The little girl immediately raised her head and asked in surprise.
"What to do with your daughter?" Brando frowned.
"I will take care of her. Funya's mother is my adopted daughter..." After the elder was silent for a while, he replied: "So don't worry, sir. Besides, Bolton is voluntary. He is very grateful to you for bringing Funya back."
elegant……"
He paused and stroked Funya's hair: "Of course, if I don't have to stay and lead everyone, I actually hope that I can serve as your guide. I am more familiar with this forest than Bolton, and I hope that I can serve as your guide."
You can understand..."
Everyone was silent for a while. As mercenaries, they didn't know much about the Black Forest than Bran did. There were more terrible legends about this place than the most terrifying bedside stories spread by Eruin specifically to scare children.
"Where is her mother?" But only Antitina asked with a frown.
Brando felt a slight movement in his heart when he saw the little girl's hand tightening on her father's clothes.
The elder sighed and replied with some reminiscence: "Funya's mother is half elf. She used to be the most beautiful girl in our village, and she was also the happiest girl when she married Bolton. Unfortunately, after that,
During a 'hunt', in order to protect others..."
Brando ground his teeth.
Of course he knows what hunting is. In most areas of Warnd, nobles regard the conquest of barbarians as hunting-this is a rule that has been established for centuries. However, this activity has become a
A symbolic act, because the real barbarian invasion had completely disappeared after the first holy war.
In fact today, except in the Tongoya area, you rarely see the most ferocious enemies of civilization.
The so-called 'barbarians' like the Senians are just a 'misunderstanding' deliberately created by people like Grudin in order to satisfy their perverted hobbies. But such misunderstandings are not only for nobles,
This is true even for most people.
"Okay." Brando finally nodded: "Let's get down to business, now that you have decided. Of course I don't object, but this matter is not a trivial matter after all. How long do you need to prepare?"
He glanced at Bolton and thought that there should be no problem in guaranteeing this guy's life with his own ability. After all, there were three gold-level people in his team, which were different from ordinary adventure teams.
In comparison, he was actually more worried about those people who stayed outside.
But the elder of the Seniya people has already nodded: "Sir, there are no other issues that you need to worry about. But I want to remind you that maybe you are not very familiar with the black forest behind us. In fact, in
After entering autumn, this forest will become very dangerous. Especially as winter approaches, animals will become more aggressive due to hunger, not to mention monsters. In fact, I suggest..."
"It doesn't matter," Brando interrupted him: "As long as you move us through the forest - we just want to go through the forest, and as for the rest - we can solve it."
The old man was startled and opened his mouth but no words came out.
He obviously didn't expect that Brando was looking for a druid in the forest. The druid had been hiding from the world for nearly four hundred years and had almost no contact with the outside world. It's just that young people are familiar with those guys who have a strong sense of territory.
They believe that as soon as they enter the forest, they will definitely attract those 'beasts'.
And with Brando's experience, he believes it won't be too troublesome to find them in reverse.
As for finding the Druid, how to convince them to take him to find the legendary lost temple Vahalla is another question. But Brando has now made up his mind to change
The original plan was to find the legendary dusty kingdom first, and then join the tiger bird.
The reason why he did this was also caused by a series of troubles he had encountered recently. There were more and more enemies in front of him, and time was getting tighter. He had to find a faster solution. But how?
Obtaining the trust of the druids is a problem. Those forest hermits who adhere to neutrality have always been suspicious of outsiders. Although they have been allies with humans, this relationship has long been established before the first holy war.
It disappeared into ashes and smoke.
This problem made him a little troubled for a while, but he could only take one step at a time. After all, druids were different from silver elves. Silver elves completely closed off the channels of contact with the outside world, while druids, although they avoided the world, were
It is not completely isolated from contact with the outside world.
It's just that this kind of contact is very rare.
The elder of the Seniya people thought for a while. Although he had not doubted whether these people had ulterior motives, judging from Joel's description, the other party was fully capable of razing their village to the ground. Therefore, it seemed that they had ulterior motives.
There is no need to play any tricks.
What's more, they also destroyed an entire group of noble cavalry.
When he thinks about this matter, the old man is inevitably a little frightened. But at the same time, he is also worried and scared. He is different from the young people in the village. His knowledge tells him that Baron Grudin will never let it go, and he is afraid that revenge will follow soon.
And arrived.
At that time, how can the village resist?
Therefore, he originally wanted to keep Brando and his party, at least this winter. Unfortunately, he did not expect that he was blocked by the other party as soon as he opened his mouth. This made him have the idea that this group of people did not care about their life and death.
I just want to make a deal with them.
However, after weighing this deal, the old man seemed to think that they were not qualified to refuse. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh more deeply, looking a little helpless.
"I understand, sir." The old man hunched over and replied helplessly: "I will make arrangements for you as soon as possible, please don't worry."
When Brando heard this, he remained calm and just nodded.
…
Seeing the Senian elders and his party leaving, Brando finally felt relieved. But he still couldn't help but sigh. He didn't understand the elder's worries, but he didn't have time at all.
Stay here and spend the whole winter.
Besides, it might not be useful to stay——
He didn't mind telling Grudin that he did all this, but he couldn't guarantee that the moody scum in the skin of a baron would not get angry because of it.
Or it should be said that anger is almost inevitable.
"Brando, can we help them?" Roman tugged on his sleeve.
"Unless they are willing to enter the forest with us, even then we will not be able to provide them with enough food for the winter. The only place nearby where we can purchase food is Grudin's territory, but little Roman, do you think he will provide it to us? ?" the young man asked calmly.
The business lady's eyes flashed.
"I'll stay." The red-haired girl sat aside. She put the halberd on her shoulders and turned her head to look at Brando with amber eyes.
Brando touched his forehead - in the same place on Akane's forehead, black patterns were spreading like shadows. Everyone knew that she had nightmares every night and could hardly breathe, but the girl was waking up. But he didn't say a word about his situation.
"You can't stay, Qian." He sighed and replied: "I don't even dare to let you stay too far away from me. You have to spend a few months here, which is not good for you or for these people. It’s too dangerous for humans.”
The red-haired girl gritted her teeth and squealed slightly, as if she didn't care about her condition. However, Brando's words touched her. She really couldn't stay, otherwise once she became an envoy, these people would not escape death. .
Antitina looked at everyone here without saying a word. Although she didn't like the Senyans, she couldn't help but clenched her fists when faced with this scene.
At this time, Brando on the side stood up, straightened his black coat, and then breathed a sigh of relief. He looked back and said, "I'll go for a walk-"
Everyone was stunned.
In their impression, the young lord did not seem like a person who liked to wander around. But when Brando saw Huque and Akane, they subconsciously wanted to follow him, and hurriedly stretched out his hand:
"Tiger Bird, Akane, you stay. Let me be alone for a while, and you guys should also have a good rest and prepare for the next trip."
Huque and the red-haired girl were slightly startled.
Be alone for a while?
…
There is a famous custom among the Senyas, that is, they firmly believe that people's souls will linger around the living after death, blessing them to survive in the harsh environment of the Black Forest from generation to generation. Therefore, they serve as These deceased people built longhouses and set the most important meeting place within the clan within the longhouse.
Therefore, the souls of the dead can experience together with the living every moment that determines the life and death of a tribe.
However, at this moment, a dispute broke out in this sacred longhouse.
"I don't agree!" The young man earlier shook his head: "Funiya was rescued with great difficulty, which shows that Goddess Niya does not want to see such a result, but now we have to send her back again, What's this called?"
"If we don't send them back, we will all die," a thin middle-aged man said gloomily: "Of course, we don't want to, but we have no choice."
He gritted his teeth and said, "We have seen life and death not enough. Funya's mother also left this world for the same reason, but all of this was for the wish that others could live. This is our Seni The sacred promise of demi-humans!”
"Of course, if one day the tribe needs me to complete this task, I will still say the same -" He glanced at the young man: "Now we need persistence and calmness. Don't forget that the tribe does not rely on impulse to persist.
Until this day."
"Bolton, Funya is your daughter, please tell me." He turned around.
The middle-aged man folded his arms and said nothing.
"Is there no other way?" The young man gritted his teeth and asked, "How can we give away our compatriots?"
"How about we go into the forest."
The elder shook his head. The crops in the fields have not been harvested yet. Now that they are hiding in the forest, they can only face the end of freezing to death or starving to death.
"Then just watch Funia die?"
"You can't say that. The Baron said he wanted to adopt Funya as his adopted daughter. Didn't he say it last time? As long as Funya is sent there, not only will we not have to hide in the forest, but we can also become real territorial citizens...
"
Someone in the crowd whispered.
Everyone was silent for a while. Adopting Funya as an adopted daughter? Everyone knew that this was just a lie. How could a dignified lord adopt a Senian, even if he was half-elf?
What's more, it's a fact that everyone knows how dirty and dirty those nobles are.
"Aren't you ashamed to say such things?" the young man said coldly and sarcastically.
"That's what I say, but isn't there nothing we can do about it? Or if the elder thinks it's worth it, the worst we can do is fight those guys with real swords and guns, elder?" The middle-aged man snorted coldly.
The arguments inside the longhouse gradually became louder and louder, even reaching outside the longhouse.
Brando listened quietly, sat quietly on a rock, and looked quietly at the little girl with green hair squatting next to him. The latter stared at the ants on the ground with a calm expression.
, as if he didn’t hear the quarrel in the house...
"Funya," the young man finally asked, "you can understand me, right?"
The little girl was slightly startled.
She raised her head and looked at him with emerald green eyes, a little surprised.
"I'm sorry, brother..." She struggled to answer word by word, but this time she spoke in Cruze.
"It doesn't matter," Brando shook his head and said, "I know you were trying to protect yourself at that time. It seems that Funia is a very smart child -"
The little girl smiled slightly, her smile was very sweet.
Then she thought for a moment and then said: "Brother...brother, I...will take you...into the...forest instead of daddy, okay? I...also know...the forest..., mom, teach me...
…”
Brando felt his heart soften, but he sighed slightly and shook his head.
"Funya, even if you take us into the forest, even if you are no longer here, the Baron will still come for you, do you understand?" This time, the young man answered in Elvish.
Funya was startled for a moment, and soon her expression darkened.
"I'm sorry." Brando replied softly.
The little girl bit her lip.
But it was at this time that the quarrel in the longhouse became intense——
