Chapter 844 Pantanal Swamp
Because the low-frequency use of [Coin of Wisdom] is not harmful, some magicians will use this coin as an auxiliary item when pursuing inspiration and breakthroughs. Some ordinary people who have discovered its use will have the opportunity to use it. Become a celebrity such as a pianist, writer or detective.
As a result, although the coin was only poet grade, the asking price was slightly higher, and Shade paid 28 pounds to buy it.
“In addition, the time perception thing you asked me about a few days ago has already begun to take shape.”
The old man finished boiling the hot water and poured a cup of tea for Sha De. Although the lighthouse is very shabby, the black tea leaves are quite high-end:
“I don’t know where you heard that our hermitage has knowledge of the order of the old **** [Grey Sage], but you are indeed right, it does exist. I wrote to the person responsible for guarding the library The secret keeper asked him to search for it, and it took him two weeks to find what you wanted.”
Shad looked at him expectantly, Mr. Edmond shook his head:
“It is a stone slab with the holy symbol of the old **** [Grey-robed Sage]. It was brought by the order that joined the monastic order, but no one knows how to use it.”
Shad thought that he probably knew that from his experience in the library of Gaddis, the old **** should have set the stone slab so that the knowledge inside could be seen by naming the stone slab.
“In addition, this tablet only records one-third of the content – this is recorded in our big library, so you have to find the other parts by yourself. But the tablet cannot be given to you directly, you know , this is a very precious item. In the past, more than one ring magician obtained spiritual runes related to libraries and books by touching that stone slab.”
“So what do I have to pay?”
Xia De is sitting upright:
“Do you want gold pounds?”
“Of course not, I need you to do something for the monastery.”
The old man said.
Xia De immediately smiled:
“I am familiar with this kind of work. It is fair to complete a special task in order to obtain a certain item. What does the Priory need from me? I can do most of the legal work. There are also illegal ones. Partially possible.”
The old gentleman smiled and shook his head:
“We don’t do anything illegal, at least not yet. That’s right, don’t you often travel to Tobesk? Princess Margaret of Anjou of Carsenlique will visit that city recently .”
Everyone seems to be paying attention to this political event.
“Our investigation revealed that the princess was a student of Serkses Higher Medical School. Due to some issues, she switched from formal to correspondence courses. Her talent was very good and she was favored by Thady, the vice-principal of Serkses. With Mr. Si’s appreciation, you can borrow some books that are generally not allowed for correspondence students at Serkses Medical School. Now, the princess has an ancient document “The Secret of Agelessness”
Mr. Edmond took out an old yellowed photo. Because it was black and white, the big book on the corner of the table in the photo was not particularly clear:
“This is it.”
“How old? Fourth era? Or earlier?”
“No, no, no, it comes from the previous era. It is an old book left by the last Witch Emperor. What you need to do is to format the content from pages five to eight according to the format in that book. Transcript in full.”
Mr. Edmond said, Shade frowned slightly:
“It doesn’t sound like a simple task, but it’s not difficult for me either. The Witch Emperor stays. That won’t be”
He suddenly raised his head, and the old man had an expression that said “you guessed it”:
“I didn’t say it was related to “The Whispering Cantos.”
Mr. Edmond even knew that Shade was suspected to be related to the “God Caller” who chopped off the giant mermaid corpse at the seaside, so he naturally knew that he also knew about the “Muttered Psalms”.
The old man held the tea cup and took a sip of tea, as if the two were chatting about light topics such as fishing harvest:
“Now Serkses has not realized the value of that book, and we have spent a lot of effort to find out that the princess is also a ring warlock. You need to act as soon as possible, get the codex, and the slate will naturally It’s yours, you don’t need to worry about that.”
Xia De nodded:
“No problem, I’ll take over this task.”
If there are indeed fragments of poetry in that book, then it is naturally a fair transaction for [Guiding Light Hermitage] to pay for the tablets related to the old gods. However, that slate is not necessarily what Shade is looking for, and even if it is, the slate is not complete.
But this is still a very good deal. After copying the text of “The Secret of Agelessness”, Shade can also know what the new chapter fragments are. Even if the slate given by the Priory was of no value to him, just the fragments of the poem were worth Shade’s approach to the princess.
Not to mention, his tasks of “following the princess to look for the grey-headed eagle” and “getting close to the princess and getting to know the ‘Guiding Moon'” are all related to Margaret Anjou.
“Mr. Edmond, I really don’t know how to thank you for your help.”
Xia De said sincerely, and the old man shook his head:
“Young man, I admire you. You are different from almost everyone I know. It’s hard to explain, but you may become a fellow traveler. Speaking of which, there is another thing to tell you, Don’t you often ask me about legends and myths from various parts of the Old World, as if you are looking for something?”
“Yes, are there any clues to this matter?”
“I did some research based on the three clues you provided, and when I was corresponding with an old friend recently, I heard an interesting thing, which may be helpful to you.”
He sat up straight, wet his fingers with tea, flicked them lightly, and a thin mist of water emerged, projecting a huge map of the Old World between the two of them.
“Meow?”
The cat is very interested in this, and Shade also opens his eyes slightly. This is a superb control skill of “water”. Even if Shade has “fire plasticity”, he cannot achieve a similar level of fine control of flames.
“Do you know the Pantanal?”
“Of course I know.”
Shad pointed to the depressed area in the central and western parts of the Old World:
“The Pantanal refers to the large swamp area (note) on the west side of the border between Delrayon and Kasenlik. Its area is two-thirds of the Rommel Mountains. In the old days before the steam age era, because it was extremely unsuitable for human life, so the development of that area was relatively lagging behind. Even in our era, the swamps have shrunk due to climate reasons, but the Pantanal area still rains all year round and is muddy everywhere. This area is politically important, and both countries have deployed large numbers of troops in the swampy area.”
Pause and add:
“A captain friend of mine said that serving in the Pantanal was the next worst thing to serving in the Far North.”
The captain naturally refers to Captain Rades. Shade recently heard that he was preparing to return to Tobesk to report on his work because of his meritorious service in the Battle of Middleburg. The kingdom will have officer promotions at the end of every year. If Captain Rades If he could “activity” during Tobesk’s duty report, he might really be able to change from captain to the same rank of major as Shad currently has.
This is a qualitative leap.
Mr. Edmond nodded:
“Yes, most of the sovereignty of the Pantanal region is in the hands of Kasenlik in the south. There are no large cities in the entire region, only isolated small villages and market towns. I have not been there, but I have heard that It is said that there is mud everywhere, mosquitoes, snakes and ants are everywhere, and it rains all year round, and all kinds of strange creatures appear in the depths of the swamp.”
The old gentleman pointed to the water mist map:
“On the north and south sides of the Great Marsh are the cities of Tobesk and Willondale, the capitals of the two countries.”
“I’ve heard many legends about that place.”
Xia De leaned back slightly on the back of the old sofa:
“Because it was inaccessible in the old days, there were many rare animals living there. It is said that many wanted ring warlocks would also hide in the depths of the swamp, but after they were discovered in the New World, they all ran to the New World ”
He hesitated:
“It is said that a long time ago, there were many unicorns and chocobos living there. I don’t know if it is true.”
“It’s true, but that happened in the last era.”
Mr. Edmond said:
“And the local indigenous beliefs are also very strange. They believe in the Pantanal itself, and believe that the Pantanal is indeed the heart of the entire Old World, and even organized an unknown organization of ring warlocks. But this is different from Our topic today has nothing to do with it. There are not many large cities in the Pantanal region, but in the Carsonlik jurisdiction in the southern part of the Everglades, in addition to Willendale, which is the capital, there is also a very important large city. ”
Shad squinted his eyes and looked at the map. The location of Willendale had been highlighted by Mr. Edmund. He pointed to the north of Willendale City and the southeast of Pantanal:
“City of Red Wine, Guard of the Royal Capital – Huntingdon City?”
The red butterfly flew out of Shade’s hand and stopped on the water mist map. Mr. Edmond smiled and nodded:
“Yes, that’s right there.”
The city of Huntington is called the “King’s Capital Guard” because it is almost impossible to cross the Pantanal and directly attack Willendale from Delrayon due to the poor environment of the swamp area and the nature of the center of the swamp. The huge lakes together hindered large-scale marches except for small groups of lightly armed infantry.
Therefore, if you want to attack Willendale from the north, you can only advance along the western or eastern edge of the Great Swamp.
This resulted in the city of Huntington actually taking on the responsibility of guarding the royal capital in the eastern Pantanal. In the current relatively peaceful age of steam, that city has also experienced tremendous development. Relying on its status as a transportation hub in the northern part of Kasenlik, it has become Kasenlik’s most important freight distribution center. Most of the bulk cargo traveling between the north, south, and east and west of the Old World must pass through Huntington City.
As for the title of “Red Wine City”, it is because there are a large number of vineyards around Huntington, especially in the south and east. The soil and climate here are extremely suitable for grape cultivation and red wine brewing. Well-known wineries in the Old World, Except for those located in the southern principality of Kasenlik, such as Russell Winery, the northern wineries are almost all concentrated near the city of Huntington.
Even the vineyards and winery of the family of the vampire Mr. Armand Bernhardt are also near Huntington. The captured vampire left a letter when he left Cassandra’s Auction House, and also invited Shade to visit his manor in Huntington City.
“The rumors of the ‘Lady of the Lake’ seem to be in Huntington.”
Xia De understood what the old man was going to say.
“Specifically, it’s not that city, but west of Huntington, near the Everglades. The legend of the Lady of the Lake is a local story passed down from generation to generation. It is said that people with kind hearts and noble character can meet in The goddess of the lake, and after passing the test, she gained the power she hoped for.”
“Have a noble character?”
Xia De repeated suspiciously, and then began to think about whether he met the requirements. But then, the contents of the list of major sins in the [Sin Mansion] came to mind. The foreigners currently entangled among the girls did not seem to meet such strict requirements. And the scale of his major crime of [indulgent love] has probably increased.
But no matter what, Shade decided to take a look around the city of Huntington. Obtaining divinity is the most urgent matter at present. The afterglow of divinity is gradually fading, and he must act as soon as possible.
PS: Scroll back and the easter egg chapter updates the map of the old continent.