Episode 13 The Mystery of the Artifact(1/2)
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(I didn't expect that Sara would have a conflict with Havan, and the reason lies in Havan's behavior that uses any means to seek the purpose. When dealing with the enemy, this method does make people applaud, but it seems a bit unkind in normal times. No matter what, the story continues...)
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Soon, more than 20 people in this group arrived outside the Colo village. Unexpectedly, the small village also had wooden walls. I really don’t know whose attack they were guarding against. Maybe they were guarding against wild beasts?
After finding the door, Tauni was the first to shout up, "Hey! Brothers above, help open the door! We are here to join your Coros!" These words have been unified by Havan. Especially for Seidel, he said it for an hour without getting tired of it.
A head was indeed revealed on the gate and looked down. "How did you get here? There are countless traps in the forest."
Tauni began to tell the big lie that had been prepared in advance. "I came here with a friend of the Colo tribe a few years ago. This time I was able to come by myself, and it was indeed the help of the God of Luck."
"Okay. No matter how you came here, throw all your weapons away and let us send someone to check it out. Recently, it is not very peaceful near our village, so we have to be careful." After the guard at the gate said that, he began to call on other guards to prepare to open the gate.
Tauni and others were reluctant to pile their beloved weapons in the distance. However, Seidel still held the iron helmet in his arms. Anyway, they said that they threw away the weapons, but they didn't say that they were such armor.
The wooden door finally slowly opened, and fifty or sixty people equipped with weapons ran out from it. When Haiwen looked at their untidy clothes and weapons, it was obvious that this was a group of militia. It seemed that the guards at the gate were not lying, and it was indeed not peaceful here.
When the militia surrounded them, a middle-aged man with a bow and arrow came out in front of him. "What is your purpose for coming here?" he asked.
Tauni was about to answer as planned, but Hawen pulled him back. This was a very critical moment. If the answer was wrong, he might lose his head. It would be better to protect his own head.
"Brother, we escaped here for survival. Everyone in the world knows that no one dares to attack the territory of the Collo tribe. Those bastards who have been chasing us for two generations must not dare to chase them." Haiwen told the other party about the experience of the thieves, which was not a lie. But he himself was not one of them.
The middle-aged man across the street looked at the angry expressions that suddenly appeared on the faces of the young people, nodded and said, "Well. It doesn't seem like a lie. So who is chasing you?"
Hawen was waiting for this sentence. "Thor League! They are all big bastards! If I get the chance, I will destroy them first!" He knew that the hearts of the people of the Collo people had planted the seeds of hatred since the last time they were invaded by the Thor League, and he only needed to water a little bit of water.
"Damn, the Thunder League is still so silly outside? If they dare to come over, I will shoot through their throats!" The middle-aged man expressed his hostility towards the Thunder League.
"We came to join you because we knew they didn't dare..." Haiwen's voice became smaller and smaller, giving people a feeling of helplessness. It was as if the other party did not allow people like him to enter the village, it would be like murder.
The middle-aged man was also very straightforward to do things, and said to his subordinates around him: "Catch up their weapons and check if there are any other dangerous goods on them. Then take them into the village."
The people in this group of thieves only had the remaining dry food and the fruits just picked in the forest, but there was still a bottle of refreshing potion on Haiwen that was not used up.
"What is in this bottle?" asked a man who took out the potion bottle to Haiwen.
"A potion to refresh the mind. If anyone faints from heatstroke, it can have some effect." Haiwen thought that they and other militias did not recognize the potion of refreshing the mind.
Another militia checked Seidel in his iron helmet and wanted to search his body. How could Seidel obey and hid behind Sarah immediately. Sarah had no choice but to say to the militia: "This girl was picked up by us on the road. She is a bit wild and hard to tame. Please don't get me wrong."
The middle-aged man also looked here and saw the shiny iron helmet. "The Iron Helmet of God?" He actually knew the goods.
Seidel hugged the iron helmet and flashed out of the encirclement, and the two ups and downs had disappeared in front of everyone. Everyone was stunned.
"Why is the Iron Helmet of God in her hands?" the middle-aged man asked Haiwen very anxiously.
Haiwen could only stare at the eyes and talk nonsense. "She likes that iron helmet, and we didn't care about anything else."
"It actually appeared..." The middle-aged man couldn't believe it.
Hawen happened to take the opportunity to ask what the secrets are of the Iron Helmet of God. "Is that Iron Helmet important to you?"
"It's not for me, it's very important to us, the Collo tribe. Forget it, you'd better come into the village with me first." Although only a little revealed, it's enough for Hawen. At least the Iron Helmet of God is a piece that is likely to influence the Collo tribe.
But Sara was very worried that Seidel would be in trouble. "Haven, will something happen to Seidel?"
"She won't even know what happened to us. Don't worry." Haiwen was not worried about the wild girl.
The people who had all their weapons confiscated finally entered the village. Although they were not locked up, the more than 20 of them were managed separately to avoid collective action. The three of them were separated, and they lived in a farmer's house.
"Brother, do you really care about Seidel?" Tauni was so nice.
"We have to take care of her too. That girl is so disobedient that she is used to doing things. It depends on her giving me those three questions, all of which are completely out of place." Haiwen was not interested in this topic at all.
Sarah spoke up for Seidel. "Don't say that. Seidel just knows too little things and is too direct when dealing with things. In fact, she is a good girl."
"This joke is not funny at all." Haiwen shrugged his shoulder helplessly.
Tauni's voice suddenly became quiet. "What should we do next?"
Havan's voice was also lowered. "I don't know if what Smier said is true. The Colros are now under the control of the usurpers? It has been two hundred years. In my opinion, whoever controls this country is the same. What I need to use is their super archers and mechanisms, both of which are the best choices for defense. Although the advancement may be slower, we can gain a foothold with them, sooner or later we can enter the Thor League, the Northern Ao Empire, and kill all possible enemies."
"But how do we get so many archers and mechanics? The Colros don't trust outsiders very much. I've already felt it when I first came into contact with them." Tauni had no confidence in using brains, especially using other people's bad ideas.
Haiwen is an expert in this field. "I think a little bit. Just watch it. Within a week we will go to the real Collo tribe's royal city, and then meet the real power faction. Haha." I really don't know what he was thinking.
Suddenly Seidel's voice appeared behind him. "I don't like this place. They all want to steal my iron helmet."
Hawen was startled by her. Perhaps because she often did bad things, she was always guilty...Tauni immediately went out to watch outside the door.
"Why did you suddenly appear behind me? Can't you be more honest? If you want to learn from Sarah, you may still be far away." Haiwen didn't dare to say this guy too deeply. Who knows which sentence she doesn't like to hear?
Seidel really doesn't like to hear this sentence. "Am I worse than Sister Sarah? What's the difference?"
Hawen thought for a while and said, "The difference is that you are not self-aware and are not obedient at all. Take a look at Sarah carefully, she is not as frivolous as you."
Seeing Seidel start to pout, Sara quickly advised: "Okay. You also know that Seidel likes to be direct in speaking and doing things. She has just walked out of the darkness."
Haven shook her head and looked at Sarah. "You are wrong. She hasn't walked out of the darkness yet, and is still standing in the shadow of the sun."
Sarah may be a little sad, but this is also a person's quality. Although Hawen also values his relatives and friends, he will not hesitate when he should betray him. It is not that he is cruel, but that he can definitely get more practical benefits. This is the case for those who do big things.
Seidel was already tired of Haven, a verbal guy, and said to Sarah: "I don't like Haven. You leave him too, let's go to other places to take risks. If you want, I'll kill him now."
Sarah quickly defended Haven. "Don't talk nonsense, Seidel Haven. Although you don't like it, he is already my only relative. I can't lose him anymore..."
"Love?" Seidel began to fall into silence.
Hayn breathed a sigh of relief. He was really worried that Sarah would not be able to stop this crazy girl. "Sarah, you have to look at her in the future. Otherwise, I am afraid that one day you will never see me again..." He didn't expect that his words would become a reality one day, but it was not him who died.
Sarah just smiled and didn't take it seriously. Seidel, who was standing beside her, came to her senses and looked at them. "Are husband and wife also relatives?"
Hawen didn't dare to answer her again, and Sara answered her. "Yes. And you can be with your loved ones for life, so it's like a joke to let Hawen marry you as soon as you come up. But you two are indeed a bit incompatible, haha."
Haven just grinned, Seidel didn't know what Sarah was laughing at. Sarah shook her head and pulled Seidel's hand. "Seidel, can you promise me something?"
"If it were Sister Sarah who asked me to do it, I would do anything." Seidel really liked to be with this amiable sister and was willing to do anything for her.
Sarah was still smiling. "No need to do anything else for me, you just need to be kind to yourself and others. As you said, it is up to you to get out of darkness, not others. Even without orders, you can still get out."
Seidel immediately shrank his hand back. "It's impossible. Even if the light shines on me, it still cannot shine into my body. My heart. Even if I want to be with you, I can only pull you into the darkness."
Haiwen suddenly felt that he might be a bad person, and he didn't sympathize with her at all. So he hesitated whether to pretend to be sympathetic to her to get closer.
Sarah is different from him. He really wants to help Seidel. "Don't worry. As long as you go in our direction, you will definitely get out of the darkness." In Hawen's eyes, her smile was like an angel guiding the lost person. Being married to her should not be just luck.
Seidel was about to smile the same way, but Tauni outside the door suddenly knocked on the door twice, indicating that someone was coming outside. Sarah quickly glanced at Haiwen and asked him to come up with an idea.
Hawen was not in a hurry. "It's okay, it must be the militia captain again. I can tell that he is a smart man. In fact, it would be easier to explain when he saw Seidel here. At that time, he should only think that Seidel is an uncivilized wild girl."
Tauni outside the door greeted the militia captain for a few words and pushed him into the room. Sure enough, the militia captain was surprised when he saw Seidel here at first sight, but immediately calmed down. "Haha. From her exposed skills, I guessed that the walls could not be blocked by her. But why did she run away just now? We didn't plan to steal the Iron Helmet of God."
Hawen himself lies too much and never trusts others' words. But in front of outsiders, he still gives people a false appearance of being trustworthy. "She has been with us for a month, but I still don't know much about her. Sarah has had a lot of contact with her, maybe she knows a little." He knew that Sarah would definitely say good things about Seidel, and he also saved a lot of verbal talk.
As expected, Sarah began to say that Seidel was actually very naive and so good, even Hawen and Tauni were a little stunned. What is true or false? Is it Sarah the one who can lie the most?
After listening for a long time, the militia captain finally had to interrupt Sarah. "Well. It's enough for me to understand her. But why doesn't she like talking?"
"It's not that she doesn't like to talk, she doesn't know how to communicate with strangers. I was accepted by her slowly, and Havan hasn't even been accepted by her yet. Haha." Sara remembered this and laughed again.
Hawen snorted. "I don't care that she can treat me as well as you."
The militia captain was a middle-aged man after all, and gradually understood the relationship between these young people. "Sooner or later you will be familiar with each other, so don't worry. I came here this time to ask how you got the Iron Helmet of God."
Hawen felt that answering this kind of question herself was more reliable. "The iron helmet was always with Seidel. We only heard her say that the iron helmet was inherited from the ancestral world, so we didn't care." The 'ancestral world' was no longer available.
"Ancestral inheritance? What surname is her ancestor? Is it also our Koro people?" The militia captain seemed a little excited when he heard this.
This question is not something that Haven can answer. Seidel has never revealed his surname these days, only saying that he is called Seidel. As for whom he called her like this before, it is even more unknown. Everyone looked at Seidel, who was still holding an iron helmet in one hand, waiting for her answer.
I wonder if Seidel did it on purpose, she looked down at the iron helmet in her hand and said slowly: "I don't have a surname, just like this iron helmet, there is no surname of its own. But we all have code names that can be called, it is called the Iron Helmet of God, and I am called Seidel."
"The descendant of the Iron Helmet of God? No wonder he has such skills..." The militia captain seemed to know a lot, and Hawen began to suspect that he was not a small militia captain. If he underestimated his opponent, it was the beginning of danger. He had suffered once in Smier, and he could not have a second time.
Seidel did not admit that he was a descendant. "I am myself, not someone's descendant. Don't even think of snatching my iron helmet."
The militia captain smiled and shook his head. "Hehe, as long as it is a Koro people, they will not rob it. Legend has it that it was worn by a prince of our Koro tribe hundreds of years ago. That prince would win a battle as long as he wore it. Unfortunately, he could not get rid of the arrangement of fate in the end. He met an opponent wearing other gods and eventually returned to the Iron Helmet Town."
Seidel didn't feel strange because he knew so much. "That's just a legend, just not the same as what I know."
"Oh? What else do you know?" The militia captain was very interested in this, not knowing why.
Haven really wanted to stop Seidel from saying it, but he didn't want to be so obvious that he wanted to cover it up.
"Why should I tell you? This iron helmet and its secret are mine. No one can take it away, let alone cheat it away." Seidel proved once again that she was not stupid. Haven even thought she was just disdainful of being clever, so she spoke so straightforwardly and did things so simply. This reminded him of his best friend Burundi, and he didn't know how he was doing in the Thor League.
At this moment, the militia captain suddenly pointed at Tauni. "Is he your friend?"
"Friend? That's right." Seidel glanced at Tauney.
"Then help guard the door. I have something to say to them." The militia captain seemed to say something that was not suitable for outspoken.
Tauni had no objection to this. "Don't worry, I won't let a fly fly in. Haha."
When Tauni left the door, the militia captain truly introduced himself. "Everyone, I don't have to hide my identity in front of the descendants of the Iron Helmet of God. Because I am the descendant of the Divine Helmet Archer Corps who followed the prince to fight hundreds of years ago, Robin. My ancestors were present when he was defeated that year."
Hawen asked curiously: "How did it fail? After so many years of word-of-mouth transmission, there is no possibility of a mistake?"
Robin nodded, agreeing with his suspicion. "It is indeed possible that the error may be passed on, but today we can verify whether there is really a mistake. According to legend, the man who defeated the Iron Helmet of God almost gathered all the other god tools, especially the deadly 'Divine Blade'."
Seidel neither said that what she heard was like this nor said that it was not. "No one should try to compete with me for the suit of God." She only threw out this sentence.
To be continued...