Alan's return was the best news Roger had received since his recuperation.
This means that Paramount Estate has regained its owner.
The secret of the Serra River will also be revealed.
In Alan's usual old-fashioned tone.
Roger then understood the whole story.
…
Alain's research on the Serra River began many years ago.
In the confirmation of many ancient legends one by one.
He gradually discovered that the version of "The Guardian" was the one closest to the truth.
The Sela River and its upper reaches, the Bundari River, including the death scar in the primeval forest—
They were like an unbreakable border, preventing the creatures in the north from going south.
Anyone who crosses the line.
They will die like those warthogs.
This seems like an artificial boundary!
Only the legendary boundary guardian has the authority to open and close the border.
But the defenders of the Serra River had long since disappeared.
This led to the complete closure of the North.
at the same time.
Embers symbolizing destruction began to appear frequently in the north.
Towns after towns were reduced to ruins: the unknown underground city, Tongma Town, Limestone City...
Follow this trend.
All gathering places in the north will be doomed.
This directly led to Wellington building a huge skeleton ship in an attempt to make a last-ditch effort to attack the Serra River barrier.
In front of the annihilating cloud and the boundary river.
There is actually no difference between Necromancers and Warthogs.
In order to solve this problem thoroughly.
Just before Roger's final battle with the Skeleton Ship, Alan dropped everything and rushed to the source of the Sera River.
Roger didn't know what he encountered there or what price he paid.
But when he came back.
He has become the guardian of the Serra River.
He is still Alan.
But he is different.
His sixth sense reminded Roger that the soul of the man in front of him was no longer complete.
Although he still stood straight as when we first met.
But his slightly drooped shoulders showed that what he was carrying now was probably ten thousand times heavier than when he was the lord of Dawn Town.
To this.
Roger had a thousand emotions in his mind.
He actually had a lot of questions to ask Alan.
But Alan smiled and told him:
"The guardians have their own rules."
"I can't tell you anything outside the rules."
Roger asked bluntly:
"I want to know the truth about the 'Boundary River'. Is it true, as the legend says, that all the creatures north of the Sela River are descendants of sinners?"
Alan shook his head, then nodded, his expression a little tangled, and finally said implicitly:
"The sinner's statement is open to discussion. As for the truth about the Boundary River, I can only tell you two things."
"The first sentence is that the further south you go, the higher the abundance of magic power. This phenomenon is not unique to the north of the Sera River, but is the same throughout Mistra."
"Second sentence, Mistra has more than just this one river."
Roger's eyes changed slightly.
These two sentences contain a lot of information.
He understood a lot.
But there is much more that I don’t understand.
However, he did not ask further questions, but turned to another topic:
"What about the Burning Cloud?"
In the past six months.
Roger seems to be maintaining his health.
But he never stopped investigating Miejinyun for a moment.
He had been to Graystone City, to the underground city, and back to Tongma Town.
He wandered around Yuntai Mountain for a long time but found no clues.
A more sensitive piece of information is that Roger did not find anyone's body!
Never mind the corpse.
There wasn't even any blood.
Although all the buildings were destroyed, the people inside seemed to have evaporated into thin air.
in this case.
Roger would not make any rash judgments about the nature of the Ember Cloud.
It’s a pity that Talia is still in a serious autistic state, and Roger can’t find out from her what happened on the day when the Amber Cloud arrived.
So he was eager to learn the truth about Mie Jinyun from Alan.
…
"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."
Alan said apologetically:
"There are only a few words about the description of the Burning Cloud in the knowledge inherited by the Guardians."
"When an area loses its guardian, the clouds of destruction will appear frequently; and when new guardians appear, the clouds of destruction will disappear."
“It’s a very reliable rule.”
Roger nodded slightly.
Alan's words gave him a lot of inspiration.
His thoughts became clearer.
In Roger's opinion.
Embers of Destruction appears to be a passively triggered mechanism.
The triggering factors include "survival status of the guardian", "regional magic abundance", etc.
The problem is.
Who set up so many complex mechanisms on this planet?
Combine the legend of doomsday and the story of sinners.
Roger had a bold guess!
"If Mystra is the prison of the nine planets, then this all makes sense!"
"The people imprisoned in prison are the descendants of extremely vicious people, the so-called descendants of criminals."
"The biggest criminal in the prison might be an ancient evil creature like Ikadorei."
"The gods destroy the world by striking down the ancient evils and eliminating the descendants of the criminals."
"Alan hinted that there are multiple boundary rivers. Haha, each boundary river is like a fence, dividing Mistra into different areas. And each independent area is like a prison cell!"
"Well, if you follow this line of reasoning, the boundary guardian is the jailer."
"When there are no jailers guarding a prison, a 'Cinder Cloud' will appear. The function of the Cinder Cloud could be destruction, as it would be the most refreshing to put an end to everything. Or it could be transfer. The people in the city destroyed by the Cinder Cloud were transferred to other 'prison cells'..."
"As for the abundance of magic power... there are no clues, so don't make invalid inferences."
For a while.
Roger's thoughts are infinitely divergent.
"If that's the case, I will face even greater resistance in leaving this planet."
"As soon as I left the Novice Village, I realized that I was actually in prison. Now I have to prepare to escape from prison."
"It's just, it's quite bald..."
Thinking of this, he couldn't help scratching his head, but a flash of excitement appeared in his eyes.
But in the final analysis these are just Roger's analysis and speculation.
We still need more clues to find out the truth.
And the clue lies in the south!
Nowadays.
The door to the South was open to him.
After Alan becomes the Guardian, the Serra River Bridge will be open as normal.
The city of gems is within reach.
"So."
Alan stretched out the ending tone seriously:
"Do you need me to arrange a trial for you?"
"Adventurer?"
Roger shook his head quickly in denial.
He is now just a weak warrior.
Can't stand too much trouble.
"Maybe in half a month."
I made an appointment with Alan.
Roger returned to Senluo Farm in a happy mood.
Begin preparations for traveling south.
…
Two days later.
In the warehouse next to the main house.
Roger carefully dripped a drop of blood onto a mini coffin.
The coffin was pitch black, simple in appearance, and about half the size of a human.
This thing looks unlucky.
But it is one of the two extraordinary items left by Wellington!
…
"The Last Shelter (Storage Items/Extraordinary Items)"
「Rating: SS」
Mode 1: Evacuation Mode
In the refuge mode, you will get a 200*200*80 (meter) refuge space, which has strong defense capabilities and can withstand the continuous attacks of an extraordinary team within 240 hours.
Only available once a year"
Mode 2: Normal mode
In regular mode, you will get additional storage space, including a main room, an armory, and two warehouses.
"Requirements for opening: Kun's Blood Curse ( 169 days)"
…
Today is the 169th day since Roger shed blood.
After a strange tremor.
The coffin finally belonged to Roger.
Although this thing is not good-looking, it is indeed worthy of SS's evaluation as an extraordinary item.
Not to mention the nearly invincible evacuation mode.
The regular mode alone is enough to make one salivate.
Different from other storage items.
This coffin can be used for living!
The main room of the shelter is a space of 10*8*6 (meters), where not only the owner can live in, but also invite guests to visit.
If this place is properly decorated and arranged, it can not only be used as a bedroom, but also develop into more functional areas.
The warehouses on both sides are simply storage spaces.
Roger can take things directly from the warehouse in the room, but people cannot walk in.
Each warehouse has 24 grids, a total of 48.
The storage space of each grid is equivalent to the size of a wardrobe.
This meant Roger could carry a lot more stuff.
It is worth mentioning the independent "Arsenal".
Roger studied it.
I found that this thing’s armory is equivalent to a quick equipment bar. As long as you think about it, the things inside will appear directly in your hands.
It's just that there will be a delay of about 2S in this process, which is not as good as the hidden sword technique, but it is also very practical.
Currently, the armory has 8 slots, which can hold a large number of Roger's favorite things: smoke bombs, stinky eggs, flash bottles, element bottles, hand tumor bombs, blinding powder... and so on.
After having a shelter.
The crucible has been freed and can now be used as a tool for refining medicine.
The only flaw is.
This thing is bigger than the crucible when placed vertically.
Roger thought that the thing he would carry when he went out in the future would change from a tortoise shell to a coffin.
I always feel that the quality has dropped a lot.
…
Another extraordinary equipment given by Wellington is a "Philosopher's Stone".
Just as the name suggests.
It only costs a certain amount of money and this stone can enchant unenchanted equipment.
As long as you pay enough money, there is no limit to the enchantment.
However, the effect of enchantment is random.
Roger excitedly tried it with the Red Moon.
As a result, I became addicted after trying it.
…
"You enchanted Red Moon (Normal) with the Philosopher's Stone."
"Your enchantment was successful! Red Moon's sharpness +1"
"Do you want to consume 100 copper tokens for secondary enchantment?"
…
Roger tried it without hesitation.
…
"You use the Philosopher's Stone to enchant the Red Moon (Sharpness +1)"
"Your enchantment was successful! Red Moon's durability +1"
"Do you want to consume 500 copper tokens to perform three enchantments?"
…
Roger hesitated for a moment and chose to continue.
…
"You enchanted the Red Moon with the Philosopher's Stone."
"Unfortunately, your enchantment failed and your Red Moon is damaged."
"Would you like to use a few copper tokens to enchant other items?"
…
With a clang.
There was more than just the sound of the red moon shattering.
It was the sound of Roger's heart breaking.
He finally understood that this was not a touchstone, but Kelly's money-shredding machine!
The initial enchantment of the Philosopher's Stone only requires 50 copper tokens.
But the subsequent costs have increased exponentially!
The key is that the failure rate has also risen.
There was a devil deep inside Roger that told him:
Strengthen it, strengthen it, as long as you spend enough money, you can definitely strengthen it into an "indestructible" Red Moon.
Fortunately, he restrained himself.
In the end, Roger spent more than half of his money to perform single enchantments on all the Red Moons and some ordinary items.
In this way.
He now had 106 Red Moon swords with different attributes in his hands.
There should have been 126 of them.
…
Except for extraordinary items.
Wellington left Roger a large amount of money, materials, scrolls and books.
There is no need to worry about spending this wealth for the time being.
And the remaining equipment.
He picked out a few useful ones to put on:
A "Purple Scale Inner Armor" with defense +18 replaces the broken Mithril Heart Armor.
A wristband that can summon wolves, called "Call of the Wild", was worn on his left wrist.
There is also a pair of "Traveling Merchant Boots" that increase movement speed significantly and come with "foot oiling" five times a day.
The rest can only be temporarily placed in the warehouse.
…
A week later.
Roger walks on the Serra River Bridge carrying the "Last Refuge" on his back.
The early autumn wind blew on his face, feeling exceptionally cool.
Behind him.
It is a mighty team of strong men.
The gargoyle rested on his right shoulder and made ingratiating noises.
Not long.
They came to the other side of the bridge.
The scenery in the distance is in full view.
Roger quietly activated his sixth sense.
A large number of images flooded into his eyes and mind.
…
On the plain at the end of the horizon.
A towering mountain rises in the air.
In the air at the foot of the mountain.
Six floating islands are on tracks at different heights.
Orbiting in an orderly manner like satellites.
There is a waterfall falling on the floating island.
Under the sunlight, the waterfalls look like the most dazzling gems, sparkling.
Under the floating islands and mountains.
It is a devastated ruin.
There are farms scattered all over the place.
It is an obscure gray fog.
It is a deserted cemetery.
Roger closed his eyes and heard Alan's introduction in his ears:
On that unreachable floating island.
The descendants of the first group of people who established order after the destruction of the world are trying hard to maintain their power and majesty.
Various open and covert struggles have never stopped.
And below the floating island.
A large number of creatures and monsters gathered here.
They are also fighting.
The only difference is that the theme of the struggle has become survival and reproduction.
This is the Jewel City.
Different people will have different definitions of him.
As for Roger.
He is only worried about whether his future brothers and sisters are living well now?
How is the reproduction?
Will the population be too small?
"You can't wait until I come here or you'll be an endangered species!"
He thought so.
Suddenly he ran quickly to the southwest.
At the moment when the "perfect sixth sense" was just activated.
He sensed that someone in front was being hurt by a monster!
As expected.
Soon, he saw a white house standing alone on the side of the road.
Right now.
A huge tree demon has entangled the entire house.
The sound of a woman sobbing could be faintly heard in the room.
"It's time for us to be chivalrous and do good!"
Roger suddenly gave the dryad a guilty mark.
Then he called his younger brothers to come up.
After a moment.
…
"You killed a dryad."
"The hair on both sides of your pubic bone has become slightly harder."
…
“Fuck!”
Roger was furious.