In order to please Dragon King Philumat, the three major forces living in the Kingdom of Dragon will send people to collect all kinds of beautiful treasures. Whether they are mined by themselves or the fruits of labor of other races, as long as they turn in enough, they can get it.
Reward from Dragon King Palace.
There is a common misunderstanding among the residents of the Disa Alliance. Half-elf adventurers are brave and hard-working, earn wealth with their own hands, and use swords to resist the invasion of orcs and barbarians. In fact, the ferocious and primitive orc bone collectors are best at mining nature.
resources, followed by barbarian raiders. As for the half-elf adventure group, they prefer to rob the wealth of orcs and barbarians.
The reason is simple. Orcs are naturally excellent at surviving in the wild. They plunge into the depths of the wilderness and cannot find a suitable target even if they want to rob treasures. Although the barbarian fighters are brave and good at fighting, they have to protect their tribal territory and cannot run too far.
There is also a deep gap between them and other similar barbarians; only the half-elf adventurers have formed a complete semi-military organizational system relying on the cultivation of civilized countries.
Adventure guilds, permanent adventure strongholds, and adventure groups of all sizes have clear divisions of labor, sharing of intelligence, and the ability to carry out cross-regional mobile cooperation. Adventurers who are well-equipped, proficient in martial arts and tactics, and have logistical support cannot say that
Born for battle, and always preparing for battle.
How could such a powerful half-elf adventurer not rob the treasures of the orcs and barbarians?
If an adventurer detects information about the Bone Collector gang and they are not sure of defeating the orcs, they will gather more adventure groups to act together.
The orc bone collectors have learned to be smart. When they encounter half-elf adventurers in the wild, they eat everything they can and quickly move away if they can't. This fulfills the reputation of the bone collectors for being ferocious, but from the orcs' perspective,
They are just trying to survive.
The group of orcs that Vertok met initially followed the habits of the Bone Collector to hunt them down. However, they were still different from the general Bone Collector gang, and this could be seen from the treasures they left behind.
Huck has buried the bodies of the two hobgoblins, but has not moved their supplies. Because there are so many supplies, he cannot handle them by himself.
There are a total of eight large baskets woven from old tree vines, neatly stacked beside the fire pit. Each large vine basket is filled with all kinds of things, including amber agate, animal teeth and horns, gold sand ore, and rough jewelry.
These unprocessed treasures account for the vast majority of the supplies and should be the raw materials for the treasures excavated by the bone collectors' gang.
Their value is difficult to estimate. For example, if a rough jewelry stone is carved by a skilled craftsman, its value will immediately double. Otherwise, no matter how good the quality of the rough jewelry stone is, it is just a slightly more beautiful stone.
The most dazzling treasure among these treasures is not the brilliant yellow natural gold nugget, nor the rough blue diamond the size of a child's fist, but several stalagmite-shaped mithril ores.
Huck specially picked them out and showed them to Wiltok for viewing. He said excitedly and with emotion: "Only bone collectors can find such good things, and the remaining items combined are not as valuable as these three mithril mines.
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Mithril itself is very rare, and it is also the favorite metal of Dragon King Philumat. The Mithril mines in the Dragon Kingdom were exhausted hundreds of years ago. The current Mithril in the Disa Alliance mainly comes from outside the territory.
Of course, it is impossible for the half-elf adventure group and the barbarian raiding group to bear the consequences of having their members reduced by half and go outside the territory to search for mithril. Only goblins can do this kind of thing. Their two-year income from operating outside the territory is worth ten times the hard work of the adventure group.
Year. No wonder, the half-elf adventure group and the barbarian raiding group especially like to rob the Bone Collector gang.
Wiltok played with the mithril mine for a moment and asked, "Huck, are these the things you showed me?"
Although the mithril mine is valuable, it only means that this group of orcs have just returned from outside the territory and there is nothing special about it.
Huck moved another rattan basket, dumped all the contents on the ground, and said: "Sir, you see, these are the things of the Whistle Regiment. In addition to Annie and Katie's weapons, there is also swordsman Carl's alloy pendant.
Sword. We didn't see Karl, he must have been poisoned by the orcs. As for Charlie and Thomas, I didn't find their belongings. The two shield guards either died in the Shadow Forest, or they were separated from Annie and the others."
The big sponsor of the Whistle Adventure Group is a noble from a well-known highland family. The weapons equipped by the Whistle Group are all of high quality. Regardless of their materials and workmanship, they can be collected as treasures by the hobgoblins. Wiltok glanced at it and shifted his attention to
Packs of medicine bags scattered on the ground.
"Huh?"
Wiltok picked up a small medicine bag, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said in surprise: "Is there processed belladonna powder in this?"
"Belladonna powder? Isn't that a potion used for secret rituals?" Huck said: "Sir, I was shocked when I saw so many medicine bags. I thought this group of orcs had robbed a half-elf doctor.
.But what use are these potions to the orcs? They should have been thrown away by the orcs long ago. So, I find this very strange."
Wiltok opened a few more medicine bags and found that there were sweet dream flowers, snake heart mushrooms, blue vanilla, Barkrian red scorpion and other pharmaceutical products. Basically, they can be classified into the category of hallucinogens, including high-quality drugs.
Addictive poison.
These pharmaceutical preparations are no stranger to Wiltok. He has seen them many times in Dr. Cole's medicine refining workshop. The bags containing the medicines are also very common. They are made of moisture-proof deerskin as the inner core and sewn with a fine layer on the outside.
The cotton fabric, workmanship and specifications all meet the professional requirements of pharmacists.
But in terms of value, neither the medicine inside nor the bag containing the medicine is considered a treasure that can be paid tribute to the Dragon King Palace.
Under normal circumstances, if the orc bone collector seized this batch of potions from the half-elves, they would definitely throw them away.
But that's normal.
This gang of bone collectors is unusual. They even used these potions to enslave two half-elf women, and they were also professionals.
Preparing potions is the specialty of the Disa Alliance, and Wiltok has determined that the potions in front of him were made by the half-elf pharmacist.
It’s not that the potions produced by the Disa Alliance are useless to the orcs, it’s that they don’t use the finished potions at all.
When hobgoblins use medicine, they just collect some wild flowers and weeds, and either eat them raw, apply them to wounds, or throw them into a fire and burn them to ashes before using them. If they were like half-elf pharmacists who first prepared the medicine and then applied it, they probably wouldn't be able to do it.
of.
Unless a half-elf apothecary taught them!
The source of this batch of potions must be the Disa Alliance. Judging from their number, the half-elf adventure group will not carry so many potions when traveling in the wild. Combined with the special situation of Annie and Katie being enslaved by the hobgoblins, Wiltok
Thinking of a possibility, "It seems that someone within the Disa Alliance is colluding with the Goblin Kingdom."
Huck looked back at the two female professionals who were tied to the tree and twisting around, and murmured: "Is it possible that the hobgoblin wants to abduct them to a certain force in the alliance, and specifically turns them into
idiot?"
"Otherwise? What's the use of the orc bone collectors raising them? They should be eaten by the gnolls." Wiltok said with a shrug.
"Those highland nobles are so bad, they actually colluded with the dirty orcs and tortured two good little girls like this!" Huck said through gritted teeth.
He had no good impression of the noble families in the highlands and assumed that the highland nobles were colluding with the goblin orcs to do unspeakable evil things to the beautiful young half-elf female professionals in order to satisfy their perverted hobbies.
Vertok said disapprovingly: "The nobles of Highland City don't have to collude with goblins to get whatever kind of women they want. Those who collude with the Bone Collector gang should belong to underground forces that cannot see the light."
Huck immediately became alarmed and quickly explained: "Sir, I am all lying...I was wrong, please punish me."
Wiltok shook his head and said calmly: "I don't even remember that I am a noble of Highland City, and my guess may not be correct... The hobgoblins can 'read minds', and they can cross the border through body language and matching their voices.
Racial communication only has a poor effect on the wisdom of civilized countries. Because the minds of half-elves born in civilized countries are complex and changeable, it is difficult for hobgoblins to use 'mind reading' to grasp their true intentions. If the hobgoblins first turn the half-elves into
A simple-minded idiot may be able to eliminate communication barriers... It's still hard to say yet, Katie's true intention of enslaving Annie by the hobgoblin. But..."
He paused and then said: "This batch of potions is a clue to the truth. But I'm not interested now."
"Well, it's none of our business." Huck nodded. He would only agree with Wiltok's opinion and think it was a matter of course.
"Oh, by the way. Sir, I also found two very precious treasures." Huck turned around and found two long swords from another rattan basket and handed them to Wiltok as if they were gifts. "I promise, they are
It’s a real treasure!”
The two long swords were exquisitely made, three feet and six inches long, with long, narrow and thin blades. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, sometimes purple gold flashed, sometimes silver light flowed. Huck held one of the swords, and his arms moved up and down.
Shaking, Mingyao's blade buzzed and trembled, like ripples on the water, layer upon layer, endless, the sharpness seemed to cut through the air.
Huck casually waved his hand, and during the turning of the sword light, a nearby short tree slowly slipped from the middle of the trunk without any warning. The crown of the tree tilted and fell to the ground, revealing the smooth and flat fracture of the trunk.
"Magic weapon!" Huck, who also works as a blacksmith, said excitedly: "Compared with these two swords, Rod's adamantine sword and gun are like farm tools made by a country bumpkin blacksmith. I have never seen such a magic sword.
I've seen them before, but I can't even recognize their materials. They must be made of fine gold, fine iron, or another ingredient, I don't know... I'm afraid that only Zhu Mingmen's full-time blacksmiths can master the secret forging skills, and only Zhu Mingmen can master them.
Only the big shots in the sword are qualified to use it. Sir, you see, there are emblems and cursive characters on the sword, but I don’t recognize these cursive characters. They should be ancient secret texts of famous families... Sir, sir, what’s wrong with you?”
Vertok stared blankly at the long sword in his hand. He saw that the circular emblem on the sword was a bird perched on a thorn branch and singing loudly. It was unclear whether the background was the sun or the moon. And the flower next to the emblem was
The font is exactly the ancient alphabet he recognized.
"Sword Maid, Ruth Randall."
Vertok read the text softly, feeling dazed for a while. Broken memories emerged from the depths of his mind, and he murmured: "Sword-wielding maid...Ruth...Ruth. Randall? Sword-wielding maid Ruth."
?I seem to have remembered that this is a fine gold thorium sword, which belongs to the sword-wielding maid Ruth."
"Huh?" Huck was stunned. The alloy sword he regarded as a magic weapon actually belonged to a maid, and Vertok also knew her.
What is the relationship between the sword-wielding maid named Ruth Randall and Vertok?
How did her sword fall into the hands of the Bone Collector gang?
There were so many problems here that Huck didn't react for a moment and just looked at Wiltok blankly.
Wiltok's face was particularly gloomy, and he took another long sword from Huck's hand. The specifications and insignia of the two swords were exactly the same, and the words engraved on the sword body showed that the owner of this sword was another
The sword-wielding maid's name is Jesse Randall.
They may be dead, and the adamantine thorium sword has become a trophy for the orc bone collectors!
Wiltok took a deep breath, forced to suppress the inexplicable and complicated emotions, and said decisively: "It is not safe here. The remaining clawed goblins and ferocious gnolls may come back. Let's leave immediately and bring what we need to bring.
Let’s meet up with Max and the others first, and then find a safe place... I need to sleep.”