Leo and Sylvia could easily tell that the footsteps should be those of humans or bipedal creatures similar to humans. They looked at each other, walked out, and looked in the direction of the footsteps.

Not long after, someone saw a bush being pushed aside, and a white-haired old man wearing very ancient clothes walked out from behind the bush. It was easy to tell from the bow he was carrying, the animal traps on his body, etc.

He should be the owner of this hunter's cabin.

When Leo and the others saw the old hunter, the old hunter also saw Leo and Sylvia, and was startled. Then he curiously looked at the young couple who suddenly appeared in front of his cabin.

People, and what caught his attention the most was the clothes they wore. It was obvious that their clothes were very different from the old hunter's civilian clothes from the Second Dynasty era.

"Who are you?" The old hunter quickly returned to normal and asked Leo and Sylvia.

Although the language used by the old hunter is ancient French, it is not too different from modern French. It is somewhat like the local language of remote areas in southern France, which both Leo and Sylvia can understand.

"We are just people who got lost in the Black Forest." Sylvia said casually, using the French language that was closest to her memory.

Although the language Sylvia speaks is not very different from the old man's in her opinion, the old hunter can clearly feel the difference in language between the two, and also wonders where Sylvia's accent is.

accent.

Although it was only a very brief conversation and exchange, the old hunter's attitude had changed from the vigilance just now to relaxed, and his hand moved away from the handle of the knife at his waist without leaving a trace.

The question he just asked was to determine whether the two people in front of him were transformed into monsters in the black forest, because in known attempts, although the monsters were able to look like normal people, they were unable to talk like normal people.

.

The moment Sylvia opened her mouth, she had already proved that she was not a monster in the black forest.

However, the old hunter also wondered why the two strangely dressed people in front of him were lost in the black forest.

Although the Black Forest has never been regarded as a forbidden area, anyone who wants to enter the Black Forest can enter, but almost everyone is well aware of the dangers of the Black Forest, and no one will go to the Black Forest for boring reasons such as fun.

Inside, we even reached the edge of the safe zone of the black forest.

The old hunter knew very well that the hunter's cabin he built was specifically for him to process the prey after hunting the black forest monsters, and to use it as a temporary storage point. During the construction, he chose a location extremely close to the boundary of the safe area.

place,

Facts also proved that his location selection was correct. With the help of this hunter's cabin, he could capture some weak monsters in the Black Forest faster without having to worry about someone breaking into the hunter's cabin. In fact, this was his first encounter with them.

Outsiders discovered the hunter's cabin.

"Where did you come from?" the old hunter asked again.

"It's not convenient to say that." Sylvia said vaguely again.

The old hunter's hand that had loosened his grip on the weapon returned to it, and he looked at Leo and Sylvia warily.

Although anyone can enter the Black Forest, anyone who enters the Black Forest and gains something must pay a heavy Black Forest tax. However, the old hunter’s financial status simply cannot afford such a heavy tax, so every time he

Every time I went into the forest to hunt, I was careful to stay as far away from the lords' eyes and ears as possible.

Sylvia's vague answer now naturally aroused the old hunter's concern, but besides being worried, he was also suspicious of the two people's identities.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not your enemy, and I have no ill intentions towards you. We just stumbled upon this hunter's cabin to take a look." Leo said at this time: "If you didn't show up, we would leave soon.

Already."

Although Leo's words were just ordinary explanations, he used some spiritual words when he spoke. After these sound waves with weak spiritual energy were transmitted to the old hunter's ears, they naturally

It gave him an inexplicable sense of trust, and he lowered his hand from his weapon again.

"Do you need me to take you out?" Under the influence of trust, the old hunter asked proactively.

"Of course." Leo nodded politely.

The old hunter didn't say anything more, walked into the wooden house, took out the weapon from the oil barrel, wiped it clean, put it away, took out two more weapons from the backpack, inserted them into the barrel, and turned around

He walked out of the house, closed the door, and motioned for Leo and Sylvia to follow him.

Neither Leo nor Sylvia said anything. They followed closely behind the old hunter and walked toward the area controlled by the mysterious being mentioned in the message in their minds.

After walking for a while, Sylvia suddenly broke the silence and said: "My name is Sylvia, and this is my partner Leo. This is our first time here. Can you introduce us to your territory?"

Case?"

The old hunter was stunned when he heard this, turned to look at Leo and Sylvia, and glanced at the two people's incompatible clothes again, and then seemed to have thought of something, his face showed

A look of awe.

The old hunter asked tentatively in a low-profile tone: "Are the two adults from Lanxi?"

"Lanxi?" Leo and Sylvia were stunned for a moment, but soon realized that the Lanxi mentioned by the old hunter should not be Lanxi, the industrial town of the United Kingdom of Velen World, but the branch of the French Empire in the Black Forest.

The civilization that came out built the city Lanxi.

Lanxi has special significance to any French person. Even in the Third Dynasty, many French people did not think that Donglin City was the capital of the French Empire. Lanxi, the ancient capital, was.

This idea was most popular among people in the southern and western parts of the French Empire.

So much so that after the establishment of the United Kingdom of France, the United Kingdom government had to listen to public opinion and established Lanxi as the capital of the kingdom.

From the words of the old hunter, it was not difficult for Leo and Sylvia to guess that in this black forest world, there is also a civilization that named its center Lanxi. This is consistent with their previous guesses related to the Second Dynasty.

And together.

"Yes, we are from Lanxi." Sylvia nodded and admitted.

Hearing Sylvia's admission, the old hunter breathed a sigh of relief. In his heart, those people in Lanxi were indeed worthy of awe and even fear, but compared to the lords who actually controlled them, the people in Lanxi were obviously not.

So threatening.

Moreover, this also gave him an answer to his doubts about the strange clothes of the two people. After all, people like Lan Xi are known for their weirdness, let alone wearing some weird clothes, even if they become weird people What kind of.

What's more, Lan Xi's people are simply a symbol of wealth for people like them who make a living in the Black Forest. Every time those who help Lan Xi end up making a huge fortune that only takes several years to earn. .

Thinking that he might get a windfall, the old hunter smiled on his face, and then asked tentatively: "Why did you send people here so early this year? The monsters in the black forest are still there. During the dormant period, it will take at least four full moons to regain vitality." After saying that, before Leo and Sylvia could react, he said in a smart way: "Do you want to go deeper into the black forest? ?If so, you must find me, because my knowledge of the Black Forest is unparalleled by anyone in the entire Lyon Territory."

As he spoke, he deliberately took off the bow he was carrying on his back, then nocked an arrow, searched in the surrounding forest, and shot an arrow into one of the trees, and then he saw the arrow penetrated. A black forest creature that looked like a tree rat fell down.

After seeing this scene, Leo and Sylvia looked at each other, exchanged glances, and looked at the old hunter with slightly different expressions.

Although the old hunter opened his bow and shot arrows just now, it looked no different from ordinary archery, but both Leo and Sylvia felt that the old hunter's arrows had an extraordinary power attached to them. This extraordinary power was not very strong, but it could be seen in the surroundings. In this environment, it is particularly obvious.

The first human being encountered in the Black Forest actually had extraordinary power. So how many people in the civilization inside the Black Forest had extraordinary power? This question appeared in the minds of Leo and Sylvia at the same time.

When they guessed that there was a civilization in the Black Forest that was continued by the Second Dynasty of France, Leo and Sylvia thought that the people in this civilization also had extraordinary powers, because in an environment like the Black Forest, long-term Time is affected by huge energy, and humans will definitely undergo some mutations.

But they never expected that an old hunter they met randomly also had extraordinary power. Judging from the techniques and processes he used, he was very familiar with this power and had obviously been using it for a long time.

Although Leo and Sylvia were curious in their hearts, they did not ask the old hunter about the extraordinary power. Instead, they changed the topic to what he said about the Lyon collar.

The old hunter did not doubt him, and seriously told some of the things he knew about the Lyon Territory. However, even if he explained everything as clearly as possible, in the end, Leo and Sylvia's relationship Not much gain either.

This is not because the old hunter is hiding something, but because the old hunter only knows these things. He has been making a living in the black forest all his life. If he is asked to tell about the things in the black forest, he can tell a lot of information, such as those The growth cycle of trees, the roots and leaves of those trees can be used as medicine, etc., but he has not been to other places in Lyon Territory. Everything about other places in Lyon Territory is about the merchants who come here to buy prey. What he said was that he just pieced together the fragments of content he remembered and told Leo and Sylvia.

The current place corresponding to this black forest is the Lyon Territory, which is controlled by a lord named Prodi. It is unclear how big the entire territory is. The old hunter only knows that after leaving the Black Forest, it takes about a day's journey to reach Prodi.

The castle.

The village where the old hunter is located is the only village nearby. This village mainly grows a kind of wine berry, and some people will also be guest hunters.

In addition, there is a war here. The old hunter doesn't know exactly where the war will be fought. Lord Prodi often mobilizes some young people to fight, and after each war, not many people can come back.

While talking and walking like this, the group of three people quickly walked out of the black forest.

Here, the boundaries of the Black Forest are similar to those in the Velen World. They are both a towering tree wall. And after walking out of the Black Forest, the sight Leo saw made him almost think he had returned to the Velen World, because the scene in front of him was different from that of Velen World.

When he passed through the Black Forest, the scene he saw was very similar.

They are all a piece of reclaimed land, with crops neatly divided into pieces. However, the crops at that time were staple foods such as wheat, and the crops in front of you were berries full of red fruits.

"That's our village over there." The old hunter led Leo and Sylvia through a field of crops and walked to a hillside. Then he pointed to a village in the distance and said, "You two adults can come to our village first.

Take a rest inside, and then you can ask the carriage in the village to take the two adults to the castle."

Neither Leo nor Sylvia objected to the old hunter's proposal. Sylvia suddenly thought of money matters, so she took out a gold coin from her pocket and handed it to the old hunter, saying: "This can serve as a

Cost?"

"This..." Seeing the Jinsa that Sylvia took out, the old hunter had a look of shock on his face. He shook his head quickly and said: "No, no! This is too precious, too precious! This kind of divine object

I dare not accept it."

From the reaction of the old hunter, both Leo and Sylvia could see that gold seemed to be unimaginably valuable here, and was even regarded as a sacred object.

"We rarely go out. I wonder what currency you use for transactions?" Sylvia took the gold coins back and asked.

Seeing Sylvia take back the gold coins, the old hunter felt a little reluctant, but he didn't say much. Before, he still had some doubts about the identity of Leo and Sylvia, but now all these doubts are gone.

It seemed to him that only people from Lanxi would take out divine objects and use them as currency so casually.

The old hunter then took out some currency from his pocket and placed it in front of Leo and Sylvia. Both of them were surprised when they saw it, because the currency the old hunter took out was not metal at all, but pieces of wood.

There are numbers and some patterns engraved on the wood piece.

Leo and Sylvia each picked up a piece and looked at it. They soon discovered that this piece of wood was not as simple as it seemed, because they both felt a faint energy in the piece of wood. It was obvious that this piece of wood was not as simple as it seemed.
Chapter completed!