Chapter 32 The Location of the Map
The dead bandit leader may be a good player, but in this environment, it is impossible for him to know much about magic, and he does not know how to leave a soul imprint in the magic lock. So, after getting this excellent quality safe somewhere, he just treated it as an ordinary thing.
Leo probe looked in, the internal space of the safe is not large, there are only two layers of lattices, there is no secondary space, it should belong to the low-end products produced by the Blackwater Foundation.
In the upper grid, it is an integral scroll, but it can be judged from the slightest magic fluctuation on it that it is not a magic scroll.
Underneath the lattice was a gray-brown notebook, which looked very old and should have been very old.
Seeing that the safe was opened, Morris hurriedly leaned over and looked inside.
"You look at this, I'll look at the notes. Leo said as he took out the scroll and handed it to Maurice.
The reason for this was that he felt the magic fluctuations in his notes, which were very subtle, but could not escape his keen perception.
It was definitely once a magical item, and it was probably an ancient magical item! It may have lost its potency now, but it could still be very valuable! I just don't know why the leader of the horse bandits who didn't know magic would keep it so precious.
"It's ......" On the other side, Morris opened the scroll and read it carefully. And as the reading progressed, the expression of surprise on his face became more and more intense.
Before Leo could look at his notes, he stopped and asked with some curiosity, "What's wrong?"
"358 Maple Grove Avenue in Yang Halberd City!" Morris cried out, "My Lord of the Sun is above, this guy has a title deed to such a place......! Who is this Baron Philed?"
Leo has lived in Yang Halberd City for a long time, and of course he knows that Maple Grove Avenue is the street where the Sun Family is located, and it is also a veritable aristocratic district, so it is not an exaggeration to say that every inch of land is valuable.
"It seems. He is ready to wash his name, and perhaps even his identity is ready. As he spoke, he opened the other scroll, and sure enough, it was a complete identification document, as well as an inheritance document.
Philed, a ruined aristocrat who inherited the property of a distant relative, went to live in the city of Halberd, intending to start a new life.
Morris patted his thigh and said excitedly, "Okay." Okay, with this thing, you can do whatever you want with the house. ”
Hearing him mention this, Leo suddenly remembered something, and said: "I have some special needs for this deed and identity certificate, and I will not take any other loot, all of which will belong to you, what do you think?"
After a brief moment of doubt, Morris grinned, "If you do this." Seems to be a bit of a problem. ”
Leo was puzzled, "What's the problem?"
Morris snapped his fingers: "You see, now we have a total of three dollars, the weapons and money on the previous horse bandits, the ransom worth of their heads, and the harvest here. If you only need one property. Isn't that a big loss?"
Leo didn't expect the other party to say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then explained with a smile: "To put it mildly, as a mage. Money doesn't mean much to me, and if I want to make money, there are many easy and quick ways to do it. And. There are a lot of special magic items that money can't buy. But these two things are just right for my next needs, so let's leave them at that. ”
"That'...... All right. Morris didn't insist any longer, anyway, getting more money is always a good thing for people like himself, and his son may also spend a lot of money in the future to have a chance to officially embark on the road of magic.
Instead of bothering to move the bandit leader over there, Leo began to study the notes in his hand, which was what he valued the most.
The notes are not large, nor heavy, probably less than a hundred pages, and among the many magic books in the tome, they are completely small and exquisite.
Touched the cover, using an unknown animal skin, smooth and delicate to the touch, by no means an ordinary thing, it seems that the horse bandit leader also saw the extraordinaryness of this thing, so he carefully put it away.
However, there is no handwriting on the cover, only a six-pointed star. This further confirms Leod's belief that this is a magical notebook from ancient times.
In the view of ancient magicians, the world was made up of six elements, wind, fire, earth, water, light, and darkness, but modern magic has abandoned this view, considering light and darkness as energy, rather than the elements that make up the world, so the six-pointed star symbol is rarely used anymore.
Turning the first page, a line of text appeared, and even though I don't know how many years had passed, the handwriting was still clear.
"Chia?" Leo was slightly surprised.
Before the early lingua franca, there were many languages of various races, and even hundreds of languages existed among humans, and it was difficult to communicate with each other. Among these languages, there is a relatively widespread and dominant script, that is, the Cian.
Later, the lingua franca gradually took shape, and many of its words were inherited from the Circhian language. And now in the language of magic, there are also a lot of Cria scales.
In other words, this notebook is at least two or three thousand years old, and it is the work of the great and prosperous Rising Sun Age before the appearance of the magic fault!
The strange connection between the languages allowed Leo to know the Chian language and to be able to read the line roughly.
"Ever-changing, it comes from the heart. ”
A strange sentence, a little confusing, as if it was about the magic of change. Leo flipped through a few more pages, all in Chia, and before he could take a closer look at the contents, a piece of parchment fell out.
The spiritual power moved slightly, and the mage's hand was instantaneously released, and the parchment automatically floated to Leo's hand.
It can be distinguished from both the texture and the color, so the parchment does not exist for a long time, at most within ten years. But why is it clipped in notes?
Curious, Leo unfolded the parchment, revealing a drawing.
Drawn in black ink throughout, with lines representing roads, triangle icons representing mountains, cascading curves representing forests, and ovals representing lakes, this is a map.
And in the center of the map. The pattern in the shape of a small door was emphatically drawn with red paint, and it was also marked with the lingua franca. Other than that, there is no other language.
"The ...... of the Living Water Pavilion," Leo whispered the name.
The scale is not certain, and the map is not very detailed, so it is not easy to discern what this means. But there is no doubt that this place, known as the "Growing Water Pavilion", should be very important and secretive.
With this thought, Leo suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"Could it be...... This magic notebook was found in the Growing Water Pavilion?"
And when he looked at the map in his hand again, he was already excited.
If your guess is correct. This so-called "Breeding Water Pavilion" is likely to be a half-plane opened up by a powerful ancient mage, that is, an ancient relic in the mouth of ordinary people!
For some unknown reason, the entrance opened, and the bandit leader had entered it and obtained the notes. It is not known whether the author of this map is a horse bandit leader, but it doesn't matter at all.
I just don't know if the horse bandit leader has obtained anything else, and whether he has emptied the "Breeding Water Pavilion".
Leo quickly dismissed the idea, a powerful mage capable of opening up a half-plane. Even if they are gone, the remaining half-planes will not be so easy to explore. But it is precisely because of its strength that what is left behind will be more precious, even because of its age. It is also possible to discover some magical materials and creatures that have become extinct in the main matter plane!
At this moment, Leo regretted that he had not been able to capture the bandit leader alive, and could not ask what was going on. And after so much time, the soul of the horse bandit leader has long since dissipated. Even the legendary mages of the Necromancy could no longer obtain any useful information.
Pushing down the idea of sending the map to Fort Violet for identification, Leo smiled.
If it's an ordinary mage. There is probably very little better way to find out exactly where this map refers than to seek the help of super magical organizations like Violet Castle or Lordaeron.
But I'm different, I have a professor.
Without any hesitation, he flattened the map, held it up in front of him, and then said in his consciousness, "Professor, scan this map and compare it with the map I stored before to find out where it is." ”
The professor's voice quickly sounded: "The order has been accepted and is being analyzed, please wait." ”
After just a dozen seconds, the professor continued: "After the scan, judging by the similarity, the Lensar marshes: 91% similarity, the winding valley: 83% similarity, the Trillite hills: 78% similarity, and the Victorial forest: 69%......"
All of a sudden, the professor gave seven locations with a similarity of more than 50 percent, and marked them on the plane map in Leo's mind through consciousness transmission, which was beyond his expectations.
However, things are also easy to understand, after all, the map is not very delicate, and the main material plane is extremely vast, and there are many unknown regions, so it is not surprising that there are so many similar locations.
"Do you want to find them one by one?" Leo scratched his head, quickly giving up on the idea.
These locations are located in the north and south of the world, and even at the speed of a giant dragon, I am afraid that they will not be able to find all of them. It is even possible that this half-plane is not in the main material world, but in a certain secondary plane, which is even more fateful.
What's more, it's not clear at all what is in the "Prosperous Water Pavilion", if it's just an empty half-plane, it's really hard work but you can only get nothing.
However, now that he had got the clues, Leo didn't want to give up just like that, so he checked the locations on the map one by one.
At this glance, he instantly had some thoughts, because there were several locations where such ruins could not exist.
For example, the Hills of Trillit, which has a 78% similarity, happen to be located in the Kingdom of Divine Urien, where Leo has just left.
You know, this country, although not a superpower, has existed for thousands of years, and it has always been dominated by the Church of the Sun.
Even today, when magic has been gradually accepted, the development of magic there is still infinitely close to zero, and in ancient times, when mages and churches were completely opposed, it was impossible for a powerful mage to carve out his own half-plane there.
Next, Leo used this method to exclude the meandering river valleys in the southern diffuse rainforest. It was the land of the Ruantes, who developed witchcraft, not magic, and the mages would go there to settle unless they had a problem with their brains.
And the Parikt permafrost, located in the Far North Ice Sheet, also does not have any magical development and has a harsh climate, which can also be ruled out.
Soon, Leo identified the Lensa Marsh with the highest similarity and the Protophyllous Forest at 55% similarity as the two most likely sites.
The Lensar Marshes are located to the west of the Supreme Forest, south of the Orctarsand Sea, and separated from the Compute Empire by a desert mountain range, no more than 2,000 kilometers in a straight line. The Primordial Leaf Forest, located on the southeast shore of the Star Moon Sea, is also a large country, and similar to Calent, the development of magic is very free, and the Church of the Gods cannot influence it.
From the perspective of the history of human magic, it is not disputed that magic first originated in the North, that is, the Karente, the Free Trade Federation, and the Seragher line. The Alien Empire is one of the most important regions for the development of magic in modern times, and even the Magical Emperor Antonidas himself is a Kalent. The Lunar Empire clearly has the longest history of magic.
As the flame of human magic was ignited 10,000 years ago, the population continued to move, and magic gradually spread to the south of the Star Moon Sea and beyond. During this time, the world of magic grew larger and stronger, and various paths developed. And today, Lordaeron was established, and the magic institutions of various countries were finally unified under Lordaeron, forming a complete system.
However, the mages of Carbone have always proudly believed that the path of magic they have taken is the mainstream of magical development. Therefore, Leo has reason to believe that the Lenza swamp, which has the highest map similarity and is closest to the Calorie Empire, should be the location of the "Breeding Water Pavilion".
After pondering thoroughly, Leo was about to look at his notes again, when Maurice's voice came from outside: "Mr. Minahir, everything is packed, please help them break it." ”
"Okay, I'll do it. Leo temporarily put the notes and maps into the spatial ring, raised his feet and walked outside, anyway, this matter is not in a hurry, there is time to study along the way.
The Valkyrie followed him closely, and before she knew it, the blade on her arm had popped out, as if ready to drink blood at any moment. (To be continued......)