Chapter 50: The Great Attack
Three days later, Roman walked out of the confinement chamber and stretched out in the dry sun.
The mutant beast went berserk, causing a burst of tension up and down the fortress, and began round after round of investigation, with the help of various prophecy spells, successfully found the "culprit", Claude, who was responsible for commanding the mutant beast.
The investigation team found that Claude used a dozen Manna flowers to lure monsters, and then manipulated mutant beasts to attack his colleagues, and finally played with fire and set himself on fire, as for the motive, the conclusion was that the death of his lover caused pessimism and misanthropy, and he wanted to take revenge on society.
It is worth mentioning that the fortress does not have a microscope, and it is not known that the genes have been modified for a while, so no one thinks that the mutant beast will get out of control, but that the manipulator has gone crazy and caused the tragedy.
So from beginning to end, no one suspected Roman on his head, and at the same time caused the entire beast herd to get out of control, which is something that even the dean does not have, let alone Roman who is only a second-level apprentice.
After clearing his suspicions, Roman was released from confinement, regained his freedom, and went to the main building of the fortress to pick the fruits of his victory, the identity of a middleman.
Summoning the Eye of Judgment and promising to keep the fortress's information absolutely confidential, Roman obtained a map showing the tunnels leading to the Black Market, and after confirming that it was correct, he immediately set off.
Still on the familiar platform, Roman walked into an inconspicuous path, turned around, climbed the stairs, and finally pushed open the stone gate and walked into the boundless desert Gobi.
He put on a hood and a scarf to cover his face, wrapped himself tightly so that only one pair of eyes was exposed, and then followed the map and walked forward.
A few hours later, when he arrived at the designated place on the map, he looked around, but there was nothing but the wind, so he picked up the map and read the following sentence:
"I covered my face, and I knocked on the door of the bazaar with the jingling stone in my arms..."
As soon as the words fell, everything around him became blurred like ripples on the surface of the water, and Roman entered a space, and said in surprise: "It's a public secret realm!" ”
The public secret realm is a different space, the entrances are distributed all over the world, as long as you recite the secret language, or show the token to enter, there are often specific rules inside the space, such as as Roman's entry, the soul is shackled:
"Visitors are not allowed to attack each other, and the stay must not exceed 2 hours."
"You can only stay for two hours, so you have to hurry." Roman said secretly in his heart.
The bazaar is not large, the area is equivalent to a football field, some merchants set up tents, some directly set up stalls to sell, and many stalls in addition to buying things, also hang signs with "buy ......".
Roman walked into a tent where he bought rune stones, took out the lava ray rune and asked, "This, how many magic stones do you collect here?" ”
The stall owner glanced at the rune stones and asked, "How many do you have?" ”
Roman said lightly: "Answer my question first?" ”
The stall owner hesitated for a moment and said, "200 magic stones." ”
Roman nodded, and asked again, "How many magic stones can you take at one time?" ”
The stall owner thought for a moment and said, "About three thousand." ”
Roman took out fifteen rune stones: "Let's trade." ”
Three thousand magic stones were put into the bag, Roman walked into the next house, and in less than two hours, more than 200 rune stones were sold out, and nearly 20,000 magic stones were exchanged, which attracted everyone's attention.
At this time, he saw a tent with an open-eyed sun printed on the tent, which was the symbol of the intelligence organization, the omniscient eye, and Roman saw that there was still time, and after a little thought, he walked in.
Inside, there sat an old man whose face he couldn't see clearly, and when he saw Roman, he asked; "What do you want to know?"
Roman thought for a moment and replied, "I want a map of the Northern Wasteland, in more detail." ”
"Maps?" The old man was slightly surprised, and then asked, "How detailed do you want it?" ”
Roman replied: "As much information as possible, covering resources, population, devouring beast herds, wizarding organizations, ......"
The old man smiled and said, "This is not cheap, a thousand magic stones, are you sure you want to buy it?" ”
Roman immediately took out a thousand magic stones: "Deal, give me the map." ”
Taking over the map, Roman discovers that this is a demonized item, which can switch between multiple modes in addition to the basic terrain.
Resource distribution, power distribution, polar eater distribution...... Similar to a strategy game, switch them one by one as needed.
Combined with past information, Roman quickly found the location of the West Pole Fortress, located on the edge of the Poison Cloud Hills.
In the sky above the poisonous cloud hills, there are strong corrosive poisonous clouds floating at all times, which airships cannot approach, and in the mountains and hills, there are continuous ecologically dense areas.
Not to mention the wilderness hunting team, even the dean in the dense area did not dare to cross it.
Under the hills, there are rich deposits of magic stones, and for a while, Roman knew that the purpose of the tunnel project was to go to the middle of the hills and occupy the magic stone mines.
Switching to the distribution map of the forces, Roman found that there was a small force entrenched in the hills, and the poisonous clouds above were the effect of their witch array.
They relied on poisonous clouds and ecologically dense areas to divide one side, mine magic stone mines, and live an extraordinarily nourishing life, and now they are targeted by the Flesh Opera House.
"The air and the ground are inaccessible, digging tunnels is a shortcut, but ......" At this time, Roman wondered:
"The academy has its own magic stone mine, but it still has to spend a lot of cost to rob other people's mines, is it ......?"
A guess came to mind, and Roman immediately said to the old man: "I need the Beacon of Life, the Ring of Bones, and the Magic Stone Reserve of the Flesh Opera House." ”
In order to prevent the boss from guessing his true intentions, Roman bought three forces at once.
The old man raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "500 magic stones." ”
"Deal!" Roman paid immediately, and the old man handed over a document.
Roman glanced at it, confirming his suspicion: the Academy's magic stone mine had dried up.
There are two foundations of the academy: one is the Floating City, the other is the Magic Stone Mine, one provides shelter, and the other provides cultivation resources, both of which are indispensable.
If there is no magic stone mine, there will be no magic stone, the benefits will not be issued, the contract between the mentor and the student will be invalid, and the entire academy will fall apart.
Therefore, new deposits must be captured as soon as possible, and the Poison Cloud Hills are a good choice.
As long as the poisonous clouds and ecologically dense areas are broken, the small forces are like fish on the chopping board, to be slaughtered by the Flesh Opera House...... Wrong!
Roman also noticed that on the diplomatic map, the small forces were the vassals of the beacon of life, and the beacon of life was the application power, comparable to the Flesh Opera.
There is a lighthouse covering, and whoever wants to move the poisonous cloud hills must weigh it first.
If the Flesh Opera raid is successful, it will be a war against the beacon of life.
The Great War is coming! Roman was shocked into a cold sweat, the academy must know this information, and was worried about causing panic, so he blocked the news, and when the war broke out, he Roman would definitely become cannon fodder.
"No! You have to prepare early! Roman secretly decided, then silently recited the incantation and left the black market.
It was still that desert, and when I looked around, I didn't find any robbers who killed people and robbed treasures.
It's normal to think about it, the black market entrances are all over the world, and after leaving, the two sides are separated by a world, and there is no possibility of robbery at all.
So Roman did not linger any longer, and soon returned to the fortress, which was filled with cheers.
Roman looked up, and the airship on his head covered the sky and the sun, heading towards the Poison Cloud Mountains.
Roman approached William and asked what had happened, to which William replied excitedly:
"Just today, the tunnel was completed, and Captain Mark personally led the team to launch a surprise attack from the underground, destroying the Poison Cloud Witch Array, and the air fleet took the opportunity to attack!"
"We've taken a big vein!"
A military operation of this scale is a rare occurrence in a hundred years, although his strength is low and his contribution is not large, but just participating in it is enough for him to brag for a lifetime.
But Roman did not have the slightest joy, but his heart was heavy, because he knew that a larger war had begun.