Chapter 243 World View
The Viscount Shelton in front of him was about forty years old, short, fat and ugly, with few hairs left on his bald head. He was in a bad mental state, with swollen eyes and obvious dark circles, and looked worried.
There was no reason for Xia Lin to refuse Viscount Shelton's request - he had come to him for this very reason.
"Don't worry, you won't die as long as I'm here."
The black-haired young man's face was full of confidence and arrogance. The Viscount's lips moved and he turned his head to look at the guards who had fainted in the courtyard - this was the greeting Xia Lin had just given.
He sighed deeply.
"That's troublesome..."
"Xia, just call me Xia."
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Xia."
After the Viscount finished speaking, Xia Lin smiled and said, "Since I have become your bodyguard, we should discuss the compensation."
Speaking of the word reward, the Viscount's face fell.
“How many do you need?”
He asked cautiously, because even though he was a viscount, Sheldon's family was not well off.
He had no talent for business and his status was just mediocre. The wealth passed down from his ancestors had long been spent on day-to-day banquets. The Viscount could not afford much money.
Otherwise, he would not have failed to ask the noble wizards to deal with this trouble.
"What I want is not money..." Xia Lin said with a smile: "Money, just a few gold coins will be fine. I heard that the Viscount's ancestors were also rich and there are many books in the house. I would like to borrow these books to have a look. Consider it as a reward for asking me to help you realize your wish. What do you think?"
Viscount Shelton was overjoyed when he heard this and nodded repeatedly.
"It's settled then."
…
Money is naturally not important.
No matter how much coins you have in the Ashes, it is meaningless.
The life or death of Viscount Shelton is actually not important.
There was no need for Xia Lin to intervene in the Soul Light Battle, his first target was still the Cinders Zone itself.
The reason why he contacted Viscount Shelton was that he could use this channel to browse through the Shelton family's collection of books, or use Shelton as a bridgehead to contact higher-level people in this country.
This will complete your understanding of the worldview of this Ashes zone.
This is very important!
This foundation-level Cinders area is strange and extremely difficult, but there is very little information about it.
Even now, Xia Lin couldn't even comprehend the name of this Ashes District...
This also eliminated Xia Lin's idea of directly destroying the world with Dongfeng.
Who knows if this will lead to some unpredictable consequences?
"Anyway, let's play it safe for now. If things don't work out, we can consider turning the table over."
Things are different now.
In the past, overturning the table was Xia Lin's specialty.
Xia Lin is the best at exploding together with the enemy.
Now, Xia Lin can't play like this anymore.
…
When an Ashen Walker enters the Ashen Zone, he will automatically gain the abilities of Language Proficiency and Text Proficiency.
These two abilities are not displayed in the attribute panel in the form of buffs, but are more like a power granted by the Jhin system.
Therefore, the Ashland Walkers can communicate fluently with the Ashland natives.
You can also understand the written books in this ashes area.
"But it's meaningless..."
The high spiritual attributes enhanced Xia Lin's reading and memory abilities.
Sheldon's family has a large collection of books, but they can't keep up with Xia Lin reading one every ten seconds.
After just a few hours, Xia Lin had read through all of Sheldon's collection of books and concluded that they were "meaningless."
He wanted to find clues about the "January Dream Robbery" in these books.
But no.
As a second choice, he focused on the word "dream" and clues about high-level wizards or gods who had the authority over dreams.
This is true.
There are many high-level wizards who are famous for their dream magic or illusion magic, but they are not at the pinnacle of high-end military power in this world - the direct combat effectiveness of their dream and illusion abilities is still a bit lacking.
In ancient times, there was a god who held the power over dreams - his name was Dream God.
It was only after the emergence of the professional system that the world's magical attainments advanced by leaps and bounds, and the gods of the past were all disenchanted. People discovered that the so-called gods were either some high-level wizards pretending to be mysterious or some strange natural phenomena.
The essence of Dream God is just a primitive worship formed by the spontaneous spread of ignorant masses.
Yes, there is no God in this world.
The five major forces that dominate this world are the three kingdoms, the Temple of Stars, and the Dragon's Nest in the Western Region.
There are three major kingdoms: the Eastern Kingdom, the Russ Kingdom, and the Sina Kingdom where Xia Lin is currently located.
The Temple of Stars is the temple of mages. It does not have a large territory but has the strongest high-end military force. It is also a permanent neutral party and a holy place for all mages in this world.
The Western Region Dragon Nest is a force formed by a group of giant dragons.
Because high-level wizards were as powerful as dragons and often hunted dragons as experimental materials, the dragons formed a group and formed the Western Dragon Nest, a behemoth whose strength was not inferior to the first four.
As for how advanced the world's high-end military power is, there is no record of it in the books.
A brief worldview is thus created.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Xia Lin closed the book and shook his head slightly.
"Not enough intelligence."
These books were just for literacy purposes for Xia Lin. He did not find any key clues that could inspire him from them.
“There’s not enough time.”
Xia Lin then pointed out another difficulty of this ember area.
It's a matter of time.
When you know nothing, you need to look for clues from scratch.
But this Ashen Zone seemed to only give the Ashen Zone Walker one month.
Now, five hours have passed since the mission began.
Xia Lin still had no clue.
After squinting his eyes and thinking for a long time, Xia Lin drew a warning line for himself in his mind.
"Half a month."
"If the situation is still the same after half a month, don't blame me for resorting to violence."
"But before that, I need to find a way to make a plan so as not to waste time."
Pulling out a book titled "Biography of Mages of the Kingdom of Shina", Xia Lin flipped through it quickly and soon his eyes fixed on it.
A name caught Xia Lin's attention.
【Celia, a level 10 dream mage. 】
[Currently a senior advisor to the Shina Kingdom's court mage group. ]
Keeping the three words "Celia" in mind, Xia Lin looked up at the maid beside him.
"Is it possible for me to meet with Ms. Celia?"
As a tenth-level dream mage, Celia might have heard of the four words "January Dream Tribulation".
The maid looked embarrassed.
"Ms. Celia is very busy. I'm afraid she doesn't have time."
Not having time is an excuse, but the truth is how can a nobody like you possibly meet the kingdom's senior wizard advisor?
With a "click", Xia Lin closed the book.
After simply weighing the two options of simple and rough or gentle and tactful, Xia Lin made a decision.
"Forget it, go tell Viscount Shelton that I'm going out to help him solve his problem."
"Have him get dinner ready and a clean room."
Mages are the mainstream supernatural system in this world.
It is also divided into two branches: White Mage and Black Mage.
This is not only a question of faction, but also a question of the focus of magic mastered.
Generally speaking, black magicians have extreme personalities, their magic is evil, and they are relatively anti-human.
The struggle between black and white seems to be the main theme of this world.
Xia Lin has a general view of the world.
But there are still not many clues.
Without resorting to violence, it seems that we still have to start from Sheldon's wishes in order to gain more leverage.
(End of this chapter)