The Swordsman of Faerûn

Chapter 381 See also entrustment
William smiled wryly, and said, "Brother, do you mean that you are not demanding? If you are too high, go to it! My place is not a nursery school, nor is it a summer camp for teenagers, please don't make things difficult for me."

The old herdsman said: "You already have two girls by your side. Another boy is not a bad thing. After all, a sheep is herding, and a flock of sheep is also herding. Besides, Pumos is not a weak chicken with no merits." , he is a reasonably qualified rogue and an experienced exploration team member.

Young people, if your family wants to cross the sea of ​​sand safely, you need an experienced guide.Believe me, Pumos is also very experienced in this area. He has followed his father's generation to cross the black road three times, and he is definitely a reliable helper. "

William said: "I'm curious, why is the old gentleman so concerned about this kid?"

The old man smiled happily: "The reason is very simple, because my surname is also Tanshuer, and I come from the same family as this child."

Surprised, William asked, "Since you are from the same clan, why were you driven away by his father and son earlier?" After saying this, William's eyes were already flickering with inexplicable sternness.

The old man sighed and said: "This is the tradition of our Bedai barbarians. The old and decayed must make way for the young. We old guys are already useless people. As long as there is a need, we must contribute to the young. Everything, especially the returned explorers, is the most important essence of a tribe, as long as they wish, they can forcibly confiscate all the supplies of any elderly person in the tribe."

William said coldly: "This tradition is not very popular!"

The old man said: "I also came here when I was young, even my father, my father's father and grandparents have come here for generations. Although this kind of tradition is a bit cruel, it allows our clansmen to live here after the catastrophe. Survive smoothly in a harsh sea of ​​sand, stretching endlessly."

William sighed. He was no stranger to this tradition of the Bedai barbarians. In the ancient times of his previous life, many barbaric places with relatively harsh environments had similar customs and habits, such as sending the elderly to Shenshang In the old forest, or exiled to the river, save rations to feed the young and children.Another example is that in a world of ice and snow, a whole tribe huddles together to keep warm. The young and strong are at the innermost, followed by women and children, and the elderly and frail are the outermost.

Perhaps this tradition is beneficial to the continuation of certain tribes, but it does not mean that it is good or completely correct.

At least William couldn't agree with this cruel custom. He said coldly to the old man and Pumos: "I don't like your tribe's traditions, and I don't agree with your ideas. A person who doesn't agree with his ancestors and doesn't respect his ancestors It is unreliable, I can't trust an unreliable person, and I won't let him join my team. Therefore, I can't do your request, and I don't want to agree to it, please change your request."

Hearing this, several old herdsmen immediately looked at each other in blank dismay. Pumos, who was lying on the ground, was even ashamed, feeling as if he had lost five billion dollars.

After all, the old man of the Tanshuer family has more knowledge, so he asked with some doubts: "Young man, if I'm not wrong, you probably don't like people with evil tendencies?"

William is a little confused, do you like evil people?He said: "I really hate villains with low character and vicious behavior. I wish I could kill them quickly."

"So that's how it is!" The old man said with a sudden expression on his face, "In this way, it is really difficult for the children of the Tanshuer family to meet your wishes."

In fact, there is some misunderstanding between William and the old herdsman here. The evil that the old herdsman said is actually based on a certain objective law of the world, and the camps divided into human beings or other creatures are evil, neutral, and good.This is a method of distinguishing behaviors that has been quantified, and the three can even be transformed into each other through certain behaviors (typical arguments regardless of deeds).

However, the evil William mentioned is based on personal character and morality, starting from the three views of world outlook, outlook on life, and values, and judging a person's character (regarding the heart regardless of traces).

To give a simple example, such as a person with anti-social personality tendencies, his nature is anti-human, anti-moral, and the camp he belongs to is evil, but he is for a certain plan, or for fun , Consciously doing good deeds, doing a lot of kind deeds, which caused his camp to shift towards neutrality and even kindness, but his nature has never changed, and there has been no repentance or change of mind.

For example, if a person with high moral character and kind heart does a lot of evil things out of necessity or without knowing it, his camp must be shifted to evil, but his heart is still kind. .How can you say whether these two types of people are evil or good?

The reason why I said this is just to express a meaning. The division of factions in the land of Faerun is relatively common. People who belong to the good camp are not necessarily good people, and not all people in the evil camp are bad and festering.

The old herdsman said: "Young man, since you don't want to take in Pumos, we won't force you. However, we hope you can escort him to a place."

"Escort him to a place? Where? I hope this will not bring unnecessary twists and turns to my journey." It was not easy for William to refuse again, but he still reserved some opinions.

The old herdsman said: "Along the black road and pass through the dangerous standing stone plain, you will find the Eta Mirror Wasteland. In the south of the wasteland is the Scimitar Peak Mountain Range. There is a water area there. The Shadow Sea is surrounded by Scimitar Peak on three sides. In You On the east coast of the Sea of ​​Shadows, the ancestors of our Tanshul family established a permanent plane portal, which can be linked to the Shadow Plane. I hope you can escort Pumos there and let him follow in the footsteps of his ancestors. "

William thought for a while and said, "Okay! I accept your commission, and I hope it won't be too dangerous there."

Seeing this, the old herdsman and Pumos breathed a sigh of relief. The old man said, "I haven't been there personally, so I can't confirm the degree of danger there. I only know that occasionally a few shadow creatures come to the main substance through the portal. Planes, I hope they won't bother you."

William nodded, and asked about the detailed route to get there, but the old herdsman said that he would draw a simple map for him later and hand it to Pumos to carry.

William was noncommittal, and got up to leave directly.He quickly returned to his tent, told his family to be vigilant, and then walked out with a knife and a gun.

Passing through the jujube bushes that were beginning to wither, William came to the edge of the oasis, standing silently with his gun.Soon, I saw a figure coming out from the back of the sand dune not far away, and came straight to William.

(End of this chapter)