late at night.
The sudden heavy rain mixed with ice crystals fell from the high sky, while the dark clouds blocked the stars and enveloped the mountains and the earth. The downpour of rain mixed with ice and snow filled the sky and the earth, making the vast range of vision covered with gray rain and fog.
Among the thick dark clouds, purple-blue thunder flashed, and dull thunder came in waves, like the hammering of a giant drum.
-Suddenly, a huge thunder roared, and lightning broke through the sky, illuminating the surroundings like the sun during the day.
Through this light, one can vaguely see a majestic city built between three peaks under the cover of rain and fog.
Starfall 831, December 21, 8:35 pm, Northern Empire, Imperial Capital.
The three black peaks are like barriers that separate heaven and earth, cutting off the world here and there. Behind this solid rock barrier is a huge city with white walls. It is located between the mountains and on the rocks. Around this giant city, there is a fortress and a mage tower on the top of each of the three peaks. They tower into the clouds, like the strongest horns penetrating the sky, protecting the most important city in the human empire.
In the darkness of the night, white pyroxene lamps illuminated the streets, falling like fog and freezing rain, covering the streets with a thin layer of ice. The pedestrians on the streets looked in a hurry, as if they wanted to go home as soon as possible, but in order not to fall, they You still have to walk carefully on the ice.
A man covered in a white hooded robe was walking slowly on the street. He was tall, with three gemstone rings on his exposed hands. There were some wrinkles on his skin, which showed that he was quite old.
This man noticed the plight of the pedestrians around him, shook his head, chuckled, and whispered to himself: "It's really difficult to walk in this weather."
He muttered a few words in his mouth, and then lightly tapped into the void. The magic power immediately began to fluctuate. The nameless spell bypassed the warning arrays all over the city in an instant, covering the surrounding land within thousands of meters. When the ice melted, all the surrounding pedestrians were surprised to find that they no longer had to move forward hand-in-hand, but could move forward with peace of mind.
After solving this problem that troubled many people, the figure under the hood nodded slightly, and then he continued to walk towards the center of this huge city, a magnificent palace made of basalt.
That is the residence of the Emperor of the Empire - Palais Morlaix.
The Royal Palace Morlai Palace is like a city within a city, surrounded by solid walls. There are countless black-armored knights patrolling the entrance. The armors and weapons on their bodies are all of the first grade, and they are engraved with the [Five-Star Ring] representing the royal family. Yang] coat of arms, extremely powerful.
And no matter the behavior or demeanor of the guard, his physique or momentum, everything shows that this is a warrior capable of hundreds of battles, the best among the best.
The man wearing a white hooded robe came to the entrance of the palace. The rain and ice and snow bypassed his body under the influence of an inexplicable force and slipped to the ground. Seeing this unnatural scene, the guarding knights naturally walked up and asked. .
The leader, a black-armored knight who seemed to be the squad leader, walked up to the man. He said seriously and politely to the man whose face was hidden behind the hood: "Sir, here is This is a royal place, if there is nothing important, please stay away."
As he spoke, he pointed in a direction: "And it's best not to use magic in the imperial capital. Sir, if you want to avoid the rain, you can go to the street management center, where there are free umbrellas."
Hearing this extremely polite admonition, the man behind the hood seemed a little surprised. He looked at the knight in front of him with a smile on his face.
"Israel's men are becoming more and more chivalrous... They are really different from his father."
A slightly older voice came from the shadow behind the hood. As he spoke, he took off the hood on his head, revealing a full head of white hair and a long beard. He smiled and looked at the person standing beside him. The former knights.
After the knight in black armor saw this man's face, he was stunned for two seconds. The cold rain fell on his face, which woke him up. He stepped away in a panic. The knight immediately bent down respectfully. He whispered: "I didn't know it was you who came... I'm very sorry! Master, please come in, His Majesty the Emperor is waiting for you in the study!"
When the other knights saw the old man's face again, their expressions instantly changed, and they all bowed respectfully.
Patting the leading knight on the shoulder, the old man motioned for them to stand up, and then continued to walk slowly into the palace step by step.
Across the long corridors and gardens, passing several magnificent statues of past emperors, the white-haired old man finally arrived at the deepest part of this magnificent palace, a room with a golden door, under the respectful greetings of everyone who met him. in front of the room.
"Little Israel, I'm coming in."
Without knocking on the door, the old man opened the door directly while still talking, and walked in directly.
The room was resplendent, with several huge and carved fluorite hanging on the ceiling, shining brightly like the sun, illuminating the entire room. The floor was made of pure white crystal marble, and the four walls were all huge. A metal bookcase, in the center of this extremely luxurious room, is a desk carved from a whole piece of Feiyun wood. A man with dark golden shoulder-length hair is sitting on the chair behind the desk, silently flipping through a book. This ancient book.
This man is tall and strong, with a handsome and angular face that is expressionless, but does not give off a feeling of indifference. He is wearing a red luxurious animal skin robe, with a circle of mink fur around the edge of the robe. The material of the animal skin and scales was apparently taken from the strongest skin in the center of a red dragon's chest.
Sighing, he closed the ancient book in his hand. The man who had long known that someone was coming outside the room looked up at the door and said helplessly: "Teacher Nostradamus, you have to knock on the door before entering the room, but you taught me etiquette."
As he spoke, his voice surged with inexplicable power, and a gust of wind blew, closing the golden door of the study.
"But I also taught you that you don't need to be too particular about etiquette between acquaintances."
Without taking the identity of the man in front of him seriously at all, the white-haired old man chuckled and walked to the opposite side of the desk. With a wave of his hand, he created a comfortable-looking seat with a soft sheepskin cushion out of thin air. The chair, and then sat directly on it: "It is not a good thing to be too lively, my Emperor."
Israel Diamond, the supreme ruler of the Northern Empire, smiled bitterly and shook his head. Facing the old man in front of him, his mentor and guide for many years, he could not show any majesty of His Majesty the Emperor - this The middle-aged man with dark blond hair swept aside the ancient books on the table, and then said straight to the point: "Okay, my President of the Royal Mage Association and the Chief Archmage of the Empire, you informed me four hours ago. I have something big to tell you, and you just came to me now... Don’t you think you need to give an explanation?”
The old man named Nostradamus frowned, his expression looked a little strange: "Your Majesty, do you really not know?"
"I don't have time to care about other news recently."
Israel shook his head, clapped his hands, and immediately two magic circles appeared on the desk. After a flash, two cups of hot tea appeared in front of him. He casually handed a cup of tea to the white-haired man in front of him. Old man, His Majesty the Emperor took a sip of tea by himself, and then sighed: "Three major legions surrounded the Orc Royal Court but could not attack it for a long time. I even planned to lead the expedition myself, and there were so many black tides suddenly set off in the territory. How could there be any What energy to care about other things.”
"Your Majesty, you don't care about Kuroshio."
Simply denying the words of the man in front of him, Nostradamus straightened his white hooded robe and said seriously: "The black dragon that set off the black tide arrived in the North, but you ignored it and didn't even send a single person. Go destroy it."
If someone questions his decision-making, even if the person is his teacher, he will be angry. What's more, as the emperor of the empire, Israel doesn't like others to question his will. He immediately said in a cold voice: "Teacher, you are like this The accusation is completely wrong. As early as a few weeks ago, I ordered Inquisitor Munster to bring a dragon-slaying stone from the royal family to be presented to Lord Radcliffe. With the help of this thing, Radcliffe The strength of Qing Lifu, not to mention the black tide and the dragon that is only at the middle level of gold, even a dragon at the peak of gold will perish there."
"If that thing is indeed a dragon, it is - but who told you it was a dragon?"
The white-haired old man shook his head. He took out a white report from somewhere, with a large number of formulas and words densely written on it, and a bright red seal printed on it: "Research by the Mage Association has proven that black people in the empire have recently... The madness in the tide is not just caused by the black dragon's scale powder - there is obviously the power of chaos in it!"
Having said this, Nostradamus said with certainty: "That's a chaos monster! Think about it, what is the purpose of a chaos monster going to the North?"
Israel frowned. His Majesty the Emperor tapped his fingers on the tabletop of Feiyun wood desk, making a rhythmic sound: "Sealed land, gatekeeper Radcliffe's house... It is going to attack Moldavi." Ya, open the space-time channel?"
"No, it has opened the space-time channel."
With a sneer, the white-haired old man looked very helpless: "My Majesty, because of your father, you are too concerned about the war with the orcs, but in fact this is unnecessary. The orcs have not yet come from above. They have recovered from the battle, but we have been cultivating for many years. Even if we delay, they will definitely be defeated!"
"Only Chaos, only Chaos, is the only enemy worth fearing in the human world!"
"... You are right, teacher, the orcs are not worth mentioning. I am too persistent... Wait, the space-time door has been opened?"
The Emperor of the Empire was not angry because of these words. He knew that his teacher was telling the truth, but when he suddenly realized what his teacher had just said, Israel's expression immediately became serious.
He did not doubt what his teacher said, but said angrily: "The gate of time and space is open?! Damn it, those people in [Dark Shadow] and the prosecutor, what are they doing? Why don't I know about such an important thing? !?"
Even as the emperor of the empire, a legendary powerhouse, he could not pay attention to everything in the empire all the time. Therefore, after Israel ascended the throne, he immediately established the intelligence organization Shadow and immediately took control of it. He used the aristocratic court system to collect information for him... Now, due to the incompetence and malfeasance of his men, this kind-hearted emperor was really angry.
"No, there are only five gold-level members among the four leaders of the North, and the one from the Wilson family has been killed by the young successor of the Radcliffe family - with their strength, they are completely unable to stop the forces of Chaos. tide!"
It was not the time to be angry. Thinking of this, the emperor with dark golden hair stood up. The terrifying power of will surged out and even turned into substance, stopping all the objects in the study in place. Even the dust was as motionless as if it were solidified in amber. He said solemnly: "This is the highest level natural disaster of catastrophic level. I need to mobilize elite troops to suppress it immediately!"
"You are wrong, Israel. There are always some people in this world who are beyond common sense."
Not being oppressed by the will of his own student, the legendary powerful man in front of him, Nostradamus, the chief mage of the Imperial Royal Mage Association, stood up. The white-haired old man said in a deep voice: "Just like me back then. Just like you led the mage group to defeat the three shaman legions of the orcs in a row, just like when you killed the orc emperor in the midst of thousands of troops with one person and one cavalry and successfully broke through the legend, there are always people who can do things that ordinary people can't do - time and space The door has been closed!"
Under the questioning gaze of His Majesty the Emperor, the white-haired old man sighed: "At 10:20 this morning, the time and space patrol device of the Mage Association detected that more than three hours ago, there was a huge time and space fluctuation, with the northern territory of Moldova as the main The center was rumbling, and almost forty minutes later, when I was about to notify you, the patrol device indicated that the fluctuations in time and space had stopped, and the space-time gate was completely closed."
“Due to the occasional delay in the instrument, I thought it was a false alarm at first. However, after multiple verifications, I was able to confirm that the space-time gate was really open and that all the nodes were forcibly broken and forced to close. "
"... This is really a big deal. It seems that I am going to prepare another huge prize."
Sitting back on his seat, Israel sighed: "The space-time gate was destroyed four hours after it was opened, and the feat was amazing... So, teacher, why are you here?"
"Someone has to seal the door to another world's time and space."
When the old man replied, he showed a smile: "But I don't trust anyone sent to such a big thing, so I'm going to go alone."
"I can't wait to see this little guy who can break into the black forest in the midst of a beast tide and forcefully close the space-time door... He can do such a big thing."
(End of chapter)