When Paliano praised Murphy's talent in a fleshy tone and pompous language, Murphy's cheeks burned when he was praised, and his and Trissy's expressions became rather strange.

Tracey was hesitant to tell Paliano the truth.

That is, Murphy has spent most of his time in the past year fishing and taking care of her, a vampire waste who has difficulty taking care of himself, and he has really become stronger in the last twenty days.

Hiss!

Thinking about it this way, little Murphy's talent is really terrifying!

Perhaps guessing what Trath was thinking, the expressionless Murphy squeezed the hand on her shoulder hard, causing Tracy to come back to her senses immediately.

All right.

I can't say that.

Especially about Murphy and his otherworldly warriors, that can't be mentioned.

It seems that the psionic dog tags that Tris made for young players are still very useful, and Paliano, who at least takes the physical career route, fails to find out that the players are otherworldly summons.

"As Tracey said, I'm a literal 'semi-literate' among the vampire community."

Murphy pretended to sigh helplessly, looked at Paliano again, and said:

"Why don't you explain the Black Plague to me? All I know is that it's a coalition of monsters that have sprung up from the Dark Mountains, and they swarm across the continent every hundred years, but I don't know exactly why. ”

"Well, you're accurate enough to make that generalization."

The First Lord smiled and casually pulled out a stacked map from his bag.

The most outrageous thing is that there is also a strong fragrance of roses on this thing, and Murphy's eyes twitched when he saw it.

Hey, big brother, I know you're a wanderer, but you don't have to be so strong in your personal style, I mean, you're a little too extreme.

"Huh"

With Paliano's psionic support, the map unfolded before Murphy's eyes.

It's huge, and at first glance it's a military-grade map, but it only depicts the terrain of the Dark Mountains region, not the entire continent.

The Dark Mountains are not simply a mountain! It is very large in size, stretching from the western border of the ancient kingdom of Callum in the east, to the eastern line of the Genoa Peninsula in the west, to the narrow misty coast in the south, and to the great plain of Kafhoka in the north from Transnsia.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides, the terrain of a seaside alone occupies a quarter of the total area of the continent, which is more than four times larger than the entire territory of the Portia Confederacy, where the Translancia region is located!

If viewed from the planet's orbit, the Dark Mountains look like a black scar on the continent, like an area that has scabbed over after a serious injury. Naturally, there could not be only mountainous terrain in such a large area, in fact, the description of "Dark Mountains" simply refers to the mountains surrounding the outlying mountains of this huge area.

As you can tell from this detailed map of Paliano, the dark mountains are filled with swamps, plains, rift valleys, deserts, and even inner lakes and snow-capped mountains.

This military map from the Blood Alliance Knights also deliberately marked different areas where different forces are located in the Dark Mountains.

The plains and swamps ruled by the gnoll tribes, the peaks occupied by trolls, the eternal rift and mysterious dark regions of the shadow elves, the vast expanses of gray deserts and salt lakes and the Dead Sea, and a few small forces.

Such as the Citadel of Sin, Burning Peak, and Hungry Mountain, to name a few.

The map itself was an eye-opener for Murphy, and as his gaze swept over every part of the map with precision, in the map function of the test management system, the areas that were originally shrouded in fog except for the Translasia region were also "lit up", covering the entire Dark Mountains region in the style of the Knights of the Blood Alliance's military map.

All right!

Isn't that the content of the new map and the new expansion?

Little players are in ecstasy!

"The Dark Mountains are dangerous not only because of the gnolls, barbarians, kobolds, goatmen, and other vassal races that operate in them, but also because the entire region of the Dark Mountains has been shrouded in filthy and manic psionic energy since the beginning of the Era.

Those filthy psionics seeped beneath the earth, making the life born there savage and warlike, and not civilized at all. ”

Paliano's finger slid over the map in front of him, and he said in a low tone:

"However, there is also a complete food chain and ecosystem within the Dark Mountains, and it is this food chain that maintains the basic stability of this savage region, which is based on the birth of those filthy psionic abilities and promotes the multiplication of life in them, and is constantly accepting ferocious challenges to complete the transformation of death.

Take the Gnolls, for example!

They are very strong.

However, they also have a high mortality rate in the harsh environment of the Dark Mountains, so that they can barely maintain the slow growth of the population without causing much trouble.

Unfortunately, the Filthy Spirits in the Dark Mountains have a rather peculiar 'cyclical change'.

This change remained unknown for a long time until the first large-scale 'depletion of filth' occurred in 645 A.D.

The filthy psionic energy that shrouded the Dark Mountains suddenly weakened to a state of 'calm' over the course of a few years, allowing outside life to finally truly set foot in the area and explore, but the sudden change in psionic energy shattered the already fragile food chain and ecology of the Dark Mountains.

As the conditions for the gnolls improved, their numbers began to proliferate, and in just five years they had spawned a large savage army.

They began to conquer the forces around their territory, and kobolds and trolls were caught in them and began to advance beyond the Dark Mountains in search of more food and resources.

That was the first black plague in history! ”

The First Lord's finger tapped at the eastern passes and northwest exits of the Dark Mountains, and he glanced at Murphy and said:

"The scale of the Black Plague was not large, and the invasion of the Gnolls in the east was resisted by the Brass Castle built by the Brass Dwarves at the entrance to the Dark Mountains, however, they soon found another unguarded exit in the northwest."

"Filthy swamp!"

Murphy's eyes narrowed, and he could guess what was going on without the First Lord's description.

"Yes, the filthy swamp in the southernmost part of the Transnesia region, the largest swampy terrain on the continent, the natural separation zone between the continental core and the Dark Mountains."

Tracey took over the conversation, and sighed as she drank the wine:

"I was not yet born when the first Black Plague struck, but I know from the records of the Vulture Clan.

More than 200,000 gnolls and their vassal tribes raged through the filthy swamp and scattered throughout the then clan-based region of Transasia, where the entire human tribe was wiped out in almost half a month.

The gnolls then advanced in both directions to the east and west, and the free city-state of the Sealand paid a third of the price to resist the gnolls' frenzy.

The Nord clan protected the Great Wilderness with the help of the Frost Dwarves and the Thorns Clan and their god of the north wind, and it took fifteen years for the humans to drive the gnolls back into the Dark Mountains.

Vampires have also been deeply bound to humans since then.

It was the first time we fought alongside humans, and we were still firmly in the lead.

But the first black plague wasn't all bad.

Five years after the end of the Black Plague, the free city-states of Sealand in Anjou, Bourbon and Sachs were the first to complete the unification through the system of wartime union.

They formed the first human kingdom of Sealand.

Later, the kingdom of Isha on the island of Grini also began a war of unification, and the kingdom of Nordtov was the last to be established, but the descendants of Winter, who finally conquered the Great Wilderness after hundreds of years, are still the descendants of Boris, the human hero who was the first to resist the jackals.

It can be said that it was the first black plague that broke out in 650 A.D. that shaped the current human civilization. ”

"And the Portia Confederacy?"

Murphy Says:

"This area of ours was also built because of the Black Plague?"

"That's the second Black Plague."

Tracey waved her hand, and said casually with the attitude of a historian:

"The second Black Plague broke out in Anno 720, but this time it was smaller and more like a remnant counterattack of the first Black Plague.

Although the gnolls once again broke through the filthy swamp, the prepared human coalition locked them in the Transcian region, and with the help of the dwarves of Brass Castle, who reacted quickly, drove them back to the Dark Mountains after three years of fighting.

Since then, humanity has realized the connection between Translasia and the Dark Mountains, and no kingdom wants to take over this ominous land that is isolated and always subject to war.

In desperation, the three kingdoms of Sealand, Isa and Nordtov each sent a group of unlucky nobles to settle here, and they also separated the border lords to migrate here, setting up the political framework here.

That was the prototype of the original Portian Confederacy.

They said it well at the time! It is said that it is to emulate the privileges of the dwarven Gaia guards of the Brass Castle, and give the chosen nobles the sacred duty of 'defending civilization' and the power to establish an independent state.

Unfortunately, the three kingdoms secretly manipulated the entire Portia Confederacy region to never establish a truly unified state, and the union of the seven free city-states of the Portia Confederacy was also a helpless move.

It was also at that time that the Blood Vulture Clan came into control of the Translancia region.

At the time, Salokdal's occupation of the area was hailed as a 'glorious act' by the nobles and kings of the humans, but 400 years later, we are the thieves of the night who shamelessly steal their territory from the mouths of the humans. ”

"How do you know so much about this history?"

Murphy looked at Tracy in surprise, and the Scarlet Witch rolled her eyes cutely, and said:

"Because I was a psionic and a historian before I became a vampire, and I happened to have experienced this history firsthand, I was born in 660 A.D., just before the end of the first Black Plague, so I basically witnessed the birth of the Portia Confederacy.

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second Black Plague, I was seriously ill and was first embraced by Salokdal, and my life as a vampire officially began. ”

"Then you're only 451 years old."

Murphy whispered:

"Less than 500 years old, but I always say that I lived to be 500 years old. It's the instinct of ladies to be younger, and it's the first time I've seen someone deliberately exaggerate their age. You're a wonder, Tracey, in every sense of the word. ”

"Shut up! You don't have to inquire about me! ”

Triss was displeased and stepped on Murphy's left foot, saying:

"That's the right thing! Paliano, you continue. ”

"It's okay, I can wait a minute."

The Lord of the Prodigal Knight looked with interest at the interesting interaction between the man and woman, who were 432 years apart, and waved his hand and said:

"It's actually quite interesting to see the two of you get along, I haven't seen such a friendly relationship between the Elder and the Bloodline for many years, even in the Blood Alliance Knights, such exchanges are rare."

"Shut up!"

Murphy and Tracey scolded in unison, causing Paliano to shrug his shoulders, and then Tracey continued:

"The third Black Plague occurred in the year 860 A.D., and this time the scale was also small, and even everyone involved in the Black Plague resistance felt that we were too worried about this once-in-a-century disaster?

After all, with the growth of various civilizations, the tide of gnolls that could easily wipe out the continent seems to have become a 'natural phenomenon' that is not worth paying too much attention to, and the third black plague does not even need to be done by dwarves, and the human alliance alone is enough to suppress the gnolls in southern Transasia.

However, it turns out that the gnolls are not stupid.

At least not as stupid as we think, they learn, and they have a heritage. ”

The First Lord's eyes narrowed, his finger drawing a circle in a woodland area at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains, and said:

"The Gnoll Warlord of the Third Black Plague did not send all the warriors out, instead, while attacking the Brass Fort and invading Transencia in accordance with tradition, it also sent a special force of gnolls to seize the mossy valley from the Shadow Elves.

It's a rare area in the Dark Mountains with a mild climate and plenty of food, and most crucially, it's very low in the amount of unclean psionic interference.

I don't think I'll have to describe what will happen next. ”

Paliano stood up, grabbed a white rose and sniffed it under his nostrils, and with his artistic movements, the story of the Black Plague also ushered in the most crucial turn.

"In the year 1000 A.D., the fourth black plague came as scheduled!

Because of the unanimous agreement reached by the leaders in the Third Black Plague, except for the stubborn Brass Dwarves who did not reduce the defense force of the Brass Fort, all other forces invariably withdrew a part of the military force dedicated to defending against the Black Plague.

And the gnolls, who have secretly accumulated strength for 140 years hiding in the mossy valley, have come out of the nest this time under the leadership of a great warlord named 'Biting Bone'!

This time, not only did they have more than ten times more troops than the Third Black Calamity, but what was even more terrifying was that they also gave birth to psionic individuals in batches.

No one knows where the Gnolls learned this, but they do have formed spellcasting units.

Therefore, in the first month of the Fourth Black Plague, the entire territory of the Portia Confederacy fell except for the cities of Cadman, Sogno, and Sico! The borders of the adjacent Kakhovka Plain, the Frozen Bay, the Sax, East Pruos and Cato regions have become a paradise for jackals.

By the time the entire stunned human civilization reacted, the Black Plague had gone from being a torrent to a torrent, and in the sixth month, the Gnoll vanguard even hit the city of Fort Northwind.

But it's like a remake of the first Black Plague!

Humanity finally reached unconditional solidarity in the final moments of civilization's demise.

In our eyes, the decaying Sealand nobles regained the glory of their ancestors, and King Louis VI himself led the Janissary Knights to the front, and the Kingdom of Isha spared no effort to send all their warships across the dangerous North Sea, facing the storm and sea monsters to support Nordtov.

The most important thing is that the last human kingdom that has been watching all this coldly, the ancient kingdom of Callum that has existed for more than 800 years in post-epoch history, finally took the initiative to intervene in the Black Plague for the first time.

The mysterious and mighty Dragonborn have crossed their border with the White Mountains of Nordtov, and the brave men who believe in the Astral Dragons have come to the aid of the Nords' precarious kingdom throughout the Great Wilderness.

Coupled with the fact that the gnolls of the Western Front crossed the Cato region into the Antani region and foolishly burned the elves' verdant forests, this finally angered the Castilian elves, who had never intervened too much in the affairs of the continent.

With the mighty Amasasia fleet carrying twenty-seven legions of Forest Ranger and three Storm Druids in a glorious landing on the Misty Coast, and joining forces with their ancient cousins, the Thirteen Shadow Elves living in the Eternal Rift, to raid the gnolls of the Dark Mountains from behind

All the civilizations and races of the entire continent have been united, and in the face of such a force, the black plague that once swept the continent has finally been effectively contained.

And when the Songhai Empire, far away in the Land of Origin, also sent a magnificent solar ship into the battlefield and accurately annihilated the clan of the great warlord Bitbone in southern Transnesia, the Biting King fled into the filthy swamp and was never to be found.

The Fourth Black Plague, after eight years of wreaking havoc on it, finally turned into a counteroffensive with difficulty.

In the end, it took us a full decade and the sacrifices of nearly 400,000 warriors of all races and millions of civilians to drive the gnolls back into their mountains.

Since then, no one has dared to underestimate the Black Plague again!

The wounds of the Fourth Black Plague on the continent have not yet recovered even 111 years later, and there were nearly 2.3 million people in Transasia, but now there are less than 400,000 people left, and this is only the number before the start of the ten-year war. ”

Paliano turned back in the silent tent and looked at Murphy with a serious face, and he whispered:

"Now, another Black Plague is brewing, and we have discovered that all the Gnoll clans throughout the Dark Mountains are operating abnormally, and this cycle of Dark Mountain Filth Depletion has entered its final stage.

At least four months, at most six months, the fifth black plague will be fully formed!

At that time, Murphy, as the only current Free State lord in Translasia, willingly or not, take on the sacred duties entrusted to you when the Portia Confederacy was founded.

Or turn into an iron wall to block the black plague!

Or, be mercilessly devoured by it.

These are the cruel rules that everyone who wants to establish rule in Transncia must face, and unfortunately you've joined the game and so far, you're the only candidate.

If you want to run, Lord Pa Ying will personally teach you what the dignity of the blood clan is! ”

Murphy didn't want to run, he just blinked, glanced at the rather delicate six-month completion cycle on his "main quest", and all his doubts suddenly came to light at this moment.

Well, I'll just say how this frenzied administrator system has so generously given me half a year of development time, and it's waiting for me here

Scald!

(End of chapter)