When the warmth of summer gradually dissipates in the darkness of the night, and the slightly moist wind blows through the streets of Moldavia, the chirping of cicadas still echoes in the woods, and the cicadas wander between pubs and parties. The adventurers will never calm down. Their presence makes the entire commercial street brightly lit and brings a glimmer of life to the silence in the darkness.
I don’t know since when, the Northland residents who were used to going home to rest after nine o’clock in the evening and then waking up at four or five o’clock in the morning to prepare for work have begun to adapt to this kind of life where they can also have entertainment at night—since a few years ago Since that lord inherited the title of the old lord, the whole of Moldavia has been changing at an earth-shaking speed. Although he has not changed any government decrees or changed some laws, his casual suggestions have made everyone... Everyone has benefited.
Thanks to the already popular pyroxene lamps, in the main city of Moldavia, civilians now only need to spend a few silver coins every month to buy some cheap pyroxene lamps, so that their homes can be filled with light day and night, also thanks to the Yu is rapidly laying out free heating pipes to every household, which also makes many people who are worried about firewood feel relieved. In addition to these two items, there are also permanent mentors in the public communities established around the Lord's Mansion to provide hunters and The adventurers explained the distribution of monsters in the Great Ajax Mountains and some practical skills in the frozen forest. Judging from the words of the adventurers who sighed in the tavern, many people benefited from this and even saved a life. .
Although some people with ulterior motives claimed that the heating pipes were just a high-heat by-product of the activation of the magic furnace core, and those cheap pyroxenes were simply transformed from discarded magic crystals, everyone still lamented the lord's generosity, because Before this, this by-product and cheap pyroxene had never been popularized or sold. This is the fundamental difference.
The adult seems to be planning to join forces with the dwarves to build something called a 'subway' underground in Moldavia. Legend has it that this strange means of transportation can transport thousands of people, or countless ore cargoes, to distant places at one time.
It is rumored that this thing called the subway was originally called a train. It does not run underground, but runs on the ground. However, because there are too many Warcraft in the North, it is easy to damage the rails, and the dwarves have strong underground construction capabilities, so it was changed to run on the ground. Underground construction.
After all, compared with Warcraft, the troubles encountered by Earth's early trains such as train robbers were only minor problems. Large Warcraft did not even need to deliberately destroy them. They only needed to step on the railroad tracks while walking, and everything was over.
Feeling the tranquility in the city, Archbishop Artannis stood in the darkness at the top of the bell tower of St. Laurent Cathedral, with the moist wind blowing his white hair, while the scenery of the entire main city of Moldavia was a little different. Little by little it came into his eyes.
But at this time, the old man is not admiring the increasingly prosperous city, but waiting for the arrival of a person.
He has been waiting for a long time, and it is not recommended to wait longer. The spirit of the golden strong man is enough to sustain a sleepless battle for several days, let alone such a leisurely situation
But in fact, he was not made to wait too long. As an obvious fluctuation of time and space came from the top of the Lord's Mansion not far away, the old man's slightly squinted eyes suddenly opened, and then he raised his palm slightly, and a wave of Holy fluctuations are also transmitted at the same time.
At the top of the Lord's Mansion, the man who had just stepped out of the space-time gate noticed the fluctuations coming from St. Laurent Cathedral. He blinked, then turned his head and stared at his side.
Beside him, two girls were holding the man's left and right hands. A large pile of parcels and bags were floating behind Joshua, supported by an inexplicable force. In their own hands, they were also carrying several large and small items. Firefly and No. 3 both had satisfied expressions on their faces, which made the soldier sigh. Firefly and No. 3 looked more and more like women of their own age, something that only appeared after such a big shopping trip. An expression of satisfaction would never appear on Rin.
"I have something to do now, so you should go back to the Lord's Mansion first."
He placed the package that he had controlled to float on the ground, making a dull collision sound. Joshua gave a brief explanation, and the two girls were now immersed in a sense of satisfaction, and knew better than to disturb the warrior's work. So they all nodded and said 'hmm', and he nodded in the same way, and then slowly flew up towards the direction of the cathedral.
When the warrior's figure disappeared into the night sky, the silver-haired girl immediately turned her head and shouted to the top entrance nearby: "Rin, Hei, come out and help move things - the master and I bought you a gift!"
"Hey, are there any gifts?" "Is there such an operation?"
The surprised voices of the black-haired boy and the black dragon girl suddenly came from the second floor of the Lord's Mansion. After a while, with the sound of stepping on the stairs, Rin and Kurone appeared on the top floor of the Lord's Mansion.
"Here you go, here you go."
Then, their arms were filled with a large pile of parcels and bags that Yingying handed over unceremoniously: "Remember to move the rest back. I will leave these tasks to you, brother!"
"Hey, is this too much?! When are we going to move this big pile of things!"
Not listening to her brother's complaints, after speaking, the silver-haired girl happily pulled the black dragon girl, who was still worried about Rin, to the side, helped her unpack some packages, and brought pieces of jewelry to the confused Black.
"I said, do you really want Rin to move alone?" Hei, who was being played like a doll, was still worried about the others: "Shall I go over and help?"
But Ying, who was playing with Hei like a doll and happily arranging all kinds of jewelry, waved her hands casually: "It's okay. Although those things look like a lot, they are actually very light." She never thought about that. It's because Joshua is by their side.
Not to mention Rin, who was frowning in front of a large pile of amethyst stones, the artificial intelligence lady on the side also showed off her magical powers - a layer of phantom emerged from the steel body and returned to the No. 3 link of the magic projection body. After landing on his own body, the majestic magic power suddenly turned into a substantial force, lifting the large packages and sending them floating to the savings warehouse underground in the Lord's Mansion. The pile in front of Rin was also moved away smoothly. , and immediately received the sincere thanks from the black-haired boy.
Things on the side of the Lord's Mansion were temporarily over, and at this time, the warrior had arrived at the door of St. Laurent Cathedral, where Archbishop Artanis was waiting for him.
"What's the matter, Lord Bishop, has something happened?"
Without too many pleasantries, facing this friend of the old housekeeper and his father's friend, Joshua asked curiously: "I'm only going out for one day, is it possible that there will be an accident that requires you to be dispatched? "
The warrior knows that there have been a lot of things going on at St. Laurent Cathedral recently. Due to the expansion of the new city, the Church of the Seven Gods will also build a new church. Taking advantage of the summer, they must also step up their efforts to promote their faith. Artanis has been busy with planning recently. For this kind of problem, the trivial matters below are all solved by the apprentices. Things that he can personally take care of are definitely not trivial matters that can be dealt with casually.
"This matter is neither big nor small, but no matter how you say it, it is very troublesome."
Sighing, the old bishop was not too polite. He shook his head and said succinctly: "This afternoon, an urgent text message from Guantian White Tower was sent to me. According to what they said, they are looking for The person originally was you, but Guantian White Tower does not have the SMS address of your Lord's Mansion, and I can't find where your person is, so I sent it to me for the time being and then asked me to tell you."
"This matter actually has something to do with the Church of the Seven Gods. Otherwise, they wouldn't have let me read the content of the text message first."
"So what exactly happened?" Joshua asked.
Taking a deep breath, Archbishop Artanis frowned and said seriously: "'Rune Master' Barnier and 'Mind Controller' William, the two guest mentors of the White Tower, have lost contact."
When Joshua heard the news, he didn't show much surprise. He just said calmly: "Those two legendary strong men? They lost contact... Is it strange?"
This is not because the warriors are arrogant, but because this is the usual habit of these two legendary mages.
As the two legendary strongmen in the world who have no subordinate forces but wander around the entire continent in search of traces of ancient dragons, Barnier and William are best at hiding among the crowds and traveling around the continent. , the family and kingdom behind them once offered a reward of millions of gold coins, just to find their traces. Countless prestigious high-level bounty hunters collectively took action, but none of them found any trace of them.
In addition, these two people will go to some extremely dangerous and closed Jedi places from time to time. In those places, not to mention communication circles, even time and space magic and even all elements will be imprisoned. You know, Mycroft There are quite a few dead magic zones on the mainland. Although they are of little use to the legendary mages whose power is attributed to them, it is really easy to make them temporarily lose contact with the outside world.
"And, what does this kind of thing have to do with us?" Joshua asked with some confusion: "Although I have a good influence on those two legendary mages - after all, they have helped me guard the territory for a long time, this I haven’t thanked them yet, but they lost contact, why did they come to us?”
And Artanis looked at Joshua deeply. He muttered, "I thought you knew it a long time ago." Then he sighed, shook his head and explained: "Joshua, to be honest, you have this matter Maybe I don’t know...but it does have a lot to do with us.”
After a pause, the old bishop then said: "Because these two legendary mages have been entrusted by the Church of the Seven Gods to guard the territory for you, and they have never contacted the White Tower. The fluctuations in magic power show that they It has been staying in the Great Ajax Mountains in the north, seeming to be searching for something.”
Not only that, Artanis continued: "If that's all, then it doesn't matter. After all, the two of them are not affiliated with the White Tower. They are just favored by the 'Element Controller', so they are there as They have only been mentors for a period of time. If these two people do not take the initiative to contact Guantian White Tower, there is nothing they can do. After all, the element controller still wants to absorb these two people to join his power, so naturally he will not restrict them too much. But not long ago, The magic power fluctuations of the two legendary mages have completely disappeared from this world!"
Joshua could understand what happened next without the old bishop having to say much.
The legendary strong man is free, and this freedom is reflected in all aspects, just like Israel can go out at will, accompany Master Nostradamus to every place in the mist of divine misfortune, and then wait for him at the Void Star Observation Station The advancement is over, which is a symbol of his legendary power. You know, if it were an ordinary emperor, let alone going out so casually, he would not even be able to step out of the palace. He could only sit on the emperor's throne in the Morlay Palace and receive the most stringent protection from everyone.
If these two legendary strong men, Barnier and William, are willing to stay in the same force, then any force will give them the warmest welcome. However, if they do not join, they will be subject to the strictest vigilance, just like the Northern Empire has never allowed them to join. This was the case for the two of them when they entered the territory, but no matter what, most of the time they could go wherever they wanted. The empire's ban was just because they didn't want to violate the law, so they didn't violate it.
These two people stopped in the North to look for something. They were just looking for traces of the ancient dragon. They hid their whereabouts so that even Joshua couldn't find them, so the White Tower and the Empire naturally turned a blind eye. , but the magic wave completely disappears, which is different.
Both Barnier and William left their own magic marks in the White Tower. This magic mark can roughly determine whether these two legendary strongmen are alive, whether they are still in this world, and roughly in which direction they are located. It operates all the time. , even if two people are in the dead magic zone, it will still function the same, but now, it has stopped, which only means two things.
"They're dead."
Joshua said word by word: "In other words, left this world."
Just like that, the old bishop nodded solemnly, frowned and said: "Joshua, two legendary mages disappeared in your territory. This kind of thing is neither big nor small - after all, they are not subordinate to Guan Guan." Tianbai Tower, or any force, and everyone knows that you can't restrain the freedom of two legendary spellcasters, and you can't kill them so cleanly." When he said this, the old bishop couldn't help but feel sore in his teeth, because before The mage from the Sky-piercing White Tower who contacted him seemed to have this suspicion. He couldn't help but sigh a little at the reputation of the warrior in the outside world. .
"But they disappeared into my territory after all."
Joshua went on to say that he also understood the seriousness of the matter and why the old bishop would wait for him to return from the imperial capital: "This is very likely to cause a national diplomatic incident... Hey."
As he spoke, he actually laughed. The warrior turned his head to look in the direction of the Great Ajax Mountains and said in a relaxed tone: "Two legendary mages disappeared in my territory? It's really interesting. I have been resting for more than a year. All Interesting things happen all at once, right?"
"Be serious -" Artanis originally wanted to frown and remind the soldier of the seriousness of the matter now, but as he spoke, he couldn't help but laugh: "Forget it, just pay attention to this." Things will be fine.”
Originally, the old bishop had been worried about this matter this afternoon, but for some reason, when Joshua came back and saw the figure of the soldier, he couldn't help but feel relaxed.
There are always some people whose mere presence can make people involuntarily calm.
Looking at Joshua who had turned his head and seemed to be planning to head to the Great Ajax Mountains to check out the situation, Artanis couldn't help but think with some emotion.
He is so resolute and reassuring, perhaps this is his charm.
—Only friends, of course.
(End of chapter)