The snowstorm lasted for two days and began to subside on the third day. On the morning of the fourth day, Fang Plover finally saw the Princess of Silver Vislan. She was standing in the snow, carrying the sick Akane on her back, wearing armor.
Wearing a thick fur coat, his face was still red from the cold.
The two of them walked to the platform under the escort of the lumberjacks. The big cat man first put down the hanging basket and picked up the mountain girl. Then he dropped the ladder and let the latter climb up too.
Sylvide came over and put her hand on the pale forehead of the mountain girl. Sophie looked at her nervously. Seeing her expression, the ship officer couldn't help but smile softly and shook her head to express that it was nothing serious, as long as
Just take a good rest for a while.
Sophie breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her sincerely: "Thank you, Sylvester." The two had known each other when they were underground in Fenris, but it was only when they saw her in person that Sophie was shocked to see each other's beauty.
and temperament.
Sylvide only smiled: "You're welcome."
Attila and Alyssa sent Qian to the infirmary. Sophie watched the three figures disappear below the deck, then looked away, and said to Fang Plover and Sylvide: "Find a more private room, I have
Let me show you something." Only then did Fang Yu notice that she was carrying a bag of things in her hand, wrapped in an old blanket.
"Let's go to the captain's cabin." Sylvide said proactively.
"Captain?" Sophie looked at Fang Plover a little funny.
Fang Yu blushed. This was the reason why he didn't want the captain's cabin: "Don't...don't care too much, it's just that everyone calls it that..." Fortunately, Sophie didn't mean to embarrass him.
He smiled and said: "...It seems that you have a high prestige?"
Fang Plover coughed heavily.
However, he quietly took the next step and asked Sylvide behind him: "When did you learn medical skills?" Sylvide's eyes were crescent like crescent moons, and she shook her head: "What did the captain say?"
"Before that?"
Sylvester smiled and glanced in front of her: "Miss Sophie is just confused if she cares. Qian just has a low fever. There are medicines on the platform, and Attila can cure diseases. What's the problem?"
Fang Yu looked at her, wondering if this was just a legendary placebo? And it seemed to be effective on people who were not sick.
But he had already experienced the cunningness of the ship officer lady.
The three of them walked through the storage room and came to the workshop. Sophie took a look at the place and was a little surprised. Although she had seen pictures of this platform before, seeing it with her own eyes was another matter - it was so fully functional.
The platform is rare even in Silver Vislan.
The space in this place is not large, but it is indeed comfortable. All the tools in the workshop are available in various sizes and are firmly fixed. There are also some cabinets and hooks on the wall, hanging large and small parts, so you can take them at your fingertips.
One side of the workshop leads to the captain's cabin, which is covered with thick carpets. The cabinets and desks are filled with rows of books. Brass heating pipes pass through the room, and the warmth makes the ice on the girl's eyebrows melt.
Dissolve.
There was a small flower bed on the desk, and a bunch of green vines still hung out of it in the harsh winter, which was pleasing to the eye. Sophie walked over and touched the spines of the rows of books on the bookshelf, feeling a little envious in her heart.
Of course, it's not that Silver Vislan lacks financial resources, but that it can't be used, because Silver Vislan has serious aerostats.
But she suddenly felt that such a platform also had certain practicality, and at least it was cheap - Silver Vislan had an aeroplane, which was good, but only the elite team was eligible to enjoy it, and it had nothing to do with her youth training team.
"Your place is really nice." Sophie praised sincerely.
It was nice to be complimented by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Silver Vislan. Fang Pultru was a little flattered, but he had not forgotten the business and couldn't help but ask: "What do you want to show us?"
"It's this thing."
Sophie then opened the cloth bag and poured all the things in her hands onto the ground. Fang Piao heard a sound of metal collision and discovered that there was a pile of tattered armor inside the blanket, including breastplates, helmets, and waistbands.
The armor skirt and foot and hand guards are all included, so it should be a full body armor.
"What's this?"
Fang Yu asked. He saw the magic guidance path on the inside of the armor and the sockets for installing different components, and realized that this was just an ordinary magic armor, not a valuable antique - or an ancient artifact.
Sophie clapped her hands and took a breath before describing in detail what happened that night to the two of them.
After hearing what she said, Fang Yu couldn't help but be stunned: "You said you were attacked by an armor?"
He stretched out his feet and fiddled with the empty breastplate on the blanket. It was almost rusted to the point of being damaged. When he fiddled with it, it made a worrying rustling sound like it was about to fall apart. There was a phoenix relief on the front of the breastplate, and
Apart from being particularly shabby, there doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.
Fang Plover had a hard time imagining how it would look like it was combined with other components of the armor to stand up and attack people.
"It's not necessarily an attack," Sophie replied: "To be precise, it staggered up to me and fell down. Then nothing happened."
"that's all?"
Sophie nodded.
She thought for a moment and added: "You may think I'm making a fuss out of a molehill? But I checked around the cave afterwards and there was no one else there. In other words, how could this armor go through a blizzard alone?"
"Even if this is a prank, would you do such a prank in such bad weather?"
It is indeed very suspicious. In the forests around the Grand Valley, there are very few adventurers in the wilderness, not to mention that in the harsh winter, it is even more inaccessible. How could anyone come here to play pranks.
Fang Plover carefully inspected the armor. There were some magical structures inside it, but they were only the necessary components for ordinary magical armor to transmit and use magic power. This was not a construct armor, because there was no connection between the upper and lower parts inside.
The transmission structure also has no power core.
"Could it be a binding spirit?" he asked.
"I'm a paladin." Sophie glared at him.
Fang Yu slapped his forehead and realized that he had asked a stupid question. If they were undead, the other party should have detected them long ago, so why would they come to ask them?
"But I do recognize the emblem on this armor," he replied: "This is the armor of the Dulon City Guards. The phoenix is the emblem of the city of Duron. The owner of this armor may be a knight captain, because most people can't afford it.
Such full-body magic armor."
"There's a name on the neck brace, but it's so rusty that it can't be seen clearly."
"I can solve this." Isn't it just rust removal? It's just an alchemist's trick.
Fang Plover walked to the closet, took out a bottle from the second compartment, shook it, poured the translucent liquid inside onto the armor, then took the knife from Sylvester's hand and scraped it gently.
After a few clicks, a bright metallic color will be revealed under the rusty spots.
Sophie watched from the sidelines as the two of them cooperated seamlessly. Thinking of herself and Qian, she couldn't help but feel a little envious.
After the scratching, the metal still has a shallow layer of inscriptions on it, and the letters on it can be vaguely seen: '——Roche Le Mordecais'. "Mordecais," Sophie said in her eyes
With a slight flash: "I have heard of the name of this family."
"Phoenix Family," Sylvide had already answered on her behalf: "Mordecais means 'Phoenix' in Ithurian. This family is the founder of Duron and still controls the Phoenix.
The overwhelming power of the city.”
The so-called Phoenix City is naturally another name for Du Lun. The aborigines prefer this name to Du Lun, but the other two people can also understand it.
"A member of the Phoenix family also holds a position in the city guard." Sophie replied, "I'm afraid this person's identity is not simple."
Sylvester nodded in approval.
Fang Yu stood up and felt a little strange looking at the armor. "I always feel that this armor looks familiar," he asked the ship officer at the side: "Have we seen similar things somewhere?"
Sylvide thought for a moment, then recalled it, and replied: "It should be in Dolifen's underground, Tianlan and Attila have seen exactly the same thing."
Fang Yu also remembered that piece of armor. It was indeed similar, but it was older. Thinking of that incident, he couldn't help but think of Hongye and Dict. Since one of them returned to Tapolis and the other to Elpaxin
, I haven’t contacted them in several months.
However, they actually had no means of contacting each other, especially after his communication crystal was damaged. He added Hongye, but the other party never replied since he left for Charter City.
In addition, Dickert also gave him a letter of introduction, which was addressed to Sir Robin. But when he was in Grande, the latter seemed to be busy with some affairs between the palaces, and never got the chance to meet them, so that letter
The letter of introduction is actually useless——
He retracted his thoughts and looked at this piece of armor. If it happened only once, it could be said to be a coincidence, but if such things appeared one after another, it would be a bit suspicious.
Moreover, the last time this thing appeared in Dolifen, that place was deeply influenced by the Dragon Cult. Of course, there is no evidence that the underground armor has any relationship with the Dragon Cult, but the possibility cannot be ruled out.
He looked at Sophie: "Did you find anything else at that time?"
"Other discoveries?" Sophie frowned and thought for a moment: "There seems to be some... but I'm not sure. At that time, I felt some strange sounds in the snowstorm, like footsteps, but also like whispers, like
It’s the same as calling someone’s name…”
"Call to whom?"
"I am not very sure."
Fang Plover and Sylvide looked at each other. Attila also heard such a call at that time. It was for this reason that Dickert thought that the armor was an evil object and took it back to the Artisan General Assembly for inspection.
I just don’t know if there will be any results later.
He squatted down again to inspect the area where the rust had been removed. Sure enough, behind the luster of the metal under the rust layer, there was a layer of magic patterns faintly revealed. The strange magic patterns were exactly the same as the armor they had seen before.
But those are definitely not traces left by magic technology. The magic guidance path is clearly visible and will never leave such a colorful light similar to oil stains.
"Have you seen this thing?" Sophie couldn't help but ask.
"I've seen it," Fang Yu nodded without raising his head: "But we don't know what it is. We only know that it may be an evil object."
"Evil things," Sophie frowned: "There is a possibility." There are thousands of monsters in Aitalia, ranging from living creatures to undead, but most of them have written records in various documents.
Only evil things, those hidden existences, can be separated from ordinary people's cognition. They may be gifts from a dark god, or they may just be the fallacy of divine power - divine evil.
This kind of thing is always creepy. Even though it is a chosen one, Sophie couldn't help but ask: "What should we do with this thing?"
Fang Yu was about to answer, but then there was a knock on the door outside.
Luo Yu's voice came from outside the door: "Captain, we're at Yujin Castle, but there's something wrong and they won't let us pass."
Fang Plover was slightly startled.
Turtle Castle is just a pass in the south of the Great Valley region. The Dulon City Guards stationed here are not guarding against humans, but the winter wolves and undead in the northern forest.
However, since there have been no major incidents in recent years, and the imaginary winter wolves and undead have never gone south, the size of the garrison here has become smaller and smaller. In the end, there is only a small team of more than ten people, and an old man.
The Knight Commander is stationed here.
And since most of the caravans from the north have to pass through this place, Fang Plover has also inquired about this place before, and has never heard that the garrison would be embarrassed by the merchants traveling there. At best, they would only ask for a little bribe and tolls.
This little money should be nothing to their team, right?
Moreover, it is usually Tianlan and Miss Attila who deal with this kind of matter. Both of them are very reliable in negotiations, so there should be no problems. He turned around and thought that the other party was also a branch of the Dulon City Guards.
Then he whispered to Sylvester beside him:
"Put away the armor first, let's go out and take a look."
The ship officer lady nodded slightly.
…
Returning to the deck, Fang Plover took a look under the platform and realized that the situation was more troublesome than he thought.
He heard that there was only a small group of soldiers stationed here, plus an old knight, but the old, weak, sick, and disabled in his impression disappeared at first glance. There was only a small group of people who stopped Mr. Gray Rock, but he was not far away.
There were more than a dozen people patrolling under the castle.
And there are also cavalry——
He saw two heavy cavalry in horse and horse gear, carrying a spear on their backs, looking at them warily on the mountain road - the magic armor equipped by these heavy knights, and the chain spear that could shoot, could
It is said that it is the standard equipment of Kaolin-Ithurian heavy cavalry.
This is obviously a regular army.
what happened?
Fang Yu was slightly startled when he saw this scene.
Other news is true. The Yujin Castle not far away is actually just a small fortress. The battlements are not high, and even a little low - the size is far smaller than the Aimao Castle they have seen. There is a barracks inside.
The building probably also served as the residence and office of the old knight.
The castle stands on the mountainside, blocking the mountain road. Below is a mountain stream that is not deep, but it is not easy to directly pass through. Moreover, if you really pass through, you will probably not have to go to Du Lun behind.
But there were so many soldiers, looking serious. Could something have happened in the Great Northern Valley?
But they didn't find anything unusual all the way south?
Tian Lan was climbing up from the rope ladder complaining. Fang Plover saw her and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know," Tianlan shook her head: "They said the road was closed and we were not allowed to pass, but they didn't tell us the reason."
"Is the road closed?" Fang Yu thought to himself, how could the road be closed for no reason? Even if it was due to a snowstorm, it would not be the case that so many additional troops would be suddenly sent to this small fortress.
"Those greedy guys," Parker said loudly as he hung on the side of the ship, "I guess it must be because of the money."
"Don't come here," Tianlan gave the Papalar man a white look: "They don't want money at all——"
"Where's Miss Aitila?" Fang Pliong asked again.
"Down below," Tian Lan replied, "She wants to try to see if she can convince the other party."
Fang Yu lowered his head and looked down, only to find the elf girl among the city guards. The latter seemed to be negotiating something with the other party, but the soldiers were obviously impatient and were pointing their spears at Mr. Gray Rock.
He seemed determined to let them leave.
Fang Yu frowned, obviously feeling strong hostility from these soldiers. This is strange. It is normal for the two warring parties to be hostile, but why are these soldiers hostile to them?
Attila seemed to feel this as well. She could only sigh when she saw this, and walked back and climbed up the rope ladder.
"What's wrong?" At this time, Sylvide and Sophie also walked out from behind. Seeing this scene, the latter couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Fang Yu was reaching out to pull Miss Elf up from below. Atila let out a breath and said to the others: "I'm not sure, but we are not the only ones who are stopped here, there are some caravans and adventurers.
Also stopped in front."
"They don't seem to allow anyone coming from the north to pass."
"How can it be?"
"Then what should we do?" Box asked.
"Perhaps we can take a detour," Sophie thought for a moment: "I know a path that can pass through the south of the Great Valley, but if you want to go to the Ash Mountain Forest, you have to take some detours."
But Etila shook her head. "If Miss Sophie also knows this road, the locals will know better. What if there are also troops stationed there?"
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.
Tian Lan glanced down, frowned and said, "How about we leave this place first?"
Her proposal was unanimously agreed to. Although she didn't know where the hostility of the soldiers below came from, continuing to stay in this place did not give people a sense of security.
Just when Atila was about to go down again and ask Mr. Huiyan to turn around, the big cat man behind everyone suddenly let out a light sigh.
It was the tallest, so it could naturally see clearly. However, before the big cat man had time to speak, Baggins, who was in charge of the lookout in front, had already turned around and said to them: "Someone is coming."
After hearing this, Fang Yu walked to the side of the ship and looked outside, only to find that a man dressed as a secretary separated from the soldiers and walked towards this side.
The other party walked under the platform, raised his head and asked: "Are you going to Du Lun?"
Everyone was slightly startled and looked at Fang Plover subconsciously.
Fang Yu pondered for a moment and then nodded - he thought that after passing the Tulip Castle, the only destination was Du Lun. The team arriving at this place would of course go to Du Lun.
I don't know what the other person means by asking this question.
Unexpectedly, the secretary shouted: "It's not impossible for you to pass this place, but our commander wants to see you -"