Chapter 90: Forest of The Elves (8)

Chapter 90: Forest of The Elves (8)

The two druids had never faced such a difficult situation. All the skeptical gazes were stacked on their heads, leaving them with absolutely no room to argue: We really dont know, and we dont even know him! Although the Druid race isnt big, its impossible for us to know everyone!

But no matter how they explained, the seeds of doubt had been planted. The three adventurers headed by Don seriously drew a line, keeping themselves at an absolute distance. This wasnt a matter they could joke about.

Heimen walked to Tang Cuo and asked: Did you find anything?

Tang Cuo checked very carefully. After the druids returned to his original form, he was clad in an armour. Tang Cuo didnt hesitate to remove the armour, and after searching several times, he finally found an inconspicuous symbol on one of his shoulder blades.

It was an inverted pentagram with a rose at its center.

What kind of random symbol is this? Hammo came closer with curiosity and tilted his head. He had no idea what that was.

As a member of the Greenvines Alliance, Heimen wouldnt fail to recognise it. As soon as he had a glimpse of the symbol, his expression quickly changed and he immediately turned around to stare at the two druids, wanting to ask them to take off their armour for inspection.

He moved fast, but the druids moved even faster. Seeing the sign of them being exposed soon, they immediately grabbed the nearest adventurer and snapped: Dont move, or Ill kill him!

This turn of events had everyone caught off guard.

Dont hurt him! Don drew his sword but he didnt dare to step forward, his heart jumping to his throat.

Calm down! Another adventurers face also reddened with apprehension. How could they have expected that the druids would suddenly turn against them like this?! What was going on with that symbol?

The members of the Greenvines Alliance remained calm, for the druids reaction clearly proved one thing they also had the symbol of the Rose Sect on their bodies, and since they couldnt escape, theyd better gain the upper hand first.

The people hidden behind all these strange happenings at the Secret Lake were undoubtedly the Rose Sect.

Where was Celtic?

Tang Cuo looked at Celtic again to find a trace of reminiscence on his face while his mouth muttered the word rose, as if he was caught in some thoughts. Over there, Heimen had already initiated a negotiation with the druids: Let go of him, and well let you go.

The druids looked at him suspiciously, then cast a deep gaze at Tang Cuo and said: You step back first.

Heimen and Don exchanged glances and both sides began to back away together, while the druids also retreated with their hostage. After they reached a certain distance and were about to let go, they suddenly heard Tang Cuo ask

Aesop The Rebel, is he here?

The druids were stunned. One of them wanted to say something but was stopped by the other. The two stared at Tang Cuo, and the hand that was pinching the adventurers neck became tighter, to the point that blood almost oozed out.

The next second, they forcefully pushed the person over, turned around and fled.

Cough, cough The adventurer knelt on the ground and clutched his neck, feeling dazed all over with his back completely drenched in cold sweat.

Don hurriedly stepped forward to help, while the dwarf Hammo wielded his hammer and angrily chased a few steps after the druids. As he looked back and saw that no one was giving chase, he returned grumpily.

Heimen thought about what Tang Cuo said earlier and couldnt help asking: Why did you ask them that?

Tang Cuo: This is the origin of the elves. Its a place of great significance, so its impossible for the Rose Sect to send a random pawn here to carry out their plan.

Of course, the real reason was that Tang Cuo only knew Aesop who wore tassel earrings. As for Bazz and Priest Peter, he was afraid that these druids status wasnt high enough to even know them.

Heimen nodded and said solemnly: The matter seems to be more serious than we thought. The Rose Sect not only infiltrated the druids, but also sneaked into the Forest of The Elves. Something must be going on. We have to report the matter to Luo Island as soon as possible.

Tang Cuo asked back: How do we report it?

Heimen was lost for words. After a short pause, he spoke again: The illusion has been broken and theres no new Secret Lake. If we return to the original path, can we get back?

Tang Cuo didnt answer, instead, he looked up at the towering trees surrounding them and the mist that never seemed to die down. A long moment later, he finally said: Have we really broken the illusion?

Don frowned: What do you mean?

Tang Cuo couldnt explain. He hadnt gotten the key evidence yet, while the clues on hand couldnt be accurately linked together, for most of them were just his intuition. After thinking for a few seconds, he said: Lets head back first.

There was no other way.

Hiding behind the bushes, Hawk and his teammates remained silent. The druids scheme was shocking enough, but Tang Cuos fierce counter-kill was even more petrifying. And now, it even involved the Rose Sect.

After a long time, Hawk eventually broke the silence: Since when did the Principality of Flange produce such a ruthless man? And he even knows Aesop The Rebel?

The teammates shook their heads. How would they know?!

I think we should join them, shouldnt we? At least he seems very strong.

That would be profanity.

Only Tang Cuo the warrior spoke: Goddess of The Elves? Or Goddess of Nature?

Celtic solemnly responded to him: Goddess of Nature, Lady Cynthia.

The others remained utterly quiet. Even a crude one like Hammo the dwarf was afraid to look directly at the face of a Goddess. Daring to call the name of a Goddess how could these two humans be so bold?

If shes the one, are we going to Even if shes fake, we cant do that. Heimen seemed to want to say something, but he didnt. Regarding the words he couldnt say, Tang Cuo understood at once to kill a god.

To Tang Cuo, an atheist, to kill a god was just a phrase, but to Heimen and others, such a thing was simply impossible.

What should they do?

Tang Cuo turned around and looked at Celtic: You seem to know her very well. Did you know her beforehand?

Celtic:

Tang Cuo: ?

Celtic: I only saw her portrait.

Tang Cuo: Where?

Facing Tang Cuos questioning, Celtic was silent for a moment, then he said: In someones painting collection. He used to stay next to the Secret Lake occasionally, and he lived in a small cabin by the lake.

It must be the lakeside cabin in [Secrets of The Lake].

Tang Cuo felt that the truth would likely surface soon. This clue he accidentally obtained in the first round of the mission has realised its value here. Perhaps this was the meaning of a serial mission.

Whats his name?

Louis.

Louis L.

Tang Cuo suddenly thought of another name the Undead Rose, Louis XIV.

How long ago was that? He asked again.

I cant remember. Celtic looked at the lake through the thick mist, as if gazing at the distant past: Anyway, it was a long, long time ago. Probably even before your great, great, great, great grandfather was born.

Tang Cuo internally dissed Celtic on this crappy estimation based on generations of grandfathers, then he said sternly: So, do you have a way to break this illusion? In other words, do you have a way to show us the real Secret Lake?

Celtic thought and thought, then with a very serious expression, he told Tang Cuo: My mind seems not very clear.

At this moment, not far away from them, a strange noise suddenly came.

Tang Cuo immediately paid no more attention to the issue of whether Celtic was clear-headed and quickly went to check, at which point he found two sleeping men and one awake man in the bushes. It was Hawk, who was wearing an extremely unsightly expression.

Two more people had fallen asleep. This wasnt good.

On the other side, Jin Cheng took McCaw to talk with the real Celtic.

Across the bars, Celtic looked at a completely fine Jin Cheng, feeling both happy and frustrated. He couldnt help but grab the cell door and said: Lancelot, where have you been? I was still thinking about looking for you, but it turned out that you came looking for me in this prison.

Really, life could be full of sudden ups and downs.

Oh, I jumped off a cliff.

What did you just say?

Cough. Jin Cheng finally held back his urge: Its nothing. How come youre locked up here? Wheres Theodore?

Celtic then recounted everything that had happened. After he was separated from Tang Cuo, since they hadnt yet walked deep into the area of the Secret Lake, Celtic still smoothly got out and caught up with Evans. But he didnt manage to tail behind for long before Evans detected his presence.

I was very cautious. I dont know how he found out about me from such a long distance. Celtic complained.

Perhaps he put some mark on you while he was giving you the blessing. As Jin Cheng said so, he bent down and looked at the keyhole carefully, then he turned around and saw McCaws tiny expression.

Key? Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows, pulled out the keys that McCaw had obtained from the young elf earlier and inserted one of them into the keyhole With a click, the door opened.

Celtic almost burst into tears with joy.