Frilian: The Adventure of the Hero

"Frilian! We can't have that book!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Because...because...that's not a proper magic book. Anyway, I can't take it!"

Frilian looked at Shane with suspicion, then at the grimoire in her hand, her eyes filled with doubt. What's the difference between a proper and improper grimoire?

Is this some kind of "sage's" riddle?

Seeing Frillie's possessive attitude towards her food, Shane was at his wits' end.

"Believe me, this really isn't a valuable grimoire, and... look at the writing on it, it's clearly an ancient dwarven language, which would be very difficult to decipher. Why don't you... give it to me, and I'll keep it for you for now?"

Upon hearing this, Frillie looked at the text on the book cover and found it to be a foreign language that was indeed difficult to decipher.

It's a bit difficult to decipher.

"It's okay, I can ask Aize for help when I see him, and I'll watch it with Aize."

!!!

Xia En took a deep breath. "I really thank you on behalf of Aize."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Frilian, Shane had to think of another way.

"Alright, then you'd better keep it safe."

After saying that, Xia En stared at the magic book for a moment.

He was already secretly plotting how to make this book of "Special Erotic Plays for Dwarfs" disappear without a trace tonight.

…………

Because no further clues were found regarding the dwarf helmet.

Xia En decided to put it on hold for the time being.

Take advantage of the improved weather and set off as soon as possible to traverse the Neck Mountains.

After leaving the village, the two returned to Fu'an Town to rest for the night. They planned to buy the supplies they needed for their trip the next day and then continue their journey.

That evening.

The night was dark and the wind was high.

When Shane arrived at Frillie's door, he looked around and quietly took out the key he had taken from the landlady.

As for how you got it, that's none of your business.

Click.

The door was gently pushed open...

push……

push……

"Hmm? Why can't I push it away?"

Through the small crack in the door, Xia En saw a tender, white foot.

"..."

He could easily imagine what wild sleeping position Frillian was in inside the door.

How did this guy manage to roll from the bed to the door?

Xia En had no doubt that if the door hadn't been in the way, this guy would probably have slept right on the street. No, he might even have slept outside the hotel!

Xia En took a deep breath and, with all her might, slowly and carefully pushed the door open a little wider.

Then, trying to shrink himself down, he squeezed in.

After doing all that, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked speechlessly at Frillie, who was fast asleep on the floor.

He tidied up Frilian's bed and carried her back to the bed from the floor.

They even tucked the blanket in for him.

Finally, without hesitation, he took the "Dwarf Special Edition Spring Play Picture" from the table.

After returning to my room.

Instead of peeling off the entries, Xia En curiously opened the book.

It's not his fault.

Which man wouldn't be curious? Huh?

Then, a miraculous thing happened: the golden "Accelerated Thinking" attribute on his body suddenly started working on its own.

【Accelerated Thinking (Golden Legend)】: A true sage must have a clever mind. Permanently enhance your wisdom and comprehension, and accelerate the speed of interpreting documents.

The ancient, distorted characters before my eyes seemed to become easy to understand in an instant, and those obscure sentences were transformed into vivid illustrations.

Xia En's eyes widened further.

……

……

One night passed.

Xia En walked out of the room with unsteady steps.

What a fulfilling and unforgettable night!

Frillie had thought she would sleep until the afternoon, but she got up early and was rummaging through drawers and cabinets in the house, making a clattering noise.

Xia En stopped at her door and glanced inside. Good heavens, the floorboards were practically turned upside down.

He walked away silently and went downstairs to have breakfast.

Not long after, Frillie followed behind, fuming as she went downstairs.

She complained to Shane: the grimoire she'd just received yesterday was gone before she even had a chance to look at it. She suspected it might have been enchanted with some kind of concealment or escape spell. It must be a mythical grimoire!

Xia En nodded perfunctorily.

Seeing the girl glance at him suspiciously, he quickly took out a note from his pocket to distract her.

"The Neck Mountains, Black Rock Mountain, the ruins of the Dwarf capital?"

Frillie looked at the words on the note with surprise. "Where did this come from? Is the information reliable?"

The information is absolutely reliable.

This is the result of Xia En's hard work last night.

That book, "Special Spring Play Pictures for Dwarfs," appears to be a pornographic book, but it is actually a codebook.

For some unknown reason, the author of that book used such a cover-up method; Xia En guessed it was probably to prevent the demons from finding it.

"It's information I saw from those helmets. A sage, after all, can always discover codes that others can't see."

Xia En made up a reason on the spot.

Frillie had no doubts and began to carefully examine the contents of the note; it was a major historical discovery!

A glint of excitement flashed in the girl's eyes.

Shaun recalled the scene from the book he had read last night, and he felt just like Frillie now.

I was shocked by this information.

It is important to know that over a long period of time, language, vocabulary, and the symbols used to express meaning have undergone countless changes, and what has been reduced and what has been added is something that no one can verify.

If it weren't for the term "accelerated thinking," the difficulty of "understanding" a dwarven encrypted document from thousands of years ago would be unimaginable.

Take, for example, that fragment of the "Sage Evish's Notebook." It's just a thin sheet of paper, yet it's covered with all sorts of strange codes and hastily written, incoherent short phrases. If it weren't for the person who wrote the notes, even if later generations racked their brains to decipher it, it would probably all be in vain.

After all, Xia En had done far too many "reading comprehension" exercises in Chinese.

Thanks to his curiosity as a man, otherwise they would have almost missed an opportunity to uncover the history of the dwarves.

The decrypted information shows:

"The Neck Mountains are the birthplace of the dwarfs' 'Iron Civilization'."

They once built the world's most magnificent city here – Ironforge.

Later, during the massacre waged by the demons, Ironforge was destroyed and buried underground.

But the dwarves believed that one day, their warriors would possess the power to defeat the demons, return to Blackrock Mountain, awaken the "Black Iron Legacy" within the underground citadel, and restore the dwarves' former glory.

This demonstrates the importance attached to this double encryption.

Xia En had no doubt about the authenticity of this information.

Now, he is very interested in the "Sleeping Black Iron Legacy" mentioned in the cipher.