Tonight, the lights on both sides of the Legong River in the royal capital were shining, and the parades on both sides were in full swing. The bonfires on the market side had dyed half of the sky red, and colorful magic fireworks exploded above the Royal Magic Tower.
Above the water, which was shimmering with light from the sky, six people stood facing each other. There was only one person near the civilian area, and that person was naturally the Thousand-foot Sword Saint Benegas. There were four men and one woman near the noble area, and they were divided into two groups.
One group came from the Temple of Nature. The one wearing sacrificial robes was Roland, the chief priest of the royal capital. Next to him was a burly man in silver armor, who was the commander of the royal guard, Knight Mendoza.
The other group of people came from the Royal Magic Tower. The middle-aged man in the lead was Master Kona, the master of the Spirit Refining Tower. Behind him was a tall and slender man whose age could not be determined. He was Master Gabriel of the Shining Wings Tower. The other white-haired woman in a blue robe with a stern face was Master Leila, one of the twin masters of the Ice Tower.
The Temple of Nature and the Royal Magic Tower discovered the abnormal situation on the other side of the river and sent experts to investigate. Unexpectedly, they were stopped by the Thousand-Ren Sword Saint who suddenly appeared before they reached the civilian area.
"Saint Venegas." The visitors saluted him one after another. Although they all had extremely high status, in front of a saint, they were all just juniors.
Venegas nodded and said, "That's enough, everyone. You can go back now."
The visitors looked at each other in bewilderment, and finally Priest Roland asked, "Saint, you came from the other side, can you tell us what happened in the market area?"
“No comment,” Venegas said.
Roland stared at Venegas. He didn't expect him to be so tough. Under normal circumstances, the Temple of Nature would not easily offend the saints, but the saints would definitely give the Temple of Nature enough respect. He explained with a serious expression: "The priest on duty in the civilian area of the Temple of Nature reported to us that half an hour ago, the people participating in the parade behaved very strangely, as if they were controlled by magic. The priest on duty stopped a few people and cast a meditation spell on them, which slowly helped them recover from their frenzy. However, the situation of the people outside is getting worse and worse, and the scope of madness is expanding. There have even been many incidents of injuries. So we must investigate whether there is any evil force carrying out a conspiracy in the capital."
Master Kona also said: "The monitoring eye on the Royal Magic Tower detected a weak but wide-ranging mental fluctuation. Normally, such mental fluctuations of ordinary people would not trigger an alarm, but these mental powers gathered together, and the energy contained is many times more powerful than a saint's full-strength spell. The monitoring eye triggered the highest level of alarm. If someone uses such energy, there will be very serious consequences. So we have to come and take a look."
The so-called monitoring eye is a large-scale magic device that many big cities have, and is usually controlled by the local magic tower. Depending on the design, it can monitor high-intensity energy changes in a city, including magic fluctuations, fighting spirit fluctuations, or mental fluctuations. The monitoring eyes of ordinary cities can often only monitor fighting spirit fluctuations and magic fluctuations. Large cities like the capital of Sevilla are naturally equipped with the top-level monitoring eyes, so they can even monitor mental fluctuations.
However, Venegas closed his eyes and ignored them completely.
"Lord Venegas, why are you stopping us from checking it out?" Leila couldn't help but ask when she saw that Venegas was indifferent to what Priest Roland and Master Kona said.
Venegas still had his eyes closed, ignoring her words.
Leila gritted her teeth and performed a short-distance teleportation, teleporting directly in the direction of the market. However, at the moment she disappeared, a sword light fell from the sky without warning, more than ten meters behind Venegas, like a silver lightning, directly piercing through the sky and the earth.
Leila screamed and returned to her original position, but a section of her robe hem disappeared, revealing her two calves. Venegas didn't even move, and used the power of the Thousand Feet Domain to cut her out of the space crack of the teleportation magic. Although the sword didn't hit her just now, the might of splitting the sky really scared her.
Venegas opened his eyes and stared at everyone with a glare as sharp as a sword. "The area behind me is now forbidden. The next time you drop something, it won't be your robe."
"Lord Venegas, when did this city become your forbidden area?" Master Kona said dissatisfiedly, "Do you want to rule the city separately from us?"
"After tonight, I will naturally leave, but tonight, I will not let you cross the river." Venegas said calmly.
"Lord Venegas, can you give us a reason? Although our realm is still far from yours, this world still has to be reasonable." Roland said.
Venegas smiled coldly and said, "My reason is that I promised someone that I would stop any expert from crossing the Lygon River so that he could finish what he did today in peace. Since I have made a promise as a saint, I will naturally do it."
"The civilian area has 80% of the capital's population. If we let these people go crazy collectively, who knows what terrible consequences will occur. You know we can't just sit there and watch this change happen," Roland insisted.
"The changes are only temporary. After tonight, the capital will still be the capital, and everything will be back to normal."
The people present looked at each other, and Roland said, "If you want us to approve it, please tell us what is happening next? Who is the person you promised?"
"No comment, I can only say that nothing will happen."
"Lord Venegas, I'm afraid this won't convince us." Roland shook his head and took out a magic wand made of branches from his storage ring. Seeing this, Knight Mendoza also took out his weapon, which was a spear.
On the other side, Master Leila took out her weapon first, a diamond-shaped ice crystal floating in front of her.
"Lord Benegas, we have no intention of making an enemy of you, but given the current situation, we have no choice but to give it a try." Master Cona said, and he also took out his long magic wand.
Master Gabriel, who had been silent all this time, took out an orange-red sword. The sword itself seemed to be made of lava, with the orange and red colors flowing continuously. This was the sword passed down from the God of War and belonging to generations of Gabriel: the Burning Horn.
When Venegas saw the men taking out their weapons, he smiled and raised a finger. "Sasso is not in the capital. You have no chance."
For a moment, the light above the River Lygon flickered, overshadowing the fireworks from the Royal Magic Tower.