Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 6 Prophecy
The mercenary Morris drank a glass of dark red wine, took another big mouthful of smoked cod, and said: "Actually, I am an honest man from the Kingdom of Niluskan. I have been on a boat with my businessman brother-in-law and sister. When I came to Thrane Kingdom, I lived a life of a wandering mercenary."

"I heard you mention these words a year ago. You also said that the reason for this is because your brother-in-law and sister were caught in a storm and disappeared forever in the Moon Floating Sea." Brian took a sip of the smoked cod, Indeed, it tasted very salty as the mercenary expected, but fortunately, it was still edible.

For an adventurer, as long as he can fill his stomach, the taste is second. He is so hungry that he dares to eat bloody raw meat.

Besides, he is really hungry, as the young scholar Ke Meng said, if he can drink a bowl of hot fresh fish soup, drink and eat enough, and sleep with a beautiful girl in his arms until dawn, This is the true enjoyment of life.

He took a sip of the mellow wine to dilute the salty fish taste in his mouth, and looked at the mercenary who was licking the cod skin with relish: "So, does your past have something to do with the so-called 'joining the army'?"

"Of course it has something to do with it." Morris glanced at the scholar Ke Meng who was sitting on the chair with a calm demeanor, added another glass of wine for himself, and continued: "The reason why I became a mercenary was to save enough money to buy a Manor and live an ordinary life.

You know what, Brian?I originally had the idea of ​​joining the army. Earl Oser of Deep Stream Harbor issued an announcement saying that the Duke of Silver Griffin was recruiting special troops in Thorn Fort.As long as you train in Thorn Fort for half a year, you can get paid as a soldier.This salary is three times that of ordinary soldiers, which is much more comfortable than me earning commissions as a mercenary running around.Damn it!This smoked cod is really salty. "

"Fort Thorn?" Brian put down the wine glass he had just picked up, and repeated the strange place name from the mercenary in doubt.

Helplessly, he couldn't remember where the 'Fort Thorn' was located in the Silver Griffin Duke's territory.

He very much doubted that this place might be a newly established fortress.

"Fort Thorn is a new stronghold established by the Duke of Swift of the Silver Griffon family at the junction of the Griffin Mountains, the Grimri River, and Blackman two years ago." Scholar Ke Meng explained to Brian in time.

"So, the purpose of this new fortress is to defend against Blackman's elves." Brian held a cod fillet and said thoughtfully.

"Of course, what else?" Morris answered, "It wouldn't be to defend against goblins and kobolds. It is precisely because of this that the Duke of Silver Griffin wants to form a special force."

"I've heard of this special force." Scholar Ke Meng said, "As Morris said, it was indeed established to deal with elves. Because the regular army can't deal with elf rangers in the forest at all. You know, in the dense forest In the forest, the sword and archery of the elves are like elegant artists."

Bachelor Komon said, looking at Brian again, "I also heard that they especially encourage half-elves to join the army, but the Thorn Castle where they are trained to fight sounds like hell. It is said that only half of the trainees get three times the salary of soldiers, The other half went to the cemetery."

"Of course." Morris said indifferently: "Mr. Comont, you have to understand that those who can enter the special forces are not ordinary soldiers. They are not like clumsy pikemen, as long as they learn how to stab people with sharp spears, Special forces must be proficient in jungle warfare, and the Duke of Silver Griffin intends to cultivate his own human ranger unit."

"So you are such a brave warrior." Brian looked at the big guy on the right and joked, "Aren't you afraid of elf rangers? Are you afraid that they will shoot your ass with arrows?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of! I also know how to draw a bow, and it's a heavy composite longbow. In my hometown of Niluskan, I not only fought with orcs, but also escaped from the mouth of direwolves. The elves are very important to me. Say, it’s really nothing.” The wandering mercenary Morris suddenly became a little unhappy, he met Brian’s gaze and retorted.

"Salute to our brave Morris." Brian raised his glass and raised his glass to the mercenary with a smile.

The mercenary gulped down the newly refilled wine in one gulp.

"I've heard of it." Bachelor Komon said calmly, "If someone is captured by the elves...they will die. The elves will use all kinds of cruel methods to torture the captives."

"Aren't you talking nonsense, please, my generous employer, the knowledgeable Grand Maester Komon, you know, war is war, you beat the enemy hard, of course they will fight back, there is nothing to worry about, we humans also don't It will make the elves feel good."

"It's terrible." Bachelor Komon put the leftover cod head on the table, shook his head and sighed:

"Violence can only breed violence, and hatred has taken root in the hearts of the people... Is there nothing that can put an invisible rein on the hatred of the world, so that it will not overflow and flood the embankment of humanity. At the same time, it can also be like a river full of The river of peace, flowing on and on, shining toward the light..."

Brian, who was acting as an audience, couldn't help looking at the compassionate Maester Komon in surprise.

"What are you talking about?" Mercenary Morris frowned. "Please, Mr. Comont, can we speak human language?"

"I can feel that cruel times are approaching." The young Grand Maester Komon said seriously.

"That's right." Brian agreed. He swayed the fine wine in his glass, stared at the splashing water, and said slowly:

"Someone prophesied the end of the world, and people said that the signs could be seen from the sky, and it was true: the death moon was coming, followed by the death star, and all life, all pain, all suffering, Perfect silence in eternal immortality.”

He didn't lie, because this so-called 'someone' was actually himself.

And the scene he described was exactly the real scene he saw when he came to the small, barren world of Asno Continent in his previous life.

"Please don't say it, it makes me feel hairy." Mercenary Morris said with a depressed face when he saw Brian's serious expression.

"That..." Maester Komon looked at him with embarrassment on the side: "Mr. Bryan, you have misunderstood me, the cruel era I mentioned... is not what you call 'the death star and the death moon' '."

"What is that?" Brian asked curiously.

"The so-called cruel era is actually war. I can feel that the war between human kingdoms and the old and new hatreds of non-human races are likely to suddenly break out one day until the world is in chaos." Bachelor Ke Meng said.

"Then what did you base your deduction on?" Brian looked at the young scholar in front of him more curiously.

"I know that." Morris seized the right to speak, and imitated Komon's tone unscrupulously: "The ravens gather in the air every day, and they already smell the smell of carrion, a feast exclusively for the crows... I am tired of hearing these words from the mouths of the magic sticks in the Karnas Kingdom."

"The merchants who returned from the north said that the Niluskan army had conquered the orc tribes in the extreme northern wilderness, calling themselves the Niluskan Empire." The young Bachelor Komon ignored the mercenary's ridicule, and looked around solemnly. The noisy drinker whispered.

"Hahaha..." Morris the mercenary laughed, "So what if you conquered the orcs? Don't you know? In the north of the Kingdom of Tegrila, the Astakra Fortress is owned by the Niluskan army. Nightmare is the fear that dominates them.

From ancient times to the present, it has never been heard that the Niluskan climbed the walls of the fortress. They couldn't even break through the first difficulty, so how could they conquer the world?It's funny. "

Brian, who is a Tegrila, nodded slightly in agreement.

(End of this chapter)