Chapter 864

This is a thing that dates back to the beginning of the earliest eleventh generation.

At that time, the Empire had just experienced extremely violent turbulence, and the fear of the invasion of northern demons had not dissipated;

At that time, the Empire had just lost a queen who loved art, poetry and literature, indulged in unrestrained and cold-blooded, lost a popular support, almost became an emperor, and finally became a Duke of "apostasy";

At that time, Otto I, who had just succeeded to the throne and was evaluated as "mediocre and inaction" by later generations, even suspected of killing his mother and usurping the throne, silently recovered in his mother's hands all his life, an empire almost broken mountains and rivers, cut off trade routes and displaced civilians.

He wants to compromise and negotiate with the dukes and ask for soldiers and food; He wanted to revive the war ravaged East Saxony. He wanted to give eboden autonomy in order to borrow money from free nobles and chambers of Commerce; We should ensure the status of the Turin family and strive for the stability of Byrne.

Alto I flattered everyone, but in the end no one flattered; Everything was done, so nothing was done;

Never built a palace, built a church, never fought a war; No statue, gate, library or bridge has his name and reliefs; If the eleventh generation had not passed, the Empire would almost forget the emperor.

But these were not the concerns of an alchemist at that time.

The Dragon queen died and the black Duke was disgraced; Facing the dilapidated Empire, he was completely desperate and did not want to pay more for the country that "betrayed himself".

What is wrong is not yourself, not the queen, not the Duke, but the world.

So he turned his eyes to the misty sea in the West - on the other side of the sea, there was another country.

The kingdom of the elves, the kingdom of Azores under the eagle king.

He set out with the ocean fleet, but the fleet actually failed to reach the territory of the Azores kingdom; So he tried to find a way. Finally, he swam across by a small sampan and arrived at a place called yingxiao Island, which was saved by an elf Lord; Warmly entertained him for a long time, fought swords and martial arts with him, sang poems and talked and laughed

So far, it's all Loren has heard. But the next is the real key.

"After a period of contact, the elf Lord seems to have a strong interest in alchemy and wants to have an in-depth communication with me."

In the fairy tree house in the morning star forest settlement, Halin van achamay sighed and continued: "at that time, I was still very young and agreed without much thought - after all, the other party saved me, not to mention not too much demand."

The dark haired wizard nodded in agreement.

Although the Wizards of the Empire have always attached more importance to knowledge than life, and the theoretical systems between schools and even colleges may be very different, as long as it does not involve core research, "basic Popularization" is still very keen... Not to mention that the other party is a life-saving benefactor.

"So after talking about it, I can say with great certainty that the Azores almost knew nothing about alchemy." achamay tried to recall: "he was very sincere and studied very hard - to be fair, in terms of the age of the elf Lord, his progress speed could be called a talent."

"But the fact is that the Azores know nothing about mystics, Ancient Runes, alchemy and incantation - their understanding of this is almost zero!"

what?

This time, not only Ayn and Lucian, but even the black haired wizard couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Only Peter FASA seemed to know something long ago, with some indistinguishable complex emotions in his eyes.

For a long time, the Empire knew little about the Azores, but it can also get some clues from the commodities brought by ocean trade, especially luxury goods - the country across the sea has made no less achievements in literature and art than the Empire.

In terms of textile, pottery, metallurgy, forging and stone carving, it even far exceeded the level of the Empire.

In the fixed thinking of imperial people, especially wizards, if elves can reach this height, they must have much more developed alchemy than the Empire; Even if the name is different and the development direction is different, it must exist and be extremely prosperous.

But now Harlem van achmai told them that the elves not only did not have the school of alchemy, but also did not even have wizards!

"At that time, I once suspected that it was because the number of wizards in the Azores was too small or their status was too low, so that the elf Lord had no idea about them." ashamei continued:

"But the truth is, on the contrary, it's not - because it's not necessary."

"No need?"

"Yes, your excellency, it's not necessary." ashamed nodded slightly and suddenly turned his eyes to the little wizard: "Ayn, you have been in the wizard Union in Byrne for so long, and you have also served as the mentor of the new apprentice."

"Tell me, how long does it take to recruit apprentices, and how many people can become at least qualified apprentices?"

"Well... At least, it must be about two years." the little wizard pondered: "as for the proportion of people, it is usually between one thirtieth and one fiftieth, almost... Wait, what do you mean?!"

Facing the crowd who raised their heads almost at the same time, asamai nodded again.

Loren's heart strings tightened.

"Surprised? When I noticed this, I was even more surprised than you - one of the 30 imperial people has the basic talent to become a wizard; but for the elves, this is their innate ability."

"Any elf can dream. He doesn't need to build a spiritual palace, understand boring Ancient Runes or magic spells. He can master and use the power of emptiness equivalent to the level of low-level magic spells. This is an innate instinct, just like using tools by hand."

"Yes, they don't start from too low, but too high; of course, they don't need and can't develop a theoretical wizard system like the nine pointed star wizard Tower!"

The low voice fell, but it was like thunder in everyone's ears.

The black haired wizard lowered his head and stared at the ground without saying a word.

Immersed in shock, Ayn showed an expression that he couldn't imagine this picture.

Grey pupil stood silently by the door and clenched the hilt of his sword - this was the only thing he could think of and do.

The Azores did not develop alchemy because each of their craftsmen was an "alchemist", and there was no need to separate the concepts of "Scholar" and "Wizard".

This is a difficult concept to understand... To explain it in a simpler language, the Azores may still think they live in a "non demon" or "low demon" world, because their use of the power of nothingness has been integrated into life and has not formed a separate system.

Human beings have such an independent "system" because the level is too low and the proportion of people with this talent is very small.

This is really

"The Azores did not produce the profession of 'wizard', but it does not mean that they did not have another system for using the power of nothingness." ashamed's voice sounded again:

"Samurai system."

The grey pupil boy suddenly looked up and opened his eyes vigilantly.

"Similar to Byrne's Knight system, the aristocrats of Azores have to learn the skills of swordsmanship and bow and arrow since childhood. The elf Lord who saved me is an extremely skilled swordsman. The sharp Azores long knife is in his hand and can even split iron armor."

"Not only that, they use the power of emptiness in fencing in a very unique way. Some are similar to 'beyond perception', but they are completely different, which is very shocking. I don't want to exaggerate, but..."

Harlem van ashmai paused, looked at Loren and said word by word: "an Azor Elf Warrior can compete with at least four Byrne knights at the same time under the condition of step war and equality."

Loren looked at him silently and didn't interrupt.

"Not only that, the Azores are still a country with a tradition of 'force worship'. According to the elf Lord, the more powerful the warrior is, the more respected the status is - the top master can even be tied with the eagle king." ashamei sighed:

"And the elf warrior who can cut off the iron armor, according to his self modesty, it is because of his poor swordsmanship that he can only end up as an official guarding the frontier islands."

"To tell you the truth, now I hope from my heart. It's really that he is too modest."

Lucian's pupils contracted suddenly.

It's many times more powerful than cutting off the iron armor. It's an elf warrior who is qualified to stand side by side with the king and wield Azores long sword

I really want to compete.

The dark haired wizard was lost in thought.

"Master ashamei, why..." the little wizard said suspiciously, "why haven't you mentioned these before? Why does the Empire still know nothing about the Azores?"

"Why?" Halin van achmai, who had a dim expression, did not answer, smiled bitterly and turned his helpless eyes to Loren.

"Because it's not necessary." Loren gave the answer silently.

Yes, there is no need.

Separated by the misty sea, even the imperial ocean fleet can only go back and forth once a year, and there are only two or three thousand sailors and escorts.

In other words, even if the Azores launch an all-out war and an all-out invasion, they can invest only four or five thousand troops at most, and the only direction they can attack is the port of eboden, and only once a year.

Even if they can fight ten of them one by one, they can defend against the invasion of elves with eboden's local strength. There is no need to worry at all.

What's more, what can they get from invading the Empire?

Wealth? Compared with such a costly expedition, how much wealth is not cost-effective;

Land? Not to mention whether they can control the occupied land across a misty sea, even if they want to open up colonies, the next thing they have to face is the siege of the Empire on all sides, the lack of troops and the insurgency inside, it is impossible to defend it.

Slaves? Although this is inappropriate, if they really want it, eboden's chamber of Commerce and ocean fleet can definitely find ways to meet them in exchange for huge profits from ocean trade.

What kind of war maniacs can think of such a costly and laboring expedition that is destined to lose money and get nothing?

"Then... The irreparable mistake said by master asamai..."

"I haven't really touched the warrior system of Azores, but..." ashamei smiled bitterly: "they should have known our wizard system very well."

"I guess I may have inadvertently exposed the actual war potential and level of the Empire."

The black haired wizard sighed - when master asamai told himself about it, he thought it was just some private question

"In addition... If the spirit who came to the ancient wood forest is my benefactor, I think it would be bad for the Duke to let him see me - you know, a person's happiness is often based on the pain of others; unfortunately, the happiness of me, his two daughters and a niece is weighed on the father and uncle..."

"Of course, from the perspective of alchemy, it's very cost-effective, because we create three times happiness, but only one pain... But I guess he may not think so..."

"......." everyone.

The room closed by "silence like water" is so quiet that you can even hear everyone's heartbeat.

"Six months ago, eboden sent a team to investigate the wrecked ocean fleet, which is said to have an eye."

Just when everyone was quiet, Peter FASA's voice suddenly sounded:

"Although there is no conclusive evidence, they did find the sea area where the fleet was killed - it is said that there was no bad weather, no signs of hurricanes or waves on the day of the death."

"At least, the nine pointed star wizard tower, the Wizards proficient in divination and astrology, predicted so."

"Do you mean to say..." ruthen asked with a cold hum.

"At the site of the incident, they also found some fragments of the ship." Peter FASA ignored him and continued, "especially on the fragment of one of the masts, they found traces cut by a sharp blade."

"That's the ocean fleet, the main mast of the flagship;"

"By an unknown blade..."

"Cut off with one knife."

The voice fell and the room was quiet again.

Lauren frowned and looked straight at Peter FASA's right hand; The trance line of sight seemed to pass through time and go back to a scene three years ago——

In the dark of the night, on the stormy sea, an elf warrior with a knife jumped onto the flagship deck; In the exclamation and flustered footsteps of the sailors and mercenaries, he gently fastened the handle of the knife in the Sheng phase surrounded by him.

The bright light of the knife came out of its sheath at the moment of thunder.

Plasma, gushing like ink; Screams, one after another.

A moment later, there was no one standing on the deck except him.

The elf warrior alone waved his sword to his side and returned to the scabbard; The blood drops falling with the blade drew a crescent shaped half arc around him.

When he turned around, there was a neat cut on the main mast behind him, which overturned in a burst of mourning.

"Bang --!!"

The door was opened.

The nervous crowd turned their eyes to the direction of the door almost at the same time, and Peter and ashamei didn't forget to put on their hoods and disguise again.

"Sorry, didn't I bother you?"

A cold voice rang out from the door. The expressionless fairy held her shoulder and stared at the dark haired wizard with her back to her:

"The morning star forest elder's order, your request, they agreed!"