Act 62 Chablis

There is a hint of sweetness in the breeze, which makes people tipsy under the warm sun. August has passed and October is approaching. (online novel network e

The young man stretched out his hand towards the blue sky, covering his field of vision with his five fingers, letting the soft sunlight flow from between his fingers. The light changed and was particularly beautiful. Then he sighed and put down his hands, and the green mountains of Chablis around him returned to his sight again... The air was dry and comfortable, and the weather was sunny enough to make people feel comfortable and happy.

It’s just that the deep green that has filled the mountains and fields since midsummer has faded away. The leaves of tree species such as ginkgo, metasequoia and sycamore have begun to take on a light yellow color, while the fragrant trees in the forest have turned light red. The mottled colors are like oil paint flowing into the palette. The same, blended together to produce natural beauty that makes people's hearts beat.

He was sitting on the horse, holding the reins with one hand, staring at a gray-white cliff not far away that was conspicuous under the sun... At the confluence of the river below the mountain, there was a patch of red roofs. It was the town of Chablis. Chablis was hardly famous in the past games. Brando only knew that it was located in the central area of ​​Gendenel, where the few ethnic minorities of Eruin...the mountain people lived.

There is a dense forest in the north of the town. The ruins of the silver elves in the past are hidden under the layers of tree canopy. It is called the ruins of Balogan-Saint Gerais. It used to be an open temple of the silver elves. The silver atrium was built on the dense forest. In the middle of the forest, there is a strip of holy white arcades, which fits the mysterious and majestic beauty of this racial philosophy.

However, as early as the Year of the Shadow Dragon, the elves left this area for unknown reasons, and the temple was abandoned. Now it should be inhabited by a group of lizard man bandits, if Brando remembers correctly. In the past games, this area had no background. The reason why players went to the ruins of the Silver Elf Temple to fight was to plunder the wealth of the lizardman bandits. Of course, the game designers gave them more high-sounding reasons, mostly to eliminate harm for the people.

This makes Brando feel ridiculous. Players never need excuses, but game designers have to find ways to make their worlds consistent, so they have to help these game locusts find excuses that look as reasonable as possible. Except for the plot party, this is a thankless task. .

But now his thoughts have changed, and he finds that the backgrounds that he didn't understand before now seem to be foggy.

Brando has never been to Chablis before, because in the past games, there were no less than a hundred dungeons such as the Balogan-Saint Gerais ruins in the Golan-Elsen area alone. Players You don't have to go to other provinces to take risks when you are at a low level. The designer's thinking is also biased in this direction... Only after reaching a high level, players begin to become more mobile among various regions and countries.

However, as a veteran player, he has heard more or less rumors about these areas: for example, the ruins of the Balogan-Saint Gerais Temple in Chablis where lizard-man bandits are entrenched, or the ruins of the Temple of St. Gerais, which is densely covered with agencies. The weathered mausoleum of Levistan, filled with undead creatures, and the floating city of Karassel... players fight against mayflies.

Each one is a treasure and an adventure story set off by the light of the sword.

When Brando was collecting this information, he probably wouldn't have thought that one day he would have the opportunity to visit these places, but now he was standing on hill J1 looking at Chablis below... Above the rooftops, smoke was curling up. It's sloping lines rising up and then dissipating into the clear air. I felt a lot of emotion in my heart, thanks to the fact that I didn’t have any thoughts of picking up a bargain at the beginning, otherwise I would have really lost my sight now.

He was thinking about the ruins of Balogan and Saint Gerlais, and the lizard bandits.

However, the Chablis area is really as beautiful as what was said on the forum. It is so peaceful and peaceful that people want to keep their hearts here forever, just like a calm harbor.

Roman walked out of the forest behind with her beloved pony... bought from a merchant who sent Denel to Prague,

She couldn't bear to ride more. The businesswoman looked curiously at the mountains and rivers of Chablis, with a layer of excitement flashing in her dark eyes:

"Brando, is this right here?" she asked.

"Ah," Brando responded and nodded: "This is Chablis. The name Chablis was left by the former silver elves, and it means # o39;Sweet Mountains'. ()Look Looks like we're lucky, Madara's undead probably didn't pass by here, and it's still as peaceful as ever."

However, he thought to himself that this was not surprising. Instar Dragon would definitely choose a richer place when marching.

district.

Presumably, that Blackadder bypassed the tough guy Braggs in order to bypass Denel.

If you come to reap the benefits, of course you will not enter the compound leaf hills of this remote countryside without any trouble.

What’s more, these are all stories that have already happened in history’, Brando is confident.

"Are there any snacks in Chablis?" the businesswoman immediately asked again.

"You can try the mountain people's hot pot." Brando looked back at his beloved girl and smiled fondly: "But it seems that since you left Magitan, Xiao Roman, you have become better and better. I’m getting greedy, so be careful about gaining weight.”

When Roman heard this, his little eyebrows immediately stood up, and he hurriedly defended: "I-I won't gain weight, I just eat a little bit." But this sounded more like self-comfort, she said He quietly compared his waistline with his hands and frowned.

It seemed that the contradiction between good food and gaining weight made her so distressed that she couldn't make a choice.

"Lord Knight

Is there the sage's tablet here that you mentioned? "Antitina in the back is riding a black horse with shiny, satin-like coat; the girl's face has gradually become rosy these days, and is no longer as sickly as when she first met Brando. Although the journey is tiring, at least I don’t have to worry about the next meal every day.

There is a long scroll box tied to her horse, which contains not only the crystallization of her wisdom and the most precious wealth, but also the priceless treasure that Brando values ​​most. He insisted on taking Antitina with him in the first place because of these parchments filled with various lines.

The girl coughed twice, raised her head and looked at the clear sky, and murmured: "It's almost October. Ba."

"Don't worry, no one will get there first this time." Brando knew that the girl

What are you asking?

It had been more than a month since they left Braggs, and the news of the truce between Eruin and Madara had reached every local noble house in the south by the end of August. At that time, they had just arrived in the territory of Gendenel, and first settled in Magitan, the seat of the earldom, the "Forest City".

Brando placed his hope on the Sage's Slate in the Mist Forest to the west of Magitan, but the Sage's Slate has indeed been acquired by the local North Wind Church as in past games. Brando had no friendship with Count Jeandenel's North Wind Knight, and after staying there for a while, he had no choice but to leave.

However, when he was in Magitan, he introduced Roman to the most famous local snack, a honey dessert. As a result, the business lady is now full of interest in snacks everywhere.

Brando couldn't help but smile when he thought of this, but he suddenly realized the December coup: there are still two months. He thought that he must be too late, but he could only safely leave it to the future Princess Regent and the girl from the countryside of Butchi...

Freya.

Presumably by this time Freya had arrived at the Royal Knights Academy located in the princess's private territory.

I just don’t know how tense the situation outside is now. But manpower will eventually be exhausted, and he now does not have the capital to participate in the game between princes. Brando's biggest task at this moment is to continue to strengthen himself, and when it comes to strengthening himself, he can't help but think that Leto and his party should have entered the Anlek Province at this time.

"Are we looking for that stone slab here?" Antitina asked.

"Well, there is a silver elf ruins to the north of here, and it is said that the stone slab is in the ruins." Brando replied. What he wanted in mind was to find a guide. He knew the background of this area well, but because he had never been to Chablis, he did not know where the ruins of Balogan-Saint-Gerlais were. .

It's just that there is a group of lizard-man bandits entrenched in the ruins, so this matter will not be as easy as he imagined. In the past games, Balogan-Sengol and Ruins were a level 23 dungeon. Although it was much lower than the Forbidden Orchard of the Golden Demon Tree, there were no shortcuts here.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to go to the town first.

The three of them walked down the gentle hillside and entered Xiabu in less than half an hour.

profit.

In fact, the town of Chablis is very different from most towns south of Erouin. The mountain people built this town in the mountains... This is not a simple thing. They followed the wisdom of their ancestors and piled stones to fill up the sloping hillside, so the new parts of the town were always stacked on top of the old ones. Over time, the whole town followed the river at the foot of the mountain, layer by layer, more like A stone fortress.

If I had to use one impression to describe this town, it would be stairs, a large number of staggered stairs. The buildings are lined up in rows on upward platforms, and narrow, slender stairs connect these spatially staggered platforms.

The original style of the mountainous area south of Eruin is still maintained here. The mountain people rarely use the power of magic. They build stone-carved lampposts on both sides of the stone steps, and put a brazier in the hollow space inside, which can also replace oil lamps or lamps. The function of magic street lamp.

Brando remembered that there was only one bar in Chablis, a hotel called Chablis Lantern. The forum for Chablis players had this name. It was for this reason that he remembered this legendary hotel. of hotels.

It is full of legend because this only hotel is the home of almost all foreign adventurers, mercenaries and players in Chablis. Its appearance is like a spacious hall, with the guest rooms below the hall. Travelers usually gather in the hall above to exchange news with each other. This is the only hotel like this in the entire southern territory of Eruin.

However, as they walked into this town, Antitina and Roman hadn't noticed anything yet, but Brando immediately noticed an unusual aura.

He looked around carefully on his horse. People who were wearing very different traditional clothes from the surrounding mountain people were passing by on the street in twos and threes. Most of them were young and powerful. Some of these people even cast suspicious glances at the three of them. . And Brando recognized these people almost immediately... they were travelers, adventurers, mercenaries and monster hunters.

These people would have appeared anywhere in Warnd, but...

For a small place like Chablis, it seems a bit too much.

This is not the Chablis that gathered a large number of players in the past games.