The legendary path of the abandoned half-elf

The dispatcher smiled bitterly and said: "Miss Blood Beast, the Hill of Despair is not a good place. If you want to find teammates there, you have to find them in the nearest city."

"Okay." Lorenno sighed. It was indeed difficult to find a good teammate.

The half-elf left the mission office, and a captivating gaze in the shadow stared at Lorenno and Elsa, but the two people with strong senses were unaware of this.

She is a high-level assassin in the Federation. She has been hiding in the empire. She has assassinated geniuses in the empire many times with outstanding results. She was the one sent to assassinate Lorenno.

The half-elf gradually moved away, and the assassin followed her quietly, preparing to assassinate Lorenno at night.

She didn't notice that there was someone hiding behind her.

Shadow Crow looked at the federal assassins indifferently, took out the glass bottle and looked at the two people leaving. The blood was hammering against the wall of the bottle like a war drum. If the glass bottle was not specially made, I am afraid that the blood in it would have broken through the confinement and flown to Lorenno. .

"Found you, Your Highness."

Shadow Crow said softly, then put away the bottle and pulled out the dagger with blood patterns.

In short, clean up the dangerous things first and then report to His Majesty.

Killing intent flashed in her eyes, and only the blood-red mist was left on the spot. The next moment, she came behind the assassin and stabbed the dagger straight into the heart of the federal assassin, destroying all the passively activated multi-layer magic shields.

"!!"

Before the assassin could react effectively, Shadow Crow grabbed her head and shoulders and gave her a hard squeeze, and the whole head was torn off by it!

The corpse that fell to the ground turned into red mist and was absorbed by the crow tattoo on Shadow Crow's hand. Bloody light flowed through the surface of the tattoo. She followed Lorenno instead of the federal assassin. As for the head, she put it into the dimensional bag. , then take it back or send it there.

……

"Ok?"

Lorenno paused and looked around.

"What's wrong?!" Elsa asked, hugging Lorenno's arm.

"……nothing."

Just now, the psychic power seemed to notice something that made it close.

Watching Loreno enter the hotel, Shadow Crow found the city guardhouse and moved in. He immediately knelt down on one knee and opened the unique communication crystal in his hand to contact His Majesty.

Shadow Crow has the authority to speak directly to His Majesty, without even going through the communications department.

The video was connected, and the queen without any clothes was lying on a big bed. There were many sounds of breathing beside her. Shadow Crow immediately lowered his head: "Your Majesty, I have found what you are looking for."

The Queen immediately stood up, patted the people around her and stood up from the bed. After getting out of bed, she put on her coat and entered the study.

"who is it?"

"It's the girl you heard about..."

Just as Shadow Crow was about to say something, the Emperor raised his hand to stop her.He started guessing with interest: "Have I heard my child's name? Is it a girl?"

"And a title."

"Hmm..." A series of names flashed through the Queen's mind while she was leaning on the chair, and she immediately locked onto one of them. "Will use blood-related

Ability, I've heard, girls. "

"Then there is only one," the Queen leaned forward, "that [Indifferent Blood Beast] Miss Lorenno?"

Chapter 201 The crow ordered to protect

The emperor had doubts about her, but the information stated that her ability was obtained from a sword, which made the queen just doubtful. Neko's statement that she could use psychic powers only increased the emperor's suspicion, until Now that the news about Shadow Crow came, she could be sure.

"Yes."

An expectant smile appeared on the emperor's face: "What kind of person is she?"

"I just found her, and I don't know yet," Shadow Crow reported truthfully, "whether I will tell her her identity and bring Her Highness back to the capital."

The Queen closed her eyes after hearing Shadow Crow's suggestion and fell into deep thought. She had learned about Lorenno from others. Mira, Neko, and the Intelligence Department knew that this was a very good child.

However, the great emperor hesitated.

She... couldn't tell how to face this child, and she was also a little worried about how the child would treat her.

"There's no rush," the Queen opened her eyes and said, "She's going to participate in the Empire Tournament, isn't she? Let her come here on her own and give her some time to prepare."

Or give me some preparation time.

The emperor, who made up his mind to go to Neike to understand the situation, calmed down his excitement, looked at Shadow Crow and said: "Well done, my lovely Finoa."

Upon hearing the name, Shadow Crow's face turned red, his eyes became excited, and he lowered his body to show respect: "Thank you for your praise!"

"Now I give you another task," the Queen said softly, "Join their team to protect her."

"There is no need to observe her or tell me what she has done. I want to see for myself what kind of person she is after she comes to me."

Shadow Crow responded enthusiastically: "I obey your orders - my master, my god!"

……

After the communication ended, the queen, wearing only her outer clothes, let her long hair flow freely, recalling the appearance in Lorenno's portrait and walked back to the palace.

The child was neither like her nor like another person.

Thinking of his other mother, the emperor narrowed his eyes and drew a charming smile on his lips: "I'm looking forward to it, dear Vifrance, how will you feel when you see her during the competition."

By the time she stepped into the confused room, someone had already jumped on the queen's back from behind the door: "Master, meow~, where have you been, meow~"

Neko's eyes were blurred and he licked the Queen's neck with his tongue. The few powerful legends on the bed had already calmed down. His Majesty the Emperor was not in the mood to start the second round. He patted his cat's forehead and said: "Go to bed, I'm tired. "

"You said someone is going to the Hill of Despair?"

After having a good rest and taking a hot bath with Elsa, Lorenno wanted to pick up a mission before setting off for the new day. Unexpectedly, the dispatcher told her that someone was going to the Hill of Despair.

Lorenno expressed doubts about this. He just came yesterday to ask, and someone is going to go today. It seems to be purposeful.

"Then where is he?"

The dispatcher put his head in and said, "You were here just now, Miss Finoa! Miss Finoa!"

"Is there a problem?"

The cold wind blew by, Lorenno jumped forward and quickly looked back. The girl wearing a pure black assassin costume (the kind worn by Evie in Assassin's Creed Syndicate) looked at her coldly.

The half-elf girl was sweating coldly. She didn't realize where this person was coming from just now, which was rare. She asked carefully: "Dare I ask who you are?"

"Finoa, a level 17 assassin, is going to the Hill of Despair to explore the elven ruins, Miss Lorenno."

The girl named Finoa approached Lorenno and opened the opening of his clothes to show her. She suddenly realized after seeing a medal.

Mira taught her to identify the imperial status medals, and the medals shown by Fenoa represented that she was a prosecutor traveling in various cities.

"If you don't believe me, you can go to the city guard station with me to check my information."

"Okay, if it's true, let's go to the Hill of Despair together, Miss Finoa."

Lorenno quickly agreed. This was a high-level assassin, so of course she had to hug her thighs tightly.

……

After going to the city guard station to retrieve information, Lorenno confirmed her identity, looked at the detailed introduction above and reached out to Finoa: "Please give me more advice, Miss Finoa."

"Ah."

The assassin looked at Lorenno with red pupils, held the half-elf's hand, shook it a few times and let go. After coming out of the city guardhouse, he asked: "Why did you go to the Hill of Despair."

"Isn't the big game coming soon?" Lorenno said. "I'm going to the wilderness to practice and try to improve my strength as soon as possible."

"……come on."

Finoa didn't seem to know what to say, so she said dryly, "Come on, come on." Lorenno accepted it readily.

She would not be angry at Miss Assassin's cold appearance. Information from the City Guard stated that Finoa had this personality.

Driving the carriage slowly out of the city, Lorenno looked carefully at Finoa's appearance. Her red eyes and blood-red hair always made her feel like she had seen her before somewhere. When she thought about it carefully, she remembered the color of her eyes after she activated her psychic powers. and hair color will also change in this direction.

Loreno and Finoa looked at each other in silence. Elsa acted as a mediator and broke the awkward atmosphere by saying: "Miss Finoa, you are

Imperial officials? "

"Yes."

"Then what do you usually do?"

"kill."

The environment on the carriage turned cold, and Aisha's eyes widened: "Is the prosecutor's job of killing people?!"

"Yes," Finoya explained, "Generally speaking, the places prosecutors want to inspect are cities or towns that have been identified as problematic. We can kill them after getting instructions from above, including nobles and officials. , cultists, thugs, bandits, robbers, etc.”

With One Hundred Thousand Whys talking, the atmosphere was finally no longer dull. After a while, Aisha asked the key thing: "Is there any news from the twelve legendary ruins?"

"The Empire and the Church of Endless Light have already found it," Finoa said. "The elves haven't come to the door yet. I'm afraid the deciphering work hasn't been completed yet."

"Their laboratory is located underground. The test site is extremely large, about 5 square kilometers. The height is not yet clear. I am afraid it is very deep."

Miss Assassin took out the intelligence letter and said: "Now we have only entered the outer perimeter. There are hundreds of constructed creatures and undead creatures in the outer perimeter alone, and their flesh and blood experiments are also mixed among them."

Finoa moved her red hair behind her ears and pulled off her leather gloves: "Let me ask first, don't you want to enter the laboratory?"

"Of course not," Lorenno immediately shook his head, "I am a low-level professional, how can I risk my life and get involved in such a thing? Of course I am just training in the Hill of Despair."

"That's good."

The legends on both sides have not yet arrived, and both the Empire and the Endless Light are advancing slowly. Fenoa may not be able to save Lorenno, who hopes to move towards the ruins.

Chapter 202 The Hill of Despair

Leaving the unknown town, Lorenno followed the map and followed the road to the Hill of Despair. The surrounding area gradually became desolate, and the sky became darker and darker even in the morning.

"What's going on? Why has it turned black?"

Elsa asked as she stuck her head out and looked at the cloudy sky.

"The characteristic of the Hill of Despair is that it is always in darkness."

After years of research by the mage, the influence of the turbulent flow of magic has caused the Hill of Despair to be surrounded by water vapor all year round, even though there are no mountains around it. Therefore, it is always in extremely rainy weather. People living there can only see it for more than a month in summer. to the sun.

At the same time, because of this characteristic, negative energy accumulates in this terrain that looks like a plain, but the weather and climate are actually basins. It is a favorite place for undead creatures and other creatures that crave negative energy. The empire has not been able to clean up the cultists until now. and the devil hiding in the town.

"Be careful when you go in," Finoa warned. "Except for the churches of the three good gods, basically all churches with an order biased toward evil are stationed here. The town is also very dangerous."

The turbulent flow of magic makes it difficult for mages to construct spells (terrain effect: cast spells only when intelligence is >14, concentration die difficulty +1), and the accumulation of negative energy makes it difficult for priests of the good camp to seek help from positive energy (terrain effect: positive energy -1, Negative energy +1).

Only warlocks are unaffected here, and priests and certain warlocks who use negative energy can also get boosts.

"By the way, are there vampires and Eyeless Cultists in the Hill of Despair? The Eyeless Ones and I are basically at the level of mortal enemies. I don't know if the vampires have put me on the hunted list. There is also the Federation. I originally thought they would send killers here. , and as a result, there has been no movement until now.”

Fenoa said calmly: "Yes, and there are many more. The only lands that the empire can provide for these cultists to grow are the private lands of the nobles and these dangerous areas. There is a legendary vampire family in this place where it is difficult to see the sun. The place where the sightless person you mentioned seems to be looking for something here."

"Based on some historical information, the twelve legends captured three or four legendary beholders for experiments. I'm afraid it is very important to the Eyeless who hope to fill their vacancies with the eyes of the same race."

Through the collection of books in the Church of Endless Light, Lorenno gradually understood why the Eyeless Ones were looking for all kinds of eyes. It was not only for the special functions or bloodlines in the eyes of different creatures, but also to fill in their own imperfections.

Originally a beholder trying to become a god, it was naturally attacked by the mother of beholders. It fell from a false god to a quasi-god. Misfortunes never come singly. It was then beaten violently by the demon lord of the bottomless abyss, consuming all the energy in its body. The eyes barely escaped, and in order to save his life, he had to transform himself into the Dead Eye Tyrant.

Having lost its eyes, it was extremely empty due to the broken body, so it searched for eyes to fill itself, and turned the original church into the current Eyeless Church.

After searching for so long, its most important main eye has still not been found. The legendary beholder is difficult to kill or catch, so we can only develop in another direction while searching -

It wants to accumulate the number of eyeballs and put them all into its own eye sockets.

Lorenno imagined that scene, with hundreds of eyes embedded in one eye socket. The beholder was already disgusting, but the Eyeless Man would definitely be even more disgusting after he accomplished his goal.

After entering the Hill of Despair, it was really dangerous and unhelpful. The half-elf girl made up her mind to be more careful, and they also needed to find a spellcaster to form a temporary team of four.

In the dark wilderness, the sound of the carriage wheels turning was particularly clear, beneath the loose soil

Something was stirring up in my mind.

Lorenno breathed in the air with a rotten smell. She felt a little uncomfortable due to her sensitive senses. The magic in the air moved randomly. The extraordinary perception brought the magic sensor organ to smell various smells. The strongest one was the smell of death.

"No wonder it's called the Hill of Despair. Where did these undead creatures come from?"

Looking at the slowly crawling zombies and the ghouls running towards them, Lorenno was a little frightened.

It's not that I'm afraid of these monsters, but there are too many of them, and I don't know how many people have died here.

Finoa pulled out the bright silver thread from the glove and said: "There are two theories. One is that this was a battlefield where many countries fought before the rise of the empire, and then a legendary lich took advantage of this to make this place become like this."