Chapter 360: Thirty Years after the Great Change

Chapter 354 – Thirty Years after the Great Change

“Stand still outsider.” The captain of the guards who held the hilt of his sword in his hand stared at Owen vigilantly and said, the two guards behind him unanimously stepped forward, vaguely forming half an encirclement, one could tell that they hadn’t had a lot of actual battles.

“Anything?” Owen slowly raised his head, revealing a smooth chin and pink lips, a hint of mischievous hair also slipped down from the hood, making the guard captains couldn’t help but be dumbfounded, and at the same time there was a question in his mind, is this person a man or a woman?

“Spell casters are not welcome in Stone Wheel Town, so if there is nothing else, leave as soon as possible.” The tone of the guard captain who was affected by the charm eased a bit, but the principle remained the same as he said warningly.

“Thanks for the reminder, I will leave first thing in the morning.” Owen wasn’t angry about it, for one thing, the other party was carrying out the orders of the local lord, and for another, he was afraid that the undead village had brought about the influence.

Warriors couldn’t turn people into undead, only spell casters had that ability, so it was normal for the locals to hate spell casters.

To be honest, the lords here didn’t hang all the spell casters they saw or just drive them away, their temperament was considered good.

Of course, it was also possible that they were afraid of not being able to defeat them, after all, spellcasters weren’t something to be messed with, so they could only live for a long time if they left a thread of death behind.

Owen entered Stone Wheel Town, did not go to the tavern, first went to buy some books.

The good thing is that although there is no specialized library here, there is also a place to sell books, but the price is a little expensive.

After all, because of the low dissemination method, expensive price, and poor literacy rate, books here can be categorized as luxury goods, the general public really will not go to buy.

Simply flipping through it, quite a few books Owen looked and felt familiar, obviously read before he was caught in the turbulence, good thing a few diaries appeared so that he did not return empty-handed.

These diaries were left behind by an old wizard who died in an undead village, because the person who picked them up didn’t know how to read, they were brought back as books, but unfortunately they were only exchanged for two cups of ale.

The reason Owen purchased them was that the old wizard had died in the undead village last month, and by going back in time, perhaps he would be able to determine how many years had passed in this world.

Arriving at the tavern, ordering a cup of the finest ale, and taking a seat at the small round table located in one corner, Owen pulled out his journal and began to look through it.

The journals weren’t cheap, plus they also acted as study notes, so a few journals full of dry facts made Owen gain a lot.

What that old sorcerer was called was not important, what mattered was that he lived long enough, plus the previous great change in heaven and earth had too much impact, there were naturally records on it, so Owen could be sure that he stayed in the turbulence for about thirty years.

Because it was too shocking, the old sorcerer used a great deal of space to record it, and after many years, he would still repeatedly mention what happened back then, and had also pursued the hidden secrets of the great change of heaven and earth.

According to the old sorcerer’s records, the disappearance of the Academy City was too sudden, and the countless demons emerged too suddenly, causing the Imperial Capital to fail to react, plus the head of the demons, the Church of Flesh and Blood, the Church of the Divine Calamity, and other evil organizations joined hands to carry out the plan of destruction, and the Imperial Capital even fell.

Knowing that the defense measures of the imperial capital were enough to withstand the siege of millions of armies, one can imagine what kind of shock was caused by the spreading of this incident.

The fall of the imperial capital was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, and the whole empire was torn apart in just a few years, and the dukes and princes who had strong control over their territories and were powerful claimed to be the kings of the country, and large-scale wars broke out among themselves.

The war lasted for ten years, during which I don’t know how many people died, and in the end there were only five kingdoms left, in addition to the Elf Kingdom and the Dwarf Kingdom, the remaining three kingdoms were established by two Grand Dukes and one Prince respectively.

The next level of counts and marquises also followed the trend to establish their own kingdoms, but their strength could not support their ambitions, so they respectively expanded their own power centered on cities, and in order to resist the seven kingdoms also formed the Hundred Cities Alliance.

Unfortunately, the old wizard was only active in the south and had never been to the north, so he was not very clear about the situation in the north, and only knew that the barbarians of the Northland went south once again and were defeated by the three alliances there. Seeing this, Owen had a number in his heart and focused on the rest of the diary, of which what impressed him the most was the old sorcerer’s mockery of the mages.

The fundamentals of a mage, aside from the mental power to pry the elements into transforming magic, would have to be knowledge.

Theoretically, spiritual power was only the foundation of a mage, and knowledge was the upper limit of a mage.

But since the great change of heaven and earth, the mage’s knowledge is not good, a few famous legendary mage even on the spot self-detonation, still alive had to choose to seal themselves, the original small transparent like the sorcerer and warlock instead of shaking up, and even with the witch dared to go out and walk.

However, the sorcerer did not have to be complacent for too long, because the world soon ushered in an outbreak of professionals, the original one in a thousand professionals into one in a hundred, the number of more than a tenfold increase.

But all a bit of talent as long as willing to practice, and someone to teach, almost all can touch the threshold of the transcendental profession.

The sorcerer’s ability to cast spells is cumbersome, not suitable for combat, now facing the competition of many professionals, and has become a small transparent, but the warlock is more and more popular, with the exception of demonic warlocks.

In this situation, the old sorcerer is not willing, I do not know where to get part of the inheritance of the necromancer, trying to struggle again, the result is obvious, afraid to play off.

Seeing this, the sky is almost almost dark, the tavern guests are more and more, the exclusive table of Owen is somewhat conspicuous, but that elegant posture is obviously not a gray robe can not block, so people who want to join the table are often deterred.

Owen put away a table of diaries, back to the tavern room, released the Slime Maid, morphing into a soft and elastic lazy sofa, the whole person collapsed on it to relax, but the mind has been turning rapidly.

The territory was definitely something he had to go back and look at, only by determining the situation of the territory could he proceed with the next step of his plan.

However, Owen wouldn’t rush, he needed to observe the changes in this world with his own eyes, only then could he do it in his heart, otherwise staying in the safety of the castle and just reading reports could be detached from reality.

Because of the super high attributes, although it was late at night, Owen didn’t have much sleepiness, but even if he fell asleep, he would be awakened by the sound of climbing windows.

Twitching his long ears, picking up the subtle sound waves of the outside world building and molding them in his mind, Owen was able to hear a skinny man, not too old, crawling cautiously from the corner to his window, pulling out a thin, hollow, wooden pipe from his personal pocket.

It didn’t take much thought to figure out what the wooden pipe was for, but Owen didn’t even know that thieves in this world even used ecstasy.

“Interesting.” Owen whispered to himself.

Because of the dead of night, although the sound is not big, still be heard by the people outside, suddenly stiff, do not dare to have a chance, force a support wall towards the ground fell, stick to the ground a roll up and run.

The whole process is silky smooth, obviously not less practiced, but a long thick rope flying interrupted his plans to escape, was tied up in a knot.

Just when Owen was ready to retrieve the person, the other party was like a loach to break free from the rope, leaving only a piece of clothing, and then pinched and exploded the smoke bomb, taking advantage of the cover of the smoke to successfully escape, so that he was stunned.

“Even thieves are professionals now?” This tactic was obviously not something an ordinary person could possess, so Owen said with some surprise.

As for himself being stared at, he didn’t care much, after all, no matter the posture or some details, he couldn’t hide his good birth, and the temperament of a godly man, it was normal to be stared at.

(End of chapter)