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Inside a temple branch somewhere in the Carranslan Empire, Desmond took out a parchment map and spread it out on the table. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Baker glanced at it, this map is the latest version of the recent map of the Caranslan Empire, except for the slightly larger towns, the map also details the location of all villages and rivers, even the most remote and poor villages, and even includes uninhabited ruins and castles.

This map can be so detailed, I'm afraid it's not something that ordinary people can buy with money.

The place Desmond was pointing to was a small black dot in the upper left corner of the map, because the map was so detailed, so it took Baker a long time to find the name of the little black dot in the dense small print below and know what it was.

"Two hundred years ago, it was a famous tourist destination, one of the top ten tourist towns in the Carranslan Empire, Tenel City. Desmond had done his research, and now was not the time to do so, so he tried to explain to Baker as much as he could.

"Tenel...... Ruins ......"

"Yes, it's in ruins. ”

"Two hundred years ago, it was attacked by the Shadow Dragon, and since then the vegetation around that city has stopped growing and has withered. ”

Tenel lost all life after that, and no one ever set foot in it again, and the shadow dragon that attacked Tenel was a dragon that had never been seen in history. The shadow flame that spat out of the Shadow Dragon's mouth destroyed everything, and turned it into a place where the magical elements could not adapt, a barren land in the absolute sense of the word.

At that time, the Caranslan Empire was not as strong as it is now, and many internal circumstances forced it to abandon the rebuilding of the city of Tenel, and in the days that followed, the city lost its former glory and was reduced to a few untouched ruins.

"...... this ruin?"

Desmond rubbed his forehead, and Baker noticed the tiredness on his face, and his mind immediately threw away the atmosphere of this serious topic. Desmond is still not used to talking too much at once, and almost everyone who is familiar with Desmond will notice this trait, and it has not changed after all these years.

Baker smiled inwardly, and the uneasiness and tension that had remained in his heart disappeared.

Desmond looked over, a puzzled look.

Baker waved his hand to indicate that it was nothing, and motioned for him to continue.

"This place is adapted to Tibetans, and for the past few years I have arranged for people to monitor suspicious places in all countries. "A month ago, I lost contact with a few people, and we used to be in regular contact once a month to report on the situation in various places. ”

"At least a month missing?"

"When I arrived at Karanslan, I was about to go to the branch to get new news, and where I rushed there, the temple branch was blown up. ”

Desmond pulled out a pen and drew a shallow circle on the map.

"This, plus this, and here, these towns are very close to the ruins of Tenel, and at the same moment, all of them are under attack. ”

Baker shook his head slightly, "This is too obvious, is it really the ruins of Tenel?"

Baker suspected something deeper, but unfortunately he had too little information at his disposal.

"I've been there twice myself, but I couldn't find any of my men. ”

A smile appeared on Baker's face, "Really didn't find anything?" Desmond was not someone to give up easily, he had always been absolutely sure of what he did, and he still hadn't told himself anything else.

"You can go, if you say. ”

"Me?"

"In exchange, I'll help you find Kuy Ajjet. ”

“…… If you can find him, I promise you, and you promise me that he will live. ”

"As much as possible. ”

From what he had just said to the present, Desmond had lost the patience to continue talking, and the two words he said to Baker later were his greatest promise.

"Hopefully I'll come back alive. Baker muttered softly, because he had a sense of uncertainty, Desmond had always been reluctant to say anything, and would not take the initiative to tell what was important, and more importantly, let him run here in person, and also open his mouth to cooperate, on every mission he had carried out in the past, this mission was undoubtedly the most dangerous.

I wasn't very sure about finding Cuy, but after meeting Desmond, my confidence became even lower.

Desmond frowned, he heard Baker's whisper, of course, he knew that Baker was an ordinary person now.

From the point of view of friendship, Desmond would not let Baker really die, and then, even if the knight chief had remained unchanged even in the past thousand years, he had no change, did not speak, took out a magic scroll and threw it at Baker, and then immediately turned away.

"Huh?"

"Desmond? is this...... This is a magic scroll of Void Teleportation Magic, ah......!"

"Wait, don't go so fast, isn't this your ultimate way to save your life?

"Wait a minute! Desmond!"

Ten days later, to the northwest of the Caranslan Empire.

To the east of the ruins of Tenel there is a valley, and a little further east of the valley is a dense forest.

Two hundred years ago, the Shadow Dragon descended on the city of Tenel, and the dense forest was unaffected by the valley in between.

For ten days, not wanting to attract anyone's attention, Desmond's chosen route was to enter the dense forest first, then to the valley, and from the direction of the valley to the ruins of Tenel.

Despite this, there are still some demonic beasts inhabited in the dense forest, but fortunately, those demonic beasts are only low-level demonic beasts and do not pose any threat.

"It's the only finished product. In the woods, Desmond gave Baker a cloak.

"Is this the Cloak of Invisibility?" Baker immediately draped it over his body, and then asked, "If one of them is good at detecting magic, isn't that invalid?"

"The city of Turnel has been in ruins since it was left without any vegetation and magical elements. ”

"A lot can happen in 200 years. ”

"Are the current ruins of Tenel gradually coming back to life?"

"The credit of the first two great priests of the Xuanwu Temple, at least, is suitable for the growth of tenacious weeds. ”

"In that case, it's not a real Jedi. ”

"Rest assured, this cloak of invisibility has been improved more than a dozen times by Donnaxiu, and ordinary temptations have no effect on it. ”

"When we get out of this jungle, let's break up, Desmond, and wait for my good news. ”

For so many days, they had been on foot, and they had used the teleportation array directly from a distance, and they couldn't even use a carriage in order to hide their whereabouts.

Baker didn't have Desmond's physical strength, and his feet were about to break if he kept walking, but fortunately Desmond understood this, and took a lot of breaks halfway, and didn't say anything about delaying the trip.

Desmond had spoken more than once about the mission, and he would disturb them as soon as he stepped into the ruins of Tenel. That group of people has some terrible methods, as for what means Desmond hasn't really figured out yet, he still roughly understands one thing, that is, the magic power on his body attracts the attention of the other party, which causes Desmond to investigate twice in a row and find nothing.

In the case of Baker, things will be different, Baker is an ordinary person, and he doesn't have too many magic items on his body, just an invisibility cloak and a magic scroll for escape. In some places full of magic traps, it works for magicians, but not for those who don't.

The situation in the ruins of Tenel is complicated, the area used to be a Jedi, but over the decades it has gradually recovered and begun to come back to life.

Even so, this area is still not as strong as other places with strong magical elements, and the ruins of Tenel are a rare place for magical elements.

Here, no one can cast high-level magic, because the chanting of high-level magic requires more conditions, first of all, the condensation of magic elements, and the magic elements required by high-level magic cannot be condensed here, so only low-level magic can be used here.

The reason why Desmond handed over this matter to Baker was not only because of his trust in Baker, but more importantly, because the other party's temptation was only some basic means, and the cloak of invisibility could be completely isolated.

The cloak of invisibility and the magic scroll are the same magic props, and the study of magic props is also a very deep science, magic props extend from magic, and the magic array is a content of magic, most of the magic props make use of the magic array, and the magic arrays of different magic props determine their different properties.

Let's not mention the cloak of invisibility, let's talk about the magic scroll, the magic scroll is the most special kind of magic prop, the magic scroll itself has magical power, and it does not need magic crystals or magic cores to send it.

The invisibility cloak on Baker's body is one of Donasius's more proud works, no matter what it is, it can't be found, and other magic items with greater magic power can be hidden under it.

Desmond immediately attracted the attention of the other party after stepping into the ruins of Tenel, and the real reason for the two consecutive times of still finding nothing was the magic trap set inside the ruins, the magic trap was explained earlier, it extended from the magic array, and it belonged to a different kind of magic array.

Magic traps are only for people like magicians who can do magic, and unlike magic arrays, magic arrays also work for ordinary people, so they are alternative magic arrays, with a new name for magic traps.

Because of this, Desmond was helpless, otherwise he would not have failed to find out twice in the second exploration.

“……”

Desmond was indeed put on the table.

There were hundreds of low-level magic traps arranged in the ruins, and Desmond couldn't imagine how these hundreds worked with that rare land of magic elements, and the people who arranged them really took a lot of effort.

More importantly, Desmond's magical talent is fire-based, and the pile of magic traps are all water-based, with completely opposite attributes, which is really tricky. He couldn't go there, he couldn't step into the depths of Tenel's ruins.

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The second half of the chapter is very esoteric, and this kind of explanatory plot still has to explain its complexity, Desmond is a very strict person, with a very strict personality and a very strict idea. By the way, to add a detail that has not been mentioned before, the chief shaman, the chief knight, and the high priest of the Temple of the Four Directions, as well as the shamans, knights, and priests below. The basic condition for becoming a knight is sword skills, followed by magical talent. The condition for becoming a shaman is to have a magical talent, whether it is an elemental magic talent or a light magic talent. The priest's words must be held only by those who are gifted with light magic, and the priest must master all kinds of healing magic in light magic.