Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 835 Strange Conflict
There are laws and regulations, but the garrison in the Xiangxiang Sea does not recognize them.

"I see."

After listening to the report from the masked sorcerer, he went ashore and nodded.

From the current perspective, the rebels should be the opposing Goulart Navy.

"You believe that so easily?" Frog was speechless at his hasty trust: "Don't jump to conclusions. Take a look at the chat in the team channel."

The person in the distance acted quickly, and after clarifying the situation, sent it to the chat team.

Although he was slow to react, he understood the source of the conflict between the two sides after seeing it.

Bloom wasn't deaf: "...If that's the case, then one of them must be lying."

The Scheming Frog: "It's probably a problem with the garrison. After all, the Iron-Faced Sorcerer here said he personally saw the leader take out the decree."

Yes, unlike the Gulad garrison in the distance, the Gulad garrison here who were welcoming people ashore had all seen the Gulad decrees issued by their superiors.

However, the Gulad garrison in the Fragrant Sea does not acknowledge this.

After a moment of contemplation, Yuanfang made a decision: "In that case, we will each infiltrate one side to provide assistance and find the leaders of both armies to question them."

Although the combined strength of the four of them was enough to sweep away both sides of the Gulad Empire's army that was engaged in battle.

But since the goal is to understand what exactly happened here, we must continue to find the leaders of both armies, since the Gulad soldiers in this battle were merely following orders and did not have the power to make decisions.

The suggestion from afar was naturally not rejected.

With this idea in mind, the four quickly took action, each joining one of the Gulad's armies and beginning to gain trust by attacking the opposing army.

This trick works very well.

Both sides of the Gulad Empire's army highly valued the attire of the Iron-Faced Sorcerer and the Law Knight.

With such a powerful force joining their side and demonstrating their stance through their actions, even without orders, the Gulad soldiers wouldn't be foolish enough to attack their own reinforcements.

With their combined strength, the four of them quickly became a killing machine on the battlefield.

"The battle is fierce. Who is commanding the army now? Take me to him!"

He pulled a knight of the law over from afar and explained the purpose of his trip.

The law-abiding knight, without suspicion, quickly pointed out the location of the fleet's core ship in the distance.

Yuanfang nodded to Bulong, and the two quickly moved through the fleet, soon arriving at the ship that was in charge.

After their gazes locked onto one of the silver-masked sorcerers and the Knight Commander of the Law behind him, the two walked directly in front of them.

The distant party once again took the initiative, directly asking them why they were at war.

Upon seeing the appearance of Yuanfang and Bulong, the Silver-masked Sorcerer and the Knight Commander of the Law hesitated for a moment.

Compared to other Goulard soldiers, they have a higher ignition point and are naturally less affected by the extinguishing moment.

Upon seeing this, the distant flames of war began to surge slightly, emanating a powerful aura.

Of course, he did this not to intimidate, but to show that his status in the Gulad Empire was higher than theirs.

After all, judging from the texts of the imperial city-state of Isamud and the research of players, even among the Silver Masked Sorcerers in the Gulad Empire, there are differences in strength and status.

For example, a Silver Masked Sorcerer with Firefly Ignition is far inferior to a Silver Masked Sorcerer with Torch Ignition.

The former is very likely to only control a small area, while the latter can rule an entire island city on its own.

As expected, this tactic from afar proved very effective.

After sensing the aura from afar that was far more powerful than theirs, the silver-masked sorcerer and the Knight Commander of the Law no longer had any doubts and bowed their heads in respect.

"Your Excellency, we are all Imperial troops stationed in the Fragrant Sea. Half a month ago, the Great Law suddenly became invalid, and we lost contact with the Empire."

"Therefore, the executioner has led a team to the imperial capital."

"But at this moment, this Imperial Navy suddenly appeared and attempted to forcibly withdraw troops from the garrison by using an expired and invalid decree."

At this point, the silver-masked sorcerer paused.

“If we were troops stationed elsewhere, that would be one thing, but you should know that behind the Fragrant Sea lies the ‘Rising Great Wall of the Sea’…”

"At this critical juncture for the empire, we border troops have absolutely no reason to abandon our posts without authorization!"

Upon hearing this, Yuanfang seemed to be deep in thought.

He then inquired about some specific details. Of course, he wouldn't ask what the "Rising Sea Great Wall" was, since asking about something that most people in Gulad probably already knew would give him away.

The Silver Masked Sorcerer was also very responsive to any questions regarding other details.

Before long, Yuanfang figured out the key point.

First, the army of the Gulad Empire in the Fragrant Sea is a border garrison, and its border location is extremely special, with an important place called "Rising Sea Great Wall" behind it.

This is actually not hard to see from the distribution of personnel.

This place not only has silver-masked sorcerers, law-abiding knights, and law-enforcing executioners, but also the "Great Law".

It's almost identical to Aisamud's configuration.

However, it is important to know that Issamudna was a complete city-state with a vast territory and population.

But the Fragrant Sea Area... can at most be considered a garrison point.

Even so, this place is still fully equipped, which shows its importance.

In such places, the garrison cannot be mobilized casually.

Unfortunately, the Great Laws broke down, and they lost contact with the Empire. At this time, an Imperial army arrived, wanting to transfer them away.

Although the other party was undoubtedly also an imperial army, both their attempt to forcibly transfer them and the outdated decree were highly suspicious.

However, the other party's reasons were not entirely without merit.

The first point is the relocation of the stationed troops.

The reason given by the other side was that there was something unusual in the imperial capital, so it was necessary to urgently mobilize troops to enter the imperial capital and quell the anomaly.

Secondly, there are expired laws and regulations.

The significance of the laws of Gulad is self-evident, but as one of the administrative means of the empire, they are naturally subject to certain limitations, one of which is the time limit.

Well, it's true that the decrees they provided were expired, but the decrees themselves were genuine, and their contents were identical to what the other party had said.

Moreover, the Gulad decrees have two sources.

One method is for the imperial superiors to directly inject content into it; the other is to inject content through the Great Law.

The latter are essentially extremely important orders that come directly from the imperial capital and various important cities.

The legal decree presented by the other party this time clearly belongs to the latter category.

Furthermore, considering the problem of the Great Law being broken... it's understandable that the decree has expired, since if the Great Law is unusable, it can only be issued directly, which would take up a lot of time in the process.

Therefore, to be precise, the other side did have laws and regulations, not the lack of laws and regulations that the lower-ranking soldiers claimed, but these laws and regulations were flawed in terms of procedure.

Therefore, both the Silver-Masked Sorcerer and the Knight Commander of the Law were already considering backing down.

however.

Incredibly, at this critical moment, the enemy fleet suddenly opened fire and launched an attack.

So the two sides started fighting, and the scene immediately turned into complete chaos.

The garrison would naturally assume that the other side was revealing its true intentions and that the other side was a pure rebel.

After listening to the description from the silver-masked sorcerer.

After a moment's thought, Yuanfang quickly came to a guess. This conflict between the two sides was probably instigated and deliberately orchestrated by someone in the shadows.

But now that we know the enemy army fired first, finding out the reason is quite simple.

at the same time.

A response came from the chat channel that he had reached the shore. Perhaps because Frog Boy was providing support from the side, he completed his mission relatively smoothly and also learned the details of the incident from the Gulad army on the other side.

In this respect, the two sides agree, and the differences are not as large as before.

The Gulad army here was indeed searching for the culprit who suddenly opened fire, but due to the intensity of the battle, they did not find him.

After understanding the basic situation.

While pondering in the distance, they also began communicating in the chat channel.

My son failed his exams while I passed: "Yuanfang, what's next?"

The Cunning Frog: "I feel like there's nothing more to learn. Should we wipe out both sides in this battle and check the loot?"

Poetry and distant places: "...Let's wipe out my garrison first."

Having said that, he had already made up his mind.

Looking back at the silver-masked sorcerer and the Knight Commander of Law, Yuanfang asked a question that was easy to give away.

"What is the Great Wall of Ascending Sea used for?"

"Of course it's used to block... wait..."

Before the silver-masked sorcerer could finish speaking, he suddenly realized what was happening, and his gaze towards the distance gradually turned cold, as the flames of war began to rise.

Seeing this, Yuanfang was not surprised.

While sending messages in the chat channel, he also spoke to the person next to him who was not deaf.

"Do it."

The battle is imminent!
But it could also be said that it would collapse at the slightest touch.

Of course, this refers to the troops stationed in Goulart.

Both Yuanfang and Bulong are Fire Saints at the Furnace level. Although they are considered boss-level, it is still difficult for them to withstand the combined attack of the two.

Therefore, the Silver-Masked Sorcerer and the Commander of the Lawful Knights were quickly defeated by the two, and they swiftly began to clear out the other garrisons of the Gurad Empire.

The methods of killing from afar remain highly effective.

On the other side of the shore, there are even fewer targets for spellcasting.

As for Frog Boy, the sea is his home turf, so there's no need to elaborate.

Therefore, the war quickly came to an end.

The entire garrison of the Gulad Empire was wiped out.

Meanwhile, the four people in the distance quickly located the silver-masked sorcerer of the victorious side.

"Go find the person who opened fire without permission!"

The silver-masked sorcerer spoke coldly. Even though his self-awareness was being eroded, he knew very well that the triggering of this battle was no accident.

However, before he could think further...

Once ashore, he came over and asked him what had happened in the capital of the Gulad Empire and why the imperial border troops had been mobilized.

This immediately drew the attention of the silver-masked sorcerer, who hadn't even had time to feel confused.

Considering everyone's contributions in the battle, the silver-masked sorcerer naturally did not doubt their thoughts and explained the reasons behind them.

As they said at the beginning, there was indeed a very serious rebellion in the capital of the Gulad Empire, and the city's defenses were quite weak.

As a result, many of the major laws became problematic, causing the Gulad Empire to lose contact with most of its territory.

Of course, some major laws were secondary and far removed from the main laws, and thus remained unaffected, such as those of the imperial city-state of Isamud.

However, the Silver Masked Sorcerer's level wasn't actually that high, and that was all he knew.

As for other things, such as the current situation of the imperial capital and the reasons for the rebellion, he knew nothing about them.

"Then, what about the Rising Sea Great Wall?"

Yuanfang stepped forward again to ask, and they had already learned most of what they needed to know.

Similarly, the silver-masked sorcerer's gaze gradually turned cold...

Not long after, the attacking army of Gulad was also annihilated by the combined attack of the four.

Next, it's time to gather intelligence from various items and texts.

"We need to focus on finding information about the 'Rising Sea Great Wall' and the people who fired it."

While searching from afar, he spoke up to offer a reminder.

He had a feeling that there was some connection between the two.

Since the four of them already had high ignition points and levels, the loot here was not very useful to them. What they cared about more were the texts and intelligence.

Soon, they reaped the rewards.

First, there was the decree used by the silver-masked sorcerer to mobilize the army, and its contents were indeed consistent with those before.

However, the explanation is quite interesting.

[Note: The laws used by the Gulad Empire to transmit orders do indeed originate from the imperial capital, but they seem to differ somewhat from ordinary capital city laws...]

"Difference? What difference?" the frog asked in surprise.

Upon reaching the shore, he couldn't help but complain: "A law actually has an expiration date? If it were designed to be permanent, wouldn't this conflict be avoided?"

If he wasn't deaf, he scratched his head and then looked into the distance.

Yuanfang put it away and gestured for everyone to continue the search.

Judging from the texts left on some of the Goulart soldiers.

The Gulad Empire was indeed in serious trouble. Their journey was extremely rushed. Before arriving at the Fragrant Sea, they were almost constantly on the move, without any time to rest.

"Hmm?" Frog Boy made a new discovery: "Brothers, over here!"

As he shouted, he looked at the corpses of the law knight and the surrounding soldiers.

Judging from the fact that these corpses have not disappeared, they must have died before the war began.

However, the cause of his death was quite strange. There were almost no wounds on his body, but after removing his helmet, it could be seen that his face was purplish-blue and his blood vessels were ruptured, as if he had been poisoned or killed by some strange magic.

The explanation given by the spirit candle is the same.

Seeing this, Yuanfang's previous guesses can be basically confirmed.

Some individuals with ulterior motives infiltrated Gulad's army, waiting for an opportunity to provoke this conflict.

Unfortunately, the culprit's body was not found here, and he most likely escaped.

The four continued searching for clues among the various ships and wreckage on the naval battlefield, leaving no item's description or hidden text unchecked.

Anyway, they didn't have anything else to do.

Thanks to this detailed, thorough search, they soon made another discovery.

(End of this chapter)