"Hu-hu-"
Amidst the vibration of its wings, above the desert without the dust storm, under the sun, a giant dragon flew towards a corner of the desert. The speed was not fast, but it was definitely not slow.
Around the giant dragon, swallow whips gathered from all directions, flying towards it as if leading the way for the giant dragon.
Luo Zhen and Ma Xiu half-knelt on the dragon's back, looking at the front of the desert.
At a certain moment, Ma Xiu suddenly saw something and hurriedly spoke out.
"Senior! There is a group of Sphinx ahead!"
Matthew shouted.
In fact, Luo Zhen also saw it.
Just in front of the desert, around a hill, sphinxes were slowly walking back and forth as if taking a leisurely stroll in a garden.
It looked like he was guarding something.
"We're here." Luo Zhen said with certainty: "Behind the sand dunes behind the Sphinx group, there is a ruins, and all the mountain people are there."
This is what Luo Zhen sees through the shikigami.
And just like what Luo Zhen said, the sphinxes were unwilling to get close to it, but lingered around it, looking as if they couldn't enter it and were unwilling to be entered by others.
Therefore, when the giant dragon flew from afar and arrived in front of the hill, the eyes of the sphinxes flashed, and they all turned their heads and looked over, with a fierce light representing aggression in their eyes.
However, the next second, these fierce lights disappeared suddenly, and the sphinxes no longer paid attention to the dragon, and started to cross again.
Not only Luo Zhen saw this scene, but Ma Xiu also saw it.
"Sure enough, the sphinxes won't attack us again."
Matthew said this.
Along the way, Luo Zhen and others encountered the Sphinx more than once.
They are obviously mythical beasts that stand at the pinnacle of fantasy species. Each one is enough to drive modern magicians crazy. However, there are as many such mythical beasts here as wild beasts in the forest, and they can be seen from time to time.
They seem to be guarding the desert, patrolling every corner of the desert.
People who enter the desert are basically discovered by them and killed mercilessly.
When Luo Zhen and Matthew entered the desert, they were also attacked mercilessly by the Sphinx. Until later, the Sphinx stopped attacking them.
This was undoubtedly an order from the person manipulating the Sphinx behind the scenes.
It was the same now. The sphinxes turned a blind eye to the arrival of Luo Zhen and others, letting the giant dragon fly through the air and arrive in front of the ruins.
The giant dragon descended from the sky and landed in front of the entrance to the ruins, causing a gust of sand and dust to blow continuously.
Luo Zhen and Ma Xiu got off the dragon's back and looked at the ruins in front of them.
The ruins are not shabby, but they are quite old, giving people the feeling that they have a long history.
However, on this ruins, traces of being burned and calcined by flames can be seen everywhere. It seems that it is not a cultural relic that has been lost in history, but an ancient building built in modern times but destroyed by a disaster. feeling in.
If you look carefully, you will see a stone tablet standing next to the entrance to the ruins.
On the stone tablet, there is a line of words like this.
——〈Atlas Courtyard〉.
"Varied... !?"
Seeing this name, Matthew couldn't help but be surprised.
"It's actually Atlas Academy...!?"
Even Luo Zhen opened his eyes in shock.
Because, for magicians, this name is known to everyone.
If communication in Chaldea can still be maintained and Roman and others can see the scene here, they will definitely be surprised, right
The so-called Atlas Academy refers to one of the departments of the "Magic Association".
The is a self-defense group formed by people who study magic regardless of nationality or school. It regards management, concealment, and development as its mission, and in order to protect itself from those who threaten it (the church, magic groups other than itself, and A strange existence that punishes those who violate taboos) uses force to protect itself, maintains a research institute for the further development of magic, and enacts laws to suppress magic crimes.
The Magic Association is composed of three major departments.
The first sector is the Clock Tower.
It is regarded as the headquarters of the modern "Magic Society". It is located inside the British Museum in London, England. Its history is about 2000. It was founded in the first year of the Western calendar, around the second century AD. It is fully recognized as the latest research institution among the three major departments. Growth and development, and encircling Western Europe as a sphere of influence, 90% of Western European magicians will choose to join the Clock Tower because it is full of new doctrines.
The association that people in Chaldea have always mentioned actually refers to the clock tower. When he was in London at the fourth singularity, Luo Zhen also entered the destroyed clock tower and obtained from there the clock tower that took two thousand years to collect. The knowledge gained from collecting books is of great benefit.
The second department is Wandering Sea.
It is a huge mountain range that wanders in the North Atlantic. It is also called the "Moving Coffin". There is no general up-and-down relationship within the organization. It is not considered to expect the further development of magic like the Clock Tower. It is regarded as a magic association. The prototype, which focuses on human body modification and the study of magic in the Age of Gods, is now basically out of touch with modern times.
The third department is the Atlas Academy.
It is a department that exists in the Atlas Mountains in Egypt, and its nickname is - "Crypt of the Giants".
The apprentices there are all people who are not superior in magic circuits. The research organization is a gathering of alchemists who specialize in developing "alchemy". Compared with the other two departments, it implements very thorough secrecy and has nothing to do with the outside world. Communication is said to be a living hell where even light cannot escape.
In other words, among the three major departments of the , except for the clock tower, the other two departments basically have no contact with the outside world.
The overall scale of the three major departments is similar, but they have stopped negotiating for a long time.
Hesitant Sea believed that magic in the Age of Gods was supreme and magic after the Western Era was nothing more than a show, so they were in a cold war with the Bell Tower.
Atlas Academy concentrates on the development of "Alchemy" and focuses on the transformation of phenomena. At the same time, the modern "Alchemy" of the Clock Tower studies different material transformations and lacks mutual understanding.
Wandering Sea and Atlas Academy each have their own research topics.
Therefore, although the three major departments are not hostile, there is a considerable gap between them because they have different ideals.
Now, Luo Zhen and Ma Xiu saw the Atlas Courtyard.
Luo Zhen and Ma Xiu immediately looked at each other.
If you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem strange that Atlas Court appears here.
After all, the Atlas House exists in Egypt's Atlas Mountains.
However, this is the territory of the Pharaoh of Egypt.
So, can we think that the emergence of Atlas Academy is not accidental
Luo Zhen and Ma Xiu were silent for a moment.