In April of Asahi, the Fortress Ares in the southeast of the northern empire of the mainland was captured due to the attack of unknown creatures. In the fortress, 58,000 civilians, 3,200 regular troops, 140 silver knights and two gold powerful men with the power of glory were all missing. It is inferred that all have died.

In the dispute continent, even among the civilians, there are many people with black iron-level strength. Nearly 3,500 regular troops are enough to clean up all monsters within a radius of dozens of miles. In addition to the two golden strong men, unless the ancient dragon attacks, the Ares Fortress with a 40-meter-high city wall and armed to the teeth should be as stable as a rock and cannot be destroyed. Moreover, even the ancient dragon cannot make everyone unable to even send out an alarm.

But that's the case. When the imperial capital found that the fortress had lost contact and urgently sent personnel to investigate, they found a piece of broken ruins. The tall city walls collapsed and shattered, leaving only some broken rock pillars. The fortress was even more like something was crushed over, and almost no intact houses could be found.

Around the fortress, the investigators discovered many huge dark caves with a diameter of dozens of meters. There was still some mucus and body tissue residue on the edge stone walls. The smell was extremely fishy and dizzy. Not long after, these caves lost their inexplicable support of their strength and naturally collapsed, destroying all clues.

This is the fall of Ares that shocked the world. The senior officials of the empire who learned about this were collectively furious. The five armies directly under the emperor swept the southern border back and forth eight times, flattening thousands of square kilometers of black forests. However, no matter how they retaliate against and vent their anger, no one knew the truth of this matter.

In the game in the previous life, [Aris' Fall] was narrated as a pure backstory, but at that time the player's range of activities had not yet expanded to the frontier fortress, so everyone knew very little about this.

However, at the end of the third edition, the seal of the abyss was unveiled. In the sulfur smoke that was enough to cover the sky and mountains, the huge Terraria giant worm with hundreds of meters long appeared in front of everyone along with the rain of meteor fire, carrying countless demons to break through the earth. It spitted nitric acid and venom, and as soon as it appeared, it caused a major earthquake that affected several cities, crushing the city walls, splashing the extremely smelly mucus, and the chaotic magic fluctuations emitted interfering with all the magic that conveys information.

As soon as we saw this monster, everyone understood that it was undoubtedly it that destroyed the Ares Fortress twenty years ago.

But no matter what, the macrophage worms are native species in the abyss. When the entrances and exits are sealed, they can summon them...

Now, in 831, the main city of Moldavia, in the study of the President's Mansion of the North Frost Chamber of Commerce.

"Alfonso, I have handed you the letter of introduction to the dwarf. Now, I ask you to do something for me."

Sitting in a comfortable seat, Joshua seriously faced the middle-aged businessman holding a paper and pen and said, "You should pass by the imperial capital when you go back this time and buy and sell some goods, right?"

"Yes, I'll probably stay in the capital for about a month and a half, finishing a few transactions there, and then heading further south."

Nodding and Alfonso was a little confused: "Does sir want us to bring some specialties back? There is no need to be so serious about this kind of thing. As long as you want, I can give it a lot now."

“Yes, not.”

Shaking his head, Joshua frowned, and then signaled the other party to hand him the paper and pen. After the middle-aged merchant handed it, the soldier simply wrote and painted it. At the same time, he said: "I do need you to bring me something back, but it is not a specialty... Alfonso, you should know that in March of Fangyin, in order to celebrate the passing of winter, the imperial capital holds a spring auction every year."

"Of course I know, but that auction was purely congratulatory, and no one would come up with something really precious. Most of them were aristocrats who took out some books or antiques to buy and play with each other..."

Speaking of this, Alfonso suddenly understood: "Does he want me to buy some things you need at the auction for you? But..."

"I don't need that thing."

With a soft voice, Joshua sighed, then raised the paper in his hand and showed the picture to the middle-aged man in front of him: "It's probably one of these three things. I don't know very well whether it's there, but if you see it, buy it and bring it to me, and you will definitely thank you very much."

"How can I ask for your reward from you, sir?"

Alfonso took it seriously. He looked at the things drawn on the paper carefully, and then responded confidently: "The things at this auction are not expensive. Since you want them, you don't need to talk about money... Keys, folk remedies, 38hedrals, and a book? Yibo... Book of Eun? The painting is really good. I didn't expect you to be proficient in this art."

"I have learned sketching for a while. As for the name, I probably heard it from others." Joshua simply gave the painting to Alfonso, then stood up and walked to the window of the study and said, "The key is silver, and the octahedral will shine. The book has no characteristics, but I have given you the name, so it should be fine."

"Don't worry!"

Alfonso agreed confidently: "As long as there is it at the auction, I will definitely bring it back to you!"

"Wish you as you said."

With a wave of his hand, Joshua's attention seemed not to be focused on the merchant in front of him, and his thoughts returned to the depths of his memory.

According to the careful research of players in previous lives, the destruction of the Ares Fortress was entirely self-defeated. It has been mentioned in the royal documents deciphered by the Empire that there are traces of "summoning demons, or even evil gods," and "the magic of chaos flows like water, distorting the surrounding nature." This shows that some people must have conducted rituals or experiments to call the abyss, and finally brought destruction by themselves.

The person who presided over the ceremony may not necessarily want to commit suicide. He may only study it because of his simple curiosity, or bewitched by the existence of demons and evil gods. But no matter what, the death of more than 60,000 people and the destruction of a fortress are unbearable losses to the southeastern border of the empire. If the five legions had not swept it in turn, the Black Forest would probably have spread thousands of kilometers to the mainland, embezzled and polluted countless rich lands, and the concurrent black tide could even swallow countless manors and farmland.

In the previous battle group, there was an adjutant who was a professional research party. When he was playing dungeons, he often heard him say this, but he remembered a lot of similar things. For example, now, Joshua remembers that if you want to cross the abyss seal and summon demons and other monsters, you must need some special props. The most famous ones are "Silver Key" and "Shining folk remedies, 300,000 people", and there are many magic books of various types. However, the warriors are not interested in these. Now they only remember three of them. They can only tell Alfonso all of them and let him try it.

(According to records, when the chief wizard of Ares Fortress came to the imperial capital to recuperate, he only went out once, to participate in the spring auction. Then, this disaster occurred not long after he returned to the fortress. The logic was so simple that he could figure it out without thinking. He must have gotten something dangerous at this auction and lost control during research.)

Standing in front of the window and thinking in my heart, Joshua looked very relaxed now: (When I came to this world, I always have to change something. Needless to say, Northland, now, it is time to change something I knew in my previous life. The lives of 60,000 people are worth my special advice. No matter whether it can be done or not, I will finally give it a try.)

He looked out the window and the sunset had completely sunk. The night was coming. Apart from the howling cold wind in the north, there was no sound in the city, only a few streets in the distance were still flashing with lights.

“This world is really interesting.”

The soldier suddenly sighed and said with emotion. He turned around, looked at the middle-aged businessman who was a little confused, and smiled and said, "Alfonso, you and I are changing our established destiny."

"Uh, what..."

Looking at the businessman with a puzzled face, the soldier smiled and shook his head: "You don't understand, but it doesn't matter. It's not too late, I'm going to go back."

The previous words were unclear, but this sentence was simple and clear enough. Alfonso immediately stood up and said, "Then I'll send the adults out."

"Don't be so restrained, just let your housekeeper come. Today you have been snatching his job, and I feel embarrassed when I look at it."

After waved his hand, Joshua instructed again: "Whether you get the things I want you to find, send a magical text message to St. Lauren's Cathedral immediately after the auction is over, and I will give you the next instructions."
Chapter completed!