Chapter 38

In April of 1832, Ares fortress in the southeast of the northern empire of the mainland was occupied by unknown creatures. 58000 civilians, 3200 regular troops, 140 silver knights, and two powerful gold men were all missing and dead.

Many people in the disputed mainland, even among the civilians, have the strength of black iron. Nearly 3500 regular troops are enough to clean up all the Warcraft within tens of miles around. In addition, the two golden strongmen, except for the attack of gulong, the Ares fortress, which has a 40 meter high wall and is armed to the teeth, should be as stable as a rock and cannot be destroyed, And even if it's a cologne, it's impossible for everyone not to send out an alarm.

But the fact is that when the emperor found that the fortress had lost contact, and sent emergency personnel to investigate, they found that it was a piece of broken ruins, the tall city walls collapsed, only some incomplete rock pillars stood up, and the fortress was almost as if it had been run over by something, so they could hardly find any intact houses.

Around the fortress, investigators found many huge and dark caves with a diameter of tens of meters. There were some mucus and body tissue residues on the edge of the stone wall. The smell was very fishy and dizzy. Before long, these caves lost their inexplicable strength and collapsed naturally, destroying all clues.

This is the "fall of Ares" that shocked the world. The high-level imperial officials who learned about it were in a collective rage. The five legions directly under the emperor swept back and forth in southern Xinjiang eight times and wiped out thousands of square kilometers of black forest. No matter how they retaliated, no one knew the truth of this matter.

Previous life in the game, [the fall of Ares] is narrated as a pure background story, but at that time, the scope of the players' activities had not expanded to the frontier fortress, so people knew little about it.

However, at the end of the third edition, the seal of the abyss was uncovered. In the sulfur and smoke that could cover the sky and the mountains, the giant terarian giant worm, with hundreds of meters long body, accompanied by meteor fire shower, broke through the earth with countless demons and appeared in front of people. It spewed nitric acid and venom, and set off a major earthquake that affected several cities as soon as it appeared, Smashing the city wall, the stinking mucus splashes, and the chaotic magic wave disturbs all the magic that transmits information.

At the sight of this monster, everyone understood that it was undoubtedly the one that destroyed ares Fort twenty years ago.

But anyway, megaphagocytic worms are protozoa in the abyss. When the entrance and exit are sealed, they can summon them

Now, in 831, in the main city of Moldavia, in the study of the president's residence of the North frost chamber of Commerce.

"Alfonso, I have given you the letter of introduction to the dwarves. Now, I ask you to do something for me."

Sitting in a comfortable seat, Joshua said to the middle-aged businessman who was sitting opposite him with a pen and paper: "when you go back this time, you should pass by the imperial capital and buy and sell some goods, right?"

"Yes, I'll probably stay in DIDU for about a month and a half, finish a few deals there, and then go further south."

Nodding, Alfonso was puzzled: "do you want us to bring some special products back? There's no need to be so serious about this kind of thing. As long as you want, I can give you a lot now. "

"Yes, it is not."

After shaking his head, Joshua frowned and motioned to the other party to give him the pen and paper. After the middle-aged businessman handed it to him, the soldier simply began to write and draw. At the same time, he also said, "I really need you to bring something back for me, but it's not a specialty... Alfonso, you should know that in March of Fangyin, in order to celebrate the passing of winter, The imperial capital holds a spring auction every year. "

"Of course I know, but the auction was purely celebratory. No one would take out anything really precious. Most of them were nobles who took out some books or antiques to buy and play with each other..."

Speaking of this, Alfonso suddenly understood: "do you want me to buy something you need at the auction for you? But... "

"I don't need that."

With a whisper, Joshua sighed. Then he held up the paper in his hand and showed the picture to the middle-aged man in front of him: "maybe it's one of these three things. I'm not sure if it's there, but if you see it, you can buy it and bring it back to me. Thank you very much."

"I can't ask for your reward."

Alfonso, however, did not pay any attention. He carefully looked at the things painted on the paper, and then confidently replied: "the things at this auction are not more expensive. Since you want them, you don't need to talk about money... Key, cube, octahedron, and a book? EBO... The book of grace? It's a good painting. I didn't expect you to be proficient in it. "

"I learned to sketch for a while. As for the name, I heard it from others, probably." Joshua simply gave the painting to Alfonso, and then stood up, went to the window of the study and said, "the key is silver, and it shines on 24 sides. The book has no characteristics, but you should have no problem with the name.""Don't worry!"

Alfonso confidently promised: "as long as there is one at the auction, I will certainly bring it back to you!"

"As you say."

With a wave of his hand, Joshua didn't seem to focus on the merchant in front of him. His thoughts returned to the depth of his memory.

According to the careful research of previous players in the future, the destruction of Ares fortress in those years was entirely self blame. It was mentioned in the imperial documents declassified by the empire that there were "traces of calling demons or even evil gods" in the center of the ruins“ The magic of chaos flows like water and distorts the surrounding nature. " From this description, it can be seen that some people must have carried out the ritual or experiment of calling the abyss, and finally brought about their own destruction.

The person who presided over the ceremony did not necessarily want to commit suicide. Maybe he just studied because of pure curiosity, or he was bewitched by the existence of demons and evil spirits. However, the death of more than 60000 people and the destruction of a fortress were unbearable losses to the southeast frontier of the Empire. If it were not for the five legions to sweep around in turn, The black forest may be able to spread thousands of kilometers to the inland, engulf and pollute innumerable rich land, and the concurrent black tide can engulf innumerable manors and farmland.

There was an adjutant in Joshua's former regiment who was a professional textual research party. He often heard him say this kind of thing when he was running in the regiment, but he also remembered many similar things. For example, now, Joshua remembered that if he wanted to cross the abyss seal and summon demons and other monsters, he needed some special props, Among them, the most famous ones are "silver key" and "shining cube trioctahedron" and so on. There are many kinds of magic books, but the soldier is not interested in these books. Now he has only remembered three of them, so he can only tell Alfonso to have a try.

(according to the records, when the chief mage of Ares fortress came to the imperial capital to take up his duties, he only went out alone once, that is, to participate in the spring auction. Then the disaster happened not long after he returned to the fortress. The logic is so simple that you don't have to think about it. He must have got something dangerous at the auction and lost control when he studied it.)

Standing in front of the window, thinking, Joshua seems very relaxed now: (when I come to this world, I always have to change something. Needless to say, it's time to change something I knew in my previous life. The lives of 60000 people are worth my special instruction. Whether I can do it or not, I will have a try.)

He looked out of the window. The setting sun had completely sunk, and night had come. Except for the north wind, there was not much sound in the city. Only a few streets in the distance were still shining with lights.

"It's an interesting world."

The soldier suddenly exclaimed with emotion. He turned around, looked at some middle-aged businessmen who didn't know why, and said with a smile, "Alfonso, you and I are changing our destiny."

"Er, what..."

Looking at the puzzled businessman, the soldier shook his head with a smile: "you don't understand, but it doesn't matter. It's not early. I'm going back."

In front of the words unknown, so, but this sentence is simple enough clear, Alfonso immediately straightened up: "then I send adults out."

"Don't be so restrained. Just let your housekeeper come. Today you've been robbing him of his job. I feel embarrassed."

With a wave of his hand, Joshua said, "whether you get what I want you to find or not, send a magic message to St. Lauren's Cathedral immediately after the auction, and I will give you the next instructions."

"Yes, count."