The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 186 The Third Mystery Lock

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Matthew obviously couldn't learn it.

In theory, the necromancer seems to be the best class for bodily trapping.

But in practice it's not that simple.

Whether it is a skeleton or a zombie, their lives are too fragile, and a low-level undead can only trigger one trap at most.

As for the concentrated area of ​​traps like spider tunnels, it would take a lot of effort to use summoned objects to explore one by one.

As for the high-level undead, ordinary necromancers are also reluctant to let them use their bodies to bear the damage of the trap.

Therefore, the Margaret exclusion method is not suitable for Matthew at this stage.

Have this skill.

He might as well recruit a thief who is proficient in dismantling traps in advance.

This cost is even lower.

But for Margaret, the power of 460 million gold coins allowed her to completely ignore any traps below legend.

The job of an engineer is completely overqualified.

present.

Margaret took the lead.

Matthew followed at a distance.

After passing the area where the traps were densely triggered, he resumed following Margaret's pace.

The way in the spider tunnel is not difficult.

The two walked side by side.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Because the journey was too boring, the two started chatting unconsciously.

And when Matthew asked Margaret how much she knew about the Blood Banner Kingdom.

The latter immediately spoke with eloquence:

"The history of the Blood Banner Kingdom is well documented within the alliance, and there is even a small section in the large library for books related to the Blood Banner Kingdom.

The earliest founder of this kingdom can be traced back to a man named Memphis.

He is a high-ranking devil from the third layer of Purgatory, the "Secretless Cave", and is the lover and bodyguard of Gracia, the queen of erotic demons.

After the ascension of Tianlun Palace.

The Calamity Mage visited Purgatory once, and beat the then Lord of the Nine Hells, Barto, to the bottom of the "Bridge of All Beings" on the ninth floor of Purgatory, and sealed him with the gods and evils.

Bator's half-fall caused the distortion and fission of the Purgatory plane.

Hundreds of years after that.

Each layer of purgatory is very unstable, and there are many folds between the layers. These folds make the relatively unified nine-layer purgatory develop many branch planes like the endless abyss.

After passing through the initial gestation period, these branch planes soon entered the "fission period", that is, the period of rapid outward expansion.

The Escana between the planes we are in was formed at this stage.

It was the submaterial world formed after the folds from the Nine Layers of Purgatory merged with a certain layer of the endless abyss.

And at the beginning of the fission of purgatory.

The high-ranking demon Mephisto, who witnessed the ascension of Tianlun Palace and the sealing of Bator, had great ambitions.

He tried to convince Gracia, the queen of eroticism, to grant him an army of demons through Pillowwind.

Memphis told Gracia that he would lead this army to the new planes, defeat all enemies, and find the three drops of "Bator" that Bartor, the Lord of the Nine Hells, lost in Purgatory when he was injured by the Scourge Mage. blood".

To know.

Gracia, Queen of Eros, is Bator's own daughter. With these three drops of Bator's blood, she has a chance to become the new Lord of the Nine Hells.

Coupled with the great trust in her lover, Gracia agreed to Mephister's request.

In this way, Memphis and his army of demons arrived in the nascent Escana, which is the land under our feet.

In the beginning, Memphis did his best to fight for Gracia.

He fought fiercely with the demon legion that came here from the abyss for decades, and more than ten million demons died in his hands.

But demons can't be killed.

Not only that, under the leadership of a great demon lord named Blue, the demons actually united together to resist the invasion of the demon army.

As a result, the purgatory forces' battle in Escana became very tense.

In desperation.

Memphis had to make a compromise, and he reached an agreement with the Purgatory Human Race who wandered from nowhere.

The two sides will not invade each other and help each other in the next 1000 years.

As a result, the day after the agreement was signed.

The leader of the Purgatory Human Race, the woman who did not leave her name in history, showed the blood of Barto that she had harvested in front of Memphis.

It turned out that Memphis had searched hard for more than ten years for Barto's blood, and one drop of it was obtained by the leader of the Purgatory Terran.

Of course, Memphis is extremely greedy for Barto's blood.

But the two parties just signed the contract.

And it's the most serious contract for a devil, he can't force the other party to hand over Barto's blood.

Not only Memphis can't do anything, even the other devils in the third purgatory behind him can't violate the covenant with the purgatory human race.

Memphis tried hard to find a solution, so he reported the matter to the Queen of Eros.

Gracia, the queen of eroticism, gave him the answer:

Just use the beauty meter.

Gracia hopes that Memphis can coax the leader of the human race into submission, and let her voluntarily present the blood of Bartor.

At first, Memphis was a little resistant to the beauty trap.

But under Gracia's repeated persuasion.

He still agreed.

Mephisto made a hundred preparations in advance, intending to seduce the leader of the human race.

As a result, the two hit it off.

In the spring of the second year, the leader of the human race gave birth to a pair of twins for Mephisto.

Those twins are actually the ancestors of your friend Rhaegar, and the true founders of the Blood Banner Kingdom.

anyway.

Seeing the growing relationship between Memphis and the leader of the human race, Gracia urged Mephisto to retrieve Barto's blood.

But the human heart is such a miraculous thing.

After having a child.

Instead, Memphis' ambition faded away. He didn't want his children to be dominated by the devil, and the years of war made him tired of endless bloodshed.

When the leader of the human race really gave the blood of Bartor to Mephisto, the latter did not hand it over to the Queen of Eriny, but split it in two and integrated it into the bodies of the twins.

From this point, it is not difficult for us to understand why the Blood Banner Kingdom can survive in Escana.

After all, the blood of Maharaja Ba Tuo, the Lord of the Nine Prisons of the previous generation, flows through their bodies! "

Matthew listened with gusto.

I didn't expect the Blood Banner Kingdom to have such a history.

"What then?"

"The Queen of Desires, Gracia, will definitely not let Mephister and the leader of the human race go just like that?"

Matthew asked.

Margaret nodded:
"Of course, when Bartor's blood merged into the twins, the Erinite Queen noticed Mephisto's betrayal.

The devil is a terrible creature. There is a strict hierarchy between their superiors and subordinates, and the system is orderly.

Gracia is furious at Memphis' betrayal.

She sent an army of demons to fight across the border.

Although Memphis at this time has reached a peace agreement with the great demon lord Bru.

But the devil army he led and the elite of the purgatory human race could not resist the army of the Queen of Demons.

After a miserable battle of annihilation.

The leader of the human race who had just given birth died on the battlefield.

Memphis was taken back to the Third Infernal Cave of Purgatory.

And the twins were entrusted by Memphis to a mysterious monk to be raised.

Decades later.

There is no record of the pair of dragon and phoenix twins within the alliance.

Instead, Memphis.

After he was captured by the Queen of Desires, he was abused day and night.

It is said that one of the things that Queen Erinia loves most is to appear in front of Memphis as the leader of the human race.

Then, in front of him, he fought with other devils, and fought with swords and swords.

Even ask Memphis:
'How wonderful is that mortal woman? '

'Can she do what I do? '

'Give you another chance to demonstrate how you and her do it! '

things like that.

All in all, it’s too much…”

heard here.

Matthew couldn't help wondering:
"Can even such content be found in the Alliance library?"

"Described as if someone was actually there when Erinia Queen tortured Memphis."

Margaret said disapprovingly:
"Of course, the creator of the "Secret History of the Infernal Cave" that records the ins and outs of this incident is another personal bodyguard of the Queen of Demons.

He witnessed everything that happened at that time.

Later, by chance, he became Mr. Fei Capital's contract devil, so he joined the Seven Saints Alliance and served as the curator of the Great Library.

If you go to the big library now, you will also have the opportunity to meet that gentleman.

That gentleman has written many books, all of which are famous for their authenticity.

What's even more rare is that the work of that gentleman is not only highly professional, but also very readable. I strongly recommend that you borrow a few more copies when you have time! "

Matthew asked curiously:
"Why is it called that gentleman? No specific name?"

Margaret shook her head:

"That gentleman is easy to be hated because he wrote too many secret histories of great people, so his name has been erased. We can only call him that gentleman. As far as I know, the personal bodyguard of the Queen of Demons In fact, it is just an incarnation of that gentleman.

His incarnations are thousands upon thousands.

Some suspect that he is another powerful demon who is close to the Lord of the Nine Hells.

But so far there is no actual basis. "

After hearing this, Matthew felt quite emotional.

It seems that the big library of the alliance still has to go frequently, in addition to learning spells, all kinds of knowledge must also be learned.

In order to avoid losses in related fields in the future.

"Then what happens later?"

"The Queen of Eros just let Mephister's children go like this?"

Matthew continued to question.

Margaret said:
"Of course not. Afterwards, the Erin Demon Queen sent people to search and arrest the twins in Escana. Unfortunately, they couldn't find the whereabouts of the twins. Mephisto was also very stubborn. He didn't tell the whereabouts of his children until he was tortured to death. .

Until 300 years later.

On the land of Escana, there appeared a pair of tieflings who controlled the Lightning Frost and the Curse of Blood respectively. Their relationship was both siblings and lovers.

They are the sons of the devil who were born with the blood of Bartor.

Relying on their extremely powerful strength, the two swept away all enemies.

In just two years, they established the Blood Banner Kingdom on this land.

It is said that when the Blood Banner Kingdom was at its peak, the siblings even led an army into the third level of purgatory.

In the end they had a hard fight with the Erinyque Queen.

It was also after this battle.

Only then did people realize the excellence of the tiefling race.

This race can not only possess the innate power of the devil, but also not be bound by order for life like the devil.

The best of the tieflings possess near-human evolutionary potential.

The Blood Banner Kingdom established by the siblings immediately attracted tieflings from other parts of the multiverse to join.

During the heyday of the Blood Banner Kingdom.

They can even stand against the most powerful layer among the nine prisons!
It's a pity that the tiefling didn't inherit the devil's long lifespan.

So today, more than 1000 years later.

Nor is the Blood Banner Kingdom's hold on Escanar as strong as it initially was.

After experiencing several stormy events.

It is not too much to describe the current Blood Banner Kingdom with internal and external troubles. "

Matthew felt something was wrong when he heard it:
"Wait, more than 1000 years later?"

"Did Bator's blood flow into purgatory happen after Tianlun Palace ascended the gate?"

"The Tianlun Palace is only a few hundred years away..."

Margaret patiently explained:

"That's because of the fission period.

Remember what I said before that Purgatory went through a long period of outward expansion and extension after it was sealed in Bator?
At that stage, the time flow of Purgatory was greatly accelerated.

In the main material world, the Tianlun Palace ascended the palace only a few hundred years ago.

But for Purgatory, more than 1000 years have actually passed.

Until 50 years ago.

The fission period is over.

Only then did the time flow rate of purgatory re-fit with the main material world.

It was also from that period that the devils once again focused their malicious eyes on the continent of Aindor. "

"Time is actually a very delicate concept, it is not as stable as you think."

"For example, in our impression, the ascension of Tianlun Palace happened hundreds of years ago, but it was hundreds of years ago, can you be sure?"

Matthew froze for a moment.

Yup!

How many hundred years ago?

Why isn't there a clear description?

He had hardly thought about it before.

It seems that knowledge about this aspect has been completely blocked.

Margaret smiled slightly:
"This is not your own confusion. In fact, no one knows the exact time when the Tianlun Palace's ascension happened, including divine mages like Suriel and Isabel, and they don't have an accurate answer."

"This is because the Tianlun Palace's ascension to the palace had a far-reaching impact. The Scourge mage released too much energy in the event of exiling the gods. These energies distorted the time domain and blurred the age."

"To this day, the mages of the alliance have estimated the time of the ascension of the Tianlun Palace to between 200 and 400 years ago based on various methods. This is already a remarkable progress."

"According to my teacher's speculation, if we want to know the exact time of this historical event, I'm afraid we have to have the same level of power as a Scourge mage."

"That's obviously very difficult to do."

"So as long as we have this concept in our hearts, we don't need to get to the bottom of it."

"Correspondingly, the three mysteries imposed by the gods on the continent of Aindor are also for the same reason."

"We only need to know its concept and existence, and there is no need to delve into its content."

When Matthew heard this, his heart moved:
"By the way, I only know two of the three major mystery locks so far."

"One is a puzzle lock, which locks the knowledge and history of the gods;
One is the civilization puzzle lock, which blocks the development of civilization in the Aindor world;
What is the third one? "

Margaret said in amazement:
"You didn't even fully understand the three mystery locks?"

Matthew scratched his head in embarrassment:
"Our country mages are like this."

Margaret frowned worriedly:

"I don't feel at ease with you like this, so I went to purgatory like this."

"You have to grasp the basic skills hard!"

"As for the third mystery lock, it is the "Chaotic Mystery Lock"! "

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　Accompanying the child for a physical examination today took a long time, but it was a little shorter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)