"Captain, I'll go to Char with you!" Lago lowered his head in thought for a while, then said firmly, "I'm home everywhere anyway, and Baldur's Gate is no different from Char."
"Rick, I..." Compared to Lago's straightforwardness, Winnie hesitated.
"Winnie, stop talking. You are different from Lago. Your family is in Waterdeep City. You always have to go back after the experience. How can you follow me!" Rick smiled and shook his head. Although we have disbanded, we are still friends, and one day, we will meet again."
Winnie raised her head, clutching the staff tightly, but her eyes slowly dimmed. As a woman and a mage, she doesn't care what kind of family is not, but there are always parents who care, and it is indeed impossible to follow Rick to the Kingdom of Char.
Rick smiled calmly, glanced at Qin Lun and the others in the distance inadvertently, but suddenly lowered his voice and said: "I don't want to speak ill of the other companions, this adventure is worth it, there is nothing to regret.
But there is one thing I must remind you, Winnie, whether it is Miss Linda or Ferrar, if they continue to invite you to take risks together, you must never join them again. "
Hearing Rick's words, Lago also showed a bitter smile, "Although these guys have lived and died with us for so many days, they have never revealed their true identities. I still dare not trust them."
Rick shook his head indifferently, "It may not be a good thing for us to know their identities. Let's forget it. Although I am not afraid of life and death, I don't want to die without knowing it."
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While Rick and the others were whispering, Qin Lun and Mustasha also had something to communicate.
"After leaving the Troll's Claw, are you going back to the Ank Elf Court?" the highland elf asked tentatively.
Qin Lun looked at Mustaxia, lowered his head pretending to be in thought. They are now entrusted with the branch task of Yinyue Jianguo, which is an epic task with huge benefits, so it is naturally impossible to give up. However, to carry out this task, they must have the support of the harpist master in front of them, or the harpist alliance behind her.
This is not to say that without Mustasia, they cannot go to the Silver Moon Alliance, but that the strength of the three of them is not enough to support this epic mission.
The last time Qin Lun entered the world of Toril, he also carried out the epic task of "Road to the Ancients".
At that time, he had two complete silver teams around him, as well as the Sun Elf Guards guarding Mileras, and Xuefeng Dwarves and Idriya were also on the way, but there were still very few people who reached Baldur's Gate in the end. Not much.
Now he only has Hill and Rand by his side, and the location of the mission is the extremely unfamiliar Northland. If there is no other force to rely on, he will rush to start the mission and confront the Zhentarim killers, and he will definitely die.
The three murderers are proud from the bottom of their hearts, but they are not so arrogant that they ignore everything. That is stupidity, not self-confidence. So they need the support and help of the Harper Alliance.
It's just that Mustasia, as a master harp player, even if he is not a professional spy for harp players like bards, has an extremely sensitive mind, so he is not so easy to deceive. Qin Lun needs a legitimate reason to dispel the doubts of the highland elves so that they can participate in this epic plot with dignity.
"No, we don't plan to go back to the Anker Elf Court right away. After getting out of the Troll's Claw, we will go directly to the North." Qin Lun had countless thoughts in his mind, and finally decided to tell the truth.
"Why? The Ank Elven Court now integrates the Thorn Forest and the Winter Forest, and the Mir Forest in the west seems to have the intention to merge with you. King Tynquilas is planning to establish the Bright Moon Royal Court, and Seopia is an elf One of the most important inheritances of the royal court, don't you plan to go back as a prince to help your people?"
Mustacia blinked and asked slyly, "Don't tell me, you really went north to destroy their plot because of the little grievances you had with the Zhentarim back then?"
Qin Lun was speechless for a moment, and the highland elves were indeed not easy to fool. The far-fetched reasons given a few days ago obviously did not win her trust.
"My enmity with the Zhentarim is irrelevant, and an attempted assassination will not keep me thinking about it for so long!" Qin Lun shook his head slowly, and said with a smile, "Mastashia, since you paid attention to Anke The Elven Court has been around for so long, so you should know the purpose of King Tynquilas sending me to join the Sun Elf Mission?"
"Well, I know! King Tynequilas hopes that the moon elves can share the glory of re-walking the ancient road, and improve the reputation of the Anker elf family, so as to integrate the moon elf families in the central and southern parts of the mainland, and compete against the eternal gathering in the future. The Sun King Court established on the island." Mastacia said without hesitation.
King Tynquilas's original plan was a conspiracy, and anyone with a little brains on the mainland could see it clearly, including the Harper Alliance of course.
"Now that you know, you should understand why I went to the Silver Moon Alliance instead of returning to the Anker Elf Court."
Qin Lun sighed, the thoughts in his heart gradually became clear, he sorted out his words, and continued, "King Tynqueras gave me the status of Prince of Seopia at the beginning, not because he recognized my inheritance rights, but because he gave me the right to inherit. I have a justifiable excuse to participate in the embassy.
Although they are all part of the moon elves, the moon elves behind me are the Jondal moon elves, not the Anker moon elves. There is a difference between me and the orthodox moon elf prince of the Anker elves.
In the future Yaoyue royal court, the Jondal moon elves are even an insignificant small tribe. Their future status and benefit distribution in the royal court will depend entirely on the personal prestige of Ilisten and I. Walking the ancient road will make other moon elves respect me, but it is not enough to make them face the Jondal moon elves. Besides, I have not actually walked the ancient road. "
The Ancient Road starts from the Comanthor Forest and ends at the Isle of Evermeet, and the last stop on Faerun is Waterdeep. Qin Lun withdrew from the Toril world when he was at Baldur's Gate, so naturally he can't be considered as having completed the ancient road.
"You mean that you still need to continue to improve your reputation, so that the moon elf tribe gathered under the Yaoyue royal court in the future must face up to you and the Jondal moon elves?" Mustaxia asked with a flash of eyes.
"It's not looking up, it's looking up. Being one level better than others can only lead to jealousy, but being countless levels better than others, one becomes great, making others unable to even feel jealous." Qin Lun didn't change his face. smiled.
"In addition, there is another point. The future Yaoyue Elf Court is different from the Sun King Court on Yongju Island. It will also face the pressure of other human powers on the mainland. I don't think any race on the mainland wants to see people around them. A united and powerful moon elf family, so we also need a powerful ally."
Qin Lun smiled and said, "For mainland elves, all the human kingdoms on the mainland are not suitable alliance partners, but the Silver Moon Alliance with complex races is different. Elves and half-elves occupy more than 30% of the land. Population, there are many elf druids and elf mages in their senior management, and even Silvermoon City Lord Alastriel Silverhand himself looks like a half-elf."
(The reason why Qin Lun said that Alastriol's appearance is a half-elf, not blood. That is because Erastriol's mother, El Sander, is the human incarnation of the goddess of magic Mystra, with Alastriol as the head The Seven Northland Sisters are all the daughters of gods, the chosen ones of Mystra, so their blood cannot be said to be simple half-elfs.)
"Going to the Northland to rescue the Alliance Lords Council headed by Elastra, and reaching a certain alliance intention with the Silver Moon Alliance will be the biggest surprise when the Yaoyue Royal Court is established, and it will also make your reputation in the future Yaoyue. The royal court has reached its apex, comparable to the first Yaoyue Elf King Tynquilas Yexing."
Mustaxia murmured to herself thoughtfully, "Even if the elf tribe behind you is not strong enough and you can't be the second elf king, no one would dare to ignore the status and interests of the Jondal moon elves."
Qin Lun smiled and said nothing. He could see that although Mustaxia hadn't completely cleared up his doubts, at least the reason he gave was impeccable. Bound with the Harper Master, and then you can get the intelligence support of the Harper Alliance.
"By the way, you and Miss Linda have been discussing privately for the past two days. Does she also want to participate in this matter?" Qin Lun asked calmly with a flash of his eyes.
"Linda really wants to take part in this 'novel' adventure." Mentioning the new little friend, the highland elf showed a slight smile on his face, "It's just that she is worried that she will be grounded by her teacher immediately after going back, so she is still waiting for her." Not sure. However, she is willing to provide us with a quick shortcut to the Northland."
"Shortcut, what kind of shortcut?" Qin Lun's eyes lit up. There is only less than half a month left for the Silvermoon City celebration. Even if they arrive in the Northland, they still need time to investigate the conspirators of the Zhentarim Society. There is no other way If so, there is actually not enough time.
"Before Linda came out this time, she had already resigned from the job of the mercenary union. She was going to accompany the teacher back to Candlekeep a week ago." Scholars have built several large teleportation circles under Candlekeep in order to quickly reach all corners of the continent, and we may be able to use these teleportation circles to go to the north."
"Candle Castle? You mean the famous mage fortress!" Qin Lun frowned slightly, which was an unexpected surprise. "If they refuse to provide teleportation, we don't even have enough time to go to the Silver Moon Alliance."
Candlekeep is located at the end of the Lion's Road. It is a cliff fortress across the sea from Faerun. The specific location is just southwest of Baldur's Gate, but it is about a hundred miles away from their current location. The direction to the North is just the opposite.
"Don't worry, Candlekeep is not just a mage's fortress, it is also an ocean of knowledge open to everyone, the world's largest paid library. Even without Linda's introduction, as long as we pay enough, they will provide teleportation services .” Mustasha said without worry.