Li Huailin had been to the Fangastar Ruins countless times. From level 20 to level 27, he had been leveling up (or dying) here. However, Li Huailin had never explored the ruins too deeply. He would only encounter a few combat puppets at the edge of the ruins, and then he would send them home. Now, the two were heading to an old temple-like building in the middle of the ruins.
The journey was unusually easy. Li Huailin couldn't die even if he wanted to, but Gilbert was simply too strong. It was as if he had leveled up dozens of times after killing Balian. Now, he could kill a dark puppet with a single slash. This was an advantage for Li Huailin. Originally, he had to deduct experience points for the entire journey, but now, he didn't have to.
"Leader, you seem to have leveled up a lot. Why are you killing monsters so easily?" Li Huailin asked curiously. Li Huailin had witnessed Gilbert's strength before. Previously, Gilbert hadn't been able to kill the Dark Puppets with a single hit. Now, however, Gilbert could kill the Dark Puppets with roughly the same HP as the Dark Puppets. No matter how Li Huailin looked at it, Gilbert's strength was different.
"I don't know …" Gilbert cut down a dark puppet that was in the middle of activating. "At first, I felt that my strength seemed to have improved a lot. It's just that … when Gorim …"
"The explosion of other people's small universes can happen in an instant. What's the meaning of your own infinite small universe?" Li Huailin said with a smile. "I think you don't have to deal with the devil anymore. You can just kill them."
"Now, I have to gather all the strength I can. Any strength will do … I don't want anyone to die anymore …" Gilbert said, shaking his head.
Perhaps feeling that the topic was too heavy, Li Huailin thought for a moment and began to chat about another topic. "Leader, from what you said just now, it seems like the Nasser Bandits have only been established for less than two months."
"Oh?" Gilbert paused for a moment, then smiled. "Oh, I forgot that you came later. Has no one told you how our bandit group came to be?"
"Yeah, no one has mentioned it before." Li Huailin nodded. "Is there any special background?"
"Hmm, fine, I'll tell you about it. Actually, it's not anything special." Gilbert said as he rolled up his right sleeve. "Look at this."
"What?" Li Huailin turned around and saw a black tattoo on Gilbert's right arm. It looked like an English "J".
"Eh? I think I've seen this symbol on some bandit group before. " Li Huailin suddenly remembered that he had indeed seen it on the Thief. "What's this? Is it our Thief Group's emblem?"
"Emblem? Haha. " Gilbert smiled and rolled down his sleeve. "This is the seal of a slave from the Yaffle slave team."
"Slave hunters? Slaves? "Li Huailin was surprised.
"Yeah, two months ago, we were just slaves caught by the Yaffle slave hunters to be sold in the Orc Empire," Gilbert said with a smile. Gilbert smiled and said, "I met Vanessa, Gurrem, and Marvin there."
"What's the situation with the Yaffle slave hunters?" Li Huailin asked.
"Never heard of them?" Seeing Li Huailin shake his head, Gilbert explained, "They're a slave hunter team that crosses three countries. They attack villages near the borders of the three countries, capture slaves, and sell them to another country. They're a notorious team here."
"Powerful? This kind of illegal trade should have a backer, right? " Li Huailin had heard a little about this, which was basically from the miscellaneous posts on the forum. Slave trading was allowed in the continent set in this game; however, slave catching was indeed illegal or not open. Generally, those who were publicly sold in the slave market were war captives or those who couldn't survive and sold themselves as slaves. Of course, it was not a problem for humans to capture demon slaves. When two countries were at war, even civilians could be captured and sold as war captives. However, this Yaffle slave hunter team was obviously illegal. Humans and elves were allies. Although they opposed the Orcs, there was no declaration of war. Both efforts were illegal, not to mention there were human slaves.
"Yeah, after I escaped, I did a little investigation and found out that the aristocratic forces of the three countries are involved," Gilbert said.
"Orcs and humans are involved, but elven nobles are also involved?" Li Huailin said with some surprise.
"Yes." Gilbert nodded. "But I can't find out who it is. I only know that on the human side, all the spearheads are pointing at one place — the Dean Chamber of Commerce."
"Why is it that marquis again? Why does this guy only do bad things?" Li Huailin couldn't help but ask.
"Marquis Filmus is indeed a cancer of the empire … Unfortunately, he has an army in his hands. Even the king won't kill him," Gilbert said.
"Were the people in the bandit group slaves there?" Li Huailin asked.
"Most of them were. The elves and orcs were, but some joined later," Gilbert said. "About a month and a half ago, I planned an operation with Gorim and the others. A total of 200 slaves escaped. Later, half of them chose to return to where they came from, and the other half were homeless like me. Later, they became bandits with me."
"You don't have a place to go back?" Li Huailin asked.
"Me?" Gilbert laughed self-deprecatingly. "You know that the Yaffle slave hunters put a mark on everyone. If you're discovered, no matter if you're caught illegally or not, you'll be sent to the slave market first. Do you think you'll be able to come out after you go in?"
"Yes." Li Huailin nodded. "That's true."
"There is one more problem. I don't know where I should go," Gilbert said helplessly.
"Is there no one else at home?" Li Huailin asked.
"I don't know …" Gilbert said.
"You don't know?"
"Yes, actually, I lost my memory …" Gilbert touched his head and said with a smile.
"Memory loss?" Li Huailin was stunned. "You mean you can't remember anything?"
"Something like that. I can only remember that when I woke up two months ago, I found myself a slave. As for how I was captured, I don't remember who I was. I also have a wound on my head. I guess the slave hunters injured my head when they captured me. As a result, I can't remember anything," Gilbert said.
"You can't remember anything at all?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, really. I don't even know what my name is. I don't remember my parents, and I don't know if I have any siblings," Gilbert said. "I can't remember now. Gilbert isn't my real name. Marvin gave me this name. He said it was his older brother's name, so it's easier to remember."
"That Balian seems to know you." Li Huailin suddenly remembered that Balian seemed to recognize Gilbert before he died, but he didn't say who he was before he died.
"Really? But I couldn't hear anything at that time … "Gilbert only had one thought left in his mind at that time. As for who he was, he couldn't care less." I don't think it matters who I am. What's important is that life here is really good. At least it was like this before. I have brothers and friends. Maybe I didn't have such a good life before. "
"Yes, it's good enough for a person to have good memories. The life before might not be suitable for you." Li Huailin nodded.
The two chatted while clearing the monsters, and they easily arrived at the abandoned temple in the middle of the Fangastar Ruins. When they walked in, it didn't look like a human building. At least, it didn't look like the style of human buildings. The temple looked white from the outside, but the whole inside was gray. This was a very rare color for human temples. Anyway, human temples were either white or gold, which was quite vulgar.
The temple had been abandoned for many years, and the surroundings were basically damaged. Even the ceiling had basically disappeared. It was semi-open-air. There were broken tiles everywhere. In the middle of the temple, there was a statue, just like the other temples. However, the statue in front of Li Huailin was a bit strange. No matter what, the human statue was inseparable from the sacredness and solemnity that made people want to worship it. The statue in front of Li Huailin, on the other hand, was a bit scary.
It was about 4 to 5 meters tall, and the carving should be in the shape of a human wearing armor. The patterns of the skeletons could be clearly seen on the armor. It was impossible for this to be the attire of a human god. Due to the erosion of wind and rain, the head of the stone statue had turned black. Li Huailin and Gilbert couldn't see each other's faces.
"It looks like a hero of Demons or the Undead …" Gilbert said after looking at it.
"There seems to be a tablet here, but I can't read the words." Li Huailin pointed to a stone next to him. Indeed, it was written on it, but he couldn't read anything. It had been washed away by the rain.
"Did Merlin make a mistake? It doesn't look like there's anyone here, "Gilbert said as he looked around.
"It's a little strange. There aren't any monsters around, don't you think?" Li Huailin suddenly said.
"Now that you mention it …" Gilbert nodded. Indeed, they hadn't encountered any Dark Combat Puppets since they approached the temple.
"Look carefully. I have a feeling that there should be something here," Li Huailin said.
"Yeah," Gilbert agreed.
In the end, it didn't take long for them to find something. They found a large tunnel in the main classroom of the Temple of Light. The entrance was five meters square, and it was hard not to see it. There should have been a stone door blocking the entrance, but now the stone door was broken, and there was only a flight of stairs that led to the ground.
"No matter how I look at it, this is the place," Li Huailin said.
"Let's go." Gilbert handed Li Huailin a torch and led the way.
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