In the year 832, in April, the Ares Fortress in the southeast of the Northern Empire on the mainland fell due to an attack by unknown creatures, and the 58,000 civilians, 3,200 regular troops, 140 silver knights and two golden powerhouses with the power of glory were all missing, and it was presumed that all of them had died.

In the Continent of Discord, even among the civilians, there are many people with black iron-level strength, and the close to three thousand five hundred regular troops are enough to sweep away all the demonic beasts within a radius of dozens of miles around, plus two golden powerhouses, unless it is an ancient dragon attack, then the Ares Fortress with a forty-meter high city wall and armed to the teeth should be as stable as a rock and cannot be destroyed, and even if it is an ancient dragon, it is impossible for everyone to not even send out an alarm.

But this is the case, when the imperial capital found that the fortress had lost contact and urgently sent personnel to investigate, they found a dilapidated ruin, the tall walls collapsed and crumbled, only some broken rock pillars remained, and the fortress seemed to have been run over by something, and there were hardly any intact houses to be found.

Around the fortress, the investigators found a lot of huge, dozens of meters in diameter of dark caves, there are still some mucus and body tissue residues on the edge of the stone wall, the smell is extremely fishy, dizzying, and it didn't take long for these caves to lose their inexplicable strength support, naturally collapsed, destroying all the clues.

This is the [Fall of Ares] that shocked the world, the high-level of the empire who learned of this incident were collectively furious, and the five major armies directly under the emperor swept the southern Xinjiang back and forth eight times, leveling thousands of square kilometers of the Black Forest, but no matter how to retaliate and vent their anger, no one knew the truth of this matter.

In the previous life, [The Fall of Ares] was told as a pure backstory, but at that time, the player's range of activities had not yet expanded to the Frontier Fortress, so little was known about it.

However, at the end of the third edition, the seal of the abyss was opened, and in the sulfur smoke that covered the sky and the mountains, the gigantic Terraria Macrophage Worm with a body hundreds of meters long appeared in front of everyone's eyes accompanied by a rain of meteor fire, spewing nitric acid and venom, and as soon as it appeared, it set off a massive earthquake that affected several cities, shattering the city walls, splashing with foul-smelling slime, and distracting all magic that transmitted information.

At the sight of this monster, everyone understood that it was undoubtedly the same that destroyed the Ares Fortress twenty years ago.

Regardless, macrophage worms are native species to the abyss, and can summon them when the entrance and exit are sealed......

Now, in the year 831, in the main city of Moldavia, in the study of the residence of the president of the Northern Frost Chamber of Commerce.

"Alfonso, I have given you a letter of introduction to the dwarves, and now, I ask you to do something for me."

Sitting on the comfortable seat, Joshua solemnly said to the middle-aged merchant sitting opposite him, holding a pen and paper: "When you go back this time, you should pass by the imperial capital and buy and sell some goods, right?" ”

"Yes, I'll probably stay in the imperial capital for a month and a half or so, complete a few transactions there, and then head further south."

Nodding his head, Alfonso was a little puzzled: "Do you want us to bring some specialties back?" There's no need to be so serious about this kind of thing, as long as you want, I can give a lot of it now. ”

"Yes and no."

Shaking his head, Joshua frowned, and then motioned for the other party to hand him the pen and paper, and after the middle-aged merchant handed it over, the warrior simply wrote and drawn, and at the same time said, "I do need you to help me bring something back, but it's not a specialty...... Alfonso, you should know that in the month of March, in order to celebrate the end of winter, the imperial capital holds a spring auction every year. ”

"Of course I know, but the auction was purely celebratorial, and no one was going to come up with anything really precious, most of them were aristocrats who bought books or antiques from each other and played with each other......"

Speaking of this, Alfonso suddenly understood: "Do you want me to buy some of the things you need at the auction on your behalf?" But ......"

"I don't need that."

Whispering to himself, Joshua sighed, then raised the paper in his hand and showed the picture to the middle-aged man in front of him: "It's probably one of these three things, I don't know if there is one, but if you see it, then buy it, come back and bring it to me, and there will be a lot of thanks." ”

"How can I ask for your reward?"

Alfonso didn't do it at all, he looked carefully at the things drawn on the paper, and then replied confidently: "This kind of auction is not expensive, since you want it, then there is no need to talk about money...... Keys, home remedies octahedron, and a book? Ippo ...... The Book of Grace? It's really good, I didn't expect you to be proficient in it. ”

"I've been studying sketching for a while, and as for the name, I guess, I heard it from someone else." Joshua simply gave the painting to Alfonso, then stood up, walked to the window of the study, and said, "The key is silver, the octahedron will glow, the book has no features, but the name is given to you, it should be fine." ”

"Don't worry!"

Alfonso confidently agreed: "As long as there is one in the auction, then I will definitely bring it back to you!" ”

"May it be as you say."

With a wave of his hand, Joshua's attention didn't seem to be focused on the merchant in front of him, and his mind returned to the depths of his memory.

According to the careful research of players in previous lives, the destruction of Ares Fortress was entirely self-inflicted, and it is mentioned in the royal documents declassified by the Empire that there are traces of "summoning demons and even evil gods" in the center of its ruins. "The magic of chaos flows like water, distorting the nature around it. With such a description, it can be seen that there must have been some people who carried out rituals or experiments to call out the abyss, and finally brought destruction to themselves.

The person presiding over the ceremony may not have wanted to commit suicide, probably just because of pure curiosity to conduct research, or was bewitched by the existence of demons and evil gods, but in any case, the death of more than 60,000 people and the destruction of a fortress are unbearable losses for the southeastern frontier of the empire, if it were not for the five major legions to sweep in turn, the Black Forest is afraid that it will be able to spread thousands of kilometers inland, encroach and pollute countless rich lands, and the concurrent black tide can swallow countless manors and farmland.

In Joshua's previous battle group, there was an adjutant who was a professional research party, and he often heard him say this kind of thing when he was playing a copy and running the group, but he also remembered a lot of similar things, just like now, Joshua remembered that if you want to cross the abyss seal and summon demons and other monsters, you must need some special props, the most famous of which are "Silver Key" and "Shining Home Cubes Octadehedron" and other strange things, and there are a lot of various magic books, but the warrior uncle is not interested in these, and now he remembers a total of three, I can only tell Alfonso all and let him try it.

(According to records, when the chief mage of the Ares Fortress came to the imperial capital to take up his post, he only went out alone, that is, to participate in the spring auction, and then this disaster occurred not long after he returned to the fortress, and the logic was so simple that he could figure it out without thinking about it, he must have gotten something dangerous at this auction, and he got out of control when researching.) ）

Standing in front of the window, thinking in his heart, Joshua now looks very relaxed: (When I came to this world, I always had to change something, Northland needless to say, now, it's time to change some things I knew in my previous life, 60,000 lives, it's worth my special advice, whether it can be done or not, I have to give it a try.) ）

He looked out the window, the sun had completely sunset, and the night had fallen, except for the howling of the cold wind in the north, there was not much sound in the city, only a few streets in the distance were still flickering with lights.

"It's a fun world."

The warrior suddenly sighed with emotion, he turned around, looked at the middle-aged businessman who was a little confused, and smiled: "Alfonso, you and I are changing the established fate. ”

"Uh, what......"

Looking at the merchant with a puzzled face, the warrior smiled and shook his head: "You don't understand, but it's okay, it's not early, I'm ready to go back." ”

The previous words are unknown, but this sentence is simple and clear enough, and Alfonso immediately straightened up: "Then I'll send the adults out." ”

"Don't be so restrained, just let your housekeeper come, you've been robbing him of his job today, and I feel embarrassed when I look at it."

With a wave of his hand, Joshua instructed again: "Whether you get the things I want you to find or not, send a magical text message to St. Lauren's Cathedral as soon as the auction ends, and I will give you instructions on the next step." ”

"Yes, Lord Count."