For adventurers living in the Northland, their lives have recently been much better than those of their counterparts elsewhere.
It’s not the environment. The environment in the North is harsh, even in the entire continent. It is second to none. Whether it is the half-year-long winter, the mountains and dense forests that are always covered with heavy snow, and the ground covered, even Warcraft will occasionally slip. The inconspicuous ice surface has caused great trouble to the work of most adventurers, but recently it has become somewhat different.
Although the complete development of the Great Ajax Mountains in recent years has reduced the number of official exploration missions, due to the rich species and countless precious resources in the mountains, hunting and mining missions have become more... But in the end The important thing is that, for some unknown reason, the man living in the north suddenly made an effort and moved a steep mountain that blocked the way for everyone to enter the Great Ajax Mountains - this immediately made everyone who relied on this Daily access to this mountain range for adventurers has become easier.
Everyone knows how painful it is to climb mountains in ice and snow. If you can slowly enter the mountains through the gentle ice fields, no one will miss the difficult journey in the past. And in addition, the lord's actions also brought him a rumor that he didn't know whether it was good or bad: it was said that when the legendary strong man moved the mountain, the entire Great Ajax Mountains fell silent. Silent, except for the loud noise of earth and stone bursting, there was no other sound in the whole world. Even the birds on the mountain did not dare to take off, and the monsters living in the cave were trembling, not to mention those present who were stunned and almost died. The adventurer lying on the ground immediately earned him the title of 'The Man Who Moves Mountains and Silences'.
Now, the removed mountain peak has been placed next to the Frostleaf Forest in the Far North Icefield and has become a famous local tourist attraction. It is said that the little power left by the adult there has attracted many of his Worshipers go there and perform penance in that cold place.
In fact, in addition to these major events, for ordinary adventurers, there is still one thing that has greatly changed their lives. It may seem strange to say, but many people are indeed crazy about it, even if it is just It's just a few extra card tables that appeared in the tavern in the main city of Moldavia at some time.
The Broken Sword Tavern is an old tavern with a long history, run by a former half-elf adventurer. Its door is open on the street between Lords Avenue and the New Opera House, and it is open to everyone all day long. It was originally not well-known and not very high-end, but in recent years, due to the influx of adventurers into the Northland, and the identity of the owner as a former adventurer, it has gradually transformed into a high-end tavern specifically for mid-to-high-level adventurers. .
The atmosphere in the tavern is quite harmonious, at least it is not like the chaotic atmosphere in other places in the North that is filled with vulgar slang and drunken people. Many well-equipped adventurers can be seen in the lobby and in each independent private room. They were discussing in low voices the gains from this adventure, or the detailed preparations before departure, and the sound of clinking glasses from time to time meant the end or the beginning of a happy collaboration.
But in the corner of the tavern, the atmosphere is completely different.
"Quickly, play your cards!"
"What are you waiting for? Come out of 'Ghost General Hector' and slap him in the face to death!"
"Shut up, now I have no fee—you idiot, now he knows my cards!"
The lively and noisy, so-called chaotic atmosphere was completely out of place compared to the environment of the entire tavern, but all the drinkers present were used to this. Some people even got up after finishing their drinks and paying the bill. When I got to the corner, I joined in and watched this new game called 'Fairy Cards' with great interest.
Fairy Cards is a strange magic card game that suddenly emerged about a month or two ago. I don’t know when. At first, not many people wanted to try this new game, even if the tavern owner swore on his credibility that it was now a free trial because it had something to do with magic. Magic, natural disaster, who knows what curse or trap there is? Or is it a new form of gambling fraud, like those enchanted dice in casinos? Adventurers are always surprisingly conservative in this regard.
But when a pair of dwarf brothers showed how to play this game in front of everyone, everyone who spent the whole day hanging out in the tavern and lacked entertainment was immediately conquered.
Although the extraordinary warriors on the Mycroft Continent have the improvement of their strength as their first goal, this does not mean that they do not need entertainment. The cultural level of this world is only a little better than that of the Middle Ages, and everyone lacks entertainment means.
Even for nobles, their usual leisure time is nothing more than hunting, opera, and going to some red light venues to squander wealth and God knows what useful crafts. They support 80% of the artists in the world, but no one thinks about it. , what kind of games are interesting.
In the final analysis, this is a world with magical power. The existence of extraordinary power has greatly compressed the spare time of ordinary people. Even if they know that they will not be strong in the future, they will work hard to exercise and wait for the day when they can turn over. Perhaps only fairies, who have no worries about food and drink, and whose lifespan is almost endless, can play a game like Fairy Cards when they are bored.
In any case, fairy cards fill a gap in the lives of Northland adventurers, and this kind of direct confrontation game is indeed in line with the temperament of those straightforward adventurers. Now, in the main city of Moldavia, the taverns with the fairy card tables have become the busiest places for business. Most of these taverns have dwarf backgrounds, or are related to the lord's mansion - through some magical uncles. Some people knew the mysterious news. These card tables came from the magic energy factories of the Northland dwarves, and they were jointly commissioned by the imperial royal family and the Moldavia lord's palace to manufacture them.
This rich and overly rich background instantly caused most of the ill-intentioned people to give up their unworthy thoughts, and the remaining part was the decision to fight with this card that is bound to be popular in the future no matter what. The game was put online - for this they did not hesitate to pay a lot of wealth and obtained several precious fixed-site trial quotas in the imperial capital and the southern fortress.
Nowadays, goblin cards are spreading throughout the Northern Empire, and are spreading to other human gathering places. Rumor has it that the emperor of the Morlai Palace also tried to play this game at the invitation of his children, and happily Rated: Not bad. This once again speeds up the spread of fairy cards.
Unknowingly, spring has arrived, and after a rare period of rest, Joshua began to prepare to find news about the unknown ancient dragon for Barnier and William.
The delay of time for so long has nothing to do with the warriors. The main reason lies in the two legendary mages - first of all, the purification of the ancient dragon's bloodline. After the last time they spied on the power of the ancient dragon, but all the experimental results were destroyed by the opponent from a distance, the two could only start again, extracting and cultivating the activated blood of the ancient dragon from the biological tissue of the Creeping Forest, which took a lot of time. In addition, they also called Hill and Fina over and conducted a series of tests and bloodline experiments on Ms. Hai Long. The two things were mixed together, and the progress was naturally slowed down.
Joshua didn't care, after all, the two victims were not in a hurry, so why should he be anxious? The warrior who enjoys daily life has indeed become much more at ease in the past few months. Except for the fact that there is a mountain on the way to his daily morning jog that blocks his view of the Great Ajax Mountains and was moved away by him, Joshua He didn't do anything big. As for his usual routine, he still went to the area around the Seventh Abyss occasionally to take a look and sense the movements of the Demon Lords and Demon King Goliath in the Sixth Abyss from a distance. This has become Qiao Xiu's way of doing things. part of Asia’s daily life.
As for the cultists and five-colored dragons, they have completely disappeared from the Northland. There is indeed no news at all. Even if the cultists are really crazy and want to die, they will not come all the way to the Northland. The same goes for dragons.
In just over two months, the major forces' exploration of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site has come to an end temporarily. They have visited all areas of the sacrificial site and arrived at the central core area, where they saw hundreds of people. The Titan Soldier guards were staring at them silently.
After discovering that these giant soldiers could no longer attack them, this group of people trembled and watched the giant soldiers along the way. They came to the center of the entire demiplane—under a huge metal obelisk. Here they conducted careful inspections. After cleaning and excavation, they found many ancient inscriptions. Through intense translation and interpretation, they were shocked to find that these inscriptions recorded many ancient myths and history about the creation of the initial fire, as well as the name of the last era. Some major events of the glorious era.
This is a major breakthrough for the study of the origins of various races and the history of the Mycroft world. In those ancient but still clear steel inscriptions, the context of the civilization of the Mycroft world is recorded.
-Initially, the world has seven continents.
Human beings were born and lived on the southeastern plains of the Central Continent. They lived in families and tribes, using fire and stone bones as tools to develop and build houses. After a snowstorm caused by a long winter, some humans wore primitive leather clothes and migrated further south. They drove boats to another continent, and found a giant tree there. They and the giant tree Symbiosis is the prototype of the oldest elves.
Climate changes on the continent, changes in ocean currents and crustal movements have caused the environment of the entire world to heat up. In the continuous eruptions of volcanoes, humans have discovered various metals and learned how to use flames to forge tools. Some people have extraordinary talents. People can even sense the magical power from natural phenomena.
At this time, some craftsmen went deep into the underground caves in search of better metals and ores, but were blocked underground by an earthquake caused by a volcanic eruption. Although these people were isolated from the world, they found a blessing in disguise and found a The huge mysterious gem, which seemed to have been condensed deep in the ground since the beginning of the world, possessed a unique magical power, which allowed those craftsmen to quickly adapt to the underground living environment. They were the ancestors of the dwarves.
On the continent, there are many other intelligent races that thrive in other continents. Human dwarves and elves only occupy two continents. In later inscriptions, it can be seen that the three races began to move towards other parts of the world in order to expand. Exploration and conquest, and bloody wars lasted for thousands of years or even longer. Countless lives were lost as a result, and the bones of countless races piled up in mountains on the plains. During this period, magic, fighting spirit, and all the extraordinary systems that latecomers could imagine were destroyed because of too much. It has developed rapidly due to brutal ethnic wars. On the contrary, it has suffered from negative population growth for more than ten consecutive years.
The civilization on the Mycroft continent seemed to be about to fall into self-destruction due to the racial war, until that day, at the end of the inscription, a man called a 'sage' appeared in the world like the sun, putting an end to all the madness.
All the remaining inscriptions praise the greatness of the saints and gods. He created the holy light and unified the magic system. He clarified the context of fighting spirit practice and stabilized the continuation of the warlock's bloodline. He stopped the dispersion of the elves and unified the dwarves into one country. He joined forces with the gods to end the war, and unified the entire Mycrof civilization, glowing with new vitality.
The inscription ends here. The exploration team members did not discover the reason for the end of the last era. This is the unknown that plagues all intelligent life in Mycroft Continent. Except for some legendary strong men, no one knows the truth about the change of era.
Knowing the truth, they are conducting an important experiment at this time.
In the northern land of Moldavia, above the Great Ajax Mountains, among the thick clouds, a fusiform floating airship was quietly suspended in the sky above the Creeping Forest. The gray-white clouds were heard from time to time by the airship. The corrugated magic ripples stirred, forming a huge vortex of clouds in the sky above the entire mountain range. Lightning could be seen shuttled through the vortex, releasing powerful magic.
"In this place, even if there is an accident, it will not endanger other people on the ground."
On the special airship for the White Tower Experiment, in the central isolation area, the legendary bard William smiled and said to Joshua in front of him: "And it's not just the ancients who are powerful. The accumulation of wisdom can fill in the innate gaps between species. This It’s the meaning of civilization and inheritance. No matter how powerful that ancient dragon is, it can’t possibly defeat the three of us legends working together, let alone cause any danger.”
"If that doesn't work, you can also call your Emperor and Nostradamus. That will make you five legends." William added.
And Barnier, who seemed to be accustomed to singing along with his friends, and who was controlling the equipment for the final purification of the ancient dragon blood, also turned his head and added seriously: "I can also call Barbarossa, although he always smells bad. They have only one face, but they will still come here for the sake of me and William—this makes them six legends, and they are not incapable of fighting against the gods."
"I can call La Motte, the contemporary Holy Swordsman!"
"You insist on comparing your connections with me, right? Can't I bring Faina over? They are all old friends who have explored the ruins of the Black Forest together..."
Regarding the daily tit-for-tat and inexplicable rivalry between the two legendary mages, Joshua, who was left alone, couldn't help sighing, and then rolled his eyes: "Okay, stop arguing, I can still compare the Pope and Nature. Invite your mentor, so that we can gather ten legendary strongmen. The legend of the humanoid race is only one short of a dwarf master - we are not going to start a world war, should the experiment start?"
"Now you can."
Along with the violent vibration of magic power, Barnier completed the last step of blood purification. He held the countless complex instruments in front of him with his bare hands. Suddenly, the container was flashing with violent lightning, releasing a mist-like cloud of amazing life energy. It was compressed into a drop of blood like a gem. It was placed in a test tube engraved with thirteen layers of rune inscriptions by the legendary mage, and handed to Joshua: "The steps shouldn't be complicated - through the method we tell you, you should be able to resonate through life energy very easily. Once you sense the message of the world where the ancient dragon is, don't conflict with it head-on at that time, just take the initiative to destroy this bloodline yourself."
The extremely precious ancient dragon bloodline was just a word of destruction in Barnier's mouth, and Joshua took it over neatly and agreed.
In the center of the isolation laboratory of the experimental airship, the three legendary strong men stared at this bloodline. The warrior held it in his hand, and a silvery and hazy light shone in his palm. It was so rich that it completely overwhelmed the ancient dragon. The huge vitality of the blood was released by it and spread to the entire sky outside, directly dispelling the clouds within thousands of meters.
At this moment, Joshua used the simplest, most direct, and most dangerous method to directly connect his power of steel with the bloodline of the ancient dragon. Through information resonance, he felt his consciousness rapidly sinking into darkness. , walking through the dark and mysterious spiritual world, he felt that his spirit passed through the void and several planes, and came to a strange but familiar world.
—What is it that makes me feel familiar
At this moment, Joshua had no time to think about these additional things, because he sensed that he had found the target—a huge existence sleeping deep in the desert. It did not completely sleep, but just stayed in the ice to rest. But for mortals, its rest was like several life cycles. The raging wind and sand even buried its body, forming a huge Gravel Mountains. At this time, it had noticed that someone was peeping at its power, so it raised its head and opened its eyes, looking in the direction where Joshua's will was projected with an indifferent gaze without any emotion.
"Hello, Gu Long."
Facing Gu Long's gaze, Joshua did not panic. He felt an indescribable excitement boiling in his body, which made him couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth and reveal a smile.
"Let me see your face."
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