"But you're right, just in case, you do have to arrange for people to search the cave."

Poeti smiled and extended an invitation to him.

"Mr. Ricardo, do you want to come with me?"

*

Richard did not refuse.

Villerett didn't follow, and several wizards followed behind him, and the two walked side by side along the corridor into the depths of the cavern.

The further inside, the more intense the cold and damp feeling becomes; If you kick a pebble at your feet, the echo is long and long-lasting, leading to the unfathomable interior.

They were moving through the guts of a giant creature, the light of the illumination could only cover a few meters, and beyond that, there was a soupy darkness.

“...... Mr. Ricardo, I said before that this place, including the cave and the plain at its feet, is a mining town, but have you ever seen the slightest trace of a mine here? ”

Richard shook his head. He was about to ask.

"Because, that was 2,500 years ago."

said.

"If it weren't for the fog demons nesting and guarding here, this ruin would have disappeared completely into the wind and rain of the years as part of the mountain."

"Two thousand five hundred years? That's in ......"

It's a long time. But because the Mayan world was a place of "magic," Richard thought, important ancient ruins were often better preserved than they were of his time.

"It was in the Bronze Age. By that time, the War for Eternity had reached its advanced stages. And this place, including the entire Silent Ridge, is the territory of the ancient empire 'Zarwan'. ”

Silky stopped.

She pointed to the wall of the cave on one side. Floating balls of light illuminate the text on the walls: frescoes and poems carved on a stone slab.

Due to the corrosion of day after day, the content of the surface has been blurred by time, and only a few traces of scribbling can be seen, but it is indeed a popular text in the territory of the Holy Alliance that does not belong to this era.

"The so-called 'Eternal Empire' is now nothing more than a handful of loess ......"

The girl sighed and gently put her hand on her face. Her eyes froze for a moment, then returned to normal.

……

"Zarwan", Richard had heard the word.

In fact, this is a name that everyone knows.

Compared with the Golden Country, which has no historical record, and the Silver Age, which is too distant and lacks real feeling, the Bronze Age, which was full of wars and killings, blood and fire, obviously has a more profound impact on mankind today.

People refer to the Golden Age as the "Ancient Period", the Silver Country as the "Ancient Country", and the "Middle Ages" as the time of eternal war.

In this era of unprecedented chaos, countless kingdoms have been reborn from the ruins, and once again burned by the flames of war, and in the most chaotic times, the continent has more than hundreds of countries.

But as the saying goes, "if you divide for a long time, you will be divided for a long time", when this war was coming to an end, a vast empire was born: its ruler was the great king of God and man, the supreme emperor.

The emperor referred to his country as "Zarwan" - a word that means "eternal time" in demonic language.

During the reign of the High King, the territory of the Holy Alliance was vast enough, but the territory of the Medieval Empire spanned the main continent and the subcontinent, not only the current Holy Three Kingdoms, but even a third of the land of the Ten Thousand Empires.

However, true brilliance is often only a matter of moments, and the so-called "eternal" empire eventually falls apart with the defeat of its rulers in the Divine War.

In this protracted war, even the high gods fell one by one, and in order to preserve themselves and seek victory, they had to choose to form an alliance, which was no different from the war between human city-states or nations, and laid the foundation for the later tradition of "gods divided between good and evil".

Eventually, two camps were formed - in the center of the main continent, in the middle of the main continent, fighting each other for the final hegemony, which lasted for hundreds of years.

One side has the "God of Dawn" and the "Lord of Hosts" as its leaders, and the "Seven Gods" as its allies; On the other hand, the gods are represented by the Old Testament "Head of Evil" and "Tyrant of the Sun", two of the most powerful evil gods of all time.

The latter had the largest empire since the War of Eternity, and at that time it was the dominant one; However, the outcome of this war is all too clear to all:

With the destruction of the vast eternal empire and the rise of a thousand-year-old dynasty, the Church of the Dawn, which worships the "God of Dawn", has become the final winner, surpassing the limits of the Church and the Church in one fell swoop, becoming a unique Holy See.

Even the Empire, ruled by polytheistic pagans, despite the frequent friction between the two secular powers, the "Seven Gods" had to recognize the centrality of the Holy See in the whole world, and the great merits of the former "God of Dawn" in ending the eternal war and destroying the ancient empire.

"Silent Ridge, it's a very interesting place......"

Poeti began to speak again, her voice a little different from before, it became gentle and long, and the tone was full of lightness, as if from another world.

"After the establishment of the thousand-year-old dynasty, this place became a gathering place for demons who fled in all directions after the empire fell apart, and no one dared to come here to explore;"

"And when the High King's country fell apart in the footsteps of the Ancient Empire, it became the area ruled by the Magic Tower. Even in the most chaotic and dark years of the central continent, the battle between the kings did not affect this place; ”

"When the Holy Covenant was established, it became a place of exile for criminals and bandits......"

"But what few people know is that before all this, this land was actually a gathering place for fog demons."

Zarwan is also known as the "Land of a Hundred Tribes". According to historical records, including elves, gnomes, orcs, all intelligent races, all coexisted with humans in the vast territory of the empire, and even some demons - it is true that some high-ranking demons have intelligence, but before the birth of the empire, no one has ever regarded them as "intelligent beings".

When the High King and the Church of the Dawn achieved their final victory, the demons who were the core members of the Eternal Empire were slaughtered en masse, but not all of the Empire's remnants were cleansed. Not only the human race, but the rest of the intelligent races scattered and returned to the ancient gathering places, such as the elves who returned to the New World.

However, the high-ranking demons who were once allowed to have national treatment have all been reduced to monsters again, hunted down and hunted down without exception. Only a handful of them, like the Mist Demons, survived by relying on their racial abilities.

This land was originally full of lairs of fog demons; Soon, as the power of the human kingdom expanded, their traces became more and more scarce.

Until now, it was impossible for ordinary people to discover the whereabouts of the fog demon.

That's why they need the help of the stargazers.

“...... It turns out that there is such a thing. ”

Richard said with sincere emotion.

There are no records of the Fog Demon Clan, which he has not found in Rasputin's knowledge base.

"Where did you find out? Miss Miller. ”

Richard asked casually, but didn't hear a response for a moment.

He turned his head and found the silver-haired girl standing there with a distracted expression.