"Then what if it's not the Dragon Worship Cult that made a mistake, but someone else made a mistake?" Alyssa asked in a low voice through the communication crystal.
A flash of light flashed in Fang Yu's heart. He looked at the others and suddenly said: "It suddenly occurred to me that we have never considered such a possibility. Mr. Mazak told us that Nicol Bolas was born to inherit The cursed bloodline of the Oath Keepers clan was born with the dragon's golden dragon. According to the ancient prophecy, she is destined to become the shadow of darkness that comes."
"But was the Dragon Witch disaster a hundred years ago really a natural disaster rather than a man-made disaster?"
The others didn't say anything. The big cat man smoothed his mane on his chin. Attila and Parker both looked thoughtful. A flash of light flashed in Sylvester's eyes: "What does the captain think?"
"It's not my conspiracy theory," Fang Plover replied: "At first we thought that the Dragon Cultists were followers of Nicol Bolas and were the remnants of the Dragon Witch disaster a hundred years ago."
"But judging from the truth we touched afterwards, it seems that this is not the case. At least there is no clear affiliation between the Dragon Cultists and Nicol Bolas. On the contrary, Nicol Bolas is also quite cold towards his 'believers' .”
"We understand this, but we don't think along this line of thinking. Since there is no sequential relationship between Nicol Bolas and the establishment of the Dragon Cult of Corin-Ithurion today, then the Dragon Cult started from When did it begin to exist?”
"What if these people existed long before the Dragon Witch's timeline?"
He continued: "This is not groundless. There were no survivors in the Dragon Land during that disaster. So, how did the Dragon Worship Cult determine that Nicol Bolas's first dragon scale must be in Idos? Is it so inconsistent with mainstream perceptions?”
"When did the captain think of this?" Sylvide asked with a smile.
"just now."
"In other words, the Dragon Witch incident itself may have been planned by the Dragon Worship Cult?" Alyssa reacted.
Fang Plover nodded.
"That makes sense," the big cat man replied, "but since they personally participated in this incident, why would they come back to look for the Dragon's First Scale?"
"I don't know about this, Mr. Reid. After all, I'm just raising a possibility. But I think there was a fault within the Dragon Cult. After Yoshid defeated Nicol Bolas, maybe their organization did Wandered around for a while.”
He reached into his arms and took out a diary with a worn cover: "This diary was found in the residence of the official of the Adventurers Association. I think this is what was mentioned in the conversation between the two people just now. Yes, the log lost by the people of the Dragon Fire Guild in Vanrik——"
"The most important thing in this log is probably the information about Idos recorded in it. Now it seems that this information should be closely related to the current excavation work of the Blood Shark Pirates in Idos - —In other words, they may mark the location of the dragon’s first scales.”
"I think the person who was able to record this information must have a very close connection with the Dragon Worship Cult."
"Judging from some of the newer notes in the diary, the official of the Adventurers Association went south many times just to retrieve this diary. After several twists and turns, he finally got it. It can be seen from this that Bailong The religion has also been divided for a long time."
"Wonderful analysis." The big cat man said. He looked at the diary in Fang Plover's hand: "So, can we get any clues from this diary now?"
Fang Yu was very calm. He said: "Let Miss Alisa come back first. Her location is not safe. After she comes back, we can discuss it together."
Alyssa smiled and replied in the communication channel: "I know, Captain."
Fang Yu reminded her again: "Remember to ask the little guy to take back my clockwork fairy. The Type II clockwork fairy is very expensive. As for the little guy, just let him go."
Miss Nightingale smiled and said, "Captain really keeps his promise."
"That's natural."
Fang Plover is right and strict in his words.
Alyssa soon brought back his clockwork fairy without anyone noticing. Fang Yu was not in a hurry to discuss this matter with everyone. Instead, he took them back from the original route, took back the interferer, and then returned to the tunnel.
After Sylvide lit the torch, Fang Yu opened the diary by the flickering light of the fire.
He had already turned over the diary several times, and it was not the first time that others had seen it. The paper in the diary was slightly yellowed and brittle, and it made a unique "squeaking" sound when flipped. There are a lot of records about Idos in the diary, and he and Miss Tata have studied it many times, but most of them are unclear.
It can only be determined that most of the records inside are about directions and point to the location of certain things. After experiencing what he had seen and heard before, Fang Plover somewhat believed that 'something' in the record might be the first scale of the dragon that the Dragon Worshipers were looking for at this moment.
But he did not stop, but turned to a page in the diary:
That's a map.
It's just that this map is folded up and stuffed into the log. After being spread out, it can fill up about the size of a small square sheet.
This is not the first time for Sylvester, the big catman, and Attila to see this map. Fang Plover has also studied it no less than twenty or thirty times, but before that they came to the conclusion that it is not certain that this map is Yidu. Map of Sri Lanka.
The reason why it is uncertain is that it is quite different from the distribution of the inner city of Idus. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the disaster of the Dragon Witch caused great changes in the terrain of Idus.
It was like that square that had been wiped off the map.
But at this moment, Fang Plover had some new ideas.
He believed that if the records in the log really pointed to the Dragon's First Scale that the Blood Shark Pirates were looking for, then this map was most likely to be Idus's map. The mark on the map may even be the actual location where Nicol Bolas transformed into a dragon that day.
As for why the map is so different from the surface terrain of Idos. There may be only one reason, and that is that it was not originally a surface map of Idos.
By the light of the fire, he called Parker and asked him to compare the rough topographic map of the tunnel he had drawn along the way with this map. As soon as the Papalar spread out the sketch he had drawn, a strange light flashed in everyone's eyes.
Fang Plover only turned the map about thirty degrees, and a small area on the east side of the map almost overlapped with the sketch drawn by the Papalars. Although there are still some subtle differences, it cannot be ruled out that the Papparal people's mapping is not accurate enough, or it may be due to changes caused by the subsidence of underground passages over the past century.
At least being able to overlap to this extent speaks volumes in itself.
"This map is..." Alyssa looked at this scene in surprise.
"Little guy," the big cat man pointed his paw at the dark red mark in the center of the map: "You mean, what the Dragon Cult is looking for is here?"
Fang Plover nodded.
"But this place doesn't seem to be above the three excavation sites of the Blood Shark Air Pirates."
"No," Sylvide replied: "This place is actually very close to the excavation point in the south. I happen to know this place."
"Oh?" the big cat man asked, "What is this place?"
"Before the destruction of Idos, this place should have been the location of the Archon's Hall. That place was close to the South City Gate and was the first place to fall during the attack of the Dragon Witch. This incident is recorded in history, so I understand a little bit about it. Some."
The big cat man touched his chin again: "Really, that is certainly possible."
Parker shook his head repeatedly: "It's the Archon Hall again. Everyone, have you forgotten what happened last time? We encountered a lot of trouble in Dolifen. I swore last time that I would never do it again. Go to a place like this.”
Alyssa smiled slightly: "Actually, it's nothing. Parker, you can go back the same way alone now. Baggins is very boring outside alone anyway. But be careful on the road and don't forget the one we met earlier." Skeleton, maybe it’s waiting for you there.”
Thinking of the previous situation, the Papalar man shuddered suddenly, looked at the dark underground passage, shrank his neck and no longer dared to speak.
"So," Attila looked at the map quietly, then asked, "Nicoco Bolas turned into a dragon in the Archon Hall?"
"To be precise," Fang Plover looked a little puzzled: "It's underground in the Archon's Hall. Don't forget, this is the map of the underground of Idus, not the surface."
"So what's underneath the Archon's Hall?" Alyssa asked.
"Generally speaking," Sylvide replied, "a dungeon."
The light of the torch flickered slightly.
Everyone was silent for a while, and everyone couldn't help but look at each other. Alyssa couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Will Nicol Bolas really turn into a dragon in that place?"
"It's not impossible. After all, before she transformed into a dragon, she was just..." When Fang Yu said this, he suddenly got stuck - before the cold dragon witch transformed into a dark dragon, What kind of existence is it?
He asked himself this question——
But suddenly I realized that he didn't seem to understand.
The Nicol Bolas he knew was actually nothing more than the shadow of Lady Misu behind him if he thought about it carefully. And what is the real Dragon Witch like? Does anyone really know about it in today's Kaolin-Ithulian?
Mazak's narration by the campfire that day about the past of the Kaolin-Ithurian Kingdom actually also included his personal emotional factors. As for the story before the hero Yossiude slayed the dragon, who knows?
I'm afraid that those who knew the truth at the beginning have turned into dust long ago.
Nicol Bolas, the woman who inherited the dragon's gold, what kind of person should she have been during her lifetime? She is a descendant of the Oath Keepers, the blood inheritor of the Dragon Slayer lineage, and she maintains the hope of eradicating the ancient curse.
Logically speaking, the descendants of the kingdom should be courteous to the descendants of the dragon slayer, just like how people respect Yuexiude.
But Fang Yu is not sure of this now, and it is really doubtful what role the Dragon Worship Cult plays in it.
He pondered for a moment, raised his head, and suddenly saw a figure disappearing in the darkness not far behind everyone - like a little girl, stumbling away into the darkness. His mind was like lightning, and he immediately shouted:
"who!"
At the same time, the Type II clockwork fairy in his hand flew out, drawing a golden arc and flying in that direction.
Only then did the others react, draw their weapons, and look in that direction warily. But where are there any figures in the darkness? Even Alisa, who had the best eyesight, could only see an empty depth.
Miss Nightingale was stunned for a moment, then turned back to look at Fang Plover: "What's wrong?"
Fang Plover's clockwork fairy wandered in that direction for half a circle before flying back to his hand without finding anything. Fang Fang frowned and looked over there. He was sure that he had seen it correctly. It was just that the clockwork demon flew forward nearly a hundred meters. How could there be any human figures in the intricate underground passages?
Not even a ghost.
The stumbling little girl in his memory was probably unlikely to run faster than the clockwork fairy.
Is it really just an illusion? Fang Yu shook his head. He couldn't help but think of the missing skeleton that Parker had seen before, which seemed to be exactly the same as the current situation. Or is there really something unclean in this underground passage?
It's not impossible.
After all, so many people died in the disaster a hundred years ago, and there must be a lot of dead souls buried in this underground tunnel. It would not be unreasonable if they really encountered some earth-bound spirits, resentful spirits, etc.
Fortunately, this is a magical world, and ghosts are not as scary as people think. He took a deep breath and shook his head to the others, indicating that it was nothing serious. However, I still felt something was wrong in my heart. I always felt that this underground place was not a place to stay for a long time.
He closed the diary and said to the others: "No matter whether the guess is correct or not, as long as there is such a possibility, we have to go to that place to have a look. Although we still don't know what the Dragon's First Scale means to the Dragon Worshipers. Yes, but we have to destroy the enemy's plan. The best way to destroy their plan right now is naturally to seize their target first."
"They got the target's location wrong, which is great news for us. Although we were one step behind in Vanric and lost the whereabouts of the Adventurer's Association official, we finally found this diary. It’s not all without gain.”
Parker still didn't want to go to that place and couldn't help but ask: "But what if this map is not real?"
The big cat man saw his intention and smiled slightly: "That place is not far from the excavation point in the south. Even if we find nothing, it will not hinder the business. We are here to inquire about information. We must visit these places one by one."
The Papalar shrugged helplessly.
After confirming the plan, everyone set off on the road again. However, before leaving, Fang Plover couldn't help but turn to the last page of the diary - the three names above, whose identities he had already discussed with Dickert in Vanrich.
But what is the connection between the Rogelsl family and the Elingren family with the ruins of Idos that have been sealed in history and the disaster of the Dragon Witch? He is still unknown to this day.
Even Sir Dict, they still can't get in touch.
He took another look at the depths of darkness, and he couldn't help but wonder if the little girl he had seen before was actually his own hallucination.
But along the way, everyone did not encounter any strange situations. There were a few undead creatures blocking the road, but they were easily solved. There was no such thing as the previous incident of missing bones.
However, Parker compared the topographic map he surveyed with the map recorded in Fang Plover's log and found more and more differences. Some parts of the tunnel collapsed due to disrepair, and some passages were cut off during the disaster that year. Therefore, the situation underground in Idos has also changed greatly compared to the past.
It was just that while Fang Plover was comparing the maps, he was sure of at least one thing. That is, this map was definitely not drawn after the Dragon Witch incident. The person who drew it must have been familiar with Idos before that disaster.
As for whether the other party has experienced that disaster, it naturally depends on the final result.
The result was exactly the small mark marked in dark red on the map——
After walking for a while, Parker in front suddenly turned back and said to everyone:
"According to the marks on the map, there should be a secret door in front of this place."
"The secret door, where is it?"
"If I'm not wrong, we'll block the wall in front."
After hearing this, Red took off his shield and walked forward. While groping on the wall with his paws, he asked: "Are you sure you are in this place? How do I feel that this wall is solid?" The big cat man gestured up and down. I did some cleaning and put a layer of dust on the wall - but you can see that there are no cracks on the wall.
He turned back and looked at the Papalar.
Parker felt that his professionalism as a 'draftsman' had been questioned. He took a picture of the drawing and said, "I swear, it's right here. If you didn't find it, that's your own problem."
At this time, Alyssa also checked around, then came back from the front and said to everyone: "There shouldn't be a secret door in this place, but there is a staircase over there that leads down."
"Stairs?" Fang Plover asked, "Where are they?"
Alyssa pointed to the west of the crowd - the underground tunnel was divided into two, one east and one west, with two branches. Sylvide and Attila also checked the map together and found that this time the Papalar people were indeed right. According to the markings on the map, there should indeed be a secret passage in this place.
"But the wall is solid." The lion man also knocked on the wall with his scepter, and there was a thick knocking sound in response: "There is absolutely no way there is any secret passage, and there is no problem with the floor."
"Then the map is wrong." Parker immediately found a new reason.
But at this moment, he felt Alyssa put a hand on his shoulder:
"Shh!"
Alyssa suddenly turned her head to the side, showing a serious expression, and made a silencing gesture to everyone:
"There is a voice in front."
She lowered her voice and spoke to everyone.
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