or two people in the small room.
Dim light penetrated through the gaps in the unnailed windows, forming bundles of narrow light paths. Dust floated up and down in the light paths, like countless tiny creatures migrating. Occasionally, one or two hexagonal ice crystals floated in from the window, but they melted at the window, shining brightly at the edge of the gap.
"At this point, we can't go back." The person who spoke in the darkness was a woman's voice, "So I won't talk nonsense. Each of us comes here for a purpose. I am here to save people." , I think the same is true for you all.”
"I am also trying to save people, my daughter, Sharna."
"Me too."
"Me too……"
But among the more than ten people, a few people still didn't speak. Finally, they replied: "We're just here to help."
The woman looked at those people and nodded: "Thank you. Whether it's for yourself, for the people around you, or for the sense of justice in your heart, thank you all."
She looked out the window, "The ceremony will start in the afternoon, around three o'clock, in the square outside. They will definitely check the area first, but I made an agreement with the hotel owner that there is a way to avoid them. examine."
The woman drew her sword and said, "When the ceremony begins, those who are capable of fighting will go up to kill people, and the remaining people will be responsible for rescuing people. The guards are not high-level, and most of us can deal with them, but we must be careful about our surroundings." Summoner, it will take time for them to arrive, we have about five minutes, try to finish the operation before then."
Although some people were too scared to make a sound, everyone still nodded silently.
The woman stretched out her hand to everyone and replied: "We didn't know each other before. We came together because of the common purpose, so there is no need to know each other's true identity. We can just use code names. I Called Saya."
"My name is Mabel."
"My name is Bo, Bo Li."
"My name is……"
Everyone stretched out their hands and touched each other.
The dark room was filled with silent understanding.
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The blizzard stopped.
Fang Plover and Luo Hao walked out of the forest, raised their heads and looked ahead. The Egunn Forest spreading from the north was here. In the snow-white world, a low stone wall in the distance stretched across the end of the field of vision - at the end of the field of vision. In the open space outside the forest ahead.
Behind the two of them, there were Tianlan, Luo Yu, Jita, Xiangxiang, and Parker, followed by Sylvester and her maid. The maid was carrying a huge luggage, but under the knee-deep snow, Walking on the ground is also extremely smooth.
At the end of the crane at the end was Ai Xiaoxiao, who was fluttering three steps at a time. His little face was covered with snow foam, just like Santa Claus's beard. Jita looked back. Tianlan wanted to go back to help her little friend, but was grabbed back by the box.
Of course, this was not what he meant, but the order given to him by Fang Yu.
"Stooge," Tian Lan reached back to grab her collar, but there was no way the box would allow her to get what she wanted - the combat effectiveness of the two of them was not at the same level, so she had to use her verbal advantage: "Brother Ed's lackey, a robot!"
But Xiangqi ignored her, and even felt a little proud, thinking that the name robot was quite cool.
The storm only briefly stopped twice in the past three days, but the cold current still lingered in the Gula area. Under this weather, the Seven Seas Traveler could not take off at all, and Galeit could not buy some of the things they needed. thing.
Fortunately, there is a town called 'Gray Owl Town' nearby, which is not too far from 'Galayit'. In order to save time, Fang Plover divided the Seven Seas Brigade into two parts. Some people continued to stay in 'Galayit' to guard the Seven Seas Traveler, and the other part formed an expedition team to go to 'Gray Owl Town' to purchase supplies.
They walked on the road for two days, during which they encountered about three or four attacks, including dragon beasts, dragon minions, and some undead creatures wandering in the wild.
In fact, there were originally no undead creatures living near Gula Port, but the war clearly brought the shadow of death.
Also on the road with them were Luo Yu's parents, because this was probably considered a type of inspection method.
It's just that what Fang Yu was worried about having to devote his time to taking care of the two of them didn't happen at all. Although Luo Yu's parents are just tourists now, they are no strangers to adventure. Not only did the two of them not cause any trouble, they also helped them a lot.
Along the way, the two of them just watched and did not interfere in any of their team's affairs. Fang Yu originally wanted to perform well, but along the way it seemed that their performance was not as good as the two seniors, which made him feel a little guilty. He didn't know whether the other party was satisfied or dissatisfied with the performance of the Seven Seas Troupe.
But fortunately, even Luo Yu's mother, who was the most strict, at least didn't say much.
Ai Xiaoxiao didn't know how many times he fell into the snow.
She got up from the ground dizzily, only to see a hand reaching out from the front. She didn't even bother to take a breath first, and quickly grabbed the hand as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and was pulled out of the snow pit by the other party. Pulled out.
The little girl took a few deep breaths, raised her head and saw that the person pulling her was actually the lady. Ai Xiaoxiao was immediately startled. In her mind, this lady was always very serious and unsmiling, and she also understood the meaning of their trip.
However, the other party didn't say anything. He just pulled her up and continued walking forward.
The low stone wall outside Gray Owl Town actually has quite an origin - it was built seven centuries ago during the era of the Dwarf Kings - at that time the locals were still enemies of the Gray Owls in the forest, and the name of this place This is also where it comes from.
However, time flies, and now the Gray Owls in the forest outside the town are no longer there. The fortress system established by the knights of Elpaxin in the past has been preserved. They have been weathered by wind and rain, and were not properly preserved. Only what remains today This incomplete part serves as the outer wall of the town.
When entering the town, everyone saw the huge rock arch on the stone wall.
Luo Hao raised his head and looked at the stone walls connected to it. They were all made of huge pebbles collected from forest mountains and streams. It is said that more than 100,000 pebbles were used to build this fortress, but Now it would be nice to have one third left.
But Luo Hao was not concerned about this. His eyes only fell on the collapsed low walls - they were said to be low walls, but only compared to the strict cities of Gula Port, El Paxin and Charter City. It is actually five or six meters high, and you need to look up to see the whole thing.
However, on those low walls, huge pebbles were scattered all over the ground, and they rolled down from the broken wall, forming a gap. It seemed that some huge beast had crashed there, knocking down part of the entire wall, and the pebbles rolled down loosely to form a stone slope.
And such situations can be seen everywhere on this wall from a distance.
"Ed, look over there." Sylvide obviously noticed this, pointed in that direction, and said softly to the others.
Fang Plover looked in that direction and was a little surprised. Almost all the gaps in the stone wall were brand new. Could it be that Gray Owl Town had been attacked before they arrived?
Judging from the size of those gaps, even if the attacking party is not a dragon beast, it is not far behind. However, they were trekking all the way, and it was not fun to travel in a snowstorm. They didn't have much time to see the community, so they didn't know exactly what happened in the past few days.
He turned around and gave his ship officer and Luo Hao a look, indicating that they should enter the town first. Find a hotel, take a rest, fill your stomach, and see what happens during this time.
However, upon entering the town, the atmosphere became obviously more serious and stern. In this season, which was not suitable for hiking, there were not many people on the streets of the town. There were only a few knights, wearing black robes on the left and white on the right. They pointed.
Fang Yu didn't recognize the identities of those knights for a moment. In his impression, the common knights of Olin Lord God were not like this. He asked Jita and Miss Goblin, and both of them said they didn't know.
Sylvide was equally confused and shook her head at him.
"Go further away," Luo Hao looked in that direction and said, "It seems like they don't welcome us very much."
If Gray Owl Town had just been attacked by a dragon beast, it would be understandable for the locals to be on high alert, but they didn't look like Nicol Bolas's minions anyway, right? These people are too suspicious.
However, Fang Yu didn't want to cause trouble, so he took everyone to another route. In the meantime, he found a passerby to ask for directions, and found a hotel called 'Pipe and Tea'. Before entering the hotel, Fang Plover also looked at the signboard, thinking that if the big cat people were here, they would definitely like this hotel.
Entering the hotel, the group found that it was also deserted. There were no lights in the lobby. The sky was gloomy outside and the hotel was even darker. Fortunately, there was at least one man behind the counter, packing up his things.
Fang Yu was full of doubts and was about to go forward to ask, but at this moment, there was a sudden noise on the street outside.
Everyone stopped and looked back, only to find that many people appeared from nowhere on the previously empty interface. The crowd should appear from one end of the street, merge into a stream, and walk in the other direction.
The crowd was not moving very fast. They walked slowly outside the hotel door. Most people looked up and looked ahead, as if there was something in that direction. There were more than a dozen black and white knights on each side of the crowd that they had seen before to maintain order. Those knights were wearing silver armor and carrying swords at their waists. They walked past the hotel gate without looking away.
The crowd didn't seem to be whispering to each other or making any loud noises. Apart from footsteps, there weren't many other sounds on the street. Fang Yu was also surprised when he saw this scene. He wondered if there were any customs in the Gula area that he didn't know about. What kind of parade or celebration was this?
But looking at the crowd, everyone looked solemn, and it didn't look like the atmosphere of a celebration, but more like some kind of religious ceremony.
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment, watching the last few people walking past on the street, and then the last group of knights walked up with clattering steps. He watched the knights walk away, then turned back, intending to ask the owner of the hotel here what happened outside that they didn't know about.
But when I turned around, I found that the man behind the counter had also come out, seemingly ready to go out.
Fang Yu was stunned and quickly stopped the other party and said, "Wait a minute, we need to book a room."
"We'll talk about it later, everyone." The man was not impatient. He just looked outside and replied to them at the same time.
"What's going on outside?"
"We have captured the spies of the Dragon Worship Cult and want to put them on trial," the man replied: "Everyone must be present. Crow Knights will come to check later. Although you are foreigners, you are still the same. Why don't you come with me?"
Fang Yu was startled:
"Crow Knight?"
He couldn't help but look outside the street. The crowd had already disappeared at the other end of the street, as had the black and white knights. After the crowd passed by, the street seemed to be quiet again for a while.
He pointed outside and asked the shop owner: "Are you talking about those knights just now?"
"That's not true, everyone," the man replied with good patience, "Those are the Crow Claw Guards. The Crow Knights are the guardians of the temple, and their status is much higher than them."
"Crowpaw Guards, guardians of the temple?"
Fang Yu was confused. Is there such a temple in Aitalia, or did they travel to some other world in the snowstorm?
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