Chapter 12: Dynasty Ruins (Part 2)
There is a reason why Salin didn't speak. He found that his accent was obvious. If he was from the northern coast, he could immediately hear that he was from Ceylon City. Too much words will lead to mistakes. If he communicates with these people too much, he will inevitably reveal flaws. If the other party has a wanted order, it will not take long to discover his true identity.
The carefree Sika is easier to obtain information than him. After a few days of getting along, Salin already knew his ultimate goal this time. It was the remains of a Second Dynasty.
Before the fall of the Goddess of Nature, the Meers Continent was unified by humans four times. The Second Dynasty has been nearly 20,000 years since it was now. It was an era of extremely brilliant magic, but not many relics have been passed down. Every time the continent is unified, war will destroy many traces of civilization.
Each of the magic props from the Second Dynasty was a fine item, and there was no less than 10,000 gold coins to be taken out. No matter how small the remains were, if they were related to the magician, they would be enough to make the team rich.
If you are lucky, everyone in this team can get more than 100,000 gold coins. From then on, they will retire, go back to their hometown to build a castle and a title, and never have to live a sword and shadow. As for Salin, the money is enough to make him persist until he becomes a level 4 magician and go to the Qinin Empire to practice with peace of mind. Shika can buy enough equipment and food, and go back to the village to help the tribe. Perhaps these gold coins can create a new powerful tribe, and even people in this village can be favored by a certain principality.
In this world, power alone is not enough, and money must be available. The Skochenya people have understood this truth for a long time, so they have the largest number of commercial banks, the largest banks, and the most popular mercenary system on the mainland.
The richest person in this empire is His Majesty the Emperor. Even if all the farmers are exempted from taxes, he is also the richest person on the mainland.
I heard that this mission was the ruins of the Second Dynasty, Salin also understood why Cang Hong did not hire a magician. In the Second Dynasty, the emperors who unified the continent preferred magic and did not believe in gods. Their extremeness was greater than that of the current Qinin Empire. If the Holy See learned about this ruin, it would definitely completely destroy everything here.
The Second Dynasty, also known as the Blasphemy Dynasty.
Salin didn't care what the magicians believed in 20,000 years ago. He only knew that if he could get magic props from the Second Dynasty this time, he wouldn't have to run around within a few years.
After walking for six days, it suddenly started to snow in the mountains. The snow was very fine, making the road muddy. Everyone had to give up on horses. The road here began to be narrow and dangerous. Many places were surrounded by cliffs and horses could not pass through.
Shika carried her and Salin's luggage, and Cang Hong and others' items were carried by Pino and Cook. Sarah, wearing a leather mask, explored the way forward, while archer Lucas broke the back. The speed of the group did not slow down, but accelerated a lot.
As the evening approached, a mountain range appeared in front of him. Sarah suddenly stopped and made two short bird songs.
The entire team quickly became hidden, and soon Sarah retreated.
"What's going on?"
"I met a vulture." Sarah was wearing a mask, unable to see her expression, and her voice was obviously worried.
"Have you been discovered?" Cang Hong became cautious.
"What is a vulture?" Sika asked without any wits.
Cang Hong hesitated for a moment and thought to herself that after this time, she would be able to leave the mercenary group. It doesn’t matter if the deposit of the 5,000 gold coins was not necessary. If you leak the information, you can still express enough sincerity to the magician who doesn’t know the depth. Thinking of this, he replied: “Vultures are also the code name of a mercenary group, but they rarely take on normal tasks. This mercenary group is like a rotten vulture, which will track dangerous adventurers until they die. In this way, they can gain the wealth of adventurers and not violate the rules of the professional union.”
Salin thought about it, and it turns out that this is true, unless there is no obligation between different mercenaries during the war. You cannot attack another registered mercenary group, but you can stand by and watch their dangers.
"What level of mercenary group is the vulture?" Salin finally spoke.
"Level 4. Sarah, continue talking." Cang Hong was interrupted by Shika and did not say the relationship between the Cang Falcon Mercenary Group and the Vulture. He was not afraid of the Vulture Mercenary Group, but this mission said that nothing could be known to the Vulture people. It was already winter, and who was still running around in this area and even let the Vulture people stare at it.
"The three vulture squads should all be fully equipped. In addition, there should be two groups of people, one of which was for escape and the other group was for hunting. I can't judge their number."
“Can we get around?”
"No, the escaped people entered the tunnel, this is our only way."
"Damn it." The five people from the Cangxia Mercenary Group looked solemn. It was impossible to wait here. The chaotic swamp winter was extremely dangerous, and the hungry high-level monsters were even more terrifying.
"Master Meilin, do you have any good ideas?" Canghong turned his head and asked Salin.
"Map." Salin's answer was very brief.
Canghong felt a little painful, so she cleared out a piece of ground, took out the map, and spread it out. This was a detailed chaotic swamp map. Canghong pointed to the lower left corner and said, "This is the tunnel we are going to pass through, which I discovered.
Salin smiled slightly and cast a memory magic. This is a level 0-level unattributed magic. As long as the mental power is sufficient, it can be used. Write down the map first, and Salin then calculates the length of the tunnel.
It was about twelve miles long, Salin hesitated and said, "If you encounter these people, how sure are you to win?"
"I just didn't know how to wipe out all the things." Cang Hong saw that Salin understood what he meant, but she did not hide her murderous intent. Salin and Shika would not show off this mission, but they could not let familiar people know anyway.
"What is the configuration of the Vulture Mercenary Group's team?" Salin carefully recalled the mercenary manual that he wrote down with memory magic, looking for the key to the problem in his mind.
"Five-two configuration, heavy armored swordsman, archer, assassin, gun swordsman, and magician."
"No magician?"
Cang Hong smiled bitterly and did not answer this question. He thought to himself that the magician is not a potato, and he can be dug out of the ground at will. The scale of the Cang Falcon mercenary group with a thousand people in his place is only three magicians, and the highest level is level 3.
"I can cast a fog of confusion with a radius of thirty meters wide, which can support for two hours. We pass at normal speed. In the tunnel, I will add a fluorescence technique. Everyone can have a visual range of about ten meters and will not be discovered by the enemy. Of course, it will be hard to say if the other party has a magician."
"Fluorescence?" Cang Hong had never heard of this spell, but she often heard people mention it.
"It is a level 0 water magic. The light created is very dark, suitable for hiding the lamp environment such as caves, underwater, etc. However, I cannot guarantee 100% concealment. If someone discovers, you are responsible for the other party's archers, and I am confident enough to eliminate the assassin." Salin said calmly, but in fact he was unsure. After all, he had very little combat experience, and his only reliance was that it was said that the other party would not have a magician.
As long as you don't encounter a magician, it is easy to kill two assassins in the event of a sneak attack.
Cang Hong was overjoyed. He was worried that the other party's assassin would run away when he clashed. In the dark cave, being good at concealing assassins was the most troublesome thing. Fortunately, he hired a magician, otherwise he would be in a dilemma now.
"Then go in. Master Merlin, please prepare your magic. Lucas, go to the front with me, Shika, please stop you and Sarah from behind. Cook, you protect Master Merlin, this time you have to rely on the mage to pass. Anyone who tries to get close to the mage, you can kill him, don't worry."
Cang Hong specifically reminded Cook that after all, they may meet acquaintances, and once they hesitate, the magician will encounter danger. In the Cangxia Mercenary Group, only important tasks will allow the magician to take action, and they usually spend money to support them. Everyone has become accustomed to protecting the magician and regarding the magician as the core of the battle.
Salin did not object. His invisible shield was always on the magic robe and it would take one second to release it at the fastest, and it would never reach the instantaneous level.
Instant means that a magic can be prepared, released and completed in the shortest time. This speed is generally one-thirty-one second, several times faster than the sword energy released.
The magician will not have the second instant defensive magic until level 4, ice-patterned armor. Before this, it was the beginning of the most defensive wind-type invisible shield, and then it will superimpose a slightly slower skin petrification or a less stable ring of flame. The unpopular water-patterned shield of Salin has not yet been studied and released at a slower speed than a constant magic.
As the sky became darker, Salin began to prepare magic. The fog of confusion was a level 0 water-based magic. He practiced very little and it was released in just three seconds. With him as the center, the dark fog spread around and soon expanded to a range of fifty meters in diameter.
After the magic was completed and stabilized, Salin began to prepare the second magic, level 0 fluorescent technique. He was helpless to learn this magic. He could not learn the light-based lighting technique and the fire-based flame technique. Dark vision is a great magic above level 6, and it was even more distant for him, so he had to find this unpopular magic to deal with it.
Fortunately, fluorescence has the benefits of lighting. Although it is dark, it will hardly cause any magic fluctuations or alert others.
When the gray fog spread, the hearts of the Cangxia Mercenary Group were all in their throats. Because vision lost its effect almost instantly, they not only could not see, but also could not hear the breathing of Salin and Shika.
Only when the sword energy is activated can everyone vaguely feel the existence of these two people. However, Cang Hong and others are both senior mercenaries and have dealt with magicians, knowing that what they feel may not be true. If the young magician attacks at this time, in this fog, only the range attack will have some meaning.
Chapter completed!