Chapter 20 The Buried Beginning
After a pause, the Grand Duke sighed and said, "But it's not strange. If you stay in the Outlands for so long and still don't die, you will become a legend. โ
"At that time, why did all the wealthy families choose His Majesty instead of the eldest princess? Richard asked another crucial question.
The Iron Warrior recalled the past, smiled wryly, and said, "No. It's because everyone is afraid of Princess Wuding. โ
"Scared?"
"Back then, looking at the entire human race, Princess Wuding was one of the best geniuses. She didn't need to hone her strength at all, and she began to comprehend the rules when she was still in the Sanctuary, and she had a record of killing legends more than once on the battlefield of the Peerless Domain. The levels and bottlenecks that plague us don't seem to exist in her at all. However, Princess Wuding is also an out-and-out madman. She is moody, and her only hobby is to ruin miรจ's life, miรจ's life. No matter what kind of problem she encounters, her way to solve it is to kill. One of the things she used to say at that time was, kill both sides of the quarrel, and no one would quarrel?"
Richard was silent. Indeed, if such a woman is allowed to sit on the throne, it will definitely be a disaster for the entire Holy Alliance. But such a woman actually chose to obey the rules in the end, and I don't know what happened in the depths of the plane that time.
After Wuding went to the outer lands, many wealthy families, including the royal family, seemed to completely get rid of her shadow, and chose to destroy a trace of her past, including records, emblems, and documents. Since then, the eldest princess of Wuding has only lived in the memories of a group of old people. In people's minds, she should go to the outer lands and never return.
I didn't expect that decades had passed, but at this time, the eldest princess, who everyone was afraid of, suddenly came back, it was too much of a coincidence, right? For politics, the synonym for coincidence is conspiracy. However, it is hard for Richard to imagine that people with the character of the eldest princess and Turbidity would be equated with meticulous scheming.
Richard and the Iron Knights chatted casually for a few more moments, then left the Grand Duke's floating island and hurried to Faust's Royal Mage Society. In the Mage Society, there is the largest and most complete library of the entire Faust. Thor is certainly not the strongest of the legendary mages, but in terms of knowledge, there are not many legendary mages who are more knowledgeable than him.
When he saw Thor again, the optimistic old man also wore two heavy dark circles under his eyes, and he looked preoccupied. Seeing Richard, he barely squeezed out a smile and spread his hands and said, "My old bottom has been squeezed dry by your demonic weapons." โ
Richard laughed: "Your joke is not funny at all, I didn't come to sell decorations this time, but I wanted to find a few books in the library to read." โ
"What kind of book?" Thor asked, waving a young mage and asking him to take Richard to the Mage Guild's library.
"The more information about the Outlands, the better. โ
"Outlands?" Thor was taken aback, and immediately asked the mage to leave, then stared at Richard and asked, "Is it related to the eldest princess of Wuding?"
"I just wanted to know more about her, and there is hardly any information about her right now. I think in the future, there should be a lot of opportunities to deal with this eldest princess. โ
Thor glanced at Richard and said, "Come with me, I have a book on the Outlands that explains it in great detail." โ
Richard followed Thor into his half-plane. Thor casually laid a magical barrier to completely isolate the half-plane from Norland, and then said, "Richard, are you going to stop His Highness Wuding?"
Richard smiled bitterly: "I don't know His Highness Wuding at all, how can I stop it? What's more, this succession to the throne has nothing to do with Akmund at all." I'm not a duke yet."
Thor led Richard to a small three-story building deep in the half-plane, and pulled out a large and heavy book from a dusty box and stuffed it to Richard. "Take it, it's a very detailed account of the Outer Realms. You can take it back and look at it slowly, but remember to give it back to me. The book itself is much more precious than the content, it is the handwriting of a famous mage. โ
Before Richard was about to leave, Thor stopped him and said, "Richard, His Highness Wuding has royal blood on his body no matter what, and he is a member of our Holy Alliance. Some of the crises in front of her may only be resolved by her. Look at the big picture. โ
Thor's words were vague, and Richard wanted to ask more, but he refused to say more, but the last sentence was already a very vague indication of Thor's possible position.
When Richard left, the light and shadow next to him flickered, and the old mage who had snatched the blue moon appeared beside Thor, looked at the direction of Richard's departure with complicated eyes, and sighed: "The breath of the blue moon is almost integrated with him, and it is difficult to find it if you don't pay attention." It seems that the crescent moon is indeed for him, alas"
Thor nodded, "It seems that the Azure Moon has indeed merged with his bloodline. Don't make up your mind anymore. That little guy is very murderous and not easy to mess with. You didn't see the Turbidity Stream provoke him, and you were almost killed. โ
The old mage sighed again and said reluctantly, "The moon power of the Azure Moon is very important to me, but ...... Well, I'm fine with Norland anyway, and I'll be ready to go in two days to see the half-planes I found last time. โ
Thor frowned and said, "But now that the legion fortress needs to be guarded by legendary powerhouses, you are good at fighting, aren't you going to think about it again?"
The old mage smiled and said, "The little thing that the alliance took out is not in my eyes yet. If you want me to die for you, you've got to get something good. โ
Thor said: "But you are also a member of the Holy Alliance, and now is a critical moment, how can you let it go?"
The old mage smiled and said, "Thor, don't put this on me, since this is a critical moment, why don't you go and defend the legion fortress?
Thor's face flushed, and he said angrily, "But I've been doing research and I'm not proficient in combat."
The old mage said calmly, "But you are also a legendary mage. No matter what, you won't lose to a great magister. โ
"You" Thor was speechless with rage.
"If you want to fool people into garrisoning a legion fortress, take more benefits. The price you paid is just a few great magisters. Thor, legendary mages aren't that cheap. The old mage said calmly.
Thor waved his arms vigorously and said angrily, "But you are also a member of the Holy Alliance, how can you do this"
The old mage said lightly, "It's not that you don't know my bloodline and age. When I was born, there was no Holy Alliance, the Holy Alliance was just a union, a code name, not a name with a holy prefix, it was really sacred. The Holy Alliance didn't give me anything, so why should I fight for it? There are not many fools like Rundsteder. Finally, Thor, for the sake of my friends for almost a hundred years, I don't think you even said anything about the evil you just had. That's it, I guess we won't have a chance to meet again in the future. โ
The old mage directly opened a spatial portal, stepped in, and disappeared in an instant. Only Thor was left in his place, angry and angry.
When Richard returned to the floating island, he immediately went into his study and began to study the materials he had received from Thor.
The Outlands are actually a collective term for a series of planes, and no one can tell how many planes there are in that incomparably vast world. It is a land where chaos reigns supreme, and neither the light of Eternity nor the Dragon of Time shines there. In the Outlands, there are messy and upside-down worlds everywhere, and the powerful races that can sweep through several planes one moment may suddenly become extinct the next.
The environment in the Outlands is worse than the Abyss and Hell. Whether it is the abyss or hell, the dimensional environment is very stable. But the Outlands are extremely violent and chaotic worlds, and no one knows what will happen in the next moment. Every moment, new planes are born, existing planes are distorted, and planes are annihilated.
In Norland's history, when the Outlands were first discovered, a group of powerful men went there to explore, but they were unprepared and almost completely wiped out. For some time afterward, the Outlands became an area where the Norland mages sealed powerful creatures that were difficult to kill, and the powerful who had committed felonies were exiled there.
It wasn't until hundreds of years later, when several legendary mages explored the rules of the Outlands, that it became a relatively stable territory with Norland. However, the power of chaos reigns, making the laws of the Eternal and Time Dragons impassable in the Outlands, which means that many of the divine graces obtained from the Eternal Dragon Temple are unable to produce effects, and those that can be effective are often greatly reduced. Therefore, for the Norland powerhouses who are accustomed to enjoying the various bonus effects brought by sacrifices, their strength will be greatly suppressed, so this area is particularly dangerous.
Seeing this, Richard somewhat understood why Turbidity Currents had become the antagonist of Eternity and the Dragon of Time. There is no place in this world that can completely detach itself from the law, and although the outer regions are twisted and furious and unpredictable, they obviously still follow the laws of chaos. Therefore, only by becoming a servant of the law of chaos can he better adapt to the harsh and cruel environment of the outer realm, and for the turbidity current who was just an ordinary holy realm at that time, surviving was the first priority to consider.
But after reading the whole book, Richard has a new idea, and he discovers that Princess Indefinite is not necessarily the opposite of the dragon of eternity and time. Even if a legendary powerhouse stays in the ever-changing outer realm for a long time, he will be at risk of falling, and often have to succumb to the laws of chaos, so that he can no longer be suppressed by the environment in the dangerous outer realm, and can even borrow some of the power of nature. (To be continued)
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