Great Glacier —
This is an ever-frozen world, crisscrossed with glaciers, like stacked glass, forming a crystal-clear world. The freezing cold wind carries snow and ice all year round, like a sharp blade, carves deep scars on the smooth ice surface, forming the rugged and strange landforms day after day. However, in such a harsh and dangerous environment, there are still outsiders. An old wizard wearing a silver robe is sneaking in the snow. On the pointed wizard's hat that was blown away, the snow-white beard flew wildly in the bone-soaked icy wind, and stepped deep and shallow in the knee-high snow. The staff in his hand was named ' Tir', which means knowledge, Buja people have three keys to truth—knowledge, wisdom, and reason. However, this artifact is used as a stick at the moment.
The old wizard walked slowly along the valley, as small as an ant. He crossed the blue ice and stopped on an open field.
Here is a huge valley, black rocks protruding from under the snow, forming steep peaks all around, between the peaks, the wind and snow have also become much smaller. The old wizard looked around. There was an artificial building in the valley. It was supposed to be a tall tower suspended in mid-air. It looked a bit like that kind of beautiful obelisk. Fragmented and crashed into the valley, part of its wreckage has been buried under the snow, and the surface that was originally covered with mysterious patterns has also been frozen. Obviously, the time of damage was not in the near future.
"The third seat." The old wizard shook his head and said to himself.
As if responding to his words, there was a contemptuous snort in the cold wind. It was a female voice, low and hoarse, but full of majesty and power: "William, I said you still Back here, how? You should have noticed that the boundaries of order are fading faster, the fragile laws are gradually disintegrating and disintegrating, everything is as described in the prophecy, and your ridiculous efforts are simply futile. This time, there is no such thing. Idiots are here to save you—"
The old wizard—or one of the highest on the pinnacle of the world, one of the twelve silver rings, the master of Kanaiqi, the king of time and space—he didn’t change his face and even smiled: "Honorable Fusi Master Yakes, or should I call you the Seven-Pole Dragon King, or the evil dragon Fuchsia, or Dallas Tell, the daughter of the Dragon Lord of Storm and Time?"
"Humph!"
This cold snort seemed to turn into a storm, causing icy winds to rise in the valley. The woman's voice replied coldly: "If you really respect me so much, how could you imprison me in this place? My eyes have been seen through for three thousand years. Since you chose to betray, I have been here. Waiting, waiting for you to taste the bitter fruit, and now, you are back here and tell me, what are you thinking now?"
"Master Fusia Case, no one has ever regretted it." William replied loudly in the face of the freezing snow and wind.
"Have you seen the waves set off in the sea of magic, William, you might as well guess what is conceived under the surface calm?" The voice sneered.
William raised his eyebrows slightly: "I understand that you know, Master Fusia Case, I am here today to ask you, you see, what is happening in the east? We are feeling that the law of Tiamat is Changes are taking place at a rate that has not been seen in a thousand years. We do not understand what is happening. The tide of magic power is becoming higher day by day. The reflection of the moon of magic power reflects that the sea in another world is beginning to become turbulent, but we But I can't find the reason behind this."
"What did you see?" Fucia Cass asked.
"In just one month, we lost 30 observation points. As you said, the frontier of order is receding at an accelerated rate. Just in the glacier, we have lost three holy towers."
The woman's voice smiled contemptuously: "I saw the flame go out with my own eyes, and I knew you would definitely come here."
"Then tell me, what else do you see?"
"In the Harvest Moon, our wizard observed the Black Moon—"
"Black Moon," Fucia Cass chuckled, "She finally appeared on the thirteenth round of the moon, how is it beautiful, isn't it?"
"She destroyed Caleta, and the people who were there that day observed a different scene."
"What kind of strange scene?"
"The tower seems to be immersed in the black night." William replied.
"Babel's reflection." Fucia Cass replied: "But this is still not the fundamental reason and purpose of your coming here."
William looked up and stared at the mountains around the valley, and then replied: "I feel that all the observation points in the entire eastern border have shifted at the same moment—"
"Do you suspect it was my hands and feet?"
William did not answer.
"It's ridiculous," Fucia Cass sneered. "I'll give you a piece of advice, William."
"The moon, lost—"
…
Even in winter, the temperature on this day was a little abnormally high. The sun was far in the air, but after crossing the middle line, it shone directly on the ground, making everyone a little anxious while waiting. It has been a while since Count Jean and his army surrendered together. At first Brando thought it was a trap, but after testing, he found that the other party seemed to be sincere. Although he doesn't know what these Cruz nobles are doing, he still successfully smashed their weapons and temporarily placed the noble army on the red pine forest. He only wants to know one thing about the dragon-the Count on the opposite side. What kind of medicine did you take wrong
But Count Jean did not want to see him in person, so he had to ask Princess Magdal and Chardell to do the work. He waited for a while before finally waiting for Charles to come back from the red pine forest, and the young wizard attendant brought him His first sentence was: "Lord Lord, I have already found out what's going on."
Brando looked at him, his face calm and didn't speak in a hurry, even though this was the answer he had long wanted.
Charles replied: "Moore and the Coopers, the Walkers, and the Earl of Alcons, none of them were in ambush nearby. In fact, since this morning, no, since last night, Earl Jean I can't reach them anymore."
"What do you mean?" Brando didn't understand this answer for a while, and he frowned slightly and asked back.
"I don't know, Earl Jien can't say clearly. According to his description, those people seem to be missing. He thought it was us, so he was forced to surrender to us." Charles replied with some amusement. The Lord Earl was obviously shocked in his eyes.
"disappeared?"
Brando was almost taken aback for a moment before asking, "What does this mean?"
"Literally, the Moore and Cooper's armies were stationed in Hemlock Town from three days ago until yesterday. The Walker's army stayed in Vargos Town, and the Earl of Alcons was stationed near Linye Avenue. , But now these several armies are missing, at least Earl Jean can't contact them anymore." Charles replied.
"Is it possible?" Brando thought it was unbelievable: "Sure this won't be a trap. Has our gargoyle carefully searched the surrounding area?"
He asked this sentence is actually a nonsense. They had searched the nearby area several times before that, and they were sure that they had not found the enemy, so they dared to come out to accept the surrender of Earl Jien. What's more, this is a trap. The Lord Earl on the opposite side will definitely find a way to tell a lie that is at least in line with common sense, instead of fabricating such a tale. The reliability of the words.
Sure enough, Charles shook his head slightly: "It doesn't look like a lie. You didn't see the appearance of the Lord Earl. He seems to be really frightened. He doesn't want to see you. Most of them are afraid that you will be against him."
Brando shook his head in disbelief: "Have you sent gargoyles and scouts to Hemlock Town, Vargos Town, and Forest Leaf Avenue?"
"You have to ask Medissa and Madam Nimess, Lord Lord, I am not responsible for this." Charles replied.
Brando just remembered, he couldn't help but patted his forehead, thinking that he had been completely dizzy by the weird situation right now. So he hurried to find Metisa, who was arranging the placement of the Cruze’s prisoners. At the moment, this group of prisoners is almost the largest group of prisoners on their way to take in, a full 1,000 people, and there are many in them. People are not aristocrats, there are mercenaries, or farmers, craftsmen and soldiers. These people are more troublesome to deal with than nobles because they have to provide them with food. According to Shire, these people simply let them go. Regarding this proposal Brando was tempted, but he knew that he must not be so rash, because his intentions would be too obvious then.
When Brando found Metisa, he asked about the situation of the scout and the gargoyle. The silver elf princess seemed to have expected that he would come to her, so she immediately replied: "Lord, the distance between Vargos Town and Linye Avenue We are relatively far here, but the gargoyle sent to Hemlock Town has already returned once. Indeed, as the Lord Earl said, there is no one person there, and there is no sign of fighting."
"No trace of fighting?"
Medissa nodded.
Brando became more and more weird, or did the earl of Alcons get some news beforehand and left earl Jean and ran away alone? But this reason sounds a little absurd. If he runs alone, then there is no need to bring Moore, Cooper, and Walker knights and lords, but if he has the ability to tell others to run together, then it may not be necessary. Will keep Earl Jien, even if he wants to sell his teammates, his first choice should be those powerless little nobles, Brando really can't see what the opponent has to turn against the Jien family.
But if there are other possibilities, it is even stranger, because there is no reason at all.
He asked Charles to question the Lord Earl several times, but all he got were similar conclusions, which made him fall into confusion for a while, although it was a rare good thing to be able to win without blood. But the problem is that the current situation is really creepy. An army of thousands of people disappeared out of thin air within a radius of tens of miles overnight. What kind of situation is this
In desperation, Brando could only stop the envoys and wait for the gargoyle and scouts to return news from Vargos Town and Forest Leaf Avenue. From the description of Earl Jien, he faintly felt something wrong, it was like It is an instinctive premonition of danger. He has experienced various abnormal situations in the game. These experiences have provided him with a wealth of experience to deal with various emergencies.
At one o’clock in the afternoon, the gargoyle still failed to return from Vargos Town and the area of Forest Leaf Avenue. However, at this time Nimesis finally returned from the envoy to the White Lion Guard. Her main task was to bring the little prince and the envoy to the White Lion Guard. The rest of the people, including the noble prisoners of the Cruz people, were sent here to join the large forces. Brando had felt that there was something wrong with this battle, so he sent this more reliable female knight to do it.
Under normal circumstances, it is the business lady Roman and Dilphary that handle this matter.
After returning to the White Lion Guard, Nimesis frowned immediately after hearing the descriptions of others: "How far is it from the Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress?"
Brando understood what she was thinking, including the previous life, the two had been cooperating for a long time. Sometimes only one look and one word could understand the meaning of each other's expression, he immediately shook his head: "Here The closest fortress to the Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountains fortress group is not far away, but it is far away from Toquinine. This is a floating cloud hill. According to recent news, Toquinine’s lion man is still in Anzeruta. To the south of the mountain range, even if they break the fortress while we get the news, they will not be able to get here day and night."
"What's more, they are still standing there." Shire added.
Brando nodded, but then said: "But it does not rule out that the nobles provided us with false news."
"What good is this for them, Lord Lord?" Charles asked.
"It's no good," Brando replied. "It's impossible for the Cruz nobles to stand with the Lions. It doesn't make any sense for them to lie to us on this matter, but the problem is if the information they get is not accurate. Woolen cloth?"
But this time Metisa shook her head: "Lord Lord, we have been collecting similar information from captives these days, according to Nimesis' orders, but the rumors we got are similar, unless the lion deliberately deceived the empire. Aspect, otherwise what those nobles said should be true."
"Unless the Lion deliberately deceived the empire?"
Brando suddenly caught this sentence sharply. He glanced at Nimesis. According to their earlier analysis, the Lions stood still on the south side of the Rokozy-Broken Sword Mountain Fortress group, unless there was some internal disagreement. Either it was deliberately deceiving the border legion that paralyzed the empire. The possibility of the former is very small. Lions are a clan kingdom. Under the leadership of the warchief and the high priest, if there is no conflict between the two, then there is almost no possibility of disagreement within this army, perhaps the clan There will be some small contradictions, but it doesn't hurt the elegance. As for the warchief and the high priest, the possibility of problems is even smaller.
The leader of Toquinine in this era is the lion king Orr, a well-known monarch. He is a student of this generation of high priests. There has never been any unpleasant rumors between the two.
But if it is not the former, then only the latter is possible.
It's just that Brando didn't have enough information before that, so he could only put the Lion Man's movements on hold for a while, but at this moment, when Metisa reminded him, he immediately remembered, and subconsciously said: "Senior Sister , Are there tunnels left by ancient dwarves under Anzeruta?"
In his eagerness, he lost his mouth and called out what he called Senior Sister Bai Jia when he was in another world, but fortunately, other people around didn't seem to notice this detail. Only Nimesse gave him a faint look and shook his head. road:
"There are indeed dwarf attacks in the underground area of Anzeruta, but the Torquinian Lion is unlikely to use them."
"Why?" Brando was startled slightly and asked.
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