Kealand

Chapter 1 Awakening
Chapter 1 Waking Up

Throughout the ages, the Kealan continent has been a world of constant disputes. On this continent, countless young talents and some untold stories have been buried.

Even Somedi, which was once praised as the capital of gods, was destroyed overnight. Although later generations of scholars all praised its greatness, this dynasty that was born from darkness and fell from light is very important to Kaia. As far as Lan is concerned, it is just a short-lived mirage, just like that, submerged in the long river of history with a brilliant light.

Since the end of the dynasty ruled by Somedi, another new force has taken over Kealan again, bringing order to the chaotic world again. They maintain the peace among the various races and promulgate corresponding laws as actions Restraint, this group of people is what people in the world call Shenting.

But as Somerdi became history, the status of the human race in Kealan also plummeted, and all the races gathered in the southernmost part of the entire Kealan continent, forming a small country with one-third of the territory One area is occupied by the desert, which is called the desert of death.

The northern border is a land of glaciers and snow. The mountains are covered with heavy snow all the year round and the climate is cold. Due to the harsh climate, only the ancient barbarians still live here.

In the east is a mountain range with many peaks and peaks. This is the boundary line between the two races of humans and beasts, and it is also the dividing line of the ancient battlefield. It used to be called the Kayasen Line of Defense, but now people call it the Warcraft Mountain Range.

And because it is an ancient battlefield, there are many relics and treasures left behind, and it has become a paradise for countless treasure hunters.

Crossing the Warcraft Mountains and continuing to the east for a hundred miles is the territory of the beast clan, and the king of the beast clan, the Beast Emperor City, was established here.

The western part of the human territory is a vast plain, and most of the human beings also live here. Compared with the three areas with harsh climates, the climate here is milder and conducive to long-term residence. Therefore, the capital of the king, Merun City, was established in the center of the west. The area can be described as a prosperous and peaceful place.

However, compared with the name of the city of Merun, more people call the city of Merun the imperial capital, and the whole city stands on the mountain, with a huge snow peak on the south side, which is shrouded in a thin layer of mist all the year round Every time the breeze blows, the mist on the snow peak is gradually lifted like a girl's veil, revealing its beautiful outline to the eyes of the world.

When the snow on the snow peak melted, it converged into a river, which became the mother river of human beings, gave birth to all things around, and ran through the entire territory of the human race to create an economic lifeline. God Canal.

The origin of the name of the Ice God Canal is to commemorate the hero Ice God Luoying who resisted the invasion of the spirit race tens of thousands of years ago. It was Luo Ying, the God of Ice.

The ice god Luoying's sword points to the end of the world and the flow direction of the ice god canal is the same, just like the ice god wields a sword like a rainbow sword and points to the southeast.

The Ice God Canal is the economic lifeline of the human race, and the Ice God has become the patron saint of merchants. Countless merchants who come to the imperial capital will come to worship here, so the flower beds in front of the statue are always flowers. The incense is in full bloom.

Going all the way south along the Bingshen Canal, you will come to the frightening Crooked Strait, where almost all human troops are stationed just to resist the invasion of Kraken.

This place was also the first place attacked by the spirit race tens of thousands of years ago, so God's court distributed the human race here with the intention of exile.

At the same time, on the snow peak on the south side of King Merun City, there were three men wearing cloaks walking slowly in the snow, and a trail was also left on the snow behind them that extended to the foot of the mountain. Footprints, although some footprints have been covered by snow, but faint traces can also be seen vaguely.

I saw a middle-aged man looked up at Xuefeng, then took out a map from his arms, unfolded it, looked at the location marked on the map, and said slowly: "You said that the treasure will really be in this place?" place?"

"Of course!" A thin man next to him grinned immediately when he heard the words, his face looked a little stiff in the bitter cold wind, but his eyes were very firm, and said: "This map is from Dahl's study. He stole it out, and usually he values ​​this map more than his life, if I hadn't worked so hard to gain his trust over the years, I'm afraid I wouldn't have gotten it so easily."

"The Dar you are talking about is the priest of Dar?" Just as the two of them were talking, the man who had not spoken suddenly stopped and looked back at the two behind him, frowning: "If it is him, we should be careful." Good thing, after all, the people in Shenting have hands and eyes, and if he finds out in the future, I'm afraid none of us will be able to escape." The voice of this person was very low, although he covered his face, but with the tightly braced The cloak can tell that the person's body is very strong.

"What are you afraid of?" The thin man snorted softly, as if mocking the other party's cowardice, and said with a light smile: "When the treasure is in hand, we will find a remote place to hide for a year and a half, so as long as the two of you don't go out If he causes trouble, no matter how capable he is, he will never find us."

Hearing this remark, the strong man suddenly laughed a few times, nodded and said: "Since you already have a plan, I won't ask any more questions, let's hurry up." After speaking, he and the thin man walked up the snow peak together .

The three of them traveled for another half a day, until the sky gradually brightened, and they followed the marks on the map to a cave. They saw two ancient statues standing on both sides of the cave entrance, and on the rock walls on both sides of the cave It was inlaid with brilliant stones, and with the help of the shining light emitted by the brilliant stones, the three of them could roughly see the situation inside the cave.

"Is it here?" The strong man frowned and looked inside the cave, but at first glance, the cave was empty, and there was no trace of treasure.

Hearing that the middle-aged man also took out the map in his arms, he nodded thoughtfully after several confirmations, frowned and said: "If it is the seat according to the mark, there is nothing wrong with it, the treasure should be there in."

"Then what are we waiting for here? Let's go!" After the strong man said something impatiently, he walked into the cave impatiently.

However, before the strong man could take a few steps, he was pulled back by the thin man, who looked angry and said in a deep voice: "Idiot, slow down! Even if the treasure is inside, he won't open his legs and run away, but What if there is an organ inside? Don't you even care about your own life?"

Hearing this, the strong man couldn't help being startled, and then scratched his head with a silly smile, but just as he was about to say something, he saw the thin man's expression froze slightly.

With such a strange expression, the strong man couldn't help but look back, only to see a ragged boy staring at them ten meters away.

After seeing this scene, the burly man was also startled. When he looked at the boy with a vigilant expression, he quietly drew out the long knife from his waist and shouted in a low voice, "Who are you!?"

The strong man's voice echoed in the cave, but the young man stood there without saying a word, and his lifeless eyes couldn't help but make people feel a bit chilly, but what was really surprising was that in this biting In the cold wind, the boy was only wearing a thin and tattered coat, as if he was not afraid of the severe cold.

"I'm asking you something!" Perhaps out of fear in his heart, a killing intent flashed in the eyes of the strong man, and he walked quickly towards the boy.

At the same time, the two thin men also pulled out their weapons from their waists, and followed the strong man carefully towards the boy.

But when the young man saw the three men approaching him in a menacing manner, not only did he not show panic, but a chilling smile appeared on his face, and then he turned and walked towards the interior of the cave.

Seeing this situation, the strong man chased after him without hesitation, and the thin man behind him was shocked when he saw this, and said anxiously: "Come back quickly, you idiot! Be careful of an ambush!" However, the thin man's shout did not have any effect. As a result, the strong man chased into the depths of the cave as if possessed by a demon.

"What should we do?" The middle-aged man also panicked for a moment, and looked at the thin man beside him for help.

"What else can I do?" The thin man gritted his teeth and looked at the inside of the cave, and said angrily, "Catch up quickly, lest that idiot be caught in an ambush!" Running away, the middle-aged man followed closely behind.

But soon they noticed something strange, because not only did they not see the figure of the strong man and the young man in the cave, but when the two were about to give up searching and leave, they were surprised to find that even the way they came from had disappeared , there are rock walls behind and on the sides, and there is only a straight road leading to the front.

The appearance of the young man was already very strange, but at this time the fear in the two of them climbed to the peak. The middle-aged man stood on the spot and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead while frowning: "We seem to be trapped, that boy There must be something wrong!"

"It's up to you to say?" The thin man frowned and slammed his fist on the rock wall beside him in frustration, "Think about it carefully, Leo is a high-ranking knight. Can't catch a child? I'm afraid we have entered a certain formation." Speaking of this, the thin man sighed helplessly, frowned and said: "So the most urgent task right now is to find Leo as soon as possible, and then find a way to leave this!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression hesitated, he pondered for a moment and said: "But, what about the treasure? We can't go back empty-handed."

The thin and thin man suddenly became a little angry, he really wanted to go up and give this guy a slap, but he finally held back, and said patiently: "If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of being burned. If you want to If you die, you should stay alone!"

"It's all up to you." After he said this, the middle-aged man suddenly lost his mind, because compared with the current situation, saving their lives is what they should do now, so after hearing this, he didn't continue A plan to find treasure.

But as the two gradually moved forward, they suddenly heard a scream coming from the front, and the expressions of the two changed suddenly, and they hurriedly walked forward.

It wasn't until Leo's back came into the eyes of the two of them that they stopped slowly, looked around with full vigilance, and called each other's name in a low voice.

"Leo! Leo!" The skinny man yelled twice, but not far away, Leo was still stiff and motionless.

Seeing this, the thin man frowned even deeper, and after winking at the middle-aged man beside him, the two walked towards Leo cautiously. The middle-aged man kept wiping his head with his sleeve along the way. The cold sweat, the thin man also has a dignified expression.

But when the two came to Leo's back, the middle-aged man gently put his hand on Leo's shoulder, but before he could call out Leo's name, he saw Leo's body shaking in an instant. It turned into a piece of ashes and dissipated on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely shrill cry came from behind the two of them. The owner of that voice seemed to be Leo who had been reduced to ashes. It was said that they were pushed and flew out.

The bodies of the two were constantly torn and stirred by a strange wave in the air, and they could even hear the sound of bones breaking and each other's desperate cries.

In the midst of spinning around, the warm blood was constantly splattering, and it was unknown whether it was the other party's or their own, because the severe pain had paralyzed all their perceptions, and the pain lasted for an unknown amount of time, until they fell to the ground It finally stopped.

At this time, the thin man was already in a state of anger, and his body was distorted everywhere. He raised his head and looked aside, only to see the middle-aged man's body not far away from him, and he couldn't see clearly at this time. The appearance of the other party, because his body also seemed to be a mud kneaded by some kind of huge force, the color of fear suddenly became apparent, he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make any sound.

"Crack!" There was a cracking sound not far away, and the thin man raised his head with all his strength. He looked along the source of the sound, and saw a woman in a huge ice crystal staring at her. The child in his arms, and the person in his arms is the boy who appeared at the entrance of the cave earlier.

"Help me!" A difficult voice came from the thin man's mouth, but the woman just stared at her bosom for many years without even looking at him for a moment.

"Why. We shouldn't wake up so early. Is this God's will?" The woman looked at the boy in her arms sadly, and with tears in her eyes, she hung her necklace around the boy's neck, and said softly: " It will take you to the other side of the moon, before everything is over, please work hard to live, my child." After she finished speaking, her body gradually turned into bits of light and dissipated on the spot.

After a while, the ice crystals gradually cracked, and the boy's body fell powerlessly to the ground without the ice crystals blocking him.I don't know how long it took before the boy slowly opened his eyes, and looked around dimly as if he had just woken up from a big dream.

"Where is this?" A hoarse voice came from the boy's mouth, and his mind was blank. He only remembered that his name was Kaiwen, but he couldn't remember where this place was at all, but it kept echoing in his ears. With a familiar yet unfamiliar voice, that voice kept urging him to leave here, telling him that this place was not safe.

Kaiwen stood up with difficulty, staggered a few steps but fell to the ground again, glanced at the two corpses around him, and was filled with fear in his heart, he staggered to the rock wall, holding the rock wall with his hands Little by little, he moved out of the cave.

As he gradually left the cave, the voice echoing in his ears gradually disappeared, and he looked back with some reluctance, as if everything he knew was there.

A few days later, the ice and snow on the snow peak melted and a hundred flowers bloomed, but the royal city of Merun suffered a flood that had never happened in a millennium because of this, and tens of millions of residents in the city became homeless.

An old man with a crown on his head stood gloomy on the terrace of the palace, looking down at the fleeing residents and the submerged city, while the attendants standing behind him also had grim expressions.

"Did you find out? Who broke the seal?" The king looked back at the few followers behind him with a livid face, as if he wanted to find out the cause of all this from their mouths.

"Not yet, but my subordinates have sent more people to investigate, but they haven't returned yet, so it must be a disaster." A guard in armor sighed softly, and said hesitantly: "But as far as I know , there are very few people in the world who know about the tomb of Concubine Bing, but most of them are people in the court of God."

"Shenting?" Hearing this, the king frowned and said in a deep voice, "You want to say that Shenting did this?"

"I don't dare to make rash conclusions." The guard shook his head immediately, because the matter might involve a lot, he didn't dare to talk nonsense, and quickly continued: "Shenting probably doesn't want such a thing to happen, so I think it's important to do this. It should be someone else, but the subordinates already have a rough goal in mind."

"Oh?" The king's face immediately softened when he heard the words. Although it was only approximate, it was better than not having any clues to find, and said, "Who are you talking about?"

"Dahl." The guard expressed his guess without hesitation, and said, "As a member of the court, he has been to the tomb of Concubine Bing, so he knows more about the tomb of Concubine Bing than others. Condition."

"Lano! You are avenging your personal revenge!" However, before the guard could finish his sentence, a luxuriously dressed minister beside him stood up immediately. With a domineering momentum, there is a lifelike golden eagle embroidered on his left chest, which is the family crest of their family.

However, Lano just snorted coldly and ignored it. Although the other party was the lord of one territory, his status as the commander of the king's guard was not low, so he didn't care about the other party's accusations at all. It is true that he and Dahl had a personal enmity, but there was no falsehood in what he said. He just told the truth in a down-to-earth manner, and then said coldly, "Why did Duke Herwin say that? I'm just seeking truth from facts. Although you and Dar The priest has a good personal relationship, but now is not the time to abuse it."

Hearing that He Wen was about to refute, the king waved his hand helplessly and said, "Stop arguing! When the flood recedes, I will send someone to bring Dahl back. No matter what, we must find out the truth of this matter, otherwise we will not There is no way to give Shenting an explanation."

Hewin frowned, Dahl and him were very close, but at this time the king was determined to find out the truth, if he insisted on protecting Dahl, he might find criticism from others, after thinking for a moment, he said: "But Your Majesty Well, Dahl is a member of the Divine Court after all, so it is better to report this matter to the Divine Court first, and let them take over the investigation of the matter, and other races will surely get the news in the near future, so they must also think that we are pregnant. The heart of revival creates suspicion."

"That's fine." The king nodded slightly and let out a long sigh, because Hewin's words were not unreasonable. Once they didn't notify the court to investigate privately, they would definitely attract doubts from the court, and other races would probably be suspicious of the human race again because of this matter. , once the border war breaks out at that time, it will be out of control, so he has to do so in order to protect the overall situation, then he turned his eyes to Lano who was aside, and said: "I will leave this matter to you, Also inform General Tino to strengthen border protection, but remember to avoid disputes with the orcs, everything must be the overall situation."

"Yes! Your Majesty." Lano replied respectfully, but there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes seemed to glance at Hewin next to him intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing this, the king couldn't help but sighed helplessly. , and then watched the two leave the palace.

However, as time went by little by little, three years passed in the blink of an eye, and there was no clear answer to the whole matter. Since the flood receded, the city of Meron King was still prosperous, as if there was no major incident because of this incident. Variety.

However, since Kaiwen left the cave, he has been wandering around the streets of Merun King City like a beggar. At this time, he looks extremely destitute, not only skinny, but also the clothes on his body are also in tatters. It can be seen that in the past three years He suffered a lot here.

"Get out, get out!" A soldier in armor pushed Kai Wen vigorously with a spear in his hand, seeing his dirty appearance, a look of disgust flashed in the soldier's eyes, and he frowned. Said: "I don't know what happened. The king actually ordered to expel the beggars himself. Could it be that some important person is coming?" Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and pondered: "But speaking of it, the court is closer. There is no movement in the year, could it be that the Pope came in person?"

"It would be a good thing if the Pope came in person, but according to my knowledge, it seems to be related to the orcs." Another soldier pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "I heard from the captain that the prince of the orcs, Astante, is coming. The imperial capital and the king negotiated an alliance, presumably to show their national power, so they swollen their faces to pretend to be fat and ordered to expel beggars. However, I never thought that after so many years of troubles on the border, one day they would be able to sit together peacefully to discuss the alliance. Has something serious happened?" While speaking, he looked down at Kaiwen, and seeing that Kaiwen was still unmoved, he frowned, and said sharply, "Are you still going!?" After speaking, he kicked Kaiwen. It landed on Kaiwen's body, and Kaiwen, who was already thin, fell to the ground immediately.

"Stop!" At this moment, an old voice came from not far away, and then an old man in a purple robe walked over slowly, looking at the two soldiers coldly with an angry face , Asked: "Why do you want to hurt people?"

Hearing that the soldier narrowed his eyes slightly, looked the old man up and down a few times, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Old man, this is a routine, so I advise you not to ask for trouble, lest us rough-handed people hurt you." I'm sorry for you." The soldiers were still polite, after all, there are not many people who can intervene in this matter in the imperial capital, so it is better to give each other a step down than to hurt others with words that will only increase the disaster.

"You guys dare to threaten my master just because of you? You really don't know the heights of heaven and earth!" Before the soldier finished speaking, a young man suddenly rushed out from behind the old man, raised his hand and slapped the soldier directly on the face. , the huge force immediately knocked it into the air, and the blood spurted out of its mouth still contained a few broken teeth.

After seeing this scene, passers-by on the street screamed, and some soldiers patrolling the street surrounded them one after another, pointing their weapons at the boy.

Seeing this, the young man didn't panic at all. He looked at the soldiers around him aggressively, with a condescending feeling, and said coldly, "Open your dog eyes and see what this is." While speaking, he used One hand pointed to the badge worn on the chest.

I saw two soaring dragons engraved on the badge, with a blue flower pattern in the center. A group of soldiers suddenly changed their expressions after seeing the badge, and one of them quickly apologized: "So the two are from Caldari, please don’t blame my brother for offending me earlier, we’ll leave now.” After speaking, he helped up the wounded soldier.He looked embarrassed and walked into the distance.

Seeing this, the young man snorted and returned to the old man's side, but the old man just shook his head and sighed, then turned his head to look at Kai Wen, and said with a smile, "Young man, are you not injured?"

"No." Kaiwen shook his head lightly, stood up and bowed respectfully to the old man, saying, "Thank you both for your help."

"It's nothing, it's just a little effort, but you'd better leave here quickly, today's imperial capital is not peaceful." The old man smiled lightly and patted Kaiwen's shoulder beside him, and then led the young man to continue walking into the distance go.

"Mister! Please wait!" Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Kai Wen hurriedly followed.

"Is there anything else you need?" The old man looked back at Kaiwen curiously, with a gentle smile still on his face, but a look of displeasure appeared on the face of the young man beside him.

"Excuse me, can you take me with you?" Kaiwen looked at the old man with burning eyes, and this unreasonable sentence also made the old man slightly startled.

But before the old man could answer, the young man on the side snorted coldly, and said angrily, "You are really ignorant. My master had done his best to save you earlier. How could you make such a brazen and unreasonable request?"

The old man waved his hand to signal the young man to stop talking, then looked at Kai Wen with a light smile, and said, "Give me a reason, if I can accept this reason, then I will definitely take you away."

"I want to live." Kai Wen spoke without the slightest hesitation. Although the words sounded absurd, his eyes were extremely firm.

The old man looked at Kaiwen curiously, but he couldn't help being startled when he saw the necklace on Kaiwen's neck. It is colorful, so you can tell it is an extraordinary item at a glance, and this kind of item will definitely not appear on a small beggar, even if it exists, it can only be the kind of rich man who is in the bottom of the family, and then doubts: "Are you being chased by someone again? But you and I just met by chance, and your grievances and entanglements have nothing to do with me, so you should find another job."

Hearing this, Kaiwen shook his head again and again. During the three years he lived in the imperial capital, he met many people of all kinds, and he also learned some things about Caldari from hearsay, and now he met people from Caldari. Wanting to seize such an opportunity, he planned to beg the other party to take him away, explaining: "You misunderstood, I was not hunted down, I just want a chance to go to Caldari."

"I'm sorry, but I can't help you." The old man sighed softly, seeing the disappointed look on Kaiwen's face, he couldn't help sighing softly: "Young man, it's right for you to have the idea of ​​changing your destiny, but changing your destiny is not a one-step achievement." He said At this point, he took out a spar in his arms and handed it to Kaiwen, and continued: "But as long as you can send this crystal to Caldari without any problems, even if your talent is extremely poor, I will give it to you." I will also make an exception to accept you as a disciple and enroll you in Caldari as a formal student,"

"Really?" Kaiwen took the crystal from the old man's hand respectfully, and a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Of course." The old man nodded slightly, looked at Kaiwen with a serious face, and said seriously: "But don't be too happy too early, because there are still five days before the end of the Caldari assessment, if you can't arrive on time or If this crystal is broken, then my promise to you will be too high, do you understand what I mean?"

Kaiwen nodded in response, the joy in his heart was beyond words, he did not expect that the opportunity he had been looking forward to for a long time would be so easily obtained by him, then he bowed deeply to the old man, then turned his head and ran out of the city go.

Looking at Kai Wen's leaving back, the young man standing next to the old man had a puzzled expression on his face, and frowned, "Master, do you really want to take him as an apprentice?"

Hearing that the old man didn't answer Aowei's question directly, he glanced at the boy lightly and asked, "Aowei, how long have you been with me?"

"Back to Master, three years." Aowei replied respectfully, but he was also slightly taken aback by the old man's unreasonable words.

"Three years. How time flies." The old man sighed softly, looked at Kai Wen who was running into the distance, and said, "Although you have been with me for three years, there are some things you still have to worry about." It is impossible to see through it. You must know that it is impossible for ordinary people to walk from the imperial capital to Caldari within five days, not to mention the difficulties and obstacles along the way are so easy to overcome? More importantly, the crystal can only last for three days. Time, the crystal will shatter on its own after three days, and he is a beggar, how can he have money to use the teleportation array? So it is impossible for him to do it."

"But Master, I don't understand your intentions." Aowei still had a hint of puzzlement in his eyes when he heard the old man's words, because in his opinion, if the old man didn't want to accept the other party as his disciple, then why bother to go through all the trouble? .

"I don't have any special intentions, I just want him to recognize the reality." The old man smiled lightly, then ignored Aowei, and walked straight to the palace along the street.

(End of this chapter)