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The catalog of the Sewer Goddess of Wisdom Library contains more content and is broader than Darkus expected.
In addition to books on heraldry, politics, magic and specific manufacturing and production books, there are also books on pharmacy, art, cryptography, military, engineering, law, medical books, religious books, legal documents and maps. .
Darkus knew that the books on heraldry should be in the New Heraldry Academy and the Old Heraldry Academy in Nancheng District. Magic has not yet reached three hundred years, and is still in the stage of heresy, being banned and unbanned.
The manufacturing, processing and production of books should be in the hands of guilds or wealthy businessmen. This factor of production usually does not flow to society. Products such as books and documents must require printing technology, and the printed paper is equivalent to currency. Those printing houses will definitely have two brushes to ensure their competitiveness. It is impossible to disclose their unique skills. There is no so-called patent right in this world.
In the books on agriculture, Darkus did not see that the empire was in the middle stage between the Renaissance and the start of the Industrial Revolution, unable to move up or retreat. Books and knowledge also represent corruption from a certain perspective, and farmers must have supporting knowledge to understand books. Instead of doing this, it is better to just let farmers watch the sky for food or practice magical arts. Books will seem useless.
As for political books... these types of books are also banned.
The elves who followed Darkus all took their books and started reading. He saw Cowell not far away, looking through a book on human anatomy, and Maranur looking through a book called " "Aldwede's Tactics" book, this book is very famous in the old world, with a particularly wide printing volume and wide spread. As the title says, it is this book for those humans who study military art. A must-read set of books.
The spellcasters have activated the book-loving skill. They give Darkus the impression that they are doing quantum reading, even quantum reading without turning the pages of the book. They just walk by and look at the words on the side of the book. The content of the book is known by the nouns, and there is a kind of ease and freehandness that Darkus cannot describe, as comfortable as a sailor at sea or a farmer in farming.
In fact, Darkus is also a little confused. Apart from the messy things like Tzeentch and Corruption, he really doesn't know how to evaluate a university. There are no 985 or 211 ratings in this world, nor are there any world ratings and rankings. There is no Internet to check the explanation. Maybe only Qi Gong knows it, but he can't ask Qi Gong. He can only see with the naked eye. He can also see campus facilities such as libraries. As for academic reputation and teaching quality, it is a bit abstract.
This afternoon, Darkus couldn't move after arriving at the library. After flipping through the catalog, he also imitated the quantum reading of spellcasters, but he occasionally saw books that interested him. name, he would take out the book and look through it. A book called "Davis Early Prints" attracted him. It was full of books about the undead, greenskins and many other species. The book analyzed the lifestyle and habits of these species, as well as some explanations. Planing and exploded view.
In addition to reading, Darkus was also observing the layout of the library. In his opinion, the layout was a matter of knowledge. The rows of bookshelves in the library were very long. He estimated that they were about a hundred meters long, with two floors upstairs and downstairs. Dozens of rows of bookshelves form a huge library. The numbers on the bookshelf also include sensitive numbers. One to five and other words keep appearing and changing. In his opinion, maybe this arrangement is also a change?
But it is better than the world next door. The power of the Chaos Evil God is even greater in the Middle Ages, but it still has to be set on the bookshelf. Who will be corrupted if you don't corrupt... At
18 o'clock in the evening, Darkus left the library and followed As the students walked out, they left the core area of the university. The university area has an independent set of operating rules. By this time, all classes have ended and the library has also closed. Curfew will be in one hour, and there are only gate guards on duty and patrols outside the university area.
"Goron." Asanok sighed as he walked beside Darkus.
"Gaolun? Are you talking about the Gauron? Doctor Gaolun? I read his works when I was at the White Tower of Hos, but many of the contents are incomplete." Belloda first confirmed it and saw Asa After Nok nodded, she said with interest.
"Not only the White Tower of Hos, I also read it in the Tower of Prophecy." Drusala also responded.
Gao Lun is a very famous elf doctor who was active in the classical period. He has unique insights into the body structure of elves and various common diseases. He is good at using life-based magic in combination with medicines for treatment.
"This library of the Goddess of Wisdom was originally the administrative center of Kor Vanas. I often walked this road a long time ago." Asanok said while pointing to the elder's residence that was completely shrouded in fog. Then he pointed to the university area and continued, "Gao Lun's original works are stored here. You must have felt the existence under the library just now." "The
underground space under the library is very large. I was in the library just now. We found a hidden intersection while walking around inside." Ren said confidently.
"We'll do it later. Get the brass ring first." Darkus knew what Asanok and Renne meant. He felt that he was not here to inspect, but to step on the plate. The walls of the university town are undefended for them, and they don't even need to drill into the sewers. After stepping on the plates, they can directly enter with a bridge of shadow, and then use the fog to conceal themselves and go to the underground of the library.
However, Darkus did not agree immediately, it was too obvious, ah, they went around for a while during the day, and all kinds of documents from apocrypha to heresy were lost at night. There seemed to be no problem in excluding Enil, The problem is that he still wants to come over tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. He wants to attend lectures and see what those scholars are talking about.
Amidst the voices of his companions discussing how to enter the elder's residence, Darkus followed the guidance of Enil's guide to the suburbs, the suburbs of the college area. Maranur has a hobby, and he also has a hobby, but his hobby is not to fight upside down, but to go shopping for treasures in the market, just like he did when he first returned to Krakalond. After all, I have a lot of money and can buy whatever I want. The feeling of buying it is really wonderful.
Under the guidance of Enil's guide, the team came to the suburbs and arrived at a five-story brick apartment. In addition to the first floor on the street, the four floors above were occupied by students and workers living in distress, as well as other professionals who were not doing their jobs. Serving the student community. A bookstore called Estelleman occupies the first floor. The Enil guides are not the tour guides who take tourists to buy. They come here for a purpose. Trancas has been sponsoring the owner of this store.
It is said that despite Estelleman's poor reputation, the shop was popular and nobles, scholars, professors and wizards would buy books from here. Because of his proficiency in ancient languages and his ability to find rare books that other competitors did not have, Altdorf's city guard believed that he was selling stolen books and merchandise.
In fact, it is not the case. Estelleman's method is more fancy. With the sponsorship of Trancas, he openly sells and acquires books, but secretly establishes a trading circle. Customers will register their rare books. In the bookstore, attract other customers to exchange for the same rare books. Thanks to this exchange, he will let satisfied professors and scholars help promote his store and the contents of the books on the surface, attract other unsuspecting customers, and then introduce these customers into the trading circle to expand.
Darkus felt quite speechless after hearing this. What is this? Designated place to purchase exercise books? Salted fish? However, he thinks this mode is really good. Under this mode, the Enils can find some dangerous books, such as books related to necromancy, or books and documents on retrieving elves.
After taking out a few engineering books to pass the time in the evening, Darkus left. After tasting human delicacies at noon, he was not full. He was still used to relatively elf-style dishes, and in the evening, Beicheng District began to become... When danger comes, no one knows what will happen except Liv.
The guys brought out by the maid in the morning had returned safely and prepared the dishes for the evening. After finishing the meal, Darkus watched the team led by Ren set off from the side door. This team would not be in the city like during the day. Zhong was moving in a swaggering manner, but went to get into the sewer.
"I've been a sewer all my life and I've never seen anything like what I encountered today!" - Altdorf sewer patrolman.
What this lucky patrolman encountered was none other than the diseased toads known as sewer companions and scavengers. They lived in the sewers of the old world and were one of the filthiest residents there. A dirty demon beast. There are many opinions and introductions about this kind of thing. In short, this kind of squig that looks like being corroded by the plague is just disgusting.
The sewers were first designed and built by the dwarves when Altdorf was established. In addition to the sewers, the dwarves also helped build large areas of city walls and bridges. Many civil engineering miracles can inspire awe and wonder and have been used forever, but the dwarves There were also times when the car overturned. Perhaps the dwarves at that time never imagined that Altdorf would accommodate so many humans in the future.
The residents of Altdorf consider the sewers to be a complete disgrace because of the nauseating smell that emanates from the sewers and lingers on the ground. Once summer comes, grocers and food vendors can't do business normally.
Compared to the sewers, the workers in the leather and butchery workshops are more accustomed to pushing the waste materials piled up in the trolleys directly into the Reik River. This is done once and for all, but the nobles in the southern city are unlucky, and the smelly offal is floating there. Near the homes of the nobles, the nobles eventually had to pay to build a huge brick pit into which all the by-products of slaughter and used tanning products could be dumped, rotting and seeping into the city's sewers.
However, these provided a source of food for the inhabitants of the sewers, and the slave rats living in Altdorf and Nuln fared better than their counterparts elsewhere.
In the year 2324 of the Imperial Calendar, following the end of the Great Anti-Chaos War, a large number of refugees poured into Altdorf, making it even more difficult to support the already overloaded sewers. As a result, various problems occurred in underground tunnels, rivers and wells throughout the city. question. Finally, Magnus issued a decree requiring guilds from all walks of life to form an alliance to build new sewer facilities to keep the city clean.
But that's about it... The residents living in the sewers are living as well as ever.
Darkus had no interest at all in visiting the famous Altdorf Sewers, where many things had happened, so he chose to stay at the Forest House and be responsible for guarding it for half the night.
Perhaps due to the formatting, new street forces have not yet appeared, so this night was particularly peaceful.
The next morning, Darkus sat at the dining table and looked at the two elves who had just washed up and changed into a set of clothes. These two elves were brought back by Ren and the others in the morning, which made him feel confused. The reason is that these two elves are not Druch, nor Enil, nor Asrai, but Asul.
"Are you sure your last name is Losain-Marsanus?" Belloda, who did not participate in the sewer trip last night and chose to stay in the Forest House to recuperate, asked in disbelief.
"Why...why do I lie?" One of the two elves, a young one, asked in confusion.
"The Losain-Marsanus family became extinct during the Great Schism!" Belloda shouted sternly. She felt that her worldview had been impacted. In Lauren Loren, she saw the blood of Aenarion. , this is nothing, after all, Queen Lauren Loren's bloodline is recorded in Ulthuan's documents. Then I met Asanok, who came from the Wenior family of the Kingdom of Yris, which had produced a Phoenix King and was also extinct. This was okay. After all, Asanok had survived from the Battle of Revenge to the present. As a result, another one suddenly popped up.
"Extinct?" Asul, who was sitting opposite Dacus, did not respond, but looked a little shocked. After a long time, he asked.
"Of course not. Aren't you still alive? And you bear the name of the Marsanas family, but how do you prove yourself?" Belloda's meanness came back again, she said sarcastically. "It seems we didn't carry the emblem when we came out?" The young elf turned his head and looked at the old elf sitting next to him. He felt that he was still a little confused. This kind of confusion is not just now, but It's been going on since last night until now. He had been roaming the land of Elsin Alvin in search of elves, and suddenly he met so many of them, and he met them in this way.
"No! And... it should be Druch sitting in front of us? Even if... we can prove it, it will be of no use? My dear Gilead." The old elf responded. Although he is a warrior, He now has no weapons, and there is not even a fork on the table. In addition to having no weapons, he is also surrounded by a group of elves who are eyeing him.
"So? Are you not the Asur who followed Finubar to visit Ersin Alvin?" Darkus turned his head and gave Belloda a look, signaling Belloda to stop talking, and then he turned around again asked over his shoulder.
"No! We don't know the Finubar you're talking about at all."
"Then where are you from?"
"Tal Anlock."
As soon as Gilead finished speaking, the Druchi made sarcastic sounds. Keus listened to the laughter in the room, and he laughed too, and he laughed in anger.
"Why didn't you say you were from Tal Anlek?" Darkus sneered.
"You!" Gilead was irritated by the ridicule. He tried to stand up as he spoke, but before he could stand up, Fiswell, who was sitting next to him, reached out and held his shoulder.
"We haven't seen elves for a long time. We are from Tal Anlock, the Tower of Tal Anlock, which is now called the Border Prince Territory by humans." After appeasing the angry Gilead, Fiswell explained .
"In other words, you came from the south, not from the Tyranlock Kingdom of Ulthuan by boat. There is no logical problem with this. Have you been living in the Tower of Tal Anlock? Introduction Introduce yourselves." At this time, Darkus stopped smiling. He vaguely caught something. Perhaps what the two Asurs sitting opposite him said was true.
Just like Beloda said, the Losain-Marsanas family did become extinct during the Great Schism, but it didn't. This was just a nominal statement. The most famous of the Lothern family is Balshanar, the second Phoenix King after Aenarion. He was finally poisoned by Malekith. His son Elodiil died in Malekith. On the day of the Ascension Ceremony, Prince Batinel from the Kingdom of Iris wiped his neck in the chaos.
However, the Losain family is not limited to Barshana's lineage, but also has another lineage, and his lineage has not been directly extinct. In addition to his son, he also has a grandson.
After Malekith's Ascension Ceremony, the deaths of Balshanar and Elodil caused turmoil in the Kingdom of Tyranloch, triggering a serious succession crisis. Although Barshana has a grandson, his grandson is only three years old. His eldest nephew, the eldest elf prince in the line of succession, Irenath, proposed to temporarily serve as regent. Although the final resolution was passed, several members of Tyronloch's court and the Lothalen family showed disdainful opposition. .
There is a reason for showing opposition. At this time, it is necessary to start again. Canteras Molanin, that is, Ashnir, who bravely broke into the trio of Ersin and Alvin during the Battle of Revenge. 's father.
Canteras initially sided with House Annar, opposing Morathi's government and the corruption of the cult. After Malekith returned to the Kingdom of Nagaryth, he abandoned House Annar, where Shadow King Aris belonged. , and turned to Malekith and his son.
While Malekith was recovering from his injuries, Morathi took advantage of the chaos in the Kingdom of Tyranloch. She sent Canteras as Nagaryth's official ambassador to maintain good relations between the two kingdoms and inform I Renath, Nagaroth supported his desire to rule the kingdom of Tyranrok, but this was conditional. Irenath needed to provide safe passage for Nagaryth's army to cross Tyranloch, Irenath Agreed, but this is a trap.
The consequence was that Nagaryth's army entered directly into the hinterland of Tyranrok through the safe passage provided by Ireneat, and occupied Tal Anlok with almost no resistance.
Canteras transformed himself from an official ambassador to Tyran Loch's administrator, turning Irinat into a mascot, then disbanding Tyran Loch's court, placing other members of the Lothalon family under house arrest, and dismantling the Lochs. House Thane's leadership of Tyranrok's armies. As an early admirer of Shadow King Aris, his skills and abilities are indeed outstanding. His series of operations allowed Nagaryth to indirectly control Tyronk.
However, what Canteras didn't know was that Aris was pretending to be a servant in Tal Anlock's palace and witnessed everything he did. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Aris escaped, and while escaping, he also The legal heir of the Losain family was taken away.
Over the next few years, Canteras ruled the kingdom of Tyranloch from the palace of Tal Anlok. Life smiled on him, and his career and reputation reached their peak. His daughter Ash Neil also began to learn magic from Morathi, and everything was going in the right direction.
A few years later, the shadow king appeared. Canteras came face to face with a hooded figure hidden in the shadows in the palace. When the figure lifted the hood, he was surprised to find that the hooded figure was hiding in the palace. The figure was Aris, and he immediately understood that the Shadow King he once hunted was Aris. Aris's capture would be of great significance to him in strengthening his rule over Tyran Loch, and it would be an honor for him to kill the last member of House Anar.
However, Canteras thought too much. At that moment, he didn't even have a weapon, but Aris raised his bow and arrow and pointed it at him. He used words to try to get Aris to let him go, but the words... Failed.
"Because of you, my family died, my people were killed or enslaved, and my land became a wilderness. Thousands of true Nagarythians died at your hands, and your ambition sparked Evil war and spreading darkness throughout Ulthuan, and you still say you did something wrong?"
Compared to Malekith and his son, Aris hated Canteras, who he had admired and taught him a lot in his early years. After saying this, he ignored Canteras who begged for mercy. He pulled out the arrow from Canteras' eye socket and chopped off Canteras' head. He then set fire to the palace of Tal Anrok, and in the confusion he killed Ireneat.
The crater to the east was covered in clouds, which turned blood red as the sun rose. A haze of smoke hung over Tal Anrok, and the charred palace towers rose into black spiers over the city. There were embers everywhere, glinting through the glassless windows.
Two spears were inserted into the ground at the entrance of the palace, with the heads of Canteras and Irenate on them. The shadow rune was engraved on Canteras' forehead, and the revenge rune was engraved on Irenate's forehead. on the forehead.
Morathi's rule over Tyran Lok was shattered by Aris, and it was because of this that Alandrien, the Heliben sisters, and Ashnir began hunting the Shadow King. And here the story does not end, but begins in another way.
"That is to say, his bloodline does come from Balshana..." Darkus nodded after listening to Fiswell's story. Aris took Balshana's grandson away, but Balshana His grandson did not inherit the rule of the Kingdom of Tyranlok after the Catastrophe. Instead, he left Ulthuan with the remaining family members and went to Elsin Alvin. He then lived in seclusion in the south, escaping revenge. The war has continued with the family, and now only Gilead is left.
"Introducing myself, my name is Darkus Helban, a Druchi from Nagaros. He is my brother Maranur. This is my fiancée Drusala. This is The lady is Asur from the Kingdom of Ulthuan Cosqui, Belloda White Wave, that lady is Aenir from Lauren Loren north of Elsin Alvin, Talos Cloudwalker, that lady is from Aslay of Athel Loren, Liv..." Darkus kept introducing, and after the introduction he stood up and stretched out his hand to Gilead.
"Aren't you going to kill me?" Gilead did not stand up immediately, but asked calmly to Darkus who stood up and stretched out his hand. Although it was the first time for him to meet Druch, he knew what it meant to meet Druch. There were books and documents recording that period of history in the Tower of Tal Anlock.
"Why should I do this?" Darkus asked with a smile and spread his hands. Before Gilead could speak, he continued, "We still have a long journey ahead. I sincerely invite you. I want to ...This journey will leave a deep impression on you."
Gilead knew that Darkus was not going to do anything to him for the time being, and was just putting him under house arrest in disguise. He took a deep breath and stood up, talking to Darkus shake hands.
Liv, who had been sitting next to her silently, was just doing it quietly. She could feel the threads of fate on Gilead's body constantly changing, and the swaying trajectory fascinated her. She knew that Gilead's fate was being changed. Darkus is influencing.
After shaking hands, Darkus sat down again, then turned his head and glanced at the maid Enil who was eating melon not far away, indicating that the meal was ready after the business was done. As he said, he was not going to do anything to Gilead, at least not now. He didn't want his character to collapse in front of Enil and Asrai. Killing Gilead would do nothing to him. Meaning, and killing him is nothing. How should Asanok and the Enils, who know what he did, think of him?
But having said that, Darkus is not ready to let go of Gilead. He really can't wait until he returns to the New World from Elsin Alvin. There is still a long sea journey. From Xiao Ming to Apocalypse, the so-called noble bloodline is not lost. Is it a matter of course that some customs and traditions should be abandoned, but some should continue.
Moreover, Darkus also knows one thing. Gilead is Malekith's nephew. Yes, that's right, Malekith and Balshana are cousins. This is what those traditionalists would choose. One of the reasons why Balshana succeeded the Phoenix King. Earlier, before the Great Invasion, one of Aenarion's ancestors chose to leave Tal An'lek and establish his own kingdom in the south, abandoning any claim to the rule of Naggaroth, and This southern kingdom is Tyran Loch, and it seems that giving up claims and rule is also a good tradition of this lineage.
Of course, Darkus doesn’t just know this. He knows the past as well as the future. Due to the extinction of the Losain family and the collapse of the earth, most of the land of Tyranrok sank into the sea. The claim of the Tyranlok Kingdom has been changing. There have been disputes over inheritance and dominion. This is one of the reasons why he chose to keep Gilead, but he hasn't figured out how to do it yet. This has a lot to do with the system that will rule Ulthuan in the future. Perhaps when he returns to Naggaroth, he will cooperate with Maleki Si research?
"What happened last night?" Darkus began to ask after the meal was served.
I'm not in a good state today, I'm a little confused, the sewers were cut, so I'll tell you in flashback, and then Vlad appears.
The part about Malekith and Balshanar being related comes from the Legend of the Shadow King. I still don’t know what Aenarion’s last name is
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