Home of the Brave

"The casualties in the battle are inevitable. The Valkyrie team originally existed for this." Noin shook his head and said.

"Even so, if there is a way to block the actions of one side, it will be easier to break each one..." Paona bit her lip and thought about the countermeasures. At this moment, there was a knock on the door on the other side of the parliament room, Paona's eyes moved over and saw the little butler girl with ponytails coming in.

"Patty, what's the matter?" Paona asked, looking at Patty's appearance.

"Well, actually there was news from Saari City just now..." Patty's face had a subtle expression that could not tell the good or bad. Her performance stimulated the imagination of the two women about the ominous events, Noin Asked about it at the same time as Paona.

"Is it the son's business?"

"Has something happened to the son?"

"Huh? Ah, no, it's not the son, it's about the adventurer." Patty shook his head quickly, looked at the exhalation of the warrior and the priest, and laughed bitterly in his heart, then cleared his throat and explained: " Uh, it was actually thousands of adventurers gathered in Saari City. It seemed that they disappeared overnight. Even the Elder Musa was taken aback, so they hurriedly sent someone to report."

"Adventurers... disappeared suddenly?" Paona blinked her eyes with an expression of understanding. "They were attracted by the Heavenly Selection Ceremony, and now they will naturally disappear after the ceremony... But it is too strange to suddenly disappear overnight. Do you know where they went?"

"Uh, about this..." Patty scratched his head, as if laughing and crying: "I just confirmed to Katyuya who came back from the reconnaissance that those adventurers who left Amaterasu seem to have all gone. Going to the north side of the Bell Grassland."

"Ring the bell on the north side of the grassland?" Paona was taken aback and reacted, exclaiming: "Wait, isn't that the direction in which the Flying Dragon battleship fell?"

"Yes, I'm afraid they went with the sky spear, and some of the adventurers seem to have started fighting with the believers of the **** of tyranny..." Patty flipped through the report in his hand and emphasized with a very helpless voice. . "According to Katyuya's estimation, the number of adventurers gathered there is more than 4,000, and there are more adventurers coming from all over after hearing the news, basically it has exceeded the scale of the previous attack on the Dragon Nest... Uh, besides, the number of believers in the **** of tyranny is less than a thousand people. Depending on the situation, it may not last too long, so Katyuya asks for instructions...that, do you want to act first, or Gangnier may be taken by the adventurers. Snatch it."

The little steward girl finished reading the report in her hand with a slack voice, and the chief priests and warriors over there showed a smile of laughter. What was originally sufficiently serious and tragic has evolved into a farce because of the arrival of this report. Think of the scene where thousands of adventurers besieged on the unavoidable vast grassland. Even Nuoin couldn't help but shudder, while Paona gave out a bitter smile of unknown meaning.

"Well, what the **** is going on?" Patty was distressed and asked the question of course. "Why do adventurers know where the sky spear fell? Moreover, this mode of action is..."

"Not many people know where the sky spear fell." Paona said intentionally.

"The son is currently in Saari City." Noin's voice seemed to be smiling.

"Huh? Huh?" Patty was stunned for a second before suddenly waking up. "Also... In other words, was the adventurer instigated by the son?"

The chief priest did not answer the question from the little butler, but sighed with a wry smile, and moved his eyes to the chief warrior next to her.

"Noin, what do you think?"

"Since the son intends to intervene in this matter, then we shouldn't interfere." Noin's voice was particularly gentle when he said this, as if it had a certain spoiling taste. "The believers of the **** of violence and Gangnir will leave it to the son to deal with, we just need to be careful not to disturb his game."

"...So too." Paona agreed with her too. "Then, I will report to the emperor, I think she will be very interested."

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The wind bearing the blessing of Albers dissipated the clouds over the grassland, and a carriage was running on the moist grassland that had been raining and sunny. Perhaps because of the sacred blessings contained in the wind, the steps of the two old horses pulling carts seemed particularly brisk.

The black-haired young man drove in the front seat of the carriage as usual, and the carriage that was originally loaded with cargo was also emptied. A horsewoman in silver armor and a witch in white were sitting in the comfortable rear carriage padded with straw, driving in front of the carriage. The black-haired young man chatted with each other.

"...In other words, you stayed in Dragon Nest for two weeks and basically didn't do anything?"

Dai Yang turned his head to confirm with the two daughters-in-law, but who would have attracted the shrew's sharp gaze.

"We were originally waiting for the news of Ji Yao's activities again. Who knew she would become settled by mixing with someone?" Miranda looked at him bitterly. "Furthermore, she accompanied her to the Valley of the Raven King to mess around...If Bloom hadn't been killed on the way, maybe the one who was chased by the Valkyrie team would have been replaced by some idiot!"

"Hey, haven't I explained it several times? I had to sacrifice myself to monitor it to avoid the spread of chaos."

"Isn't it enough to kill her?" The Miko said with a flat mouth.

"Don't say it so simple, it really fights, I might not be able to win! Aretha would have been killed by her if it weren't for Flaus's supernatural power." Dai Yang shrugged her shoulders. "Furthermore, she has helped me somehow, and Zhien Tubao is also something that my father often educates on."

"Isn't she a fan of beauty?" The witch showed obvious suspicion.

"Then what, I haven't been willing to bite the two daughters-in-law at home, why would I take action against other women?" Dai Yang smiled and reached out and touched the miko's face. Miranda pursed her lips and slapped the man's claws away, but she seemed to have reluctantly accepted Dai Yang's explanation.

"By the way, I choose gifts for you?"

Suddenly remembering Dai Yang, he stretched out his hand and took out something wrapped in a soft cloth from his arms and handed it to Miranda.

"Look, do you like it or not."

Miranda opened the soft cloth and saw a delicate hairpin inside. Hairpins are obviously handicrafts made by Musa wing people. They are exquisitely carved and unique in style. I believe they are also expensive. Thinking that the guy who talked about the deficit all day was willing to spend money on this luxury item, Miranda couldn't help but be particularly moved.

"You still have a conscience." Miranda snorted and took the hairpin, of course, not forgetting her sister. "What about Xia Luwei?"

"Of course there is, here..." Dai Yang reached into his arms and groped, his originally smiling expression gradually turned into a panic. Under the surprised gaze of the two girls, he touched left and right on his body for a long time, even digging out the soles of his shoes, but he just couldn't find the trace of the second hairpin. "Asshole, how could it be possible... Could it be that it was impossible to meet a thief? But, when..." He bit his head and looked at the two girls.

"No...no?" The female knight looked over with Yanran weeping.

"You didn't buy Xia Luwei?" The witch's gaze looked like a blasphemous prisoner.

"I...I did buy it, and I sold it for three...Ah! Ah!" At this point, Dai Yang suddenly slapped his head, and suddenly realized. "It's that guy! I see, it's definitely that guy!"

"That guy?" The Miko asked suspiciously. "Who is that guy?"

"Yes... it's an acquaintance of mine in Saari City. He is a super prankster! Last time I scribbled my face and it turned out to be the laughingstock of the celebration... Damn it!" Dai Yang said. The tragic experience during the second celebration was described again and emphasized: "That guy! It was definitely an idea to watch a good show, so he secretly hid the hairpin!"

Seeing the resentment of the man waving her fist, the female knight covered her mouth and chuckled, while the witch couldn't help shaking her head and sighing.

"Idiot, important gifts should be collected... Xia Luwei, you should accept this hairpin first." Miranda passed the hairpin over, but was pushed back by the female knight. "No, this is a gift to Miranda, and I also got a gift from Yang before." Xia Luwei said, it should be Dai Yang gave her a silver mirror when she was in Tieyanbao.

"Then me too, so you should accept it first this time." Miranda insisted.

"It has nothing to do with the order, this was originally a gift to Miranda..." Xia Luwei shook her head and said no.

"...Okay, don't fight." Dai Yang, who looked funny, reached out and took the hairpin back. "When I'm done with Bloom, I'll go to the **** to get the hairpin back, and then give it to you together, so the head office?" Seeing that the two girls did not raise objections, Dai Yang took the hairpin into his arms. Here, after thinking about it, I asked another question.

"Speaking of, Miranda, do you know what'purgatory' is?"

"Purgatory? That's Flaus' domain, right?" The witch looked over with an incomprehensible expression, and explained: "Flaus is the **** of judgment, responsible for sanctions for all injustices in the world. For some criminals who are extremely sinful. , Flaus will exile him to the prison of the gods, which is "purgatory." I have read books about Flaus when I was in the temple. Some of them described purgatory as a desert without grass, and some described purgatory Described as extremely cold frozen ground, but no one who wrote the book has actually been there."

"Hello, is it just a random guess?"

"Not all." Miranda shook her head. "Purgatory itself does not lie in reality. It is an unrealistic space created by gods. Naturally, it cannot be judged by common sense. Although the description of purgatory in various books is quite different, there is one thing in common. There is a **** where the environment is so bad that even monsters can hardly survive."

"Even monsters can hardly survive..." Dai Yang couldn't help frowning upon hearing this. "I ask, is it possible for prisoners who have been put in purgatory to come out again?"

"Huh?" Miranda was taken aback, looked at Dai Yang with incredible eyes, and then shook her head. "It's impossible. Purgatory is the realm of God created by Flaus. Unless there is a power equivalent to or overriding Flaus, it is impossible to break Flaus' divine blockade. As far as I know, There has never been an example of a prisoner who was imprisoned in purgatory."

"But according to your statement, as long as there are forces of the same level as Flaus to intervene, it is possible to rescue the people in purgatory? For example, Albert, who is the same six pillar **** as Flaus, Patricia, as long as you borrow their power, you should be able to do it, right?" Dai Yang confirmed.

"Theoretically, it can... But what are you asking about?" Miranda suddenly became alert.

"Well, it depends on the situation. Maybe I get a trip to purgatory." Dai Yang shrugged and said in a calm tone.

"You...what did you say!" After a second, the witch and the female knight changed their faces at the same time.