Chapter 24 Revenge

"I see……"

Annan closed the book and whispered to himself.

He closed his eyes slightly and digested the knowledge he had acquired.

He has been at the mayor's house for two full days.

In the past two days, Annan has been reading books. He gave full play to his ability to study urgently when there was still one week before the final exam at the university...

He also learned an important piece of information from it—

Extraordinary people cannot smuggle to other countries.

The world is much smaller than he imagined... Or, the land area of ​​"this era" is only slightly larger than Europe.

Not that there is only such a continent on this planet. But because the world is full of "fog".

Externally, it was a ubiquitous grayish-white fog.

Its essence is a curse that materializes, so it cannot be blown away by the wind. If mortals live in the thick fog, they will soon be afflicted with diseases and die within four or five years; animals and plants will also die on a large scale, and those very few who do not die will become twisted monsters.

But ordinary people can live in the gray fog after all, and there will also be trade exchanges between transnational caravans.

However, the extraordinary cannot.

The superior superhumans are quite powerful.

But once they come into contact with the gray fog, the curse in their bodies will be rapidly activated, the degree of erosion by the curse will increase rapidly, and they will fall into a forced nightmare every night. And if you die in the foggy nightmare, your real body will die too.

Basically, transcendents cannot leave the country. Once they enter the fog, they are usually out of control within three days, or die directly before the sun rises.

Because the capitals and major cities of various countries have a special kind of enchantment, and the scope of the enchantment is basically the scope of the country.

All the Righteous God Churches possess this kind of enchantment technology, which can effectively exclude the gray fog from the borders.

If superhumans want to leave the country and enter other countries, they can only move through underground passages.

Unless you raise your rank above gold and get a Fragment of Truth. After all the curses in the body are transferred to the fragments of truth, they can barely move through the fog.

"So, even if I am indeed being hunted down by assassins, the assassins cannot leave the Principality of Winter."

Annan said to himself: "And I can cross the inner sea and drift here. It is because I am not an extraordinary person."

Is this the reason why there are no pirates at sea and there are so few ships...

——There are only five countries in this world.

At least in the current isolation range, in the range shrouded in gray fog, there are only the last five civilized countries left...

The book mentions that the world five hundred years ago was much larger than it is now.

At that time, several countries were now under the rule of a great empire, and there were other races and countries in the south, south, and northwest... But three hundred years ago, the empire suddenly sank.

The entire island sank into the sea, and the glorious civilization came to an abrupt end.

After that, each country soon became independent, and the Church of the Twelve True Gods also fell apart. The Great Barrier also migrated with the church, breaking into five Barriers of different sizes. Except for one country that accommodates two churches at the same time, one country is jointly ruled by the Church of the Seven Gods, and the rest are all under the dedicated protection of a righteous god.

But the small enchantment is obviously not as easy to use as the big enchantment.

Since then, the gray fog has been getting closer every year... Every few decades, the most marginal cities will be engulfed by the gray fog. The enchantments that were originally next to each other also had a large gap between them - that is, the "neutral space".

When the crisis came, some countries began to gradually move their civilization underground, while others tried to lift their land into the air. And the contemporary king of Noah's kingdom,

When he succeeded twenty-seven years ago, he made a heroic decision:

He decided to unite the five countries by force... to rebuild the Great Barrier.

If he succeeds, then this is enough to be called a "splendid and immortal" human epic. His ambitions, his great achievements are enough to be remembered in history——

The author in that book predicted so.

...but apparently, he failed.

Although superhumans cannot leave their country, they can at least defend their country. It was a stupid decision to let ordinary soldiers use flesh and blood to fight against extraordinary power. No one knows what the source of confidence in his decision to do so was.

Now nearly thirty years have passed, and the king has grown old.

But his old goal was still not achieved.

His children have lost patience.

They were no longer interested in the old king's life-long mission, and each had their own strategy for saving the country. The king is still in power today, but his children are already brazenly vying for the right to inherit.

Annan can expect that the Noah Kingdom will soon be in chaos.

But he has not been able to leave Noah's kingdom for the time being. At least he can't go to the Duchy of Winter.

There is the domain of the true god "the God of Frost and Tradition". She is revered by the Principality as "the old grandmother", and people of other faiths call her "the cold-blooded lady".

Under the influence of her priests, the Duchy of Winter is autistic and conservative. People all over the country respect tradition and reject change. Even foreigners who want to enter will be strongly repelled... So it is difficult to get into spies from other countries.

Every time there is a big change in the Principality of Winter, it is only gradually known to foreigners long after the incident is over. This time is no exception.

Annan could only know from Salvatore that something really happened in the Principality of Winter.

Because not long ago, the Principality of Winter announced an emergency closure of the port, prohibiting all ships from entering and leaving. The orders of several wizarding schools in Noah's kingdom were even stuck on the other side.

...To be on the safe side, Annan decided to wait for the dust to settle before going back.

Looking at this posture, it may be someone who killed the king and usurped the throne. When he goes back at this time, it must be a sheep into a tiger's mouth.

Not as good as many kinds of meeting fields.

After hoarding a wave of players, consider it separately.

"Get ready to advance."

Annan murmured in a low voice: "But, which copy to play..."

To be conservative, how about another copy of Don Juan?

Or should I try the hard book after Salvatore's information arrives?

The clearance rewards for the hard version are bound to be better. But he is currently a farming rhythm, and the need for his own strength should not be considered urgent...

As if feeling his hesitation, a line of characters burning bright red flames suddenly appeared in front of Annan's eyes.

[There is still 06:00:00 before the start of the internal test]

The line hovered for about three seconds before dissipating.

Looking at this line of words, Annan was silent for a while, then turned to look at his watch and checked the time again.

The time is now exactly six o'clock in the evening.

...the early morning internal test?

Is it that cool?

At this moment, Annan suddenly heard the sound of the key being turned.

Salvatore is back—

Yesterday, he had already agreed with Reverend Lewis, and today he will go to pick up the "Dungeon Raiders". But he went out early this morning and didn't come back until the sun went down at night...

He quietly raised his head and cast doubtful eyes on His Excellency the former mayor.

Salvatore's eyes were still very sleepy, but his steps were fast and hasty.

"Why did you go for so long?" Annan asked.

"Don't say it," Salvatore frowned, "I ask you, Don Juan. Is the ship you came here the one in the fjord? About sixty meters, the three-mast one? ?"

"……What's wrong?"

Annan hesitated for a moment, then answered ambiguously.

He was a little uneasy.

I always thought this would be bad news...

Is there a new risk of identity exposure?

Or……

"Your boat is on fire."

Salvatore glanced at Annan with pity, and replied slowly: "Just last night, the ship suddenly caught fire at night and was burned to ashes. The fire was very violent, at least I went to see it this morning. When I arrived, there was already a shelf left. There was nothing in it... I think, you can't get away for the time being.

"If it wasn't for the civil unrest with the guards you left on the ship, then I think..."

The young mayor paused, stared at Annan's face and replied softly, "This may be a provocation—or rather, revenge."