Act 119: The Ring of the Trade Winds (1st Update)

The Great Elder didn't speak, but was thinking in his heart. The name Valhalla is a reference to an ancient legend that within the Ring of Trade Winds there is a fantasy land, the resting place of warriors, where one of the most primitive fires in the world of Vauldder is stored.

As long as that fire is lit, order on the Kalanga Peninsula will be restored, and it is possible to form a vast protected land like the Cruz Empire.

The druids of the Deadwood Council have guarded this secret for generations, which is why they have long wanted to enter the Ring of the Trade Winds and discover the truth about this strange atmospheric circulation phenomenon.

But Valhalla is like a legend, it's there, it's not there, countless druids pass through the perimeter of the Ring of Trade Winds, enter the Kalanga Mountains and find nothing.

The only catch is the ruins of the area near the center of the Ring of Trade Winds.

But the Great Elder knew very well that what Andrew had found was actually only the outer area of the ruins, and the center was about to enter the Storm Circle, which was the central area of the Trade Wind Ring, and no one could cross it at all.

Thinking of this, the old man raised his head and looked at Brando: "Mr. Brando, the recent changes in the Ring of Trade Winds, Elder Crow must have told you before he came?" ”

Brando nodded, the changes in the Ring of Trade Winds and the rise and fall of the tide of magic must not have been a matter of these days.

"Actually, he kept the truth of the facts, and we were in much bigger trouble than that." The Grand Elder replied slowly.

Brando didn't say anything when he heard this, he looked at the seventeen druid elders, plus the gray crows, which were eighteen, which should be all the elders of the Sky Ring in this area—even the three archdruids—and he suddenly understood the meaning of their gathering here.

The druids were in trouble, and it didn't sound like a small problem, otherwise they wouldn't have rushed to the hospital to find themselves.

However, he did not take the opportunity to open his mouth, but nodded silently.

The Grand Elder seemed pleased with Brando's attitude, and the humility of the young man made the old man think that this was indeed a human being who could be socied: "The Ring of Trade Winds. ”

"This atmospheric circulation, which originates at the eastern end of the Kalanga Peninsula and encircles the Kalanga Mountains, is the most spectacular natural spectacle in the south of Vaugand, and on a clear day, even in the Tonigel and Vlada regions, you can see this wall of white clouds running from east to west and hanging far down in the southern Eruin sky—"

"The Geography of Lantoniland, the work of the master Tulaman—" said Brando, a little surprised, for he thought that these druids were really unworldly, but they seemed to have some contact with the civilized world, but they were not known to the world.

The Grand Elder nodded: "The Sky Ring is a loose organization, and the druids have been monitoring movements in the Black Forest for a long time. And we, the Deadwood Council, are here, guarding the secrets of the Trade Wind Ring for generations. ”

The old man turned his head and looked over the canopy of the trees, looking at the white wall of clouds that stretched between heaven and earth in the south—the thick clouds rose tens of thousands of meters upwards and stretched infinitely from east to west, and some birds and finches in the sky were soaring in the sky against the background of the wall of clouds, but they were as small as a few black dots.

"This black forest south of Tonigel has long been called the closest to civilization within the Sky Ring, and it is the most stable black forest around the world of Vaynd."

"Don't say that Tonigel on the border is rarely attacked by monsters, and even in the areas that go deep into the border of the forest, it is difficult to see monsters."

Brando listened to the description of the druid archelder, and he nodded in agreement, and the other party was telling the truth, the Black Forest on the border of Tonigel was indeed known for its gentleness - otherwise the players of Eruin would not have ventured into the Black Forest for the first time from here.

It is also even less likely that they will accomplish the feat of going deep into the Kalanga Mountains so early.

"Is it because of the Ring of Trade Winds?" The young lord asked.

Not only did the Great Elder be taken aback by his words, but the other seventeen Druid Elders, including the Grey Raven, couldn't help but look at him with a look of disbelief.

"How do you know?"

"This time we were in the Black Forest for a month, and we had two thunderstorms, one snowfall, eleven days of fine wind, three days of scorching sun like a hot summer, and the rest of the days were cloudy," but Brando ignored their surprise and continued to talk eloquently: "There was exactly a week of days less than six hours, and there was no night for one day. ”

"This is the Black Forest, and the deeper you go into the forest, the more obvious the changes will be, and the more perverse phenomena will be."

"But in the midst of such vagaries of wilderness, there is a great atmospheric circulation that remains unchanged for eternity—does the annual arrival of the trade winds on the Kalanga Peninsula, accompanied by abundant rain, represent a potential order?"

He looked at the Great Elder.

With a bang, the crutch in the Great Elder's hand rolled to the ground, but the old man did not bend down to pick up his cane, but looked at Brando with a complicated look: "...... You really know this place. ”

"Yes, as you guessed." The old man paused for a moment before continuing with Brando's words: "We have discovered from more than a hundred years ago that the ring of the trade winds has stabilized the order of this region. In recent times, however, that has changed. ”

"What's going on?" Brando asked.

"There seems to be something strange in the Ring of the Trade Winds, and Mr. Brando, the area that we used to be able to enter lightly, is now dangerous, the forests are full of dangers, and the ancient trees no longer provide us with guidance. In it...... In there......" the old man seemed to consider a fitting description: "It was like being shrouded in a great fog, seeing nothing and hearing nothing." ”

"Is that all?"

"No, since the last few weeks, people who have entered the forest have also been attacked, and some people have been injured as a result, but fortunately no one has been killed."

After hearing this, Brando asked, "So you are worried, this is a sign." The power of the Ring of Trade Winds is gradually weakening, and it may be destroyed in one fell swoop, once the Ring of Trade Winds collapses, the factors that stabilize the Kalanga Peninsula will no longer exist, and the violent magic brought by the great tides will erode this O area, and even Toniguel will be affected, so that the original guardian land will also be destroyed? ”

Brando's words hit the nail on the head, and the Great Elder's face was heavy and he nodded.

Their fears were justified, and the current kingdom of Eruin was powerless to look south, and if the Kalanga Peninsula were to be destroyed, Tonigel, and indeed the entire region of Gender, could fall back into the wilderness.

"You've guessed right, it's a possibility," Brando replied after a moment's thought, "but it's not that the problem hasn't been solved." ”

"Yes?" Andrew blurted out, how did these elders solve the problem with a sentence from this young man's mouth after discussing the matter for half a month and getting nothing?

He couldn't help but look at the other party, thinking to himself that this lord wouldn't be talking big, right?

"I'm also curious," replied Brando, "if you know about the great tides, how can you not know the connection between the two?" ”

"You mean?" The Great Elder was taken aback: "The weakening of the power of the Ring of Trade Winds is brought about by the great tides?" ”

"Isn't it obvious that if the enemy is strong, I am weak?"

"But wait, Mr. Brando's last few great tides were only within a hundred years, and the Demon Moon didn't have such a strong influence," the Grand Elder asked in surprise.

Brando slapped his head and suddenly realized that the problem was there: "You don't know the thousand-year tides? ”

"What's that?"

"A super tide once in a thousand years, the last tide ended the year of chaos, and this time the tide is coming soon, and the ring of the trade winds is obviously affected by it." Brando replied.

The druids no longer suspected that the young lord was talking big, and their faces changed.

"I remember," Andrew said suddenly, "You also told me the last time you were in the Fir Domain, and you said, 'This era is almost over, and the peak of the Demon Moon is coming—the last time the Demon Tide ended the Chaos Era, and no one knows what will happen this time. In such an environment, it would be impossible for you to suppress the growth of the Black Forest. ’”

The burly Druid Elder cried out in frustration, "Oh, damn it, I didn't notice it at all, I thought you were just talking about ordinary Demon Moon Tides."

Brando looked at the tall and short dozen druid elders strangely, "But didn't you ask the opinions of the other members of the Sky Ring?" I remember that your organization was loose, but there was still a headquarters in the Holy Land, and didn't there be a lot of pre-epoch documents? Isn't there anyone who knows about the big tides? ”

"That's right," replied the Grand Elder, and he was not surprised as to why Brando knew the secrets of their druids—he now wondered if the young man had some connection with the druids, otherwise how could he have known so much about the druids: "We druids rely on the trade winds to deliver information, and it takes at least one season to go back and forth, but the next season is spring, the season of the goddess. When we get a reply, it's at least summer. ”

"I see." Brando nodded.

"Well," he said, "let's get back to business and see how we can fix this, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait that long if we wait until after the summer." ”

"So what can the lord do?" The elders also changed their titles.

"It's not a good deal," replied Brando, "only by changing everything." ”

"You mean ......?"

"Valhalla."

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