In the middle of the night, a hurried bell rang in the town of Jaren.

Accompanied by the chaotic but gradually uniform footsteps, countless villagers in hurry with swords and armor took to the streets, they spontaneously gathered into small teams to form an array, and among them, there were also a large number of flying spellcasters flying from the houses near the center of the village, they immediately came to the various teams, and began to nervously announce the orders.

"The seventh squad leader, the trading team led by Davian has not returned yet, but the soul light has not been extinguished, and now the search and rescue operation will begin."

The notices from the casters were concise and to the point, and the townspeople, or rather, the semi-professional soldiers, were very neat in their actions, and they seemed to do this kind of thing regularly, only to see that the huge team was divided into three parts in an instant, one of them gathered their weapons and armor and prepared to go out of the town to search, one part occupied the town's fortifications and prepared for defense, and the last part was on standby, and several leaders broke out of the ranks and strode into the sacrificial hall in the center of the village.

"It's too far away......"

A villager who was left in the town to prepare for the defense work sighed, and said to his companions with some helplessness: "Especially the original crystal transaction that Davian is responsible for by that little girl, even the nearest trading point has to go deep into the mountains, as long as there is a little bit of trouble, it will definitely not be able to return smoothly." ”

"Isn't it?" The companion on the side also nodded approvingly: "Davian, this girl was originally a symbol, but after the past few years of fighting, almost all over her body are scars, and those dead shadows don't care if you are a woman or not." ”

The two had completely different concerns, but they could continue to talk, one of them was in charge of looking into the distance from the top of the watchtower, and the other was holding a bow and guarding, but suddenly, the villager who was looking into the distance was stunned for a moment, and he said in a loud voice: "Wait, they're back!" ”

His voice spread throughout the town through amplification magic, and all but this villager, the people in charge of observing the other directions also discovered the same thing, and sent out happy announcements one by one.

The whole town of Jaren, built on the top of a hill, this mountain seems to be cut off by something, the upper part is extremely flat and rocky ground, the inhabitants of Jaron town can condescendingly observe the scenery in the distance, and now, the villager in charge of the lookout found that at the end of the field of vision, there is smoke and dust rising from the galloping horses, and a team of about thirty people is hurrying towards the village and town.

"Three carriages?"

The sharp-eyed person had already seen the simple carriage in the procession, which seemed a little abrupt, and he looked very happy: "So many original crystals?!" Almost twice as much! ”

The original crystal is the material used for cultivation by the intelligent life in this world.

The elemental power between heaven and earth is chaotic and inert, except for some special races, most of the life cannot be used, only these powers hidden deep in the earth spars have a stable and active nature, and can be used as a variety of spell casting materials and cultivation materials.

In the post-apocalyptic world, there is nothing more precious than the Protocrystal, which is the basis for the existence of a town, the ammunition to defend against the invasion of the undead, and the town of Yareto has twelve teams to search and trade the available Protocrystals during the day, and Davien is the leader of the seventh team.

The villagers who watched seemed to be familiar with Davien, and there was a faint luster flowing in his eyes, which belonged to his natural power 'Eagle Eye', which could clearly see the scenery from several kilometers away.

Naturally, he spotted the warrior who was following behind Davien's team.

So, I was stunned for about seven or eight seconds.

Sirens, representing the highest alert, resounded over the town of Arenne.

When Joshua followed the group of local riders back to their lair, all he saw was that they were on guard to the extreme, and they almost bent their bows and shot the village guards.

The hilltop village was surrounded by an artificially carved river, and a tall, sturdy city wall that did not resemble a village at all, with towers lining the edge of the village, and elite archers with sharp eyes, all locked on the warriors.

"It's just a small fortress." didn't care about the other party's nervousness and vigilance, Joshua came all the way to eliminate a lot of undead, he also understood why this world would transmit such a corrupt atmosphere, for the villages and towns that could survive in this situation, he understood the other party's vigilance against an inexplicable strong person like him.

"My lord, I'm ****."

The female knight at the head turned her head and said something, Joshua looked at her expression, as if she wanted to step forward to explain that the warrior was not a villain in the first place, so she naturally let their team return to the village collectively, while staying outside the village and town alone, waiting for further negotiations.

Davien and the rest of the team, who returned to the town, were surrounded by a group of tense village officials.

"Little Davien, what's the matter with you?!"

A gray-haired middle-aged man who looked to be in his early fifties and carried a war hammer at his waist let out a long breath, hugged the female knight with a wry smile, and then said in a serious tone, "Why is your team so terrifying...... That existence is back?! ”

When he said this, the middle-aged man's tone was still trembling.

Beside him, a male spellcaster who looked much younger also clenched his staff and sighed: "The energy detection crystal in the village exploded directly when it tried to scan the other party, and the strength of that existence has at least exceeded the second energy level and reached the first sequence. ”

The vigilance in the caster's tone had been lowered, and he understood that in the face of this strong man who might be the first order, Davian and the others had no power to resist in the first place, and the fact that the other party did not break in, but stayed outside the village and town and waited for negotiations was the greatest kindness in itself.

"How the hell did you come into contact with this being?" On the side, the gray-haired middle-aged man asked a little impatiently.

"Uncle Bolt, Uncle Aram." Hearing this, Davian smiled bitterly: "This matter is really a little too weird...... I still thought I was dreaming. ”

The members of the entire town of Aarene are all members of the Astorea family, and the female knight is related to these two village high-ranking people, and at this time, she did not hide it, and told these two all the situations and inner thoughts she had encountered in the Autumn Water Forest.

"......Huh" took a long breath, and the gray-haired middle-aged man named Bolt frowned, but the impatient tension between his expressions had disappeared for the most part: "Just by relying on the aftermath of the energy around him, he can sweep away those ancient warriors who are sleeping in the Autumn Water Forest?" Along the way, all the dead encounters are wiped out at hand? Even the undead of a prehistoric beast used a punch? ”

The female knight nodded heavily, and when she watched this scene, she felt that her eyes were about to be startled.

Seeing this, Bolt smiled bitterly and said, "Little Davien, do you know what this means?" Even the first sequence can't do that, it's something that only legendary 'heroes' and ancient 'heroes' can do. ”

"Seriously, according to what you said, with the strength of this adult, it is just a matter of thought to destroy our village."

On the side, Aran also shook his head softly and said, "It's not that I don't believe in this - it is absolutely possible to detect the existence of the crystal that explodes directly as soon as it starts scanning, but I was just thinking, what is the other party?" Emerges from the dark blue crevice...... This isn't the scene of the resurrection of the Heroic Spirit. ”

None of the three felt that the warrior was human, so they collectively ignored this, and from this similar thinking logic, it was indeed a family.

"It seems."

After a long silence, the other village leaders around them gradually got the message they wanted from the rest of the team, centered on Bolt and Alan, who seemed to have made the same decision.

"I can only let the ancestors wake up."

Joshua, who was waiting quietly outside the village, was flipping through the language comparison table given by the system at this time.

The upright and simple warrior forgot for a moment that he still had such a thing as a system, so when he encountered an unknown language, he thought that he would follow the natives and go to their villages to learn, but it turned out that it was countless times easier to translate the vocabulary and learn the general grammar given by the system than to do such a thing.

【Grandia's lingua franca for humanoids】

[In the world of Grantia, the language commonly used by humanoid creatures, even non-humanoid creatures, except for a small number of reclusive races, most of them will learn this language, which is convenient for daily transactions and communication. 】

In just the time he was on the road, the warrior had learned the basics of communication, and according to the translation of the vocabulary given by the system, he could also roughly speak the language of the Grandian world.

However, just as Joshua was studying seriously, he suddenly raised his head and looked at the very center of the village.

At night, the dark sky was lit up by the lights of the town of Aren, and at this time, countless pale golden points of light rose from the bodies of each villager, these points of light gathered the free elements in the atmosphere, carried the energy of walking between heaven and earth, and then disappeared into the sacrificial hall in the center of the village.

The warrior's red eyes, burning with a fiery light, pierced through the void, piercing the walls of the rocks and countless flames of life, staring into the air with a powerful will that was gradually awakening.

"The strong."

The warm and old man's voice, which rose from the warrior's heart, was the ancient ancient Grandian lingua franca, and this powerful will said calmly, "Thank you for sheltering my descendants. ”

Following the voice that rose from his heart, in front of the warrior, a human figure suddenly began to coalesce, this human form was composed of endless points of light, and finally, they converged into the appearance of an old man.

This is a powerful swordsman who is old but still has a formidable sharpness, he has long hair like stripes of light, and he wears a long sword at his waist, and there is a flash of thunder on the scabbard, and the eyes of the shining swordsman do not have human eyes, but two golden flames that are blazing.

Although it is a human form, in the eyes of the warrior, the other party is a divine sword that can cut everything, although the long sword at his waist is not unsheathed, but Joshua knows by instinct, and it only takes a moment when his mind is too late to run, this swordsman can pull it out and cut everything.

"Interesting."

Looking at these two golden flames, Joshua couldn't help but grin, "You are the protector of this village and town?" ”

In the case of frequent undead invasions, it is still possible to maintain such a large village in the mountains, and no one will believe it if it is not protected by a strong person.

His expression looked a little excited.

Fighters are naturally excited.

Because of the old man in front of him, Joshua felt a sense of danger that he had not felt for a long time, and this was a force that was enough to endanger his life.

Although this sense of danger is felt only after the strength of the warrior has been sealed by nearly sixty percent, it also means that the radiant swordsman in front of him, who does not exude all his breath, can fight with him at full strength.

The pinnacle of extreme intentions!

Just by casually following a small convoy to their hometown, they can meet such a level of powerhouse, could it be said that the number of powerhouses in this Grandia world is more than that of the Mycrof continent?

"That's right."

Without waiting for the warrior's heart to continue to ponder, the Radiant Swordsman with the peak strength of Extreme Intent had already spoken, and said to Joshua in a calm and friendly tone, "I am the patron of this village, the Heroic Spirit 'Ripping Earth Sword', Arena Astoria. ”

"So, strong, where do you come from? What are you going to do when you come to this mountain town? ”

The old man, who claimed to be a Heroic Spirit, asked.

Joshua nodded, and replied equally simply: "Joshua Van Radcliffe, a warrior, from another world. ”

The warrior's Grantian lingua franca is not fluent, but every word is strong enough for anyone to ignore his pronunciation and grammar: "I came here to get news of this world, to find something." ”

When the old Yingling heard this, he was slightly stunned.

Unlike those of his descendants, as the Sword Saint Arena who was in front of him, famous in all directions, and even became a legend, he could naturally see Joshua's extraordinary identity, whether it was the energy operation system in this strong man's body that was incompatible with this world, or the unresponsive appearance after hearing his name, it was enough to prove that the other party was from a certain location or region, or even the outside world.

But he didn't expect that the warrior would tell his origin so simply.

However, this kind of thing is normal for Joshua.

Warriors have always hated twisting and turning, so what if they tell these people and the Heroic Spirit that they are from another world? Not to mention that the world seems to be infested by the undead, a survivor village will never be at odds with him, and even in a normal and prosperous world, the natives will never be disgusted from the beginning when they encounter powerful and malicious otherworldly.

In this case, instead of hiding it, it is better to directly state your purpose, and maybe you can get better cooperation and more meaningful information.

"Just want to know something and then look for something?"

With a hint of a smile on his wrinkled face, the old man closed his eyes, and then opened them again, the pale golden flame swayed slightly, and he said softly: "Then, you are the most honored guest of our village." ”

Following Heroic Rayne's words, the heavy wooden door of the small village slowly opened, and the old man turned sideways and motioned for the warrior to follow: "Come on, a powerful warrior named Joshua." ”

"I'll tell you everything you want to know."