Chapter 1237 Dark Ages

I don’t know if there is really a goddess blessing, but the Kingdom of Talos gave birth to two extremely talented pearls in the darkest year. The eldest princess Veronica has become the number one swordsman in the royal family before she came of age, and has General Groen had to praise her battlefield command talent, while the second princess Aniya was famous for her intelligence. Although she was not good at swordsmanship and military strategy, she had read all the collections in the Wang Family Library before she was fourteen years old. And the magic talent is extremely high - compared with these two Talos pearls, the kingdom's only prince Andrew looks dim. The little prince who is mediocre in all aspects has almost no sense of existence in front of the public.

However, Rudolf III felt that his two proud daughters were the country's greatest tragedy - such unparalleled talents would surely shine in any era, but they had to face Kolo early. The tide of chaos, in the face of this disaster that all living beings face equally, the pearl may not last long, and young people with outstanding talents are often swallowed by the darkness before they have time to grow up.

Veronica has become the first victim, and he can't help but think of this when he sees Aniya.

"Tell me one by one, my daughter," Rudolf III put his hand on his forehead and said in a tired tone, "I'm afraid it's not that simple for you to pay attention to even unconfirmed rumors."

"Okay father," Princess Ania bowed slightly, "First of all, the observations about the border of chaos - the astrologers of the Tower of Mystery looked at the border of darkness during the last starless night, and they observed that a huge vortex of shadows was coming. The border is gradually taking shape, and its radiation range extends from the Kingdom of Beacon Fire to the Shadow Jungle, spanning almost half of the Anzu continent. It is now the seventh year of the Tide of Chaos. According to past rules, the tide of the Sea of ​​Karnos will It began to weaken in the last two months of the year, but the appearance of the shadow vortex... seems to defy this pattern."

"The Sea of ​​Karnos is in constant turmoil, and the boundary between order and chaos is not so easy to determine," Grand Duke Luen suddenly spoke, his voice so calm that there was almost no emotion. "The things recorded in history books are just mortals' understanding of the chaotic world. It is just a one-sided observation and cannot be regarded as a golden rule. Moreover, the shadow vortex is only a companion product of the power of chaos, not the chaos itself. Its rise and fall cannot be used to determine the strength of the tide of chaos."

Aniya's words were interrupted by Grand Duke Lu En, but he did not show any displeasure on his face. Rudolf III nodded slightly: "What Lord Lu En said makes sense. It is better for the bachelors to study these matters carefully before drawing conclusions." Well... huh, anyway, those people from the Sanctuary must be more concerned about the changes in the border of Chaos, and they will always take action."

Ania nodded and continued: "There are also some reports about the external defense line of the Shadow Jungle. After my sister... disappeared, all the outposts in the Shadow Jungle lost news almost overnight, and then the Western Fortress Reports of continuous attacks came, making it difficult to investigate the external defense lines. At present, there is only one thing that is certain, that is, we are suffering from some kind of brand-new attack, and it is very likely that new forms of monsters have been born in the chaos. , they are extremely lethal to small Hearthfire Outposts."

Rudolf III still put his hand on his forehead, and his face seemed a little older: "Margus is also old..."

"The General of the West at least blocked the monsters from attacking the territory. The fortress still stands between the mountains. The changes in the Shadow Jungle are a mystery to everyone. Even our Wang family scholars cannot see through the shadows. What happened, the responsibility for this cannot be entirely blamed on Magus - if we have to say responsibility, the responsibility of the Tower of Mystery and the Royal Warlock Association is greater. Their duty is to see through the changes in Chaos, but they There was no timely warning."

Aniya's words made General Groen on the side nod slightly. This kingdom war general had a close relationship with the Western General Magus. He also knew that the defeat of the Western War had put the legendary veteran into a very unfavorable situation. , however, as a soldier, he really couldn't bear the wanton evaluation of the border soldiers by those rhetorical aristocratic analysts in the court.

Compared to those idle nobles, Princess Aniya was obviously more appreciated and valued by the general.

"I know Magus' difficulties and achievements. Don't worry, your father is not an old fool yet, and he still has some judgment." Rudolf III waved his hand, and the expression on his face became a little more relaxed, "You What happened on the floating island in the southern border mentioned earlier? Are those monsters also affected by the tide of chaos?"

Warcraft is different from monsters - in the world of Koro, people refer to monsters bred in chaos and corrupted monsters eroded by chaos as monsters, but monsters are normal creatures that originally existed in this world, although they are different from the human world. There are always contradictions, but they are also part of the normal ecology of this world. Warcraft include those powerful primitive creatures that possess magical power, as well as those "subraces" that mutate in a magical environment and gain basic intelligence and evolution. The majority of Warcraft on the floating islands in the southern border of the Kingdom are of the second type.

The Kingdom of the Order World has never bothered to deal with those subraces living outside the civilized world. Although some scholars believe that subraces also have their own social structures and even cultural systems, they also admit that the intelligence of subraces cannot match that of advanced humanoids. The races are comparable, so the ruling class of Talos has never paid much attention to the groups of monsters on the floating islands in the southern part of the kingdom.

Rudolf III was very curious about what trouble the "low-intelligence races" on the floating islands had caused, so that the royal bachelors, who had always lived in seclusion, paid attention to them.

"The psychic wizard saw that the sub-race tribes that had been fighting endlessly suddenly stopped fighting. It seemed that a strong leader appeared among them and integrated all the tribes. The latest news from the Tower of Mystery is that those tribes are Cutting down trees to make some kind of large... device, it was initially suspected to be some kind of huge vehicle. In addition, a few days ago, the wizards also observed an old blue magic whale swimming from the direction of the Kingdom of Eternal Winter. It seemed to be the largest in the south. Rested on the floating island, but never saw it take off again after that - my mentor suspected that this incident was also related to the strange activities of those subraces."

"Blue Magic Whale?" Rudolph III had no reaction when he heard the various movements of the subrace, but his expression finally changed when he heard about the Blue Magic Whale, "Just because those subraces that have just evolved from beasts can leave one Blue Magic Whale?”

"It's not necessarily that they did it. After all, the floating island is floating in the sky. We can only use magic to observe the situation on the island. But what is certain is that a blue magic whale has indeed disappeared on that island."

Grand Duke Lu En also became interested in this topic. The thin man took a step forward and gently twirled his proud mustache with one hand: "What else have the masters of the Tower of Mystery discovered? Do you know who integrated it?" Did you kill those beasts?"

"Grand Duke Luen, sub-races are different from beasts," Ania glanced at Grand Duke Luen before continuing, "The witches used black magic and successfully captured the floating buoy across the Sea of ​​Karnos. There is a soul on the empty island. The chaotic memory of that soul keeps repeating a name - the alpha wolf. This alpha wolf should be their new leader. The soul shows great fear and awe when it mentions this word. .”

"The alpha wolf..." Groen frowned, and the scar on his face looked even more ferocious, "It sounds like the name of a beast, maybe a jackal? Or a demon wolf?"

"The jackals have always had a low status among the sub-races. Their innate qualities are very low and it is difficult to give birth to any decent leaders." Princess Aniya shook her head. "The demon wolves are very powerful. Among the sub-races They are powerful predators, but their intelligence is only average, and they are unlikely to become the overall leaders of several tribes. Compared with these two, scholars are more willing to believe that 'alpha wolf' is just an honorary title and has nothing to do with race. It is the honorific title given to a strong person by those integrated sub-races to show their submission."

"Your Majesty, this matter should be paid attention to," Grand Duke Luen bowed slightly to Rudolf III. "The sudden gathering of monsters has never been a good thing in the past. Although they are all rabble, beasts are inherently stronger than human bodies. Now the kingdom's defense is empty. , we should take precautions as early as possible.”

"It's just a subrace. They really want to attack a country," Rudolf III snorted. "But proper precautions are indeed necessary. Their looting will also be a huge loss to the current kingdom." Well, I will leave this matter to you to arrange it - just increase the defense of the southern border cities appropriately. The war in the western border is tight now, so it is not appropriate to deploy too many troops."

After the two important ministers of the kingdom left, the room became quiet again.

Rudolf III sat in the armchair, and there seemed to be dark clouds that would never dissipate between his brows. After a long time, he breathed softly: "Aniya, open the window."

The young princess nodded, walked aside and opened the window.

The bright sunlight shines into the room, and the sun "Uro" that brings light to the world of Koro has just walked into the atrium of the sky. From this room located on the top floor of the Golden Rose Palace, you can easily overlook almost the entire White City scenery. You can see this ancient city stretching out on the plain, bright and white.

And above the city, the sky is clear and cloudless. Only in the far distance at the end of the horizon can you see the sky dimming. A dark halo envelopes the sky. It is the projection of the dark side of the Sea of ​​Karnos on the sky. .

"After chaos is the monster." Rudolf III looked at the clear sky outside, but his face was clouded, "What happened to this world..."