Realm of Power

"Are you sure that Potamia was attacked by other forces in the Wasteland?"

The black-haired emperor stopped, a cold light flashed through his slightly furrowed black pupils, but what he said was pure Wikiyan. In order to keep his identity confidential, under normal circumstances, the Imperial Guards would report to the emperor via Wiki. Ya language, or the common language of Ikadiwa, so even if the guards directly address His Majesty, Atrice standing next to them has no idea what they are talking about.

Although she had the highest level of guessing about the identity of the black-haired young man, Atrice could not guess who the emperor of the empire had swept across the entire Obaro, because the black-haired young man had a typical Central Asian face. Face, even if someone told Atrice that this was His Majesty the Imperial Emperor, Atrice would still You may think this is a joke. How could the emperor be a Central Asian? The emperor has the face of a Central Asian. Not many people in the empire know about this. Although the emperor fought in the north and south, destroyed Gaul, and swallowed up Gaul, Gang Fei swept across Central Europe and Barro, but how many of the millions of soldiers actually saw the true face of the emperor?

There are many guards around the emperor, and the emperor's black devil armor makes it even more difficult to see the emperor's appearance.

This is also the original intention of why the emperor chose to wear the extremely arrogant Demon King Armor. The army is arrayed in the field. The commander is the spirit of the army and the flag of the army. Naturally, it must be enough to attract attention to boost morale. A large battlefield of more than 100,000 people can be spread out casually. They are all within a range of seven or eight miles. In the chaos of the battle, there are layers of corpses Layers are spread out, and in the light of swords and shadows, people's eyes are red, and all they can think about is that as long as the battle flag does not fall, everyone will keep their heads down and fight forward, even if they risk all their lives. So what, the only person who can give support to the army with an iron heart is the figure of the coach who is as immovable as a mountain in the main formation of the army.

Not to mention, that is the undefeated military god, His Majesty the Emperor. The presence of the Emperor in person will definitely have an explosive effect on the morale of the army. What the soldiers see is the Emperor's armor, and some of them have seen what the Emperor really looks like.

This is true for the imperial soldiers, not to mention that Atrice is from southern Hérault. Ever since the catastrophe eighty years ago, southern Hérault has been almost forgotten. The migration of the Hérault royal family to the north has intensified the pressure on them. The information blockade in the south is, after all, that is where the southern branch of the Holy City of Eero is located. There are countless shocking secrets of the Holy City buried in the yellow sand. The Luo royal family is eager to seal off the entire southern part of Elo. If it weren't for the adventurers' union who came to explore the south from time to time to spread the news about the continent of O'Baro, most of the people in the south of Elo would not know about O'Baro at all. The situation is changing dramatically. A country called the Falcon Empire is sweeping across the vast area north of the Inland Sea like a hurricane.

The Emperor of the Empire, a battlefield military god, swept away 700,000 Southern Allied Forces in one breath during the Civil War. In the subsequent Second Civil War, he defeated an army of 500,000 Martin Fangs with a stream in the holy capital of the Order. These are With a record that is so dazzling that it is completely unimaginable, and after various exaggerations by the southern adventurers, he has already become a mythical figure. How can you ask Atrice to treat such a mysterious but no so-called kingly aura in front of her? Black-haired young man connected?

The initial report earlier stated that Potamia disappeared in the Desolate Territory. The black-haired emperor roughly guessed that the temple scepter Potamia was looking for was in this place called the Desolate Territory. During that time, The empire happened to launch a siege against the 30,000 troops of the Red Dragon Palace in Aden. Based on the disastrous defeat of the 30,000 troops in the Red Dragon Palace, the emperor roughly guessed that the Red Dragon Palace in Aden might have been tricked by the royal family of Aden.

This is what makes the black-haired emperor feel strange

If I were the royal family of Aden, and the news of the destruction of the 30,000-strong army in the Red Dragon Palace came, the first thing I would do was to ruthlessly strangle the remaining forces of the Red Dragon Palace in Aden in the south of Erault. Only in this way can I truly die without evidence, and who would care? What kind of desolate territory, and the Red Dragon Palace of Aden is even more embarrassed. I am afraid that it will be difficult to cope with the killing of the Aden royal family, let alone go to the desolate territory.

In this case, neither the power of the Royal Family of Aden nor the power of the Red Dragon Palace had the energy to attack Putamia.

So was there still a force behind the attack on Potamia in the Wild Territory? The royal family of Hérault? Impossible. Although the southern aristocratic faction cleverly let go of the prince of the Eero royal family, they did not dare to do it too blatantly. They indeed killed all the royal guards. The prince was not even willing to go. They have all gone to the south, let alone the Wilderness Territory, so who attacked Putamia and his party?

Just when the black-haired emperor felt a headache, an exclamation came from next to him

"Some of you actually went to the Wild Territory!" It was Atrice who exclaimed. Although she did not understand what the guard said to the emperor, she could still hear the obvious Eero pronunciation of the Wild Territory. came out

"I forgot, you are a true southerner of Erro. ​​Compared with your knowledge of the wilderness, you know more than me."

The black-haired emperor's eyes lit up, he shook his head and smiled bitterly. He was really a fan of the authorities. Standing next to him was a nobleman who was born and raised in the southern part of Hérault. However, he never thought that as a native of southern Hérault, and also from the famous family of the four marquises, Ken The second daughter of the Tam family, Atrice's understanding of the wilderness is definitely far more reliable than her various guesses.

"I do know about the Desolate Territory, and..." Atrice stopped, but the expression on her face that she was hesitant to speak already showed that Atrice not only knew the Desolate Territory, but also had an extraordinary understanding of the Desolate Territory.

"If you are really willing to tell me what you know about the Desolate Territory, I can guarantee that this time when the empire goes south, the Kentam family will definitely become the new royal family of Erro." The black-haired young man's affirmative tone made Atalis unable to bear it. He was touched for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Although I don't know why you went to the wilderness, but If it were me, I would never go anywhere, not even within thirty miles of the Desolate Territory, because there are countless facts that show that people who enter the Desolate Territory either become dead or become deformed. He has become a madman, even our southern lords have strictly prohibited their own people from entering that dangerous area."

"The name Wildland actually means mausoleum in the southern language of Erro." Atrice took a deep breath, glanced at the black-haired young man, and then said

"In the past few decades, since the great catastrophe that destroyed the south, many adventurers have tried their best to enter the Wilderness Territory, because in the eyes of southern adventurers, the Wilderness Territory is the territory of God, and no one can survive in it. came out, but most of them went crazy. Occasionally they woke up, but they could hardly survive for more than a month. The outskirts of the wasteland were completely different from the surrounding areas. There was endless black soil on one side, and huge rocks were frozen by some kind of white. , some people saw mountains broken into countless mountains inside, some people Inside, I saw huge blue crystals at the end of the black soil. Some people even said that they had seen unknown human-like remains inside these blue crystals. It was obviously a human body, but there was a ferocious ball on the head, and Huge behemoth skeleton, wide spread Its wings are enough to cover the land above a hundred meters. These things are like being frozen underground for countless years, and were washed out of the ground for some reason... There were people who came out of it, and they kept mumbling during their brief sobriety. , is the Kingdom of God on land!

"The Kingdom of God on land?" The black-haired emperor couldn't help but be moved. He had heard such a name from Potamia. Potamia once said that when the Holy City was destroyed, the priests who escaped from the Holy City The group, that is, the ancestors of the Order State, first fled to the south of Hérault, saying that they wanted to re-establish the earth in the south of Hérault. The Kingdom of God was betrayed by the southern branch of Eron. Not only did it fail to establish the Kingdom of God on earth, but it was also chased and fled. If the second-generation Pope had not risked his life to trigger the so-called divine punishment, the Kingdom of the Order might have been They were all hunted down and killed by the Eero royal family. Now it seems that the group of priests went to maybe the Desolate Territory.

"Is it possible that the empire is also looking for the rumored god? It has been proven that it does not exist. If you still withdraw now, there may be people who survive." Otherwise, it will take more than ten days to wait, which will be a year. The blood sand in June is the most violent sandstorm in China. By then, the entire wilderness area will be covered with red sand. Anyone who stops... All life left in the red sand will disappear." Atrice sneered at the idea of ​​a kingdom of gods on the earth. Naturally, she thought that the empire would send people to the wasteland just like those adventurers to find the rumored kingdom of gods on the earth. At the entrance to the Kingdom of God, those things that emerge from the black earth are full of evil no matter how you look at them.

"Actually, Desolate Territory is the term used in recent decades. Eighty years ago, it was called Kudiya, which means the mother of the river." Atrice paused in her voice, and her eyes rarely showed. He was confused and his voice was trembling slightly. "It was mentioned in the original Holy City secret document that there may be a real god deep in the wasteland."

"How can there be a god in this world!"

The black-haired young man's eyes fell on the water splashing on the rocks in the large river in front, and he glanced disdainfully. After listening to Atrice's description of the Desolate Territory, the black-haired young man had roughly guessed that the Desolate Territory should be It is some kind of huge relic left after the destruction of the previous civilization, just like the outline of the former city that was preserved in the cold land of northern Central Asia. The remains of objects that were once covered in the great destruction may be lost over time. The passage of time and the washing of rain began to reveal,

Atrice's delicate body trembled slightly, and she was once again shocked by the words of the black-haired young man. In his mind, the black-haired young man was subconsciously connecting the big river in front of him with the wilderness territory.

Mother of the River, such a title is really easy to associate with the great river! The black-haired young man murmured in a low voice, staring at the river ahead, as if it was half squeezed by some huge force. Suddenly, an idea flashed through him. The black-haired young man couldn't help but clenched his fingers, and his heart was shaking even more. Yes, because his eyesight is already amazing, and the large river he is looking at now, he has begun to clearly feel that even though the water in the large river has overflowed, it is still moving faster and faster under the natural effects of the fixed river below the water surface. Coming faster and faster, the water flow becomes more and more rapid, as if it is experiencing acceleration,

This is not normal. Since it is a flood, why are the rapids in the big river still accelerating? It seems to be the force of nature, but it is more like some mysterious force.

Potamia once mentioned that the temple built a huge water channel project in the south of the large river to change the channel. However, this water channel project was originally destroyed by the second generation pope, which caused drastic changes in the weather in the south, with rainfall for three days. months, which in turn caused large rivers to flood the south for several months, causing a devastating blow to the south of Hérault.

It is completely unimaginable that a single water channel project would destroy the entire land of more than 2,000 miles of the booming southern Hérault. But if the water channel project itself is a large river, that is another matter.

The Imperial Navy explored the Great River very carefully, spending millions of imperial gold, using eighteen ships, large and small, and making detailed records along the Great River. However, it did not mention any huge things from beginning to end. The existence of water channel works,

The black-haired emperor did not think that the Imperial Navy's survey was not careful enough, because the Imperial Navy was cultivated by himself, and a large project that could affect the entire southern part of Eero was definitely eye-catching, so there would never be such a thing in the Navy. A huge mistake, but the black-haired emperor didn't think what Potamia said was false.

Because the catastrophe 80 years ago is really there, whether it is the Order State or the Elo side, it is enough to prove the coverage of the southern Elo civilization.

The black-haired emperor had not noticed this at first, but now when he heard what Atrice said about the Mother of the River, it suddenly dawned on his mind that what Potamia was looking for was the hub of the waterway project, so why did he plunge into the wasteland? collar? The wilderness is more than thirty miles away from the big river and is not close to the river. What is Putamia doing in the wilderness?

"Who are you going to the Wild Territory?" Atrice looked at the suddenly silent black-haired young man and asked curiously, "You should have seen him, in the Sky Temple in the capital of Aero!" The black-haired emperor calmed down. The inner fluctuations, the strange incident 80 years ago, when the truth is revealed, it turned out to be so cruel. This is simply a replica of the farmer and the snake, facing the fleeing saint The City Sacrifice Group and the Southern Hérault branch welcomed it at first, but the Southern Hérault branch did not expect that in the name of rebuilding the holy city, the sacrificial group actually opened a large river valve that could determine the life or death of the entire Southern Héro civilization. The idea is to steal one of the God's Eyes as the energy source of the valve. Anyone would choose to pursue him until death! "Haha, it can't be Pope Potamia, right?" Atrice said with a casual smile, intentionally or unintentionally.

The black-haired young man's stern face was expressionless

The next moment, Atrice was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her face changed, and her tone became a bit sharp, "You mean Potamia, really go to the wilderness!"

"Pudamia went to the Wild Territory and narrowly escaped death. Doesn't this just go along with the wishes of you Ero people?"

The black-haired young man shrugged his shoulders indifferently. From Atalis's abnormal behavior, it was enough to show that Atalis might know something about the reason why Potamia went to the wilderness. The Pope of the Order State, the culprit who personally caused the fall of the Eero Empire from its peak, found himself in Eero In the eyes of people, the Pope of Potamia is already regarded as a female disaster figure. Especially under the malicious exaggeration of some hostile enemies, this female pope is not only bloodthirsty and murderous, but also committed crimes against the Ero people. After numerous murders, if there is anyone who wants the female pope to die violently, it must be the Héro people.

But now, Atrice's expression doesn't look like that at all.

"I must go ashore immediately and tell the other families the news immediately. We must be prepared to respond, otherwise there will really be no more survivors in the entire south." Atrice was completely confused at this moment, and it looked like His hair was burned by fire, and his eyes looked blue. A look of astonishment appeared on the face of the black-haired young man, which made him more sure that Atrice must know some secret.

"There is no god in the Desolate Territory, but divine punishment will be imposed on those who offend!"

Atrice took a deep breath and felt that it would be better to tell the truth. She gritted her teeth and seemed to have used all her strength to say, "In your eyes, Potamia's identity is only the Pope of the Order." ,,but for those of us southerners who know the origins of Hérault Generally speaking, we have never recognized the Order State. We only call the Order State the Holy City Priesthood. They are the old enemies that the Eero royal family tried their best to eliminate. The matter involves the original battle for the Holy City. Your Excellency may I still don’t know how serious it is, so I will To describe briefly, if the front of the large river in front of you suddenly turns into a waterfall with a height of 100 meters, the river rushing forward suddenly appears backflow, and the hills that were originally curved suddenly disappear..." The current large river is 80 meters high. It was formed only a few years ago, and the former large river channel merged with the It's not like what we see now. There were more than 30 waterfalls with a height of 100 meters on the big river, instead of going straight down the river without any hindrance like before. "Atrice's voice trembled slightly, and her chest heaved up and down." Eighty years ago The great flood that destroyed the south was the revenge of the Holy City priests

Others may not know it, but how could my southern Kentam family not know that another reason why the ancestors of the southern feudal families had a falling out with the Hérault royal family and refused to move north with the Hérault royal family was actually to keep the secret. The ancestors of the princes' families are actually peripheral members of the Hérault branch. Due to the pursuit of the Holy City by the Aero royal family in charge of the southern branch, although we did not dare to directly oppose it, we refused to move north with the royal family. We would rather face the harsh yellow sand after the catastrophe and stick to the south. , has already expressed its attitude of breaking with the Héro royal family. They are the guardians of South Héro!

The black-haired emperor also took a deep breath. No matter how he listened, he felt that the large river was not naturally formed, but more like a huge man-made project that might even change the shape of the entire landscape.

Is the Holy City Scepter really related to Potamia's hidden disease, or is it actually related to the big river? The big explosion definitely destroyed some structures under the Desolate Territory, causing many of them to remain intact. The things that were saved were brought out of the ground by the explosion. Those things that were dug out of the ground should have been hidden deep underground at first.

If this is true, the black-haired emperor feels that his scalp is numb!

Because if all this is close to the truth, then the reason for building such a huge artificial river will be obvious. Looking at the river rushing like a giant dragon in front of him, if it is a waterfall flying down, the first thing in the black-haired emperor's mind What comes to mind is water energy! A large river like this is definitely the first choice for water energy facilities. In other words, the large river that runs thousands of miles across the upper and lower Erault may be a huge artificial river. The control valve is in the wilderness. Back then, the second generation The chief priest destroyed the waterway control, which in turn caused weather changes. The yellow sand of unknown origin is undoubtedly more like a nuclear energy leak caused by the destruction of the structure.

It is not difficult to understand why the southern branch of the Holy City, which was originally a branch of the Holy City, suddenly turned its back.

The big explosion at that time definitely destroyed some structures under the Desolate Territory, causing many of the things that were still preserved, because the explosion broke out of the ground. Those things that were dug out of the ground should have been hidden deep in the ground at the beginning. That's right underground. Everything stems from the collapse of the Holy City and the moment the Holy City priests came to the south to seek refuge.

There is no doubt that in order to rebuild the so-called kingdom of God on earth, the priest group attempted to steal the Eye of God, one of the sources of energy for the Grand River Valve, when the Southern Branch was not paying attention, which directly caused problems in the operation of the Grand River Eero. , after being discovered, the sacrificial group actually used the Eye of God The control valve of the large river was completely destroyed, causing huge changes in the geographical environment of the large river, which in turn led to weather changes and the destruction of the entire southern civilization of Hérault. This is a typical story of the farmer and the snake. Anyone else would have Fight the opponent to the death and pursue him to the end!

The black-haired young man waved his hands in annoyance, knowing that he might have been deceived by the goddess Putamia, but I don’t know what kind of place was like before, but now it seems that it is a zone full of radiation. Putamia Even if there is no attack, it is very difficult to come out alive. If I had known this, I shouldn't have let Potamia go south!

"At this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to stop even if you want to." The black-haired emperor sighed.

"Pass my order to immediately have the Southern Intelligence Department seal off the surrounding areas of the Desolate Territory, and be sure to find traces of Potamia." The black-haired emperor issued this order to the guards behind him. This time Potamia brought the one he had taken away with him. Eye of God, who wants to return to the wilderness again In the underground structure, she may not necessarily want to repair the waterway structure, but more likely she wants to find another most important component. With no hope of controlling the Order State, this Priestess may have chosen the illusory earthly god mentioned in the records of her ancestors. country! Judging from the extent of the destruction in the Desolate Territory, the so-called Kingdom of God's arrival is only likely to be destroyed. Putamia is like a child walking on the street with a bomb in his hand. It is extremely dangerous.

It can be said that Putamia has gone crazy! Who knows what a madman can do!

The river in front suddenly opened up after turning a bend. In front of the dragon-like river, there was endless yellow-brown land. Is this really just an artificial facility? The black-haired emperor was only shocked in his heart!

The Imperial Navy's vanguard battleship docked at the Kentam's dock in the south. Although the Kentam's dock was originally modified to accommodate merchant ships with larger loads, it still seemed inadequate in the face of the sudden arrival of the Imperial Navy's fleet. Fortunately, due to the overflow of river floods, several lakes near the river terminal have also been artificially dug waterways for temporary docking of naval fleets.

The home of the Kentam family stands alone in the yellow earth.

Facing the vast yellow land of the south. For decades, the children of the Kentam family have been thriving on this land. Having experienced the peak of Southern Elo's civilization and the ups and downs of the later Cataclysm, the Kentam family's history can be traced back to the original Holy City, and is now one of the four major marquis families in the south.

What shocked the black-haired emperor the most was that he saw in Kentam Furniture City that they were made of large blocks of granite directly piled up, with straw in the middle to combine with the clay. Although the appearance was very unsightly, it was far from beautiful. It looks ugly, and even more disgusting when viewed up close, but this structure is very strong and can effectively resist the invasion of wind and sand. Although It is not as prosperous as other parts of the mainland, but it has the desolation of an ancient city, because the black-haired emperor can see that this city was definitely not built by the Kentam family, but was built far before the Kentam family took over. It exists, and the sudden change of climate in the south has also begun to affect this place. A section of the earth wall was washed away by the rain, and many people are repairing it.

"There are some anomalies at the southern seaport. Not only is the Sea of ​​Confusion moving, but some of the mapped marking points are also deviating. The Navy is working hard to re-measure the originally recorded positions..." "Just tell me what you need. How long ""It may take about four or five days"

"Are you telling me that with so many ships blocked here, it will take four or five days to go south? Don't forget that the Aden people also have eyes in the south of Hérault. We will go south along the river this time. One day’s delay doubles the risk.”

"I'm sorry, something happened suddenly. The coordinates I had measured the day before were found to be wrong the next day." An official from the Imperial Navy was standing in front of the black-haired emperor's desk, sweating profusely.

"Three days, within three days, I want the fleet to go south." The black-haired emperor stood on the windowsill with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery outside the window, and groaned with a sullen face. Thinking that the artificial river of the Great River could change at any time because of Putamia, the black-haired emperor felt that the danger would increase tenfold for every day he stayed. The warships came along the Great River. If the river suddenly turned into a waterfall, these imperial warships would become completely scrapped, and the tens of thousands of troops mobilized by the empire this time would be trapped in this yellow sand. If that were the case, the empire would be the biggest joke in the entire Obaro!

"Your Majesty, the Intelligence Department has found Pope Putamia, and now Pope Putamia is in the territory of Count Lusi." An imperial guard hurriedly pushed the door open and came in