Chapter 16: Clues About the Purple-Robed Mage (The Five Dragon Generals)

Entering the library, Zhang Yun and Qin Shi saw some professionals sitting at their desks while reading silently. The two unconsciously began to hush, tiptoed to the sign, and looked for the book section related to the history of planes.

Soon…

Zhang Yun found his target.

He gathered all the history books possibly related to the Ice Kingdom from the bookshelf, found an empty seat, and laid out one of the books on the table. Zhang Yun carefully searched for the information he wanted.

Qin Shi, on the other hand, was wandering around aimlessly. He flipped through books and scanned them to look for things that interested him.

Finally...

Qin Shi found "Advanced Elements" and "The Detailed Principles of Tendrility and Growth Enhancement". He returned to Zhang Yun's desk and sat opposite him.

Zhang Yun and Qin Shi lowered their heads and silently read their respective books. Time passed little by little with the sound of the pages turning.

After about an hour, Zhang Yun finally saw the historical records of the Ice Kingdom in an old, gray, and decrepit book.

The Ice Kingdom…

Its full name was Ventaginya Kingdom.

The specific information and geographical location of the plane were unclear. It was only provided that the Ice Kingdom was located in the center of a continent.

This place was governed by the Royal Family, who had inherited the blood of the Snow God.

Although the previous monarch's governance wasn't outstanding and the people of the kingdom lived a hard life, under the reform and reign of the 31st emperor, Ice Emperor Odin, the whole empire suddenly prospered, and the standard of living improved drastically.

However, something occurred.

The good times didn't last long.

The old and weak Odin suddenly contracted a strange illness. There was no way to cure it. He could only take advantage of the fact that his illness had not completely worsened. Hence, he publicly announced that his only daughter would inherit the throne and become the next Ice Empress.

However...

The Hand of the King, who was trusted by Odin, was not optimistic about the young princess.

He took control of the government without the help of the sickly Ice Emperor, secretly recruited knights, expanded his strength, and eliminated the rebels.

The Hand of the King and his forces conspired to abolish the princess's right to the throne. 

Simultaneously, the young emperor of the Prongia Empire, Garukasa, suddenly led his unique dragon knight troops and launched an invasion.

The unexpected lightning-fast attack, coupled with the plan to defect by the Hand of the King, didn't leave time for the knights of the Ice Kingdom to react. A major territory of the Ice Kingdom fell, and heaps of citizens were devastated. 

Even Ice Emperor Odin, who had led the expedition, had lost his life. He had been personally executed by the Flame Emperor at the Triumphal Arch in the capital.

Fortunately, the young princess successfully escaped from the capital and took away the Holy Sword of the Ice Kingdom "Gran Sanchario". A spark of hope remained. 

She gathered the knights who had been defeated in various regions of the Ice Kingdom and reorganized them. She also visited the surrounding countries to seek allies and recruit mercenaries.

In the end, the princess and her faction successfully killed their way back to the capital.

The Ice Princess also hanged all the traitors who had betrayed her father and the entire Ice Kingdom.

Thereafter, she was crowned as Ice Empress. She led the army of the Ice Kingdom to attack the territory of the Prongia Empire.

After that... 

That was everything. There didn't seem to be any other historical documents or relics that could allow the author of the book to dig out more information.

And so…

Zhang Yun flipped to the last page of the book.

He inspected the author's overall summary.

According to the author, this mystical realm of the Ice Kingdom had only made itself known to humans once. It disappeared immediately after it was cleared, and there were no other dungeons related to it ever since.

As for the professionals who entered the secret plane to explore, they only retrieved a historical document recording the deeds of the 32nd Ice Empress. There was not much description of her father, Odin.

There were no detailed records of Flame Emperor Garukasa or the situation of his empire.

Even the story of the main character, the Ice Empress, leading the kingdom's army to attack the Prongia Empire's territory was not mentioned at all. It was as short and powerless as an old and clueless eunuch. 

Zhang Yun concluded that. 

It was a record of a tragedy. 

However, with his fiery golden eyes, Zhang Yun still found an interesting piece of information. It seemed to be related to the purple-robed mage.

When the young emperor of the Prongia Empire led his army to attack the Ice Kingdom, he brought five powerful generals who were known as the "Five Dragon Generals".

One of the Five Dragon Generals, who had obtained the rare "Mage" class, possessed a space-related ability known as "Teleportation". 

Hmmm…

Teleportation...

The possibility of the purple-robed mage being one of the magician's Five Dragon Generals...

It was at least 90%...

The purple-robed mage's motive was also obvious. He wanted to kill the leader of the rebel army a year in advance. In doing so, the rebel army would be abolished immediately and eliminated by the knights at the border of the Ice Kingdom. 

Once the Snow God Festival was held, the knights of the Ice Kingdom's border would assume they completely eradicated the threat. They would certainly let their guard down and participate in the festivity. 

The Prongia Empire's troops could take this opportunity to attack and catch them offguard.

In the end, the capital was breached.

If the situation was reversed…

If the Prongia Empire left the rebel army alone…

During the celebration of the Snow God Festival, the Prongia Empire's troops would definitely be discovered and blocked by the knights at the Ice Kingdom's border.

Regardless of whether the rebel army could stop the Prongia Empire's troops, the people would definitely spread the news to the various territories of the Ice Kingdom. By then, the nobles would be equipped properly for battle in advance and defend themselves to death.

In that situation, they would only need 20 days to reach the capital of Ventaginya Kingdom.

It was undoubtedly a fool's dream.

As for delaying the invasion...it was impossible.

The Snow God Festival was only held once every 10 years on the Snow God's birthday. If they did not seize this opportunity, they would have to wait another 10 years to quickly occupy the Ice Kingdom's capital at an extremely small price.

So…

To the Five Dragon Generals of the Prongia Empire's troops…

No matter who the leader of the rebel army was, no matter how many rebel leaders there were, they had to all die before the Snow God Festival.

This way, the 'Ice Kingdom Invasion Plan' would not be affected.

Tsk!

This should be the real situation!

However, even though Zhang Yun had a rough idea of the identity of that purple-robed mage, he still didn't discover the mage's true strength or the exact timeline in the Ice Kingdom.

If Zhang Yun rushed to do the simulation for the third time…

It was very likely that he would waste a chance for Fjolm to improve her overall rating.

However, Zhang Yun had to do something.

Without the simulation…

He didn't have any other means to find out more about the mage of the Five Dragon Generals.

The longer it dragged on, the more losses Zhang Yun would suffer.

He would lose even more exquisite skill books like Clarity...

"Ugh… In the end. I'm still too weak. If I'm strong enough, and I choose to 'Personally Interfere' with Fjolm and freely control the system, I might be able to push that purple-robed mage to the ground and rub him in the dirt."

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