Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 224 Beyond the Sea of ​​Fog
"We could have saved him."

Looking towards the direction of the funeral procession, Latarn frowned.

Michaela shook her head and said softly: "That man was already dead before he met us."

Latarn was stunned for a moment, and then quickly understood something. He watched the black team disappear on the horizon, and then turned to look at Lucia, who was silent next to him. His frown finally relaxed, He only exhaled a breath of heavy and turbid air.

"Let's go." He said dullly, then pulled the reins and led the horse towards the village.

Sitting near the back of the team, Lani stared at her brother's angry back and let out a faint sigh.

Not long after, Latarn's suppressed angry words were heard from the front again: "When I have my own land, I must forbid any behavior of returning to the tree before death!"

"I agree," Michaela responded with a smile, "This should be included in the new law."

Lucia still didn't speak, just raised his head, silently staring at the sky that was as red as an ember after the twilight faded. No one knew what he was thinking.

Before the last ray of daylight disappeared, the group arrived at the windmill village Dominura. Michaela took Finlay and Anasia, the two accompanying knights, to book a room at the village inn, while the demigods went to the market to purchase needed supplies. .

Latarn led Leo and went straight to the farmers whose yards had piles of fodder. When he smelled whose feed was fresh and delicious, Leo would neigh excitedly and draw his master closer.

After coming down again and again, both sides of Leo's saddle were already covered with sacks of feed. Even Latarn carried two sacks. However, he was not impatient at all, and instead showed a trace of contentment on his heroic and resolute face. The smile barely diluted the previous gloom.

In the market on the other side, Rakad began to feel out of place after walking side by side with Lucia and the three of them for 10 minutes. Although his sister and Marlenia rarely quarreled with him to get angry, this was definitely not because of this. The conscience of the two guys realized that they were focusing all their attention on the damn ancient dragon in the middle. Even their positions were one to the left and one to the right, and it almost hung on Lucia's arm.

If I continue to stay like this, do I still have to stay here and work as a carrier for the princes and princesses?Lacard decisively chose not to compromise with the evil forces. He turned the corner and went straight into another side road, out of sight and out of mind.

"Has Dominula always been so lively?" Marlenia opened her eyes wide and curiously looked at the surrounding scenes that she had never seen in the capital. "Lucia, look, those people don't wear clothes that look like Golden people, right?”

Lucia moved her tightly held left arm without leaving a trace. Looking along her gaze, she saw a group of about ten businessmen occupying an entire lane of night market stalls. Most of them were wearing woolen clothes. The gorgeous coat is dotted with small colorful gems on the placket and brim of the hat, and bright torches are lit around it. The stalls are filled with various handicrafts with shapes and styles that are very different from the Yatan area, and there are many unnamed ones. Herbal medicine.

Most of the nearby villagers and even other passing merchants were very interested in these goods, and the already narrow alley was temporarily filled with customers lingering here, creating a noisy and lively scene.

These businessmen covered the lower half of their faces with white cloth and covered their heads with cashmere hats. Only a pair of shrewd dark green eyes were left to look at who was just watching the fun and who might be a real big customer.

As soon as they met a suitable target, they began to sell their goods in the mainland's lingua franca with a strong accent, and their enthusiastic attitude seemed that they would not give up until they negotiated a big deal worth hundreds of runes. "It's a caravan of wandering peoples -" Lucia said, "I just don't know which island in the Storm Sea they come from."

"Let's go and take a look." Marlenia shook his arm and begged, "The things they sell are so beautiful!"

Lucia subconsciously turned her head to look at Lani. Compared to a certain golden princess whose eyes were tightly locked by various jewelry, the Moon Princess seemed much calmer. She just glanced faintly to the left and her palms secretly trembled. Li pinched Lucia's knuckles and said calmly: "I'm free to do it."

"Okay, let's go and take a look," Lucia said with relief, "You pick whatever you want and I'll pay."

The three of them squeezed through the surging crowd to reach a stall with the largest variety of goods. The stall owner first glanced at Lucia's strong and reliable chain armor, and then quickly looked at the staff in Lani's hand and the back of Marlenia. With his long sword, he immediately put on the face of welcoming a distinguished guest, enthusiastically praised the handsomeness of the "mercenary master" and the beauty of the two female companions, and began to "sincerely" recommend the most suitable for the three of them. Jewelry—Although under the influence of illusion, all he could see were three ordinary-looking mercenaries.

"This beautiful warrior lady, nothing can better set off your heroic appearance than this pair of gold bracelets -" the stall owner said with a flattering smile while offering the most expensive pair of bracelets in his hands.

"As for this mysterious and noble mage lady, a tiara inlaid with storm sea pearls is undoubtedly the most suitable jewelry for you, and this enchanted ring from the Kaliya royal family is also good." He said He cast a meaningful look at Lucia and said with a smile, "I believe this lord will not be stingy with a mere two thousand runes, leaving the treasure covered in dust and making the two ladies sad at the same time, right?"

"Really, a ring produced by the Kaliya royal family?"

Lucia took the silver ring with great interest. The surface of the ring was indeed inlaid with a pyroxene flowing with faint magic waves - but it was just the lowest star crystal, and the additional magic was just the simplest lighting technique. , for Lani, who uses the Blazing Sun Crystal and the Blue Moon Crystal as experimental materials and studies various forbidden spells every day, it is really a master's degree.

"Sir, please don't believe it. This ring has a lot of history," the stall owner boasted. "This star ring was made together with the moon ring that the previous princesses of Kaliya gave to their partners. This ring belongs to Princess Lani. We people have no chance to see the Dark Moon Ring, but if you miss this Ring of Stars, you will never have the chance to see such a masterpiece again!"

"That makes sense!" Lucia ignored Lani's warning gaze and waved her hand, "Wrap up the rings, bracelets, tiaras, and that mithril necklace over there for me."

Although he was still a little troubled by Marlenia's imminent girlish feelings compared to Lani, who had already established a relationship, he couldn't take sides when it came to distributing gifts, so he decisively took the necklace that the latter had been lingering on.

As expected, in addition to the stall owner who smiled happily after receiving the check for three thousand runes, Marlenia, who received two gifts, also smiled like a proud little fox and tied the necklace around her white neck without saying a word. At that moment, only Lani's pretty face was stained with a blush of shame and anger. After snatching the crown, she refused to accept the ring of stars, and even warned Lucia in her ear like she was guarding against thieves.

"By the way, boss," Lucia looked back at the stall owner before leaving and asked, seemingly unintentionally, "Which island did your caravan come from? Is the route easy to travel along the way?"

"Ah, we are not merchants from the Storm Sea Islands." The stall owner happily looked up and down at the large check in his hand, and said without thinking, "We come from Yahara beyond the fog sea. I heard the exiles say that beyond the fog is In this blessed land protected by the law, the golden people are the loved ones of the gods, and now it seems that this is really the case!"

(End of this chapter)