Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 226 Seed
"Your Highness, the identity of the dancer has been basically investigated," Anasia reported. "Her name is Tanis. Like the members of the nomadic caravan who recently arrived at the junction, she also comes from Asia beyond the Sea of ​​Mist. Haha."

"Tanith's father is the leader of a large local tribe. This time she is traveling with her uncle, who is the deputy leader, to do business, and she is also investigating the feasibility of establishing a stable trade route between the border area and Yahara."

"Stabilize the trade routes." Lucia tapped the armrest of the chair with her index finger and said with a strange expression, "For thousands of years, the three major dynasties have never had any successful exploration beyond the Sea of ​​Fog. Now, across from us, there is a nomadic businessman across the street who started out as a nomadic businessman. Tribal civilizations have begun to consider establishing stable trade routes. Has their navigation technology developed to this extent?"

"It's not due to navigation skills," Anasia replied. "After finding out this information, I immediately contacted the Legion of the Blazing Sun garrison, and through them I found the entry record of the Ahara caravan at the port of Rodria."

"In the past three months, a total of 27 ocean-going sailing ships have docked at the port of Rhoderia. Compared with the types of sea-going ships commonly used by the three major dynasties, the Yahara people's sailing ships are similar to ours in shape and tonnage. On the contrary, they are more magical. The application of rune arrays and divine blessings is far behind, so their ocean navigation capabilities are bound to be inferior to ours."

"So I immediately visited several Yahara merchants from different tribes. According to them, in the past, although the Yahara people themselves faced threats from storms and strange beasts when crossing the Sea of ​​Mist, they rarely suffered any fatal consequences. It’s dangerous, but once someone from the border appears in the fleet, the level of danger will exponentially increase.”

"About 30 years ago, a Yahara fleet accepted a high-priced employment from the Galede nobles and picked up a team of adventurers on their way back. As a result, they encountered an unprecedented horrific storm as soon as they entered the foggy sea. No one on the crew was spared. From then on, carrying people from the borderlands across the sea became a taboo in Yahara."

"As for recent times." Anasia considered her words and said with a slightly hesitant look, "They said that there seems to be some unknown fluctuation in the fog sea recently, and the risk of crossing has begun to decrease significantly. Many times their ships have just sailed into the fog. , the mist will automatically spread into a void in front of them, and then close behind them. It sounds like a god is protecting them on their journey to the border."

"Gods -" Lucia slowly exhaled and said, "It is rumored that the land of reeds outside the sea of ​​fog is a land of faithlessness that disrespects gods. The few reed warriors who live in the border areas only believe in the swords in their hands. They are wild, rebellious and arrogant people. Now it seems that these Yahara people are also a group of faithless people, right?"

When he visited the stalls of the Yahara people at the night market, he did not see even one stall hanging a talisman of any god, nor did he see the oaths and prayers that are common in daily interactions between people in the border area, but it happened to be such a group of "unfaithful people" ", but can come and go freely in that foggy sea that is called the restricted area of ​​life. The reason is really intriguing.

"Send a message to the Ancient Dragon Temple, and the branch temples along the way will pay close attention to the movements of the Yahara caravan, record in detail the goods they sell, the routes they do business with, and the people they contact, so as to understand their internal structure as quickly as possible, and do everything possible to Maybe investigate the situation on the mainland of Ahara on the other side of the fog sea." He ordered.

"Yes." Anasia tapped her breastplate with her right fist and said, "Your Highness, do you need to send additional manpower to monitor the dancer named Tanis?"

"No need," Lucia shook her head slightly, "I asked you to investigate her before just to do Rakad a favor and confirm some ideas. There is no need to pay extra attention to her in the future. On the contrary, the person we met outside the village named Ai Liu Nora’s little girl”

He thought for a moment, took the pen and paper and wrote a short letter. After sealing it, he handed it to Anasia and said: "Go to the nearest temple to pick up a weapon of the highest quality and give it to her along with this letter. We will set off tomorrow. It must be done beforehand.”

Anasia took the letter with both hands and put it away close to her body, and said, "What kind of weapon should I choose? Does Your Highness have any requirements?"

Lucia pondered for a moment and said: "Double-headed sword."

"Yes." On the morning of the second day, the fully prepared demigod team continued their journey to the Royal Court of Kallia.

Leo, who had just had a feast of fresh forage, was unbridled by Latarn and ran happily at the front of the team. Finlay, holding a spear, cleared the way at the front. Half-wolf Blaze led several pack horses carrying luggage. Behind them were Anacia, who had just returned from running errands.

Michaela was still studying the magical classics even on horseback as she had been in the past few days, trying to further promote the research progress of the new law. Larcade was pulled aside by his elder brother, with a steely expression on his face. Interrogating the activities of the previous night.

For some unknown reason, Marlenia and Lani seemed to have had a bad night's sleep. They seemed to have no energy and just drove their horses lazily in the middle.

However, the difference is that the former still glances down at his bracelets and necklaces from time to time, his big and smart eyes full of joy that cannot be hidden, while the latter sometimes pretends to be innocent and looks up at the sky, and sometimes glances at it without leaving any trace. Lucia's back was focused on a small, slightly bulging box in someone's pocket. The corners of her red lips were slightly raised, and her blue eyes were filled with a layer of mist, which was complicated. I don’t know whether his expression is entangled, complaining or self-deprecating.
Shirley, who had been following the excitement for most of the night, was now like a pendant on Lucia's shoulder. Her eyelids with light golden patterns couldn't help but droop downwards, and her little head was also moving bit by bit. She could only rely on her furry big head. His tail hung around his master's neck to prevent him from falling, but his dissatisfied limbs forced him to sit upright like a tiger perched on a dragon's lap, trying to prove that he, like Blaze, was a qualified shadow beast attendant. Rather than just a pet left to eat and die.

Lucia closed her eyes gently, enjoying the peace and quiet of this moment with rare relaxation.

Just looking at the scene in front of them, who would have thought that in the future of the past life, all these people around them would fall into the abyss of life and death vendetta. After lighting up an era like a shooting star, they would disappear in an instant, and what followed would be this... The world is experiencing unprecedented collapse and darkness.

When he was in the royal capital, the sudden conflict between the Samir people and the golden nobles had already given him a hint of the imminent storm. Esti's revival hidden in the dark and the undercurrent set off by the Academy's Two Sages undoubtedly made the world more troubled. A sign of things to come.

However, all these vague warnings finally turned into reality after meeting Eleonora and Tanith by chance, and the inescapable fact was coldly and resolutely presented to him.

"Pure Purple Blood Finger" Eleonora, the most powerful blood finger under the command of the future blood king Mengge, the faded one who hunts the faded ones, turned out not to be from the Eastern Expedition Legion, but a native golden people.

And Tanis, who as an exotic dancer was taken as a sidekick by the future Lacade, and later became the owner of the volcano mansion, accompanying Lacade who turned into a snake until the last moment, has now arrived on the stage of history. superior.

From this point of view, the pace of troubled times is really approaching.

The reason why he gave Eleonora a double-headed sword was not out of any bad taste of "making history with his own hands", but because he saw a potential possibility in that girl - maybe it was that kind of Her doubts and unwillingness to the Golden Law finally shaped her into a rebel under the Blood King.

So he chose to plant a seed, just like what he did for Mengt and Mengge. He looked forward to every seed breaking out of the ground and growing into something before the troubled times that would eventually come. Support the backbone of the mortal world with him.

(End of this chapter)