Chapter 546

Chapter 546: Maraudine Priest

At the entrance of the valley, several large Centaur stood there, keeping watch over the other Centaur coming and going.

They were adorned with armor on their chests, shoulders, and hooves, each wielding a legitimate long spear with a metal tip, unlike most other patrolling Centaur who carried sharpened sticks.

In the game, the valley where Maraudon is located is called Valley of the Spears, and looking at it now, it truly lives up to its name.

Jesse thought they were probably the guards of the holy place. He decided it would be best to talk to them first before entering Maraudon.

"How do we get up there?" Greed whispered beside him.

"I think we should just walk over directly," Vereesa said. "If we sneak past, they might become more suspicious of us."

Jesse told Molofeel hiding in the shadows, "If those Centaurs try to attack, find a way to kill one of the leaders to disrupt their plans and help us escape."

"No problem, master," the succubus said. "I’m actually looking forward to these lesser beings making a move…"

"I have to admit," Greed cleared his throat and looked at the succubus, "I feel the same way."

Molofeel smiled back and Jesse told the dwarf, "Let’s try not to get hurt too much. Healing potions are limited, and we still have a long way to go. Plus, Mosa can’t heal us properly in this dangerous place."

Greed nodded, "You’re right, let’s go."

Vereesa nodded and walked forward, Jesse put on his hood, Greed tightened his cloak, patted the strange cat wearing a Demon Guard helmet beside him, and whistled softly.

In front of the Centaurs carrying fish baskets and heading towards the Holy Land Valley, they heard the whistle and glanced over here. They noticed the approaching figures and stopped to watch.

At this moment, the Holy Land Guardians further away also saw the situation here. One of the tall Centaur guards picked up a long spear, walked proudly towards this direction, and pointed the tip of the spear towards this side as he approached.

Vereesa stretched out her arms and called out in the Centaur language, telling them that they needed a priest who understood the Kaldorei language to come and converse. Upon hearing her language spoken by this elf, the Centaur hesitated for a moment and slowly lowered his spear.

Jesse and Greed exchanged a glance, feeling that this approach should work. These Centaurs did not seem as hostile towards outsiders as they had imagined, at least not towards the Kaldorei.

In fact, Jesse had anticipated this.

Centaurs were not all the same. In Desolace, there were many rival Centaur tribes, including the Maraudine tribe, the Gelkis tribe, and the Magram tribe. When players do quests in the game, they usually need to choose an alliance between the Magram tribe and the Gelkis tribe to confront the other two tribes.

However, his decision was not without risks.

The Maraudine tribe guarded the Maraudon Sanctuary, being the most powerful and least willing to cooperate with outsiders.

But now, it seemed that their unwillingness to cooperate with outsiders was relative.

Maraudine had a problem that she couldn’t solve on her own, which was the demons in Maraudon. However, Jesse didn’t quite understand how the Centaurs outside sensed these demons deep in the tombs.

Inside the valley, the Centaurs blew their horns, the guardians of the sacred place shouted loudly towards the heights, and there were echoing responses from the cliffs.

Greed glanced up at the Centaur archers standing on the cliffs, exchanged a look with Vereesa, and they shared a knowing glance.

At that moment, Mosa stretched lazily, let out a purring noise, and also noticed the vigilant guards.

Just as Vereesa anticipated, this valley was actually a Centaur city heavily guarded by the Maraudine tribe. It was not an easy task to sneak in discreetly, whether above the valley or among the mountains.

It was a mystery how those goblin explorers managed to enter, perhaps using strange alchemical potions or invisibility devices.

In any case, Vereesa’s Centaur language finally conveyed the message accurately.

At the entrance of the valley, a hooded Centaur stepped out.

This was a female Centaur, who was not only much smaller than the guardians of the sacred place but also shorter than the other Maraudine Centaur male civilians transporting food.

However, her position was not lower than these male Centaurs at all. The female Centaur walked gracefully with adorned rune stone pendants and bone chains hanging on her body. She held a long staff with a strange magic stone embedded at the end, emanating natural power.

She had no guards protecting her. Confidently, she approached the four newcomers, lowered her head, observed Vereesa for a moment, and whispered something.

Jesse could tell it was Elvish language, although the pronunciation was strange, he was familiar with two words in it.

Vereesa calmly replied, stating her name directly, Vereesa Windrunner.

Upon hearing the surname Windrunner, the female Centaur Priest chuckled. She glanced at the Holy Land Guardians behind her and said something. The male Centaurs immediately followed suit, laughing openly.

One heavily built Centaur even laughed so hard that he coughed continuously.

He wore armor, a headpiece signifying his status, and even had some silver jewelry on his wrist. He appeared to be the leader of the guards.

Jesse still hadn’t figured out what they were laughing about. Vereesa glanced at them, showed no other reaction, and continued communicating in Sayaad Language.

It was noticeable that there were some differences between Kaldorei language and Sayaad Language. The female Centaur Priest in front could not fully understand the meanings accurately, slowing down the communication between them.

But when Vereesa mentioned demons and Maraudon, Jesse could feel that the Centaur in front of him had a subtle change in attitude.

The Centaur Priest glanced at the Holy Land Guardian behind him, then turned around and spoke to Vereesa in a disdainful tone.

Greed was getting impatient with this conversation that he couldn’t understand, but to avoid disrupting the seemingly smooth dialogue, he just took a deep breath. Jesse noticed that Greed’s fingers were anxiously tapping on his belt.

Vereesa seemed to sense the urgency from the people behind her. She glanced at Jesse and said, "These Centaurs don’t trust us. They think we might be thieves trying to steal Centaur artifacts under the pretext of this excuse."

"That’s normal," Jesse said. "Ask them how we can prove ourselves."