Fire Code City.
Emergency Chamber.
Bang!
Harvey, the commander-in-chief of the Knights, slammed the table angrily, causing the candlelight on the stage to tremble.
"Is this what you promised me, the mage army?"
Harvey pointed at the young men present, who all looked young and had blank expressions on their faces. They probably didn't even know what he was going to do next.
Then, Harvey roared at Greco, one of the three archbishops of the Vulcan Cult, who was also sitting in the meeting hall:
"Are they all magic apprentices who are not even the first level?"
"You expect me to rely on them to rescue the crisis in Red Flame Town and fight against the evil power of the Dreadclaw Forest?"
Facing the scolding burly commander on the other side.
Bishop Greco was not moved at all, and even took a sip of the black tea on the table.
"Lord Harvey, this is the greatest assistance our Vulcan Cult can give the Knights."
"Our other mages are all at a critical juncture in their cultivation. Even as a bishop, I am not qualified to order them to give up the opportunity to break through themselves and turn around and set off with you."
Harvey stood up immediately after Bishop Greco's calm tone.
"Let me ask you, is it more important to study your magic-breaking skills, or to protect the people under the Flame Realm? Have you all forgotten the teachings of the God of Fire!?"
"Both are equally important, Lord Harvey."
"Besides, the Vulcan statue didn't react at all. In other words, this crisis may not be as serious as what you described, Mr. Harvey. I think you and your soldiers can handle it with the strength of you and your soldiers, and there is no need for the Vulcan Cult to take action. .”
Seeing that Harvey wanted to continue arguing with him, Greco smiled slightly and said first:
"Lord Harvey, I think that if your best friend, Archbishop Maggie, can come out of cultivation, she will definitely make the same decision as me, right?"
When the other party moved out of Archbishop Maggie, Harvey felt as if he had been hit directly on a painful spot and was momentarily speechless.
Greco's meaning was obvious.
Even Archbishop Maggie, the highest authority of the Vulcan Cult and your former best friend, is taking the lead in practicing seclusion and has not been involved in worldly affairs for several years.
This in itself somewhat symbolizes the overall attitude of the Vulcan Sect.
Harvey sat back down in despair.
He clenched his hands tightly, but in the end he lowered his head and remained silent, unable to say anything.
but.
Just when Harvey was about to turn around and leave the meeting hall, suddenly, a powerful pressure swept across the entire hall.
"What?" Feeling this breath, Bishop Greco's expression changed instantly.
The mocking expression he originally showed towards Harvey's lonely back suddenly disappeared without a trace.
On Harvey's side, the burly commander was stunned for a moment, as if it was too unimaginable and a little unbelievable.
But then...
"Greco, go to the forbidden room and face the wall for a month." A gentle and pleasant female voice sounded in the meeting hall out of thin air.
But such a soft voice seemed to carry an undeniable majesty.
Bishop Greco, who had previously been indifferent to Harvey Feng Qingyun, actually had no idea of refuting and agreed in a cold sweat.
Only then did Harvey finally dare to identify the owner of the voice.
"Ma...Maggie!" The most powerful knight commander in Huodian City almost burst into tears at this voice.
"Harvey, come to the Vulcan Tower. I'll wait for you up there."
As the last words of the pleasant female voice ended, the strong pressure that had previously covered the chamber also disappeared.
"I heard that if Maggie comes out of isolation, she will make the same choice as you?"
Harvey excitedly headed to the Vulcan Tower. Before leaving, he did not forget to make a sarcastic comment to Bishop Greco, who was looking pale in his seat.
When Harvey finally left, one of the deacons standing next to Greco couldn't help but asked in fear:
"Lord...Mr. Bishop, what should we do now? How could Archbishop Maggie suddenly..."
"Hmph! Why are you panicking?" Bishop Greco gradually recovered from the shock.
"What we did was not wrong. It's not like you don't know that once our mage uses too much magic power, the strange disease in the body will be unable to be suppressed and the symptoms will worsen."
"Well, don't think too much. In my opinion, even Archbishop Maggie's body may have been infected with that strange disease just like us. It may be more serious than us and the disease will occur earlier. , otherwise, with the Archbishop’s temperament, how could he have been in seclusion for so long?”
Greco kept tapping his fingers on the table in the council chamber.
Although he said he was relaxed, his brows were still furrowed.
Finally, Greco was about to get up and leave, but before leaving, he seemed to think of something and specifically warned:
"Let's go back. Oh, and by the way, while I'm in seclusion, I asked you to be responsible for recruiting strangers. Don't let yourself be left behind."
"Yes, Lord Bishop Greco."
...
...
Vulcan Tower.
top layer.
When Harvey came here again, the ancient door that had not been opened for several years and was burning with blazing flames on the top floor had already been opened for him.
When Harvey stepped in, the flame door seemed to sense something and automatically closed inwards.
"Tsk, it's really easy to be a mage. You don't even have to close the door yourself." Harvey turned around and smashed his mouth.
After Maggie finally came out of seclusion and took the initiative to see him, the commander of the Knights obviously lost his gloom, became in a particularly good mood, and had time to joke around.
"Long time no see, Harvey." The pleasant female voice that appeared in the meeting hall sounded again.
Following the voice, a beautiful woman wearing a gorgeous robe, gentle and elegant, full of mature femininity, walked out of the inner room.
It is worth mentioning that on the woman's shoulder, there is an equally gorgeous and beautiful fiery red bird.
On the other side, Harvey was in the main hall. When he saw the woman wearing the archbishop's robe coming out, a few different emotions suddenly appeared in the depths of his eyes.
But he quickly covered it up, and Harvey replied with a dissatisfied tone:
"Yes Maggie, it's been a long time since I saw you. It's been so long... I almost can't remember what you look like."
Just like many old friends who have been separated for a long time, there is always a bit of embarrassment when they meet again.
It seemed that he felt that he had gone too far before. In order to lighten the atmosphere, Harvey scratched his head and randomly found a topic.
"Why, after you have been in seclusion for so long, you still have a hobby of raising birds?"
Originally it was just an awkward conversation.
What Harvey didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, the fiery red bird standing on Maggie's shoulder immediately became angry as if he really understood.
Before Harvey could react, the little bird opened its beak slightly, and then a wave of heat rushed towards him.
When he came to his senses again, he felt a chill on the top of his head, as if something was missing.
"Xin Yan, don't make trouble."
"It's not easy to grow hair longer at Harvey's age."
Maggie spoke softly to the red bird on her shoulder, and it was not difficult to hear the teasing meaning in it, as if she was taking revenge for Harvey's confrontation with her at the beginning.
After hearing this, the magical red bird seemed very reluctant, but it still spit out another burst of flames, but this time, the flames did not harm Harvey at all. Instead, miraculously, it made Harvey Harvey's previously burned bald head actually grew black hair again and returned to its original appearance.
"This... Maggie, your little... uh, this monster is quite powerful." Harvey almost said the word "little bird" again, but quickly changed his words for the sake of his hair.
On the other hand, this bird monster raised its little bird head high, as if disdainful of Harvey's praise, but its spread wings still revealed its inner pride.
After this incident, the atmosphere was finally no longer awkward, and both Harvey and Maggie regained their previous feelings.
After they looked at each other and smiled, Harvey finally couldn't help his inner emotions.
"Maggie, it's so good to see you again."
Unfortunately, Harvey took a step forward and wanted to hug Maggie, but Maggie took a small step back and cleverly avoided it.
"Okay, the time I have to wake up is limited, let's talk about business first."
Maggie didn't give Harvey a chance to ask what "limited time to wake up" meant, so she stretched out her hand to grab the void, and then a stone engraved with runes appeared in Maggie's hand.
"I already know about the Dreadclaw Forest."
"You are doing the right thing. This evil force this time is extraordinary. If it is not handled well, it may threaten the entire Huodian City. But you don't have to worry or call in the troops, because I will take action myself. "
Harvey frowned when he first heard that he was told not to call in the troops, but when Maggie finally said to take action personally, he suddenly showed a surprised expression, and at the same time he seemed to relax instantly.
"Is it really... so serious that you need to take action?"
You must know that Maggie is a peak fourth-level mage who has truly stepped into the extraordinary. She can even temporarily borrow the power of the God of Fire to reach the terrifying fifth or even sixth level. It can be said that she is the patron saint of the entire Fire Code City.
Facing Harvey's question, Maggie shook her head and didn't say much. She just handed the stone in her hand to Harvey.
"You have taken this teleportation stone."
"Teleportation stone?" Harvey played with it in his hands with curiosity on his face.
"After that, I will ask the Vulcan Cult's mage to teleport you to Red Flame Town. Then, you will give this stone to Damir and let him use magic to activate the stone."
"The purpose of this teleportation stone is to connect Chiyan Town with me. Once the stone is activated, I can use it as a coordinate to open a large teleportation gate to Huodian City in Chiyan Town."
"You can use the portal to easily evacuate all the people taking refuge in Chiyan Town safely and transfer them outside Huodian City in an instant."
"Finally, after everyone is gone, and then close the portal, I will personally come to the Forest of Terrorclaws, borrow the power of the Vulcan, and use super magic to completely burn out all the evil in the forest."
As Maggie told her plan, Harvey's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Even in the end, the commander of the Knights couldn't help but slap his thigh.
"I'll do it right away!"
"Sometimes, although I find you mages very distasteful, I have to admit that with the help of magic, it is much easier to solve the problem."
Harvey's original plan was to gather the troops and divide them into two parts. One part would protect the refugees from retreating, and the other part would stop the evil forces and fight a protracted war.
But now Maggie's plan is equivalent to driving a transport plane to transport all her people away, and then dropping a nuclear bomb into it. It's simple, brainless, and violent.
Technology changes life, oh no, magic changes life.
Harvey resisted the thought of chatting with Maggie for a while longer. After confirming some details, he immediately left the Vulcan Tower and made preparations.
When Harvey left and Archbishop Maggie was left alone on the top floor of the Vulcan Tower again...
This beautiful woman who had been relaxed, dignified and generous before suddenly seemed to be unable to hold herself any longer, swaying, covering her mouth and coughing violently.
When the hand is removed from the lips, some black particles can be seen in Maggie's palm, which is in sharp contrast with Maggie's jade-white skin. They disappear instantly after contacting the air.
"Aunt Alice, are you... okay?" A second crisp young female voice suddenly sounded in the room.
I saw that the fiery red bird that had been standing on Archbishop Maggie's shoulder before, after Harvey left, its body blurred for a while, and then removed its disguise, turning into a beautiful phoenix that seemed to be burning with flames.
The phoenix suddenly showed a worried look after seeing Bishop Maggie's strange body.
Unexpectedly, she shook her body again and transformed into a gorgeous girl of fifteen or sixteen years old with long red hair. She quickly helped Maggie.
"It's okay, Xin Yan. Rather, it's thanks to you that I was able to wake up at the critical moment."
Maggie shook her head, and then quietly put her hand behind her back that she had coughed into and was stained with black particles.
"So, have you figured out what the calling you feel is?"
"No, but I can be sure that that summoning feeling is not far away from me. It's... right in the town of Chiyan where you were talking before!"
"Red Flame Town..." Maggie seemed to be in a strange state after the girl's words, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
"So, Aunt Alice, I...I also want to go to Red Flame Town."
The girl said firmly to Maggie.
"Yes, but you must be careful, and don't look at others with your true identity. You know, if someone discovers the appearance of a forbidden monster..."
Before Maggie finished her words of instruction, the red-haired girl pouted and replied confidently:
"Don't worry, Aunt Alice. I have finally entered the stage of growth. I promise, I will use my current human form and never cause trouble to Aunt Alice! No one will be able to recognize me." I!"
"only..."
"Compared to me, I'm more worried about you, Aunt Alice. Your current human body, without my treatment, your illness will..."
Maggie waved her hand and interrupted the red-haired girl.
"Do not worry."
finally.
After getting Maggie's answer, the red-haired girl also left the Vulcan Tower with curiosity and expectations for Red Flame Town.
Right now, Archbishop Maggie is truly the only one left.
"We must... we must quickly complete the engraving of the magic circle of the portal..."
Maggie muttered to herself in the room.
"focus..."
"Just like before..." Maggie didn't know that when she said this, a flash of black flashed from the depths of her eyes.
Then, Maggie's whole body instantly erupted with terrifying magic power, and the strong air flow faintly blew the archbishop's robe, revealing the uneven outline of her body.
A complex and profound teleportation circle gradually took shape under Maggie's little drawings.
After completing the imprinting of the last magic rune, Maggie seemed to have exhausted all her strength and fell to the ground with a bang.
However, the matter is far from over.
Because I only saw...
From Maggie Miaoman's body, from Maggie's flawless white back, countless black particles began to gather, and finally condensed into a pair of...
Dark hands.
Immediately afterwards, the pair of dark hands extending from Maggie's back began to control Maggie's unconscious body.
She began to control Maggie and added some more...
Extra weird textures.
