Heart of Empire

Chapter 1: Death of the passerby

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"When I found out that I had time-traveled, I thought I must be the protagonist."

"Especially when I knew that I was traveling with the private server version of the strategy game "Dynasty Heart", I became even more determined."

"The next thing to do is to find a good-for-nothing, take the house and revive it. Then, it is to continue to counterattack, slap the face, and reach the pinnacle of life. It is written like this in novels."

"But now, I find that the novels are all lies, because I'm going to die."

"Which time traveler protagonist have you ever seen, who would fail in the capture of the house, and then lose his soul? That's right, it's me."

Dane woke up from the dream, those annoying voices finally disappeared. He has been sick all afternoon. The shaman in the town said that he was haunted by evil spirits, and he only needed a simple dispelling technique and then slept for an afternoon to solve the problem.

Sure enough, what the shaman said was not wrong at all. After receiving the treatment of the dispel technique, he only lay on the bed for two hours, and he felt that he had completely recovered.

"Thanks for your patronage, the treatment fee this time is 370 gold coins." The half-orc shaman with a skinny face and all kinds of messy bones, teeth and furs that make people unclear about their uses and origins showed his face. With a mouth full of irregular yellow teeth, he said to Dane with a smile.

Dane's scalp was numb, he sat up from the dirty bed, his naked upper body was extremely strong. But despite his strong body, he was still terrified by the cost of treatment. He only heard him say: "Three hundred and seventy gold coins? Damn old Borg, you should just go and rob it!"

The old shaman named Borg said: "I'm not as professional as your horror mercenary group in robbing. Hurry up and pay the money. You must know that dispel is a second-level magic spell, and the materials for casting it are very expensive."

Cursing, Dane still had to take out three hundred and seventy gold coins from the clothes next to him to give him. There is no way, as a mercenary who has to lick blood all year round—or a robber, this old shaman is the only shaman in Rotten Wolf Town, so he cannot be offended.

Dane Ghost Sword is a mercenary, to be precise, he is the second boss of the mercenary. The horror ghost mercenary group's reputation in Rotten Wolf Town is not small. As the second in command of the horror ghost group, Dane has also earned a well-known nickname of "Ghost Swordsman". Therefore, his life has always been relatively nourishing, especially in Schindler, a chaotic country composed of half-orc settlements and human warlords, with his daring and daring style, he can get along like a fish in water.

In this chaotic place, there is always blood dripping. Orcs, orcs, humans, merchants, mercenaries, pirates, all kinds of forces are mixed on this loess. As a mercenary group, the horrors have no worries about business. Moreover, the horrors are a large team of more than 200 people, and few people dare to provoke them in this place. Even the mayor of Rotten Wolf Town, the potbellied human businessman Barber, had to restrain his greedy face when he saw Dane.

It's just that Dane has been having a bit of bad luck lately.

As a berserker, with his style of daring to kill and fight, as well as his powerful strength from the half-orc blood of his grandfather or grandma, after he joined the Horror Mercenary Group, in a few years, Relying on the scars all over his body and the countless heads chopped off by his sword, he was given the title of ghost knife and secured his position as the second in command of the mercenary group.

However, you have to know that in this world, for the leader of any group, there is one thing that is very dreadful: the superiority of merit.

The head of the Horror Mercenary Corps, Ghost Fang Baines and Dane have been friends for many years. But time is ruthless. Old Ghost Ya is already fifty years old this year. In terms of the lifespan of a half-orc, it is estimated that he can live up to ten years. He wants to hand over the mercenary group to his own son to lead, but the same young Dane's status in the mercenary regiment is a bit too high, and it is not comparable to his idiot son.

Ever since, suppression ensued. If it weren't for Dane's high reputation and many fans in the mercenary group, if it would cause quite a stir to attack him directly, I'm afraid Old Ghost Ya would have killed him long ago. Dane believed that his 'good friend' whom he had known for so many years would definitely be able to do such a thing.

He is not a person who can restrain himself, since the suppression is coming, he will naturally resist.

No, two days ago, he had his eye on a caravan, led his own team, and attacked the caravan without informing Old Baines.

It has to be said that Dane is capable. Relying on a special super-long sword and his strength as a berserker, he took the lead and led a team of no more than thirty people to completely plunder the caravan with hundreds of guards.

A large amount of wealth was moved back to Rotten Wolf Town by him and his men. This is a very good opportunity, with this record, he can definitely pull up his confidant team to have a showdown with Lao Guiya. At that time, whether it is to drive this old devil out of power, or to set up his own family, it is possible.

But what the hell, at this juncture, he actually fell ill!

He still deeply remembered that it was when he had just returned to Rotten Wolf Town with the stolen wealth. As soon as he stepped into the gate of the town, he suddenly felt cold all over, and then he had a high fever for two consecutive days, which made him extremely weak. At the same time, during these two days, he also felt that a large number of memories that did not belong to him flooded into his mind and impacted his soul.

What high-rise buildings, what holographic games, what "Dynasty Heart", all in a mess, I don't understand what's going on at all.

For this situation, he had no choice but to ask the shaman in the town for help. And the old Borg said that he was haunted by evil spirits and needed to be healed with magic, so there was the previous scene.

Old Borg is very black hearted, and everyone in Rotten Wolf Town knows it. For a second-ring magical technique, even if you buy a scroll, it only costs one hundred and fifty gold coins, which is usually not that much money. But under this black-hearted old shaman, it costs three hundred and seven to cast a disperse spell! The price is more than twice that, which is simply outrageous.

Moreover, the charge for this old thing is not only expensive, but the craftsmanship is not very good. Although the evil spirit has been dispelled and there is no way to affect Dane anymore, the messy and unknown memories brought by the evil spirit are still lingering in his mind. This made Dane a little depressed.

Usually, if someone dared to slaughter Dane like a fat sheep, he would have to pick up his sword and teach that person the principles of business. But old Borg... Forget it, he was hacked by this old thing not once or twice, but no one will ever be able to do anything to him. Why is it that only the old Borg is capable of releasing the second and third ring magic in this place where the birds don't shit? Dane could only pinch his nose and recognize it.

After paying the money, Dane said cursingly: "You old bastard, sooner or later you will be hacked to death by people who can't stand exploitation!"

Old Borg ignored him at all. He could only walk out of the shaman's dilapidated thatched hut on the edge of the town with a stinky face.

Standing outside the shaman hut, Dane looked around.

Schindler is located on the eastern wasteland, the sky is full of yellow sand, and the barren land is also not a place to support people. Rotten Wolf Town not far from the line of sight is even worse than other places in Schindler. This town, like a sand wolf lingering in the desert, is dirty and dilapidated, and there is a sour smell blown by the strong wind.

But such a place is an important trade center in the southeastern region of Schindler.

Various products shipped from the hinterland of the western human world through the Southern Cross Sea will be unloaded at Shawan Port not far away, and then transported by camel teams to the inland of Schindler. Among them, in the wilderness near Rotten Wolf Town in Shawan Harbor is an important transit point.

The resident population of Rotten Wolf Town is not large, estimated to be around two to three thousand, but the merchants from Schindler and even from all over the world, as well as caravan guards, mercenaries, and even pirates and bandits, add up to even more Much more than aborigines. Now is autumn, the busiest time for business. According to Dane's own estimates, the current population of Rotten Wolf Town is estimated to reach tens of thousands.

Dane frowned, standing in the wind and dust, thinking about where to go next.

He was in a coma for two days with a high fever, and today he fell into a coma all afternoon. He didn't know anything about what happened during these two days. He is quite worried now, you know, during this period of time, he originally wanted to rely on his own merits to have a showdown with Guiya! But who would have thought that at this juncture, an evil spirit haunted him, and his plan went bankrupt before it even started. He is very worried now that something will happen in the mercenary group that he cannot control.

So, he planned to find some of his confidants in the mercenary regiment and quickly control the situation.

Just when such a thought arose in his mind, there was a hunched man running towards him in the distance, shouting while running: "Boss, boss, it's not good!"

Dane recognized him, [Smart Ghost] Tommy Jerome of the Horror Mercenaries.

Tommy is one of his confidants, he is very trustworthy, and he is very smart and quick-witted, which can be seen from his nickname. But that timid and unsteady look always made Dane hate iron for steel.

Dane scolded: "You idiot, how many times have I told you, be more cautious, don't panic when things happen, you have never listened to it! Speak slowly, what's the matter?"

Tommy ran in front of him, bent down with his hands on his knees, took a few breaths, and said, "Golobo and the others were locked up by Nasha, and all the spoils we grabbed two days ago were also seized!"

Hearing the news, Dane was furious!

Golobo is also one of his confidantes, a brave half-orc warrior, and he was also a good partner who fought alongside him in the battle to plunder the caravan two days ago. And Nasha is the third leader of the mercenary group and a staunch supporter of the old head of Baines.

Nasha made a move towards Golobo, and the meaning was quite obvious—Old Bynes had already taken advantage of the two days when he was in a coma, and started to use his strength!

"Then what are you waiting for? I'm going to rescue Golobo, Tommy, you go find our brother. Oh, that old thing Bynes has already done it, and we can't just wait for death!" Dane raised his saber, aggressively He was about to kill and return to the base of the Horror Mercenary Corps in Rotten Wolf Town.

However, just after he took a step forward with his feet, he suddenly felt his heart beating violently.

In an instant, he had a very bad feeling that such a thing happened at this juncture!

However, before he had time to do anything, his eyes went dark, and he fell on his back!

When he opened his eyes, he was stunned by the scene in front of him - what the hell is this blue sky and green land

Dane is not only an orphan, but also a 'wild species'. According to his mother, his father was a half-orc robber, and his mother was raped by his father to give birth to him, and then his father disappeared, probably already dead; his mother was also five years old He died of illness that year. The reason why Dane was able to live to this age was thanks to his half-orc blood from his father, which allowed him to have good strength when he was young, at least he could support himself.

He had been a dock worker, a thief, and a street gang. In short, what ugly things hadn't been seen when he was growing up? But I have never seen the blue sky and white clouds and the large grasslands and forests.

He took a deep breath, and the refreshing smell of grass made his nose, which is used to smelling dust, very uncomfortable.

He was in a very anxious mood at the moment. The last time he fainted, he was haunted by evil spirits, which made his original showdown to seize power had to be terminated. This time, his confidantes and subordinates were all punished, and he was about to save people, and he did it again!

But it's useless to be anxious, he is obviously not near Rotten Wolf Town now. He has stayed in Rotten Wolf Town for so long, and he has never seen such a place with such rich soil near Rotten Wolf Town—or the entire Schindler region.

Schindler is a new country, a combination of half-orc tribes, human businessmen, and warlords. And this country is located in the west of the eastern wasteland, some are full of dust, some are forever yellow sky, some are barren wasteland, but there is no blue sky, white clouds and green grassland.

He looked up and saw a tall stone tower in the distance.

Dane assured that he had never seen such a tall stone tower. But why is there an inexplicable sense of familiarity in my heart

Like lightning, a memory floated in his mind: "This is the Empire Tower?!"

This memory, of course, is not his own, but was obtained when Dane was haunted by evil spirits. These memories are quite fragmented, and many places are incomplete, but the memory of a game called "Dynasty Heart" is quite complete.

It was a so-called holographic game. Dane didn't know what the hell the holographic game was. In his opinion, it was more like a kind of magic, which brought people from the original world to another world, but it seemed different.

In that other world, the original owner of the memory became a lord, controlling a large territory in various ways that Dane could not understand, and constantly fighting with his enemies. There, it seems, war is not something terrible, but more like entertainment between what they call 'players'.

And the tall tower in front of him is the opening scene of the game "Dynasty Heart".

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