Chapter 258: The Scepter of the Earth - Success or Failure Is Always Between One Line (2)

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"It's a little rougher, but it should be useful" Chen Kai looked at his own trap, of course, compared to professional thieves, Chen Kai's simple mechanism equipment is really rough. To read the latest chapters, please lock in Aishang Novel Network biquge.info but as far as a knight is concerned, Chen Kai is already very good to be able to use this kind of mechanism.

After carefully checking the mechanism in the room, Chen Kai slowly opened the door and walked out of the room. He stuffed most of his valuable stuff into his backpack when he left, and of course he could have locked it in a box in his room. But after feeling the evil aura that flashed away, Chen Kai gave up his plan to lock things in the box.

Although the inn's chest claims to be impossible to pry open even if you find the right key, that still doesn't stop the hotel from being visited by thieves. After all, for professionals, those wooden boxes with copper and iron locks really don't have much anti-theft ability. Therefore, Chen Kai still feels that it is safer to put things in his backpack and space equipment, at least Chen Kai will feel more at ease in his heart.

In the hallway of the hotel, Chen Kai could see the sunlight outside shining through the window and approaching the corridor, the golden light shining on the wooden floor and dotting the mottled shapes. The entire hallway seemed unusually empty and lonely, excluding the sound of music and conversation coming from the inn lobby, of course.

At the end of the corridor is the lobby of the inn, half the size of a football field, where a large number of merchants, travelers, and adventurers of all kinds gather. Not only did they stay at this inn, but they also ate here and inquired about news. After all, in terms of being well-informed, there is no better place than an inn other than a few major guilds that specialize in selling information. Most people tend to be unable to keep their mouths shut after drinking a little alcohol, especially those mercenaries who lick blood on the knife all year round, and will confide some important news after getting drunk.

Of course, most of the people who lived and came to the hotel were merchants, so Chen Kai still heard information about business. However, there are still some news related to him that he has collected into his ears, such as the fact that the Great Rift Valley from Altinis to the north is still in a state of being cut off, and the Hugodi in the north is fighting with the travelers, even if the emperor orders to stop it, it will not help, etc.

After listening carefully for a while, Chen Kai finally straightened out some things. The battle in the Great Rift Valley is not over yet, because a large number of Movics have fled into the wilderness, and from time to time they sneak up on the troops they have cleared. At the same time, in addition to the fight between Hugodi in the north and the players who came to reinforce the Great Rift Valley, the player could only slowly advance north through Guò Altinis.

As for the war between Hugodi and the player, it is even simpler, after suffering a big loss and being killed by nearly 10,000 people at once, the player began to call friends and prepare for revenge. Although the empire did not allow commoners or nobles to attack the lord at will, it did not prohibit the lower nobles from taking revenge on the higher nobles. As a result, the players who won the knightly title gathered together and submitted a request for revenge to the Senate, and without waiting for the Senate's approval, they directly gathered 100,000 horses and killed Hugodi.

This time, the organization and discipline of more than 100,000 people can be said to be very good, and more than 100,000 people gathered at the border for two days and then fought together from different directions to Hugodi. As a result, on the first day of entry, a thousand-person team surrounded the knights who had chased and killed Chen Kai and them, and thousands of high-level heavy knights were stunned to let the players use crowd tactics to pile up alive.

This is not counting the large army of players who came to the victory, directly advancing the battle line to the perimeter of Hugoddi's city walls, blocking the remaining cavalry regiments that rushed out to support back into the city. They even set up catapults and improvised bed crossbows and fired at the city, launching two siege campaigns.

Although the two sieges were repulsed without even touching the edge of the walls, the player also achieved the purpose of the battle. They completely blocked Hugodi's forces in the city, and the Hugodi city lord's sphere of influence was only one city, and the many surrounding territories were illegally occupied by the player.

If it weren't for the fact that the city could not be built privately without the consent of the lord, it is estimated that the player would build another wall outside the city of Hugodi to completely surround Hugodi. Of course, although it is not possible to build a private city or wall, the player still builds a large number of tall towers and sentry posts outside the city of Hugodi. Hundreds of sentry posts and defensive towers completely surround Hugodi, and also reduce the pressure of the player to besiege the city.

Of course, these sentry posts and towers are also illegal constructions, as they are not approved by the local lord, the lord of Hugodi. However, the players outside didn't care, even if the Emperor sent someone to ask for a truce between the two sides, these players didn't agree, because they seized on the fact that the lower nobles could take revenge on the higher nobles. As long as the Senate did not consider their affairs illegal, then they had a reason to continue building the Arrow Tower and occupy the outer territories of Hugodi. As for what the Senate is doing now? According to the information Chen Kai got from chatting with several merchants, they were arguing over the emperor's reduction of military spending, and they were also fighting for the newly vacated seats in the Senate.

However, there is little news about the rebellion of the city lord of Hugodi, which Chen Kai is most concerned about. Because it is said that the senators of the Senate did not believe that the lord of Hugodi would rebel at all, and at the same time, the emperor of the empire did not believe it, otherwise there would be no player fighting with the lord of Hugodi The emperor is on the side of the city lord.

In the Emperor's opinion, the player is an outsider, although their actions are permitted by the laws of the Empire, and are secretly supported by several lords of the surrounding city-states. However, at the end of the day, the Emperor of the Empire still thinks that the player's behavior is not much different from rebellion, because the player is attacking a high territorial nobleman anyway.

However, the Emperor can't just knock the player into the rebels, as they have submitted a request for revenge in accordance with the Empire's decrees, and they have not completely killed the lord of Hugodi. Only part of the enemy, that is, Hugodi's cavalry troops, were eliminated, and their goal now was to destroy the remaining cavalry. At least from the player's request, the Emperor of the Empire does not see anything in conflict with the Vengeance Decree, so he can only expect the Senate to refute the player's request. At least that's what those businessmen see, and that's what Chen Kai guessed.

In addition to inquiring about this information, Chen Kai also inquired about the safety issues on the road ahead. For example, which road from Fort Kesara is the fastest way to get to the imperial capital, and which road is the safest to take. Even those more powerful horse thieves and robbers are active on these roads, Chen Kai inquired clearly.

After inquiring clearly, Chen Kai's only happy place was that he would finally not encounter horse thieves on the next journey, because there had been no case of a merchant being robbed by horse thieves in the entire Golden Great Plains. However, although you will not encounter a horse thief, you still have to be careful, in case you meet a tax collector or a nobleman who likes to buy and sell, it will be even more miserable than meeting a horse thief.

Of course, the former is not a big deal for Chen Kai, as a law-abiding traveler, even in reality he is a good citizen who pays his taxes in full. But for merchants, the tax collector is their worst enemy of profit, and no merchant wants to put the gold coins in his pocket into the pocket of others. Therefore, most of the merchants in the game are more annoying, and even hateful to tax collectors.

As for the big aristocrats who like to buy and sell, neither the aborigines nor the players have a good impression of them. In the eyes of the aboriginal merchants, this kind of aristocracy is the scum of the aristocratic world, the moth of the kingdom, and the natural garbage. In the eyes of the player, this kind of aristocrat is the object to be eliminated in the future, and both the mission and the plot give the player the opportunity to be able to kill these guys. Of course, that was based on the same speculation in the old games, after all, those nobles already had a red hostile glow in the eyes of the player that could be attacked.

In addition to these, Chen Kai also heard a strange news from the mouth of a businessman. According to one of the more well-informed merchants, he had heard in the Imperial Capital that the temple was cultivating a new wyvern, supposedly with the blood of a golden dragon. Of course, the merchant had only heard of it, after all, although the Wyvern held an important position among the wurms, in fact, the bloodline of the Wyvern and the dragon were only close relatives.

Dragons are sapient creatures, whether they are winged dragons that can fly, or wingless earthly dragons, they all have a significant sign that they have intelligence that is no less than or even higher than that of humans. This wisdom allows dragons to stand at the top of the biological world, occupying the top of the biological pyramid with their natural gift of strength.

However, although the Wyvern, a creature similar to a dragon, is classified as a dragon, it has never been recognized by the dragon family. After all, the flying dragon has no intelligence, and only the enlightenment spell can make the flying dragon have the same intelligence as a four- or five-year-old child, because of this, the flying dragon has always been despised and spit on by the dragon. In the eyes of the dragon clan, even a young wyvern is still as intelligent as a human child who is four or five years old, how can such a creature be included in the dragon family. As a result, he kicked the wyvern out of the dragon clan with a single kick, turning from a dragon to a wurm.

Although Wyverns are not recognized as members of the family by the dragons, at least they are a little more noble than those wild dragons or low-level dragon beasts, and at the same time a little more powerful in terms of strength. Even though most wyverns don't know dragon breath or any dragon spells, they are no less hand-to-hand than any dragon beast or low-level dragon.

As a result, the Wyvern is the best mount for the Dragon Knight, and at the same time the easiest mount to tame. The cost of raising a wyvern is much lower than raising a head dragon, and their child-like IQ allows them to understand simple commands without the habits of a beast. The most important thing is that the Wyvern is the only dragon that can be spawned by spells, as long as it has enough life energy, the Wyvern can grow into a state that can be ridden in just one year or even half a year.

Chen Kai didn't know if what the businessman said was true, but from the information he learned, the possibility of truth was relatively high. After all, Su Wan's teacher, Charles's daughter, once beat Anli Filke's idea. Chen Kai was very sure that if the legendary flying dragon with the blood of the golden dragon was true, it was likely to be the species of Amlifilk. Of course, this is all Chen Kai's speculation, after all, whether there is that kind of flying dragon or not, you must know that the accuracy of the businessman's information is often frightening. Because many times the news can be the opposite, after all, in order to deceive competitors, businessmen often spread some fake news, and sometimes these fake news will deceive themselves.

For this reason, the credibility of merchants often becomes very low, and there are many places where indigenous people associate the word merchant with lies or liars. Of course, those are not continental lingua franca, but regional dialects.

After inquiring about the news, Chen Kai slowly walked out of the hotel, looking for goods to purchase and check the business situation of Fort Kaisara. Although Fort Kesara was a military city, it was located on the gateway to the imperial capital on the golden trade route, so the commerce here was extremely prosperous.

Although the monsters outside always caused trouble for the merchants, they could not stop the merchants with dreams of making a fortune from entering the imperial capital through Fort Kessara with large quantities of goods. Because of this, the Kesara Fort, which originally had only one city, is now divided into two, one large and one small, representing two different emphases. The Great Kesara Fort was commercial, with more merchants than the military, while the Lesser Kesara Fort was a more purely military fortress in which all the Kesara Fort troops were stationed.

However, due to the large number of troops, the small Kesara Fort has become a military restricted area for players and merchants, and they are not allowed to enter and exit at will. Even if Chen Kai is a nobleman with the title of knight, it is no exception, unless Chen Kai can obtain a military position, that is, join the army of the original natives in the game. However, joining the aboriginal army is too restrictive for the player, and Chen Kai does not plan to join the aboriginal army without special circumstances.

Of course, even if you don't enter the Little Kesara Fort, the shopping street of the Big Kesara Fort alone is enough for Chen Kai to visit for two days. In addition to those merchants who bought and sold food, fruits, cloths, etc., there were no less than 300 merchants who bought and sold spell materials alone, and there were also more than 200 merchants who bought and sold magic products. The only few merchants are those who buy and sell armor and weapons, after all, as a military city, many weapons and equipment require a franchise license.

Although the sheriff said that Fort Kesara could not have dangerous equipment or weapons, Chen Kai still saw a large amount of heavy equipment in the shops in the city. From heavy crossbows up to two meters long, to heavy cavalry armor. At this moment, Chen Kai finally understood why businessmen can always find a way to exploit the loopholes of the law, and Chen Kai actually saw such a text on the heavy crossbow. "This product is a reduced power version, only suitable for beginners, please pay attention to safety during use"

After an afternoon of wandering around the business district, Chen Kai's backpack was filled with items he had purchased from the Spell Material Merchant. Including the materials for refining the human flesh bomb improvement potion that he promised to buy for He Liwen, as well as the armor protection oil purchased for others, and of course, some whetstones and various drawings.

Most of these drawings are related to spell alchemy, but of course only for elementary alchemy. For example, increasing the attack speed of a weapon or increasing a certain single attribute, of course, this increase is very low, at most a few tenths of a percent, or 1 to 2 points. And this increase is still random, and sometimes not only will it not enhance the attributes of the equipment, but it may destroy the equipment.

Therefore, Chen Kai planned to let Xu Fei and them try their luck, or practice more. Of course, the premise of this qiē is that Xu Fei and they can read and understand the drawings, and then learn the alchemy recorded above, otherwise they will be blind if they hand more materials in front of them.

However, when buying things, what made Chen Kai most strange was that he always felt that someone was paying attention to him behind him. But no matter how many times he checked the game log, he didn't see any clues on it, which means that the probability that his feeling is a hallucination is as high as 70%, and only 30% is likely that he really felt that there was someone behind him but it was not recorded by the system.

After a day at Fort Kesara, Chen Kai and the others set out on the road to the imperial capital again, this time surrounded by merchants and travelers. After all, many people are destined for the same purpose as them, to get to the capital of Hansting, to the city blessed by the god of the dawn.

But just as Chen Kai and the others left the city, the sheriff appeared at the gate of the city, and behind him stood a stranger shrouded in a black cloak. The sheriff squinted at Chen Kai's carriage as they departed, and then rubbed his stubble chin.

"Corrian, you said that the fat pig of the trust was bothering that Berkner knight for the scepter of the earth?" The sheriff's body didn't spin, but the cloaked man behind him answered the question in a deep voice.

"Yes Sanchez, I'm sure the Great Scepter is on that kid, and it's in that emblem he wears on his belt," the man in the cloak called Corian spoke so low and soft that he couldn't hear what he was saying unless he listened carefully.

"Really? Then there is no way, after all, there can be no horse thieves within the imperial capital, even if I know that thing is on him, there is no way to take him, right? Sheriff Sanchez touched his chin and said in a helpless tone, but the expression on his face did not show any helplessness, but was an abnormal average.

"That's right, Sanchez, but just because there can't be a horse thief doesn't mean there can't be a thief, you must know that even in the imperial capital, the seal of the chancellor of the exchequer has not been stolen and has not been found until now, has it?" Corrian's cloak eyes slowly glowed, and he looked directly at the sheriff in front of him.

"You're right, who knows who stole it? I don't know, anyway" When Sanchez finished saying this, the cloaked man standing behind him had disappeared as if he had never appeared.

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