Violet Orchestra

The letter was brought by a large black bird, and Petra frowned when she saw it, and as soon as she untied the letter from the bird's neck, the bird flew away.

"Who wrote you the letter?" asked Violet.

"I don't know," Petra shook her head, took out a knife and began to open the letter, "But there are not many people who can send me letters with tata birds, there should be only one around here."

"...Malditz?" The poet thought of the one who lived in the Black Forest.

Although they have not left Yasuo City for a long time, it has only been more than a month after careful calculation, but the straight-line distance between Rosaria and Yasuo City is not short. Terra?

The letter was packed in a round wooden tube, which was tightly sealed.Petra pried open the seal with a knife and pulled out the paper inside, but there was only a short sentence on it.

Violet leaned over to look.

"They are here, hurry up... escape?"

Petra's face changed drastically, she tore off the piece of paper, and then asked him to find the others: "We have to change the direction, the birds can find me, and so can they."

Violet could vaguely guess who the "they" mentioned in the letter were referring to. After all, he was the only one in the team who knew where Petra came from, and he knew something about her past.It can be said that the Petra who travels with him today is quite different from the past, both in appearance and personality, are very different from the one he knew at first.

Petra Sward, the surname Sward was given by Violet, who was originally named Sancho.The Sancho tribe is a tribe on the edge of the continent. They live in the wilderness under the Trillance Mountains. There are not many human beings living there, so the Sancho tribe allows barbarians and ordinary people to intermarry, and respects the strong.Petra was once a priestess chosen by the rock god they believed in, named "Rock". She was enshrined in the temple by the Sancho people since she was a child, learning various knowledge and martial arts.

But that's all in the past, and now she's just Petra Sward, the female drummer for the Violet band.

"Relax." Violet patted the back of her hand and smiled at her, "I'll go find them, and we'll set off in a while."

Elaine and Birkins were shopping at the only weapons shop in town, and they were calibrating a crossbow with the help of the shop owner when Violet passed.That crossbow is very big, many times bigger than the hand crossbow that Petra usually uses. It can be said that it is more like a fixed turret than a crossbow. Even the arrows loaded on it are much larger than ordinary specifications. The sharpened metal cross arrows are used, which looks very intimidating.

"Stay there and don't move." Birkins told Violet who opened the door to come in. "The target may crack, and I'm afraid the fragments will splash on you."

The poet stopped inexplicably, looked at the target some distance away from him: "Can you shoot this thing?"

Before he finished speaking, Elaine pressed the launch button, and the shiny black iron arrow was suddenly ejected from the machine, piercing the target with astonishing momentum.

Violet silently retracted the second half of her sentence, and asked instead: "You guys were doing this this morning?"

"Well, Birkins wants to add some defensive measures to our carriage, so that you won't be able to protect yourself if you are in danger when you are left alone in the carriage." Elaine walked over to pull out the arrow, and added, "Of course , I will not easily leave you alone in the car."

Birkins pretended not to hear the second part of his sentence, paid the boss, and then walked towards them carrying the crossbow and quiver: "It's just that it's rare to meet such a big crossbow, so I thought about buying it as a reserve weapon— -Why are you here? We plan to bring you food back later. "

"There was an accident." Violet remembered the "they" in the letter, and was a little worried about Petra's situation. "Let's go back and talk about it. We will buy some food and water on the way. The next few days Might be on our way.”

When they returned to the hotel with water and food, Petra had already prepared other things that needed to be prepared for departure, and Hodge was helping her move everyone's luggage to the car.

"All ready?" Violet looked at the contents of the car.

"Well, we can go straight away." Petra took the giant crossbow in Birkins' hand, without asking what it was used for, and placed it directly on the driver's seat, waiting for Elaine to climb up the last She flicked the whip, and the horse pulling the cart ran out from the back door of the hotel immediately.

Violet roughly explained to them the content of the letter received this morning, without too much background on Petra, but said that they had to change their route as soon as possible, and could not go to the original goal of Saratosta up.

"Petra should give us an answer for the specific reason, but I hope you don't ask too much." He glanced at Petra's back and whispered, "I guess it will involve some unpleasant things. Memories, she shouldn't be too willing to think about them."

He still remembers the first time he met Petra. At that time, she looked like an exile who had lost her faith, wearing the most ordinary clothes, her hair was cut short, and she was moving things in the tavern with an expressionless front. menial work.One of his mercenary friends introduced her to him, hoping that he could help her and bring her into the crowded place inside the mainland, so he took Petra away from the border between the Sancho and human tribes .

But he always remembered the first time Petra saw him, and it was hard to forget that look.

It was the look of being abandoned.

"So where are we going to divert now?" Birkins didn't care too much about the reason. He was more concerned about their current destination. "If we don't determine the target in time, we may have to sleep in the wild tonight."

"I'm more inclined here." Violet spread out the map and circled a location on it with a pen, "Hiran, a small village near Domonoch, on the other side of the mountain, is the entrance of a valley, the scenery Yes, it is a common supply point for adventurers nearby."

The reason for choosing the entrance of the valley is that it is convenient for escape. If someone chases after them, as long as they find out early, it will be difficult for the enemy to know whether they have fled into the valley or over the mountains.Moreover, Xilan's various facilities are very complete, they can carry out secondary supplies there, and maybe they can sneak into a team of adventurers, which will make them more concealed.

Birkins understood what he meant after looking at the map, and agreed: "Not bad."

"But Hiran is at the entrance of a valley, and the terrain is very low." Elaine said, "It would be very dangerous if such a place was besieged from a high place."

Violet felt that his earnest appearance was a bit cute, so he reached out and touched his head, and laughed: "You can think of it, and of course the people of Hieran can think of it—all the mountains near Hieran have their bunkers. It was built for refuge, and it is equipped with food reserves and weapons all year round, so we can hide there when we are desperate."

Elaine nodded suddenly.

Since everyone has no opinion, the destination has been set.Birkins went outside, brought Petra in, gave her a rest, and took the driver's seat.

Petra entered the carriage, found a quiet place to sit down, and then pushed Hodge who was sitting next to her: "Let's go."

Hodge made room for her, and she took out a folded cloth from her bosom, and spread it out on the empty seat in front of her.

"This is my past."

The piece of cloth was huge, and when it was opened, it revealed a whole painting, which was filled with various totems and words they couldn't understand, filling the whole piece of cloth to the brim.The traces of those patterns looked very old, as if they were painted many years ago, and except for Violet who understood a small part of them, the others could hardly understand anything.

"The Sancho people don't have their own characters. These are ancient divine languages, which should have been lost on the mainland for a long time." She gently stroked the pattern on it with her hands, and there was a vague nostalgia in her eyes, "Before leaving Trillance Mountain , my daily life is to repeat the above content, and do nothing else, just like the Sancho people's living faith."

The Sancho people believe in the god of rocks, and they believe that Petra, the god of rocks, brought them their current life. Even if the resources on the wasteland are becoming barren, no one is willing to leave their hometown.The Sancho tribe respects women, and there are very few men in the tribe. Most newborns are born from intermarriage between Sancho women and foreign men.Except for some men who voluntarily stayed behind, there were almost only brave women left in their territory.

The belief in the rock god supports the life of the Sancho people. Every 100 years, a new priestess will be born in the temple in the territory. No matter who the parents are, this newborn daughter will bring them prosperity. life.

Petra happened to be the priestess of this term.She has been the spokesperson of the rock god since she was born, and all she needs to do every day is to stay in the temple to study, and she is not allowed to leave the temple until she is ten years old, and go outside to contact other clansmen.It was only after that that she realized that many of the words of the previous priestess who taught her were no longer applicable to the current Sancho.

They don't mind bloodlines and origins, but because they stay in the territory all year round and don't go out, many people already have a subtle sense of repulsion to outsiders.Even priestesses, the spokesmen chosen by the gods, can only rely on faith to make them obey.

Unbeknownst to anyone, Petra gradually discovered it after leaving the temple: the Sanchos were on the verge of abandoning their faith.

The God of Rock has been lost for many years, no one knows where he went, and whether he has a chance to return to the mainland.The Sancho people have been protected by him for a long time, but the power of this belief has gradually weakened, and the place where they live is becoming more and more barren. No one knows that one day this land will be completely dried up.

They are no longer satisfied with the status quo, and gradually forget the principles of the past, and start to pursue more things.

Petra found that she could no longer control this group. The power of the rock god chose her, but did not give her any extra power. She is the priestess of the rock god, but she can only use ancient prayers for her The tribe brought a little blessing that was too weak to be ignored.

Because this piece of land can no longer support it.