Act 46 'The Lair' (Today's First Update)

It is known that Vaynd was formed by a contract between the Cruz god Eshiru, or the mother of the Eruin, Martha, and the four elven kings to bind Chaos (also known as the Sea of Chaos beyond the world) to form a boundary based on the six elements.

Within this boundary, the outer layer is the elemental realm, and the inner layer is the infinite earth.

The power of the gods, who guide the rules of the world, is reflected in the heavenly dome above the earth, and the sun, moon and stars are formed, so that life is born from the water, multiplied on the earth, blessed by the wind, and given wisdom by the fire, and the mortal world becomes it.

However, beyond the 130,000,000,000 laws laid down by God Eshiru—the A'thro (Elemental Rules) of the Code of God, the Sea of Chaos is not subservient, and it is also reflected in the heavenly vault, which the cultists call the Third Moon, the Holy Moon in the Pastoral Tree's Mouth, or the Silver Celestial Serpent, and the Moon of Magic as described in the texts of the Order of All Things.

Legend has it that the Invisible Moon of Magic is the month of summer, the month of books, and the month of revival in every decade, looking at the earth from the western half of the sky - so these months are also the time when the magic of wizards and witches is at its peak, and it is also the period when the elements are at its lowest - the magic tide caused by the magic moon at this moment makes waves in the sea of chaos, causing monsters to be born in the darkness affected by these magical powers.

That is, the monsters in people's mouths - the tide of magic drove them to attack the civilization region, causing the land of Eshiru's guardianship to collapse inward - the territory of civilization also shrank accordingly, in the early days of the Age of Chaos - the tide of magic was the mortal enemy that almost every civilization had to face, and this is the reason why the pioneer knights existed.

Even in modern times, a country's reserve of war potential has to be prepared to cope with the decline of civilization.

However, the tide of magic comes once every ten years, and the last visit has only been two years, and the once-in-a-century tide is still early, so people in this era are not too worried.

It's just that after the tide of magic recedes, the nest where monsters spawn will not disappear. They also produce monsters made of magic or mutant beasts over the years, so there is occasionally information that roads are cut off by monsters in the vicinity of large cities.

In Eruin, clearing these monsters and their nests is the job of the garrison and the Sanctuary of Fire.

However, not all nests will be destroyed. In the long battle against Chaos, people have learned how to domesticate the nest and use its products for themselves, just as their ancestors discovered how to domesticate the beast.

Even after a long period of research, races such as humans, elves, and even dwarves have found ways to create similar 'nests'.

For example, the gargoyle lair in Buga is a prime example.

(Note: A typical gargoyle lair produces two gargoyles per year; But building this nest, and maintaining the magic of it, requires a lot of resources, so even a country that relies on the 'nest' as a war reserve is not endless-)

The domesticated lair, on the other hand, resembles the mount of the Eruin Wyvern Knight, and the Griffon of the Cruz. and the earthly dragons, war snakes, or black wolves that people often see.

But there is another kind of lair, the Cave of Guardians, which is the product of the forces of the Laws of Order faction set by Martha (Eshiru), or the forces of light, darkness, fire, wind, water, or rock.

For example, the Abyss of the Wind in St. Osor, the Heavenly Gate of the Church Knights, and the Shadow Canyon of Madara.

Of course, these nests are also divided into three, six, nine, and so on-

For example, most of the Silver Wing Cavalry Regiment and the garrison barracks also have hunting dog dens, although the annual production of this thing is as high as sixteen, but unfortunately the combat effectiveness is only beyond the ordinary hunting dog line.

Moreover, the lifespan of monsters gradually declines with the magic power that makes up their bodies, and it is often short-lived, and even the long-lived dragons will disappear after a hundred years - compared to the real dragons, there is a world of difference.

And the stone lair mentioned by Brando here is an artificial lair, which is the product of alchemy, and the monsters produced are stone statues, and their combat power is about seven or eight adults. This kind of nest is a fairly low-level nest, but it is better than the masses, and many nobles have such things in their domains, and the stone golem can be used as a soldier despite its low intelligence.

So this was the first thing that came to Antitina's mind when she saw the Rock Corps necklace, how much money would this necklace save them if they were interested in building some stone nests?

Bartom, on the other hand, took into account the disguised increase in production.

Therefore, the three of them made up their minds at the same time to 'snatch' this necklace into their hands-

The reserve price was quickly revealed, and the Rock Corps Necklace was certainly not as precious as the Elemental Revelation Scroll, so its list price was only two thousand tors, and the price was increased by one hundred each time.

Because he had the intention to take it, this time Brando was not in a hurry to make a move, he waited to see what others would do, so as not to expose his thoughts too early.

The first bidder was born in the crowd, and the one holding the sign was also a young knight. Antitina and Bartom both glanced over there, but remained unmoved.

The price doubled to three thousand after a few competitions, and the number of bidders began to become fewer. Brando understands that most of the people who have participated in the bidding before have a participatory mindset, but most of them are not really interested in the necklace.

But at this moment, the competition began to become calm on the surface, but fierce on the inside.

The bidding power was quickly taken over by the petty nobles in the third level of boxes, and the cripple told them about a few of them. Most were the aristocracy outside Pragues, with their own domains.

The price had risen to four thousand tors, which was not low for this necklace, and the real hunters began to join the competition at this moment.

From four thousand four hundred, the third box on the right gives an offer of five thousand.

For a while, the audience almost fell silent.

Many people are thinking, could it be that those nobles are crazy? And more people couldn't help but get ready to move, and this sudden offer made some speculators realize that the necklace might bring them more benefits.

Once again, there were ripples in the crowd, which made Brando feel a little bad. He understood that these opportunists had to be discouraged by facts, so he let the cripple strike.

Six thousand tors.

Be quiet again.

Those who were eager to try it immediately smelled the beginning of the war, and one by one they cautiously withdrew their hands.

Seven thousand.

This time it was a squadron leader of the Whitemane Legion who made the bid, and was then taken back by a nobleman in the city for seven thousand five hundred.

Brando did not hesitate to let the price rise to eight thousand.

Bartom swallowed.

Eight thousand one hundred, the offer of the third box on the right.

Brando asked the cripple to raise his bid to eight thousand five hundred, and he looked in the direction of the table, without the slightest intention of giving up. Antitina couldn't help but grab the handle of the chair behind him, her knuckles faintly white.

The dimly lit auction hall was silent, and even the nobles were silent. No one is stupid here, and for the sake of a Rock Legion necklace, they will also consider whether it is worth it or not.

But Brando's considerations are different, he needs troops and territories more urgently than anyone else, and Antitina's funds are saved for the territory, which is also the agreement that he, Bartom and the nobleman's daughter have agreed on before.

The auctioneer hammered once.

The squadron leader of the White-Maned Legion seemed eager to try and fight again, but he hesitated and finally didn't make a move.

After three hammer sounds, Brando got the necklace as he wished. The crippled man had already settled the bill with his money and sent the things over.

Brando glanced left and right, noticing that he wasn't paying attention to his direction, before carefully putting away the necklace. After all, this thing can only be used in the Stone Lair, and now it can only be used as an exhibit temporarily.

After the Rock Legion necklace, the auction gradually heated up, first adding a few works of art that caused a lot of competition among the nobles, and then two sets of bronze first-class magic armor, which almost ignited the enthusiasm of adventurers, mercenaries, and those traveling knights, and the scene was hot for a while, and the two armors were finally sold for more than 40,000 tors.

Then came a series of provocative merchandise, and once again Brando got his hands on a set of supposedly magical playing cards. But he wasn't trying to get the deck, he was just trying to get the fate card mixed in the deck.

In fact, as soon as the auctioneer brought the deck to the platform, several cards in his backpack reacted immediately, and he and Charles looked at each other and immediately bought the cards.

This time he had no strong opponents, only a few nobles who liked strange knick-knick-kacks competed with him, and finally he managed to buy the card for two thousand five hundred tors.

When Brando drew the fate card from the stack of cards, he found that it was a cyan card, and the front of the card was drawn with a group of cyan spiders born from the whirlwind, and the serial number of the card was III, and the payment fee was the corresponding wind element-

A swarm of wind spirit spiders

(Althea's Prophecy III)

Wind 1/X

[Creature - Elemental/Insect, Level 5 Creature]

Pay X to place X cyan tokens (Wind Spirit Spider, level 5) into the field.

When the Swarm of Wind Spirits dies, a target is designated to burn its X-point mana.

'Born from the vortex, back to the vortex of mana-'

Brando couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he scanned the description of this card, the card that summoned a level 5 creature in the first place made him feel a little bit of a loss, and the cost indication and description made him even more puzzled. He thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but turn his head sideways and whisper to Charles, "What does this mean?" ”

Charles on the side glanced at the card and smiled slightly.

(PS. Send today's first update, I don't know how many more will be later).

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