Chapter 21 The Incomplete Protagonists
Rand decided to pretend he didn't notice Taner's suspicion. Recently, he had a new understanding of playing the role of a messenger of God.
The more you care about the acting, the less it looks like the real thing. I, Rand, am the messenger of the Mother Goddess. I have always been upright in my actions and do not need to explain to anyone.
The main thing is that he doesn't know what to do to dispel Taner's suspicion. Worrying about gains and losses will only reveal more flaws.
Taner also knew that it was not good to keep staring at the Lord Messenger of God, so he looked at him suspiciously for a while and then looked away. Now he didn't know what he was thinking. Anyway, being an adjutant in this strange cult den made him much more comfortable than sitting on the bench at the Torch Church headquarters.
Not far away, two adventurers riding majestic BMWs whispered to each other for a while.
"Oleanna, are the legendary forge ruins really here?"
The woman called Olenna unfolded the old map and carefully read the markings on it: "It should be right here, if your map is real."
"How can a map like this be fake?" The girl who spoke at the beginning pouted her lips. A bad feeling flashed through her mind. Would her adventure end because of a wrong map? "I found this in my sister's study. It can't be fake."
"Ellie, generally speaking, no one dares to offend the majesty of the White King." Olenna urged the horse. The nearby mountain road had become difficult to walk on and was no longer suitable for horses to move. They had to choose the path carefully, otherwise even a horse with excellent bloodline might stumble. "But if every treasure map could help people find the corresponding treasure, the world would definitely be full of treasure-hunting adventurers."
If Rand was around, he would definitely agree with him. When he was playing online before, the happiest thing for him was to watch those video uploaders who bought a fake treasure map, went through a lot of hardships, but ended up finding nothing.
But for players with extremely low costs of failure, the fun of treasure hunting is just like that of lottery, which is addictive. There will always be lucky people who can find priceless treasures through a treasure map.
But in the real world, not many people are willing to waste time verifying the authenticity of a treasure map.
After following the treasure map and taking a detour through the mountains, Ellie felt a little discouraged. She even suspected that Olenna, who had never made any mistakes in the past, had read the map wrong. However, when she took the map herself, she still failed to find the location of the ruins.
It seems that this treasure map is indeed fake.
Now they could only find a nearby village to rest temporarily. Ellie was completely unwilling to go back like this. She had finally taken the opportunity of her sister's business trip to sneak out of the house. If she went back in disgrace, wouldn't she be laughed at by her sister? The thought of her sister's smirk made Ellie angry.
When she was very young, she was taken care of by her elder sister. She didn't know how her elder sister treated the outside world, but she was always very good to her.
Her elder sister, who is called the White King by outsiders, has a strange and evil taste and likes to play tricks on her. Every time her elder sister shows a naughty smile, she will be in trouble.
So my sister seemed to have a naughty smile before she went on a business trip. Could it be that this wrong map was specially prepared by my sister for her? Damn it! So outsiders don’t even know that the legendary White King Calant is a woman. Although some people may doubt the gender of the handsome White King, no one dares to really test it.
But in Ellie's eyes, the high and mighty White King was just a bad sister who liked to play tricks on her.
Damn White King, I will teach you a lesson when I get home, Ellie thought, waving her little fist.
The nearest village is in a mountain valley. Although it is a bit strange why there is a village in such an inconvenient place, it is more appropriate to choose the village than to camp in the wild where there are dangers and mosquitoes everywhere.
At this time, Rand had already returned to the hideout. When he heard his men say that a woman in white was coming to stay, his heart skipped a beat.
Is it true that whatever you think of will come true? Is the legendary Murphy's Law so effective?
Rand went to receive him in silence.
Two adventurers whose clothing style tends to be white, one is a beautiful adult woman who is almost pure white and wearing a white fur coat, and the other is a girl who is also wearing white clothes but with a lot of decorations on them.
Unlike the protagonists in his impression, he had no impression of this beautiful woman in a white fur coat. Although he was sure that this girl was a member of the protagonists, where were her teammates? It stands to reason that he had only been in this world for about a month, so it shouldn't have caused such a big impact. Why was it so? The few people who were supposed to go on adventures with her and become legends in the future did not show up at all.
And they actually came to the hideout. Why not just go to the ruins directly? Why did they have to come to the hideout?
But on the surface, Rand remained calm and tried to act like a normal village leader. After asking their names and purpose, he arranged an empty room for them.
I can only say that it’s a good thing that he arranged the Tauren to go to hideout No. 3 to open up new land, otherwise they would probably be fighting now.
At night, Ellie approached Olena and whispered, "Olenna, is this really a village? I smell a strong smell of blood. There must be fresh corpses buried nearby."
The woman called Olenna twitched her nose and said softly, "I feel it too. We will leave early tomorrow morning."
It would be difficult to explain if she was discovered if she left at night. Although Olenna was also a top-level professional, if this place really was a bandit den or a gathering place of evil forces that surrounded them, it would be very difficult for her to protect Ellie and get away safely.
As a protector, if the person being protected is injured, it is undoubtedly a failure.
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But I'm not too worried. Top-level professionals are extremely rare. It's impossible that there are all top-level professionals in such a small village in the mountains.
As long as she waits for tonight to pass, she can take Ellie away. The young village chief probably doesn't want to provoke her, and the two of them can just live in peace.
Ellie nodded after hearing what Olenna said. She was a person of justice, but in her eyes, standing up for an unknown and unexplained corpse was far less important than not causing trouble for Olenna.
After all, if something really happened, it would still be Olenna who protected her. If Olenna got hurt while protecting her, she would definitely feel guilty for a long time.
As for the things happening here, as long as I leave and go back home to tell my sister, my subordinates will naturally give me the answer.
Just like Olenna thought, Rand did not want to cause trouble. If he really faced these two, it would be hard to say whether this girl named Ellie had the aura of the protagonist.
Even without the halo of the protagonist, it would still be very difficult to deal with them if we defeat the den.
This adult woman named Olenna was unclear, but he was very sure that Ellie was a blood relative of the White King.
If something really happened to her here, Rand's adventure in the world of Deep Moon would come to an end.
(End of this chapter)