"I didn't expect that at this time, there would still be people who remember our Yuanyue clan, which uses the moon as its power?!" The leader of the old man's eyes lit up, and he looked at Link with a more cordial look: "Could it be that you are the one? The Knight of Light who will give us, the Full Moon Clan, a chance to walk on the ground again?!"
"Well, it seems I remembered it wrong." Link scratched his head. He just remembered that he seemed to have seen records about this kind of similar creature in the book left by his ancestor in the Mage Tower. That’s why I blurted it out, but now when the old man said it, he felt that the two were not very compatible, so he had to smile a little embarrassedly and said: "I just saw it in a book A long time ago, besides us, there were many other intelligent races living on the earth. One of them used the moon as its power and could transform into a demon wolf. It also had many special abilities and was mentioned in the book. A race called 'werewolves', but I seem to have made a mistake, this..."
"You're not mistaken." The old man took a step forward and looked at Link with a blazing light in his eyes: "We are the darlings of the Moon God, a clan of werewolves who once walked freely on the earth. A long time ago, , we have our own inheritance, our own culture, our own kingdom, our people are spread across every country on the continent, and we have peaceful exchanges with the countries composed of other intelligent races at that time on the earth. Although we are the darlings of the Moon God , but also equally have the right to walk in the sun."
"Then what happened next?" Link rolled his eyes slightly, stopped Count Weir who wanted to interrupt, and asked the old man: "Can't you walk under the sun now? What's going on?!"
He didn't think he could really be that kind of knight of light, and he didn't have much favorable impression of these werewolves who claimed to be the God of the Full Moon and forced the residents of the small village to sacrifice a girl to them every year. Now he is Carols was still in their hands, so she talked to them so politely. There might be a fierce battle after a while, so listening to this old guy talking about the werewolves on their own initiative seemed to have a big problem. Of course, Link wanted to find out the weakness. If these guys couldn't fight under the sun, then as long as it was delayed until dawn, wouldn't this battle be over easily?
Faced with this kind of race that comes from ancient times and is also a legendary race, Link does not dare to be too careless. After all, in the book left by the father of the Mage Tower, those intelligent races living in the battle of the gods, Almost everyone has their own unique abilities, which are not easy to deal with.
"It starts from a long time ago. In that peaceful and prosperous ancient time, a group of demons came to the earth from the distant sky." The old man was obviously still in the passion of telling and did not realize that Lin Ke's expression was very cooperative and he continued: "Our great ancestor, the patron saint of the Yuanyue clan, in order to protect the peace of the earth from being eroded by demons, he joined forces with other gods on the earth at that time to fight against the invasion. The demons launched a desperate struggle, and songs about them are still circulated among our clan!"
"Ahem", the old man cleared his throat, and actually used his old and hoarse voice to sing loudly and affectionately: "On that prosperous land, it was 700,000 years ago. As time passes, all creatures begin to sprout and grow, and the land is flowing with honey and milk..."
Count Weir moved his lips and was about to say something, but was stopped by Link again. He frowned and stood there to listen.
Unlike Link, who had read the Mage Tower's scriptures before, he knew nothing about these races handed down from ancient times, so at the beginning, he had no idea about the secret of the ancient legendary era revealed in the old man's ballad. The description was quite interesting. The only time I listened to it was at the beginning. I still followed the old man's singing with different expressions and postures.
But as time passed, Earl Weir's expression gradually became serious.
"By God," he finally couldn't help but frown and looked at Link: "Have you noticed that something is wrong with this guy?!"
"What?" Link turned pale from the old man's ballad. He never thought that the so-called ballad about the battle between gods and demons in this old guy's mouth could start from the time when some creature sprouts. He sang, and there were only a few words every year, and he was so sleepy that he didn't hear anything useful at all, so now he heard that Count Weir seemed to have discovered something, He couldn't help but perked up, looked at Earl Weir and said, "What did you find?! What's wrong?!"
"This old man can't understand the gestures and movements of the spectators at all, so he dares to pretend to be a bard in a performance." Count Weir lamented: "I have just expressed my extreme dissatisfaction with his performance with my gestures. Disgusted, he was still chirping and singing non-stop. If there were such a bard who didn't know the rules in the imperial capital, not only would he not be able to get a penny reward, but he would also be stoned to death by angry stones. !”
"Ahem." After listening to Count Weir's words, Link almost fainted there, so he felt that he should speak. If the guys on the other side who listened with pious and intoxicated faces heard Weir The Earl regarded this old guy as a performer like a bard who was similar to a beggar on the mainland. He was also a performer who performed so well that people wanted to reward him with stones. Then Earl Weir might also be angry with them. Even though he was stoned to death, he still interrupted the old man's song and said: "Dear...Dear Mr. Werewolf, your singing voice is very beautiful, but can you allow me to interrupt?"
"Well", obviously, if it wasn't for the sake of the Light Knight, the old man would not pay attention to Link when he was singing enthusiastically, but now he still reluctantly stopped singing and looked at Link and Earl Weir said: "Two respected Knights of Light, what are your orders?!"
Link's attack just now did not use any fighting spirit or magic-related skills. Not to mention the magicians and knights on the mainland who couldn't see it, even these races that have multiplied from ancient times to the present can't see it either. There were so many traces that the old man couldn't tell which one, Link or Earl Weir, was the real Knight of Light, so he had no choice but to call them both.
"Let Carol go." Count Weir finally remembered the most important thing about chasing up the mountain this time, and quickly said before Link: "You didn't hurt her, right? She is..."
"Of course we won't hurt the princess." The old man smiled happily and said before he finished listening to Earl Weir's words: "In the prophecy passed down by our ancestors, it has been made clear long ago that the princess and the Knight of Light will be fulfilled by us.
This is the only hope for the Yue clan to escape the curse of the devil and return to life above the ground. How could we possibly harm the princess?"
"Princess...what princess?" Count Weir was so frightened by the old man's words that his face turned pale. He glanced at Link who was looking at him with strange eyes a little guilty, and said with a forced smile: "I'm talking about Carol.
Si, please let her go!"
"Yes, we will definitely send the princess and the Bright Knight away respectfully." The old man looked at Link and Earl Weir and said, "As long as you agree to the request of our Yuanyue clan."
"What request?!" Link frowned and asked.
"This starts from a long time ago." The familiar opening words of the old man made Link and Earl Weir's hair stand on end. Fortunately, he did not start singing immediately, but looked up at the sky.
, said: "It's getting late now. Please go back with us. I'll explain it to you in detail."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and led the way with their clansmen, feeling confident that Link and the others would follow.
"Do you want to take action?!" Earl Weir asked Link quietly: "Are you really going to follow them to their lair?!"
"Well", Link hesitated for a while, but decided to follow. He nodded: "Let's go!"
At that moment, Link did evaluate the possibility of catching the old man who took the lead, exchanging Carols, or rushing over to rescue Carols first, but in the end he gave up this idea.
On the one hand, this is because Link can sense that when these werewolves retreated, whether intentionally or unintentionally, they placed Carol's position in the middle and most protected place. If they want to force
To safely rescue Carol, I'm afraid it would take a large-scale forbidden spell to kill most of the werewolves.
Link is a rare knight on the continent who has experienced real battles, but the great knight Link is not a bloodthirsty murderer. He originally thought he was the God of the Full Moon who killed some demon wolves or a big villain.
That's fine, but if he were asked to kill an intelligent race that had multiplied thousands of years ago, Link really couldn't do it.
Moreover, Link, who has read the corresponding scriptures in the Mage Tower, also knows that the long ballad of the old man just now is very difficult to listen to, but the things mentioned in it are not all nonsense. He is still carrying
With the remaining consciousness and energy of the father of the Mage Tower, although he is now asleep, it is consuming his life potential all the time. Although Link has been smiling playfully as if he does not take this matter to heart, but
In fact, how is it possible not to think about this matter?
It's just that this situation is really too weird. Not only is it something that is beyond what can be explained by any existing knowledge system on the continent, but even the old monsters in the mage tower who have lived for tens of millions of years are also confused.
You don't understand, but now that the energy in Link's body is still seriously insufficient, the remaining consciousness of the father of the Mage Tower is still sleeping quietly, so Link's eyes are simply darkened and he doesn't know where to start.
Also solve this problem.
Therefore, Link raised a little hope for this race that even lived before the War of the Gods. Although the humans living in various empires on the continent were also inherited before the War of the Gods, in each empire
No one knows the knowledge about the War of the Gods, let alone the time before that. But just listening to the old man's song, it is obvious that this werewolf race still has their knowledge intact.
The land has been preserved, so Link is still very interested in this species that once operated in the same era as the father of the Mage Tower.
"Oh, I knew you would say that." Count Weir shrugged obediently. After the moment just now, he now has more confidence in Link, so he has no objection to Link's decision.
, just looking at the old man who had walked some distance away, he said to Link: "It's too late to take action now."
"I said, there is really no benefit in following you." Earl Weir said with a smile to Link: "We have just left the tiger's den and entered the wolf's den again!"
"Yes, yes", Link pushed Earl Weir: "Follow me quickly, maybe you can find a few gentle female wolves if you stay in the wolf den."
However, it was obvious that there was no female wolf in this wolf den. Link and Earl Weir looked over and saw under the dim light that almost all of the werewolves they saw were muscular men.
This is an empty space below the ground. Although they had just turned around and turned so dizzy that they couldn't tell where to go, they could at least know that it was all the way down.
The surrounding towering rocks have surrounded this place into a relatively isolated basin. In this place, which can be the size of more than ten villages, you can see houses made of various rocks everywhere. Although you are in this kind of place,
The environment is obviously not very good, but this intelligent race that lived in ancient times still showed their wisdom and civilization.
Points of light that are brighter and redder than the brightest gemstones shine on the rocks, just like the stars in the sky, but they are brighter than the stars, making this place without any sunlight,
There is no dark feeling at all.
"Distinguished guests, this is where we will stay temporarily." The old man led Link and Earl Weir to sit down in front of a stone table. Some equally old werewolf elders also gathered around and sat nearby.
On the stone table, some young werewolves began to serve them wine and food. It seemed that this was probably a grand banquet for the werewolves. However, the old man did not pay attention to this. He looked up at the space where they lived.
, the meaning is very sad: "Since our ancestors fought with the devil, our Yuanyue clan has been cursed by the devil, and can only live in such a dark place. Only when the moon god is the most powerful every year, we can
Being able to have one night and be able to move around in one's true form above the ground is the way our Yuanyue clan has lived for thousands of years."
"Curse? Demon's curse?" Link became interested again and said to the old man: "What is going on? I'm very interested. Can you tell us about it?!"
"This started a long time ago..."
"Yes, yes, I know this matter very clearly..."
"Who said that? My ancestor was one of the servants who followed the Guardian God to fight the devil. You should ask me about this matter. How can you know as well as I do?!"
"The stars in the sky rotated and fell to the ground, and a group of demons flowed out from them, trying to devour the earth..."
As soon as Link's question came out, the old guys sitting nearby started arguing. It seemed that they hadn't had a chance to communicate with others for a long time, and one or two were fighting for the first place.
stand up.
After listening to them messing around, singing and reciting songs for a long time, Link finally understood what exactly happened at that time.
In fact, this is a very common legend. Link has heard many similar stories from the old people in Coloburg.
A long time ago, one day a large number of meteors fell to the earth, bringing with them a group of demons from outside the sky. This group of demons wanted to enslave the earth, so the powerful creatures from the intelligent races on the earth at that time were called guardian gods.
They began to fight a life-and-death struggle against the demons.
After a series of fierce battles, the demons were repulsed, but the gods also perished together. However, in the end, the demons left a vicious curse on many intelligent races, making them unable to survive on the earth and under the sun.
The patron saint of the werewolves at that time was also one of the gods who fought against the demons, so these werewolves are still troubled by the curse of the demons. And their prophet once left a prophecy that one day the princess and the Knight of Light will...
A moment when the moon is at its fullest, when people come from afar with swords and magic over mountains and ridges, it can bring hope to the werewolf clan to return to the earth.
"No," Link didn't expect that after listening to it for a long time, it turned out to be such an old-fashioned story. He asked a little disappointedly: "What kind of curse is it really still so effective after so many years? Aren't you able to do it on the earth now?"
Going to an event? Just now..."
There was another flurry of chatter in answering Link's question, and it took a lot of effort for Link to figure out that the werewolf's form as a child was a creature that looked like a demonic wolf, and as adults, werewolves were able to enter their second form.
That is, they can have the same appearance as humans like the old men in front of them, but now they can only maintain this second form on the ground on the night when the moon is the fullest every year. At other times, they can only maintain this second form on the ground.
As soon as they return to the ground, they can only move in their juvenile form, that is, as a demon wolf, and many of their special abilities cannot be used. Otherwise, the combat capabilities of this intelligent race will certainly be far more than those of Earl Weir and the wolf just now.
The way Link saw it.
According to the prophets of their tribe, only by finding the place where their ancestors lived and the ruins of the holy land where their werewolf clan originated can they be able to lift the curse and restore their former glory. And the key to finding the holy land ruins lies all the way away.
On the coming princess and the bright knight.
"So", the old man's last gaze was focused on Link: "The future of our Yuanyue clan is entrusted to you, Bright Knight, are you willing to do us this favor?!"
