Secretary of the Devil's Castle

And now, this little card also appears to be a product of an ancient civilization.

According to Viscount Sharp, this card is a magic item discovered by the previous Viscount Sharp during the development of Sharp Territory. That is to say, there should be a ruin of ancient civilization in Sharp Territory?

No, it is still not certain that there are ruins of ancient civilization there. Maybe someone else just got this magic item and then the former Viscount Sharp got it, but even so it is the same.

Fatalia felt that she had to go to Sharpe to investigate.

(You guys, you guys know how to play, I owe two chapters and almost three chapters on the first day)

Chapter 19 Tana: ?

"That's it, father, Sharpland may be very special. I hope you can mobilize some troops to investigate with me. This is a very important matter, so it must be resolved as soon as possible."

After making up her mind, Fatalia, who has always had excellent mobility, directly approached Ender about going to Sharpe to pick him up. She looked at Ender with a little hopeful eyes.

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"Go to Sharpie?"

Ende, who was holding the teapot, was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course - no."

"Thank you father...huh?"

Fatalia subconsciously wanted to thank her, but immediately realized that what Ender said was no way, "Why?"

In the past, no matter what Fatalia said she was going to do, Ender almost never stopped her. What happened this time?

"Does it need to be said? You have had an accident in Sharp before. If you are not lucky, something big will happen."

Ender poured himself a cup of black tea, then opened his mouth wide, stuffed the whole cup into his mouth and spit it out. After drinking the black tea in this way, he continued: "You have a little understanding of your identity and importance, you She is the only princess of the Cairns Empire and my future heir, so there can be no mistakes."

Fatalia's brows were still frowning: "The sharp collar..."

Ender looked at Fatalia in silence for a long while, and then said helplessly: "It has been several years since the unification of the Demon Island, and my soldiers are still idle. Instead of saying that you go in person, it is better to let them take over the whole of Sharp directly." Come again quickly."

"Army?"

Only then did Fatalia come to her senses, she scratched her cheek in embarrassment and said, "Ah, I didn't think of this method at all—whom should I let go? It must be someone who can be absolutely trusted."

"How's Tana?"

Ender thought for a moment and said: "Unlike others, Tana's army is still in a mixed form and can handle various situations. It is very suitable for this kind of investigation and search tasks, and there is no need to worry too much about encountering What's the danger—and what's more, she's free to use gold coins to build a house now, so I have to find something for her to do."

"Miss Tana?"

A huge black dragon and a tall female image appeared in Fatalia's mind.

Although Tana was one of the twelve generals she met for the first time, in fact, Fatalia didn't know much about her. After all, Tana was mainly responsible for war-related matters, and more Communicate directly with Ender without telling Fatalia.

But even though she didn't meet much, Fatalia still knew some of Tana's characteristics, such as being one of the seven deadly sins like her, the spokesperson of rage, careless personality, impulsive and irritable, extremely belligerent, full of war madness, and She is also very good at all kinds of warfare——but as a commander, she always likes to personally take risks and recklessly penetrate the enemy's front line, which is also a problem...

Frankly speaking, Fatalia doesn't really believe that such a reckless man will calm down and seriously search for the secrets buried by Sharpe, but since Ender has said that she can trust... then forget it, Fatalia also believes Ender's judgment.

"That's fine, but before letting Miss Tana go to Sharp to get her, let her come to the Demon King's City, this has to be taken by her."

Fatalia nodded, and then took out the card from Viscount Sharp, "This card was given to me by Viscount Sharp. I suspect that it will trigger some special effects in Sharp's grasp."

"Is this the creation of...an ancient civilization you mentioned earlier?"

Ender looked at the result card and handed it back to Fatalia, "Well, it's a type I haven't seen before. The creations of ancient civilizations in the past generally have a clear function appearance, such as your necklace, but this card But I can’t see what it’s for.”

"That may require follow-up investigation."

Fatalia took back the card and looked at Ender and said, "It's not too late, let Miss Tana know, and try to save time, after all, I'm on leave."

"Understood, understood, but next time you just tell me about this kind of thing, I will handle it. You can focus on your studies and complete your tasks."

Ender nodded, took out the badge in his arms, and prepared to notify Tana.

And when the two returned to the Demon King City, before they even had time to enter the door, there was a loud dragon chant in the distance. Fatalia followed the sound and saw that a huge black dragon was flapping the pair of dragon wings, and the body was emitting With the brilliance of magic, he dragged the flame tail and quickly came to the top of the Demon King City.

In just a few breaths, the silhouette on the horizon turned into a huge black shadow covering the sun, and then quickly turned into a tall female figure, turned over in mid-air and landed on the ground.

Tana wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at Ender excitedly, "Your Majesty the Demon King, are you looking for me?! Where are you going to kill this time? Who are you going to kill? How many are you going to kill?"

Fatalia: ...

It really can make people understand the character of the speaker in an instant.

At this time, Tana found Fatalia standing beside Ender, and hurriedly bowed nondescriptly, "Oh, why are you here, Your Highness Princess?"

Just as Fatalia opened her mouth to say something, Ender sighed and supported his forehead and said, "Tana, although I understand your excited mood, it's a pity that the task I'm going to give you this time is not a war. related."

"Ah? That's fine, you are the boss and you have the final say, so what's the trouble this time?"

Tana was visibly disappointed, but still waved her hands carelessly, waiting for Ender's order with her hands on her hips.

Ender, who had known Tana's temperament for a long time, didn't say much, but pushed Fatalia forward, "Let her explain this to you——Fatalia, leave it to you."

Fatalia was shocked immediately: So you are responsible for calling people over?

Dazed for a moment, Fatalia quickly entered the state, walked a few steps forward and stood in front of Tana, took out the card and handed it to Tana, saying: "Miss Tana, I need you to bring Let your army go to Sharpe Collar and thoroughly investigate Sharpe Collar. Every inch of land must be inspected. No matter how long it takes, tell me what is special about Sharpe Collar after all the inspections. I will let the academy transfer it to you. A batch of instruments. And, take this, this is a special magic item, and it may have special effects in Sharp's domain."

"This is?"

Tana took the card, held it up and flipped through it curiously for a moment, then smiled and said, "Alright, don't worry, Your Highness, I never disappoint."

Ender muttered softly: "But it will make people's jaw drop."

But Tana didn't seem to hear it. She turned around and jumped suddenly, turning into a giant dragon again in mid-air, and then flapped her wings and left the Demon King City as she had come.

"Fly so fast."

Looking at the back of Tana who was left with only a black spot in an instant, Fatalia complained silently, then turned around and looked at the gate of the Demon King's Castle, "What are you going to do next?"

The military quality of the Cairns Empire is different from that of ordinary human countries, and this is even more so after the military has been reformed. It only took three days from the issuance of the order to the completion of all preliminary preparations. This also included the urgent mobilization of a batch of testers from the Academy instrument time.

On the fourth day, Tana's army hurriedly rushed to Sharp collar.

"Hey, this scene is big enough."

Tana sat on her chariot, and the skeleton warhorse snorted with sparks. She raised her head and looked at the village in front of her. Her excellent eyesight allowed her to see every detail in the village.

Since Sharp's spirits were destroyed, because there was no energy supply, those spirits did not have the ability to survive alone. After the initial step-by-step life, these spirits disappeared one by one, and Sharp's People also lost their ability to act because of the dissipation of their souls, and died.

After thinking for a moment, Tana waved and said, "So who, send a few crows to follow me. Let's go to the village to take a look. The army will continue to advance and station at Viscount Sharp's castle, waiting for my follow-up orders."

The composition of Tana's army is very complicated. It can be said that it includes almost all common races, all-inclusive, and internally divided into various arms. In this group of teams that look almost like motley troops, there is such a team that is similar to the people around them. The wind doesn't quite match the existence.

These people uniformly wore streamlined tight armor that looked like a black carapace. The armor covered their whole body, and even their heads wore a helmet that resembled a bird's beak. Not a single inch of skin was exposed on the whole body. From the physical point of view, they have males and females, and also have different races, but the human body occupies most of them.

They are "dark crows", the spy force that Fatalia asked Favna to train, but in addition to infiltrating and assassinating the work that such spies should do, the dark crows are also a special force capable of adapting to various situations At the same time, they are also the experimenters of the latest achievements of the Academy, such as the armor they are wearing at this time, which is the latest masterpiece of the Academy.

The female figure headed by the dark crow heard Tana's words and nodded to the two people beside him, so they understood, followed Tana and walked towards the village, while the army continued to advance.

If there is a subject in the spirit division, then they can completely simulate the daily life of a normal person, just like the Sharp collar in the past, and if the main body of the division spirit is destroyed, then the remaining division spirit will execute the instructions handed down by the main body. The last order, until the day of death, finally presented the current Sharp collar.

Imagine what it would be like if a person suddenly lost consciousness in daily life?What if it's not a single person, but a village, or even a whole territory?

Suppose, if this person loses consciousness and stops acting, other people continue to live without realizing it, what would it be like?

Walking into the village, the first thing that catches the eye is the corpse in the middle of the road—or something that used to be a corpse. It lay down in the middle of the road, with most of its body sunk deep into the ground. The bones all over his body were almost shattered into foam, it looked like a painting spread on the ground, a painting whitewashed by white bones.

It came from a person who lost consciousness in the middle of the road. Others stepped on it without the slightest notice because they were still acting according to the pre-set program of the spirit division, and it finally became like this.

After entering the village, the three of Tana dispersed to investigate the situation of the village.

The two ravens entered the houses on both sides, while Tana went deeper.

Since Viscount Sharp left this land six years ago, Sharp collar has shelved the follow-up disposal due to various reasons. Up to now, it has maintained the same state as before, and has been waiting for new guests.

Tana was walking in the village, and there were many skeletons lying on both sides of the road, but not the unlucky one that fell in the middle of the road. A white skeleton lay beside a tree, and the growing aerial roots almost crushed his body. There was one lying by the wall of the house, half of its body had been gnawed off by wild beasts. Not only were there many horrific hollows in the bones, but even the skull was broken. There was another skeleton sitting in front of a house, It seemed to be an old man with a hunched body, holding a rotten crutch in his hand, but the growing vines fixed him in that posture, looking like a special sculpture.

Tana stood in front of the sculpture and looked at it for a while, then nodded as if confirming something, "It's scary."

Soon, the dark crows who went to investigate each came back, and they also shook their heads, saying that they didn't find anything special.

"Ah, it's only natural."

Tana thought about it and said: "After all, this is just an ordinary small village, and we didn't bring a detector, so we didn't expect to find anything. Compared with that, I was sure of another thing."

As she said that, she knelt down and gently pinched a skeleton lying beside the carriage, "These people all died at different times, that is to say, the time for the animistic spirit to last in their bodies is not the same. Similarly, although I don’t know what the reason is, the group of nerds who handed this data to the Academy will definitely make them happy for a long time.”

After finishing speaking, Tana clapped her hands and stood up, then suddenly remembered something and took out a card from her waist, "Oh, yes, and this..."

In the next moment, Tana clearly felt the energy fluctuations coming from the card. It seemed that some kind of detection magic was activated, centered on the card, spreading in her body at a speed beyond her reaction, and then one like those puppets The cold and weird voice sounded in her mind.

"Administrator identification detected, individual detection started.

"Error! Error! Level [-] Abyss Erosion! Level [-] Abyss Erosion! Start connecting the upper nodes.

"Error! Error! Connection failed! Connection failed! Confirmed that the upper node is vacant, it is determined that the petri dish is invalid and contaminated, the access restriction is canceled, and the connection to the main database begins.

"Error! Error! Master database is lost! Master database is lost!"

All that was left was a series of error reports, and Tana's brain was already buzzing by the time it stopped.

She was completely bewildered.

(Well, there was a little accident, and I couldn't add more, but before the end of the reward, the last reward will definitely be paid back)

Chapter 20 XI-09

"What did you say?"

Fatalia was also stunned when she received the message from Tana. She didn't expect that Tana would make such a big news just after entering the sharp collar. The information aroused a bit of curiosity.

Master database, petri dish, abyss erosion, upper nodes...

These words were repeated by Tana, and she didn't know the meaning of many of them, so she could only guess from the components of these words, but some words couldn't guess what they meant.

Just like that master database.

No matter how you think about it, this is not a word suitable for popping up in a different world full of swords and magic, dragons and princesses, gods and demons. This reminds Fatalia of the computer in the previous life, which has been created by ancient civilizations. ?

And the so-called administrator ID...does it refer to that card?Is the card something like an ID card or something?

There is also the more critical sentence of the petri dish. If the memory of Fatalia's previous life has not caused any major problems in the past few years, the petri dish is an experimental equipment used in the laboratory to grow cells or microorganisms, and The voice said that the first-level abyss erosion was detected, and then the upper node was connected, but the node was vacant, and the petri dish was confirmed to be invalid later, so the so-called petri dish...is it the sharp collar?

Sharp collar is the testing ground set up by ancient civilization?

If you think about it this way, it seems to be able to explain why Sharp Ling was able to give birth to such a powerful pan-spirit. After all, everything is possible when it comes to ancient civilizations.

After pondering for a long time, Fatalia slapped the table and sat up, "No, even if my father objects, I must go to Sharpe!"

She couldn't sit still. Although Tana's report was very detailed, it was more reassuring for Fatalia to take a look for herself, and she was also a little concerned about what the so-called first-level abyss erosion was. , as far as she knows, Tana is related to the abyss with the identity of a great crime and anger. Does this represent a first-level abyss erosion?

"Father, I received a message from Tana, and I think it is necessary for me to go to Sharpe in person."

Fatalia is very mobile, just decided to go to Sharpe, she ran directly to the study to find Ender, who was flipping through books there, when she saw Fatalia barging in, she was taken aback, "Fatalia Ya? What did you say?"

After listening to Fatalia's words, Ender was silent for a moment before saying: "Well, well, I'll be with you too. It just so happens that I'm also a little curious about that ancient civilization. It existed before historical records, and it was left to the world too. What a mystery, now that I know that there may be ancient ruins in Sharpland, and it is very likely to be a very important one, even I am a little curious, hehehe, no matter what, I am also a mage."

Fatalia was overjoyed immediately, she pushed her glasses excitedly, and asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Now."

Ender closed the book, with a smile in his tone, "But I don't have the relative spatial coordinates of Sharpe, so I can only go in other ways."

"other methods?"

Fatalia asked in confusion, and a moment later, at an altitude of [-] meters, her soul was almost scared to death.

At this time, Ender didn't even maintain his human form, a pair of huge bone wings spread out behind him, black shadows stuck to the bone wings like wriggling sludge, and his body almost transformed into a four-legged beast, pitch black The shadows converged into the limbs, the forelimbs were like sharp claws, the hind limbs were flipped sheep's hoofs, and the chest was exposed with some white bones, which looked quite terrifying.

And Fatalia rode on Ender's sorrow, and then flew all the way at a speed far exceeding the fastest vehicle that humans can create. The strong wind slapped her cheeks, and she could only use elemental magic to block this power. A big hurricane can guarantee that you will not be blown off.

This is the other method that Ende said. From the perspective of user experience, it is not very good, but the speed is indeed guaranteed, but the two of them came to Sharp collar in a short while.

After getting off Ender's back, Fatalia's legs trembled a little, and she felt unsteady, while Ender squirmed and stood upright again. After a series of penetrating clicks, he folded his back His limbs adjusted to their normal state, and the shadow squirmed to form his robe. Finally, he straightened the skirt and looked at the excited Tana, "Good afternoon, Tana, it seems that you have done a good job .”

Having said that, Tana scratched her head in embarrassment, "Well, I didn't do much work at all. After I took out the card, I heard the sound."

"It's okay, let me introduce the current situation first."

Ender didn't pay much attention, just pressed her shoulder.

At this time, Fatalia is also observing the surrounding situation with great interest. At this time, they are in the stronghold set up by the army, which is the location where Viscount Sharp used to be. Looking east, they can barely see the castle. Wreckage, and the scars left on the earth by that war have not yet fully healed.

"...At present, we are spreading the carpet search in batches with a group of five people, but we haven't found anything of value yet."