The late summer breeze has a hint of sweetness, which makes people slightly drunk under the warm sun. August has passed and October is near.
The young man stretched out his hand to the azure blue sky, covering his vision with his five fingers, allowing the soft sunlight to flow from between his fingers, the light changing and extremely beautiful. Then he sighed, put his hand down, and the green mountains surrounding Chablis returned to his eyes-the air was dry and comfortable, and the weather was clear enough to make people feel comfortable and happy.
It’s just that since the midsummer the dark green has faded. The leaves of tree species such as ginkgo, metasequoia and platanus first began to take on a layer of light yellow, and the fragrant trees in the forest dyed light red, and the mottled colors seemed to flow into the color palette. The same, reconciled together, produce natural beauty that makes people's heart moving.
He was sitting on horseback, holding the reins in one hand, and staring at a gray-white cliff that was conspicuous under the sun—the confluence of rivers under the mountain and a tile-red roof, which was the town of Chablis not far away. Chablis was almost unknown in the past games, Brando only knows that it is located in the central area of Jean de Nell, inhabited by Eru because of the few ethnic minorities-mountain people.
There is a dense forest to the north of the town. The relics of the silver elves of the past are hidden under the layered tree canopy, called the Barlogan-Sangellais Ruins. This was the former temple of the silver elves, and the silver atrium was built in In the middle of the dense forest, a piece of arcades connected with a holy white color fits the mysterious and majestic beauty of this ethnic philosophy.
However, as early as the Year of the Shadow Dragon, the elves left the area for unknown reasons, and the temple was deserted. Now it is inhabited by a group of lizardman robbers, if Brando remembers correctly. In the past, there was no background in this area in the game. The reason why players went to the silver elves temple ruins to fight was to plunder the wealth of the lizardman bandits. Of course, game designers gave them a more grandiose reason, which is probably to eliminate harm for the people.
This makes Brando feel ridiculous. Players never need any excuses, but game designers have to find ways to make his world self-consistent, so they have to help these game "locusts" find some reasons that seem as reasonable as possible. Except for the plot party, this was originally a thankless thing.
But now his thinking has changed again. He finds that the backgrounds he didn't understand before now seem to have become foggy.
Brando has never been to Chablis before, because there are more than a hundred copies in the past game in the Golan-Elsen area, such as the Barlogan-San Gilles Ruins. Players It’s not guilty that you must go to other industries to avoid risk when you are at a low level. The designer's thinking is also biased in this direction-after the high level, players begin to become more mobile in various regions and countries.
However, as a veteran player, he has heard more or less rumors about these areas: for example, the Balogan-San Gilles Temple ruins in Chablis entrenched with lizardmen robbers, or the ruins of the temples, The weathered tomb of Levistein, full of undead creatures, and the floating city of Carrasel-the battle between the player and the mayfly.
Each is an adventure story of wealth and treasure set against the shadows of swords and swords.
When Brando was collecting this information, he probably didn't expect that one day he would have the opportunity to come to these places, but now he is standing on the hill and looking at the Chablis below—the sky above the roofs, like smoke curling up. It is a slanting line that rises and then dissipates in the clear space. There was a feeling in my heart, thanks to the lack of an idea of picking up bargains at the beginning, otherwise it would be really black now.
He was thinking about the Barrogan-San Gilles ruins and the lizardman robbers.
However, the Chablis area is really as beautiful as the forum said, so peaceful and peaceful that people want to keep their hearts here forever, just like a calm harbor.
Roman led her beloved little pony out of the forest behind, bought from a trader who brought Dernell to Braggs, and she couldn't bear to ride it much. The merchant lady looked at the mountains and rivers of Chablis curiously, her dark eyes flashed with excitement:
"Brando, is this this place?" she asked.
"Ah," Brando replied and nodded: "This is Chablis. The name Chablis is left by the former silver elves, which means'sweet mountains.' It seems we are lucky, Mar. The undead of Dara probably didn't pass through here, and it was still as peaceful as ever."
But he thought this was not surprising. Instaron's march would definitely choose a more prosperous area.
Presumably, the black knight bypassed the hard bone of Braggs just to make a detour to let Dnell take advantage of it, and of course he wouldn't be fine to enter the summer leaf hills of this poor country.
What's more, these are all'stories' that have happened in history, and Brando is confident.
"Does Chablis have any snacks?" The merchant lady asked immediately.
"You can try Shanmin's hot pot." Brando turned around to look at this beloved girl, and smiled dozingly: "But it seems that since you left Maggie Tan, little Roman, you have become more and more. Be greedy. Be careful to gain weight."
When Roman heard this, a pair of small eyebrows stood up immediately, and hurriedly defended: "I'm not going to gain weight, I just eat a little bit." But this sounded more like self-comfort, she said. Quietly compared with his waist with his hand, his brows wrinkled.
It seemed that the contradiction between food and gaining weight made her feel so distressed for a while.
"Master Cavalier, is there that'sage's slate' you said here?" Anttina behind is riding a black horse with a bright, satin-like coat; the girl's face has gradually become rosy these days , No longer the morbid paleness that she had when she first met Brando—although she was tired from the trek during the trip, at least she would not worry about the next meal every day.
A long scroll box is tied to her horseback, which is not only the crystallization of her wisdom and the most precious wealth, but also the priceless treasure that Brando values most. At the beginning, he insisted on bringing Antitina, because these parchment papers were painted with various lines.
The girl coughed twice, looked up at a clear sky, and muttered, "It's almost October."
"Don't worry, no one should have made it up first this time." Brando knew what the girl was asking.
It has been more than a month since they left Braggs, and news of the truce between Eruin and Madara reached every local aristocratic house in the south at the end of August. At that time, they had just arrived in Jeandner and settled in Maggie Tan, the capital of the earldom, the "Forest City".
Brando pined his hopes on the sage slab in the foggy forest west of Maggie Tan, but the sage slab had indeed been acquired by the local Northwind Church as in past games. Brando didn't have much friendship with the north wind knight of Count Jean De Nell, and after staying there for a while, he had to leave.
However, when he was at Maggie Tan, he introduced the most famous local snack, a honey dessert, to Roman. As a result, the merchant lady is now full of interest in the snacks of every place.
Brando couldn't help smiling when he thought of this, but he suddenly realized the December coup: there are still two months left. He thinks he must be too late, but he can only give it to the future regent princess, and the girl from the countryside of Buche—
Freya.
Presumably at this time Freya had already arrived at the Royal Knights Academy located in the private domain of the princess, but she didn't know how tense the situation outside was. But manpower is sometimes poor, and now he does not have the capital to participate in the game between the princes. Brando's biggest task at the moment is to continue to grow himself, and when it comes to strengthening himself, he can't help but think that this season Reto and his party should have entered the territory of Anlek Province.
"We are looking for that slate here?" Antitina asked.
"Well, there is a relic of a silver elf to the north of here, and it is rumored that that stone slab is among the relics." Brando replied. What he wanted in his heart was to find a guide. He knew the background of this area well, but because he had never been to Chablis, he didn't know exactly where the Barlogan-San Gilles ruins were located. .
It's just that there is a group of lizardman robbers entrenched in the ruins, presumably this will not be as easy as he imagined. In the past game, the Barrogan-Sangellais Ruins was a level 23 dungeon. Although it was far lower than the Forbidden Orchard of the Golden Demon Tree, there was no shortcut here.
He thought for a while, and decided to go to town first.
…
The three of them descended down the gentle slope and entered Chablis in less than half an hour.
In fact, the town of Chablis is very different from most towns in the south of Eruin. The mountain people built this town in the mountains—this is not a simple matter. Following the wisdom of their ancestors, they piled up stones to fill the sloped hillsides. Therefore, the new part of the town is always stacked on top of the old part. Over time, the whole town rises layer by layer along the river at the foot of the mountain, more like A stone fortress.
If there is one impression to describe this town, it is the stairs, a large number of staggered stairs. The buildings are arranged side by side on the upward platforms, and a series of narrow, slender steps connect these platforms that are staggered in space.
The original style of the mountains in the south of Eruin is still maintained here. The mountain people seldom use the power of magic. They build stone-carved lamp posts on both sides of the stone steps, and put braziers in the hollows, which can also replace oil lamps or The role of magic street lights.
Brando remembered that Chablis had only one bar, a hotel called'Chablis Lanterns'. The sub-page of Chablis players on the forum was called this name. It was for this reason that he remembered this full of legends. Color hotel.
It is said to be full of legends because the only hotel is the home of almost all foreign adventurers, mercenaries and players in Chablis. Its appearance is like a spacious hall with guest rooms under the hall. Usually travelers gather in the upper lobby to exchange news with each other. There is only this hotel in the entire southern border of Eruin.
But as they walked into this small town, Antitina and Roman hadn't noticed anything yet, but Brando immediately noticed something unusual.
He immediately looked around carefully. Those people who dressed completely different from the traditional costumes of the surrounding mountain people passed through the street in twos and threes, mostly because of their young age. Some of these people also 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 have appeared anywhere in Warnd, but...
For this small place like Chablis, it seems too much.
This is not the Chablis that gathered a large number of players in the past games.