"Hey, wake up!"
Xifu, who was sleeping, suddenly heard a slightly familiar voice, and then a bone-chilling chill permeated his whole body, as if he was standing naked in a blizzard.
"Ah chirp..." Xi Fu couldn't help shivering, and opened his eyes in a daze.
Qin Lun threw down the basin, and looked expressionlessly at the president of the Hulan Chamber of Commerce who was swaying on the bed. He was in an inexplicably bad mood, and at the same time, he was very clear that Hill and Rand were watching a joke not far behind. After all, his impatient and frizzy look was usually rare.
"You... who are you?" Xi Fu's eyes gradually became focused. Although he was drunk before, when he sobered up, he immediately realized that he had caused trouble.
He is not a shrewd person, and he is usually supported by the old housekeeper, so he doesn't have much experience in the world, but after all, he has done several business trips in Tethyr and Baldur's Gate, and he has seen some things in the world.
"You guys, that... I'll pay back the boss's drink money, but I'm a little short these days." Silver rubbed his arms and muttered in a low voice. His whole body was soaked in cold water, and when the temperature dropped at night, he couldn't stand it any longer.
"Wipe it clean first!" Qin Lun glanced at him, threw a towel over, and at the same time wiped his face to remove the cover of the phantom skin, and said softly, "Look carefully, do you still recognize me?"
"You, you are... Feral Moonlight!" As soon as Xifu wiped half of his face, the movements of his hands froze, his eyes widened slowly, and he jumped up like an electric shock, "You are still alive , you, you know me... no, Elistine... and Idriya..."
Halfway through Silver's speech, his throat seemed to be blocked. His mouth was trembling, but he couldn't speak, his face was congested and red, and his eyes were slowly moistening, as if he was going to cry in the next moment.
Qin Lun looked at him, softened his expression, patted his back lightly, and said softly, "Don't worry, speak slowly!"
"Wow..." Xi Fu suddenly hugged Qin Lun forcefully, grinning and howling, with tears streaming down his face, "Butler Mason is dead, old Mason is dead..."
Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and an old gentleman who was always well-groomed and polite appeared in his mind, Mason Hulan, the old housekeeper of the Hulan family. The last time they entered Toril, they had dealt with this old man. He was a shrewd and experienced aristocratic butler, and he was considered the greatest wealth of the Hulan family.
"Where's Elisteen? What happened to you?" Qin Lun frowned slightly. He didn't care about the old butler's life or death, and only wanted to know the status of the elf druid as soon as possible.
"Qin Lun, let him eat something first!" Hill brought over a bowl of hot soup and handed it to Xi Fu.
The little nobleman drank the hot soup, the coldness on his body gradually dissipated, and his mood became much calmer. He slowly began to talk about what happened to them a month ago.
In fact, a month ago, it was the second time that the Hulan Chamber of Commerce went back and forth between Tethyr and Baldur's Gate. The first time was when the Sun Elf envoy met them. At that time, the mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce were forcibly recruited by the Amn Guards to solve the problem in the Valley of the Undead.
In the Valley of the Undead, the Lost-Fortress joint team headed by Kelly and Robin was besieged by death knights and undead. Qin Lun or Joey took Elisteen and a few people to the tower of Durag, and the remaining apostles and plot characters hardly survived, and the joint team of Lost-Fortress also suffered a disaster.
However, the Hulan Chamber of Commerce took this opportunity to climb up to the Amn Guards, and they escorted them out of the border afterwards, and arrived at Baldur's Gate safely. Of course, the Hulan Chamber of Commerce had nothing to do with the apostles' distress in the Valley of the Undead. After all, it was their own decision. Xifu Hulan and others just took advantage of it.
That smooth business trip brought the Hulan family, whose financial resources were nearly exhausted, back to life. Because of the familiarity of the journey, after returning to Tethyr, the old butler persuaded Silver Hulan to set off again, and while the Amn Guard still had some favors, he tried to make as many trips to Baldur's Gate as possible.
Although Xi Fu was not shrewd, he listened to the old housekeeper very much, so they went to trade again within two months. That is, one month before Qin Lun entered Toril, the Hulan Chamber of Commerce came to Baldur's Gate for the second time.
The business of the Chamber of Commerce was still going smoothly this time, and all the special products brought from Tethyr were sold out. Just when they were about to leave Baldur's Gate, the city council conveyed bad news to these foreign caravans.
The Troll Hills to the northeast of Baldur's Gate appear to have some tribes of trolls migrating. Although they are unlikely to enter the human settlements of Baldur's Gate, it is possible that they pass through the Deadlands and thus threaten the Deadlands. A section of the Chongsa River.
The city council conveyed this news to the Hulan Chamber of Commerce, hoping that they would divert or continue to stay at Baldur's Gate for a while.
However, this news aroused Xi Fu's strong curiosity. Perhaps it was the undead valley incident during the last trade trip that made Xi Fu very yearning for the adventure stories experienced by Qin Lun and others, and he actually thought of going to the land of the dead.
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In ancient times, the continent of Faerun was once a primitive land almost completely covered by dense forests. The elves called it Faerun, which means the only land.
At that time, along the coast of the Sword Coast today, there were vast forests leading directly to the inland. Among them, the highest forest in the northern part of the mainland, and the great forest of Keldomor covering the entire south-central part of the continent were the most famous.
The High Forest belongs to the settlement of the sun elves who first migrated from the elf plane Fairlier, while the Great Forest of Keldormer is home to many moon elves, green elves and other small population elves.
In the long years, the elves have passed the most difficult pioneering stage at the beginning.
However, at that time, the elves in Faerun were not dominant. The protagonists who ruled the continent were the descendants of giants with the blood of Titans, and the huge intelligent lizards—ancient dragons.
More than 13,000 years ago, the first dragon war broke out between giants and dragons. The northern part of the Keldomo Forest was destroyed by dragon flames, and another large forest was separated from the Keldomo Forest, which is called the Dragon Forest.
In this battle of annihilation, the giant was finally defeated, and the dragon also suffered heavy losses. At that time, the king of Keldomo, Moon Elf King Tethyr, killed two ancient red dragons in the Dragon Mountain Range and saved a large number of people.
Later generations called a part of the Great Forest of Keldomer, the forest located in Amn and Tethyr today, the Great Forest of Tethyr, and Tethyr was also honored as the king of Keldomer. The recorded dragon slayer.
After the first dragon war, the Dragon Forest named after the dragon included the current Baldur's Gate area. Of course, its area is actually much larger than the area currently controlled by Baldur's Gate.
The ancient Dragon's Forest is connected to the south of the High Forest in the north, the coast of the Sword Coast in the west, the Sunset Mountains where the dragons live in the east, and the cloudy mountains of Amn in the south.
(The northern foot of the Yunwu Mountain is the Tower of Durage that Qin Lun had teleported back then.)
In the five crown wars launched by the elves in the future, the vast Dragon Forest was divided into several small forests again. Today, it includes the Roaring Troll Forest to the north of Baldur's Gate, the Cloak Forest and Tooth Forest to the south, the small Dragon Forest to the east, and the riparian forest run through by the Chongsa River.
The land of death mentioned by Silver Hulan was the center of the Dragon Forest. It has experienced countless civil wars between elves, underground battles between drows and dwarves, and the border between humans and trolls and wilderness races during the rise of humans. war.
The Land of the Dead lies east of Baldur's Gate, just a few days away at a fast pace. This is the center of the Sword Coast. To the south are the three major human powers of Amn, Tethyr, and Calimshan and the Elven Court for several months. To the north is the spine of the world connecting Waterdeep City, Winter City, the Silvermoon Alliance, and the Shield Dwarves. .
Before the sun elves migrated to Comanthor, this was the only passage for the highest forest to go south, and it can be described as a strategic location among the strategic locations. Year after year, it has become a battlefield for countless countries to compete for. Another place like the Land of the Dead should have long ago become a barren land where everything is silent.
However, the Land of the Dead is different, it is too close to the ocean, and there is a big river in the north and south. (Windling River to the north and Chongsa River to the south)
The warm ocean monsoon and rain have turned this place into a large swamp with a diameter of hundreds of miles and a restricted area for life. Even until now, no one can tell clearly what is in this land covered with aquatic banyan trees and mud flats.
The time when the Dragon's Forest Center became a place of death is now unverifiable. People only know that before the rise of the big human cities such as Baldur's Gate, Amn, and Waterdeep City, this place has become a big swamp.
From ancient times to the present, countless adventurers and expeditions have gone deep into this swamp, hoping to gain something. In fact, a few of them did gain something. The Land of the Dead produces all kinds of magic crystal ores and rare medicinal materials, and even rare swamp gems in the world.
However, more adventurers paid the price of their lives in this restricted area, and even powerful legendary professions dare not go too deep into the land of death. In the history from the establishment of Baldur's Gate to the present, only one person has crossed the entire land of death from east to west, and that is the founder of Baldur's Gate—the legendary pirate Baldur.
However, before Bo De'an disappeared, he did not leave a single word about the land of death. Few people know what is in the depths of this restricted area of life.
"You actually want to go to the place of death to find death. Do you really think that the three-legged cat kung fu you learned in the Noble Academy is invincible?" Qin Lun looked at Xi Fu with the eyes of an idiot, "Then Elisine and Idriya What's going on again, these two women don't have common sense, and they won't follow you to break into the restricted area of life, right?"
"I never thought of going deep into the land of death, I just wanted to wander around the border and go back to brag with my friends." Silver said with a mournful face.
"As for Elistine and the others..." Xi Fu showed a strange look on his face, "The reason why they accompanied me over there is not to be blamed on me. This... they are looking for you."