In the distant sky, the continuous clouds showed all kinds of strange shapes. At the end of the cloud-covered sky, a huge town rose into the clouds. Below the town, millions of undead souls summoned by the Lord of the Undead gathered here. They condensed their wings with air elements, and used their broad backs to hold up the entire town and keep it from falling.
That floating city, different from the Cloud City that was born from a miracle, was the main city controlled by Rhodes, the city of magic. The attack of the Earth Elemental Monarch not only brought a huge crisis to Rhodes, but also brought unimaginable opportunities to Rhodes. With the combined efforts of many capable people and strangers under his command, as well as millions of undead, The Magic City also successfully rose to the sky, becoming a spectacle worthy of being remembered in the history of the continent.
In the Magic City, Rhodes, who had just resolved the crisis, was currently troubled by something.
"The target I'm looking for this time is in Eli, the hero Gru who is enough to threaten my life. He is in the dense forest belonging to the elves. Are you sure you want to follow?" Looking at the black cloth blindfolded beside him, Rhodes couldn't help but ask the cold-looking Thief Master Marion.
The jungle guardians in Eri can be different from the elementalists in the elemental city. The power of the elementalists almost entirely relies on their control of magic elements. Because of this, their strength can be said to be completely restrained by Rhodes, the monarch of the three lines. If you want to use the power of the elements to fight against the monarch who holds the authority of the elements, it is undoubtedly an impossible thing, and it is destined to not have any good results. For the Jungle Guardians, magic only accounts for a part of their strength. What they rely on is more of the heroic will, and among them is the hero Gru who can threaten Rhodes' life.
Even with the blessing of god-level wisdom, Rhodes still did not dare to take the hero Gru lightly. In the past, the demon king Azazel, who was in charge of god-level wisdom in hell, died in the hands of another hero. The potential of the hero , and that strong will that can transcend everything, enough to resist the god-level wisdom technique mastered by Rhodes.
Because of this, Rhodes also felt a little helpless regarding Marion's proposal. Today's Eri is not a place where defenses are lax. It can even be described as a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. After absorbing the mage refugees from Brakada, many heroes expelled by the Erathians, and the surviving elemental generals in the Elemental City, Eli's strength has been unprecedentedly improved, even in the Doomsday War. An existence that cannot be underestimated. If something unexpected happens, even Rhodes cannot guarantee Marion's safety.
As if seeing Rhode's concerns, Marion said calmly: "Lord of the Undead, according to Lady Sally's order, until you get the two earth treasures, I will fully cooperate on behalf of the Thieves Guild. According to your instructions, you don’t have to worry about me dragging you back during the battle. Even if I unfortunately die in battle, it will only mean that I am not good at learning, so you don’t need to have any worries.”
Seeing that she had said this, Rhodes could only scratch his head helplessly, and finally agreed to let her stay with him. Since the circumstances of this trip are still unclear, Marion, as the chief thief, can also cover her identity if necessary. Rhodes didn't want the conflict that happened in the Elemental City to happen again in Eli. He hadn't gotten the last earth treasure, nor had he defeated Edmund in the Battle of the Lords. He was about to fight the entire Eli, and even A fight to the death with Gru, the strongest among contemporary heroes, was not what Rhodes wanted to see.
"Okay. If you die unfortunately, I will use magic to resurrect you, not spiritualism, but reincarnation." Rhodes shook his head. When he mentioned reincarnation, he couldn't help but think of the earth element in Cuthbert's hand. The magic book, and all the earth magic recorded in the book.
Seeing that Rhodes finally agreed, Marion couldn't help but smile a little on her calm face, and then asked: "The Thieves Guild has not been able to find out the exact whereabouts of Cuthbert. It only knows that he should follow the other heroes. We went to Eli together, but our whereabouts were unknown after that. Lord of the Dead, do you know Cuthbert’s whereabouts? Or, where should we go next?”
At the end of the sentence, even Marion couldn't help but look a little sad. Even though the spies in the Thieves Guild had tried their best to collect information, they still couldn't find anything about Cuthbert's whereabouts. As soon as the wizard hero from Erathia entered Eri, he seemed to disappear from the world. No news came, and the thieves were very embarrassed about this.
Due to the interruption of clues, even Marion, who is the chief thief, does not know what the next step is. Perhaps she can only risk being discovered and go to the base camp of the jungle guardians in Eli to investigate. Probing.
In desperation, Marion had no choice but to turn to Rhodes, but she saw that Rhodes always looked confident. Thinking that she already had the answer in her heart, she immediately made a gesture of listening, wanting to hear Rhodes' answer.
"According to the information I received, Cuthbert studied magic at the Holy Spirit Magic Academy in Brakada when he was young, and the instructor responsible for teaching him magic was Eric, a famous teacher in the academy. Cuthbert studied magic in Brakada. Lakada spent an unforgettable period in his academic career, and even met his future wife in the academy. When he was expelled by the Erathians because of his status as a hero, he had no choice but to It is very likely that he will go to Eric, the legendary mage who taught him magic in the past." Rhodes slowly expressed his analysis.
Listening to Rhode's methodical and careful analysis that seemed to take everything into consideration, even Marion, who is the chief thief, seemed to vaguely begin to understand why Rhodes could always accomplish feats that ordinary people could not do, and even So even the thieves leader would choose to fall in love with him.
After a pause, Rhodes continued: "Since Brakada was conquered by me, Eric fled to Eli with other academy mages. If not, Cuthbert would not go there at this moment. Eli, it’s better to come to Bracada.”
Hearing this, Marion took the initiative to add: "So, as long as we can find the legendary mage Eric among the mage refugees in Eli, we can find Cuthbert's whereabouts?"
In response, Rhodes just shook his head: "One thing is very strange. Even if Cuthbert really defected to Eric, he should be hanging out with those college mages. However, now he is... Eli disappeared, and I was worried that something unexpected might happen. After all, he had a treasure like an earth magic book on his body. When the end came, people had already fallen into hysterical madness, and no one knew what happened to him. "
After hearing Rhode's analysis, Marion also fell into silence. From Rhode's words, she also felt something unusual happened to Cuthbert. Even the whereabouts of the earth magic book changed. It becomes more and more confusing.
"Don't worry, everything about Cuthbert will naturally be revealed after we meet Eric." Shaking his head, Rhodes said slowly, since Cuthbert's whereabouts are very likely to be related to where he fled. It is related to the legendary mage Eric of the Elf Kingdom. As long as we can find that legendary mage, we can follow the clues to find Cuthbert's whereabouts.
After learning about Rhodes' plan, Marion couldn't help but nodded, and then she seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but remind Rhodes: "A lot of things have happened in Eli recently. In addition to the leader of the jungle guardians, the hero Gru, who shot the water elemental monarch with one arrow, the biggest event that happened there was the several-day negotiation between the Doomsday Savior and the Elf King. According to the thieves over there, The outcome of that negotiation will change the entire situation of the Doomsday War."
From Marion's words, Rhodes also heard a name that cannot be ignored, that is Erich, who is known as the doomsday savior. From the legend told to him by the Messiah prophet, he learned that Erich was the most dazzling existence in the past era, and he was also called a god. His heroic specialty allowed him to copy the power of other people's domains, and even The heroic specialties of other heroes, even the destiny domain of the Stigmata, were copied by him.
When the legendary figures of the past joined one by one in the doomsday battle that could change all the patterns of the world, even Rhodes couldn't help but feel some heavy and urgent pressure. Faced with the extremely unique power of replication, Rhodes could only choose to avoid its edge, and could only hope that the artifacts independent of himself, as well as the power belonging to the elemental authority, would not be copied by that person.
Unlike the Lord of Hell, who has a fierce offensive and wants to gather all the heroes in the world, Erich, who is now in Eli, does not do much. He just sticks to the City of Spring on the border of Eli and seems to be planning something secretly.
Facing the legendary god, before Rhodes found a way to win, he could only choose not to provoke him as much as possible and wait for things to change further before making any plans. But now, according to what Marion said, Erich seemed to have reached some agreement with everyone in Eli, and even Rhodes began to worry about possible hidden dangers.
As for the elf kingdom Eri, when the end came, Rhodes did not take the kingdom in the dense forest seriously at first. Ever since Dragon King Moriel took away the top legendary creatures that guarded Eli, the golden dragons and green dragons, with his bloodline order, Eli's overall strength has plummeted. Relying on those jungle guardians alone, their strength can be said to be not worth mentioning. , even with a powerful hero like Hero Gru, the impact on the doomsday battle is extremely limited.
However, now, the situation has quietly changed. Eli has never stopped accepting refugees from other forces, and even integrating the power of those refugees. The wizards from Brakada, such as Eskel, Eric and others, as well as the spellcasting knowledge brought by the wizards, also significantly increased the strength of the Eli elves, and the subsequent addition of Ella The heroes of West Asia, as well as the elemental generals after the destruction of the Elemental City, have also brought Eri's current strength to an unprecedented level. Even in the most prosperous period of Eri's history, the total number of heroes existing in Eri at that time was Not a third of what it is now.
In addition to those scattered powers, what really makes Rhodes feel afraid is the legendary god who has done all kinds of amazing things. Even the fall of the former Stigmata is inseparable from him. Now even the gods are on Eli's side. Thinking of this, even Rhodes couldn't help but secretly smacked his lips. Unexpectedly, Eli, who had integrated many powers unknowingly, turned out to be A top force in the apocalypse.
I don't know when, but Eli, who had never been taken into consideration by Rhodes, has now completely taken on a new look and has become an existence that cannot be ignored in the apocalypse. Thinking of this, Rhodes couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion in his heart. Rather than saying that Eli's own strength is strong, it is better to say that the power they combined after absorbing countless displaced people has undergone an essential transformation.
After noticing the current situation in Eli, under the operation of god-level wisdom, many ways to deal with Eli flashed in Rhode's mind. If there is no way to limit Eli's power, once Eli truly unites the power of all the displaced people in the apocalypse, he will probably bring an unimaginable threat to Rhodes, who wants to dominate the world.
In the old Elf Kingdom of Eri, the main living creatures in it were only elves, humans, and dwarves. At that time, Eri was full of internal factions, and conflicts between them often occurred, even among the guardians of the jungle. No one is convinced by anyone, but everything is still within control. Nowadays, Eri is mixed with a large number of creatures from other regions and even different species. The hidden conflicts and various contradictions between each other have already reached the point where it is urgent to delay. However, in the face of the approaching doomsday, those conflicts and contradictions can only be temporarily put aside. road.
Although those contradictions have been suppressed by the jungle guardians for the time being, suppressing them does not mean that the contradictions themselves do not exist, but that they are selectively shelved. Those irreconcilable contradictions will not disappear just because the guardian of the jungle ignores them. What Rhodes can do is to find ways to intensify the contradictions existing in Eli's creatures, so as to achieve the effect of disintegrating Eli's power without a single blow. .
As long as he can disintegrate the power that Eri has gathered from the inside, Rhodes can seriously injure the entire Eri without using a single soldier, and even completely withdraw from the stage of the Doomsday War. Even as strong as the hero Gru, facing the various conflicts that broke out within Eli, he could not raise the invincible phantom bow.
With the existence of god-level wisdom, Rhodes can ensure that his plans are foolproof, and various ideas and deductions are carried out rapidly in his mind. Eli, who seems to be solid, is full of flaws in Rhodes' eyes. The power of god-level wisdom is used in the calculations that Rhodes is best at, and it has the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
But in the end, Rhodes shook his head and turned his attention back to the whereabouts of the earth magic book. As long as he can get the earth magic book and defeat Edmund in the Battle of the Lords, he will have the ability to truly become the strongest person in the world. At that time, even without those calculations, he can rely on the ultimate element The power of the monarch wiped out the entire Eri. All strategies are insignificant in the face of overwhelming strength.
(End of chapter)
