There were some disputes between the mercenary and the young villager Julius. If Olga and Patin weren’t there, this matter would undoubtedly develop into a bloodshed, and Julius, this courageous, but ignorant and The reckless teenager will get a very miserable end. After replenishing food, Padin asked the convoy to set off immediately towards the forest of the dead. Staying in this small village for a while will only continue to magnify the anxiety and fear of these poor villagers.
Before leaving, Padin received some coins from the village chief. He knew why the village chief wanted to do this, and knew that he must also be full of fear, shaking hands and offering the same amount of coins to the “terrible giant” Gris. In order to make the village chief feel at ease, Padin collected these coins. For these villagers, the money may be long-term wealth accumulation. To Padin, this is at best a two-handed sword.
This is how the villagers survive. Humiliation is just a small matter, and only by living, is it an eternal proposition.
Before saying goodbye to Padin, the mayor may have just remembered, perhaps thanked Padin for everything he did. He told Padin one thing.
“Master Knight, there are actually people living in the forest.”
Paddin felt a little curious, “Living in the forest of the dead, with wild beasts?”
The village chief seems to be recalling something, “It may not be accurate to say that people live. I don’t know if it’s really a person… That’s something I encountered more than ten years ago. There are so many wild beasts that even the marginal villages can’t be disturbed.”
It seems that the village chief has a long story to say, and Padin stayed quietly, waiting for him to continue.
”The life in the village was very difficult at that time. The children were taken away, the villagers suffered casualties, and the crops were often destroyed by wild animals… At that time, I still had a little strength and was more impulsive, so I took the powerful people in the village into it. I came to the forest and wanted to avenge my son and daughter-in-law who were killed by wild beasts, thinking that I had to kill at least a few wolves before returning to the village… At that time, my mind was full of anger, and even my granddaughter didn’t take care of it anymore.” This, the village chief gave a wry smile, “I also regarded myself as a character. I forgot that those who ran out of the forest to find food in the village were all weak beasts. As a result, in the forest, those strong beasts gave the villagers like fruits. Eat it, we don’t have the slightest ability to resist. In the end, I was the only one who could escape, thinking that this would be dead. On the way to escape from the beast, I came to a wooden house without knowing it, and there was nothing behind me. The Warcraft is coming. I have forgotten what the wooden house looks like, but I still have some impressions of the people in the nursery in front of the wooden house.”
“That’s a very old woman, wearing a black robe, her hair is messy, like kelp, her face has more wrinkles than my old face, which looked terrifying to me at the time-she It’s like a witch. The old woman saw me panicking with blood, and fell to the wooden house. She rescued me and applied medicinal herbs to my wounds. The crushed and juicy herbs were like a panacea. The same, the wound on my body healed quickly, leaving only some scars.”
Padine heard this, but he knew something about the old woman in his heart, but he couldn’t make accurate judgments yet. It may be a herbalist who escaped from the world, or it may be a witch or mage who fled to the east from the west of Oulan. Cruel witches and ruthless wizards would not be so kind unless they ask for something; so Padin is more inclined to think that he is a desperate herbologist.
”The old woman was taciturn and never said a complete word to me. After helping me to bandage the wound, she took me out of the forest until I could see the smoke from the village. I walked out of the jungle, Looking back at the mysterious old woman, she only said a word, “Don’t come anymore” and turned and left. Since then, until now, I have never seen that old woman again. It has been more than ten years, she Maybe it’s gone already.” The village head recalled the past with infinite emotion. “Master Cavaliers, if you enter the depths of the forest and are lucky enough to see the strange wooden house, it is probably the old woman’s house. I don’t know if the place is the same as before, if you run into it. The old woman may be able to ask her for some herbs to treat trauma. She may be a weird and lonely person, but since it has saved me, it should not be a bad person.”
The old man’s words are over. Padin took out some silver coins from his pocket and stuffed them into the hands of the village chief. “Thank you for your advice. This is very helpful for us.” Padin’s words were not polite, because in the forest of the dead, there are indeed It is necessary to use herbs or medicines for trauma.
How could the village chief dare to accept the money from the kind knight master in front of him, but Padin was so tough this time that he had to accept it obediently.
The very slow-moving convoy has reached the edge of the village and came to the entrance of the forest. Padin mounted his horse, said goodbye to the village chief, and rushed to the convoy. The mercenaries walked carelessly at the end and in the middle of the convoy, behaving rudely towards the attendants who were also walking. The church knights rode horses between the convoys, watching these restless guys.
Padin returned to the front of the team and found that Olga, who was temporarily replacing him, had an extra child beside him. The boy named Julius followed Olga’s horse, walking fast and at small steps to keep up with the horse.
“You should go home, child.” Padin hurried to Olga’s side and said to Julius.
“Master Cavaliers, I think you need a guide.” Julius saw Padin and immediately left Olga, who was still close to him, and followed Padin’s side. He raised his head and looked up at Padin, his eyes gleaming, “I often go to the forest to pick up fruit. I know which road has a harder ground and is suitable for carriages. I also know which road is safer. Even the sounds of wild animals I can’t hear—well, although our village hasn’t heard the roar of a beast for a long time.”
“We don’t need a guide. Your parents will worry about you, go back.” Padin showed no sign of letting go.
Hearing this, Julius lowered his head, “My parents are dead long ago. I am an orphan.”
Padin and Olga heard this, their expressions changed slightly. In these days, death is not a strange thing, but frequent enough to make people numb. Padin didn’t even need to ask how his parents had disappeared. Maybe they were killed by robbers, maybe they died from illness… Natural disasters and man-made disasters, these poor villagers always have one or two things that can’t escape.
Because of this, Padin will not let Julius follow.
“No, go back to your village.” Padin increased his tone, “Child, I know what you are thinking, but your delusion will ruin your stable life, and even save your life. Can’t keep it.” Padin let the horse under his hip raise his hooves, rolled up the dust, and drove Julius aside. Or a leg. In the dense forest, you are not so lucky to get help from me or Olga. Some of those rude fighters can torture you, but I can only ignore it!”
Padin deliberately let the horseshoe fall in front of Julius, frightened Julius to the ground, unable to stand up for a while. Padin thought that his attitude was obvious enough, so he ignored Julius and moved on.
“You saved the child again.” Olga said to Padin after he caught up.
Padin replied: “No, I just saved his second life. You saved his first life, kind Mr. Olga.”
“I don’t know how to end it without you and the church knight.” Olga laughed.
Paddin just smiled and didn’t speak any more. Olga was right, it was true-Gris wouldn’t be so honest without him, a knight of the silver class and twelve knights of the dark iron class. This huge mercenary leader looks like the king of barbarians, but in fact, he is as cunning as a thief running through the underground channel.
The convoy quickly entered the forest completely, leaving only a spot of dust rolled up by horseshoes and wheels. Julius sat on the edge of the road, staring blankly at the convoy disappearing into the forest. The greenery is rich, only the trees outside can be seen, and the deep forest is like a big green mouth that has been bottomless, swallowing a series of convoys, like eating a centipede.
The forest of the dead is very quiet. The crowing of birds and bugs is not annoying, but it makes the silence vivid. The only thing that can make people feel irritable and scared is the beasts in the forest called beasts, or other strange things passing through the trees and bringing up the sound of leaves. The strange thing may be wild elves, or underground residents who dig up holes and come to the surface, and more likely are native hunters lurking in the green.
But in the forest of the dead, these ominous sounds cannot be heard. Only the flapping and crying of birds, and the singing of insects. This silence makes Padin and Olga a little unaccustomed.
“It’s quiet,” Padin said. There are very crude roads in the forest for the carriage to move forward, and there are occasional potholes in the road that do not affect the carriage of the carriage.
”Because this is the forest of the dead?” Olga said, “You said that there are soldiers of the Double Eagle Empire sleeping here. Is this natural tomb so that the creatures dare not approach it?”
“They are not wronged souls, they should have been called to the side of the **** of light long ago.” Padin replied, “This quietness really makes people feel a little strange. Maybe it’s the patrol knights of the Crescent Empire connecting this forest. They were all trampled through, and the wild beasts and the inhabitants of the wilderness were driven away.”
“It is indeed possible for the soldiers of the Crescent Empire.” Olga nodded. He is an aboriginal of the Yilan Continent and knows the country better than Padin, “Conquer everything, and then gain honor and wealth… …In the Crescent Empire, even children who have not yet grown up will be fascinated by them and grow into a strong warrior. If you want to conquer a forest, it doesn’t sound that strange.”
Padine did not answer. Anyone who lives in Oland is afraid and scrupulous about this aggressive pagan empire. It is precisely because of this terrifying spiritual power that the Crescent Empire crossed the slender strait, expanded the empire to the other side of the Yilan Continent, and crushed the once glorious Double Eagle Empire. She was dying in the lonely city of King’s Castle. And now the territory of the New Moon Empire that suffocated the Western city-states and the Illuminati, actually once belonged to the Double Eagle Empire.
But that was all hundreds of years ago. History is like a tide, sweeping away the glory of a country, and then those who can live in it-the powerful get it all by their own ability, and lose it after the decline. The Double Eagle Empire got this splendor from an empire that no one knew about it, while the Crescent Moon Empire received it from the Double Eagle Empire. To put it harder to say, this splendor was abandoned by the Double Eagle Empire-more than a hundred years of civil war and the looting by Western Expeditionary Forces have caused the Double Eagle Empire to continuously cut itself off. The flesh, until it no longer bleeds, there is only a skeleton.
When Padin and Olga walked in front of them speechlessly, the carriage behind them, the curtain was pulled up. The girl with blonde hair and a painful pale face showed her head, “Olga, can I ride a horse with you?” The girl’s face is beautiful, but with a faint sadness on her face, it seems to have become The lingering things on her face and her brows frowned unintentionally, which made people worry that she would age prematurely because of this. This is a beautiful girl, but like a fragile porcelain bottle, it makes people afraid that she will break with one touch.
The girl is the owner of the convoy on this trip. It is Romeo Na Mulinin who is going to marry to the west.
”Miss, you shouldn’t come out.” Olga slowed down and came to the side of the carriage. “It’s not ceremonial and unsafe.” What Olga was referring to was unsafe because she was worried that she would Exposed to the sight of mercenaries.
“In this silent forest, animals and ghosts don’t care about the etiquette of the living.” Romeo Na said, obviously, she also knows the origin of the name of the forest of the dead, “the carriage is too bumpy, I I would rather ride on the back of a horse, with the skin on the inner thighs being worn out, than to endure the redness and swelling of the buttocks.”
Olga sighed and reached out to Romeo Na, “Come on, miss.” He has always been unable to refuse Romeo Na’s request.
Romeuona let her only two maids continue to sit in the carriage, and she sat on Olga’s horse. She sat on the inside of Olga, changing a comfortable position to sit still. “Thank you, Olga.”
“My pleasure, miss.”
Because of the need to protect Romeuona, Olga stopped going forward and marching side by side with Padin. Padin didn’t care about what was behind him, and continued to stare forward. It seemed that only this incident could cause it. His attention is the same.
The convoy kept advancing until the sun fell out of sight in the forest. The sky is still bright, but it will soon go dark.
It’s time to find a place to camp and rest. Padin turned his horse’s head and gestured to stop the convoy behind him. “The sky is dark, I will rest here today!”
The convoy stopped, and the attendants and mercenaries leaned on the side of the carriage and sat on the ground. Not only did they feel tired when they walked, but the church knights who had been riding on the horse one day also dismounted, so as to soothe the tired horse while resting.
Olga helped Romyona to dismount. After Romeo Na came down, she combed her messy hair, then looked to the side of the road, “Look, there seems to be a small wooden house there.”
Paddin and Olga looked over. Beside the road, in a place heavily obscured by the chaotic growth of forests, a small wooden house can indeed be seen vaguely, mainly because the fire can be seen~IndoMTL.com~Paddin held the hilt of the sword, to Olga Waved with Romeo Na, “I will check the situation, you stay here.”
“That place is great for overnight stays, at least better than a carriage.” Romiuona said.
Olga shook his head, “No, miss, at least make sure it is safe and harmless–and the owner of the wooden house must be friendly and warm.”
Padin crossed the wild bushes, touched the abnormally growing trees, and came to the wooden house. The wooden house is built of rough wood, and there are already many vines entangled on it, which looks like it is going to be integrated with the forest. There was cooking smoke above the wooden house, and oil lamps hung in front of the door. In the open space in front of the wooden house, there is air enclosed by a simple wooden fence, and plants for medicinal purposes are planted on the ground.
There is a young girl right in front of the wooden house. She should have just hung up the oil lamp. She noticed Padin’s arrival and turned to face Padin. This girl was wearing a short shirt and skirt made of coarse hemp, a pair of straw sandals on her feet, a tattered gray cloak, and long black hair flowing out of the gaps in the hood. The girl is about fourteen or five years old. She has a beautiful but slightly immature face with a flower-like smile. Her eyes are clear and bright, as if she has never experienced pain before. Happiness is everything to her; plus in her arms The hanging basket full of flowers, she looked like an elf who used flowers to spread happiness—maybe the elf was a bit too big.
“Hello, Lord Knight.” The girl greeted Padin, looking a little restrained, as if she had never seen such a big figure appear so close to herself.
Patine’s hand on the hilt of the sword loosened, “Who are you?” Although he relaxed his guard, Patin still has to figure out the origin of the other party.
“I am Lulu Naka.” The girl replied, “An alchemist.”