Starfall 838, January 3rd, the southern province of the Northern Empire, the forefront of the southeastern frontier fortress group, Ares Fortress.
On the watchtower next to the fortress wall, there was a tall gray-haired man. He was holding the head of a triceratops in his hand. His ferocious face and sharp horns were preserved lifelike by magic. The man with a scar on his face glanced at the cloudy sky, and then placed the head of the Triceratops on the window sill of the city wall watchtower window.
At this time, the cold wind rolled the clouds, the sky was like a sea with fierce cloud tides, and the extremely dry ice wind condensed the moisture in the air. Anyone could tell that winter was coming and a heavy snowstorm was coming.
But the gray-haired man didn't care at all. He straightened the head of the Triceratops and determined the position to ensure that he could clearly see the central black forest that was almost within reach outside the window. Then, the man revealed a With a formulaic smile, he raised the information terminal on his wrist and took a magic selfie against the head of the Triceratops.
[Priest posted a new personal status]
[January 3, 838, 17:39: On the second day at Ares Fortress, I accidentally hunted a quasi-gold-level heavy-armored triceratops. (With photos)]
[Location: Ares Fortress in the Southern Province, use the second generation professional version to explore and use the spiritual terminal to send]
After sending this message, the gray-haired man, Priest, immediately took down the triceratops head placed on the window sill, and then put it into a special preservation magic bag. You can see that the magic has removed the head. The anger and fury of the Triceratops before death are very clear, and it can be said to be full of momentum, but all of this is due to magic. If the magic disappears, the head that has not been embalmed will rot.
After doing all this, Priest connected to the information terminal again.
[Britney likes your new status.]
[Britney: Brother is so awesome!]
[Dahl likes your new status.]
[Dahl: I have to say, my friend, you are so handsome!]
[Factory owner Ronde likes your new status.]
[…]
[Syndicate likes your new status.]
[Rin (purple ID for administrators) likes your new status.]
Looking at the rapidly increasing number of friends' comments and likes under the photo, Priest couldn't help but smile with nostalgia. Especially after seeing the reply from his sister Britney, he felt that his heart was full of joy and motivation, and he felt that he was still there. I can go hunting a few more times.
"Thank you to the magic network, thank you to the information terminal, thank you to the status publishing and message functions, and thank you to the great lord."
After sincerely thanking all the above-mentioned existences in his heart, Priest looked at the gem-like information terminal on his wrist and couldn't help but sigh: "This invention is really great."
Ever since Priest was invited by Joshua last year to join the Empire's External Exploration Department as a student of the Champion Academy of Winterhold, he had to leave his sister in Moldavia and hand it over to the academy for special arrangements. The staff and his friend Dar take care of him, while he conducts various devil training and practical inspections... The separation is long, and the reunion is short. Every time Priest returns to Moldavia for a short break, Everyone will feel unusual happiness and pain. The happiness is that they can finally be reunited with their families, and the pain is that they will be separated again soon, and there will be no news for several months.
In fact, this kind of pain of separation is extremely common on the Mycroft Continent. Whether you are an adventurer or a mercenary, whether you are a long-distance caravan or an artist cruising the continent, all jobs require long periods of time outside, let alone being assigned to the frontier. , soldiers who are thousands of miles away from home... Although letters exist, communication magic exists, and even the light curtain technique with images is not a profound spell, there are still some special conditions for most ordinary people. For people, these means are unavailable most of the time.
Priest, who has been surviving in various PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds all year round, was originally one of them, but recently, the pain of separation has disappeared from him, the Northlanders, or in other words, some lucky residents of the empire!
Because the new generation of information terminals has an additional function called 'status release' and 'add familiar contact'!
The information terminal is another revolutionary magic prop from Moldavia in the north, born under the guidance of the legendary lord. The initial beta version of the information terminal has a large number of special functions, such as shooting magic images, Video recording, audio recording, detecting element concentration and data query, etc. Later updates added special modules such as the college’s internal forum, trading section, etc. In the past two months, due to the re-development of the Magic Network and the server With the addition, the new generation of information terminals has many new functions and new designs!
The holder of every information terminal must undergo real-name authentication. After authentication, a unique personal code will be obtained. By exchanging personal codes, terminal users can add the function of following friends and obtain each other's updates immediately. And post a reply - that is to say, with the support of Magic Network, you can get the ability to communicate in near real-time!
The emergence of this function is almost subversive to Mycroft's world, where remote communication methods are quite simple and almost belong to the patent of extraordinary people! After confirming the reliability of the status publishing and private message functions, almost all the empire's caravans and the slightly wealthier adventure teams and mercenary groups did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to purchase information terminals, which were still waiting to see emerging magic items.
Not to mention how much wealth the information terminal has brought to Moldavia and how much change it has brought to the world, Priest is happily looking at the photos sent by his sister using the information terminal. It was a slightly crooked portrait of two people drawn with colored pencils.
There is also a line of small words written under the portrait: There are still three days until my brother comes home.
Yes, the mission of the External Exploration Department team in the Black Forest has been successfully concluded. In three days, Priest will be able to return to his home in the North after various handover reports and tests.
At this time, there were more than 20 replies to Priest's status. Many strangers who followed friends' replies also viewed the photos posted by the man. Most of them were compliments, exclamations and likes. , but a few people still made discordant sounds.
[Is the publisher’s sister on the first floor? How could such a young girl have an information terminal and watch something as bloody as the heads of World of Warcraft?]
[Looking at this photo, it seems that the poster took it on the wall of the southern fortress? It involves military buildings and is recommended to be deleted - I really think the use of information terminals needs to be standardized and the age of users also needs to be restricted.]
Although the number is not large, it does exist. Some people are worried about the sudden proliferation of new things such as information terminals, and some people believe that the rapid proliferation of information terminals will lead to the proliferation of information exchanges and lead to some things that should not be exposed to the outside world. Leaked secrets are leaked to the outside world, such as military secrets, etc., so strict information release and user restrictions are required.
Priest actually had some thoughts about this. After all, compared to these latecomers, they, who were the first to be brave as information terminals, had already thought of similar problems and reported these hidden dangers to their superior units, but for Regarding this concern, the higher-level unit, that is, the Moldavia Lord's Palace, stated that "the Lords do not think it is a big problem, and His Majesty the Emperor also agrees."
The two legendary powerhouses have spoken, so others naturally don't need to care.
Priest ignored these overly worried replies and followed the stairs back to the walls of Ares Fortress. At this moment, a deep shadow fell in the sky - accompanied by a sudden increase in the strong wind, the sky was covered. The heavy snowfall of the day poured down like a waterfall!
The cold air mass from the northern frozen soil rolled across the Helgamos Plain and finally reached the border of the southern province. It met the humid air pressure mass of the central Black Forest. The moist water vapor mixed with the dry and cold ice wind, which was one after another. A violent snowfall, this snowstorm can even crush the strong branches of the trees in the black forest, causing the lairs of countless beasts and monsters to be blocked, forcing them to wake up and go out. Their final result is nothing more than the interference of the power of chaos and their madness. Rushing towards the human gathering place, that is, one fortress after another,
And this is the cause of the annual 'Winter Tide' in the southern part of the empire.
Seeing the blizzard, Priest, who was originally from the south of the empire, knew that the first wave of magic this year was coming soon. Dozens or even millions of crazy monsters would attack every fortress around them in an endless stream. Among them there are even gold and even ultimate level leaders and king beasts.
Every demonic tide is a huge test for the southern fortress group. At this time of year, there will be a large number of death lists. In the most difficult times, civilians in the fortress are even required to go up the city wall to resist the crazy monsters. This resulted in huge casualties, and the 'Titan Dragonfly' and 'Boros Python' they had observed before were the main forces of the demonic tide that had caused serious losses in the past few times.
"Looking at the scale of the heavy snowfall this year, the central area of the Black Forest is expected to be hit hard..."
Looking at the distant horizon and discovering that it was also gray, Priest couldn't help but whisper to himself: "Maybe, there will really be many powerful monsters that have to wake up from hibernation and attack the fortress as before. "
At this time, Priest had already reached the upper and lower steps of the city wall, where the garrison of Ares Fortress was patrolling. The soldiers on guard heard the young man from the new department of the empire, who had considerable authority, muttering to himself - This news should have been the last thing all the soldiers of the Demon Tide heard every year, because it meant heavy casualties and countless people would lose their lives.
But this time it was different. All the soldiers looked at each other, then showed a tacit smile, and even began to discuss in a low voice: "Haha, the devil's wave is coming!"
"It's hard to say who will suffer this time."
"The more they come, the better, and the stronger they are, the better. Only in this way can we relieve our hatred!"
"I lost two fingers in the last demon tide. Thanks to the magic of the Church of the Seven Gods, otherwise I would have to retire - but unlike last time, this time, they came at the wrong time!"
Suddenly, a cheerful atmosphere appeared on the stairs, and even Priest couldn't help but laugh.
As for the reason, it is very simple, because everyone knows that the lord of the North, the great creator of the information terminal, will come to Ares Fortress in the evening today to start a battle in the Black Forest. Many defenders are looking forward to it. Decades of 'big counterattack'!
"Oh! Look at that!"
Now, it was the time for post rotation. The two garrison teams were quickly handing over posts. Priest passed through the crowd, but suddenly, he heard an exclamation. It was said by a garrison who was changing guard. He was now Shi Zheng opened his eyes wide, raised his hand, and pointed to the sky covered by the blizzard: "There, the aerospace boat!"
Suddenly, many people, including Priest, raised their heads and looked into the distance against the blizzard, and they all also saw a black-red aerospace boat breaking through the clouds in the clouds and white snow. , is slowly descending towards Ares Fortress. On the side of the airship, the emblem with a golden sword-holding hand shines!
That's the coat of arms of the Radcliffe family!
"That adult is here!"
"It's the Fire Lord's airship!"
"It's the dean!"
Suddenly, as if struck by lightning, the garrison troops who were handed over suddenly became excited - no wonder they disrespected military discipline, because their leaders, several gold-level powerhouses who commanded Ares Fortress, were also happy at this time. Looking high in the sky and looking at the black and red aerostat, Priest was even more excited. He even took out the information terminal and quickly took a few photos.
[January 3, 838, 17:55: So excited! I saw the dean’s car. It was so handsome! (With photos)]
However, just when the garrison of Ares Fortress was planning to arrange personnel to guide the aerostat to land, the black-red aerostat suddenly stopped in place. Then, under everyone's puzzled gaze, a figure appeared Opening the hatch of the airship, he stepped naturally on the air and walked towards the direction of the black forest.
The moment this figure appeared, he stole the attention of everyone in the entire fortress. His appearance made the blizzard in the sky become more violent, and the surging clouds collapsed, like a hanging gray-black line. The funnel smoke gathered towards the place where the figure was, and for a while, everyone could only see a dark snow mist raging in the mid-air, like a chaotic cloud.
But soon, bright lightning flashed through the dark snow and fog. At this moment, an extremely strong light illuminated the dark world, making the Ares Fortress in the evening look like daylight - and the next moment, the figure could be seen lifting up. He raised his hand and waved it gently towards the snow-covered black forest beneath him.
Immediately, an extremely clear roar came from the sky and the earth.
"Long——"
This is the sound of the earth's rock crust churning.
Accompanied by a violent shock that could be clearly sensed even in Ares Fortress, with the edge of the central black forest as the boundary, layers of soil and rocks were lifted into the air under a powerful force that could distort time and space. As it rose, as if weightless, large chunks of earth cracked, and the roots of the black forest trees could be seen solidifying it like solid rock.
With this wave of his hand, hundreds of square kilometers of black forest land and the roots of the trees floated into the air. At the next moment, amid the exclamations of everyone who was watching this scene in Ares Fortress, the figures in the sky casually Made the 'turn over' and 'press' movements.
And with just such a simple gesture, hundreds of square kilometers of black forest split into thousands of small pieces in mid-air, and then turned upside down like building blocks, with the tree crown facing down and the roots above.
Immediately afterwards, this large area of black forest fell upside down on the ground where they were originally located, and was pressed into the ground by a huge force - along with countless monsters living in it.
You can see that there are black and red traces spreading in the soil, which are the last traces left after countless monsters were crushed in confusion.
The human figure—Joshua—had no intention of slowly taking action to communicate with the Ares Fortress garrison.
Now that he has arrived at the southern fortress and around the Black Forest, he needs to take action now without any need to wait or stop.
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(End of chapter)