The morning sun rose from the gaps between the branches of the canopy of the forest, and the dewdrops on the leaves reflected colorful light under the morning sun. A team was trekking through the forest, led by a young man wearing a black woolen coat soaked with dew from the previous night. The silver button on his collar had the emblem of Abies. He held a sword in his hand and frowned as he stared at the dense forest in front of him. This man was Brando. He led Erouine and Cruz through the hills north of the Rokezi Highlands and was now approaching the Loen Port, which was less than a day's journey.
As expected, they didn't encounter too much trouble along the way. They only occasionally encountered Jorgendy Ridge's scouts. The army of Jorgendy Ridge seemed to be really focused on heading north to Asgard, and they didn't spend too much effort on the port city in the south. However, they didn't know the situation on the plains. They didn't know if the villages and settlements of various sizes outside the Loen port had been attacked by Jorgendy Ridge. However, the sky in the north didn't have the black smoke columns that were commonly seen in the Vargas region, so the situation was probably fine.
Brando was waiting for the scouts in front to report back. His gargoyles were hovering above the clouds, but the intelligence in the forest still depended on the scouts with feet. This was the limitation of flying creatures.
However, the White Lion Infantry were not professional scouts, and Rogers and his Knights were not professional scouts, so it naturally took more time. Brando became a little anxious as he waited, but he did not dare to show it on his face. He knew that Cruz and the others in the envoy group relied on him more than before, so he had to be more calm. He tapped the hilt of the sword rhythmically with his fingers. This sword was not the Halran Gaia. Although the Dragon Queen might not dare to risk attracting Eleranta to deal with him, he did not want to expose his position to the Jorgendy Ridge people. While thinking about some irrelevant things.
In fact, he had been thinking about what Magadal said to him these days.
"The Holy Cathedral of Fire will not easily attack Her Majesty the Queen."
"I don't know the specifics, but this was an agreement made with the Holy Cathedral when the previous Emperor of the Kirrlutz abdicated. The dragons were also involved, and perhaps the lady knows more about the relevant matters."
But Brando knew that Mithril would never tell him. This question seemed to have taken a big detour back to the original point. What happened when the son of Grantocrates appointed the Silver Queen as the next emperor of the empire? The answer to this question must have something to do with the last Holy War, but the problem was that this was the biggest mystery for him. Brando keenly sensed that this Holy War had started on the Great Plains in the south of the Wilderness of Four Territories. Saint-ausol and Cruz seemed to have deliberately avoided the Alkash Mountains and the nearby areas, which was precisely the starting point of the previous Holy War.
It seemed that this secret was only known to those involved in the princess's words.
Brando shook his head gently and expelled this dead-end idea from his mind. Since he could not determine the true relationship between the Holy Cathedral of Fire and Her Majesty the Queen, he could only consider it from this perspective. He sighed slightly. The Silver Queen's actions, which were completely different from history, had completely disrupted his plan. He had originally planned to use the Lionmen as a stepping stone to shroud himself with the halo of a Kirrlutzian hero and attract the attention of the Queen. Then, he would find a way to save Scarlet. If he could not fall out with the other party, that would be for the best. Even if he did not succeed, he could take a step back and use the line of the eldest son.
But now, when the Jorgendy Ridge people first interfered, he could only change his target and let the cavemen replace the Lionmen as stepping stones. As long as he held Loen Port, he could eventually achieve his goal. Although the Jorgendy Ridge army attacked fiercely, it would only increase the difficulty by a few degrees. But he did not expect that Her Majesty the Cruz Queen was secretly in contact with these Jorgendy Ridge people. It was even very likely that she was the mastermind behind all of this. Then, what was her real intention? Brando could not understand.
Since he could not confirm what Her Majesty the Queen really wanted, how could he attract her attention?
Especially now, the problem was not just a matter of her attention. If he achieved the opposite effect and caused her to hate him, it would be troublesome.
He turned his head and saw Kiara twirling a shiny object in her hand in boredom. It was a ring. Judging from the decorative style, it had a typical underground style. It was the trophy she got from Shagos. But Brando did not know this and could not help but remind her, "Be careful. The Jorgendy Ridge people always like to do things that harm others without benefiting themselves. They like to tamper with their equipment. Be careful of the hidden poisonous needles in the ring or the poisonous snakes in the armor."
The daughter of the Seifer family was obviously shocked by his words. She quickly stopped what she was doing and stared at the ring with a suspicious look in her blue eyes.
"You don't have to worry about this ring. You are lucky. This ring happens to be one of the few pieces of equipment that has not been tampered with. If it was, you would have been cold and dead for hours."
"Do you know this ring?" Kiara did not feel that Brando was bluffing. The little girl raised the ring in her hand against the sunlight that passed through the branches and asked the latter.
"Kind of," Brando replied.
"Kind of?"
"I am neither a professional appraiser nor an alchemist. I can only say that I have seen this ring before."
"I really can't tell. You are actually quite modest. What is it used for? Is it a magic item?" Kiara asked curiously.
"Stone Pattern Ring. This is the symbol of the status of the priests in the underground world. Some of the high-grade goods have magic power. They can draw the power of the earth element from the soil and summon small earth elemental puppets." Brando looked at the ring on the little girl's hand and introduced it to her.
"Then what about mine?" Kiara looked at Brando expectantly.
"It is a high-grade good."
"Wow!" Kiara exclaimed in surprise. "How do I use it?"
Brando looked at her strangely. In the era of The Amber Sword where players were generally between level 30 and 40, this ring was very popular. This was because the small earth elemental summoned was almost equivalent to the combat power of a player of the same level. For an ordinary noble, this thing was equivalent to a personal, absolutely loyal Silver-ranked Knight for six hours a day. But for Kiara, who was born in a big family like House Seifer, it seemed that it was not worthwhile to be so happy. If she wanted, she could have as many of these things as she wanted.
Kiara saw through his thoughts at a glance. She was also very disdainful of this vulgar mortal's thoughts. She snorted softly and said, "Hmph, why are you looking at me like that? What do you know? This is my spoil of war. It has a very different meaning from those things that can be casually taken."
Then she carefully wiped the ring and raised it to Brando and asked, "Hey, how do I use it?"
"Put it on your index finger, then face the soil with it and recite the spell 'Eaam —'."
Kiara had also learned magic herself, so she was very familiar with these elemental spells. She recited a little, then put on the ring and did as she was told. Sure enough, a moment later, the soil layer under the little girl's feet slightly arched, separated, and finally, a mud-like monster about the height of an adult with an unknown shape crawled out. This was the primary form of the earth elemental puppet, exactly as Brando remembered. He also knew that the higher the level of this thing, the closer it would be to a human form. When it reached the level of an elemental elder, it would become a real giant.
Kiara was very surprised to see her summoned creature crawling out from under the soil layer. She studied it excitedly for a while, then looked up and sighed. "I didn't know that you were so knowledgeable. I thought that the rumors about you were all boasting! By the way, are you familiar with magic items? But you said that you are not an alchemist. You are obviously very familiar with this ring, aren't you? "
When Brando heard this, he thought to himself, Is this a compliment? The problem is that the person being complimented does not seem to be happy at all.
He put on a straight face and answered truthfully, "I said, I only saw this ring by chance, I was —"
"Then maybe you have seen other things. I have another thing here, but I still don't understand what it is for. Why don't you help me take a look?" Kiara waved her hand capriciously and interrupted Brando's words, as if it was not important to her where he had seen this ring.
Brando was about to explain that he was not a jewelry appraiser, but when he saw the little girl take out the thing from her waist bag, he could not help but be stunned.
The golden card in Kiara's hand shone brightly under the sun. Brando was sure that he was not mistaken. It was a Card of Fate, and a rare golden card at that. A land card: Peak of Saints. Tap it and choose to add three points of any element to the elemental pool. Seeing this card, The Shire could not help but whistle. Kiara suddenly turned around and looked at him, then looked at Brando. "I didn't expect you to have seen this thing. Can you tell me what it is?"
This was a land card, and it was a rare land card that could add any element. A Planeswalker could freely build their own deck. Every Planeswalker would create their own unique creatures, artifacts, and powerful spells. But the source of their power, the land cards, came from thousands of real worlds. Aside from the Wohnde itself, most of these worlds were broken planes floating outside of the real world. Planeswalkers drew the power of wind, water, fire, earth, light, darkness, and the power of nature to display the world they built. All elements were the cornerstone of the Planeswalker world.
Therefore, Planeswalkers could not create their own land cards, unless they found a truly ownerless world during their long journey between worlds. Only then could they seal this world into their own card and make it one of their many sources of power. Therefore, for a Planeswalker, other than increasing the number of cards they could control and the capacity of the Cards of Fate, another important way to become stronger was to obtain more land cards.
Planeswalkers like the Darkness Dragon who directly drew the power of others as their source of power were, after all, an anomaly in the world of Planeswalkers.
And for Brando, land cards, especially multi-colored land cards, were what he needed the most at the moment. After he had truly entered the Elemental Realm and even approached the Elemental Enlightenment, the capacity of his deck had actually increased further. Now, he could already think of ways to instantiate Andrique or Mephistopheles into real Planeswalker cards, but it was precisely because he lacked more mana sources that he could not 'sustain' so many cards, so he had not acted for a long time. Currently, maintaining Metisha's White City Vanguard was already a difficult task for him, and if he were to instantiate new Planeswalker cards, the new Planeswalker would inevitably have to master more cards, which was undoubtedly a great burden for him.
But with this multi-colored land card, it would be much easier.
Brando could not help but take a light breath. "How did you get this thing?"
"From someone else," Chiyara answered matter-of-factly.
Brando mistakenly thought that someone else had given it to the little princess of the Seifer royal family. He nodded gently. "Miss Chiyara, if I tell you its origin and tell you that this card is very important to me, can you give it to me?"
"Of course not." Chiyara shook her head. "I don't have the habit of giving things away for free." She held the card and waved it in the sun, then tilted her head and asked, "Is this thing really important to you?"
"Very important," Brando replied. "To be frank, if I get this thing, although I don't dare to say that it will increase my chances of success in the upcoming trip to Loen, it will definitely reduce the danger."
"It seems that this thing is really important to you." Chiyara could not help but answer in surprise. "What exactly is it? It's such a powerful thing, but why have I never heard of it?"
Brando appeared to be thinking for a moment, but in fact, he was communicating with The Shire in his mind. He and the Shire had heard of this card before, and even discussed it because this card was once one of Tuman's cards. Tuman's All for One deck was a typical multi-colored card, because this land card was also one of his core cards. Most of Tuman's cards were lost in Erouine, and this card was only one of them. But he did not expect it to fall into Chiyara's hands. Both of them were surprised, and the young wizard reminded him that he must find a way to get this card.
This Holy Peak was also one of the famous rare land cards in the history of Planeswalkers. It was said that a mature Holy Peak could provide a Planeswalker with ten points of any element per day.
The Shire's answer reminded him of something. He thought for a moment, and then said to Chiyara, "This is the Card of Fate. Very few people know about its origin, but some people who practice special spells can display the power of the card."
This little princess of the Seifer family was smart. Brando wanted to get this card, so he did not dare to lie in front of her, and could only answer half-truths.
"So you're saying that you're the one who cultivates the spells of a special school?" Chiara's dark blue eyes turned as she asked curiously.
Brando nodded.
"What about me? Can I display the power of this card?" She asked again.
"Well, I'm afraid not." Brando replied, "The Card of Fate is an extremely special magic item. For people who can't use it, it is no different from a piece of paper except for being tougher."
"Sigh, how boring." Chiyara was a little disappointed. "Then you can have it."
Brando was slightly stunned. He did not expect things to be so simple, and he also did not expect this crafty and strange little girl to be so easy to talk to. He could not help but ask, "You're giving it to me just like that? Aren't you afraid that I'll lie to you?"
"Two points." Chiyara stretched out her finger and gestured to Brando. Although she was serious, she replied with a childish voice, "First, although you are a little hateful, you don't look like someone who would lie easily. If you would lie to me because of this thing, then it means that it must be extremely important to you. Since that's the case, you will never tell me the truth. After all these days, I haven't found a second person who knows anything about this thing, which means that it is indeed very rare. I'm giving this thing to you so generously, you must feel that you owe me a favor. The more generous I am now, the more ashamed you will feel in the future, and the more you will repay me. So, you must remember that you owe Miss Chiyara a favor, and you will repay this great kindness in the future. "
Brando did not know whether to laugh or cry as he listened to her fallacious reasoning. Chiyara then continued, "Second, you just gave me a ring that I like very much. I'm very happy. This card is my reward to you, so you must remember that you will only benefit if I'm happy."
Brando thought to himself, Are you teaching a puppy? But for the sake of the card, forget it. I won't argue with a child.
Chiyara handed the card to Brando, and then asked, "Can you teach me that spell?"
Brando was stunned. He had expected her to ask this question, but he originally thought that Chiyara would use this card to threaten him, and not now. If it was the former situation, he would naturally have a way to deal with it. But now, he thought about the answer to this question and decided to answer truthfully. So he gently shook his head, "Maybe you will become one of us, but I can't do it. But if you can find this card, I think at least the Cards of Fate have some kind of connection."
"Is that so?" After hearing this answer, Chiyara could not help but sigh slightly like a child, "I've already handed the card to you, so you don't have to lie to me. It seems that I really can't use this card. What a pity —"
Brando looked at the little girl's white little fangs when she sighed, and he did not know whether to laugh or cry. So that's what you're thinking!
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