Act 97 Missing Food III

"trouble?"

Veronica tightened her fur coat, revealing the slender curves of the female legionnaire underneath, the light brown undertone of Cruz's winter uniform—the same feathered hue as Cruz's famous brownstone. She walked towards Brando, passed him, lifted the felt, and glanced outside with a wary expression - the icy cold wind howled, causing everyone in the tent to shiver. The lady put down the felt, turned her head, and said with a stern expression, "I'll tell you what I'm going to tell you, you can only listen with your ears, and keep your mouth shut for me, everyone does."

"There are 300 soldiers in this camp, but starting today, the food reserves are only enough to support next week."

Brando suddenly understood why Veronica was so serious. If the news was to spread, it might cause a commotion. This is because the army that Veronica brought is the elite of the Cruz people. If it is the private soldiers of the nobles, it may not be impossible to cause a riot. The Cruz's tactics will be enough to support an army to maintain a week of food, which is called the basic reserve. Normally, the army participating in the war consumes two basic units of food a week, and the stationed is relatively small. Fewer than four base units means that an army that is still capable of fighting must consider retreating. Less than two units, that's a situation that requires hardship to stand firm. The fact that less than one unit of the army has not rioted either means that the commander has suppressed the news too well, or that the army is very elite, or both.

However, Veronica participated in the last jihad, and is a long-established general of the Cruz people. With the title of the female god of war, she will never make low-level mistakes on this issue. Brando seemed to have guessed immediately why the Cruz people were facing the current predicament, and he asked with some clarity: "Has part of your food been missing--?"

"How do you know!?" Veronica turned her head sharply, her originally frowning brows relaxed all of a sudden, but she frowned again immediately. "Do you know something, Brando?" she asked suspiciously.

"Don't you know what lives in this snowfield? Didn't I ask Aroz to remind you?" Brando was equally puzzled.

This snowfield is the lair of the damned frost young dragon, and this little boy is just a famous foodie, and he is very timid and only steals food from travelers. It has been doing this line of business all year round in this forest and on the shores of Lake Wallendon, and the business is skilled. If the average person is not careful, it is easy to be tricked. Of course, in addition to being proficient in this line. This frost young dragon itself is also a good hand at sap and black knives. all in all. It will never come face to face with you.

If there are any sinister and vile adjectives, they must be made for it.

"Aloz?" Veronica thought for a while before she remembered the delicate doll-like little girl who accompanied Mephistopheles, but the only impression the latter left on her was probably stinking a picture all day. Little face, she didn't understand how Brando would let a little girl send such an important message to herself: "She?"

Seeing Veronica's expression, Brando understood what Aroz had done, no, she may have long forgotten about it. "That guy..." He suddenly realized that he had made a mistake, and he should have asked someone more reliable, such as Antitina.

Brando had to tell the rumor about the dragon on Lakeside Avenue again.

Veronica walked back to her place and glanced at the parchment map. Throw the hare pelt in your hand onto the table—the table is actually a pile of boxes. "You mean it was the young dragon who stole our food? But that's nearly two months' worth of food for three hundred people. Three carriages."

"The dragon family always has some mysterious spells. If it deliberately hides its traces, it is not difficult for you to find it." Brando is also a little helpless. If a dragon wants to steal your things, it is really difficult to do. .

"It's amazing,

The fact that dragons speak of their noble spells for stealing is... a little different from what I've seen in books. A girl in white in the corner suddenly said. Brando actually noticed her early in the morning. The girl had a cute baby face. She wore a white scholar hat and her eyes were as blue as sea water. She was wearing a robe. , with two blood-red crosses on his shawl, wearing a pair of grey squirrel leather gloves, holding a thick book, with a small brass cross ornament hanging from the bottom of the bookmark sandwiched between the pages.

"Sorry, I'm not questioning your words, I'm just curious—" Seeing Brando's gaze swept over, the girl hurriedly explained with a smile.

"Who is this?" Brando read some confidence factors from the clear and transparent eyes of the other party. The girl is obviously not good at concealing her thoughts. Although she tried her best to be approachable, she still gave it to Erouin who was present. A feeling of being treated as a savage.

This is a typical Cruz noble sense of superiority, but the sense of superiority has not turned into arrogance, presumably a child who has left home for the first time.

"Sido, she is a descendant of the Marquis of Thun, and is currently studying in Saint-Eberson. She is a smart child, with extraordinary talent, Brando, you will definitely like her. The wizards who have the Mithril Society also watch I have won her talent, and I hope she can enter the White Tower for further study." Veronica did not reprimand the girl's intervention, but looked at the other party with gratified eyes and introduced her, without concealing her love.

"St. Eberson College? Buga?" Brando basked in his heart, it was indeed a great talent to be favored by the people of silver, and of course, he was lucky enough. He asked, "Marquis of Thun? Could it be Thun the conqueror who crossed the sea on a dragon-headed warship and conquered Shevilian?"

"It's the ancestor." The girl's eyes lit up slightly. She probably didn't expect that there are people in the Eruin who can tell the origin of their family, especially the legend of the ancestor's conquest of the Shevilian area. She has always longed for it, and it is also the pride of the family. .

"Is this an area that has not yet been civilized." Brando knew what she was thinking when he saw Shiduo's eyes. He glanced at the other party's attire. The cross on the white coat was a typical emblem of the Blood Cross. The Blood Cross was a prestigious scholar organization in Cruz. Will there be such a young member, presumably a nominal honorary apprentice.

"Then who is this?" Brando looked towards the corner of the tent. He had already noticed the man who had been quiet and did not speak. The other party was wearing a mink fur coat with a military uniform under the coat, but the silver color was clear. There is no family emblem on his breastplate, only an eagle emblem, which looks a bit like a mercenary. Only the brand new deerskin boots under the plaid trousers and the gems on the hilt of the sword prove that the other party must be extraordinary.

This is a calm man. As soon as Brando walked into the tent, he saw him and Shiduo standing behind Veronica. But unlike the frivolous curiosity of another scholar, this older young man has never spoken, but looked at them with sharp eyes in the dark. His silence made Brando feel a military taciturn quality.

But until this moment-

"Lenarat Aurelius." Before Veronica spoke. The young man answered loudly in a cold tone. As if to be proud of the surname. After he answered, he closed his mouth and resumed his previous silence.

Oh it's you! When Brando heard this name, he thought that the other party could indeed be proud of this surname, because it once belonged to an eagle-like man, and the word associated with it was the empire and the supreme power - the emperor.

But at this moment, Brando inevitably thinks of Laurena and Feralas eccentrically in his heart, for no other reason, because the other party is the bitter master who was recklessly killed in Feralas' dream - the Great Emperor Grantodia 's eldest grandson.

Also the future emperor xià.

Brando didn't expect a future legend to appear in front of him, and he was still so young. He couldn't help but look at each other more. As if noticing his expression, Veronica showed a good-looking smile on her face: "I don't need to introduce it now. Little guy."

Brando smiled bitterly, of course it was unnecessary. Cruz nobles have the ancient teaching of sending their heirs to distant places for training, but this tradition has long been disobeyed by most families. Because of assassinations and accidents, too many outstanding descendants died in the training, but the Cruz royal family is really courageous. .

"Dragons are high in the eyes of us mortals, but also have many quirks, as if they have an almost paranoid greed for wealth, as far as I know. This time we are facing a cowardly young dragon. It chooses It is not the nature of the dragon to act sneakily. It is determined by the character." Brando continued.

"A cowardly giant dragon, it's really interesting, the teacher is right, you can only see this complicated world when you walk out the door." Shi Duo exclaimed in amazement.

"Don't despise it just because you are timid. No matter what you say, giant dragons are formidable opponents. Even if it is just a young dragon, no matter how timid people are, they would dare to kill an ant lightly." Brando warned one sentence.

"That's right." Shi Duo nodded politely to him.

"This guy..." Brando was a little speechless.

Veronica, however, heard something in his words, narrowed her eyes and asked, "Brando, listen to you, can you find it?"

"I don't have the ability to track giant dragons. That's the job of the elf dragon hunters in Essotuk, but I just happen to know where it's hiding." Brando smiled slightly.

"Do you know where it's hiding?" Veronica's blue eyes suddenly lit up, she turned her head and couldn't help but praised heavily: "You really didn't disappoint me, little guy, it seems like nothing can hold you back. you?"

"You're wrong, and I'm just a fluke. Don't forget, I have a good relationship with Grand Duke Lantonilan, and Duke Vieiro does not reject alliances with me. They are the masters here. The head young dragon has lived in this area for a long time, and it is impossible for the locals to know nothing about it." Brando replied humbly.

But Veronica seemed to be really devastated by this matter, she still looked at Brando admiringly: "Brando, you made me regret it - I mean at your age, hey, if you are willing to How nice to join the Cruz Empire."

"Aren't I standing with Lord Legionnaire now." Brando couldn't bear the kindness of the Legionnaire, but he couldn't choose to become a Cruz noble no matter what, he chuckled and subtly turned aside topic.

"Humph." Veronica snorted softly, expressing dissatisfaction with Brando's perfunctory answer, she picked up the map on the table, shook the dust on it, and asked, "Where is that dragon? Place, it looks like we have to catch it before it uses up all our food."

"Lord Legionnaire, are you planning to leave now?" But compared to Veronica's turbulent situation, Brando seemed calmer.

"Huh?" Veronica looked back at him puzzled: "Of course, we can't go on, and I don't know how long this matter can be kept secret. I have already ordered a reduction in the food ration. But It's just a temporary solution, sooner or later, people will guess it."

She stopped suddenly. Asked: "Brando, do you have any other ideas?"

Brando nodded: "Actually, I brought you a message."

"News? Good or bad? If it's good news, tell me. If it's bad news, forget it. There's enough bad news. Let's put it aside for now." Veronica was stunned. After taking out the willful reply of the legion commander, she walked behind the table and took down her long sword from the shelf.

Brando looked at the woman a little helplessly: "Before we came here, we found traces of Anlek."

Veronica's movements froze. She put down the sword with a click, turned around, her emerald green eyes shimmered, looked at Brando strangely and asked, "Are you here to bring me the gospel today, little guy?"

"It seems that the Temple of Flame is really devastated by the fragments of these portals." Brando looked at her, but replied to himself.

"You guys...they. No, of course we are in a hurry. Do you know how much the empire has lost face this time? There is also some of your credit in this. Don't be too proud, someone will settle the account with you." Vero When Nika saw Brando smiling, she knew what he was thinking.

Brando glanced at the other two, Lenarette was taciturn, unmoved by what he and Veronica said, sitting there like a sculpture; while Shiduo held a book in both hands and looked at him with curiosity, In Cruz, Brando is also a household name right now.

since the last jihad. Have the Cruz people ever suffered a defeat?

"Tell me, what's going on?" Veronica asked.

Brando told the story of the hunter girl again. When she heard what happened to Peia, Veronica didn't show much sympathy on her face, she just said coldly: "Anlek is asking for his own death."

At the end, she turned her head and asked carefully: "You said that the girl followed her all the way to this neighborhood, which means her brother is still alive, and she left a mark along the way to tell you that Anlek once passed through this area." She looked puzzled: "But what is the connection between these two things? Do you want to say that Anlek is also heading towards that young dragon's lair?"

"That's right, Lord Veronica, in order to avoid leaking news before coming here, there is one thing I didn't tell you." Brando replied: "You already know that Anleke is here for the Dragon Heart. Come here, but you don't know that the dragon's heart is in the glacier of despair, guarded by the young dragon."

Veronica was stunned for a while.

"So you have some conspiracy, right?" she asked, staring at Brando.

What is a conspiracy! But Brando still nodded, "Whether it's an adult dragon or a juvenile dragon, it's not so easy to deal with, and Anlek may not dare to say that he is sure, so I doubt they will go to a place first."

"Where?"

"The Temple of the Hibernators."

When Veronica heard this name, it was as if she had been pricked by a needle, and her emerald green eyes shone dangerously: "I've heard of this place, you won't tell me those things. 'Are you still alive?'

Of course still alive.

The alpha wolf Esis was only temporarily sealed and fell into the sleep of a demigod, not to mention her children. When the wolves at dusk chased the father of giants, Milos the Frostweaver came here. After a great battle, the gods of the frost giants fell here, the blood of Esis also flowed on the snow field, and filthy creatures were born from it. Those dark children were later sealed, but still slumbered in the Temple of the Hibernators.

Anlek definitely couldn't deal with a young dragon. His only chance was to release the children of Esis. Brando guessed the Duke's thoughts almost immediately.

But the other party must not know what he is about to release. It is not the bloody branch of the wolf disaster, but the real pure blood wolf born in the blood of Esis, the real chaotic creature.

Opening the Temple of the Hibernators also opened the way to the most central team copy of the Dyeing Frost Forest Labyrinth.

Fortunately, Brando knew that it was a seal based on time, and unless it was opened from the inside, Anlek was doomed to be disappointed. However, he had an idea, which made Anlek not only return empty-handed, but also suffer a huge loss.

The idea is to say it is a conspiracy. It doesn't seem to be completely unreliable.

Seeing his expression, Veronica knew that this young man had already made up his mind. But now is not the time to discuss the action plan, she chooses to believe the other party, but also said: "It seems that you have already thought about what to do, but I have a question-"

"Um?"

"What exactly is the dragon's heart in your mouth. I thought it was the dragon's heart?"

"Well..." Brando was a little innocent: "I don't know either."

"What!?" Veronica immediately showed a murderous look.

"Lord Veronica. You also know," Brando glanced at the big book in Shiduo's hand: "A lot of the knowledge of the wizard comes from the book, before you really saw it, you Few know what it is, you don't think I have enough experience to see everything?"

"Hmph, a sly answer." Veronica glared at him: "Don't think I don't know what you have to hide from me, go and rest first, and wait for me to gather the others."

Brando was stared into a cold sweat by the legion commander. He didn't expect Veronica to really see that he was lying. It's just that he didn't panic about the origin of the Dragon Heart, but he didn't tell the Legion Commander sù. The reason why he knew this qiē did not come from books. But from a game with the same name as this world.

This is something that can't be explained, is it?

Brando didn't intend to dwell on this issue, he simply saluted the female legion commander, turned around, and was about to leave with the others.

But he didn't expect that Shi Duo, who was behind him, followed one step at a time. Before Brando lifted the felt cloth of the tent, he shouted, "Mr. Brando."

Brando turned around.

"What, just a little curious. Mr. Brando, you are the most knowledgeable Eruin I have ever met. Do you really know the living habits of the dragon race?" Shi Duo asked curiously in a low voice.

But Brando always felt that the innocent eyes of the other party were somewhat suspicious.

"No. I don't know." He shook his head simply, there are some things you can never make clear with such a preconceived little girl. Especially the other party is a stubborn scholar, a female scholar: "I'm just anecdotal, I also heard that dragons especially like human girls and will snatch beautiful girls back to their lair - you know?"

Shi Duo's eyes widened, her blue eyes were like sapphires, she looked at Brando with bright eyes, "Mr. Brando, you are really joking, I, I have never heard of this..."

"So smart." Brando thought to himself.

The girl hesitated before asking again: "Mr. Brando, I heard that you are a descendant of the Highland Knights? I heard that the Cartiers still maintain their traditions, marrying stepmothers and daughters-in-law as wives, and I heard that after you died, Also, the soul is not purified in the flames, but the bones are gathered up, put in a jar, and then buried on both sides of the road? Are these true?"

Brando looked at this guy strangely, was stunned for a moment, and then answered with a straight face: "Yes, not only that, we also maintain the habit of drinking blood, drawing swords and killing people if we disagree. In our place, women can There are many men, and men can also have many women, how about it, are you afraid?"

Shi Duo was stunned, her face was full of incredible colors, and the girl stared at Brando with her mouth open.

"I'm sorry," Brando looked at him and added: "I lied to you before—"

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