When Richard returned to Faro, the war machine of the Crimson Duchy was activated again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At dusk, several bipedal wyverns flew out of Oasis City with messengers, bringing the news that Richard was preparing to launch a divine war against the alien races to the major human realms.

There are two emissaries to the Iron Triangle Empire, one flying to the Grand Temple of the God of Stability, and the other heading straight for the Empire's capital. Long flights are always hard, and the Wyvern is not a passenger plane on Earth after all, but it is the brood knight who sits on it, so it doesn't matter, anyway, the role of this envoy is only to send and receive letters.

That night, the emperor of the Iron Triangle Empire suddenly held an emergency meeting, and all the high-ranking people in the imperial capital were summoned to the palace, and many of them were called from the warm bed.

When a dozen dignitaries gathered in the palace chamber, a letter was already placed in front of each person's seat, and the ink on the letter was still fresh, apparently a copy that had just been transcribed.

It was an imperial tradition that torches were burned in the chamber instead of magic lamps. The firelight illuminated people's faces, and on the walls of the conference hall, the portraits of the emperors of the past dynasties seemed to come to life, staring coldly at the children and grandchildren in the conference hall.

After all the important ministers were seated, the emperor said slowly: "Look at this letter. ”

The ministers then picked up the letter in front of them and read it carefully, lest they miss even the most insignificant word.

The letter was written by Richard and was simple and consisted of two demands and a notice.

Richard demanded that the empire open up the trade of cold iron at a relatively fair price, and that he 'invite' Prince Sarenwell to visit the Crimson Duchy. And that notice said that Richard was going to go on a 'vacation' with his entourage in the empire in the near future, and the destination and time had not yet been decided, and he hoped that the nobles and nobles in the empire would not stop him.

That's all there is to the letter, and it doesn't mention the consequences of not agreeing to the request. However, none of them were children, and of course they knew that the result of refusal would be war. When Richard was away, the Iron Triangle Empire had no way to take the Crimson Duchy, and now that Richard is back, who else can stop him?

In the Empire, only Sarenwell dared to fight Richard.

The emergency meeting lasted all night and did not draw any conclusions. The next day, Sarenwell was urgently recalled to the imperial capital, but no one informed him of the reason.

At this time, Richard and Reilly had already appeared in the territory of the Iron Triangle Empire, and they took Quicksand, Splash, Riven and Essien with them, respectively, and their destination was a place called Black Valley.

The Black Valley is the place where the inner security punishes criminals, whose crimes are so severe that death cannot appease the wrath of the gods, and only by letting them endure both physical and spiritual torture in this bitter cold land can the god of courage be slightly satisfied.

This is where Richard and Reilly go, and they both want to see what the most unforgivable criminals look like in the eyes of the Faroese gods.

The Black Valley is a strange land, where the originally dense forests suddenly disappear, revealing a dark soil. On the surface, the land here should be so fertile that it can't find a single weed, and it's really barren. In the distance, the rolling low mountains were also black, and there was no grass on them, and there was always a strange smell in the land, like the stench of burnt leather.

In the middle of the black mountains is the place where the god of courage exiles criminals: the Black Valley.

Reilly stared at the black earth, two purple rays of light in his eyes, almost piercing the ground. After being promoted to the rank of Grand Magister, Rayleigh's divine vision has become more powerful, which has nothing to do with the increase in mana, but is the result of his long analysis of various rules.

Now, the rules that Rayleigh came into contact with can be divided into three categories, first the rules of the plane obtained in various planes, then the laws of death comprehended in the Land of Twilight, the laws of time and space comprehended in Hulan, and finally the rules obtained from the souls of the legendary powerhouses he killed.

At this moment, under the power of divine vision, Reilly saw that the ground under his feet was gradually becoming transparent, and wisps of strange gases were emerging from the ground, most of these gases were dark red, but there were also a few faint pink. Something seemed to be hidden further underground, but it was shrouded in a deep darkness that Reilly couldn't see what it was.

"There are not only dark forces here, but also strong earth fire, and some strange powers, which seem to ...... It could be ......" Speaking of which, Reilly was also a little unsure

"This strength is somewhat similar to that of the Overseer Bearhead. Richard added.

As he spoke, Richard could no longer control his body's reaction, and the male organs were cocked high.

"Sure enough, it's a stallion. Reilly said dismissively.

Richard didn't hear it, he looked over to the rest of the group, and saw that only the splash was slightly strange, and Rivien, Quicksand, and Essien didn't react. Priests have always been the most resistant profession to abnormal states, and the performances of Quicksand and Essien are not unusual, and Rui Wen is a pure warrior who is not sensitive to things between men and women, so she has not been affected too much.

Richard is no longer the shy boy he used to be, and he said calmly: "This land is very strange, I feel that its state is out of place with its surroundings, and it is a bit artificial in it." ”

"Then go in and see. Reilly said expectantly, intrigued by what was buried beneath the Black Valley.

The black soil covered a large area, and Reilly and the others crossed more than ten kilometers of plains to reach the foot of the mountain, and then saw a group of lifelike statues erected at the entrance of the valley, which were several people with rickety bodies, so thin that they looked like skeletons, they carried heavy stones on their backs, but they were wearing iron chains thicker than their arms, and a fat and fierce man raised his whip behind him, as if he would be heavily whipped on those prisoners in the next moment.

At the overseer's feet was a collapsed stone tablet, the handwriting on which was a little blurry, but still legible.

Richard walked over and looked at the words on the stone tablet, and found that it was a rather old divine script of the Faro, but it was not difficult for Richard, and after looking at it for a while, he understood the meaning, and read: "God says that cowardice is the same sin as arrogance. ”

This statement is one of the foundational teachings of the God of Courage.

This group of statues, coupled with this sentence, is to the effect that people should be humble before the god of courage, but they should be full of courage in the face of others, Richard glanced at the statues again, and suddenly sighed, this group of statues is too realistic, has broken through the limits of human craftsmen.

"This is not a statue, but a human being turned to stone by divine power, whose souls are bound and have to endure endless pain every day, and ......"

With that, Reilly threw a fireball that blew half of the statue's body off, but it quickly repaired the damage on its own, and the fallen rubble turned into piles of powder.

"This pain will last for a long time. ”

Richard said thoughtfully: "The power of darkness and earth fire that pervades this land is the source of power to repair these statues, but these forces should naturally be the opposite of the god of courage according to the rules of the plane. Well, it's getting more and more interesting. Looks like we've come to the right place. ”