rune hunter

Chapter 397 The Truth Behind

"The original source of the plague came from Pinewood County. A group of adventurers discovered ancient tombs in the wilderness. It was later confirmed that they were traps designed by the Cursed Sect... There were reports of sightings of undead creatures from all counties and counties. , the snow wolf knights were exhausted, which eventually led to the emptiness of the city's defenses..."

The story told by Tiana started from the origin of this plague and natural disaster.Although El could tell that she hadn't elaborated on her true identity, the bizarre twists and turns of the story were enough to attract everyone's attention.Even he himself was only walking with the girl in Queensland City, and he had limited knowledge of her previous dark history, let alone others.

The nickname of the Snake of Dancing Light did not come out of thin air. From the outbreak of the plague to the fall of the northern border, the girl traveled to seven counties in a full three months, fighting tenaciously against the cursed sect that came from behind the scenes to the foreground.

The negligence of the Timberwolves and the disregard of the sects of the gods caused the entire northern border to gradually fall into the clutches of the shadow of death. Many local lords and nobles secretly took refuge in the Lord of Death, turning themselves into dark aristocrats, and quietly lifted the power of the Timberwolves family. It even once corroded into the family.

With the unraveling of the truth and internal mutiny, frontier cities fell one after another, the Snow Wolf Knights were wiped out, and the Timberwolves family was wiped out.The last survivors crawled out from the piles of corpses and the ruins of the city, and fled to the south with their family tokens, crossing the vast mountains of the Yunlu Mountains to Istaren...

Without adding any personal feelings and subjective opinions, just stating the facts is enough to move people.The conspiracy of the royal family, the fall of the Holy Nun, the invasion of the Landwalker Legion, and the southward march of the undead army, each of these events is a major event that can shake the government and the public.But due to the outbreak of the plague and natural disaster, all of these were buried in death.

After the collapse of the southern defense line, no one else could deliver these messages except for this exile team in Istaron.It would be absurd to say that the royal family was ignorant of the rise of the Cult of the Damned, but they certainly did not expect the footsteps of the death army to sweep across the kingdom.Otherwise, Prince Romus, who is a die-hard loyalist of the royal family, would not be in such a situation now.

Apart from the bad debt of Sword Castle, Tiana didn't hide anything from Logan about the two organizations, the Sect of the Damned and the Truth Society.Although I don't know if the great lord who guards the south understands this, but as a help-seeker, she must find out Logan's attitude.

Even if I try to make a long story short, this speech took nearly 10 minutes.The old man's attitude changed from being disapproving at the beginning, to gradually becoming serious, until finally his face sank like water.It's no wonder that his complexion changed rapidly. Anyone who knows that his rear has been messed up will not be in a good mood anymore.

But even though he was listening, the old man’s mouth never stopped. Even if he was in a bad mood, it didn’t affect his appetite. After Tiana finished introducing her situation, the meat on his table was gone. Was swept away.The other person whose appetite was not affected was El, except for the beginning of the story told by Tiana, he basically participated in it personally, and of course there would be no additional psychological burden.

El can't quite remember the last time he let go of his stomach and feasted his stomach. When he was a hunter before, if he caught a good prey, he would sell it for money. After entering the city, The food in the Chamber of Commerce is the standard of normal civilians.After finally becoming a general, he fled all the way.

It seems that only when I was studying in Master Stephen's mage tower, I lived a corrupt life for a few days. Unfortunately, I didn't care at all at that time, and now I regret it in retrospect.

Of course, another important reason is that his pet Xiao Langa is also an out-and-out foodie. In fact, hunting is the nature of the landwalkers, and even humans are in their diet.It's just that El still has some taboos about this. Unless there are special circumstances, little Langa is generally not allowed to devour the flesh and blood of the enemy's corpse. .

One person and one worm hugged the steak and pork leg on the table and ate Haisai wildly. Even Logan couldn't help but looked up at him. When the old man saw the silver emblem on El's chest, his eyes flickered. There was a hint of clarity.

"I basically understand, it's really worrying..." Logan sighed heavily, put down the knife and fork, looked at Romus who was hiding behind and bowed his head silently, and said with a cold snort: "Little You bastard, why are you hiding? Do you think I won’t recognize you? When you came here with your father 20 years ago, didn’t you have a big temper?”

Hearing the old man's question, Roms stood up bravely and said with a wry smile: "I was not sensible when I was young, I didn't expect you to remember it."

"Father, my eyes are so vivid." Logan snorted, pointed to Tiana and said, "Your boy is now considered a famous figure in the royal family, and now the little girl from the wolf family escaped Come to me, you heard what she said just now, what's going on? Tell me clearly!"

As the Queen Mother's biological brother, Iron Guard Prince Romus, his status in the kingdom can be said to be below one person and above ten thousand people, but here, facing the questioning of Grand Duke Churkin, suddenly Sweat profusely.

"I don't want to lie in front of you. In fact, you should know better than us that the royal family has long lost control over this country." Miss Starter had several open and honest conversations, and it turned out that I myself was just a pawn on the chessboard."

"The royal family is indeed aware of the issue of the cursed sect. You also know that Auckland is remote and has always been difficult to gain the favor of the sect of the gods, and we have been looking for alternatives to our beliefs. It used to be a demon, but now It is the undead. The Lord of Death is trying to challenge the god of death, Naraku, and needs a large number of believers to provide faith, and we just need the protection of a true god, so we reached some agreements in secret."

"Are you expecting the favor of death? Are you thinking about washing your feet?" Logan slapped the table, shaking the knives, forks, cups and plates.He rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Your family is really kind, why didn't I see it before?"

What Logan was referring to in his words was naturally the father of Prince Romus, the greatest power in the southern aristocratic faction, the Grand Duke of Menia.After the death of the old king, his daughter was promoted to queen mother, and the status of the Grand Duke of Menia naturally rose.In fact, in these years, the upper-level politics of the Oakland Kingdom had already been controlled by him, and this was already an open secret.

Things have developed to this point today, no matter what the truth is, the Grand Duke of Menia cannot absolve himself of the blame.

"We know that the Cursed Sect will spread the plague in the north to promote the reputation of the Lord of Death and attract believers. At that time, we thought it was necessary to pay a little price in exchange for mutual trust, because they assured us that the spread of the plague It will get under control—and if it gets out of control, the harsh weather and climate in the north will bury the plague in blizzards. But the plague is spreading far faster than we expected."

Speaking of this, Prince Romus' face was also a little embarrassed. As a king, he exchanged the lives of his subjects for the favor of the evil god. If this kind of thing was leaked out, the prestige of the Oakland royal family might plummet.But at this time he had to stand up and explain the truth-this was not the original intention of the royal family.

"Even with the guarantee of the God of Commerce, it is impossible for the royal family to completely trust such an evil religious group as the Cursed Sect. In order to guard against their evil intentions, the royal family specially invited the priests of the Temple of Life, including the holy nun Mary Wei Ann, and a god-favored silver crusader."

"Our original purpose was to control the scope of the plague to the north of the Yunlu Mountains. There are priests from the Temple of Life and the Istaron army guarding the end of the King's Road. It can be said that it is almost foolproof. However, something unexpected happened here. accident..."

"Earl Snake, an imperial envoy from the royal family, came to Istaron to check the progress of the epidemic prevention and control work at the king's will. But it was this person who brought us a devastating disaster." Tiana continued After the words of Prince Roms, he continued: "The royal family has been estranged from the White Lion family for a long time, but there is no need to rush to solve it. But when the plague hit, Earl Snake ruthlessly behind the White Lion family. He stabbed a knife in the ground. His strength alone was not enough to hurt the white lion, but he recklessly tempted the holy nun to fall, which eventually led to the destruction of Istaron."

"It is now impossible to verify the motives of Earl Snake's actions, but it was precisely because of his reckless behavior that the royal family's plan was completely disrupted. The plague and natural disasters went all the way south, and almost all the northern regions fell. The royal family had to temporarily form in the southern plains Create a line of defense. And now, this line of defense has also collapsed." Prince Romus showed a helpless expression on his face, and said with a sigh: "This is not the situation we want, and it is definitely not the situation that the truth would want. We are all victims."

"Playing with fire every day, one day you will burn yourself. It's not the first time for those crazy people who should be punished by God to play with fire and set themselves on fire." Logan shook his head, seeming to disapprove of Romus's defense, but in the end He didn't say much, just rubbed his face, cheered up and said to Tiana: "I already know about this matter, I'm afraid I need to discuss it with some old friends. You must have been exhausted from the long journey here. It’s unbearable, let me find a place for you to settle down first.”

Logan picked up a rag and wiped the grease from his hands, took out an old parchment scroll from beside his Iron Throne, held it in his hand, turned his head and asked El: "Little guy, you are the commander of the army. Officer? Can your troops still fight?"

"You are humiliating the warriors of Istaren by asking such a question." El put down the bone stick in his hand and said lazily with a full belch.

(End of this chapter)