The one-eyed old man held his pipe in his mouth and narrowed his remaining eye, which had also become cloudy, and looked at the man and the woman. The man was a wizard, wearing a long blood-red robe, with half of his face exposed under the hood.
She has a pointed chin and her skin is as pale as a legendary vampire. The woman is like the women who often travel with vampires who turn into nobles in stories, beautiful and elegant.
She was an elf, with a pair of pointed ears, and her long black hair fell to the side of her shoulder with a small tilt of her head when she entered the house. Her dark eyes looked at everything in the house with a trace of curiosity.
Xiao Fen and Ke'er walked into this dim room. The walls were as black as smoke, with soot and grease deposited layer by layer on the gray stone bricks. To the west was a long wooden table, which was covered with push-buttons.
Carpentry tools such as planers and woodworking saws. The dark, uneven ground is full of fresh wood chips. There are a few handicrafts that have just taken a prototype or are still wooden embryos, or a few chairs, a small table, etc.
What.
The light from the outside cannot shine in through the door, and a half-light and half-dark dividing line is drawn about half a meter away from the door. The old man is wearing a common outfit of southern ethnic groups - gray fluffy long bloomers, pointed wooden boots,
A thick coat, a lambskin vest, and a shriveled three-cornered hat - sitting here between light and shadow.
There was only a red dot left on the pipe in the darkness, flickering on and off. The old man looked at the two people with his only remaining cloudy eye.
This is a carpentry workshop.
"Sit down, Master Wizard, Miss Elf."
Xiao Fen and Ke'er looked at each other, nodded to the old man, walked in and sat down one after another, and sat in front of the old man with their hands on their knees. The elf lady replied in a pleasant voice: "That's exactly it, old man."
"Well, few people come to ask about that guy's life before he became famous."
The old man sighed.
"So, has anyone asked about it before?" Xiao Fen asked calmly and slowly.
"That's natural. Fifteen years ago, there was no one in this area who didn't know the name Anderson," the old man said while tipping his pipe over his pipe and knocking it hard on the stool, "But then everyone called him Tanster."
The earl, or the earl, my real name has been forgotten. But I am not interested in this. That boy grew up under my nose, and I dare to teach him a lesson even in front of him——"
Is this really a history of prosperity? Xiao Fen and Ke'er exchanged glances.
"What happened next?" Ke'er asked, placing a gold coin on the table next to her hand.
The gold coins glowed in the darkness——
The old man glanced at the wizard in surprise. Most players were not so generous. He instinctively thought that this was an extremely prominent nobleman.
Xiao Fen nodded to the old man: "You continue."
"Okay," the old man put down his pipe and put his hands on his knees, looking a little restless: "It's a coincidence, Mr. Wizard. How do you think we, a mud-legged guy from a remote country like us, could become a relative of some big shot? But that boy Anderson
It was a lucky turn of events. It was about twenty years ago. There was a time when I noticed that a messenger often came to his house. Sir, you have to know that in a small place like ours, if a beautifully and neatly dressed envoy suddenly appeared,
, it spread throughout the whole town in less than half a moment, so it must be the servant of that noble master who came to order something."
"Brosalon's wood crafts are very famous." Cole whispered to the mage.
Xiao Fen listened carefully and nodded.
"So soon there were rumors that he was dating a noble relative. But at first everyone was joking, but later it seemed that there were real signs. About half a year later, Anderson and his family left. After that,
No one saw him, his wife, or daughter again for at least a year and a half, and there was even a rumor that he was tricked and his body was dumped in the wild."
The old man subconsciously grabbed his pipe, but suddenly remembered something and glanced at the mage hesitantly.
Xiao Fen nodded to him.
"Mr. Wizard, you are such a good man. You have been smoking for a long time and can't quit." The old man smiled awkwardly and lit the fire again. Suddenly there was light in the darkness, and three faces with different expressions were reflected. The mage's
Indifferently, the elf lady was curious and the old man was confused. He continued: "I didn't expect that after another half a year, he would come back."
"Have you become an earl this time?" Ke'er couldn't help but asked curiously.
"Yes, Anderson really became prosperous this time, and he suddenly became a famous Earl. At that time, I ran over and took a look from a distance. I didn't see him in person, but I saw four horses.
The carriage is snow-white. I have never seen such a beautiful horse in this area for so many years, wow." The old man said with unfinished content.
"Do you know about his daughter?" the female ranger asked.
"Daughter? Are you talking about the girl Candice? She has been a smart and lovely girl since she was a child, and is well-known. She got married ten years ago, and the other party seems to be a viscount."
"I mean the other daughter of the Ma Qiong family. I heard that he also has a daughter, do you know?"
"Another daughter?" The old man fell silent and rubbed his pipe with his rough palm. He moved his buttocks on the stool and looked at the two of them cautiously: "Oh, you are talking about the witch. Mr. Wizard,
You must be here for this woman, right?"
"Witch?" Ke'er asked in a voiceless voice.
Xiao Fen was startled for a moment. Did Edith become a witch at that time? He always thought that the witch girl embarked on this path after leaving home.
"A well-known witch," the old man said with an uneasy expression on his face: "The year she was born, a plague occurred in this area, many people died, but nothing happened to Ma Qiong's family; later she gradually grew up
As she grew older, her hair and eyes turned black, unlike her parents. It was said that she could see people's souls, talk to spirits, and create flames; but she was always quiet in front of people.
She said nothing, so everyone was afraid of her and avoided her at a distance."
Ke'er and her captain glanced at each other, but they didn't expect this to be the case. However, Xiao Fen immediately searched for his local knowledge: in history, the most recent plague in Brossalon was recorded in Dragon City documents in February.
Seventeen years ago, but Edith doesn't look like she's nearly thirty years old, right? Could it be that she is a half-elf?
But it doesn't have any elf characteristics.
"Where are her parents? What happened to her later?" the female ranger couldn't help but ask.
"The Ma Qiong couple are not good to their eldest daughter. They are often heard beating and scolding her, even outside. They often call her the devil's daughter in front of outsiders." The old man took a deep breath.
, making the red firelight in the pipe brighter in the darkness: "But Pearly likes her sister very much, and the two sisters have a very good relationship——"
"Polly? Is her name Poly?" Cole interrupted him.
"Of course, I remember clearly that it was a priest who gave her this name, which means hope. Because Brossalon was in a difficult situation at that time, and the priest thought that the baby's new life would bring happiness to the whole town.
Come to hope."
"and after?"
"Later? Later, it was said that the Marchon couple listened to an old wizard who was passing by and locked up their eldest daughter and refused to let her out. But one night, she was seen escaping into the nearby forest. Since then, she has not been seen again.
No more news about the witch."
Ke'er had an unbearable expression on her face: "How could this happen..."
Xiao Fen asked calmly: "Do you know where Earl Tanst went later?"
"Oh, you ask this, Mr. Wizard. When the Hand of Despair caused trouble a few days ago, Ma Qiong's family went to the south to seek refuge, probably to seek refuge with relatives. They originally planned to go north, but later they heard that the way north was blocked.
It was almost two months ago when we got stuck and turned south."
After hearing this, the mage has determined that this is a task. However, unlike other tasks, he has prioritized this task as one that must be completed. Because of his own life experience, his sympathy for the witch lady is more similar to that of an elder brother.
His feelings for his sister are just like the care he took for the kittens in the orphanage.
Although Edith is just a fictional character, at least her feelings for everyone are sincere. As long as you feel it, it exists. No one can deny this. Especially after listening to this, although there is no reaction on the surface,
But Xiao Fen has made up his mind to help Miss Witch.
Ke'er seemed to be thinking about her own things, and there was silence in the room for a while.
…
Coming out of Old Khalid's carpentry workshop, Cole grabbed her captain's arm and asked: "What do you think, captain?"
"It's hard to say, but it's interesting. But I guess Edith has been unwilling to talk about her family situation, so she must have some hidden secrets." Xiao Fen replied: "Anyway, the key is to find her first. Let's go to Ma Qiong.
Take a look at our old house. If she could be anywhere, it must be there."
"You knew there was something hidden but didn't ask her, Mr. Palin-Captain?"
Generally, when an elf lady calls her captain this way, it must mean that she is very dissatisfied.
Xiao Fen stopped and glanced at her: "That's a person——"
"If you don't ask, how will you know whether you are willing to talk or not?"
"If she is willing to say it, she will naturally say it." The mage replied, turned and left.
The female ranger gritted her teeth and followed, muttering in a low voice: "Wood——!"
"What did you say?"
"Nothing!" replied angrily.
It was not difficult to ask the one-eyed old man for the address of the Ma Qiong family's old residence, but I heard that it had been destroyed in a fire more than ten years ago, and Earl Tanst had not renovated it since then, because it was
After a while, their family had already moved into the castle of the previous owner and became a well-known lord in this area.
It was south of Brossalon, not far from the town. It was a lonely house, but it was just as imagined: a dilapidated house with only one shelf left, filled with knee-deep weeds and shrubs.
, vines spread and climbed up along the remains of the broken wall, and the corners were covered with spider webs - some trivial objects were still lying on the ground, and no one had tidied them up. The earth that had been burnt black for more than ten years had been paved.
It was covered with a layer of dust, and the original appearance on top could no longer be seen clearly.
When Xiao Fen and Ke'er approached, they saw a weak figure standing in a daze among the weeds in the house.
"Edith?"
The elf lady screamed in surprise and ran over.
The witch girl turned around, with a look of finality on her face: "Miss Cole."
"Call me sister." Ke'er said lovingly, and the witch girl just nodded silently.
The female elf ranger turned around, but was annoyed to find her captain standing on the avenue outside, looking in a daze, and she suddenly became furious: "Palin, captain, sir, what are you doing?"
Xiao Fen stood on the avenue and had just finished a spell. His eyes went from dazed to sober. His wandering thoughts were withdrawn from the colorful images and returned to reality; he tilted his head and looked at his female elf ranger.
The team member replied: "There is a small problem." The female ranger happened to see his last spell action, and she asked with an instinctive alertness: "What's wrong, captain?" One of the female ranger's hands had already reached behind her back.
the holy bow, and the other hand protecting Edith.
"Somewhat unpleasant smell."
The witch girl turned around strangely and looked at the mage in red robe standing in the middle of the road.
In fact, Xiao Fen instinctively felt something was wrong as soon as he approached this dilapidated house. After dealing with some despicable lower-class creatures too many times, he was already somewhat allergic to the disgusting smell of sulfur. Just like him
As I approached the house, I instinctively noticed the smell floating in the air. I immediately stopped and cast a detection spell, and sure enough I noticed the evil smell lingering in the air.
"System prompt: evil aura, level: free, identification result: remaining within a week."
Why would a demon be interested in an ordinary ancient house that was burned to the ground? Xiao Fen thought about it for a while, and found that these newly emerged demonic auras were at least high-level (succubi), although the auras were already quite weak after a week of remaining.
But he couldn't deceive him, the 'devil's traitor'. What's more, all the high-level demons who died in Xiao Fen's hands would have to be counted as a beating.
So I'm afraid there's more to this room than just some weirdness.
He was about to cast a Legend of Comprehension, but suddenly a warning sign rose in his heart, and the system prompts screamed like a siren. The warning spells hanging on his body were all activated at once, triggering a layer of blue light and a layer of green light.
Light, a translucent cover appeared on Xiao Fen at the same time, and then a faintly transparent light band passed by the mage.
That is an invisible sword.
Black ripples swayed in circles where the sword passed, deflecting it as hard as possible. In the end, it only cut the mage's robe under the ribs.
Xiao Fen immediately flicked his fingers and threw an invisibility see through. The system immediately prompted him to see through the invisibility successfully. A knight swordsman wearing shining silver full-body armor appeared in front of him - the opponent wore a long and narrow full-face helmet.
The curve of the helmet is covered with gorgeous patterns, and a pair of silver flying wings extend upward at the back.
Then he received two more prompts, indicating that two long-distance teleportations were cutting in this direction. When the mage turned around, he saw that two white light gates not far away had unfolded and were looming.
He immediately opened a scroll and pointed at one of the light gates: "Dimensional Anchor."
"Don't even think about it——!" The knight in silver armor roared with a roar, and he returned his sword and wanted to attack again. But the mage didn't even look at him, because a green shadow had already stabbed the knight's right hand armor.
Lightning; the latter was so startled that he had to step back and let the elf ranger's arrow bring up a strong wind and fly between them.
When he turned around, he happened to see Ke'er holding a holy bow in one hand and holding the string with the other, watching him carefully. The long white giant bow shone with holy brilliance in the sun.
"Elven Holy Bow." The knight was startled, then shouted in disbelief.
At this time, Xiao Fen had completed his spell, and a green light shot towards one of the portals. The portal suddenly fluctuated and then dissipated in the air. But at the same time, another portal had opened, and a man with silver armor
The swordsman dressed exactly like the knight stepped out from inside. He glanced at the red-robed mage, and his cold eyes came out from under the gap in the full-face helmet, like a wild beast that chooses people to devour.
I can't help but feel creepy.
"Are you the Palin, the mage who defeated this generation of Atikalan family?"
The swordsman walked over with his sword in hand and stood side by side with his companion. His voice was indifferent but had a hint of ridicule: "It seems that they are a little stronger than those insects of the Bloody Slayer. You are the captain who shines with gold coins."
?”
Xiao Fen narrowed his eyes slightly: Mithril was fully armored, and the breeze surrounded him when he walked, making no sound. He immediately recognized the identity of the other party - the Wind Knight of the Rune Island Empire, although his single-player combat ability was better than that of Ella Xize
The dragon knights are a little worse, but there are two of them here, and it's just me and Ke'er here.
"Captain, be careful. The little girl met them at the Bloody Slayer headquarters. They are very powerful, and their individual levels are between level seventeen and eighteen." The female ranger whispered from behind using the communication technique.
Xiao Fen nodded.
"Exactly, I have a debt to settle with you." The mage looked at the two knights and replied.
…
On the other side, Xue and Yun Na also encountered trouble. Surrounding them in front of the main entrance of the temple were a group of Thorn Knights with desperate hands, three mage hunters wearing leather robes, and three arcane guards.
Xue tilted her head, seemingly exchanging opinions with the silver-haired and red-eyed female mage.
"It seems that our captain has really attracted the attention of the Hand of Despair." The female mage looked at the people below and said with a smile.
In the eyes of the female priest, these people were just intersecting flashing lines in the darkness. So she just calmly said nothing, but the snake-headed whip had already appeared in her hand.
"Is it okay?" she asked after a while.
"Fortunately," Yun Na nodded: "But since we are in trouble here, Wrought Iron and the captain will probably not be left behind. It seems that Apple's guess is not wrong. There is indeed an internal conspiracy on the Bloody Slayer's side. Let's see.
How to deal with Blood Song..."
Xue nodded: "Quick fight and quick decision."
As soon as she finished speaking, the other party had already launched a strong attack——
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