MTL - Cataclysm King

Chapter 282: The one who supports the fire

 “Ouch, Ayu, you are still playing cards here, but you don’t know that the entire Sinless City has exploded! That’s a flying dragon attacking the city! A flying dragon attacking the city!”

“Oh, don’t worry about it, I’m going outside to get some news.”

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In the screenwriter's office, a chattering guy ran in and told the news, and then hurried out to watch the fun.

That's the warehouse manager of the theater troupe.

 In the theater troupe, the down-and-out screenwriter and the warehouse manager are brothers who have similar salaries.

As soon as they left, Ji Xun and Jia Yu's eyes froze for a moment.

  But that’s all.

 The two sides continued to play cards.

 If it is true, then this news is indeed a major news that can be called a turning point in history.

 Has a great impact on the federal government.

 However, for individuals, the impact is far less significant.

 Before this, the Federation had not discovered any other human civilization.

 But now, some "powerful men of unknown origin" have destroyed the Cao family's Cross New City.

 When the sense of crisis strikes, it is inevitable that people will feel expectant and curious.

 This is like a ship drifting in the vast sea, drifting alone for three thousand years;

Now they saw the sails of another ship.

 At present, there is almost no force in the Federation that can destroy the war fortress built for wilderness hunting like Cross New City.

 Even if there is.

 There is no motive to take action.

 And "flying dragons attack the city".

 This is beyond everyone’s knowledge.

Before the giant dragon was discovered in the Old Continent, no one in the Eastern Continent had ever seen it, and it only existed in legends.

Even now, only a few people have seen some dragon-born creatures in extradimensional space.

 This alone reveals a lot of information.

 Strong strangers, giant dragons, and those who come are not good.

However, Ji Xun was looking forward to it.

Even the Eastern Continent is boundless.

No one knows how vast Middle-earth is.

The current scale of the Federation's development in the Old Continent is estimated to be only a small corner of the territory of the Talon Dynasty that lasted three thousand years.

If there were only humans like federal card masters.

 It’s also a little too lonely.

 Now that the news has come out, things seem to be different.

 A lamp is lit in the dark cave, and the world becomes more wonderful.

 “You don’t seem surprised?”

"There is a high probability that it is one of the other civilizational fires left by the Talon Dynasty three thousand years ago. Since they all left the old continent, it is normal to encounter them again now that they are back. Moreover, some ancient legends passed down by our Illuminati Prophecy and some foreknowledge.”

"oh?"

“Detailed information will come over in a while. There’s no rush.”

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Ji Xun and Jia Yu were not strangers to each other.

After playing cards for nearly a week, the two of them became familiar with each other.

Apart from his identity as a light chaser, Jia Yu's character is actually quite good.

 Erudite and talkative, his outlook on life is also very appetizing.

The two of them chatting at this moment is like chatting between friends, nothing special.

Ji Xun listened and waited with peace of mind.

 After all, this mushroom head is the leader of the Thirteen Knights. Even if he stays in the screenwriter's office all the time, he can still keep track of the movements of the major forces in the federation, so he must have his own intelligence system.

 Instead of going out and listening to all kinds of strange gossip that is being circulated.

It’s better to wait.

Honglou was bursting into flames outside, but the two people in the warehouse were just playing cards patiently.

as expected.

 After two rounds of cards, footsteps sounded outside the door again.

“Oh, after such a big incident, you still have the heart to play cards here?”

　　The sound arrives first before the person arrives.

The voice is very charming, making people feel like they are falling when they listen to it.

Jia Yu shook his head and smiled slightly after hearing this, and seemed a little helpless towards the man outside the door.

He glanced at Ji Xun with a strange look and said, "She might make fun of her in a while. Well, forget it, you'll know in a while."

Ji Xun understood this look, and it seemed that he wanted to remind him of something to pay attention to.

But I feel like it’s not necessary.

Mushroom Tou hesitated to speak, but Ji Xun became more curious about who the visitor was.

Since he spoke like this, the person coming must know Jia Yu’s identity, or even be one of the Thirteen Knights.

Without thinking much, a woman wearing a half-face gas mask walked in at the door.

Looking at the hunter's attire, however, as soon as she came in and took off the gas mask, Ji Xun's eyes immediately froze: "This"

 Because a very familiar face appeared in front of me.

 Song Yu!

 Not only the appearance, but also the temperament are exactly the same.

 She smiled brightly at herself, with neat white teeth.

At this moment, Ji Xun suddenly thought that he had traveled through time again and saw the innocent fishing lady.

 Although I know this must be some kind of hallucination.

 But at this moment, he had the extravagant wish to keep this illusion alive forever.

Jia Yu on the side also saw his emotional fluctuations, raised his forehead and shook his head and said: "Stop teasing him. This is Irene, the "fire supporter" of this generation. This is Ji Xun. "

As he spoke, he explained: "This is her professional ability "Void Promise". What is illusion is reality. You will see whatever you most want to see. "

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Ji Xun was suddenly enlightened after hearing this. His eyes slowly converged, but he felt a slight sigh in his heart.

Hearing that Jia Yu opened his mouth and revealed his spell, the woman who came in complained: "Oh, chief, can't you let me maintain a sense of mystery?"

 But he did not continue to use spells.

The appearance on her face changed like a mirage, turning into a charming face.

 She has big bright brown waves, pretty red lips, and a wonderful figure.

She is obviously as delicate as a girl, but her eyes have all the charm of a mature woman.

 This is a woman whose age is hard to tell from her appearance.

Ji Xun looked at this man and greeted him proactively: "Hello, Ji Xun."

　　Just now I was able to get hit without any defense at level 4. The strength of the person in front of me was also unfathomable.

And since Jia Yu said that she is a member of the Thirteen Knights, even if she is not a legendary powerhouse, she is almost there.

Erin smiled and said: "I know. It was you who solved the Scarlet Altar in the treasure house before."

As she spoke, she looked at Ji Xun with silky eyes and stretched out her hand: "Hello, Eileen~ Nice to meet you. I've met you before, but I guess you don't know."

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Ji Xun shook hands very gentlemanly.

The other party's ability to disguise itself as illusory has come true. If he has seen himself, it is normal for him to have no impression.

Irene did not shy away from her gaze and looked Ji Xun up and down: "Hey~ you are more handsome than before."

Ji Xun responded politely: "Thank you. Miss Irene is also very beautiful."

Irene covered her mouth and smiled charmingly: "You really know how to talk~"

Jia Yu on the side seemed to have long been accustomed to her nowhere-to-place charm. She shone like a light bulb wherever she went. He interrupted with a hint of helplessness and said, "What's going on outside?"

  Irene was interrupted by these confusing words and glanced at Jia Yu angrily, but also said: "The news has been confirmed. A seventh-order fire dragon attacked the city, the lord Cao Tianxi was killed, and the cross city was destroyed."

　　When she got down to business, there was also depth in her crystal eyes, and she added: "But the fire dragon is not a real dragon, but a beastly form transformed by a human card master."

Jia Yu thought for a moment: "Human?"

Eileen said: "Yes. What happened is that a few strangers came from nowhere in the Cross City. They didn't speak the common language, and their clothes and equipment were different. Then they were informed by the Cao family's information The personnel discovered it and thought it was a spy from another family. A conflict broke out between the two sides. In the end, one of them turned into a fire dragon, killed the lord of the Cao family, and then destroyed most of the city."

Jia Yu’s expression calmed down after hearing this. As if confirming something, he just asked: “Is it the card master?”

Eileen said: "Yes, they are all card masters! In addition to transforming into giant dragons, those guys also used spell cards. However, the school of spells is a bit old and very powerful. It is suspected that it was directly inherited from the ancient tower. Lun spell. The few spells currently used are [Storm Wheel Cutting Technique], [Fire Dragon Forbidden Curse], and [Secret Art: Great Waterfall Control Technique]. In addition to the seventh level of transforming into a giant dragon, several other spells may also be used. More or less dragonborn traits."

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 She is indeed a professional intelligence officer.

 This Irene describes in detail the battle at Croix Neustadt.

　　The two people who were listening felt as if they were on the battlefield, seeing with their own eyes the scene of the fire dragon breathing fire and killing people over the city.

 “No wonder”

Ji Xun murmured.

 His own career card contains some Dragonborn materials, so he has a more accurate understanding of the strength of the Dragonborn's transformation than others.

 A seventh-level card master who transforms into a flying dragon has almost crushing combat power in this era.

Although the Cao family is very strong, no one can handle that seventh level.

 It is not surprising that Cross New City was destroyed.

 But there are also some doubts.

The conditions for merging dragonborn materials are also very demanding on physical fitness. Not to mention that the materials are very difficult to find, there are not many people in the entire federation who can fuse dragonborn materials.

But almost all of those "unknown origins" have dragon-born characteristics.

 This is very thought-provoking.

Ji Xun only got one feeling from this information: the other party has the arrogance and confidence brought by absolute strength!

"There are some rumors circulating on the black market now, saying that our 'Illuminati' is behind the trouble, saying that we have secret connections with the revolutionary army and are plotting to subvert the federation. There are also people looking for channels to contact you, the leader, and ask for cooperation Things are haha.”

"But the five major council members are not stupid. They should have guessed that it may be other card master civilizations. Now the Innocence City has issued temporary control. They can only leave the Old Continent but not return. They are afraid that the other party will sneak into the Eastern Continent."

"The Cao family tried their best to kill two enemies. One of the corpses is already on the way back to Sinless City. It should be clear when the information on the corpse is analyzed."

After Irene finished speaking, the expressions of the three people in the room became solemn.

Jia Yu also fell into deep thought.

Eileen knew that the leader would think about it for a long time, and she expressed her judgment: "It's very strong. Judging from the current intelligence, those people are likely to have uninterrupted inheritance. At least they won't be blocked by the Oran royal family like us. Two thousand years."

Ji Xun felt the same way in his mind.

 The opponent has level 7, and behind this strength, there must be a complete inheritance of the card master system.

 Now the difference is immediately apparent.

The Eastern Continent where the Kashi Federation is located is already lacking in resources, and the Oran royal family has blocked most of the inheritance in order to maintain their rule, which has delayed it for more than two thousand years.

  If we really want to deal with the card master civilization whose inheritance has not been broken down, the consequences will not be optimistic.

The destruction of Caojia Cross New City is probably just a microcosm of the future.

 As for living in peace, it is almost impossible.

 It is human nature to prey on the weak.

Moreover, this world is inherently cruel. When a powerful civilization discovers a weak civilization, slavery and plunder are almost inevitable.

 Even if the other party was not malicious, this attack was just an accident.

So in the future, what qualifications do the card masters of the Eastern Continent have to explore the Old Continent with those people?

Even if you can go, 80% of them will be used as "cannon fodder" for space exploration.

 So just for this reason, the two groups of civilizations are almost destined to be hostile.

Fortunately, there is a natural chasm like the World Rift, and it is estimated that the geographical advantage can be used to block it for a while.

The five major council members decisively ordered to block people returning from the Old Continent, and there was nothing wrong with this decision.

 But the effect is very limited.

The flying dragon attacking the city is just the beginning.

 What if there are card masters of level 7 or above in the other side's civilization?

 That is already a level of power that is currently beyond the awareness of everyone in the Federation.

 Even the current federation can be absolutely crushed by force.

 For a time, Ji Xun's thoughts were racing in his mind.

 But obviously, some people see the same information at different heights.

 After pondering for a moment, Jia Yu finally spoke.

 “At present, it seems that we are enemies rather than friends. And they are very strong.”

"Dragon-born creatures are born with a higher bloodline, and their average combat power is more than half a level higher than ordinary monsters. In other words, the environment in which those people live is much worse than that in the Eastern Continent. In other words, that environment The card master you play will also be very strong.”

“The inheritance of those people is very complete, and there is a high probability that there are card masters above the seventh level. This is the most unsolvable point at present.”

“The only good news is that since you are a card master, the surviving ‘fire’ is 80% not contaminated by the old gods.”

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The heights are different. What Jia Yu saw was the Kashi civilization.

If there is a complete civilization of card masters that has been passed down, from a certain perspective, this is indeed a good thing.

It’s just not good news for the current federal upper class.

 The "Illuminati Priory" has never been a powerful person in history, nor a conspirator.

 They stand taller.

 More like a civilized observer.

 They walk in the shadow of inconspicuous history, and only when they reach certain turning points of civilization will they choose to live in this world.

 If you are weak, you will be beaten. This is the law of nature.

 It makes no difference to them who is in power in the federation.

Ji Xun heard this analysis and felt it was reasonable.

From a civilizational perspective, as long as it is not contaminated by the Old Gods, it makes no difference who is the ruler.

However, things are obviously not that simple.

Jia Yu thought of something at this time, narrowed his eyes slightly, and changed the subject: "But... the people in that team are all dragonborn, and there is also a guy who can directly transform into a dragon. This is not something that ordinary professional cards can do . Even if there is, the integration of dragonborn professional cards is very difficult, and the probability of a whole team of dragonborn is very small. Another point is that high-level bloodlines have natural resistance to the belief in the old gods. So I estimate that those people may have transformed the bloodline. Or maybe he already possesses a certain level of dragon bloodline."

Hearing this, Irene said in surprise: "Humans have dragon blood?"

Hearing this, Ji Xun frowned slightly.

Having integrated professional cards with Dragonborn materials, he has a say in how difficult they are.

 The other card master's civilization has not been broken because of its inheritance, so it can be understood even if it is strong.

 But not everyone has the physical strength to fuse the Dragonborn card, right?

 As for human beings transforming their bloodline.

Ji Xun himself was infected with the [Blood Plague].

He knows only too well how risky this kind of transformation by foreign bloodline is. If it weren't for his special situation and the suppression of catastrophic objects, he would have been distorted long ago.

Acquired bloodline transformation cannot be applied on a large scale.

Jia Yu’s statement is also the most reliable.

so.

This mushroom head obviously thought of this too.

He continued: "According to legend, dragons are powerful and domineering, greedy and cunning, lustful and ambitious by nature. They are natural overlords. The dragon descendants born from their mating with other species are actually slaves controlled by the dragon clan. Within the territory, the dragon is the only master. In front of the dragon, they have innate blood suppression on any dragon-born creature. The dragon will enslave everything in the territory."

Erin heard that this tone was wrong and asked: "Chief, what does this mean?"

Jia Yu pondered for a moment, and then expressed the conclusion he deduced: "It is very likely that those people came from a Kasper civilization that was not dominated by humans."

Hearing this, the room was silent again.

Ji Xun thought a lot when he heard this.

 If a civilization is not dominated by humans, then the problem will be huge.

The current Federation is really going to be defeated by those card masters who don’t know where they come from. Doesn’t that mean that they are war slaves under slaves?

 This is no longer an internal fight between civilized regimes.

 It is a battle between races.

Jia Yu didn't go into details, and let out a long breath, "Let's wait for the news. The Bai family should get more information from the corpses. Once it is confirmed that those people are really born with dragon blood, the situation I deduced may be It’s about to come true.”

"Um."

Erin also nodded solemnly and asked: "Chief, what can we do now?"

Jia Yu is worthy of being a light chaser.

 From this limited information, he has already deduced the war pattern for many years to come.

He said: "The opponent has clearly identified a seventh-level card master. It is very likely that this is just a group of vanguards. It is almost certain that the current strength of the Federation cannot defend any city in the Old Continent. Therefore, if we really want to fight, we can only use guerrilla warfare. Tactics. And once the Nugget Pier is captured by those people, we may also be blocked in the Eastern Continent."

After a pause, he continued: "Prepare for the worst first. In the future, Innocence City will inevitably become a war fortress guarding the Eastern Continent. The main battlefield will be in the Old Continent. Move the focus of activities there. Before it is blocked. , try your best to lay out some hopes of a comeback."

Irene nodded: "Yeah."

 As the chief intelligence officer of the Illuminati, she already knew what she had to do.

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Ji Xun also thought of this.

The Abyss Fissure is a natural chasm that can protect the current Dongda Luka Division Federation.

 But it’s also mutual.

Now the only way in and out of the Old Continent is the artifact chains.

If someone really blocks the Nugget Pier, it will be difficult to rush out.

 After hearing Jia Yu’s deduction, Ji Xun also felt that he might have to leave for the Old Continent as soon as possible.

 The resources in the Eastern Continent are too poor, and even seventh-level materials are extremely difficult to find.

If you are really trapped, you may really be trapped in the low-level card master field for your whole life.

The news of the destruction of the Cao family's Cross New City spread throughout the entire federation in a very short period of time.

 In a rare move, the five major council members did not continue their internal fighting. Instead, they ordered the mobilization of troops and stationed them at Innocence City and Nugget Pier.

At the same time, mechanical war fortresses also began to be built.

 The old continent was like a gold mine, and it would not escape. The five major council members could just slowly dig it out.

 The only difference is the number of shareholders, who digs more and gets less.

 But now, an unknown enemy appears.

 The sense of urgency came all of a sudden.

 No one would be naive enough to think that those “people of unknown origin” would be kind enough to share the gold mine of the Old World with them.

 Some can only be wars and conquests.

The entire federal leadership is caught in a sense of impending crisis.

at the same time.

 Cross New City.

Hunterhuang New City, which was originally prosperous, is now full of ruins.

 The fluid form that solidifies after being melted at high temperatures can be seen everywhere on steel walls and various buildings.

 A few guys wearing three-thousand-talen retro-style clothes were repairing leisurely in the ruins.

A huge wild boar monster was roasting on the bonfire in front of them.

There are still many survivors in the city, but they are not aware of what happened at the moment.

 No one dared to provoke these "mysterious people" who had just killed the lord of the Cao family.

 A sturdy middle-aged man with red hair sat on the ruins.

Just sitting there, he exudes a domineering aura like a Warcraft lord.

 At this time, another card master who had just finished searching for souls threw away the body in his hand and got the information.

“Legion Commander, it has now been confirmed that these guys are the same people who fled the Eastern Wasteland three thousand years ago. What is now called the ‘Kard Master Federation’. They have just entered the Middle-earth continent a few years ago.”

“Haha, the strongest card master is only at level six? The Eastern Wasteland is indeed as barren as the legend says. Then there is no threat to the card master federation.”

“Yeah. I asked why such a big city is full of low-level card masters. I originally wanted to try these guys’ methods, but in the end, none of them could fight.”

“The royal family of Augustus is really as stupid as ever. Three thousand years ago, it was greedy for royal power, which caused the collapse of the empire. Now it has fled to the Eastern Wasteland, and even made a stupid move to block the inheritance of the card master. Haha, it is simply asking for death.”

“Send a message to the empire, and wait for the backup troops to arrive, and immediately conquer the Eastern Wasteland. It just so happens that we need a lot of ‘cannon fodder’ to explore those extra-dimensional spaces. Those war slaves are perfect.”

 “Yes! Lord Legion Commander.”

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 (End of this chapter)