Gray looked at the beginning of the page and read the page again. This time he read it very carefully, not missing a word.
It is roughly said that when the author of the book was crossing a vast forest, he accidentally discovered a large building. The building was very majestic and the style was very different from the current buildings. He suspected that it was an "imperial relic". .
He wanted to explore the imperial ruins, but found traces of powerful blood beast activities on the periphery of the empire ruins. There were probably powerful blood beasts among them, so he gave up the investigation and left the place hastily.
This is the whole story. Like the trivial matters recorded in the previous book, it is very ordinary. The only extraordinary thing is the speculation about "imperial ruins".
As far as Gray knows, there are a total of four countries on this continent, namely the Purple Moon Kingdom where he is currently located, the Flame Kingdom located in the center of the continent, and the Crimson Kingdom and Gem Kingdom located on the outside of the continent like the Purple Moon Kingdom.
There is no empire, and he has never heard of the empire. Even in the books he has read, he has not seen any records about the empire.
After a slight hesitation, Gray looked at Caroline sitting opposite him and asked.
"Sister Caroline, have you heard of the Empire?"
When Gray asked, Caroline raised her head and looked at Gray with confusion.
"Where did you hear about the Empire?"
"From this travelogue, the author of this travelogue once saw many buildings in a forest. He guessed that they were the ruins of the former empire."
Gray pointed at the book next to him and said.
"Sister Caroline, was there really an empire on the mainland?"
Seeing that Caroline seemed to know something, Gray quickly asked.
"Well, there was indeed an empire on the continent, and it was very powerful. The current four kingdoms are all part of the former empire."
Caroline said with a slight nod.
"All the territories of the four kingdoms belong to the former empire?"
There was a look of surprise on Gray's face. The territory could include the areas where the four kingdoms were located. The territory of this empire was not that big, and its strength was probably not that strong either.
"Sister Caroline, how did this empire fall?"
Gray asked curiously.
An empire with such a vast territory and such a powerful territory could actually be destroyed. What force destroyed this empire
"have no idea."
Caroline shook her head.
"The empire was destroyed more than a thousand years ago. I only learned about the existence of the empire from a few words in some books."
She paused slightly and said with a slight frown.
"There are very few similar records. The four kingdoms seem to be deliberately covering up traces of the empire's existence, so there are very few records about the empire. Basically, no books specifically recorded about the empire can be found."
"The four kingdoms intend to cover up traces of the empire's existence?"
Gray muttered, suddenly startled.
"The empire was not destroyed by the four kingdoms, right? And it was not glorious in this matter. The first kings of the four kingdoms were probably vassals of the empire, so they tried their best to cover up the traces of the empire!"
"It's possible."
Caroline raised her eyebrows. In fact, she also had this suspicion.
An empire with such a huge territory and such a powerful strength cannot be destroyed for no reason. The most likely reason is that it encountered an enemy.
The four kingdoms were built on the territory of the former empire, and they also tried their best to block the news of the empire. There must be some kind of connection between the two, and the most likely thing is as Gray speculated.
The four kingdoms worked together to overthrow the empire, but because they were originally vassals of the empire, this incident was very disgraceful, so they did the same thing and blocked all records about the empire.
"What else do you know?"
Gray continued to ask.
"That's pretty much it."
Caroline shook her head.
"There are no relevant book records, and I don't know much. The only thing I know is that there are usually some things from the Empire era in these ruins, which are very valuable. Some of them have several sequences found in the ruins. "The Blood Law".
"If you know where the ruins of the empire in the travel book in your hand are, you can go and investigate. You might be able to get valuable things like blood spells."
"The travel notes didn't say where the empire ruins were found. It only said that they were in a vast forest in the Ziyue Kingdom."
Green said with a slight regret.
There are many forests that spread widely in the Ziyue Kingdom, and the specific location is not yet known. Finding this ruins is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Seeing that she did not know the specific location of this imperial ruin, Caroline also lost interest and returned her attention to her books.
After Gray hesitated for a moment, he continued to look down, with a glimmer of hope in his heart as to whether the other party would return to this ruins later and leave more records about this ruins.
Turning page after page, until he reached the last page, Gray still didn't see any records about the imperial ruins. Apparently, the other party should have completely given up on the imperial ruins because of the powerful blood beasts that might exist in the ruins. Probing.
Gray, who was quite disappointed, picked up the travel journal and was about to put it back on the bookshelf. However, when his hand touched the inside of the cover, he couldn't help but be slightly startled and looked at the inside of the cover.
I saw that the inside of the cover was lined with paper, and the paper was completely stuck to the leather cover. However, there were obviously slight bulges in some parts of the paper.
Gray calmly picked up the book and walked towards the third row of bookshelves, using the bookshelves to cover his figure.
Then, he used his nails to gently pull the paper stuck to the inside of the cover. Soon after, he opened a small section and stretched his fingers out.
He clearly felt that his fingers touched something soft. Judging from the touch, it should be some kind of fabric.
He used his fingers to dig out, and the cloth came out. It was a thin piece of white cloth. He spread it out, and it was about ten centimeters long and five or six centimeters wide, with lines drawn in ink on it.
Judging from the shape of the lines, this should be a map of a forest. The entire forest has a long and narrow irregular shape, and in the slightly lower left corner of the forest, there is a clear triangular shape.
"This, is this... the map of the imperial ruins?"
Gray guessed in surprise.
The author of the book discovered the imperial ruins in a forest, and this map also depicts a forest. It is difficult not to make a connection between the two.
If his guess is correct, the place where the triangular-shaped mark on the map is located is probably where the ruins of the empire are located.
Gray's heart was pounding as he put the cloth in his pocket and put the books back on the shelf.
Although the map is very small, only the outline of the forest, and the specific forest is not marked, there is a way to confirm the location of this ruins.
Just compare this forest map with the territory map of the Purple Moon Kingdom, and you can find out what kind of forest the forest on this map is through its appearance. Knowing the forest, if you want to find the imperial ruins, you can obviously Simple.
Thinking of this, Gray felt extremely itchy. This was simply a real-life "treasure hunt". He wished he could immediately find a map of the entire Purple Moon Kingdom and compare it to find out what kind of forest this forest was.
Knowing that he had no intention of reading now, Gray simply left the library and went straight to Viscount Fergus's study on the second floor. As far as he knew, there was a map of the entire Purple Moon Kingdom in the Viscount's study.
After pushing open the study door, Viscount Fergus was not inside. After Gray asked the maid Barbara to guard the door, he closed the study door himself.
In the study room, there are bookcases on the left, a small round table and several wooden chairs on the right, and a brown desk in the back facing the door.
Because he had been to the study several times, Gray was quite familiar with the place. He went straight to the outermost part of the bookcase, reached out and took out a piece of leather paper folded into a square.
Spreading the leather paper on the desk, a huge map suddenly appeared in front of him.
The overall shape is irregular and slightly flat, just like a crescent moon. This is the map of the entire Purple Moon Kingdom. In fact, the reason why the Purple Moon Kingdom is called the Purple Moon Kingdom is because of its pattern. Image of a crescent moon.
Taking out the white cloth and spreading it out, Gray began to search carefully, comparing the forest patches on the map of the Purple Moon Kingdom with the shapes of the forests on the white cloth.
"found it!"
After a moment, his eyes moved back and forth between the white cloth and a certain location on the map of the Purple Moon Kingdom, with a look of joy on his face.
In the southwest of the territory of the Purple Moon Kingdom, there is a forest called the Bihai Forest. The appearance is exactly the same as the forest on the white cloth. Obviously, the forest drawn on the white cloth is probably the forest called the Bihai Forest.
"Not within the far range of the Marquis of Sidney? This location is the territory of the Oka family of the Marquis family..."
But soon, the joy on his face faded, and his brows slowly wrinkled.
The forest marked on this map is too far away from the Viscounty of Fergus, and is not even within the territory of the Marquis of Sidney.
If it is within the territory of the Marquis of Sidney, he can also give this map to Viscount Fergus and let the Fergus family come to explore it. I believe that if Viscount Fergus gains anything, he will definitely not lose his share. .
As for his own independent investigation, it is really unlikely, at least in the short term.
On the one hand, the blood beast mentioned in the ruins is simply not something that his current strength can compete with.
On the other hand, it was because he couldn't even leave Fergus Castle before he had the ability to protect himself. After all, he was still being watched by other viscount families.
"That's fine. When you become stronger and able to leave Fergus's territory, you can go explore on your own."
After putting away the white cloth and folding the map, Gray frowned and left Viscount Fergus's study.
This map is more of a hope for him now. He doesn't have the ability to explore it yet, so he can only put the white cloth away and wait for the time when he has the strength in the future.
(End of chapter)