Chapter 383 Joining Forces Again
Seeing that the auction had cooled down, Richard personally walked up to the booth, put on gloves and gently flipped through the magic book. Although the content at the back had been sealed, Richard still saw a few familiar Chinese characters on the magic book, with key words such as key, plane, azure, and channel written on it.
Seeing this scene, Richard was ecstatic and immediately knew that this magic book should be something left by Shao Gongyuan.
Richard lived in the Dawn Plane for twenty-five years and grew into a seventh-level magician and duke lord. Although the Grant Kingdom is a remote place, Richard has grown into a big man after years of struggle. The strength he possesses is that of a great lord above the earl even in the Holy Glorious Empire. Even with his personal strength, Richard can fight against legendary knights.
With more than twenty years of experience, Richard has never seen a second person use Chinese characters except Shao Gongyuan.
Compared to more than a decade ago, Richard has a deeper mind. Even though he knows that this magic book is extremely precious, he still calmly asked the auctioneer: "Is this magic book the original version?"
"Dear Duke Harland, this magic book is of course the original version. The Linus family did not develop smoothly in the Kingdom of Ryan. In order to expand the territory and raise resources, they sold a batch of extraordinary inheritances to our Chamber of Commerce, including this magic book.
Of course, after entering our Chamber of Commerce, we will also copy the contents of the magic book. If the Duke decides to buy out this magic book, we will not sell it in the future. However, the buyout price must be increased to 30,000 standard magic crystals."
After listening to the auctioneer's introduction, Richard nodded lightly, and then said: "The origin of this magic book is very clear. The nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stannic have mastered this set of astrology. Because the scope of dissemination has expanded a lot, the value of this set of astrology inheritance has decreased a lot.
Even if I buy it out from you, it is still useless because the great nobles of Stannic will leak it. Although I really want to buy it, but the price of six thousand Magic crystals are very inappropriate. I think the actual value should be about one-third. "
As soon as Richard finished speaking, the auctioneer of the Sorenheim family immediately shook his head and said: "The Duke is wrong. This set of astrology is a very good set of spells. It can't be sold at a high price in Stannik. We can sell it in other countries."
"The news has leaked out. The nobles of nearby countries will also look for the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Stannik if they want to trade this inheritance. Compared with multinational chambers of commerce, the nobles who run local businesses will not ask for a high price.
Except for a few nearby countries, astrology cannot be sold at a high price in places such as the Holy Glorious Empire and the Markholm Magic Kingdom. The best choice for your chamber of commerce is still to sell this magic book at this auction.
Moreover, the threshold for learning astrology is very high, and you need to master the Starlight Meditation Method first. I will offer 4,000 magic crystals, and you will trade the meditation method to me together. "
In fact, Harland has already mastered the complete Starlight Meditation Method. This meditation method can be meditated to the fourth level of Legend, which is the most important reference material for Richard to deduce the meditation method.
The Starlight Meditation Method mastered by the noble Stannic can only meditate to the ninth ring, which is far inferior to that of Harland Territory.
However, the nobles outside are not aware of this situation.
Even the ordinary magicians in Harland Territory are unaware of the inside story. The people who master the Starlight Meditation Method are the senior members of the Harland Mage Association, and basically will not leak the news.
Because the Starlight Meditation Method is difficult to get started, Harland Territory has only trained two formal Starlight Mages and four apprentices in recent years. Among them, Margaret is a Starlight Mage. She has been promoted to a second-ring mage this summer. She is only thirteen years old. Because of her good innate conditions, her meditation progress is better than Richard and Sophia.
After purchasing the Starlight Meditation Method, these apprentices can be exposed in the open, and Margaret will not be suspected in the future. She can study astrology openly.
This Starlight Astrology has been inspected by the Sorenheim Chamber of Commerce. Although there are some strange words that have not been deciphered, there is nothing special about it. The whole book has long been copied by the Sorenheim family.
Things like extraordinary inheritance can be sold multiple times.
The original magic book has no other difference from the transcript except for the so-called antique value.
The Solenheim Chamber of Commerce auctioned the original magic book mainly to raise the level and sell it at a high price. Seeing that the nobles present did not continue to bid, the top leaders of the Solenheim Chamber of Commerce finally agreed to Richard's request after discussion.
After paying 4,000 magic crystals, Richard bought the magic book left by his fellow countryman on Earth.
After returning to the box, Richard released a defensive barrier and carefully looked through the magic book.
This special magic book records several Chinese characters on each page. There are more than 100 pages of magic books, and there are about 500 Chinese characters in total.
The content of more than 500 Chinese characters is very messy and requires a special password to unlock. Richard does not have the password. It takes a lot of effort to decipher the content.
Moreover, the Shao Gong era is more than 3,000 years away from now, and the vocabulary related to humanities and geography is almost completely different. Not only does it require rich knowledge, but sometimes it also requires guessing.
Fortunately, there are many special phrases in Chinese characters. By summarizing and organizing these phrases, Richard finally understood the hidden meaning of the magic book until the evening.
This magic book was indeed left by Shao Gongyuan. It recorded a special coordinate. This coordinate was located in the Giant Dragon Canyon, dozens of miles away from where Richard blocked the plane channel that year.
According to the records left by Shao Gongyuan, the traverser organization Xinghui Alliance led by him established a plane channel and installed a boundary gate in this place. Through this plane channel, you can enter a magical plane called Azure. Shao Gongyuan left a special treasure in the Azure Plane.
In the battle to block the plane channel, Richard also entered the so-called Azure Plane, but unfortunately the actual situation was completely different from what Shao Gongyuan recorded.
This plane has been completely infested by the undead and has become the private property of the Lord of the Undead.
After all, Shao Gongyuan's era is more than 3,000 years ago. In the past 3,000 years, everything has changed.
Perhaps after the failure of the Xinghui Alliance, the Lord of the Undead successfully invaded the Azure Plane and finally transformed it into the Dead World.
Although the Azure Plane has become the Dead World, the information left by Shao Gongyuan is still very valuable, because the Xinghui Alliance led by him established a complete boundary gate and controlled a plane channel.
Although the value of the dead world is slightly lower than that of the magic plane, there are also some special treasures in the dead world. In addition to the most important soul crystals, there are also some negative energy magic plants and magic minerals.
It is far from enough for the Harland Mage Association to develop a complete dead world, but if you master the complete boundary gate, you can enter the dead world by sneaking.
Of course, after entering the dead world, you must master some special spells. Ordinary soldiers and low-level professionals will not be of any use after entering. Because the dead world is full of negative energy, there is basically no water and no food. If you want to survive in the dead world for a long time, you must master protective spells such as holy light barrier and element barrier.
Without the protection of high-level magicians, releasing this special barrier, even if a high-level knight enters, he cannot survive for too long.
Of course, ordinary people in the Dawn Plane want to live in the dead world. There are other ways. The first is to build a special element furnace. This furnace can refine negative energy and form a special barrier to block negative energy outside the barrier.
The second method is to place the divine fire inside the dead world, purify the negative energy of the space through the divine fire, and make an area suitable for human survival.
Harland Territory has mastered the construction method of the element furnace. To build an element furnace that transforms negative energy, four legendary soul crystals, seven extraordinary materials, and tens of millions of gold coins of extraordinary resources are needed. The investment is so large that even a duke family like Harland Territory cannot afford it.
Even if the element furnace is built, the divine fire is ignited, and the forward base is established, with the power of Harland Territory, it cannot be defended in the dead world.
The undead are very sensitive to the breath of the living. Once they choose to build a stable base, they will inevitably face the undead tide of the whole world, and the two worlds will fight to the death.
Once the forward base is lost, the undead lord can reverse the coordinates of the dawn plane by mastering the boundary gate and establish an invasion channel.
At that time, Richard and Harland, who are small bodies, will hardly be able to resist.
Moreover, the situation in the Dawn Plane is special now. Although the Seven Gods have recovered after the ancient war and can bestow some power, the seriously injured Seven Gods are probably no match for the Undead Lord.
Without the protection of the Seven Gods, the Dawn Plane is likely to fall into the hands of the Undead.
Richard has lived in the Dawn Plane for more than 20 years and has already integrated into this plane. Here, Richard has relatives, wife, and friends again.
These are things he can't give up. Without full confidence, Richard will not act rashly.
Without building a forward base, although it will be dangerous to enter the dead world, the location of the boundary gate can be hidden. Unless you are unlucky and meet the Undead Lord, the coordinates of the Dawn Plane will basically not be exposed. After all, with the power of the Harland Mage Association, it is already possible to hunt legendary undead creatures.
Although the magic book left by Shao Gongyuan is very ordinary, the amount of information recorded in Chinese characters is very significant. In addition to talking about the plane channel and coordinates, it also talks about the key to open the plane channel.
This special key is hidden in the Lake of Life, and the correct spell must be used to take it out. The spell is written in O'Farran, but it needs to be pronounced in Chinese. Except for the members of the Star Alliance, outsiders can hardly master the spell.
The members of the Star Alliance drank the water of the Styx and signed the Styx Contract. Their souls were protected by the multiverse death god, and it was almost impossible to leak the news.
Shao Gongyuan's design is almost interlocking, ensuring that the Star Alliance has a complete grasp of the plane channel.
If it weren't for coincidence, even if Richard was a time traveler and understood the hidden content of this magic book, he would not be able to take the key, because in this era, people who can master the ancient wizard text and understand the O'Farran language and text are already very rare.
If Richard hadn't been possessed by a lich more than ten years ago, he would not have mastered this precious knowledge.
At that time, he used wizard text to exchange for the magic inheritance of the Dawn Church, but the O'Farran text and language were not leaked to the Dawn Church. However, now Archbishop Senna is in the princess's tomb and can communicate with Princess Marta with soul fluctuations. It is estimated that the church can also get these knowledge.
After bidding for the magic book, Richard's luck seemed to have run out. There was no news of dragon blood fruit in the next two days until the cross-border auction ended.
After the auction, Richard entered the Stannic Palace and prepared to bid farewell to Grand Duke Jonathan.
Unexpectedly, Duke Jonathan met Richard and directly proposed a joint attack on the dragon.
"Duke Richard, last time we joined forces to fight the legendary dragon, although we achieved some results, we still couldn't do anything with this black dragon. This time I decided to do it myself. It would be best if I could kill the dragon, but if I can't, I will drive it away."
"Will the elite soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Stannic take action?"
If you want to fight the dragon, it's best to use elite soldiers.
In the last battle to fight the dragon, Harland was restricted by supplies and could not send out too many troops. Although there were some results, they returned empty-handed. The 6,000 elite soldiers of the Jonathan family were defeated by the legendary black dragon, and the battle was a big loss.
After years of cultivation, the Grand Duchy of Stannic has recovered a lot of its vitality. Seeing that his sons suffered losses, Grand Duke Jonathan finally freed up his hands and once again organized a dragon-slaying team to fight the legendary black dragon.
Hearing Richard's question, Duke Jonathan nodded and said, "I will draw two Warcraft battalions from Stannic, with a total of about 1,200 Warcraft cavalry. In addition, the Palace Guard Battalion will also go to battle, with a total force of nearly 2,000 people. Duke Jonathan will also draw 3,000 veterans, plus the recruited Stannic Mage Corps, the Eastern Army will dispatch 6,500 people."
"Since the Grand Duke wants to solve this trouble once and for all, our Harland Territory is of course willing to cooperate, but our food supply is not smooth, and at most we can dispatch about 3,000 to 4,000 people." Richard weighed the pros and cons and readily agreed to Duke Jonathan's request.
The most difficult part of fighting the dragon is the food supply. Although the dragon's lair is not far from the forward base of both sides, it is only about 200 kilometers, but fighting 200 kilometers away in the primitive jungle, it is very difficult to maintain the food supply.
In recent decades, Duke Jonathan has been repairing roads to maintain 6,000 troops to fight the legendary black dragon.
Although Harland also built a fortress near the dog-headed man cave and stored food, it could only sustain one or two thousand people at most. Even with the addition of space props such as the Starlight Bottle and the Legendary Space Bag, it could only maintain the food supply for four thousand people.
If the two armies in the east and west cooperate well, they can indeed defeat the legendary dragon.
The reason why Richard readily agreed to Duke Jonathan was not only to eliminate the threat of the legendary black dragon, but also to pick dragon blood fruit near the dragon's nest.
The high-level dragon blood fruit is related to Sophia's future of advancing to the legend, and Richard didn't want her to wait too long.