Starfall 832, April of Light, the Ares Fortress in the southeastern part of the Northern Empire of the mainland fell due to an attack by unknown creatures. Fifty-eight thousand civilians, 3,200 regular troops, and 140 Silver Knights returned within the fortress. Two golden strong men with the power of glory have all disappeared and are presumed to have died.
In the Disputed Continent, even among the civilians, there are many people with black iron level strength. Nearly 3,500 regular soldiers are enough to clean up all the magical beasts within a radius of dozens of miles. Plus the two golden experts, unless it is the ancient dragon. Attack, then the Ares Fortress with a forty-meter-high city wall and armed to the teeth should be rock solid and impossible to be destroyed, and even the ancient dragon cannot prevent everyone from sounding the alarm.
But this is the fact. When the imperial capital discovered that the fortress had lost contact and urgently sent personnel to investigate, what they found was a dilapidated ruins. The tall city walls collapsed and collapsed, leaving only some incomplete rock pillars standing. There were more in the fortress. It was like being run over by something, with almost no intact houses to be found.
Around the fortress, the investigators discovered many huge dark caves with a diameter of tens of meters. There were still some mucus and body tissue residues on the edge stone walls. The smell was extremely fishy and made people dizzy. And it didn't take long for these caves to erupt. Without the inexplicable strength support, it naturally collapsed, destroying all clues.
This was the [Fall of Ares] that shocked the world. The top leaders of the empire were furious when they learned about it. The five legions directly under the emperor swept back and forth in southern Xinjiang eight times, wiping out thousands of square kilometers of black forest. But regardless of No matter how he seeks revenge and vents his anger, no one knows the truth about this matter.
In the previous game, [The Fall of Ares] was narrated as a pure background story, but at that time, the scope of the player's activities had not yet expanded to the frontier fortress, so no one knew much about it.
However, at the end of the third edition, the seal of the abyss was opened. In the sulfur smoke that was enough to cover the sky and the mountains, the huge Terraria macrophage worm with a body of several hundred meters was accompanied by meteors and fire showers. Carrying countless demons, it broke through the earth and appeared in front of everyone. It spewed nitric acid and venom. As soon as it appeared, it caused a major earthquake that affected several cities. It shattered the city walls, splashed with extremely smelly slime, and emitted chaotic magic fluctuations that interfered with all transmitted messages. of magic.
As soon as they saw this monster, everyone understood that there was no doubt that it was it that destroyed Ares Fortress twenty years ago.
But in any case, macrophage worms are native species in the abyss. When the entrance and exit are sealed, they can be summoned...
Now, in the year 831 of Starfall, in the main city of Moldavia, in the study of the president of the North Frost Chamber of Commerce.
"Alfonso, I have given you the letter of introduction to the dwarf. Now, I ask you to do something for me."
Sitting on a comfortable chair, Joshua said seriously to the middle-aged businessman sitting opposite him, holding a pen and paper: "When you go back this time, you should pass by the Imperial Capital and buy and sell some goods, right?"
"Yes, I will probably stay in the Imperial Capital for about a month and a half, complete a few transactions there, and then head further south."
Nodding and saying, Alfonso was a little confused: "Do you want us to bring back some specialties? There is no need to be so solemn about this kind of thing. As long as you want it, I can give you a lot now."
"Yes and no."
Shaking his head, Joshua frowned, and then motioned for the other party to hand him the pen and paper. After the middle-aged businessman handed it over, the soldier simply started writing and drawing. At the same time, he also said: "I really need you to help me bring it." I brought something back, but it’s not a specialty... Alfonso, you should know that in March, in order to celebrate the passing of winter, the Imperial Capital holds a spring auction every year."
"Of course I know, but that auction was purely celebratory. No one would bring out truly precious things. Most of the time, nobles would bring out some books or antiques to buy each other for fun..."
At this point, Alfonso suddenly understood: "Do you want me to buy something you need at the auction on your behalf? But..."
"I don't need that stuff."
Talking softly to himself, Joshua sighed, then raised the paper in his hand and showed the picture to the middle-aged man in front of him: "It's probably one of these three things. I'm not sure if there is one." , but if you see it, buy it and bring it back to me, I will be grateful."
"How can I ask for your reward, sir?"
Alfonso didn't take it seriously at all. He looked carefully at the things drawn on the paper, and then responded confidently: "Things at auctions like this have never been more expensive. Since you want it, you don't need it." Let’s talk about money... Keys, Trioctahedron, and a book? Ibo... The Book of En? The painting is really good, I didn’t expect you to be proficient in this art."
"I studied sketching for a while. As for the name, I probably heard it from others." Joshua simply gave the painting to Alfonso, then stood up, walked to the window of the study and said: " The key is silver, the 2tetrahedron glows, and the book doesn’t have any features, but I’ve given you the name, so it should be fine.”
"Do not worry!"
Alfonso promised confidently: "As long as there is one in the auction, I will definitely bring it back to you!"
"As you say."
After waving his hand, Joshua's attention did not seem to be focused on the businessman in front of him. His thoughts returned to the depths of his memory.
According to the careful research of players in previous lives, the destruction of Ares Fortress was entirely self-inflicted. It was mentioned in the royal documents decrypted by the empire that there were "traces of summoning demons, or even evil gods" in the center of the ruins. "Chaos" The magic power flows like water, distorting the surrounding nature." From this description, it can be seen that some people must have performed rituals or experiments to call the abyss, and finally brought destruction to themselves.
The person who presided over the ceremony may not have wanted to commit suicide. He was probably just conducting research out of pure curiosity, or he was bewitched by beings such as demons and evil gods. But in any case, the death of more than 60,000 people and the death of a fortress Destruction is an unbearable loss for the southeastern frontier of the empire. If it were not for the five legions taking turns to sweep away, the Black Forest would have spread thousands of kilometers inland, devouring and polluting countless rich lands, and the concurrent black tide would have swallowed up countless manors. and farmland.
In Joshua's previous battle group, there was an adjutant who was a professional textual research party. I often heard him say this kind of thing when playing dungeons and running groups, but he also remembered a lot of similar things. For example, now, Qiao Xiu Ya remembers that if you want to cross the abyss seal and summon demons and other monsters, you must need some special props. The most famous ones are the "Silver Key" and the "Shining Trapezohedron" and other strange items, and all kinds of There are also many magic books, but the warrior uncle is not interested in these. Now he has only memorized three in total, so he can only tell Alfonso about them all and let him try them out.
(According to records, when the chief mage of Ares Fortress came to the imperial capital to resume his duties, he only went out alone once, which was to attend the spring auction. Then not long after he returned to the fortress, this disaster happened. The logic is so simple that it does not require thinking. Figure it out, he must have gotten something dangerous at this auction and lost control while researching it.)
Standing in front of the window, thinking in his heart, Joshua seemed very relaxed now: (When you come to this world, you have to change something. Needless to say, Beidi, now, it is time to change some things I knew in my previous life. Six The lives of thousands of people are worthy of my special instruction: no matter whether it is possible or not, you must give it a try after all.)
He looked out the window. The setting sun had completely set and darkness had fallen. Apart from the howling of the cold wind from the north, there were not many sounds in the city. Only a few streets in the distance were still shining with lights.
"This world is so interesting."
The soldier suddenly sighed with emotion. He turned around, looked at the middle-aged businessman who didn't know why, and smiled: "Alfonso, you and I are changing our established destiny."
"Uh, what..."
Looking at the confused businessman, the soldier smiled and shook his head: "You don't understand, but it doesn't matter. It's not early. I'm going back."
The previous words were unclear, but they were simple and clear enough. Alfonso straightened up immediately and said, "Then I will see you out."
"Don't be so restrained. Just ask your butler to come. Today you have been taking his job. I feel embarrassed just looking at you."
After waving his hand, Joshua gave another instruction: "Whether you get what I want you to find or not, send a magic text message to St. Laurent Cathedral immediately after the auction, and I will give you the next step of instructions."
"Yes, Your Majesty."