The sun in Maria's world is bright and moving. The floating castle, which was originally closed into an internal loop, finally has its cover retracted into the base, and the whole is displayed outside Maria's world, connected to the entire world.
Verdanti and Delmedi were bored in the floating castle for a long time. Apart from the playground, library, botanical garden on the ground floor and some strange buildings built by Lu Zhiyu, they could only look around. It's a lonely star realm outside.
At this moment, they returned to Maria's world. The two children were very happy. They kept running around and playing around under the sun, and then rushed into the study room where Lu Zhiyu usually rested. Lu Zhiyu was not at home at the moment, and the two children After playing around in Lu Zhiyu's room, beating each other with cushions, he immediately discovered a heavy book on the table.
"What kind of book is this!"
"I haven't seen it!"
The cover of the book was very thick, with a scary skull on it, which attracted the attention and interest of the two children. Delmedi picked up the book and opened it and found that there were a lot of drawings about demon species in it. Pictures and introduction.
"Wow! It's a monster from the abyss!"
"Delmedi, don't touch Abba's things. Abba will teach you a lesson when he comes back!"
"Put it back quickly!"
"No, just take a look, this is so interesting!"
"Delmedi!"
Verdanti wrinkled her little nose angrily and was about to beat her sister. Delmedi immediately ran outside. The two of them kept chasing each other on the lawn square outside, and finally at the edge of the railing, Being held down by Verdanti.
While the two were fighting for it, the book suddenly missed and fell directly from above. The two were stunned, holding on to the fence, with their short legs propped up, looking at the bottom of the floating castle.
Below are layers of white clouds. Under the white clouds, you can vaguely see the sea and mountains, as well as villages and cities by the sea. At this moment, the floating castle is moving towards the east of Maria's world. You can see the black cover. The book passed through the clouds and disappeared directly. I don't know where it fell below.
"It's over. Did you fall into the sea?"
"Abba will definitely scold us both to death when he comes back!"
"It's all my fault, sister. If you hadn't snatched my things, you wouldn't have fallen!"
"Delmedi, you bad guy!"
The two little guys were quarreling on the constantly moving floating castle above the clouds. The cunning Delmedi was held down and beaten by Verdante, making her cry.
At this moment, the black-covered books fell from the clouds and continued to fall into the earth. As they continued to fall, the pages of the book continued to open and rotate, and finally rotated around, revealing the front. Only a black figure could be seen on the front. In addition to the terrifying skull, there is also a line of Finks symbols written underneath.
It means roughly
"The Devil's Book!"
As the strong wind blew violently, the pages of the book continued to rotate and blow. Eventually, the entire book completely fell apart and turned into large sheets of paper, which fell down.
Eastern part of the Tutan dynasty
Maritime trade has become more and more developed in recent years. Although a large number of Poseidon's Sons and a large number of ferocious beasts are still plundering the sea, various terrifying extraordinary monsters are still roaring on the sea.
But humans have also begun to master extraordinary power. Ships from the distant Light Church area continue to lead to various parts of the Alan continent.
Although cross-continental ocean exploration and trade have not yet begun, the plates and territories of the entire Alan Continent have gradually been explored by humans. The human world has begun to clearly understand the appearance of the entire Alan Continent. This is Maria A major leap in world human history.
Since the Saint and the first Pope Hodepp ascended to heaven one after another decades ago, the Church of Light has also begun to fall into internal divisions. It has lost the artifacts, the Saint, and spiritual leaders like Hodepp who represent absolute divine authority. No one can anymore arbitrarily drive the cardinals and church knights scattered in various kingdoms and principalities.
The new pope of the Church of Light was unable to mobilize external cardinals and church knights except within the territory. Dioceses in various places also began to draw boundaries, and there was a tendency to become independent branches. Although they were still nominally They accepted the rule of the Church of Light, but began to localize one after another, contacting the nobles of various kingdoms and principalities, and alienating themselves from the Church of Light.
Although the entire Light Church State's power feels like it is falling apart, the number of priests is constantly increasing, and its power has gradually penetrated into all levels of various kingdoms and principalities, and its influence has become even greater.
Many branch sects of the Church of Light began to have interests in contact with local nobles and royal families. Many noble fleets began to hire knights and priests from the church as shipboard chaplains to preach in distant places. The activity area of the Church of Light further expanded. Expansion also promoted the development of maritime trade.
The extraordinary power of priests is enough to fight against some offshore monsters and ordinary warcraft. Although some fleets cannot afford to hire on-board priests, they also have another option, which is the existence of wizards who possess the so-called demonic power.
Akkad was the first-generation priest and a student of the great sage Antony. He was the founder of wizard alchemy and the alchemical system. He was also the third tower master of the wizard tower. Edward, a disciple of Bol, was promoted to a fourth-level wizard. , he gave up his position as the master of the wizard tower and chose to travel. However, he has been stuck on the threshold of promotion to the fourth level for a long time. The level of spiritual activation is a fatal step for wizards. level.
Except for Boer, the first generation of wizards, several others failed at this level one after another. The best one also suffered heavy mental damage and lost the possibility of promotion. Among them, there was even a direct collapse of consciousness and direct death. , the probability of success is far lower than Bohr predicted.
Akade has been stuck on this threshold for a long time. Although the mental strength scale is enough now, he still feels that he is not sure. He is afraid of failure and is afraid of failure. However, the limit of life span is constantly approaching, so Akade has to make a decision. determination.
Akkad is over a hundred years old. Most of his peers, and even wizards of the same generation, have long since entered a long sleep, dying of lifespan or misfortunes. This trip is also the final preparation for a breakthrough. .
Akkad followed a large ship and slowly approached the legendary Tutan Dynasty, a huge country in the East. The Tutan Dynasty was a city-state alliance. The king of this country was elected by each city-state. The term of office is also seven years. The Tutan Dynasty has a special meaning for the number seven. The atmosphere here is very different from that of the Light Church area. In recent years, some missionaries and sacrifices from the Light Church have also begun to arrive here, but the progress is not great.
The rejection of wizards here is not as strong as the Church of Light and the Kingdom of Orcs. However, because the place is too far away from the core area of mankind and needs to cross almost the entire Alan continent, there are not many wizards arriving here.
The people of the Tutan Dynasty on the pier wore loose clothes, and the atmosphere between men and women was relatively open. Many people wore their upper bodies directly. Near the pier, you can see the market and a large number of vendors, which is very lively.
"That's it, Mr. Akkad, do you need anything else?"
"No need. When we return, we will naturally send other people over. There is no need to contact me again!"
"Okay, Mr. Akkad!"
The captain sent Akkad off the ship flatteringly, with cold sweat all over his back. Compared to the monsters on the sea, for these ordinary people, these monsters that deal with demons are the most terrifying, even if they are all the way. In the book, Akkad drove away the giant monsters on the sea several times, and there was even a son of Poseidon in the form of a sea cucumber who had extraordinary power and could easily destroy huge sailing ships.
Akkad was wearing a black robe, wrinkles began to appear on his face. He looked about fifty years old and had a beard. He was observing the surrounding scene. At this time, suddenly there was a sound coming from the market in front. There was a strange scream, followed by panic and screams, attracting everyone's attention.
"Help, help!"
"Hold him down!"
"What happened?"
Among the crowd, I immediately saw a man covering his neck and writhing in the center. The skin on his body was melting and mucus was seeping out. His whole body turned translucent little by little. This scene was terrifying. This made everyone around him keep retreating, and many of the timid ones were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground.
"Uh uh... uh... uh!"
This man strangled his neck hard, as if he wanted to strangle himself to death. Several people around him tried to hold him down, but were knocked to the ground by his huge force. Many people were knocked down and screamed. and moans, exactly forming the scene Akkad had seen before.
This person opened his mouth, and only then did he see that inside his mouth, there was an eye the size of a fist. At this moment, he looked outside, and the person who was stared at by this gaze instantly felt as if his soul was shaking. As if being eroded, an evil force surged into the brain, and a large number of people collapsed to the ground.
"Get away, get away!"
"This is a curse, this is a curse from hell!"
"He was bent over by a demon!"
"Don't come near him!"
A large number of vendors fled around. Overturned fruits and vegetables were everywhere, and the market was in chaos. At this time, Akkad immediately waved his hand and saw a fireball hit the monster that had turned into green. The mucus above and below was like gasoline, and when it hit the target, the whole person instantly turned into a blaze.
The monster immediately closed its mouth, and its whole body turned into flames. It kept hitting everywhere, and finally struggled and gradually fell into death. The raging fire gave off a foul smell, and everyone felt dizzy when they smelled it.
"#￥%%"
Before his death, he made a shrill scream of unknown meaning. The sound seemed to come from hell and the abyss. When everyone heard the sound, they involuntarily covered their ears and fell to the ground.
Everyone watched the monster being swallowed up by the scorching flames, and finally burned into a charred ball. At this moment, many people fell around, and they were also eroded by the weird pupil power. Some were injured by the monster, and some were scared to death. There was movement, and the originally bustling coastal market turned into a mess.