Chapter 122 121 Ruthless Complaints
Chapter 122 121. Ruthless Complaints
After Aesop arrived at the Sanctuary Elf Camp in the Silent Mountains, he immediately discovered what Old Moore and others could not say.
Fortunately, Lu Yu has not left the Silent Mountains so far. With his strength as a seventh-level magician, he is likely not to encounter too powerful enemies, which also makes the Sanctuary Elves full of confidence in Lu Yu's solution to the mystery of the Silent Mountains.
At night, Aesop and his followers camped in a separate area to rest.
Because he had learned about the past of the Silent Mountains with Lu Yu and was scolded by his father, Aesop couldn't help but want to know the follow-up of some things that happened back then.
At this time, he was reading about some of the controversies caused by his father's prohibition of abandoning disabled elves.
The book managers of the Elf Library carefully recorded the reactions of all parties at that time.
The old Duke Mel, who threw his eldest daughter Nettie Mel into the Silent Mountains to "reclaim wasteland", reacted most strongly. He publicly expressed that disabled offspring would only bring shame to the family, and their defects would taint the purity of the family bloodline.
In order to oppose his father's policies, Duke Mel's opposition was so fierce that many people stood by him and regarded him as a leader. As a result, he became a typical example of being criticized after the struggle failed.
In the end, he couldn't even defend the family territory, and his father used a soft knife to cut his flesh and compensated it little by little to the disabled elves who were moved out of the Silent Mountains.
It is said that such extreme ideas still exist in Duke Mel's family, but his father's ruling foundation has been solid in recent years, and he has no confidence to make trouble again.
This extreme idea has caused many tragedies. Many disabled but talented elves have been excluded by their families and thrown out of the house as a burden.
On the list, Aesop can even see a third-level magician named Vanessa who was abandoned by the Abel family.
Abel was just a baron, and his power and status were not high. The fanatical atmosphere prevalent among the elf nobles at that time wrapped him up and made him abandon Vanessa.
"Is that really the case?"
The archivist recorded what Abel said in public after his father issued the ban. However, in fact, Abel was attached to Duke Mel before. After Duke Mel was defeated by his father, he came out to cry as a victim, which made people think that he was a master of changing his face.
After calling the servants around him to ask, Aesop learned that the head of the Abel family was still the same one back then, and he now seemed to be one of Ramona's supporters.
The speed and skill of changing the family is really worthy of praise.
Aesop, whose eyes were a little tired from reading, squinted his eyes and quickly sorted out the information in his mind.
To be honest, Aesop didn't pay much attention to what his father did over the years.
Because he was born in the royal family, there were too many brothers and sisters in the family, and he was not the most outstanding one among them, so he was a little tired from the beginning and didn't want to participate in the competition.
Since he didn't want to compete, he simply didn't want to understand, which also led to his surprise when he was taught a lesson by his father.
It was not until he found out that his father had been secretly weakening the power of the nobles and trying to hand over some of the power to the people.
These years were actually the most peaceful years during his father's reign. There were no new policies announced, nor too many changes in laws. What was widely known was that he promoted reconciliation with the Gran Empire and ended the war between the two sides that lasted for 20 years.
"Father, why did you give up your power... You could have kept these rights in your own hands."
Aesop, who was stuck in a dead end for a while, was puzzled.
Gran V of the Gran Empire seemed to be doing the same thing. The monarchs of the two neighboring countries were promoting changes in power in a similar way, and it seemed that they had damaged their own rights. What was there that he didn't understand?
In the hut of the Silent Mountains, the summary and classification of Vanessa's various notes were basically completed.
Excluding travel notes, race observations, introductions to the properties of items, and records of customs, there were not many records about magic.
The detailed records can be roughly divided into two categories.
Puppet making.
Intermediate and high-level wind magic application.
This is completely inconsistent with the record in Vanessa's travel notes that she learned magic from many races and understood many secrets.
Considering that many of the notes in this house seem to be thick, but there are only a few pages with content, although Vanessa has planned what to write in each book and how to write it, she did not have time to write it, and an accident happened.
Of course, it is also possible that this is just one of Vanessa and Sayer's residences, and those completed books are not stored here.
In short, in the pure magic records, Lu Yu can only learn puppet making from scratch, because Vanessa wrote it very detailed, and she wanted to jump out of the book, grab your hand, and teach you how to make it.
The use of intermediate and high-level wind magic is a good book that all advanced magicians should read, because Vanessa herself is an extremely strong wind magician, and it is also with this that she can resolve many dangers at the beginning of her journey.
Because Lu Yu has the foundation laid by Lulutis, this book does not seem difficult to him.
Moreover... Lu Yu felt that Vanessa's teaching was much better than Lulutis's...
It was a pity that he had to keep these words to himself until Lulutis got sick, otherwise Lu Yu would want to provoke her now.
Lu Yu was a novice, and only after Lulutis used the rating props left in the house did he rate him as a second-level magician, so naturally, these were all he could read.
He was very curious about whether Lulutis had found any treasures from Vanessa's notes and fragments, but unfortunately, because she had said before that Vanessa was better than her, Lulutis did not answer the question at all.
Ask Hogu, this guy is now intoxicated.
Sigrid held Vanessa's book and read it to him. Hogu had an expression of "I am very moved" no matter what he heard. It was really unclear what he felt.
After walking around, Lu Yu found it.
Sigrid herself was a physical player, so she didn't touch magic much.
The fog demon was busy chewing crystals, and by the way, he took a look at the race observation of magic life forms written by Vanessa, waiting for advancement.
There is no need to say about Hogu and Lulutis. These two high-level guys are a kind of gain when reading any fragments of Vanessa. Not only are their minds broadened, but they can also understand some magic that has disappeared.
It seems like I am the only one who is smugly holding some entry-level books.
The treasure mountain is right in front of me. Others are picking up gems and gold, but I only picked up some broken silver. Lu Yu feels roughly the same way.
Lu Yu sighed and comforted his restless heart: "Be content, who told you to be a bad boy? Just finish reading the beginner's guide left by the boss."
"And ah..."
Lu Yu took the thick notebook made of dolls and smiled.
"I can also make big figures!"
Since summoning doesn't let me summon what I want, I can always make it myself, right?
There are always more solutions than difficulties.
The communication array is completely ineffective within the barrier range, even if the magic-forbidden mechanism is turned off.
According to Hogu, the barrier itself can block the entry of magic from the outside world.
Originally, I wanted to receive the junk message sent by Sera and confirm the location again, but after hearing what Hogu said, Lu Yu was a little embarrassed.
Hogu must leave a communication array here. If it can't be left inside the barrier, then it must be left outside the barrier?
"It's not a big problem. I don't think anyone dares to approach this area. After you leave, I will wander around the Silent Mountains and declare myself in possession of this area."
"I have completely memorized the depiction of the magic circle, and you don't need to worry about being destroyed by monsters that accidentally break in."
Lu Yu said: "I'm not worried about monsters. Monsters know how to seek benefits and avoid harm, but people are different. Some people know that there is only one way to go, but they will have wild ideas and want to try their luck here."
Sigrid reminded: "Although Old Moore and his men suffered heavy casualties, the elves of the sanctuary should still be waiting for news outside the Silent Mountains. After all, we haven't gone out yet."
Lulutis yawned: "I don't care. How to make Soresen's group give up the idea of entering the Silent Mountains is up to you to think about."
Lu Yu also felt that it was time to give Soresen's people an answer, but this answer could not be true.
Vanessa didn't want Soresen's people to disturb her from beginning to end.
Because Vanessa never forgave Soresen, she just kindly suppressed the revengeful thoughts in her heart and turned them into a calm emotion, which could eventually be healed by time.
Sayer respected Vanessa's choice, but in fact he did not agree with Vanessa's approach.
After losing Vanessa's restraint, he immediately sealed the two dolls, the Forbidden Magic Giant and the Sky Light, so that all creatures that came into contact with them would feel the pain of Vanessa's inability to communicate normally.
Lu Yu agreed with Sayer more in his approach.
Maybe kindness is a good quality, but if you don't punish those who hurt you, kindness will only make those who have committed atrocities feel that what they have done is forgivable.
Once Soresen knew that there was a secret treasure of a high-level magician here, no matter how many Hogu there were, the other party would try their best to get it.
After thinking about it, Lu Yu decided to use the name of Hogu.
On the way out of the Silent Mountains, Lu Yu was not attacked by monsters again.
Huo Gu's breath was so strong that the creatures that were contaminated by his breath were like lights in the dark night.
Many monsters just smelled the smell on Lu Yu and immediately retracted their heads.
"This is why I have to run very far away to play happily." The fog demon pointed at the frightened monster in the distance and said.
"When I was just born, he caught me by his side to learn things. I was ignorant and regarded him as my father. I even asked for his permission to go out."
"Every time I went out during the break, the creatures around me ran around like crazy. No matter how I chased them, I couldn't catch up."
"I finally caught a little rabbit, but the rabbit was scared to death..."
Lu Yu felt sorry for the rabbit for a second. It was normal for the rabbit to die of stress when it was chased by a monster like the fog demon and carried the breath of the dragon that he was very afraid of.
After the fog demon had a body, Lu Yu taught her to make a spicy rabbit head, so that the rabbits that were scared to death could be cooked on the spot in the future.
After crossing the warning sign of Silent Mountain, I stood at the border and looked down. Coincidentally, the camp of the Sanctuary Elves was not far below.
Lu Yu didn't expect that there were so many Sanctuary Elves. From the height, there were at least hundreds of Sanctuary Elves.
Are there so many high-level magicians in Soresen?
Then how did they fight to a balance with the Gran Empire?
"How can there be hundreds of people? I guess there are only dozens of people. They are all magicians. When they come to such a remote place, they naturally bring servants. Considering that they will be stationed for a long time, there are probably many people who help manage supplies."
"In short, they are all upper-class people in Soresen. Even if they arrive, they will not make themselves uncomfortable."
After going down the mountain, the elves of the sanctuary soon found them.
It was Aesop who came out to greet them, which surprised Lu Yu a little, but he still happily accepted Aesop's hug.
"Why did your highness come here?"
Aesop glanced at the sanctuary elves around him, and whispered with a smile: "They also need a lot of supplies to stay here. In addition, I heard that you have been in the mountains for some time. Considering that you may come out to replenish your supplies if you don't have supplies, I personally led the team here."
"I have prepared a surprise for you."
Lu Yu, who was not very interested in the surprise that Aesop said, quickly changed his mind.
Talking and laughing, Aesop brought him to his camp. Lu Yu suddenly saw Aesop's followers driving several sheep and cattle out.
"I have a younger sister who is not much noticed by my father. She usually raises some sheep and cattle to entertain herself."
"I never thought that the sheep and cattle would grow more and more, and they would become fatter and fatter. Her pitiful small territory was almost converted into a pasture."
"Knowing that you like to eat, I went to her and asked for some sheep and cattle that were to be given as gifts to other princes and princesses, as well as nobles, so that you can have a taste of them."
As soon as Lu Yu heard about the gifts given to other princes and princesses, he knew that these sheep and cattle were actually protection fees.
A girl who is not paid attention to probably has no backing and connections, and can only rely on these small animals raised.
Although he knew that Aesop couldn't be so unreliable, Lu Yu still asked: "Will it not affect her?"
"No, I took it away openly. Others would not trouble her if they knew. After all, in the eyes of those people, I just like to play with girls. Apart from being popular with my sisters, I have no ability."
Lu Yu smiled and said: "But you have been protecting her. A princess who needs to give gifts to other princes and princesses regularly must have a low status. Those people dare not bully her because you have been running to her."
"...I'm sorry to make you laugh. I really can't do more. My father has too many descendants. As a brother, I can't help them all. This is the only way."
"Who said you can't help more? In fact, you have two ways to help them."
Seeing that there are his own people around, Lu Yu continued.
"First, you become stronger and make it impossible for others to ignore you. Then, if you say someone cannot move, no one will dare to move."
"Second... reserve your father's position."
Seeing Aesop sweating profusely, Lu Yu patted his shoulder and said with a laugh: "I'm kidding."
"I never thought you had the ability to sit in that position."