Pillars of Ita

"Miss Sylveld, I may well have found your father, Sir Marvey."

Miya was probably in a forest, when the moonlight passed through the branches and leaves, casting intertwined shadows in her eyes, but her eyes reflected the starlight, and there was a glimmer of light in the darkness inside.When she spoke, her tone was very slow, and she always seemed quiet, which made the two people on the other side of the light screen also look calm.

But the calm lasted only for a moment.

The complexion of the noble daughter changed slightly. Although she tried her best to restrain the excitement in her heart, her slightly trembling hands still showed that her heart was not calm: "... Are you telling the truth?"

Fang Plover turned her head to look at her, and saw Sylvaide was clasping her hands tightly on her knees, and she looked a little pale because of the loss of blood.He hesitated for a moment, and stretched out his hand to hold the other's hand. Sylviede looked back at him, and there was a trace of wavering and weakness that was rarely seen in the girl's eyes.

Fang Yan felt that Miss Ship Officer's heart was a little disturbed.

Miya saw all this in her eyes, a hint of surprise or disappointment flashed in her silver eyes, and she also took a light breath. "You can call me Mia," she said again, "I haven't seen him in person, but I should have seen his ship, the Queen Bayard—"

Sylvie's hand trembled slightly in his.

Fang Yan knew that although it was not Sir Ma Wei's flagship, it was indeed an important ship in the main fleet, and it even doubled as a seat ship occasionally.

Miya maintained that calmness and continued: "I found it in the Libra Islands. The Queen Bayard was stranded on the beach, and the ship was empty. There are not many clues, but it can only be judged that it was abandoned by people. Then drift here."

"Are you in the realm of turbidity, Miss Miya?" Fang Yan couldn't help asking.According to legend, the Libra Islands are the first step of the Stairway to the Sea, but very few people can pass through the misty sea area nearby, and most people also go back the same way, and this is already the luckiest possibility.

Generally speaking, the turbid domain refers to the vast sea area starting from the giant mountain of Lucia, including Mount Covenant, the Libra Islands, and Whale Song Island. It is also the cruising route of the floating island whales.

From a long time ago, people believed that there were secrets hidden in the realm of turbidity, the gate leading to the third world, and the Stairway to the Sea might be in it.Around the Covenant Mountain, the Libra Islands have fought many wars with the Giant Mountain of Lucia, Colin-Ishurian, the Empire, and the Hill of Giant Trees.

In the last war, due to the huge defeat in the third division, the Colin people completely lost the Libra Islands, and now they can only retreat to a corner of the Covenant Mountain, and they are almost completely driven out of the turbid domain. critical voices.

But to the surprise of people, the Super Sports League not only did not want to make progress, but retreated back to the first world.The Alliance set its sights on Colin-Ishurian, and made a series of things that later annexed the Southern Alliance.

This incident caused a huge shock in the third division, and led to the downfall of the Super Sports League. Although it was only temporary, the military's actions in the northern border of the kingdom obviously won the support of the majority of people.Fang Plover himself was a witness to that series of events. …

The witch of the sea has returned to the realm of turbidity.

Fang Yan remembered that the last time Miya was in this place, the second Covenant Mountain incident occurred, which led to the war in the muddy domain that made the top ten guilds (except Elite) feel ashamed, and made the top ten guilds A large number of people have been replaced.

Then the structure of the third division changed dramatically, followed by the July War.

Miya nodded lightly, and the pointed long silver ears on her head trembled. She turned her head in one direction, but only saw a night owl flitting through the forest.

Fang Yan faintly felt that besides the Miss Ship Officer, the Sea Witch in front of her also seemed to be a little restless, but it was not nervous or uneasy, but seemed to be hiding something on her mind.

But she jumped away from the subject, "...I found a code on the Queen Bayard, which seems to be a means of communication."

Miya took out a roll of yellowed paper and gently unfolded it. A line of numbers was written on it with a quill pen, spaced in twos and threes, like coordinates and communication codes.Behind it is the Colin-Ishurian text, which is only one short line.

"The Giant Mountain of Lucia——Whale Song Island...Three days...Land edge mountain range, please help...'

The moment she saw that line of handwriting, Sylvaide stood up from her seat almost in a gaffe, and didn't even notice that the cup on the table was knocked down and the water spilled all over the floor.She stared at the note closely, holding Fang Plover's hand firmly.

"Sylvie?"

The noble daughter's voice trembled slightly: "It's my father's handwriting..."

How calm and composed she is usually, how panicked and bewildered she is at this moment. Fang Ploy has never heard such a weak voice from her ladyship officer, almost as if she was begging.

"Don't be in a hurry," Miya said, "...through that set of codes, I tried to use the communication crystal to get in touch there. Although the communication effect was not very good, it only took a moment. But at least it was connected, and there seemed to be someone over there. Talking, I just can't catch it, but at least there may be some existence in Sir Marvey's fleet—"

Fang Plover felt the strength in his hand increase again.

"Miss Miya, what are you telling us?"

Miya shook her head, "Originally you didn't take the initiative to find me, and I planned to inform you about this, but I didn't expect such a coincidence. The story of the Queen Bayard may spread soon, and you can wait for the news in the first world .”

Sylviede managed to calm herself down and looked at the other party. "thanks……"

Miya looked at her, "Sir Ma Wei is lost in the realm of turbidity. For the selectors of the third division, this is a task in itself. You don't have to thank me. Ed, how do you plan to come to the second world?"

Fang Plover shook his head and talked about the matter of the Continental League.But this can only allow the Seven Seas Brigade to get tickets. Going to the second world itself is not an easy task. It requires a long preparation period. Before that, the Seven Seas Brigade must raise its average level.

After all, they are not a big guild, so they can make preparations in advance.

Just starting from the empire, crossing the far southern continent of Gudasok, and finally arriving at the first land bridge is a feat in itself.In the past, people called this route the point of no return, and today it is just taming the ocean currents. …

But the complicated conditions on this route, the storms on the sea, and even sea monsters and pirates are all problems.

"I understand," Miya looked at his expression and nodded lightly. "After a while, maybe I can spare time to go back to the first world. Does Ed need my help?"

"help……?"

"I've traveled that route twice," Miya replied, "With me escorting you, it should be much easier for you to cross the first land bridge."

That will naturally be much easier.

In fact, those top guilds arranged in this way. They sent their outstanding draftees to the second world in batches. They usually used veterans to lead the formation, and sometimes even dragon knights picked them up in person.

For example, if you go to the Second World with Sophie, there will be the Dragon Knight of Silver Westland.

One of the reasons why the cost of going to the Second World is so high is the human cost. The dragon knights of the aborigines disdain to do such a thing, but half a year after the gate of the world has been opened, how many dragon knights of the drafter can do it in half a year? waste?

Converted into labor costs, isn't it a sky-high price?The same is true even for seniors.

Fang Yan originally planned to use his strength to forcibly break through. This is not a feat in the history of Stargate. There are many people from the Freedom Guild who used their own strength to cross the gate of the world. Loofah was one of them back then, and even the Knights of Tarpolis There was originally such a plan.

But if there is really a senior person leading the way, that would be great.

But Miya's answer made him a little flattered.

When Miya was a sea witch, she was really a dragon knight.Even though her strength has declined now, at least her previous experience and insights are still there, otherwise she and Bai Hua would not have passed through the gate of the world and headed to the second world.

Speaking of Bai Hua, Fang Plover couldn't help being a little surprised.Where is the young man he met in Fenris, Mia's brother, now?
Miya seemed to see the doubt in his eyes, and she took the initiative to say, "Xiaobai has his own mission, and he is not in the turbid area at the moment."

"So you're going back to the first world, Miss Miya?"

It was only then that Fang Yan remembered that he didn't seem to care about what the other party was doing in the turbid realm.Even in the Second World, the Territory of Turbidity is not an ordinary area. The forces of various countries here are competing against each other, and the situation is complicated.

Not only the behemoths like Colin-Ishurian, the Empire and the Holy Tree Temple, but even the Guta people and the people from the outer seas, the chosen ones on the fringes of the competition area, also got involved.For example, in the last battle in the Turbid Realm, the Guta people intervened.

Moreover, both the first and second Covenant Mountain incidents took place in this place, and now that the former Sea Witch is approaching the Turbid Realm again, it's hard not to think of something.

Miya nodded.

She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Ed still remembers, did he tell you about Mount Covenant?"

Fang Plover nodded.

The first Covenant Mount incident happened nearly five years ago.

It seems that in the blink of an eye, even two years have passed since the second Covenant Mount incident.

The cause of the two Covenant Mountain incidents is also very simple-at that time, the third division was still at the end of the glorious decade, and the domestic guilds still controlled the muddy domain, including the Covenant Mountain, the southern waters of Whale Song Island, and Most of the area including the three main islands of the Libra Islands. …

The Sacred Tree Temple also relied on the covenant with the Corinthians, and stood against the other half of the Turbid Domain occupied by the Imperials, and launched a ten-year confrontation. at the end.

Before the start of a big battle, both the former alliance and the Rainbow Alliance entered their positions. The former alliance was based on the Libra Islands, while the Rainbow Alliance was stationed in the southern waters of Whale Song Island.

Only the Covenant Mountain located in the central area of ​​the battlefield——

At that time it was still in the hands of a free guild.

Of course, don't look at the fact that Covenant Mountain is now famous in the third division, but it is actually an inconspicuous little place in the muddy area.

The Holy Covenant Mountain is a floating island, its area is less than one-tenth of the size of Whale Song Island, the largest island in the Turbid Domain.On the entire bare island, there is actually only one rocky mountain.

Therefore, before the establishment of the Covenant Mountain, it actually had another name-Turbulent Hill.

There is actually only one most famous place on Mount Covenant.

That is, there is a secret realm similar to that of Dolfin, which is what people often call a 'dungeon'.The time overlaps there, and everything obtained in the secret realm will be reset repeatedly, just like the dungeons in many games.

Of course, another well-known dungeon, Duolifen, has long been broken, although the person who broke the illusion is unknown—but this morning, it has become the target of verbal criticism from the generation of adventurers in Elpaxin.

The 'Covenant' guild that controls the Covenant Mountain, although called the Freedom Guild, is actually not that general.

As the only free-chosen force in the Turbid Realm, the establishment behind the 'Covenant' was actually supported by many free associations in the country.

At least in that era, most of the Free Electors and Free Guild's Election Swamp would choose to be affiliated with this guild called 'Covenant' after they went to the Second World.

Therefore, it can be said that the 'Covenant' guild is a coalition of electors co-sponsored by the free guild forces in the third division.

Its status is somewhat similar to the Colin-Ishurian Southern Alliance.

The battle is about to start, and the 'Covenant' guild, as the official guild of the third division, naturally also bears responsibilities.In the covenant signed with the former alliance and the rainbow alliance, this free guild joined a group of large guilds in the camp against the empire.

But to everyone's surprise -

Just when the battle was at its most intense, the descendants of Flor issued an incredible order to order the 'Covenant' guild to withdraw from the Covenant Mountain, and let the former alliance take over the defense line around the Covenant Mountain.

This order naturally aroused the resistance of the 'Covenant' guild, and refused to implement it.

And because of the repeated vicious battles with the Empire, many high-ranking free-callers from the "Covenant" guild at that time, as well as some free-callers from the third division of the free guild who rushed to support from other regions, all concentrated in the holy About the top of the mountain.

Due to the opposition of these people, the inexplicable order of the descendants of Flor was naturally ignored.

But the conflict between Covenant Mountain and the former alliance has thus laid the groundwork.

After that came the famous Covenant Mount incident.

The former alliance used the hands of the Super Sports League to "punish" the players of the "Covenant" guild in the next Super League, and framed them for using the taboo ability on the Yuanhai Long Scroll in the competition, and the Dragon Worshipers. have an affair. …

Although those accusations were later proved to be false, the Ultra Sports League insisted on upholding the original verdict, which led to the retirement of a large number of talented drafters from the 'Covenant' guild, and the drafters from many other guilds who participated in the competition were also implicated.

The 'Covenant' Association was thus disbanded.

This incident later set off a big wave in the country, and directly led to the conflict between the free guild and the alliance guild in the third division.

After the disbandment of the 'Covenant' guild, its supporters and sympathizers rebuilt the 'Covenant Mountain' guild, and with the help of Silver Wislan, Loofah defeated the Thebes Spire Brigade in the battle of Covenant Mountain, and re-established Take back control of Covenant Mountain.

It just didn't last long.

The descendants of Flor declared war on the Covenant Mountain, and the defense of the Covenant Mountain began.

The battle was so uproar that even Fang Plover had heard about it.

The major neutral free guilds went to Mount Covenant to support them and publicly opposed the hegemonic behavior of the descendants of Flor.It was only among the chosen ones who went to the Holy Covenant Mountain from the major guilds to support them that traitors emerged.

The counterattack of the BBK League officially opened the beginning of the era of division in the third division, and led to a shocking event.

At the most critical juncture of the fierce battle between the Free Chosen and the members of the descendants of Flor, the traitor activated the copy on the Covenant Mountain through unknown means——

And turned the entire covenant mountain sea area into a dead zone.

Then the members of BBK swarmed in and captured Covenant Mountain directly from the inside.That battle directly led to the loss of the top combat power of the Freedom Guild in the third division, and almost only a few people survived the entire battle.

And Sea Witch Mia.

Is one of the survivors.

This was the second Covenant Mountain incident that directly destroyed the fragile trust between the Freechosen Guild and the Alliance in the third division.

After that, the free-chosen forces in the third division were completely defeated. Free-chosen guilds like Tapolis were almost directly incorporated into the alliance. Even the southern alliance could not escape the fate of being dismembered and annexed by BBK.

The July War that Fang Yan experienced was basically the prelude to the subsequent war between the Alliance and the Freedom Guild——

However, the alliance guild did not please.

What was once an unspoken alliance, a fragile trust, between the Alliance and the Freechosen is now shattering.The glory of the pioneers is no longer, and the third division has also fallen from the glory of the past. Ten years of glory collapsed, leaving only dust and rubble.

When the last order is gone.

The incident directly led to the internal disintegration of the third division, and the goal of the common struggle between the free pickers and the guild pickers disappeared. In the midst of the mighty internal strife, in Fang Yan's view, the Sea Witch's revenge was nothing more than It's just the tip of the iceberg.

Under such circumstances, the third division naturally ushered in a comprehensive decline, and after that, it was the big defeat in the muddy domain.

Now the Alliance of the Past and the Rainbow Alliance have won Covenant Mountain.

But it also lost everything that was originally in the Turbid Realm.

The audience of the super sports league was also in an uproar about this, but the league never responded to the matter from the beginning to the end. Until the military intervened later, people did not understand why the former alliance and the rainbow alliance did this. …

Fang Plover naturally didn't understand either.

In fact, his natural dislike of the Grand Council was also based on the two Covenant Mountain incidents.

But at this moment, the Witch of the Sea just explained the whole incident, including some details about herself that she hadn't mentioned before, and the details about Hailin Crystal.

Her voice was calm, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her, "I used the Hailin crystal to revive, and I won the Hailin crown from the Jefflet red team, the crown of the silver forest, all of this, It’s all about finding out the truth.”

"Many people went with me to support the Covenant Mountain, but they were betrayed by others and lost their qualifications as the chosen ones. If I hadn't seen the last battle, maybe I could turn a blind eye to it... But in When we tried our best to fight the enemy, someone stabbed a dagger into our back from behind—"

"I still can't forget my teammates to this day, that look of dying for no reason."

"I can't forget all that."

And at this moment, Fang Plover finally understood why Miya insisted on getting the Hailin crown at that time...

"Hatred also changed me," Miya shook her head lightly, frowning, "involving innocent people, how does my behavior differ from those of the descendants of Flor. Throughout the During the July War, the people I was most sorry for were Miss Scarpe, Mr. Quelod, and everyone in Dawn Star."

There was a pause.

Miya raised her head and looked at Fang Plover.

"And you, Ed."

"Now I have found out the truth..."

"It's only one step away from revenge."

"But only you, only you and the people of Dawn Star, I still owe you an answer."

Fang Qiu was slightly startled.

He always felt that Miss Miya was a little unusual today, as if there was something in her words.He couldn't help looking at Sylvaide, but the noble daughter was still immersed in the information about Sir Ma Wei that she had just obtained, and she remained silent at the side.

"Miss Mia?"

"Don't worry, Ed," the wolf girl shook her head, "I'll give you an answer soon, and those who planned everything will naturally pay the price."

She looked at Fang Plover quietly with her silver eyes, "I will give you a gift, I hope you can accept it."

Fang Yan was slightly taken aback, but the communication over there had already gone dark.

He was about to turn on the communication again, but suddenly felt that his hand had entered.

Fang Yan looked back subconsciously.

Only then did I realize that Miss Ship Officer was curling up, covering her mouth with one hand, trembling slightly, trying not to let herself cry out.Fang Plover was completely shocked, he had never seen Sylvaide showing such a weak side.

"Sylvie...?"

"Don't talk," Sylvaide raised her head, looked at him with tears in her eyes, her voice trembling slightly, "Can you let me lean on you, my lord captain."

Fang Plover was speechless in the darkness.

He nodded slightly.

In just a moment, a head of soft long hair leaned against his chest, and he could feel the captain's lady breathing gently in his arms, rising and falling.

In the enclosed space, only the dark fragrance lingers.

……