Tenaric stared at the rain in the imperial capital. As a resident of the Andasok jungle, the lizard people were no stranger to rain. Showers usually lasted throughout the long summer. For the jungle, rain meant both rebirth and corruption and decay. . But the rain in the Empire was different. A gloomy curtain of rain enveloped the entire city for several days. The rainwater gathered in streams on the sloping roofs and dropped along the eaves. The accumulated water filled the cesspools and overflowed between the streets and alleys. , making the whole city dirty.
It looked at the rainwater flowing down the arched arc of its leather armor, bypassing the metal buckles. The scripture scroll hanging on the waist of the dragon-blooded lizard clan elder on the side was soaked. The latter was holding a staff like a dead branch in one hand. , stretched out his paws to catch the rainwater, and seemed to feel that the rainwater was greasy and uncomfortable.
Just like the temperament of the empire, there is gloom and decay beneath the surface grandeur.
It looked back at the box in Tenerak's hand.
"The sacred object has been recovered, and we can leave this place," it said. "I know that the Magic Emperor and Tokin have reached an alliance with Tower Hess, and the Night Lizard clan may also join him. army."
"But the Rain Seer has foreseen the future. The Great Council has to face the traitors, and we must prepare everything in advance. The comet has arrived, and the blade of shadow is approaching the ancient god Andasok. We must wake it up in advance."
"As for you, prince blessed by the stars, where will the White Skull clan go?"
It turned back and stared at Tenerik beside it with its slender vertical pupils.
Teneric looked at a drowned sewer rat, its bulging and white belly rolled past him, "I will go to Ayinbrok and meet my human brothers."
"Another person blessed by the stars, that's fine too."
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The Hall of the Holy King was as solemn as ever.
It is no longer the cramped pigeon cage-like scene of No. 17-3-1 Royal Boulevard in the past. In order to commemorate the origin of the Oshur school, future generations of alchemists rebuilt this building on the site of a fire.
Just like everything in the empire, the hall looks grand and solemn, and the dome is as deep as the starry sky - there are indeed stars painted on it. It is the starry sky that the alchemists look up to, the scene they see in the sea of light.
The president of the Craftsmen Association, a man who has walked through history, is looking up at the starry sky.
Many years ago, he had seen the same scenery in a green brilliance, where he saw the scene under the abyss and the appearance of truth.
He held the cane in one hand and tapped the marble floor with the end of the cane.
Friston stood silently, and there was no one in the hall. The Holy King's Hall was blocked in advance a week before the start of the game. Due to the delay, the decoration has been completed, and it is only waiting for the day when the players will move in.
The hall fell silent, save for the soft tapping of a cane on the ground.
There was thunder in the distance outside the hall.
Summer showers are pounding the city.
"Ayo."
"Mr. President, I'm here!"
The young man never expected that he would meet such a big shot today, but he happened to be on duty - not to mention that the matter had something to do with him.
"Have Ed and Luofen arrived in Ayinbrok?"
"Their shuttle boat should arrive today. I checked the time. The boat should have arrived at the port an hour ago. Even if it is a little late, it should have arrived at Ayinbrok. It's not just them, Ge The Rand delegation and the Imperial Workshop delegation should both be on that ship."
Friston put away the cane in his hand and stared at the dome with flickering eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
The knocking sound suddenly stopped.
The president looked at the young man not far away and said, "You should know the Dragon Alchemist from Kaolin-Ithurian. Come with me to meet him."
"Mr. President, I'm coming," Yayo was a little flattered, "But wait while I go pack some things. Master Atok asked me to remember to put away the curtains used in the competition field before leaving. It's raining so hard, he I’m afraid those curtains will get damp.”
The young man hurriedly ran to the side of the hall. Suddenly he remembered something and happened to take that thing with him.
However in fact.
The Goddess liner that the Grande delegation and the Imperial Workshop delegation took was nearly an hour and a half late due to weather conditions. When the two people left the Craftsmen's Association and took a carriage to the airport, the huge passenger ship was slowly approaching the dock amid the rain.
Everyone can be seen on the deck, and the empire and the Kaolin people are still clearly separated. Mingli separates the two delegations, worried about the conflict among the young people below - the young people are full of blood, and between the two competition regions There have always been grudges between the two, and this is not impossible.
But in fact the atmosphere was fine, but everyone seemed a little preoccupied.
This is especially true of square plovers.
Due to the heavy rain, there were not many people on the trestle. A few of them were carrying heavy suitcases and waiting for the commuter boat. Most of them were alchemists from Ayinbrok who were going to work in the nearby mining areas.
Luo Yu, Jita and Laila didn't come to pick him up either. Laila was responsible for taking care of Britta, while Luo Yu and Ms. Scholar had more important things to do. They had informed him of these in advance. Naturally, there will be no additional expectations in my heart.
In fact, there are only a few of them left in such a big Aiyin Bullock. Luo Hao, Box and the Papalars are all outside, on their way to the imperial capital. Miss Nightingale also left with Nini in Apenand. .
The mission was given by him to investigate the previous experiences of the three geniuses. Friston told him many secrets in the tower, including what happened after they parted ways in Nozpiz.
Since he promised the other party to understand what plans the empire was implementing, he naturally had to fulfill his promise.
Mei is not in Ayinbrok either.
She left the city first, probably to carry out the mission of the Knights, and then rushed to meet up with Xiang and the others. Only with this reliable lady watching over Luo Hao and his group could he, the leader of the group, rest assured. .
The Nanami Brigade was separated like this, and the next reunion would have to be at least two or three months later.
Sylvide and the others are still on the Seven Seas Traveler and should arrive at the port later. Although there are also Sky Blue, Baggins and Dariel on the ship - the former luckily escaped his brother's surveillance and returned to the ship. Although she didn't say the specific reason, Fang Yu suspected that most of the reason was because Halsey believed that the Seven Seas Brigade could easily restrain the little princess of Iris.
He completely let go of the serious problem, and actually couldn't control it. Fang Luo had heard many stories about Tianlan and his brother in Ayinbrok, and the story of their battle of wits and courage made him deeply feel - —
The other party has become very restrained in the Seven Seas Troupe, probably thanks to Miss Elf.
If it were him, he would rather leave Tian Lan here.
The little princess even suggested that he charge her brother.
The square plovers have one head and two big heads.
But with Miss Tata controlling the Seven Seas Traveler, no matter how sudden the storm was, he shouldn't have to worry about it.
He looked back and saw that there was only the maid behind him, and Siesta was carrying his luggage. This made him stand out among the Grand delegation. To be honest, Fang Plov had a headache - but Ms. Ming seemed to really think that he was There is something wrong with your body.
Sylvide also smiled and had no objection to this. It was not that he had not protested, but the protest was ineffective.
Shesta didn't listen to him at all. Her lady gave her instructions, so he shouldn't expect to touch his luggage. Fortunately, it only contained some ordinary clothes and his alchemical gadgets. .
Xiaoyao looked at him enviously: "You guy."
The other party shook his head. No one in the group knew that the ship officer was a stunning beauty, but they didn't know how they fell in love with this wooden man in the first place.
You must know that their Dragon Alchemist has only become famous for more than half a year.
But now, everyone thinks that the daughter of the Albert family has good taste.
As for whether the aborigines are indigenous or not, and whether the chosen ones are chosen or not, not many people care. If you include the history before the Forerunners, the Stargate has been open for almost a century. In the early years, this was still news.
But it doesn't matter now.
Xiaoyao was the first to jump off the gangway, landed lightly on the trestle, then turned back and waved to them.
He didn't need to participate in the subsequent competitions. He became a pure spectator and took care of himself. Now he returned to this city built of steel with the mentality of a tourist.
Fang Yu did not return to this living treasure. He saw many people looking behind them, as if that was the direction they came from. Some people seemed to have some unfinished ideas about the Silver Tower-Sea of Trees group. Due to the delegation from the Hill of Giant Trees, Due to the reason for their absence, many people achieved pretty good results in the competition.
But Fang Plover knew that in fact it was just the opposite. The route from Apenand to Clover Plain made a big circle. The direction of the Silver Tower was not actually behind them, but to their side, where the rain curtain passed through. , thousands of miles apart.
Everything that had happened in the past two months seemed to him like a long dream.
In that dream, he actually experienced everything the three geniuses experienced seven hundred years ago.
He stared in that direction silently.
The Silver Tower also stands under the rain curtain.
"Farif, Farif."
Farif looked at the imitating parrot repeating his name boringly on the shelf, and knew that someone had arrived.
He put away the half-written notes and rang the bell on the table. The door opened with a sound, and a servant came in with a letter, "Sir, a letter from His Majesty." The other party placed the snow-white letter in front of Farif, Above it is the emblem of the Seal of Philosophy.
Artush has already gone to Ayin Bullock. He doesn't know if he has met the president. He knows the identity of that person and what the other person is doing. The answers to the questions he may be confused about have already been answered.
There were breakthroughs in the sixth and second technical routes at the same time. The young man seemed to have brought back what they were waiting for from his destiny. The future of mortals was no longer murky, it finally became clear.
But Farif was surprised when he saw the seal of philosophy on the letter.
His Majesty's personal letter?
What is it this time, mobilizing the Scroll Knights again? Or a gray robe wizard?
He watched the servant leave, then laid the letter flat on the table, took out the letter opener, and opened the letter. A wisp of black light rose from the place where his fingertips came into contact with the letter paper.
Farif looked at the contents of the letter, his eyes flashed, and he stood up from his position, "What!"
"The black army has been formed. Your Majesty will mobilize the Scroll Knights, and the gray-robed wizards will also join the war." Farif's silver-gray eyes flashed with shock, "The empire is going to declare war on Andasok, another rainforest war!? "
Although the empire is always at war, wars, large and small, never stop on the borders of the empire.
Either against the Naga clan and giants in Harina, or against the mountain people, or to suppress internal riots.
However, in its long history, the Empire has only really fought four wars with the Lizard People. They either won miserably or suffered a miserable defeat. The Empire is strong, but deep into the rainforest, the jungle people are equally powerful and have ancient heritage.
Although the Great Council has declined a lot, the lizard people had already established their own kingdom in the jungles of Andersok long before the establishment of the empire.
Farif had an inkling of what was going on.
But now is not the time. Didn't the envoys of the Great Council just leave the imperial capital? Why did His Majesty the Emperor directly choose the worst possibility.
"No, no." He put his hand on the letter and shook his head.
Farif felt the need to leave the tower.
Go meet the magic emperor and see what he wants to do.
…
The light of the candle flickered.
Luo Yu raised his head. In fact, it is rare to see such a lighting method now. Similar to the situation on the other side of the Star Gate, people use magic crystal sources for lighting. Due to the widespread popularity of alchemy, magic lighting is very cheap and safe.
However, magic is prohibited in Mirela's temple. This does not mean that the goddess of life has any prejudice against alchemy. It is just a tradition. Mirela's priests will try to use those magic products as little as possible.
Some believed they were ascetics, but they believed the ether disturbed the stars.
The essence of life is starlight.
In a sense, it's not entirely wrong.
However, there are no various magic devices in the temple, and the etheric flow appears smooth and pure. It is like listening to various sounds in a silent rainy night. The pure white noise makes people calmer; or in Looking at the night sky in the wilderness, the starry sky without light pollution appears shocking and clear.
As an elementalist, Luo Yu is particularly sensitive to the flow of ether. In that silent environment, even a pin falling to the ground will attract people's attention. He was twisting away the candles, then suddenly stopped and looked out the window.
There were a few strange smells flashing through the dark rain curtain there.
And it was at that moment that several shadows split out from the long shadow of the candlelight behind him, and the shadows formed human shapes. Those people were slender, wearing tight leather armor like nightingales, holding sharp blades, which reflected the candlelight and flickered with cold light. .
The leader among them was holding a crossbow and raised his hand to shoot an arrow towards Luo Yu's heart. The opponent did not expect to be able to deal with a high-level magician with just one arrow, not to mention that the information said that the opponent was a teammate of the Dragon Alchemist. .
He was aiming at the magic furnace. Due to the model of the magic furnace, the magic shields of magicians are generally thicker. However, although the shield is only activated within a reaction, it still takes time to generate. At this time, it is most important The weak link is the magic furnace itself.
But what he never expected was that when he shot an arrow, the arrow actually stayed motionless in mid-air, as if it was frozen, with a patch of white frost growing on it. The white frost grew along the crossbow arrows, and then spread all over the air. It turned out that an invisible wall of water appeared between him and the target.
And that wall of water is turning into solid ice now.
The leading Nightingale secretly screamed something bad, but saw Luo Yu turning around. Looking at them, they didn't seem too surprised. The elemental magic wand appeared in the opponent's right hand in an instant, and at the same time, he turned towards him. Reach out.
At that moment, Luo Yu's image seemed to be magnified a thousand times in his eyes, and the palm of his hand was covering him like a huge mountain. But in an instant, his vision was pulled back to reality, and he realized It's not that the other party has grown bigger.
Instead, he was dragged over involuntarily.
"Power spell!" He heard the exclamation from behind him, but he was shocked. He knew that the young magician not only cast a force field spell at that moment, but also had an illusion spell attached to it.
Illusion is the most common spell among water spells, but force fields are less common. As for powerful water curtains and freezing spells, they are even rarer. What's more important is that the opponent cast four spells the moment he took action. a spell.
He didn't even hear the other person chanting the incantation, nor did he make any gestures.
What the hell?
Nightingale felt that what she had bumped into was not a high-level magician, but an elemental elf user. According to the data, they had paid enough attention to this goal and had used five people, each of whom was at level 20 or above.
This is the first world, not the second world. How can there be so many high-level professionals? High-level magicians or nightingales are not leeks on the street, just cut and cropped. Their original goal was to haunt this man, but now his heart sank.
underestimated--
You must know that there is a naturalist in this temple, as well as patrolling cavalry and magicians from the Astrology Academy.
He subconsciously wanted to give a warning, but Luo Yu seemed to have anticipated his reaction. A range of silence with his backhand completely blocked the voice behind him, leaving him staring blankly in the force field spell.
Another spell.
Nightingale felt ice-cold in her heart. He saw clearly this time that the other party had no spellcasting action at all.
The next moment, he saw an even more incredible scene. Another 'Luo Yu' appeared in the room. There was a small star track-like device floating above the other person's head. He was making gestures and mumbling words.
Then that 'Luo Yu' pointed forward——
Four water arrows struck four other nightingales respectively.
The Nightingale's eyes widened after being persuaded by the force fielder. Then she realized that the other party was not just casting spells without spells, but had been prepared for it. This was the 'thing' they were looking for!
But he woke up a little late.
His companions behind him also realized this, exclaiming and trying to escape, but Luo Yu, who had been motionless, suddenly raised the magic wand in his hand - the ground in the room suddenly surged, and a giant rock hand came from the floor. He reached out and grabbed a few people directly.
Stoneclaw?
Didn't the information say that this is a water elemental user? Even if the opponent uses atmospheric elemental spells that are similar to water elemental spells, it can be considered that the information has been worked hard. Who are the people in charge of intelligence? The Nightingale almost cursed.
If he hadn't been silenced.
Three of them were unable to dodge and were directly hit by water arrows. The moment the water splashed on their breastplates, they turned into ice sculptures, freezing the three of them in place.
As for the remaining one, he very smartly revealed a dagger to Luo Yu - but in his horrified eyes, the dagger directly passed through Luo Yu's translucent shadow - the shadow then disappeared, and the elemental user The staff also fell from the opponent's hand.
But the other 'Luo Yu' reached out and took it, and the elemental staff flew directly into his hand. Then he took off the star tracker and looked at the unlucky guy.
"You've got one thing wrong," he began. "I've been here the whole time."
The nightingale opened his mouth to say something, but Luo Yu stretched out his hand and a layer of ice immediately sealed his mouth tightly.
It was at this time that there was a rapid knock on the door. Luo Yu glanced in that direction and replied calmly: "Come in."
The person who opened the door was none other than Britta's follower, the young man named Hain. The other person was shocked when he opened the door and saw the scene inside the room, but he relaxed after seeing clearly that Luo Yu had taken the initiative. He took a breath, but then his face showed an anxious look:
"Mr. Luo Yu, someone attacked the church, and the area where Britta is is now on fire... Fortunately, it's raining outside, but the rescuers can't get in."
Luo Yu turned around and glanced in that direction through the window. In fact, he had already seen the fire there.
But he just shook his head and replied:
"Take me to see it."
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(End of chapter)
