The name Outpost Hill was given by the lumberjack family. It was named because there is a small castle ruin on this hill, which looks like a military outpost.

Because this place is located at the front end of the Truber Mountain forest, the forest from the outpost hill is relatively easy to walk from the mountain outer road, but the road back from the outpost hill will become a lot more rugged. Not only is there a dense and dangerous forest, but it also requires

It is a mountainous walk with loose gravel and wet snow, so most families of lumberjacks who enter the mountains will rest here for a night to recharge before continuing on the road.

Although the unknown force shrouded on the way to the outpost hill is not particularly powerful, it has enough adverse effects on ordinary people, and they will unknowingly lose their way under the influence of this adverse influence.

The middle-aged man who was captured by Leo as a guide tried to use the unknown power here several times to escape from Leo's hands on the road, but in the end, no matter how far he escaped, he would always end up at a turning point.

, meeting Leo and Sylvia again, almost gave him the illusion that he had lost his protection and was affected by an unknown force and lost his way.

After several fruitless attempts, he found that he could not escape at all, so he did not escape again, but honestly led the way.

It took them about two or three hours to pass through a very dense forest and arrived at the outpost hill.

I saw that Qianshao Mound was not just home to him as the middle-aged man said, but dozens of people lived here. These people built houses, started families, and had their children under Qianshao Mound.

Living here, judging from the number and distribution of houses, there should be about four or five families living here.

Without much effort, Leo could easily tell from the appearance of these people which of them were people with the blood of the lumberjack family, and which of them were just ordinary people.

The wives of these families are undoubtedly ordinary people, while the husbands and some of the children are people with the blood of lumberjacks, because they have more or less obvious mutant features on their faces. Perhaps this is why they can only stay in this family.

In the outpost hill, instead of living outside like other members of the lumberjack family, they only go into the mountains when necessary.

These people were extremely surprised by the arrival of Leo and Sylvia. This may be the first time they have seen outsiders come here for so many years. The middle-aged man led the two people into this miniature village.

When they arrived, someone immediately stepped forward and blocked their way, asking the middle-aged man why he brought outsiders here.

However, before the middle-aged man could answer, the abyss dragon aura emanating from Sylvia had already taken effect. All the men, women, old and children surrounded by the abyssal dragon aura lay on the ground, as if they were praying to the gods.

Same as the week.

"We will rest in the castle above. If anyone comes from the mountain, let us know." Leo ordered the middle-aged man who was so frightened that his body was stiff, and then motioned to Sylvia to take back the abyss dragon.

Breathing, he walked towards the dilapidated castle on the hill with only a section of its foundation left.

Although Leo and Sylvia had already left, it still took a long time for the people around to recover and get up from the ground. As they got up, they all gathered around the middle-aged man and asked

The identities of Leo and Sylvia, what happened, etc.

Leo and Sylvia ignored the semi-exiled members of the lumberjack family, and they soon arrived at the dilapidated fortress on the top of the mountain.

"This is the Tajer-style foundation accumulation method." The careful Sylvia saw some clues from the structure of the foundation the moment she entered the fortress.

Relevant information also emerged in Leo's mind, and he learned that the Tager-style foundation accumulation method was a castle construction method used in the early First and Second French Dynasties. This castle method is based on polishing a special method.

The schist, combined with specially prepared clay, is gradually accumulated and superimposed, and finally a castle is built.

The advantages of this kind of castle are that the construction materials are easy to obtain, the construction cost is low, the building is very stable, and it is easy to repair. Until now, there are still many castles built using this method on Velen Continent, but most of these castles have been modified.

It became a manor.

The shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, this kind of castle cannot be built too high. It usually only has one floor. If some load-bearing stone pillars are added in the middle, it may be possible to build it to two floors, but such a three-story castle has never been built.

appeared, so after new methods of building giant castles emerged, this construction method was quickly eliminated.

Now that such a castle foundation built with ancient construction methods appeared in front of the two of them, Leo couldn't help but doubt the origin of this small castle, so he communicated with Sylvia: "Do you think it could be that one?"

Built by the Belmont family?”

"It's possible." Sylvia nodded slightly, but also put forward a different idea and said: "It may also have been built by a high tower wizard. After all, the original high tower wizard's wizard tower was similar to a castle."

"Tower wizard?" Leo hesitated for a moment, then squatted down and searched on the ground. Finally, he found some clues on a stone pillar in a corner that served as a ground pile, and said, "Your guess may be right.

of."

Sylvia also came over to take a look, and saw some complicated patterns carved on the surface of this stone pillar. These patterns looked like some kind of runes with mysterious power, but also like some kind of words that were deliberately mixed together.

, so she asked in confusion: "What is this?"

Leo explained: "This should be the Diavin used by the Tower Wizard in the early days."

Sylvia was a little surprised and touched the relief with her fingers, and said: "Is this Diawen? I thought that Diawen, like Gamorei, was a language that contained mysterious power."

Leo explained: "You are mistaken. Diavin is a secret language created by early tower wizards for secret communication. It does not have any extraordinary power. It is just a text that can use simple symbols to represent complex meanings.

Just like the code words you spies like to use."

"Do you know what it says?" Sylvia asked again.

"I don't know." Leo gave a disappointing answer and said, "I have only seen similar words in some books from tower wizards, but the use and interpretation of this kind of words have long been used.

It has been lost. I am afraid that even the tower wizards who may still exist may not be able to decipher this kind of writing. I have tried to decipher it, but found that this kind of writing has no rules at all, unless one knows the specific text code.

Make comparisons, otherwise you will not be able to decipher what they mean." As he spoke, he paused, then changed the topic and said: "But judging from the environment in which this text is used, it is obvious that the content of this text should be inseparable.

Say something nice about the house.”

"It's a pity that this castle has been destroyed, otherwise..." Sylvia looked at the ruins around her with a look of regret, but then she seemed to have discovered something, and quickly walked to a slightly taller building in the middle of the ruined castle.

He looked around and said, "This castle doesn't seem to have been destroyed by nature."

After hearing the words, Leo also came up and looked around. Although a long time had passed, and those people under the hill would pry some stone bricks from here when building houses, the initial damage marks had been completely destroyed.

It was eighty-eight years old, but Leo could still tell from the damage to the castle and the ups and downs of the geography around the castle that the castle must have experienced a big explosion, and that big explosion not only destroyed the castle, but also caused damage to the surrounding areas.

Common impact terrain also appeared in the topography.

Seeing all this, Leo calculated the power of the explosion. If such a very powerful interference force existed in Mount Troubo at that time, then analyzing the damage caused by the explosion, then the person who caused the explosion at that time

The power should be comparable to that of a thunder gun.

"Do you think the explosion here is related to the one in the mountain?" Sylvia thought again.

Leo shook his head and could only reply blankly: "I don't know! There is too little data that can be used for analysis."

Later, Leo and Sylvia walked around the castle to see if they could find any useful clues, but the results were not satisfactory.

Seeing that there were no other interesting discoveries, Leo and Sylvia lit a fire in the castle and waited for the arrival of the lumberjack family.

About after nightfall, a sound suddenly came from the woods under the hill. Three strong young men were seen walking out of the woods. However, there were no companion beasts around the three of them, but the energy on their bodies fluctuated.

Very strong, it seems that they are not members of the Rufu family, but more like members of other lumberjack families.

The three people were originally going to enter the small village consisting of several families, but when they saw the light of fire appearing in the direction of the castle, they all felt a little surprised, confused and curious, so they turned a corner in the middle and walked towards the castle.

, and soon arrived outside the dilapidated castle.

The three of them didn't worry at all that they would be attacked. They didn't send anyone to check outside the castle, so they walked in together. As a result, they saw a bonfire and Leo and Sylvia who were roasting something next to the bonfire.

After seeing Leo and Sylvia, the three of them were stunned for a moment, and then they seemed to realize who these two people were, but they didn't seem to know how powerful Leo and Sylvia were.

Face walked up excitedly, looking like he had been taken as prey by Leo and Sylvia.

One of the leaders, Nian Qingren, said with a smile: "We are very lucky. Unexpectedly, we encountered two big fish during a routine patrol. As long as we catch them back, we..."

Before the young lover could finish speaking, an invisible pressure appeared on the three of them, instantly forcing them to kneel on the ground. This pressure also pressed tightly on their chests and backs, as if

It was like forcing all the air out of their lungs, making it difficult to even breathe, let alone speak normally.

Just when the three of them felt that they might be dying, the invisible pressure on their chests and backs suddenly disappeared. The three of them gasped in unison, as if they wanted to suck all the air around them into their lungs.

But when they calmed down and wanted to stand up, they found that the invisible pressure on their bodies had not disappeared, and they could only kneel on the ground, unable to move.

"Our couple wanted to go into the mountains. We originally asked Bain from Rufu's family to lead the way. However, judging from various circumstances, Bain should have been in trouble. I don't want to know what happened. I just want to make sure that I can find him.

A guide who can take our couple into the mountains." Leo spoke, looked at the three of them, and said, "You three can choose for yourself, whether you want to be a guide to take us into the mountains, or whether we can use a special method to directly guide you from your place.

Relevant memories are retrieved from the brain, but the process and results of retrieving memories may not be very good."

Although Leo's tone was very calm, and he did not say what bad things would happen if he retrieved the memory, the three of them were not fools, and they could all guess that the result would definitely not be what they hoped for.

For a moment, the three of them became extremely panicked, and they cursed the damn guys who provided them with information. Those guys only said that Leo and Sylvia were two scholars and weapons manufacturing experts, and did not mention their original identities.

It is a mysterious existence with powerful extraordinary power.

They felt that if those guys hadn't provided false information, making them think that the two people in front of them were big fish, maybe they would have escaped the moment they recognized the two people, and they would not have ended up like this.

Seeing that the three of them were silent for a long time without answering, Leo said casually: "Since the three of them have made their choice, then..."

"Wait a minute, I'm willing to be a guide." The young man named the leader said immediately.

"Wells! You're crazy!" The young man on the left looked at his companions in disbelief.

The young man glared at his companions fiercely and said: "I'm not crazy. I don't want to lose my life because of leading the way. It's your business to die if you want. I also want to do other important things."

"I am also willing to be a guide." The young man on the right also said at this time.

Seeing that two young men were already willing to be guides, the remaining young man did not persist and had to bow his head.

Leo did not make any contract or anything like that with the three of them. He directly lifted the restrictions on the three of them and asked them to find a place to rest by themselves. After they had rested, he took them into the mountain.

Afterwards, he seemed to have nothing to do, flicking the bonfire with a wooden stick. In fact, he was recalling some accidents and control problems that had occurred during the process of using psychic suppression.

In fact, the invisible pressure that pressed down on the chests and backs of the three young men just now was not deliberately exerted by Leo, but a sudden loss of control when he used psychic suppression. Fortunately, he controlled the intensity of the psychic suppression in time.
Chapter completed!