Legendary Hero

After leaving Lan Watson, Luo Lin and Sha'er rushed east all the way. On the way, they encountered mercenaries looking for them a few times, but they were all small troubles, but they were all solved quickly and neatly by the two people who cooperated with each other. up.

Four days later, the two arrived at the passage entrance explained by the soul of the giant eagle.

"This passage is a bit deep." Luo Lin looked at the entrance from a distance. There was a city in front of him. In the courtyard of the city's castle, there was a super giant tree nearly 200 meters high and 30 meters in diameter at the bottom. The canopy of the giant tree spread out, covering a small half of the city.

Now comes the problem. According to the Eagle Soul, the entrance to Nordrassil is hidden at the root of the giant tree, which no one knows. But this tree is in a city castle, and it would be a bit troublesome to sneak in silently.

"I know this place. This is the Giant Wood City. The city has a population of more than 100,000, and the scale is not very large. This big tree is their sacred tree. Except for the city owner, no one can approach it, let alone desecrate it. There are still people around the giant tree. There are heavy guards. Things are a little tricky." Sha'er, who was always fearless, also frowned.

The news of the Giant Eagle Soul only mentioned the approximate location of the tree, but it didn't say that there was a city here. He said that there was a giant tree in the valley, and the passage was under the tree. It is estimated that his news was a long time ago. At that time, this place should indeed be a valley, but in the later time, a new city was built in this valley.

"Let's go, let's go into the city. Find a solution after we understand the situation." Luo Lin said, he walked towards the Giant Wood City first, and Sha'er followed closely behind him.

Along the way, as the two got closer and closer to the Giant Wood City, a tense and depressive atmosphere became more and more intense. Along the way, the pedestrians they met all looked hurried and frowning, and there were few people entering the city and many people leaving the city.

"People are panicking here, something must have happened in the city." Luo Lin frowned.

"This matter should be covered by the city lord, and the matter has not really spread, otherwise there should be no merchants entering the city at this moment." Sha'er deduced.

Luo Lin nodded. He pulled a passerby dressed as an ordinary businessman, took out a gold coin, and said with a smile, "Brother, I have a question."

The businessman glanced at the gold coin, then nodded: "Ask."

"My wife and I want to go to the city, but I feel something is wrong, can you tell me about the situation?" Luo Lin asked.

The businessman turned his head and glanced at the guard at the city gate not far away, his eyes showed fear, and he was reluctant to part with the gold coin in Luo Lin's hand, so he pulled Luo Lin behind a tree, avoiding the guard's sight, and then lowered his voice and said: "There is indeed something going on in the city. In the past few months, there have been strange things happening in the city."

"Strange thing?" Luo Lin was incredulous. In this magical world with infinite possibilities, he really couldn't think of anything that could be called strange.

"Yes, it's a strange thing." The merchant's eyes showed horror, and he looked around, as if he was afraid that something would suddenly appear in the air and catch him: "Many people in the city are missing. These people are still alive during the day." Yes, they disappeared after one night. Some people lost one person in their family, and some had their whole family disappear. Someone saw with their own eyes that those few people disappeared suddenly. They were still there a moment ago. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared gone."

"The city lord doesn't care about such a big event?" Sha'er interrupted and asked. She wasn't surprised that someone disappeared in the blink of an eye. In front of ordinary people, she and Luo Lin could do similar things.

The businessman turned his head to look at Sha'er, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, why don't you? But the city lord can't control this matter. The city lord sent guards to search around and imposed a curfew, but there was no result. There were still people at night. Disappeared. Up to now, I estimate that there are at least five hundred people in the city..."

The businessman gestured with a slap, his face was full of fear, when a carriage passed by the road, the businessman immediately stopped talking, and he continued after the carriage passed, "Everyone is flustered. I came here to do business, and now I can’t stay anymore. This ghost place is too scary, I have a wife and children in my hometown, so I can’t lose my life here.”

Sha'er asked again, "Did any of the guards in the city disappear?"

"Yes, why not? A city guard who lived next door to me, a family of seven people, disappeared overnight. I looked at their house, and the furnishings in the room were not messy at all, as if they had just left the house. , but they just didn’t show up again. I stayed in that room for a while, and I felt uncomfortable all over. Oh, hey~ I was really scared to death.” The businessman patted his chest, he was terrified by the scene at that time .

"Are there any Force fighters missing?" Luo Lin interjected.

The businessman shook his head: "I don't know about that. The city lord must be keeping a close eye on this matter. Even if there are really few people, how can we common people know?"

Indeed, if the force fighters who are the core force of the city can't resist this strange thing, then the city's prestige will be discredited, and no city lord will let such news leak out.

There was nothing left to ask, Luo Lin handed the gold coin to the merchant: "Thanks, brother."

"What are you talking about, haha. If you want to enter the city, be careful. According to my observation, the chance of missing people from other places is much higher than that of locals." The businessman kindly asked.

Luo Lin's heart moved, and after thanking him, he and Sha'er continued walking towards the city. The two exchanged in low voices as they walked: "You asked just now, do you suspect that the city leader did this?"

Sha'er nodded: "There is such a suspicion. You see, this kind of thing happened in the city, but it has not been resolved for a long time. I really can't think of what power Troll has to make a city lord helpless, or even unable to touch it." Got a clue."

In the world of Troll, the master of a city represents the power at the top of the pyramid in this continent. Even if there are masters stronger than the city master among the common people, it is absolutely impossible to play a city master in the palm of his hand.

Even if the current Luo Lin and Sha'er can cooperate to achieve this kind of thing for a while, it still takes a huge risk, and it is unimaginable to want to do it for more than a month.

Therefore, in Sha'er's view, this matter is more like the city lord's self-directed and self-acted.

Luo Lin pondered, he really didn't believe it: "If you do this, the city lord will destroy his own foundation. Unless he is crazy."

"Who knows. Doesn't the lord of Fort Alyn like to eat people?" Sha'er laughed.

"He eats bought slaves. It's different." Luo Lin shook his head: "It's not that simple, I just hope it doesn't bother us."

Their purpose is very clear, that is to go to Nordrassil, not to find trouble everywhere.

"I hope so." Sha'er shrugged her shoulders. She is not afraid at all of the so-called daring people, and she really didn't hide from them. She didn't believe it, she and Luo Lin teamed up, there are still people in this world who are their opponents.

The two had already reached the city gate, and after paying ten coppers to enter the city, the guard at the city gate gave them a booklet.

The pamphlet printed some basic information in Giant Wood City, and on the title page of the pamphlet were written some warning statements, the first of which was written in red, emphatically warning outsiders not to go to remote places alone.

"It's quite important." Luo Lin patted the pamphlet: "I can see from it the good intentions of a city lord to maintain the city's prestige."

"Who knows?" Sha'er always held a skeptical viewpoint.

After entering the city, the two found an inn closest to the city lord's castle to rest. This inn is called 'Elf Hotel', and the interior decoration is very exotic. It is said that the owner of the inn has elven blood.

This hotel is under the shelter of the giant trees in the city. Looking up, the whole sky is green, and there are all kinds of birds flying around among the branches and leaves. The kingdom of birds. Apart from the occasional need to worry about bird droppings falling, living in this kind of place is still very interesting.

After settling down, the two didn't rest, and went to the streets separately to inquire about news. After returning to the hotel in the evening, Luo Lin was already familiar with the situation in Giant Wood City, and Sha'er brought back news of a reward.

The bounty was issued by the lord of Giant Wood City and posted on the Adventurer's Union in the city. The content was to find the murderer of the missing case in the city. The reward was 2,000 gold coins.

Two thousand gold coins, which can be regarded as a huge reward, is enough to recruit some strong mercenaries to do things.

"No one accepts the bounty or no one can complete it?" Luo Lin asked.

Sha'er frowned a little: "This reward has been posted for almost a month. At the beginning, there were mercenary teams who received the reward, but all of these mercenary teams disappeared. It is said that even the top 100 Blood Rose mercenary teams in the Wuyue Continent were all mercenary teams." The ship capsized in this gutter. The captain of this mercenary team is nicknamed Flaming Rose. I have worked with her before. Although her martial arts skills are not top-notch, she is still a good player, and she has a cautious personality. If this is the case of the city lord She directs and acts on her own, and she won't accept it at all. This time, things are indeed a little weird."

Luo Lin's eyes lit up when he heard it, and his plate was not going well this afternoon, but the disappearance case gave him a chance to get close to the city lord: "I have read it, because of the disappearance case, the city lord's castle The guards are very tight, almost watertight. We basically can't sneak in silently. Perhaps this bounty can help us enter the castle."

"You want to accept this bounty?" Sha'er's eyes widened, "But we are still someone else's target."

"It's not too difficult. You can pretend to be someone else, such as a mercenary master from the Slater Continent. From such a long distance, we don't have to worry about being exposed if we pretend to be the other party." Luo Lin laughed.

It's true that he didn't want to cause trouble, but accepting this reward now is for the chance to enter Nordrassil.

"Hmm~" Sha'er pondered for a while, and then there was a candidate for impersonation: "There is a pair of mercenaries similar to us in Starrett West. The male nickname is Brown Bear, and the female is Fox. We use this Identity."

"Okay." Luo Lin naturally didn't care: "Let's do things first, and then go to claim the reward after we find the target."

Doing so will reduce the chances of being scrutinized.

"Okay." Sha'er nodded: "Let's set off now and go for a walk outside. Didn't the manual say not to go to remote places alone? Let's walk some distance apart."

"No problem." Luo Lin nodded.

The two left the hotel immediately, with Sha'er in the front and Luo Lin in the back. They were more than a hundred meters apart, and they went to a remote place in the city. Of course, this is not stupidity, but the self-confidence of a top expert. Both of them believe that in the world of Troll, no one can sneak up on them silently.

The weather is clear tonight, and there is still a bright white crescent moon in the sky. The ground is frosty and white under the moonlight. Because of the curfew, the streets of the entire Giant Wood City are very quiet. Except for the occasional guards who patrol and pass by, they are basically invisible. silhouette.

In the dark night, the giant tree in the castle of the lord of the city looks like a gigantic giant. The moonlight in many places is blocked by the canopy of the tree, especially the castle of the lord of the city, the whole is plunged into darkness, as if swallowed by the darkness .

Sha'er and Luo Lin were also in the darkness under the canopy. Luo Lin, who was following behind, turned on his dragon sense, fixed his eyes on Sha'er, and activated his other senses with all his strength, feeling all the movements within at least 300 meters around him.

In the eyes of the dragon, Sha'er, who was wearing dark blue leather armor, was very clear. The surrounding situation was also normal. There was no special sound, no magic or force fluctuations, everything was extremely calm.

Under such unsurprising circumstances, Luo Lin blinked his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that Sha'er had disappeared!

"..." Luo Lin was shocked, and hurried to Sha'er's last position, checked carefully, but found nothing, Sha'er seemed to have evaporated out of thin air, as if she had never existed.

Just when Luo Lin was startled and anxious, he suddenly felt a familiar wave, and immediately afterwards he found that the scenery in front of him was distorted like water ripples.

The intellectual brain issued an alarm: "Spatial fluctuations have been detected, and a teleportation spell has appeared...I can't resist it, the teleportation has ended, and the current location is unknown."