North Ainz Kingdom, the frost and snow has covered the land. 安苏王国北部,霜雪已经覆盖大地。 The land of this mountainous is the Ainz Kingdom coldest place, common social practice valiant Northerner takes root in lofty ridges and towering mountains and cold wind in this, is guarding the Kingdom northern front door, and is maintaining and delicate balances between north these hard to deal with neighbors in 700 years diligently. 这片多山的土地是安苏王国最寒冷的地方,民风彪悍的北方人在崇山峻岭和寒风之中扎根于此,守卫着王国的北部大门,并在700年间努力维持着和更北方那些难缠的邻居之间的微妙平衡。 No matter Violet Kingdom of northwest direction, is Northeast Sacred Dragon Duchy, is not always a role that is easy to do. 不管是西北方向的紫罗兰王国,还是东北方向的圣龙公国,从来都不是什么容易打交道的角色。 But in this discomforting winter, there is a new shadow to reappear from the frost and snow, in the Duchess Victoria Wilde eye, these new threats even compared these to make one ascertain that the airtight northern neighbor was more disquieting, because this threat braved from the home. 但在这个令人不安的冬天里,有新的阴影从霜雪中浮现了出来,在维多利亚·维尔德女公爵眼中,这些新的威胁甚至比那些令人捉摸不透的北方邻居更令人忧虑因为这威胁是从国内冒出来的。 „Duke of Ice and Snow” Victoria Wilde stands on Coldwinter Castle high terrace, is overlooking below city, before beginning of winter , the snow that then starts to have stopped until last night, various town places were silver white, but the northern area typical apex building can reduce the snow to cover effectively, that one by one black apex punctured cladding in silvery white of winter, was similar to the black pine that in the big snowfield stood in great numbers to stand and wait for a long time on castle below plain, as far as eyes can reach, stood in great numbers densely. “冰雪公爵”维多利亚·维尔德站在凛冬堡高高的露台上,俯视着下方的城市,入冬之前便开始下起的雪直到昨天夜里才停,城镇各处都是一片银白,而北方地区典型的尖顶建筑可以有效减少积雪覆盖,那一个个黑色尖顶刺破了冬日的银装素裹,就如同大雪原上林立的黑松般伫立在城堡下方的平原上,一眼望去,森然林立。 In the Kingdom great majority place, the arrival of winter then means the production to stop, people hide the day in the room trembling, however in this coldest Northern Region, situation actually instead different, here person had adapted coldly, to survive also has to adapt occupies an annual two points of suddenly long cold winter, even if in day that in this heavy snow stops initially, can still see that in the city the innumerable mobile crowds they must clear the snow before the next round snowing destruction urban architecture as far as possible, starts out road/s, freezes to death these while convenient in in the sewers the body of homeless person drags to the city outside, but to castle that. In place central square, is gathering most crowds 在王国大多数地方,冬日的到来便意味着生产停止,人们躲在屋中瑟瑟发抖的日子,然而在这最为寒冷的北境,情况却反而不同,这里的人已经适应了寒冷,并且为了生存也不得不适应占据全年二分之一时间的漫长寒冬,即便在这大雪初停的日子里,也可以看到城市里无数流动的人群他们必须在下一轮降雪毁坏城市建筑之前尽可能地清除积雪,开出道路,顺便把那些冻死在阴沟里的无家可归者的尸体拖到城外,而在正对着城堡的那座中央广场上,则聚集着最多的人群 The snow in square has cleaned up cleanly, gathers the person there to look to burn Evil Cultist. 广场上的积雪已经清理干净,聚集在那里的人是为了看烧死邪教徒的。 The forms of these wear black dusters tied up one after another on the high wooden stake, heavy Blacksteel chains as well as engraved inscription shackles simultaneously binding their bodies and mana, but their because of executing evil spell twisted the terrifying the facial features still to make person tremble with fear. 那些穿着黑色罩袍的身影被一个接一个地绑在了高高的木桩上,沉重的黑钢锁链以及铭文镣铐同时束缚着他们的躯体和魔力,但他们那因施行邪术而扭曲恐怖的面容仍然令人不寒而栗。 The surrounded crowd had gathered several in the square, the soldier separates these crowds and Evil Cultist, the shining sword the desecrater who prevents excited citizen to further approach these dangers, but in this process, the firewood was piled, burns thermofusion the animal fat also to be sprinkled on opening the haystack. 围观的人群已经在广场上聚拢了好几层,士兵将这些人群和邪教徒分隔开来,明晃晃的刀剑阻止着过于激动的领民进一步靠近那些危险的亵渎者,而在这个过程中,柴草被堆了上去,烧热融化的动物油脂也被泼在拆草堆上。 „Burns them!” In the surrounded resident some people cannot repress to howl finally loudly. “烧死他们！”围观的市民中有人终于按捺不住大声吼叫起来。 This angrily roars to have hundred responses to a single call: „Burns them! They killed my child! Burns these Evil Cultist!” 这怒吼一呼百应:“烧死他们！他们杀了我的孩子！烧死这些邪教徒！” Holy Light Church high level Priest moves toward the stake stage, he has taken the Saint emblem from nearby believer hand, turns around the looks at public sentiment to be roused to action the people that. 一名圣光教会的高阶神官走向火刑台,他从旁边的教徒手中拿过圣徽,转过身来看着群情激奋的民众。 „God of Holy Light exposed the plots of these Evil Cultist, before more people suffer injury, the host directed us to smash the lairs of disciple of these heresies!” “圣光之神揭露了这些邪教徒的阴谋,在更多的人受害之前,主指引我们捣毁了这些异端之徒的巢穴！” high level Priest holds up the Saint emblem high, he turns around, stimulates the powerful ray with the Saint emblem, ignited these flammable fat and firewood, in the mouth sends out to shout loudly: „Praised Holy Light! Praised My Lord!!” 高阶神官高高举起圣徽,他转过身去,用圣徽激发出强大的光芒,引燃了那些易燃的油脂和柴草,口中发出高呼:“赞美圣光！赞美吾主！！” Under the function of Holy Light and fat, the stake stage was then covered by the gold/metal white flaming roaring flame instantaneously, ties up Evil Cultist on pillar to twist in the flame like the wax generally, sends out various nondescriptive calling out, the mountainous cry tsunami general sound also resounds in the square: „Praised Holy Light! Praised God of Holy Light!” 在圣光和油脂的作用下,火刑台瞬间便被金白色的熊熊烈焰笼罩,绑在柱子上的邪教徒们就像蜡一般在火焰中扭曲着,发出各种难以名状的嚎叫,山呼海啸一般的声音随之在广场上响起:“赞美圣光！赞美圣光之神！” Flaming flame direct impact heaven, but calling out of these Evil Cultist have not stopped in the flame for a very long time, even burninged out their bodies until the flame, their shouting sounds still transmitted from the flame unceasingly, was not finally right surrounding people conscious to the situation, their looks at that not normal flame, is listening to that not normal howling panic-stricken, but that howled turned into the Human Race understandable spoken language finally, more than ten Evil Cultist residual mental strength are agitating in the air, sent out fearful howling: „Smiles heartily! Cries heartily! Everyone will die! You can die like the domestic animal, like the insect that can die!! When they come back, they will eat to do your meat, suck dry your blood!!” 熊熊火焰直冲上天,而那些邪教徒的嚎叫在火焰中久久没有止息,甚至直到火焰烧尽了他们的躯体,他们的嘶吼声仍然不断从火焰中传来,周围的民众终于意识到了情况不对,他们惊恐地看着那不正常的火焰,听着那不正常的吼叫,而那吼叫终于变成了人类可以理解的言语,十几个邪教徒残留的精神力量在空气中鼓动着,发出可怕的呼啸:“尽情地笑吧！尽情地哭吧！所有人都会死！你们会死的如同家畜,会死的如同虫子！！等到他们回来,他们会吃干你们的肉,吸干你们的血！！” The flame turned into the black in this moment suddenly, the flame of more than ten fires of high-piled firewood from the sky fuse together, one group huge, but the indescribable deep purple mass ascends from the flame, as if must swallow everyone to inflate fiercely, before stake stage, was just also shouting loudly during Priest that praised Holy Light fell into at this moment was stunned, but in this terrifying carving of phenomenon arrival, together Ling very cold white light beam suddenly from the Coldwinter Castle terrace lasing to square. 火焰在这一刻骤然变成了黑色,十几个火堆的火焰在空中融合到一起,一团巨大而不可名状的深紫色团块则从火焰中升腾起来,仿佛要吞噬掉现场所有人般剧烈膨胀着,就连火刑台前刚刚还高呼着赞美圣光的神官此刻都陷入了错愕之中,但就在这恐怖的异象降临之刻,一道凌冽的白色光柱突然从凛冬堡的露台激射到广场上。 In „Whip of Cold Winter” under the impact, that rolls the indescribable deep purple mass to freeze instantaneously, later because of lacking the support of following energy, but is with a crash stave, the ice crystal dust drops from the clouds, as if will have storm the most square to cover, no matter the previous quarter excited people shouted loudly slogan Holy Light Priest thoroughly to be peaceful, but sky over the silent square, broadcast the Duchess Victoria Wilde chilly sound: „Cleans clean then praises Ainz and your Founding King.” 在“凛冬之鞭”的冲击下,那团不可名状的深紫色团块瞬间冻结,随后又因缺乏后续能量的支撑而砰然破碎,大片大片的冰晶粉尘从天而降,仿佛又下了一场暴雪般将大半个广场重新覆盖,不管是前一刻激动的群众还是高呼口号的圣光神官都彻底安静下来,而在寂静的广场上空,传来了维多利亚·维尔德女公爵清冷的声音:“打扫干净然后赞美安苏和你们的开国先君。” Powerful magic power dissipates on terrace gradually, Victoria waves, making the float return to the body side in magic letters of midair, later turned around to leave terrace. 强大的魔法力量在露台上渐渐消散,维多利亚挥了挥手,让漂浮在半空的魔法书回到自己身侧,随后转身离开了露台。 Is mounting the man-made crystal terrace gate in her behind automatic closed, isolates sound that in the square broadcast, this Duchess returns to the warm lounge, on the face revealed an exhausted color rarely. 镶嵌着人造水晶的露台门在她身后自动闭合,隔绝了广场上传来的声音,这位女公爵回到温暖的休息厅里,脸上难得露出了一丝疲惫之色。 The black hair maidservant walks up, she waved to send away other attendant, later according to is holding back near the temples of Victoria the hand gently: „After you rarely show this expression to see Duke Gawain Cecil to come back previous time .” 黑发的侍女走上前来,她挥手屏退了其他的侍从,随后将手按在维多利亚的太阳穴附近轻轻按压着:“你很少露出这种表情上一次还是见到高文·塞西尔公爵回来之后。” „This time was still related with him, if not that Founding Hero the warning that sends from Southernmost Region, perhaps after we must wait till these Evil Cultist do a bigger destruction, to meet conscious to corrode this degree to them,” Victoria is sighing, „since this is the beginning of winter the smashed fourth evil cult lair beforehand three is All Things Finally Die Society, what this time is Eternal Sleepers, even if the next time will be Children of the Storm counter-attacks to stage a comeback I from the sea is not surprised.” “这次也仍然跟他有关,如果不是那位开国英雄从极南境发来的警告,我们恐怕要等到那些邪教徒搞出更大的破坏之后才会意识到他们已经侵蚀到了这种程度,”维多利亚叹息着,“这已经是入冬以来被捣毁的第四个邪教巢穴了之前三个是万物终亡会,这次的是永眠者,下一次哪怕是风暴之子从海上反攻卷土重来我都不会惊讶。” „It is said Southern Region Evil Cultist influence actually instead few, they altogether only made an appearance one time twice, every are actually detected and pinched out by that Duke......” “据说南境的邪教徒势力其实反而很少,他们一共只露面了两次,却每一次都被那位公爵察觉并掐灭……” Victoria beckons with the hand gently, black hair maidservant Maggie stops the movement on hand immediately. 维多利亚轻轻摆手,黑发侍女玛姬立刻停下手上的动作。 „Our easy and comfortable was too long, entire Kingdom easy and comfortable was too long,” Victoria stands up from the bench, calmly gazes on the front wall is hanging the Founding Hero portrait, the Gawain Cecil portrait is taken down, but she is gazing at side Founding King Charlie that blank, „lacks the vigilance from King to the place aristocrats seriously, but 700 years ago Grand Duke Cecil from the Kingdom most precarious age come, what he alerts us is more laughable than was Royal Capital that helps people without ability actually in regard oversensitive the warning of related Evil Cultist Founding Duke sent from the beginning, regarded the ancient in the modern society. make a fuss about nothing......, now they are actually flustered.” “我们安逸的太久了,整个王国都安逸的太久了,”维多利亚从长椅上站起身,静静地注视着前方墙壁上挂着的开国英雄们的画像,高文·塞西尔的画像已经被取下,但她还是注视着开国先君查理身旁的那处空白,“从国王到地方贵族都严重缺乏警惕性,但七百年前的塞西尔大公是从王国最风雨飘摇的年代过来的,他比我们所有人都警醒可笑的是王都那帮无能之辈却在一开始把开国公爵发来的有关邪教徒的警告当成了神经过敏,当成了古人在现代社会的大惊小怪……哼,现在他们倒是慌张起来了。” The black hair maidservant calmly stands in Victoria behind, without expressing any comment, but Duchess appears becomes accustomed, she, told: „Let matter begin to take shape that you investigated?” 黑发侍女静静地站在维多利亚身后,没有发表任何意见,而女公爵则对此显得习以为常,她顿了顿,吩咐道:“让你调查的事情有眉目了么？” The black hair maidservant lowers the head: „Yes. Priest a period of time activity of Holy Light Church was truly more frequent than the past, moreover each region presented the new Missionary team, but their all activities were very reasonable they to resist Evil Cultist, searched and exterminates the Evil Cultist lair, Missionary also screens Evil Cultist and to protect own method in each region propaganda in evil spell curse, the strength of Holy Light truly has the exceptional superiority in this aspect. In addition, they do not have the unnecessary activity, has not had the conflict with other Religion or gobbles up the belief resources, has not had the friction with regional Feudal Lord.” 黑发侍女低下头:“是。圣光教会的神官在最近一段时间的活动确实比以往频繁,而且各地都出现了新的传教士队伍,但他们所有的活动都很合理他们在对抗邪教徒,搜索并清剿邪教徒的巢穴,传教士也是在各地宣传甄别邪教徒、在邪术诅咒中保护自己的方法,圣光之力在这方面确实有着得天独厚的优势。除此之外,他们没有多余的活动,没有和别的教派产生冲突或者抢夺信仰资源,更没有和各地领主产生摩擦。” Victoria knits the brows: „Is this......” 维多利亚皱了皱眉:“是这样么……” The black hair maidservant asked one curiously: „Vicky, you suspected what issue these Holy Light Priest do have?” 黑发侍女好奇地问了一句:“维姬,你是怀疑那些圣光神官有什么问题么？” „...... A little does not care to their recent trends, they became enlivened suddenly,” Victoria shook the head, „, but should be my misconception, after all now Evil Cultist rebels suddenly everywhere, but can exterminate these Evil Cultist directly, only then War God Church and Holy Light Church, when resisting evil spell was best by Holy Light effect of Divine Spell,” Victoria said lightly, „our have no reason to interfere with them the activity in legitimate range to continue to pay attention much, if they had anything improper ambition, would giving oneself away.” “不……只是对他们最近的动向有点在意,他们突然变得活跃了起来,”维多利亚摇摇头,“但应该是我的错觉,毕竟现在邪教徒突然到处作乱,而能正面清剿那些邪教徒的只有战神教会和圣光教会,其中又以圣光神术在对抗邪术时效果最好,”维多利亚淡淡地说道,“我们没有理由干涉他们在合法范围内的活动就继续多多留意吧,如果他们有什么非分之想,总会露出马脚的。” „Yes.” “是。” ...... …… After beginning of winter, the circulation of news also becomes with the reduction of commerical traveller difficult, slow. 入冬之后,消息的流通也随着旅行商人的减少而变得艰难、缓慢起来。 In this state-of-art technology is scarce, but not the popular and ordinary society still maintained primitive backwardness the time, the transmission of information is an awkward and ineffective matter. Although has such as the communication technique and Mithril Ring such magic and item, but because grasps these communication technology people extremely scarce and not have the effective information sharing way, therefore these technology cannot comprehensively understand timely the matter of distant, regarding the great majority civilians even aristocrat, the principal channel of information dissemination was still the caravan of travel, special commissioners who as well as transmitted the correspondence. 在这个尖端技术稀少而不普及、普通社会仍然维持原始落后局面的时代,信息的传递是一件尴尬而低效的事情。虽然有着诸如传讯术和秘银之环这样的魔法和道具,但由于掌握这些传讯技术的人极其稀少并且相互之间没有有效的信息共享途径,所以这些技术并不能让人及时全面地了解到远方发生的事情,对于大多数平民甚至贵族,信息传播的主要途径仍然是旅行的商队,以及传送信函的专员们。 But regarding in remote, to travelling merchant attraction not high new Cecil territory, the information transmission slow situation is an issue. 而对于地处偏僻,对商旅吸引度不高的新塞西尔领,信息传递缓慢的情况就更是个问题。 In Feudal Territory, Gawain established the simple Messengers team, in addition at present Cecil territory main population living area also only then the cities, the western lumbering area village and eastern mine village( have developed small town quickly) these three places, therefore the insider information transmission is also not the issue, but if wants with the relation, to currently the Feudal Territory manpower and resources not to have the means to form own channel, can rely on then only then extremely limited, sells the commerce of grain cloth or slave from Tanzan Town, as well as specialized sent to Kant territory and Leslie territory external assignment personnel collects intelligence. 在领地内,高文建立了简单的信使队伍,再加上目前塞西尔领主要的人口聚居点也就只有城镇、西部伐木场村落、东部矿山村落(已经快发展成小镇了)这三个地方,所以内部信息传递还不是问题,但要想和外界联系,以目前领地的人力物力是没办法组建自己的信道的,能依赖的便只有极其有限的、从坦桑镇过来售卖粮食布匹或奴隶的商贩,以及专门派到康德领和莱斯利领的外派人员来收集情报了。 Therefore waits for Gawain to understand that Kingdom domestic places discovered sign of Evil Cultist activity, is he sends out one month of warning later Royal Capital. 所以等高文了解到王国境内各处都发现了邪教徒活动的迹象,已经是他对王都发出警告的一个月后了。 This was drew support from Andrew if Viscount Leslie the result of information way did not have quick Griffin Messengers, made round trip incessantly for a month from Royal Capital to Southern Region depending on good foot business both legs. 这还是借助了安德鲁・莱斯利子爵的信息途径的结果如果没有快捷的狮鹫信使,光凭行脚商一双腿从王都到南境打个来回都不止一个月。 looks at present intelligence, the Gawain brow closely wrinkles. 看着眼前的情报,高文眉头紧紧皱起。 Amber actually does not know very early in the morning what this correspondence that sends from Tanzan Town writes is anything, she is carving a wood/blockhead in side with the dagger bored, raised the head to see the Gawain's expression, spoke thoughtlessly asked one: „What's wrong? Does the price of rice rise?” 琥珀却不知道这封一大早就从坦桑镇送来的信函上写的是什么,她正在旁边无聊地用匕首刻着一块木头,抬头看到高文的表情,随口就问了一句:“怎么了？米价涨啦？” „No, is Evil Cultist.” “不,是邪教徒。” Amber jumped from the chair immediately: „Can hit Evil Cultist?! Yeah does my present belly hurt with enough time not?” 琥珀顿时就从椅子上蹦了起来:“又要打邪教徒？！哎我现在肚子疼来得及不？” „It is not our here,” Gawain looked at Amber one, „besides Southern Region, across Kingdom within the boundaries is presenting Evil Cultist.” “不是咱们这儿,”高文看了琥珀一眼,“是除南境之外,王国境内各地都在出现邪教徒。” Amber one hear of this saying feel relieved, lowers the head to sit to continue to carve own wood/blockhead: „, Does not obstruct our matter on the line.” 琥珀一听这话放心下来,低头坐回去继续刻自己的木头:“哦,不碍咱们事儿就行。” Gawain looks at this Disgrace of Elves, in the heart does not have the means and opposite party reluctantly is equally relaxed. 高文无奈地看着这个精灵之耻,心中却没办法跟对方一样轻松。 Such Evil Cultist that the situation really such as expected initially has infiltrated the Kingdom aspects, is not only the trail that on border Feudal Lord Feudal Territory found them to move, even nearby Royal Capital, on Holy Spirit Plain has them to do the sign of matter. 情况真如自己当初预料的那样邪教徒已经渗透到了王国的方方面面,不光是边境领主的领地上找到了他们活动的踪迹,甚至连王都附近,圣灵平原上都有他们搞事的迹象。 Some massive Evil Cultist lairs were discovered, wiped out, but more actually just found a trail, lost the clue. 有大量的邪教徒巢穴被发现,被拔除,但更多的却只是刚找到一点踪迹,紧接着就丢了线索。 Either is when discovers time has been too late, Evil Cultist has completed their evil offering sacrifices, the place aristocrat discovers just will be the ceremony from now on the bloody scene. 要么就是等到发现的时候已经为时过晚,邪教徒早已经完成了他们的邪恶献祭,地方贵族发现的只不过是仪式过后血腥的现场而已。 Besides these discomforting intelligence, another matter made Gawain feel similarly urgent and...... cramped. 除了这些令人不安的情报之外,另一件事同样让高文感到了紧迫和……局促。 All intelligence serious obsolete, the news from Royal Capital is one month ago, but the Northern Region did not have the means to start situation to the present. 所有的情报都严重过时,来自王都的消息是一个月前的,而北境的情况到现在还没办法入手。 He needs to establish oneself information channel, must grasp in own hand . Moreover, reasonably be better than present age various information channel efficient. 他需要建立自己的信息渠道,要掌握在自己手中,而且要比当代的各种信息渠道都高效、更合理才行。 Now temporarily has not analyzed magic pattern of communication technique, the attempt of electromagnetic wave communication also suffered the failure, in 1 -and-a-half also not possible achieve Gawain tentative plans from technology „modern communication network”, but does not have the way of inexpensive instant messenger even if, he can also first do a frame to come out. 现在暂时还没有解析出传讯术的法术模型,电磁波通讯的尝试也遭遇了失败,从技术上一时半会还不可能实现高文设想中的“现代化通讯网络”,但哪怕是没有廉价的即时通讯的途径,他也可以先搞个框架出来。 Alchemy Factory these medicine made him think of a path. 炼金工厂的那些药剂让他想到了一条路子。