The shrill alarm was blaring over the imperial capital. The suddenly chaotic crowd around made it impossible for the carriage to move normally. Joshua opened the door and got out of the car without having time to think too much. He helped several people from the imperial capital who had fallen beside the carriage in panic. Then look up to the east side of the city.
"Good guy..."
Taking a breath, Joshua frowned and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "This is incredible."
On the east side of the city, there was a swaying fire, and the red light illuminated several blocks. Black smoke was rising into the sky, covering a large area. Brandon and Nostradamus also got off the carriage, and they Look at this scene as well.
"That place is a residential area... What's going on?"
The rich experience allowed the blond swordsman to quickly judge that the fire in the city was not big. Once the city guards reacted and rushed to put out the fire, it would not cause much damage. However, he still looked solemn: "Is there any mage here? Did something happen while doing a forbidden experiment at home?"
Accidents in mage experiments. This kind of thing often happened decades ago, and it would cause a lot of damage every time. However, now, there is a special mage experiment area in the Royal Mage Association of the Imperial Capital. If it is not about experimenting with forbidden spells but general Magic, then it is definitely better to go to a more professional experimental area than at home.
"No, it was not an experimental accident."
The old mage saw it very clearly, and his eyes were shining with the brilliance of magic: "There is no magic power fluctuation, and there is no gathering of a large number of elements. And if it was an accident, the experimental mage should have come out to clean up the situation long ago... This is simple The alchemical explosion was not an accident caused by the mage's experiment..."
After a moment of silence, he said clearly and clearly: "Maybe this was a deliberate attack."
The sudden explosion only occurred once, and the panicked crowd gradually regained their composure. Especially when they realized that the explosion was far away from them and did not threaten their lives, courage returned to their hearts.
It has to be said that as residents of the imperial capital, most of them have a good level of education. Under the command of the arriving city guards, the calmed down crowd walked through the streets in an orderly manner and returned to their homes. Nothing happened on the way. Accident.
The guards also came to the black carriage. They saw Joshua and the other three people. They originally wanted to go up and check it, but after a guard reminded them, others also discovered the inconspicuous emblem on the carriage. It represents the Imperial Royal Mage Association, and the white-haired mage with his back to them is wearing a crystal-patterned white robe that only archmage can wear.
In the Imperial Capital, those who dare to pretend to be the Archmage of the Mage Association may not have been born yet.
The people who could ride in the same carriage as the Archmage were not nobles, but also powerful professionals. This group of city guards simply bypassed these three people and went to other places to maintain order.
—Only a fool would mess with this group of people.
Brandon was still thinking hard about the cause of the explosion. At this time, the fire on the east side of the city had become fainter, and the city guards seemed to have controlled the fire. Nostradamus was also thinking about it, but not long after, he spoke Said: "Shall we go to the scene to see the situation?"
The old mage's eyes were full of doubts. Although he had speculated before that this was a deliberate attack, the reason did not make sense at all - the explosion occurred on the east side of the outer city, in a residential area where ordinary residents live. , where the explosion would kill at most one or two residents and destroy one or two houses. An attack with the same power, not to mention other places, could kill dozens of people even in a commercial street in the outer city, and the monetary loss would be even greater. I don’t know how many times it will be doubled.
So he wanted to go and see what was going on.
Naturally, Joshua and Brandon would have no objections, and they were also very curious. Especially Joshua. He had a vague guess in his mind, but he didn't know if the guess was correct, so he had to go to the scene to see the situation to understand the situation.
The three people returned to the carriage. Under the driving of the coachman, the carriage turned around and drove towards the other side of the street. Without the dense pedestrian congestion on the street, their speed was even faster.
Not long after, they passed through the central main road of the imperial capital, passed countless shops and houses, and arrived at the explosion site on the east side of the city.
The explosion site has been sealed off, and countless city guards are patrolling and cleaning up. Some guards originally wanted to stop the carriage from moving forward, but like their previous counterparts, they respectfully gave way after seeing the emblem of the Royal Mage Association on the carriage. After opening the road, Joshua and others arrived at the scene smoothly.
Near the ruins of a residential building, several guards were cleaning up the scene. Among the ruins, the fire had been completely extinguished, leaving only scattered black smoke rising from the burnt blackened wooden beams.
The fire was very intense.
Just by looking at it, Joshua could make a rough judgment—because in the ruins, except for the stone and steel structures that were almost melted by the high temperature, the other wooden furniture and decorations were reduced to ashes or coke. Not even a single complete wreckage can be found. Natural fires and explosions cannot cause this level of damage. Only magic and alchemical materials can do it.
On the side, Nostradamus also confirmed his opinion. He frowned and stroked his white beard: "It is indeed a deliberate explosion and fire. Fortunately, because the celebration is approaching, the surrounding people are wandering in the streets. , so the casualties caused should not be large.”
After more detailed observation, Joshua roughly confirmed his previous judgment.
"Cultists."
He whispered to himself: "They must have done something good."
The so-called cultists, in a broad sense, are members of sects that do not believe in the Seven Gods. Among them are the original Druid ancestral spirit beliefs and the orc shaman sacrifices. However, these cannot be regarded as an evil word. At most, they are Pagans, so in a narrow sense, cultists refer to those devil believers who play with bloody rituals.
The origin of the cultists cannot be explored, but it can be concluded that their history is at least equivalent to that of the Church of the Seven Gods. Their energy is beyond ordinary people's imagination. In the wild western areas of the mainland, there are many tribes that believe in various demonic cults. They kill living people. They use blood to draw magic circles to sacrifice, and even perform extremely horrific sacrificial rituals such as 'mutual cannibalism', 'self-cannibalism' and 'mass suicide' to obtain the evil power of the abyss.
Most people who believe in demons have deep desires, and once they fall into them, they cannot extricate themselves. They pursue chaos, death and turmoil in the entire social group, so that everything returns to the original form of disorder, the law of the jungle and the strong. In the past life, the Far South encountered a dragon disaster. , many cultists deliberately incited refugees to riot, and even captured several small cities to separate themselves, causing great chaos and dealing an extremely heavy blow to the order of the entire kingdom.
The bloody murders that occurred across the Northern Empire were, in Joshua's opinion, the work of cultists. They should have planned to perform secret summoning rituals through blood sacrifices, but the abyss was sealed by the sages in the last era. As long as it was sealed, If the seal is not unlocked, it will be difficult for the summoning ritual to succeed except for the Book of Ebon, which is a magic book that directly connects to the abyss.
In the eyes of the warriors, the explosion in the imperial capital was a summoning ceremony that was close to success but failed in the end. Nostradamus believed that the explosion was caused by alchemical creations such as gunpowder, but Joshua knew that the devil The summoning ritual originally requires materials such as sulfur and saltpeter, and the two do not conflict.
"However, he actually dared to summon demons in the imperial capital, and he almost succeeded... You know, in a few days there will be a celebration banquet for wiping out the orcs."
Turning his head and looking at the huge obsidian palace in the center of the imperial capital, Joshua touched his chin and chuckled: "If you choose to strike at this time, I really don't know what His Majesty will do. "
At this time, news of the explosion had also reached the royal study room of the Morlai Palace, the center of the imperial capital.
Along with a cold snort, a terrible storm was brewing.
I have something to do tonight, so I will update one chapter now, and I will update another chapter when I have time in the evening, so don’t say it’s short.
(End of chapter)