"Actually, I don't know where you heard the Jingge Forest you mentioned, but from the perspective of the locals, it is actually a cemetery where ancestors are worshipped. The most common animals in the forest are rabbits, kobolds, goblins, etc.
There is nothing, and most of those mysterious treasures and legends are nonsense, most likely the ramblings of a bard who accidentally broke in there."
Viscount Cohen explained to Woody the significance of Jingsong Forest in the Golden River Valley in a serious and thoughtful manner. Woody was not too surprised or annoyed after hearing this.
Because he already knows about the major events that will happen in the next few years. Among them, the "Lost Temple" in Jingge Forest is still a major event on the west coast. He cannot remember this wrong. Although he is in the North
land, but still pays a lot of attention to the major events happening in the surrounding areas.
"Just a simple haunting?"
Seeing Woody's indifferent answer, Viscount Cohen didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only answer his question honestly.
"Well, I can't say for sure. It may just be a rumor among country women and farmers. It has been quite popular in the past few years. However, when the guards of River Valley City went to collect the materials for the death potion, there didn't seem to be anything strange."
Here, Cohen himself feels a little weak.
"It could be just a fuss about spreading rumors, and maybe it's not haunted."
"It doesn't matter. Whether it's haunted or not, I have to go there."
Woody's honest answer was beyond Cohen's expectation. He asked somewhat unexpectedly: "Are you going there for anything important?" When he asked, he paid close attention to the expression on Woody's face. It seemed that as long as he saw
At the slightest dissatisfaction, I gave up my plan to pursue and inquire.
"No, I just plan to find a place there."
"Place? Do you have anyone buried there?"
Perhaps it was the preconceptions of the residents of the Golden River Valley. When they heard somewhere in the Forest of Searching for Spiritual Songs, they subconsciously thought of the tomb buried in that tree.
Like Green Creek Town, the aboriginal people here also have a popular style of tree burial, which emphasizes the integration of man and nature. This is why most buildings in River Valley City and other small towns are made of stones and soil.
, in addition to being strong, more trees are cut down locally, and it is easy to cut down the ancestors who do not know the family. Of course, in fact, this is also a way of saying that they are afraid of trouble, mainly because it is easier for them to obtain stones. This is
The main factor is that in towns like Green Creek, stone is scarce there, so most houses there are made of wood, and some are even assimilated with trees.
"Not really, I just wanted to find some weird places there."
Woody denied it immediately.
"Weird place? What are you looking for?"
Cohen became increasingly puzzled, but after hearing Woody's explanation, he felt relieved.
"I heard that there is a magical place hidden there that cannot be seen with the naked eye. I plan to try it."
Woody did not hide this, because the location of the temple appeared from behind the demiplane after a space collapse, and now he wants to find an altar that can hold the ascension ceremony again, so he must find a way to enter that demiplane.
Only the entrance to the plane is enough, and the location near the entrance where the demiplane exists has a distinctive feature, that is, it is strange.
Things like rivers flowing back, trees growing wildly, seasons changing, fog lingering... these may all be signs of the existence of a demiplane entrance.
"Oh, that's it. Listening to what you said, there are indeed several areas in Jingge Forest where strange things often happen. The haunted place mentioned before is one, and there are also stone walls that can talk at night and sudden surprises.
Extra trees in the road.”
As a former lord, Cohen knew all the places in the Golden Valley like a treasure trove, and described them in extremely detailed detail.
Woody was also slightly happy after hearing this. At least with this news, he could have a goal when he went there. And judging from the strange things told by the viscount in front of him, maybe the demiplane entrance to the lost temple was really real.
in it.
After finishing speaking.
Viscount Cohen raised his head and glanced at the distant sky. The iron-colored clouds were no longer as thick as before. The never-ending thunder gradually disappeared silently at this moment. The white light flowing in the clouds also disappeared. Cecil's
It's obvious that it's over.
"I have to go now."
"Why don't you talk to Cecil?"
Woody looked at this middle-aged man who had gone through a lot of vicissitudes and asked. He still had many questions to ask, and as a native of the Golden River Valley, he was just right. Although he was a noble, this wandering life had obviously brought him
He had different life experiences and gained a lot of knowledge he needed.
"No, the essence of why I'm here is that I'm worried that you won't be able to protect Thesia. Now that you have that ability, you don't actually need my self-righteous help."
Cohen said something self-deprecatingly and got on his horse.
"Then you have to go back empty-handed."
"Then what can be done?"
"Stay, don't you want to take revenge on that impostor in Riverdale City? Regain control of the Golden River Valley!"
Woody said again, his tone was not as exciting as his lines, and his expression was calmer.
When Viscount Cohen heard Woody's arguments, especially when he heard that he wanted to take revenge on the impostors in Riverdale City, he showed a helpless expression and said with a wry smile.
"Actually, I don't care about any of this anymore. The glory of my family has long been crushed by me in the dust. I live as humble as clay under the feet and pity of others. I can't do better than him if I take control again."
There was a hint of loneliness in Viscount Cohen's voice, but the next moment, when he heard Woody's answer, the loneliness turned into shock and panic.
"Since you don't want revenge, are you planning to escape from the Golden Valley?"
The familiar voice, the familiar tone, but the meaning behind the words sent a chill down his back, and the hand holding the reins couldn't help but clenched tightly.
"Woody, what do you mean, I can't understand you?"
Every word of this sentence seemed to be forced out of his teeth, and even Cohen himself was surprised that his reaction was so violent.
"Viscount Cohen, don't pretend to be stupid. You are very smart, that is to say, you have a literal sense. You have never had a chance to explain it just now. Now that it is time to leave, it is natural to ask. Is it possible that you have to keep it in your heart until we meet next time?
Ask again?”
Woody had a smile on his face, but his eyes changed from calm to indifferent, and his words were also aggressive, as if he was looking at a dead object.
His rules for dealing with things are very simple, that is, when the enemy is still valuable, there is no problem with him and his enemies. But once he loses his value, the perpetrators will be liquidated. At first glance, it looks like something done by the Chaos camp.
, but in fact, in "The Saint", he was divided into the neutral camp.
Anyway, Woody doesn't care about his alignment. The only thing he wants to do is to be worthy of his heart. To do this, even if he is chaotic and evil, it seems to be okay, but his moral values and Values make it difficult for him to fall into a state of having no bottom line and no principles.
"What does it mean to escape from the Golden Valley? If I wanted to escape, why didn't I leave earlier? I know the laws of the Golden Valley better than you. You can't even get through the gray fog. Tesia was taught by me. Since you don't believe me, then Okay! Give Tecia back to me, and I’ll take her away.”
Viscount Cohen seemed to have been severely humiliated, and a touch of red appeared on his face. This was a reaction that would only occur when he was extremely embarrassed and angry. Of course, it could also be said that he was anxious.
But no matter how fiercely he retorted, Woody didn't care much about it. Instead, his tone was calmer than before, his eyes were colder, and he didn't even speak with contempt.
"Then please explain why you deceived her into leaving the Golden River Valley and going to the Elf Market to buy the potion to cure her mother. And why you had to stand aside and watch with cold eyes even though you were capable. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be personal protection. Would it be more in line with your grandpa persona to be sent to the border and then leave? Besides, your expression before was too fake. Even if you pretended to be sad and grieving that your wife died, your eyes were not even half sad. In fact, you Like me, both are born actors."
"……."
Woody's words were like the biting cold wind blowing from the north in November. Not only did it make people's faces hurt, but the chill in their hearts also kept rising. Viscount Cohen, who could have argued fiercely, remained silent at this moment. , is like the most common rock in the deserted beach. In addition to making various strange sounds, it itself can't say anything.
"It's hard to imagine that I was exposed so obviously. When did you realize that something was wrong with me?"
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After a long while, a hoarse voice came out of the mouth of the middle-aged man in front of him. Compared with before, this voice was full of disgusting resentment, as if it had been rubbed by a creature covered in grease, and it lingered. Get rid of the nausea.
"Are your acting skills good? In fact, I doubted you from the beginning, no matter who you are? It is not normal for a twelve-year-old girl to leave here."
Woody said softly, and a curved war blade with a length of more than one meter and a unique shape appeared in his hand. Even in a lightless environment, the mithril mixed with it made the weapon look like darkness. The bright moon in the sky is shining brightly, shining in all directions.
"Really? Haha, outsider, you are very smart. Although what you said is slightly different, your guess is accurate. Yes, I really want to use Tesia to complete my attempt to leave the Golden Valley. I have been trapped here for decades, don’t you want to leave?”
Cohen frowned slightly when he saw the long blade Woody took out. As a noble, he had naturally learned some knightly combat skills, but as the twelfth generation of the Kamutra family, he had long lost the memory of the free territory he once opened up in the Golden River Valley. With his ancestral courage and fighting skills, his strength is at most comparable to that of the Silver Knight who was forcibly elevated to the rank of Captain of the Knights. Although with his trump card, his strength has improved to a certain extent, but whether he is his opponent or not, Cohen's heart No bottom either.
At least he didn't want to risk his life now, so in the end, his words turned into understanding.
"The strong should not wield a knife at the weak. If it were me, I would make everything that dares to stand in front of me disappear, instead of being self-righteous here and treating timidity and cowardice as the prudentness of an adult."
There was a touch of sarcasm in Woody's words, and his eyes were contemptuous.
However, he did not want to answer him. Viscount Cohen laughed loudly and said with a slight sneer.
"It's just the imagination of young people. When you get to my age, you will know that there are many things not that you don't want to do, but that you can't do them. Okay, I've finished my words with you. Now it's time for me to leave!"
After he finished speaking, a thick mist suddenly appeared around him, and there were stars twinkling in the mist, which were extremely bright in the darkness.
——"Mist Escape Technique."
Woody recognized it. It was a teleportation spell similar to a portal. In addition to requiring a certain amount of preparation time, the most convenient thing about this type of spell is that it is lighter and more concealed than teleportation. The only drawback is that it cannot teleport too many people.
, and it does not last long, but these problems are naturally not a problem for Cohen, who is only one person.
He was riding a horse, high up before entering the mist, looking down at the mortals on the ground like a god in the sky, showing a rare proud smile. Although the deception failed this time, he was still very satisfied with the trick in the end.
It was as if everything he had just done was prepared by him to delay time.
But what he didn't expect was that he didn't see any angry look on this young man's face. On the contrary, the contemptuous smile he showed at the beginning never dissipated in his face, but became stronger and stronger. He said nothing
He made several mouth shapes in the air.
Somehow, Cohen understood the meaning of the young man's mouth and knew exactly what he said.
This discovery immediately made his hair stand on end, his vest became cold, and large drops of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"What do you think I'm waiting for?"
But he had never seen the young man in front of him interact with anyone other than him.
Thinking about it, he subconsciously glanced at the battlefield in the distance, and a sense of urgency urged him not to stay where he was for too long.
He must have lied to me!
Cohen comforted himself in his heart, while pulling the reins, no longer obsessed with the expression on Woody's face, and obsessed with his own escape.
However, before his body was completely submerged in the mist, a sense of rawness enveloped his whole body, which he had never felt before. After staying for enough time, he quickly drove the horse to run out of the mist.
But Cohen was horrified to find that the figure that was standing there was still there, which made him realize something immediately.
The spell failed!
And he also discovered that there was a pretty figure behind him. The staff was floating on her right hand side, and the gem on the top of the staff was sparkling with lightning and crackling at the moment.
On this matter, the young man's reply came again from behind him. It was short, but it hit his heart like a heavy hammer.
"A man can be as humble as dust, but he cannot be twisted like maggots."
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