Chapter 125: The Future (Part II)
The new Babel message was quickly translated by Lilith into a common language that everyone would understand.
This rearranged text is still related to the whereabouts of the Obsidian Codex. Through Lilith's interpretation, the young people learn that the Obsidian Codex is buried in a place called Scorpion Valley in the northern part of the Violet Kingdom, and at the northern end of that valley, the Elbuck Volcano at the southern foot of the Mooncold Plateau stands above an unknown underground ruin.
According to Lilith's interpretation of the Babel language, the underground ruins were the legacy left by the dwarves of the plateau at the end of the third era of Ferdia, and the half-elf witch king White AstΓΈwell Silvermoon foresaw the eve of the destruction of the era through the legendary spells of the prophecy system, so he brought the treasure known as the Book of a Thousand Laws from the Tower of Babel and handed it to his close friend, the dwarven king Vladin Hearthhuo, who ruled the Mooncold Plateau at that time. The obsidian codex was buried in an underground ruins far from the surface by Fladin, as if the two of them had joined forces to bury a golden pharaoh deep in a pyramid.
It didn't take long for Finn to recall the dwarven underground ruins that Warlock Maiden had mentioned during her translation.
In his previous life, he and a few friends from the guild had gone to Scorpion Valley to investigate the snowy ridge volcano called Elbuck, and in a casual adventure, they discovered the ruins of the dungeon buried beneath the volcano.
At that time, the players' guild that was gradually rising on the coast of the St. Fern Sea was focusing its strategy on the great wilderness west of the Violet Kingdom, and most of the elite members of the guild were deployed to the wilderness full of unknowns and opportunities at that time.
Finn's guild leader in his previous life, Oryant, formulated a strategic plan in the wasteland that laid the foundation for being crowned a legendary destiny in the future, but as the so-called gains and losses, due to the shortage of manpower in the early guild, the outbreak of the Demon Tide War made the players of the human kingdom have to fight for a long time, and the dwarven ruins that Finn found under the Elbuck Volcano have not been deeply explored, and they don't know what kind of mechanisms and treasures are still hidden in the depths of the ruins, No one even thought that the obsidian codex used by the lich Konstantin to form the corpse witch legion was dug up from there.
If he had known this, he would have persuaded Orryant to give him some men, and then use his prestige in the guild to organize another group of deforesters to explore the dwarven ruins himself, rather than giving up the opportunity to obtain the obsidian code to the necromancers of the Obsidian Wizards' Guild.
Unfortunately, there are no ifs.
But in this life, since he had obtained information from Lilith before the outbreak of war, he would not allow himself to repeat the mistakes of the previous life.
After listening to Lilith's translation of Babel into lingua franca, the young paladin raised a hand to support his chin and fell into deep thought.
With only a few months left before the Demon Tide War broke out in the original story, he knew that he didn't have enough time to reverse history from the beginning, so he knew that he had to be more cautious and careful from now on, and that his future plans should be as holistic as possible, not just around him.
With the experience and memories of his previous life, the young paladin believed that he was capable of making this long-term plan.
After a period of thoughtful consideration, he raised his head and swept the eyes of everyone around him with a hesitant gaze, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, squeezed the fist on his knee, and then first looked at the warlock girl who had been with him the longest and asked, "Lilith, is there anything wrong with your body?" β
"Nope." The dark-haired girl with a calm face shook her head slightly.
"Really?"
"Not really."
"That's good." The young paladin nodded, "Then after dawn, you, me, Camussa, the three of us will form a small team, and plan to go straight from the north bank of the plain of the lower Bernube River through the dagger forest, and follow this shortcut road to the East Golantian Plain quickly. After that, Orlan was a large city built in the middle reaches of the Lawrence River, where we could get supplies and then head north so that we could reach the Scorpion Valley in the shortest possible time. β
"I have no opinion." After listening to Finn's plan, Camussa was the first to speak, as if she had become acquainted with Finn at some point.
After the new Dark Elf Maiden took a stand, Lilith had been obedient to Finn's words, so she nodded and agreed to Finn's proposal without thinking about it.
Arroyo, who was sitting next to Camusha, quickly realized that Finn had not included him, Raymond, Arya, and Tina just now, and immediately guessed that the four of them might have other arrangements in the plan in the heart of the young paladin, so he turned his head sideways and asked, "What about us?" β
As the young thief threw the question to Finn, Raymond and Arya's attention immediately focused on Finn, wondering what Finn was thinking in his heart.
"Arya, Arroyo, Raymond, the three of you take Tina, and we'll split into two ways." Fein thought for a moment, then replied.
"But where are we going?" The young thief asked.
This is a necessary question.
According to Arroyo's inner conjecture, Finn planned to personally lead a team through the dagger forest and go straight north, so their team must have another route to travel.
It was likely that the route was also confined to the borders of the Violet Kingdom, as they were now located on the outskirts of Hurenger, and if they went south, the steep Gangcasso Mountains formed an impenetrable natural barrier between the coastline of the southern border of the Kingdom and the fortress of Quiron, and to the south of Violet was Faentan, and he couldn't think of what Fain needed to do with those arrogant Empire people during this time period.
As for going east? That's a possibility.
To the east of Hurengel is the Sea of St. Furen, and if the young paladin arranges for them to go that way and along the winding coastline, the two closest places to them are except for the White Harbor north of the coastline that is the Blue Harbor where they came, and the Blue Harbor, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Dawnwind City, can be used as a retreat for them to evacuate the Violet Kingdom, but the possibility of going east is limited to that.
After all, not to mention the question of whether they have a ship or not, the young people are not stupid except for Raymond's brain, as long as a map of the Violet Kingdom is spread out on the ground, they can all see that the general direction to White Harbor coincides with the route chosen by Finn, and after passing through White Harbor and continuing along the coastline, they will enter the Dark Raven Valley region ruled by the vampire queen Cosette, and the owner of the Blood Moon Castle and the dark nobles under her command are not the objects they can challenge for the time being.
Excluding the route to the sea to the east to White Harbor, the passage through the Blue Harbor and then forward leads to the Duchy of Grey Fir ruled by the Grand Duke of Magdaru, and then to the east is the maritime frontier of the Faentan Empire, and then it is the turn of the Middle East of the Ferdia continent - the West Shilan Dynasty, which was established on the other side of the Strait by the Green-Shirted Nation, cut off the shortcut to the Far East, and the commercial republic of Istanbul, which is attached to the desert empire, is a longing place for merchants on both sides of the strait, but this has nothing to do with them, and it is too far away.
With this in mind, Arroyo speculated that Finn was planning to arrange for them to go west.
Just as he thought, in the next second, the young paladin who he had volunteered to follow said to him: "You follow the Bernude River westward, first reach a nearby city called Andolem, and then take the main road or take a boat to the Silver Sparrow. You're on a relatively safe journey, and it's better for Tina to go with you, and it's your job to gather as much information as possible about the movements of the kingdom as much as possible. β
"Information on the movements of the entire kingdom?" The young thief was stunned, "My lord, what do you mean?" β
"War is about to break out, Arroyo." Finn looked him in the eye, "Believe me, I'm confident in the judgment of the situation, the nobility of this country will soon be in turmoil, I need you to cast an intelligence network in this troubled water, and it is best to establish contact with a faction called the Regent Faction on the basis of ensuring that you can get out of the way." β
"So where do we meet? What exactly is the time? β
"Perades, an inn called 'Local'. The time is about the end of the year, no later than spring, and the one who arrives first waits for the other. β
"Perades, follow the locals...... Well, as long as you're right, I don't have a problem. Arroyo thought about Finn's words, then patted his chest with a look of hesitation, "What about you, Raymond?" Arya? β
"I ...... I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Raymond looked at Arroyo, then at Finn, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he agreed, the expression on his face looking a little innocent.
Both the Young Thief and the future Juggernaut showed their approval, and Finn turned his gaze to the only remaining elven girl after receiving the promise of his two companions, and-
"I disagree." Somewhat unexpectedly, Arya glanced at Camussa uneasily, and then said solemnly to Finn.
Everyone blinked in surprise.
The young paladin looked at the elven girl in front of him. After a while, he seemed to read Arya's inner thoughts in her gaze, and nodded at her, motioning for her to continue.
"Please forgive me for being blunt and offended, Miss Dark Elves." After receiving Finn's signal, Arya immediately turned her head to Camussa with a serious face, "We are grateful that you came to our rescue, but personally, I am skeptical that you joined. If so, can you tell us your true purpose? β
"There's nothing you can't say about it, elegant and beautiful fairy lady." Hearing Arya's questioning voice, Camussa also turned her head to look at her, smiling, "I don't like that old priest, so I rescued you, after all, the enemy of the enemy is the ally...... Oh, of course, I don't care about your bluntness and offense, because I'm sure you're different from the rest of the people in the forest, you don't discriminate against us distant relatives who spend our days underground with Mother Spider, otherwise you wouldn't have left your homeland and run to the coast, would you? β
"You-!" Arya stood up suddenly.
An invisible smell of gunpowder immediately filled the air.
Arroyo and Raymond didn't quite understand the relationship between the elves and the dark elves, and the two of them suddenly looked up at Arya in some surprise, and then turned their eyes to Camusha, and thought: Could it be that the relationship between the two races is really as bad as the rumors say?
Lilith didn't move, and the black-haired warlock girl noticed a subtle incongruity, so she tilted her head and looked at the young paladin sitting across from her with a puzzled expression.
Finn's gaze made contact with Lilith. The young paladin looked helpless, of course he could see that Arya and Camusa were almost arguing, so he had to comfort Arya a few words to persuade her to sit down first, and at the same time turned his head to remind Camusa to pay attention to his words.
The two girls, with a light complexion and a dark complexion, looked at each other for a second.
A second later, Camussa bowed her head and apologized to Arya, at least on the surface.
After receiving the Dark Elf Maiden's apology, Arya puffed her cheek in displeasure and exhaled, and after thinking about it, she sat down and turned her head to Finn and said, "I propose that you change the person in your plan. β
"How do you want to change it?" The young paladin looked at each other with her.
"Didn't you say that too? Our route was relatively safe. The elf girl pursed her lips, "In that case, I want to be with you all the way...... You, me, Lilith, and Camussa head to Scorpion Valley, and Arroyo and Raymond take Tina to Silversparrow. β