"Are you planning to leave now?"
Artanis stood up. He actually still had some doubts about the so-called black blood. After all, the sudden plague was still a bit strange, but this doubt disappeared when he faced the man in front of him.
Joshua is a man who neither lies nor knows how to lie. He once said many strange and delusional things, but they all came true in the end. If there were other people, the old bishop might still test him. But not Joshua.
This is a warrior worthy of trust.
"Almost, I'm in good shape now."
Standing up as well, Joshua took a deep breath. The strong fighting spirit was centered on the heart. As the blood vessels spread to the whole body, a burst of red light circulated around the body. The warrior felt the power in his body, and then looked out the window. Asked: "How is Hei doing? Why didn't I see him?"
"It's too big to enter the city, so I asked someone to take it to Nissier Winter Castle. The place there is large enough to accommodate at least one dragon."
Shaking his head, Artanis seemed to be feeling a little emotional: "It's getting bigger and bigger. What have you given it to eat recently... By the way, I'll take that thing out to you first. What if you're so direct?" Going to the imperial capital will definitely cause huge commotion."
As if he suddenly remembered something, the old bishop immediately turned around and walked towards the door. He asked Joshua to wait in the room for a while, and then walked towards the stairs.
"Speaking of which, it seems like we haven't had any leisure time at all recently."
Watching the old bishop leave, Rin, who was sitting next to him, stretched out. The black-haired boy drawled in a lazy tone: "I'm so busy."
"Think about it carefully, it's like this..."
Yingze lay on the table and said in a soft tone: "After fighting for so long, I think I really need to take good care of myself... I can't get enough energy to deal with the plague or something like that."
The silver-haired girl's current expression and demeanor can only be described in one word, that is, tired.
"Don't worry, it's not our turn to deal with things like the plague."
Joshua sat back on the chair. He looked at the tired look of the boy and girl with amusement. Of course the soldier understood that it was precisely because things like plague could not be cut with weapons that Ying and Rin were not interested.
After thinking for a while, Joshua comforted his two weapons: "The most we can do is deal with the plague in our own territory. To really deal with this invisible disease, it still depends on the power of the empire and the church. It is not our turn. Take the trouble."
The reason why the plague broke out on a large scale in the previous life was because the Dragon Scourge blocked the connection between the Holy Mountain in the Far Sea and the outside world. In addition, various cultists caused riots in the refugee flow, which attracted the attention of the senior officials of the Far South Kingdom and did not have time to carry out the epidemic area. Blockade, but in this life, the mad dragon vaccine appeared at least one or two years earlier, the pressure of the dragon disaster was not that great, and the distant sea holy mountain did not lose contact with the outside world. In this way, can the black blood cause such heavy casualties? Still unknown.
Even if he could, there was no point. He went to the Imperial Capital just to nip this possibility in the cradle. Although Joshua didn't remember how to make the targeted medicine, he knew what the ingredients were! The original task of collecting special medicine materials was a daily routine for all players in the Far South. Even now, he can clearly recall what materials are needed and how much they weigh.
Soon after, Artanis returned to the room.
He held a pocket watch in his hand. The watch was silver, and the chain shone with a warm metallic light. It looked a little old. The old bishop handed the pocket watch directly to Joshua, and the soldier took it without courtesy. .
Opening it, Joshua found that the inside was like a normal pocket watch, with the hands moving slowly, indicating the current time.
"Just inject a little magic or fighting spirit. Its function is to hinder others from recognizing you."
Artanis explained the effectiveness of this pocket watch to Joshua: "Although it cannot change your appearance, most people cannot recall your appearance after being affected by it, and the resentment and chaotic aura on your body will be erased. Cover it up, so at least it won’t cause panic.”
—But it’s still inevitable to go around.
"Thank you very much."
Joshua injected a little fighting spirit on the spot and activated its effect. A wave of magic power immediately covered the warrior's body. At this moment, Ying, Rin and Artanis all had the illusion that Joshua had disappeared. , it was clear that Joshua was standing in front of them, but the thought of 'there is nothing here' was running through his mind.
However, this illusion only lasted for a moment. After an instant, everything returned to normal, but the strong sense of presence on the warrior was indeed weakened a lot. If it was like the sun before, you couldn't help but notice it once you saw it. If so, then Joshua is just an ordinary tall man now. Although he is eye-catching and even attracts people to look back, he is nothing more than that.
[Mist Pocket Watch]
[Higher Magical Creation]
[Effect: Significantly reduces the holder's sense of presence and blocks low-level detection spells.]
[—Who can recall the passers-by walking in the mist and passing each other?]
"good."
Seeing everyone's reaction, Joshua nodded with satisfaction and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Bishop Artanis. This suits me very well."
"This is the equipment I have used before. I traveled throughout the empire back then. In order not to cause conflicts in some sensitive areas, I specially customized this magic prop."
The old bishop smiled slightly and looked at the pocket watch in Joshua's hand, with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes: "More than thirty years have passed, and I didn't expect it to still be running so well. The last time I took it out, I was drinking with Fan. "
When the name of the previous generation of Radcliffe family butler was mentioned, the room suddenly became quiet. Artanis also noticed this, and he laughed self-deprecatingly: "As people get older, it is easier to recall the past."
"The past should be remembered."
Putting the pocket watch in his arms, Joshua shrugged, with a trace of nostalgia in his eyes. He murmured in a low voice: "Yes, the four hundred years of persistence of the Radcliffe family has ended, and the world of Carlisle The chaos in the world has completely dissipated, and everything has passed."
Maybe you should find some time to go back to the family cemetery in Black Forest Fortress.
— Tell those souls who have passed away that their perseverance has been responded to.
And just when everyone in Moldavia was preparing to set off.
Imperial City, Royal Mage Association, Large Underground Laboratory No. 2.
In the center of the solemn and solemn steel hall, shining with cold light, stood a huge square crystal dome, tens of meters high, and the crystal dome was filled with gray and strange mist.
This fog obscures all vision. Even if there are dozens of high-power positive energy arrays around them that emit a steady stream of light, there is no way to purify them and see the existence behind them.
It can be seen that this fog seems to have an unknown source, and its concentration is still increasing little by little. If the high concentration of positive energy had not offset some of it, the fog might have turned black long ago.
Standing around the crystal cover were seven mages wearing white robes with powerful magical auras surging around them. They were watching this scene and discussing among themselves in low voices.
"Ordinary positive energy and holy light cannot completely purify it, and can only contain the mist released by the 'Box of Erebus'."
An old man with a deep voice said to the other mages around him with a serious face: "There are only the last ten days left before the three-month period His Majesty the Emperor gave us. If we still can't analyze this fog, open Erebus." If the box is missing, the empire will hand it over to the idiots in the White Tower in the East who have eyes above their heads as agreed."
"At that time, not to mention His Majesty the Emperor's anger, the association's funds will be reduced, and we will definitely be treated as waste and hung on the pillar of shame."
"But we haven't been able to even make contact so far!"
Another middle-aged mage with an extremely bad face frowned and said: "The inside of the gray fog is chaos. No matter what method we use, we can't get close to its center. Although we used white crystal to isolate the fog, many experiments If you can't even take the first step, how can you open the secret box at the center?"
Other mages also echoed one by one. Although they are all proud mages, the two and a half months of research without clues and results have made everyone begin to doubt their own IQ. In fact, there were originally nearly twenty mages who joined forces. There are only seven people left who have studied this topic.
Box of Erebus. Repeating this name silently in his heart, the old mage's face couldn't help but become even more ugly.
This strange item came from the underground of the destroyed Orc King's Court.
Not long ago, the empire devoted all its efforts to completely exterminate the orcs, which had been a serious problem for hundreds of years in the Tartarus plain in the northwest. The orc royal court was burned to the ground in the fire, and during the post-war excavations , a knight discovered an extremely hidden underground tunnel in the center of the ruins of the royal court.
The length of this tunnel is incalculable and unusually winding. It leads deep underground. During the exploration process, everyone discovered that there were countless strange murals on both sides of the tunnel. These murals were completely different from the totem styles commonly used by orcs. It seems to be a product of another civilization.
After research, the mage accompanying the army believed that this mural was not the style of the centaur clan that was exterminated by the orcs, but the creation of another new race that had never appeared on the mainland. This immediately caused a sensation in the academic world - The Orc King's Court Below, there are the ruins of a new unknown race.
Within a few days, mages from all over the world who were interested in studying ancient civilizations came to the ruins of the Orc King's Court. Among them were many members of powerful forces such as the White Tower and the Seven Lights Council. Even the empire wanted to give them a share. face.
With the support of many forces, the large-scale excavation operation started immediately. After being fully prepared and walking underground along the tunnel for at least ten kilometers, the mages came to the end of the tunnel—a huge underground cave.
The inside of the dark cave was filled with a rotten and disgusting stench. Through various explorations with magic, the mages found that it was filled with bones that had long been decayed and even fossilized. Everyone agreed that this place belonged to a certain race. Sacrifice site.
After sorting through these bones, the mages discovered that this was indeed a brand new species.
After roughly restoring the shape of these bones through magic, this brand-new creature was divided into two major categories. One category was tall, with a height of more than three meters, while the other category was extremely rare, and their physiques were More muscular, with two heads and innate spellcasting ability.
The two-headed ones are obviously the top leaders of this race, controlling other single-headed individuals. Most of the corpses are single-headed, and they are obviously sacrifices.
In the center of the cave, above a stone altar, there was a box that seemed to be soaked black with countless blood.
That is, the Box of Erebus.
The Box of Erebus was normal at first, until a mage holding it was accidentally injured and let blood touch it. The black box that absorbed the blood began to release a steady stream of mist. It is powerfully corrosive and deceptive, and neither magic nor fighting spirit can penetrate it. It killed many people on the spot and even almost sealed the exit of the underground cave. The mages present used various methods but could not stop it. He had no choice but to put it into a crystal cover, seal it, and send it all the way back to the imperial capital.
In this process, the mages from Guantian White Pagoda contributed a lot. Therefore, due to geographical reasons, the opportunity to research the black box was given to the empire first. If the empire did not produce results, then it was given to Guantian White Pagoda, and the black box was also given due to geographical reasons. It has the ability to release black mist, and was named [Erebus].
As an ancient race that devotes all its efforts to sacrifice, both the empire and the White Tower believe that the Box of Erebus contains profound mysteries. If it can be analyzed, it will undoubtedly enhance one's own strength. Strength, not to mention anything else, just the fog that cannot be penetrated by magic has great value in infiltration and concealment.
"Perhaps we should go find the heir of the Kaos family, Brandon Kaos, who possesses powerful purification power."
A mage put forward an opinion. He seemed to have wanted to say it for a long time, but he didn't say it for some reasons. But now that the deadline has indeed arrived, he couldn't bear it anymore: "I know, your relationship with Nostradamus It’s not good, and he is also biased against his students, but now is not the time to pay attention to this.”
"… you're right."
Taking a deep breath, the old mage at the head seemed a little annoyed after hearing the name Nostradamus, but he quickly calmed down: "My personal reputation is naturally not as good as that of the Imperial Mage. The face of the association.”
After a pause, he whispered: "Invite him."
(End of chapter)