Just when Hoffman's attention was completely attracted to the strange man and woman, he suddenly heard Bain Ruf explain to them in a low voice like a servant: "I have already gone to the agreed place to wait.

, but was discovered and designed to be captured..."

"I know, it doesn't matter, as long as we can get here, it doesn't matter who leads the way. Now you don't owe us anything." Leo interrupted Bain's explanation, and then said to the three guides on the side:

"Now that you've arrived, you can leave. You must have gone through so many things, and you should also want to see your relatives."

After hearing this, the three members of the Powell family looked at each other and ran away in panic as if they were being pardoned.

Leo ignored the others, but raised his head slightly and looked at the main body of Mount Trubo in front of him. Although his sight could not penetrate the clouds and mist entrenched on the mountainside, he could feel the light emanating from the clouds and mist.

Energy fluctuations.

"Have you felt it?" Leo asked Sylvia: "Is this the power of the abyss?"

Sylvia was silent for a moment and said: "Yes and no." Then, she further explained: "This power is very similar to the power of the abyss, but it is not as corrosive and chaotic as the power of the abyss. It feels like

Like..."

"It's like being purified." Leo took over Sylvia's words and said.

"Yes, it has been purified." Sylvia nodded in agreement.

Leo said with a confused look: "Can the power of the abyss also be purified?"

Sylvia looked solemn and said: "If it were before, I would have said it was impossible, but now..."

Because the language Leo and Sylvia spoke was French, neither Bain nor Hoffman could understand what they were saying, but they could tell from their expressions that they were probably talking about Tru.

He also vaguely guessed that the purpose of the two people was to climb to the top of Mount Trubo.

In this regard, Bain and Hoffman showed two completely different expressions. Bain showed a very casual look, not caring at all whether the two of them were going to climb Mount Trub. He was more concerned about his current situation.

However, Hoffman's face showed an expression of interest, and it seemed that he also had some ideas.

Although the lumberjack family has lived at the foot of Mount Truber for generations and calls themselves the Sons of Mount Truber, they know very little about Mount Truber and have never even been to the top of the mountain.

I just went to the holy altar below the clouds and mist on the mountainside.

For Mount Troub, the lumberjack family only has awe in their hearts. Climbing to the top of the mountain to see what it looks like is completely transcendent in their view. However, there are exceptions to everything. Hoffman is the leader of all lumberjack families.

There is one exception among the members, but this exception perfectly conceals his thoughts without exposing them at all.

When he was very young, when he attended the family's holy ceremony for the first time, he had wondered what the top of Mount Truber looked like, and wanted to know the secrets of Mount Truber and the loggers' family.

When he grew up and was able to explore on his own, he tried to cross the holy altar more than once and enter the area behind the holy altar.

But no matter how he tried, he ended up in failure. The clouds and mist that shrouded Mount Troubo seemed to have a powerful force, turning the clouds and mist into an invisible wall, blocking all those who tried to climb the mountain, and leaving the top of the mountain and its secrets forever.

Hidden behind the ever-lasting clouds and mist.

Hoffman has never given up the idea of ​​climbing to the top of the mountain, but unfortunately he has never been able to do so. He has never told anyone about this idea, not even the people closest to him, because he knows very well that if he says this

What kind of consequences will it have.

Now, he found that the two strangers in front of him seemed to have the idea of ​​​​climbing to the top of Mount Troub, which made him feel that this might be an opportunity, and what he had planned before might be implemented.

Just when Hoffman was considering the feasibility of what he had planned for many years, Leo also noticed Hoffman standing in front of him, holding a knight's sword, although Hoffman's power was not worth it in his eyes.

Mention, but the energy fluctuations emanating from Hoffman made Leo feel a little interesting, because the energy fluctuations on his body were very similar to the energy fluctuations on Mount Troub.

"Are you in trouble?" Leo asked Bain, who looked a little embarrassed, "Do you need my help?"

"No need, this is my own business." Bain quickly replied, and then he turned around and said to Hoffman: "Are you going to arrest me now?"

Hoffman came back to his senses, remained silent for a moment, and did not answer directly. He just asked: "What are you going to do?"

Bain said expressionlessly: "Since those guys dare to arrest me, they must have discussed it with some people within the family. As the patriarch, I plan to go back and rectify the Rufu family."

Hoffman did not stop Bain, but put the knight's sword back into the scabbard and stood aside. He was hinting to Bain that he would not stop him from leaving, and also seemed to be hinting that he would not stop Leo and Sylvie.

Ya keep going.

After seeing Hoffman's actions, Bain nodded to Hoffman, then saluted Leo and Sylvia, and rushed into the thick fog with his companion beast.

"Let's go too!" Leo said to Sylvia, and the two of them walked along the avenue of the mountain city in the direction of the holy altar.

When the two left, Hoffman did not follow behind, but returned to the square from a small road. At this time, the square had not fully recovered from the chaos just now. When they saw Hoffman coming back alone, everyone thought that

Hoffman failed to capture Bane.

Although they also complained about this result, they did not dare to blame Hoffman too much. After all, the only person in the entire mountain city who had the ability to deal with Bain was Hoffman. If Hoffman quit because of their blame,

, Bain came back to kill him at this time, and those who were not good at fighting could only become fish to be slaughtered.

Hoffman comforted everyone, saying that Bain would not return to the mountain city in a short time. Then he ordered that old Bjorn's body be preserved, and told them very clearly that there was something fishy about old Bjorn's death.

, Bain may have been framed.

After giving these instructions, he did not give any further persuasion to everyone, but instead asked the Mountain City Defense Team to continue maintaining law and order in the city while he would be away for a while.

After that, without any further explanation, he left the square and returned to his home. He quickly put some climbing items that he had prepared before into his backpack and carried them on his back.

After putting on his backpack, he left his house, then took a detour to the house of the head of the Panshi family.

Because at this moment, the clan leader and several other members of the Panshi family are trapped in the thick fog outside the mountain city and will not return in a short time, and no one lives here.

I saw Hoffman enter the back room directly, and then quickly went to the patriarch's bedroom, found the safe under the floor in the corner, entered the password, opened the safe, and took out the safe that only the patriarch of the lumberjack family was qualified to keep.

Holy Deed and put it into the backpack.

After doing all this, he restored the things and climbed over the wall on the side of the courtyard. Then he found a path that few people would take, left the mountain city, bypassed the avenue leading to the holy altar, and climbed

It took almost half an hour to go up the extremely rugged and steep mountain road, and we took a shortcut to a slightly protruding rock near the holy altar.

People standing at this position can just see the situation of the Holy Altar, and because of the visual obstruction caused by the rocks and the poor terrain, the people at the Holy Altar cannot see the people here, so they can safely observe the Holy Altar here.

Everything about the altar.

This location was found accidentally by Hoffmann in order to observe how the Holy Sacrifice opened the clouds.

In the past, he had tried to enter the clouds directly. At that time, he thought that the clouds and fog shrouding Mount Troubo were the same as those shrouding the outer forests and would only affect people who were not from the lumberjack family. But after repeated attempts, he

Discovering his identity will not bring him any convenience. As long as he enters the clouds, he will lose his way.

Moreover, the road in the clouds and mist was more rugged and dangerous than outside. He almost lost his footing and died there many times. If he hadn't been well prepared and had his own innate ability, he seemed to be able to get inspiration from Mount Trubo itself and find a way to leave.

Maybe he has been trapped in the clouds and mist.

After many attempts, he found that the groping method alone could not help him reach the top of the mountain, so he could only look back and see if the lumberjack family had a way to walk freely in the cloud area.

After several years of secret observation and secret exploration, he really discovered that the lumberjack family did have a way to enter the cloud area.

It turns out that people from the lumberjack family are not really unable to go to the cloud and fog area above the holy altar, but they need to use a very special method to allow people to enter the cloud and fog area without losing their way. This method is to use the holy altar.

Open the way.

He discovered this method inadvertently after spying on the Holy Deed Ceremony conducted by the Crowley family, and he also discovered that not all lumberjack families knew this method, only the two or three earliest lumberjack families at the top.

Knowing this method, the Crowley family is one of them.

At that time, he had seen with his own eyes more than once that Patch quietly returned after presiding over the Holy Sacrifice of the Crowley family, and then took out some seemingly unrelated ores, beast offal, tree roots and nearby swamps.

Using these methods to perform a mysterious sacrificial ritual, the Holy Deed seemed to be inspired by some kind of power, projecting a light on Patch, and then Patch walked into the clouds.

middle.

After about an hour or two, Patch walked out of the clouds and mist again, but this time Patch made him feel a little different. The most obvious feeling was that Patch's strength seemed to have improved a lot.

There are two other clan leaders like Patch, but after they enter the clouds, their strength is not improved like Patch when they come out, but they have something extra in their hands, sometimes it is a book.

, sometimes it is a box with something in it. No matter what it is, it can be seen from their nervous attitude that those things are very precious.

After watching this ritual many times, Hoffman memorized the entire ritual process, as well as the things needed for the ritual, and prepared some early, but he never had a chance to test it out.

The Holy Deed is a special item that can only be mastered by the patriarch of a lumberjack family. It can basically be said to be a token of the patriarch. Even a martial arts master like Hoffman is not qualified to get it. Moreover, the Holy Deed has a mysterious connection with the patriarch. Once the Holy Deed is

If the deed was taken by someone else, the clan leader would definitely know about it, so unless Hoffman was an enemy of the entire family, or even the entire lumberjack family, it would be impossible for him to obtain the sacred deed silently.

This time, when something happened to a few members of the family, he felt more lucky. He didn't have much identification with the family. He thought that the family would disappear when it disappeared. It was just the education he had received since childhood that prevented him from making active concessions.

Regarding the disappearance of his family, now that Trouboshan has helped him complete it, he will not feel guilty or sad. He only needs to accept the final fruit. If nothing unexpected happens, he will become the last member of the family, and

Naturally, he obtained the Holy Deed and fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

However, something unexpected happened in the middle of the matter. The thick fog that enveloped him was not as deadly as he thought. Some people who were previously trapped in the thick fog gradually came out safely in the past two days. Although there were mental and conscious problems.

There are some problems, but overall there is no life-threatening concern.

This also made him have to doubt that the patriarch and others of his family could also get out of the thick fog smoothly. In that case, the things he expected would have to be postponed.

This also made him consider whether to take a gamble and take away the family sacred deed by force, and then use that method to enter the Cloud and Mist Zone, fulfill his long-cherished wish, and then leave here and never come back. But if he does this, he will have no room for redemption.

, if this method still fails to allow him to climb to the top of the mountain and see the secret of Mount Truber, then he will not be able to get a second chance in the future.

At this moment, two outsiders, Leo and Sylvia, appeared and expressed their intention to climb Mount Trub. This was equivalent to giving Hoffman an extremely perfect target. He could completely target Saint

The theft of the deed was blamed on these two people, and whether he finally climbed to the top of Mount Truber and discovered the secrets of the lumberjack family, he would not have any problems. He could still stay in the mountain city and serve as his martial arts master.

Chief, captain of defense.

Thinking of this, Hoffman couldn't help but laugh out loud, but he quickly calmed down his excitement and took out the things he had prepared in his backpack and checked them one by one, lest he find something missing when it was time to perform the ceremony.

what.

Just after Hoffman checked his things, the two strangers Leo and Sylvia were like two tourists who came to play, walking step by step along the bluestone steps built by the ancestors of the lumberjack family.
Chapter completed!