"I know, Your Royal Highness, listen to me, and I won't make fun of my life. But I have a plan, and I might try it." Brando is eager to try everything with a unique player. The tone said. Princess Griffin frowned and looked at him, "Really?"
The half-elf princess looked suspicious in Brando's eyes was really cute, there was a girlish posture that she had rarely seen before. He nodded, "Of course, if we can sneak past Qiao Gendigang's eyelids, why don't we have a way to remove the flames?"
"Don't say whether we can destroy the flames, you just believe that they can really take us away from the army of Qiaogenjigan? Mr. Brando, they are witches, they are the best at using words to deceive people." Her Royal Highness She didn't conceal her guard, but this time she was on Brando's side, and there was an obvious expectation in her bright silver eyes-she didn't want Brando to take risks.
"Your Royal Highness, Princess of Corcovado, I was already a witch when your grandfather Old Obergou was still on the throne. Witches know that their words will be overheard by the raven, so they are cautious in their words and deeds. The nobles have a sweet belly, but you still trust them." Barbasa grinned, like an old crow, she replied in a hoarse, low voice.
"Bold people of darkness, who allows you to call the first king's name directly!" Her Royal Highness scolded coldly, with a soft sound, and the narrow and bright blade trembling slightly in the darkness.
Brando hurriedly held her hand, "Barbasa."
"It's me who made a mistake, Lord Lord." The old witch glanced at Princess Griffin with her cold, dull eyes like wooden beads.
"Barbasa, the princess is not wrong. You are the best at manipulating people's hearts. Although witches never lie, they leave behind the back door. I want you to swear to the goddess of the pillar of hell and swear not to betray me. You can do it. "Brando pressed Griffin's hand with one hand and asked coldly when he turned his head.
Barbasa crouched down deeply, and said in awe, "My lord really knows everything. We are willing to swear to the goddess of the purgatory pillar that we will not betray the lord of Tonigel, our lord Brando, if any Violating, the blind and lame Dias dragged us into the abyss—"
Princess Griffin saw Barbasha put her hand to her heart. She had vaguely heard of the witch's oath to "point to the heart". But she realized that this oath seemed extremely terrifying to the other party, and at the last sentence, the old witch even shivered slightly. She knew very little about witches, and it was hard to believe that these cunning women would take a vow so much, and for this she looked at Brando in confusion.
The silver eyes seemed to seek an answer.
"Don't worry, Your Royal Highness, they won't deceive us now." Brando took the advantage of her carelessness to take off the sword in her hand, gently put it back in the opponent's scabbard, and replied, "Zhuzhi The goddess Modesty is their belief. It is said that Modesty was the first witch to steal black magic from the sea of magic. She passed this spell to the first prophets of the twelve witches, but she was later killed by the demons. Caught, naked and nailed through the iron thorn hell, to be tortured forever. Blind and lame Dias was her first student, indulged in the darkness and turned into a monster, a witch who violated Modesty's oath Dias who crawled out of the abyss will be dragged into the eternal darkness. This is not a legend, but a real thing. Falling into the complete darkness and losing the five senses is the most terrible punishment for a witch. Baba Since Sha has made such an oath, she will never deceive."
Seeing the princess's still puzzled look, Brando added: "These are the secret knowledge of the witches, and few outsiders know it."
"Then how do you know?"
Good question, Brando didn't expect that the princess would still be sober at this time, so he hurriedly found a reason to say: "Because the princess, you also know that I have read the knowledge of wizards. They are as old as witches. Although it is not an enemy, it is at least a competitor. They know each other's secrets more or less."
Princess Griffin will be suspicious. She turned her head, "Then how sure is she to prevent us from being discovered? If only relying on the spells of witches, I think the commanders of Qiao Gendigang will not be unprepared. I have heard of Qiao Gendigang's There are more witches underground. So whether they are enemies or allies, they don’t understand the witches’ methods, do they?"
Brando once again felt the calmness of the half-elf princess. In fact, he also thought about this question, but on the one hand, the princess did not even understand the common sense that there is only a "lord" and no "commander" in the underground. He has a deep understanding of Qiao Genjigang. Make judgments based on only a small amount of knowledge, and stand on top of each other.
He also looked back at Barbasha, hoping to get an answer. About his plan is just an idea, but whether it can be implemented in detail requires more details. No war is won by slapped head, he knows this well.
"Compared with your faint grandfather, the princess is obviously much smarter. The facts are about the same as you guessed." Barbasa mentioned Obergus VI again, and the half-elf girl pursed her lips and suppressed her anger. The witches are so dismissive of the power of the world. In fact, this is one of the reasons why they are rejected by the world. What made her puzzled was that the old witch treated Brando respectfully, and she didn’t know how much Brando helped them. She listened to Barbasa’s continued words: "But in addition to spells, we also There are some secret knowledge passed down by witches from generation to generation. One of these secrets mentions that there is a hall under Amperthel that has been abandoned since ancient times. This hall is hidden between the cracks of the fjord and can lead to the port. Among the hills to the north."
"It's impossible," she finally couldn't help but said: "The first king Eck built the port of Ampereur here for nearly seven centuries. For the past seven centuries, in order to re-determine the port of Anderfu Whether the foundation of the Leda Temple is loose, the Ampersel people have explored the terrain around the port and underground more than once, but there have never been rumors about ancient ruins."
"But Her Royal Highness also has to admit that long before the Eruin built a port, this place was no longer a land without a master. Except for the Silver Elves, other civilizations have prospered here. The reason why secrets are secrets, Just because it is unknown." Barbasha smiled.
"I remember, are you talking about the ancient passage that seeps water." Brando remembers that there is such an ancient ruin near Ampersel, but it has been weathered for too long, leaving a trail that traverses the underground cliff. It’s just a passage between. Inside there was a spider mother who didn't know how many years he had lived, she was a 57-level BOSS.
To be honest, he didn't want to mess with that thing at all if he could. In the narrow terrain, a giant spider mother with the strength on the side of truth, coupled with her countless children and grandchildren and the ubiquitous spider web, Brando's hair is terrible to think about.
The point is that he had never heard of the ancient passage leading to the hills north of Ampersel, only knowing that one side of the ancient passage went deep into the mountains of Anlek.
"My lord, in fact, we don't know what's going on under that hall." Hearing Brando's words, Barbasha confirmed his identity even more. Everything is as the prophecy said, the witch's secret is like an open book in his eyes, which can be read at will. "But since Lord Lord also knows this passage, it means that it must exist."
Princess Griffin believed it this time, because Brando would definitely not lie to her. She looked back: "Brando, is she true?"
"I've heard of such an ancient passage," Brando was sweaty on his forehead, and he almost exposed it again. He couldn't help but secretly scold Barbasha, these old witches, for taking a so-called'witch's secret' to attack him. "But this passage can really lead to the hills north of Ampersel?... Well, there is no mention of this in the wizard's literature." Brando felt that if this continued, the information on the previous forum was really going to become wizard's literature. Library.
"This is a secret we have passed on from generation to generation, so naturally you can't go wrong. This corridor connects the mountains while leading to the hills to the north."
"That should be correct, it can basically be printed with what I know." Brando confirmed it at a glance. There may be a secret passage under the ancient passage. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but become very curious. In the past, because of being close to Amperthel, there were not many players exploring this ancient passage at all, and no one had discovered this other secret passage for decades.
We must know that it is impossible to set up a secret channel inexplicably in the game, there must be corresponding benefits in it. Thinking of this, Brando's heart burned with a raging fire of anticipation. There are too few secrets that have not been discovered in the land of order.
I didn't expect to meet him today.
He raised his head, "Barbasa, if I remember correctly. The entrance of the underground passage should be some distance from here, right?"
"Yes, Lord Lord." Barbasa replied respectfully, "The entrance should be east of Jean Ding's foothill manor."
"Who has a map?"
"I have." Count Oeting immediately removed a wooden tube from his waist, opened the stopper, and took out a roll of waterproof parchment map. The accompanying knight spread it out, and the parchment map was spread on the ground almost half the size of a person. It was the entire map of the area near Ampersel.
This kind of high-precision map is not common in this era, even in the military, it is the most important and highly confidential, and it is worth less than ten thousand dollars to get it on the black market. Players didn’t have such a dazzling stuff back then. Brando didn’t expect Ouding to carry this kind of thing with him, and couldn’t help but complimented: “I didn’t expect Earl Ouding to carry this kind of good stuff with him. Be well prepared."
Count Oeting looked at Princess Griffin with a little embarrassment: "His Royal Highness asked the old minister to bring it."
Brando suddenly glanced at the half-elf girl on the side, but it was a pity that the princess didn't have much expression on her face, and even frowned slightly. He couldn't help sighing and looked at the map. On the map, there is a place called Silver Peak Hill to the east of Jean Ding's Foothill Manor. If he remembers correctly, the secret entrance of the ancient passage should be nearby.
But before that, there is a problem.
"If I remember correctly, the secret entrance of the ancient passage should be closed by ancient magic. Can you think of a way to open that seal?" Brando looked up at Barbasha.
"Naturally, it was the witch who closed the ancient passage, Lord Lord." Barbasa replied a little triumphantly. She does have the resources to be proud of. The witches have a long heritage in Warnd. They once followed the Dark Dragon and held a large number of unknown dark secrets and history. "It takes a ritual to open that secret gate. Only twenty people can pass through at a time. But once the passage is passed, whether it is going north to the hills north of Ampersel, or going south to enter the mountains of Anlek, it will be the lord. The adults decide for themselves."
"In other words, do we have to enter that ancient passage anyway?" Princess Griffin asked.
"Almost, unless we are willing to blaze a trail, but I'm afraid there is little hope," Brando said. But Princess Griffin frowned. "But they don't know what the specific situation is under the ancient corridor. Whether there is any danger below it is also an uncertain thing."
"Anyway, it's better than just sitting and waiting," Brando bit the bullet and added: "Besides, I know what's down there, and I'm at least 80% sure. Please trust me, Your Royal Highness."
The princess glanced at him, and finally nodded: "Well, I believe you."
"There's one more thing." Count Oeting on the side suddenly said. Under the gaze of everyone, he walked up and pointed to a point on the parchment map-after a short while, the map was full of splashes-and said, "We still have some way to go to that place. We just watched from the top of the mountain. At least there is more than one Qiaogendigang's army entering the forest. If we go from this direction, will we run into them head-on."
Brando looked at the map and frowned deeply. He knew that what Earl Odin said was true. He had seen a spark of fire outside the port of Ampersel on the top of the mountain before with his own eyes. It was probably the light of lava and torches. They continue to move northward like this, I'm afraid there is a great chance of hitting them, not to mention that there are countless harpies above their heads.
He tightened his lips, frowned and exchanged glances with His Royal Highness. Both saw the same meaning in each other's eyes:
"We need to request support—"
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