Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 84
"Hey, Brian, wait a minute!" A hasty shout came from behind, "Run so fast, I can be regarded as catching up with you."

Brian stopped, turned and looked back.

He saw Athol coming panting through the mist and waving to him.

Obviously, this guy has been chasing him for a long time.

Based on his understanding of this half-elf friend, Brian could feel that it was impossible for the other party to just say goodbye to him.

"What's the matter?" Brian raised his eyelids, suppressed the curiosity in his heart, and asked calmly.

"Take it." Asel combed his mist-drenched hair with his fingers, took out a small 5-inch cylindrical leather case from his coat, threw it to Brian, and said, "Didn't you ask me yesterday?" I inquire about the whereabouts of a human being, and this is his relic."

Brian took the leather box. Judging from the remaining dust and traces of friction, it could be seen that this small leather box had been left in an inconspicuous corner for a long time.

He weighed it in his hand and felt that the texture was very light, and he immediately guessed that it was probably a piece of paper containing text.

However, he did not open it to check, but cast a pair of puzzled eyes on Asel, "Didn't you say yesterday that you have never seen this person before, why suddenly today..."

The human being mentioned by Athel is the brother Artus mentioned to him.

Two years ago, Amastaxia's army invaded the border of West Kingdom on a large scale.

At the same time, they also promised Blacktman's elves many benefits and asked them to send elf rangers to help harass the kingdom's borders.

At this critical juncture of internal and external troubles, the eldest son of the Duke of Swift chose to go to the holy land of elves alone without hesitation.

The heir to the duke actually persuaded the elves to give up their attack when everyone was not optimistic about it, so that the kingdom's army could concentrate on fighting the Tasha's attack.

At that time, when Brian heard Artes talk about this matter, he was also very surprised in his heart.

Because in his opinion, going to the holy land of elves and acting as a diplomatic ambassador, even he can't guarantee that he will be able to complete the task.

In fact, at first Brian didn't know that the Tasha people had secretly contacted the elves when they attacked the Kingdom of West, and he got the news from Athel.

It is not uncommon for Blacktman to see the spies of the human kingdom secretly informing the elves, just like the patriarch of the 'Golden Petal' family he killed.

If he hadn't killed him suddenly, even if the elves of other families found out, he wouldn't be guilty of death. At most, he would be fine after being reprimanded by the leader of Adlan.

But the mistake was that the other party actually communicated with the Niluskans, which caught his attention.

Thinking of this, Brian faintly felt that things might not be as simple as imagined.

So he did not continue to ask, but looked at the embarrassed Asel with a meaningful look.

"I don't have a good memory, so I forgot, isn't that okay?" Athel scratched his head, avoided Brian's gaze guiltily, and argued stiffly.

"Guess whether I believe it or not." Brian put away the leather box and said coldly.

"Okay." Athel looked at Brian helplessly, swayed, leaned against a big tree, picked off a leaf, put it in the corner of his mouth, and told Brian vaguely:
"Two years ago, there was indeed a human who sneaked into our temple without knowing what method, and then I captured him alive and reported it to the leader of Adlan."

"Then how did this leather case come about?" Brian continued.

"That human gave it to me." Athel smacked his lips and spat out the leaves from the corner of his mouth, "After I reported this to the leader of Adlan, they sent someone to take him away the next day. On the night before leaving, this kid wrote a note, which is this small leather case, please send it to Thorn Fort of Humanity."

Assel said here, paused deliberately, looked at Brian's expression, and then continued:
"You know me, I'm someone who never likes to leave Blackman voluntarily, so under the sincere plea of ​​the other party, maybe out of helplessness and unbearable heart, I agreed to his request on the surface, Let him be at ease for the time being, and when the next day, he will naturally forget all about it.

You suddenly mentioned it yesterday, so I suddenly remembered that there was still this thing, and then I searched through boxes and chests to find it, and quickly chased it out. You should be glad that I didn't throw it away. "

"Then two years ago... when a large-scale war broke out in the Kingdom of West, why did you suddenly give up the raid." Brian was silent for a while, and asked what he was most concerned about right now.

"Of course it's Grandma Weilanser." Asel returned to his playful smile, "On the day Chief Adlan sent someone to take that human away, Grandma Weilanser, who had been sleeping for more than ten years, was like a fake corpse ... suddenly woke up.

She is worthy of being a prophet. She didn't ask me about the outside world, so she knew everything. The first thing she did when she woke up was to call Chief Adlan to the small tree house. The two chatted from the early morning. Late at night, the long talk ended. "

Asel left the tree trunk, wandered over to Brian, and then said:
"Since then, all our large-scale operations against Tigrira and the Kingdom of West, and even the long-planned plan to unite with the compatriots of the Dusk Forest, have all been forcibly suspended. But this passive defense method is In my opinion, it doesn't work at all.

Don’t you come from Thorn Castle, even if you don’t deliberately ask, I think you should know that these two kingdoms have been very restless recently, and they are jointly planning a large-scale operation against our elves. This is to uproot us and wipe us out completely. "

"I see, thank you for letting me know." Brian glanced at Athel and said, "I will send this item to Thorn Castle."

"Is it okay for you to leave alone?" Assel looked at Brian and said with a little worry:

"You should have been very aware of the dangers of the Oak Forest when you came. Besides, you just killed the patriarch of the 'Golden Petal' family. On the surface, no one dares to come forward, but secretly, I'm afraid many people are ambushing you. On the way, I'm waiting to collect your head. Just now I saw a messenger crow flying over my head, would you like Tovel to take you out?"

"This doesn't mean you have to worry about it. I know it well." Brian didn't appreciate it and replied with a cold snort.

Ever since he possessed god-like power and natural characteristics, he felt that he was in the forest, as if he was at home, so he didn't think the traps in the oak forest could threaten him.

As for those elves seen in Brian, they are not even worth mentioning.

The reason why he didn't ask Tovill to take him away again was because he didn't want her to be involved in this conflict.

"Then it's up to you, and you can ask for more blessings." Asel suppressed the smile on his face, patted Brian's shoulder heavily, and said in a serious tone: "Take care all the way, and I'm leaving."

"Farewell." Brian replied indifferently, and turned to leave.

Just as the two were parting, a loud eagle's howl came from the blue sky.

The voice was as sharp and piercing as usual, and it made the eardrums of the two of them hurt.

Brian and Assel looked at each other, their expressions changed, and then they touched the hilt of the sword, looking up at the sky vigilantly.

A white eagle horse, flapping its streamlined wings, hovered over the forest, bathed in golden light, shining like a holy celestial creature, dazzling people's eyes.

However, at this time, Brian was not in the mood to appreciate such beautiful scenery.

Seeing the familiar eagle horse, he guessed who the owner of the horse was at a glance.

While this made him feel uneasy, he was also thinking about the purpose of the elf leader appearing here.

"Bryan, under the orders of Chief Adlan, I will take you away from Blackman." As the hippy slowly fell to the ground, a beautiful female voice came.

Immediately afterwards, a girl with long black hair poked her head out from behind the hippo, and looked at Brian with bright and sparkling aqua blue eyes.

"Tovel, why are you here?" Brian said with a hint of surprise in his expression.

"The leader of Adlan said that this hippogriff is flying very fast, and it can take you away from Blackman before dusk, so I asked me to come here and take you on the road."

Toviel met Brian's gaze, blinked, and ordered: "Come up."

When Asel heard this, his expression suddenly relaxed. He smacked his mouth, turned his head to the side, and stared idly at a lively little squirrel on the tree trunk.

"I see." Brian stared at the hippy for a while, then raised his feet and walked towards the hippo.

"Be careful, this hippogriff has a very violent temper. It took a long time for Chief Adlan to convince him to let me ride." Seeing Brian walking straight towards the hippogriff, Toviel was startled, and quickly reminded.

Brian didn't listen to her advice, but stretched out his arms, intending to wrap his arms around the hippogriff's neck.

Torvir was afraid of an accident, so she immediately tightened the reins with one hand and stroked the hippogriff's mane with one hand, gently soothing it.

However, to her surprise, when she saw Brian embracing the hippogriff's neck nervously, the mount did not flap its wings violently and wave its sharp front claws to threaten as before, but instead rubbed affectionately. Rubbed Brian's cheek.

"Then please."

Brian stroked the smooth mane of the eagle horse, and with his head hanging by its ear, whispered softly.

Hippogriff seemed to understand Brian's words, let out a low cry, and nodded humanly.

So he didn't waste any more time, waved Athel goodbye, and rode on the hippogriff's back.

Feeling the strands of hair blowing on his face, and the faint smell of mint grass, Brian gently helped the elven girl put on the hood on the dark green cloak to cover her loose long hair, and then motioned to her Set off.

Toviel's cheeks that were hidden in the hood flushed slightly, she tightened her beautiful lips, and tightened the reins of the hippo horse with both hands.

With a loud howl of the eagle, the eagle horse spread its wide wings and disappeared into the blue sky in the blink of an eye with a piercing sound.

They walked towards the sun rising behind them, and in the last pink glow of the evening, they fell into a small wood on the banks of the Grimory River.

It was a silent journey save for the endless whispers of the wind.

(End of this chapter)