Chapter 1481 "Songs"

"Those with ulterior motives will never easily admit their purpose."
Arian does not accept Ronald's statement at all.
Even if he is sincere in his attitude, the girl insists on a certain unbreakable bottom line and clearly has no intention of cooperating.
罗纳德叹了口气。
放在平时，他也不想用言灵法术强行控制对方开口，所以不动声色地发动【愤怒原罪】，潜意识中让对方变得愿意开口。
“小姐，这消息真的非常重要，需要我怎么做你才……”
“罗纳德先生，您等我一下！”罗纳德话没说完，结果探险家突然插话进来，“我和阿莲好好说说，她一定能理解您的意思。”
口中这么说着，探险家就把少女拉到了营地后面，两人开始窃窃私语。
探险家尽可能压低了声音。
但罗纳德出色的听力却将这段对话听得一清二楚。
“阿莲，这位先生如果想的话，有的是办法让我们开口！”
“那他大可以试试他的办法！”
“我不是这个意思——我是说这位先生在对我们释放善意，而你却完全没有意识到这一点。你仔细想想，如果自己的善意被他人误解，那会是什么感受？”
“我……”阿莲语气开始犹豫。
她本来还要反驳，毕竟心中的坚持不可能如此轻松就被突破。
但恰好罗纳德的心理暗示生效。
沉默几秒之后，阿莲终于朝探险家点头。
“好吧，我会告诉他一些东西，但并不意味着会帮助他寻找那座城市。”
交流结束，探险家和少女回到营火这边。
阿莲是个直来直去的性格，立刻就和罗纳德重新建立对话：
“先生，我可以告诉你一些东西。”
“那是一首我们这边传唱久远的民谣，提醒人们不要去碰触那些危险的事物。”
表明了自己的态度，阿莲也不等罗纳德开口，直接开口清唱起来：
"The night when the sun sets,
the ancient wise elder, imprisons the dark city on the earth.
Cold mist, devouring life,
the long river flows, eroding wisdom."
若它问起你的名字，切记不可回答。
……”
这首民谣并不算长，节奏易学好记。
Ailian finished singing this cautionary nursery rhyme in just over a minute, and then summarized, "
In short, the places mentioned in the song are near the plain." "
You are also a wizard, aren't you? Then you should understand how dangerous things left from ancient times can be. I suggest you don't take any risks. As for those guys you mentioned, they surely have no hope left!"
After finishing speaking, Ailian refused to continue speaking.
She turned her head and returned to the tent, not making a sound anymore, leaving the explorer to apologize to Ronald with a smiling face.
Mr. Ronald, Aelian comes from a traditional family of forest keepers, and she usually maintains a distance even from local people in the southern mainland. She has no ill intentions towards you, it's just the way she has always lived. [Translated]
整个过程罗纳德都在观察这些人的心理变化。
他自然知道探险家和阿莲的态度，所以马上回以微笑：
“能得到这样的消息我已经很感激了。”
"But honestly, I suggest you better hurry and leave this place."
"I am certain that I won't harm you, but if I engage in combat with the enemy and someone from their side escapes, there's a high chance they will run into your team."
说到这里，罗纳德表情变得严肃起来：
“您既然是有所准备才踏上冒险之路，那么南方的情况相信也看在眼里，【九戒密会】对普通人是个什么态度……你应该知道的。”
“……”
Ronald's reminder immediately sent the explorer into deep thought.
Daring to form a team to venture into the wilderness, he had, of course, made thorough preliminary preparations. Through the information within the explorer community, he also roughly understood that Ronald in front of him was not someone with malicious intent.
对比进入荒野之前，在【九戒密会】控制下的城市里的种种见闻，有勇有谋的探险家立刻有了决断。
“先生，感谢你的提醒。”
“既然情况如此，我一定会为自己队员的安全负责。”
探险家干脆地向罗纳德告别，而后回到营地下达命令。
罗纳德本以为对方会撤出荒野。
But upon closer listening, it became apparent that the explorer was not planning to pack up the camp and return home. Instead, he intended to set off overnight and continue further upstream, against the current of the river.
对于深入荒野的他们而言。
打道回府和继续前进，两者实际难度一致。
比起就此收手的安稳决策，果然还是勇往直前才是这种人的选择。
“探险家啊……”
罗纳德想起了自己的曾经的朋友，不禁微微一笑。
如果可以，他还想和对方再聊几句。
不过眼下双方都有必须行动的理由，所以简单告别之后，罗纳德便再次念诵咒语，带着科斯塔特飞向高空。
和探险者们的交流只花了很短的时间。
所以当罗纳德两人回到空中之时，周围几乎没有任何变化，下方看到的一切都和他们来时看到的一样。
顶着月色，女仆看到罗纳德沉稳的表情，心里有了感觉：
“先生，您看上去有想法了？”
罗纳德直言道：
“刚才阿莲唱的歌给了我线索。”
科斯塔特回忆歌词，并没有发现指明圣都位置的线索：
“那应该只是一首警戒后人的歌，里面没有明确指出圣都的位置？”
Ronald states his opinion directly:
"Costatte, the lyrics say 'Ancient wise elders, imprisoning the earth with a dark city.' What do you think in the scenery before us can relate to this description?"
"So you mean..." Costat's gaze lingered below.
Plains and mountains stood on either side, and the quiet night breeze brushed through the air, rustling the towering trees. In the dark earth, only the flowing river reflected the glittering stars, looking like a luminous ribbon entwined around the land.
科斯塔特呼吸声逐渐降低，此刻一切事物仿佛都在夜晚静静注视着空中的两人。
就在这种静谧的思索中，她的目光逐渐停留在下方那高达百米的巨树林上：
“您是说那些树！”
“没错。”罗纳德点头承认女仆的想法，同时操纵法术让两人向下降落，靠**原和山脉交界处的林地，“这些巨树生长岁月漫长，绝对称得上是古老的长者，同时扎根于大地的植物，也符合后面一句歌词的形容。”
罗纳德斩钉截铁地判断道：
“在地理环境也符合的前提下，几乎没有其他可能性了！”