Chapter 75: Ancient Secrets (1)
Vatir held a torch and shook it against a blank wall, as if looking for something.
Zach stood behind him and watched with interest.
The two were in a secret passage in the mountains of Xiannid Island.
The passage is narrow and winding, and endless steps extend up and down, hiding in the darkness.
The spy chief groped for a long time, knocked on the stone wall with his fingers, and the wall made a thud sound.
"It's here."
Zach nodded, and Vatir hurriedly let him aside.
Almost at the same time, dense cracks appeared on the entire wall, which immediately turned into fine sand.
A dark hole was displayed in front of the two of them.
A faint ball of light appeared in Zach's palm, illuminating the room behind the hole. The two looked inside and saw dusty bookshelf and tables and chairs.
Zach stepped in directly.
A white light source floated to the roof, illuminating the entire room.
A desk, simple bed and bookshelf fill the space.
It looks like a study room with a small area but complete body.
The silver plate on the table was already a little black, and there was a pool of black stuff inside, which seemed to be food that had been rotten for a long time.
The silk fabric on the bed has long been decayed.
After Zach looked around for a while, making sure there was nothing else in the room, he walked directly to the bookshelf, carefully grabbed a dusty book with magic, and began to read it impatiently.
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Vatir looked boredly on the side.
A month has passed since the Battle of Sinnied Island.
This siege battle is not large in scale, and is simply not worth mentioning compared to the countless battles launched by the empire in the past year, but it directly changed the pattern of the entire world.
Emperor Enshire used his remaining power to clear out the opposition in the country. Several families, including Furis and Varedi, were destroyed overnight. The Central Army once again suppressed Temolia and prepared for the subsequent provincial reform.
The emperor had already returned to Nifgaard City and held a grand celebration dance party in the renovated Royal Ballroom that night.
But the people attending the dance said that the wailing under the marble floor lasted all night.
The first thing that people think of is that Niphgaard's imperial power will no longer be shaken.
However, the impact of this incident is far more than that.
"Wild Hunter" finally walked out of the legendary fog, took off his mask, and appeared in front of humans as an elf.
The Nifgad Empire did not reject the inhuman races at all. Although these Ayn El elves were extremely arrogant, they also pinched their noses and dealt with humans at the request of this black-haired mage.
The two sides will establish formal diplomatic relations soon, and soon some drafts of treaties are put on the table.
And this kind of moment is often the busiest time for intelligence agencies.
The Nifgad Intelligence Institute was already busy, and countless things were waiting for Vatir to deal with, but he could only continue to stay on Xiannid Island and remain inseparable from behind the black-haired mage.
This Zach Stuart has no interest in the current chaos in Nifgaard City, but has been obsessed with finding the secrets hidden in Xiannid Island.
Vatir was one of the people who knew the secret passages and secret rooms in Xiannid Island best, so he had no choice but to accompany him to return here.
The two of them had been in this gloomy and terrifying space for a long time. Although they discovered some secret rooms, most of them were empty and nothing.
One even locked up a blood demon.
Although the mage easily evaporated the monster into a red mist, it still scared the spy leader.
Vatir really didn't want to stay here, but he couldn't do anything about it.
No matter how difficult the negotiation between humans and elves is, how complicated the disputes about interests are.
The final decision must be the black-haired mage.
The beautiful prospect he promised glued all forces together like glue, temporarily forming a whole of interests.
Thinking of this, Vatir simply sat directly on the ground, narrowed his eyes and took a nap.
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Zach, who was looking through ancient books, did not know the complicated mood of the spy leader around him at this time.
His current mind is all about collecting knowledge about this world.
A new runes that had never been seen in the forbidden magic circle before appeared in the mage civilization.
And every new rune, new rules, and new knowledge represent a large amount of contribution, which is closely related to his promotion.
And Zach, who is a hunting mage, is allowed to call the rules of the indigenous world within a certain limit.
In other words, after the approval of the Santa Tower, he can learn the magic "compliant with safety standards" here and have the right to use it in the world of non-magistrates.
To bring back to the world of mage, it requires a process of [rules standardization]. That is a later story.
Shaking his head, the almost broken ancient book slowly floated back to the bookshelf.
Zach has just read a few ancient books, but most of them are written in ancient elf language that he has not yet fully learned, and some even use the mother-source language.
After searching for a while, his eyes lit up.
He found an ancient book that he could barely understand.
Although there are many symbols and letters they have seen in it, it is somewhat similar to the common words today.
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‘…In 753 years, the resistance failed…the entire empire’s capital was razed halfway…most people died…’
‘The prince is dead, and the demon-bound gatherings no longer exist...We are exiled by those appeased people... The empire is divided into two...’
‘Many people are dead…the demon-hardened cannot save everyone in the vast sea…’
‘...After 762 years, land! After seven years of drifting... finally...this land...'
Zach's eyes widened after reading this.
He closed the book again, blew away the thick dust on it, and a line of small words appeared in a corner of the book cover.
Jane Becker.
This name made Zach stunned for a while.
Jane Becker was the first human warlock in history.
It was he who led the ancestors of the northerners to this continent, which is the so-called "first landing".
According to legend, northerners traveled across the ocean from unknown places to this continent, and encountered wind and waves during their journey. It was Zhan Becker who used spells to calm the waves and hurricanes.
After the northerners landed, he used magic to create water from the desert, which established the first settlement of mankind.
But why the northerners were "exiled" and where they came from has always been an unsolved mystery in the historical community.
The earliest northerners left only a handful of records, and all of them were secretive about the reasons for exile.
Zach hurriedly turned back to the page just now, looking at the chronological figures.
750,753,762. Is it the resurrection history?
The initial login occurred around 760 in history books. This log talks about 762, which seems to be corresponding.
In other words, this ancient book is actually a diary of Zhan Becker five hundred years ago? It seems that it also mentioned what happened before logging in.
Zach's curiosity was ignited like wildfire.
He immediately turned forward a few pages, but then frowned.
The earliest record was only 750 years, and the previous texts were eroded by the years.
Chapter completed!