Brando nodded and said, "If you are talking about the first piece of news, then according to what I know, it should be true. You should know that I am from Erouine, and my country is being invaded by the undead empire. That is why I am so anxious to return to Wohnde."
"You can think about it carefully," Brando replied. "You and Miss Huang Huo planned to go to Lubic, but you turned back halfway because of the Fallen Star disaster. Even if you leaked the news at Elm Harbor, the Phantom Chariot should not have stopped you at Rosaleen. However, it turns out that not only did they correctly judge the direction you went after leaving Elm Harbor, they also knew that you changed your plan halfway."
"You and Miss Huang Huo traveled together, and no one else knew about this. The only outsiders you met along the way were me and Mr. Xin, but according to your description, they could not have sent the news to Rosaleen in advance."
"So, the only possibility is that the undead of Madara betrayed you." Brando paused for a moment before continuing, "But the undead are independent. You passed through at least ten territories of the undead lords along the way. How did the Phantom Chariot determine that you would go to Tormulo and arrive at Rosaleen? There is only one possibility, and that is that the will of the mercury staff reached the eastern border of Madara and colluded with the Phantom Chariot. "
Brando stopped here and did not continue speaking. Unlike Mister Liu, his eyes were not limited to the Nine Phoenixes. That was why when Mister Liu told him about the secret between the Jade Phoenixes and the Ghost Chariot, he realized that Madara's undead might be behind this.
There was no other reason other than the fact that Rosaleen was too close to Madara, and it was too much of a coincidence.
What benefits would the Supreme One with the mercury staff gain by colluding with the traitors of the Nine Phoenixes? This was hard to say. In fact, he was not too sure either. Unless the Black Rose of Bramanto was willing to stir up trouble in both the east and the west, this was the only way to explain their intentions.
However, this was a little too arrogant.
Mr. Liu did not know much about the War of the Black Rose in Erouine, but he had a deeper understanding of the situation in the Nine Phoenixes. His face darkened when he heard this.
He could imagine how troublesome it would be if the Phantom Chariot had the support of the undead and attacked the Nine Phoenixes from the Swift Plains and the Green Jade Hills.
But did those people have the guts?
"Will Madara attack the Nine Phoenixes?" he could not help but ask.
Brendel shook his head and did not answer. It was hard to say. After all, he did not know what that lunatic with the mercury staff was thinking.
Although Madara had always coveted the fertile lands in the south of Erouine and Saint-ausol, their purpose in starting the war was obviously not just for that. In the future, the undead attacked the civilized world as if they wanted to destroy the entire world. If not for the fact that they were Martha's followers, the players outside of Madara would have thought that the undead had become the Twilight Dragon's pawns.
Their intention to attack had obviously exceeded their desire to occupy resources and had become a purely crazy behavior. If not, Cruz, Fanzin, and Saint-ausol would not have joined forces to fight against Madara.
"Maybe it's not as bad as you think." Brando continued, "Madara also has enemies in the west. Cruz, Erouine, and the elves are all wary of these inhumans. They may simply want to use the Phantom Chariot's hatred for the Nine Phoenixes to do something in the Swift Plains."
"After all, they are starting a war in the west. They don't want to have a strong opponent behind them." Brando thought for a while, and it seemed to be the only explanation.
However, he suddenly realized that his choice to help Mr. Liu and Phoenix Fire was probably the right choice. Since the enemy was afraid, it must be the weakness that they were most worried about. If he could rope in the Nine Phoenixes, perhaps Madara would not be able to invest all of their forces in the west.
At least, it would be good to attract the attention of the Dark Empire.
Mr. Liu nodded. He was not an indecisive person. Anyway, no matter what the undead were up to, the most important thing now was to escort the second lady back to the Nine Phoenixes. The Jade Phoenixes could not afford to lose another heir.
The Phantom Chariot's trick was naturally much better than hiding it in the dark. Thinking of this, he could not help but be grateful for Brando's reminder. If not, the Nine Phoenixes would only realize that there was a huge undead empire behind their opponent when the Phantom Chariot started moving.
"Mercury staff …"
He secretly remembered this name in his heart.
But at this time, Brando thought of another thing. He suddenly asked, "Mr. Liu, you and Miss Phoenix Fire originally planned to cross Madara to go to Lubic. So, you should have a map of Madara?"
Brando was slightly surprised. Crossing Madara was not an easy task. Before the Mercury Staff was born, Madara was only a geographical name. This dark territory spanning tens of thousands of miles had countless undead and dark lords, each of whom ruled their own territory. Generally speaking, the Madara that Erouine people were familiar with was actually only the east of the Sea of the Dead Moon. As for the Pine Mountain area, it was a very small part, but it was not impossible to say that this was the Black Rose of Bramanto. This was because even in the heyday of the Dark Empire, the Supreme One did not really rule the entire Madara.
In fact, she only controlled the fertile land of the empire, and only needed to control these core territories to be called the Dead Moon Empire.
In the remote areas of the empire, even the players of the empire might not know where they extended to. Only a few people had set foot in the land that ran through the Black Forest. The Bugas might have a complete map of Madara, but they had never made it public.
It was not that there were no players who crossed the entire Madara. There were players who had done this before and after the Year of the Sparks. It took nearly half a year, including the time when they got lost. Brando obviously did not have the time to do this.
Of course, he knew that some people of Nine Phoenix might have a map of part of the southern territory of Madara, because Nine Phoenix had always had land caravans that went to Lubic, the country of the desert. He just did not expect Mr. Liu and Phoenix Fire to have this idea.
Mr. Liu was stunned for a moment and replied, "The royal family of Nine Phoenix has a detailed map, not only to Lubic, but also to the southern territory of Erouine. However, that map was drawn more than a hundred years ago, and we don't know if this map is accurate. "
Brando could not help but be overjoyed. He asked eagerly, "Do you have this map?"
He was now at the peak of the Supreme Realm, only one step away from the strength of the Sage Realm. And because of his equipment and ridiculously high willpower attribute, in fact, his physical fitness was far beyond the standard of ordinary people in this realm.
With his strength, if he had a precise map, he could travel day and night without rest. Perhaps it would be faster than taking a ship by sea.
Unfortunately, Mr. Liu's answer disappointed him. It was because the other party had no intention of going to Erouine, and the accuracy of the map was still questionable. So, in fact, they had only brought half of the map to Lubic.
When Brando heard this, he could not hide his disappointment. However, he also knew that this was not something he could force. After all, not everyone was like those scholars who brought a carriage full of documents and maps when they went out.
He shook his head and said to Mr. Liu, "Mr. Liu, I have a presumptuous request. If it's possible, can you give me a copy of your map? If it's really inconvenient, you can lend it to me for a few hours. "
He thought that if this was a royal treasure and it was inconvenient to make a copy, with his current memory level, it would not be too troublesome to redraw a map in his mind with the help of the system. Fortunately, after hearing his words, Mr. Liu did not hesitate to take out the map box from his sleeve and give it to him. He also said that he could look at it for as long as he wanted and that it would not matter if he returned it after making a copy. This saved him a lot of trouble.
After the haze of Madara and the Ghost Chariot conspiracy was lifted, the two of them chatted happily along the way. Mr. Liu was quite interested in the local customs of Erouine. When he occasionally mentioned it, Brando found that the Nine Phoenix swordsman was not ignorant of Wohnde. On the contrary, he seemed to be quite familiar with the relationship between Erouine, Cruz, and other empires.
This made Brando a little embarrassed, because in comparison, he knew nothing about the Nine Phoenix. In fact, it was not just him. In "The Amber Sword," for almost all players, the Nine Phoenix was a mysterious country.
First of all, not many people were willing to take a ship for a few months to go to a foreign country and adventure. Second, the merchant fleet of the Nine Phoenix was not always there. As Mr. Liu said, they usually appeared more often in March to April and September to October. At other times, it was rare to see the merchants of the Nine Phoenix anywhere in Wohnde.
However, contrary to Brando, Mr. Liu was amazed by Brando's linguistic talent. According to him, Brando was as if he had lived in the Nine Phoenix for decades and was very proficient in many of the language habits of the Nine Phoenix.
As for Brando himself, he thought to himself, "Haven't I lived in the Nine Phoenix for decades?"
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(PS: Some people say that the plot has been a little slow recently. In fact, it's mainly because I'm thinking about the future plot, so I don't dare to write too fast. Plus, after the end of a plot, the following plot needs some description and foreshadowing, so I've slowed down the plot for the time being.
In addition, some people have asked about the Nine Swords of Solitude. It's like this, the Nine Phoenix was originally set up when The Amber Sword was first formed to introduce the expansion of DND. In fact, there was originally a setting of the Cloud Nation, but I cut it. Therefore, the Nine Phoenix itself is built on this expansion book. There are a series of sects like the Desert Raven, of course, there will also be things like the Sword of the Sage and the Army's Sword. However, in the end, it is to serve the novel, so the setting may be different from the expansion book. In short, this book will prevail.)
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