Chapter 7: Lost Glory
There are many hidden organizations in Emerald Bay, such as the Ranger and Druid Alliances, which are rarely found around human settlements such as cities and villages, but the description of the Emerald is obviously less known than the so-called secret organization.
Urs knew the general origin of the Doomsday Holy Cult, but he didn't know anything about the Origin Blood that Victado mentioned next, and he was more or less surprised, and couldn't help but wonder if the situation in this world was really different from what he knew in his previous life.
Or is this part of the main story that was officially cut after the game's official operation?
In his last life, he heard some gossip, it is said that a technical nerd player found a few pieces of data code in the game by some means, and accidentally found traces of artificial deletion in several places related to the main story materials, which may mean that there is some hidden plot in the game, or those traces are proof of the incomplete deletion of the official programmer when adjusting the background data.
The rumors in that player circle were quickly refuted by CastaΓ±o's game official, and the tech nerd didn't know where he went, some people said that he became cash, some people said that he was officially recruited, and the specific truth is probably only clear to a few people.
And Urs does not belong to that "minority".
He restrained the surprise in his heart and chose to continue listening, and for the time being, the secret party called the Blood of the Origin regarded it as just an organizational force to which Victedo depended, just like his companions.
And according to the next account of the mage city lord, the focus of the confrontation between the Doomsday Holy Cult and the Origin Blood in the entire incident is undoubtedly the artifact hidden in the depths of the shadow ruins of Ras Canyon - that is, the piece of home radical octahedron ore discovered by Urs and others.
The cultists act to summon their evil gods to the main physical plane, the members of the secret party act to thwart the cultists' ambitions, and the elven ranger named Merella Morning Dew is an innocent victim from beginning to end.
The reason why Sana, the priestess of Doom, harmed her is unknown, perhaps it was the nature of chaos and evil that drove her inner whim, or it may be that Merella accidentally discovered something, and it cannot be ruled out that the Doomsday Apostles intended to use it as a bait for the conspiracy link, trying to lure the snake out of the hole.
For cultists, the dragon vein mage with the strength of the transcendent realm is the "snake" in their hearts. He is a strategic deterrent, as long as the other party does not dare to act rashly as long as he does not officially appear - so the powerful mage city lord is determined to come to Okazawa, but half a year after the female ranger was killed, he only acted as a behind-the-scenes funder, and sent the disguised spirit sucking mage Ted as his representative to plan and establish Twilight City.
The establishment of Twilight City was spawned by the struggle between the cult and the secret party, and became a chessboard for both sides as a stage for the game.
The confrontation was expected to last for a long time, but the turning point came shortly after the city was founded, when Victor instructed Ted to issue a decree that established a series of rules and regulations, and successively supported two urban organizations under the jurisdiction of the city, the Adventurers' Guild and the Oak White Mage's Guild.
Chess players who live in seclusion need controlled pieces to carry out their orders.
The adventurers on the mainland are never restless floating population, so Victor attracted them to the city under his control, and then used the various conveniences provided by the adventurer association to make them gradually choose to settle in the city, and gradually transformed these adventurers into "mercenaries" who live in the city - as for the real mercenaries to come to the city, it will not be long before they find that their jobs have been robbed.
Fixed place for task handover, reward and punishment system for getting paid to do things, and relatively reliable guarantee of the reputation of the hired party - there is no official mercenary association in Twilight City, and the adventurer's association is actually similar to the mercenary association, and the adventurers systematically replace the positions that originally belonged to mercenaries under the management of the mage city lord, the difference is only that the names of the two are slightly different.
The influx of adventurers provided a good basis for Victor's plan, and the dragon mage planned to borrow the adventurer's power to take the initiative for himself, and when he found the right piece from it, he also received a surprise worth mentioning.
That's Draco Barton.
"Draco's appearance was unexpected to me, after all, there are not many strong people who have awakened soul talents." Victor paused, his head clasped upside down at the Elven Swordsman beside him with satisfaction, "That's why I made a decisive invitation to Draco and took him under his command. β
"The Castle Lord's philosophy is very much in my agreement." Draco sat next to the Dragon Vein Mage, smiling and nodding in acknowledgement, "It's also an honor to join the Secret Party and be a member of the Origin Blood. β
"But Ted may have moved around that time." Irina pondered for a moment, and suddenly looked sideways at her mage adoptive father to offer her opinion.
"Yes, Ted Hearst, my old friend who grieves me......" The dragon mage sighed as he thought of the spirit sucker who had been following him for so long, "he was still too impatient after all, and the more he craved for the knowledge of magic, the more he went astray. β
Then, by the way, the mage lord also succinctly explained the betrayal of the spirit sucking mage, and pointed out the possibility that Sana had been disguised as a magic apprentice of the Oak White Guild since then to get into contact with Ted - and since then, two large adventuring groups that have emerged from the adventurer circle have burst into the chess game.
"Thorns and red scorpions?" Urs followed the clues given by Victedo.
"Yes, the Thorn Adventure Band, and the Red Scorpion Adventure Band." Victedo snapped her fingers to indicate that she was correct, "And the rest of the story is pretty much as you know." The Red Scorpion Adventure Group gave me a different feeling, and the facts later also proved that Dambert Kerchas, as a pawn of the Doomsday Holy Sect, infiltrated that adventure group, and climbed all the way to the management of the team through various scheming methods, and even the position of the leader. β
"But as the city lord, you could have interfered in that kind of thing at that time." Stone Fist thought for a moment, and couldn't help but question on the premise of maintaining respect, "But you didn't, is it because Dambert is behind those cultists?" β
"Otherwise, monk?" Victor looked at the orc and spread his hands helplessly, "Dambert is jumping like a monkey under my nose, do you think I'm blind and can't see him?" No, of course not. I don't make a move, as you analyzed, for the reason you analyzed, the red-haired monkey's ass is hiding behind my old opponents. When a fish's mouth touches the bait, the angler with the rod will notice. β
"But... Wait, what does it matter if those bastards know you're here? After a long moment of confusion, Koto frowned and shook his head, and finally couldn't help but interject, "You're so powerful, you're still afraid that those damn cultists won't succeed?" β
"Of course I'm not afraid of them, heroic and good at telling bad jokes, but not sharp enough to be a clan warrior." Victedo shook his head at Koto, "But as I said, my presence is a deterrent, and it is more fearful to hide than to be exposed. As long as I don't show up officially, the Doomsday Holy Sect will not dare to act rashly. If I hastily clean up Dambert, even if I arrange for someone else to do it for me, Esana's mind will surely be able to judge that I am in the city, and then divide a force to delay me, and she herself will go to the Rath Canyon to seize the vital artifact. β
"Then why don't you just go and take that artifact?"
"Not being afraid does not mean underestimating the enemy. I went to the ruins on my own as a solution, but it was tantamount to giving up the first hand of the battle to the other side. Sana is a high-ranking priest who has also stepped into the transcendent realm, and I dare not say that I can still have a high degree of certainty of victory under the assumption of being attacked first. β
"Uh, still a little dizzy...... But the warriors of the clan believe in you. Koto blinked dumbly, raised his hand to scratch his beard at his chin, and looked back at his precious casserole, "Little Meng told me that you are a good man, and we can all trust you." β
As his words fell, Thea waited for the Mage City Lord to nod at him, turned her gaze back and then asked, "So you finally chose the Thorn Adventure Group at that time, that is, the team of Gloleiden in the past?" β
"It's exactly what you say, little girl." "In the end, my plan was to guard against Dambert's Red Scorpion Adventure Troupe, and choose the Thorn Adventure Regiment to complete the mission to Ras Canyon," Victedo admitted. β
"You have the guts to worry about the direct interference of the chess players with the chess pieces." A comment came out of the hood of her black robe coldly, but the hoarse tone deliberately made it impossible to hear the slightest sour taste that might exist in it.
Victor looked at Miss Poet again, and replied bluntly: "Of course I am not worried that Sana will dare to attack the team I have picked, and if she dares to expose herself first, it will be equivalent to giving me the first hand in the battle, and I will attack her in such a hypothetical situation." β
"Even entropy exists? That Tieflin Juggernaut, he can attack the Thorns Adventure Group first, leaving Sana as your follow-up. β
"Don't try to make me laugh, poet. To tell you unceremoniously, as far as I know, Entropy is the weakest of the Apostles of Doom. His potential was huge, but his current strength was just like that, and Draco's ability was enough to deal with him. β
"Clever planning, but it's a pity that you still neglected the shadow dragon. Was it a mistake in intelligence? Or is your intelligence misled by evil tricks? β
"I'm ashamed that was my mistake, and that's what I think I'm most sorry for the Thorn Adventure Party. If your old gentleman had been here, I would apologize to him. β
Speaking of this, the mage city lord's pupils in the iron bucket seemed to dim for a moment, and the whole person was silent for a second before continuing: "As for what happened next, I think you all know about it. β
As the words fell, he shrugged his shoulders, leaned back with his straight waist, and leaned lazily back in his chair.
Draco glanced sideways at the dragon mage he was following, and faced everyone with a friendly smile, "If there's anything else you'd like to ask, please feel free to ask so that Lord Castle can talk to you about the next important matter." β
After the elven swordsman finished speaking, the adventurers of the Thorn Squad all turned their heads to look at the black-haired young man.
Grolleden was absent, and the diplomatic spokesperson of the team was absent.
As the leader of the team, both nominally and in fact, Urs thought about it for a moment, secretly thinking that the Doomsday Cult that Victedo talked about was completely consistent with the group of cultists he knew in his previous life, but what he knew about the Origin Blood was almost blank, and he had never come into contact with the so-called secret party organization in his previous life.
So the young man thought for a moment, and then asked, "Can you introduce us to your secret party again, Mr. Draco, Miss Irina, Lord Victodor?" For example, are there any other members of the Origin Blood besides you? If they exist, are there some avenues through which we can find and visit them? β
He said in his heart that he had to figure out how much the world in this life deviated from the memory of the previous life, whether it was the main plot that had changed in essence since he crossed over, or the part of the "hidden plot" that was cut off by the game official was no longer hidden.
Prophet of the Unknown - This is his greatest advantage over the natives.
If he loses this advantage, he will have to be more cautious about his future plans, after all, precious life is obviously only once in this world, if he does not intend to accept the desecration of negative energy after death and be transformed into an undead creature.
Urs sorted out the memories in his head that might be useful, and prepared to listen, trying to compare the other person's next answer with what he knew in his previous life.
Victedo's gaze met him for two seconds, and even if the natural dragon might was suppressed by the improvised enchanted iron bucket, the black-haired young man had to keep a serious silence on him.
Then he thought for a moment, and then replied, "For now, there should only be three members of the secret party in the entire Okazawa region: me, Draco, and Irina. If Ted hadn't betrayed me, it would have been four. β
"So little?" Thea was surprised and sighed softly.
"After all, it's a lost glory, guys." The Dragon Vein Mage's mouth covered under the barrel seemed to smile bitterly, his waist leaning on the back of the chair straightened again, and his hands clenched into fists on the table, "And this glorious duty, from the beginning of the establishment of the secret party to the present, is to protect the main material plane on which we live without asking for anything in return...... Or save the world? Nothing seems wrong, hehe. β
"So great, so romantic, so naΓ―ve ideals...... If it were you, would any of you be willing to give up your life and regain this lost glory with me? Well? β
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