Chapter 1,499 Looking for Traces
In the end, Ezio got the answer he wanted, but left feeling uneasy about the prospect.
However, before leaving, he accepted the mark of the three-feathered bird with a black background and gold edge from the ancient Fasnas, and officially became a member of the Turtle Dove Alliance, an ally that the dark elf Maier had high hopes for. And got a task, or a suggestion.
If you are worried about the demon alliance coming from the abyss, then lead the brothers in the brotherhood who are willing to go together to help. However, in addition to fighting hard, Ezio also tries to gain a voice among the coalition forces.
In peacetime, if you want to gain power in the army, you rely on seniority, blood, money, and backers. Even if you are an uneducated bastard, as long as someone is willing to protect you and your family background is strong enough, you can still rise to the top.
But in times of war, ability and luck are the paths to power.
No one wants to follow a commander who is good at losing battles and is willing to abandon the lives of his subordinates at any time. No one would trust a villain who could turn around and run away at any time, or stab someone in the back for his own survival.
As for the unlucky ones who were unlucky, they were buried in the soil long ago, or were picked up by wild dogs. Even if there is a chance to get promoted and make a fortune, it will not be the person's turn to die.
When Ezio is able to gain a certain say in the coalition, then when World Tree and the elves are ready to intervene, Ezio can act as a good coordinator from within. This would not cause the idea of 'preserving the Gate of the Abyss' to receive overwhelming opposition.
Ezio had to admit that the task assigned by a certain magician was indeed the best choice at hand.
Just like other empires, they also want to intervene in this war that is likely to endanger the entire Lost Land, but except for the Karlsruhe Empire, the other three empires are still looking for the appropriate time to intervene. Instead of rashly interfering and causing protests from the Suli Tang Empire.
The situation in the Karlsruhe Empire was different because it was the farthest away and should have been the most insulated. But there are too many young people inside who are eager to make meritorious deeds. These people form a group in the name of a private army and prepare to cross most of the Lost Land to the battlefield of the Gate of the Abyss.
This kind of thing would be unbelievable if it were placed on the modern earth where humans once lived. How can any country allow armed forces to 'pass' through its territory?
But in the Lost Land, mercenaries from the mercenary guild are rampant. It is not unusual for this kind of army to pass by my door. Even though some people oppose it, some people accept it. Such an army only needs to follow the path that is accepted.
As for the reason for acceptance, it is because this type of army usually does not carry too many supplies with them. They buy and eat along the way. For some poor small countries or lords who cannot defeat such an army and still have the opportunity to make a fortune, why not let them in.
If the other party really intends to kill people and plunder, or even seize territory by force. You must know that above these nobles, big and small, there are their lords.
The purpose of a vassal is to uphold justice and protect the rights of vassals. If the people above don't protect the younger brother, why would any younger brother want to be with such a boss? Even if the passing army robs or occupies the territory of the original lord, it will not be recognized.
In short, there is still no unified front in the human camp, and now that they are focusing on dealing with demons, Ezio cannot really blame Yggdrasil and the elves for their inaction. As for the magician, he was too lazy to criticize him.
Lin Hui took advantage of the occasion where World Tree was present to hand over a seemingly noble and important task to Ezio, but in fact he also had his own selfish motives.
Except that someone did need to do it, that is, he didn't want the fat boy in front of him to follow the path of the romantic assassin in his memory.
Although Ezio Auditore of Florence is just a fictional character, sometimes some names are like a cultural mark in some people's ears.
Most people would not use such a name easily, unless the name is the name of a vegetable market in that language system.
Imagine that a parent who is obsessed with Star Wars named his son Han Sulo or Skywalker. Determine whether a child will receive envy or ridicule from peers during the growing stage? When you grow up, will you feel inferior or proud?
It's okay to call him Clark or Bruce, they fall into the category of common names. But if it's so unfortunate, when the last name is Kent or Wayne, it gives people a different feeling.
Same thing. When a fat boy was a kid, when someone called Ezio, he only found it funny, or had a strong sense of bad taste. But when this kid grows up and screams, someone will only be full of embarrassment. Along with this, I saw all kinds of dislikes and criticisms about this kid.
So Lin tried to let the lost Ezio not follow the path of the Assassins and Brotherhood, but to find his own path.
Otherwise, this big fat boy got someone's drawing from nowhere and dressed up in that classic costume. It was really embarrassing, so embarrassing that someone wanted to dig a hole and bury themselves.
Apart from Ezio's handling, Lin was certainly not someone who left things to others and then ignored them. According to the agreement with the World Trees, the crisis at the Gate of the Abyss can barely be classified as a variable caused by the Ninth Power Plan.
Since there is a relationship, someone has a responsibility. At least we need to find out how the Guardian of the Abyss Gate was born and bring the whole thing to an end.
Because if there is no guardian for this wide open door of the abyss, it is like there is no valve at the end of the water pipe to control the water. People can only choose to completely block the water pipes to avoid flooding and reduce the waste of water resources.
That is to say, if a method for the birth of a guardian cannot be found, or a qualified guardian can be found, then Midi and World Tree may also change their stance and choose to completely seal the ninth abyss door. Allowing demons to invade is definitely a bad idea.
So as soon as he learned that the Gate of the Abyss had appeared and the demonic invasion had begun, Lin began to research the 'guardian' issue related to the Gate of the Abyss. He even found the only two guardians he was familiar with, the Demon Moth King Jian Moss of Mao Forest in the southern border of the Gwana Empire, and the Abyss Dragon God of Dragon Island.
More time is spent on the large library surrounded by the holy city of Estali.
News about Guardians on the forums is lackluster. Lin relied on the background search of the forum index, and it only took him half a day to classify all the guardian messages on the forum into the forgettable range. He doesn't know as much as the things mentioned on the forum.
But the Great Library is different. It contains all the knowledge written in words and pictures from ancient times to the present. Thanks to the efforts of generations of bookkeepers, it has been preserved.
The only trouble is that if you want to find records related to something or something, you can only rely on searching... The best case is that a wise man who has read through it remembers seeing relevant records in a certain book. , said it directly.
Although the big library has classifications, in a world like Mystery where the only scientific method is the exhaustive method, it is better to expect a library god who is inquiring about what kind of scientific indexing system the library can have.
It is a pity that there is no such god, and Lin has no friends to ask, so he can only rely on reading books on his own. As for the original lich at home, asking her about the ancient secrets of undead magic is okay, but forget about the guardian and the gate of the abyss.
During the time when she was in power, the devil was trembling and did not dare to take a step further. Therefore, Fen has no need for the abyss, so naturally he does not have a deep understanding of this aspect.
Fortunately, today's reading skills are no longer at the level of reading ten lines at a glance. Instead, you can quickly browse through the pages of a book, convert it into digital text, and record it on the forum.
So Lin went from bookcase to bookcase, looking for a few words about the Guardians. At the same time, he also shouldered the task of digitizing the knowledge retained in the large library.
Although the latter came secretly, no one agreed with him. But there's no guarantee that what I saw today may be useful tomorrow, so Lin still included it. In fact, this is probably due to a time-traveling collector's addiction.
While consulting the data in the Great Library, Lin also did not forget to find out the locations of the remaining six fixed abyss doors. This part is much easier with the help of the World Trees.
The specifics are almost the same as what was said before. With the help of World Tree, who has mastered the earth's veins, it is too easy to find abnormal places with the aura of the abyss in the mysterious land.
Although there were more than six places found, it took another half a day to determine the locations of the remaining six abyss doors by cooperating with someone's flash technique to check them one by one.
Other places are secret strongholds of some devil worshipers. Or it could be that the devil was lurking directly among the nobles in the Lost Land, and in order to maintain their vital signs, they secretly set up a living sacrifice site.
Lin basically doesn't care about these parts. I am not a messenger of justice, and I don’t know the cause and effect of things, so rash intervention may not necessarily bring good results.
There are still several places in the early stages of the Gate of the Abyss, which is almost the same situation Lin encountered when he was in the Tower of the Great Sage. Although the breath of the abyss flows out from the cracks in space, the demon has not been able to pass through.
In the eyes of most magicians, this primary stage of the abyss gate is already in an irreversible state, and its opening is inevitable. This was also the biggest reason why I would simply be scared away and escape from the Tower of the Great Sage.
A magician who is accustomed to fighting uncivilized goblins cannot accept that his opponent jumps to the demon level in an instant. It's like playing an online game and just opening a new account and then running to the high-end area to die.
It's just that if you die in the game, you can start over, but if you die in real life, it's gone. So I didn't dare to gamble at that time.
But seeing it now, Lin could only sigh with emotion, and then casually closed the abyss door that showed signs of opening from the other side of the land. Compared with sewing and mending with needle and thread, it is not much more difficult for Lin to repair the cracks in space now.
Let alone being formed naturally, it has not yet been discovered by humans in the Lost Land or demons in the abyss, and is in an early stage of infancy.
Even if a demon on the other side discovers it and starts to actively expand it, Lin can still find a way to seal it. It can also send the devil on the opposite side into a reading state of resurrection on the spot.
The reason for doing this is just because the door to the abyss that is now wide open has not yet been dealt with. Lin didn't want to face the dilemma of having the second and third doors open at the same time and the demon launching multiple attacks.
Even if these doors are fully opened, they may become the key to the future World Tree's impact on the tenth and eleventh floors. The same situation will definitely appear again in the future, but one door is enough to deal with now.