The northern part of the empire, Moldavia, south of the Great Ajax Mountains, where the dwarves gather.
Starfall 832, March 1st, 9:45 am.
A young-looking mage held a brown wooden staff and stood in front of the lava lake. He watched his teacher suspended above the golden magma, constructing a huge and complicated space-time magic.
In front of his eyes, the white-haired old mage in a gold-patterned robe smoothly manipulated the blue space-time runes to form one after another shining magical characters. They turned into space nodes, repelling The surrounding fire elements are then rooted in the void, connecting to the space of another world.
As the huge magic power was aroused, the blue door was opened bit by bit - but it was actually not difficult to open it, it could even be said that it did not require any effort at all. In fact, what the old mage did was Suppress the endless expansion of this space-time gate.
"When fully expanded, the radius is seven hundred meters. Such a huge space-time gate will have a huge impact on even the underground gathering place of dwarves."
Sighing softly, the young mage looked at his teacher with admiring eyes: "If it weren't for the teacher's restraints, the space-time gate that expanded instantly after activation would have caused unimaginable horrific geological changes."
The mage's name is Lorraine, and his teacher is the chief mage of the empire, Nostradamus.
This mage is now twenty-one years old and has studied at the Royal Mage Academy in the Imperial Capital for eight years. Today, he and his thirty-one classmates came to assist Nostradamus in exploring the space-time gate and maintaining the time-space channel.
These thirty-two people are all the most loyal disciples of Nostradamus. They are basically commoners and born into poor families, and none of them are nobles. Even if they don't have money to buy materials and magic books for spell experiments, they rely on their talents and hard work, and work hard without having good blood. Now they all have silver-level strength. In a sense, It can be said to be a genius.
A few days ago, Nostradamus hurried to the school and summoned them, the common people, openly and openly. He said that he was going to the Black Forest in the North for a field internship to observe the consequences of chaos erosion at close range. Of course, this internship It will definitely add credits and year-end results, and if you perform well, you will be given priority to apply for scholarships.
Needless to say, everyone was immediately attracted by this excellent condition, and in an instant the team of thirty-two people was full.
In the gradually getting warmer weather, they crossed many checkpoints. The checkpoints reinforced by the black tide of winter had not yet been completely evacuated. They saw various legions stationed in various fortresses. The heroic military posture made these civilian mages Emotionally.
This is of course - if civilians want to quickly improve their status, they can only rely on military merit. If they have made great achievements, they can even be knighted quickly. Eighty percent of the nobles in the empire come like this, and all major legions This is where these mages will work after graduation.
With flying magic and teleportation spells, it only took them a few days to reach the south of the Great Ajax Mountains, where the rune dwarves of the North gathered.
Of course, they all know that this sudden field trip is definitely not really to observe some samples of chaos erosion - this kind of subject is not something they can study at all. Their teacher is just making an excuse, and Nostradamus Si also quickly gave the real purpose of their coming to the Northland this time.
Looking for the space-time gate.
The old mage roughly explained the cause and effect to his students - roughly the lord of Moldavia in the north, the guardian of the ancient elf clan in the far south and the dwarf leader here disappeared without reason. They may have been involved in the time and space gate that suddenly opened. Now they need to find the time and space gate that may cause them to travel as soon as possible, and then search and rescue them.
"Um, teacher... how long have they been missing? What are their occupations?"
"About two days, one golden druid and two golden warriors."
Ha, two barbarian professions, and an environmentalist who doesn't understand the subtleties of magic.
Luo Lan sighed in his heart. If the three golden mages were involved in the time and space gate, they might have rebuilt the time and space gate using local magic materials and returned.
As expected, we are the only ones who can understand the mystery of time and space!
Anyway, after going back and forth several times, the mages headed by Nostradamus finally determined the location of the space-time gate and established a restraining circle.
At this time, it was the time when the old mage was about to open the door to time and space.
The magic circle was activated. Thirty-two silver-level mages gathered their strength and cooperated with Nostradamus to connect the corridors between dimensions. The blue door slowly opened, and the majestic atmosphere of chaos spread instantly. However, early The prepared mages had [Purification Shields] on their sides as barriers, but they were not disturbed. However, the moment the lava lake in front of them touched the chaotic atmosphere, it began to rapidly cool down and condense, turning into Gray-black rocks.
After the time and space door opened, several mages left the magic circle. They put on a complete set of magic equipment and prepared to go to another world to search for and rescue those missing people.
However, before they could enter, as time and space fluctuated, two figures appeared in the blue door.
With the golden fighting spirit and green natural power, Claire and Moria quickly passed through the time and space channel and landed on the solidified magma.
"Nostradamus, it is indeed you!"
The old dwarf seemed to be acquainted with the old mage. After landing from the time and space gate, he looked up and saw Nostradamus floating in the air, maintaining the magic circle. He immediately smiled and said hello: "I disappeared very quickly. Yes."
"Thank you." The elf was not as generous as Moria. She also knew the old mage, but she didn't say much. She just bowed slightly to express her gratitude.
"Stop talking nonsense, Moria, where is Joshua—that human lord?"
Nostradamus was a little surprised that his two old friends returned safely so quickly, but he was more happy. However, he looked back and forth for a long time, but still couldn't find the third shadow, so he frowned and went out. He asked in confusion: "You are all back, why is he missing?"
"He said he had something to do and left the team midway. Now he doesn't know where he is going."
This was Moria's answer.
"This guy!"
The blue light flickered on and off, and the majestic power was vibrating. Nostradamus and his students tried their best to maintain the space-time gate. He said angrily: "The big space-time gate here is tidal in nature. It It opens and closes with the surge of magic power, and the next time it is opened, it will be at least one day later."
"If he doesn't come now, he will have to wait until tomorrow!"
On the side, Luo Lan, who was assisting in maintaining the space-time gate, took a breath.
The power of the time and space gate in front of them is beyond everyone's imagination. In order to calculate its time and space characteristics, everyone present felt that their brains were not enough. Even if the magic circle was presided over by a Jiyi mage, it was not possible for silver-level people like them to do so. The mage felt quite stressed.
"What on earth is this lord doing?"
Under exhaustion, Luo Lan couldn't help but start to hate this lord who had not yet appeared: "He is obviously a warrior who can't even create a time and space gate, and he is still making trouble so slowly when he comes back. The time and space passage will not wait for anyone!"
In another world, the rotten and dead wind is constantly blowing from the time and space channel. Although the external energy in it is eliminated by the shield, the smell of this air makes everyone feel very bad. On the contrary, the dwarves and elves are a little bit beside them. With emotion, they felt that the environment had finally improved and they felt much more comfortable.
"No, if this continues, the tide of time and space will recede, and even I won't be able to hold on to the opening of the space-time gate!"
Secretly saying something bad, Nostradamus felt that his physical strength was rapidly declining, and this was a sign that the tide of time and space was slowly receding.
Not only that, the old mage also noticed a trace of erosion from the aura of chaos.
Another five minutes passed.
There was a gasp.
The tide of time and space has almost completely receded, and the natural support has disappeared. Now, the power required to support such a huge time and space gate really makes the mages a little unable to hold on -
The space-time gate that originally expanded to a diameter of thirty meters is slowly shrinking, and Nostradamus is slowly closing the space-time gate little by little.
We can only wait until tomorrow. He thought with some regret. .
But suddenly, contrary to the previous smell of decay and death, a fresh wind of order emerged from the shrinking time and space channel, and came out
Everyone was stunned.
How is this feeling... completely opposite to before
But the space-time channel is still slowly closing, and everyone's power can no longer maintain it.
The wind of order became stronger and stronger, and Nostradamus' heart tightened.
The Chaos Guardian has the power of purification. On the other side of the time and space channel, Joshua must be coming quickly, but the time and space gate is about to close, and the warrior must be too late!
"Zizzizizi."
The piercing sound of space-time buzzing sounded, and the space-time door became smaller and smaller, shrinking to the point where people could no longer enter. Seeing this scene, the dwarves and elves couldn't help but lament.
"Looks like Joshua has to wait another day."
"Why don't you come here quickly."
All the mages present felt very unhappy—are you coming again tomorrow
They thought that they had already wasted so many days in the Northland. Their time was precious. Even if they were rewarded with credits and year-end results, they couldn't waste it like this!
Loren thought the same thing. He had begun to regret leaving his magic experiments behind and coming to the North with his teacher to do such meaningless things.
Nostradamus was a little confused. He thought Joshua was not the kind of person who deliberately made others worry and wait.
But what on earth did he do
boom!
There was a vibration, and the space-time door seemed to be completely closed.
But everyone's eyes did not scatter, but all focused on one point.
Where the space-time gate originally was, there was a finger hanging in the void. Around him, blue ripples vibrated rapidly.
The finger slides slowly, and the space-time gate also expands.
As everyone watched silently, the part of the owner of this finger that entered the world became larger and larger.
a palm
arm.
Half a body.
"open!"
Because it penetrated the space-time channel, some muddy sounds were heard. The violent vibrations were accompanied by the red impact, and a big hole was punched out of the space-time door, and the figures of Joshua and Rin appeared in front of the stunned people.
The fresh wind of order and the rotten wind of chaos came together, and the source of the power of order was none other than Joshua. He was holding Rin in one hand and holding the blue-purple rune core in the other, with a somewhat expression on his face. exhausted.
Ignoring the shocked eyes of others, Joshua just frowned and looked at a small piece of silver-white crystal that suddenly appeared in his hand and was burning.
[Fragments of burning steel]
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(End of chapter)