According to the tradition of Yuanyingbao, the forest is frozen after winter. It is said that the ancient ancestors would appear in the deep forest for hunting this season. Therefore, no matter whether it is a farmer or a hunter, they will not enter the Xena forest in winter because that Will offend ancient ancestors and cause curses.
If he had to do so, as the traditional owner of the land, he would not be willing to enter the forest at this time.
He has been in charge of Far Eagle Castle for sixty-three years. Counting the same long youth, he has lived here for almost a century. As an old man, he is very aware of these traditions and taboos.
But something happened for a reason. A strange thing that happened in the forest two days ago forced him to come here and investigate everything.
Speaking of which, this matter will start from the end of the short summer in the Shicheng area. That was what happened three months ago. The wild elves came across the sea, landed in the Shicheng area, and then headed eastward across most of the northern border, one of which arrived at Yuanyingbao.
The Duke of Schoffman had already received an edict from the Templar before that, knowing that these elves would not stay in their own territory for too long, so they had to stay outside Far Eagle Fort, and it did not take long. After about a week, the elves left east and disappeared into Xie Na Forest after disappearing.
The Xena forest goes east, and after crossing the heather hills, the only place to go is the endless glaciers. Before the glorious return, the pioneer knights from Faenzan expanded east along this road. There they bumped into the borders of the order world.
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However, with the end of the pioneering era, fewer and fewer people crossed the Xie Na forest to the Great Glacier. In the first two centuries of the First Age, some adventurers would occasionally try their luck, but as the missing people became more and more More and more, the big glacier along with the heather hills has gradually become synonymous with death.
In the memory of Duke Schoffman, the last time the adventurer appeared in Far Eagle Fort, before and after the frog croaked, no one came here after that, Far Eagle Fort gradually became an unpaid, Desolate border area.
Therefore, he was inevitably curious as to what the elves were going to the east was related to the legendary treasure buried in the big glacier.
With this curiosity, he ordered people to monitor day and night at the entrance of the forest, to see when the elves would return.
But no one expected that the elves were three months away. Since then, there has been no news. The ten cities have spent a short summer and have begun to enter the deep autumn season of all things. Before the snowfall, both the beasts and humans must reserve. Food, and the residents of Yuanyingbao had to prepare for the annual festival, and all kinds of custom began to get busy, naturally he also forgot about it.
After all, no matter whether the elves are buried in the Great Glacier or what treasures they bring back, in fact, they have nothing to do with the residents of Far Eagle Castle. Although the Duke of Schoffman is the owner of this place, he takes the wild There was nothing the elves could do, especially when the temple did not show a clear attitude.
Thats it. On the night before the winter festival, nobody expected that the hunter he sent to Xiean Forest suddenly appeared outside the gate of Yuanyingbao as if crazy, proclaiming:
He saw an army of ghosts.
At first, no one believed it. But the hunter resolutely refused to take a step closer to the forest. He vowed violently, and yelled at everyone, shouting something like ghosts, pale troops, etc.
Far Eagle Castle is not large and has few residents. When this happened, it soon reached the ear of his duke. He had a different attitude from ordinary people. After hearing about the unlucky young mans encounter, he remembered the old one about his family for the first time. s legend.
Pioneers in the forest
According to legend, the ancestors of Yuanyingbao were given the gifts of the ancestors in the forest to establish a foothold on this land. Thus became the nobles passed down from generation to generation in the ten cities.
But there is not much written narrative about the legend in the family. He also heard his grandfather talk about it once before knowing such a thing.
Although the legend sounded like a fairy tale, the ancestor who established the Far Eagle Castle once lost his way in the forest. He had hallucinations during the hunger and cold, and saw the spirits in the forest, the spirit They led him to a forest full of hoe. Entertained him there and gave him a tinder and a stone.
Later the ancestors returned to Far Eagle Fort. With this kind of tinder, todays territory has been established.
That tinder is still preserved in the temple in Far Eagle Fort, which has illuminated this wild land for thousands of years. As for the stone piece, it is said that during a winter hunt, because of the The owner died unexpectedly. And always stay in the deep forest.
It was also from that era that the Xena Forest in winter became a restricted area of Yuanyingbao.
The descendants of Yuanyingbao have always believed that the stone was a lucky charm of Yuanyingbao, because the family has begun to decline since the stone was lost. The pioneer knights and adventurers have never appeared on this land since then, and the once-prosperous Far Eagle Castle was in a dilemma.
Duke Schoffman himself is a devout Templar, always keeping a distant attitude towards the spirit of the ancestors in the forest and these mysterious legends, but in his heart, he also thought that the missing stone and the Far Eagle Fort There is a special connection between the rise and fall of China.
However, he and his grandfathers parents had different opinions. He believed that the stone was a sacred thing bestowed on the family by the sage Faenzan. Because the family accidentally lost the sacred thing, he was punished in this way.
Like the ancestors of the family, he always had the idea of getting back that piece of stone.
And the scene that the young hunter described that night he saw was undoubtedly like an opportunity that ignited the long-cherished wish of the old duke.
In the description of that young hunter, the army he saw advancing through the mist resembled the legend described in the family for generations.
The spirits in the forest appeared again.
So, is that stone piece going to Yuanying Fort again?
Duke Schoffmans mind inevitably gave birth to this idea. Although almost everyone did not recommend that they enter the Xena forest in the winter, he could never wait for the spring to melt after the snow and ice melted.
He thought that this might be a test given to him by Fazen, the Holy One. If he didnt have the courage to accept this test, the Yuanyingbao family might never be able to meet the stone.
With such a firm idea, he brought the knights and several experienced hunters near Far Eagle Fort into the forest, but after entering this mysterious forest, the Duke of Schoffman inevitably began to feel uneasy. stand up.
After all, there are too many legends about it, that is, the cypress forest. There are not only good legends about it. Many people have gone missing in the forest in search of it. People often rumor those people. It was sealed on the lime tree and became a face above.
Although Duke Schoffman has always dismissed the rumors of these rural farmers, the strange legends couldnt stop coming out of everyones mind after really deep into this quiet and strange forest.
It was a long time after Pierce entered the forest. No sound came from the forest, and the sounds of the two hounds were swallowed up by the sea. The silence made everyone feel chill, as if something was on them all the time. Watching them from behind.
The Duke of Schoffman took off the mink gloves, and was a bit intolerable in the lonely environment. He was about to order the Cavaliers to do something, but at this time, he suddenly heard a whistle.