rune hunter

Chapter 61 Survival
In a warm and slightly ambiguous atmosphere, El happily drank the bowl of bitter and insane medicine in pain and joy.

Tiana didn't stay long before leaving in a hurry. For some reason, she didn't mention the topic of the war situation to El.When he was with the girl, El was also unwilling to discuss spoilers, but this did not affect his analysis and judgment through observation.

He is still placed in a tent and has not been sent back to the city, which shows that the war is not over yet, and mankind has not won victory.The orderly and strong footsteps of the guards patrolling outside indicate that humans are still in an advantage, at least the barracks have not been attacked.

Could it be that they compromised with the land walker?After thinking about it, El felt that this inference was more likely.Based on his understanding of those noble lords, after they received the information about Princess Dixing's arrival, they would not rashly start a war.Human aristocrats have always been keen to calculate the gains and losses, and it is not surprising that they made the decision to seek skin from a tiger when there is a possibility of losing both sides.

The choice of war and peace is not important to El, it is a question that the noble lord needs to consider, and he only needs to know that human beings have not failed.Istaren is free from war, so there is no need to worry about Tika's safety.

Thinking of Tika, El couldn't help having another headache.I have been in a coma for three days and three nights and haven't heard from him. I'm afraid the little girl is quite frightened.Being in the army must have caused a lot of inconvenience, and Tiana was doing her best to save her life, so it is probably impossible to send someone home to notify her.Why should he demand special treatment when he is a nobody?
While El was struggling, the curtain of the tent was lifted again, and a strange old man walked in.His hair and beard were already snow-white, and his face was covered with wrinkles and age spots. He looked extremely old, but his steps were very steady.A pair of eyes sunken deep in the eye sockets are like torches, and seem to be able to penetrate people's hearts.The robe he was wearing was simple in style, but the fabric used was extremely fine and soft.

Judging from all the signs observed, this old man must be a big man who is not easy to provoke.

"You're finally awake, very good, very good." The old man walked to El's side, touched his chin and nodded.

"Um... did you save my life, old sir?" El asked tentatively.

"You saved your life by yourself." The old man looked El's body up and down, with creepy excitement in his eyes: "It's really interesting to be able to escape in front of Princess Dixing."

"Actually, when I found that Highness, she was half a hill away from her, and I didn't escape in the end, otherwise, how could it be like this." El pouted helplessly, he didn't know Rom How did Ni report to his superiors, but what the old man knew was obviously far from the truth.

"No, no, no, although I'm also very interested in this distance, I'm talking about something else." The old man shook his head, looking at El with meaningful eyes.

"Based on the difference in realm between you and that Highness, when she sees you, you should die."

El swallowed, recalling the scene at that time, and suddenly shuddered.Even though it was thousands of meters away, the understated glance of Princess Dixing was deeply imprinted in his mind. At that moment, he couldn't even have any impulse to resist, and could only run away like a bereaved dog with its tail between its legs. .

"It was just a fluke..." El dryly argued, even he couldn't convince himself.

"All grown-up Princesses of the Earth have the strength to step into the golden gate, and Her Royal Highness Langaria is the best among them. And you are just a bronze-level hunter who has just glimpsed silver. So this is not a fluke It can only be said to be a miracle." The old man opened his hands and drew an exaggerated distance to describe the power gap between El and Princess Dixing.

"However, I basically don't believe in miracles."

He suddenly changed the topic, and the expression on his face became serious: "Everything in the world operates according to its own laws and laws. The so-called miracles are just a matter of probability. Confused by seemingly unreasonable results. In other words, there must be a cause for every effect. It is not a fluke that you survived, but because of the hole card in your hand."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" El was a little confused by the old man's crazy words.

"You survived under the watchful eyes of Princess Dixing, instead of blowing your head, the real reason is the protection from the power of the rune." The old man nodded El's forehead and said: "The beginning of the rune—named El, It means insight, and it has additional immunity against mental shock."

El was speechless for a while, only feeling cold hands and feet.As the trump card at the bottom of the box, even in front of Tiana, he never mentioned his ability to master the power of runes, but unexpectedly, this nagging old man said it all out.

"It's not a fluke that you survived the mantis scouts... that is, the mantis monster."

While talking, the old man reached out his hand and took out a spherical object that El was very familiar with from his pocket.Langa's eggshell was tied with silk threads of various colors one by one on the left and one on the right, and he didn't know whether he was dead or alive when he didn't move.

El was dumbfounded, not knowing what expression to use to face this old man who seemed to know everything.

"When they went back to find you, you were almost bleeding out. Even the most powerful magical healing couldn't save a dead man, but you managed to survive. I found out later when I checked , your body contains a medicine that is unique to the royal family of the earth, they call it 'adrenaline stock solution'."

The old man shook the worm eggs in his hands, listened for a moment, and sighed regretfully: "This larva is too young, and it forcibly secretes a large amount of adrenaline at the cost of consuming physical energy, and the result is that it falls into a deep sleep. If this is In the hive, the sisters would eat up such weak fools in no time."

"Langa...she saved me?"

El looked at the motionless eggs, feeling deeply moved.Before he lost consciousness, he saw the scene of the little thing hunting down the last praying mantis monster, and he was a little worried that he would be eaten too.Thinking about it now, Langa probably rushed out to fight against the fear of her sister in order to protect herself.

At that time, the little thing might have also felt the fear in his heart, the fear of death, the fear of her.As the master, I am really unqualified.

"In the future, it's not a fluke that you were rescued. Although you were still alive when you were sent to the camp, even the high priests of the temples couldn't heal your injuries. It was the disfigured one." The little girl went to ask Her Royal Highness the Holy Nun, and the Holy Nun prayed in person, and God's grace came to pull your rotten life back from the gate of death."

The old man stroked his beard and shook his head again and again, looking at El as if he were looking at a gold-encrusted pig's head.

"Although I don't know the specific reason, everyone knows that the two little girls don't see each other right. It's not an ordinary friendship to let the little girl put down her face and plead for you. There are many people in the camp now. Guess your real identity."

That's because you don't understand the unscrupulous style of Miss Dancing Light Snake, Al slandered in his heart.But he also knew that this time it was really thanks to the girl's help.The relationship between two people has long been more than a simple debt of favor, just keep these things in your heart.

When the old man mentioned the girl, El's feverish mind suddenly calmed down.Although I don't know the old man's intentions when he said these words, but judging from the information he revealed, this old gentleman is absolutely extraordinary.

In this era, knowledge has always been in the hands of a few people, and even the mages in the tower may not understand the records of runes and landwalker-related information, but it is not at all abrupt to say it from the old man.And the tone in which he called His Highness the Holy Nun and the magician girl sounded more like the pampering of the elders.

An old man like this who is both knowledgeable and respected can never be an unknown person in Istaron.In El's memory, there seems to be only one character who meets the standard.

"Master Stephen, I don't know what is your intention in saying this to me?" El pretended to be calm, and asked straight to the point.

"Oh? Your brain is so fast, you kid." The great alchemist froze for a moment, with a gratified smile on his face. "Since you can guess my identity, then I'll have something to say."

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