Cataclysm King

Chapter 487 The Truth about Lanlingster's Fall

When the brown-bearded burly man heard Qin Rushi's words, his heart skipped a beat.

There was a hint of fear and confusion in his expression, as if he was wondering: Who are these guys?

You should know that in the southern continent, even calling the Dragon God "Airel" by his name is taboo.

But when this person mentioned the supreme Dragon God just now, I didn't hear any respect at all?

At this moment, Tea Beard finally confirmed that the people in front of him were definitely not from the Holy See!
Is it "heresy"?
They had been recruited by the Vatican before and participated in several operations to suppress heresy.

He was not surprised to encounter those evil and cruel pagans preached by the Holy See in the Warcraft Forest.

If it were before, he would have fought these heretics to the death without hesitation.

But now
The supreme holy halo of the Holy See had been completely shattered when they silenced the witnesses in the secret realm.

They are just a bunch of hypocritical guys.

On the contrary, now that he met someone who was not from the Holy See, he truly saw hope of survival.

Moreover, when Tea Beard heard the other party use the word "buy", a bitter look appeared on his face.

He thought for a moment and then responded, "Okay! I can sell you both the information and the things."

There is no choice.

Obviously, the other party has the ability to rob, and being able to say this is already the best case scenario.

"That secret realm seems to be the place where gods died in battle in ancient times. There are a lot of chaotic areas left in the ruins."

"The secret realm seems to be connected to the underworld, and there are a large number of monsters from hell and the abyss. We have only explored the thirteenth floor of the cave, and we have encountered many incredible high-level monsters. Those monsters are huge in size and much stronger than the monsters of the same level. Some of them have strange abilities, and we suffered heavy casualties. Moreover, we don’t know how deep it is."

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After Tea Beard realized the reality, he became less secretive in his words.

How they were recruited, where they came from, which route they took, what they discovered, and why they were silenced
Told them one by one.

In fact, after listening to the beginning, Ji Xun had almost guessed the whole story.

Tea Beard and his "Mithril Snake Mercenary Group" were one of the many adventure groups that responded to the call of the Holy See. They came to the World of Warcraft Forest and completed various tasks assigned by the Holy See.

Then we discovered the "Dead Zone" and went to explore it.

But he really didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns later on.

That secret place is actually the place where Emperor Lanlingster fell!
Teabeard continued his story.

"There are still many spiritual remnants and different-dimensional spaces from ancient times in that secret realm. This also allows us, the first group of adventurers who have entered the secret realm, to peek into the truth of the original war between gods."

"It seems that a war between gods took place that year. The dragons of the southern continent conspired to ambush and kill the great Emperor Lanlingster of the Talen Dynasty."

"That was the heyday of the Alterac civilization. The Golden Dragon God Marodis led the dragon clan. He led the brass dragon, iron dragon, platinum dragon, bronze dragon, and at least five god-level dragons to participate in the earth-shattering ambush. Lanlingster seemed to have come to the southern continent to explore the depths of the secret realm. I don't know why he was seriously injured. This also gave the dragons an opportunity to succeed in the sneak attack. However, no one expected that Emperor Lanlingster was too powerful. Even though he was seriously injured, after a fierce battle, both sides were injured. The dragon clan suffered heavy losses."

"Originally, the outcome of that battle was unknown. However, unexpectedly, a three-headed dragon suddenly broke into the battlefield. It attacked the Golden Dragon God Malodius and Emperor Lanlingster. I don't know what happened next."

"But it was because we spied on these ancient secrets that our group was in danger of death. That's when we realized that the people of the Holy See recruited us and didn't want us to be alive and take these secrets out."

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When Ji Xun and the others from the Great Sword Group heard this, although their faces were expressionless, their trembling eyes foreshadowed the unrest in their hearts.

These news are really explosive.

Even Ji Xun was very surprised. It turned out that the truth behind the fall of Emperor Lanlingster was like this.

Didn't he fall into the abyss, but was ambushed by the dragons from the southern continent?
Although Tea Beard didn't know what would happen next.

But the fact is that the powerful Alterac collapsed overnight, and the Arel Empire ruled the southern continent for more than 100,000 years.

No wonder the Holy See wants to erase the history of that civilization.

The "three-headed dragon god Ariel" did play the dishonorable role of a sneak attacker in that battle.

He fully demonstrated the dragon's cunningness in this story.

As Ji Xun listened, the logical lines of the documents from different periods that he had seen before in his mind were now completely complete.

Before coming here, everyone thought that the death rate in the "Dead Zone" was just high.

Considering that it is a newly developed heritage area, it is normal that the mortality rate is high.

However, it was unexpected that those people in the Holy See did not think that these recruited mercenaries and adventurers could get out alive.

It was extremely lucky that Tea Beard was able to escape.

He finally said: "We know that those ancient secrets are of great importance, and we originally wanted to keep them secret. However, for some reason, the people of the Holy See soon discovered the abnormality, and then the Holy Dragon Knights began to kill us. They didn't want us to take this secret out at all. The captain and everyone else died in the siege. I was able to survive because our battle happened to attract an eighth-level monster lord lurking in the secret realm, and it immediately broke the encirclement. I was also lucky enough to escape in the chaos."

This is the end of the story.

Then they fled in panic until they met Ji Xun and the others.

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Tea Beard didn't know how they were exposed, but Ji Xun vaguely guessed it.

He suddenly thought of his Royal Academy clone teammate "Zhuo Sha".

The Holy See's secular control over royal power is not as loose as it seems.

Teabeard said, and glanced at the Great Sword Group again, saying: "I have said what I need to say. You should know what this news means."

Now they can be said to be on the same front.

After hearing this news, the people of the Holy See will certainly silence them.

He thought people would regret forcing him to tell this story.

But he was surprised.

Everyone present, apart from being surprised by the story, did not show any fear of the impending silencing.

The corner of Tea Beard's eye twitched, and he became more and more certain that these guys were heretics.

But at this point, it doesn’t matter who they are.

Tea Beard just wanted to escape quickly. He took out the package he had treasured and said, "I don't know what this 'gem' is, but it must be very precious. It was obtained by several mercenary groups working together to kill a seventh-level mutant monster. There were many casualties. Those people from the Holy See not only wanted to silence us, but they also seemed to be coming for it."

He also knew very well that by telling the whole story and those lines, his greatest value would be gone.

The baby can't be kept.

It doesn’t matter whether it is sold or not now. Being able to survive is the best outcome.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the strong man was surprised again.

"Ah."

Qin Rushi took the cloth bag calmly.

Without even glancing at it, she directly threw out a storage ring as a trade and said, "The things in the storage ring are not as valuable as what you have. But this is the only price I can offer you at the moment."

The storage ring contains the Warcraft materials hunted recently and some unimportant property.

These things are clean enough and nothing can be found.

"???"

Tea Huzi received the storage ring thrown to him and was stunned for a moment: Are you really buying it?

With just a glance, he discovered that the storage ring was filled with various Warcraft materials.

If I really wanted to sell them all, I would never be able to spend it all in my lifetime.

After a moment of shock, he saw that the people in the Great Sword Group had no intention of joking. He was surprised and said quickly: "Enough! Enough!"

Not to mention that he was already extremely surprised that the other party actually kept his promise.

Even if it is just exchange value, it is enough.

He was very self-aware that what the other party exchanged was not just the materials, but also the risks.

No matter what that thing is, there is a high probability that I can't keep it.

I am already content to be able to exchange these things.

The deal was done, and the Great Sword Group stopped surrounding the burly man and made way for him.

When Tea Beard saw that he could actually escape alive, he felt like he was dreaming.

He said without further ado: "Thank you, everyone. Goodbye!"

Just as I turned around and took a step with trepidation in my heart, I suddenly heard someone behind me say, "Wait a minute."

Tea Beard's heart skipped a beat, thinking something had happened.

However, as soon as I turned around, I heard the intelligence dealer calmly remind me: "Don't go northwest. Go east to the 'Gravel Canyon'. It's safer there."

Teabeard listened with a complicated look on his face: "Okay!"

He looked at everyone with gratitude, turned around and disappeared into the dense forest.

After the people left, Ji Xun and the members of the Great Sword Group looked at each other.

I didn't expect that I would encounter such a thing while just camping.

"Hehe, interesting, it turns out that gods can also use sneak attacks."

"Yeah. So that's how the Dragon God Aierel came to power. The dragonborns in the southern continent still believe that dragons are supreme. Hahaha, this is not much different from the bloody plots of the noble families in the Eastern Wilderness fighting for power."

“But having said that, Emperor Lanlingster is really strong enough. He even managed to defeat both sides in an ambush by the five great dragon gods. He is truly worthy of being the legend who ended the Age of Chaos.”

"Hey, you tell me, why did Emperor Lanlingster go to that dead zone? What is there?"

"There is the ultimate secret of the world."

"Bah, Lawson, can you stop talking nonsense? Speak something honest."

"If you don't believe me, ask Brother Ji Xun. He will definitely say the same thing."

"Hahaha"

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Without outsiders, everyone in the Great Sword Group started chatting.

The revolutionary army had been surviving under encirclement and suppression for many years, so when the people heard those secrets that would make anyone in the southern continent panic, they not only did not have any worries, but were instead extremely curious.

But even as they chatted, everyone sensed the crisis.

Since the people from the Holy See are hunting that guy again, there will of course be risks involved if they come into contact with him now.

Chen Jianwuliu reminded: "Chief, I'm afraid we can't stay here any longer. We have to find another place to set up camp."

"Ah."

Qin Rushi nodded, looked at the cloth bag in her hand, a hint of thought flashed across her expression.

This fragment of the divine power is different from the ones they got before. This one involves some other causes and effects. Even if it is hidden, some mysterious means may be able to trace it.

Ji Xun knew what she was thinking, so he said directly, "Give me the things. I'll go for a walk."

Qin Rushi wanted to say that she would go by herself, but looking at Ji Xun's eyes, she only said a few words out of all the things she wanted to say: "Well. Be careful."

Ji Xun nodded.

There is no need to explain the tacit understanding between the two.

He can be more meticulous than anyone else and can also move through space, which is the best anti-tracking method.

He was also the best person in the team to deal with this problem. As he said this, he took the cloth bag, turned around and plunged into the dense forest.

In order to avoid suspicion, Ji Xun wanted to follow the route that Tea Beard took to escape and continue for a while to build up this logical line.

He has strong acting skills and can even imitate some details of Tea Beard's body movements, such as the slightly limping left leg due to his injury, and the footprints on the ground with the right side heavier and the left side lighter.

I ran for dozens of kilometers and made a big circle.

Then he jumped into a dark river.

Then let Ivan swallow the fragment of the godhead.

No storage space is as safe as this girl's belly.

Several space teleportations completely eliminated all traces of movement, and a perfect tracking trace was completed.

Not long after, Ji Xun caught up with Qin Rushi and the others, and they moved to another place to camp for the night.

As expected, there were no pursuers and the night passed peacefully.

No one noticed that night, and with Ji Xun's methods, it would be impossible for the people from the Holy See to cause trouble for them again in the future.

In a blink of an eye, another half month has passed.

Ji Xun and the Great Sword Group continued to hunt high-level monsters in the Monster Forest, going deeper and deeper.

The harvest was also very ideal.

As they went deeper, they encountered more and more high-level monsters. They were strong enough and successfully hunted a large number of monsters.

Among them are two seventh-level magical beasts with mythical bloodlines, the [Dragon Claw Fire Crow] and the [Golden-Winged Vulture].

This made everyone in the revolutionary army very excited.

Because this is a precious material required for advancement to the seventh level, it just happens to be highly consistent with the advancement needs of "Demolition Master" Rosen and the group's chief assassin "Sick Tiger" Shan Dong.

Taking into account the materials hunted previously, everyone found that they had accomplished most of the purpose of coming to Nandalu this time.

The team members were very excited, but Ji Xun and Qin Rushi were not very surprised.

Because this was the hunting plan they had made before setting out.

There are not many adventure groups that can hunt seventh-level monsters, and usually the lord monsters will not move.

The information Ji Xun has is the latest.

With their good luck, their hunting success was expected.

However, there are also unexpected situations.

On the way, they once again encountered a hellish creature that almost killed off the team - the Ghost Mantis.

These hellish creatures are natural assassins who can hide perfectly in the air.

And they travel in groups.

No one had ever seen this legendary creature before.

However, during a camping trip, the Great Sword Group was ambushed by a group of these mantises.

Fortunately, the members of the Great Sword Group are all strong and have good tacit understanding.

Although two people were seriously injured and more than ten people were slightly injured, they successfully eliminated the group of mantises and harvested a bunch of precious hell materials.

But this also reminded them.

The closer you get to the "Dead Zone", the more hellish monsters escape from the secret realm, and the stronger they are.

The more unknowns there are.

If we continue to explore alone like this, we may face the crisis of being wiped out one day.

But they don’t want to miss out on the great opportunities and secrets in the dead zone.

The most important thing is that the previous incident at the Temple of the Sun and the subsequent encounter with the deputy leader of the Mithril Serpent still left some hidden dangers.

Most people would choose to hide away.

But Ji Xun didn't.

He felt that they needed a complex environment with many people to confuse this direction.

After he discussed with Qin Rushi, everyone decided to join up with the main force of the Mercenary Union.

Get some information, avoid risks, and look for opportunities.

There is a cave half a month's journey away from the Dead Zone, where the mercenary union members have set up a temporary camp.

It has a fairy-tale name, called "Firefly Camp".

Because there are a large number of spore plants in the cave where the camp is located, when the wind blows through the forest, fluorescent spores like fireflies fly all over the sky.

Ji Xun and his group had always followed the route they had planned and had not encountered any other groups.

Now we changed to the mainstream route and quickly followed the signposts of the Mercenary Guild to find the camp.

From a distance, everyone could see the bustling camp.

"Hehe, they actually built such a big camp and even repaired the magic tower. Those guys in the Mercenary Guild are really capable."

"It takes a long time to develop the Dead Zone. So many mercenaries need a supply station. It's not surprising that there is a camp here."

"Yes, but those adventurers don't know that it's easy to come here, but it's hard to leave."

"Whatever, I can smell the wine, let's go have a drink!"

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The members of the Great Sword Group had no intention of hiding anything and walked towards the camp in a carefree manner.

There was a guard at the door, and I was able to get in easily after showing my mercenary badge.

In the team, Ji Xun had been quietly observing his surroundings. He glanced at the towering magic tower in the camp, only to find that those stones were actually fragments of ancient buildings.

Moreover, the carvings on the rubble are almost exactly the same as the style of the Temple of the Sun in the Blackwater Swamp.

Qin Rushi beside him glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ji Xun chuckled and said, "The people of the Holy See demolished the temple of the Light Sect and built a magic tower."

"Ah."

Qin Rushi took a glance and knew what he was talking about.

This camp may also have been an ancient temple.

They had previously speculated that the temple was the corner of the sealing array, which meant that it was a very critical location.

The campsite is not large, but there are many people there, like a busy small town.

There was a weapons shop with swords hanging on the wall, a magic shop with a dazzling array of cards in the window, and a sundry shop selling adventurer equipment.
Several large chambers of commerce also opened shops in this camp.

Adventurers can replenish everything they need.

Of course, the most common ones are adventurer taverns.

There is no better pastime than good wine to relieve adventurers' fatigue and tension in the wild.

The mercenaries' tents were all outside the camp. Ji Xun recognized the flags of at least dozens of mercenary groups, as well as some private soldiers of the nobles.

There are many strong people in the camp.

As soon as the members of the Great Sword Group came in, Ji Xun and Qin Rushi both noticed a few scrutinizing glances.

But they didn't show any abnormality at all.

It's exactly like an ordinary mercenary group.

Ji Xun looked at the busiest street and suggested, "Let's go and have a few drinks."

Qin Rushi said happily: "Okay."

The Great Sword Group had been exploring for more than two months and needed some entertainment.

The tavern is also the best place to get information.

Everyone happily dispersed and went to find their own fun.

Bonnie was not interested in having fun, so she just followed Ji Xun, Qin Rushi and the other two and wandered around the street.

Seeing an adventurer's tavern with a sign that read "Lucky Tavern", the three of them dived in.

Calculating the time, it's still afternoon.

But the pub was packed.

Fortunately, the "intelligence businessman Sean" played by Ji Xun has many connections. After swiping a face card, the three of them also managed to get to a small corner of the bar.

Those who can come here are not small mercenary groups. There are many high-level card masters in the tavern.

But it is human nature to brag when drunk, and there is a lot of information in the noisy conversation.

Ji Xun and the other two ordered some drinks.

The same wine costs about twenty times as much as in Juling City.

The three of them drank, chatted, and listened to the adventurers bragging.

Ji Xun's scattered thoughts allowed him to separate the muddy sounds in his ears into clear conversations among dozens of tables of drinkers.

He also listened to some information that interested him.

"Oh, there are more and more hell monsters in the nearby forest now, and lord monsters are everywhere. Our small and medium-sized teams dare not leave the camp casually."

"Yeah, I don't know where all these Hell-type monsters came from. They're ridiculously strong. The Red Dragon Royal Family's Royal Cavalry suffered heavy losses when the eighth-level [Hell Peacock] shone with its death beam the day before yesterday. In the end, the monster escaped. What a pity, it's said that it's a high-purity mythical species."

"The Phoenix, the Hell Dragon, the World-Destroying Thunder Ape, and the Dark Peacock are the fourth eighth-tier magical beasts I've heard of. It's fucking weird. Normally, we don't even see those top-tier magical beasts, but now they're all here in a cluster."

"I heard that it came out of the big pit in the south. Hey~ Aren't the Black Dragon and Silver Dragon royal families recruiting experts to explore the big pit? The price is very high. Aren't you, the Giant Shield Group, interested?"

"Someone I know went there before, but there's still no news. I don't know what the situation is. I think that route is very risky, so let's wait and see for a few days."

"The Holy See has called for them. I saw with my own eyes that the elite Holy Dragon Knights have all gone there, so I think there will be no problem."

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These conversations turned into tiny pieces of information in Ji Xun's mind, which were then pieced together with strands of logic, gradually restoring the situation of the Firefly Camp in recent times.

However, most of these are individual groups, or have just arrived at the camp, and few people know the true situation of the "Dead Zone".

Ji Xun didn't think he could get any useful information on his first day.

Since there was no rush, the three of them just drank one cup after another.

However, the camp is not big, and you might run into anyone you know walking on the street.

As Ji Xun and the other two were drinking, a familiar scene happened again.

A blond guy wearing shining armor suddenly entered the tavern. He recognized Qin Rushi at a glance and walked straight over to him: "Hey, isn't this Captain Qin?"

A familiar routine, a serious encounter.

The person who came was none other than William, the captain of the King's Knights who he had met before at the gate of Giant City.

Seeing this guy, Bonnie pouted and muttered, "Here he comes again."

However, when Ji Xun saw the person coming, he looked at Qin Ru and whispered, "Sure enough, you are being watched."

(End of this chapter)