"One hundred thousand gold coins?!" Wolf heard this number and shouted with numbness: "It's over! It's completely over now! We must have provoked some big shot to ambush such an Austrian Guard, the Imperial Legion
We will definitely use prophecy to detect it, we can’t hide it at all!”
Sir Salemi folded his hands on the hilt of his sword and said: "I will notify the church members in other places and ask them to come to support. We must fight against evil to the end!"
"Shit! You are still talking such nonsense!" Wolf shouted hysterically towards Tar Valon and Salemi: "You two guys, don't you do so much just to preach and expand your power? If you are really capable, how can you
One was killed by the empire and disappeared for many years, and the other was reduced to the point where he wanted to come to Woodpile Town to be the sheriff? Do you really think I am a fool? You two are lost dogs!
Can you please understand the situation clearly? Is it too long to live against the empire and the mages? If it weren’t for Dr. Olenso, the three of us would have died long ago! Damn it! I’m living a good life in Chai Dui Town.
, Ansheng’s life has been completely disturbed by you!”
"Shut up!" Tar Valon also lost his temper rarely: "When the Green Ring trained you, it didn't make you so timid and fearful. This time you made a mistake in judgment. Just be careful next time. In addition to swearing,
Don’t you know anything else?”
"Get out! Get the hell out of you! How could you lose this time and why not next time? Are you still considered a high-level druid like you? You deserve to be bullied by mages for the rest of your life!" Wolf spat a thick mouthful of phlegm at Tar Valon's feet.
The scolding continued: "Also, who wants you to train? Ah? Isn't the torture enough? What bullshit green ring? What bullshit berserker? How many people died during the transformation process, do you really think I don't know? The Golden Pass back then
, more than two hundred berserkers collectively surrendered to the Imperial Legion. Do you know why?
You old man, you are really living in the past, do you think that the Green Ring is an organization that cares for nature and respects balance? Don't you just occupy fertile land and mountain forest products, and use this as a bargaining chip to negotiate with wealthy businessmen and noble men?
As long as the agreement is reached, the common people in that land will be sold out! It will make those sages above you fucking fat!
I have long heard that the great druid who founded the Green Circle had foreseen this situation, so he chose to run away alone! You have fallen long ago! You have also passed all the blame on other witchcraft casters.
Yes, those who do wrong things are all temporary workers. You are the only ones who are always right and always healthy! Bah!"
Tar Valon's anger rose sharply, and he condensed natural energy in his hands. He raised his hand and was about to release a spell to bombard him away.
Unexpectedly, Wolf patted his chest without fear and rebutted: "Come on! It's better to be beaten to death by you! Let others understand that this bullshit Green Ring is actually the same as a mage! They are all just as greedy.
vicious!"
Sir Salemi frowned and said nothing, Tar Valon was so angry that his beard was trembling, and Wolf's eyes were bloodshot. Seeing that the situation was about to break out, a burst of coughing interrupted the tense atmosphere.
"Oh, wake up, wake up." Xuan Weizi looked at the revived Master Theus with a smile and said, "Master, are you okay?"
"You, you guys -" Theus saw that he was surrounded by four people. He was so frightened that he was about to cast a spell to escape, but he felt a tearing pain in the muscles all over his body, and he couldn't help but lay down again.
Xuan Weizi said: "Don't move around. The stick just now had a force field effect and injured most of the muscles in your body. If you can't get treatment in time, you won't be able to get up for ten days and a half, so you will have to
Left here to feed the wild beasts."
Theus was horrified. He tried his best to think about the situation and tried to activate the magic items on his body.
"Yes, yes, continue like this. I want to see how you use magic items when you can't recite spells or make gestures." Xuan Weizi nodded with interest.
When Wolf saw this, he was so frightened that he screamed: "Doctor, don't let this guy do anything! He will definitely spread the news!"
Theus couldn't control so much. He concentrated and activated the "Repulsion Sphere" in the personal necklace.
"Fortunately, I spent a lot of money to buy a special magic storage necklace in mental activation mode. As long as it is protected by the 'repulsion ball', I can use the 'teleportation' to leave... Wait? Why doesn't it take effect? Why doesn't it react?" Tiwu
Si shouted in his heart.
"That's it, that's it." Xuan Weizi nodded repeatedly, with a pensive look on his face, and said to himself: "It turns out that the concepts of the physical soul and the divine soul are similar. Due to the conscious judgment, many nodes are formed on the outside, which can be combined with magic items.
Create a connection. If the activation method of the magic item allows it, it can be used through spiritual consciousness, but in turn, the user needs to have a certain understanding of the spell effects in the item, which is quite different from the method of controlling weapons...
"
The three Wolfs looked at Xuan Weizi with puzzled expressions. He also noticed the attention of everyone, so he said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't let him escape so easily. Even if he wants to cast a spell, he will be neutralized by me."
Drop it." After saying that, Xuan Weizi took Tius' wrist and shook it.
Titus also understood now that he seemed to be controlled by the other party in some way, so that he could not even use his mind to activate the magic storage necklace!
However, this feeling is not like the suppression ability of the anti-magic field. The connection between my soul and the arcane star map has not been interrupted, and my mind and spirit have not been controlled. However, the spell slot is dark and hazy, and the relationship between myself and the magic items has not been interrupted.
The connection is suppressed, and it is a feeling of being unable to exert force.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?" Theus spoke with difficulty, and there seemed to be fishy-sweet blood in his throat.
"I am Doctor Olanso from Chai Dui Town." Xuan Weizi said with a smile.
Theus's eyes widened, and he finally understood that his Offensive Guards had completely fallen into the opponent's hands. If people could watch around him so leisurely, everyone else was probably dead.
"I, cough..." Thius choked and coughed, unable to speak clearly. Just when he felt pain all over his body, he discovered that a mild therapeutic effect spread throughout his body, greatly relieving the pain. And this therapeutic effect came from that
Named Dr. Olenso.
"Doctor Olenso, do you want to save such a person?!" Sir Salemi drew his sword and asked.
Xuan Weizi said without looking back: "Killing this mage now will not help. Moreover, it is a very unusual sign for a well-equipped arcane guard to come to such a remote place to search for ancient ruins. I am asking.
No one is allowed to kill him until it becomes clear."
"But--"
"I don't want to say the warning a second time." Xuan Weizi's tone became colder.
He saw Henmasuko waving an eight-edged black iron stick in the distance and smashing a huge boulder. Three angry eyes stared at him, as if they were about to kill him with their sticks in the next moment to protect their master.
Remembering that this black-winged birdman destroyed most of the Ora Guards in an instant, Sir Salemi did not dare to ask any more questions and had no choice but to let Xuan Weizi make the decision.
"I'm very curious as to what is there in that ruins that is worthy of the vigilance of your Ora Guards." Xuan Weizi put his hand on Titus's wrist and at the same time used his special power "Mind Probe" to search the other person's memories and thoughts.
Theus only felt that there was another spiritual detection coming along with the healing effect. The two were entangled together. He could not completely resist it by relying on his own will save. It was like a magical effect that penetrated into the body and required a Fortitude save.
to contend.
The mage's Will saving throw is not low, but his Fortitude saving throw is just mediocre. Moreover, he cannot cast spells at the moment, and the blessing effects of magic items are cut off. His ordinary flesh and blood body cannot resist this unprecedented mental detection.
In order to save his life, Theus had no choice but to answer obediently: "It is the arrangement of the Pentagram Tower. We want to get ahead of the Eye of Mystery, successfully occupy the ancient giant ruins, and gain the right to use the 'Ascending Ladder' therein."
"The ruins of ancient giants?" Xuan Weizi asked: "Were the ruins of the New World built by ancient giants?"
"Yes, yes." Theus replied with a trembling chin: "In our Tower of Pentagram, there are descendants of Frost Giants from the Kingdom of Jarnod, and the ancient giants are the source of all giants. After identification and research,
It is confirmed that the ruins of the New World were built by ancient giants, but the specific purpose has not yet been confirmed.”
Xuan Weizi was silent for a while. The ancient giants are already very distant legends compared to today's era. Most spellcasters who have received historical education know that before the birth of human civilization, there were many races and civilizations in the world.
appeared one after another.
The ancient giants had a very powerful and glorious civilization, and they also had a long war with another powerful race at that time - the dragon. The long battle even changed the terrain and climate, inadvertently allowing other races to grow better
evolution.
Of course, not to mention the ancient giants, even the elemental subspecies of giants have almost declined these days. But no one will deny that the ancient giants have extraordinary understanding and control of magic. There are relics left by the ancient giants in the New World.
No wonder the mages are so concerned.
Xuan Weizi asked: "I remember that the Tower of Pentagram and the Eye of Mystery were both co-founders of the Magic Council. Are the ancient giant ruins found now not shared among the Magic Council?"
Theus showed a weird smile on his face and said: "How is it possible? These two families have long disliked each other. If our Pentagram Tower hadn't done a lot of research on giant magic, the old immortals at the Eye of Mystery would have hated it.
Kick us away and keep all the ruins of the New World to yourself."
"Then if I guess correctly, you came to explore the ruins just to be on guard against the mages of the Eye of Mystery?" Xuan Weizi asked, "When will they come?"
"I don't know either. After we find the specific location of the ruins, we have to send a message to the headquarters." Theus said.
Xuan Weizi asked again: "Then how did you know that there were ancient giant ruins near Chaidui Town?"
Theus couldn't hide it: "It's the 'Ascending Ladder'. Judging from what is known so far, all ancient giant ruins are part of a system called the 'Ascending Ladder'. When a certain ruins are activated, other ruins will also know about it. But
Now this system is seriously damaged, so it is impossible to accurately detect the position... I am not qualified to know how to do it specifically based on my position, but this is the general method. Moreover, the ruins here were discovered at least half a year ago, and it was just a flower.
It took a long time to locate it.”
"More than half a year ago?" Xuan Weizi was a little strange. At first, he thought he was being detected for entering the ruins, but it had only been nearly half a month since he entered the ruins.
Going forward and backward, the only person who can enter the ruins and activate it is Tu Randi.
Putting these thoughts aside for the first time, Xuan Weizi said to Titus: "But you are the Austrian Guards. Your equipment should be provided by the Imperial Legion, right? You are spending the money and materials of the Imperial Legion to organize for yourself.
Is occupying ancient ruins considered a public weapon for private use?"
"This is what they do now..." Theus was a little unsure of the other party's intentions, so he had to explain: "And the Imperial Legion is no longer restricted by the Empire. Many legion commanders are allied with the Chamber of Commerce and people from the Magic Council.
Close contacts. The money they make is much more than those of us who work below. We consume expensive magic scrolls, and we have to write reports afterwards to explain clearly why we use them. The conditions are harsh, the exploitation is serious, and we don’t make much money.
.”
"Really? I heard your older colleague say that he has fifty thousand gold and Yang coins in savings." Xuan Weizi said.
Titus was not much surprised, and just said: "Fifty thousand gold sun coins seem to be a lot, but for us middle-level mages, it is not enough to advance to the arcane level. And when we usually go on missions, we only rely on legion rations.
The few scroll props I have are totally not enough, and I have to pay for them myself. The more I earn, the more I spend."
"Then if you don't send back the message for a long time, what will the mage organization do?" Xuan Weizi asked.
When Thius heard this, he almost thought that the other party was going to silence him, and begged for mercy: "I, I will say anything, please don't kill me! The Tower of Pentagram should send someone again, but the situation is unknown now.
I can’t say for sure.”
"Why?"
"Peace treaty! The Imperial Legion plans to sign a peace treaty with the Aboriginal Alliance, and now all energy is focused here." Theus said.
Xuan Weizi laughed when he heard this: "In other words, before signing the peace treaty, we must first clarify the spheres and boundaries of each country's influence, and seize everything we can. So now we are attacking from all sides, and we are short of manpower.
That’s right.”
Theus swallowed his saliva and nodded carefully.
Xuan Weizi raised his head and glanced at the old druid Ta Valon. He probably understood why the Green Ring would appear at this time. Perhaps he planned to take advantage of the period after the signing of the peace treaty to let the Green Ring join forces with the indigenous people to establish a new
nation to face the colonial expansion of future empires.
Colonial expansion will not stop easily. Now that the Imperial Legion wants to sign a peace treaty, it is very likely that the internal spoils are unevenly divided, and there are interest disputes between the Legion and the Empire. The conflict can no longer be alleviated through simple external expansion. In short, it must be temporarily
Stop the pace of external expansion and go back to doing things well internally.
And during this winter, countless forces, large and small, were active throughout the New World. Countless fierce battles broke out for ancient ruins, material deposits, and transportation thoroughfares.
The premonition that Xuan Weizi had when he entered meditation before was probably a hint to the evolution of this situation. Unexpectedly, it had already affected a remote area like Chaidui Town.