Chapter 844 Pantanal Swamp
Because there is little harm in using [Coin of Wisdom] infrequently, some ring warlocks will use this coin as an auxiliary product when they seek inspiration and breakthroughs, and some ordinary people who have discovered its use have the opportunity to become a piano player. celebrities such as writers, writers, or detectives.
This led to a slightly higher asking price for the coin, although it was only of poet grade, and Shade spent 28 pounds to buy it.
"In addition, the matter of time perception that you asked me about a few days ago has already taken shape."
The old man finished boiling the hot water and poured a cup of tea for Xia De. Although the lighthouse is very dilapidated, the black tea leaves are quite high-grade: "I don't know where you heard that our monastery has the knowledge of the old **** [sage in gray robe], but you are right Yes, indeed. I wrote to the secret keeper in charge of the library and asked him to search for it, and it took two weeks to find what you wanted."
Xia De looked at him expectantly, and Mr. Edmond shook his head: "That is a slate with the holy emblem of the old **** [Sage in Gray Robe], which was brought by the sect that joined the Priory, but Nobody knows how to use it."
Xia De thinks that he probably knows that from the experience in the Gaddis library, the old **** should set the stone slab to be, and the knowledge inside can be seen by saying the name of the slate.
"Besides, this slate only records one-third of the content—this is recorded in our large library, so you have to find the rest yourself. But the slate can't be given to you directly, you know, it's quite Precious items, more than one ring warlock in the past obtained spiritual runes related to libraries and books by touching that stone slab."
"So what am I going to pay?"
Xia De sat upright:
"Would you like gold pounds?"
"Of course not, you need to do something for the Priory."
said the old man.
Xia De immediately smiled: "I am familiar with this kind of work. It is fair to complete a special task in order to obtain a certain item. What does the monastery need me to do? I can do most of the legal work Some of the things that are illegal can be done.”
The old man smiled and shook his head:
"We don't do illegal things, at least not for now. That's it, don't you often work in Tobesk? Recently, Princess Marguerite Anjou of Carson Rico will visit that city."
It seems that everyone is paying attention to this political event.
"Our investigation revealed that the princess is a student of the Higher Medical College of Serks, and she was transferred from a formal to a correspondence course because of some things. Her talent is very good, and she was praised by Mr. Tadis, the vice-principal of Serks. Appreciate it, you can borrow some books that are generally not allowed to be borrowed by correspondence students in the Higher Medical College of Sergey. Now, in the hands of that princess, there is an ancient document "Secret of Immortality."
Mr. Edmond took out an old yellowed photo, because it was black and white, so the big book placed on the corner of the table in the photo was not particularly clear: "This is it."
"How old? Fourth Era? Or earlier?"
"No, no, it comes from the last era, and it is an old book left by the last witch emperor. What you need to do is to completely transcribe the content from the fifth to the eighth page according to the typesetting method in that book come down."
Mr. Edmond said, Xia De frowned slightly: "It doesn't sound like an easy task, but it's not too difficult for me. The Witch Emperor stays. It won't be"
He looked up suddenly, and the old man had an expression of "you guessed it": "I didn't say that it was related to "Whispering Poetry"."
Mr. Edmond even knew that Shade was suspected to be related to the "God Caller" who chopped up the giant mermaid corpse by the sea, so he naturally knew that he also knew about "Whispering Verses".
The old man held the teacup and took a sip of tea, as if the two were chatting about something light-hearted, such as fishing harvest: "Curses has not yet realized the value of that book, and we have spent a lot of effort to get it It was found out that the princess is also a ring warlock. You need to act as soon as possible, and after you get the copy, the slate will naturally belong to you, so you don’t need to worry about it.”
Xia De nodded: "No problem, I will take this task."
If there were really fragments of poems in that book, then it would be a fair deal for [The Priory of Guiding Light] to pay for the slate related to the old gods. However, that slate is not necessarily what Xia De is looking for, and even if it is, the slate is not complete.
But this is still a very good deal. After transcribing the text on "Secret of Immortality", Xia De can also know what the new fragments of poems are about. Even if the slate given by the Monastery is of no value to him, just the fragments of the poem are worth Xia De's approach to the princess.
Not to mention, the tasks on him of "stalking the princess to find the grey-headed eagle" and "approaching the princess to meet 'Guiding Moon'" are all related to Margaret Anjou.
"Mr. Edmond, I really don't know how to thank you for your help."
Xia De said sincerely, and the old man shook his head: "Young man, I admire you very much. You are different from almost everyone I know. It is hard to say clearly, but you may become our fellow traveler. Speaking of it, there is Another thing I want to tell you, don’t you often ask me about the legends and myths around the Old Continent, as if looking for something?”
"Yes, is there a clue to this matter?"
"I checked some information based on the three clues you provided, and when I was communicating with an old friend recently, I heard an interesting thing, which may be helpful to you."
He sat up straight, moistened his fingers with tea, flicked lightly, and a thin mist emerged, projecting a huge map of the old continent between the two of them.
The cat was very interested in this, and Xia De also opened his eyes slightly. This is a superb control skill for "water". Even if Xia De has "flame plasticity", he cannot achieve a similar level of fine control over flames.
"Do you know the Pantanal region?"
"of course I know."
Shad pointed to the depression in the central and western parts of the Old World: "The Pantanal region refers to the Great Swamp region on the west side of the border between De La Rion and Carson Rico (Note), and its area is three thirds of the Rommel Mountains. 2/2. In the old era before the steam age, because it was extremely unsuitable for human life, the development of that area was relatively lagging behind. Even in our era, the swamp has shrunk in a large area due to the climate, but the Pantanal area It’s still raining all year round, and there’s mud everywhere. But the area is politically important, and both countries have a lot of troops in the swamp.”
Pause and add:
"A captain friend of mine said serving in the Pantanal was the next worst choice to serving in the Far North."
The captain naturally refers to Captain Lades. Shade recently heard that he is preparing to return to Tobesk to report on his duties because of his contribution in the Battle of Miburg. The kingdom will have officers promoted at the end of each year. During Besk's debriefing period, "activities" may really change from captain to the same rank as Shade's current major.
This is a qualitative leap.
Mr. Edmond nodded: "Yes, most of the sovereignty of the Pantanal region is in the hands of Kasenlik in the south. There are no large cities in the entire region, only isolated small villages and market towns. I didn't go there. Yes, but I also heard that there are mud everywhere, mosquitoes, snakes and ants everywhere, and it rains all year round, and all kinds of strange creatures appear in the depths of the swamp."
The old gentleman pointed to the water mist map: "The north and south sides of the Great Swamp are the capitals of the two countries, Tobesk and Willendale."
"I've heard a lot of legends about it."
Shad leaned back slightly on the back of the old sofa:
"Because there were few people in the old days, there are many rare animals living there. It is said that many wanted ring magicians would also hide in the depths of the swamp, but after the New World was discovered, they all ran to the New World."
He hesitated for a moment: "It is said that a long time ago, there were many unicorns and chocobos living there. I don't know if it is true."
"It's true, but that was a matter of the last era."
Mr Edmond said:
"And the beliefs of the local indigenous people are also very strange. They believe in the Pantanal itself, and believe that the Pantanal is indeed the heart of the entire Old World, and even organized an unknown ring magician organization. But this is different from what we have today. The topic is irrelevant, there are not many big cities in the Pantanal region, but in the Carson Rico jurisdiction in the southern part of the Great Swamp, besides Willendale, which is the capital, there is also a very important big city."
Shad squinted his eyes and looked at the map. The location of Willendale has been highlighted by Mr. Edmund. He pointed to the north of Willendell City and the southeast of Pantanal:
"City of Red Wine, Guardian of the Royal Capital - Huntington City?"
The red butterfly flew out of Xia De's hand and landed on the water mist map. Mr. Edmond nodded with a smile: "Yes, that's there."
Huntington is known as the "Guardian of the King's Capital" because it is almost impossible to directly attack Willendale from De La Rion if you want to cross the Pantanal Swamp. The bad environment in the swamp area and the huge lake in the center of the swamp, Together hindered mass marches except for lightly armed squads of infantry.
Therefore, if you want to attack Willendale from the north, you can only advance along the western or eastern edge of the Great Swamp.
As a result, the city of Huntington actually shouldered the responsibility of defending the royal capital in the east of the Pantanal. And in the current relatively peaceful steam age, that city has also been greatly developed. Relying on its status as a transportation hub in the north of Carson Rik, it has become the most important freight distribution center in Carson Rik. Most of the bulk cargo traveling to and from the north, south, and east and west of the Old Continent must pass through Huntington City.
As for the title of "City of Red Wine", it is because there are a large number of vineyards around Huntington, especially in the south and east. For those wineries located in the southern principality of Carson Rico, such as Erle Winery, almost all the wineries in the north are concentrated near the city of Huntington.
Even the vineyard and winery of the blood-sucking Mr. Armand Bernhardt family are near Huntington. The letter left by the captured vampire when he left the Cassandra auction house, and invited Shad to visit his manor in Huntington.
"The rumor of the 'Goddess of the Lake' seems to be in Huntington City."
Xia De understood what the old man was going to say.
"Specifically, it's not that city, but west of Huntington, near the Everglades. The legend of the Goddess of the Lake is a story passed down from generation to generation in the local area. It is said that people with a kind heart and noble character can meet the Goddess of the Lake , and after passing the test, gain the power you want."
"Have a noble character?"
Xia De repeated ~www.mtlnovel.com~ suspiciously, and then began to think about whether he met the requirements. But immediately, the contents of the list of major crimes in [Sin Mansion] appeared in front of my eyes. The foreigners who are currently entangled with the girls do not seem to meet such strict requirements. And the scale of his [promiscuous] crime has probably increased again.
But Shade decided to take a look around Huntington anyway. The acquisition of divinity is the most urgent thing at present, and the afterglow of divinity has gradually faded, so he must act as soon as possible.
PS: Turning back, the easter egg chapter has updated the map of the old continent.
(end of this chapter)
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