"I see… "
Annan closed the book and whispered to himself.
Slightly closing his eyes, he digested the knowledge he had obtained.
He has been at the mayor's house for two full days.
During these two days, Annan has been reading books. He gave full play to his learning ability when he started emergency preview when the university was a week away from the final exam...
He also learned an important piece of information from it—
Extraordinary people cannot smuggle into other countries.
This world is much smaller than he imagined... In other words, the land area of "this era" is only slightly larger than Europe.
It's not that there is only such a continent on this planet. It's because the world is filled with "fog".
In terms of appearance, it is a kind of ubiquitous gray-white thick fog.
Its essence is a materialized curse, so it cannot be blown away by the wind. If mortals lived in the dense fog, they would soon be sick and die within four to five years; animals and plants would also die on a large scale, and those few who did not die would become distorted monsters.
But ordinary people can live in the gray fog after all, and there will be trade transactions with multinational caravans.
But extraordinary people can't.
The high-ranking transcendents are quite powerful.
But once they come into contact with the gray mist, the curse in their bodies will be activated rapidly, and the degree of erosion by the curse will increase rapidly, and they will fall into forced nightmares every night. And as long as you die in the foggy nightmare, your body in reality will also die.
Basically, Transcendents cannot leave the border. Once they enter the mist range, they will usually lose control within three days, or die directly before the sun rises.
Because the capitals and major cities of each country have a special barrier, the area covered by the barrier is basically the scope of the country.
All the Orthodox churches have mastered this enchantment technology, which can effectively exclude the gray fog from the border.
If a transcendent wants to leave the country and enter other countries, they can only move through the underground passage.
Unless the rank is raised above gold and the fragment of truth is obtained. After transferring all the curses in the body to the Fragment of Truth, you can barely move across the fog.
"So, even if I am indeed being hunted down by an assassin, the assassin cannot leave the Dukedom of Winter."
Annan said to himself: "And I was able to cross the inner sea and drift here. It is because I am not a superhuman."
Is this why there are no pirates at sea and there are so few ships...
— In this world, there are only five countries.
At least in the current isolated range, in the range shrouded in gray fog, only the last five civilized countries are left...
The book mentions that the world five hundred years ago was much bigger than it is now.
At that time, the current countries were all under the rule of a big empire, and there were other races and countries in the southeast, northwest... But three hundred years ago, the empire suddenly sank.
The entire island sank into the sea, and the glorious civilization came to an abrupt end.
After that, countries soon became independent, and the Church of the Twelve Gods also fell apart. The Great Barrier also moved with the church, breaking into five Barriers of different sizes. Except for one country that accommodates two churches at the same time, and one country that is jointly ruled by the Church of the Seven Gods, the remaining countries are protected by one righteous god.
But the small enchantment is obviously not as easy to use as the big enchantment.
Since then, the gray fog has been getting closer every year... Every few decades, the most marginal cities will be engulfed by the gray fog. There is also a large gap between the barriers that were originally adjacent to each other—that is, the "neutral space".
When the crisis came, some countries began to gradually transfer their civilization underground, while others tried to lift their land into the air. And the contemporary king of the Kingdom of Noah made a heroic decision when he took over 27 years ago:
He decided to unify the five countries by force... and rebuild the Great Barrier.
If he succeeds, then this is enough to be called a "brilliant and immortal" human epic. His ambition, his great deeds are enough to go down in history—
The author in that book predicted so.
… But apparently, he failed.
Although extraordinary people cannot leave their country, they can at least defend their country. It was a stupid decision to let ordinary soldiers use their flesh and blood to fight against extraordinary power. No one knows what was the source of his confidence in his decision to do so.
Now nearly thirty years have passed, and the king is very old.
But his old goal was still not accomplished.
His children have lost patience.
They are no longer interested in the mission of the old king's lifelong struggle, and they each have their own strategies to save the country. The king is still in power today, but his children have already begun to fight for the right of succession unscrupulously.
Annan could predict that the Kingdom of Noah would soon be in chaos.
But he can't leave Noah's kingdom yet. At least he can't go to the Duchy of Winter.
Over there is the territory of the righteous god "God of Frost and Tradition". She is honored as "Grandmother" by the people of the Principality, and "Cold-Blooded Lady" by people of other faiths.
Under the influence of her priests, Winter Duchy is closed and conservative. People all over the country respect tradition and reject change. Even foreigners who want to enter will be strongly repelled... so it is difficult for spies from other countries to get in.
Every time there is a major change in the Principality of Winter, it is only after a long time after the end that it is slowly known to foreigners. This time is no exception.
Annan could only learn from Salvatore that something serious happened to the Duchy of Winter.
Because not long ago, the Principality of Cold Winter announced the emergency closure of the port, prohibiting all ships from entering and leaving. The orders of several wizarding academies in Noah's Kingdom were even stuck on the other side.
... To be on the safe side, Annan decided to wait for the dust to settle before going back to have a look.
Judging by this posture, it may be someone who killed the king and usurped the throne. If he goes back at this time, it must be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.
It is not as good as a variety of Huitian.
After hoarding a wave of players, think about it separately.
"You have to prepare to advance."
Annan murmured in a low voice: "But, which copy should I play..."
To be conservative, how about playing a copy of Don Juan again
Or wait for Salvatore's information to come, and try to read the difficult book
The customs clearance reward for the difficult book must be better. But he is currently at the pace of farming, and his need for his own strength should not be considered urgent...
As if sensing his hesitation, a line of characters burning with bright red flames suddenly appeared in front of Annan's eyes.
[There is still 06:00:00 before the start of the closed beta]
This line of words hovered for about three seconds, then dissipated.
Looking at this line of words, Annan was silent for a while, then turned his head and looked at his watch to confirm the time again.
The time now is six o'clock in the evening.
... closed beta in the early morning
so cool
At this moment, Annan suddenly heard the sound of the key turning.
Salvatore is back—
He had already agreed with Priest Louis yesterday that he would go get the "Dungeon Raiders" today. But he went out early this morning, and didn't come back until the sun went down at night...
He quietly raised his head and cast doubtful eyes on the former mayor.
Salvatore's eyes were still very sleepy, but his steps were fast and anxious.
"Why have you been away for so long?" Annan asked.
"Stop it," Salvatore frowned, "I'm asking you, Don Juan. Is the ship you came here in the fjord? It's about sixty meters long, the one with three masts. ?”
"… What's wrong?"
Annan hesitated for a moment, and replied ambiguously.
He felt a little uneasy.
Always thought it was going to be bad news...
Is there a new risk of identity exposure emerging
Or…
"Your boat is on fire."
Salvatore glanced at Annan with pity, and slowly replied: "Just last night, the ship suddenly caught fire at night, and it was directly burned to ashes. The fire was very violent, at least I went to see it this morning. When it was time, there was only a shelf left. There was nothing in it... I think you can't get away for the time being.
"If the guards you left on the ship hadn't been in turmoil, then I think..."
The young mayor paused, staring at Annan's face and replied softly: "This may be provocation—or, in other words, revenge."