Chapter 587 Western Exploration Team 2
What should we call these horned humanoid creatures? Grant looked at the tauren priest with questioning eyes.
Egbert replied with some helplessness: "Superior species, this is what we call them."
Superior species? Hearing that this name seemed to have the connotation of some kind of advanced race, Grant looked at the priest with even more confusion.
"Yes, they are indeed a more powerful and advanced race." Egbert admitted, "Before the ancient times, the ancestors of the superior species once led our ancestors, Battle with ancient evils ”
demon? Is this some ancient myth?
“Who are the demons you are talking about?”
“The demons are the legendary enemies of all races on this continent. They once enslaved us and oppressed us until all races rose up to resist. The Demon Gate that drove them into the far north has since left our world, and their traces have never been found again.”
Egbert’s narration reminded Grant. The legend of the war between humans and demons is common in all human countries in the old continent. It seems that in the legend, there is a gate to hell in the far north of the continent. If the gate of hell is opened, things like devils will be released. Join them before they set off. Earl Heller even mentioned this legend to Captain Stanford of the Northern Exploration Team in a serious manner at the grand banquet.
Isn’t this right? Could it be that there really was such a terrible race in ancient times, wreaking havoc everywhere in this world, so that both the civilized races in the New World and the Old World still have terrible memories of them?
How did they do it? When mankind was still ignorant, did this evil race master the ability to sail across the ocean and wander around the world at will? If they were so powerful, how could they fail in the face of primitive humans—and now it seems there may be other races?
Egbert sighed and continued to introduce the stories that happened on this continent. "Legends say that demons generally have steel claws, and some have steel heads and steel bodies. What's even more frightening is that some alien demons have two arms and four legs. These alien demons can use their Four legs galloping like flying, while using their two arms to wield steel claws to fight."
While the tauren priest was describing, Grenn was also describing the image of the devil in his mind. Especially the alien demon mentioned by the other party, with two arms and four legs? Running like flying? There are legends about centaurs in the Old World, which also have two arms and four legs. Although no one has ever actually seen a centaur, there is no legend that mentions that centaurs have steel claws, steel heads, and steel bodies.
“At the beginning, the various races that were just flesh and blood were unable to resist them. It was not until the upper species that I just mentioned awakened the power of God that they had the power to fight the devils.”< br>
God...the power of God?
Grant's eyes widened when he heard this. Could what Egbert said be magic, witchcraft or something like that? On the continent where he came from, that thing was a taboo. When his fleet set off, Jiaowan was still engaged in some kind of witch hunt.
Just listen to the tauren priest say: "The generation of divine power allows the superior species to show incredible abilities, such as the ability to spray flames, release thunder and lightning, change the weather, and make the enemy hallucinate. ”
Okay, okay! Egbert thought to himself, it seems that he guessed it right, isn't this witchcraft? The Inquisition in the church back home must have loved these ram-horned men.
Gern doesn't want to call them a superior species in his heart, so let's call them "goat people".
“The various special abilities brought by the power of God offset the advantages of the demons—their steel claws, steel heads, steel bodies, and those alien demons that ran as fast as flying. So, the upper hand The species gradually gained leadership status among all the races that fought against the demons. They made good use of this status to unite all races to fight against the demons, and finally expelled the demons into the demon gate. "So. Said that the goat people still have great benefits to other races, Grant asked strangely: "If this is the case, how did they become your enemies?"
Priest Egbert sighed longly and continued: "Even a few years ago, the upper races were not what they are now. After the war against the demons, the leaders of each race They gathered together to discuss future arrangements. The upper races have made great contributions and made huge sacrifices to expel demons. They deserve to enjoy the greatest fruits of victory. This is recognized by all races. They all admit that the superior species can exclusively enjoy the land in the south, while the land in the north is shared by various other races, including ours. In the long time since then, although there have been occasional conflicts between various races. There was friction, but the continent still maintained overall peace."
"However, just five years ago, the superior species on the southern land suddenly changed their attitude and began to continuously send troops to the northern land. "
Glen asked: "Why?"
Egbert's face was full of sadness, "According to the people who escaped from the south, they They were captured and made slaves. The upper species split into three large tribes and countless small tribes during the long inheritance. Recently, fierce wars broke out among them, and a large number of tribesmen became soldiers, which required a lot of work. people, so they adopted the method of plundering slaves from the northern continent.”
"This is really... so shameless."
In order to comfort Egbert, Grant scolded the guys he named "goatmen", but he knew in his heart that under his own On the continent where my hometown is located, this phenomenon is extremely normal.
"Egbert, I..." Grant said hesitantly.
"Oh, my friend. I didn't ask you to do anything. I know that your number is too small. Even if you stay, it won't change anything." The cow's face opposite showed Grant's sincere attitude made him a little ashamed.
"Indeed, well, I'm really sorry anyway."
Grant's face turned red. It would have been nice if he was a free adventurer, but now he was a subordinate of Count Paul Grayman and could not overstep what he had promised to the Big Stream Tribe.
"I will leave a batch of swords for you to use."
In the end, Grant still felt that he should do something, "Then I can only wish you good luck."
Egbert looked at him and said: "Thank you for your blessing, our guest from across the ocean."
(End of this chapter)