Late autumn season. Although it has not snowed yet, the gusts of cold wind can already make people feel that the pace of winter is gradually approaching.

But at the moment, it was extremely hot in the wood house. Old Tom didn't have beads of sweat the size of beans popping out of his forehead, and the beads of sweat slid down his face, leaving trails of water. The fat boss on the side was even more unbearable, and his whole face became wet.

This kind of secret is nothing to Fang Qiu Ling. The player is known as the existence of the "Fourth Natural Disaster", there are many people who are not afraid of the sky and the earth, like Fang Qiuling, who can already be regarded as cautious among the players - I don't see what kind of old Tom and the fat boss have been scared!

But there are those who are afraid, and there are those who are completely fearless. For example, Shino has fallen asleep with Malu leaning back in his chair with him. Eliza's eyes widened and her face was full of excitement, and to her these secrets seemed to be indistinguishable from bedside bedtime stories.

"After darkness, the Lord of Mamo, the current owner of the Staff of Dark Crystal, has many legends about this living man. For example, the story of her adventures in the Elven Ruins, the legend of her search for pirate treasure in the Sea of Sorrow, and the story of her solo journey to the Grey Wasteland in search of the Staff of Dark Crystal...... By the way, whether it is 'she' or 'he', in fact, there is no conclusion at present. After all, most of the partners who went on adventures with her back then are already ancient, and the few who are still alive are also her supporters. We just look at it as a woman and call it 'she' based on the external title of 'After Darkness'. Of course, her name is no longer known, and we can only call her 'Queen of Darkness'. ”

There was only one last point left in the endless wine glass today, Fang Qiuling poured a little bit in his cup, and then gave it all to Old Tom.

"We?"

Old Tom was shocked by the information that came out of the secret, but he always kept his head sob.

"Yes, we do. Norn Territory is still a barren land that is inaccessible to people, but there are still a few servants who follow the Norn family. Could it be ...... Mr. Hadner doesn't think I'm just a human being, does he? ”

"Of course not...... To put it that way, is it okay? Will it be ......"

"What's the problem?" Old Tom's appearance of wanting to speak made Fang Qiuling slightly surprised, but he immediately reacted, "It's okay. Although she was powerful after the darkness, and may even have possessed a godhead, she was not a god after all. Mere talk doesn't attract her attention. ”

Fang Qiuling motioned to Old Tom not to be nervous. But it didn't seem to work, and old Tom still looked like he was walking on thin ice. After all, this is information about the inside of Mamo in the Dark Country, and it is the first time that I have heard about the situation inside Mamo for many years. There was also news of Mamo before, but all the news summed up with only one meaning - it was the paradise of the dead, the land of the living!

"Then I'll move on." Fang Qiuling drank the ale wine in the cup and played with the cup casually, "After the darkness, around the fiftieth year of the era calendar, I arrived at the current capital of Mamo, the Dark Hill. It was almost 200 years ago. Then it took her almost a decade or so to unify Mamo. The first to pledge allegiance to her was Duke Christian, the Death Knight, followed by Roque Barreto Silva, Lord of the Pales, and finally Lord of the Blood, Transval. As for the Ghoul Monarch Kemi, it did not submit to it, but it also did not refuse the post-darkness call, only that it was willing to serve as the owner of the Staff of Dark Crystal. And the staff of the dark crystal is in the hands of the Dark Queen, so the Dark Queen's has become the de facto ruler of Mamo. ”

As a player who experienced the first Kuroshio War, Fang Qiuling had to study the history of Mamo. Even if you are not interested in history per se, but simply to recognize all the necromantic creatures, it is necessary to study the history of Mamo. Because the development of Mamo itself is a history of the "evolution" of living necromantic creatures.

Knowing the weaknesses of necromantic creatures in order to target attacks is a must-do for players, especially spellcasters. What's more, the road to rise after darkness is a very important main story in the game. Whether you like it or not, as long as the "Rise After Darkness" series of tasks in the time sequence is completed, even players who don't care about it and don't ask about it will be familiar with this history of Elune. And the pay for the task is quite good, and there is no reason not to do it at all.

After the darkness, he took a short break to recuperate, and then embarked on the path of external expansion. Mamo's first expansion should not be known to anyone. Because the darkness then pointed its troops at the Black Forest, the southernmost part of the kingdom, the Realm of Chaos. ”

"Mamo attacking the Black Forest?" The fat boss looked incredulous, "What good are they doing to fight the Black Forest?" ”

"The benefits? There are so many benefits. Oh yes...... All of you, don't think there's nothing in the Black Forest? And I also thought that Mamo could do nothing but turn the living into corpses and then make the corpses climb up, right? ”

Fang Qiuling's words attracted a suspicious gaze, and Eliza opened her mouth without any scruples: "Isn't this a matter of course? The elders of the clan had always warned that there was nothing in the Black Forest, and that there were many monsters infested with them, and that they should never be allowed to enter. As for that, that...... What else would you do besides doing bad things? ”

Eliza was still a child, just "Mamo of the Dark Country" and "Queen of Darkness", these terms could make her excited for a long time. But if she wanted to say these terms herself, she didn't have the guts.

Old Tom and the fat boss don't have an interface, but their puzzled object clearly expresses the same meaning as Eliza: Is there something wrong?

"Okay, it looks like I'm going to popularize the 'basic knowledge' for everyone first." Fang Qiuling sighed lightly, "I'll talk about the conclusion first." First of all, there are many good things in the Black Forest, and even those 'monsters' are full of treasures. The skins of 'monsters' can be used to make fine armor, blood is the best magic material, and bones can be used to craft weapons. Even their droppings have a special effect. ”

"Huh!" Eliza looked disgusted, "It's disgusting! ”

"Eliza, don't be disgusting...... That burning secret, blue passion, you know? Oh, these two are too high-end, let's change them to the public order...... That、Kotalon perfume? ”

"Uh-huh! Kotalon Perfume I know! What are the other two? Is it also a perfume? ”

The fat boss picked up the topic: "That's right, Eliza. It's all perfumes, but it's very, very expensive. For one gold coin, you can probably only buy a few drops. ”

"A few drops!"

Eliza's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.

Fang Qiuling nodded, and partially affirmed the fat boss's words: "Yes, it is very, very expensive. In fact, not even a drop of gold coin can be bought. ”

Eliza's eyes had become round, and her ears were straight—too expensive! There is such an expensive thing in the world!

"The main ingredient of the scorching secret, the blue passion, is the smell of beans. And smell the beans...... It's actually the droppings of a smelling bird. ”

Eliza jumped away, her face full of disbelief.

"Mr. Thurik, you lie!"

"No, I'm not going to talk nonsense about that. And I don't like to cheat children, because you can't fool candy from children. ”

"Humph! Ignore you! ”

Eliza turned around angrily, and Fang Qiuling shrugged her shoulders and continued.

"Smelling birds are very difficult to feed, and it is very difficult to cultivate them artificially. As far as I know, there are successes, but there are not many of them. In the Black Forest, smelling birds can be seen everywhere. What's more, Wenxiang Beans are also raw materials for a variety of alchemy reagents, and they are also precious among magic materials. There are several necromantic magic that also need to use smelling beans, and Mamo's annual demand for smelling beans is actually not low. Of course, smelling the beans alone wasn't enough for Mamo to start a war against the Black Forest. But what about the sum up of a lot of casting materials? There are countless similar ones in the Black Forest, a magical material. Dangerous but good things are plentiful, and the Black Forest has never been a barren place, but an inexhaustible treasure! ”

"After talking about the Black Forest, let's talk about the necromantic creatures of Mamo. I know what the image of necromantic creatures is in your eyes, and it's basically not skeletons, zombies, ghosts, stitchers, and the like. Right? I'm not wrong, right? Seeing the audience nodding in unison, Fang Qiuling continued, "Actually, your perception is not wrong. For example, the Death Knight can be classified as zombies, that is, zombies riding skeleton horses. Lich, i.e. skeletons that can do magic. Ghouls, almost agile zombies. Banshees, ghosts, and half-spirits can all be counted as ghosts, one of the ghosts. ”

The names of several necromantic creatures were reported in a row, and Old Tom and the fat boss looked solemn. Just hearing the name can feel the coldness contained in it.

"As of now, Karthas, or the entire continent of Arakka, has no experience fighting the formed Necromantic Legions. Adventurers should have some experience dealing with necromantic creatures, but this experience is limited to a small number of necromantic creatures, which are about ten or twenty. More than twenty is a lot, and it's basically only the lowest-level skeletons. Occasionally, a mid-level guy will cause a lot of casualties. As for the high-level necromancy, they are basically not encountered anywhere else except for Mamo itself. If you do, then consider yourself unlucky! You can't beat it no matter how you fight, and it will fight more and more. Because the fallen soldier will also become one of them. There are no supplies, no logistics, no fear of death, and no losses. Necromancers feel like that, very difficult to deal with. But what I'm saying is that you're overestimating the necromantic creatures. ”

When the fat boss heard this, he couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Norn, isn't that like this?" ”

"Part yes, part not. Let's take the simplest example. If necromantic creatures are really that powerful, then why hasn't Mamo started a massive expansion yet? Even if Mamo's forces can't rule the entire Araka continent, it should be fine to account for most of them. ”

Eliza shuddered, and the two ears on the top of her head were bent down, and she looked frightened. But old Tom on the side was not afraid at all: "Because there is a temple, because there are knights from all countries!" ”

"Yes, the temples of many good gods and the armies of various countries are one of the reasons, but the more important reason is that the necromantic creatures are not as powerful as you think, but have many limitations. For example, a soldier who dies at the hands of the Necronomicon becomes a member of the Necrondon. Basically everyone thinks so, but it's actually wrong. Daddy, Boss Twilight. You should know that there are actually many animals in the forest, and countless animals die of natural causes every day. But have you ever seen necromantic creatures like skeleton fawns, skeleton rabbits, and skeleton squirrels? ”

“……”

"Definitely not. It's not just a skeleton that can be awakened. Of the bones that can be awakened, not every bone has the value of awakening. You know, it is not the law of nature to wake up the bones and bring the dead back to life. If you violate the laws of nature, you must pay the same price, and this price is one of the negative energies: dead air. The necromancer transforms the mana into death, then uses the deathly energy to awaken the bones, and uses the deathly energy to drive the bones. In other words, it takes magic to awaken bones, and it takes magic to drive bones to fight. The necromantic armies are not without logistical needs, and they require an enormous amount of magic to drive the necro creatures into battle. Lost in its magic, the necromantic creature is nothing more than a corpse. ”

"The Mamo Islands have been completely covered by the Underworld. The land covered by the underworld, all life will be reversed into death. In this way, Mamo's necro can have its current size. ”

Old Tom asked in a deep voice, "How many?" ”

Fang Qiuling shook his head: "I don't know." There is no way to count, Mamo is the kingdom of the dead, and the living cannot enter it at all. And...... Even after darkness, he didn't know how many necromantic creatures he had. I don't think it's a problem to put in 100,000 or 200,000 in a week. It is not a problem to add a reserve army of 300,000 to 400,000 in the future. ”

"How is this possible!"

"Unfortunately, that's the way it is. The numerical superiority of the Necronomicon army is incomparable. It is precisely because of their numerical superiority that they need the resources of the Black Forest. The Black Forest is very rich in magical materials, and it also has a large number of ore veins, so it is not unreasonable to direct the first expansion of the army towards the Black Forest after the darkness. ”

"Did they succeed then?"

"It can't be considered a success, nor can it be considered a failure. According to our survey, Mamo's initial journey into the Black Forest was very fruitful. But in less than three months, he was forced to withdraw from the Black Forest. The number of undead creatures lost is between 10,000 and 30,000. We can't confirm the exact reason, but there is a lot of speculation. ”

Fang Qiuling put down the wine glass in his hand, his eyes full of affirmation.

"With all that said, we should also get back to the real thing. That is, this time the orc siege incident is very likely to be the ghost of Mamo. Mamo secretly instructed the orcs to launch an attack in order to test the Mist Lake's defense system, response speed, and army strength ......"