Chapter 109 You Are Such a Great Musician
Zu La's question caused Xu Nan to fall into a pretentious silence, but the next second, the serious-looking Ratman leader suddenly added something relaxed:
"...Of course, from another perspective, this might not be a bad thing."
"At least the Itka ratmen now complain about the metallic sounds of your city-state's mines when they sleep, rather than those frightening ravings and chants."
Xu Nan raised his eyelids slightly, did he finally get to the point?
In fact, he has always been curious about the origin of the devil that Zula talked about.
Although backed by Paradise Lost, the information in Xu Nan's hands still does not explain the mysterious power near the emerald mine. Even Mr. Smith, who has great powers, is vague about it, and Xu Nan is embarrassed to go to Romans for everything. .
What's more, the recent Luo Mang is also a dragon who can't see the end. It is said that he has a fierce fight with An Suli-Twilight Love can also be so passionate, which makes Xu Nan feel unspeakable envy.
Closer to home, Xu Nan actually attaches great importance to the Itka Ratmen. Since they have lived here for so long, they must have some understanding of the emerald mine and the mysterious power nearby, and maybe they can catch some information about the itkas that Jiang Yuanchi said. The source of the "curse".
"I want to know more about those demons."
Xu Nan cut to the chase and said solemnly: "You don't have to question my belief or strength. You should have seen my ability that day near the Well of Illusion."
In fact, he himself didn't understand how to repel the demons and goblins in the well with a stick, but in order to obtain information, he had to pretend to be a big boss, didn't he?
He originally thought that since he had kept Zula's appetite for so long, and then sent miners to harass the Ratman tribe day and night, this guy would not be able to hold back and would show his cards directly.
Unexpectedly, the mentality of the Ratman caster was very stable.
He showed a rather ugly smile:
"Itka ratmen only open their arms to friends."
The implication is to benefit?
Xu Nan was unmoved, but said indifferently: "Kill those devils, and we will naturally become friends."
Zu La was shocked. He tried to block Xu Nan's mouth, but Xu Nan easily dodged it.
"What? Those devils you speak of still have eyes and ears in your house?"
Xu Nan deliberately said boldly.
Zula was a little uneasy: "That's not the case, but as far as I know, these terrifying creatures are naturally sensitive to malice. Your remarks may cause disaster!"
"The Itka tribe has never feared any evil existence, but we are too weak, we have struggled for many years, and our vitality has been exhausted..."
Speaking of this, Zula seemed a bit bitter.
The mood of the leader of the Ratman was getting low, Xu Nan suddenly took out a harmonica and put it to his lips, coughed twice: "How about, let's listen to a song first."
Zura froze for a moment, did not allow, but did not stop.
Xu Nan blew on his own.
To be honest, he doesn't play the harmonica very well, but the tune itself is derived from "Requiem", one of the bard's three major tunes!
With the solidification of the bard's ability, this song has been integrated into Xu Nan's blood. Although he is not a serious bard, he still chose his own spell-casting medium, which is the most portable harmonica.
After all, he is just a functional bard, and if he really opens his voice to sing, he is afraid that he will hurt innocent people, so it is better to silently use the power of the poetry and music itself to achieve some effect.
However, the result surprised Xu Nan.
The effect of the harmonica requiem was surprisingly good, in stark contrast to his a cappella: not only Zula in the room was freed from the state of anxiety just now, but unconsciously, Zula’s house was full of Iraqis. Teka rat people!
They listened fascinatedly to Xu Nan's light playing, as if falling into a wonderful summer night dream.
Until Xu Nan put down his harmonica and the surroundings became quiet, most of the Ratmen still refused to wake up.
"It seems that I am not good at playing, but these rat people have never seen the songs of bards, and Zula is not lying, they are plagued by demons day and night..."
Xu Nan sighed softly in his heart.
The Itka Ratman and the emerald mine have a very deep relationship. Xu Nan needs to know who is the devil that plagues them.
After appeasing and evacuating the Ratmen who were attracted by the sound of the piano, Zula wiped her wet eyes and looked at Xu Nan with some emotion: "I didn't expect you to be a great musician. What's the name of this instrument?" ? Why can you play such a beautiful song?"
"I don't know how to describe the feeling just now, maybe I haven't felt so comfortable and comfortable for many years."
"You are a great musician."
Xu Nan coughed, and instantly attributed the bard's ability to his extraordinary talent.
Well, the advantage is Xu Nan's own, and the disadvantage is naturally Otterson's fault, it's so true!
"Although I only have a rough understanding of music, I have done a little research on soothing the soul."
This is not a lie. Whether it is the bard ability that has been mastered, or the desire apostle who is about to advance, they are actually professions that have a very powerful influence on the soul.
Xu Nan stared at Zula's small eyes, trying to increase his appeal: "My city is about to take root here, and I don't want to be unprepared to face those evil creatures in your mouth."
"Tell me what you know, maybe I can help, maybe..."
"You can be freed."
As soon as the words fell, Zura's breathing became a little short.
What his small eyes couldn't hide was some excitement.
It seems that the rat people are indeed suffering unimaginable torture day and night. Even Zula, who has a good ability to cast spells, was incited by Xu Nan's seductive words.
This time, he didn't stick to his heart for too long, maybe he had endured too long years, and under the guidance of charisma, he finally told the information Xu Nan wanted to know in detail.
...
Itka Ratman Tribe.
To be precise, it should be the Itka Ratman Kingdom. Yes, the Itkarat may seem few in number, yet they were once a great kingdom not so long ago.
In the earliest days, the Itka ratmen lived on a piece of fertile land. Xu Nan speculated that it should be a demiplane with a good environment, or even a garbage demiplane of a fallen legendary mage; Hands, create rich fruits.
Unlike most ratmen tribes, Itka ratmen are a rare race that is good at farming.
The ancestors of Zura once continued because of their peaceful life, but soon, disasters came for no reason.
In the farmland full of pumpkins, a metal gate appeared. A curious rat man opened the gate. Soon, some terrifying soldiers and wizards rushed out of the gate. They plundered the place frantically. In the end, they were defeated and became their captives and slaves.
These soldiers and wizards had a ferocious appearance, but they were about the same height as the Ratmen. Later Zula's ancestors learned that this creature was called a dwarf.
The gnomes came from another world and colonized this place, and the rat people learned that the kingdom of the gnomes is full of magical powers--that power is called magic.
Hearing this, Xu Nan guessed the origin of these dwarves almost immediately!
Obviously, they came from the magic civilization polluted by the blood god!
Sure enough, Zura's follow-up conversation provided a lot of corroboration.
After the gnomes gained powerful magic power, they formed a terrifying alchemy legion. They were not satisfied with the war in the local world, and began to expand outward; and the Kingdom of Itka Ratmen was their first stop.
They established an outpost here as the starting point for them to open up the outer world, and they built a dark gate as a passageway for magic civilization.
At first, the gnomes were going to kill the ratmen.
Later, after some considerations, they gave up doing so, but made the Ratman their slaves, and guarded the terrible place that Zura called the "Gate of Sighs" for life after life.
In order to prevent the Ratmen from rebelling, the dwarves found a weak but proficient devil from nowhere. With the help of that devil, the two sides signed a lifelong blood slavery contract.
Itka rat people, will become the slaves of the card gnome permanently.
However, all this is just the beginning of the Itka Ratmen's nightmare.
They struggled to live under the high-handed policy of the gnomes. Suddenly one day, a terrible change happened at the Gate of Sighs, and all the gnomes who went to fight in the outer world lost their news strangely.
The Rat People were overjoyed, they thought they were free at last; they confirmed in various ways that the card gnomes, for whatever reason, could no longer enslave them.
So they want to escape.
Escape from this place, escape from the Gate of Sighs, escape from that terrible magical world... According to Zula, their ancestors did try to do so.
But they failed.
The gnomes are all dead, but the devil is still there, and the contract is still there.
Although that devil was weak and couldn't even fight against so many ratmen, he held the contract in his hand. At the very beginning, he tampered with the contract. He tried to take advantage of the situation and turn the Itka ratmen into to become his own slave, but he failed.
The two sides entered a long tug of war.
I don't know how many years have passed. The whole world has undergone tremendous changes, and the Ratmen became weaker and weaker under the torment of the devil. Finally one day, Zura's father, the former priest of the Itka Ratmen, made a crazy decision.
In his dream, he heard the whispers of another evil being.
When he got up the next day, he began to dig the well without saying a word.
Under the watchful eyes of all the ratmen, he dug for a full thirty days, but there was nothing in the well.
That well was naturally the Well of Illusion later on.
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