Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 225 Historical Paradox
"Ahara" On the way back to the hotel, Lucia chewed the name silently, "Did the so-called large caravan that was active in history originally come from a nation outside the Sea of ​​Fog?"

As we all know, the main body of the continent at the junction is in a top-heavy "C" shape. The fertile Yatan Plateau and the vast and desolate Arctic Ice Sheet form the upper edge of the C shape. The mist-filled Lienia Lake District is the middle section of the C shape. The southern section is the warm and humid Nimgofu and the Weeping Peninsula, and finally, at the end, Galede, which is the smallest in the four territories and has a relatively chaotic layout, is outlined.

"City in the Sky" Fam Azra and the Far Eastern Islands have been the inherent territory of the Ancient Dragon Dynasty for thousands of years. They are the largest island faction in the Sea of ​​Storms. Others such as "Mercenary Home" Kaidan and "Wine Holy Land" The archipelagos of Victorique and others are large or small, some are located in the vast sea in the center of the C shape, and some are dotted around the mainland like stars.

Countless islands in the Sea of ​​Storms and the main continent together form a complete border map. Although the landforms and climates are very different, and the customs of the residents are thousands of miles apart, they still have the only thing in common - they are all within the Sea of ​​Mist.

If the perspective is raised as high as possible and a large circle is drawn from a high position to encompass the world, and the periphery is filled with endless fog, storms, thunder and strange beasts, one can truly depict the pattern of the borderland and the other side of the sea of ​​fog.

Except for the exiled Golden Dynasty Eastern Expedition Corps in the 35th year of the Golden Calendar, which were the predecessors of the Faded Ones, even the most knowledgeable scholars in the border areas knew very little about the world outside the Sea of ​​Mist.

As of today, except for the extremely rare merchants from outside the Sea of ​​Mist, people's understanding of that mysterious realm is limited to the legendary Land of Reeds, and at most, the Eternal Queen's kin whose origin is difficult to verify - the Star-Moon Era of rare people.

And whenever scholars eagerly find those people from outside the area who have traveled thousands of miles to get here, and want to find out some information about the outside world, the answers they can get are all that outside the sea of ​​fog are small, desolate and barren small areas with harsh climates. On the island, just seeing that most of the businessmen did not want to return to their hometown after arriving at the junction is enough to prove their rhetoric.

In turn, the nobles and wealthy people in the border areas have also vigorously sponsored those adventurers who were not afraid of death, trying to open up the unknown areas beyond the fog sea, but without exception, they could only end up with no trace of human beings.

The nomadic caravan currently appearing in Dominura, even if only counting the current number of people, is undoubtedly the largest number of foreign visitors in the border area in history.

Lucia couldn't help but have a lot of speculations for a while. Was the caravan's success in crossing the fog sea based on luck or the control of another invisible hand?

"What are you thinking about?" Unlike Malenia, who was intoxicated with the gift and full of joy, Lani still maintained a calmness consistent with her status. She was keenly aware of Lucia's strangeness, so she gently squeezed his palm and asked road.

"The sea fog that enveloped the entire border area. When did it appear and how did it originate?"

Lucia frowned and said: "All the existing historical books only record that the sea of ​​fog surrounded the junction area as early as the birth of life, and do not know its origin at all - if this is the case, then what happens outside the sea of ​​fog? Where did the Reed People and the Rare People come from? Could it be that they also came from the starry sky civilization outside the sky in the Star-Moon Era?"

"It's unlikely," Lani muttered. "There have been many swordsmen and ninjas from the land of reeds in the border area. Their bodies and appearances are very similar to the humans in the border area. Even their languages ​​​​are generally the same, but they are just mixed. There are some strange accents that are similar to the lingua franca of the ancient border areas."

"As for the rare people, it is rumored that Queen Malika and several of her attendants are from that nation. You should know that although the star races such as the Black King, White King, and Crystal Man can also use prayer and magic, they The way of operating divine power and magic is completely different from that of the native races in the border areas. If the queen is not a native human, how can she control the magic of prayer and the law of life in a completely human way?"

Lucia thought for a moment and had to nod in agreement with Lani's conjecture. As the demigod who had the most contact with the Eternal Queen in recent years, he knew Malika's divine power very well. They are all the most orthodox and pure human lineage, and there is no possibility of originating from outside the stars.

But in this case, they also have to admit another incredible fact at the same time - the people of the Reeds, the rare people, the people of Yahara, and even more are living on the other side of the fog sea, and they still know nothing about it. The creatures were all born in the furnace of life just like the native creatures in the border area, but at an unknown time and in an unknown way, they crossed the sea of ​​fog and appeared in a place where even the eyes of the gods could not reach, and derived products that were not inferior at all. Developed civilizations at the border.According to the information known in the previous life, it was able to kill many members of the Eastern Expedition including King Gefulei who lost his blessing. The foreign civilization on the other side of the foggy sea obviously possesses extremely powerful power.

This force has been unknown for the past thousand years, but it gradually surfaced when the chaos in the border area began to emerge. Is all this really just a coincidence?
"Lucia, Sister Lani—" Marlenia, who was lagging behind, quickly caught up, "What did you just say?"

In just 2 minutes, she couldn't help but sneaked behind and dismantled the jewelry box, and put the pair of bracelets engraved with golden tree patterns directly on her hands. At this time, she ran over enthusiastically, waving her illusion skills. Under the effect, the two white arms that were indistinguishable from each other were full of energy and said: "How is it, do you look good?"

Lucia's eyes narrowed slightly, and she rubbed her brows quietly, forcing herself to focus on the insight to see through illusions. She slowly but firmly formed a smile at the corner of her mouth, and said seriously: "It's very beautiful."

Lani let go of Lucia, held Malenia's palm with both hands, rubbed it gently for a moment, lowered her eyes and said: "Yes, she is getting more and more beautiful. Malenia will definitely be more beautiful than Malika when she grows up." Your Majesty is even more beautiful."

Marlenia chuckled twice, looked at her sister, then turned her gaze to Lucia, and said casually: "In the future, I just want to be as beautiful as Sister Lani."

"You."

After passing through several lively and noisy streets, and about to arrive at the hotel, Lacard, who had been missing for a long time, suddenly emerged from another alley drunkenly. At some point, this guy put on an exotic-style mask. Wearing a silk robe, seven or eight exotic necklaces that were obviously just bought were hung randomly around her neck, and there was a bright red lipstick printed diagonally on the corner of her burgundy face.

"Hey, what a coincidence -" Larcade staggered over and hugged Lucia's shoulders, burping and saying, "Lucia, you kid didn't come with me. What a big loss, hiccup. Let me tell you, there was a harvest festival over there just now, and some exotic dancers from the Sea of ​​Fog were invited, and one of them, tsk tsk tsk, is really, really beautiful!"

"You said you hang out with two little girls every day. What's the good thing? Look at me -"

Just when Larcade was about to show off the lip marks on his face, a long sword with a vermillion scabbard hit him on the head mercilessly, followed by ice and snow magic that froze the ground and made him jump on the spot. got up.

Lannipi smiled and said: "To be able to charm you into actively suppressing your divine power and getting drunk like this, it seems that the dancer is really incredibly beautiful - remember to remind me when you get to the royal court, let's help him beg for it together. I beg my mother and Teacher Mugram to arrange my brother’s marriage as soon as possible.”

"Yeah!" Marlenia nodded vigorously in agreement.

"Don't - misunderstand, it was all a misunderstanding just now!"

(End of this chapter)