On a dim street corner in the civilian area of the capital, two ragged five or six-year-old children were running and playing. Suddenly, a magic circle formed by runes shone on the ground. This sight, which they had never seen before, aroused their curiosity. The two children came over to watch, and one of them couldn't help but reach out to touch the runes. At this time, the gorgeous runes connected into a circular magic circle, and then a strong airflow sprayed out from the magic circle, directly blowing the two children away. One child fell to the ground and cried loudly, and the other hit his head against the wall and fainted, bleeding all over the ground.
The light of the teleportation magic faded, and it was Master Kona and Lorenzo who appeared. They looked very nervous, and each of them was still making gestures to cast spells. The previous second they were still on the battlefield of the saints, trying hard to cast spells and fight, and the next second they were already standing in the alleys of the royal capital.
Master Kona saw the crying child sitting on the ground, and waved his hand, and the child fainted. He looked around and said, "This is the civilian area of the capital."
"He is a saint after all. He can teleport so accurately in such a hurry. I just don't know how the battle situation over there will develop." Lorenzo said.
"You don't have to worry about this now. Let's split up. I'll go to the Royal Magic Tower to find other people to support Saint Sasso. You don't have to go, just go find the Chinese directly." Master Kona said.
"Chinese?"
“You heard Saint Sasso say before that the restoration of the Seven Holy Towers might fall on the Chinese. As the successor of the Tower of Talismans, you should stand with them. Besides, if something unexpected really happens, you can just help. This is a good opportunity for you to reconcile with them.” Master Kona said as he activated the teleportation array on his bracelet. His body was once again surrounded by magical light and disappeared at the alley after a moment.
Lorenzo looked back at the bleeding and unconscious child, walked over to him, squatted down, cast a healing spell to stop the bleeding on his head, then put on the hood of his wizard robe and walked to the other side of the river.
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After Master Kona finished teleporting, he appeared in his own room in the Spirit Refining Tower. However, when he opened his eyes, there were actually two women in the room that should have been empty. One was a white-haired woman wearing a blue robe, exuding a chill. The other was a brown-haired woman wearing a white robe, giving off a very gentle feeling.
Master Kona asked: "Leila? Almeida? Why are you in my room?"
A hint of hesitation appeared on the stern face of Master Leila of the Ice Tower. She glanced at Almeida, the master of the Healer's Tower beside her, and hinted to her with a look to speak.
Almeida sighed and said, "Recently, while you and Saint Sasso were away, some things happened in the capital. We two would like to explain things to you here."
Master Kona said, "The situation is very urgent now. Venegas attacked Saint Sasso and me outside a ruin. Now we must mobilize manpower to provide support. There is no time to waste here."
"It's too late. The battle should have ended by now. Not only is Venegas there, but even the Light Assassin Quiroz is there. Lord Venegas has no chance. Besides, you won't find anyone willing to go with you." Almeida had a bit of sadness on her face, which combined with her gentle and holy temperament gave off a feeling of compassion.
Master Kona took out a magic wand from his storage ring and prepared for battle: "Almeida, you knew about this in advance! Did you help arrange this attack? Leila, did you know about it too? What are you doing? Are you all crazy?"
Almeida raised her hands to indicate that she did not want to fight Kona. She said softly, "After you left, Gibran, the Golden Branch Priest of the Temple of Nature, secretly came to the capital. He did not come empty-handed, but brought an oracle with him."
"Oracle! Could it be that the God of Nature has awakened ahead of time?" Master Kona exclaimed.
"No, but with the power of God, it shouldn't be very difficult to convey a message before waking up." Almeida said.
Kona said disdainfully, "Whether it's an oracle or not, isn't it all said by that old charlatan Gibran? How do you know he's not deceiving you?"
"Because we saw the oracle, heard the oracle, and felt the power in the oracle. It is indeed a power completely different from magic." Almeida said. She took out a video crystal from her storage ring. "I brought this here to convince you, so that you can witness the scene at that time."
Almeida projected the image in the crystal onto the wall. In the image, in a secret meeting room of the Magic Association, a group of mages surrounded an old man in priest robes.
The old man was none other than Saint Gibran, the Golden Branch Priest. He took out a ball of light from his storage ring, and the surrounding mages all exclaimed in amazement, with several even taking several steps back. Even the man holding the image crystal took a step back involuntarily.
"You can't feel the power of the oracle from here. But when the light appeared, we felt an ancient and powerful pressure, a power we have never felt even in saints. It makes it difficult for people to muster the emotion of resistance and makes people think of the word surrender from the bottom of their hearts." Almeida explained to Cona.
"Yes. I was there too, and I felt at the time that if the consciousness in that ball of light wanted to kill me, I wouldn't even have the will to resist. That feeling was terrible, like a mouse being targeted by a cat. No, it was more like a mouse being targeted by a dragon." Leila, who had been silent all along, said.
The light was not a stable light source, but a flowing green color. It kept changing, sometimes turning into a crystal green leaf, sometimes into a green flower. The changes gave people an extremely mysterious feeling, causing all the mages present to stare at it intently.
"When I looked at the ball of light, I discovered that it seemed to contain some kind of rules. All the other mages felt the same way. We were unknowingly attracted to it," Almeida said.
Master Kona said disdainfully: "Humph, it's just a trick of mental magic. The Spirit Refining Tower also knows how to attract attention in this way. It's just that you are all scared by the name of the so-called God, so it has such an effect."
The ball of light changed for a while, and finally a faint male voice came from it: "Anyone who submits to me can have power. Anyone who betrays me will be banished to the mortal world. Even if you are as rebellious as the mage, I will give you a chance."