1483 Surrender
The Estaya text and language are commonly used by lichs in the underworld. Raymond, who once obtained relevant information from the girl Becky, will naturally not be unable to understand it.
Therefore, the resentful butterfly with pale golden wings and the lines on its wings looked like some kind of runes in front of him, which made Raymond very strange. "How can you know that I am not from the underworld?"
"A strong man from another plane, can you allow me to leave immediately with my subordinates? I promise that I will completely forget the existence of this village, and I will not report this matter to the Great Lich of Talis..."
Not only did it not answer the previous question, but it was the resentful butterfly that bowed down and made a request, which made Raymond even more confused.
The girl Becky standing on the left shoulder seemed to find it a bit strange, so she interjected and asked. "Why are you allowed to leave with your subordinates? Wouldn't it be better to kill you here?"
Standing behind the two Resentful Butterflies with their arms linked together, the Resentful Butterfly with pale golden wings turned his eyes to the girl Becky, and then there was a slight fear in his expression, and there was a flash of hesitation in his expression. Passed away, and as it moved forward slightly, its raised hands pressed in vain on the back of its subordinate's head! The two resentful butterflies that had been on guard against Raymond suddenly burst out with a flash of red light in their eyes, their expressions suddenly twisted and they opened their mouths to scream!
But before they could take any action, their bodies seemed to have been roasted by high temperatures. The dark brown armor on their bodies instantly rose into smoke, and the two pairs of wings quickly dried up and curled up, and were subsequently burned. The ghostly fire spurted out from his body and was burned to ashes. Sprinkle down.
Such an unexpected move made Becky, the girl standing on Raymond's left shoulder, let out a low cry, and immediately raised her hands as if to show that she had given up on resisting the resentful butterfly. He said quickly. "Dear Sir, Ulu has no subordinates anymore. If you still have concerns, Ulu is willing to offer you loyalty and surrender to you!"
As he spoke, the resentful butterfly slowly lowered its body to the ground, and its two pairs of pale golden wings spread out flat, allowing Raymond to clearly see the complete pattern on it.
"This, this seems to be a gesture of complete surrender..."
The girl Becky was stunned when she saw this. Some were not sure, and Raymond didn't even know what this gesture meant.
But at this moment, the thick fog in the mountain path behind him was rolling and surging again. After the thick fog like running water gushes out, it gradually thins out, allowing Raymond to vaguely see the scene inside. On both sides of the mountain path that is several meters wide, there are dozens of columns that seem to have been deliberately inserted into the soil, and the tops of them release chains like smoke. But it formed a series of vague shackles. Trapping a small, bubble-like creature in its center.
"Dear Sir, Uru is one of the top five commanders under Talis Archlich. As long as you are willing to accept my surrender, you will own the map in the northwest of the entire Saiyan Territory, as well as all resources and various creatures. distribution map, and even if you want to raise an army that is completely obedient to you, Uru can plan it for you..."
Ulu, the resentful butterfly lying on the ground, was still making this plea, and the content of what it said made Raymond more and more surprised.
And the northwest of the ‘Saiyan Territory’ mentioned by it. It also seems to be an area occupied and managed by it, similar to the wetland that Raymond passed through before. It turned out to be just a very small area within it.
And things like the distribution of various mineral deposits, various resource points, and even the gathering places of many underworld creatures were mentioned casually and it didn't seem like he was lying.
Therefore, Raymond, who was a little tempted, asked. “Then do you know the distribution of soul-sacrifice fruit trees?”…
Ulu's body trembled as he was lying on the ground. There was surprise on his raised face, and he apologized with a somewhat embarrassed smile. "Dear Sir, Ulu came here not only to gather combat power, but also to obtain information about the soul-sacrifice fruit tree. If your goal is the soul-sacrifice fruit tree, Ulu is really powerless..."
The girl Becky, who had been listening, asked because she understood Raymond's purpose. "So your surrender is so proven?"
"Uru will offer the fire of his heart and soul to his master. If Uru has any bad intentions, the master can kill Uru in an instant!"
After he finished speaking without any hesitation, a small group of mist but not mist, smoke but not smoke slowly overflowed from the top of his head, like a shadow of his image that had been shrunk countless times and slowly floated away. come over.
The girl Becky came to Raymond in a flash. After the miniature Butterfly of Resentment approached, she accelerated it to appear in the palm of her hand with a flick of her finger. She seemed to be inspecting it, and then turned around after a moment. He turned around and nodded at Raymond. "It is indeed the fire of the heart and soul. If you accept it, its life and death will depend on your thoughts!"
A substance similar to this is called 'soul fire' in other planes. The name is different but the effect is obviously similar. Therefore, after the girl Becky handed it over, Raymond incorporated it into his consciousness. space.
The weak but capable heart-soul fire of Ulu, the Butterfly of Resentment, made Raymond lift his guard against it. After calling it over, he asked the others why they appeared here.
Uru, who was once a trialist in a village of Phantom Butterfly, was ambushed by the Great Lich Talis when he was out. After being refined by the Great Lich Talis into a Butterfly of Resentment, he was valued because of his extremely fast growth rate. In the end, he became the leader of hundreds of Butterflies of Resentment and a small number of low-level Liches.
"The Saiyan Territory occupied by the Great Lich Talis has gradually grown stronger after years of hard work. However, due to the conflict with the liches of the neighboring territories some time ago, the lich army owned by the Great Lich Talis suffered a heavy blow, so he sent us out to collect combat power..."
Speaking of this, he pointed to the entrance of the mountain trail filled with thin mist behind him and sighed. "Three months ago, because the operation to the evil spirit land failed, more than half of my men were killed, so I had to turn my target back to the village of the Phantom Butterfly. Otherwise, I would not have attacked my former kinsmen..."
Raymond, who had roughly understood the reason, stopped asking questions. After returning here with the Phantom Butterfly Jima, he ordered Uru to lift the offensive against the village.
The columns inserted on both sides of the mountain path were the "Imprisonment Pillars" awarded to it by the Great Lich Talis for its outstanding military exploits. It is a powerful range weapon.
As the thin mist covering the entrance of the mountain path dissipated, the bubble-like creature trapped in the imprisonment pillars immediately fled, followed by a dozen slightly larger Phantom Butterflies, led by an elderly man with white hair and beard, who appeared at the entrance of the mountain path.
Seeing the elderly man with white hair and beard, Jima immediately rushed over. However, the elderly man with a serious expression scolded Jima in an extremely harsh tone, and Jima burst into tears after a few words.
Seeing that the elderly man kept scolding, and Jima kept shaking her head even though she cried bitterly, Raymond, who could not understand his language, asked Uru to translate.
"The leader is the village's great elder, Sethus. He strictly ordered the little Phantom Butterfly not to reveal the location of the Soul Sacrifice Fruit Tree, and asked it to swear in the Heart Oath of its clan!"
"What is the Heart Oath?"
"The Heart Oath is a forced seal of memory among the Phantom Butterfly clan. After using the Heart Oath, even if it knows something clearly, it cannot say it out, and even some methods of controlling the mind cannot make it reveal it. It is the best way to keep a secret..."
Raymond's face sank when he heard this, and the girl Becky standing on his left shoulder was also furious. She appeared beside Jima in a flash, pointing at the elderly Phantom Butterfly with white hair and beard and shouted. "You don't even know how to thank me for being rescued. Is the secret of the Soul Sacrifice Fruit Tree more important than the entire village..." (.)