Chapter 535: The Customs and Traditions of the Southwest of Dega
"The End of the Forest" is located on the northeastern edge of the "Black Ember Forest", overlooking the entire Black Forest and far opposite the Dawn Fortress of the Human Kingdom. It can be said to be an extremely important strategic stronghold in the Dejia border area.~
And guarding this city of the undead is the famous "Black Tide".
The main body of this legion is composed of skeleton warriors, numbering more than a thousand, and is equipped with a group of undead warlocks who specialize in summoning. It can be said to be a typical "skeleton sea" legion, very suitable for large-scale attrition operations.
The "Black Tide" legion commander "General Bone Blade" is a fourteenth-level undead master. His iconic feature is a pair of extremely sharp bone arms, which can be cut directly like a sword and are almost indestructible.
Therefore, the military flag of "Black Tide" also has a curved "black bone arm" as the central pattern, surrounded by wavy patterns, which makes it unique and unusual.
Speaking of this Bone Blade General, he is also a well-known figure in Dejia and is famous for his "absolute neutrality".
Whether it is towards the Temple of the Holy Spirit or the Alliance of Necromancers, General Bone Blade always adheres to an unbiased, neutral and objective attitude, without any tendency.
Moreover, since General Bone Blade took over the "Black Tide", the Dejia Southwest Army has never been influenced or influenced by any force. It has only focused on carrying out its own border guarding mission. Even though the Holy Spirit Temple has gathered forces many times over the past century
After invading Erathia through the Black Ember Forest, the "Black Tide" never paid attention to the other party's instructions and recruitment. They just insisted on their own responsibilities and never stepped out of Dejia.
Therefore, behind the scenes, the Holy Spirit Temple tried several times to transfer or dismiss General Bone Blade, but they were all blocked by the alliance. After all, even if it cannot be used for its own use, it can effectively prevent the expansion of the power of the Holy Spirit Temple. The same is true for the Alliance.
Happy to be prejudiced.
General Bone Blade still showed no response to the alliance's many overt and covert offers of help, and he did not show any tendency to turn to the alliance.
Over time, the Holy Spirit Temple also gave up its "efforts to replace people." Instead, it restrained its own forces not to easily provoke the "Black Tide" and only regarded it as Dejia's official weapon.
Of course, Moriarty did not enter the "End of the Forest" with the intention of visiting this "strong general" or to obtain any information. Instead, he hoped to find a suitable guide in this city of the undead.
In fact, Moriarty had heard of the reputation of the "Forest of Black Embers" as early as when Erathia was Sir Ensberg.
Since the time of the ancient Elf Empire, this huge black forest with a radius of hundreds of kilometers has been a natural chasm across the southwestern region of the central part of the continent.
Different from other forests, the area of "Black Ember Forest" is filled with gray fog mixed with high concentrations of negative energy all year round. From time to time, terrible storms formed by the power of death erupt, making it almost impossible for normal life to survive in it.
.Only a tall coniferous plant named "Ghost Wood" can endure such an environment, thrive and develop in it, and finally formed this large continuous "Forest of Black Embers".
Speaking of which, during the reign of "Heart of the Griffin" Griffin, Erathia's national and military power was unprecedentedly strong, and it also thought of sending troops to attack Dejia to once and for all solve the "problem of the undead" that has plagued the entire continent for a long time.
.However, not long after the elite human army set off from the Dawn Fortress, they had to stop in front of this endless black forest. Because no matter how many elite scouts, rangers, or even soldiers King Griffin sent,
When the main force of the established formation entered the "Forest of Black Embers", the barrier was like a mud cow sinking into the sea, and no one could come back alive.
It wasn't until the strong men from the Templar under the command of "Griffin Heart" broke into the Black Forest together and brought back the exact whereabouts of the missing troops. It turned out that all the advance soldiers had died in the poisonous mist of the "Black Ember Forest"
Medium. Even those mid-level professionals are not immune.
In a rage, King Griffin decided to burn down the entire "Forest of Black Embers". But he did not expect that the towering "ghost trees" were not only extremely difficult to ignite, but even if they did burn, they would only be destroyed.
It's just a layer of bark removed. And under the nourishment of high concentration of negative energy, the injured "Ghost Wood" will quickly recover, and it will also have stronger flame resistance.
At the same time, because the march was delayed, Dejia's main army also had the opportunity to calmly deploy, and even more elite forces entered the Black Forest, waiting to ambush the main force of the human army.
Seeing this, "Heart of the Griffin" had no choice but to put down its face and announce its withdrawal. And this, the only war in history in which humans mainly attacked Dejia, came to an end before it even started.
Therefore, now it is not an easy task for Moriarty to enter this strange black forest to pursue and kill the Queen of Lies. Even if his power has reached the extreme level, if the geography and geographical advantages are unclear,
He is afraid that he may be ambushed and counterattacked by "people with good intentions". Therefore, an excellent guide can provide him with a lot of useful help.
Different from the fully open "Spring of Silent Souls", the main body of "Forest's End" is a closed military fortress. It is said that General Bone Blade and "Black Tide" have been guarding the fortress all year round and cannot leave the fortress.
Not far below is the main town of "Forest's End", with a large area of rough-looking houses built to accommodate regulars who have lived here for a long time or travelers traveling to the southwest.
Naturally, this part of the area is also nominally under the jurisdiction of the "Black Tide" legion. However, General Bone Blade will not pay attention to these common things, so in fact, the town of "Forest's End" is in a state of self-government, with multiple forces working together to maintain balance.
, no one can dominate.
Walking into the bustling town, Moriarty suddenly had the illusion that he had arrived at a human market. The difference was that what appeared in front of him at this moment were vampires, skeletons, zombies, and even ghosts, or the occasional few wandering here.
There are absolutely no normal creatures in the undead warlocks. However, they are quite similar to human market towns in that these undead beings also play various social roles and division of labor, including those who set up stalls, some who shop, and some who sell hawkers.
There are people bargaining, and it's almost the same as an ordinary Erathian market.
Without thinking about exposing his identity, Moriarty held back his breath, continued to wear a tight black robe, and walked slowly in the city.
Different from the "Fountain of Silent Souls", most of the currencies used in transactions here do not involve "huge sums" such as gold pounds, but mainly silver currencies such as "silver orders", which are smaller in number. Therefore, it is also
It can be seen that in fact, "inflation" is still very high in core cities such as "Spring of Silent Spirits". On the contrary, other "second- and third-tier areas" are more friendly and livable.
After spending some time, Moriarty slowly turned aside the accessible places inside and outside the "Forest's End", and experienced the "customs and customs" of Dejia society in detail, before turning aside again. Of course, he did not
He directly recruited "idle people" who were waiting for employment on the street, and instead went to an official agency of the alliance here. However, Moriarty did not want to reveal his identity or take out the instructions in hand to ask the local staff.
Cooperate with your own actions, purely because there are often some "undead mercenaries" with good skills and who have passed the preliminary review of the alliance stationed there to choose from.
Naturally, even when it comes to hiring people, Moriarty still believes in "branded products."
Sure enough, after paying a certain fee, the alliance staff took Moriarty to a spacious semi-enclosed square, where more than a dozen undead professionals of different levels could be seen. And the alliance's work only went to
After this is over, who Moriarty will hire and what price he will have to pay will be decided by both parties and will have nothing to do with the alliance.
"It is a very smart intermediary model. It only focuses on the platform and does not care about anything else. It can save a lot of chores and is indeed cost-effective and efficient."
Looking at the alliance staff leaving gracefully, Moriarty couldn't help but secretly praise them.
At this time, when the undead professionals in the square saw potential customers appearing, they all turned to look at this mysterious man who didn't reveal anything about his figure or appearance.
Of course, no one really cares about what the other person looks like. Because as an undead life, too many desires and distracting thoughts have been eliminated, and the thoughts left behind are more pure and consistent than those of humans.
Looking back, Moriarty also began to carefully examine the undead in front of him. As the incarnation of a demigod, he didn't even need to directly contact them. The general strength of all these non-Jikakus professionals could be understood in his mind.
However, when Moriarty's eyes slowly turned around the entire square, he suddenly stopped in front of a stone staircase.
Just on the steps leading up, sat a tall, muscular undead warrior wearing an old black armor. His head was half lowered, motionless, but only one arm was left.
And in its only remaining hand, it held a broken serrated heavy sword, lying across its knees, the blade covered with frost.
"Coffin Knight, Gauguin!"
Even though his appearance has changed drastically, even though the opponent's strength has regressed to only ten levels, with just one glance, Moriarty recognized that this half-disabled warrior who looked like a slump was the one who had fought against Olympus alone in Sosk.
The Casket of Gauguin.
Just because this powerful yet taciturn high-level peak warrior really left such a deep impression on him.
However, in just over half a year, how could the Coffin Knight, who was armed with a heavy sword and could cut through iron as sharply as clay, be reduced to the situation he is in now? Moriarty was really puzzled and even felt a lot of regret. And the most likely possibility is that...
It was Gauguin who was forced to retreat. He could not recover the sacred object "Withering Robe", nor could he capture Claudia and return to hand over the case. He even lost the high-level undead priest Helene. Therefore, after returning to the Holy Spirit Temple,
He was severely punished and became what he is now.
"Stupid Holy Spirit Temple." Looking at Gauguin who was bowing his head in silence not far away, Moriarty couldn't help but sigh.
However, then his eyes turned elsewhere and continued his sifting.
"I want to enter the Black Forest to find something. I need a guide who is familiar with this place. Who is willing to lead the way for me?"
After watching it all, Moriarty announced his intention directly in front of everyone.
Soon, five or six undead people stood up and expressed their willingness to accept employment, and promised that they could fulfill their duties as guides well.
After a brief conversation, Moriarty selected two of them:
One is a mid-level skeleton swordsman who has been active in the Black Ember Forest all year round and is very familiar with this area; the other is a special undead professional "Soul Catcher" who has special search abilities and is very good at tracking lies.
The Queen's whereabouts are helpful.
Regarding the "service fees" quoted by the two undead, Moriarty did not counter-offer, and paid half of the deposit in advance beyond the norm, fully showing his "rich" character and making the other undead who were not selected envious.
But just when everyone thought that the selection was over and the opponent was about to leave, Moriarty turned around again, walked towards the coffin knight who was sitting on one side and never raised his head, and said bluntly: "I want to hire You." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
