"Why did you say that to the alchemist?"
In the map room of duanjieshan fortress, Ernst dreisis, a middle-aged knight, looked at connord''s back silently with his hands on his back, and his thick voice was a little confused.
"A hunch."
"Hunch?"
"Not suddenly, but vaguely." Prince saklan, standing in front of the map table, slowly opened his mouth, groped for the map of duanjieshan fortress, and his red pupils gradually focused on a place name.
Blood skeleton valley.
"Ernst, how many times have you experienced demon invasion?"
"Once, it was under the command of your father akhart II, and his majesty had just succeeded to the throne." Ernst said decisively: "the situation of demon invasion in previous dynasties is different, but they are all powerful!"
"Compared with his majesty Brandon I?"
"Of course, this... Can''t be compared with the ''Northern War'' - the Empire faced four Apostles at the same time, otherwise Brandon, the sage, wouldn''t be so eager to go north; and there was only one apostle in the invasion."
"But there is no doubt that these heretics who have mastered the terrible power immediately marched towards the fortress of duanjie mountain after gathering a strong enough army," Connor said slowly, as if asking questions or asking himself:
"Otherwise, what do they use to offer to the evil gods who give them strength, prove their terrible and distorted beliefs and get more attention?"
Ernst''s eyes narrowed into a gap: "you mean..."
"This is an undoubted invasion, otherwise they don''t have to destroy our sentry tower; but while making it impossible for us to determine their movements, they also have other purposes - they know that delaying time will only make the fortress of duanjieshan better prepared and harder to bite!"
Connord sat down and slowly answered the question of the deputy commander of the fortress: "so something unexpected must have happened in the blood skeleton Valley, so that these heretics and demons have other goals - pulling out the sentry tower to ensure that it will not be found by us!"
"Yes, there must have been an accident, and it has never been an accident!"
Ernst''s eyes became more and more incredible: "if so, do you really think your highness Brandon... Your brother can complete this mission?!"
Prince sakran crossed his fingers, and his cold face was uncertain, as if in meditation:
"Maybe... He is also a de sallion. It''s better to say that the more dangerous the situation is, the more unfavorable the situation is for him, the more he can play his real level - Brandon de sallion is such a person."
"Of course, even if he eventually dies in the north, the Lord Loren Turin will find something - because he can never give up such a good opportunity to find the legendary niederhogg!"
Ernst''s surprised expression was more clear: "do you mean to say... If Loren Turin can really find any valuable clues, he is worth buying?"
"The talent that Ruud infinit likes, even if he gets nothing, is worth buying off - Lord Loren''s past achievements are enough to prove his strength and ability. Of course, such a person should be used by me!"
Ernst was silent.
Connord glanced slightly. "Do you think I did wrong?"
"I just think people like Loren Turin... May not have so-called loyalty at all." the middle-aged Knight replied truthfully: "moreover, even if you buy him, Loren Turin will not become your subordinate, but think he has an equal relationship with you!"
"Of course, even in lottel, he is still a Byrne, not to mention his last name is Turin." connord shook his head slowly: "Ernst, have you ever seen a Turin that is not arrogant?"
"... never."
"Since every supreme emperor since the 13th generation can tolerate the arrogance of Duke Bain and the Turin family, I don''t think it''s a problem to have another Loren Turin - rather, a supreme emperor who doesn''t know how to be patient is the fatal death of the saxophone empire!"
Connor''s right hand lightly touched the "blood skeleton Valley" on the map, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes: "Ernst, I have a problem."
"Your Highness?"
"Do you think... Is it possible that niederhogg really exists in this world, and Lucian didn''t lie?"
"Is it possible that the evil gods who invaded the Dragon kingdom were not as we imagined, or that my first generation grandmother, the last generation ''Dragon Queen'' Brunhild, had already been destroyed?"
"Is it possible that they were actually hidden by the remnant of the Dragon kingdom?"
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Niederhogg, the legendary Dragon King City certainly exists. At least in the era when the Empire was just established hundreds of years ago, it definitely still exists in the world.
Because the inscriptions on the stone wall in front of us are iron evidence!
In other words, the ancient cave in front of us is the legendary first Wizard "Logan with a hat". It starts from here and embarks on the journey to find niederhogg.
Naturally, he was not the "first Wizard" at that time, but just a small missionary under the jurisdiction of the Holy Cross Church.
However, why did Logan, as a missionary, go to the ruins of the Dragon kingdom to test his faith instead of spreading the faith of the Holy Cross in an era when the Holy Cross became more and more prosperous and swept away the heretical and evil god faith in each principality step by step?
Could it be that he saw something against his faith, or that the various mechanisms within the church and the cruelty to heresy made him unbearable?
The legendary "Logan in a hat" doesn''t seem to be an easy person to get along with. Maybe his solitude caused him to be excluded by other priests?
"Dear Loren, excuse me for interrupting a little."
Asriel glanced at the devoted expression of the black haired wizard in surprise, and smiled and said, "this is not your purpose here, is it?"
"Of course not. What I want to find is the ''valve'' hidden in the Dragon King City that Logan didn''t take away." Luo ethics replied:
"But if I can find out the real purpose of Logan''s going north, I can get more!"
"But then again... What else can I do in this broken cave before I fully recover?" the black haired wizard said and didn''t forget to turn his eyes.
The young man''s eyes twinkled, and the corners of his mouth were a little cunning:
"Excuse."
"What excuse?"
"Dear Lauren, you just want to take some time to determine where you are now, whether it is safe, and the current situation of your friends and the current situation of blood skeleton Valley - you have almost recovered when you wake up."
"By the way, in fact, you first noticed my existence at the site of the ruins of the sentry tower, just pretending to be stupid; even in the event of an avalanche, you didn''t use the high-level curse of ''die now'' to save yourself, because you knew that I was always wandering less than 50 meters around you."
"How can a simple fool guard Knight guess that the only thing he can kill you is the moment when the avalanche falls; die together... I guess you almost laughed at the bottom of your heart, right?"
"How can Loren Turin, who never believes in anyone, risk his life to lift the crisis for a mutually used ally?"
"Because you are very sure that poor Asriel will never let you die so easily - and this is also a fact, just as you suspect that I have bad intentions for you."
"Please forgive me for telling a little lie... Because I''m curious about the legendary Dragon King City, so please let me be a bystander of this thrilling adventure. Of course... If you need help, you''ll owe me a favor, so please do it!"
A moment of silence, Lauren''s face slightly aroused a touch of Indifference:
"Dear Asriel, I suddenly found that I really missed you."
The young man got up like an aristocrat, with his right hand behind his back and his left hand slightly raised. He bowed gracefully and smoothly, with a faint evil smile on his mouth:
"Welcome back, Loren.
Welcome back --! "