Chapter 101: Undercurrents

【Holy Alliance, November 3, 478, Sacred Tree Country, Maple Leaf Harbor】

October in Shuguo is very warm, and even at night, you only need to wear a short shirt when walking the streets. However, in November, the country of trees will enter a long rainy season, which will last for a whole month.

The decision of the Holy Alliance's cabinet meeting in mid-September was made during the five-nation talks.

The news of Operation Thunder Island had spread throughout the alliance before October, and this Operation Thunder Island was full of suspicions, giving people a feeling that Operation Thunder Island was not really a battle, but a stage, a stage for the Seven Nations to perform.

People can't help but think of the Battle of Thunder Island a hundred years ago, where millions of allied troops and thousands of warships were wiped out in a moment, all the Thunder Clan people died, and the glorious Thunder Island became a lost island.

The Seven Nations Alliance attributed the tragic losses of a hundred years ago to the head of the Nine Demon Beasts [Thunder Fang], and sent troops to Thunder Island in order to eliminate [Thunder Fang], but the final result was that [Thunder Fang] was wiped out, and the coalition army was also wiped out. The alliance suffered heavy losses, and all nine inheritors who participated in the naval battle of Thunder Island were killed, and eight of the nine ancient spirit weapons were missing, and only the magic guide armor remained.

In order to commemorate these dead warriors, the Alliance built a tall tower in front of the White Tower in Maple Leaf Harbor, the headquarters of the Alliance, with dense names engraved on it, and they were all warriors who died in the Battle of Thunder Island.

A hundred years later, the pain of war is still a pain in everyone's heart, and no one would have thought that after a hundred years of peace, the alliance would still have to launch an operation against Thunder Island.

This time, the resolution of the coalition cabinet caused a lot of disgust. The Alliance states that the purpose of this operation is to rule out the possibility of Thunderfang's awakening.

But the people of the Seven Kingdoms said that after the Battle of Thunder Island a hundred years ago, the alliance had already made an explanation, and [Thunder Tooth] was killed, so why is there any possibility of awakening?

The populace is full of doubts about the Alliance, after all, the Holy Alliance is no longer what it used to be. The so-called alliance has gradually become a stage for the seven countries to show their national strength. The powerful Tree Country, Ning Country, and Dragon Kingdom are out of the limelight on this stage, and the slightly weaker Snow Country, Beast Country, Sand Country, and Fog Country have only chosen to remain silent most of the time.

The Holy Alliance was already on the verge of collapse, and this Operation Thunder Island was obviously even worse.

250,000 troops were dispatched, of which 200,000 troops were the army of the Dragon Kingdom and 50,000 troops of the Tree Kingdom. There is no need to guess, everyone knows that this is the dragon country to establish its national prestige in the new great power competition.

And the fog country and the sand country chose to withdraw, showing that they no longer care about the alliance, and the alliance's right to speak no longer exists.

With the great power struggle between the Dragon Kingdom and the Ning Kingdom, the Holy Alliance has lost its original purpose.

While many people remain skeptical of the Alliance, there are still those who are looking forward to Operation Ray Island. After a hundred years of peace, people began to remember the glory of war, and gradually forgot the pain and misfortune caused by war.

The Five-Nation Alliance, Operation Thunder Island, the Battle of Thunder Island a hundred years ago, the inheritor, and the giant warship have become a topic that the people discuss every day for a while.

The top of the alliance swore that this operation was only to ensure that there was no trace of [Thunder Fang] on Thunder Island, and the change of direction ensured the success of this operation. If so, this operation will be a perfect end to the secrecy of a hundred years ago.

In the streets and alleys, people are talking about Thunder Island, children are singing nursery rhymes, people in the hotel are talking about the coalition forces, and even some noble ladies who don't understand war even comment on the naval battle of Thunder Island a hundred years ago, thinking that it was a tragedy caused by the command mistakes of the alliance generals.

The alliance has decided that the 200,000 Dragon Nation army and the 50,000 Tree Nation fleet will converge at the Grand Port of Calmero to the east of the Dragon Kingdom on December 18. As the days passed, December 18 was getting closer and closer, and the entire alliance seemed to have ignited a war in their hearts, as if they had become warriors a hundred years ago.

Andorra passes through bustling streets.

Maple Leaf Harbor is the headquarters of the Holy Alliance, and naturally it is also one of the largest cities in the Alliance, and its scale even exceeds that of the Tree Country's national capital: Xie Du. Looking at the entire Seven Nations Alliance, the only one that can compare with it is the capital of the Dragon Kingdom: Insonia.

There are travelers, merchants, politicians, military strategists and other outstanding talents from the seven countries, even the poor yearn for Maple Leaf Harbor, and it seems that it is full of gold. They always say that when you go to Maple Leaf Harbor, you can get a lot of money around as long as you bend down.

As such, since Maple Leaf Harbor was set as the center of the Holy Alliance, it has become a cornucopia of alliances, both good and bad, flocking to it. Even with the rise of the Dragon Kingdom, the Ning Kingdom, and the Tree Kingdom, the status of the Seven Nations Alliance is declining day by day, and the legend that Maple Leaf Harbor is full of gold still lingers in people's minds.

Andorra looked at the people coming and going in the streets, and pressed his big gray hat down so that he could see others, and others had to bend down if they wanted to see him.

Andorra wore a large gray cloak that hid his aging face, and no one passing by would have imagined that this old man in a scruffy robe would have a kind face under this gray cloak.

Andorra held in his hand a grayish-white cane that he was one and a half years tall. Andorra looked thin and tall, and wearing a large gray robe gave the illusion that he would fall down when the wind blew.

People on the streets are not surprised by Andorra, because there are many beggars in Maple Leaf Harbor who are also dressed this way. Most of them are not really beggars, but poor people who are unwilling to let go after being eliminated in the competitive place of Maple Leaf Harbor.

Andorra was on crutches in his right hand, touched his white beard with his left hand, and said with a wry smile, "It seems that I have really become a vagabond." ”

Andor shook his head, he was not a vagabond, but a distinguished white-robed mage, the head of the seven legendary mages of Calagon in Ningguo. If he is the second most powerful person in the world in magic, then no one dares to call him first.

Even the black-robed mage Mo Wenguang was far inferior to himself, let alone the other five legendary mages.

Andorra has been away from Caragón for thirty years, and for thirty years he has been searching for the truth, the truth about the naval battle of Isla Rei a hundred years ago.

This is an agreement reached between him and the king of Ningguo, and at all costs, find out the real culprit behind the naval battle of Lei Island.

Unexpectedly, later the king became seriously ill and died. When Andorra returned to Yunchuan, the capital of Ningguo, His Royal Highness Matsudaira, the daughter of the old king, personally passed on her father's last words to the white-robed mage.

"Do whatever it takes to find out the real culprit!"

Andorra still remembers that thirty years ago, at the age of sixteen, Matsudaira resolutely uttered these ten words. She saw the shadow of the old king in Matsudaira's body.

From that day on, the white-robed mage and the young queen reached a new agreement. It was also on that day that the white-robed mage never returned to Karagon. From that day on, the white-robed mage Andorra completely disappeared from the world. The people of Carragon regarded him as a traitor and secretly tried to find his traces.

This secret was sealed forever, and only Matsudaira and Andorra knew about it.

For thirty years, Andorra has not complained a word, and at the moment when he was at the helm of the White Legendary Philosopher's Stone, the moment he held the White Legendary Staff, he swore an oath in front of the tens of thousands of mages in Karagon that he would never betray the Holy Fountain and never betray the country.

He knew that this task could only be completed by himself, and only the white-robed mage could do it. Because if you want to uncover the truth from a hundred years ago, you have to travel all over the world, and only the Legendary White Philosopher's Stone can provide infinite mana beyond the Holy Spring.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Thirty years ago, Andorra discovered Ni Duan. After years of hard work, he has traveled all over the Holy Alliance, traveled beyond the four seas, and even visited the territory of the Demon Clan, and he has collected a lot of information. In addition to the truth of the naval battle of Thunder Island, he gradually discovers that there are secrets in this world that no one knows.

And the focus of this secret is on the island of Thunder, and he is what Claude Fresnel calls his friend outside.

Andorra came to Port Maple to prove a conjecture that would be the last link in the truth.

Thirty years ago, from Maple Leaf Harbor to Maple Leaf Harbor, thirty years later, all the problems lie in the Holy Alliance.

The world is like an iceberg floating on the surface of the sea, people see a tenth of the part of the sea, but the real world is a secret under the surface of the sea.

Andorra lowered his head and looked at the people who passed in front of him, all talking about Operation Ray Island in a little more than a month.

"This time, the Dragon Kingdom is out of the limelight, and the 200,000 army is not something that can be taken out casually. Someone commented, "Mossfield, the king of the dragon kingdom, is really bloody. ”

"The Seendia family of the Dragon Kingdom is not a simple person, but if the rumors are true, [Thunder Fang] will awaken again, and the 200,000 army will be considered to be gone. ”

"yes. Someone chimed in, "Wasn't that the case in the Battle of Thunder Island a hundred years ago? The place on Ray Island is very strange, and I heard that since the Battle of Ray Island, the surrounding waters have been surrounded by thunderstorms. ”

"Let's not talk about the Dragon Kingdom, the Tree Kingdom also sent 50,000 troops, which is also a lot of numbers. A man stood on the side of the road and discussed, "Plus, the Tree Kingdom sent two Spirit Weapon Inheritors to the battle. ”

"Two inheritors?"

The man smiled smugly, "One of them everyone knows, it is one of the seven inheritors of the Alliance, the owner of the Phantom Dragon Bone Bow, Hua Ze, the famous Hand of the Firmament. ”

"What about the second one?" asked the people eagerly.

The man looked around, and everyone's eyes were attracted by him, "The second inheritor sent by the Tree Country is the famous Tree Country Sword Hero back then, Qiu Fengyang, holding an ancient famous sword, blessing." ”

"The Tree Country is really powerful, it can send two Ancient Inheritors. You must know that the strength of each inheritor is unfathomable, and some can even beat an army of more than a thousand people. ”

"It seems that in addition to the Dragon Kingdom this time, the Tree Country is not to be outdone. People nodded.