Chapter 876： Once abandoned land

When Gao Wen gave a quick and secret look at Noreta, the senior agent from Mithril Treasury who temporarily replaced Melita Penha also looked at Gao Wen more-she looked at this human There are indeed some curiosities, resurrection, legendary pioneering heroes, subversion of a kingdom, establishment of a new order ... In the long life of Noletta, she has seen many people who can be called "legendary" in the human world. Characters, and even though Gao Wen is a very special one among them.

She controlled her gaze and expression, with a faint smile: "So what do you want to ask about?"

"Strictly speaking, it ’s not consultation, but I want to confirm something with the 'Dragons' behind the Mithril Treasury," Gao Wen waved his hand, revealing a serious look. "Yes, a large magic we set in the Holy Spirit Plain not long ago The device captured some mysterious signals. After many comparisons, humans, elves, and even siren couldn't figure out the source of these signals, so now I suspect these signals are from the Dragon race.

"Considering the development of magic guidance technology, in order to avoid any misunderstanding between humans and dragons in the future, I think it is necessary to confirm with you ..."

"Mysterious signal?" The white-dressed woman who claimed to be Noreta raised her eyebrows, and her expression became more serious. "What is it?"

"We haven't cracked it yet. It is a series of very short tremors and echoes. The structural form has never been seen before, which has left scholars confused, but we recorded a copy of it with magic crystal." Gao Wen side As he said, he took a trick to the side, and a piece of pale blue crystal thin, the size of a palm, placed on a not-too-distant disposal rack flew into his hand silently.

This is a recording medium modified by Carmel. Its prototype is a memory crystal commonly used by traditional mages. After optimizing the etching structure in the crystal and performing more advanced standardized production, similar recording media are getting more and more. It is widely used in devices such as magic net terminals and immersion tanks.

"It's there," Gao Wen said, "but I don't know what device your dragons usually use to read similar things, which may require some transformation ..."

"No, I can perceive its magical structure." Noleta interrupted Gao Wen's words. She reached out to take the crystal flake, and her fingers lightly touched the fine rune score on one side, a pair of light-colored ones. In the eyes, a twinkling light appeared like stars. In this brief moment, Gao Wen felt that the magic around the agent lady suddenly became extremely active and complicated, as if there was a Extremely high-level magic is condensed between square inches and is completed in an instant.

In just a moment, Noretta completed reading and recording of the storage medium. She passed the slightly hot crystal flakes to Gao Wen: "I have recorded it and will give it to my superior for further analysis and processing. .Thank you very much for your prompt notification and sincerity, which is really good for us to maintain a good relationship. "

Gao Wen took the crystal flake and couldn't help but take a deep look at the woman in the white dress in front of her eyes: "Excellent magic skills-Melita has never been shown in front of me."

"In fact, she is not good at this," Noreta smiled. "I usually handle the paperwork or do command support work in the back. This is just a few" tricks "that I use for work."

"It looks like there is a complex and effective job structure inside the Mithril Treasury, and I'm a little curious about it," Gao Wen said with a smile, "So, can I wait for the news later?"

"I won't let you wait too long," Noretta nodded, "we will complete the analysis and comparison of the signal as soon as possible. In addition, although I can't give you a clear answer, but only from what I just read Look ... most of this stuff didn't come from Tallond. "

"... Aren't they Dragons?"

"We use another communication technology and will not generate a signal with this characteristic," Noreta nodded. "But the world is very wide. There are many corners and secrets that even the Dragons do n’t know. Some things are only me. The superiors are clear, so I still have to report. Perhaps the treasurer and senior members of the Mithril Treasury can find out where this thing came from. "

"Thank you so much."

...

Courage has been on this deserted and desolate coast for almost a week.

Except for some beasts that are not common on land and are not very afraid of humans, there are only lush plants, humid and warm sea breeze, and the ruins of towns covered by shrubs and vines.

Count Owen Dyson stood on a reef by the coast, and when the splendor was rising to half, he took out the gilded mechanical watch from his arms and glanced at the cover.

At about the same time, several shaking figures appeared in a path on the coast leading to the island's depths, and several sailors got out of the path covered by bushes and tall grass.

"Half an hour later than the scheduled assembly time," Count Owen asked quietly when the sailors came before him, "are you in trouble?"

A sailor with a red turban stood upright and marched. He reported meticulously: "Report the captain. When he returned, he encountered a huge python. It may have been mutated in the magic environment, but it has been resolved."

"Well," Count Owen nodded. "Is there anything you can discover?"

"There is only one abandoned manor. Like the town in the center, there are traces of secondary repairs," said the sailor, and he found something out of his arms. "In addition, we found this in the manor. . "

Count Owen took over what the sailor handed over, and he saw that it was a badly worn amulet. The logo on the front of the amulet was completely unclear, but judging from the material, this should have been a magical item-Owen Day Sen had seen something similar a while ago.

"It was left by the Son of the Storm ... it should have been thrown in this place for more than ten years," the Tifeng aristocrat quickly judged the abandonment time of the amulet. "It looks like at least a decade ago, The children of the storm also occupied these islands near the boundary between the offshore and the open sea, but then they abandoned these strongholds close to the human world and went to farther seas ... "

"These cultists have been occupying the property that belonged to the empire, and regarded the facilities on these islands as their own," behind Owen Dyson, the chief officer of the Courage couldn't help muttering in a disgusting tone. " They left their insane graffiti everywhere in the town, and then just left. I wish they had been swallowed up by the deep sea and let them be sacrificed to their demons by their fanaticism. "

"I don't care about the fate of the cultists," said Count Irving casually, and he took up the amulet and looked at the first officer. "How's the situation with the Courage?"

"We have repaired the anti-magic shell, shield set and two magic engines, but there are still some problems with the transmission mechanism connected to the engine. The technicians said that the big guys need professional facilities in the port to completely repair it. What is in this area? On beaches without them, they can only 'fix one leg'. "

"To what extent can it be repaired? Is it possible to sail?"

"It's okay to set sail, but the speed is only about two-thirds of the previous one, and once you encounter the level of" disordered turbulence "before, the entire drive shaft will be broken," the chief officer said frankly, as if in the end It was to strengthen persuasion, and emphasized again, "100% will break."

"Since this is already the result of the best efforts of the technicians, we can only accept that we must return to the sea. I believe that the Courage will overcome this difficulty, and our luck should not be met twice in the offshore Order turbulence, "said Count Owen, glancing back at the Courage docked a short distance away from the sea-the beautiful and advanced magic ship was quietly lying between the gentle waves, covered with magical metal The high-powered magnetic storm crystal of the hull and bow of the ship shone brightly under the sun. After a short gaze, the count receded his eyes and "notified the mechanics and made the final adjustments to the engine. We set sail three hours later."

The chief officer nodded, and took out a short staff inlaid with many gems from his waist. As the gems on the staff lighted up one by one, he released the messenger and conveyed the captain's order to the guard on duty. personnel.

After watching the first officer finish all of this, Earl Owen nodded, and looked towards the depths of the island: "Bring a few people, let's go to that town again."

The first officer looked at the count and didn't ask anything. He quickly clicked on the savvy sailor and embarked on the path leading to the center of the island with the count.

On the ancient stone road that has obvious repairs, but has been abandoned again, Owen Dyson walks deep into the former empire territory. The sailors responsible for exploring the road had cleared the shrubs and vines using spells and swords, and the entire island of Tassos was not very large. He quickly passed the path covered by the forest and arrived. The edge of a quiet and lifeless town.

This is the largest human building complex on Tassos. It was also the first springboard off the coast of the Empire 700 years ago. In that bustling and too short period, countless hardworking builders, ambitious captains and merchants, and dream-seeker adventurers gathered here. Spices, gold, precious minerals in the open sea, rare treasures on land. Everything flows here, and all this makes this inconspicuous Tassos island a "land of gold" at the time.

And after that short golden age, here is a more prolonged sinking-once the sea asylum seekers became mad and degenerate cultists, and the land of gold became the domain of the son of the storm The wealth of the empire became cultists multiplying their own nutrients, and in the end those who did not have time to evacuate ...

Count Owen raised his head and glanced over the abandoned houses and towers. The obscure runes left by the children of the storm can be seen everywhere in the old houses, and the original Tiffon or Dyson family emblem can no longer be seen.

At the end of the road, in a small square, Count Owen also saw a pile of ashes still glowing with subtle smoke, and some broken sculpture fragments and ritual utensils could be seen in the ash pile-that is The dark sect relics searched by the sailors from all over the town had been evacuated, and the sailors could only burn what they left behind.

Count Owen bypassed the ashes, the small square, and reached the town hall.

On the steps in front of the hall, a tattered dark blue flag was thrown to the ground with a twisted emblem of storm and lightning on it.

Owen glanced down at the flag and walked forward—he and the sailors stepped over the steps, through the open lobby main door, into the empty assembly hall, and finally he stopped in front of the deepest wall in the assembly hall. It came down, and there were only two empty hooks on this wall, and a little moss growing along the wall.

The count looked up for a moment, lowered his head and groped in his arms. Soon, he found a neatly folded piece of fabric from his arms and carefully unfolded it.

It was a very old, even old, faded banner, but because the fabric was mixed with magic silk threads and has been carefully kept, it is still intact after 700 years, on the solemn black background, the shield Although the emblem with the crown is dim, it is still clearly visible.

After careful consideration, the count raised his hand and solemnly re-tied Tiphon's flag in the town hall of Tassos.

Then he untied another thing from his waist-a sabre passed down from generation to generation in his family.

The sword's hilt is engraved with a pale golden harpoon pattern, which is a coat of arms given to the first generation of Earl Dyson by the ancestors of Tifeng ’s founding seven hundred years ago. It also represents the glory of the first generation of builders on Tassos.

Swords and flags are the things that the family ancestors took away from Tassos when they evacuated from it-the ancestor did not leave any last words to bring these things back to Tassos because he was in When the organization evacuated for the second time, it was buried in the sea, but after that, the relics left by the ancestors became the long-term responsibility of the descendants of Dyson.

After placing the sword under the flag, Count Owen finally breathed a sigh of relief. He returned to the sailors, turned around, and watched the sword and flag on the wall quietly with everyone, like seven hundred. The people in this hall were like that years ago.

A few minutes later, they left the town hall and embarked on their way back to the Courage.

The glory of Juri spilled over the ruined town. Unknown birds and beasts roared in the nearby dense forest. The lush vegetation continued to grow quietly on this land. In the direction of the distant coast, Courage urged the crew The bright melodious flute as they returned to the beach was sounding.

...

Aldernan, in the study of the Obsidian Palace, Emperor Rosetta Augustus put down his papers and looked up at the two mages sitting opposite him, with a smile on his face:

"After hardships and hardships, the good news of finally setting foot on the island of Tassos has finally arrived-today is a day to celebrate, two masters."