Soul of Burning Steel

In the 832 year of the star fall, in April of the shallow shadow, the fortress of Ares in the southeast of the northern empire of the mainland fell due to an attack by unknown creatures. There were 58,000 civilians in the fortress, 3,200 regular troops, and 140 silver knights. Two gold powerhouses with the power of glory have all disappeared, and it is assumed that they have all died.

Dispute Continent, even among the civilians, there are many people with black iron level strength, and close to 3,500 regular troops are enough to clean all the beasts within a radius of tens of miles, plus two golden powerhouses, unless it is the ancient dragon. Attack, then the fortress of Ares, which has a forty-meter-high city wall and is armed to the teeth, should be as solid as a rock and cannot be destroyed, and even if it is an ancient dragon, it is impossible for everyone to fail to even send an alarm.

But this is the fact. When the imperial capital found that the fortress had lost contact and dispatched personnel to investigate, what they found was a dilapidated ruin. The tall city wall collapsed and shattered, leaving only a few broken rock pillars standing, and the fortress was changing. It's like being run over by something, hardly any good houses can be found.

And around the fortress, investigators found a lot of huge dark caves with a diameter of tens of meters. There were still some mucus and body tissue residues on the edge of the stone walls. The smell was very smelly, which made people dizzy. And it didn't take long for these caves to be Lost the inexplicable strength support, naturally collapsed, ruining all clues.

This is the [fall of Ares] that shocked the world. The top empires who learned of this were collectively angry. The five armies directly under the emperor swept the southern Xinjiang back and forth eight times, leveling the black forest of thousands of square kilometers, but no matter what No one knows the truth of this matter no matter how to retaliate and vent his anger.

　　 In the previous life in the game, [The Fall of Ares] was narrated as a pure background story, but at that time the player's range of activities had not expanded to the frontier fortresses, so everyone knew little about it.

However, at the end of the third edition, the seal of the abyss was lifted. In the sulphur smoke that was enough to cover the sky and the mountains, the giant Terraria worm with a body of hundreds of meters was accompanied by a meteor shower. It appeared in front of everyone with countless demons breaking through the earth. It spewed nitric acid and venom. As soon as it appeared on the scene, it set off a major earthquake that affected several cities, shattering the city walls, splashing fishy mucus, and emitting chaotic magical fluctuations that interfered with all transmission of information. Magic.

　　As soon as they saw this monster, everyone understood. There is no doubt that it was it that destroyed the fortress of Ares twenty years ago.

　　 But in any case, macrophages are native species in the abyss. When the entrance and exit are sealed, they can be summoned...

　　 Now, Star Pendant 831, the main city of Moldavia, in the study of the residence of the president of the North Frost Chamber of Commerce.

　　 "Alfonso, I have given you the letter of introduction to the dwarf. Now, I ask you to do something for me."

　　 Sitting in a comfortable seat, Joshua solemnly said to the middle-aged businessman who was sitting opposite him, holding a pen and paper: "If you go back this time, you should pass by the imperial capital and buy and sell some goods, right?"

　　 "Yes, I will probably stay in the imperial capital for about a month and a half, complete a few transactions there, and then go further south."

　　 nodded and said, Alfonso was a little puzzled: "Does your lord want us to bring some special products back? There is no need to be so serious about this kind of thing, as long as you want it, I can give it a lot now."

　　 "Yes, nor is it."

Shaking his head, Joshua frowned, and then motioned to the other party to hand him the pen and paper. After the middle-aged businessman handed it over, the soldier simply started writing and drawing. At the same time, he said: "I do need you to bring me Ordering something back is not a special product... Alfonso, you should know that in March of Fangyin, to celebrate the passing of winter, the imperial capital holds a spring auction every year."

　　 "Of course I know, but that auction was purely celebrating. No one would bring out truly precious things. Most of them were aristocrats who took out some books or antiques to buy each other for fun..."

　　Speaking of this, Alfonso suddenly understood: "Does your lord want me to buy something you need at the auction on your behalf? But..."

　　 "I don't need that stuff."

Speaking softly to herself, Joshua sighed, then raised the paper in her hand and showed the picture to the middle-aged man in front of her: "Probably one of these three things, I don’t know if there is any. , But if you see it, then buy it and bring it back to me. Thanks."

　　 "How can I want your reward, my lord."

Alfonso was the slightest impropriety. He took a close look at the things drawn on the paper, and then confidently responded: "This kind of auction has never been expensive. If you want it, you don't need it. Talking about money... the key, the traditional trioctahedron, and a book? Ipo... The Book of En? The painting is really good. I didn't expect you to be proficient in this way."

"I learned sketching for a while, as for the name, probably, I also heard it from others." Joshua simply gave the drawing to Alfonso, then stood up and walked to the window of the study room and said: " The key is silver, the octahedron will glow, and the book has no features, but the name is given to you, and it should be fine."

"Do not worry!"

　　 Alfonso confidently agreed: "As long as there is it in the auction, then I will definitely bring it back to you!"

　　 "May it be as you say."

　　 waved his hand, Joshua didn't seem to focus on the businessman in front of him, his thoughts returned to the depths of his memory.

According to the careful research of previous players in the future, the destruction of Ares Fortress was entirely self-inflicted. It is mentioned in the royal documents of the empire that there are traces of "summoning demons and even evil gods in the center of the ruins.", "Chaos." The magic of water flows like water, distorting the surrounding nature.” From this description, it can be seen that some people must have carried out the ritual or experiment of calling the abyss, and finally brought destruction by themselves.

The person who presided over the ceremony may not want to commit suicide. It was probably just because of pure curiosity to conduct research, or be deceived by the existence of the devil and evil god, but in any case, the death of more than 60,000 people and the death of a fortress Destruction is an unbearable loss to the southeastern frontier of the empire. If it weren’t for the five legions to sweep up, the Black Forest might have spread thousands of kilometers toward the interior, engulfing and polluting countless fertile lands, and the concurrent black tide could even engulf countless manors. And farmland.

In Qiao Xiu’s previous battle group, there was an adjutant who was a professional research party. He often heard him say such things when he was in the dungeon running group, but he also remembered a lot of similar things, like now, Qiao Xiu Ya remembers that if you want to cross the seal of the abyss, you must need some special props to summon demons and other monsters. The most famous ones are the "silver key" and the "shining trio octahedron" and other strange objects. There are also a lot of magic books. However, the uncle warrior is not interested in these, and now he has memorized three in total, so he can only tell Alfonso all to give him a try.

(According to records, when the chief mage of Ares Fortress came to the imperial capital, he only went out once, that is, to participate in the spring auction. Then he returned to the fortress and the disaster happened not long after he returned to the fortress. The logic is so simple that he can figure it out without even thinking about it. He must have obtained something dangerous at this auction, and he lost control while studying.)

Standing in front of the window, thinking in her heart, Joshua looked very relaxed now: (When I came to this world, I always have to change something. Needless to say, Beidi, now, it’s time to change some things I knew in my previous life. VI The lives of ten thousand people are worthy of my special charge. Whether it can be done or not, I have to give it a try after all.)

　　 He looked out the window. The setting sun had completely sunk and the night had fallen. Except for the howling of the north wind, there was not much noise in the city, only a few distant streets were still shining with lights.

　　 "This world is so interesting."

　　 The soldier suddenly said with emotion. He turned around, looked at the middle-aged businessman who didn't know why, and smiled: "Alfonso, you and I are changing the established destiny."

　　 "Uh, what..."

　　 Looking at the confused businessman, the soldier smiled and shook his head: "You don't understand, but it doesn't matter, it's not early. I'm going to go back."

　　 The previous sentence is unclear, but the sentence is simple and clear enough that Alfonso straightened up immediately: "Then I will send the adults out."

　　 "You don't need to be so restrained, just let your housekeeper come. You have been robbing his job today, and I feel embarrassed to look at it."

　　 waved his hand, Joshua said again: "Regardless of whether you get the things I want you to find, immediately after the auction ends, send a magic message to St. Laurent's Cathedral, and I will give you instructions on the next step."

　　 "Yes, Lord Earl."

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