Chapter 253 Fort Blood Shadow

The sign is very simple, consisting of branches, vines and a board found at random.

The handwriting on the wooden board was not scribbled, and it could even be said to be fair, but the wooden sign that was erected hastily before the handwriting dried completely, let the bright red liquid flow down.

Immediately, the handwriting became blurred and hideous.

It was like a big mouth that was bloody and bloody.

"Not blood."

"Supposed to be the juice of some kind of berry."

"Furthermore, the other party was in a hurry, and directly wrote down the warning with his finger stained with berry juice—the finger was tough and powerful, and he had already penetrated three points. Most people can't do such a thing!"

After confirming that there were no traps around, Qin Ran walked in and checked the writing on the wooden sign.

The sour feeling coming from his nose told him the source of the bright red liquid.

Which one it is, Qin Ran is not sure.

Although he has the basic skills of [Potion Science], he can memorize the effects of hundreds of plant roots, stems and leaves, but compared with all the plants in nature, it is really not worth mentioning.

Being able to tell that it is berry juice already shows that Kieran has studied the basics of [Potion Science] very hard.

Standing up again, Kieran looked around, looking for more traces, and continued, "Before I left, there was no notice on this wooden sign!"

"The other party put up this wooden notice after I left!"

"And, the other party is sure that we are coming!"

"More importantly, there are no traces, including footprints and fingerprints, left around!"

"This approach of coming and going without a trace, Herbert, do you feel familiar?"

Qin Ran looked at the old scholar as he spoke.

The latter nodded.

"protector!"

"Guardian of the ancient city of Aesop!"

The old scholar said so.

"These pretenders only know how to do some harmless things. If they are really capable, why don't they kill those night monsters!"

Peel looked at the reminder on the wooden sign and said indignantly.

Of course, Kieran knew that the more reason was because the guardian destroyed Herbert's residence.

For Peel, Herbert's residence was naturally his residence.

Simply put, it is home.

And facing a person who destroys your home, no matter whether this person is good or bad, no one will have a good impression of him.

If you don't yell at someone, then you have a good temper.

Peel certainly wasn't in a good mood.

The reason why he didn't yell at him was naturally because he had other plans.

Kieran could see clearly that when referring to these guardians, Pierre's hand never left the hilt of his sword.

Obviously, the old scholar's housekeeper and bodyguard had other more direct plans.

Qin Ran deeply agrees with this.

Although Qin Ran doesn't have a real home.

But this does not prevent Qin Ran from imagining what he would do if someone dared to destroy his home.

If he doesn't destroy the opponent a hundred times from body to soul, he will write Qin characters upside down.

"continue?"

Taking a deep breath, Kieran pointed to the road leading to the ancient city of Aesop ahead.

"certainly!"

The old scholar nodded.

For the next part of the journey, Kieran walked in the forefront again.

Compared with the road when we came, the road covered by the forest in front of us naturally contained more dangers in Kieran's view.

Leaving aside those night monsters, just the guardians who never showed up, Kieran guessed that the other party might be living in seclusion in this forest.

After all, the gold diggers just opened up a road leading to the ancient city of Aesop.

For the entire forest, it is really not worth mentioning.

It is not easy to hide some guardians in a forest as vast as the sea, and even night monsters should be hidden in it!

This is not a guesswork by Qin Ran.

It was deduced based on the attitude of the night monster towards that 'weapon'.

There was just one thing that Kieran was still puzzled about.

As the guardian of the ancient city of Aesop, he should be very familiar with the ancient city of Aesop.

What's in it should be like a treasure.

That 'weapon' was naturally one of them.

With that 'weapon', why did the night monster develop to this point?

unless……

"Inheritance cut off?"

Qin Ran thought of a possibility.

Only this possibility can explain the current situation.

Something must have happened among the guardians, which caused an accident to the knowledge and weapons that should have been passed on, which caused the night monsters to rampant again.

What exactly happened, Kieran had no way of knowing.

But Qin Ran knew very well that the Night Seed Monster and the Guardian must be fighting like fire and water, fighting openly and secretly.

Because they themselves are natural enemies.

Night-species monsters, alien creatures that were exterminated by the army of the Nick Dynasty.

The guardian should be a descendant of the ancient city of Aesop, and the ancient city of Aesop is one of the strongholds of the Nick Dynasty.

Even though the Nick dynasty disappeared for 1,500 years, the ancient city of Aesop has always existed, and those guardians have always existed.

Kieran could completely imagine the battle between those guardians and night monsters in a world unknown to ordinary people.

It must be tragic.

Then, Qin Ran subconsciously thought of the 'butcher' in Burr City.

"Is that shadow one of the guardians?"

"What is he fighting for?"

"Is it also a heritage of Aesop's ancient city?"

New doubts kept appearing in Qin Ran's mind.

But the footsteps did not stop, and the search was extremely serious.

About forty minutes later, everyone came to the ancient city of Aesop in a real sense.

A wall that is extremely tall even by today's eyes.

Sadly, only this wall is intact.

All that is left are ruins and walls covered in thick dust.

This soaring wall is no exception.

But any dust falling on it just adds vicissitudes and a sense of time to it, just like a big tree, the more it grows, the greater it becomes.

Qin Ran looked at the fifteen-meter-high wall, imagining what the ancient city of Aesop looked like back then.

"Fortress?"

Qin Ran whispered to himself.

"Yes, the ancient city of Aesop at that time was a real fortress!"

"It is a city that combines the functions of castles, palaces, and fortresses—it is a pentagon as a whole, and this city wall is only a small part of it, and it is also the outermost part!"

"Inside there are two more walls, a moat, and..."

"However, I can't see it now."

Herb talked endlessly, but in the end, it turned into a sigh.

"At the beginning, when I first came here, it took two years to confirm the inner city area of ​​Aesop's ancient city. Unfortunately..."

"I was still wrong!"

"That should be a civilian area, not an inner city area. The place where gold is found now is an inner city area!"

"If the war hadn't broken out at that time, I would have found more evidence to prove my mistake, instead of dragging it until now!"

The old scholar who revisited the old place fell into the memories of the year, and his face was full of regret.

"It's not too late now!"

"Can you tell me more about what's going on here?"

Qin Ran asked.

His eyes were looking at the hints that appeared on the retina.

[After Herbert's explanation, Aesop's ancient city exploration rate +1%]

[Main task: explore at least 20% of the ancient city of Aesop within four weeks, with a completion rate of 1%]

Obviously, Qin Ran's idea of ​​exploring the ancient city of Aesop with Herbert before was absolutely correct.

Directly completing one-twentieth of the exploration degree is the best proof.

With such an easy exploration speed, Kieran will naturally not let it go.

Same for Kieran's request.

Herbert would not refuse either.

He told Qin Ran in more detail.

On the other hand, Peel, who has heard it countless times, is completely uninterested, and the big guy is yawning again and again.

The four walked while talking, shuttling through the ancient city of Aesop.

But, suddenly, Qin Ran, who was listening attentively to Herbert's explanation, changed his expression.

Immediately afterwards, Peel clenched the broken hair rifle in his hand.

The big guy whimpered and let out a low growl.

All three looked at the corner ahead.

A faint smell of blood was coming from there.

There were still some slight noises.

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