Eveli looked at Doris while talking, obviously what she wanted to say was related to the latter.
The young Doris was stunned for a moment, then reacted, looked at Roddy and said, "President, Prime Minister, this matter is just a rumor—it means that in the core area of the imperial city of Iscar Kingdom, there is a... um, Something like an 'entrance', there's speculation that there's a passage down there to another world."
"Passage? Where did it go? Another world or deeper underground?"
After hearing this, Rody narrowed his eyes slightly, and he quickly searched the various races and maps that appeared in "Cracked Earth" in his memory: the map area of the game was opened with the update of the expansion pack. In the original version, the Kingdom of Karen was not even fully opened at the beginning. The first expansion piece opened the territory of the entire kingdom after four months, and then expanded the northern glacial plains, the Tasman Empire and the Nehemiah Prairie. All maps.
The reason is that the game world is made according to the proportion of the real world. In the era when the level of science was equal to that of the Middle Ages, it was more difficult for players to walk to the edge of the map with one pair of legs. Not to mention dying of starvation and thirst, encountering a high-level wild wolf is the result of death. Therefore, the concept of "edge of the map" was only accidentally touched after the two expansion packs.
Thinking about it now, it is estimated that the purpose of doing this is to save the resources of the quantum computer.
In the finite world, orcs, elves, and undead are the most common races. In addition, in Rody's memory, he can only think of two that meet the conditions of "underground living".
"Goblin" and "Halfling".
The goblin has appeared in many games and works, usually with a hideous image. Luo Di remembered that "goblins" were just humanoid species living deep in the forest, because they would dig tunnels tens of meters deep like groundhogs, so the word "ground" was included, but in fact they were of different sizes. , but the level of civilization is only just able to wear clothes and eat some cooked food, and it is still far from affecting a civilized race like Escar.
As for "halflings", it is even more impossible. Unlike the guys in "The Lord of the Rings" who eat 6 meals a day, the halflings in "Cracked Earth" look like monkeys and live in natural caves or crypts. It is their duty to attack adventure players, most of them don't even know how to wear clothes, it can be called barbaric...
Could it be that there are advanced civilizations such as mutated goblins on another continent? Or is it simply the portal of the devil
Seeing that Rody frowned for a long time, Doris continued to explain: "Master Prime Minister, we have been secretly guessing for a long time about what it is. It was caused by other people's bewitching. Therefore, when this kind of speech is rampant, the palace will specifically clarify the rumors, and even invite the major families to walk freely in the palace to prove that this 'entrance' does not exist."
Doris suddenly realized that he shouldn't call Talia "Your Majesty". After hastily changing his words, he glanced at Roddy cautiously. The latter didn't care about these at all, but he was keenly aware of one of the points: "Please Big families to refute rumors? It seems that these families in Iscar Kingdom are very powerful, and even the royal family dare not offend easily."
Eveli bit her lip, lowered her head and said, "That's true, Mr. Prime Minister. As the patriarch, I almost avoided most of the etiquette in front of Talia...and when Talia wants to use soldiers, she must Ceremony with the various patriarchs—although most of the patriarchs are on her side, if some requests are unreasonable, we patriarchs have the room to refuse."
Saying "room" instead of "power" is probably just a kind of decency. Luo Di inexplicably remembered the composition of forces on Earth when the Qing Dynasty first entered the customs... Apparently, Talia, like Huang Taiji, is not a monarch who holds all the guns.
This discovery is worth exploring, but what Rody is more interested in is the "entrance" that Doris said: "Back to the topic just now, I guess those patriarchs went in and found no substantial evidence? But you doubt this 'entrance' 'What's the basis for existence? It's not just a wild guess."
"Because... the spells we learn."
Doris straightened her back slightly: "Although my instructor didn't say where the specific inheritance of spells such as 'charm' and 'disruption' came from, we all know that this kind of spiritual spell, Croats have never existed before. It is completely different from divine magic, and it is also different from genres such as magic circle, and it is a completely independent spell."
"You mean that the spell system of controlling the mind is different?"
"Yes... Both the principle of casting spells and the way of using them are different."
As Doris spoke, her voice became softer: "And... there are also rules for the selection of casters."
Seeing her shy face, Rody looked at Eveli with some puzzlement: "What's wrong? It's hard to say?"
Eveli coughed dryly, and said honestly: "Master Prime Minister, if you are a map master like me, you need to have a specific bloodline to be eligible to learn. And Doris...she is the first one who has the qualification to study. The threshold is—attractiveness...or in other words, extraordinary figure and appearance."
Roddy raised his eyebrows.
"Eh... this is related to the national conditions of Eska." Eveli swallowed, and quickly skimmed over this part: "Secondly, you have to pass some special tests on the ability to resist temptation. If you fail, cast this spell Sometimes they even lose control of themselves, and some people once went crazy when casting spells."
Having said that, Rody probably understands why they are so hard to say: spiritual spells are not for destruction, but probably more for controlling people's hearts. This is similar to the female spies in the Soviet Union who were good at using beauty tricks in my impression. Beauty and figure are another weapon, and when paired with spiritual charm spells, the power will naturally double.
"These spells are very painful to learn. The most important thing is that if the skills are refined and reach a certain level, they will enter a certain mysterious state—" Doris pointed to his head: "This is called by the instructor. 'Advanced'. And in this mental state, I feel like I am floating around as if I am out of my body. At that time, I was promoted not far from the imperial city. When I was happy, I found a strange suction pulling me Pull towards the position below the imperial city..."
She trembled inexplicably as she spoke: "There seems to be a strange power somewhere, and there are also strange whispers ringing in my ears, but I don't understand what the specific words are, and it seems to be a language I don't know. And this state will soon disappear. After disappearing and getting rid of it... I have never had a similar experience again."
Roddy nodded slowly, this evidence is enough to prove something.
After asking some more details, Rody felt that Iscar Country still had a lot to explore, and he probably wouldn't be able to finish the questions in half an hour, so he asked them to go to dinner first, and then continue talking in the afternoon.
He got up and planned to have lunch with Sally, but the guard directly reported the news: "My lord, Ambassador Mislan, please see me."
A sentence was added at the end: "He looks a little anxious, with sweat all over his head."
"Let him come here."
Rody was expressionless, but he clenched his fist slightly—he knew that the prelude to this plan had already begun.