Chapter 645 646. News about the Lich
Roy looked at the dilapidated camp in front of him and realized that the stone mountain mentioned by the stall owner was not even a hill...
The dark land is filled with endless black sand. It is rare to see a pile of stones. It is like a flag in the vast sea of sand, with only part of the top exposed under the cover of black sand.
A dilapidated camp was set up around a pile of sand. Most of these tents were extremely dilapidated and looked like a refugee camp.
This place is even more dilapidated than the unknown demon hunting camp just now, making the 'Knights Templar' somewhat shabby.
There is a flag on the pile of stones. There is no wind in the black sand sea. The worn flag hangs dejectedly on the flagpole.
The flagpole was obviously a broken spear that had been wrapped again with strips of cloth.
Next to the flag is a lookout, and a human soldier stands on the lookout. Since the surrounding terrain is flat, you can see far away from the lookout.
Magister Elaud came over with Roy and Leah, and fell into the observer's eyes very early.
However, they did not dodge and walked straight to the front of the camp.
A middle-aged human in a robe stood in front of them. He was probably in his forties. His eyes were on Magister Elaud. He waited until the three of them came over and then took the initiative to say:
"Dear magician, why are you here?"
Because Magister Ellaud was a Silver Moon Elf, he spoke Elvish.
The Elvish language with a weird accent was hard and a little blurry, but everyone could understand what he was saying.
Magister Elaud only nodded slightly to him, and then said:
"I want to visit your group leader and get some information about dark monsters from him."
The middle-aged human did not ask them to wait outside the camp, but said directly: "Please come in."
He led the three of them into the dilapidated camp. These tents had completely faded.
The camp was almost full of human warriors wearing robes. They were sitting in tents and resting. When Roy and the others walked in, they did not peek out of the tent to watch. It was obvious that they were well-educated humans.
"This way...please!"
The middle-aged human led Magister Ellaud into a tent. Before Magister Ellaud entered the tent, he asked Roy and Leah to wait outside.
The camp was filled with humans in dirty robes, at least several hundred of them.
It was much more lively than the demon hunting camp just now.
Roy also knew why they were not welcome in the demon hunting camp. If they lived in the demon hunting camp, the entire demon hunting camp might be changed to their names.
There is an extreme lack of water in the Dark Land. The robes worn by these humans have not been starched for a long time and have become as hard as leather.
Magister Elaud walked into a certain narrow tent. In addition to two boxes, there was only a circle of chairs in this tent.
A human knight was sitting on a chair, flipping through a book. Magister Elaud could tell at a glance that what he was holding was a book of prayers. The human knight was fascinated by it...
"Captain, this elf magician wants to see you!"
The middle-aged human who brought in Magister Elaud said to the human knight.
Magister Elaud's eyes fell on the human knight and saw that he was wearing a silver armor, but the armor was very old and badly worn in many places.
"I am Jeroin, the leader of the Knights Templar." Captain Jeroin put down the prayer book in his hand and said to Magister Elaud.
Then he stared at Magister Ellaud for a long time, and then the expression on his face became serious and his eyes became sharp:
"You are an Elf Magister? This is really rare in the dark land."
Magister Elaud did not expect that the other party could see through his identity at a glance.
"I wonder what you want from me?" Captain Jeroin continued to ask.
Magister Elaud said calmly:
"We are from the Elf Continent, and we are here to hunt down the Lich, but we have too little information. This time we come to visit, we also want to ask you for information about the Lich."
Captain Jeroin said in surprise:
"Lich?"
However, Captain Jeroin seemed to have thought that Elaud was a magician, and it didn't seem surprising that a third-level master hunted a level 6 monster.
Then he took out a roll of maps from the shelf nearby and laid them directly on the two wooden boxes.
A hand-drawn map immediately appeared in front of Magister Elaud. In addition to a clear expedition route, this hand-drawn map also showed the distribution of monsters on the edge of Haiti and some vague boundary lines.
It can be seen that this demon hunting group called the 'Knights Templar' has explored a large area of the edge of Haiti.
Captain Jeroin continued:
"Haiti has indeed been seen here. It is only about five days away from us. This place has been occupied by a lich. It is very powerful and has thousands of minions around it, including some ghouls and ghosts. Usually, Hidden in a dark mist, it is the most powerful dark monster in this area. According to my estimation, it must be at least as strong as a level six monster. "
He didn't even put forward any conditions to Magister Elaud, and just said this information directly.
Moreover, Magister Elaud was asked to come to the front of the map. Captain Jeroin pointed at the area and described the situation of the lich in detail.
Magister Ellaud put his fist to his mouth, coughed twice before saying:
"Ahem, that's true. It was a level six lich. We happened to come here and it has been taken care of by us. Do you know any information about other lichs?"
"Has it been solved?" Captain Jeroin was a little dumbfounded. He thought about it carefully before saying:
"In addition to that lich, I also know two lichs entrenched in Haiti, but they are very far away from here, and we only know some information and have never explored them, so I don't know them either. I still don’t know the specific situation.”
This time his tone became a little uncertain, but he still pointed out the specific location to Magister Elaud.
"Here...well, there is also here. When we entered Haiti to hunt for monsters, our people did encounter it. This thing was not the target of our hunting, so we stayed away from it."
Speaking of avoiding it, it was obvious that it was a scene. Magister Elaud knew without thinking that they must have fled immediately after seeing the lich from a distance.
Magister Elaud took out his map from his arms and marked it on his map according to the location pointed out by Captain Jeroin.
"That's so much appreciated."
Magister Elaud thanked Captain Jeroin.
Captain Jeroin saw a route deep into Haiti drawn on Magister Elaud's map, and took the opportunity to ask:
“Have you ever been to the center of Haiti?”
"Well, we just came out of there!" Magister Elaud admitted.
Captain Jeroin asked: "What did you see over there?"
For some reason, Magister Ellaud felt that there was a suppressed excitement in Jeroin's tone when he asked this question. "There is an abyss there that is constantly swallowing up the entire Haiti, and a lot of sand is flowing into that abyss..."
Magister Elaud said truthfully.
"That's true. The Bishop said back then that the Land of Darkness was collapsing. It seems to be true! It's a pity that we have never been able to cross Haiti and take a look at the abyss..."
Captain Jeroin’s tone was full of frustration…
Magister Elaud actually wanted to talk a little more about the abyss, but unfortunately he couldn't talk about the frost dragon treasure, so he couldn't continue.
We can't tell each other that we found a frost dragon treasure and found a priest's bones inside...
As for thanks…
Magister Elaud was also ready. He took out two bundles of high-quality life potions directly from his magic pocket and placed them on the wooden box.
"Captain Jeroin, thank you very much for providing me with this information. This gift is my gratitude to you!"
Captain Jeroin was stunned for a moment when he saw Magister Elaud carrying out two bundles of precious life potions.
He is a bit confused...
Do Silver Moon elves always choose life potions when giving gifts to express their gratitude?
…
Roy and Leah were waiting outside the tent. Magister Elaud was talking about things inside. The two of them did not wait at the entrance of the tent, but wandered around the camp casually.
Inside the camp, some dried meat hung on ropes outside the tent, blown into black dried meat strips by the wind.
A worn-out water-gathering magic scroll was stuck to the stone wall. Water droplets continued to drip down the stone wall and fell into the small iron bucket placed below.
Several humans gathered around a bonfire, put the biltong in their hands into the fire to roast, then cut off a small piece with a dagger, put it into their mouths while it was slightly hot, chewed it hard, and then drank some water. Swallow it into your stomach.
These humans did this, and Roy and Leah stood aside and watched.
They saw Roy and Leah standing nearby. A human reached out and handed Roy a biltong. Roy quickly waved his hand and refused:
"Thank you, I only eat fruit and fish."
Instead, Leah reached out and took a piece of dried meat, without even saying 'thank you', she put it to her mouth and took a bite.
This was the first time Roy saw Leah eating meat, and he asked doubtfully:
"Aren't you a mixed elf? Why do you eat meat?"
Leah put the dried meat under her nose and smelled it vigorously, and said: "I am a half-elf like you, but my elf characteristics are more obvious. Who said half-elves can't eat meat? In the dark land, I can't." What else can we eat with these things? This is the dried meat of the snake-necked iguana. The meat is very good, and there isn’t much dark energy in it.”
"..."
Roy didn't know what to say. In fact, he occasionally wanted to eat barbecue, but his living habits in the past few years and the friends around him gradually made him give up this idea.
The people sitting next to the campfire heard the two talking in Elvish and asked in blunt Elvish:
"You're not human?"
Leah explained for Roy: "He is a half-elf who grew up in the elven country and is used to the life of elves."
The man seemed to smell a different scent on Roy and asked in surprise: "Are you a priest?"
Roy could understand the Elvish language he spoke, nodded, and stretched out his hand. A ball of holy light immediately appeared in his palm, and the ball of light appeared very soft.
Several humans looked at Roy at the same time, with a hint of kindness in their eyes.
The man quickly stopped Roy and said to him:
"Quickly, don't waste the power of the Holy Light here. Use a little and a little less."
Then he kindly pulled Roy and Leah to the campfire, and everyone made room for them to sit down.
"So, you came from the Elf Continent? We have also contacted the priests from the Elf Continent. They..."
The people sitting next to the campfire immediately reminded: "Tanarasso, why are you talking to these two children?"
The man quickly explained: "They came from the Elf Continent, and he is also a priest."
However, he no longer mentioned the matter of the priests of the Elf Continent.
Leah also followed the example of these people, roasting the dried meat on the fire, then peeling off a piece and putting it in her mouth to chew hard.
"I heard from people in the demon hunting camp that your demon hunting group is called the Knights Templar?" Roy asked curiously.
"This is our original name, but there is actually a number behind it, but we don't need it now." The man explained, with a little bitterness on his face.
The other people sitting around the bonfire also seemed a little unnatural, and the atmosphere instantly became dull.
Neither party continued the conversation on the topic.
They served their Leah with biltong, and Roy took out some preserved fruits to find them. This preserved fruit pickled with honey and maple syrup is a delicious and easy-to-carry food, but it is not like the elf. Biscuits are so famous.
Elf biscuits are the elves' regular marching rations on the battlefield. One meal can last at least a week without eating, which is very magical.
These people may not have eaten sweets for a long time. Even if each person was given a small piece of apricot, they would put it to their lips and lick it, then put it in their arms with great treasure and refused to take another bite. .
"This is really good stuff. I haven't tasted this sweet taste for a long time." The man smiled and thanked Roy.
Roy and him were chatting casually about insignificant things when they saw a group of people carrying stretchers walking in from outside the camp. Everyone gathered around the campfire and sat down.
"Did you send them all back to the demon hunting camp?"
the man asked the human warrior who had just sat down.
The human warrior Roy saw them when they left the demon hunting camp and saw them carrying a stretcher into the camp.
The human warrior looked very tired and sat down on the sand and said:
"Well, those few are too seriously injured and we can't save them. Besides carrying them back, what else can we do..."
"If you ask me, we shouldn't rescue them. They are not strong as a team, and they still take risks. If they have an accident, they have to ask us to rescue them. That guy Tang En's heart is completely dark. If he succeeds in hunting, he will earn a fortune. If you fail, you will abandon those who are injured. Why should we help him?"
Someone immediately reminded:
"Hey, hey, hey, just complain a few words. Don't you see there are still guests here?"
At this time, Magister Elaud had negotiated things in the tent and was sent out personally by Captain Jeroin.
Magister Elaud took Roy and Leah out of the 'Knights Templar' camp.
(End of chapter)