Summoning Total War

(Pneumonia has come out and updated. Do you know? It makes me feel embarrassed. Really...)

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All the way back to the camp, Murphy immediately locked himself in the room.

Raising his hand to take off the ruby ​​ring on his index finger, Murphy took a long breath, then sat down and poured himself a cup of tea. In fact, he just met those harpy elders who looked like old monsters, and he knew that these old people had no intention of cooperating with Athens at all. From the tone of these old things, Murphy could tell that they were not friendly to humans.

But since they have no intention of cooperating with Athens, why do they want to see themselves?

There is no doubt that this is Queen Evanna's insistence!

According to Murphy's guess, the harpy tribe is now likely to be divided into two factions. One is the traditional harpy power, which is the power controlled by those cursed harpy elders. They represent the past of a group and the cursed heritage of the harpies! The other group is probably centered on the Harpy Queen Avanna, and is a new group composed of advanced harpies who have escaped the curse and undergone special evolution.

From the looks and tone of those monster-like harpy elders, Murphy could see no intention of cooperating. Obviously, these old guys don't want Queen Evena to form an alliance with Athens to get help from outside the ethnic group.

From the attitude of those harpy elders towards Queen Evana, Murphy could conclude that the entire harpy group should still be controlled by these elders. However, the power controlled by Queen Evanna should not be too weak, otherwise the Harpy elders might not pay attention to her opinions at all and choose to meet with Murphy to discuss the possibility of cooperation. There is no way to ignore Queen Evana's opinion and not want the power of Athens to intervene, so the only way is to find a way to screw up this matter!

At that time, Murphy's mind was spinning with thoughts, and then he had a bold idea.

So, he made a decisive decision and stopped trying to waste time with those harpy elders, and immediately fell out and left! But before leaving, he put the ruby ​​ring on his index finger that the Harpy Queen Evanna had given him as a thank you when he rescued her. At that time, Murphy left with his hands behind his back. Although he looked menacing, if Avanna, Queen of the Harpy, had seen the ruby ​​ring on his finger, she would have understood what he wanted to express.

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Before every ethnic group undergoes changes and adapts to the new era, there will inevitably be an internal struggle between old and new power.

Just like the Parliament of Nobles and the League of Athens, this represents the alternation of two powers, one new and one old! Some of the rulers of the old era were very powerful and inhibited the birth of new powers, while some were very weak and were easily overthrown by new powers. It's like the jackals who advocate violence are easily replaced by the advanced jackals who have evolved to possess more powerful power and smarter minds.

The group of harpies represents the power of the old power and is obviously not weak.

The more a group is maintained by the balance of order, the greater the constraints it will be before a new order is born. And a race that is itself chaotic and maintained entirely by violence will find it easier to accept the new order. Because for this kind of race that maintains its rule through violence, all problems can be solved by killing all those in power in the past.

"Lord Governor, all those harpies have left." A Spartan conqueror opened the door and said in a deep voice.

Although he turned his back on the spot and left the woods, Murphy left one person behind to investigate the whereabouts of the harpies. Ordinary scouts obviously couldn't deal with these weird harpy elders, so they had no choice but to send the Spartan conquerors. At present, only these powerful warriors in Athens, who have been given power by the God of War, can fight against strong indigenous people like the Elder Harpy.

Ordinary aborigines may be able to deal with them by relying on the Athenian army, but those special beings can only rely on the power of the temple.

"Leaved?" Murphy frowned slightly and nodded.

"But, Lord Governor. After the harpies left, I found this under a tree nearby." Having said this, the Spartan conqueror took out a ring set with emerald green gems from his body. , handed it to Murphy.

ring! ?

Murphy reached out and took it, and couldn't help but look at it carefully.

It was a ring with very complicated and gorgeous workmanship, and it had an extremely obvious style that belonged to the high elves. They liked the complicated and gorgeous runes, and often burned these runes on some of their accessories, and even used Silver thread and gold edges are embroidered on the clothes. Harpies inherit part of the blood of high elves, so their appreciation and style also maintain the tradition of high elves.

Playing with the ring in his hand, Murphy seemed to suddenly see some symbol in a trance, but when he looked carefully, there was nothing.

"What's going on?" Murphy thought to himself.

He was absolutely sure that he did seem to see some symbols just now, and it was definitely not an illusion. But when he looked carefully again, there was nothing.

Murphy walked back and forth holding the gorgeous ring full of elven elegance, constantly trying to observe it from various angles.

Finally, when he put the ring in the sun and looked at the emerald green gemstone at a 45-degree angle, he saw the strange symbol again.

‘m’?

Under the sunlight, the interior of the emerald green gem becomes even more emerald, forming an 'm' symbol.

"What does this mean?" Murphy thought to himself.

If nothing else goes wrong, this ring should have been quietly left by the Harpy Queen Avanna. After all, it is impossible for such a valuable gemstone ring to suddenly appear in the wilderness. Since she left the ring, she obviously understood Murphy's intention to leave in a rage. Now that she understands, she should know that Murphy plans to avoid those weird-tempered harpy elders and discuss it with her privately.

As long as everyone understands it, the rest will be much easier to handle.

"Is this ring the same as the one she gave me?" Murphy looked at the pattern on the emerald green ring, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.

He took off the ruby ​​ring on his index finger and compared it. He immediately discovered that the patterns of the two rings were indeed very similar! So, he put another ring in the sun and observed the ruby ​​inlaid on it at a 45-degree angle. At this glance, he discovered something strange. Because on the red envelope of another ring, a snake-like 'S'-shaped logo appeared in a lighter color.

ms?

"What does this mean?" Murphy placed the two rings in his palms and thought with some confusion.

Among the 26 runic letters, m represents water, which refers to the most inclusive part of the water element and can bear all impacts. It is the most commonly used runic letter in arcane defense magic. S represents flame, which refers to the most aggressive and violent force in the fire element. For explosive arcane magic, S must be the core of the spell.

After watching it for a while, Murphy felt a little out of place.

So he changed the position of the two rings, and immediately felt that the reading was much smoother.

Unfortunately, his limited arcane knowledge still failed to figure out the meaning of the two runic letters carved on the two rings respectively.

Putting the two rings away, Murphy decided to wait until Queen Evanna arrived before asking her if she knew what the two letters represented. Both rings seemed a bit extraordinary, because Murphy could feel the elemental power they contained, but he could not mobilize this elemental power at all, as if it was blocked by something. If we use an academic term, it is 'sealed', and its origin must be determined by a professional appraiser and the corresponding magic removal must be carried out.

Elemental sealing is a phenomenon. To put it simply, the power contained in magic items slowly turns from active to inert when it has not been used for a long time.

To lift the seal is to use the corresponding knowledge to transform them into active elements again.

Almost most of the magic items obtained from historical relics require a transformation process. In the arcane era, people used to call it 'appraisal', and it must be done by spellcasters with certain arcane attainments. .

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A jungle more than 500 kilometers away from Athens.

This is a place of death full of darkness, fog, and miasma. It is a restricted area for most intelligent creatures. Even the powerful and stupid ogres will choose to avoid it.

Because this is the territory of the swamp lizard people.

A restricted area of ​​life!

At this moment, groups of strong lizardmen are walking out of this jungle full of death traps. They are six to seven feet tall (one foot = 0.3048 meters) and covered with gray, green or brown scales. It's their natural armor, which can effectively defend against being slashed by swords. Their tails are three to four feet long and are used to maintain balance and deliver a fatal blow to their enemies!

Although these lizardmen look quite slender, most weigh more than 200 to 250 pounds.

They have three fingers and sharp claws. The black claws have a metallic luster and can easily tear the enemy's body. Even ordinary leather armor is of no use in their hands!

These lizardmen walked out of the swamp in groups. The ones in the front were tall and strong warriors, holding simple weapons and shields (they couldn't smelt, and their finger grips were not flexible due to their physiological structure), while those in the back were holding bows and arrows. shooters (they have certain shooting talents). The simple longbow was made of hard trees and animal tendons. Although it looked very rough, it was very powerful.

At the very back of the team, there was a loud "rumbling" sound.

This group of lizardmen, or the lizardmen army, is heading towards the half-elf tribe living on the border of the southern plains...