Chapter 194: Rumors of the Witch, the Sword of the Three Kings
Night falls.
Yeats, Gray, Beowulf, and Helga return to Fengqi Town together.
To summarize this hunting trip, we have recruited two three-ring extraordinary beings, who will be the backbone of Chenshuang Ridge that cannot be ignored.
In addition, the cooking of flying dragon meat into dishes contributed to Snow Leopard's promotion.
Two rare props, the Blue Fire Dragon Bow and the Soulcaller's Lantern, enriched Yeats' equipment arsenal.
The bounty on the flying dragon is as high as 700 gold coins, which is also a huge sum of money for the Baron Yeats.
This gold coin will be handed over to the Adventurer's Guild by the lord of Fengqi Town, and the guild will pay it to Yeats and draw a commission from it.
You don’t have to worry about the other party defaulting on your debt, there are many sixth-ring masters in the Adventurer’s Guild. It is the consensus of those who offer rewards that they would rather break the promise than break the contract.
On the way back, Gray could not restrain her curiosity and asked Beowulf about the origin of his familiar:
"How come you, a lynx, can still speak human language?"
There are indeed magical beasts that can speak human language, but they are rare after all, and most of these magical beasts have extraordinary bloodlines.
There are also cases where people who were originally humans were cursed by the transfiguration spell and could only maintain the body of an animal, so they could speak human language.
Obviously, the lynx does not belong to these two situations. After looking at each other with Beowulf, the strong man in bearskin told the whole story:
"When I was young , once accidentally entered the hag's hut and found it in the hag's alchemy room."
"The hag did a lot of alchemical experiments on it, forcing it to learn human words for fun."
Beowulf gently stroked the lynx's back on his shoulder, as if to soothe its low mood.
"When I found it, it was already dying. After I killed the hag, I used honey to replenish its strength..."
Beowulf grinned, showing his honest expression. Smile: "It likes honey as much as I do, so I named it Honey. We are friends who share weal and woe!"
"Friends..."
Yeats felt Feitan's low murmur coming from the demon pet plane, and he felt deeply about this word.
"Feitan, what exactly is a hag?" Yeats asked.
"Let me think about it..."
"...Do you remember it?"
Feitan is like a search engine with serious lag. It took a long time before he gave an answer.
"They are evil spirits that essentially no longer belong to humans."
Feitan said slowly: "They will brutally kill other races, and their way of reproduction is to eat human baby girls. And he gave birth to a ghost baby and sent it to the original family to raise him. When the ghost baby grows up to be thirteen years old, he will become a new hag."
Yeats frowned upon hearing this.
“Nearly a thousand years ago, after Lorraine killed the Lich King, he ordered his Templar Knights to tour the kingdom to hunt down lichs, hags, beholders and other evil creatures.”
Feitan said: "Although hags are rare nowadays, they are not completely extinct. They will use illusions to cover up their true appearance and lair, and they are filthy and filthy creatures."
I have heard a lot of Lorraine's legendary deeds. It can be said that Lorraine's contribution is indelible for human beings to gain a foothold in the Midgard Continent, which is full of evil spirits and monsters.
Yeats could not help but conjure up a scene in his mind, in which the Emperor of Lorraine was dictating for eternity and looking evil -
"The human world is filthy again."
"I encountered at that time The first three rings are the hags, and winning is extremely dangerous." Beowulf was still frightened, "Fortunately, Honey told me about the hag's weakness at that time, so I was able to survive to this day."
Yeats said: "If you remember correctly. In addition to the shield, my ancestors should also have a sword? Why don’t I see you using that giant sword?”
The Giant's Sword, the huge long sword that appears in "Beowulf", is said to be a very large sword that can only be used by the giants. It is an epic weapon on the same level as Pan's Flute.
Among the four great epics of the Atrium, as famous as the Giant's Sword are Roland's "Eternal Blade" in "Song of Roland" and Sigurd's "Sword in the Trees" in "Edda" ”.
Sigurd, like Beowulf, is a dragon-slaying warrior who can be included in the epic, at least with the strength of the holy realm.
Beowulf nodded calmly and said: "The Baron is indeed knowledgeable and knowledgeable. To be honest, this sword... its whereabouts are unknown, and I am still looking for it."
"The sword There are always flaws, and a sword that is stronger than the giant's sword is by your side." The voice of Feitan, the wise fish, echoed faintly in the air like the sigh of an old man.
Beowulf looked around in surprise, and then looked at Yeats in confusion:
"Lord Baron, what do you mean by what your companion said?"
< br> "It probably means that the lynx traveling with you will not only become your weakness, but also become the sword in your hand that opens the way forward." Yeats said.
Beowulf looked at the lynx on his shoulder.
"Woo!" (I want to eat cheese!)
At this time, the snow leopard looked up to the sky and howled, destroying the harmonious atmosphere.
Yeats rubbed the snow leopard's head and invited Beowulf to stay at the town palace for a night. The strong man accepted it calmly.
Helga returned to the Manticore Mercenary Group, preparing to announce to the members her decision to go to the northern province and join Baron Yeats.
Having been able to hold the position of leader for many years, Helga's personal prestige was unbelievable. That night, she announced Yeats's deed of killing the flying dragon, and bluntly stated that she would have a wealthy career by following the baron.
In the end, more than 80% of the members of this mercenary group agreed to be included, and the rest were dismissed.
"Have you killed the two-legged dragon?"
With the help of the ancient coins of the Ghost Society, Yeats does not need to spend a lot of mana to use the three-ring short message technique, but can use the one-ring communication technique. Communicate with Crane Doyle.
“It’s only been one day, and the matter has been finished so quickly!” Crane said he was very surprised.
Crane has always recognized the efficiency of Baron Yeats. Commissions and cases that can be completed on the same day will never be left until the next day!
In addition to being a detective, Crane is also a guild-registered adventurer and has information channels from the Adventurer's Guild.
Yeats entrusted him to help find out whether there was a bounty targeting the 'three-ring monster', hoping to take this opportunity to break through the three-ring knight.
Klan pondered for a moment and said apologetically: "I have recently been investigating a case involving the Lake Goblin and the Lake Sword. I am temporarily unable to help you find a commission. Please don't blame me, Baron."
"The Sword in the Lake?"
Yeats was very interested.
The Sword in the Lake, also known as the Broken Steel Sword, is said to be Lorraine's sword.
In the "FATE" series, it is the sword of King Arthur, nicknamed "EX Curry Stick".
In the Zhongting Continent, as famous as the Sword in the Lake, there are the Sword in the Stone and the Sword in the Tree, both known as the 'Sword of the Three Kings'.
The Sword in the Tree was once held by the red-haired king of the North. Legend has it that it was the beloved sword of the dragon-slaying warrior Sigurd. Because it was pulled out from a tree, it was named the Sword in the Tree.
According to legend, the red-haired king created the huge northern empire with this sword, also known as the 'Wrath of God'.
And in Yeats's previous life.
The legend of The Sword in the Tree is older than the Sword in the Stone. The Sword in the Stone can be regarded as a derivative version of The Sword in the Tree.
For example, the protagonist Siegfried in the German epic "The Ring of the Nibelungs" is based on the protagonist Sigurd in the Nordic prose epic "Wolsung Saga". The characteristic is that he slew the evil dragon Fafnir.
Yeats thought secretly:
“Although I know that the Sword in the Lake mentioned by Crane is most likely fake, there is really a need to question the famous Holy Sword!”< br>
"What specific case is it?" Yeats asked.
“In Lake Demir in the central plain, some people recently claimed to have seen the fairy in the lake. According to legend, it was the fairy in the lake who gave the sword in the lake to Emperor Lorraine.”
< br>Crane said: "However, many extraordinary people have disappeared around Demir Lake. Even the Adventurer's Guild has issued a reward to find out the truth."
"I am a detective who can't take any time off. ." Crane smiled, "I just thought about going to Demir Lake."
Lorraine, nicknamed Little King Arthur, even the sword is the same as King Arthur.
Yeats shook his head, thinking that this trip would hopefully allow him to be promoted to a three-ring knight, and said:
"Let me go with you, Lord Crane."
( End of chapter)