Cataclysm King.

Chapter 487 The truth behind the fall of Lanlingst

The strong man with the tea beard felt a thump in his heart when he heard Qin Ru's words.

The look on his face was filled with panic and confusion, which meant he was thinking: Who are these guys?

You must know that in the Southern Continent, it is taboo to even directly call the dragon **** "Erel" by his name.

But when this person mentioned the supreme Dragon God just now, there was no trace of respect at all?

At this moment, Teabeard was finally sure that these people in front of him were definitely not from the Holy See!

 Is it a “heresy”?

 They had been recruited by the Holy See before and participated in several operations to suppress heretics.

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

If it had been before, he would have fought these heretics to the end without hesitation.

 But now

The supreme holy aura of the Holy See has been completely shattered since they were silenced in the secret realm.

Those are just a bunch of hypocritical guys.

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

Moreover, Tea Beard also showed a hint of bitterness on his face when he heard the other party use the word "buy".

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

  There is no choice.

It is clear that the other party has the ability to steal, so being able to say this is already the best situation.

“That secret realm seems to be the place where the gods died in battle in ancient times, and 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 lot of **** and abyss monsters in it. We have only explored the thirteenth level of the cave, and we have already encountered many incredible high-level monsters. Those monsters are huge and much stronger than the same-level monsters. . There are also some who have strange abilities, and we suffered heavy casualties. Moreover, we don’t know how deep it is.”

ˆ “.”

After Teabeard recognized the reality, he became less secretive in his speech.

　From how they were recruited, how they came, which route they took, what they found, and why they were silenced

 Told them one by one.

Ji Xun actually heard the beginning and almost guessed the whole story.

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

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

 But what happened next, he really didn’t expect to be so twists and turns.

That secret realm is actually the place where Emperor Lanlingst fell!

Teabeard continued to talk.

“There are still many spiritual remnants and extradimensional spaces from ancient times in the secret realm. This also allowed us, the first group of adventurers who went deep into the secret realm, to get a glimpse of the truth of the original battle between gods.”

“There seems to have been a divine war that year. The Dragon Clan of the Southern Continent conspired to ambush Emperor Lanlingst of the Talon Dynasty.”

"At that time, it was the heyday of Alterac civilization. The golden dragon **** Marodis led the dragon clan. He led the brass dragon, iron dragon, platinum dragon, bronze dragon, and at least five god-level dragons participated in that shocking battle. Lan Lingst came to the southern continent just to explore the depths of the secret realm, but for some reason he came out seriously injured, which also allowed the dragons to find an opportunity to succeed in the sneak attack. However, no one expected the strength of Emperor Lan Lingst. It is too powerful, even if it is seriously injured, both sides will suffer heavy losses after a big battle."

“Originally, the outcome of the battle was unknown. However, unexpectedly, a three-headed dragon suddenly broke into the battlefield. It attacked the Golden Dragon God Marodis and Emperor Lanlingst. I don’t know what happened next.”

“But just because we spied on these ancient secrets, it also brought death to our group. Only then did we know that the people of the Holy See had recruited us and did not want us to take these secrets out alive.”

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When Ji Xun and the members of the Great Sword Group heard this, their faces were expressionless, but their trembling eyes foreshadowed the unrest in their hearts.

This news is quite explosive.

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

Didn’t he fall into the abyss, but was attacked by the dragon clan in the southern continent?

Although Teabeard doesn’t know what will happen next.

 But the fact now is that the powerful Alterac collapsed overnight, and was replaced by the Airel Empire that has ruled the southern continent for hundreds of thousands of years.

It’s no wonder that the Holy See wanted to erase that period of civilized history.

The "Three-Headed Dragon God Airel" indeed played a disgraceful role as a sneak attacker in that battle.

 He fully embodied the word "cunning" of the dragon in this story.

Ji Xun listened, and the logical lines of the chronological documents he had seen before were now completely complete.

 Before coming, everyone thought that the "Dead Zone" only had a high mortality rate.

 Thinking about a newly developed ruins area, it is normal for the death rate to be high.

However, I didn’t expect that those in the Holy See did not expect that these recruited mercenaries and adventurers could get out alive.

Chabeard's escape was a stroke of luck.

He finally said: "We knew that those ancient secrets were of great importance, and we originally wanted to hide them. However, for some reason, the people of the Holy Vatican quickly discovered the anomaly, and then the Holy Dragon Knights began to kill us. They I didn’t want us to take this secret out. The group leader and everyone else died in the encirclement and suppression. The reason why I survived was because our battle happened to attract an eighth-level Warcraft Lord lurking in the secret realm, and it dispersed in an instant. Encirclement. I was lucky enough to escape during the chaos."

 This is the end of the story.

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

ˆ “.”

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

 He suddenly thought of his teammate "Zhuosha" who was a clone of the Royal Academy.

The people of the Holy See have less loose control over the secular power of the king than it seems.

Teabeard said, looking at everyone in the Great Sword Group again, and said: "I have said what needs to be said. You should know what this news means."

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

 After hearing this news, the people of the Holy See will definitely silence themselves.

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

However, he was surprised.

Everyone present, apart from being surprised to hear the story, showed no signs of panic about the imminent silence.

Chabeard's eyes twitched, becoming more and more certain that these guys were heretics.

But now it doesn’t matter who they are.

Teabeard just wanted to escape quickly. He took the initiative to take out the package that he had been keeping and said, "I don't know what this 'gem' is, but it must be very precious. This is what several of our mercenary groups have joined forces to surround." It was obtained by killing a seventh-level mutated monster, and the people from the Holy See not only wanted to silence it, but they also seemed to be here for it."

He also knew very well that after telling the whole story and those lines, his greatest value was gone.

 Can't keep the treasure.

It doesn’t matter whether you sell it or not, the best outcome is to stay alive.

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

"Um."

Qin Ru took the cloth bag calmly.

She didn’t even take another look before she directly threw out a storage ring in exchange and said: "The things in the storage ring are not as valuable as the things in your hand. But for now I can only give this price."

 The storage ring contains the World of Warcraft materials and some insignificant belongings that have been hunted recently.

These things are clean enough and nothing can be found.

　　　　???”

Chabeard received the storage ring thrown at him and was stunned for a moment: Do you really want to buy it?

 He only glanced at it and found that the storage ring was filled with various Warcraft materials.

 If you really have to sell it all, you won’t be able to spend it all in a few lifetimes.

Haunted for a moment, he saw that everyone in the Great Sword Group was not joking. He was surprised and said quickly: "That's enough! That's enough!"

 Not to mention that the other party really kept his promise, which already surprised him.

 Even exchange value is enough.

 He is very self-aware. What the other party exchanges is not only the materials, but also the risks.

 No matter what it is, there is a high probability that you can’t keep it.

 It’s enough to be able to exchange for these things.

 After the transaction was completed, everyone in the Great Sword Group stopped surrounding the strong man and made way for him.

Chabeard felt like he was in a dream when he saw that he could really leave alive.

He said without being verbose: "Everyone, thank you very much. Farewell!"

Just as I turned around and stepped forward with an uneasy heart, I suddenly heard someone behind me saying, "Wait a minute."

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

However, as soon as he turned his head, he heard the intelligence dealer calmly reminding him: "Don't go to the northwest. Take the east side of the Gravel Canyon to detour. It's safer that way."

Teabeard's expression flashed with complexity as he listened: "Okay!"

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

After the people left, Ji Xun and everyone in the Great Sword Group also looked at each other in shock.

I didn’t expect that I would encounter such a thing while camping casually.

“Hey, it’s interesting, it turns out that gods can also do sneak attacks.”

"Yes. That's how the dragon **** Airel came to power. These dragonborn people in the Southern Continent still think that the dragon is supreme. Hahaha, this is no different from the **** plot of the noble families in the Eastern Wasteland fighting for power. Well"

“But having said that, Emperor Lanlingst is really powerful. Even the five dragon gods teamed up to ambush him and inflicted damage on both sides. This is indeed the end of the legend of the Chaos Era.”

“Hey, tell me, why did Emperor Lanlingst go to the Dead Realm? What is there?”

 “There is the ultimate secret of the world.”

“Bah, Lawson, can you just stop talking? Just be honest.”

“If you don’t believe me, ask Brother Ji Xun, he will definitely say the same thing.”

"Hahaha"

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

The revolutionary army has been surviving in encirclement and suppression all year round, so when everyone heard the secrets that would make anyone in the Southern Continent panic, instead of having any worries, they became curious.

But after chatting, everyone also sensed the crisis.

Since the people of the Holy See are chasing that guy again, and now that they are in contact, there will of course be risks involved.

Chen Jian Wuliu reminded: "Chief, I'm afraid we can't stay here any longer. We have to camp somewhere else."

"Um."

Qin Ru nodded, looking at the cloth bag in his hand, a flash of thought flashed across his expression.

This godhead fragment is different from the ones they obtained before. This piece involves some other causes and effects. Even if it is hidden, some mysterious methods may be able to trace it.

Of course Ji Xun knew what she was thinking, and said directly: "Give me the stuff. I'll go for a walk."

Qin Rusui looked at her and wanted to say she would go alone, but looking at Ji Xun's eyes, she had so many things to say in her heart, she only changed to a few words: "Well. Be careful."

Ji Xun nodded.

The tacit understanding between the two does not require any explanation at all.

 He can think more carefully than anyone else, and he can also move in space, which is the best anti-tracking method.

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

In order to avoid people being suspicious, Ji Xun wanted to follow the teabeard's escape route and continue walking for a while to build this logical line.

He is extremely capable at acting, and can even imitate some of Teabeard's body movements, such as the slightly lame left leg due to injury, and the footprints on the ground that are heavy on the right and light on the left.

 In this way, I ran for dozens of kilometers and made a big circle.

 Then he jumped into an underground river.

 Let Ivan swallow the fragments of the godhead.

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

Several teleportations in space completely eliminate traces of action, and a perfect tracking trace is completed.

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

As expected, no pursuers came, and the night was peaceful.

No one noticed this night, and with Ji Xun's methods, it would be even more impossible for people from the Holy See to cause trouble for them later.

 It's half a moon again in this flash.

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

 The harvest is also very good.

As we go deeper, there are more and more high-level monsters. They are strong enough and have successfully hunted a large number of monsters.

 Among them are two seventh-level monsters with mythical bloodline, [Dragon Claw Fire Crow] and [Golden Feathered Vulture].

This made everyone in the revolutionary army very excited.

  Because this is a precious material that is necessary to advance to the seventh level, it is highly suitable for the advancement needs of "Demolitionist" Lawson and the group's chief assassin "Sick Tiger" Dan Dong.

　　Including the materials they had hunted before, everyone found that their purpose of coming to the South Road this time was almost complete.

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

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

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

 The information Ji Xun has is the latest.

 Coupled with good luck, it was expected that they would succeed in hunting.

 However, there are also unexpected situations.

On the road, they once again encountered a hellish creature that almost reduced the number of the team - [Ghost Mantis].

These hellish creatures are born assassins, perfectly able to hide in the air.

 And travel in groups.

 No one has seen this legendary creature before.

 However, while the Great Sword Regiment was camping, they encountered a sneak attack by a group of these praying mantises.

 Fortunately, the strength and tacit understanding of everyone in the Great Sword Group are not bad.

Although two people were seriously injured and more than a dozen people were lightly injured, the group of mantises were successfully eliminated and a bunch of precious **** materials were harvested.

 But this also reminded them.

 The closer you get to the "Dead Realm", the more and stronger the **** monsters will be that escape from the secret realm.

 The more unknowns there are.

If you continue to explore alone like this, you are guaranteed to encounter a crisis of group destruction one day.

 But they don’t want to miss the great opportunities and secrets in the Dead Realm.

Most importantly, the events at the Sun Temple and the subsequent encounter with the deputy leader of the Mithril Snake still left some hidden dangers.

 Most people will choose to stay in a more remote place.

 But Ji Xun did not.

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

 After discussing with Qin Ru, everyone decided to join the large army of the mercenary union.

 Inquire about information, avoid risks, and look for opportunities.

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

　　There is a fairy-tale name called "Firefly Camp".

Because the cave where the camp is located has a large number of spore plants, the wind blows through the forest, and fluorescent spores like fireflies scatter in the sky.

Ji Xun and the others had always taken the route planned by themselves before and had not encountered other groups.

 Now that we have changed to the main route, we quickly followed the mercenary union’s guidance sign and found this camp.

From a distance, everyone could see the bustling camp.

“Hehe, we actually built such a big camp and even repaired the magic tower. Those guys from the mercenary union are really good at getting things done.”

“It takes a long time to develop the Dead Zone. So many mercenaries need a supply station, so it’s not surprising that there is a camp here.”

“Yes, but those adventurers don’t know that it’s easy to come but 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 Regiment had no intention of being secretive at all, and walked towards the camp carelessly one by one.

There was a guard at the door. He showed his mercenary badge and entered easily.

In the team, Ji Xun has been quietly observing the surroundings. He glanced at the towering magic tower in the camp, but found that those stones were also fragments of ancient buildings.

And looking at the carvings on the gravel, they are almost exactly the same style as the previous Sun Temple in Blackwater Swamp.

Qin Rusu next to him glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

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

  “Heh.”

Qin Rushi glanced at it and knew what he was talking about.

This camp may have originally been an ancient temple.

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

The campground is not large, but there are many people there, like a lively town.

The weapons shop with clanking swords hanging on it, the magic shop with a dazzling array of cards in the windows, and the general store selling adventurer equipment.

 Several large chambers of commerce also opened their shops in this camp.

 Adventurers can replenish whatever they need.

Of course, the most popular one is the Adventurer Tavern.

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

The mercenary tents were all outside the camp. Ji Xun recognized the flags of at least dozens of mercenary regiments, 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 Rushu noticed a few scrutinizing glances.

But they didn’t show any abnormality at all.

 Completely like an ordinary mercenary group.

Ji Xun looked at the busiest street and suggested, "Let's go, how many drinks can we have?"

Qin Ru said happily: "Okay."

The members of the Great Sword Group have also been exploring for more than two months and need 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 followed Ji Xun and Qin Rushi and wandered on the street.

Looking at an adventurer's tavern with the word "Lucky Tavern" on it, the three of them dived in.

 Calculating the time, it’s still afternoon.

 But the tavern was crowded.

But fortunately, Ji Xun's "Intelligence Businessman Sean" had many options. With a face card, the three of them managed to reach a small corner of the bar.

Those who can get here are no longer small mercenary groups. There are many high-level card masters in the tavern.

 But it is human nature to brag after drinking too much. There is a lot of information in the noisy conversation.

Ji Xun and the other three ordered drinks.

 The price of the same wine is about twenty times that of the Giant Spirit 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 **** monsters in the nearby forest now, and the lord monsters are everywhere. Small and medium-sized teams like us don’t dare to leave the camp casually.”

"Yeah, there are so many monsters from **** that appeared out of nowhere. They are also ridiculously strong. The eighth-level [Dark Peacock] the day before yesterday hit the death beam, and the Royal Cavalry Regiment of the Red Dragon Royal Family suffered heavy losses. In the end It's a pity that the monster escaped. It is said that it is a high-purity mythical species."

"The Phoenix, the Hell Flying Dragon, the World-Destroying Thunder Ape, and the Dark Peacock are all the fourth eighth-level monsters I've heard about. It's so **** weird. You can't even see the top-level monsters on weekdays. It all came together.”

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

“Someone I knew went there before, but there’s no news yet. I don’t know what the situation is. I guess that line is very risky, so I’ll wait and see for a few days.”

“The Holy See has recruited them. I saw with my own eyes that all the elite Holy Dragon Knights have gone there. I think it’s no problem.”

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These conversations turned into tiny pieces of information in Ji Xun's mind, and then spliced ​​together with strands of logic, gradually restoring the situation of the Firefly camp in recent times.

However, most of these are scattered groups, or they have just arrived in the camp, and few people know the true situation about the "Dead Zone".

Ji Xun didn’t think he could get any useful information on the first day.

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

However, the camp is not big, and anyone you know can probably meet you walking on the street.

Ji Xun and the three of them were drinking, and a familiar scene happened again.

A guy with blond hair and blue eyes wearing shiny armor suddenly entered the tavern. He recognized Qin Rushi at a glance and walked over: "Hey, isn't this Captain Qin?"

 Familiar routines, serious encounters.

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

 Seeing this guy, Bonnie muttered, "This guy is here again."

However, when Ji Xun saw the person coming, Yu Guang and Qin Ru glanced at each other and whispered: "You are indeed being targeted."

 (End of this chapter)