"A Zhentarim member really entered the Land of Death?" Qin Lun was a little surprised, then thought of a possibility, and looked at Mustasha.
Seeing Qin Lun looking over, the highland elf helplessly spread his hands: "I've told you everything I know, but if the clues obtained by Elistin are correct, then the news must have been leaked."
"What charades are you playing, what news?" Elistine asked blankly.
"After you disappeared last time, Mustasia followed Xifu's expedition team to the Land of the Dead, and she found the relics of the legendary pirate Bord'an inside." Qin Lun said with a frown, "Bord'an once Before going to sea for the last time, I crossed the land of death, and now I think it may be to leave behind important inheritance or treasures of pirates."
"Ah?" Elistine was taken aback. She had also spent a lot of time at Baldur's Gate, so she naturally knew who Baldur was.
The Zhentarim will be a dark organization with no profit and no early growth. Although the land of death produces gems and magic crystals, there are too many dangers here. It's hard to imagine the Zhentarim being interested here, except for some low-level adventurers who want to try their luck.
Since they organized people to enter the land of death, the value of what attracted them was far from a few gems and magic crystals, and only the inheritance or treasures left by Bo De'an.
Qin Lun frowned and thought, Zhentarim will get the news earlier than Masterstacia, if the highland elves did not lie about the time, then it means that Zhentarim will have another news channel.
But in this way, problems also arise. The age of Bo De'an is hundreds of years away from now. Although the place of death is inaccessible, it is not completely without adventurers. After hundreds of years, has no one found the trace left by Bo De'an
It's fine if no one finds out, but in a short period of time, two organizations, the Harper and the Zhentarim, both got clues at about the same time, which is very unusual.
"Could it be that someone deliberately took some of Bord'an's relics to lure others into the land of death?" I got it.
"It may also be that someone has discovered the traces of Bo De'an before, but their own strength is insufficient, and they want to use other large organizations to find the way?" Rand asked in the team channel.
"This possibility is relatively small. The Zhentarim is not easy to mess with. Using them is tantamount to seeking skins from tigers." Hill said with a smile, "Regardless of whether there is a conspiracy or not, we are not strong enough to participate in it, which is a pity for this plot mission. "
"Elisten, after you entered the Land of the Dead, did you still see those Zhentarim people?" Qin Lun threw away the leftover fish bones in his hand and turned his head to ask.
"I didn't meet at first, but after the trolls came, we met during the retreat." Elistin said with a wry smile, "There are three of them, and their strength is stronger than ours. One of them may be a legend. The strong, but at that time, all suffered serious injuries."
"Hmph, if it weren't for those unlucky Zhentarim members who attracted a large number of trolls, Iristen and I could have escaped." Idriya snorted and interrupted.
After careful questioning, Qin Lun and the others knew why the Elven Druid in the form of a giant eagle was lost here.
Originally, Xi Fu's expedition team was only circling around the outskirts of the land of death, and the hired mercenaries would not accompany them into the depths of the swamp. Elistine can't do anything about it, she can't force people to die.
Later, they ran into some scattered trolls, and the fighting finally began to heat up.
However, since the trolls were few in number, Elisten and Idriya were able to fight them off. Unexpectedly, when those Zhentarim members who had entered the depths of the land of the dead earlier withdrew, a large number of trolls came out behind them, and the entire adventure team was dispersed.
Because there are a large number of low-strength mercenaries in the team, as well as two employers, Seafo and Mason, the kind-hearted Elisteen had to stay behind and was finally captured with all his strength.
As for the three members of the Zhentarim who withdrew, they didn't feel much better. Although the mercenaries like Elistin were used as shields, they still suffered two deaths and one injury, even the legendary powerhouse died. Only one of the most agile thieves survived, and was taken away by the trolls.
"But when we were saving people, we only found the three of them, Elistin, and the other wooden cages were all seriously wounded and dying swamp monsters?" Mustaxia asked suspiciously.
"Those trolls are not from the same village. Perhaps this is their common sacrificial festival, and all the villages have sent more or less hunters." Qin Lun said thoughtfully.
"It's a pity, if we can find the remaining Zhentarim members, we will know what they are planning!" Rand sighed and said regretfully.
Elisten and Idriya suddenly looked at each other, and the elf druid said with a smile: "There is no need to look for that Zhentarim member, we already have clues in this regard. But you may be disappointed, because this clue is somewhat Difficult to understand!"
It turned out that in the battle with the troll, those with fighting power had no time to look around, while those without fighting power scattered and ran for their lives. But there was one person who had neither fighting power nor the strength to escape, so he had to look after the dead and wounded everywhere, hoping to be of help.
This person was Mason, the old housekeeper of the Hulan family. Mason was too old and knew that he could not escape, so he stayed with Elistine and the others. When everyone else was fighting, he originally just wanted to see if the two Zhentarim members could be saved, but he found a secret letter on them.
The old butler didn't read the letter at the time, but just regarded it as a relic of the two of them, and planned to return it in the future. Later, it was captured by trolls, and this secret letter was not taken away. In the eyes of trolls, it was just a small piece of paper.
Before Mason passed out, he opened the secret letter out of boredom. Of course he couldn't understand the secret language that the Zhentarim would use in their letters. However, Mason is a steward of a noble family after all, and he soon realized that this was a secret letter.
The old man knew that his chance of surviving was almost zero, so he secretly left the letter to Elistine for safekeeping. Last night's escape was too hasty, and Elisten didn't remember it. Now that Qin Lun mentioned it, she finally remembered it.
Qin Lun took a piece of crumpled animal skin paper handed over by Elisteen. The smell on it was a bit unpleasant, but the writing could still be seen clearly. But obviously, the apostle also couldn't understand this secret letter.
The translation of the apostles to the world languages is limited. For example, Broken Starry Sky puts the apostles into a certain mission world, and most of the common languages can be translated through the apostle's soul seal, but it is difficult to speak the local dialects. As for the riddle-like cipher letter, of course, there is nothing that can be done.
"Show me!" Mustaxia took the secret letter from Qin Lun's hand, and frowned slightly as she looked at the scripture-like runes on it.
"Can you translate it?" Qin Lun asked with a hint of expectation. The Harper and the Zhentarim are a pair of sworn enemies, and the Harpers are all experts in espionage. Maybe there is hope to translate this secret letter.
"Without knowing the key, it is impossible to understand the content of the secret letter." Mustasia said in a deep voice, "However, we harpers have fought against the Zhentarim for hundreds of years, and we have mastered several of their keys .Give me a moment to think about it, and if I'm lucky, I can translate it."
The highland elf made no promises, and the keys she spoke of came in various forms. For example: a book, a specific rune table, etc. The content of the secret letter can only be unlocked by comparing this specific key according to specific rules. If you don't know what the key is, you can't think about it.
Mustasia used the silverfish's bone to scratch lightly on the animal skin paper, translating some recognized symbols into common language. The animal skin paper is very thick, so it doesn't worry about being scratched by fishbone.
"Okay, only half of the translation has been translated, and the general content is still not clear. I only know that it has something to do with the Silver Moon Alliance, and it seems to have nothing to do with Bord'an's treasure!" After a while, Mustaxia said with a tired expression.
"A small half?" Qin Lun asked in confusion, since he knew the key, how could there be only a small half
"The secret key used in this secret letter is the chronology of the Solo Continent, but I have forgotten the content on it." Mustaxia blushed a little, and when she saw the expressions of Qin Lun and others, she suddenly became angry, "I am It’s not a bard-born espionage, so why can’t you remember these things?”
"Hehe, show me!" Qin Lun's eyes flashed, he took the animal skin paper, looked at the small amount of common language in mainland China scratched out by the fishbone, and slowly smiled.
At the same time, Rand beside him and Hill on another raft also had a look of surprise in their eyes. In this most unexpected moment, they finally trigger the long-awaited epic drama.
Due to memory problems, Mustasia only translated a small part of the secret letter, and it was impossible to connect it into sentences at all, and there were only a few words related to the Silver Moon Alliance.
Although Qin Lun was as witty as a fox, he was also helpless without knowing the contents of the key. However, one thing is very clear, the so-called key must be a commonly used book or rune, otherwise it would be difficult to use it to transmit information.
Imagine an organization using a lone book as a key that no one can decipher. But when it is passed to the subordinates, how do they translate it
Therefore, the key is only suitable for well-known books that are commonly used or available on the market. Although this kind of book is from the mainland, there are as many books in the world as there are stars. If you don't know the exact title of the book, it will have the same effect as an orphan.
However, the inability of Mustaxia, Qin Lun and others to decipher it does not mean that the Broken Starry Sky cannot be deciphered. As long as it is seen by Qin Lun's eyes, Shattered Starry Sky will naturally be able to find the unique key from among the many books frequently used by Faerun, and follow the rules of the part of the text that Mustasha has deciphered to obtain the entire book. sealed content.
Although it is impossible for Broken Starry Sky to feed back the deciphered content to Qin Lun, it is enough to trigger the story mission!