Wizard From Afar

Rut Infinite:

After three years of long waiting, repeated reconnaissance, raids, and monster hunting missions, I Finally won the protection of Loren Torino, Duke of Byrne, and the trust of Captain Lucien of the wings of the sky (Fiend Legion hunting), and led the team to perform an important lurking mission alone.

Target, Yunling Kingdom, Cloud Peak, the capital of the dwarves.

After experiencing the unprecedented battle of Silverhelm Mountain, which won great prestige for the Duke of Byrne, the fall of the Dwarf Fortress had an unprecedented blow to the Supreme King’s prestige; the peace that had been struggling to maintain was completely torn. broken.

Every dwarf fortress has declared independence, and even they all claim to be the'High King of Yunling'; they are constantly attacking each other, but they are blocked by the inconvenience of mountain traffic and each other. The passage between the fortresses made large-scale battle impossible; the form of war was basically limited to looting, destruction, and air scolding.

Even with the support and assistance from Byrne, the prestige of the Dwarf Supreme King (or the "original" Supreme King) dropped a thousand zhang in one fall when the kingdom was divided, not only did the decree fail Peak , Even in Cloud Peak, it is not very easy to use.

Such a chaotic situation was directly affected by the empire. Since the "mithril trade" was completely cut off, Holy Cross Church could no longer obtain one kilogram of mithril; but at the same time, Byrne relied on food and The material aid method exchanged an astonishing amount of mithril ore from the hands of the High King, which totaled about two to three times the annual "mithril trade".

Therefore, even if the empire has any way to immediately end the dwarven civil war, it is impossible to get any mithril ore compensation, because they really can't even get a piece of ore.

In addition to the sudden decline in the reputation of the Supreme King, another cause of this civil war was related to the "by-product" of the battle of Silverhelm Mountain three years ago-the Corruptor.

The inside of Wings of the Sky uses this name to call the humanoids eroded by the Holy Blood Potion-they have no pain, no desire, or even the senses, but they have extremely strong life force. Most of them can only be stopped by cutting off their heads, and a few of them can still move unless they are blown to ashes.

After the Battle of Silver Helmet Mountain, hundreds of thousands of Corrupt Demons entrenched in the fortress began to scatter, a small part wandering in the big green sea, and the overwhelming majority scattered in the mountains of the Yunling Kingdom. between.

Those few monsters with battle strength and life force make the road between the fortresses extremely dangerous; in the case of internal divisions, the dwarves can’t completely wipe them out, so they can only defend themselves. The fortress did not emerge, which further aggravated the division.

But Lucien Captain, or Duke Loren Torino, believes that the causes of the long-term turmoil in the Yunling Kingdom are not limited to these, but the result of some forces deliberately pushing behind them.

Dwarves are a highly militarized race. Once they are unified and put into battle, they will be the most powerful war machine. Civil wars and divisions will severely weaken the power of this war machine.

Currently, the Supreme King is still confronting the rebels according to Shouyun Peak. With the corruption devastated and all fortress passages blocked, it is expected that this confrontation will continue for a long time.

My task is to investigate the reasons why Yun Peak has not been able to restore the ruling power of the Yunling Kingdom, as well as the possible identity of the murderer behind the scenes, to prepare for the Duke’s next plan.

The night watchman who is always loyal to the Empire;

Sincerely, Karl Colin.

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After writing the last word, Karl Colin cautiously put away the charcoal pen and parchment, hesitantly erased it The words "Prepare for the Duke's next plan" were then put into the letter paper tube he carried; after repeated confirmations, he was relieved, rubbing his eyes tiredly.

Similar things, he has done countless times in the past few years.

Three years ago, after the night watchman who had mixed into Byrne was discovered, Duke Loren Torino not only did not get rid of or imprisoned himself in the dark, but acquiesced to the night watchman after each mission. Report on the status and progress of the mission;

Similarly, the leader of the night watchman, Root Infinit, who was aware of the problem, seemed to have acquiesced to this fact, never mentioning the facts he exposed, but Give yourself various tasks as always.

In the past three years, there have been an endless stream of heretical cults, which kept the already battered Holy Cross Church busy coping with it; the "ghoul tide" that broke out in Lothar appeared to be attacking towns, the ancient wood forest. ogre became restless once again;

Arles Duchy suffered the most ferocious monster invasion in a century. The ice werewolves from the north went south on a large scale, slaughtering villages and even besieging fortresses; The Boyle Hussars are still cleaning up the remaining residues of the "Centaur War", and Eboden's ocean-going fleet is still silent.

The turbulent situation has allowed the Heavenly Vault and Scarlet Blood Castle to reach a tacit understanding to some extent.

I can let your actions go, but I must not speak up; you have to stop when things get up, because I have to intervene.

In the past three years, this "tacit understanding" between the two parties resolved uncommon incidents-the mutant monster tide, the heretical cults mixed into the village, and the suspected Evil God apostle. Corruptors... countless.

But the "tacit understanding" is based on the current turbulent situation, the contradiction between the two sides is still extremely sharp; in addition to Byrne's rising reputation, they have almost clearly stood by Brandon De In the camp of His Royal Highness Salion, the imperial nobles in Sacland supported Crown Prince Connold without any suspense.

No one knows what His Majesty Eckhart II thinks about; but as he gradually ages, contradictions intensify day by day; internal contradictions surpass external contradictions, it is only a matter of time.

How long this "peace" walking on the steel wire can last, Karl Colin doesn't know, but at least now he can use his own way to contribute a little to this peace .

Even if it’s really just a little bit...

"What do you do?"

The moment the words rang behind, Carl Colin moved instinctively. stand up.

"Ding——!"

The crisp sound of the organ, it was the sound of the Hidden Blade.

Turn around, raise the elbow, suppress, and grab.

in one go.

"Boom——!"

In less than half a second, the silhouette who had just approached from behind was pressed under him, the Hidden Blade against his throat, his face still held The expression half a second ago.

Only then did Karl Colin clearly see the guy under him; a childish baby's face was full of horror, and he raised his hands above his head subconsciously.

Carl frowned slightly.

Martin-the chief of the third phase of Wings of Sky, one of the ten people who first passed the trials of Dalton · Kander Master and Lucien Captain, a complete recruit.

Today’s Wings of the Sky is no longer the Hundred Men Squad, which had only 96 people when it was founded. It has expanded its army twice in three years. After eliminating the dead and missing, there have been more than 300 people, nearly one. The size of the flag regiment.

This guy in front of him is the newcomer to the second expansion-no longer a veteran like himself, or a warrior with a certain wizard innate talent, but Dalton Kander from the Torino wizard Academy Selected apprentices with innate talent.

The biggest "feature" of this group of recruits is that they have no warrior consciousness. They always feel that they can amaze the world with a single brilliant feat. I can't wait to prove myself and then be as fast as firefly. Die.

"I warned you, more than once."

Staring coldly at the recruit who was pressed to the ground, Carl Colin whispered: "There is a dead corner behind the neck. It is also a place where Fiend hunters are always on guard."

"Yes, I'm sorry!" Martin twitched his throat severely, and the corner of his gaze glanced at the sharp edge of his neck: "I will remember next time."

"If you forget, there will be no next time."

coldly snorted, Karl Colin still retracted his Hidden Blade; Martin with a sigh of relief slapped him off. The dust on his face, the excited smile on his face seemed to have forgotten the fact that he almost died just now.

"Captain, what are we going to do next?"

The recruit who was lurking in the grass with an excited look couldn't help but ask.

Freowned, Karl Colin couldn't help sighed then said.

"Have you seen the entrance there? According to the original plan, we should have sneaked into the Cloud Peak fortress three days ago, waiting for the opportunity to investigate the real reason why the Dwarf Supreme could not get out of the door. "He opened the mouth and said in a deep voice:

"But now because the Corruptor of Silverhelm Mountain has spread to the vicinity of Yun Peak, all entrances and passages have been blocked, and it is impossible to enter the fortress; The only choice is to wait and retreat."

The moment Carl Colin uttered the word "retreat", the recruits were obviously reluctant. look.

"So for the next time, we must rest assured and wait for the opportunity." Karl Colin continued: "The supplies we brought can last for four days. If there is no change after four days, , Just return the same way."

"Return the same way, just return without success?" The disappointed recruit subconsciously said.

"Not reconciled?"

"Of course not reconciled!" With his fists clenched, the recruits were heavily nodded: "I have been waiting for this day since I joined the team. ; How can you be so dingy and go back without doing anything?!"

"Then you should be fortunate, fortunate that you still have the right to be unwilling."

Carl · Colin coldly said, and his sharp eyes made the recruits shrink their necks instinctively: "Not every Fiend hunter is like you, you can spend your first mission fortunately."

"overwhelming majority has gone to hell without even knowing who the enemy is."

The air has quieted again.

The startled recruits stared at the rune on the back of Karl Colin's neck, a sign that the first veterans of Skywing possessed.

The seniors in the recruiting team mentioned that Skywing’s predecessor was the Duke’s Guard formed by the wounded veterans and Knights during the Centaur War. The only ninety-six people left in the 100-man guard became the first group of Fiend hunters.

They are also the strongest Fiend hunter so far, and it is said that they even have the ability to fight against trolls alone.

Now, the hero in mind, the idol tells himself to "retire" dingy...

"So...we can only retreat, right?" The recruit cautiously He asked: "Then if there is an accident..."

"If there is an accident..." Carl Colin interrupted him coldly:

"Then we It is even more necessary to retreat-the secret mastermind that can cause the dwarves to split for a long time, at least must be the leader of the heretical sect, or even the level of the Evil God apostle... That is not the enemy that we can fight head-on."

" But... haven’t you defeated them three years ago?" The recruit retorted, his eyes flushed with excitement: "I still remember, I remember the day when you entered from the Scarlet Blood Castle city gate that day-20,000 Byrnes The army captured Silver Helmet Mountain and defeated Chakar, leaving the Centaur tribe with no trouble for a hundred years!"

"If you were able to do so, why not now?!"

"Because there is no army of 20,000 Byrne here." Karl glanced at him with a blank expression on his face: "Because you and I are not the Lord of Byrne either, Lord Loren Torino."

He squinted his eyes, his eyes were fascinated, but what he saw in his dazed vision was not the scene of the scattered ashes and dispersed smoke of the Evil God's body leaping from the back of the dragon;

The corpses were everywhere, The chaotic battlefield of blood and water, the omnipresent Corruption Demon encircled on all sides; the angry roar of Lucien Captain, the screams of one by one being torn apart;

and...

There is also a scene where Chakar turned his surroundings into ruins, and his tentacles fell from a position less than ten steps away from him.

That's...the scene that I will never forget in my life.

"Okay, you have said enough." Stopping the recruits who wanted to continue to question, Karl Colin got up and left: "Continue to monitor the movement of Yun Peak, and report to me if there is any abnormality. "

"As you bid!" The new recruits who hesitated to speak and stopped were not reconciled, and almost wrote the word "disappointment" on his face.

But this is not what Carl Colin needs to take into account-the civil war turbulence in the Yunling Kingdom is conducive to maintaining the "tacit understanding" and peace between the Scarlet Blood Castle and the Sky Vault to a certain extent. There is no better result than this.

Next, if everything goes well and nothing goes wrong, I only need to take this recruit who has nothing but impulse to survive four days, and ambushed a few corrupted demons on the way back. Let this kid kill one by himself, even if he completes the mission—reconnaissance Cloud Peak's intelligence and train recruits at the same time.

That’s right, as long as everything goes well and nothing goes wrong...

"Boom————!!!!!!"

Carl Ke who just turned around Before Lin had gone far, a violent explosion sounded from the direction of Yun Peak, and the raging wind came over the surface.

A black smoke rose slowly over the distant mountains.

The two Fiend hunters were dumbfounded, staring at the flames in disbelief.

The invulnerable, indestructible and impregnable cloud Peak, actually...

was breached? !