I don't know if it is really blessed by the goddess, but in the darkest year of the Talos Kingdom, two talented pearls were born at once. The eldest princess Veronica became the number one swordsman in the royal family before she reached adulthood, and has General Groen has to praise the talent for commanding the battlefield, and the second princess Ania is famous for her intelligence. Although she is not good at swordsmanship and military strategy, she has read all the collections in the royal library before she was fourteen years old. And the talent for magic is extremely high—compared with these two pearls of Talos, Andrew, the only prince of the kingdom, looks bleak, and the little prince who is mediocre in all aspects has almost no sense of existence in public.
But Rudolf III felt that his two proud daughters were the greatest tragedy of the country—such incomparable talents would shine in any era, but they had to face Colo In the tide of chaos, in the face of this disaster that all living beings face equally, the pearl may not last long, and the young people with outstanding talents are often swallowed by the darkness before they have time to grow up.
Veronica had become the first victim, and when he saw Arnia, he couldn't help but think about it.
"Tell me one by one, my daughter," Rudolf III pressed his forehead with his hand, his tone was a little tired, "It's not that simple that you can pay attention to it, even if it's an unconfirmed rumor."
"Good father," Princess Ania bowed slightly, "First of all, it is about the observation of the border of chaos - the astrologers of the Tower of Mysteries looked at the border of darkness in the last starless night, and they observed that a huge shadow vortex is approaching the border of chaos. Gradually taking shape, its radiating range ranges from the Kingdom of Beacon to the Shadow Forest, almost spanning half of the Ansu Continent. Now it is the seventh year of the Chaos Tides, and according to the past rules, the tides of the Sea of Karnos will start this year It began to weaken in the last two months, but the appearance of that shadow vortex... seems to violate this law."
"The Sea of Karnos is in turmoil, and the boundary between order and chaos is not so easy to determine," Grand Duke Rune said suddenly, with a calm voice and almost no emotional fluctuations. It is only a one-sided observation, and cannot be regarded as a golden rule. Moreover, the shadow vortex is only a by-product of the chaos force, not the chaos itself, and its rise and fall cannot be used to determine the strength of the chaos tide."
Arnia's words were interrupted by Grand Duke Luen, but there was no sign of displeasure on his face, while Rudolf III nodded slightly: "Your Lun's words are also reasonable, these matters should be studied carefully by the bachelors before making conclusions and comparisons." Well... well, anyway, those Sanctuary people must be more concerned about the changes in the boundary of chaos, and they will always take action."
Ania nodded and continued: "There are also some reports about the outer defense line of the Shadow Forest. After my sister... disappeared, all the outposts in the Shadow Forest lost their news almost overnight, and then the Western Fortress was closed. There are reports of continuous attacks, and it is difficult to investigate the external defense line. At present, we can only confirm one thing, that is, we are suffering from a brand new attack, and it is very likely that a new form of monster has been bred in the chaos. They're deadly against small Hearthfire Outposts."
Rudolph III still pressed his hand on his forehead, his face seemed to be a little older: "Magus is old too..."
"The General of the Western Territory at least blocked the monsters from continuing to attack the territory. The fortress still stands among the mountains. The changes in the Shadow Forest are a mystery to everyone. Even our royal scholars can't see through the shadows. What happened, the responsibility for this incident cannot be entirely blamed on Magus—if you have to say responsibility, the Tower of Mysteries and the Royal Warlock Association are more responsible. Their duty is to see through the changes of chaos, but they did not Give early warning."
Arnia's words made General Groen nodded slightly. This Kingdom warrior has a deep friendship with Western General Magus, and he also knows that the defeat in the Western War has put the legendary veteran into a very unfavorable situation. However, as a soldier, he really couldn't bear the wanton evaluation of the border soldiers by those bombastic aristocratic analysts in the court.
Compared with those nobles with "wine bags and rice bags", Princess Ania is obviously more admired and valued by this general.
"I know the difficulties and achievements of Magus, don't worry, your father is not foolish, and he still has some judgment." Rudolph III waved his hand, and the expression on his face became a little more relaxed, "You What happened to the floating island in the south just now? Could it be that those monsters were also affected by the tide of chaos?"
Monsters are different from monsters—in the world of Kolo, people collectively refer to monsters bred in chaos and corrupted monsters eroded by chaos as monsters, but monsters are normal creatures that originally existed in this world. There are contradictions, but they are also part of the normal ecology of this world. Warcraft includes those powerful primitive creatures that possess magical power, as well as those "sub-races" that mutate in a magical environment to obtain basic intelligence and evolution. The second type of Warcraft is the majority on the floating island in the south of the kingdom.
The kingdom of the world of order has never bothered to deal with sub-races that live outside the civilized world. Although some scholars believe that sub-races also have their social structures and even cultural systems, they also admit that the intelligence of sub-races cannot match that of advanced humanoids. The races are comparable, so the ruling class of Talos has never paid much attention to the monster groups on the floating island in the south of the kingdom.
Rudolf III was very curious about what kind of trouble the "low-intelligence race" on the floating islands had caused, so that the royal bachelors, who had always lived reclusively, paid attention to them.
"The psychic wizard saw that the sub-race tribes who had been fighting all the time suddenly stopped fighting. It seemed that a powerful leader appeared among them and integrated all the tribes. The latest news from the Tower of Mysteries is that those tribes are Cutting down trees to make some kind of large... device, initially suspected to be some kind of huge means of transportation. In addition, a few days ago, the wizards also observed an old blue devil whale swimming from the direction of the Kingdom of Eternal Winter, and it seemed that it was going to the largest floating in the southern border. It rested on the empty island, but it was never seen re-launching after that—my mentor suspected that this incident was also related to the strange activities of those sub-races."
"Blue Demon Whale?" Rudolf III didn't react when he heard the various movements of the subrace, but his expression finally changed when he heard the Blue Demon Whale, "Only because those subraces that have just evolved from beasts can leave one Blue Demon Whale?"
"It's not necessarily that they did it. After all, the floating island is floating in the sky. We can only observe the situation on the island with the help of magic, but what is certain is that a Blue Demon Whale did disappear on that island."
Grand Duke Luen also became interested in this topic. The thin man took a step forward and gently twirled his proud mustache with one hand: "What else have the masters of the Tower of Mysteries discovered? Who knows who integrated it?" the beasts?"
"Grand Duke Rune, the subraces are different from beasts," Arnia glanced at Duke Rune before continuing, "The witches used black magic to successfully grab the buoy across the Sea of Karnos. A soul on the empty island, the chaotic memory of that soul kept repeating a name—the wolf, this wolf should be their new leader, and the soul showed great fear and awe when it mentioned this word. "
"Wolf..." Groen frowned, and the scar on his face became even more ferocious, "It sounds like the name of a beast, maybe a gnoll? Or a demon wolf?"
"Gnolls have always had a low status in the sub-races. Their innate quality is very low, and it is difficult to produce any decent leaders." Princess Ania shook her head, "Demon wolves are very powerful. Among the sub-races They are powerful predators, but their intelligence is only moderate, and they are unlikely to become the chief leaders of several tribes. Compared with these two, scholars are more willing to believe that the "head wolf" is just an honorary title and has nothing to do with race. It is the respectful title given to a strong person by those integrated sub-races in order to show their submission."
"Your Majesty, you should pay attention to this matter." Grand Duke Lun bowed slightly to Rudolph III, "The sudden gathering of monsters has never been a good thing. Although they are all mobs, wild beasts are naturally stronger than humans. Now the kingdom's defense is empty. , should be prevented as soon as possible."
"It's just sub-races. They really want to attack a country," Rudolf III snorted, "but proper precautions are indeed necessary. Their plundering is also a huge loss for the current kingdom. Gloria Well, I will leave this matter to you to arrange - it is enough to appropriately increase the defense of the border cities in the south, and now that the war in the west is tight, it is not appropriate to deploy too many troops."
After the two important ministers of the kingdom left, the room became quiet again.
Rudolph III was sitting on the armchair, with clouds that would never dissipate seem to pile up between his brows. After a long time, he breathed out softly: "Ania, open the window."
The young princess nodded, stepped aside and opened the window.
Brilliant sunlight poured into the room, bringing light to the world of Kolo The sun "Ulo" has just stepped into the atrium of the sky. In this room located on the top floor of the Golden Rose Palace, one can easily overlook almost the entire scenery of Baicheng, and one can only see this ancient city stretching out on the plain, bright and brilliant, and a piece of pure white.
But above the city, the sky was clear and cloudless, and only at the very far end of the horizon could the sky be dimmed, and a dark halo enveloped the sky, which was the projection of the dark side of the Sea of Karnos on the sky .
"After Chaos comes monsters," Rudolph III looked at the clear sky outside, but his face was clouded, "What happened to this world..." (to be continued~^~)