Chapter 49: The Dark Land. Trial

Dotri, the priest of the scepter, had a luxurious and grand residence, and his attitude was reserved and cold.

After hearing about Leon's purpose, the priest, who was so bloated that he didn't look like a wolf's family, encouraged him a few words indifferently, and then left his residence to go to the temple.

However, he left a sergeant of the Templar Knight to answer Leon's questions.

This proudly-looking Wolf Knight in the Temple was quite polite to Leon, a country bumpkin from the countryside. After all, there were not many people who could meet Dotri in person.

From his mouth, Leon learned a lot about the Beast Soul Warrior.

Among the Beamon Beasts, as long as the barbarian warriors who have reached level 6 are all eligible to apply to the temple for the trial of being promoted to the Beast Soul Warrior, with two chances a year.

The first level is the qualification trial, which requires all applicants to enter the dark place to complete the designated tasks. If they fail to complete within the specified time, they will be disqualified, but they can apply again next time.

Under the deep underground of the Glorious Continent, there is another dark world. This underground world has existed for countless years and has been born with brilliant civilizations, but it fell in the era of the Divine Radiance of the Ancient Continent.

Dwarves, goblins, dark elves, and some demons, all from the underground world. Most of them have become vassals of the four tribes on the mainland, and some have developed independent ethnic groups. Over the past thousands of years, they have gradually cut off the connection between the underground world and become part of the glorious continent.

However, the underground races still exist and continue to develop. After a long period of war, the dark elves became one of the overlords of the underground world. They often use passages to the ground to attack the residents on the ground, plundering population, slaves and food supplies.

There are also some vicious underground monsters and monsters that will come out to harass them. Eliminating these underground monsters and dark elves has become an important business for many mainland mercenaries. Even some brave mercenary adventurers dare to enter the underground world to find wealth - underground minerals, materials, and relics of fallen civilization are all coveted good things.

And those larger areas where underground races appear and move on the ground are usually called dark places.

On the Glorious Continent, there are quite a lot of dark places, all of which are located in the territory of the four major races. There is one in the forest a hundred miles southwest of the city of Tormond. The garrison troops often encircle and clean it up to prevent the flood of monsters from threatening the residents of the surrounding areas.

However, due to the vast area and complex terrain, underground monsters and monsters have been suppressed repeatedly, and the garrison army can only control it.

Due to the special features of the dark land, the kingdom and temples regard it as a place of trial.

"According to the past, as long as you hunt an underground monster or a dark elf within the specified time, you will be considered completing the mission after getting their heads." The wolf knight explained.

"Which goal is easier?" Leon asked.

"Of course it's a monster!" The wolf knight replied without hesitation: "The underground black elves are born to fight races. They usually only operate at night or in places without sunlight, and are good at hiding disguises and sneak attacks."

"When you complete the mission, remember not to walk in the darkness. Even if we beast soul warriors meet the scouts and hunters of the black elf, it will be very troublesome!"

"I understand, I will be careful." Leon nodded.

"There are many warriors participating in the trial every year. In order to ensure their safety, after entering the dark place, you'd better find a few reliable partners to form a team. This is allowed by the rules." The Wolf Knight continued: "But the team cannot be too many, because this may attract a large number of monsters and monsters, with three or five people as the best."

After hesitating for a moment, the Wolf Knight said again: "If you form a team, sometimes you should be careful of your teammates. Not all the time can you find enough prey."

Lei An felt a little frightened in his heart.

He was determined to ask more questions, but looking at the other party's expression, he obviously didn't want to talk more, so Leon could only put his questions in his heart.

After this long talk, Leon had a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the process of being promoted to the Beast Soul Warrior.

"According to the rules of the temple, no one can intervene in the warrior trials and soul-casting rituals, and Lord Dotrill is no exception, so he cannot give you too much help in this regard." The Wolf Knight said at the end.

Is this really the case? Leon disagrees.

The existence of a privileged class must have exceptions and corruption. Is the temple that is above the top pure and flawless?

I'm afraid only those most simple and pious beasts will believe it!

The lion nobleman that Leon met last night was not the arrogant capital of being a nephew of a scepter priest?

However, for Leon, he really didn't have to rely on the idea of ​​Priest Dotritri. After learning the relevant inside information, he had achieved the purpose of this trip. He was completely confident that he could complete all the tests with his own strength!

"Thank you for your advice, I hope you can fight side by side with you one day!" Leon stood up and thanked the other party.

The wolf knight smiled slightly, but this smile seemed a little hideous on his wolf's face: "I also wish you a smooth pass of the trial!"

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Eight days later, in Shenhui Plaza.

The originally deserted square became very lively. Hundreds of Level 6 barbarian soldiers who arrived here from the southwest province, as well as thousands of relatives and friends who came to see them off, filled the small square with half of the square.

"Brother Lei, we are here to wait for you to return successfully!"

Leon, Rock Hammer, Akran and others hugged each other and said goodbye one by one. The team of trialists was gathering, and the sound of the horns moving forward sounded in the square.

I applied for the registration the day before and officially set off today. Now I have half a month left before the New Year Festival.

This time, more than 400 barbarian warriors participated in the trial, which is said to be the largest number of people in the southwest province in the past decade. However, according to past experience, no more than one-tenth of the people who were able to become beast soul warriors in the end, and the elimination rate reached more than 90%.

Some people even die unfortunately during the trial.

The temple sent three priests, and the garrison sent a team of cavalry to escort the trialists to the dark place.

Dozens of military transport carriages lined up in the square, like a long black dragon.

"Everyone gets in the car and get ready to go!"

The leader of the team roared loudly, his slightly hoarse voice echoing over the square.

"When I come back, stay in the city obediently and don't cause trouble!"

Leon patted Xiaohuohammer's head and finally gave an order, then jumped onto the carriage closest to him.

Let's go!

Under the guidance of a team of cavalry, a long convoy left Shenhui Plaza and headed towards the East City Gate.

Behind, there were crowds of farewells, and their cheers soared into the sky.

There were fifteen or sixteen people in the carriage that Leon was riding in, basically mainly lions, tigers, wolves, bears, leopards and cows. Most of them were young warriors, and everyone carried weapons.

Since they didn't know each other, the atmosphere in the car was very dull and no one spoke.

The carriage pulled by four wildebeests was very fast, and it took less time to drive out of the East City Gate and then followed the avenue toward the southwest.

Leon glanced around the car and found that there were four lions and three wolfs among the beast clan, which occupied eleven places, while only five bears and leopards and cows, including him, were a big difference in number.

This is not accidental. Whether it is the beast soul warrior or the shaman priest, it is said that the upper tribe accounts for at least 70% or 80%. They seem to be born with the favor of the beast god, and the success rate of being promoted to the beast soul warrior is much higher than that of the lower tribe.

The proportion of the upper clan tribes in the entire beast clan is no more than 20%. The lack of core combat power is one of the important reasons why the Bemon Beasts retreated step by step in the process of fighting against the elves.

However, under such circumstances, the six upper tribes who hold the power of the kingdom are still unwilling to give the lower tribes more resources and help, and they often compete for power.

Leon clearly remembered that the night before he left, Elder Monstein looked helpless and sad when he mentioned these things.

Thinking of this, Leon's mood suddenly became bad. The excitement and joy of participating in the trial disappeared. He reached out and pulled out a cigar from his belt and lit it.

He sits at the outermost part of the car, so smoking will not affect others. Use cigarettes to relieve the loneliness of the journey!

Cigars are the latest made, and the tobacco leaf ingredients were purchased in Tormond City.

This tobacco leaf is a type of magic material. Its name is blue-patterned leaf. It is not too expensive. Leon bought dozens of pounds of dried leaves in one go, and baked and dried them by himself.

Although due to time, the process can only be said to be rough and careless, it is more than enough to satisfy Leon's addiction to smoking.

However, this cigar is absolutely unique on the Glorious Continent. The Orc warriors in the same car looked at Leon lit the cigar and sucked the clouds and mist, and all showed a look of surprise and confusion, not understanding what he was doing.

"I said, brother, what are you doing?"

Before Leon could finish smoking a cigar, a rough-looking Tiger Warrior sitting opposite him could not suppress his curiosity.

Leon smiled and took out another cigar and handed it to the other party: "This is called a cigar. It is made of my own blue-patterned leaves. It can refresh your mind when you lit it on the fire. Do you want to try it?"

"Cigar..." The Tiger Warrior read this strange strange name and took it without hesitation: "How to suck this? Are you stuffed it into your mouth to suck it?"

"Like me, click on one end first..." Leon smiled and demonstrated.

"Cough! Cough!"

The Tiger Warrior learned to take a sip, but ended up exerting too much force and choked on the spot that he was dying of ecstasy.
Chapter completed!