"I know, Your Royal Highness. Listen to me, I won't joke with my life. But I have a plan, maybe we can try it. "Brando said in a tone unique to players who were eager to try anything. Princess Gryphine frowned at him. "Really?"
The half-elf princess's doubtful look was adorable in Brendel's eyes, and there was a rare girlish side to her. He nodded. "Of course, if we can sneak under the nose of Jorgendy Ridge, why not find a way to tear down the Door of Flame?"
"But let's not talk about whether we can destroy the Door of Flame. Do you really believe that they can take us to avoid the army of Jorgendy Ridge? Mr. Brando, they are witches, best at using words to confuse people. " The princess did not hide her wariness, but this time she was on Brando's side. Her bright silver eyes showed an obvious expectation — she did not want Brando to be in danger.
"Your Royal Highness Princess of Corvado, when your grandfather, old Oberg, was still on the throne, I had already become a witch. The witches knew that their words would be overheard by the ravens, so they were careful with their words. Compared to the nobles who are hypocritical, you still trust them. "Babasha chuckled, like an old crow, and replied in a hoarse and low voice.
"Bold people of the dark, who allowed you to call the former king by his name!" Her Royal Highness reprimanded coldly. With a soft clang, the narrow and bright blade trembled slightly in the darkness.
Brando hurriedly pressed her hand, "Babasha."
"I misspoke, My Lord." The old witch glanced at Princess Gryphine with eyes as cold as wooden beads that had lost their luster.
"Babasha, the princess is not wrong. You are best at playing with people's hearts. Although witches never lie, they will leave a back door. I want you to swear to the Pillar Goddess of Hell that you will not betray me. Can you do it? "Brando pressed one hand on Gryphine's hand and asked coldly.
Babasha bowed deeply and said with some reverence, "My Lord is indeed clear about everything. We are willing to swear to the Goddess of the Purgatory Pillar that we will never betray the Lord of Tónigel. Brando is our master, and if we do, let the blind and crippled Diaz drag us into the abyss — "
Princess Gryphine saw Babasha put her hand over her heart. She had vaguely heard of the witches' vows to "point to the heart." However, she realized that this oath seemed to be extremely terrifying to the other party. When she said the last sentence, the old witch even trembled slightly. She knew very little about witches and found it hard to believe that these cunning women would attach so much importance to a vow. For this reason, she looked at Brando in confusion.
His silver eyes seemed to be seeking an answer.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. They won't lie to us now." Brando took the sword from her hand when she wasn't paying attention and gently put it back into the other party's scabbard. At the same time, he replied, "The Pillar Goddess Modesti is their belief. Legend has it that Modesti was the first witch to steal black magic from the Sea of Magic. She passed on such spells to the first generation of prophets of the twelve witches, but later she was caught by the demons, nailed naked with a pillar in the Hell of Iron Thorns, and tortured for eternity. The blind and crippled Diaz was her first student. She was addicted to darkness and became a monster. Witches who violate Modesti's oath will be dragged into eternal darkness by Diaz, who climbed out of the abyss. This is not a legend, but a real thing. Falling into complete darkness and losing the five senses is the most terrible punishment for witches. Since Babasha has made such an oath, she will never deceive us. "
Seeing that the princess was still puzzled, Brando added, "This is the secret knowledge of the witches, and few outsiders know about it."
"Then how do you know?"
Good question. Brando didn't expect Her Highness to be able to keep her mind clear at this time. He quickly found a reason and said, "Because Your Highness also knows that I have read the knowledge of the witches. They are as old as the witches. Although they are not enemies, they are at least competitors. They more or less know each other's secrets."
Princess Gryphine was skeptical. She looked back, "So how sure is she that we won't be discovered? If it's just relying on the witches' spells, I don't think the commanders of Jorgendy Ridge will not be unprepared. I have heard that there are more witches in the underground of Jorgendy Ridge. So, whether as an enemy or an ally, they will not be unaware of the witches' means, right? "
Once again, Brando felt the calmness of the half Fairy Princess. In fact, he had thought of this question, but on the one hand, Her Highness didn't even understand the common sense that there were only 'lords' underground and no 'commanders'. On the other hand, he had a deep understanding of Jorgendy Ridge. Making a judgment based on only a little knowledge, the difference was obvious.
He also looked back at Babasha, hoping to get an answer. His plan was still just an idea, but whether it could be implemented would require more details. No victory in war was won by slapping one's head, and he knew this very well.
"Compared to your muddle-headed grandfather, Her Highness is obviously much smarter. The truth is similar to what you guessed," Babasha mentioned Oberg the Sixth again. The half-elf girl pursed her lips to suppress her anger. The witches were so dismissive of worldly power, and in fact, this was one of the reasons why they were rejected by the world. But what puzzled her was that the old witch was so respectful to Brando, and she didn't know what kind of help Brando had given them. She listened to Babasha continue, "But in addition to our spells, we also have some secret knowledge passed down from generation to generation. One of these secrets mentions that there is a hall under Ampere Seale that has been abandoned since ancient times. This hall is hidden between the gaps of the fjords and can lead to the hills north of the port."
"That's impossible," she finally couldn't help but say, "It has been nearly seven centuries since the late King Erik built the port of Ampere Seale here. For seven centuries, in order to reassess whether the foundation of the Anderla Cathedral under the port is loose, the people of Ampere Seale have explored the surroundings of the port and the underground terrain more than once, but there have never been any rumors of ancient ruins. "
"But Her Highness has to admit that long before the Erouine people built the port, this place was no longer an ownerless place. Other than the Silver Elves, there have been other civilizations that have thrived here. The secret is a secret because it is not known. "Babasha laughed.
"I remember now. Are you talking about the seeping ancient passage?" Brando remembered that there was such an ancient ruin near Ampere Seale, but it had been weathered for too long, leaving a passage between the underground cliffs. There was a broodmother that had lived for who knows how many years, a level 57 BOSS.
To be honest, if he could, he didn't want to provoke that thing at all. In the narrow terrain, a giant broodmother with the strength of the Elemental Truth, coupled with her countless descendants and omnipresent spider webs, made Brando's hair stand on end.
The key was that he had never heard that the ancient passage could lead to the hills north of Ampere Seale, only that one side of the ancient passage went deep into the mountains of Arreck.
"My Lord, in fact, we don't know what the situation below the hall is like." Hearing Brando say this, Babasha was even more certain of his identity. Everything was as the prophecy said, the secrets of the witches were like a big open book in his eyes, which could be read at will. "But since the Lord also knows about this passage, it means that it must exist."
Princess Gryphine also believed this time, because Brando certainly wouldn't lie to her. She turned her head, "Brando, is what she said true?"
"I've heard of such an ancient passage." Brando's forehead was sweating, and he almost accidentally exposed himself again. He couldn't help but secretly curse Babasha, these old witches, for using the so-called 'secret of the witches' to trick him. "But this passage really leads to the hills north of Ampere Seale? … Well, the literature of the wizards didn't mention this. " Brando felt that if this went on, the information on the forum would completely become the library of the wizards.
"This is a secret passed down from generation to generation, so naturally it can't be wrong. This passage connects to the mountains on one side, and leads to the hills in the north on the other. "
"That should be right, it basically matches what I know." Brando was sure that there might be a secret passage under the ancient passage. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but be very curious. In the past, because it was close to Ampere Seale, there were a lot of players who explored this ancient passage, but no one found this other secret passage in decades.
After all, it was impossible to set up a secret passage inexplicably in the game, there must be corresponding benefits in it. Thinking of this, Brando's heart burned with a raging fire of anticipation. In The Amber Sword, there were too few secrets that had not been explored and discovered in the Land of Order.
He didn't expect to meet one today.
He looked up, "Babasha, if I remember correctly. The entrance to the underground passage should be some distance from here, right? "
"Yes, my Lord." Babasha replied respectfully, "The entrance should be east of Randin's Foothill Manor."
"Who has a map?"
"I do." Count Audine immediately took a wooden cylinder from his waist, opened the stopper, and took out a waterproof parchment map. The accompanying Knight immediately spread it out, and the parchment map spread on the ground was about half the size of a person. It was a full map of the surrounding areas of Ampere Seale.
This kind of high-precision map was not common in this era. Even in the military, it was the most important and highly confidential, and it was worth at least ten thousand gold on the black market. Back then, the players didn't have such awesome goods in their hands. Brando didn't expect Count Audine to carry such a thing with him. He couldn't help but praise, "I didn't expect Count Audine to carry such a good thing with him. You're really well-prepared."
Count Audine looked at Princess Gryphine a little embarrassedly, "It was Her Royal Highness who asked me to bring it."
Brando immediately glanced at the half-elf girl beside him, but unfortunately, Her Royal Highness didn't have much expression on her face. She even frowned slightly. He couldn't help but sigh and look at the map. On the map, there is a place called Silver Point Hill east of Randin's Foothill Manor. If he remembers correctly, the secret entrance to the ancient passage should be near there. "
But before that, there was a problem.
"If I remember correctly, the secret entrance to the ancient passage should be sealed by ancient magic. Can you find a way to open that seal? "Brando looked up at Babasha.
"Of course, it was actually the witches who sealed the ancient passage, my Lord." Babasha replied with a little pride. She did have the right to be proud. The witches in Wohnde had a very long history. They used to follow the Darkness Dragon and had a lot of dark secrets and history unknown to others. "Opening that secret door requires a ceremony, and only twenty people can pass through at a time. But once through that passage, whether it's going north to the hills north of Ampere Seale, or south to the mountains of Arreck, it's all up to my Lord. "
"In other words, we have to enter that ancient passage no matter what?" Princess Gryphine asked.
"More or less, unless we're willing to fight our way out, but I'm afraid the chances are slim," Brando said. But Princess Gryphine still frowned, "But they don't know the specific situation under the ancient passage. Whether there will be any danger down there is also an uncertain thing."
"In any case, it's better than waiting for death," Brando added, "Besides, I actually know what's down there, and I'm at least 80% sure. Please believe me, Your Highness. "
The princess glanced at him and finally nodded, "Well, I believe you."
"One more thing." At this time, Count Audine suddenly said from the side. Under everyone's gaze, he walked up and pointed to a point on the parchment map — in a short while, the map was covered with water — and said, "We still have some way to go from here to there. Just now, we saw at least one army of Jorgendy Ridge entering the forest from the top of the mountain. If we go in this direction, will we run into them head-on?"
Brando looked at the map and frowned deeply. He knew that what Count Audine said was true. He had seen with his own eyes on the top of the mountain that there were sparks outside the port of Ampere Seale. That was probably the light of lava and torches. If they continued to move north like this, the chances of running into them were very high, not to mention the countless Harpies overhead.
He pursed his lips and frowned as he exchanged glances with the princess. Both of them saw the same meaning in each other's eyes.
"We need to ask for backup —"
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