Monarch of Evernight: Nine Explorations

bsp;Qianye closed the Baron's diary, went through the key points in his mind, made sure he had memorized it, then lit the entire notebook on fire and watched it slowly burn to ashes, without even a scrap of paper. The rest is finally stirred into the muddy water.

Some of the distinctive gadgets in Darul's backpack were left in place, and Qianye sank these things together with the body into a deep swamp hundreds of meters away from the scene.

In a day or two like this, all traces left by the Baron in the Black Swamp will be naturally erased, and no one will be able to trace what happened. Baron Darul Kulas will be marked as missing on the vampire list from now on. This situation is not uncommon, and it also includes the black-winged king Anduya who is still missing.

Qianye kept the rune fragments close to his body. He didn't know if the information he got from the Baron's diary was true, nor did he know if the seemingly genuine rune fragment was actually part of the key. Even the human race has heard of the dark race's hobby of treasure hunting. Every year, many true and false rumors come out. Some clues look like they are true. It is not until you reach the end of the search that you find another unknown origin. joke.

However, this matter was too involved, especially since the dark race launched a war this time with such a ridiculous factor in it from the human race. After thinking about it again and again, Qianye felt that it was best not to reveal it to anyone. Of course, you can't discuss it with anyone. Things like treasures can turn into unforeseen disasters at any time.

However, the trophies currently displayed in Qianye are quite impressive. The two short guns are both high-quality goods signed by craftsmen. If they were auctioned in the empire, they could be sold for at least 3,000 yuan each. Those children from aristocratic families who love firearms have enough time and energy to verify the origin of the craftsman's signature on the short gun. If those were two prestigious names, the price could soar to over five thousand.

However, one can only think about such huge profits. Since Qianye wants to hide the news about Baron Darul, these things obtained can only be treated as stolen goods of unknown origin. Even if he goes through Song Zining's channel, every Being able to sell it for two thousand is already pretty good.

With the lessons learned from the Twin Flowers, Qianye will never ask for trouble again.

Fourth-level high-quality daggers are easy to carry on various occasions. Coupled with the elegant and gorgeous appearance of the vampire family, they will be very popular products. The demand for long swords will be narrower, but they are not for sale. If you don't go out, there will be no market for that level 3 armor.

The core value of armor lies in the Force Array, but the Force Array of the Vampires is of course suitable for driving by the power of blood. Other types of Dark Force will be discounted, and the discount for the Dawn Force will be even greater. However, it was useless to others, but Yu Qianye did not have this obstacle, so he kept this thing for his own use.

Qianye calculated the value of the force guns and knives, and found that they were not satisfactory. They were at least enough for the development of his "Dark Fire Mercenary Group" for half a year. It is development, not just enough food and clothing.

Another treasure left by Baron Darul is a detailed map of the Black Marsh, which marks three safe routes through the Black Marsh. These routes are of course the work of the spider demons. The giant swamp spiders are the dominant ones in the swamp. It is because of them that they open the way, so the dark race can often cross the black swamp and appear on the flanks of the human defense line.

However, the environment of the Black Swamp is really harsh, especially the stench, which is lethal to all living creatures. Vampires and demons are particularly intolerable. If it weren't for the huge attraction of the Black King's treasure, even Baron Darul, who likes to explore secret places, would not appear in such a place.

This road map made Qianye change his previous plan of just coming to the Black Swamp to familiarize himself with the terrain. The huge swamp area of ​​hundreds of kilometers also had enough space for activities. He decided to continue deep into the hinterland, not only to verify the map records , you can also see if there is a chance to ambush the dark race.

As he continued to move deeper into the swamp in the second half of the night, Qianye encountered countless attacks, all of which were native creatures from the black swamp.

Where there are blood vines, there will be flying insects, and occasionally horned snakes will appear. Now of course Qianye would not be bitten by the horned snake again. He directly smashed all their organs with his shining teeth. The skin, gallbladder, horns and venom glands of horned snakes that remain intact can fetch large prices. A horned snake is worth at least dozens of gold coins.

For half the night, Qianye dug up more than a dozen blood vines and caught three horned snakes, which was quite a bit of help. But when it comes to making money quickly, nothing can beat killing a high-level vampire. This made Qianye feel quite emotional.

But it turned out to be a baron. If he hadn't been too careless and fell into Qianye's trap, it might have been Qianye who was hunted down after going deep into the swamp. Now that Darul has the idea of ​​turning him into a descendant, he might make a sudden move at some point.

Going deeper, Qianye encountered an attack from a group of swamp crocodiles. He killed several giant crocodiles in succession before forcing the group back. Then he encountered a kind of killer fish that was only the size of a palm and could bite through ordinary leather armor in one bite.

And spiders the size of basins, black leeches more than one meter long, and giant insects that cannot be named appeared in endlessly.

Swamp crocodile skins, killer fish eggs, and spider silk can all be sold for good prices. Qianye now understood why there were so many scavengers and herb collectors in Heini Town. The blood vines and other materials in Qianye's backpack are enough to completely change the lives of dozens of scavengers.

These scavengers came here following rumors, dreaming that good luck would fall on them. They might be able to find blood vines without horned snakes nearby, or they might be able to obtain the eggs of freshly laid killer fish. It’s just that reality is always cruel, good luck does not always come, but danger is an eternal theme.

Thousands of scavengers die in the Black Swamp every year, but only a few can really make a fortune. But the deeds of these few lucky people have been widely praised and repeated many times, and people have regarded the stories of these lucky people as a common rule. As for the thousands of people who died, they were completely forgotten by greed.

The cemetery outside Black Mud Town is a silent witness. There are corpses that can be found buried in it, but most of the scavengers who died in Black Mud have no bones left.

People's attitude towards luck is always like a blinded lover, who only pursues the intense moment of joy without thinking about the price of long-term maintenance. Speaking of which, it seems that emotions mixed with many factors are not pure, but are emotions without responsibility and responsibility right?

Further forward, Qianye saw dozens of abrupt black stone pillars standing in the middle of a low-lying land. The land between the stone pillars is flat and dry. Outside the stone pillars, there are hundreds of earth pits of different sizes.

Seeing these pillars, Qianye suddenly felt awe-inspiring. He restrained all his aura and observed quietly for a while. He found nothing unusual about the surrounding environment before slowly approaching.

Within ten meters around the stone pillars, the air suddenly became dry, and the terrain was several centimeters higher than the surrounding area. Qianye walked to a pit, picked up a handful of dirt and looked at it. There are blackened egg shells in the soil.

Seeing this, you can be sure that the pit is dug by the spider demon's servants to rest. As for the egg shell, it is the egg they laid. If the hatched spider can grow, it will become a new one. Servant spider. If it has no chance to grow, it will be eaten to supplement nutrition for other servant spiders.

There are still traces of camping in the middle of the stone pillars. Judging from the remaining traces, it was vaguely possible to tell that the previous group of people who stayed were spider demons and werewolves.

This group of stone pillars is a camp set up by the dark race in the black swamp for the army to rest through the swamp. The design of these black stone pillars is extremely clever. In a way that humans have not yet been able to crack, they form a natural force array. With just a few black crystals, it can operate for several years, creating a dry and comfortable area in the swamp. 's camp.

Qianye did not touch anything, but carefully examined the traces of the camp. His frown relaxed slightly. This camp had not been used for a long time. This is the last sizable place to camp before leaving the swamp.

Qianye recalled the signs on the Baron Black Marsh map, identified the direction, and then headed towards another campsite.

If he hadn't gotten the map, he would never have imagined that the dark race had actually set up as many as five campsites in the Black Mud Swamp and planned to build a new one. This was a prelude to maneuvering the army through the swamp. Just looking at the scale of these camps, Qianye knew that he would never be able to defend Black Ni Town with the few manpower he had.

The road in the swamp is getting harder and harder, and the carrying capacity of the swamp has become lower. Now, even with Qianye's reaction and ability, he must be careful. He has almost fallen into a swamp several times. He must carefully observe the plants on the road ahead to judge whether there is solid ground below.

Out of caution, Qianye did not move along the path that the dark race had opened, but moved on both sides. In this way, if there are troops of the dark race passing by, they can be discovered immediately without revealing their whereabouts.

Until the second campsite, Qianye found no sign of the dark race’s march. But just when he left the second campsite, he suddenly felt a strange danger. Without thinking, he fell down in the muddy water, sinking his entire body lightly but quickly, leaving only his eyes exposed.

The originally calm water surface suddenly rippled, and then Qianye heard a subtle rustling sound. A large group of dark gray spiders, as big as a basin, swam by more than ten meters away. Their long legs were paddling rapidly, moving very fast, almost floating on the water.

These gray spiders are all descendants of swamp giant spiders. Of course, they are not as scary as swamp giant spiders, but they are more numerous and extremely adaptable to geographical environments such as swamps and shallow lakes. And they are very sensitive to their surroundings and are particularly good at capturing dynamic scenes.

Wherever the spider passed, all the native creatures of the swamp were lurking like Qianye. No one dared to show their heads, and the evasive movements of these creatures completely covered up the sound of Qianye sinking. After Qianye sank into the water, he remained motionless, like a stone. Sure enough, swarms of gray swamp spiders swarmed past him without noticing anything strange.

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