Early the next morning, Mayor Thain and Business Director Derrick came to the Tower of Time to discuss how to manage the elf refugees. At the Tower of Time, there were only Niya, Shado, Eberk, and De.
Parker attended.
During the discussion, Sha Duo suddenly received a notification from Leiden from the territory through [Communication Scroll - Level 3 Event]. Leiden could not transmit specific information through the communication scroll, but could only transmit it through different scrolls preset by Sha Duo.
Information about the severity of the incident.
Level 3 events are the minimum conditions for using the communication scroll. Although it is not the most important, it is still of considerable importance.
At this moment, Xia Duo couldn't sit still and said to everyone: "Something happened in Linshui Village. I must go back."
Naturally, the others had no objections. Xia Duo had already said so, so who would force him to stay? But Niya asked with concern, "What happened? Do you want us to go there together?"
"No, I can handle it! You continue to discuss it. I suggest you ask Oripus Silverleaf to come over and ask. Maybe he can make some more appropriate suggestions. After all, the person who knows the elves best is the elves themselves!"
Niya was thoughtful and wanted to ask again, but Xia Duo couldn't wait and left first.
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Coming out of the Tower of Time is the Mystery Ruins. Today, the magic network environment here has been continuously repaired by the arcanist "volunteers" for nearly a year, and it is no longer in its original riot state.
Although it is not yet peaceful, for Xia Duo, the impact is already minimal. He can easily smooth out the fluctuations of the surrounding magic network and eliminate the random spells triggered by his arrival.
Flying in the air, he glanced at the seven or eight temporary residences with clear boundaries below, silently estimating how long it would take before the magic network environment here was completely repaired.
But soon, he gave up his thoughts again, because Linshui Village arrived, or to be more precise, Linshui Village Altar Square arrived.
Today, the Daxia Territory has sufficient personnel, and the front line has already crossed the Mystic Lost Ruins. In other words, the ruins are in the Daxia Territory, within the scope of Linshui Village.
The Tower of Time is also located on the boundary of Linshui Village.
As if he knew that the lord was about to return, Leiden stood at the altar of the Lord of Glory in the center of the altar square. After Shado fell from the sky, Leiden immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Sir!"
"No need to be polite, let's just tell you what it is!"
Xia Duo knew that Leiden was not an ignorant person, and he must have made some judgment before choosing to contact him. Therefore, as soon as he came back, Xia Duo asked about the matter and wanted to deal with it as much as possible.
"Sir, it's like this. Clark came over to report this morning, saying that the Development Department found a cave in the forest, and there were painful wailing sounds from inside. Because the cave was not far from the front line of development, I asked Simon to take him with him.
His people went to investigate the cause, and the result was——"
At this point, Layton showed a complicated expression, as if he didn't know how to describe it, "But I found Pork there!"
"Poke?!"
Shado immediately interrupted Layton's narration. He remembered that Pork should be exploring the ruins with Jabas! Could it be that the crypt that Layton mentioned was the entrance to the troll lair that might contain the ruins?
Thinking back to what I just saw in the sky, it seems that the front line has already been pushed there!
"Are you sure it's Pork? What happened to him?"
"Sir, it's definitely Pork, but for him, his legs turned into stone for some reason, which made it impossible for him to climb out of the cave. Moreover, he kept screaming and couldn't get any answers at all. I'm worried.
Something might happen there, so I informed you."
Petrochemical?
Shado's first reaction was that the ruins really existed. Then he realized that Jabas who was with Pork was probably in trouble, so he asked again:
"What about Pocket? Where is he now? And where's Jabas? No news about him?"
"Sir, Pork has been screaming and wailing. I put him to sleep in the military camp. As for Jabas, Simon didn't find him. He may still be under the crypt, but because magic may be involved, I
Simon was not asked to continue searching."
"Let's go see Poke first!"
With that said, Xia Duo walked towards the military camp, and Leiden responded and immediately followed.
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The Linshui Village military camp initially had only a few simple tents, but later as the territory expanded and the number of soldiers continued to increase, some long-term barracks, training grounds and other infrastructure were built here.
But when Chateau came this time, he found another tent erected in the corner of the military camp. Layton told him that it was a temporary tent for Pork, and the soldiers were a little reluctant to let Poker live in the barracks.
In this regard, Xia Duo did not say much. He could understand the thoughts of these soldiers. Even though magic was not uncommon in this world, for ordinary people without magic ability, unknown and dangerous magic could still be avoided.
Entering the camp, there was a soothing scent of incense. If Xia Duo remembered correctly, this incense should have been given to Leiden by him. It can soothe the spirit and is very suitable for spell casters. Unexpectedly, Leiden would give it up.
Used here.
There was only a simple wooden bed in the tent, which was more like a wooden board than a bed. Poker lay on it and fell asleep peacefully. However, Layton’s previous statement that he would let out painful wails when he woke up was probably true.
of.
Even though he was asleep, Pork's face still twitched from time to time, as if he was suffering some unknown pain.
On Pork's lower body, from the thighs down, both the clothes and the exposed skin at the ankles have turned into a gray stone look.
Upon seeing this, Xia Duo took out an adamantine knife from his pocket, squatted down, and tapped the suspected petrified part of Pork's body with the back of the knife.
There was a clear crisp sound when the knife came into contact with Pork. If it were still flesh and blood, it shouldn't be like this. It looked like it was indeed petrified.
Even if it's not petrified, it's at least hardened.
What surprised Xia Duo the most was that the petrified dividing line on Pork's pants was obviously made of different materials, but they were still connected together. Presumably, the flesh and blood inside were also connected to the petrified parts in this way.
Perhaps this is the source of Pork's pain.
After thinking for a moment, Shado didn't try anything on Pork in the end. If possible, he still hoped to save Pork as much as possible. After all, he only had two subordinates with experience in ruin exploration.
One is Porker, and the other is Jabas, whose life and death are still unknown.
"Leiden, wake up Pork, I want to ask him some questions."
Xia Duo thought that since he could wail and scream, he should be able to answer the questions. However, the pain would make Pork unable to concentrate, but with the existence of psychic spells, he did not need to focus too much, as long as he could answer the questions subconsciously.
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It was not easy to soothe the painful Pork to sleep, but it was very simple to wake him up. Layton just removed the magical effect he had originally exerted on Pork, and Pork woke up immediately and issued a
A wail of pain.
Just as Sha Duo was about to cast a spell, Pork's performance surprised him, and the action of casting the spell was paused.
"Lord, please - save - save my father Jabas, he - he is still - in the ruins!"
Pork gritted his teeth and spoke almost word for word. Shado even faintly saw a trace of blood from his mouth, which really changed Shado's view of Pork.