After the rain stopped.
The two people who walked out of the Fox, Badger, and Mead Tavern were still trying to smooth the goosebumps on their arms.
"Elvin, do you really need such a strange thing to advance to an official Magus?"
Even as an official Magus, Milan's sharp spiritual sense had sensed some sort of crazy malice when she heard those stories.
Obviously, if one were to take the risk to search for the source of those terrifying legends, it was highly likely that misfortune would befall them!
As for Elvin …
Compared to the Old Continent where the influence of the Church was deeply rooted, the New Continent should have the 'Evil Spirit Dust' that he needed.
However, after hearing about the terrifying legends of the New Continent from an ordinary tavern, Elvin had already realized that his thoughts were a little too optimistic.
This time, it wasn't because the 'evil spirits' were too weak or too few, but because there were too many of them!
It was no wonder that the 18 settlements that the kingdom had established before Thomstown had all died out. Although the reasons could be many.
These terrifying existences that wandered the New Continent might not be the main reason, but it was definitely not a random accident.
Especially the three original civilizations of the New Continent — the Kuma Empire, the Kashna Empire, and the Azik Empire — not only did they generally believe in the existence of spirits.
Moreover, the Kuma people that had died out before Shilius arrived in the New Continent, as well as the Azik people who had inherited part of the Kuma civilization, still retained the tradition of sacrificing their own kind!
In this' mysterious' and active world, the death of a large number of intelligent creatures over a long period of time could very well lead to unexpected disasters. The source could be evil spirits, monsters, or even a wandering evil god.
If one were to say that the strange death of the Kuma civilization had nothing to do with this, he wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death!
There was no need to talk about learning lessons from history. History itself was shockingly similar. Wanting to break the cycle wasn't something that could be achieved with one or two wise leaders.
"Anyway, I don't intend to look for any of these legends. I'll just let nature take its course with the 'Evil Spirit Dust'."
Therefore, Elvin decided not to act rashly and was prepared to complete this escort mission first.
Now that he had just set foot in the New Continent, he still had to stay there for at least half a year. There were still many opportunities.
It took more than two months.
A total of five warships formed an escort fleet, escorting twenty-five merchant ships through the Tegas Current to the new continent.
When the Second Princess first assigned the mission, it was to assess the impact of Hipponoa's recovery on shipping.
However, according to the experienced captain of the Strider, Colonel Robbins, who had traveled between the two continents more than ten times, this voyage was smoother than any other. It could even be said that there were no hiccups at all.
Every time the swallow sent a message at a fixed time, it would only send back one sentence: "Nothing out of the ordinary. It's safe."
One possibility was that both sides had already given up. The other possibility was that this was the calm before the storm.
And because this deity was active before the start of the Age of Exploration, most people were not entirely sure where Hipponoa went after his return, save for a limited number of countries.
So the Tethgar Current, which was located in the northern part of the Black Sea and led to the northern colony of Faletis, may not be within the sphere of influence of Hipponoa, but the same could not be said for the normal route that led directly to the Golden Sea of the New World.
Those things did not have much to do with Elvin half a year ago.
At present, Faletis's colony in the New World did not have an absolute economic center, and shipping was far safer and more efficient than the forested land.
Therefore, the mission of the escort fleet was divided by the original colony of Thomstown, with one team going north and one team going south. Every colony would have merchant ships docking and goods collecting and distributing.
In the end, they would head to the two ends of the north and south, which were the naval bases of Faletis, Fort Dearborn and Fort George.
And if the weather permitted, tomorrow would be the day they parted ways.
Since he had come to the New World, Elvin had already done his homework on the current situation of the colonies here.
Compared to the central and southern regions, which were occupied by Shilius and other countries and had rich mineral and population resources, the north was obviously more barren.
But it was on this land that Faletis managed to establish eleven independent colonies over the course of a century, despite the long blockade of the seas by the Shilius fleet.
All of them were along the coast of the northeast of the New World, forming a line from north to south.
However.
When the colonization of the New World began a hundred years ago, Faletis was far from its current national strength. It had no money, no manpower, and weak military power, but it was impossible for it to sit back and watch the vast land slip away from its hands.
So at that time, His Majesty, Thomas, came up with a brilliant idea.
He established two colonial companies, Carginia and East Lund Colonial Company, and at the same time issued a call in the form of a charter to the civilians, merchants, adventurers, and nobles in the country.
"Give, gift, and confirm" the rights to land, forests, and minerals within the borders, the right to establish churches and recommend clergy, as well as jurisdiction, franchise rights, freedom, immunity, royal rights, and temporary tax exemption.
In addition, there was the most important thing: the right to "freely, completely, and absolutely" formulate, enact, and promulgate laws! The premise was that the laws and regulations of the kingdom could not be violated.
An in-depth analysis of the legal principles and details would take more than a day and night to explain.
Simply put, the kingdom gave them independent economic and political rights, and the price was only a small amount of remuneration.
So now, these 11 independent colonies did not all belong to the kingdom's officials.
Even at the very beginning, there were only company colonies (companies), owner colonies (nobles), and autonomous colonies (private individuals) coexisting, and there was nothing for the royal family to do.
Later on, when the kingdom's policies changed and the colonial operators faced all kinds of serious problems, most of the colonies were redeemed step by step, forming the new structure of the royal colonies.
It mainly included:
There were six royal colonies. Including Carginia, East Lund, where Thomas was located … It was directly governed by the governor sent by the royal family. It was mainly a bicameral system, the members of the upper house were appointed by the queen, and also served as the governor's council of advisors, the lower house was elected by the free people.
There were two owner colonies. The owners here were the nobles of the Aymore and Pine families and their descendants. The charter allowed them to appoint their own governors and officials, and to set up their own legislative bodies and courts, and to enjoy all the rights of the king in the royal colonies.
They were the southernmost Aymore Peninsula, which was already adjacent to the Golden Sea, and the northernmost Formont, which belonged to the Pine family. They were actually similar to the independent kingdoms in the feudal era.
Finally, there were three autonomous colonies. The queen directly issued a charter to the colony, and the governor was elected by the local parliament, who would be approved by the queen for a year. It was a bicameral system, and the members were all elected by the free people.
Other than the Faletis Kingdom, because of the geographical advantage of facing the Black Sea, the "Tulip Alliance" had the advantage of being close to the water.
The six member states all had colonies, which were all in the northern part of the continent that Shilius didn't care about for the time being. But they varied in size, some were inland, some were by the sea, and some were large islands and bays.
And the Sack Empire and the Atlan Kingdom that had deep conflicts with them … Most of their colonies were also here.
In this kind of situation where the composition of the colonies was complicated, the sky was high, and the emperor was far away, and it took half a year for people to go back and forth, it could be imagined that other than the conflicts between the colonists and the natives, the conflicts between the colonies and the countries were particularly prominent.
This was also one of the reasons why the new continent had been in chaos since it was discovered.
Other than this, the experienced captain of the "Strider", Colonel Robbins, also gave Elvin who was coming to the new continent for the first time a piece of advice, which were three basic principles that had to be strictly followed:
1. Don't go out alone after dark. 2. Don't easily trust any unfamiliar natives. 3. Don't touch anything you don't know.
This was the way of survival that the first colonists concluded with blood and tears!
From another perspective, from the knowledge system of Elvin as a wizard.
Going back to the source, the most fundamental difference between the new continent and the old continent was the "mysterious factor", or using the definition of the "Activation School" senior wizards, the "Magic Element" was different in terms of activity.
The "Magic Element" that originated from the spirit world was very difficult to strictly define because it transcended the nature of space and the amount of "Magic Element" in the entire world was constant.
But there were differences in the degree of activity. Some places were more inert, while some places were more active.
If the activity of the "Magic Element" in the old continent that was ruled by a true god was 50%, then the activity in the new continent was at least 60%, or even higher.
It was clear that the higher the activity of this mysterious energy, the easier it was for strange things that mortals couldn't understand to happen! And the more dangerous it was for mortals!
The two returned to the "Storm Horn" that was anchored at the dock.
Elvin took out a notebook and read it seriously.
He had no clue about the evil spirit that he was looking for, but it didn't affect his enhancement of other powers.
"My captain, are you really not going to give up the path of a Knight?"
Milan brought the captain's special pastries from the kitchen. She was about to make tea when she looked up and saw the notebook in Elvin's hand. As an orthodox wizard, he expressed that he couldn't understand.
In his opinion, as a wizard with a bright future, clinging to swordsmanship was putting the cart before the horse.
As long as he advanced into an official wizard, he could grasp the truth and use the power of the world. Whether it was creativity, productivity, or combat power (under the premise of sufficient preparation), he would be much better than a Knight of the same level.
According to his understanding, in the major kingdoms of the continent, it was common for a rank 3 wizard to be on the same level as a rank 4 wizard.
However, Elvin obviously didn't agree with his point of view.
During the two-month voyage at sea, Elvin had just celebrated his seventeenth birthday.
Not long after his birthday, his body finally reached the perfect level of a peak Knight due to the continuous effects of the "Cleansing Pond Water".
Vitality 4.96, Strength 4.95, Agility 4.98, Spiritual Force 0.99.
It could be said that each of these attributes had reached the theoretical limit of Elvin's body. The Knight's Berserk Body had been completed.
The power system of a Knight's path was very simple.
The symbol of an official Knight's extraordinary power was "Berserk Body". After reaching the limit of Berserk Body and becoming a peak Knight, knights would need to further control their Berserk Body through the use of breathing techniques and self-suggestion, gradually releasing their power.
At this time, Knights would compete in the subtle control between Berserk Body and rationality. When the body could fully adapt to 100% Berserk Body, it meant that one had the qualifications to become a great Knight!
Gör was a powerful peak Knight who had completed 100% Berserk Body and was preparing to break through to the third grade.
Before Elvin set off, as his seventeenth birthday present, Gör gave him his experience of Berserk Body Liberation in advance.
For Elvin, even if he had to find a new path, he wanted to walk the new path in the most perfect state and not have any regrets.
"Sigh! Someone, it's been so long, but he's only an official Knight. Now he doesn't even practice swordsmanship.
The Prophet's witchcraft has almost no attack power, and now his combat power is even worse than Gary's.
If we really meet an evil spirit on this continent, don't blame me for not holding you back when you run. "
Pfft!
Milan spat out the tea in her mouth.
"Pfft! Pfft! I feel like we've been running away all this time while following you. We've just come to a new continent, can we not jinx it? Why do I suddenly have a bad premonition? "
"Cough cough … It's all an illusion!"
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