Kingdom’s Bloodline

As the mission traveled northward, the weather became colder and the snow began to increase frequently, even covering most of the field of vision. If it weren't for the cold-resistant trees planted on both sides of the road, I am afraid that the most elite scouts would be there Get lost on the way.

"So you don't know, what are the types of magic, and what are the characteristics of each?"

Thales tightened the cloak he put on a day ago, covering his head and face, and asked Ramon.

This is another camp for them to rest, and the place is at the junction of Wellandland in Exeter and the Reconstruction Tower.

After passing through the Leman Pass, they walked through a short hilly journey, and after crossing the jurisdiction of the Grand Duke of Reconstruction Tower, they followed the trend of the hills and began to turn to the northwest.

It will soon enter the domain of the Grand Duke of Wellandland.

And once the Weiland Territory was crossed, the Grand Duke's territory directly under Nun VII, Dragon Clouds City was just around the corner.

"It should be said that I don't know the whole picture of magic." Ramon shook his head.

"The genres and categories of magic are said to be strange, and there are always strange talents who dig out new genres and research categories based on the existing knowledge," Ramon sat by the fire and explained to Thales beside him: "But Except for those aliens who come and go alone, most mages have their own clear affiliation."

"Belonging?" Thales' eyes lit up: "You mean..."

"In ancient times, it was the place where mages gathered, and the magic institution they belonged to." Ramon's eyes lit up:

"Three Magic Towers."

Magic Tower?

Thales turned his head abruptly, and the few words he got when he investigated the origin of the magician in the Mindis Hall came to his mind again.

"I've heard related news." Thales's eyes lit up, "So, the mages in ancient times gathered in the three magic towers for research?"

"The three magic towers are not just three towers, not just three locations," Ramon pondered: "Mages are not weird people nesting in the towers. It is said that the three magic towers represent the three attitudes of being a mage. and value."

"What attitude?" Thales asked curiously, "You mean the mage's attitude towards knowledge?"

Ramon shook his head: "I don't know—it's hard to find information about mages in the past."

Thales sighed: "Okay.

"

"What are the three magic towers? Don't tell me you don't know?"

Ramon nodded and smiled: "I am still clear about this."

He looked around furtively, and saw Ada dozing off beside the fire, Putile and Cambida were arguing in the distance, Wyatt tried to communicate with Rolf but failed in the end. Leha took the scouts to scout the road ahead, but before returning, the Sergeant Exeter around seemed to be used to them.

Seeing that their distance and attention were still far away, Ramon approached Thales cautiously, and stretched out his finger towards the snow in the field of vision that the two of them could only see.

"First, the tower of the ascetic."

Ramon lightly drew a square on the ground that was turned 45 degrees, with one corner facing down, connected the diagonals of the square, and drew a cross inside: "According to the information I have read, they are the oldest Even in the period of ignorance, before the Battle of Chasing Saints, the Tower of Ascetics appeared...but they are also the most mysterious, and I don't know what they are doing. I haven't found much information about them .”

Thales frowned.

"Secondly, the Alchemy Tower."

Ramon draws a circle, and then draws two triangles on the left and right sides of the circle, each with a corner pointing outward. The side of the circle close to the triangle is an arc, which matches the arc of the circle, and Ramon is in the center of the circle. Draw a small circle - Thales recognized it, this pattern looks like an eye.

Ramon continued: "As the name suggests, the Alchemy Tower is said to be an important help for humans to defeat the orcs. Their works are all prepared for war or practical use. Some products have been handed down to this day and are still usable. They are rare items in the hands of a few people. "

"Finally, the Tower of Soul."

Ramon drew two "S" shapes again, and the upper and lower semicircles of the two s's overlapped together. This pattern was particularly weird, and the meaning was unclear.

"The information about them is all kinds of strange, there are everything. For a while, it is said that they are the defenders of the secular world, and for a while, it is said that they have an agreement with the empire, or that they are extremely at odds with the other two magic towers, and even that their existence is given to them. The world has brought a lot of chaos, it's the root of all evil...I can't understand what I'm studying...Obviously they are different from the other two magic towers."

Ramon looked at Thales. After the latter nodded to express his memory, the doctor quickly stretched out his hand and nervously wiped off the three patterns.

"That's all I know. As for the rest, I don't know anything about the inheritance, characteristics, history, and origins of the three magic towers... Knowledge about magic is completely forbidden," Ramon sighed. : "Also, don't draw these three patterns in front of anyone—such as Morat...there will be trouble."

Thales raised his eyebrows: "Then you are so relieved to draw in front of me? Am I so trustworthy?"

Ramon turned his head and showed that weird look again.

"Trust? Hey," Ramon said with a low smile, his big nose twitching. "I don't think you are interested in magic for no reason."

"The ability to deflect the magic gun..."

Thales' pupils trembled.

Damn, he really still cared.

"I always feel that it's not a supernatural power," Ramon said with a chuckle, "It should be some kind of magic, but I don't know it yet."

"That's why you're so hungry for news about magic, isn't it?"

Some kind of magic?

To be exact... Thales said in his heart: Your reasoning is correct.

Thales looked at him fixedly.

"The new prince and next king of the stars is not only interested in magic, but also possesses some kind of magical power." Ramon smiled, and that haggard honor made Thales queasy: "Thinking about it makes you feel sick." People are excited..."

Thales let out a long sigh, thinking carefully about the knowledge he had heard from Ramon in the past few days.

"So, the three magic towers no longer exist?" the traverser said silently.

Ramon's smile faltered.

He clasped his hands, lowered his head, and his figure became hunched.

"It's said to be so," Doctor Guai wiped a snowflake off his nose and sighed, "Do you know magicians?"

"They are not the slightly stronger fighters in the impression of ordinary people. In fact..."

Thales flipped three somersaults in his heart.

found it!

"Well," on the surface, the second prince said calmly: "As a royal family, I know some things about magicians...they are an immortal disaster."

Ramon looked at Thales, his eyes full of solemnity: "Exactly... It is said that from the regimes of the countries, to the churches of the gods in the sky, and even the demons in hell, everyone is afraid of them... afraid of them Come back one day and launch a second battle of the end."

"So, disaster is the main cause of the destruction of the Magic Tower?" Thales asked in a daze.

Ramon straightened his collar and his expression became extremely serious.

"Whether it was a disaster that destroyed the magic tower, I don't know," Ramon said in a low voice, "but I believe that the so-called disaster, the so-called magician, and the magic tower are all the products of the research of the mages."

"So," Thales said in disbelief, "everything about magic in the world, including inheritance, knowledge, and history, is intentionally banned?"

Ramon let out a deep breath: "Exactly... I guess, some people don't want to see new disasters appear."

Thales frowned deeply: "Magic brings unmanageable risks, so why just shut down and ban all magic?"

"This is so stupid," Thales sighed, "Because of the fear of possible magicians and their power, magic is banned... What a short-sighted and stupid decision..."

"I agree with you on this point." Ramon clenched his fists: "It is precisely to fight against magicians and their harm that we should seek possibilities from magic, shouldn't we?"

"Although the three major magic towers have been destroyed, their ruins should still exist?" Thales rubbed his chin: "Did you go there to try your luck?"

"Ruins?" Ramon raised one corner of his mouth, and said with a bad face: "This is the worst place...Damn the countries, they put almost every bit of information about magic, mages, and magic towers They were searched and destroyed so cleanly and thoroughly that I couldn't even find out where the ruins of the Magic Tower are!"

Thales frowned deeply: "Maybe I can look it up in the records of the royal family after returning home..."

"Don't mention it, especially you Xingchen," Ramon snorted coldly: "Your founding ancestor—the great king of revival, Tormund I personally ordered to completely remove all traces of magic in Xingchen!"

Thales was taken aback.

"And more than 600 years ago, the executor of the forbidden magic was the founding kingdom secret department," Ramon said angrily, "I finally found a little trace in Exeter-they called it..."

"Purification plan!"

Thales stared blankly at the snow, and pulled the cloak tighter.

"How did they do it?" The traverser raised his head: "If magic is really as important as you said..."

"They just did it!"

Ramon raised his head, eyes full of hatred: "During the decades after the end of the War of the End, all the countries imprisoned all the remaining mages, searched books, scrolls, records, artifacts about magic, and even investigated All those who have had close contact with mages... The point is, they erased all traces of magic from history..."

"Of course, all those who intend to study magic and revitalize magic, once discovered, will immediately become thorns in the eyes of the agencies of various countries and the temple churches, and they will be eliminated without hesitation..."

"Just to make sure the magic doesn't happen again!"

They all fell silent.

Beside the fire, only the crackling of the flames and the desolate whistling of the cold wind can be heard for a while.

"If the Kingdom's Secret Division was in charge of the World Purification Project six hundred years ago, there may still be a lot of information in the Secret Division..." Thales mused.

"Hey, to dig out something from the Kingdom's Secret Section without anyone noticing..." Thales sighed.

"...It's even harder than breaking through the Broken Dragon Fortress." Ramon stared at the fire coldly, and added Thales' words.

etc.

Thales thought of a question, and he showed a strange look.

"Doctor," he said slowly, "Morat is not the first head of the Secret Division, is he?"

"Nonsense, the Secret Division was established more than 600 years ago when the Stars founded the country," Ramon snorted coldly, and let out a long breath: "Morat...he is a human being, not a long-lived species or an immortal!"

Thales rolled his eyes.

It's pathetic that the emotional intelligence is not enough.

"You didn't understand me...I mean," Thales said angrily, "Who is the first head of the Kingdom's Secret Division, the person in charge of the World Purification Project?"

Ramon froze, then turned to look at Thales.

"This will be a clue," Thales rubbed his hands that were red from the cold, and exhaled a breath of mist: "No matter how terrible and mysterious the secret department is, how and why it operates with precision, high efficiency, and meticulous... But as long as it is a organization, it must depend on the behavior and psychology of its members—human beings.”

"And people are always complicated," Thales blinked: "Do you understand what I mean?"

Ramon frowned.

"two."

"What?" Thales asked suspiciously.

Ramon looked around vigilantly, turned around and said:

"Two people, six hundred years ago," Dr. Guai lowered his voice: "In the 38th year of the Ending Calendar, two people led the Kingdom's Secret Department and were responsible for the specific implementation of the World Purification Project..."

"Very good," Thales said silently: "Even in the past six hundred years, we can always find their past...Who are those two people?"

Ramon chuckled and spit out two names.

The first one made Taylor's face change.

"Leinster Cavendeer."

"The first head of the kingdom's secret department," Ramon said with a look of "I know it", with great interest: "And one of the six wealthy families of the Star Kingdom, the first master of the Kevin Dill family, the first generation Iris Duke Hua."

Thales' eyes widened.

Ramon continued:

"And his deputy."

"Halva Karabyan."

"One of the thirteen noble families, the first patriarch of the Twin Towers Sword, the first earl of Vola, and later the kingdom's 'Zhixiang'."

Just when Thales was thinking about these two names and the meaning behind them, the Exeter sentry roared, piercing the cold and windy northern sky.

"alert!"

The surrounding elite Sergeant Exeter immediately pulled out their weapons, and the sound of countless metal unsheathing resounded in unison, creating a tense and chilling atmosphere.

Different from Xingchen's group battle formation, these big guys from the north had serious faces, but they didn't panic. They leaned against each other in groups of two, and stood scattered around the camp, facing the surrounding cold wind and snow.

Under the command of the chief, the light cavalry mounted their horses and rushed to the periphery, while the heavy cavalry and heavy infantry began to put on their armor immediately.

Ada flew to Thales' side in an instant, followed by Wyatt and Rolf.

"Be alert," the elf guard of unknown age said in a heavy tone, "What a pity...it's another army."

army?

The second prince's heart moved.

Under the moonlight, Thales quickly saw the source of the threat clearly through his sharp vision transformed by that wave.

In the north of the camp, in the falling snow that was not clear to the view, countless heavily armed cavalry figures appeared.

Light armor, gray clothes, white horse, mask.

Swift but silent.

It almost blends in with the surrounding snow color.

"In this weather..." Putilei who came from behind frowned, "It's the elite."

These cavalry, who were not good at first glance, suddenly dispersed a hundred meters in front of them.

Messy but orderly towards them...

Outflanked.