Chapter 67 Glory of the Old God

The flow rate of most sections of the Mandeb River is gentle, but starting from Tengshi Town and continuing upstream, the river becomes narrow and rapid, with a large number of waterfalls, making it impossible to sail.

The reason for this is that the mountains near Tengshi Town suddenly rise when they reach this area, as if there is a giant underground pushing up the ground with its back.

The highest peak in this area is called Snow Deer Peak, because the snow on the top of the mountain looks like a running giant deer, while other surrounding peaks have a unified name, Luqun Peak, because the snow on their peaks is Like a herd of deer surrounding a giant deer.

The melted snow from these peaks turned into small streams, which converged into the valleys formed by the small hills at the foot of the mountains, gradually forming lakes of different sizes, and the terrain of these lakes is higher than that of nearby Tengshi Town. There are so many mountains that they feel like lakes in the sky, so some scholars gave this mountain range the name Tianhu Mountains.

Buti Ridge is located next to one of the largest lakes, which is also one of the most important source waters of the Mander River.

Because of this, people have always lived around this lake, sometimes mountain people, sometimes savage tribes.

The savage tribe that Lind is going to now is called gravel, because the founder of the tribe was born in a pile of gravel.

They crossed the Blackwater River and came here more than ten years ago. There used to be a mountain village here, but since their arrival, there have been many conflicts. In the end, the mountain village was forced to leave here and go to other places. Place to settle.

The population of the settled Gravel Tribe has also increased a lot in the past ten years, from more than a thousand to nearly 3,000, and all of them are newborns. As long as the Gravel Tribe is given enough time, their warriors will become This is definitely not a good thing for Tengshi Town.

"Did you see that mossy hillside? That's the stone house of the Gravel Tribe." White Deer Wenda stood on a rock and pointed to the hillside in the distance and said.

Although Wenda the White Deer had already pointed out the stone house of the Gravel Tribe, Nymeria and others still could not see the relationship between the hillside on the opposite side and the stone house.

"That hillside is indeed full of stone houses, but they are so well disguised that you can't even tell them from a distance. You can actually look at the reflection of the lake." Compared to others, Linde is more familiar with this place, and even He was probably more familiar with it than the people in the gravel tribe living here, and he easily pointed out the key points to see through the disguise of the hillside stone house.

After hearing this, everyone looked towards the lake in front of them where the snow water gathered. The blue lake water reflected the reflection of the hillside. From the reflection, they soon saw some of the real conditions under the camouflaged roof of the stone house.

Linde turned to look at Bailu Wenda and said, "Are you from the Gravel Tribe?"

When Linde decided to go to Buti Ridge in the morning, Bailu Wenda, who was resting in Tengshi Town, suddenly heard the news and rushed over, saying that she was familiar with the area of ​​Buti Ridge and she could lead the way.

Although Linde had already figured out the situation around the Gravel Tribe through Glory, and even knew the situation inside the Gravel Tribe very well, he did not refuse Bailu Wenda's kindness and agreed to her request to lead the way.

But in fact, he wanted to see what Bailu Wenda wanted to do, because in the past few days of getting along, Linde knew very well that Bailu Wenda was definitely not the kind of person who liked to take the initiative to find things to do. Only when he gave the order, she Only then did she do it. It was the first time that she took the initiative to say that she wanted to do something like this, and it also made Linde curious about her intentions.

Later, White Deer Wenda was indeed very familiar with the Butt Ridge area as she said. Even the path Lind chose may not be easier than the one she chose. Moreover, the path she led was very suitable for the cavalry, and We did not encounter any obstacles such as gravel, steep slopes, cliffs, or canyons, and we reached the hills near Butui Ridge smoothly at noon.

Just now, when Bailu Wenda mentioned the stone houses of the Gravel Tribe, there was a special emotion in her tone, which made Linde couldn't help but make a bold guess.

After hearing Linde's guess, Bailu Wenda seemed very calm, neither denying nor admitting.

"Lind, shall we go there now?" Nymeria looked at White Deer Wenda, but did not show any abnormality because she might be from the Gravel Tribe.

Linde shook his head and said, "No, we will go over there when Glory comes."

Nymeria said happily: "I haven't seen Glory for a long time. I wonder if it has grown up again."

Linde thought for a while and said: "It hasn't grown up. It's still the same size as before, but it's much stronger and not as fat as before."

At this time, the twenty earl guards behind Nymeria were chatting quietly, mainly the newly joined free riders and mercenary knights asking the guards of Tumbling Stone Town who Glory was.

Ever since he met White Deer Wen Da, Linde had put the abnormally shaped Glory outside to roam free. Although many people saw the beast-like Glory that night and often mentioned it after that, he rarely mentioned Glory. names, and few people believe what they say. After people hear it, they just treat it as absurd legends like White Walkers and Children of the Forest.

When the free riders and hired knights heard the guards' descriptions about Glory, they all looked indifferent. They felt that the guards' description of Glory's body was a bit too exaggerated. In their opinion, Glory was a shadow lynx. Probably only a little bigger than the real shadow lynx, after all, they sometimes brag and like to exaggerate the physique of their opponents.

About half an hour later, there was a sudden movement in the trees not far away, and everyone drew their weapons and looked over there warily.

"Don't be nervous, it's an honor." Linde raised his hand to signal to everyone.

Just as Linde finished speaking, he saw a huge figure in black and white stripes walking slowly out of the bushes.

Just as Linde said, Honor's body has become much stronger. When walking slowly, you can see the movement of the muscles underneath through the hair. However, Linde also made a mistake in his judgment, because Honor's body shape is much stronger than if it were left alone. The front part is a bit bigger, and when standing in front of Lind, it is already a section taller than Lind, almost as tall as Nymeria.

Although the spirits of Linde and Glory are connected to each other, and Linde often possesses Glory, they haven't seen each other for many days. When Glory walked in front of Linde, he couldn't wait to put his head next to Lin De's. He touched De's chest and urged Lind to touch his head.

Linde hugged its head and rubbed it as he wished, and Glory's eyes narrowed with a happy expression.

Nymeria also came to Lind at this time and tried to reach out to touch Glory's fur. Glory avoided Nymeria's hand, but did not threaten her with bared teeth, but this still made Nymeria He was very unhappy and couldn't help but cursed.

As for Bailu Wenda, if she gets even slightly closer, Glory will let out a threatening growl from her throat. It is obvious that Glory's character has not changed.

The shock brought by the appearance of Glory was still strong. Even though it was not the first time for the cavalry to see Glory, the shock in their hearts still made them hold their breath, for fear that breathing louder would anger the giant beast in front of them.

As for the other mercenary knights and free riders, they were even worse. They were so frightened by Glory that they almost sat on the ground. If no one else around them had made any attack moves, they might have been frightened enough to draw their swords at this moment.

It wasn't until this moment that they realized that their colleagues' description of Glory was not exaggerated at all, and was even a bit conservative, because in their opinion, Glory's body shape was even larger than what they had just described.

After playing with Glory for a while, Linde let go of Glory's head, turned around and mounted his horse, comforted the horse which was frightened by Glory and had its legs weak, and then signaled the others to quickly adjust to their condition.

"Let me go first! To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings." Bailu Wenda said at this time.

Linde looked at her and nodded in agreement with her proposal.

Then White Deer Wenda drove her horse towards the hillside where the Gravel Tribe was located.

A mercenary knight asked: "Sir, will letting her pass like this allow the Gravel Tribe to prepare in advance?"

Before Lind could speak, Nymeria said first, "Do you know who she is?"

The hedge knight shook his head blankly.

Nymeria chuckled and said, "If you knew who she was, you wouldn't have such a problem."

The mercenary knight didn't say anything after hearing this and returned to the guard.

About ten minutes passed, and everyone recovered from the shock of glory. Linde did not see any signal from White Deer Wenda entering the Gravel Tribe, so he did not wait any longer and led directly. The cavalry team slowly approached the gravel tribe.

Glory also walked at the front of the team under Linde's order, turning the hair on his body into pure black, and transformed into the Shadow of Death, the legendary messenger of the Stranger in this area during this time.

When Linde and his party arrived at the entrance of the Gravel Tribe, there were already warriors from the Gravel Tribe standing inside and outside the entrance. At a rough count, there were three to four hundred people, and everyone was wearing clothes made of animal skins. They wear shoes and hats, and hold simple stone axes and wooden spears in their hands. Only a few people can hold iron swords and other iron weapons.

These tribal warriors did not see Linde at first, but saw Glory who was walking at the front. The moment they saw Glory, they all screamed in panic, and some even couldn't help but throw their weapons away. On the ground, he bent down and worshiped the glory, as if he regarded the glory as a god.

Seeing the reaction of these tribal warriors, the cavalry, Earl Guard and others were all surprised. Although they were greatly shocked when they saw Glory just now, they were not as frightened as they were now. Very soon Obviously the reaction of these tribal warriors was a bit excessive.

However, Linde could understand the reaction of the people of the Gravel Tribe. After all, a terrifying giant beast that could appear as a ghost in front of them looked like the terrifying existence in ancient legends.

During the days when Lind was raising Glory, he had already begun to plan the Gravel Tribe. He would often let Glory appear in the Gravel Tribe late at night, and then use the hidden ability that contained mysterious power in front of everyone's sight. , disappeared in everyone's eyes, and then appeared silently beside them, over and over again, and sometimes even silently killed some people who harbored ill intentions towards it.

Under this situation, some people in the Gravel Tribe quickly developed a strong sense of awe for Glory, and under the leadership of the tribe's shaman, they seemed to regard Glory as an old god.

Although the Gravel Tribe does not believe in the Seven Gods, they do believe in the Old Gods, and most of the Old Gods are actually creatures with supernatural powers. In a sense, the current glory is actually the same as the legendary Old Gods who control the power of nature. It matched, and it was within Linde's expectation to be worshiped as an old god.

The influence caused by the glory quickly spread among the gravel tribe, and reached the ears of the tribe's shaman and leader. They rushed to the gate of the tribe with their men and saw the scene at the door.

It's just that the leader and the shaman saw completely different objects. What the shaman saw was an extremely eye-catching glory, and he instantly recognized it as the recently appeared old god, so he immediately led his shaman disciples and those who believed in the tribe. The people of the old gods poured out of the tribe to worship the glory.

The reason why they are not worried about being attacked by Glory is because when they worshiped Glory before, Linde asked Glory to restrain his threatening movements and squat on the ground, accepting them like a real old god. He even pointed out to the shaman where to get food and where to get coins, but in fact, Linde had sent people to hide them in advance.

Not to mention being able to guide people to obtain food and money, simply showing the same wisdom as humans is enough for people to determine the identity of the glorious old god. It is for this reason that the current shamans and believers of the Gravel Tribe can He showed such fanaticism that he worshiped the glory regardless of the occasion.

Unlike the shaman, Kafu, the leader of the Gravel Tribe, does not have that strong belief in the old gods. Although he is afraid and even awe of the Glory that can appear and disappear, he does not worship the Glory. In his heart, he always thinks that the Glory is just something. It's just a mutated shadow lynx.

So when he saw Glory just now, he quickly broke away from the fear of Glory, and his eyes also fell on Linde and others behind Glory, and he was also sure that they were the army of the nobles under the mountain that Bailu Wenda said .

Although Nymeria, who is unusually tall and like a little giant, is the one who attracts the most attention among Lind’s group, the gravel leader Kraft’s eyes can’t help but fall on Lind because of his intuition. Tell him that Lind is very terrifying, even more terrifying than the giant beast that is regarded as the old god.

And just when he looked at Linde, Linde seemed to feel his gaze and looked towards him. At that moment, he felt an extremely strong death threat, which reminded him of White Deer Wenda's words.

He immediately grabbed the clothes of the man next to him and ordered in a deep voice: "Quick, go to the prison and release White Deer Wen Da."