Chapter 194: Ghost Rumors, Sword of the Three Kings

Night falls.

Yeats, Grey, Beowulf, and Helga return to Windfall Town together.

To sum up this hunting trip, we recruited two three-ring transcendents, which will be the backbone force of Morning Frost Ridge that cannot be ignored.

In addition, the flying dragon meat cooked into dishes contributed to the promotion of the snow leopard.

The two rare items, the Blue Fire Dragon Bow and the Soul Caller's Lantern, enriched Ye Zhi's equipment arsenal.

The bounty for the wyvern was as high as seven hundred gold coins, which was a huge sum of money for Baron Ye Zhi.

This gold coin will be handed over to the Adventurer's Guild by the Lord of Fengqi Town, and the guild will pay it to Ye Zhi and take a commission from it.

There was no need to worry about the other party defaulting on the debt, as the Adventurer's Guild had many Six-Ring Masters in charge. It was the consensus of the bounty seekers that they would rather sell everything they had than breach the contract.

On the way back, Gray couldn't help but ask about the origin of Beowulf's magical pet: "How come you, a mountain cat, can speak human language?"

There are indeed magical beasts that can speak human language, but they are rare after all, and most of these magical beasts have extraordinary bloodlines.

There are also cases where people were originally human but were cursed by Transfiguration and could only maintain their animal form, so they could speak human language.

Obviously, the mountain cat does not belong to either of these two situations. After exchanging glances with Beowulf, the strong man in bear skin explains the whole story:

"When I was young, I once accidentally entered the witch's hut and found it in her alchemy room."

"The hag performed many alchemical experiments on it, forcing it to learn human speech for fun."

Beowulf gently stroked the back of the lynx on his shoulder, as if to soothe its depressed mood.

"When I found it, it was almost dying. After I killed the witch, I used honey to replenish its strength..."

Beowulf grinned and showed a simple smile: "It likes to eat honey just like me, so I named it Honey. We are friends who share weal and woe!"

"friend……"

Ye Zhi felt Fetan's low murmur in the magical pet plane, and it was deeply touched by the words.

"Feitan, what exactly is a witch?" Yeats asked.

"Let me think about it..."

"…Did you remember?"

Feitan was like a severely lagging search engine, and it took a long time before it gave an answer.

"It is an evil spirit that is no longer human in nature."

Feitan said slowly, "They will brutally kill other races, and their way of reproduction is to eat human female babies and give birth to ghost babies, and then send them to the original family to be raised. When the ghost babies grow up to thirteen years old, they will degenerate into new ghost women."

Ye Zhi frowned as he heard this.

"Nearly a thousand years ago, after Lorraine killed the Lich King, he ordered his Templar Knights to tour the kingdom to hunt down liches, hags, beholders, and other evil creatures."

Feitan said: "Although hags are rare nowadays, they are not completely extinct. They use illusions to conceal their true appearance and nests. Their true bodies are dirty and filthy creatures."

I have heard a lot about Lorraine's legendary deeds. It can be said that Lorraine's contribution is indelible, allowing humans to gain a foothold in the Midgard continent full of evil spirits and monsters.

Yeats could not help imagining the scene where the King of Lorraine was arbitrary and looked down upon evil spirits.

"The world has become filthy again."

"I met a hag with three rings at that time, which was extremely dangerous." Beowulf was still frightened. "Fortunately, Honey told me the hag's weakness at that time, so I can live to this day."

Ye Zhi said, "If I remember correctly, your ancestors should have had a sword in addition to the shield? Why don't you use the giant's sword?"

The Giant's Sword is a huge longsword that appears in "Beowulf". It is said to be an extra-large sword that only giants can use. It is an epic weapon of the same level as the Flute of Pan.

Among the four great epics of Midgard, the swords that are as famous as the Giant's Sword include Roland's "Immortal Blade" in "The Song of Roland" and Sigurd's "Sword in the Tree" in "Edda".

Like Beowulf, Sigurd is also a dragon-slaying warrior who was recorded in epic poetry and possesses at least sanctuary-level strength.

Beowulf nodded calmly and said, "My Lord Baron is indeed well-informed. To be honest, this sword... is missing and I am still looking for it."

"A sword always has flaws, and a sword stronger than the Giant's Sword is right beside you."

The voice of Feitan, the fish of wisdom, echoes faintly in the air like the sigh of an old man.

Beowulf looked around in surprise, then looked at Yeats in confusion: "Baron, what does your companion mean by this?"

"It probably means that the mountain cat traveling with you can be both your weakness and the sword in your hand that paves the way forward," Yeats said.

Beowulf exchanged a glance with the lynx on his shoulder.

"Woo!" (I want to eat cheese!)

At this time, the snow leopard howled to the sky, destroying the harmonious atmosphere.

Yeats rubbed the snow leopard's head and invited Beowulf to stay overnight in the town palace, and the strong man accepted it calmly.

Helga returned to the Scorpion-Lion Mercenary Group and prepared to announce to the members her decision to go to the northern province and join Baron Yeats's army.

Having been able to hold the position of group leader for many years, Helga's personal prestige is self-evident. That night, she announced Yeats's feat of killing the wyvern, and bluntly said that there would definitely be a future of making money by following the baron.

In the end, more than 80% of the mercenary group agreed to be recruited, and the rest were disbanded.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

"Have you killed the wyvern?"

With the help of the ancient coins of the Ghost Society, Yeats did not need to expend a lot of mana using the three-ring short message spell, but could communicate with Clan Doyle with the one-ring communication spell.

"It's only been a day, and it was done so quickly!" Cran expressed great surprise.

Cran has always recognized Baron Yeats' efficiency. Commissions and cases that can be completed on the same day will never be left until the next day!

In addition to being a famous detective, Clan is also a registered adventurer with the guild and has access to information from the Adventurer's Guild.

Ye Zhi entrusted him to help find out if there was a bounty on the target of the 'Three Rings Monster', hoping to take this opportunity to break through the Three Rings Knight.

Clan pondered for a moment and said apologetically, "I am currently investigating a case involving a lake fairy and a sword in the lake. I am unable to help you find a commission for the time being. Please forgive me, Baron."

"Sword in the lake?"

Yeats was very interested.

The Sword in the Lake, also known as the Broken Steel Sword, is said to be Lorraine's sword.

In the "FATE" series, it is the sword of King Arthur, nicknamed "EX Curry Stick".

In the Midgard continent, the Sword in the Stone and the Sword in the Tree are as famous as the Sword in the Lake, and they are collectively known as the "Sword of the Three Kings".

The Sword in the Tree was once owned by the Red-haired King of the North. Legend has it that it was the favorite sword of the dragon slayer Sigurd. Because it was pulled out of a tree, it was named the Sword in the Tree.

According to legend, the Red-haired King created the vast Northern Empire with this sword, also known as the 'Wrath of God'.

And in Yeats's previous life.

The legend of the Sword in the Tree is even older than that of the Sword in the Stone. The Sword in the Stone can be seen as a derivative version of the Sword in the Tree.

For example, the prototype of Siegfried, the protagonist of the German epic "The Ring of the Nibelung", is Sigurd, the protagonist of the Nordic prose epic "Volsung Saga". The common feature of both is that they killed the evil dragon Fafnir.

Yeats thought to himself:

"Although I know that the sword in the lake that Clan mentioned is most likely fake, but it is necessary to ask about the famous holy sword!"

"What case is it?" Yeats asked.

"Someone recently claimed to have seen the Fairy of the Lake in Demier Lake in the Central Plains. According to legend, it was the Fairy of the Lake who gave the Sword of the Lake to King Lorraine."

Crane said: "However, many extraordinary people have disappeared around Lake Demier. Even the Adventurer's Guild has issued a reward for finding out the truth."

"I'm a detective who can't sit still." Crane smiled, "I was thinking of going to Lake Demier to take a look."

Lorraine, nicknamed Little King Arthur, even carries the same sword as King Arthur.

Ye Zhi shook his head, thinking that this trip would hopefully allow him to be promoted to a three-ring knight, and said, "Let me go with you, Lord Crane."

(End of this chapter)