After the rain stopped.

The two men who walked out of the "fox, badger and mead tavern" were still trying to smooth the goosebumps on their arms.

"Aven, you are promoted to official wizard, do you really need this kind of weird thing?"

Even as a full-fledged wizard with far more power than ordinary people, Milan felt a certain kind of crazy malice in his own extremely sharp sense of intent when he heard those stories.

Obviously, if you take the risk of going after the source of those horrific legends, you will most likely incur misfortune!

And for Aven.

Although he felt that compared to the Old World, where the power of the church was deeply rooted, the New World should have the "dust of evil spirits" that it needed.

But it was only from an ordinary tavern that after hearing the terrifying legends of these New Worlds, Evan had already realized that his ideas were a little too optimistic.

This time, it's not because there are too few "evil spirits" and too few and too weak, but because there are too many and too strong!

It is no wonder that the 18 settlements established by the kingdom before Tomstown have all died one after another, although the reasons may be manifold.

These terrifying beings roaming the continent may not be the main cause, but they can never be just sporadic accidents.

In particular, the original three primitive civilizations of the New World, the Kuma Empire, the Garshna Empire, and the Azkh Empire, not only generally believed in animism.

Moreover, among the Kumars, who perished before Cylius arrived in the New World, and among the Azks, who inherited part of the civilization of the Kumars, the tradition of sacrificing the blood of the same kind is preserved!

In this "mysterious" active world, the extinction of a large number of long-term intelligent beings is very likely to lead to unexpected disasters, which may be from evil spirits, monsters, spooky or even a wandering evil god.

To say that the strange demise of the entire Kuma civilization has nothing to do with this kind of thing, and he doesn't believe it if he is killed!

Don't talk about learning from history, history is strikingly similar, and breaking the cycle is not something that can be achieved with one or two wise leaders.

"Anyway, I don't plan to look for any of these legends, so let's let the matter of 'Evil Spirit Dust' take its course. ”

Therefore, Evan decided not to act rashly and prepared to complete this escort mission first.

Now that I have just set foot in the New World, I will stay in the New World for at least half a year or so, and there are still many opportunities.

It took more than two months.

A convoy of five warships escorted twenty-five merchant ships to the New World via the Tesgar Current.

Although the first task of the second princess was to assess the impact of the recovery of Hipponoa on shipping.

However, according to Colonel Robbins, the captain of the "Endeavour", who has traveled back and forth to the two continents more than a dozen times, the voyage was smoother than any previous one, and it can even be said that there were no waves at all.

Every time the tern is sent to a fixed time, there is only one sentence passed back: "No abnormality, safe!".

One possibility is that both sides of the standoff have died down, and the other possibility is that there will only be the calm before the storm.

And because the god was active before the beginning of the Age of Discovery, until now, most people, with the exception of a limited number of countries, have not been entirely sure where Hipponoa went after his return.

Therefore, the Texgar Current, which is located in the northern part of the Black Sea leading to the northern colony of Pharytis, may not be within the influence of Hipponoa, but the normal route directly to the Golden Sea of the New World is uncertain.

Those things didn't have much to do with Evan half a year ago.

At present, the New World colony of Phaletis did not have an absolute economic center, and shipping was far safer and more efficient than the forested land.

Thus, the task of the convoy was to divide the original colony of Tomstown, with one group to the north and one to the south, and each colony would have merchant ships port and cargo distribution.

Eventually, they went to Fort Dilborn and Fort George, the naval bases at the northern and southern endpoints, on the border of the Phaletis colony, respectively.

And if the weather permits, tomorrow will be the day of parting ways.

Now that he has come to the New World, Evan has already done his homework on the current state of the colony here.

Compared to the central and southern parts of the country, which were rich in mineral and human resources, occupied by Hylius and other countries, the northern part was obviously more barren.

But it was in this land, with the sea blocked by the fleet of Cyrius for a long time, that Pharytis spent hundreds of years with great difficulty in establishing 11 independent colonies.

All along the coast of the northeastern part of the New World, lined up from north to south.

But.

When he first began to colonize the New World a hundred years ago, Pharytis was far from his current national strength, with no money, no people, and a weak army, but it was impossible to sit idly by and watch that vast land slip out of his hands.

So His Majesty the King at that time, Thomas I, came up with a brilliant idea.

He established two colonial companies, the Kaginia and the Eastern Lunchs Colonial Company, and issued a charter to the commoners, merchants, adventurers, and aristocrats in the country.

They were given "given, gifted, and confirmed" the right to land, forests, minerals, the right to establish churches, and to recommend clergy, as well as jurisdiction, concessions, liberties, immunities, royal rights, and temporary tax exemptions.

In addition, there is the crucial one: the power to prescribe, make and promulgate laws "freely, completely, and absolutely, provided that they do not contravene the laws and regulations of the kingdom itself."

An in-depth analysis of the legal principles and details will not be exhausted in a day or a night.

Put simply, the kingdom grants them independent economic rights and political privileges at a small and insignificant price.

So not all of the 11 independent colonies now belong to the Kingdom.

Even in the beginning, there was only a corporate colony (belonging to the company), the owner colony (belonging to the nobility), and the autonomous colony (belonging to the private person), and there was nothing about the royal family at all.

In the later period of the kingdom's policy changes and the colonial operators faced various serious problems, most of the colonies were gradually redeemed, forming a new pattern of the current royal colonies.

These include:

6 royal colonies. Including Kaginia, where Tomstown is located, East Lunchs... Governors are sent directly by the royal family. It is mainly bicameral, with the Upper House appointed by the Queen and serving as the Governor's Senate, and the House of Commons elected by freemen.

There are 2 owner colonies. The owners here are actually the two nobles of Amor and Pine and their descendants. The charter allowed them to appoint governors and officials of their own accord and to set up councils and courts of their own, and to enjoy all the powers enjoyed by the king in the royal colonies.

They are the Far Sail Territory of the Amor Peninsula in the south, which is already adjacent to the Golden Sea, and the Fortmont in the northernmost part belonging to the Pine family, which are actually similar to the independent kingdoms of the Partition Era.

Finally, there are 3 autonomous colonies. Charters are issued directly to the colonies by the Queen, and the Governor is elected by the local council for a one-year term with the Queen's approval. There is a bicameral parliamentary system, and the members of the parliament are elected by free people.

In addition to the kingdom of Pharytis, because of the geographical advantage of facing the Black Sea, the "Tulip Alliance" was the first to get the moon near the water.

All six member states had colonies, all in the northern part of the continent, which was not taken into account by Hilius for the time being, but large or small, some inland and some by the sea, and some large islands and bays.

And the Sark Empire, the Kingdom of Atlan, which are deeply contradictory to them... Most of the colonies are also here.

In this kind of complex colonial composition, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it takes half a year for a person to go back and forth, it is conceivable that in addition to the contradictions between colonists and natives, the contradictions between colonies and countries are also particularly prominent.

This is one of the reasons why the New World has been in turmoil since its discovery.

In addition, the experienced captain of the "Endeavour", Colonel Robbins, also gave Evan a piece of advice to the newcomer to the New World, which are also three basic principles that must be strictly followed:

1. Don't go out alone after dark, 2. Don't trust any strange aborigines easily, 3. Don't touch things you don't know.

This is the way of survival summed up by the original colonists with blood and tears!

From another point of view, from the knowledge system of Aven, a wizard.

Tracing back to the roots, the most essential difference between the New World and the Old World is the difference in the activity of the "mystery factor" or the definition of the predecessor wizards of the "Living Chemical School" - "magic element".

It is difficult to strictly define the "magic element" rooted in the spirit world, because it transcends the nature of space and geography, and the content of "magic element" in the whole world is constant.

However, there are differences in the degree of activity, with inertia being more pronounced in some places and being more active in others.

If the activity of the "magic element" in the old continent ruled by the true god is 50%, then the activity level of the new continent is at least 60%, or even higher.

Obviously, the higher the activity of this magical energy, the more likely it is to appear all kinds of strange things that are difficult for mortals to understand!

The two returned to the Storm Horn, which was moored at the docks.

Evan took out a notebook and read it seriously.

The evil spirit he is looking for has no clue for the time being, but it does not affect his ability to enhance other powers.

"My Excellency, are you really not ready to give up the knightly path?"

Bringing the captain's special pastry from the galley, Milan was about to make tea, and looked up to see the notes in Aven's hand, as an orthodox wizard, he said that he could not understand.

In his opinion, as a promising wizard, clinging to swordsmanship is really putting the cart before the horse.

As long as you advance to the official wizard and leverage the power of the world through the truth you have mastered, you will be a few streets behind the knights of the same level in terms of creativity, productivity, and combat effectiveness (on the premise of adequate preparation).

As far as he knew, in the major kingdoms on the continent, it was common for a valuable third-order high-ranking wizard and a fourth-order title to sit on an equal footing.

However, Evan apparently disagrees with his views.

During this two-month voyage at sea, Evan had just celebrated his 17th birthday.

Not long after his birthday, his physical fitness finally reached the flawless peak knight level because of the continuous effect of the "Holy Baptism Pool Water".

Constitution 4.96, Strength 4.95, Agility 4.98, Mental Power 0.99.

It can be said that every attribute has reached the limit of Aiwen's theoretical body, and the knight's physical ferocity has been completely completed.

The power system of the Knight Path is very simple.

The sign of the extraordinary strength of the official knight is the "ferocity of the flesh", and after the ferocity gradually reaches the limit and becomes the peak knight, the knights need to further control the flesh after the ferocity through breathing and autosuggestion, and the power is gradually liberated.

At this time, the competition between knights is the subtle control between fury and reason, and when the body can fully adapt to 100% liberation, it means that it has the qualification to impact the big knight!

And Gehr is a powerful peak knight who has completed the 100% liberation of physical power and is preparing to attack the third order.

Before Evan left, as a gift for his 17th birthday, Gehr gave him the experience of liberating his physical power in advance.

For Ai Wen, even if he finds another way, he hopes that he will walk out of a new path with the most perfect attitude, and he does not want to leave any regrets.

"Alas, someone, how long has it been, the knight level is only a formal level, and now I don't even practice swordsmanship much.

The soothsayer's sorcery has almost no attack power, and now his combat ability is not even as good as that of the later Gary.

If you really encounter evil spirits on this continent, don't blame me for not holding you when you escape. ”

Poof——!

The tea that came to his mouth was squirted out by Milan at once.

"Bah, bah, bah, this time with you, I feel like we're running away all the time. We have just arrived in the New World, can we stop the crow's beak? Why do I suddenly have a sense of foreboding?"

"Ahem... Delusions are all delusions!"