In the ancient elf language, the Jingtao murloc is called "Di Boerle", which means the soul in the depths of the ocean.
In ancient times, the southern coastal residents believed that murlocs were a kind of undead, which were transformed from people buried in the bottom of the sea. Legend has it that they would summon living people into the vortex and pull them into the bottom of the sea with black magic.
With the development of magic and navigation technology, people later learned that murlocs are not dead spirits, and fabricated another fictional ocean humanoid race: Sirens, Sirens became the protagonists of various romantic ocean legends, and took over The task of "pulling a living person into the bottom of the sea with black magic".
In the official Quintilla Island Chronicles, there are very few murders caused by murlocs, even less than the number of shark attacks. This is related to the habits of the murlocs. Under normal circumstances, they live in the deep ocean far away. Only when there are abnormal coincidences in ocean currents, climate, celestial phenomena and other factors, they will occasionally come to the vicinity of Quintilla to hunt for food.
Although there are few murlocs, once they appear, they will cause great danger, so the coastal residents cannot relax their vigilance. More than 160 years ago, a human mage systematically studied the behavior patterns of Jingtao murlocs, summed up a set of coping experience, and invented an inducer for murlocs.
The mage's name is Finnette, and he is a researcher specializing in alienology and toxicology. He originally studied in the Five Towers Peninsula, but was later expelled from the academy because of his private involvement in illegal schools. In a bygone era, alienology, toxicology, and necromology were as notorious.
Finnette came to Quentilia, settled in Sushi Island, and forged a deep friendship with the island elves. He helped the elves redesign ships to improve navigation safety; he taught the gray mountain elves a simple way to identify plant toxicity, which greatly reduced the accidental death rate of this race; he also designed a shark-proof limit for the human barbarians on the pilot island to avoid Attacked while diving... And what he is most proud of and most persistent is a series of in-depth research on the Jingtao murloc. No mage has ever touched this field before.
He designed an early warning system that can track the whereabouts of murlocs based on ocean activities and celestial phenomena. The inducer he developed can bring murlocs back to the deep sea without harming other creatures in the sea... With his help, Kunti Residents of Leah have escaped many dangers, and the Tower of the Abyss stands on the fertile and beautiful Sushi Island, like a lighthouse shining on the entire Quintilia.
Human life is very short. Finnette passed away peacefully at the age of seventy-three. He devoted his whole life to his only apprentice, Movia, and Movia lived up to his mentor's entrustment. The elves continued to protect Quintilla, and gradually grew into a famous master.
A hundred years ago, Morvia first discovered the abnormal behavior of the murlocs, and speculated that they might invade the coastal waters on a large scale. This is an unprecedented situation in history, and neither the elves nor humans at the time believed it very much. Later, the danger really happened. Thanks to Movia's preparations in advance, the disaster loss was minimized.
Due to bloodline issues, many elves don't trust Morvia very much. They seem to be more accepting of humans who are completely different from themselves than hybrids. After the battle to expel the murlocs subsided, the elves greatly changed their opinion of Movia. They began to call him the master willingly, and believed that he was indeed a qualified heir to the Tower of the Abyss.
Year by year, there are more and more trade routes between Quintilla and the Confederation of Ten Nations, and the communication between elves and humans has become more frequent, and alienation, toxicology, and necromancy are no longer capital crimes and taboos.
Some old elves pointed out that the climate of Sushi Island seems to have changed in the past hundred years. There are always sporadic days of low temperatures that do not match the seasons every year. In the past two or three years, it was rare to see murlocs once. Appears several times.
Movia explained that because of the subtle changes in the climate, the frequency of murlocs in recent years has also been much higher than before.
The abnormal low temperature does not last long each time, and basically does not affect the crop harvest. Although murlocs appear frequently, under the protection of Master Movia, the elves on Sushi Island are very safe.
As long as there is the Tower of the Abyss and Movia, the elves don't have to worry about it.
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"However, gray mountain elves, humans and halflings are not treated so well, are they?"
With that said, Burris put down the thick documents in his hand, and the elf speaker silently took the documents and continued to read.
Fishermen are killed by murlocs every year. Some victims can leave some wreckage, and some just disappear into the vast sea forever.
The victims included gray mountain spirits, human barbarians from Pilot Isle, local halflings from Quintilia, and fishermen or merchants from the Harbor City. The elves believe that this is because other races cannot be informed of the early warning, and there is a certain communication barrier between them and the elves, so the elves are safer and other races are more vulnerable.
but it is not the truth.
Boris Gershaw said that his apprentice, Kleve, personally encountered the Murloc Murlocs. After a preliminary judgment, the Murlocs generally behaved abnormally, showing the state of hyperactivity after drug addiction. So Ke Lefu secretly told his mentor about his doubts, and under the instruction of his mentor, he decided to continue to investigate other suspicious points on Sushi Island.
During this period, Black Cliff Castle and Harbor City were suddenly attacked by a large number of murlocs. A Sago royal envoy is on duty at Black Cliff Fort. He and the Knights of Black Cliff Fort fought to protect the people, and got in touch with the Tower of the Abyss to inform Suxi Island of the situation and ask for help.
This envoy is from the Tower of Truth in the capital of the kingdom, and he is a well-learned mage. He performed some inspections on the dead murlocs and was shocked to find a large amount of magical potion residue.
During his inspection, the mage Boris Gershaw just arrived at Sushi Island. With the help of his apprentices, he discovered the secret hidden in the Tower of the Abyss for hundreds of years-the culprit who led the murlocs closer to the sea was none other than Master Morvia.
High concentrations of inducers are present in the seawater near Quintilia. The inducer has been modified, and several magical potions are added to it. The murloc will be lured to the corresponding water area, and become hyperactive, hungry, and aggressive. Among all the residents of Kuntilia, only Morvia has the ability to make and use inducers.
Not only that, but a protective spell continued to operate on the Tower of the Abyss. The range of the spell covered Sushi Island and the nearby sea. Once the murlocs entered the range, they would become sluggish and easy to kill; once they left the range of the spell, they would be dominated by the inducer again and return to a state of bloodthirsty madness.
This protection spell has many shortcomings. One of them is that it will cause the nearby temperature to drop significantly during its duration, and it will consume a lot of rare and expensive magic materials, which is really expensive.
As a result, Finnette was unable to make ends meet and received donations from many island residents. Now Morvia doesn't turn it on for long, he only invokes the spell when he releases the inducer.
All spell-casting principles, spell effects, potion ingredients... are clearly written in the notes. This is the note of the mage Finnette. He was the one who developed the original version of the inducer, as well as the protective spell that covered the island.
In the notes, he said that he hoped that Movia could continue the research, such as removing the side effects of cooling down, finding ways to reduce maintenance costs, and it would be best to make the range of the spell wider so that it could cover the entire sea area, not just protect Suhi Island…
"You can't do everything that Finnette expects." Boris closed the parchment book in his hand, which is also one of the spell books left by Finnette, "Over the years, you seem to only You have done three things. The first is to improve the inducer, and the second is to make the murlocs appear or disappear according to your wishes. These two things have consumed a lot of your energy, causing your other spells to be in a mess."
When walking up the tower layer by layer, Boris personally experienced those "messy" spells. In the Tower of the Abyss, almost all the excellent magic was left by Finnette, and Movia's personal research was almost blank.
"You also did the third thing. This is also the most amazing thing." Burris continued, "A hundred years ago, you single-handedly led the Jingtao murlocs to come to the sea in large numbers, allowing them to attack elves, humans and others wantonly. Race, after the battle lasted for a while, you led the murlocs back to the ocean, which naturally won everyone's respect. Master Morvia, if you want to ask me what evidence, the evidence is in your tower. You Every purchase of materials, casting of spells, dispensing of medicines, activating magic tools... these actions will leave corresponding traces, and your spell notes also fully record what you have been doing. Maybe you have long understood that those things will become evidence, even if you You know, you can't destroy them, because destroying spell notes will only cause inconvenience to yourself, so you used some protection and curse spells to protect them... It's a pity that your spellcasting ability in this aspect is too bad, You can only hide it from apprentices and laymen at best, but you can't guard against a cunning human being like me."
Movia didn't speak. He sat down at the table with his head bowed, his hands clenched tightly, and there was no expression on his face.
The members of the Elven Council kept whispering to each other, the speaker stared at Movia for a while, and urged: "Master Movia, please respond."
Movia still didn't answer. The speaker chatted with Burris for a few words, and Esther, who wore men's clothes, also joined the discussion as a third party.
Boris offered not to base his accusation on his own. The elves can contact the Arcane Federation, and they will send an inspection team to further find out the facts. All investigations and evidence collection will be conducted under the supervision of the Elf Council. If necessary, The "Blonde Tower of Truth Mage" could also vouch for justice on Sago's behalf.
The speaker frowned and nodded frequently. Finally, Movia let out a long sigh: "I really don't understand...how could you be like this?"
The meeting hall fell silent, and people looked at him, not understanding what he was referring to.
"You seem to like humans more than hybrids." Movia smiled. "It's so strange, why? Is this the cultural tradition of the island elves? Humans are more credible than hybrids?"
"Movia," the speaker reminded him, "control your words. Also, trust is not determined by blood. Master Finnette and Master Gershaw are trustworthy themselves. Morvia, I don't understand... Why would you do something like that?"
Movia raised his head, with tears in his eyes: "What do you think? Ask yourself... You will never respect me, and no one will ever truly trust me..."
The speaker looked at him coldly: "How many lives were lost because of you? Maybe those people trusted you until their death."
"I have been protecting Sushi Island!" Movia pushed the edge of the table and stood up, his voice was sharp and trembling, "I have been trying to reduce the casualties of the elves as much as possible, and try not to let my compatriots be involved! In recent years, no one The elves died because of the murlocs! As for the gray mountain elves or halflings... those races are too far away from us, and my mentor's spells can't protect them. When the murlocs appear, what happened to them can remind us instead, let the elves We are aware of the danger and raise our vigilance in a timely manner. As for humans... After so many years, haven’t we cooperated with humans better and better? Neither of us is unhappy, and we have become more and more united because of the murlocs!”
Hearing this, Estee couldn't help asking: "Cooperate with humans? You estimate the date of the red full moon, and induce a large number of murlocs to besiege Black Cliff Fort in the next few days. When we ask for help, will you Actively sending people to help... Is this the cooperation and unity in your eyes?"
Movia replied: "But after all, we provided assistance in time and cleaned up the murlocs near the sea. I don't really want to hurt you."
"Okay, just shut up." The speaker interrupted him, lowered his head and squeezed the space between his eyebrows.
Movia wiped away his tears, pointed at the speaker, and Burris beside him: "I don't understand... What position does Burris Gershaw have to investigate me? You ignore my painstaking efforts and condemn everything I have done , but regarded him as a guest? He walked out of the White Tower of the Icefield, and he was the apprentice of the necromancer Yriel! Even if he left there, he was always a necromancer. Disgusting spells, how much blood was stained on the robe, maybe even he can’t remember clearly? Such a bad person has the right to accuse me in front of the Suxi Island Council?"
The speaker's face was very ugly, but Boris was unmoved, just looked at Movia quietly.
The elf choked for a while, and continued: "We all know what Yriel has done. He once tried to connect to the plane of purgatory, wanted to control the devil, and wanted to gain unprecedented power... And what about his apprentice Boris? Master Boris has achieved it. Those ambitions! Not long ago, he used unknown means to connect to the alien plane and released the skeleton king who had been imprisoned by the gods for thousands of years! You might as well go to the religious books to see how dangerous it is. !"
Movia's gaze turned to the strange messenger of Sago, and then fixedly stared at the Skeleton Monarch behind him.
"If the Tower of the Abyss is going to be investigated by the Arcane Federation, then... Boris Gershaw, you, your apprentice, and your evil ally, should they all be investigated too?"