Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

A few minutes later, almost noon, Putin waved to the sailors, and one of them picked up the horn.Then he took a deep breath, and Laya watched the man's chest expand strangely, like a frog, and then he blew into the horn:

"Woo-!"

The horn made a loud noise, which made Raya's eardrums hurt.For a moment the noise of the city was drowned by the sound, and Laya saw Harrison shouting something to her, but she couldn't hear; she saw many devout believers knelt down, and some people covered their ears, He looked panic-stricken.

This breath lasted for almost a minute before stopping. After blowing, the trumpeter collapsed on the ground with exhaustion, his face turned blue, and the people next to him hurriedly carried him away.At this time, Putin roared and said: "Bring up the fierce demon!"

Then someone brought up two corpses. The rotting faces of the corpses were no longer recognizable, but one of them was a giant with a swollen body. The body was split from the middle and was sewn up. The corpse was covered with a Vulcan red robe, It shows that it is Lavidia; the other corpse is still well preserved, wearing the earl's sacrificial dress, that is the Earl of Bear Mountain--Mani Chris.

Raya at the altar, II

Raya at the altar, II

Then the war drum began to sound, and the three big men beat the war drum fiercely, as if they were beating their own father-killing enemies.They fought faster and faster, and the people below also became excited with the sound, and then someone shouted: "The devil!" Then everyone shouted: "The devil!"

The people of the bay have always hated and feared the ogre...but that was 100 years ago!After such a long time, people's awe of the ogre has long been turned into illusory legends. Compared with fearing it, people are more willing to take a look at its true face.Laya was mixed in this group of excited people, and she felt chills all over her body—people are not afraid of fierce monsters, are they getting stronger, or are the fierce monsters getting weaker?It doesn't seem to be right?

"Fierce devil! Fierce devil! Fierce devil!" As the drum beat became more urgent, people's emotions boiled like hot water. At the moment when the drum beat couldn't go any faster, Awen Nemendus moved away. He took off his hoodie, and at this moment, the drumming stopped abruptly.

With a "wow", the man's blond hair was blown away by the wind, and his beautiful face could be seen at a glance.

Awen opened his arms, looking down at the world like a god descending.The noon light falls on him, the golden hair is more beautiful in the sun, the beauty is dazzling, people marvel at his beauty, the man opens his mouth in horror, the woman is moved to tears, the silence is like a plague from the front row to the back Spreading, the noisy streets were quiet for a moment.

He must have used some kind of magic!Laya stared at the man intently, it must be!This person has a problem, a big problem!

But in addition to being terrified, Laya also had a ridiculous idea in her heart: Fortunately, I didn't go to the stage.

Because Putin on the stage is like a clown at the moment, as if he is not even qualified to set off Arwen.The demon monk's eyes were wide open, and his expression twisted up very strangely.

"People of the Bay Area." Awen Nemendus made a beautiful voice, "Today is a very meaningful day, why do you say that? Because 100 years ago today, the ancestors of the Bay Area killed the last The ferocious demons of the world have brought an end to the calamity!"

The people below cheered loudly, but Laya knew that the date of the end of the Demon Slaying Campaign was unreliable, so A Wenai said that the day would be the day.

Then Awen talked about history and fairy tales. His voice is beautiful and his eloquence is excellent, even the best bards can't match him.He started from the mythological era of refining demons tens of thousands of years ago, he talked about the great ancient civilization, giants and dragons, and then he changed his voice and began to talk about the history of the Gulf.He told the historical stories of the three ancient dynasties in the Bayland. First, he told how the Sea God Kingdom summoned the gods to fight against sea monsters 800 years ago, and then he talked about the legend of the Wehir Dynasty 600 years ago. Finally, he began to talk about the glorious empire that passed by in a hurry 400 years ago-the Dongke Dynasty.It was the country established by drifters from the east. Those people came across the Black Sea for thousands of miles. They used the five-clawed golden-scaled basilisk as their totem, and ate rice with porcelain and silk.They claim to be guests from the east, so the dynasty is also called the Dongke dynasty.They had a short-lived brilliance, but it was a pity that they disappeared because of the great plague after 50 years of existence. Later, the worship of ancestors, observance of etiquette, morality and chastity in the concept of the Gulf were all related to this dynasty.

The three major dynasties are the pride of the people in the Gulf, among which the Sea God Dynasty once used Fengleibao as its capital. Awen's words made countless people in the Gulf dream of returning to the ancient dynasty.Even Laya was dazed by his emotional speech, fantasizing about the sea god Julan, the fleet of millions, fantasizing about restoring the glory of the ancestors, and planting the giant whale flag on Eagle Head City in the north.

Finally, he talked about the Chauvin Dynasty, the last dynasty in the Gulf.After the Chauvin family, the Gulf Land was no longer an independent country, but a principality granted by the northerners.After telling this story, the atmosphere became heavy, and Awen also said in a sad voice: "We have been ashamed of the glory of our ancestors for the past 200 years. But no matter what time it is, the men in the Gulf are strong warriors 100 years ago, it was the weakest era in the Gulf, and it was also the era when the evil spirits were rampant. Our ancestors lived in a much worse environment than we do now. They were poor, hungry, surrounded by plague, drought, and floods And war! But even so, these iron men persisted! They survived, and thus have us descendants!"

He spoke so passionately that Raya almost believed he was a Gulf native.

"The most unbelievable thing is that the ancestors not only survived, but also defeated the evil spirits! The catastrophe started and ended in the Gulf. If it were not for the people of the Gulf, then the four principalities would be destroyed by the evil spirits. Neither the northern aristocrats nor the despicable southern slaveholders will exist!"

A burly man below followed suit and shouted: "No longer exists!" Then others echoed.At this time, Awen pointed to the sky with one hand, and said: "Today we will comfort our ancestors with the blood of fierce demons, and tell them that the children of the Gulf region have not shamed their ancestors!" The people below cheered loudly, and the atmosphere was extremely high.Awen said at this time: "I am Awen Namendus, the representative of the gods of the ancient god sect, and I will preside over this sacrifice—now I invite the chief swordsman: the priest of the Sea God Cult, Grilas Fula Kimir Putin!" After saying that, Arvin stepped back and bowed, inviting Putin out.People cheered again, and the demon monk strode forward. He raised his hand and stared fiercely with his huge eyes, and the crowd below fell silent.

"The devil is not a joke, you idiots who don't respect our ancestors!" The demon monk looked at everyone with vicious eyes, no one dared to look at him, a child cried out in fright, but the demon monk glared at him again, The child didn't even dare to cry immediately, so he just bit his lip with tears in his eyes.Laya is well aware of the horror of this demon monk, even she is unwilling to suffer from such a fate.

At this time Putin took out a knife from his waist, the blade gleamed in the sun, but there was a faint blue light, and the air seemed to drop several degrees in an instant.No one had seen this treasure, even Ah Wen couldn't help but look sideways.

Putin showed the knife to the crowd, "You all think that the ogre is dead! But in fact, the ogre will not die! What are lying here now are two living ogres!"

The crowd suddenly exploded, the people in the front row shrank back, but the people behind pushed forward.Putin shook the knife in his hand and said, "You cowards! If we can kill the murderer once, we can kill the second time!" After that, he stabbed the flesh puppet into the chest.

Then something terrible happened.

The corpse let out a scream.

That scream passed through the entire Fenglei Castle like a bolt from the blue, it was so painful, it was sharp and distorted, not like a human voice.

But Raya could recognize that it was Ravidya's voice.

Raya at the altar, three

Raya at the altar, three

Then the crowd also yelled in horror, and the guards on the side quickly maintained order loudly to avoid panic and stampede.But it was difficult for hundreds of guards to control the crowd like schools of deep-sea fish. When the scene was almost out of control, Awen suddenly spoke.

"Calm down, sons and daughters of the Gulf." His voice seemed to be magical—no, he must have used some kind of magic, because Laya felt that Awen seemed to be whispering to her.

"You should not be afraid of a dead demon, you will shame your ancestors."

Following his words, the crowd gradually calmed down.Laya thought to herself: He used at least three kinds of witchcraft at the same time just now, one is amplifying the sound - the messenger of the Northern Mage Legion will use this; the other is sedation or insanity, which is the skill of the witch doctor; The last one is "false voice", this spell can disguise one's own voice, making the voice beautiful and pleasant.This guy named Awen has never used his own native voice. When he spoke loudly just now, his voice was a little distorted. It must be because of the use of this spell.

Although Laya knows very little magic, she has a wealth of knowledge—not everyone is gifted in magic, but everyone can read books.

After the order was maintained, the demon monk taunted the people again.The evil monk had always been so arrogant, but Raya had never seen anyone dare to oppose him.Then the demon monk Putin stabbed Lavidia's body again, and asked loudly, "Fiend! Let me ask, and you answer!"

The corpse groaned in pain, and then said, "It hurts!"

The demon monk gave it another knife and said: "If you can answer my question, I will send you to hell!"

At this time, the body of the flesh puppet twitched for a while, and then the voice changed, turning into an even uglier and terrifying voice. "Ask." It only said one word.

Raya realized that it was no longer Ravidya, but another demon.At this moment, Putin and Awen exchanged glances, and Awen nodded, stepped forward and asked, "Ancient warrior, I ask you, and you answer—are you a fierce demon?"

"Yes." It made a slow and heavy voice.The people below let out a groan.

Awen continued to ask: "Fierce devil, how many companions do you have in Xiongshan?"

"two."

two?Raya frowned.

"Which two?"

The monster yelled two names, the tone was so weird and distorted that people couldn't understand it.Ah Wen seemed to understand, he nodded, and continued to ask: "Who woke you up?"

"people."

"Where are they from?"

"people."

Obviously the vicious demon doesn't know that much, so Ah Wen changed the question: "What kind of person?"

"Red." said the ogre.

At this time, the demon monk shouted: "It says red, red! As you know, only cultists in the north wear red clothes! It is the northerners who awakened the evil spirits!"

For a while, the crowd was excited, and people cursed the northerners loudly.Harrison and Aaron guarded Laya, and the orc murmured: "The northerners may have killed your mother!" Laya was mixed with this emotion, and she felt even more frightened—if the Marquis did all this If it is for peace, then obviously this decision failed.Today's Fengleibao is like a volcano that is about to erupt, and it was Arwen and Putin who ignited it.

Conscription, hanging heretics, instigating the people... Every step is pushing Fengleibao to war.The most frightening thing is that Fengleibao has always been the most peaceful place in the Gulf, and the Marquis has always been the most peaceful person in the Gulf.If Fenglei Castle has become like this, what about Jinsha Castle, White Bird City, and the never-ending war in the River Bend?

I have to go back to Bear Mountain immediately after finishing the work, Laya thought to herself, I must mobilize the White Clothes Society, and there is no delay.I'm afraid that once Grand Duke Trident dies, the Gulf land will be baptized by endless wars. I must, must prevent this from happening!

Awen said: "Very well, the problem is clear. People in the Gulf, now let me tell you the ins and outs of all this!"

Then Awen told another story, which Laya thought must have been fabricated by him.

According to the story, the northerners have been plotting to invade the Gulf for a long time. It is not enough for these people to turn the Gulf people into their vassals, and they want to completely wipe out the blood of the Gulf.If the northerners want to attack the Gulf, they must pass through three major passes. Among them, the Antler Pass on Bear Mountain is the most dangerous but also the deadliest, so the northerners came up with the idea of ​​the Antler Pass.They gradually infiltrated the Vulcan cultists into the bay, and many people became captives of these demons without knowing it.Among them were Earl Mani Kress of Bear Mountain and his youngest son Lavidia Kress.The two men sold their souls to the demon because they coveted the demon's promise of eternal life.

"The ominous monster you see," Awen pointed at the fleshy puppet, "is actually the earl's youngest son Lavidia! He let the ogres occupy his soul in order to live forever. What happened? The result changed. It has become like this!"

The crowd burst into exclamations, the demon monk was sneering, and Laya had roughly guessed Awen's intentions.

"This, it's his father! This is Mani Chris. He used to be an honorable veteran, a hero! But he also fell. As early as a year ago, his soul was occupied by a demon As the guardians of Bear Mountain and Antlers Pass, they want to open the Antlers Pass and bring the northerners into the Gulf! If they succeed, the Gulf will be melted by the flames of war, men will be killed, women will be humiliated, and the elderly will have nothing to do Rely on, the baby can't eat breast milk!" the people shouted again, this time full of anger in their voices.

"Earl Mani also has an eldest son named Wen Kai. Wen Kai discovered the conspiracy between Mani and Lavidia. He scolded his father and brother and wanted to bring them back to the right path. However, the father and son They killed Wen Kai and nailed him to a tree!" He paused for two seconds to give the people below a chance to vent their emotions, "What is the result? This is the result!" He pointed at the Corpse, "This is the vicious demon and the people who serve the vicious demon! They can't live or die, they have to suffer so much!"

Laya fully understands Awen's plan.

He wanted to stigmatize the earl, so that Haven's behavior changed from "violating the earl's castle" to "killing the monster in the castle".The nature of this incident has completely changed. In this way, Haiwen's actions became legal, the Marquis was able to save his face, and he was able to silence the nobles.

But why would this man do this?Raya was puzzled.

But in this venue, only Laya was wondering.The people below Fengleibao were excited. People shouted fierce monsters, kinslayers, and traitors, and cursed the northerners and Vulcan cultists loudly.Awen and Putin looked at each other and nodded, obviously satisfied with all this. Putin handed the knife to Awen, and the man raised the knife and said, "Now, let's send the devil to hell!" into Lavidia's chest.All of a sudden, there was a burst of extremely foul-smelling turbidity from the piece of meat, which made people unable to open their eyes.Laya faintly saw a puff of black smoke coming out and disappearing into the air.

The moment it disappeared, Black Smoke suddenly turned into a distorted face, and smiled at Awen.Awen seemed to be smiling too, but he didn't seem to be smiling. The man's face was like a devil's mask, and Laya couldn't see through it.

Laya asked his warriors, "Did you see that fiend smiling?" They all shook their heads and said, "My lord, are you mistaken?"

Coraya was sure she saw it.

Afterwards, Laya asked the Marquis and the demon monk Putin, "Did you see it?" But they also said, "You read it wrong."

When Raya and many others brought it up later, people just thought she was wrong.

But Laya firmly believed that the vicious ghost smiled at Awen.

What is it laughing at?

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ps: I will make everyone's stories look good w

Chapter 5: Haven's Revenge, [-]

Chapter 5: Haven's Revenge, [-]

They had been walking for seven days, and Baron Mustang's castle was in sight.

Seven days ago, Haven led a team to attack Baron Mustang and went to him to collect debts.

This team has a total of 560 people, led by Brian, with food, horses, armor and necessary war tools.Along with Ramon, Charles and other people from Mustang Town, King Kong stayed in the castle to take care of Fasnett, Haiwen temporarily handed over Xiongshan to Tang Deen to manage, and Master Cat stayed in the town.

Along the way, everyone kept a straight face, no one spoke, as if they were about to kill someone, the atmosphere of the team was full of chills.

This is the anger that has been accumulated for a whole year-a year ago, a good wild horse king was turned into a criminal on a trumped-up charge, and it has been a difficult year for them.

At this moment they stopped in front of the castle town, and Haiwen looked at the castle from a distance, and couldn't help recalling the past events of a year ago.Closor Dia, Haven muttered the real name of Baron Mustang in his heart. Now that I'm back, are you ready to welcome me, an exile?

At this time, Brian Bear asked him, "Lord Haven, who will sing the number later?"

"Singing the horn?" Hai Wen was stunned for a moment, "What horn is singing?"

"Of course it's your trumpet! You are the guardian of Bear Mountain now, and your status is equivalent to that of an earl! In the bay, the duke, marquis, and earl must sing their trumpet no matter where they go. This is the etiquette of the bay!"

Hai Wen asked with a smile, "Then what is my number?"

Brian thought for a while and said, "Didn't the eunuch make it up for you before? What happened at that time? It seemed that there were exiles and the king of wild horses?"

Ramon added on the side: "The exile, the king of wild horses, the monster slayer, the man who holds the truth, the cold-blooded judge, the guardian of Bear Castle, Haven Ambside—my lord, this is long enough of!"

At this time, Charles urged to come immediately, and excitedly shouted: "Long? Long is great! Look at those Sirs whose names are not long? Long can show the majesty of our adults! Don't you think so? Oh, But this exile doesn't sound too good."

Hai Wen only liked this title, he laughed and said: "This is very good, I will tell them that I was once an exile—an exile, the guardian of Bear Mountain, this is very good."

Ramon said: "Yes, besides that, there is also your legal title, let me sort it out, um..." He pondered for a moment, and then tried to say: "The person who came to Mustang Field today is Mondali The vassal of the sub-family, the guardian of Bear Mountain appointed by the Marquis, the king of wild horses, the murderer of monsters, the man of truth, the cold-blooded judge, the exile, the guardian of Bear Castle—” He took a big breath, Gao cried, "Haven Ambleside!"

The people around immediately applauded, and Haiwen couldn't help laughing, and said, "When you arrive at Mustang Castle in a while, just shout like that!"

"Yes, my lord!" Ramon's eyes lit up excitedly.

So they walked toward Castle Mustang.Compared to the imposing Bear Castle, Baron Mustang's castle is just a copycat.Five hundred soldiers broke in, enough to crush this tiny place.

When the army approached the walled city, chaos broke out there.The outer city of the Baron's castle is not big, that is, a small town with a population of more than 1000, just halfway to Mustang Town.The outer city was surrounded by two-person-high wooden spike fences and protruding wooden spikes to keep horses away. At this moment, the baron's soldiers quickly closed the city gate, and then boarded the sentry tower and blew the horn.Seeing them closing the city gate, Haiwen was not in a hurry. He asked the army to stop at the gate, and then gestured to Ramon.

Ramon has just grown up, when he is full of energy, his voice is very sonorous.I heard him shout: "The person who came to the wild horse land today is the vassal of the Mondalia family, the guardian of Bear Mountain appointed by the Marquis, the king of wild horses, the murderer of fierce demons, the person who holds the truth, the cold-blooded judge, and the exile. The guardian of Bear Castle—Haven Ambleside!"

With this shout, many soldiers in the walled city were dumbfounded.A group of people who were at war with each other on the wooden thorn fence originally whispered to each other. After a while, a soldier wearing an iron helmet came and asked Haiwen, "Who are you?"

Haiwen didn't speak, and Charles next to him went up and pointed at the man and scolded: "Presumptuous! The Sir came here in person, and you didn't go out of the city to greet him, and you closed the gate? Where is the Baron Mustang? He is still a vassal of Bear Mountain, and he understands Do you not understand the etiquette in the Gulf?"

The captain's face was very ugly, "We..." He pondered for a moment, his throat twitched, "The Earl of Bear Mountain is Mani Chris! We have never heard of the Earl of Ambside! We only know about the exile Ambse De, and the rebel Ambside!" With such a roar, he seemed to regain a little courage, and he pointed at Haven and said loudly, "You are a rebel! Mustang Land will not surrender to the rebels."

Haven said: "Call the baron out, and show him my legal appointment, with the red stamp of Stormwind on it."

"You don't want to murder the Lord! If you dare to fight, we will fight you villain to the end!"

At this time, Brian came up and shouted: "I am the commander of the Bear Mountain Defense Army, Brian the Bear! Tell Baron Mustang to come out to meet me, I know him!"

The man's face froze, and he immediately went back to report, and after a while, he ran back and said, "My lord has said it! Bear Brian is also a rebel, so he will never be seen! If you..." He said that his face was ashen at this moment, stiff Scalp and continued: "If we attack the city, we must fight to the death!"

Brian cursed angrily, and Haiwen thought to himself: Even if he really showed the letter of appointment to the baron, he would not believe it—this fellow dare not leave the castle, so if this is the case, he has to be tough.

Haven said to Brian: "General, show them your weapons."

Brian's eyes lit up, and he said, "That's right! Why did I forget!" After that, he waved, "Bring the bed crossbow!"

Then ten people came over pushing two bed crossbows. Although these things were not the dragon tendon bed crossbows of Xiongshan City, they were still very powerful.These two machines were found underground in Bear Castle, and they were rotten due to the age. They were not used in Bear Mountain before, and no one knew how to repair them, so they had been placed in the ground to rot.Later, Little Hammer found out about this, so he repaired these two big killers with reference to the structure of the dragon tendon bed crossbow, and brought them to the army for use.

These two bed crossbows are one size smaller than the dragon tendon bed crossbow, but they are easy to shoot through this wooden city.So when they appeared on the stage, there was a burst of exclamation from Mustang City.

Hai Wen patted a bed crossbow, and said: "I think you all know what it is! It's as powerful as a monster and can't resist its shelling. Do you think your broken fence can hold it? That rotten city gate can carry it!" Can I survive? Besides the bed crossbow, I also have [-] warriors from Xiongshan. The Xiongshan warriors are known to be brave and good at fighting! And what about you? You are just a bunch of untrained militiamen, can you stop them? "

The captain with the iron helmet was too frightened to speak, and stood behind the wooden fence with his eyes straightened.At this moment, Baron Mustang's roar came from the fence: