Cataclysm King

Chapter 313 Who are you going to arrest? This God of Plague?

"Be careful with the Bai family. Those guys didn't succeed last time. If there is such a big mess this time, they will definitely not give up and come to trouble you again."

"Yeah. But I think they won't dare to come in a short time."

"Just make sure you know it. Take care."

"Okay. Aunt Qin, see you next time."

"Ah."

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Qin Rushi's injury has almost recovered.

She also wants to go to several Bai family ancestral places to find the inheritance of the God Thief sequence.

That was her trial and test alone.

Ji Xun didn't feel that his strength qualified him to follow him.

The two parted ways.

The sound of fighting could already be heard near the swamp. Ji Xun had no intention of staying there and turned around to leave.

As for the threat from the Bai family, Ji Xun didn't take it to heart.

The hatred had long been forged, and he didn't think it would make any difference to add more hatred.

And as long as those guys were not stupid, they would have guessed that if Ji Xun and the others could survive the interception in the Southern Continent, they must have super-powerful means.

If you are not completely sure, you will never show your face easily again.

What's more, the people who came to the Plague Swamp this time were all the elites of the Bai family. They suffered heavy losses and there is a high probability that they will stop for a long time.

As for the trophies in the [DP-955 Research Institute], the good things are all at the bottom, and Ji Xun doesn’t think they need to consider them in the short term.

Ordinary people can't take it away.

With the helpless Leech Emperor guarding him, anyone going to the seventh level would be destined to die.

The jar has been taken away, and the top experts in the southern continent probably have no interest in taking risks.

Ji Xun wondered when he would have enough strength to take a look.

He guessed that Master Merlin must be very interested in those research materials and the [Leech Emperor], so after sending a message to Catalina, he left the Plague Swamp.

These days, adventurers from the Southern Continent are pouring into the Old Continent in large numbers.

In addition to the Hydralisk Legion, there are several legions near the Plague Swamp.

The news of the annihilation of the Hydralisk Legion quickly spread among the adventurers in the southern continent.

But few know what exactly happened.

This also attracted a large number of curious people to explore the ruins of the research institute deep in the swamp.

However, [Corrupted Human Mushroom] is to some extent more troublesome than that [Leech King].

There were only dead people and a large number of poisonous spores in that area. After a few waves of people died, there were fewer adventurers to join in the fun.

a few days later.

In the dark valley, a group of heavily armed mercenaries escorted supplies forward in a leisurely manner.

There was a thick smell of decay in the air.

Some red-eyed crows stood on the bare luminous branches, staring at the passing people.

This road is a dangerous area marked on the map as Death Valley.

There used to be an ancient battlefield near here, where a lot of creatures died, and therefore there were a lot of undead monsters.

The mercenaries escorted the supplies all the way, and the losses were not small.

"Oh, damn ghouls, we lost three more brothers."

"Brothers, keep an eye on it. This is a material entrusted by the Royal Academy. Don't make any mistakes. It's only 70 kilometers away. Cheer up!"

"Captain, we have transported the supplies this time. Do you really want to go to the Rune Highlands to see it?"

"Of course I want to go and see it."

"But I heard that it is an undead wasteland, full of undead monsters, and the casualty rate of exploration is very high."

"Brother Lamb, you don't understand. Don't you understand that our batch of goods is required by the 'Royal Academy'? The supplies arrive first, and then the army from the academy will arrive. What do you think, noble gentlemen?" How bad can our intelligence be? I suspect that there must be some big treasure in the Rune Highlands before the nobles come. Let’s try our luck first.”

"The leader is right! Hey, Scar, do you know what 'rune' means?"

"Hey, I almost forgot that you are an [archaeologist]. Tell me."

"It is said in ancient books that runes are the origin of all mantras, and they are the symbol of the laws of the universe. It is said that every 'rune' has magical and extraordinary abilities. If you get it, you can get a glimpse of the secrets of high-level laws. The wasteland in the northeast was called this name tens of thousands of years ago, but the strange thing is that there are almost no records about that wasteland even during the Talon period. Now that the kingdom’s top officials are still targeting it, do you think there is no secret?”

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In the Big Smoking Gun mercenary group, an ordinary middle-aged swordsman sat on a cart pulled by a monster, lazily listening to the chatter of others.

Yes, this is Ji Xun in disguise.

Normally, since there had been such a big commotion in the Plague Swamp, Ji Xun, an important participant, should have fled far away.

But he didn't do that.

Darkness under a lamp is often safest.

He was confident that his disguise was flawless.

With [Clown Mask] and [Hero Cloak] as treasures, you are not afraid of being discovered by enemies using mysterious means.

What's more, after receiving the trophies from "Black Widow" Heather and others, Ji Xun also firmly decided to continue to fish in troubled waters among these people in the Southern Continent.

The Old World is so big, and the deeper you go, the higher the danger.

He really wants to go hunting for treasure alone like a headless fly. Not to mention the low efficiency, the harvest will not meet expectations.

These guys in the Southern Continent have a ready-made, systematic, and unbroken inheritance of card masters!

Just the trophies of Heather and the others, if placed in the Eastern Wasteland, would definitely be a major discovery that could subvert the entire card master world.

This is much more efficient than Ji Xun alone, or even countless teams digging into ancient ruins bit by bit.

And the most important thing is - intelligence!

The Airel Empire launched a large number of legions and adventurers to develop the Old Continent, and its huge population base also supported a huge intelligence network.

Ji Xun needs this information.

He needs to prepare for his subsequent advancement.

He chose this escort team because their destination was the Rune Highlands.

Ji Xun has a mysterious map obtained from "Warren City Rebel Camp" in his hand.

After pondering for so long, he suspected that the Rune Highlands pointed to by the map might be related to the Imperial Tomb of Augustus.

He wanted to go before, but felt unsure about traveling alone.

But the opportunity is right now.

Those in the Southern Continent have already explored several relatively safe routes with the help of a large number of adventurers.

It will be much safer to follow this team.

Moreover, Ji Xun followed him all the way and heard a lot of information that he was interested in.

such as.

This statement about "Loon Heights".

It is not that there are no experts among the people. These professional mercenaries who lick blood at the edge of their swords have a sense of smell for treasures that is even more sensitive than those of the higher-ups.

And what about the "materials of the Royal Academy".

Ji Xun used that information to deduce some details that were more detailed than those of the mercenaries.

He had seen the escorted supplies before and found that there were some luxury daily necessities that had nothing to do with adventure but were necessary for aristocratic life.

Such as gold cups, silver plates, fine imitation blankets.

This means that there may be a "Royal Academy Noble Group" on the way.

Only those aristocratic young masters and ladies can be so arrogant and extravagant.

This made Ji Xun very interested.

Let’s not talk about what’s in Rune Highlands yet.

But at least, in his eyes, the trial team of the Royal Academy is a walking treasure trove.

The Southern Continent is a pure royal society, and the nobles control absolutely high-end resources.

According to Aragorn, the Southern Continent has inherited most of the fifty-two sequences.

And there is a sequence that truly leads directly to the divine level!

And most of those unbroken inheritances are in the hands of those great nobles!

This is something that none of the countless civilian mercenary captains like "Black Widow" Heather can compare with.

And Airel Royal Imperial College is the first noble college in the empire, and the students there are either rich or noble.

Ji Xun likes all kinds of nobles, young men and young ladies the most.

Those noble students who are going to Rune Highlands must have something different.

This made Ji Xun more certain of his speculation: somewhere in that wasteland, there might really be the location of the imperial mausoleum of Augustus!

The seventy kilometers were not walked very fast, and hundreds of undead monsters were killed along the way. After most of a day, the escort team of the Smoking Guns Mercenary Group arrived at the "Screaming Valley Camp".

Further west is the Loon Highlands.

When they arrived, a temporary camp made of huge logs had been built in the valley.

There was a bonfire in the camp, and adventurers wearing armor and swords came and went.

A lively and busy scene.

Ji Xun is already familiar with the rhythm of spy life.

After he arrived, he didn't rush around and just asked for information everywhere.

As soon as he arrived at the camp, he noticed something unusual.

There are three regular legions here that are similar in size to the "Hydralisk Legion".

They are well-trained and there are many high-level card masters.

But at first glance, these regular troops were not here for adventure. They seemed more like they had come to explore the road in advance and clear obstacles in order to meet the noble young ladies from the Royal Academy trial group behind them.

The task of exploration fell to mercenaries and hunters.

These people from the Southern Continent have been here for many days, and a lot of information has been accumulated in the camp.

"This Rune Highlands is really evil. I heard that there were more than 300 people in the 'Red Beard Group' yesterday. In the end, only the leader, Elder Bourne, came back alive. He said he encountered an undead bone dragon."

"Skeleton Dragon?"

"It's not just bone dragons. There are also undead giants, Behemoths, human-faced ghost spiders, and demonized tree men. These are all high-level undead species that can give birth to legendary monsters. I don't know where there are so many in this ghost place. Rare species."

"Yes. There are also dedicated Necromancers who find professional materials. It is said that a few days ago, a lucky guy captured a sixth-level mythical undead monster [Terror Griffin], whose combat power is close to that of the seventh-level ."

"Hiss, that's a good spiritual pet. If it were to be auctioned by the empire, it would definitely be worth over ten million gold coins."

"This Rune Highlands is a treasure land for necromancy and darkness card masters. But for us, apart from monsters, we haven't found any valuable ancient ruins. We don't know what there is to discover. If it weren't for the commission, It’s so high, I almost want to leave.”

"Hey, don't you understand? It is said that several extra-dimensional spaces have been discovered, all of which are plots related to tombs. I guess there may be large tombs nearby. Didn't you see official legions from the three kingdoms coming? Over here Something big is bound to happen!"

"I hope so. We don't have enough war slaves. I hope the wilderness hunting team can capture more people from the Eastern Wasteland to make up the number. Otherwise, it's up to us. I don't know how many people will die to explore such a large wasteland."

"Yes. But having said that, have you heard that something happened over there in the 'Plague Swamp'?"

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Ji Xun walked around the camp and already picked up a lot of fragmentary information.

As expected, this Rune Highlands is very dangerous.

But as Ji Xun listened, he became more and more curious: Why do so many undead monsters appear here together?

Such as Bone Dragon, Giant, Behemoth, and Griffin.

Those mythical undead spirits are extremely rare.

Under normal circumstances, let alone appearing in a crowd, even if you encounter one, it feels like you are lucky.

There are actually a lot of people in the Rune Highlands?

The adventurers were confused.

But when Ji Xun heard the information, he felt a familiar feeling in his mind. Because he met it once.

The Silver Moon Sect once summoned bone dragons and giants in Innocence City.

And that old man with a hunchback used a legendary spell - the Scourge of the Undead!

So Ji Xun instinctively thought of a possibility: Could it be that there are so many rare undead in the Rune Highlands because someone once released a large undead natural disaster?

The more he deduced, the more he felt that this was very likely.

Perhaps thousands of years ago, an unknown war took place here.

A few days passed by.

Ji Xun stayed in the camp.

Every day, large numbers of people flock to the Wailing Valley camp from elsewhere.

There are also a large number of adventurers exploring the wilderness.

All kinds of new information are also sent back to the camp one after another.

While Ji Xun was inquiring about information, he also discovered that there were more and more regular troops in the camp, and there were also some military secret guards disguised as adventurers mixed in the crowd.

Seeing this, Ji Xun also knew that the adults from the Royal Academy were coming soon.

this day.

Ji Xun was drinking wine in the simple hunter's tavern as usual, listening to the information brought by the hunters from all directions.

His name is "Sean" now.

Because he had predicted the arrival of the Royal Academy Group, Ji Xun disguised himself as an "intelligence merchant" who would easily sneak into the ranks of the nobles in the future.

In the past few days, he had become very familiar with the adventurers in the tavern.

It's somewhat famous.

Just wait for the official army to recruit you.

However, before waiting for the college group, he first received a wanted notice that surprised him.

While he was drinking, a few sergeants in bright armor posted a wanted notice on the most conspicuous place on the notice board of the pub.

This immediately attracted the curiosity of Ji Xun and all the drinkers.

"Hey, there's an S-class wanted reward from the kingdom."

"What's going on with this guy? He's not yet at level 7, so why is he on the S-class wanted list? Ouch, the bounty for providing clues is only three million gold coins? What on earth did he commit, and the bounty is so high? This is even comparable to Those cadres rebelled against the Dragon Army."

"Could it be something over there in the Plague Swamp?"

"Probably not. This is a wanted order issued by the Red Dragon royal family. According to the royal family's urine, I dare not say the reason for the wanted. It may be that he is involved in some royal scandal."

"Hey, the time when the arrest warrant was issued reminds me of some gossip. According to people from the transportation team, the Red Dragon Royal Family's treasure house was stolen more than half a month ago, and a very important treasure was lost. At that time, there was a commotion in the capital. There was an uproar, but the strange thing is that the royal family was only looking for someone, but they never told the outside world what was missing."

"Why is the arrest warrant for the theft in the Royal Capital sent to the Old Continent? Looking at the description on the warrant, could this person be a professional spy from the Eastern Wasteland?"

"Hey, interesting."

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Everyone was surprised.

Many of the adventurers who came to the Southern Continent this time were criminals sent to the Old Continent to atone for their crimes.

Therefore, it is impossible for any wanted warrant to be sent to the Old Continent.

Ji Xun was also confused.

At first glance, when he saw the description of "suspected Donghuang spy" on the reward notice, he thought it was a wanted order with a reward for himself.

But it's not.

The masked portrait on the wanted poster was obviously that of a woman.

Although the face can't be seen, the "ball-top" hairstyle is very realistic.

Ji Xun always felt like a certain ball-headed lady he knew.

but

The Southern Continent is so far away, so that girl won’t steal things and go to the Red Dragon King’s capital, right?

"What's going on?"

The expression in Ji Xun's eyes was slightly strange.

But then I thought about it, with Nan Jing's ability to get out of the gate of the underworld, it's not surprising that he went to the Southern Continent.

But what exactly did she steal?

Ji Xun was also extremely curious.

But it’s good that I didn’t get caught.

Just as he was thinking about it, the camp outside the tavern suddenly became noisy.

Someone shouted at the top of their lungs: "Come and see! Big shots are coming to our camp! There are so many big shots!"

Ji Xun looked away from the wanted notice and murmured: "Here he is finally."

After preparing for so long, the wait is finally here.

"Oh, why are so many noble young masters and ladies suddenly here?"

"Oh, my God, the one in the lead...can't be His Royal Highness Salo, the nineteenth prince of the royal family, right?"

"It's true! Look at the other lady in the princess dress. That one is Miss Caroline, the second princess of the Grand Duke of Kiriyama's family."

"The red-haired one is Master Baker from Count Pompeii's family. I was once employed by their family's chamber of commerce and met that young master once."

"What are these big shots doing here?"

"Oh, I know, this must be the graduation trial of the Royal Academy! I didn't expect the teachers of the academy to choose this year's trial location in the Old Continent."

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Ji Xun stood on the second floor of the tavern, looking at the street, where a group of young nobles were walking into the camp surrounded by a mighty army of knights.

He listened to the people pointing around him and matched the names and identities of those people.

After sensing the energy, Ji Xun's slightly narrowed eyes gleamed with coldness: "They are all very strong."

The worst graduates of the Royal Academy are third-level card masters.

Among the young nobles in front of him who were similar to his own age, there were even fourth- and fifth-level nobles.

Not just dragonborn with high bloodline purity.

And they are all elites who have accumulated the best resources since childhood.

The combat power cannot be underestimated.

The status is also very noble.

In the trial group of dozens of people in front of me, there were several princes and princesses.

Ji Xun never looked down upon these people.

But seeing the nobles' heritage with my own eyes, I still feel that the adventurers underestimated the nobles.

These young masters and ladies are not the legendary "people who are stupid and have a lot of money".

On the contrary, they are generally very strong and excellent.

Dragons are sexually promiscuous and can even ignore racial mating.

As dragon descendants, the imperial nobles naturally inherited related habits.

The nobles respect the concentration of dragon blood.

Therefore, the higher the aristocracy, the more chaotic life is and the more productive one is.

It is said that the current king of the Red Dragon Kingdom has more than three digits of direct descendants.

But with so many princes and princesses, it is impossible for all of them to have the right to inherit.

Therefore, the struggle for royal power in the Southern Continent is also extremely cruel.

Under cruelty, the strong must be respected.

This group of young nobles is not simple.

After he memorized the faces and relevant information of everyone in the trial group, Ji Xun began to deduce his thoughts and determined something. He thought to himself: "These princes are here. In this way, these royal families are here for that big weapon." Here comes the sword"

It was just a suspicion before.

But looking at those princes now, he was almost 100% sure that the royal mausoleum of Augustus was in the Rune Highlands.

It looks like a graduation trial.

In fact, it may be a means of fighting for royal power.

After all, Aragorn said before that the [Holy Sword of Olympus], the four sacred weapons of royal power, is most likely to be in the tomb of King Augustus.

Some well-informed royal families have already reached out.

Because Ji Xun had already guessed, there was no surprise.

He watched the group of nobles walk into the apartment specially built for them in the center of the camp amid the kneeling welcome of the hunters.

He also paid close attention to the accompanying guards and discovered many masters.

“Not a good chance”

Ji Xun looked at it and thought about it in his heart.

Unless this group of aristocratic young ladies are personally involved in danger, Ji Xun's strength may not even be able to pass the outer sentry with this defensive strength.

Even the people at the bottom of the Royal Academy’s graduation trial didn’t know the content, and Ji Xun didn’t have enough information to deduce what they were going to do in the future.

But he wasn't in any hurry either.

Judging from the current intelligence, the risk in Rune Highlands is much higher than that in Plague Swamp.

As long as this group of people goes on an adventure and waits, they may not miss the opportunity.

The noble young men all entered the tent, and the crowd dispersed.

Behind them are supplies, servants, and a team of slaves.

There's nothing exciting to see.

The slaves were outside the camp, chained like animals, and imprisoned in a pile.

Ji Xun glanced at it casually.

These are cannon fodder consumables, so you don’t need to pay too much attention to them originally.

However, at this glance, he suddenly froze, and he suddenly wondered: "Huh?"

He even blinked and almost thought he had seen it wrong.

After taking a closer look, Ji Xun was sure that he had read it correctly. His eyelids twitched and he couldn't help complaining in his heart: "Who did you want to arrest? Why did you arrest this one?"

Recently, people in the Southern Continent have indeed been catching slaves everywhere.

There are also many people in Donghuang in the Old Continent. If they are caught, they will not be killed, but used as cannon fodder.

But rather.

This time they arrested the last person they should have arrested.

"Hehe, long time no see, old man."

Ji Xun recognized that person and smiled jokingly.

He didn't expect to meet an old acquaintance in this way.

If I didn't see any opportunities before.

So now, when Ji Xun saw the slave, he saw it.

The old man with the slave collar around his neck, his front teeth protruding, and his wretched little eyes rolling around.

If it’s not Old Man Xu whom I haven’t seen for a long time, who is he?

If he really wanted to capture someone else as a slave, even a hero like Aragorn, Ji Xun felt that the future was unpredictable.

But by chance, you caught a guy like Old Man Xu, a "god of plague"?

Based on the experience of several previous encounters, this guy is a "death anchor".

Ji Xun only saw one result in his eyes.

No matter what happens in the future,

Old man Xu will live,

Others, if their fate is not strong enough, must die.

(End of this chapter)