novellk Chapter 1234 The truth of the mysterious mission
Chapter 1234 The truth of the mysterious mission
Chapter 1234 The truth of the mysterious mission
When he arrived in the city, what caught Lei Xiao's eyes was an extremely spacious street.
The place is inlaid with glittering light crystals everywhere, and the neatly maintained roads are paved with gray marble. On both sides are densely packed blacksmith shops, taverns, clinics and various shops.
If you don't count the roof and the mountain walls on both sides, it is no different from a large city.
Through Hui Lao's introduction, Lei Xiao learned more.
The city was called Pioneer City. It had complete defense facilities and was garrisoned by 50,000 elite mercenaries.
In addition to the various facilities of an ordinary city, it also has a complete mercenary training institution and various special training institutions, such as blacksmiths, magic craftsmen, etc.
As for the residents in the city, in addition to the defenders, there are also a large number of mercenary families and old mercenaries who have retired from the battlefield.
There are many fortresses and cities under the jurisdiction of guilds of all sizes around the city, and since it is located deep in the mountains, it is as solid as a rock.
"As expected of a mercenary guild, its scale is not inferior to that of the main hall of the Holy Temple of Light."
Lei Xiao looked at the dazzling array of shops around him, and while accepting the greetings from passers-by, he exclaimed: "Everywhere is filled with the reassuring atmosphere of fireworks."
"Your Highness, thank you for your praise. This is the outer city of Pioneer City, where ordinary residents live. There are not many magic traps and other combat facilities, so it seems a bit lively."
Gray Old Man stroked his beard and smiled, continuing to introduce: "The Pioneer City has rich industries, and there are enough farmland around it. There is also sufficient water in the city. It also has a complete sewage filtration magic circle and exhaust magic circle, so it is self-sufficient."
Under the introduction of Mr. Hui, Lei Xiao and his party passed through bustling streets and neatly planned residential areas, and finally arrived at the central area of the city.
There are a number of well-arranged training areas and barracks areas here, and even a large number of arrow towers and other defensive measures. Judging from the atmosphere, it is obviously much more solemn than the outer city just now, but its area seems to be no less than the outer city with a large number of residents.
"Your Highness, this is the training area I just mentioned. It is not only a place for excellent mercenaries selected from all over the country to study, but also a place to train the next generation of heirs who are interested in becoming mercenaries. Of course, this includes not only the strong ones responsible for combat, but also talents in various fields such as economics, commerce, and archaeology."
Gray Old Man's words revealed a hint of pride, and he nodded to Lei Xiao and said, "It is precisely because of this that the Mercenary Guild has produced many talented people over the years, standing calmly above the seven nations of the human race, and making a small contribution to protecting the human race."
"The old president is too modest. The role of the Mercenary Guild is more than just a small contribution. Whether it is guarding, searching for objects, or hunting monsters, they are irreplaceable by ordinary garrisons. They undoubtedly provide a role that cannot be ignored in the order of the human world."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and smiled at Gray Old Man, saying, "In addition, with the completion of the Lord Network, the business landscape of the human world will also undergo earth-shaking changes, which will inevitably have a certain impact on the existing mercenary landscape."
"However, the new changes also bring new opportunities. I hope that the Mercenary Guild can work with the local garrisons to perform their respective duties and maintain the security of each lord's node and surrounding routes to ensure the smooth flow of the lord's network."
Lei Xiao's dark eyes sparkled as he added, "At the same time, as I step out of the outer realm, I will probably need to rely on the Mercenary Guild for many things. After all, compared to the soldiers who focus on the battlefield, whether it is exploring ruins or heading to secret and dangerous places, the mercenaries are better at it."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your consideration of the Mercenary Guild. We will definitely do our best to assist Your Highness. Please rest assured."
Gray Lao's old face was full of seriousness as he spoke to Lei Xiao.
After Gray Old Man finished speaking, other senior members of the accompanying mercenary guild, including Diana, all nodded in agreement, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.
"Then I'll help you all."
Lei Xiao nodded with satisfaction, and then, under the guidance of Hui Lao and others, he continued to walk towards the depths of Pioneer City.
In the middle of the middle area, a group of people went down through the magnificent stairs and headed straight to the bottom of the pioneer city.
Just like the main hall of the Temple of Light, the underground city is the most core and confidential area of the entire city.
After passing the stair area, the first thing that caught Lei Xiao's eyes was an extremely spacious corridor.
The decoration here is elegant, and the walls on both sides are filled with heads of various monsters as decorations. Among them are not only common low-level monsters, but also rare monsters such as unicorns.
At the corner of the corridor, Lei Xiao even saw the huge head of a green dragon, which made Hong Ye frown.
In addition, there are many transparent display cabinets in the corridor, which display both whole Warcraft specimens and Warcraft skeletons. It looks like a Warcraft museum.
Lei Xiao found out about it through Gray Old's introduction.
The Warcraft specimens on display here are all from the hands of legendary mercenaries of past generations. It is the greatest honor for every mercenary to be able to display the Warcraft they have hunted here.
"Haha, to be honest with you, Your Highness, the green dragon attempted to attack the border villages of the Holy Night Kingdom. Fortunately, I discovered it in time, and it finally appeared here."
Gray Old Man stroked his gray beard and, after introducing the giant dragon skull, pointed to another extremely large elephant-shaped monster and said, "As for the fifth-level mammoth swamp beast, it was created by Diana and caused a sensation in the mercenary guild at the time."
"After all, this giant monster that lives in swamps and poisonous areas is extremely brutal. The poisonous miasma it emits makes it difficult for even ordinary fifth-level warriors to get close to it. Many mercenaries and adventurers have died at the hands of this monster."
After listening to Gray Old Man's introduction, Lei Xiao looked at Diana, who was slender and slender and exuded a mature charm, and praised: "She is worthy of being the vice president of the Mercenary Guild. It's amazing."
"Your Highness is too polite. If you need me, I am willing to hunt any monster for you at any time."
Hearing Lei Xiao's praise, Diana's fair face immediately showed a shy smile, and she hurriedly said with an eager look on her face: "Your Highness, please give me your orders!"
"Vice President Diana is so polite. I will keep you informed if there is any need."
Lei Xiao waved his hand and responded with a smile.
After seeing this scene, both Gray Lao and other high-ranking members of the mercenary guild couldn't help but smile at each other.
As a half-step sixth-level warrior, Diana, who has been personally trained by Gray Old Man since childhood, is gifted and progresses very quickly. She can definitely be considered one of the top three warriors in the mercenary guild.
But such impressive strength naturally made her arrogant. She looked down on everyone, including the princes and nobles of various countries and the younger elites of the other two neutral organizations.
And now, she, who can be called the iceberg mercenary queen, is so enthusiastic towards His Royal Highness the Prince of the Holy Lion. The answer is naturally self-evident.
After passing through the Warcraft Exhibition Hall area, Lei Xiao moved forward under the guidance of Hui Lao and others, and soon came to another area. On display here were some ancient items excavated from the ruins, including a lot of rusty equipment and damaged ordinary antiques.
After a detailed inspection, Lei Xiao did not find the holy object of the "Key to Truth". As for the equipment, they were all in a state of rust and could not be upgraded at least before they were repaired.
However, the displays and collections, which were like those in a large museum, still made Lei Xiao and his companions marvel.
At the same time, many precious items such as various magic gems needed to form ancient magic circles are displayed here. Although they have exhausted their energy and look mottled, people can still feel an ancient and long-standing atmosphere.
"A mercenary guild that has lasted for three thousand years is indeed extraordinary. Even if the royal families of the seven kingdoms were combined, they might not have so many ancient items in their collection."
Looking at the dazzling display in front of him, Lei Xiao nodded slightly and said, "It is undoubtedly a blessing for the human race to have a mercenary guild standing in the human world."
Lei Xiao clearly understood that as long as he combined the information from the three neutral organizations, mainly the Mercenary Guild, and the royal families of the seven countries, he would soon be able to draw a detailed distribution map of the ancient relics in the human world. Perhaps there might be some clues about the blank era in it.
"Your Highness is too kind. It's just the accumulation of years."
The gray old man's gray beard was reflected on the ancient magic gems, making them look even more mottled. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "In fact, in the past few hundred years, I have been leading the top mercenaries to try to complete a great mission, but I have never succeeded."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Lei Xiao suddenly became interested.
I remember Randall once said that the top leaders of the Mercenary Guild had been pursuing a mysterious mission, which was said to be commissioned by a deceased king, which made me very curious at the time.
Now it seems that this is exactly what Mr. Hui is talking about.
Seeing Lei Xiao's interested look, Gray Old Man did not hold back and told him everything: "To be honest with you, Your Highness, there is only one specific task, which is to find the crack of the catastrophe."
"Catastrophic rift?"
Lei Xiao carefully savored Hui Lao's words and nodded to signal him to continue.
"That's right. We are looking for the crack of the catastrophe. According to the client, this will be the source of the catastrophe, and it is located in a corner of the human world."
Gray Old Man's expression became more solemn, and he introduced: "I think if we can find this crack and take corresponding precautions, we may be able to reduce the danger brought by the catastrophe."
"So that's how it is. Is this the truth behind the mysterious mission?"
Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully, and his brain began to work rapidly.
Just as Mr. Hui said, if we can find the source of the catastrophe and combine the power of the entire human world, we can indeed prepare for the worst.
"But the question is, no one knows the specific content of the catastrophe, nor how it will break out. Is there really a source of this so-called catastrophe?"
"To put it another way, even if there is a source, how did the client who issued the task know about it?"
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao frowned slightly.
According to Randall, the client of this mysterious mission was a deceased human monarch. Who could have such a foresight?
"Oh yeah, if it's that guy, he can indeed predict the future!"
After frowning and thinking for a while, Lei Xiao suddenly understood and asked Gray Old Man, "Old Chairman, if I am not mistaken, could it be that the client is the first monarch of the Cold Flame Kingdom, the Hero King?"
"As expected of His Royal Highness, I was just about to say it when Your Highness guessed it first."
Gray nodded in surprise and responded, "Back then, when the Mercenary Guild was helping the Cold Flame Kingdom build the Unbreakable Fortress, the Hero King actually entrusted them with another mission, which was to find the cracks in the Cataclysm. It was because of this commission that the Mercenary Guild began to investigate the Cataclysm."
"Also, this mission is extremely confidential. Only the top leaders of the Mercenary Guild and the Hero King himself know about it. Even the successors of the Cold Flame Royal Family probably don't know about it."
At this point, the surprise on Gray Old Man's face became more obvious, and he asked in confusion: "Your Highness, how did you know about this?"
"It's just a little speculation, nothing serious."
Lei Xiao smiled faintly, looking mysterious.
The reason why I was able to guess the correct answer was naturally because of Wang Xi's talent for giving hints.
"Through my communication with Wang Xi at that time, I learned that his clue talent cannot ask questions on its own. Instead, it will occasionally reveal a clue, and it cannot directly point to the truth of the matter."
"It is probably because of his talent that Wang Xi learned about the Cataclysm Rift, but he did not know its exact location. After his own investigation failed, he secretly entrusted this task to the Mercenary Guild."
After sorting everything out in his mind, Lei Xiao curled his lips helplessly.
It seems that this old guy still has a lot of things to tell me.
But this is not surprising. After all, I couldn't even conquer Ariel at that time, let alone deal with the catastrophe.
Therefore, the other party, who was pressed for time, only mentioned it briefly and did not continue to discuss this topic with me.
"In this case, the authenticity of the Cataclysm Rift must be beyond doubt."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Old President, even though we haven't completed the task of finding the crack, we should have obtained some minor clues or gains, right?"
"Your Highness is indeed as good as a god. In the process of searching for the cracks, I did learn some things."
Gray Lao calmed himself down and began to describe.
(End of this chapter)