Dukal's notebook has a certain thickness, and there are many things densely written on it. Roddy flipped through the previous content, and most of the short words were about his "headache" trouble, and there were not many words about "Elson", but it also let Roddy know a few important points-

Elson is an extremely important city in the High Elf Empire, similar to the status of the imperial capital and the demon capital in China.

Khadgar is the most powerful leader among Elson's arcanists.

"Elson... Charged Crystal..."

Roddy's eyes narrowed, remembering the map Ansadin had left behind and the information in it. He gave great interest in the "charged spar", because Luo Di knew that this kind of thing had epoch-making significance, and once mastered, it might even affect the whole world - the emergence of the "stirrup" made the cavalry a trump card on the battlefield for hundreds of years, and the "Internet" made the entire human world enter a new era, and if the "charged spar" was popularized, it was not impossible to trigger the "industrial revolution" in more than ten years.

"Khadgar... It's a familiar name. ”

Putting down the note, it suddenly occurred to Roddy that the author of the book "On the Self-Consciousness of Defense Systems" seemed to be "Khadgar", and he immediately took it and put it on the table, turning the old and heavy pages...

“... Ernewman's research is rubbish, only what I have is the truth!"

Roddy looked at the handwriting left by Khadgar on the first few pages, and suddenly felt that this high elf's personality seemed to be a little extreme, quite a "mad scientist" in it.

"The invention of the 'Charged Crystal' is the proudest achievement of my life, but it is not the most satisfying... Its invention is just the beginning of everything, and I believe that there must be higher energy states in this world, and I firmly believe in this!"

Apparently this book is not a reference book placed in a bookstore for others to see, but Khadgar's "research notes".

Roddy could see that the handwriting on the pages was not neat, that there were traces of alteration everywhere, and that he could occasionally see a formula or two written in the gaps of certain sentences, which he could not read the academic content, but confirmed a very important clue:

The "Charged Crystal" was invented by Khadgar, the chief arcanist of "Elson"!

And as he read deeper, Roddy discovered... This book is about the construction process of "Elson"!

He read the tome intently for four or five hours, not even before he could go to dinner. When Roddy read the last page in the middle of the night with red eyes, he took a deep breath and felt like he had won a sky-high lottery ticket...

Genius! Miracles! Chance!

Those were the only three words that could come to his mind.

I say "genius" because Khadgar's achievements have reached the level of Edison, Tesla, and Einstein, and his research has covered various fields, and he has reached the pinnacle of overturning and rebuilding the theoretical foundations of "arcane".

As he said before, after the invention of the "Charged Crystal", his bold thinking was really ahead of his time... Even to the point where many people can't understand - because Khadgar wants to build a city with "self-awareness"!

This is what Roddy thinks of as a "miracle": when other cities use fixed and rigid "guardian barriers", Khadgar has really succeeded in awakening Elson's "consciousness" through more than ten years of hard work.

The "Jarvis" in "Iron Man" is a typical "artificial intelligence" in science fiction movies, which can control the house, help control the armor, control the car... But Roddy couldn't imagine what a "city" would look like when it had thoughts.

Judging from the records of this book, Elson's "self-awareness" can communicate with people, defend against enemies with maximum efficiency externally, and instantly find out criminals internally, among which the toughest ones can improve urban planning, optimize building layouts, and even regulate the temperature in the city... All kinds of deeds are completely beyond the scope of Luo Di's understanding.

However, Roddy is well aware that this is an "opportunity" in front of him.

He remembered that Brudy had briefly spoken about the current state of "Elson": it was not in ruins, and it was still within the confines of the "Time Standstill Enchantment", maintaining its original appearance more than 700 years ago!

In other words, it still has the same strong defenses as Khadgar was when he was alive.

Bringing up the [map bar], Roddy flipped to the location of "Elson", and narrowed his eyes slightly after seeing the surrounding information.

"Elson" is more than seventy kilometers away from the "Sola Sentry", that is... This city is not within the reach of the Kingdom of Karen at all!

It's a "borderland."

Roddy had to think in his mind: why not occupy Elson and become an "active acquisition" aristocracy?

The reason why he refused the "baron" awarded by Angmar in the first place was because such a noble "title" attribute was not as good as that of a "self-acquired" nobleman!

Now that the opportunity is in front of you, do you want to seize it?

As soon as such an idea appeared, Roddy's mind frantically spread countless plans... It was a city that the Orcs couldn't conquer for three years, it represented the most brilliant magical civilization of the High Elf period, and it was also the birthplace of the "Charged Crystal"...

Owning it means that you are standing directly on the shoulders of giants!

Ansadin had probed the city, but the results were not ideal, but Roddy had enough reason to try at this time: because "On the Self-Consciousness of the Defense System" clearly wrote the structure, scope of action, and activation and shutdown methods of the "Time Standstill Enchantment"!

Not only that, but the book even writes about how to communicate with the "self-awareness" of the city of "Elson"!

If "Elson" is an unsolvable "lock" for Ansadine, then the book in Roddy's hand at this time is equivalent to the only "key" to open the city...

In other words: the city's doors are closed to everyone, but only to Roddy.

Rao is used to seeing a lot of big scenes, and Luo Di is still excited by such information, and even feels a little hot all over his body.

Realizing the importance of this book, he no longer dared to slack off, after thinking about it, he raised his hand and copied those key information on the parchment paper in square Chinese characters, confirmed it back and forth three or four times, and imprinted them deeply in his mind, and then without hesitation, he tore off the pages of the book written with high elves, put them on a candle and lit them...

In the slowly rising black smoke, this information has completely become a secret that no one knows.

Roddy took several deep breaths in a row... Although he kept telling himself that it was true, he still had a feeling of "unreal" in his mind - he walked back and forth in the room three or four times, and only calmed down after drinking a large glass of water.

He then began to think about the feasibility of the goal of "taking Elson".

Opportunity always coexists with risk, and if you establish a territory here, once the undead and orcs invade the kingdom, you will definitely bear the brunt...

The chances of all your efforts being in vain are not small... Roddy didn't want to lose his entire fortune because of a reckless decision, and the more he thought about it, the more hesitant he felt, and the quill pen in his hand that kept writing pros and cons gradually stopped.

"Dada. ”

There was a knock on the door, which woke Roddy from his chaotic thoughts, and he looked back at the moon outside the window—it was almost midnight, and who would be looking for him at this time?

The door opened, and Roddy found that the other party was a servant who had come to report the information, saying that the Duke of Angmar had an urgent matter to discuss. Hearing this, he got up without saying a word, and walked out, and when he came to the duke's study, the old man was frowning and talking to the Wellington knight...

“... If you can, leave before dawn, and the letters to the royal family will be delivered..."

“... There are gossips, you don't need to give them face, this is a matter of life and death, and there is no room for sloppiness..."

After saying this, the Wellington knight hurried away, and when he met Roddy at the door, he said hello, and before he could even say a word, he ran downstairs with a serious face.

The aristocracy would never run on such occasions again, which proved that something big must have happened.

Angmar's face was tired, but his eyes were still sharp, he asked Roddy to sit on the armchair opposite, and without waiting for a sip of the milk tea brought by the servant, he spoke directly: "The news that the Sola sentry has just arrived: an undead army has walked out of the Gondola Mountains. ”

Roddy's arm holding the teacup froze in the air.

The undead troops... This is no longer an "individual unit" like Magda or Ansadine, and once the word "army" is involved in the undead, it usually means a disaster!

"The scouts at the Sola Sentry are fast, but I can see that the other party doesn't care about the fact that he is found - they also drew a copy of the knight's insignia led by the other party, and I will go to Benjamin tomorrow for clues..."

"Emblem, I'll take a look. ”

Roddy had already thought of no less than ten possible reasons for the undead to launch an army, from simple revenge to direct war, but when the Duke handed over the crumpled parchment, Roddy suddenly settled down, and then slowly exhaled...

"Don't look for Benjamin, it's 'Frost Baron' Belom. ”

Angmar thought that Roddy was having a headache because of the strength of the enemy, but he didn't know that his performance at this time was completely because of the prompts that suddenly popped up in the [task bar].

Obtain the [Judgment of the Throne of Bones] quest clues.

【Judgment of the Throne of Bones】The first step mission objective: to stop the actions of the "Frost Baron" Belom.

Stage mission rewards: 1,380,000 experience points, one epic skill, 3 basic talent points, and 3 advanced talent points.

Time remaining: 136 days.

Roddy was hesitating whether he was going to Elson, but when all the factors were combined, he knew he had to go.

The title brought by the Epic City, the attractive rewards of the "Epic Mission", the threat of the undead, and the slow development of his own power made Roddy have no choice at this time...