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Chapter 1 Caravan (1)

After negotiating with the trade union to pay the price, the merchant Uk hurried to the hotel built next to the market area with an expensive but extremely simple interior decoration. He wanted to tell his companions the good news that he would be able to get on the road today, but he was lost. There was no one in the empty two-story hut.

Uk had to go back to the market area to buy some essential items for long-distance travel, but unexpectedly encountered two other fellow travelers who could not be found in the hotel - a noble young man and a lady dressed in a priest.

"Have Mr. Uk found the union?" The priest who always kept smiling.

"Yes, the union promised to make up for my losses, and we can set off today." Uk replied while muttering in his heart that the temperament of the ranger and the nobles were quite similar, and he hoped that they could get along well.

"That's great. We just thought that if we can't leave today, we'll find another caravan to continue our journey."

The female priest's words made Uk secretly glad that he was lucky. Thanks to the son of nature who had become a hot topic on the streets and alleys recently, after dinner, if he had not supported Vaulet's independence, he would not have contacted the union so quickly. If it weren't for the past, the caravan that was not a special supply would have to queue up for three or five days before entering the city.

One is the noble of Krenberg, and the priest who can expel the dead and heal the wounds and diseases. Uk would rather not have the protection of mercenaries than lose these two nobles he met on the way to Vaulet. Since the union has promised to prepare the carriage before noon, there is still time to recruit mercenaries.

The nobleman who rarely speaks spoke, "When will he leave?"

"At noon, we can get on the road when we wait for the carriage prepared by the union." Since we had asked before, the two did not object to walking with the mercenaries, and Uk would also skip the extra invitation of Rangers and Bards. But what he did not expect was that Vaulet would hold a magic prop auction in ten days. The mercenaries who were resting in the newly developed area heard that the lot was made by the Son of Nature himself, and even if they had no money, they wanted to stay and join in the fun. No one was willing to leave at this time.

Uk walked around the market and was found mercenaries who were willing to accept employment. They could only comfort themselves. Fortunately, the four people who were traveling with them had considerable martial arts skills, and their safety was still guaranteed before arriving in the next town.

When he led the nobles and pastors to the union's stall. Orlando and Link, who had already finished purchasing, had already waited there, the union's promised carriages were ready, and the coachman also took the way to the travelers in Krenberg. For safety, travelers were hiking in groups or paying money to take the merchant's convoy, the declining union played guest-in-arms, and helped the travelers arrange caravans by collecting certain rewards. Some merchants even abandoned their old business and started a business carrying passengers.

Because it was an empty car and with the Ranger and the Priest accompanying him, Uk was not worried that anyone would snatch the carriage away.

The female priest following behind the merchant. Orlando said "huh" and then glanced at the person beside him.

Even if Vaulet had been returned to Esson many years ago, it was actually under the control of Hornheim. Over the years, no believers other than the God of Magic have ever appeared. Even if they are completely independent now, people from the Dawn Sect appear so quickly...

"A coincidence?"

"Who knows?" Link replied lightly.

Of course he didn't think it was a coincidence, maybe it was like a half-elves. He was guided by Chenxi and deliberately approached himself. Let's observe for a while. Compared to the other three divine power providers, Chenxi is probably the most closely related to the pillar. It is better not to act rashly before figuring out the other party's purpose. Maybe, it's really just a coincidence.

A brief introduction. Seeing that neither side objected, Uk was relieved.

Although the Morning Sect is the temple with the most believers on the mainland, the priests are not only stubborn and stubborn, but they are worried that the ranger and bard may not be willing to accept the female priest. It seems that they are too careless.

Thinking of this, Uk's eyes drifted involuntarily.

Not only the curves of the body, but also the face is a rare beauty. Unless it is a heart-warming heart, who would reject such a woman in person?

In this way, the caravan with only people set off from Vaulet. The merchant took the first car, the nobles and the priests took the second car, and the ranger and the bard temporarily acted as the role of mercenaries and took the last car.

Just as the carriage drove away from the forest, the wolf, who was originally lying in the carriage, pretending to be a ranger animal companion, suddenly shook slightly.

[What's wrong?] I realized its weirdness, Link asked telepathically.

[The priest cast a detective on me, and she already knew that I was a druid.]

Link's squinting action also attracted the attention of Orlando, who was sitting opposite him.

"Is there any problem?"

"The priest used detection techniques on Jafar and already knew it was a druid."

Orlando couldn't help but glance at the carriage in front, and was immediately stopped by Link.

"Don't look at them, the nobles are looking at us." Even though Link restrained his perception, he could still sense the sight from the front.

"Don't you think this combination is a bit weird?" Orlando stopped turning his head in time and used elves to talk to avoid being driven to the car to hear the content of the conversation. Although the alien language in the Exile Land is safer, almost no one has heard this strange pronunciation, which will arouse suspicion. It is normal for half-elves and rangers to speak elves.

"Indeed, although the nobles are the ruling class of human beings, except for Malik, there are few temples that get along well with the nobles. What's more, the Morning Sect is a firm believer in order, which is like seeing the Glow Elf and the Night Elf walking together, which is really unpredictable."

Orlando thought about it and proposed a possibility: "In order to ensure his rule, the nobles not only support religion economically and materially, but also divide the land to build temples, and send off descendants and side branches of the family who have no inheritance rights to the temple to practice. This not only strengthens the connection with religion, but also provides first-hand information."

"You mean, that noble young man belongs to this category?" In Link's view, these descendants sent by the family to the temple are simply protons.

Orlando nodded, "This is the only reasonable explanation."

The first thing Link thought of was the nobles who moved to Aiden with the capital.

"There is no geographical limitation, the older the family, the more they will follow this set of rules that are almost hereditary with the territories of the title."

The wolf who doesn't like humans is not interested in this topic. Lorelai will only appear when it comes to gods and spells, and the only thing Link can discuss is Orlando.

"What are you going to do next?" Orlando even considered changing caravans in the next town.

"Take one step at a time, look at their performance."

"You don't seem to be in a hurry at all?" Orlando had long been puzzled about this. Whether it was helping Bree replace Lorelai or working with the union, even if it was clear that it was about to do something. Link showed an indifferent attitude.

Link did not answer the question of the half-elves immediately. Of course, he knew his faults, nor did he know how he formed this kind of personality. He held the mentality of going to the bridge to the head of everything. No matter how urgent it was, he would not show anxiety or impatience.

Maybe... it is related to the environment of growth. It lacks parental care, isolates by classmates, and has no playmates, and develops this kind of mentality that seems to be unsuspecting and in fact is indifferent and meaningless.

Link's silence usually means not wanting to say, and the self-consciously boring Orlando changes the topic, "It's better to talk about the place of exile when you're idle. I'm still very curious about the other world."

This time Link reacted, "What do you want to know?"

"Well... I have met three aliens from the exile land, and the places of exile heard from them are also different."

Link understands what Orlando said about "different" means that the earth has developed rapidly in the past two hundred years. Not to mention a hundred years, even decades of differences are very big.

"We have no gods there." As soon as these words came out, even the wolf who closed his eyes and pretended to sleep was straightened.

"I heard something, but it's really weird to hear it from a priest..." Orlando, who is also a believer in the gods, realized that this topic was a bit too much, but since it was the beginning of him, it would be hard for him to deliberately avoid it if the other party didn't end.

"Or it could be said that there was once, and I could not make a definite conclusion. After all, I am just an ordinary person there. There are many religions in my world, and even in the current highly developed technology, there are still a large number of believers."

Link's words accidentally gave Orlando an opportunity to change the topic.

"Can you talk about yourself? What kind of profession is there, family members, hobbies, etc."

Knowing that he was worried, Link didn't expose it, "Yes. I just said that I'm just an ordinary person there. For profession... I'm a quasi-body person who is not diligent. Ah~ Sorry, I didn't check it for a while, and I used the popular vocabulary over there." Link paused a little, "According to Edgar's profession, it's closer to a bard."

"Huh?" Orlando obviously did not expect that the son of nature's profession in the exile land was a bard!

"I just get close. I can't play musical instruments. I just write stories for people to see. As for hobbies..." Speaking of hobbies, Link sighed. Although he had made up his mind and had plans, whenever he thought of games, he still couldn't help but sigh. If it weren't for this hobby, he wouldn't be in another world. "The difference between the two worlds is too big. I can't explain what I like clearly for a while. I just think I like it, especially interested in humanities, history, geography, nature and animals."

This is in line with the requirements of the column to select the son of nature... Jafar, Orlando and even Lorelai believe that to be a son of nature, the first thing to do is love nature.

"A family member..." Link counted, "My parents separated shortly after I was born. I was raised by my grandfather. My father gave birth to a half-sister after remarriage."

Orlando, who consciously poked Link's pain, realized once again that he asked the question inappropriately.

"Don't worry, I have no psychological burden on this. It can be said that my family concept is relatively weak. I neither want to get married nor raise the next generation. I am a selfish and self-centered person."

The three listeners thought at the same time that this also meets the selection criteria of the Son of Nature.

"How could I be selected if I don't meet the criteria..." Link shrugged, his casual attitude made the half-elf more courageous.

"I heard a rumor. Are you and Shuanghan old acquaintances?"

"This is a false story. I don't know him and I at all in reality, but it's true that I broke his life case in the illusion." Link's words once again shocked the wolf.

[You broke the Frost Han’s life box?!]

[I am also very interested in this matter.] Lorelai couldn't help but speak. When she was still a goddess of magic, she also learned about this unproven rumor through the Mage Council of Hornheim.

"Since you are all interested, it's okay to tell you." So Link started with how he was selected, omitting some unimportant and indescribable parts, and only talking about the key plots related to the progress of the situation. He talked about the destruction of Lena's body, which was made into a life box, in the Great Hall, the tortuous story made the three listeners feel ups and downs.

Jafar thought that Link knew that his name was not through contract, but in the exile place. Even if it was just a projection, he could get the affirmation of King Ingway and the Elemental Lord Hull. He would definitely be able to complete the task assigned by the pillar.

Lorelai's idea was completely the opposite. Although she had already agreed with Link, she never expected that Zhu would make such a bold gambling to maintain Edgar's fate on an ordinary person. What if she failed?

"I really didn't expect that the pastor named Aidan was so young and had such a vicious heart. How did such a person become the pastor of Chenxi?" Orlando's idea was relatively simple. The temple's selection of priests was extremely strict. It was not only possible to be selected by faith, but also had to go through many tests and reviews. Especially Chenxi, he had never heard of a false believer.

After criticizing Shuanghan's personality, Orlando's attention turned to the fate box again, "Since Shuanghan's life box hidden in the exile land has been destroyed, why is Edgar's body still there?" He was so sure because the rights of the Immortal Empire had not changed. The Lich King overwhelmed the other two legendary undead lords to command the empire. If Shuanghan was really annihilated, the inside of the undead would never be so calm.

Link spread his hands and said that he was not a lich. How could he know the details? Perhaps the exile land is only half or part of it. It is not necessarily true.

"Shuanghan is just the leader of the undead, the number one confidant under the command of the God of Death. My mission to completely annihilate it is only one-third. Only by completely defeating the Death undead army can you completely defeat the God of Death."

At this stage, Link has no way to completely purify the Water Pillar. He has no idea and can only follow the plan. Go to the location of the Wind Pillar first. He hopes to learn the instructions for the next step through direct communication with the pillar.

Before we knew it, it was approaching evening, and the merchant searched for a low hill and planned to spend the night there.

Three travelers who acted as coachmen took the initiative to join the ranks of firewood to make fire. After a afternoon of travel, everyone was hungry. Humans were too dependent on light. They knew that the bonfire would attract wild animals and undead, but they still rose.

Everyone formed a circle and sat by the bonfire to chew dry and hard food with the clean water they carried.

Knowing that the wolf was brought by the ranger, everyone was still guarding against it. No one, including Uk, was willing to approach it. To everyone's expectations, the young nobleman took the initiative to sit next to Link, his green eyes full of curiosity. Fortunately, Jafar no longer had the majestic power in the illusion, but an elderly wolf with a dull fur and a listless look. The young man glanced at it for a few seconds and then looked away.

Through close observation, Link noticed that the nobleman looked thin at first glance, and his muscles hidden under his robe were stronger than his body modified by the Ranger's original. As Orlando said, he was a priest who served in a temple.

After the dinner was settled, the merchant Uk asked everyone to discuss who to watch tonight.

Considering that the body can be fully rested in a meditation state, Link volunteered to hand over the alert work to Jafar, and he entered the consciousness space to continue to develop and test his own spells.

It was getting dark soon, and everyone was not familiar with each other and had nothing to talk about. They all unfolded the bedding and fell asleep.

Link sat by the bonfire, waiting for a long time with his back to the crowd, until both the nobles and the priest fell asleep, and he began to start his meditation state.

【There is a situation.】

Before Link could experiment with his new spell, Jafar warned him. Link had to end his meditation and stood up.

[Northeast.] Even if it is not a druid, relying solely on smell, the wolf can smell the breath drifting in the wind. It is a human, and it has a fishy smell of blood.

In order to not expose his identity, Link did not expand his perception. He only observed the naked eye more than ordinary people, a group of people came to the northeast, all riding horses. Soon, the sound of hooves woke up the alert half-elves. Then, the nobles and priests woke up one after another.

"What happened?" The increasingly loud sound of horse hooves woke Uk and the three travelers.

"If you don't have combat power, go to the carriage." Link looked at the merchant and reminded him to take refuge.

Orlando held Mandolin and stared at him, "We've met refugees."

Damn it! Uk lowly cursed and hurried into the carriage. The other three people followed suit. They were just ordinary travelers and could not compete with the refugees who often plundered merchants and travelers. They could only place all their hopes on the other four people.

The number of refugees exceeded twenty, and they formed a circle and surrounded the low hills.

I noticed that there was a woman in this small team, and the whistle and dirty words immediately rang out.

"Knock, they actually have a beautiful girl!"

“There are too few ones.”

"There are two more good-looking ones, let's make do with it."

"Hahaha, don't you even let go of a man?"
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